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® ri- to echlg Cljr tit & & time I WILLIAM E. JONES. AUGUSTA, Ga. TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 9,1839. Yol. lII.— No. 41. THE CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL PUBLISHED, DAILY, TKI-VVEEKLY, AND WEEKLY, At No. Broad-street. TERMS! Daily paper, Ten Dollars per annum, in advance. Tri- Weekly paper, at Six Dollars in advance or Seven at the end of the year. Weekly paper. Three Dollars in advance, or Four at the end of year. CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. AUGUSTA. MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 8. The reports of the Banks of this city which have been published in our paper within the last four days, exhibit all these institutions to he in a sound condition. They shew a considerable re. duction of circulation since the first of October last, and a still larger diminution of specie on hand, but still amply sufficient, indeed more than neces' sary, for the amount of their circulation. The following table exhibits the circulation and specie of each of the five principal institutions in the city. CIRCULATION. SPECIE. E..;ik of Augusta, 254,733 131,898 . iwltanics’, 282,880 153,516 Insurance, 250,820 74,860 Rail Road Br. 146,713 125,617 State Bk. Br. 151,730 145,855 Total, 1,081,876 621,746 We have not before us the statements of all these institutions for October, but enough to say that their aggregate circulation has been diminished since then, about one hundred thousand dollars ) and their specie over three hundred thousand dol lars. It may be a matter of some interest, to as. certain what has become of tnis amount of specie, thus abstracted from the Banks of this city, within the last six months. Has it been drawn by Planters and thrown into circulation; or has it found its way into the vaults of the country Banks; or has it been shipped to the North, for the pur pose of creating exchange 1 If the former, it was certainly unwise and injurious; if the second, those institutions, have no right to make the com. plaints which they have made—their forthcoming reports will elucidate this point; if the latter which we imagine is nearest the truth, then it is an evidence of what we have all along struggled to prove, that the severity of the times is attribute, ble in a great degree to the indebtedness of the state at the North. We shall look with consido' rable interest for the publication of the reports of the interior banks, and until that time, we cannot form correct conclusions as to the relative merits of the controversy between them and the banks o' this city. We have seen that our Banks have parted with about three hundred thousand dollars n specie while their circula ion has diminished one hundred thousand. It now remains to be seen whether like sacrifices have been made by the interior institutions. A friend has handed us the following report of the Merchants and Planters’ Bank of Columbus. General statement of the Planters’ and Mechan ics' B .nk of Columbus, on Monday morning April 1, 1839. on. Capital stock, $260,000 00 Notes of the Bank issued, $500,000 do. “on hand, 190,775 do. “ in circulation, 309,225 00 Individual Deposiles, 82,848 38 Due to other Banks and Corporations, 15,908 32 do. “ Agents, 95,004 96 Dividend No. 1, 1,334 00 Discounts Account, 10,934 48 Surplus Fund, 24,929 18 f $800,184 32 cn. Notes Discounted running to ma turity, $226,733 33 Bills of Exchange, running to ma turity, on New Y'ork, 399,006 07 Bills of Exchange, running to ma turity on other places, 2,193 50 Due by other Bunks and Agents, 25,446 74 Incidental Expenses, 869 80 Banking House and Lot, 13,389 75 Salaries, 874 98 Specie, 104,449 19 Notes of other Banks, 26,825 00 Corporation and Individual change bills, 295 96 $800,184 33 Connecticut Election. By last evening’s mail we received the result of the election in Connecticut. The Whigs have swept the State. They have elected their candi date for Governor, a majority in both branches of :be Legislature and carried every Congressional ict in the State. The following is the result , : all he towns but a few which cannot make ’t difference. FOR GOVF.RXOR. Ellsworth (Whig) 22,676 is Niles (V. 8.) 19,957 Phelps (Con.) 945 CONGRESS. r Ist Diet —Joseph Trumbull. 2 “ William L.Storrs. 3 » Thomas W. Williams. 4 “ Thomas B. Osborne. 5 “ Truman Smith. 6 “ Jno. H. Brockway. Massachusetts Election. Fourth Congressional District. —The Boston Atlas of Tuesday publishes the returns of the late election in this district. The vote stood for Parmcnter (loco foco) 4970 ; Brooks (Whig) 4432 ; scattering 529. Mr. Parmcnter is there fore elected by a majority of nine votes. It will be recollected that this was the fourth trial—the previous ones having resulted in no chicc. Reduction Convention. Baldwin —A. H. Kennan, Thos. Haynes, Geo. R. Clayton. Bibb —U. J. Bulloch, J. S. M. Baldwin, John T. Lamar, R. Bivins. Chatham —John M. Berrien, M. Wayne, R_ M. Pooler, R. M. Charlton, J. W. Jackson. Clark —Asbury Hall, Thos. Mitchell, Thos. Moore, John H. Lowe. Columbia —lsaac Ramsey, N. Crawford, T. 11. Dawson, Juriah Harris. Crawford —Thos. Crutchfield, Nat. Fowler Geo. R. Hunter. Decatur —Bcnnet Crawford, Thos. Hines, Jno P. Gaulden. Dooly —Wiley Cobb, David Graham, Miles R, Harmon. Glynn —Scarlett and Moore.' Greene —Thos. Stokes, Wm. C. Dawson, Wm. Daniel, David S. Terrel. Hall —Jas. Law, John E. Rives, Josiah H. Gill, Minor W. Brown. Hancock —Wilkins Smith, Eli. H. Baxter, Jno. Graybill, Charles E. Haynes. Henry —A. G. Murray, J. D. Johnson, Wm. Beck, P. T. Ward. Houston —H. Lawson, J. E. Dcnnard, Jas. M. Kelley, Creed T. Woodson. Jackson —Asa Yarnam, Edward Story, G. Mitchell, Jas. R. McClaskey. Jefferson —Roger L. Gamble, P. B. Connally, Moses Brinsen. Jones —Joseph Day, Jas. Gray, Abner H. Fie wellcn, Peter Northam. Liberty —Hines, Walthour and Spencer. Monroe —E. G. Calincss, Jno. H. Banks, T. E. Harman, S. Holt, L. Johnson. Morgan —J. W. Porter, tto wart Floyd, Thos_ Swift, Jos. M. Evans. Muscogee —J. C. Calhoun, Wiley W T illiams ) S. Jones,K. M. Kensie,Thos. Watson. Newton —J. Bass, J. Perry, J. Colley, D, Crawford. Pulaski —A. C. Bostwick, Wm. S. Whitfield J. M. Bracewell. Putnam —H. Branham, Joly Hudson, J. S. Meriwether, D. R. Andrews. Richmond —J. P. King, J. Shly, C. J. Jenkins, H. Mealing. Talbot —J. Riley, G. Davis, Wm. Searcey, P. S. Mahone. Taliaferro —Thos. Chaffin, A. H. Stephens, R. Q. Dickinson. Twiggs —B. B. Smith, H. Durham, Robert Riedford. Warren —J. Butt, E. Wilson, B. M. Roberts Daniel Dennis. Washington —Wm. Hust, Wm. Hodges, J. R. Smith, J. J. Long. Wilkes —Thos. Woottcn, Thos. Talbot, E. Callaway, R. J. Willis. Wilkinson —Sam. Beall, C. C. Beall, S. B- Murphy. The following letter from Col. Henry G. Lamaj of Macon, addressed to the Editor of the Georgia Journal, should have appeared in our paper on Friday last, but the paper containing it was mis' laid. Macojt, March 23d, 1839. To the Editor of the Georgia Journal : Deah Sin—Through the partiality of my friends, and the suggestions of some of the public Journals, (yours included,) my name has been presented as one of the nominees to the Guberna torial State Right Convention to be held in May next. I have given countenance to it, so far as to answer affirmatively to some of my friends, when the enquiry was made, whether or not I would accept the nomination if conferred on me. A more mature consideration of the subject, has effected a change of feeling and determination. This communication ts made to apprise of the fact, those who may have intended to bestow on mo their support, that their attention may be di rected toothers, who are more solicitous to sacri fice the repose of private life, to the acquirement of public honors. With high consideration and respect, your obe dient servant. HENRY G. LAMAR. Baltimore Post Office.— lt is now settled, says the Patriot of Tuesday, that Mr. Skinner is ( 0 abdicate on the first of June next, and that Mr. Vanzant is then to take possesssion of the Pos t Office. Estrays. We would respectfully beg leave, says the Geor gia Journal, to call the attention of the Clerks of the Inferior Courts, in the adjoining counties, to the section of the law, now of force in this Slatc > which requires, that all Estrays shall be advertised 'n the Georgia Journal, Augusta Chronicle or Savannah Republican. By special acts of the Legislature, several coun ties in or near which, newspapers have been es tablished since the passage of the law alluded to) have been allowed the privilege of advertising in other papers—but we presume the Clerks of those counties that have no such law for their special benefit, may be acting illegally to advertise Estrays in any other papers but those pointed out in the law. It may be found in Prince’s Digest, page 2; 8 . We publish the section below: “Section Ist. From and after the first day of March next, it shall be the duty of the Clerks of the Inferior Courts of this State, respectively, within ten days after they or either of them, may have received from any justice of the Peace of the county for which he is Clerk) before whom any Estray horse, mare, colt, gelding, filly, ass, or mule, may have been posted, in conformity with the Be tray Law now in force in this Stale, a description of such Estrayed horse, mare, colt, gelding, filly, ass, or mule, to advertise such estray or estrays, according to the description thereof, which he may have received as aforesaid, in the Goorgia Journal, Augusta Chronicle, or Savannah Repub lican ; and the proprietors of said papers, shall receive as compensation for the publication of each such estray, the sum of one dollar and fifty cents. ’ From the New York Star. Resignation of Mr. Kiddle We should be all badly oil for a paragraph if soinb event ot importance, su h as war or rumors of war, resignations and appointments of itnpor- S ( tance, running away of sub treasurers, &c. &c. did not occasionally occcur to lighten the burdens of newspaper writers, and create subjects of con versations and surmises. Mr. Biddle’s resigna tion, sudden and unlocked tor, created a panic, which is very easily created in these times. Stocks went down and went up ; they went down under the supposition that he was quitting a sinking ship, and they ran up again on ascertaining that the Bank was in a prosperous condition, and that severe labor and delicate health were the only causes of resignation. It was a regular old clock affair, “Here she goes—there she goes.” But Mr. Biddle having gone out of the Bank, the next question was, “how arc we to dispose of him?” “ Appoint him to the Treasury, and send Wood bury to England,” says one. “Nonsense,” savs another, “it is too absurd to think about; Van Buren could not possibly be so very inconsistent.” We have our own notions on these matters, and do not think it so very absurd as some may im agine. The American Sentinel, a strung admin istration paper, speaking of this resignation, says: “Whatever may have been said by heated par tisans, in disparagement of this gentlen an, in consequence of the political warfare that was car ried on for several years between the General Government and the Bank over which Mr. Bid dle presided, it must be conceded by every man in this community competent to judge on the question, that he has managed the affairs of the Bank with consummate skill, during a period of unexampled pecuniary embarrassment, and earned for himself a reputation as a financier, unrivalled in this country, and not surpassed in any other. He carries with him into his retirement— if in deed he .shall be suffered to remain in retirement —the best wishes of the commercial community J of jhe Union 1!” 0m This is from an opponent, let it be remembered. The little Sun, of this city, administration if any thing, says, this morning: The only causes assigned by Mr. Biddle in his letter of resignation, are. impaired health, and a desire for retirement. Rumor, however, immedi ately connected his resignation with an apj oint ment to the office of Secretary of the Treasury ; which rumor was strengthened by the reported resignation of that office by Mr. Woodbury, and the degree of intimacy which has for some time past existed between Mr. Biddle and the President and his cabinet. It received further countenance from the fact that Mr. Forsyth had been in Phil ai’e'phia all last week, and was frequently during that time in close conference with Mr. Biddle. The Washington papers of Saturday, however, contain no intimation of resignation by Mr. Wood bury, and the report is certainly premature, if not without prospect of future realization. Individu ally, we regard the appointment of Mr. B. to the office of Secretary of the Treasury, as far from being the most unlikely thing in the world. It would be one of the happiest events for the finan cial interests of the government and the country at large that could possibly take place, and would, withal, be a master stroke of political policy on the part of the President. We let these things pass for what they arc worth. Since General Jackson laid illegal hands on the deposites, and introduced his ultra experi ments on the currency, fifty millions of dollars have been lost by men in business, to say nothing of the aggregate national loss. It is time that something should be done for the country—that, separate and apart from personal or political con siderations, the Treasury Department should be placed in capable hands—in hands which the whole country would approve, in order that shocks to credit, ruinous interruptions to business, and everlasting and fatal panics, may hereafter be avoided, and that trade and commerce might glide on smoothly and uninterruptedly. On this ac count we should hail the appointment of Mr. Bid dle as a public blessing, and preposterous as some may consider it, we arc of opinion that it will happen. The alarm in our city increases nightly. The incendiaries arc more audacious in theii wicked attempts to lire the city, and yet no clue has been discovered to lead to their apprehension. On Monday night two attempts were made, in differ ent parts of the city, which had nearly succeeded. The first was in the rear of the Theatre, during die time of performance. A fire was kindled in an unoccupied tenement, and had made some headway liefore it was discovered ; but it was soon extinguished without the giving of alarm. Later, the roof of the privies in the rear of the City Hotel, were discovered lobe on fire. It was put out before doing much damage. In both these cases, a half hour more would have endan gered a large amount of property, besides the peril to human lives. The first was beyond question incendiary; the second is not so clearly so,though generally believed to be. This condition of things is terrible, and must rouse every citizen not only to alarm but to exer tion. He cannot sleep quiet in his bed while this fiendish villainy is walking abroad undetected. He cannot look upon his family tit night without a shudder at the possible scenes of the coming hor rors of darkness—the dreadful warning of the alarm bell, or perhaps the more awful sound of the rushing flame, startling him from his feverish ' slumber. It is a time of general peril, and the , common danger requires common and universal action. Nightly patrols—large rewards—indi ' vidual watchfulness, and, above all, the rigid cxc i cution of the law against suspected persons and • vagrants, arc demanded by the common voice.— Mobile Advertiser, “ It is rumored that several changes will shortly take place in the Cabinet at Washington. It is 1 said that Messrs. Forsyth and Woodbury will be i sin' on foreign raissioits; that Mr. Poinsett will . take t'le place of the former, and Mr. Kendall of . the latter; that Mr. Grundy will be appointed Postmaster General, and Mr. Stevenson, present ’ Minister to England, will take his place. We ! give the rumor as it was received by letter from . Washington, without vouching for its accuracy, which may be questioned.”— Unit. American. r j- MrniiF.ii.—We understand that the blood of another human being hangs on the skirts ofNorth Tuscaloosa. On Wednesday evening last, Al , fred Ray, much intoxicated, entered the Store of Green H. Strong, and used insulting and abusive language towards him, whereupon Strong beat [ him so severely that he died next day. Strong j has been arrested and discharged. These are briefly the facts as related to us. This is the third murder in the State within less than two [ weeks.— Tuscaloosa Intelligencer, 29 th ull. The Legislature of Wisconsin have passed a 1 law allowing 12 per cent, interest for money, the i parties mutually consenting. This is a virtual ’ repeal of the usury laws, or nearly so. North Carolina Legislature. The following diverting specimens of debate in the North Carolina Legislature arc copied from the Alexandria Gazette. V On the introduction of Mr. Raynor’s Resolu tions ot instructions in the House of Commons, the question being on what day they should be taken up and considered, the Whigs insisted that they should be disposed of at an early day. One or two votes having been taken on the more dis tant days, in which the Fan party was in the rear, several gentlemen complained of oppression. Among others, Mr. Caldwell, from Mecklenburg, and Dr. Wilcox, from Halifax, spoke upon the subject, and asked what iffect the Resolutions were expected to have ! One of the gentlemen said that the done had been prepared for them in a Caucus, and he supposed was to lie forced down their throats no/enn volens. To this, Mr. Jones, of Rowan, replied, that he was sorry to see the gentlemen on the other side exhibit so much nausea at the dose, which they said had been pre pared for them. They forget how they served us, sir, four years ago. They forget with what promptness and energy they administered the dose of instructions prepared in like manner by a Cau cus. \ cs, sir, they, on that occasion, not only made us swallow their physic in spite of “ la mentations here and elsewhere,” but they forced it down spoon and all. Hut, sir, we have happily changed places. We are the doctors now, and they arc the patients. We mean to give them their own physic out of their own spoon. One of the gentlemen said, that this dose had been prepared for them in a caucus. Me is right, sir. We have mixed up this potion with great care, from the very best ingredients, according to the most approved recipe, and I can tell them (hey have to take it just as it has b'en prepared. We mean to admit no dilutions nor adulterations; so they may as well swallow it at once without mak ing any more wry faces. I commend it to the w gentlemen; no doubt it will be “ good for their ' wholesome.” Doctok Wilcox.—l am very much obliged to the gentleman from Rowan, for his merciful consideration of our case. Hut I did not know before that he was a physician. Mn. Junks.—Mr. Speaker, I am no truck doc tor : mine are political pills. They arc better than Brandreth’s or Ueckwith’s, and just such as I think our Senators and their partv in this House stand in need of. I know it will go hard with the gentleman from Halifax to take his share of this medicine: but he must take it. But we arc asked what effect we suppose this physic will have upon our Senators ? 1 for one answer, Ido not know. I am aware that our patients are a good deal con stipated, and hard to move. Nor do I very much care as to the effect it may have. In this particu lar, I shall adopt the anagram which a London wag stuck on the door of a certain Dr. Isaac Let som, who used to sign himself “I. Letsom.” “ When folks they' does get sick, I physics, bleeds and sweats ’em i If, after that, they choonc to die — Why, verily, I LETS ’EM.” For my own part, I never believed in the magi cal effect of instructions. I believe we have a right to give our opinions upon all and every sub ject of a general character. I believe, moreover, that we have a right to make known these opin ions to our Senators in Congress in any form we may think respectful, whether as commands, re quests, or simply ns our wishes.—To my under standing, however, as we have no power to en force our will, it is, at least, a mere request. But I understand that our Senators hold a different doctrine. They say that they are bound to obey the will of the Legislature or resign. If they will obey, sir, I, for one will rejoice. If, on the other hand, their principles compel them to resign, it will be their misfortune, not our fault. But it is a misfortune over which I shall not weep. It is not the legitimate effect of our physic to kill; but, if the gentlemen Choose to die, Why, verily, / lets 'em.' On another day, after three or four speeches had been delivered against the resolutions, in which a good deal had been said about the inconsistency of the Whigs in giving instructions to iho Sena tors in Congress, after having condemned the doctrine:— “ But, sir, we have heard a good deal said here about deserting our principles.’ We have bceu asked ‘Where are our principles? Where are your consciences? Who arc they that dare call us to account for doing this act ? Sir, they arc the very men who have done this thing themselves, and they hold that it is right. They have driven one faithful ond able Senator from our service by this means; and whether we be right or wrong in our course we arc not answerable to them for it. Mr. Speaker, I must illustrate our position on this subject by relating an incident that occurred in the Tory war of the Revolution. You have heard of the celebrated John Cleaveland. North Carolina has never done justice to that man’s fame. My friend from Lincoln, Mr. Hoke, (Van Buren man tho’ ho he,) in proposing to name his coun try after this neglected patriot, has shown an ele vated and a proper spirit. Cleaveland was a Whig: agcnuinc, bold and thoroughgoing Whig. I wish I may ever be able to say as much for his namesake, the gentleman’s new county. He was one of those gallant spirits that first turned back the tide of British domination by the battle of King’s mountain. He had an impediment in his speech, and, like all stutterers that ever I have known, he was hasty in temper and violent— ‘ Impiger, iracundus, inexorabilis, accr.’ If I may he permitted to quote a free translation, Sir, I think it will as as well bespeak our Hero as the original (Leave, leave, having resounded through the Hall) I will give you, then, the ren dition of that Scottish worthy, Cosmo Comyne Brudwardinc. ‘ A fiery etter-cap, a fractious duel; As hot as ginger, and as stievc as steel.’ Cleaveland lived in a tory neighborhood, and while he was out campaigning those desperadoes used to depredate upon him greatly. They would steal his horses drive off his cattle, and burn his fences and outhouses. A party of them headed by a leader, one Bill Harrison, went so far as to put his overseer to death for endeavoring to pro tect his employer’s property. The manner oflhis crime was somewhat peculiar. They took their victim to a steep hill side, and placing him on a log, fastened one end of a grape vine around his neck, and the other over the prong of a stooping dog wood. When they had thus arranged it, one of the party went up the hill, and rushing head foremost against their captive, hurried him off into eternity. John Doss was the name of the sufferer.—Now, John Cleaveland, was not the man to put up with all these injuries, and the day of r"trihi tion was near at hand. Harrison, the ringleader in all these outrages, shortly afterwards fell into Clcaveland’s hands. He was an inge nious mechanic ; whom Cleaveland had often employed in more peaceful days, and had done him many favors; and the remembrance of these tilings was by no moans calculated to mitigate the offender's doom. Accompanied by his favorite servant Bill, and one other individual, without speaking a word, Cleavcland carried his prisoner to the same dog wood on which he had hanged poor Doss. Here was dangling the very grape vine, which had been used on the former occa sion. Without more to do, he placed the noose over the other’s neck and placed him on the log. ‘ ' °u will not hang me Colonel,' at length faintly observed the trembling wretch.—• Can you give me any icason why I should not doit’ said the other. ‘ You know 1 am a useful man in this neighborhood!' said Harrison,‘and cannot well be spared. I have moreover, discovered the se cret of perpetual motion, and if I am put to death, the world will lose the benefit of my discovery. Besides tins, 1 have heard you curse Bryant mid Fanning for putting prisoners to death. Where are your principles. Where is your conscience, that you are about to execute vengeance on me, your former friend and neighbor 1’ ‘ Where is my conscience? Where arc my horses and cattle —where arc my fences and barn—and where is poor Jack Doss ? Fore God 1 will do this deed, and justify myself to God and my country ! Bun up the hill and but him off'the log Bill, I’ll show hint perpetual motion !” So, sir, will wedcal with that party which have brought havoc, and ruin upon our country. They have destroyed our currency—they have squan dered our public land—they have persecuted and driven out talented and conscientious wings by i laying snares for their consciences. They have put in the base and needy to pillage the public. , money. They have maried and disfigured the ! faithful record of the Senate. In a word, sir, they have put a torch to the temple of liberty, and us i old Cleavcland said—Fore God we will do this i deed and justify ourselves to God and our coun try ; we will hang them on their own dogwood, • we will give them a small specimen of perpetual ■ mol ion. (It may be proper to add that Mr. Jones, the I author of the above really good things, is the cd l itor of the Carolina Watchman, and also the au ' thor of “Cousin Sally Dilliard,” over which doubt less, all of our readers, more than once, havelaugh ' e d heartily.] | Old Aon.—Deacon John Whitman of East ( Bridgewater, in this state, has completed his one hundred and fourth year. —Huston Mer. Journal. Erskine gave a very lively illustration of the text, “Union is strength,” when he said of a place where ho had slept very ill, that if the fleas had been unanimous they would have lifted him out of bed. The executions in Canada arc by no means ap proved of in England. The opinion in that coun try is that Canada cannot be retained for many years longer, and they arc averse to sanguinary punishments for rebellion. Tom Paine once made this remark: “England will go to war with the United States, at some time, to get rid of the Canadas.”—JV. V. filar. 1 Col. Prince, of the British army in Canada, " the miscreant who ordered the prisoners to be shot ’ down in cold blood immediately after they were taken, has been acquitted by the Court Martial, c and the Lieut. Governor has approved the doings " of the Court. He should have been “gibbeted ' to eternal infamy.” t ( - John .Smith. Never was a poor mortal so hunted down by the I hlund hounds of the press as the personage whose name bonds tins article. If the newspapers of tins country, yea and all Europe, are to ho believed, there never was a more consummate villian I trim he t is,or has been. There is nothing too base that he will not do Ho has been charged wih inmmie f raable murders, robberies, and a ihotisand other crimes ; by ibis lime, he must be perloclly acquainted wilh all the lawyers, judges, juries, ami persons in the Union. At lea-t such is the character given bun by our editorial brethren. Wo cannot believe he is quite so bad ns be has been represented to be, | inasmuch ns lie has been charged with the perpe [ laiion oi numerous offences m various sections ol coi ntry, at the same time; all ol which it appeared to us, it would be utlerly imposible lor him to do— ' and hence, wo are led lo conclude that whole press I has conspired against him, to injure bis reputation, and in many ins ances to do him personal injury, , when be is in no wise deserving ol it His cbarac ter, wiibin a few weeks past, in dm papers, has however, undergone an enure change, and be was acquirng a very respectable name it was said that becoming disgusted wilh the Christian religion, (no doubt in consequence of bad reputation be had so , long borne, among Christians.) he had gone to the east, and turned Mulwmedan. \\ n next find hts name aim aim ed in the Philadelphia papers, ns a candidate tor the office of Constable, and a large ' meeting of bis friends called to adopt mi asures cal culated to secure Ins election As we have a belter i opinion of Ibe people ol the city ol“ brotherly love " I than lo believe they would alii mpt lo place him in . so high and respectable an office, unless a very , great reformation in his former vicious habi s had taken place, wo took it f-r grant*d that such was ' the fact. But before the election had been held, we 1 learn the poor fellow bus at li st got rid of Ibis troublesome world, hiving accidently fell between the ship Orot.o o and tow-boat Pacific, at New Orleans, on the evening of the IHt. ult Wc ate happy to say that the last assertion in not correct, but we are compelled lo add that he has again (alien into hud habits, having no longer ago than last Wednesday, been nirested in Ibis cif, charged with attempting to pick the pockets ol several g- n ■ tlemen, who happened to he in Ins way. lie was taken before Thomas M. Dowell, Esq , and on the oath of one of our citizens, whose pocket it is said, he bad among o b-ra attached, wa< comrai te.l to prisoto await his trial before the next City Court — Ihlmmre Gazette. MARRIED, In Warrcnton, on Thursday evening, the 4th instant,by tbc Rev. Patrick N. Maddux, HubertM. Gunby, Esq., of Columbia county, to Aliss Jane Louisa Beall, of the former place. Consignees per Mouth Carolina Kail Komi. Hamburo, April 6, 1839. Reese & Bet'll, R. C. Baldwin, T. Richards, A. Gardclle, W. Sc J. J. Nelson, D’Antignac Sc Hill, T. i Dawson, Stovall, Simmons Sc Co., W. Ilattier, C. Jiolfman, T. Kernagban, Perrett Sc Young, If. L. Jeffers, Geo. Parrott, J. F. Benson. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. Savannah, April 6. Cleared. — Br. ship Fairfield, Slack Liverpool; brig Eleanor, Jones, Baltimore. Arrived yesterday —Brig Havre,Carpenter, Bos ton ; brig Amazon, Tucker, New York ; steamboat Duncan Mcßea, Colvin, Augusta ; steamboat Chat ham, Wray, Augusta. Charleston, April 6,1839. I Arrived yesterday. —Ships C licora, Halsey, Lon don ; Harriet Sc Jessie, Rogers, Havre ; line ship ! Congaree, Boston; Hr barque Atwick, M’Kay, Hamilton, (Bermuda); sebrs Celeiity, McDermot, New-Orleans ; Friends, Wallace, New-S ork. 1 Cleared. —Danish brig Proven, Axelsen. Copcn ' hagen ; schrs.Good Intent, Girdler, Boston. I I Cent to sea yesterday. —Ur brig Matthew Dell, Hunter, Liverpool i brig Hunter, Bonnoy, Matan- \ . I »as; U L brig Star, HuM,Ncw-Vork. \> COMMERCIAL. New York, April 3. Cotton —The transactions in the article since our last have been very nearly suspended, as there is but trifling quantity ofleringat the declineof 1 a 1$ cents per Ih. to which in some instances subsequent to the last accounts it extended, and at which re duction only, there is shown any disposition to con tinue operations on the part of shippers! under these circumstances, there is therefore apparently a mutual understanding to postpone farther trans actions, until the receipt of later intelligence from Kurope. In the meantime shipments lo a consider able extent continue to be made, from first hands. The sales have been too unimportant to particular ize, amounting only to about 500 bales of all de scriptions, ranging from 13 to 1(1. though including also a little ot very line quality at about iScents. The arrivals have been—from South America I, Mississippi 849, mobile 1177, Florida 194l,fleorgi» 1147, North Carolina 140, Huston 15—T0ta15,263. Total import,from Ist to 31st March, 69,314 Kxport from Ist to 31st March , bales 26,697 Kxport from the U. States, since Ist October last, 470,530 Same time last year, 812,507 Same time year before, 636,616 Charleston, April 6. Cotton. —The apprehension which was entertain ed by many during the week of a speedy reduction on the previous ruling rates of Uplands, has not 1 ecn realized i the nt>ws from Kurope although it does not indicate an upward tendency, still represents a linn market and general improvement in the Colton trade. A considerable desire existed among opera tors to cut down prices, and many attempts were made fur that purpose, but without effect, holders arc still', and firm in maintaining their ground. Enquirers were mostly directed to the middling qualities, and the principal transactions embraced that description i the prices nevertheless were too high for many, and they withdrew from the market which has caused a very dull week, the sales being much Isss than the previous report. The bulk of stock in store is in second hands, but a fair amount v as still offered, when the market closed—2Bs7 bags were disposed of at from 13} to 17 cents per pound. Kittle altcation can be perceived in Long Cotl< ns as regards prices, fine qualities were in much request in the early part of the week, but subsequently the demand fell oil', and the market became Hat. We give 337 bags as the result of a weeks transaction, 38 at 35 to 45; 4,50; 24, 64; 12, 67; 60, 60; 52, 61 to 63; 41, 55 to 70c . and 83 stained, at 1 to 25cts. Rice —A total inactivity prevailed throughout the greater part of the week for Rice of all descrip tions; operations bci ig confined mostly to actual wants. We would remark however, that there is no falling oli'in prices, on the contrary, holders are not disposed to yield, but anticipate a renewed ac tivity and improved rates. The sales were 1024 tierces at from s4s to $4l) perewt. Flour —Several sales, mostly at retail have been effected, for good quality Flour, but to an inconside rable extent, at prices within our quotations. Groceries —This has been quite a dull week for all kinds of business, and Grocers have suffered among the rest. Hay. —Several hundred bushels Northern Hay sold to arrive, has been landed this week, and brought sls perewt. Sa/f. —900 sacks Liverpool were sold at $1 62J cts per sack Bacon. —lso hhdf Cincinnati assorted, sold as follows : sides brought K)s cts, shoulders B}, and hams llj cts l )Cr lb. Lard. —soo kegs from same source sold for 11$ cts per lb. Freights. —To Liverpool, Jd a §d per lb, to Ha vre ; 1$ cts for square, and 1$ c for round bale*.— To New York, 75 c for square, and $1 round bales Statement of Cotton. Sea Island. Upland. Stock on hand Ist October, 1838, 924 2219 Received this week, 103 5156 Previously, 8445 147953 9472 155328 Exported this week, 156 6875 Previously, 3719 110739 On shipboard, not cleared, 840 6154 4215 122768 Stock on hand. 5255 32560 Mobile, April 3. Cotton —Arrived this week 7845 bales, and ex ported in the same period 10,943 bales,as follows: Liverpool, 4414 bales. Havre, 470 “ Ncw-Vork, 4480 “ Roston, 1355 “ Portland, (Me.) 185 “ With 4447 bales at sundry times, to 30th ult. not heretofore taken into account, making the total re duction from supply this week 15,390 bales, and leaving now on hand and on ship-board, not clear ed 64,013 bales stock, against 89,917 lastyear. We have to report a better business during the past week, than in the preceding; sales are supposed by the brokers to be about 9000 bales, and at prices showing an advance on our last, of $ to $ cent on ordinary fogood fair; good and line maintain former rates. Sellers continued up to yesterday, quite linn, sanguinely looking for an advance in foreign markets. The stock is rapidly diminishing, arri vals falling far short of sales. About 1000 bales were destroyed by the fire of the 31st ult. In accordance with all the regular transactioi s of the week, we annex our quotations—for Liuerpool Classifications —Good and Fine 17 a 171, Good Fair 16$, Fair 16 a—, Middling 15$ a 15j, Ordinary 15$. Savannah, April 5. Cotton —Arrived since the 22th ult. 5189 bales Upland and 28 bales 8. I. Cotton, and cleared at the same time, 5431 bales Upland and 184 bales 8,1. Cotton; leaving a stock on hand, inclusive of all on ship board not cleared on the .sth inst. of 24796 bales Upland and 1718 bales Sea Island. There has been only a moderate enquiry for Up land since our last report and the recent intelli gence from foreign markets being less flattering than anticipated, holders yesterday on the sales they effected and which comprised one third of the business of the week, conceded $ ct; the total sale* amount to 3148 ba es, at from 14 to 16$ cents per lb. For Sea Island the demand has been general, and the sales reach the large quantity of 530 bales, at from 31 to 47 cts; and 51 bales Stained at 10 a 19. Statement of Cotton. Upl’ds. 8.1- Stock on hand, Ist Oct. 3164 35 Received this week 5189 23 do previously 155868 3708 164221 3771 Exported this week, 5431 184 do previously, 133994 1269 139425 2035 Stock on hand, including all on ship board not cleared, April 5, 1839, 24796 171$ /lice —The transactions fur the past week ha* been quite mod rale, wi>h a limit' d demand. Tb* principal sales have been Irom s4s a 44, with a very light stock. Flour —The market continues dull, and sales are only made to supply immediate wants Bacon — Tho business of the week has been con fined to the retail bustnesa ; Hams 121 a 13 cts. Baltimore April 2. Flour.— Sales of Howard sireet Flour from store* have be en made at 87.121 a $7 25— principally at the medium rale of $7,181. The wagon anil rail road price erntinues uniform at 87 A sale of City Mill* Flour at (7.25, full. Sales ufKusruehanna Fleur at 97.25—market firm. Sale* 1 of I*4 Rye at (5.50 a (5-75