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BA iK REPORTS. '
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Marixb & Fire Ixsciiaxce Hank,?
fsjv amvth, sth April, isaa. 5
Sir.- —lii cteipMauic with an ad ot the legis
lature. I bavnuhc Inmiw to transmit yon herewith,
n statement of tin- condition <>t thin Bank and its
Branch, made tip to Ist instant inclusive. Ap
pended thereto you will find a memorandum of
ns suspended paper, in which it is believed a lull
allowance has been made for any loss that will
be sustained.
1 am respectfully voor olmdlenl serv't.
EDWARD PADEUFOKD, President.
To Ills Excellency Ci. 11. (i I EM 1.11, tiov. of Cioo.
Statem “/i t <f the Condition of the Marine. A
Fire I isurance Ban 1 ! at Suvannh, and
ti-nnek ut Macon, on Monday, April Ist,
183 LI.
Dn.
To Capital Stork, 8,000 Shares of
$5O each, $400,000 00
“ Notes in circulation,
principal, 205 955 00
*• Notes in circulation,
Branch, 19,540 00
225.405 00
*• Individual depositors, 212,008 54
“ Individual unclaimed
dividends 1,798 00
“ Balance due Banks
in Savannah, 38,054 01
“ balance due Banks
in Augusta, 35,443 09
■“ balance due Bank
of Darien, 12 07
“ balance due at the
North, 4.081 37
79,091 14
“ Bills payable qt N.
Vork, Ist June, 20,500 00
“ Reserved Fund, 09,831 45
“ Profits since 4th De
cember, 22,001 27
91,892 72
“ Balance due on open
acct. with Branch, 21,840 17
$1,053,631 57
On.
Bv Specie in Gold
Coin, 109,587 84
11 Specie in silver and
copper, 27,409 75
130,997 59
“ Notes of solvent
Banks, 22,037 00
“ Notes of the Bank
of Darien and
Branches, 9)0 00
23,547 00
" Discounted Notes
runn’g and good, 279,827 00
“ Bills of Exchange
ruini’g and good, 402,030 52
082,404 12
“ Bills of Exchange
under protest, 1,350 00
41 Bills of Exchange
in judgment, 0,100 00
7,450 00
“ Discounted Notes
under protest, 111 284 3!)
“ Discounted Notes
in judgment, 200 00
10,484 80
“ Bills receivable in
suit ami judgment, 2,412 91
“ Bonds of City of Sa
vannah, hearing 7
per cent, interest, 08,0( 0 00
“ Balance due from
Banks in Hav., £6,844 84
“ Balance due from
Banks in Georgia, 12,802 47
“ Balance due front
Branch Hunk Da
ricn in Savannah, 53 07
38,700 38
“ Balance duo from
Bunks at the North, 22,952 55
“ Debt due in Mobile
secured by mortg’o, 15,090 32
“ Stocks in Union
Road, 200 00
“ Stocks in Savannah
Insurance and Tr't
Company, , 24,333 73
“ Stocks in Central
Railroad and Bank
ing Company, 13,300 00
“ Stocks in Savannah
and Macon Stage
Company, 259 00
38,083 73
“ Expenses since 4th
December, 7,282 08
$1,053,531 57
Marine & Fiai; Insurance B vxk, J
Savannah. April Ist, 18.3,1. S
JAMES SMITH, Cashier.
Stephen A. Patot, Book-Keeper.
Class ficalion of Paper in Suit, under Protest,
and in judgment.
Bills of Exc. un
der protest, $1.330 00 good $1,350 00
Bills of Exc. in
judgment, 0.100 00 [ ffl-My 2,!00,00
Discounted Notes
under protest, 10,281 89 good 10,281 89
Discounted Notes
in judgment, 200 00 good 200 00
Bills receivable, in
suit and in judg
ment, 2,412 91 half good 1,206 46
Amount estimated
as bad, 5,206 40
$20,317 80 $20,347 80
Stockholders in the Marine and Fire Insurance
Bank, on Monday, Apr,l l st, 1839.
NAMES, SHARES,
JaneS. Aldrich 53
Cualliatu Academy 107
S. M, Anderson 13
Mary Adams 2
Female Asylum 5
Margaret Black 22
John Camming 300
Aaron Champion 250
Thomas ( lark, 150
R. Campbell, trustee, 85
Robert Clark 31
Hamel Campbell 50
Mary Cleland 20
Thomas S. Clay 4
Ann Cuinming 4
Maty Ann Cowper 39
Henry Curtail' 50
S. C. Dunning, tiuslen 10
Margaret L>. Edvols 17
S. A. Edwards 100
Helen Fleming 5
James Fraser 100
S. H. Fay 45
William Godfrey • 014
A. R. Gordon, li u hes 4S
J. B. Herhorl, csla'.e 120
John Haupt, guardian 3
C. F. Halsey 30
D. F. Halsey, executor 44
R. Habersham, trustee 17
J. P. Henry 303
R. Hutchison 50
Georg., Hall 100
P. Houston, 40
I’. Houston, executor of J. J. 34
I*. II mston, executorof M.F. 0
P. Houston, trustee of S. M.J. 51
I'. Houston, trustee Han lers 10
Houston mill Kotiyck, trustees HO
E. M. Houstoun 03
K. Haliershnm 1 HI
1!. Habersham, t ustcc of Mrs.
Llliull HO
Henderson & Anderson, trustees, 8
E. Jackson 100
H- R. Johnson 76
P. A. Johnston 25
Lucy Isaac 82
Jos. Jones 100
Jos. Jones, trustee 25
L. C. Johnston 75
George Jones 50
E. 11. Johnston 70
Win. P. Johnston 108
M. 11. Johnston 0
Jane P. Johnston 26
Bnsan W. Johnston 4
J.ones Johnston 0
George Jones, Trustee 40
Mary Ker, 105
Mary M. Ker 25
Mary Koiloclc 4
Mary F. Kollock 08
George J. Kolloik 00
James Land) 150
Mary Lavender 15
A.G. Miller 100
R. M e key, estate 09
A.T. Miller 10
IS. Marshall 50
James Marshall 20
A. Nichols, estate 5
John Potter 400
Anthony Porter 250
S, B. Purktnan 2(ll
William Patterson 50
Edward Pudelfonl 350
Edward Quin, estate 24
Elias Reed 1110
Elias Reed, trustee 150
Wm. Robertson 47
Win. Kuhn 50
C. F. Seymour 82
Scarbrough, Taylor and Wallace,
trustees 100
James Smith, Cashier, trustee 8
J. Stone, estate 130
A. G. Stiles, estate 4
Wm. J. Scott, estate 096
Robert Stafford 40
11. Thomas, trustee 44
F. A. Tupper 4(1
Turner and Coles, trustees 30
M’m. 11. Thompson 100
Margaret C. Telfair 05
Mary Telfair, 05
Wm. Taylor 25
Henry Taylor 20
C. L. S. Versscllo 20
John Wilkinson 4(H)
S. Wood and E. F. Wird, trustees 38
11. (). Wyer 11)0
G. L. Waldhurgli 9
G. M. Waldhurgli 2
William Willing 4
James .1. Waring 4
Jos. Washburn 50
Shares 8001)
JAMES SMITH. Cashier.
Statk or Gr.onoiA, City of Savannah,
Personally appeared before me Elias Reed, a
Justice of the Interior Court of Chatham county,
Edward Pudelford, the President, anil James
Smith, the Cashier of the Marine and Fire In
surance Hank of the State of Georgia, who being
duly sworn, declare that the statement oi* the 1
condition of the Marino and Fire Insurance
Bank of (Savannah and Branch at Macon, bearing
dale the Ist instant, and signed by S. A. Patot,
Book-Keeper, is a*true and faithful exhibitnf the
condition of said Bank and Branch, to the best of
their knowledge, and that the list of stockholders
is also correct.
EDWARD PADELFORD, President.
JAMES SMITH, Cashier.
Sworn to before me, this slh day of April, 1839.
ELIAS REED, j. i. c. e. c.
Bank of Colvmdvr,?
April 2d, 1839. S
His Excellency Gnotion R. Gilviku:
S i' —1 have the honor to hand you herewith
enclosed, a general statement of the affairs of
this institution, on Monday the Ist inst., ns re
quired by an act of the Legislature.
Very respectfully,
\ oar obedient servant,
C*IIAS. I). STEWART, Prcs’t.
General statement of the Bank of Caininhn.i,
on Monday, Ist April, 1839.
Capital Stock paid in, $400,000 00
Notes of the Bunk issued, 1.124 873
Notes of the Hank on hand, 075,015
Notes of the Dank in circulation, 449.258 00
Post Notes in circulation, 23,000 00
Deposiles, 07.508 23
Certificates of Deposit, 10,234 87
Due to other D inks, 132,385 70
Surplus Fund and Discount Ac
count, nflep charging up every
bad and doubtful debt, 104.040 04
$1,187,027 44
Notes Discounted run
ning to maturity, 101,218 66
do due and not
in suit. 12,183 40
Bills of Exchange rini
ning to maturity, 371,103 05
Bills of Exchange due
and not in suit, 2,599 70
Notes and Bills of Ex
change in suit, 104,331 70
954,531 83
Banking House and Lot. 14,950 60
Salaries ami Incidental Expenses, 7,081) 32
Due by other Banks and Agents, 54,031 70
Silver in the vault, 119,033 99
Notes of other Banks
on band, 30,793 00
150,420 99
$1,187,1)27 44
CH \S, D. STEWART, Prcs’t,
A. B. Divis, Cashier.
List if S/ockhuhl. i':: in th" Bank if Columbus,
on Monday. Ist April, 1839.
A’) men Mo. Shares An’/ paid. Total-
Boykin James 40 $lOO 4,000
! Cary, Edward 07 do 0,700
i Chapman, James A. 50 do 5,000
| Dickinson, David W. 200 do 20,000
i Davis, A. B. 1509 do 150.900
I Fontaine, John 20 7 do 26.700
I Gruulland, Sarah C. Hit) do lll.Oi'O
Hargroves, George 133 do 13,300
Hargroves, George jr. 133 do 13,300
i Hill, Jcrnignn. & Co. 50 do 5,000
Jones, James R. 45 do 4,500
do ns Trustee for
i Elinbeth S. Rutherford, 88 do 8.800
Lumpkin, Joseph Henry 38 do 3,300
i Posers, Edward B. 77 do 7,7110
Sanford, William 350 do 30.000
Shinier, James 11. 75 do 7,5iU)
Stewart, Charles D. 250 do 25 ()00
t-ahmarsh, O. 100 do 10,000
Thomas, Gri-by E. 57 do 5 700
W iKilf.dk, John 133 do 13,300
Wynn, William L. 50 do 5,000
Warren, John 1-3 do 13,300
Shares. 401)0 S4ou,iKiU
CJIAS. D. STEWART, President.
A. H. Davis. Cashier.
(inoarjiA, Muhcwu eonnty.
Hilaries I). Stewart, President of the Conk of
I Columbus, and Arthur 11. Davis, Cashier of said
Bank, being duly sworn, say dial the annexed
returns lire true to the best of their knowledge
arid belief.
CHAB, D. STEWART,
A. H. DAVIS.
Sworn to before me, this 2d April, 1H39.
>l. MONTAGU, N. P.
G.IRONIC!.K AN!) SKNTINKL.
A U G U S T A.
SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 20.
By last night’s mail we received New York
papers announcing the arrival of the Great Wes
tern.
The news is of a highly favorable character.
There was not much excitement on the Boundary
question.
Colton had advanced a penny since our last
advices. The Steamer Liverpool had not arrived
in England when the Great Western left.
Our Augusta friends are determined to have
Macon bankrupt, whether or no. I,otters and
audits from that sisterly city, have carried the
news to all parts of Georgia, Alabama, &c. that
every Hank in the city of Macon bad broke!
Pile elfeet of this intelligence was. perhaps, so far
as it went, precisely what was intended by its au
thors, viz- to produce a run upon the Macon
Hanks! The other part of the intention, to wit:
a tunprneion of the Macon Hanks, has not jet
been effected. Put how long it may be, before
that event is brought about, under the neighborly
treatment of our Augusta friends, we are unable
to say. —Macon Telegraph of IGIh April.
Wo cannot conceive any good reason for that
excessive degree of vindictiveness manifested by
several papers in the interior cities towards Au
gusta, of which the above is a fair specimen.—
We deny that such letters have been written
Irom this city, or that Agents, (Bunk Agents wo
presume are meant) have carried “nows to all
parts of Georgia, Alabama, &c.,” that “every
Hank in Macon had broke!” Wo distinctly deny
these things, and do not believe that the Editor of
the Telegraph haasecn any such letters from any
respectable source here, or heard the Agent of
any Hank hero, make such charges, lie has
been imposed upon, or else is himself attempting
I 1° impose upon the public. The bills of all the
Banks in Macon, except the Monroe Kail Road
and the Darien Branch, are bankable here, and
the former are taken generally by merchants for
goods.
Wo should like for the Editor of the Telegraph
to he specific in his chaigea, and to name the
persons who have written such letters as those
referred to hy him, and the agents who bas e cir
culated such rumors. The authors of such mis
chief ought to be exposed, 11 su -h authors there
be; and we are sure the citizens of Augusta will j
i take it as a f.ivor, it the Telegraph will publish 1
names, instead of denouncing in general terms |
our whole city, and casting upon it censures
which it does not deserve, and which are thrown
hack in the spirit which dictated them. To bo
plain, we da no! hnlieve a syllable of the whole
.dory.' Wo neither believe thatsuch letters have
been written by respectable citizens of this place,
or rumors circulated by the Agents of our Bunks.
The citizens ol Augusta, besides being actuated
by higher and belter feelings than those ascribed
to them, have too deep a stake in the Macon
Hunks, which constitute a large portion of our
circulation, to do any thing to injure them. The
whole story looks very much like it was got up
for effect of. some sort. When the proof is pro
duced wo shall be convinced, but not until then i
Wo hope the latter paragragh of the above
article is not ominous of a suspension by the
Macon Banks, and intended to forestall public
opinion and cast the odium of such an event
upon the Augusta Bunks.
The great match race between the celebrated
horses Boston and Portsmouth, for ten thousand
dollars a side, came off on Monday last at Peters
burg, Va. The race was won by Portsmouth
quite easily. Two mile heats.
Time, three minutes fifty seconds—three mi
utes forty-eight.
The Commercial Convention at Charleston
adjourned on Thursday, On Wednesday eve
ning a splend.d dinner was given to the members
by the citizens of Charleston. Particulars here
after.
From the K. Y. Commercial Adecrliser of the loth.
fifteen Days Later from England.
AIIUI VAX. OF TUB Oil BAT WKSTIiKJf.
The long looked for Great Western arrived
| early this morning. She departed from Bristol
, on her regular day, the 23d of March, and had a
i very boisterous p issage.
The Groat Western made her passage home in
fifteen days.
DorxtlAßV UTIKSTIOX.
, ’The proceedings in Congress on the boundary
question, with the memorandum agreed upon |,‘ v
Mr. Fox and Mr. Forsyth, &c. & were receiv
ed in London by the packet England, on the
‘doth of March. So liir as we can judge from a
hasty glance at the papers before ns, h.c tempo
rary adjustment ot the dispute appears to have
I given general snlislaeiion, and even the most
| ultra ol the uuli-Aineriean journals have inaui
r. i tested a degree of moderation on the subject
I which wo hardly expected.
;) | The Herald, it is true, recommends the im
i ! mediate sending of 20,000 men and 10 sail of the
t j hue to the North American coast; and the Stainl
it anl affirms that no diplomacy but that of cannon
II mid bayonets can be relied on; but the Times
1» —the thumlcrer of tln> British press—discourses
l) on the matter in the following moderate and rca
i amiable manner.
it •• We have heard from high and grave an
il lltrrities in the United States, men whom we be
lieve to have been really conscientious in their
11 allegation, that there could he not a shadow of
1 doubt as to the right of .Maine, to the whole of
.1 the disputed territory : thi e p, rsuns at the game
;) | time iutimatin : a strong conviction that the hone
t ! contending for was not worth to either count) v
,) a dozen human i.v, s.
1 “Itn vv appears that, how ever, the joint memo-
I random of Messrs. Forsyth and Fox, may le
II calculated to avert (and God grant it may sue-
I ceed in doing so) any immediate appeal to vio
lence nnd bloodshed, the tone of the senators who
j have spoken upon the subject corresponds tni
i nutaly with thui of the Senate, which pul as.de
I the arbitration of )BSo-:)l, and insisted that
Ragland bad no right to tire |< ist portion of I lie
: evil contended for. Although, the. oh.re, fnea
sures huninnr and considerate have l.ecu pursued
on this occasion for posiponing the armed cap
diet, and saving the irregular and precipitate Id
fusion of hlood, nothing has taken place to en
courage the least hope that by any expedient hut
mrrmdtr >f the whoh subject in dispute, will
this country ho able to calculate on a more than
transient gleam of repose lor her pr. vinecs in
Norm America.
“ In this journal we have repeatedly thrown out
a suggestion, which with a due sense of our own
very bum Ido pretensions to ha heard where great
national interests are concerned, our unafiected
and cordial love of 1 peace, in the spi.it of peace,’
nu-.vinclines us to reproduce, viz: that ns most
national misunderstandings are best healed by
each parly sacrificing something of ils extremes,
for the sake of showing will and good neighbor
hood, England should frankly oiler to the state of
•Maine that largo section of country which has
always been an unquestioned and recognized
part of New Brunswick—viz: that portion of it
which lies west of the town of St. Johns, along
llir shore of the Bay of Fundy, mild it meets
the present Maine frontier or Passamaquoddy
Bay, including the whole of ‘ Charlotte county,’
extending North to what is called it. the maps
llte ‘ military post’on the Si. John’s river, and
thence along the Southern extremities of the
highlands of which “Mars i i ill” forms a part un
til it strikes the meridian, close to that old land
mark.
“'Phis scheme of compromise wo recommended
in the Times journal six or eight months ago. It
would be better for both parties—lst, for En gland,
be? nnsc it would leave in her possession the
whole of the disputed territory, and her interpro
vincial communication between Frederickton and
Quebec unbroken j 2d, and eminently fur the
state of Maine, inasmuch as she would gain for
it nfino country, to which .die lias never dreamed
of putting forth a pretension ; a definite amt protl- j
table water frontier on the West, formed by the
fit. John’s River and the Bay of Fundy, a great
er compactness and roundness of territory than at
present, and considerably more in point of sur
face titan England could in the way of mutual
cession be nn any fair prine.iple ndled upon to
relinquish, being even in superficial miles con.sid- I
erably beyond one-half of the space disputed.— 1
We cannot for our parts comprehend on what
pretext the statu of Maine should object to a set
tlement so true and beneficial. Nor, in the case
of any man but Lord Palmerston, does it appear
that any English minister could throw dillicul
ties in the patli of such a proposal.
“.llcmember, this is no yielding on our side to
compulsion, We declared this opinion more
than eight months ago. We did so from an hon
est anxiety for national peace and human welfare.
There is through this temporary convention ol
Messrs. Forsyth and Fox a gleam of light, and
and the only one we see, and if well employed, it
may conduct us through the labyrinth. But with
such inducements to activity, and such materials
of compromise, and such repeated warnings to
prepare for the worst, what must tiny man, Lord
Palmerston, be made of, who would neither ne
gociule through the ordinary methods of diploma
cy, nor recollect that an armed negotiation is
among the moat approved and infallible means
of prevailing upon an inattentive adversary to
give an ear to reason?”
THE Il AXKHIts’ Cl ItCVL AIt.
Wo have the London Bankers’ Circular ol
March 22nd—llte latest and probably only copy
in this country, as it was sent off at 7 o’clock on
Iliß evening of that day. Its lending article is n
temperate, and, (for that side of the wut t.) very
intelligent review of the border dilfaulties be
tween Mai no and New Brunswick. The writer
understands well the character of the border de
mocracy, and of Governor Fairfield, and likewise
the motives which prompted his windy action.-
Nut the least idea of a war is entertained. We
cannot this evening give the entire article, and
prefer not to mutilate it. The following article
forms a sort of postscript to the leader, and as it
relates to the cotton and stock markets, and to
the effect of the news from Maine on the latter,
we lose not a moment in extracting it; —
Ihe grave character of the question of peace
or war between England anl the United States
which is much discussed in the political circles of
London, must for the present week supersede
other subjects which we wish to notice because it
is one of indescribable importance to the manu
facturers, capitalists; and bankers of this country.
And as our reflections had led us to n more favo
rable conclusion concerning it than most public
men and periodical writers worthy of attention
had arrived at, wo felt it necessary to state at
some length the grounds on which we had formed
it. The amount of British capital invested in
American stocks is so large, and the confidence
of its holders received so severe a shock by the
intelligence that the respective border authorities
had threatened, and that one of them had actu
ally commenced hostile operations, that the minds
of all men were directed to the consideration of
the issue of this state of things. We have the
strongest confidence in its being a favorable one,
and think that the awkward incidents which have
taken place may well be converted into a means
of bringing about a speedy settlement of the dis
pute, which h ith parties, wc believe, sincerely and
earnestly desire.
In the meantime the great amount of business
which has recently been transacted in American
slocks will be, in a greatmeasure, stopped or sus
pended, unt 1 the determination of Congress with
relation to the report of the committee on foreign
affairs be known, nnd the conduct of the Govern
ment of Maine be ascertained. Ask any broker
in the slock exchange about those securities, and
be will answer, “they are all sellers anU no buyers
therefore there are no transactions in them.”
Even the stock of the U tiled Slates Bank.
which, if we may use the expression, isa descrip
tion of security naturalized in this country like the
stock of oiu own banks, so many undisturbed
family investnu ills have been made in it, has been
affected; and sab s have been made in it at prices
a fraction or two lower. Now the reports of that
bank being extensively engaged in ml ton specu
lation never low; rod the v alue of their stock.
Those reports weie groundless, ns far ns any im
mediate interest beyond liberal banking profits se
ntred to the bank was concerned. If they had
been well founded to the alleged extent, the bank
would have pained a sum exceeding, wc believe,
JI.bOO.UUO by those cotton operations. Messrs.
Humphreys anil (fiddle, of Liverpool, have not a
single bale of their immense stock left unsold, and
all that they will in future have for sale will bo
from fresh arrivals. So that the areounls, as far
rr the old st ck is concerned, may be wound up,
and tills will indirectly augment tiie resources and
efficiency of the United Slates Tank, and enable
it the better to assist the banks of the South, whose
comparative weakness now compels them to press
i severely on their customers, in order to be ena
. bled to maintain their own resumed payments in
| cash.
On this matter Inst alluded to we must shortly
I make some ohseivations, w hen we shall lake the
: opportunity of submitting a plan which provides
fir a more safe. easy, and regular method of effect
ing remittances from the United Mtales 1i Eng
i lands because it appears I > us I • merit consider a
-1 lion with the view of aiding the manufacturin'-
interest of this country. — Uis one patron!: l ■■
; men who stand desert cub.- high in the estimatem
of Iho commercial w erld.
We sa d five works since that, on ilia corn-law
I question, “the number oi votes altogether in fa
■ * \or a chungc j= L.it mated at a point help's
) 200.” The event (1 ;.-5 votes) has merely < tfnfif
- mod this; r< tliu termination of the debate at J Ike
3 s.engih oi the voting .upon it have, however,
t tented t.i give firmness to the coiu-raarket, 1 til
that which Ims produced more effect is the Know
- ledge that 6:»0 UOO quarters of wheat bought h>r
1 England ahroil linve I .on countermanded, This
• | coumerinmidcunnot all'eet the more remote rmir
- : kets, and, as to those nearer home, wo believe
■ i that in the northern parts, Including Hamburgh,
l nearly double that quantity has liven purchased
I for British account.
i ! Until to-day money lias boon, throughout the
i 1 past week, very “easy;” sn much so that the
j amount borrowed ol the Bat.k of England by
t ; some of the brokers—which altogether, tve under
i | stand; did not exceed live hundred thousand
t I pounds—was paid bark by them.—lt is now
I light in the same quarters, hut tha rates for lodg
; meiiis and discounts remains unaltered,
t Ex change on I’aris—d days, 25. i 7{, a 25.20.
3 nice. 25,42 £ a 25,47 J
, I Now York—oo days, 47$ money.
• ! Philadelphia—Bo. 47 $ do
i Price of gold in bars is £3 18 per oz. ffilver
I bars, ss. Jd, per oz.
e aii i,iam kntaii v pnoci: t:nt \cis .
; The great question of the rorn laws excluding
i almost every other topic, in both houses, through*
i out the weekending on the 10th ot March.
iiofjfTi.uir (iriisTiox.
In the House of Commons bur S. Caxxino
inquired of the noble lord the Secretary for For
j eign Affairs, whether ho had reci ived any infor
mation from W ashington w ith reference to the
i recent collision which was reported in have ta
ken jilaoo upon (he tioundary between the stile
| of Maine and our province of .Now Brunswick,
j He need not remark how important this subject
I was. He was desirous to know whether the
noble lord had born informed of the course which
the American government proposed to take in
consequence of this transaction. He also wished
to ho informed whether there was any reasonable
probability of the negociations which had now
I boon carrying on for eight years, tor the settle
i ment ot this question ol disputed territory, being
brought to a satisfactory termination.
Imrd Palmerston stated, in reply, that he had
received but very imported information upenthis
subject from our minister at Washington. The
circumstances to which the honorable gentleman
referred were only known generally m that city,
their details not having arrived. It was not yet,
therefore, in his power to state what course the
American government intended to pursue. Ho
would be, however, fully justified in slating that
the most friendly disposition toward this country
prevailed in that quarter.— (Hear.)
Sir gt. (tanning—What is the date of the com
munication to which the noble lord refers 1
Lord Palme ston replied that ho did not re
member the exact date, hut that the communica
tion had reached him by a rapid conveyance (the
Great Western.) He could not say whether the
result of the negociations referred ta by the hon
orable gentleman would he satisfactory or not;
hut this he could say, that both governments
were animated by a most serious desire to obtain
such a result.— (Hear.)
From tie London Morning Post, March 21.
A good deal of anxiety prevails amongst the
leading parties connected with the commune of
the United States and our North American colo
nies, in consequence of the unpleasant accounts
respecting the disputed territory. Piople of the
first information have to-day openly expressed
their opinion that this rupture, for such it is,
however the ministerial scribes may gloss the mat
ter, is pregnant with incalculable mischief, not
only b) our own settlements, but as regards our
relatioiVs w ith the United States, the government
of which does pot appear to have the power to
restrain the hordes of reckless vagrants that infest
the border from era of the self-sly led laud ol l.b
erty, it is maintained that our government
alone arc to lie blamed for the unpleasant political
aspects which have for si.me time thicali tied iur
supremacy from the other si.lc of the Atlantic;
with a crippled navy it is not to he exp. ctcd that
the despots ot the world, whether monan hial or
republican, would respect British dictation.
We copy the following from the Morning
Herald, published some days previous to lecciving
the intelligence ol the arrangement entered into
by the Secretary of State and .Mr. Fox.
OK BAT JIUII'AIX AM) THU IVITUII STATES.
A war between Great Britain and the United
States would appear lo be inevitable. Nothing,
at all events, can prevent war, excepting the most
ample preparations on the part of this country to
guard the national honor from violation, and to
maintain, at all hazards, the dominion of England
over her North American colonies.
It would ho the merest folly on the part of the
English government, to shut its eyes to the fact
that a war with England, w hen the favorable mo
ment shall arrive, is the great object of Mr. Van
Burcn and of his party The North American
[ republicans hope yet to subject the whole of the
vast American continent to their sway; and the
presence of native tribes, or of colonists owing
allegiance to other countries, they regard a.scqual
ily a profanation of the soil. To extinguish the
sovereignty of Great Britain in the Canadas is
even more necessary to the consolidation of the
power of (lie federal union, than is the extinction
of the native races to the establishment of demo
cratic supremacy in the far West.
Throughout the federal union, there is but one
feeling as to the necessity, sooner or later, of
wrest.ng the Canadas from Great Britain. ISo
long as the Canadas acknowledge the sovereignty
of England, so long is the federal union liable to
disruption—so long, in fact, docs England hold
to a great extent, in her hands, the lain oilier form
er colon es.
But while the desire is universal throughout
the United Stales to subvert all traces of English
, dominion in North America, the commercial re-
I lations which connect the southern states with
England have induced in the mote wealthy classes
I of traders a feeling of exceeding reluctance to
engage in hostilities with this country. This
I feeling of reluctance on the part of American com
| merrinlisls will, however, avail only to a very li
\ tinted extent toward the ptevenlion of war—for
I the commercial aristocracy of America is itself
; i regarded as a tyranny, as a vast social nuisance,
' by the ultra-democratic party throughout the
federal men.
The c m meet of the Canadas would scarcly be
• hailed with more joy ly the loco-locos, than
■ would the subversion of the power of the moneyed
I classes. The same process, however, bids fair to
‘ attain l oth objects. The Canadas can be added
■ ; to the federal union only by conquest; and a war
• with Groat Britain would consign half the mo
-1 noyad men in the United Stalls t» bankruptcy.
I A successful warwilh Great Britain, therefore,
would not i n!y add prodigiously to the solid powi r
r of the Unit d States, but would transfer to tbc
ultra democratic party the entire management of
• public affairs,
France.
> The elections have resulted unfavoral ly to the
. Cabinet, the ministers again tendered their rc
i Mguntion on the Bth, and it was accepted. Mar
shal Soult was then sent for by the King, and
• subsequently M. Thiers, was also railed in. Nc
■ i gocialions for the information of a new cabinet
. were in progress until the 2«lh. On the day the
■ new ministers presented to the King an outline
ot the policy on which they would conic in. its
. 1 follows:
Ist. That France should declare war against
Bon • a b.s. 2d, That France should declare
to Austi n that she would not allow of a mar
riage between an Austrian prime and tit ■ young
tJucen Isabella, ns had been proposed by Prime
I Mcileriii h. Ud. That, the affairs of Belgium
".'"I U).oi»*i.tered as HjlW. 4th. That the war
against Mexico should he persevered in. slh.
Thai I'aa con verai >n of the five p9r ccllt> ’ r ‘ t ,
shonid 1,0 adopted, Cih. That u-riain rones
mons shoo Id I o nimh to die growers of beet-root
eti{f.ir. Vth. That tjie question of electoral re
-1:111 should he, adjourned. Blh. Thai the
oi Sr|(tenil>er should ho revised ; and 9th and
principally. That the president'; reelk should
oc insisted tin, or, in other words, that, except on
very state occasions, the Kins should not preside
at, the council of minis,ors.
To those conditions the Kins refused his as
sont, declaring that, if necessary, he would rather
submit to he disposed than accede to the terms
insisted on ; hut the latest postscript from*Paris
says that he afterward withdrew his refusal, and
expressed his willingness to accede to the con
| dilions.
i'hc constitution of the new ministry had not
; been officially announced; but it is given as fol
; lows by the London papers:
| Marshal SnuU - - - War and President.
I Thiers Foreign Affairs.
Pussy Interior.
Humnnn - - - Finance.
I Dupin Justice & Religion.
Duperro .... Marino.
Dn fa nre .... Commerce. '
Wmizet _ Public Works.
Villomain .... Public Instruction.
i Guveiia!, Uavkino Law ok New York.—
I he Albany 11 lily Advertiser states that since
the 10th day of July last there have been tiled in
the office ot the Sncictary of State, 100 ccrtifl
cates of Banks under the General Banking Law.
The amount of capital aclnnl y subscribed in those
institutions is $25,769,173. and the amount of
prospective capital $2.16,080,000.
I
A New York paper states that the depositee i u
; the Banks of that city at this time, amount to $2,-
i 000,000 more than is usual at this season of tho
year.
Export of Flour from Alexandria to Foreign
Ports, from the Ist January to Bth April, 10,447
barrels.
Flic New 1 ork Express states that the legis'
lalurc of Michigan have passed, by nearly a unan‘
imons vote in both branches, a bill to establish a
State Bank. The capital of the bank (including
seven branches,) is 2,000,000 one half to he own
ed hy the State and one half by individuals, to l.n
under the general management of a board of six
| directors, appointed hy the legislature on joint
j ballot.
The legislature has authorized the Auditor
General to ncgociatc the future instalments of tho
$5,000,000 state loan heretofore taken hy the
Michigan State Batik,
We regret to learn that tho valuable mills erect
ed at the High Shoal, Pickens District, hy Col.
Joseph Grisham, and at the time we behove in
possession of his sun Mr. John O. Grisham, wrap
entirely consumed hy lire, on Saturday last. Vi
caught from the Cotton Gin which was running,
and was no doubt caused hy the friction of some
of the machinary. The giri house, saw mill, and
Ilnur mill wete all destroyed, together with two or
three hundred bushels ot wheat, many barrels of
flour, and the contents generally ot the several
houses. About twenty live barrels of flour were
gotten nut and saved. Wo have not learned what
j quantity ot cotton was consumed. The loss to
! lil! ‘ owner must he Severn! thousand dollars, and
! as the mills were a great convenience to the neigh
j boring community, they may ho regarded moie
! over, as a public loss,
A ter the foregoing was in type, wo received a
! written account of the fire, wh eh does not vary
j materially. There was no insurance, and in ad
! (btion to the loss above stated, there was a thresh
| ing machine workshop, lathes, &c.—all destroy
j cd- —PendLlun fl fessenger, April 13.
Giieat Fiiip, is tub Woods.—The fire no
ticed in onr paper of Wednesday last, as discern
ible from iliis city in a south eastern direction in
j ew Jersey, wo have since learned, was in the
j woods of Mrs. Howell, about one and a half miles
I r;, st of W oodhury. The timber being small, and
j the ground covered with much brush and under-
I wood, the fire ran through tho whole tract lying
j west oi the rail road, to the Crown Point road,
I computing about one hundred acres, in the brief
1 spare of a few hours—less than three—burning
i it literally smooth, and cre-Uingso much heat that
the lights of glass of the rail road cars, passing
through it at the time, became so much heated, it
was apprehended they would break. A part of
the same track was on fire and cousidcral Iv dam
aged last summer, but the efforts then made to
check it were effectual. On Tuesday last, how
ever. it suddenly reached a height which defied
all control, and with resistless sweep laid italiafc
reu waste. Ths fire doubtless originated from a
apnrk from the locomotive attached to the Wood
bury train of cars, and every thing being exces
sively dry, it spread with fearful rapidity—the
heat being so intense as to prevent those who
volunteered to check it, from ipproaching suffi
ciently near to work upon it. The loss is consid
erable.—N, V. Tines.
From the Baltimore American,
From the annexed statement it appears that
lire p pulation ot the I idled States has increased
in number at the rate of thirty-three and athiid
per cent, every ten years and that at the time of
I the next census, in 1841), the number of inl.abi
j lants will amount to sixteen millions. Formerly
j in making the estimates, attention was only paid
to the number, without reference to the panic u
lar races,but, hereafter, under a law ol Congress
passed at the last session, much information will
, be eo’,feted concerning the wealth, industry, pro
j ducts, &c. of the different States, front which ac
-1 cuiuteopinions may ho tunned as to their respec
tive capabilities. The rapid increase of popula
tion is without a parallel, it is believed, in tho
history of nations, and will s how at once how
idle it is to attempt to draw analogies in pol.tieul
economy, where none can fairly exist. After the
American Revolution, the territory of the United
States presented itself as a land of promise, to
who h the oppressed ofall nations might fly, and
and pursue individual happiness under the. benign
influence ol popular institutions, r I he eagerness
wihi Which this refuge has been sought, vvhA'
it shows the condition of tho countries ol Europe,
so far as the mass of the people is concerned, goes
fas to illustrate tiro desire of man to become a free
aient, consistency with the due organizalioVK'f
civilized society.
Census of Whites. Freecol’d. Slaves. Tot’l.
179 1 3,172.464 179.456 697 897 3,9-9,827
i isoo 4,304.489 105.395 893,011 6.306,923
IMIO 6,-62 004 1-6.416 1.191,364 7.239,811
1820 7.866.669 233.324 1.638.028 9 638,131 j
1830 10,637,378 319,099 2,009,043 1 2,866,020
The Biiio Anawav.—Arrived at Guayatna,
16th nit.brig Bul.ih. Mitchell, ol Bangor. 18 days
from New York, she having on (lie 3d fallen in
with the brig Anavvan, Chas. Bales, master, of
Mattepoisett, (whaleman) lull of water, and ta
ken from her seven of her crew—Benj. Snow,
Chas. Hall, Samuel Gifford, (). Chase, Edward
Bunk of the United States, Joseph and Frank.
; Portuguese. NamesCf those lost, Charles Bates,