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! "V ...) a i " ''"t A .ft.1 .-I r -I l i ! 1 !: '4 : 3 1i Jt. Important to the South.- We have re ceived, says the Norfolk Beacon of Thurs day, from ourcor respondent of the Gre . nada Free Press, files of his journal to the 18th of July, j The House of As aembly had 'passed a bill preventing the deportation, of the quondam apprentices rbm Wenada to Trinidad, quite a harh measure, we should suppose, towards 'those who, if they be really free, have quite as good a light of .seeing, foreign parts; as fmyiolher. subjects of- the British Queen. But the mod important item contained in these papers to the jrade and commerce of the United States,; and espe cially of the Southern Stales is the motion of- Mr. GafT in the, Grenada House ot Assembly to petition the) Britisn Parlia mient to lessen the duties on the Sugars fromWe Colonies, and to " make a total prohibition of slave! grown commodities in the ports of Great Britain ! j Not on Jy arn .the Sugars of the South I to be ex cIudeTl, according to the "resolution,-, but even the Cotton : also.' 1 . ' The Grenada Free P ress of the 18th utt. says:' "Tb debate on -Mri -.'Gaffs iiaotion, made in the House of Assembly on Thursday latst; with reference! to a re duction on the duties of the staple produc 'lions of the Colony, and the prohibition of uf slave grown sugar by Great Britain, vill be found in another column, and cails for the serious and united support of the whole community mercantile and me chanical, a Well as agricultural, i To the "member who brought forward the mea 'surp, unconnected as he is ' with both of the j above classes, except that his prosperity is linked in a measure with; nheirsr-the trjanks ofithe co.untry are due. Whether any beneficial resu It wii I accrue, remains yet to be stien, but we conceive that .'a unity of purpose will greatly con tribute to so desirable an event. ' , ;M The resolution cont(.iii plates tVo dis tinct measures namely, a reduction of duties ; at present exacted by the inp'her country on our staple manufacture?, and a . total prohibition of slave grown commo 'drties. j Whether her Majesty's: Gove rn Tneflt will or cm grant the first Sprayer, : we 6f (course cannot say; an Immediate ! eroncessioof the latter, we have no hesita tion in! declaring, would be but an act of justice not only 'to her colonies, but to England herself . : Wc maintain that "Great Britain has no more right to with Jisld the latter prayer, than would a pa ren jbe justified in; giving bread to a tiranger while his loan children were ifamishin; It is a problem yet to be solved, whe- ther the British colonies will be able to compete with the foreign growers, and e England fosters the prosperity ol the latter, by admitting their produce, the odds against her own colonies jwill be stilhmore fearful. ! ! ' Among the. arguments made use of ly the 'members who proposed the mva ure, were, the utter inutility-of a peti tion from 'one Colony,-being listened to, -and the great deficiency in tlie British 'revenue. Such, we, with deference con ceived to be untenable. TheGovern ment of England ' is.'or is supposed at--cessable io the petitions and requests,! of the poorest subject that owes allegiance to our Clueen, and jtwould indeed: be ilse hetghth of sloth and folly for each Colo tiy to remain juiescen. wailing It ill Uf neighbour shall have commenced ;a siini . lar undertaking. Nor. is it the fault- of the colonies that the. British .revenue is deficient, whether this lies with ike Go--vernmehtor with the Chanceller of the Ex chequer, individually. The British co lonists have madea voluntary gift to the labouring classes in accordance with the wishes of the .Parent State- they com-plain---and cotrtpjain justly of the seri ous grievances,: and arc they to be told (hat because the expenses of the Empire require so many, more pounds than cani Just at the moment be convenrent'y mus ,tefed those oppressive exactions are to oe continuea t mat me slave trade is; to be encouraged, the foreign sugar grow er erincEed, at the expense of the British ! colonists? Were there no receivers there i would be no thieves, and dul inc lands prohibit the importation of slave grown sugar, &c, the demand for the miserable! Africans vybuld be considera ply lessened, j Wfftrust that it will soon be in our pow er to announce that! everv Colony in the . Archipelago has followed the example!! ' about to be set by this Island. " " ' j EXTRACT, &.c. - 1 PA R IS, Jdly 12, 1838. The sale of the late PrinceTalley rand's - Libra rj which has; just taken place pro duced quite a sensation in Paris, Les Homines '" LiUeralcs, et Les Horn mess 1 dEtat were curious to see the course of I studies of the great Diplomat. One of FROM GRENADA. j the first books created no ; little interest : it was Director pour la Conscience'd' an , Roi' with marginal notes in the manu 1 ecript. Tne largest part of the Library vas purchased by Mr. White of Florida, ; and will be an acquisition io the United ;! States. - . . - ' : ' , ', I JThe purchase of the Prince, at the dif I lerent periods of his eventful life, indicate i his changes ot position as "coming events ' cast their shadows before them." Repub licanism' seemed to be cheaply estimated. The did Constitution of the Republic, in quarto, handsomely -bound sold for ten cents, and Benjamin -Constant speeches, presented by, him to the Prince for' four .francs. It is said that the Prince did hot read niueb ot any period of his life, but when he did, it was his habit to make his observations in the margin, v ! I'.i-'-' j"'4 - - '-..; N. Y. Evening Star. i 'Honour to the Brave An' elegant 'tword is to be presented to Brigadier General Braiy of the U S. Army, at ! Harrfsburg on the 1 7th September, in eonforraity with a resolution unanimously passed at the last session of j the Pennsyl vania Legislature. , - i j - .1 " " - - ' " '' . !''. ' ' .. i" ronsxaxr. From ike Balti more Amer icon. - MINE DATS LATEHFROM EUROPE. j The packet ship South America brings Liver pool advices to the 4th August. ! r The commercial intelligence is rather favora-: jble the Liverpool Cotton Maik;t exhibited a (decided improvement upon the previous accounts i the article hakiri advanced 1-2' of a pe: ny, jand the sales ofrthe week ending Aueust 2i paving reached;32,610 bales, which must be con sidered a very fair. business. in Oolomal produce generally there was a pood ptVSHiess at steujy' prices, and in tea and indigo jpriv-ca are better. American stocks had bcrnmr difficult of sale from the vast amounts which; had been brought into the Loudon market,, and were known to be on the way. ' ' i The subject of the North Eastern Boundary (had been casually inquired into in the House of (Commons. Tie EKii of Durham, and his ad jtninistration of llie affairs of the Canadas, con-, Itinucd to be ta"r Jets for attack by the Anti-Mims-r jteritilists. We see no Steam Ship advertised in the. Liverpool papers for New trk ftjarshal poult b.ts returned to Fjance. The British fleet on the North American Station is now said to be composed of 32 vessels, carrying 1160 guns, nd I02l0 men., The sum that will, be rf-quired over and above the ordinary grants for 1837-1838, to defray the expenses occasioned by the outbreak in Upper and Lower Canada, amounts, it issaid, o ;wjiwt. Th? excitement in Great Britain respecting' he crops, had not subsided. In Scotland they jare ery backward, as the weather has been: bold. Jn Ireland, the prospect was fair. Judg-f jing front the best information -we can get, we should think the crops would hardly reach .n .verage, arfJ it appears that such w;as the gene-; fal opinion'by I he rise in bonded wheat, and the endency of speculation that way. j The Lords of the Admirality have given in structions that during the blockade of the ports jot Mexico by :Iie French, the British packets shall not 'convey specie. A terrible gale occurred on the Black Sea Jone jlOtii, c using the destruction of several Russian vessels employed 'against the Circassians, to gether with numerous merchant vessels. Paiti ciilars below. "4 I Thi Irish M unicipal Reform bill has passed the Lords, but In a shap.e which will eusme its jrojeetion by the Commons. ' . 5 It would seern probable, from an article in the Paris papers, that another blockade is guting up !against Chili, j ' J The, Jimrnal des Debals contains a long artH jde on the blockade uf tlie Mexican ort3, in ;whit-h it review s and justifies the policy of the iFrench Cabinet in the atlair. Destruction f. the Russian Fleet. The Lorn idon Times has advices from Cii cassia, which give an account of a catastrophe experienced by jthe Russian fleet in the B"!;ick Sea on the 1 1th tuit. Three ships of the line, two "corvettes,'-five jbrig's, two steamers, and two smaller craft, "had jbeen cmipletely "wrecked on the coast, ad 1 1 (ships of war stranded, and supposed to be irre coverable. It was believed that not fewer than 30 Russian ships had been put hers de combat by the li'irricanq. - ' ' . s . The garrisoii of the fort of Se'otcha have made two sorties to protect the wrecks of the 2 cor vettes, was attacked by the natives and compel led to retreat with the loss of 1000 men out of the 1,100 of which the party had consisted. The (Circassians, after plundering the corvettes, set fire to them, and burnt four other vessels, under 'the very guns ot the fort. AJ ARRETS. Liverpool, Aug. 1, 1838. iiiUeed so far we have scarcely felt summer, and serious iipprehfensfons ire again being felt for the state of our, Grain crops. The Wheat is very b;tc4K win d, and1 in many instances ah jnsect has attAcki-iI it, aii'l dpstroy'l the farinu. A conse qiu ncc is, sonic stir is here in our market, and wheal has been run np to 8s and 8s 6d per bush el. Many persons h6re are now of opinion, that Bonded Grain iwill by and by be admitted at ths minimum duty. Such will have a serious effect on our home trade, depress the value, of cotton and enhance that ef money. g ' Liverpool, Aug vl, 1S38. j , We have no change to note in our Cotton Maik-, exce)t for good and fine qualities which arej comparatively scaice and may be quoted 1-H a 1-4 per lb. higher The sales for the week ending 27ih ult. were 24.900 bales, of which were Uplands arid 5 1-2 to 8 2-3 ; 7080 Orleans at 5 to! 8, with 10 bales at 20d ; 2080 Alabama and Mo bile at bin 1 1-2, and 140 Sea Island at 21 to24d jer It); 730 bales were on speculati'ont and 1200 . The Corn Markets h;ve further advanced. -j Bonded Wheat of prjme quality . is worth 8 to 8s bd per.70 lbs. ' '. Liverpool, Aug. 3, 1838. ..-The detention of the packet enables us to give you the business of another week. The import of CoUtn had been 23,882 bales and the'sales 32,G10 bales, including of American sorts. 150 Sea Island at Is Gd a 2s 2d ; 50 eo Stained at 1 1 a 13d ; 10,9 :0 Upland at 5 a 8 l-4d ; 5280 Ala bama and Tennessee at .4 7 8 a 7 1 -2d ; 7840 New Orjeans at 5 a 8 3-4J. The sales during i'thfinonih of July were 93,920 bags, a small part on spetiiiiitjon: ' There has been a good demand throughout the week and less desire to sell on the part of hold ers, and during the last days, expecially, a large business has been going on at improved prices for American descriptions, particularly in ordi nary to lair qualities which are l-8d lb. dearer. j. rip from England to India by steam and over Land.r'Viie arrangements as now completed by last accounts from Bom bay and Egyrjt are these. ) On arriving by steam fron India up the Red Sea at Suez, a good hotel receiveSyou. Thence across the isthmus, four stations inclosed in wall are to be erected tor refreshment; f stabling, . The whole (distance across to Cairo on the Nile in good carriages consuming 19 hours. At Cairo a branch of the same hotel. Expense across 6 S.mall steamers on the Nile will probably soon be constructed. But jit is high time to make at once a railroad across the Isth mis. . ' . 'A : , - ' . j 1 Questions In Ornithology. Teacher. John, can you tell me vhatclassand order of the insect tribe the musquito belongs to? . Boy. Don't know, sir. j - ' , Teacher. Jacob, can you tell Boy. Yes, sir. He ainfan insect, he belongs to the bird tribe ; and is a species of the owl, sings louder inl proportion to his bulk, and, like the owl, commits his depredations in the night. Father said that t'other night he should think that about forty roosted on his nose, and others were scattered on his cheeks and eye brows. The rhusquito is j not, like the owl, omnivorous, but is manivorous like :he bedbugand, like the humming-bird, it sucks not honey from the flowers, but T'eacher. That will do, go above him. The boys may go out ) Buz, not Boz.f j . Cinciuattt Gazette. We learn from the Bangor Whig that a thousand stand of arms arrived in that city on Saturday last, from Portland, for the purpose of arming forthwith the Lin coln Frontier Regiment" This looks; as if Governor Kent was ia earnest. , f OYVliilXlj. ! TREASURY NOTES. Treasury Departms nt, "I- I September 1, 1838. The whole ttrtiount of Treasury Notgs au thorized by the act of Oct. 12,1837, hav ing reen issued, viz: S 10,000,000 00 And tnre net having been rederned of them about The nqw emissions made in plce ot those under the ajct cl May 12,1838, have beeri j There ave ljieeri redeemed of thtse last about .7,350,000' 00 5,547,310 01 100,000 00 This ltfaves a balance of all olitstandiriff eoual to about 1 68,097,310 01 i LEVI WOODBURY, ( I Secretary of the Treasury. t. TEASCRY Djp PARTMENT, 1 J Septernbera, 1838. Txotij-e is hereby given, that the out standing: Tiasury notes issued in -"pursuance j of the acts .of Congress of the 12th October, 1837, and the; act addition al thereto, vvill be paid asreeably to their tenor upon presentment at the Treasury of the flnited States whenever they fall due. - -j' . ' j.-' - Eacl parcel of notes, offered for pay ment should be accompanied by a sche--dule, showing the dates ahd sums ot the several j notes, with the rate of interest thereott. f. ' . 'Holders of Treasury notes, to it may e uiore convenient j to haVe 'the amountdue tpon the same made available at ekher of the Ports r of. Entry or Lan?d Offices,! are informed that all Colkctots tinue to receive them, and allow.the prin cipal and interest due thereon, inpayine&t for lants and customs. ! ' j Thoe woo may not wish to lise th;e notes jtif payments to the United jStatep, nor finif it convenient to' take the ainoui.t due on Hiem at the Treasury, will jbe ac commodated with drafts therefor, payable at theirplaces of residence whenever it is fbun to be found to be practicable. I LEVI WOODBURY, ; I Secretary of! the Treasury. Treasury Department, i f September 1st, 1838. Notitfe is herebr given, that thelvvhole ol the filth instalment of the Neapolitan n demnityhasibieen received in this country, and thit the nett proceeds thereof are 224,035! 96. Claimants can obtain thepr due proportions of it on application: to the Bank oi Anierica, in New; York. I J I LEVI WOODBURY, jl Secretary of the Treasury. 1 horte no treasury notes will be issued The T fj'asury drafts upon actual .depots ites areconstitutional, and do' not partake of papelcredits as Treasury noes, whidh are subject to depreciation by the meir chants Jnd flanks, and shavers and' brb- iteis, usiu win uf, li itAucu, iinu me uu- vernmet cannot avoid it! j Different must it be ,wh Treasury drafts drawn upqn actual dlposites ; and from tlie conduct the banjJs and the mer'-hanis, they d:sere no favors friom the Government, whi(h they hae attempted to disgrace, and o destroy s credit both at home and abroad. It is thejgreat working classthat d"sere protecticln from the funds bf the'Bnks:--'' ' Yours, &ci : . ' f ANDRf:V JACKS On. I FitANiCis P. Blair. . The bove is an extract from one pf Gen. Jakson's letters to F. P. Blaijr, pub lished irtthe Globe about-12 months since. The letter qf which it forms a part whs tne nrstai6;inct announcjtmt nt oi u course the administration intended pursue in relation to thecurrency. j , what to i Since he above letter was written, the administration has issued 20 millions pf treasury not& and would Jhave been gldd of authoit to issue as many more. Yiet there a rV no? " actual deposites" to drav on. What must the " faithful" thnk pf this disofeedience to commands on the pajt of the 4 successor to tbe predecessor f" Twenty inillioris of " paper credits" in less thar 12 months, with the peremptory orders of the great Chief (forbit ing their issue, anil denouncing them as unconsti tutional It is rank treason 1 j !j Richmond Whig. sub-treasury men conservatives. Fromlthe ; following: paragraphs! from the Petersburg Constellation and Ff nca!s tle Denfocrat,' (the organs of the' Sub treasurylparty) it would i seem that tbe ! Conservatives have re ry little to expect at tne nan(s 01 ttneir Dreinren. Frcfyi the Petersburg Constellation. Willjam C. Rives notwithstanding all the flatteries of the Richtnond Enquirer especially, may assure himself that his at tempt a the head of some sixtetn pr eighteen! seceders from t tie RepuDlican party, arid bj(! identifying himself- in tie effort (Jea and far beyond that effort) with thefbitter and hereditliry enemies pf that rary, to force the acjminiistration Jo the adoption of a policy essentially Ani Republilan ;! a policy whjch insures the supremacy of monopolies, and perpetuates the circulation ol their depreciated paper, with its Attendant gambling speculijtiohs arid arisocratc inequalities in j society, is an oflenfe from the consequence of whih henevei?can recover, should he survive its commission a thousan years, j Itis an offenVfe which Musxbrijig him and fcjis associat in it, into a small and justly) con demned minority ; and this at no distant period?'!- I: ' . :' "I - ! L om iAe txneasue uemocrat. j f We never said mat we would unite with the? Whigs in keeping down 'such men as Rives and Tallmadge, but We did say that! we Would prefer Mr. Leighito Mr. Riys a? Senator," on the principle that an 0FN enemy could do us less' in-. jury thab a false friend, and we say fO still."! A GEOLOGICAL DISiLTlTl6N f OR THE ORIGLN JkWU HISTORY OF THE --GIXJBE;" - The Globe, among other accusations of bribery:and corruption hich it is every day bringing': ;against.j'ts political oppo nents, had seen fit t6 assail Mr. Bond and his constituents in theLfollowing para graph : ; "The bank held immense pWer in his Mr. Bona' district, and exerted its moneyed influence in aid of the Federal party, which has stronger hold in that quarter than in any other part of Ohio. It succeeded by a saiall majority in electing Mr. Bond the collector of its bonds there. He may be looked upon as a Teprtsenta tive of reprieved debtors." Mr. Bond, aher indignantly repelling this gross charge against his constituents, thus carries the war into Africa: "But who is this mart who tmpedeot ly arrays himself against the People! Why , sir, he is himself a" reprieved debt or" of theve.ry bank which lie is every day reviling. Do ; gentlemen require proof? -The files of this tlouie furnish it. A paper reported oH filed by one of the committees of this House shows that ihis same Francis P. Blair, who was brought here from Frankfort, In the State of Kentucky, to publish ihe Globe, owed the Bank of the United States the sum of $30,744 36. It 13 true that only a part of this sum was his own debt ; never theless, on his, own account, and as se curity fbt others, he was debtor to that bank, on the 30th day of Novembt rtJlS30, for the whole amount of the -sum which I bave mentioned. . Did he pay it? No, sir. Does he vet owe it? No, Sir. How was he discharged ? He compromised, if the terms on which he was released are justly entitled to. be called a compro mise. What were those terms ? Why he held a clerk's fee! bill, amounting to $37 42, and a note on a gentleman by the rwraeof Gratz for $200, say, together, 6237 42, which he gave up to' the bank, and vas released from S20.744 3G? Now, sr, 1 think Francis P. Blair may justly be calied a " reprieved dt Ltor." ' Such a settlement prdves that Blair was utterly insolvent at the close of the year 1830. If his insolvency was occa sioned by misfortune, he should be pitied lather than condemned on that account. Of the circumstances of his failure I am ignprant. I refer to his insolvency for what I esteem a perfectly just purpose in this debate. We find him brought to Washington in '183-1, and employed as the publisher or editor of the Globe, which is made the Government 'press. We soon .see streams of patronage flowing in upon him from all the Executive Departments. The-extent and character of this patron age I have before alluded to.; In a brief space of time-. .we see him living and en tertaining .e.xpensi vely, and going all the rounds of the court society at Washing ton. If Mr. Blair had no connexion with this Government patronage, he might do all this, and no man woijjd be justified in alluding to or commentihg on it. It is 'a high prerogati ve of every freeman to uo with his own as he pleases. But, ilr Speaker, the sudden change in the for tunes of Mr. 'Blair, tonnected as he is witrf Executive patronage, his single leap from insolvency to wealth, impel rne to inquire if there is not something rotten in Denmark V It must certainly' require a very consi derable share of impudence in a journal thus originally brought into existence by government favor, and from the very day of its birth, paid for and sustained out of the public treasury;. a journal which has been by far the most profitable .of any ever printed in this or we suspect awy other country, but which has owed all its pa tronage, and all its income to direct exe cutjve favor, and whjch, shouldn't cease tomorrow to be the executive organ, would cease tomor rower to possess the slightest pecuniary value or political influence, we say it must require a very ! tolerable share of impudence iri such a journal, to cry out so lustily agaiinst !' bought" and pensioned" presses, and "'paid1' scribbler:-! The Globe, ho .veve'r, must be confessed to be pr3lty good authority, as to the de gree of influence wHich money is capable of exerting, and the zenl irhich " pqy" is able to inspire; for most assuredly that establishment has had practical expe rience in this matter, which entitles its opinions to great weight.! The brospect of being obliged to work without pay, the danger it is now :n of losing a stipend far reater thari the salary of the President of the United States, produces indeed a most frightful effect upon. the Globe, and may be considered as the immediate cause of those frightful epileptic fit, with which it is now almost daily visited. As the strength of Sampson was in his hair, so; the strength of the Globe, indeed its very fife is in its allowance from the Treasu ry. Cut ofT that.'and it must die. Retrenchment It was under this cry tnat the present party ; came into power. Let us see how their acts have correspond ed with their professions. In the last year of, Mr; Monroe'sr ad ministration there were expended a little upwards of $15,000,000. During Mr Adams' administration there were expend ed about SI 2.000,000 a year. Under the last administration it was increased to more than $ 18,000,000 & in the first year of Mr. Van Buren's administration it reached the euormous sujra of 835554-1 331! . . , !';' 1 - ! " A new ship of 800 tons, called La Duchesse D'Orleans, has been added io the linop packets sailing frara Nefv York jor Havre. She is owned by Capt. Henry Robinson and is to 'be command ed by Captain RichardsonJ late of the Charlemagne, ; She is losail on (8th September. j If the Sub-Treasury were in force, the only subject on which Mr. Calltouo kml the Adminis tration agree would be off the tajiis at once. Would be then assume his anciecf attitude of hostility to the party, or would he in pursuit of nis cDimcra, a re-orjanizauon 01 jtanies, couu nue to the adhere to the Administration 1 STATISTJQ OflCQ TTOTf. s 7 Tbe follow ihg stement appears fn the Ne)v Orleans Bee.Rnd waa draW up for ittoas thati paperl Woke tbf thej beist in fo rm ed" merelTa ntsbr fttat 1:ityt"Ir ef bibits the "consumption of cotton' wool in Great Britain from the year 1810 to 1837 : bales.- ,1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 t819 1820 1821 182 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1820 1831 1832 1833 ,1834 1835 1S36 1837 , 3i0,200siW 5 311.000! 315.500 373.100 315,000 338,400 "349.800 -411,300 1 424.300 48,185. 491,079 489,728 536,000 537,000 635,548 564,516 560,079 713,833 731,248 745,057 . 805,475 873,154 864.085 884,887 . 890,724 944,216 1.032,944 1,080,155 16,956,613 4 Total, N. B. The Consumntion of American or United States . cotton having greatly increased of late years, as compared -with other descriptions, which .taken in Con nection with the increased weight. of th bales, the comparative consumption in 1836 would be fully l.SOO.OOGales, against 310,000 in 1S10. Alississippi andjLouisiana "Cottons be ing usually sold in this market 'under the denomination of .'Orleans Cottons," it is difficult to disinate the actual an nual production of each State separately: but that of Louisiana alone, withjn the last three years, may be assumed at 200, 000 bales per annum, and the average production of Sugar at about 8O,00Q hhds. in the same interval, exclusive of. 'Molas ses, Syrup and Rum distilled therefrom This would represent an annual! value of 815,000,000 at the average pricejs then obtained for cotton and sugar alonej i D.em.g the produce of Louisiana. Tlie following is a list ol defaulling Sub-Treasurers connected with the land office in Missis sippi and at one point in Aikansas. All these immense defalcations, it w'ill be seen, are of ih cent date. Establish the Sub-Treasury syst hi, i i n mi i anu our custom nouses, occ. win toon oe on a par with the land i lhces : Due from W. P. Harris, on the lGth March, 183(5, $J IV0, 178 08 Due from G. D. Boyd, August 31, 1837, ' . Due from L. Ilawkiris, Novem ber 9, 1K35, Due fiom J W. Stephenson, on the 23i h January, 1838, . . Duu from S. W. Buall, March 1838, Duo fioni ll. LI. Steihrig, Janua ry, loS, Due frt.mA. 1 itchcll, 2Sth Feb ruary , 1837, ..Dta: from A tluteliins, Novem ber, 1837, j C0,1G7 13 1 i5j475 71 G3,350 CO' 30.C97 2'J i 11.7G2 52 I G25 55 51,! , 15 "otal, $577,510; 00 Mr. Gordon . D. , Boyd, one of tjie de faulting Sub Treasuries (Received) of Mississippi, acknowledges he is deficietit to the sum of $50,000. . He makes, in ad dition to this, the following alarming con fession, in.whirh, however, we are Igrati fied to piceive that he evinces sortie re morse of consciencf jjT-v-, . r . , ' " One pr my,r1end.s suggested to rhe, that as I wTJuld 'trot be able to pay njy go vernment dues, at any rate the. 'district would be none the less, to be a larger amonnviir'tirrears, and recommended me to enter an amount of public lands as 1 might, perhaps, by the profits arsing make up the losses which I might other wise sustain. I slated that I did accord ingly afterwards enter about the amount of 812,000, and also sad that I had acted wrong, and wrote to a gentleman in office tin Washington city, desiring him to in form the secretary of the treasury of the fact, and state to him that, .if he thought it proper and would permit it, I would again relinquish Mose lands to the United States." This is more than can be saicLof mot of the office holders that have lived for years by plundering the country. General Emancipation of the British West Indies.- By advices from most of the island, up to July 26, we lear, via Ja maica, that the " Colonial Legis ative Council's of the following, islands, viz : Barbado'es, Antigua, St. Vincent's Mont serat and Nevis had passed bills annul ling the slave, apprenticeship , la'V boon which was to be fully recog listd from and after the 31st of July. In Barbadoes the apprentices had not behaved "veil, and the cultivation had ex perienced a sensible check, j In Demerara and. Antigua several shocks of earthquakes had been experi enced, followed by a succession of fc tavy showers. t : ; ' The Trinnidad paper announce the death cf the Author of Warner Aruodt II. No step had yet been taken in Trinidad for the Abolition of tne Apprenticeship. Portraits of Shahespdrc. A portrait of Sbakspare, at the age oi about 21, has been recently discovered in EnglantL f Jt is 'on panneC and -was sold at auctiod as a part of the eflTecu of a Warwickshire gen tleman, in a lot bf sundries, alias rubbish. It is pronounced by the best judges ah un doubted original by Nicholas Hilliard, a famous painter of the Elizabethian age. The Cfevelard . Herald of the 30th ult. an nounces the arrival there of the Regiment) of U. S. troops under command of CoL Crajie, by way of the Ohio Canal. A portion of the ml were sent on the same day io Steamboat Milwaukee to Fort Gratiot, and the remainder are to proceed to some post below. P Pr WecWjully subscribe to the sentiment ' pntained in the .objoined article, and commend us preceptato the corps. If adopted as a rule of conducUhey Xrould do much to elevate the tone na waugnce of the press. En press. Ed. WilI An Hf- We are pleased at finding onr nK ppinions of certain recent raofemenu ius- tained by so respectable a journal as the National ;Gaiette4 of! Philadelphia. No political cause, or indeed any other, hat ever been permanently advanced by a de parture from courtesy, or by any other orrri,of ultraism. There is no reason why a political opponent should not be treated like a gentleman; nor can any good result frommingling up private and public relations in one general; mass of ensure. We subscribe heartily to the following remarks from the National Ga zette. Ar. Y. Spectator. S Mr. Forsyth, in passing through our city lately declined a partisan dinner ten dered to him, of course chiefly by inter ested holders of office, and in so doing consulted his own dignity and that of a community on the eve of a political elec tion. There is a certain class of editors, which the New York American poperjy stigmatizes, who are doing the essential interests of Whig doctrines much harm by their reckless folly in pa rlisari ivar farr. A signaj instance is shown in the treat-; ment tvhich the President's son has re ceived, as well as Mr. Forsyth, at their hands. That unscrupulous spirit of in discriminate censure and abuse has main ly contributed to break down the influence of the ascendant party ; and it will be found equally a suicidal wear on with! another side if it be -carried out. But We trust that the trares of the kennel felt in the Whig Tanks will not 'find countenance with detrenls prints. . ' ' '" " ' - I I M I II j Piuin, the .National Iniciligenccr. " OFFICIAL RESPONSIBILITY. In leference to a remark of the Jer seymanV replv to the Globe's lefthandtd, -defence of the late Secretary of the Navy," quoted in our last paper, an csttemld coi lkpondeut lias favored us with the follow ing note. It advances, concftely, but very forcibly, we think, a sound principle iu regard to official r sporisibijily. The view deserves to. be enlarged upon. Gov. Die kehson. In dehuding this peisonage we frequently meet with excla mations like this " What was! the ne cessity ofthis stab upon his character in a dastard like manner, after he had left the Seat of Government? '. We answcr for the same reason that iofferjelers are tried after the fact, utiles shielded by some . act of limitation. Besides, as thejate Pre sident Jackson used to observe; tliese mat- ' ters belong to history they can hot be expunged. We ate permitted, for alu- : t-ary warning, to go a little further than a comment on retreating officeis, and even to -disinter the dead. Veiy worthy men -sometimes venture to make free with the characters of Heliogabalus and Benedict Arnold. It was a rule among the Ro- " mans to obey implicitly the orders of the generals during their campaigns; but . irjy were held strfctly accountable, even to the common soldier, on their return among the people. All rulers should bear in mind the existence of such a law. Cmk manders of ships must be amenable for their illegal acts, before the proper tribu nals, when they return from a cruise : and if the late Secretary, in whose case we do not pretend at 4 his. time, 16 adjudge, has . not in his adminiitration bteu governed by the la vvs of the land, and discharged his. duties in an honorable and alove board , manner, he must be degraded, and know no peace, DUAYTON. From tlie Peter!urg Intelligencer. SEXATOllii STRANG E AKD BROWS. Since the result of the -North Carolina Elections has been ascertained, .e have heard much spcuru lalion asio lite nrobablc course which would be puisued by Senators Strange and Brown. It is impossible that they can ctse their tyes to the fact, tiikt their pany has lately met with a sienal defeat in the old North State, and that Mr. Van Buren's policy and tiU favunte scLtme of a Suk -Treasury, have been decisively rejected and re buked by the popular voi.e. With a knowledge . 1 of these facts, how can two uch "patent" Dt riiocrau as Air. Strat:gc and Mr. Brown, hold 011 - . to their seals' in the Senate, and continue 10 mis represent their totistitui ids 1 They Loih.fcurtly, have too much pride and too great respect for the greal fundamental principle? of a repuhli can -representative goveriiLnent, 10 retain office after the pepl! have passed Renience of condeni nation on their political conduct. They have both been loud in their ptof soions of devotion to the voice of the people. Let thin now, by their ready' obedience to it,-prove the si nce-riiy of iheif dc- durations si."-., The following paragraph is ol interest and imporiaute to tbe present asptct "of affairs on the northeastern frontier and we -iibpe it :jiay prove correct. We find il . cOpit d without comment intpthe.iMoiitrfa ' Courier. ' ; North Eastern Boundary. It is un- , derstood, on' n hat we consider good au- .' thority, than an arrangement has teen' made between the United Slates and the - Governor General of Canada, with, the censent of the Govtrnor of New Bfuna wick, that, if the Executive of th state of "T Maine shall proceed to run the North Eastern boundary line pursuant "to "the law of that state authorizing the survey, be will nol be oppose by Jorce by. the Britishauthbrilies ; but tbe4 matter" will be left for a'djfcslmmt between the two go vernments who have the only legitimate right to settle the question. " v . PlatUburg Republican: aHM I Vrtm, the N. y. Skipping and Cum. List. N EV. YORK 'M Afe'K ET. , G40n- Tbe Cotton market has since our last again assumed a qiiiet appearance, the' sates ha ving been usually limited end in Ute absence of demand for shir ment confined mostly to parcels for home use. In prices, however, there has been no variation. The transactions include only 300 bales Upland at 9 a 13 ; 260 doMcbile, 0 a 13 ; and 100 do. Florida, 9 1-2 12 cento, i r Export from the United Slates liritie i f , 1st October last, , 1349649 Same time last year, . ' 1,126,846 Same time year before, " ,1,090,974 Saral Stares, The aales of Korth County1 Turpentine si nee our last embntce 1000-tbls. at , S2,37 1-2. Tr sells is parcels as wanted at S2,50. Spirit Tuapertine is scarce, and is sell ing at 30 cents for Southern, and 33 35 for city UisUUcu. . -t :
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