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POLITICAL. Fromthe Charleston Mercurj. CHARLESTON MUST BE REDEEMtED. Since 1789 the South has been gradu ally stripped of her direct trade, by falso and fraudulent legislation. In colonial times, when there was neith er Bank nor Bank notes, and no currency but gold and silver, our agriculture and commerce flourished more than they over have done under the combination of Gov ernment and Banking. Our exports then to England alone, equalled our exports since 1815 to all the world: and our imn ports were from 5 to 7 to 1 compared to our imports for the last 17 years. In 1705, the exports were to the popula tion $15 a head, and the imports were $12 B3 a head. In 1830, when the Bank connexion was in full force, the imports were only $1 S1 a head, and the exports $13 11 a head. From 1815 commenced the injustice to the South, the first cause of which was, the alliance of Government with Hanks. Specie was equally difficult to obtain North and South, but Bank facilities easier to got at thu North. The connexion has in fact worked as a hard money system to the South all along, and a paper credit system to the North, more money being received than spent in the South,the Sou'hern notes received were sent to our Banks for specie or exchange, to be remitted to the North. At the North it was the reverse. The ef feet was to take from Southern Banks their specie, and place it in Northern Banks. in the last six years preceeding the present, there was collected by Governiment. in Charleston 2,02236 And disbursed only 811,6014 Excess 2,081,032. which was disbursed elsewhere, sent it N. York probably, not in Carolina Bank notes, but i specie. From 1819 to 1822, the United States Bank drew in specie from the Sout h and West, to New York and Philadelphia alone, $22,523,877 94, without including the exchanges taken. This formed the basis of paper issues at the South, received and paid there by Government as equal to specie. Owing to this, while a Tariti, in creasing the drain, depresses the Somh, the Northern deposites in the Banks, and the Northern trade flourish and increase in spite of '1'Tarill' changes. Col. Elmore gives tables proving this niost strikingly. It goes on to show from olficial reports. the advantage given to the North by the 6overnment :leposites, In 1834, independent of amounts to the credit of agents, the Government had on deposit in New York near $5,000.00t1: and the imports of New York increased from 56 to 73 millions. Next year to 88 millions. In 1836, the deposites were in creased to 12,000,000, and the imports to $118,000,000. Next year the deposits were withdrawn, and her imports fell to 70,000,000, a reduction of :39 millions in one year. Compare this with Charleston and other Southern Cities. Having no Charleston Deposits to trade upon, on the withdrawal of Deposit.. Charleston fell aff in imports only 290,000 Savannah increased 200,000 Now Orleans fell off 1,000,000-and Mo bile underwent no change. In New Or leans were a million and a half of deposits which may account for the greater falling off there. Boston awl Philadelphia fell off iu proportion to Now York; Boston from 25 and a half to20 millions, and Phil adelphia from 15 to 11 and a half millions This showed how mnch the North,and how little the South used the public fonds in trade. - E .tract from the speech of the TIon. P, H. Elmore, at the Colu~mbia dinner. Out of niany mnodes.by which the depo sites were made available to) the Northern Merchant, 1.will putt a few eaises by way of illustration. Thej~ grea t dIi liettniv, tot lie the inmporting merchant, is t) uay the dut lies. Suppose two miercha~nts lhave im ported at the same time, caieb at cargo of goods, suitable to their respective m-rklets, and each costing, in Engltand, $100~h,000t. One is a N. Y'ork, and thle oilher a Charles ton merchant. I have shown m le intrequli iy of the duties which would be levied; to wit, at New York, 16 per eenii; at Cha;rlcs ton, 25. rThe New Y'ork merchant wishes to pay his duities, andl goes to .m Depisite .lik mo burrow the motney. T'he latik, having the public money ott deposite, is glad to mtake six per~ cenit. aindl loans it readily, not in mnoniey, but lby gi vintg himi credit, on its btooks, for I 0,t',00t. \\'ilt his certiieute, of credit. the Merchant goe's to the Collector, and givnas him~t a chteek; the C~ollector britngs the cheek back to the ' 'lnank, anid the latnk puts1 ithe amttount to the credit of the United Si ates aeaitn,where it started frotm. Not a dollhw is drawnt out orf lank; it is only a shiliinug of creudits. The C harleston Merchanitt goes to a ltiank, to borrow $25,000. The llank has no deposites to loan uponti, aind ii w~l know'r if it gives its own bills, that as soon as they aire paid to thte Colletor, he will require their redemtption in specie; or exchant ge; to remit elsewhere. It tdme not boai the mnoney; and1( the Merchtant, who impno~trts, misteald of sending all his caipitatl.. to mtake his puirchiases, miust thus reserve 25 pert cent to pay his ditties. Is ii Potssible, that he can, itus loaded with heuvier' dutics. and compelled to reserve a part of his capital, compete, on egnal tertms, with hi~s more fortunate rivatl, who, in addition to te use of his entire capitail, haus lie money of the Governmeint to aid bim. Another illutstration. T1he duties collect ed, in every qluarter, lheyotnd what is spiet at the place of colletiotn, are trainsferredh to the point where they may be most con vemnently available to Goenet Th'lai city has growiln to lie the greait poiii of i ii portation. All the United States are its customers; andiu exchngue is in its fatvor. A N. York merchati wishes to pity for the $100,00) wvorth of' goods bought in Enig land, which we have spoken oif before. he applies to the depiosite latnk, for a credit lor~ $100,000. it is readily given, as there are ptlenity of pub~llic funids on de posite, atnd the latik makes its 6 1per cnt. lie takes it in the frmi of Blills, or certihi cates of dleposite-setnds i hietm to his agenit, ia Charle.,ion, whio sells them to vonr merchants and rutailcrs, wvho tire hnSling goods in Newv York, aii a premtium of I to 3 per cent-lays out the proceeds in cot totn or ice. which hemshis *t& Lrp~. and there bells; pays for .tho 100,000 of goods and pockets a profit besides,' These goods, thus paid for by your produce, he sells to your mterclants, who have bought his bills; .receives the samo bills in pay nent, and, going to the Deposite Bank, wvhere he got the credit, pays oll'the debt, in the bills ho borrowed. Thus, again, without one dollar being drawn out, the Bank realizes six per cent on the deposites, and ihe merchant, with the credit they sup ply. gets possoesiu of Southern cnpital, and carries on his speculation, making a profit on every operation in the whole transaction. The operation of this system, in the ag gregate, on the State, is worthy of exam ination. I will endeavor to submit it. At the Rail Road Convention, at Knoxville, July. 1836, a Comumitteo of the South Carolina Delegation, on which were six gentlemen from Charleston, of the highest intelligence mnd respectability, four of thea eminent merchants, sulmtinted a Commer cial Report to the Convention, in which they stated, that there was $15,000,000 worth of mierchandizo sold annually in Charleston. Merchaudize sold in Charles ton in one year, $15,000,000 Deduct for Mer chants' profits on prime cost, 20 per cent, $3,000,00. Do. for domestic articles. of all kinds. 4,108,195. Do. For foreign goods, imported direct in 1835. 1,891,803, 9.00G,000 Showing, of foreign goods reach iugCharlestoa, circuitously $6.000,000. We will assume, for the sake of sinpli fying the argument, that all these were through New York. The New York im porter has nt profit of not less than 13 per cent, or -00J.UO; and when to this is add ed, freight, insurance, and other necessary expenses in sending them to Charleston, it is not too nmomehi to say, the Sta.te has lost, at least $1,0)0,000. on the year'a business; which mast be paid too in the products of your State, which art; equal to specie, abroad or at home: or. what is the same hing, it is lost in the price ol your rice and cotton. Had these yiiofts. year by year, that they hive been drawn fromt you. been made by your own merchants, and kopt at home, anl enriched our cities they would not now exhibit either decay or dilapida tion. * at a a s It was said, in the Knoxville Report, noi doubt truly, that "m'terchandize may be itu poted into Charleston, front Europo, on more favorable terms, than into N. York.' In this opinion, all t he importing merchants of Charleston, with whom I have con versed or corresponded. concur. What of late years has prevented it, has been the artificial advantage. given by the Govern ment and bank connexion, to their rivals. It is this reason, which they clearly per ceive. that causes the great unanimity of ours merchants and bankers, for the sepa ration, and in support of the Independent 'reasury, and its specie receipts. They clearly see that it will benefit Southern banks, and Southera. trade. ''he idle cry, that it is a war on hanks, and credit, they know is unfounded. They well know the amountofspecie required for this demand, and will be prepared to ieet it. The pressure will be gentle, and kinl, in com parison to that harsh and inexorable run produced by the United States batik. and even the deposite Hank system-ta pres sure then stimulated the purpose of ri val institations, to lessen the business and profits of our banks, and, by taking their specwe and ealital, to increase t heir ow&n. But, say the alaurmiists, if tihe Government reluses the pap~er of the- baniks. the peoiple tom will refuse to tatke it. A fact, is worth maore tatin thaeory. F'rom Jnoly. I1$3G, by law, the hilts ofevery banik which: issuaed or circulatced a hanak note tunder S5, wer~e refused by the Glovernmnt. The bank of this Staite has always issuled tnies tun der $3. Were her hills dliscredited!-Did thc e pople, refuse to take theum, becausxe ther G)oernmeo nt refusrd! So far from it, i lien lihe susplensiulaon fspecie paymeursI~t took place, than bills aif tfiat bankt stood higher tan any in the Sm ate, and were hoardued upa lke gold and s~ilver.* The anme fact existed as to the bank of the Staite of Ala hama, with exactly, thle s-ame cotisainten e-cs. Tlhe credit oaf a lbank dl-eeds on its< stabhility and caopital; and n0 ia- faiuhifuhly< an ad homiest ly redeemai ng its engagtemoents. Let it pay its bills in specie whlen demaaand-l. edl, :and it will niever loseo co:ahtidece. To othe h-anotks it is ainv thing b~ut hostile: to labioi, .awl the aaioi-ing classes, every where, it is vasa ;iv..ntage. In the North where the oiver-growna capiaalists own thei ban ks, and! otlx-r mi onopoldies, it breaks tap 4 teir schem-tes of livin~ tupon thle btihor oif 1 t~le pecople, ad th pa rrolits cif the public l'reneuryt, lby which the rich are mnade richter, aid lie poor. paoorer. The claim ors of their mntuumerable presses, resaountd. through thec latnd against it. Hut the peo-i l,e i'hecre, as here, ore noct deltnded by it. I hecy kntow it as a measure of deliverance to) them. Aniother objection urged against it, wvas, hiat it wdi dI irb thle equai libriutm of for. eigan t rade. atnd de(pre~ss the ,>rices ad otir staple ptrodntitons, Cotton and fitice. In F~ebirualry, 1837, a lill p~assed1 both Hocustes of Cong'ress-ina ahe Senatte, b~y a vote of d I to 5'; andl in the hlouse of 1'tepreseta tives. 11:1 to 59, whi-h prohibmited lie re ceipit, int payimnt of thle ipubi dk(Ue's, of all the JillIs. of every latik, whiebl after its passage, i-,sued er cirenlatedl bills tunder $5--or. after 1831), issued-a or circuilated bills tunder Si t-or :a'ter I $13. issuaed or circulhatedh hill s tundler $20. The Pi-resiadent, Geat .1 acksoni, did not ap~prove it, aid it ntever becamie a law. It Wats a -. ifhi" tmeasurtte, and had the wihole "WhIaig"' vot ! Tl'1e dhelared iintettiota, was, it drvo, as fiar as paossible., smaiall bills, frotm cirntation. andtt to give ai gener-al tindter currencyv of Gobil andc Silver. To say notiing of it its a mneasauae of severity, iand war oni the banks, is it niot maifelist, that had it stuc ceededl in its avowed object, aind btaished all batik notes under 8201, from circulation, ' (.air readers in town will remember that thie mieetig af catizens5 rnlled oni thet hianks to issuie mioare ofithe stmall hills, ''discredited''maoneay. T'hn hresidentt coul naot signa themn fast entoau h for thet demrami-d.Ev u..a-i it world have required 20 or 30 millions additional of specie, to .supply. its place? Yet all the country supported that measure, and we heard uonp of those cries of its des ulating tendencies, which are now sung in our ears by is own authors, Compared with this, its drain upon the world for specie would have been vastly greater, and the price of our staples, if their present theory be true, ruinously depressed. The highest estimate put on the amount of specie required, if this Bill passes, is $10. 000,000. when it is in full operation; but, as it gives six years to get into full opera tion, it will require $1,666,666 GG to be provided every year, far six years until the sum reaches $10.000,000. I will not detain you to show the amount of specie estimated to be in the world; nor to show how insignificant is the suan required by this Bill, in comparison with it. it issuf ficient to know. that from 1830 to 1838, about 80 millions have been imported in to the United Stats, of which, more than 50 millions remain; and notwithstanding this immense addition (five times more thou will be required.) our Cotton rose in price, from 1830 to 1837, almost double, and rice and tobacco did not fall. This very year, on one speculation, the Bank of England-the most cautious and jeal ots of institutions-sent to New York 10 millions of specie; and at that Very time cotton was rising in the British markets? Mr. McCull.gchi, in the learned treatise on Commerce, calls specie a commodity, and says that England, from 1815 to 18:33, im ported an extra supply of40 to ?50,000, 000, of specie etqual to 180 to 200 millions of dollars; and yet, during that period, site made her most giattic advances in gen eral commerce. In the immense increase of product ions for exehange, commerce h as little need of gold and silver, except for settling balances, and for dotnestic circu lation. But, weaker, and utterly unfounded, is another objection, that it creates a Govern m1weit Bank. What is a Bank? An in stitution endowed with the privilege to is sue notes, receive the funds of others on deposite, and loan out its funds on dis count. I hold the Bill to create the Inde pendent 'Treasury in my hand, and have carefully examined it, from beginning to rind. I iavite all to do so who desire to aindersanad it. There is nai, in it, the slightest authority given, either to issue notes or bills. to receive deposites, or to loan out its funds in discounts, or other wise. Ott the contrary, to loan them, will he a felon, punished bv ianfany, fine and imprisonment. "It has int.'' in the words if Mr. McDauflie, 'one nitribute of a banuk;' and he must either he recklese, utterly ig norant of its provisions, or totally incapa ble of understanding them, who, at this late day, will risk his reputation, by such groundless assertico. Domestic News. From tie Charleston Mercury. STAT :CoYVETis--Dt RCT TRADE. At a meeting of tne citizens held at Barnwell Court Ilouse oa the 27th Oct. Dr. James 0. HA(;OOD was called to he Chair, tnil Beverly Samuel, Esq. requested to act as Secretary. E- Bellinger, Jr, after a few words in explanation, introduced the followin jro imble and Resolutions, which w t inaimusly adopted: - Whereas, the citizens not only ofr"his State, but of the whole Smuth and South West, have become convinced of the al iolute necessity ofopening a direct com nunication and trade between Europe atnd our Southern aid SouthWestern ports, and whereas: the Convention of Merchants imd others lately nssenbled in Augusta, 1Stye recolai mededl that State C'onventions to as-etmble. in te seve-ral Sounthermn and soumtha 'm esterni Sisates: Anal where-as. al.~a .uch assembliles woiaild in air opinion, dlo nmore towards eti'ketitng the ottdeet in view, han the mieeitings heretofore helal, some' taheir n bing fully represetnted, biecauise >fteilistancee frout ttbe point if Oasse ding: A nd iniasoneih as it is tnecessary tha t o'tte cnad pulace lie fixedl for the meet ng ol it State Conventioin in dnth Car ilina: l'here~fore, hoping that it will he aecepital to ouir fellow eitizenis gener-ally. . Resolved 1st, T'hat wme would respe'r uslly r'commetind a State Conaveniion of lecrchantis atid othert-s, to lie bseha at Co u',bia on Weldnesday. the .5th dm;j of De 'ember ntrt, it then Logislative Ilo'll, as 7 'claock. P. M., ifmhe siamne shall 'suit the OnVenan lce aof the Legislnatire. Res-olred 2d. Trhat (if this proptosition hall receive their asset,) our fellow citi ~ens ini other-t Districts be earnestly re l.amestedi to nJaptmt Delegates to attendl the aid Convention. Relasolived 3d, That this tmeeting do standl dt.urtned uiil sale dlay itn next moauth, Noveambler,) onl w hiebl daiy thSe r itizens of Iis .Distract at.e genterally reque~tedl to as cinmile at the Court- Homuse, for the putr rose of hecaring the R~eport of their Deile ;ates wmhto attentded the latae Convention at A.ugusta; timd for the purpose of appoint nig Igelegates to attend the proposed Con reattiont at Columbia, in Deceamber. next. On motion aorderedl, That the several tewspapiers in te State bie reaiuestedl to tullish thec above Paeatmble and Reso uittoans. The moeting then adjourned until sale lay ia Novematber. JA MES 0. IIAGOOD, Ch'mi. BEvEaRL SAMUEL, See'ry. gr The several Editors in the State, vill comnfer a 'special favor, by giving pub icity to the above. JA MEs 0. IIAGOOD, Ch'm. NEW Yoax, Oct. 25. )rmportanmt From Wshigton.-W e earni froam a source which many lie reli d mn, that on Monday last a gemtteman of sigh chiariacter waitedl upont the Presidet if the Untite'd States, atnd laid helire h tm atters adoctemens, &c. &c., which he htad -eeteived ftromt Fratnce, andt whichl were itn etede to prove, that the expedliiion nAi4s ittinig out in Frantce ostenisibly against Meaxic'o, is int realit3 inatended against te Ilan~m.Iof Cubha! TIhe communication is said to have ex 1t'i considearable uneasintess at WVash ing tn, bait we are sauro unnetacessarily. L*'ranace wall knows that such a proceeilintg wouiald he looked u potn as a Declaratint of Wa;r against the Untitedl States amnd Great hiri taini, antd treated accortditgly, and theire Fore cannot entertain the idea.-Courier. Vo copy the following article from Sat urday's Commercial, and understand that it is the opinion of many engineers and manufacturers of locomotive ongines. that the improvements of Mr. A. will succeed in practice. Should such be the caso it will be a great acquisition to internalcorn tnniention.-AN. Y. Times. To the Oflicers. Engineers, and others in terested in Rail Rouds. Owing to certain erroneous statementjt, which have been published, in relation to improvements that I have made in loco motive engines and rail roads, for the pur pose ofovercoming elevations; I think pro per, in order to come at the truth of the subject, and to lay it fairly belbre those who are interested, to make the following proposals: I will a;,ree to furnish engines that will convey the same attomnt of load uip incli nations of 200 to 250 feet rise per mWile, that is conveyed by the present tmlode of construction, up grades of 30 to 5U feet rise per mile: or convey the same amount of load up the inclinations first mentioned, that is, pr 'pelled at the rate of 18 miles per hour upon a level track. Or further, I will agree to furnish on gines that will draw 10J to1- up inclin. tions of 201) feet rise per utile, or 50 tons ti grades, of'-100 feet rise to the mile, engines conducted with safety. and hut little annu.tl expense, more than of fuel for the genera tion of power; and the tiue, in consequence. ofa slower motion upon the inclinatiou,the efl'ective pressure per square inch in the cylinders, to le the same in all eases. To any company that may think it to its advantage to ascertain nami descend in. eliuations, as above. I will agree to fur tish engines that will accobm plish all that I have stated; and it' I do not, no charges will he made to the coapanuy. The expense of the engines will lie lit little more than those now in use, and be as little liable to get out of order. The diameter of the wheels used in as cending, will depend upon the angle of in clination, and the amonunt of load to be drawn; they are prevented from slipping or revolvimg without moving the land, by thetoanhined action of adhesion and gear ing, and are so constructed as to run with hut little friction, the great amount of which has coandetned other plans. It is unnecessary to intake any remarks respecting the action of miodhels upont a snbject of'this kind. if the amount of frie aion caused by the engine and load upon the inclintion, is known. which, added to the rravity, gives the total resi.:nalce; and if the size of the drIvigu wheels is knoawn, the length of stroke, the diameter of the cylinders, and the efreeriv. pessure per square inch. i will be ;att ta:y matter to coie to a correct conclusion thow much of an elevation may be ascended with any given load. A model of said itnprovement may be seen at the fair of the A terienn Instiitte. where any iaformation in relation to the subject n ill he given by the inventor,,fron I to 3 o'clock, during the fair. E. F. ALDRICH. Editors who are friendly to the above object, are respectfully requested to copy the above. Extract from a leiter from Mont fort Stokes Agent for the- Cherokee nation, to the Var Department, dated. "Folt GIBSON, Sept. 25, 1838 "Colonel Logan, the Creek Agent. Gen, Arbuckle anad tityself, have just returned from a General council of Indians called by the Cherokees. "We were particlarly requested to at tent this council im consequncle of a put lication in the Nashville Banner, in which Colonel Mason, of the fst reagimnt of Drmats, inaforms Gena. Gaitnes, hat the. Chaeroik.es wesr. hmved invitede all thte reel people wvest oif ate Mi-sipapi, in irdler to forma a hostile asseitionc of' thet red peaople, to tmake a sirmahtatneous attatck up tona~ Mi, auanri anad .\rkansas. There were een aan. tas reprsen'rted- We* li-etened to -ell their tatlks, ad there is tnci the Icoeastunatison lioa a le alarmn created ica the mtind eof Cot. Mtasoaa. I myself wroei~ hemese..ges sof inavitau to f'romn the Chero~kees, anda thecre was tnut one word of hostile feelingno atay war tokena sent." .CHEFROKF..E IMaGRlA~TrN.-The latest informoation respectinag the remnoval of the Chaerokee Indianas to thte west, is couarainedl in an extract of a letter fromt thae corres puandenat of thec Caissville Pioneer, dated "There is nO newvs tt the Agenev. Ona Thaursetay last, a detachment of 700~Chero kees left aa place for thaeir homae in the far west. MAbaut three weeks ago, three etnahments oft otie thousand eachi, left there, undauer the care of' three chiefs, fora thae west. "Great blame exists ngnainst Geta. Scott, for iing the comm 'and of the emtigrariona to Joahn Reiss. Th'lere, is niot amore than .5 or 00010 Indianas toi remaove." From the Jf'u'ahington Glob~e. TaR)asuRY Di~1'n-rm.:N-r, ? Octobier 20, 1838. { Notice is hereby giv'en, That tall thec otsttandting Treasury Notes, whlich hwar date ona eor before the 21st dayti of' MI y, I837 -will now he patid oin presetation at the Treasaury,in advance of the period on which thaey fall dite. Each prarcel of notes ollered for pay mentt, shldt lie alc'omiptaniedh witha a schaedule sheiwiung the dhates aind stams of the several notes, anud the rates of inaterecst thereona, I ltlers witlllie accommodnetatedl withI dralts playaubte at or naear' their places of residence whenever practicable. LECVI WVooDlURy, Secretary of thet Tr'aeasury. Oto--The Coluamibuis Journial gives thte following us thae resultt oh the electiona in that State for Congress andu the Legis Satuitre: Congres-I I Demoerats.,8Whigs. Gente-ral Assembly-Seae, I8 Demo crats, 17 Whigs--.~northweserna district doubtful. Iletnse, 38 Demaocr'ats,33 Whaigs -the extremne niortha wesern district 1o bo haenrd tfrom. Retuarns fromt 60 connaaies give to Sannonaa, (V. B. eanadidate for Vance, (whlig candidate,) 89,886 Shannon's majorityv. 2,735 From the Southern Patriot, Nov. 3. RAIL ROAD BANK-ARRIVAL OF SPe ciE.-The Osceola which arrived yesterday fron London. brings out near half a ial lion of dollars in Gold and Silver. inpor ted by the Directors of the Louisville, Cimcimnaitti and Charleston Rail Road Coin pany, for the use ofathe South Western Rail Road flank. The subscription in this Bank will he finally closed oil Thurs dlay next. The Stockholders will meet in Charleston in person or by their proxies on the 20th inst. to elect Directors-their Bills are already engraved, a temporary Ranking House will be provided, and now that an abundant supply of specie has been procured, the Bank will go inmedi ately into operation under the most flavora ble auspices. The wise foresight and liberal policy displayed in this importa tion of specie is highly creditable to the Conpany. They might have looked to the Charleston Ranks, or those of New York and Philadelphia for the supplies ne cessary for the low Bank. But this would have created a pressure in the money mar ket, sand created tan apprehension of the increase of the Banking Capital of the country, without :a cerresponding enlarge maent of the specie basis. The course hat has been pursued, will greatly stretgtihen the Bank, and gain for it public confielence at home and abroad. To Charle ston in particlar, this measure is caleulated to do essetntial service. The million loan so happily elTeeted by Gen Hamilton in Et rope. heing added at this titte to the capi tal of Charleston. nnill give stability to all our coliamercial and finacial operations. Onte hilf the amount lieing transferred by hills of exehangie, fir.t to New York nid then to Charlestnt, will furnish us the metsans of keeping doew n the Exchanie and thus prevent a drain upon our Banks for Specie. It will he sects from the above statement, how entirely unfounded are the reports prevalent in certain quarters, of large drafts having beetn made thronarh the agency of Gen. Hlamiltot, fromu the North ern Banks. to supply our Rail (toad Bank with Specie. Not a dollar has been drawn for any such purpose. We have been at the expense and trouble of providing our selves %%ith the requisite amount of specie fora Europe. MAYOR's OraC :, Nov 1. 1838. Ilaving consulted the Central Board of hlealth on the subject, generally, of tho public health, and particularly whether ile state of the atmosphere is sach as to warrant Strtttagers ill returning to the City. it alirs ive pleasure to announce publiiely, that I am autho:ized by the Board to sWate. that im their og: nion. izm di.tresiar '- i. eleic t hnt ptre :iled etr e tbe aa iwo geoseit , and upwards, has entirely disappeared, that the atmosphere has recained its sali brity, and that -Stranger, may now return with a perfect assurance of their safety from the late disease. 11. L. 'fNCENEY, Mayor. Charleston herseIf aguin!-We believe it to be perfectly sale far the inhabitants of Charleston to return to their homes, with out aisy fear of being assailed by the stran ger's fever. Our reasons for this belief are that we are assured that ice was obser ved yesterday morning, by the resideats of Cannonborough a and Hampstead. and that we are assured that a heavy white frost, of sufflcieot volume to enable- a. person to scrape up a considerable quantity, was seen within the city.-Courier. On Saturday. the 270h ult. Win. L. Yancey. Esq. who had been indicted fit the murder of Dr. Earle, and convicted of maanslaughler, by the Jury, at- the late Greenvlhe Sessions, m n4 seinteiced to in. pri.menai mt of onear iand ai fine offifien hundred dolla. Th'le Juadge, in psissin& s'senece, smeed he was fully sati-ied fron.s sihe evidenrce-. that tshe hioamicide* had1 beet-, the r-esnit osf prosvocatiosn an sud "iden ex ritenii :ande alet eofpremedt ittion or de tdnmra;ttin. aml n tarnied the prmisonerF and 'ht. bystandl-estat thae fatal udeed was on doheeetedly aittribisablle to the~ improper hiahit of carryitig de'adly weapons aibona the t-eon Thle pres.cetiont wa" coiidue le b; Jatmes E. He-nrv andt~ llenry C # ardlhaw, . . F. Perry amid A. Bur, E sq' rs-Courit r. From the New Yor1I, Frpress Oct. 2-2, D~~tsu-e.:rVL tso-r Is NE.w YenR. Last evening the far-ce eef Fannty Wsright w"as tanamrepteated at the Mansongii lll At the msual houmr for ate coiamameement, i'h- Hasll was filled to over-flowins-, andI not less than. .5000 tickets prba~bly. wvere disposed of at the iusutal ptrice esfonme shd.l hug each. At the comme~aenemnt of thec Lecitire. somte slight iinteirruption tootk pelace from thme baoetinzg tand hissing ofabe crowed, but this was spe'edily put doewn hv the materirence of a lairge body of thi WVatch whio had hee'e ordered ini attea,,. anuce by the Mayyora. he Ljectumre proe eceded amid si gonne thironieh with, wish-le out further insterrupetiont --Thle crafey F'an any, caarefulIly avoidinag throneuchou'n tesy tallusion to Politics on either side of the quest ion. At the close or the performance. nearly an hour was conasedc before thme tale port iont of the saediene retiroed frotm the lla.ll. Ily tis timse the cr-owd wvihiourtbhwh imetreasced to a tmest fearfulh extenat-nsot less than 10,000 were assemabledl in front of sthe builditng. A large ttuber of femaales whmo, (to t heia- shamsae lie it saied) had attened the Lecture, now attempltedl to eff'eei their egress. rThe bonnet ofench female was tiutuedh as she passedl, and the mlost disguistiaig eptithets appilhied to each passer- by; the creowd eagem-ly searcheled fori the ob'ject of I heir imieeased andI outraged passionis. At lenagth ihe Ileroine of the hour masde hier appearantce; as sue ptassedl down the1 stair case aand theo long passage way, no ssymsptodeis or puerson~al violenice were ex hibited, lhmt she feelinae oif time asseamblago were man tifesteed by mienaces and gr-oans, loud antI ideep. As ste fair- Fanmny leached time street dosor the wshole' crowd tmadee a simlultanteous ruish towared her. Beitt seur ireundted by a beody of police se "was int a measure protectedl froem violence: btut vet so great was the psressmtre that site ws lifted fromt lie, feet atid fosred along a he walk to the cornier of Anthony stree. Dowsn thtis street her snlppeorsers were fhreeld iad thet watch foiring a edeublle filme corm d1mm, hor a tmotmienIt staye-d the v'iolecsue or the mob, till the modern fleem w... ,,... tied into a coach, which was fortunatdiy a hand. and she was hurried ol; homewtaril bound, amid the horri'i din of oaths. and shouts and imprecations of the outraged multitude, thousands of Whom followed her even to the doNr oflher lodgings. The scenes of violence did not end here. Several females Who were at the time passimg on the west side of Broadway, were assailed by a band of ruffians, and most shamefully treated. Two of their number were secured by the watch, and safely lodged in Bridewell. Otliecr Benj. Hays, with a friend, were passing down Pearl street. and when near Centre street, they encountered a mob of abont 10.000 persons,t ho had assemabled seemingly with the determination to end the night in riot atnd cotutision. Mr. If. with accustomed daring and promptitude, rushed into the iust of the rioters, and at the imminent peril of his own life, secured two of the riotg-leaders who were safely lodged in prison, and the mob then dispersed. ATLANTIC STAt NavoATo.-The New York Post states that at a meeting of merchants of New Yprk, held at the Carl ton louse, on Thursdahy, it was agreed to take sleps to form a company to lie called the - American Atlantic Steam Naviga irnon Conpany." and to procure an act of Iucorporation fromn the Legislature for that puts pose. It is intended to build ships to "navigate the ocean by steam," and the shares are to be $500 each. Amount of capstal not stated. A steamer of 2000 tons nal upwards %% ill doubtless be the first ves sel built. The Express adds that the preliminary step-, have been taken, su,:h its procuring eseisrmates of building the ships and ma chinury, and it is sud that the greatest ob sacle which presented, is obviated-the dilficulty of proeuring machinery in this country. The West Point Foundry are preparing the necessary means to make suttuble engines. E.recution.-Tihe Charlottesville (Va.) Advocate of tiu 3d inst. states that the two negroes, Lucinda and Andrew, lately con victed in Both county,of the murder of Mr. Mayse's children, were executed,agreeably to their sentence, at the Warm Springs,on the 24th ultinto. A gentleman who was present states that they persisted to the lost, im denying all agency in the murders. It is also stated, that the girl, on whose tee tinony chiefly these slaves wereconvicted, has smnce her acquitnal confessed that she atone cotmmittel Li ;td tiers-but if this toe the fact,it is preutued that little reliance could be ilacedf in: "snch confession, as from 'oer size ::tnI saest r l:re, there is litttle prob waihtiy that sie conl have perpe-rated the horrid acts-esides there was abundant circumstattiaI evidence to warrant the con vist inn, independent of the girl's statement u:1 the tri.l. Fron the Harrisburg Reporter. THE Pi:LAIrLPIIIA COUNTY TICK F.T. -The Federalists, in their desperation, are pretending to lay claim to the mem bers of the Senate and House of Represen lives from the county of Philadelphia. The coiuty Democratic ticket is elee red, whether the returns from the Northern Liberties are counted or not. The Penn , ivamuaan publishes the full returns from the whole county, including the rejected retnrns-of -&eb-Nrrnbem-ipu s m e by the Ratier return Judge of that district ro the prothonotary of the Court of Com ion Pleas, by which it appears that the D)emocratic ticket is eleeled by an average unjority of more than 500 Notwithstandin,, the Democratic ticket " that shown by the Ritnerjudge himself, o be. triuphanly elected, a minority of tie Ritnuer juadges, who huad pa~rticipated it theu puroccedthng of thet wihole board, and lho voedu for the adjirfurmnt sine die, taet at at late hour in sthe night, in a differ sat nap~aruItet frosm t hat appuiiuseof for lie mueesisng. and, wviitot huaving the v bole rturns baefore them, made outt a re isrn to stait thecir own putrposes, and for ,rerledl i to Ilarrishinrg by ergsress. This .ake re inrga is said to elect the! Federal tick -t. antul the Secretary of the Commonwe~ralhh iuserts that hie contsidlers it as the oflicial -et'ura. because hie Receive~d it fiom the &h riff of Phliladrelhia County, by thte hInnds of a deputy~ of the .Sherigf .' CoNGRFssioSAL l'lLEcTIoN.-Ninuety wia muemuber4 of Conugress are alreumlv -lected. Fifty foanr sure to be chosen next onthti, vir: 410 int New York, on the first iland a s - Tuesdi ay anid WVedntesday in No omtulr-l2 in Maussachtusetts on the sec auai .ilnday-i in Dela ware on the secotnd lunesay-andi I in Miehtigan on the first \Monday stud rTuesday itt November. .W'e hmaveo in nnr pos-..,ion a specimen of PJhite Statuary Marible lihtnd in Long !. nmttp Checrokeet Conntuy, which can hot eena at eatr oflice. It will be recollected hnat qtuarries of msarble oif various colors a:'ve lbeen found itt thae Cherokee Connuties af this armse, suseceuble of the highest pot sh .-Augusta (Constitutionalisot. The Lotudon Correspondentt of the New k'ork Courier, writing under date of 19th alt, says, "Monaey is abunodatnt, but credit becom osg datily tmore diflictult to be obtained. tad tihe getneral mtass of American seent imies sure cerssainly niot rising in value on he Smock Exchantge. The principal cauise if te dleprecialtoit of the States and other rans-astlatntic seensrities, is int hue continual mtd tunahuased indnlx oaf ntews botnds of all hescriptions, wh'licht are daily coming for vard to ain extenut whticht Oppreses the narket-uand carries dowtt sthe prices of' lhe best of she ita-tlanstic stocks. A naonigt othuer securities whticht have been mnitounced wislhin the hast few days is a oant osu the city of' Charleston. etnlled he ["ire Loans-witht whtich Mr. McDgufie, he late Govetnor' of Sousth Catrolinta, is srrived itt Liverpool-hut without having ret transmitted te exac't part ictulars of htis tuissiont to any of' thte patties of the Lon bat Stock Exchange." The last ncoutnt4 from Texas make it nore ansd imore parehable, s has like ute the 'me first setS lers of IKaetnluck. thue people us Sexas wiill havm~e St ibs the hos bay fight ng sthe I idiants, ns well as btuy sthemu. Shtoubt their ciantests p'rodtuce such sa racti if mian ass Kemnetiky noew east hoast, slhero sill blittlei's~ reasona to repine nt the dini' :uitics attendinig the first settlemente.