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| A II GUST A.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 3.
Resignation of Mr. Middle, as President
of the Bank of the United States.
The Philadelphia Inquirer of the 291 h ult. says I
<‘an extraordinary sensation was produced in |
our monetary, us well as in our commercial and |
political circles, yesterday, by the resignation of |
air, Nicholas Biddle, as President of tnc Hank ,
of the United States—a situation which he has j
occupied for many years, and the responsible du
ties of which have been fulfilled by him, with
signal and triumphant ability. 11l health is stated
to be the immediate cause ot this withdrawal; but
it is quite possible that Mr. Biddle, having de
nted years of time and labor to the success of
an institution, that in its usefulness and the
ability with which it has been conducted, may
challenge competition with any Bank in the world,
and having piloted it through the greatest perils j
to which it could possibly bo subjected, has dc- j
termined to seek that retirement and comfort so j
much more congenial to a cairn and philosophic j
mind. He has written his name in letters of j
light upon the history of his country : and, no
mattor what his present intentions or views, will
be pointed to in time to come, not only as one ol
the ablest financiers, but one ut the purest pa
triots of the age. The fact of his voluntary re
tirement is, to our minds, conclusive testimony
as to the prosperous condition ol the Bank; for
Mr. Biddle is not the man to abandon an aid and
tried friend or institution, in a period of difficulty
or danger. It is therefore, we argue, that there
is not the slightest cause for alarm, although it
will he observed, slocks of every description fell
considerably yesterday. i
The new President, Thomas Dunlap, Esq. j
wbja was unanimously elected yesterday, has j
long been recognised as one ot the first commer
cial lawyers of Philadelphia, and for some time j
past, has been engaged in the Bank as a Cashier. |
A more estimable, or perhaps, a more popular
citizen than Mr. I)., could not have been chosen
in any walk of our community.
As is usual in such cases, there arc numerous
rumors in circulation in our city —one assigning
Mr. Biddle a place in the Cabinet; another the
Special Mission to Europe. All that we can say j
.upon the subject is, that if tried, he will be found !
adequate to any station, in the gift either of the
People or the Administration ol this country.
[We will publish to-morrow, the correspond
ence between Mr. Biddle and the Directors of the
Bank, on the occasion of his resignation.— Ed.
Chron. A Seal.]
From the New York Star, of the 28 th.
Ten Days later IVom Europe.
By the packet ship Roscoe, Capt. Delano, we
have received English papers to Feb. 28th, ten
days later than our previous advices.
Motions made in both Houses of Parliament
on the 18th and 19th instant, “That evidence be
■heard at their bars in support of a total abolition
ot the laws relating to Corn,” were negatived in
the House of Lords without a division, and in the
House of Commons by a majority of 198 in a bouse
of 533 members present.
London Feb. 28 Explosions or Fire-Damp.
—Twenty-three Lives lost.—An explosion of lire
dump took place on Monday week, in a coal pit
near Whitcheaven, whereby twenty-three persons
lost their lives
Insult to the British Fun ny the
PnfeicK i)e Joinville — Paris, Feb. 25.—The
debates in the House of Lords on the subject of
the insult offered to the British Hag by the com
mander of the French brig the Creole, have been
much commented upon here. The opposition pa
pers arc unanimous in blaming the conduct of the
Prince do Joinville, the youthlul commander of
the Creole. They take occasion from thence to
inquire if it be safe—if it be lilting—that a mere
boy should bo placed in so responsible a situation.
It was one of the errors, they say, of the old mon
archy to place the scions of Royalty at the bead
of armies before they had emancipated themselves
from their nurses’arms. The Revolution of Ju
ly was to have abolished such a system forever;
hut in this, as well as in other particulars the new
dynasty scorn disposed to imitate their predeces
sors.
The insult alluded to, was the taking of a Mex
ican pilot forcibly out of the British packet Em
;. .as. oil’Vera Cruz.
Mettebnicii an n Lons Philippe. — The
Prince de Melternich is striving to effect a com
nvomise between the Pretender and the Queen
. Spain, and Louis Philippe’s active assistance
i oat wanting,
it is but an act of justice due to the Duke of
Pdlmella and Count Porto Santo, our Commis
sioners at Vienna, to state that they offered to
abolish the Slave Trade within eight years, pro
vided Great Britain would consider the Treaty of
Commerce of 1810 as at an end, to which Lord
Castlereagb would not consent.
Two slight shocks of an earthquake were felt
.r/JAsbon on the 14th Feb.
Whe speech of the Premier of Portugal in favor
of abolishing the slave trade, was most favorably
received by the Cortes. His Excellency went so
far as to say, that if the Slave Tradc were once
*W#shed, the African possessions of Portugal
would, in a few years be able to supply all Europe
with colonial produce.
The Loudon Courier remarking on Sir Francis
Head’s “narrative,” just published, considers it
S proof that a more unfit man for a delicate mission,
could not have been found. J’hc narrative is
written in a very random style, something like the
“Bubbles of Brumnien.” One extract will suf
fice. On bis arrival at Toronto, he says :
“ With Mr. M’Kcnzie’s heavy book of lamenta
tions in my portmanteau, and with my remedial
instructions in my writing case, I considered my.
self as a political physician, who, whether regu
larly educated or not. was about to effect a sur
prising cure; for, as I never doubted for a mo
ment either the existence of the 553 pages of
grievances, nor that I could mercilessly destroy
them root and branch, I felt perfectly confident
that I should very soon be able proudly to report
that the grievances of Upper Canada wore de
funct—in fact, that I had veni-ed, \ idi-cd, and
vici ed them.
Several vessels were driven ashore at Oran,
near Algiers, in a violent gale Jan. 23d, and 24th.
We believe that was the very day of the tremen
dous gale at New York, and ip. the middle and
Eastern States.
Mexico asd Fhwce.— Arrangements were
completing at Toulon and Cherbourg to despatch
a corpsd armes of 0000 troops, &c. to take pos
session of V era Cruz, Ac., but the government
would first wait for det,patches, to see if a treaty
of peace had not beer, effected.
From the N. Y Commercial Adv, of the 29th,
Still l ater from Kngliiml.
PACr.ET SHIP SHEFFIELD.
We have ju ,t received our files of English pa
pers by the packet ship Sheffield, Captain Allen,
which sailed from Liverpool on the 2nd of March,
Our Loudon papers arc to the evening of the Ist
of March, and Liverpool of the 2nd—both inclu
sive.
Lord Ehringtcn had been appointed Lord Lieu
tenant of Ireland. He is the eldest son of Earl
Fortescuc, and has been raised to the peerage,
with the ti'.iu of Baron Fortcscue. He is 56
years old.
Mr. Stevenson had long interviews with Lord
Palmerston and Lord John Russell on the 28th of
February.
Fur the Chronicle Sentinel.
Answer to “ Lucius.”
In the days of darkness and superstition, when
the people believed that the Gods hovered over
them in the air and snuffed the fumes of their
burnt offerings, some “fool” deceived a “ fool,”
and other “ fools” thought the act quite witty,
and like “ fools,” set a day apart in every year to
play the “ fool” and make “ foolsand the cus
tom has since been maintained by “ fools” for
foolish amusement, and men of sense indulge in
such foolishness, to pioasc “ fools,” and thus
make themselves “fools.” CASIUS.
The Vandalia, Ills. Register states, that the
Revenue Bill has passed both Houses of the Gen
eral Assembly and become a law. The Bill au
thorises a tax of 30 cents on every $lOO worth of
properly, real or personal, throughout the State,
for State purposes, and gives the County Com
missioner’s Courts the power to levy a lax on
one-half per cent for county purposes.
The New York Journal of Commerce says: —
A bill is before the Assembly, imposing a fine op
$6O and costs, for each offence, upon every per,
son who shall hereafter commence or practice the
business of an Apothecary in this city, without
'•« ml n di|.ln»n erttrtn r Peril
lariy constituted Medical College, or passed an
examination ot the Medical Censors, Persons
already engaged in the business will not be affect,
cd by the bill, should it pass into a law.
Mr. John Drewry, of Jones county, in this
State, recently killed two hogs, the gross weight
of which was 1,186 pounds.
From the New Orleans Louisianian.
Though the present price of this important
staple is unusually high, yet it will be found to be
the natural result, from the state of circumstances
regulating this market; and a consideration of
these will show no probability of u decline. In
the first place, the crop of last year lias fallen con
siderably short. Intelligence from every direc
tion agrees to the fact, that owing to the extreme
drought of last summer, the proceeds of lauds in
u high or dry situation would scarcely exceed
half their usual amount. The extent of land
under cotton cultivation was much less than in
1830 or '37; as, in consequence of the great
Acuity which planters had experienced from the*
deranged state of our money market, in procu
ring their provisions, they at last turned their at
tention to raising their own household supplies,
and reserved about one third of their land for
these purposes. This, therefore, not only dimin
ished the extent of their cotton planting, hut pre
vented them from opening fresh lands, as a great
part of their negro labor was thus required for
these new objects; and planters could not pro
cure funds for puichases to supply this deficiency.
Up to this period we find that the receipts at our
shipping ports, New Orleans, Mobile, Ac. Ac.,
are 234,49 bales less than the amount same time
last year. As to the actual amount of crop, there
must of course be considerable speculation; but
the above circumstances induce us to believe it
wiii range from only 1,300,000 to 1,350,000
bales: making a decrease of from 250,000 to
300.000 bales on the preceding year's crop: and
that consequently this year’s export must fall
short of last year's, by from 400,000 bales, to
450.000 bales—(last year’s shipments having in
cluding about 150,000 bales of the preceding
crop) —nor has the deficiency of our crop been
supplied by the produce of other countries; but
on the contrary these have also generally been
deficient—in Egypt and the East Indies particu
larly. We have advices from Bombay of 20th
December, 1838, stating this fact, and also that
there were then only two vessels loading far
England. Another point of material importance
is, that the stock of our cotton fabrics lias now
become considerably reduced; the crisis of 1837
having prostrated our home manufactories and
disabled merchants from giving English orders;
but our own manufactories have now recovered,
and they, with those in England, France, &c.,
are all in full operation. By the lust accounts
from England, the manufacturers have no stock
on hand; purchasing but sparingly, and on all
occasions only for immediate consumption. At
the date of these advices, English merchants
could not have received authentic information
from this side of the Atlantic as to the state of
our ciop, but our shipments are less at the pres
ent period by about 150,000 bales, [qu. 340,0001]
notwithstanding the favorable slate of the Liver
pool market must by this time have convinced
them of the fact; so that intelligence from hence
of this month’s date will give what will he the
true state of the market for the remainder of the
season. This, wo anticipate, will bo extremely
favorable for holders, for we know that the raw
material must at one time be. purchased for or-
| ders; ami the above, considerations induce the
- | opinion that, even supposing a decline to have
- | taken place in Liverpool, such would only bo
f temporary, 1 hat cotton must again rally, and
r unless pressed injudiciously, the market will rule
t both there and in this country, at even still ad
t vanced prices. Besides, when the staple has in
■ this country maintained its firmness at so high
1 rales, in the face of the extremely bad stale of
our money affairs, we may naturally suppose that
, as these continue to become easier, the circum*
. stance will impart additional buoyancy to cotton,
■ and that its price will keep pace with our money |
improvement.
/From the New York Mar. V
ill oro Light. I
We thank the Express for throwing very im
portant and what may be considered new light
on the Boundary Question, which to a certain ex
tent, may be deemed conclusive. We intimated a
few days ago that public opinion universally con
ceded to Maine the territory in dispute assec.ured
to us by the treaty of l i B3, and hence the great
unanimity in sustaining that State in her warlike |
movements, lint we suggested the propriety of!
ascertaining whether Great Britain, on this ques
tion, might not possibly have had some right on
her side: and whether tiie boundary lino of 1783
was so perfectly defined as to place beyond doubt
the whole of the disputed territory within our
limits. As far back as 1803, thirty-six years ago
President Jefferson, in his Message to Congress,
refers to the subject in the following conclusive
language:
“ A further knowledge of the ground, in the
northeastern and northwestern angles of the Uni
ted States, has evinced that the boundaries estab
lished liy tiie treaty of Paris, between the British
territories and ours in those parts, were too im-
VKBFKCTLY DESeIIIUEU TO HE SUSCEI'TI IILF. OF
execution. It lias therefore been thought wor
thy of attention for preserving and cherishing the
i harmony and useful intercourse subsisting be
tween the two nations, to remove by timely ar
rangements, what unfavorable incidents might
otherwise render a ground of future misunder
standing. A convention has therefore been en
tered into, which provides for a practical demar
| cation ol those limits, to the satisfaction of
| BOTH PAHTIF.B.”
| Here arc two very important points bearing de- j
; cidcdly and distinctly on the question at issue.
' Mr. Jefferson one of the most accurate and me
thodical statesmen known in this country, admits
in his message to Congress, that the boundary
lines under the treaty of 1783 “COULD NOT
BE EXECUTED,” and recommends a new com
mission to settle tiie question, as lie says, “to the
satisfaction of both parties,’" which lias not been '
| done at this day. We do not hesitate saying
■ that this places tiie matter in an entirely new i
light. Not only did the opinion of Mr. Jefferson I
remain uncontradictcd, but nothing up to this
moment lias been done to carry into effect the
boundary treaty of 1783. Can it be supposed
for a moment that Great Britain would put forth
a claim and steadily adhere to it fur nearly fifty
years, unless that government was under the con
viction that it had justice and equity on its side !
■ The Editor of the Exp-ess, who is from Maine
and a strong advocate of the rights of that State,
very frankly puts forth the following:
Whatever excitement offeoling, therefore, this
controversy may give rise to, cither on the border
most intimately concerned in it, or in the country
at targe, justice requnco us iu lUMUM,icugs imtv
1 the fact ot its not Having been adjusted thirty-five
> years ago, is not chargeable to the British Gov
. eminent, but to our own. Whether wo ever shall
get, peaceably, as favorable terms again, as were
offered to us in 1803, cannot now be known. —
But if the British Government shall he willing to j
* adopt Mr. King’s Convention again, wo think the
t Government of this country will do wisely to
agree with them at once, and close all future dis
| pute on this irritating subject.
The Legislature ol'Maine has probably adjour
ned in a better spirit than the one in which it j
met, and we deem it advisable to place the public j
in possession of all tiie facts prior to tiie arrival of j
! the Great Western. If we are not mistaken in j
our impressions, we shall find that England will
1 take strong ground in contradistinction to the
1 views so unanimously adopted by Congress; and
we must lie prepared, instead of declaring, as we
have done I lint England is wrong and wo arc
! right, to conic to Mr. Jefferson’s conclusion, viz :
\ that tiie Boundary Line under tiie treaty of 1783,
‘ was “too imperfectly described to be. susceptible
of execution, and consequently that commission
ers from both countries must repair to the spot
run tiie Boundary Line again. 4
T\L / \
From the Philadelphia Gazelle.
Oisnsteis nt Sen.
In our Gazette of ttfith January, wo published j.
from the Bailor’s Magazine, a list of vessels tut ally \
' lust during the year 1838, the greater part of j
which were American.—The total number was j
461, in addition to which, 37 were given as I
known to be missing, making the total number
■ 488. Now, if wc estimate the value of each ves
sel and cargo at a moderate average rate, wo
' shall have as tile result a loss near six millions of
dollars.
The following estimate may perhaps approxi
mate somewhat to the truth.
104 ships and barques at $35,000 $2,600,000
147 brigs 12,500 1,837,500
109 schooners 5,000 845,000
11 sloops 1.000 11,000
17 steamboats 20,000 340,000
13 unknown 5,000 05,000
37 missing of all sizes 8,000 216,000
$5,914,500
The whole of this immense loss did not, how
ever, fall upon the Insurance Companies, a large
proportion of the property being uninsured.
But there is another and very extensive class of
losses which have fallen upon the underwriters du
ring the samo period, and which do not appear in
the above statement. We allude to the partial loss
es from damage, and so the general averages incur
red by vessels which enter foreign ports in dis
tress, and which seldom get relieved from their
distress without being fleeced by all the parties
who have any thing to do with them, not except
ing th - * merchants, who charge a commission of
2 j per cent, for merely having the cargo landed.
During the year 1838, not less than four Phila
delphia ships, from China and India, put into
ports in distress on their way home, each incur
ring an expense probably equal, or nearly so, to
the sum that has been above set down as the es
timated total loss of a ship.
But this is not all. Nineteen steamboats arc
reported to have been destroyed and sunk on the
western waters during the same year, occasion
ing an estimated loss of $450,000, so that if al
lowance be made for the possibility that a part of
tins last mentioned loss is included amongst the
17 steamboats which appear on the list, it will
not be unreasonable to suppose, that tiie loss of
property to the country by the perils of the wa
ters during the year 1838, has not fallen short of
seven millions of dollars, aloss that cannot fail to
he fell in the operations of commerce, and in the
income of the stockholders of Insurance Compa
nies.
Os these losses, five millions probably fell upon
the Insurance Companies of Boston, Now York
and Philadelphia, By mi official statement of
the Boston offices laid before the Legislature of
the state, it is known that their losses, were, with
in a fraction of $1,500,060. Those of New
York could not have been less than $2,500,000,
whilst those ol the Philadelphia offices must have
been near $1,000,000,
All those losses it must be remembered, wore
prior to the terrible disasters at Liverpool early in
January, which enters into the account of the
year 1831). Prom tins Philadelphia did not suf
fer much, but she has experienced other losses
since tic commencement of the present year, of
which the ship Dorothea, lost at the Cape do Venl
Islands, is one, which would seem to indicate that
the avaricious old Monarch of the Sea, Neptune,
has not yet accumulated quite property enough.”
According to the official report made by the
Clerk of the House of Representatives, appro
priations wore made during the late session of
Congress to the amount of $36,862,242 78, for
the following objects, viz:—
Civil and diplomatic $9,010,081 57
Army, Fortifications, and Military-
Academy 16,056,253 65
Navy 5,130,781 64
Revolutionary and other pension
ers, ’ 2,499,020 15
Current expenses of the Indian
department 1,755,007 28
Preventing and suppressing Indi
an hostilities 1,856,774 00
To promote the progress of the
useful arts 9,259 22
Private claims 45,065 27
$36,862,242 78
Nkg no Postmasters. —We copy the follow
ing from the Franklin (Tenn.) Review. The
high character of that paper precludes ail doubt
as to the truth of the extraordinary statement.
What new outrage can the ollicc holders have in
store for the people 1
“At the post office at Red Bridge in Hawkins
county, East Tennessee, the acting deputy is a
NEGRO, and of this fact Mr. Kendall was in
formed by letter some time since from passengers
in the mail stage who were eye witnesses of the
matter. A NEGRO cannot be legally employed
to officiate in the post office, and we object for
ourselves, and flic people of the Stale, AGAINST
ANY NEGRO, cither slave or free, being en
trusted with the opening or atrnnging the mails.
It is bad enough for the government to curse us
with unfaithful agents, without adding to it the
refusal to dismiss from office one who rouldso far
outrage public opinion, ami otficial responsibility,
as to SUFFER A NEGRO to assume the dis
charge of his own duty.”
A singular instance of Justice and Saga
city conquering Fraud and Perjury.
A Gentleman of about 500/. a year estate in the
eastern part of England had two sons. The eld
est had a rambling disposition. He look a place
in a ship and went abroad ; after several years his
I father died. The youngest son destroyed his
j out that his eldest brother was dead, and' bribed
same false witnesses, to attest the truth of it. In
the course of time, the eldest brother returned; he
came home in miserable circumstances. His
youngest brother repulsed him with scorn, told
j him tli it lie was an imposter and a cheat, and as.
I scried that his real brother was dead long ago, and
lie could bring wunesses to prove it. The poor
fellow having neither money nor friends was in a
most dismal situation. He went round the par
ish making hitter complaints, and at last lie came
; to a lawyer; who when ho had heard the poor
man’s mournful story, replied to him in this man
j tier: —“You have nothing to give me :if I under
j11 1 e your cause and lose it, it will firing me into
very foul disgrace, as all the wealth and evidence
is on your brother's side. But, however, I will
j undertake your cause upon this condition :—You
| will enter into obligations to pay me a thousand
guineas if I gain the estate for you. If I lose it I
know tile consequence, and I venture upon it with
my eyes open.” Accordingly lie entered an ac
tion against the younger brother, and it was agreed
In be tried at the next general assizes at Chelms
ford in Essex.
' The lawyer having engaged in the cause of the
poor man and stimulated by the prospect of a
thousand guineas, set his wits to work to contrive
the best methods to gain his end. At last he hit
upon tiiis happy thought, that lie would consult
tlie first of all the judges, Lord Chief Justice Hale.
Accordingly he flew up to London, and laid open
the cause in all i„s circumstances. The judge,
who was the greatest lover of justice of any man
in the world, heard the ease patiently and atten
tively', and promised him all the assistance in his
power. (It is very probable that he opened his
who o scheme and method of proceeding, enjoin
ing the utmost secrecy.) The judge contrived
matters in such a manner as to have finished all
ins business at the King’s-Bench before the assi
zes in-gun at Chelmsford; and ordered his driver
witli ids carriage to convey him down very near
the seat ol the assizes. He dismissed iris man
and horses, and sought out for a single house.—
He found one occupied by a miller. After some
conversation, and making himself quite agreeable,
lie proposed to ilia miller to change clothes witli
him. As the judge had a very good suit on, the
man had no reason to object. Accordingly the
judge shifted himself from top to toe, and put on
a complete suit of the miller’s best. Armed with
the miller’s hat and shoes, and stick, away he
inarched to Chelmsford ; he had procured good
lodgings to his liking and waited for tire assizes
that should come on next day. When tire trial
came on, he walked like an ignorant country-fel
low backwards and forwards along the county-hall.
Ho had a thousand eyes within him, and when
the court began to fill, lie soon found out the poor
fellow that was the plaintiff. As soon ns he came
into the hall, the miller drew up to him :—“Hon
est friend, said he, how is your cause like to go
to-day I”—“Why,” replied the plaintiff, “my
cause is in a very precarious situation, and if 1
lose it, I am ruined for life.”—“Well, honest
friend,” replied the miller, “will you lake my ad
vice 1 I will let you into a secret which perhaps
you do not know; every Englishman has the
right and privilege to except against any one jury
man through the whole twelve; now do you in
•ist upon your privilege, without giving a reason
whv, and if possible, get me chosen in his room,
and I willdoyou all the service in my power.”—
According y when the eierk of the ermit had cal j|
cd over the jurymen, the plaintiff excepted to one
of them by name; the judge on the bench was
highly offended with tiiis liberty.—“ What do you
mean (says he) by excepting against that gentle
man!” —“I mean my lord, to assert my privilege us
an Englivhman without givings reason •• hy.” The I
judge, wbo had been deeply bribed, thought to con* !
cchl it by a show ol condor, and having a contidonco
m the superiority ol* hi« party—“ Well, sir, (paid
he) as you claim your privilege in one instance,
i will grant you a favor; who would you wish
to have in the room of that man excepted against I”
u smalltime taken in consideration “ My
lord, (says nr,) I wish to have an honest man
chosen in, and he looked round the court—“
lord there is that miller in the room, we will have
him if you please” Accordingly the miller was
chosen in. As soon as the clerk of the court
had given them all their oaths, a little dextrous
I came into the apartment, and slips ton
golden C arolus’ into the hands ol' eleven jury
men, and gnive the miller hut five. He observed
that they were all bribed as well ns himself, and
said to his next neighbor, in a soft whisper, “ How
much have you got!” “Ten pieces,” said ho.
He concealed what he had himself. The cause
was opened by the plaintiffs council; and all
the scraps of evidence they could pick up were
adduced in his favor.
The younger brother was provided with a great
number ot evidences and pleaders, all plentifully
I ribcd as well as the judge. The evidence tic*
posed, that they wore in the self-safe country
whore (he* brother died, and saw him buried.—
I he counsellers pleaded upon this accumulated
evidence, and every thing went with a full tide
in favor ot the young brother. The judge summed
up the evidence with great gravity and delibera
tion, am! now “ Gentlemen of the Jury, (said
he,) lay your heads together, and bring m yom*
verdict as you shall deem most just.”—They
waited hut a few minutes before they determined
in favor ot the young brother. The judge said,
‘‘Gentlemen, are you agreed, and who shall speak
for you?”—“ We nic agreed, my lord, replied,
one,) our foreman shall speak for us.” “Hold,
my lord, (replied the miller,) we are not all
agreed.’ “ Why, says the judge, in a very surly
manner,, what’s the matter with you ! What rea
sons have you for disagreeing 1”—“ I have several
reasons my lord, replied the miller; the first is,
that they have given to all these gentlemen of the
jury ten broad pieces of gold, and to me hut five;
besides I have many objections to make to thii
lalse reasonings ot the pleaders, and the contra
dictory evidence of the witnesses.” Upon lids
the miller began a discourse that discovered such
vasjmciietratiou of understanding, such extensive
with such energetic and manly
. cloijueiOT that astonished the judge and the whole
; court. As he was going on with his powerful
i demonstrations, the judge in a surprise of soul
stopped him—“ W’here did you come from, and
who are you 1” —“I came from Westminster-Holl,
(replied the miller,) my name is Mathew Hale, I
am Lord Chief Justice of the King’s-Bcneh; I ■
have observed the iniquity of your proceedings 1
this day, and therefore order you down from a seat
which you are no way worthy to hold. You ore
one of the corrupt parties in ibis iniquitous busi
ness. I will go up this moment and try the cause
all over again.” Accordingly Sir Matthew went
up with his miller’s dress and hat on, began with
the trial from its very original—searched every
circumstance of truth and falsehood—evinced the
eldest brother's title to the estate, from the con
tradictory evidence of the witnesses, and the false
■ reasonings of the pleaders—unravelled all the
. sophistry to the very bottom, and gained a tora
-3 plcte victory in favor of Truth ami Justice.
h Mauch oi- Intellect.—An old schoolmaster
Watt’s Scripture History, ams "afTerwards' asYtecl
II them such questions as suggested themselves to
c his mind, one day desired a young urchin to tell
!? him who Jesse was 1 The hoy briskly replied,
: •‘The flower of Dumblnnc, Sir.”
I Bumstno Mini;.—The Pottsville, To., Em
y porium, in speaking of Mr. Dougherty’s coal mine
near that place, which took lire in January, two
B persons being suffocated by it, adds that “it still
r continues to burn, and no exertions have impeded
the progress of the Dames. The mouth of the
drift, and every air-hole have been tightly closed
j with plaster, and in a lew moments it would hurst
. forth in another quarter with a volcanic explo-
I Sion. At firs; it was only supposed that the
, proppings and loose coal were on fire; hut from
I the length of time and increasing fury of the
I flames, is now almost beyond doubt that tho solid
, body of Coal is burning. It is the Jugular Vein—
the. largest in Broad Mountain; anil its great
I eminence precludes the possibility of drowning
out the Dame by turning the course of some si ream.”
DIED,
, In this city yesterday afternoon, Ciiaiikes Ai
, ntiiT, only child of li. W. Korea, aged three years,
seven months and twenty-live days.
COMMERCIAL.
. From the Constitutionalist of yesterday.
1 STOCK OF COTTON
la Augusta and Hamburg on the let inst.
i In Augusta, 1839. 1838.
. In Augusta, 10,113 21,740
| Hamburg, 1,202 3,891
I On hoard of boats and wharf, 021 700
Total stock, 21,269 29,334
SHIPMENTS OF COTTON
From Augusta and Hamburg to Haoannah and
Charleston, from Ut Get. 1838, to Ist inst.
1839. 1838.
From Ist to 31st March
To Savannah, 1J,220 7,004
Charleston, by boats, 1,758 702 i
“ by Kail Road, 1,115 1,613 j
15,399 9.909
Shipped fm Ist Oct to March 1 , 109,347 1 30,975 ,j
Totabshipments, 124,716 110,9414
RECEIPT OF COTTON I
At Augusta and Hamburg.from Ist Oel.tu Ist inst.
1839. 1838. I
Stock on hand Ist inst. 21,269 29,331
Mopped from IstOct to Ist inst. 421,740 140,944
140,015 176,278
Deduct stock on hand Oct. 1, 0,738 19,528
Total receipts 139,277 156,750
Deduct receipts to Ut March 127,700 112,224
Receipts of March, 11,577 11,520
New- York, February 29.
Holders of cotton have to-day shown moiedis* I
position to meet purchasers, and a decline of fully |
j cent is readily conceded to; the operations how- I
ever have not been such as to establish any quota- j
tionson which dependence might be placed.
Momi.r, March 30. j
Colton. —We reported in our last 75,859 bales as
the stock on band, including all on ship boaid not
cleared t since then wc have received 0,052 haled,
and shipped to Liverpool 2,152 bales ; to Glasgow
705 bales; to Havre 170 bales; to New-York
7.096 bales; to boston 1,355 bales; to Portland 312
bales; to Portsmouth 150 hales ; and to Ncw
<Means 50 hale*; —making In all 19,780 tales; \
k
' lit.—No. 39.
tV sanlc tin,r t ?mp : biiles > »B«*«st 89,947 bales
l.ibits a dcS,!'v^ n n*f aSOn ' ° ur *‘»‘ement ex
last year of 37 -nv i Q i * rrf<, fP s t1,,1s * ar > against
between the wpp'i * CS -' the discrepancy
l«le*T this ?"!>'
pirine effort for . ■J’gardod as the ex
light- ’ receipts henceforth will be
\te t »dyT a S aicl , n tex?l r last "’P O "’ h ‘ s very
flies’per ihv lhi-nn*| t »i' IVC ’ I * vcrß K in g about 800
/' P cr ‘V through the week, at full nriccs ■we
S?$SF5«b£S5
shade. <foic advance our quotations a
(H».;P,n t l ( 4,oicn 17 a IS, good fair IG* a 162,
' * “ ’Muddling u, a loj. ordinary 13J a 14j!
Lj tract of a Utter dated Liverpool March 2.
“ Jhe cotton markct closes firm this week, and
ve begin now to think, that if the trade improves a
btlle, we shall sec no material reduction from the
present rates for the remainder of the season j 7d to
Bjd may bo considered the fair quotations for Up
lands ; i'J a very extreme quotation.”
8,0,11 °f Cotton in Liverpool March],
>839. 1838.
269,710 129,630
. .. Livkkpooi, Friday, Feb. 22.
Ihe demand lor cotton has been very limited
throughout the week, and confined to the imme
diate necessities of the trade. Prices aie, how-
I'U'l, lumly supported, and tiro only advantages ob
tained by the buyer in American cotton is in the
common andi.uddlequalities, which barely maintai.
the quotations ol last week. Sea Island fuhv sup
ports the advanced prices. The sales of the week
amount to 14,000 halos including 1(100 Americai
on speculation i 100 Sea Island, 2lj to 31d; 2(
*!'!i S< ! tU 13,1 5 “>390 Up'and, 7vd to 8d
1030 Mob.lo, Jkc.,7frl to Stfd; 3760 New Orleans,
6„d to mid.
, Feshvaky -5.
U c have no change to notice in the cotton mar
ket which continues very dull, and if sales were
pressed, prices would no doubt, in the present state
of tiade in the interior, materially decline.—
though with the reduced import of American
kinds, and the still prevailing uncertainty as to the
result ot that crop, holders have no motive to force
sales, and our quotations remain the same as last
week.
Febbuaky 27.
the sales on Thursday last were 2000 bags ;
1- riday 2u00; Saturday 4000; Monday 3000 j
I uesday 1500 , and to-day 4000. The demand
since last week has been only moderate; to-day
there has been a little more doing ; and prices of
all descriptions remain steady. The week’s im
ports amount to 28.723.
nit Vasmi 1.
Cotton vV c have had more doing this week, and
the market has consequently presented a more bu
siness like appearance, with a steadier aspect for
An ertcan descriptions; prices of which are firmer
arid inclining in favor of holders.
Ilrn/ils ami Egyptians are still heavy of sale,
the latter arc offered more freely at Jd to id de
cline. India is unsteady in price, and little doing.
Speculators have take n 4,000 bales of American,
ami 200 ( aitbagena, and exporters 120 bales of
American.
I he sales to-day are 6 to 7000 bales of all kinds
" >* H ’ market closing with great firmness. The
I, 11 . 1 ?, 0 . 1 ' ,b * s w,:i ' k * s 30,308 bags, and the sales are
24,240, viz :
30 Sea Island 2nd a 2Cd;9lfiO Upland 72 d a- 9d
10370 New Orleans 6<fd a 10*d; 1050 Alabama,
Ac. 7gda9d.
MARINE
IsAVSNNAA, April 1.
Cleared —Schooner Margaret, Scars, Bath, Me.;
schooner Gdeon, Hallett. Boston.
Arrived yesterday. —Steamboat Oglethorpe, Wil
liams, Augusta.
Went to sea. —Br. ship Itobert A. Parke, Salter,.
Liverpool i Hr. barque Isabella, Moses, Yarmouth,.
N. S.j schooner Margaret, Williams, Bath.
Departed - —Slearnb’t Lamar, CTeswell, Augusta,
CHAni.tSTON, March 2.
Cleared. —Br ship Fanny, Sloan, Liverpool; ship
Corea, Jackson,St. Petersburg; brig Lancet, Kruse,
Havana.
French Muslin*, Horn hii/i ires, Boys’ Leg.
horn Hats, Ac, Arc.
■ I ST received one case French Muslin, French
Bombazine, blk and bluo blk very line, gen
tlemen and boy’s colM Legliom Hats, linen and
fancy Suspenders,col’d linen Hadkfs. for gentle
men, anew article, tine Leghorn Platts for ladies,,
linen Cambric and French Lawn, printed Lawn for
mourning, Kinglets and Hair Braids, silk and cot
ton Hosiery, etc., and other goods too numerous to
mention, renewed by new arrivals daily, at the
lowest market prices, at wholesale and retail, at
Mrs. C. Hi IFKMAN’S fancy Dry Hands Sf Mili—
niry Store, Broad-street, Augusta,
marls trwlm
(N OFFKE, SI GAR, MOLASSES,~&c., (kc.
J 50 bbls prime New-Orleans Molasses
56 hints do llnadaloiipc do in line order
40 bags St. Jago de Cuba Coffee
250 do Kio do
250 bbls Canal Flour
20 bbds St. Croix and Porto Rico Sugars
20 bbls Phelps’ Gin
20 casks Rice —for sale by
JAMES RIMND,
feb 19-trwlf Mein tosh-street.
.1 . II . >1 1 PVLI N"
Portrait Painter,
nKSPKCTFI LLV invites his friends and the
, public to Ids Rooms, two doors below the U.
S. Hotel, and directly over the Bank of Milledgc--
ville, Augusta. mar 2S-trw2w
GEOKCIA LLVE WORKS.
rill IF. subscribers respectfully inform the public
| that they have commenced the manufactory of
LIME near Jacksonboroiigli, in Scriven county,Ga,.
They have extensive quarries of Limestone, which
i is considered by professor J. K. Cutting, State Geol
ogist, to whom the proprietors are indebted for the
information which induced them to embark in the
I undertaking, to be of the very purest kind. They
have consequently erected large and substantial
Kilns in tire most approved manner, and piueured
I men from the- North who are perfectly acquainted
\ with lire business. A portion of the Lime is nowiu
rnaract and has been pronounced by the principal
builder;- in the neighborhood of Augusta,and others,,
to boos excellent quality. The subscribers take
pleasure in inviting those who take an interest in
the devclopement of the internal resources of Geor
gia, to examine it, being convinced that the whqle
United States cannot produce amoro beautiful'arti
cle.
They have now a quantity on hand, which thev
will deliver at the mouth of Brier Creek on tne Sa
vannah river, or at Augusta. Having extensive
preparations in progress, they expect to be able du
ring the next winter and spring to supply orders to a
very large amount ; and they have every reason to
believe that they will entitle themselves to the favor
and patronage of the public by producing a cheaper
and better article at home than can be found
abroad.
Orders will be received by D. Kirkpatrick tzCo
or by Thos. L. Smith at Augusta, or Jucksonboro’.
GOIIN ELIUS St SMITH
May 7 'iawdStwtl'
N oth r. is hereby given that tlie C'ity r Taxes
for U e present year are now due, and that
the Collector and Treasurer will call on tire citizens
for payment, and persons failing to discharge them, V
when cailod -n, will be dealt with as the ordinance *
directs. JOHN If. MANN,
fnblk sw'n Cot'erforaqd TreasurerT. A