The Charleston Mercury from Charleston, South Carolina • 2

a talk with Mr Buchanan This supposed proposal nothing has been done in Groceries 150 hhds New of Mr is dignified with the awful name of "ulti Orleans Sugar has been sold at 5 1 2 a 6 l-2c 300 bags Rio Coffee 8 a 81: 150 do Java do 10c 4 mos though not enough to interfere materially with steam navigation The schr SaJly Miller which was lying at Pier No 30 East River was crowded from her moorings by floating ice yesterday morning and was carried with the sloop York which had also parted her fasts to pier No 31 Jour Commerce 250 bags St Domingo ot 6c cash There is con' siderable enquiry for Molasses suitable for retailing of which the market is bare THE MERCURY MILTON CLAPP Editor ttj" Thomas A IIatdkn haying become interested in the publication of the Mercury will hereafter have the management of the business concerns of the paper tions of St John's Chambly Isle aux Noix and Yiil liam Henry or Sorel are to be forthwith constructed one or more squadrons of mounted riflemen are to be embodied for frontier duty to be composed of picked men from the regiments of the line now in Canada The three troops of provincial cavalry which are in a high state of discipline are ordered on pay for two years the same measure has been adopted with regard to the "colored corps" of Canada West Great activity prevails in the garrison at Quebec the ditches of the citadel are deepened and aditional iiuns mounted The artillery are constantly engaged in shot and shell practice Toe Misses Slomans' Concert A brilliant and large assemblage of beauty and fashion attended thejthird Concert of theBe youn ladies Their duet for two piano fortes created the greatest delight those who critically comprehend the aifficulties of the composition They have consented to remain a few nights longer and will commence on Tuesday evening at St AndrewB Hall their second series of musical entertainments To such as have not heard them we advise a visit to the Hall we seldom have such talent here 8tj AIL PAPER Ten Dollar per annum OUNTRY PAPER (three times a week) Fire Dollarsper annum 13Iineaor under 65cents and 5 cents lor very additional line MOBILE March 4 Cotton The transactions since our last are estimated at some 9 000 bales say 5000 on Saturday 2O00 Monday and 2000 to day The foreign accounts have had very little effect on our market The firmness of holders and the upward tendency in freights have had their influence and in a measure prevented buyers from operating more freely We continue former quotations 6j a 6 -for mid to good remarking that prices are tending in favor of sellers The principal part of the sales have been on French and Eastern account The receipts for the last three days are 8604 bales exports same time 10589 leaving a stock on hand of 175039 bales Exchange There has been a good demand for exchange at steady Sterling 6i a France 5 36 a 5 38 New York 60 day bills 2 a 24 sight 1 per cent dis Fbeights Three engagements have transpired since our last report A Br ship for Liverpool at l-2d and two ships for Havre one at 1 3-32c and the other at 1 5-32c MQRCH 9 1S46 matum But there will be no ultimatum aoout me matter until it is sometbingto be accepted We may safely say in looking at the presentstate of the case that peace is "inevitable" and that a treaty of limits is ineitable and that before many weeks Whether the proposition which the rumors now indicate is the proposition which was sent for we cannot say If it is we mayexpeot a treaty presently The senate are evidently ready to sanction a treaty based on lau 49 The Pr sident wevknow is ready for it and if Mr Buchanan has not yet made up his mind as to the best position for a man to take who hopes to be the next Piesident why the treaty can be made without involving any opinion on hi part and so when the campaign for the Presidency opens he can take his stand on 54 or 60 just as he shall then think proper Our judgement is that 49 ia as far North as any man will wish to go in 1R48 It wil be cold weather and inevitable "hard sledding" farther up The Mormons The St Louis New Era appears to be much doubt and conjecture as to whether the Mormons will leave Illinois in the spring or not The better opinion appears to be that a part of them will go but that the greater body of them will remain This will probably lead to new wars and fresh bloodshed If they fail to go there will probably be no attempt to drive them out by force The anti-Mormons feeling in Illinois is too deep to tolerate their residence in that State" Correspondence of the Mercury WASHINGTON CITY Feb 28 1846 The ultra Oregon men in the Senate who go for "all or now or never" held a caucus MONDAY MORNINGi March 9i 1 846 NORFOLK March 4 Effects of the Storm The Northern Mall The destructive North Easter of which we bare On Saturday we had the whole Mail through ly made mention in our last wound -up with a snow from New York It appears that the storm of the storm on Monday night having continued with un abated violence for about 30 hours As we had ap 1st instant was very severe along the route from Virginia to New York Between the latter place prehended the loss of merchandize in the ware a vital measure to make great officers out of little men In order to do our duty said Mr it is necessary to understand before taking our position something of the views of the Executive and what use he wishes to make of the mandate of law revoking the existing convention- Mr then proceeded to prove that the constructive part upon the message of the President by the Senators from Ohio Illinois and Indiana that negotiation was at end and the President standing resolutely upon 54 40 was not only false but ridiculously absurd If there was truth in logic meaning in words or confidence in public servauls he meant to demonstrate that thePresident bad taken no such position as "the" friends of Oregon assigned to him We cannot follow the chain of Mr H's argument but may safely affirm that he proved all he promised to do Without concluding his remarks he gave way at half past 3 o'clock to a motion for adjournment HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES This has been rather an exciting day upon the whole The New Jersey contestei election case has been decided in favor of the sitting member by the casting vote of the Speaker And Robinson the Reporter and letter-writer for the New York Tribune has been expelled from the floor of ihe House by a vote of 119 to 48 The reuson will be assigned in the proper place of the proceedings of the day Yesterday when the House adjourned a question 'was pending for the previous question made by Mr Tibbatts of Kentucky After the journals were read a call of the House was demanded and 178 members answering to their names the further call was dispensed with On the question of a second for the demand of the previous question tellers were ordered who houses on the wharves for the unprecedented and Philadelphia all communication was stop height of the tide on Monday forenoon has been ped for three days At Norfolk as will be seen considerable Where all have suffered however Departure of the Atlantic Steamers considerable damage was done it would be needless to particularise and while we are depressed by deep though vain regrets for the Fro hi A ericA April 1 May 1 Yesterday there was no mail north of Richmond From England Hioernia March 4 Caledonia April 4 Great Western April II" sufferers we have at least the satisfaction to state from which we suppose the obstructions were but The Oregon Negotiation Correspondence of the Phil North American Washington Feb 27 1846 At length I am euabled to communicate some intelligence which if I have not greatly misconceived public opinion will be most acceptable io your readers and to the country at large I am thoroughly convinced the foundation of a compromise of the existins difficulties with Greit Britain has been laid' and I believe the terms uf a treaty will be perfected within sixty days Now for such facts as I am permitted to present to the public On Wednesday last Mr Calhoun had a long and serious interview of several hours with the President in relation to the Oregon question The immediate purpose of the visit was to ascertain the disposition of the Executive towards a proposition which after consultation on both sides of the Chamber be felt inclined to submit either in open or secret session of the Senate as might be esteemed most prudent It is contemplated to advise the President te resume negotiations on the basis of the 49th parallel conceding the navigation of the Columbia in lieu of which Great Britain was to render certain equivalents of which 1 am not informed Mr Calhoun presented the subject in all its aspects suggesting that it could not fie expected Great Britain iu the present posture of affairs could advance another offer after the consecutive rejections of arbitration and intimated candidly if he was the negotiator on the other side he would not The President slated that in consequence of advices from Mr McLane he had given the most' devoted attention to the subject in the hope of ariving at some determination which would prove acceptable and bring the controversy to an amicable termination That after reflecting upon the views of Mr McLane and consulting with a portion of the Cabinet he had deemed it best not to request the opinion of tke Senate under present circumstances and was inclined to hope that a suggestion then entertain May 7 that the aggregate of their losses painful as it may be to contemplate it in its mildest aspect has been cam Mia April 19 May Iff Great Hritaip May 9 June 6 imperfectly removed greatly exaggerated yesterday in the Vice President's room What they considered or argued or determined is not known beyond themselves so far as I can learn by envuiry But this fact is known the number pre sent all told was twelve No more could they muster than twelve to a caucus and I imagine all of those twelve are not insane enough to wish to plunge this country into a war or likely to act in a manner to produce that result if they had the powej which from their number it will be seen they have not There is I believe reason to hope that some preliminary vote will soon be taken in the Senate so as to tell the opinions and feelings of that body on this Oregon Question And I believe the result will prove that Mr Webster was right when he said that the resolution offered by Mr Colquitt would be fpund to express the opinion of a very large majority of the Senate Of this opinion I think there can be no doubt The fatal rencontre between one of the sons of Mr Ritchie and Mr Pleasants late Editor of the Richmond Whig has excited much interest and conversation here and though I hear many We have made diligent enquiry among the suf Weather We have had the temperature and appearance of Spriue for 'some days The buds are rapidly LETTERBAGS At the Exchange Reading Room Fr slipnELISAiRE Lemmonier HAVRE Mup ROBERT KERR Maxwell WVERPOOL ShpPOWIlATTAN Stone LIVERPOOL Ship HARRIET JESSIE Connor LIVERPOOL Sw snip ECHO Akerson ELSINEUR and STETTIN Sw barque SOPHIE Woliin BREMEN ferers some twenty-five in number and from their report we feel ourselves warranted in saying that the aggregate loss which has been sustained in the destruction and damage of merchandize in store consisting chiefly of sugar salt flour coffee nails Thr White Hohse A letter from Texas to the New York Spirit of the Times says that the "White Horse of the Prairies" seen by ihe" Ex-Santa Fe Prisoner" and other tiavellers has been caught alive The writer says: "I saw him a prisoner tied by one leg deprived of his freedom and visited by many as a natural curiosity He is a flea bitten grey about 14 hands high well proportioned and built a good deal after the pattern of a Conestoga No 2 His head and neck are really beautiful perfect Arabian fac-similie of the Godolphin Beautiful ears lare nosirils ereat opening and there is a prospect of an early season tobacco soap candles and of lumber washed off from the yards aud wharves does not exceed Congress MARINE NKVVS Arsenate are still listening with bVit indiffer Tl twenty five thousand dollars The brig Clarion Leland from New York with nt nttpntinn to the debate on the Oresron notice Sun rises 6h 11m aeU bfi 49m high water 5k 8m breath of forehead and throttle as large as any I' The country is as tired of it as they PORT OF CHARLESTONS MARCH 9 nee 10 tsouuer ana reu went asnore near uraney Island during the storm and had seveu feet water in the hold when the Captain came up to town ves- have ever seen in any blood nag His beautiful white mine is two feet long and his foretop in pro-portion He was very much lacerated about his head and legs the effects of the lasso in catching The House has done absolutely nothing during wmn-g the past week but decide the New Jersey con day fche will be a total loss him From his appearance he must be quite old The suddenness with which the storm burst upon tested election It is something to their credit that say 20 or 25" us and the advanced hour of its commencement they decided it right or wrong against party persons commend the bearing and conduct of Mr reported 68 in the affirmative and 75 in the nega (at night) with the circumstance bf its being a Sab The following Preamble and Resolutions were bath day all combined to prevent every thine like Ritchie when it came to the challenging point and From Texas tive So the previous question was not ordered Mr Hampton of New Jersey and Mr McHenry precautions and two or three hours (iu the morn submitted and unanimously adopted by the mem condemn Mr Pleasantsyet I hear but one voice of By the arrival of the steamship Galveston at ing) while the tide was rapidly rising was all the bers of the German Friendly Society at a Meeting condemnation of Messrs Ritchie father and son time allowed to our merchants to secure any part New Orleans on Monday last we have late papers of Kentucky addressed the House in favor of the claims of the sitting member to retain his seat held on Wednesday Evening March 4tb 1846 oi meir exposed mercnanaise aome ot mem too f-om Texas for the employment of the individual whose letters in the Richmond "Enquirer are said to have been the and Mr Seaborn Jones of Georgia against him floor ri raisH a tiA roanh th hihi The State Legislature assembled at Austin on Whereas by the inscrutable decree of an all -wise Providence We as a Society have been called upon to mingle our regrets with the family and cause of this fatal meeting tidntm ni' ihnv litti jor oi the 16th February Gen Edward Burlesson was NOUS VERRONS Mr Tibbatts again moved the previous question which this time proved successful Pending this question however Mr Vinton of Ohio moved a mighty rush of waters as this chosen President of the Senate Bee Se- tiuii rjnt i cretarv Mr Miles Serjeant-at-Arms In the ARIUVKD YESTERDAV Schr Wm Benton Taylor Georgetown 183 bales Cot ton and Naval Stores To Smith and others Schr Waring Bacon Bridge Rough Rice- To In-graham Webb Sloop Martha Phoebe Prince Edisto 33 bales Cotton To Eawton SteamerGov Dudley Wade Wilmington (N C) To Jacobs Steamer Charleston Lyon Savannah Mdze To La-fitte Co Martin Starr Walter Hyams aud Whittetnore Sieamer Wateree Curry Angusta and Hambuag 711 bales Cotton To II McGee Adger Co Carson-Robmsensdc Caldwell Sullivan Ansley fc Martin Martin Starr Sc Walter Ri Caldwell and Adams Cunningham's boat from Camden with 104 bales Cotton to Kirkpatrick Douglas ARRIVED ON SATURDAY Br ship Constitution Neill Belfast sailed 12th January Salt To Adger it Co 8 steerage passengers 1 Barque Gen Green Clarke New York 12 days Mdze To Bourne Roosevelt Barker Enston A Bau man Bluui fc Cobia Walker Brother Winthrop Morton Courtney and Schroder Susdorf Schr Isabella Koby Matanzas 6 days Moljsses and Fruit To Chapman and Shackelford Sailed in company with brig Will for Philadelphia Schr Lodemanfc Eliza Philadelphia and todays from the Capes Ctal To Olney and Knapp The fc has experienced heavy gates of wind during the pas- friends of one who had been a member of our So Granby-etreet bridge and on the east at BrieW House of Representatives Mr Crump ot Austin call of the House which was sustained And 198 WASHINGTON CITY March 2 1846 SENATE ciety for upwards of half a century who served in the various offices from the lowest to the highest Point Ar action ir snlh hain-tit rrt county was chosen Speaker James ri Kaymond ed by him would belterjfacilitate the important object of a resort to negotiation through the Executive Department During the same day other Senators were taken into consultarion and at eight o'clock on that evening a Cabinet Council was convened at which it was determined to submit another offer to Great Britain upon the basis of ihe 49th degree with other conditions of which I am not at present apprised I am not prepared to say whether this proposal has been 'tendered as yet to Mr Packenham but I have very conclusive reasons for believing it is now on the road to Boston to go out by the Cambria on Sunday The activity has been hastened by the despatches of Mr McLane who represented in very strong terms the feeling which had been exhibted by the Earl of Abeideen at the intelligence of the rejection of the final proposal of arbitration which I informed you several days ago had been received by the members answering to their names the further inrm I'nnmn- thn r-h rh oo Clerk Mr Hardeman Sergeant-at-arms The channel of communication drv shod! betwn the official returns for Governor give Gen Henderson TVIr Dayton offerred a resolution (which lies call was dispensed with The first direct vote of the House upon this sub over one day under the rule) calling for the opinion lower and upper portions of the city Some of the 8910 votes i Dr- Mller 1672- For Lieutenant Go-inhabitants residing within this scene of inundation vernor Gen Darnell has a nomnal majority by of the Executive whether any increase be necessa ject was made by Mr Hamlin of Maine to strike grade and was for many years a prominent member of the principal Committees and tip to his death was Chairman of the School Committee and whose desire in every instance seemed only to promote the honor and interest of the Society who like mankind in general had his peculiarities yet his found nenRSsarv to Pson from thwr Hnmipil in "18 omciat returns DUi in several uuuuuea irom ry in our naval force from the present aspect of which returns were not received it is stated that boats and those who remained dined with Duke of our foreign relations end that is consistent out the Resolutions reported by the majority of the Committee on Elections declaring that Mr Farley the contestan was not entitled to his seat Humphrey the tide having put out all their hitch- his opponent obtained majorities and it was therefore asserted that General would decline the en nres with the public welfare he should state his rea place hand aud purse were never closed against the op sons for the reply he makes and insert in lieu thereof the Resolution reported We regret to chronicle a serious injury which was inflicted by the storm on the beautiful brick dwell The inauguration of the Governor took place on pressed and indigent of every class and whose Io6s Sundry unimportant matters having been dispo ing of Stone Esq at the easte nd of Main- the 18th ult The farewelll address of President sed of by the minority of the said Committee that he was entitled to the seat Upon this proposition the Yeas and Nays were taken and the motion to street the roof (of tin was stripped off "in a mass ihe Coast of Africa leaky would put into the first port Schr Oscar Jones Mayo Altakapas (La 13 days Sugar and Molasses To Tupper dc Son Sailed in company with brig August for Battimore schr Extio fordo 2d off Florida Reef parted company with ship Tennessee for iNew Orleans Srhr Ailvannf Ilrvnnr Pinur i krlpaiift IO ilnva IUrl9A TV and blown across the street (60 feet wide) and The Special order on the Oregou Question was Jones and the Inaugural of Gov Henderson are brief and appropriate but offer no subject for special ivjinistry neiore tne sailing ot tne steamer ur McLane also recommended the President to transfer the negotiation to London hoping by his familiarity with the sentiments and disposition of the Earl of Aberdeen to be able to effect an arrangement more readily and with more satisfaction to both parties It is now in my power to state specifically wheth lodged upon the roof of the house opposite knock taken up and notice We have in the papers no notice of the Mr Breese proceeded to make a speech of up strike out and insert lost 76 only voting in the affirmative and 112 in the negative The question was then taken by Yeas and Nays ing down the shaft of one of the chimneys? The interior of this elegant mansion newly finished with ail its costly furniture was thus of necessity inundated by the torrents of rain which continued to wards of two hours in duration which did not inter election of Senators but an extract of a letter from Galveston in the Bulletin dated the" the master Ilium i Cobia Adams Chambers A Harrissoi) Williams' Welsman Co and order schrMary Caroline Nichols Ocracock IN C) 7 days-' Corn To Edmonston Steam packet Gladiator Smith Wilmington To est the spectators inasmuch as they came in and er the President has consented to present his offer upon agreeing with tlie report of the majority of to the distressed German Emigrant will be impara-ble Therefore Be it Resolved That as a token of our regard for the character of our late lamer ted brother member JOHN HORLBECK Esq the members will wear crape on their left arm for thirty days Resolved That we condole with the friends' and family of the deceased in the affecting bereavement they are called upon to sustain Resolved That these proceedings be entered on the minutes of the Society and that a copy be transmitted to the family of the deceased Resolved That these proceedings be published in the Gazettes of the day pour down from the heavens Besides this we hear 28lh Feb says: in London or to Mr Pakenham but I infer from went out after two or three minutes and it the stay- the Committee and decided in the affirmative by tt Jacobs Steamer Anson White Georgetown 333 bales Cotton ot no otner material injury irom the storm above ThA Tlnnsinn Knot ha th mnmont nn- the suggestions which have been made to me as well as from my own reasoning that in respect to ng of was anything but interesting to the reporters inw WnarVeS I a rwl th fc rnltractnn ia rinrrinrr ti or Kail and Mdze To Mowry fc Son Lide McLauchlin Street Martin Star Walter Adger CoM Meuden- the decisive vote of 119 to 66 Upon both of these propositions the delegation from your State voted as it contained nothing new or of striking importance xne rortsmoutn ivw ira oi- yesterday evening Houston and Rusk out of 5fi votes have received gives me ionowing as tne amount ot damage done 51 each for Senators Gen Houston is expected in the affirmative beyond the reiteration by Mr of his opposition to compromise At the conclusion of Mr B's re here every hour to proceed on his way to Wash Mr Buchanan the negotiations will be continued in Washington It cornes to me from the best source that an entire confidence is now realized in the Cabinet I know it is felt by Mr Calhoun and other Senators who have had free access to the movement that the Mr Hamlin of Maine then offered the follow in tnat town by the lale on Monday last Great injury has been done to houses by strip-Dins' the roofs of their coverings either of slate tin ington marks hall Anderson Robertson Blaeklock Dotterer and Middlelon CLEARED ship Sullivan Waite New York Smith Barque Potomac Breese North of Europe Lucas Brig Arabian Jones New Orleans Mordecai WENT TO SEA YESTERDAV Ship Rowland Blanchard Mobile Brig lower Grantham Gulf of Mexico Schr Raleigh Allen Wilmington ing Resolution upon which he demanded the previous question "Resolved that John Runk is not or zinc Several houses were totally destroyed The Bulletin says among which we regret to number Mr John Ver- We learn from Corpus Christi that the United entitled to a seat upon this floor" The previous The Senate adjourned at HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr McConnell made a personal explanation million's Circular Saw Milljust put into operation at States troops stationed there will move about the difficulty will be adjusted immediately and amicably By noting the date of this letter yon will be able to discover when the official correspondence is divulged how near your information was te tiuth question being sustained Mr Hopkins of Virginia Schr Choctaw Handy StonuiHton the lower end of North street the wind and wa 6th inst for a station commanding the Rio Grande Three companies left on the 26th ult to act as es moved to lay the whole subject upon the table which convulsed the House with laughter as his speeches generally do aud then corts for the train of baggage wagons daily fitting and to time upon which the Yeas and Nays were again taken As I stated oh a former occasion I reiterate in A CARD 5 We the undersigned paseengers on board the steamer Gladiator take this means of stating to the public what we fully believe an act of justice to Captain Smith in stating that he made great exertions to save the mail and bring the passengers through in time to connect with the Rail Road at Charleston and know that he felt great anxiety to do so and regret at not being able to succeed in consequence of having been detained at Wilmington 3 hours beyond his regular time and by a heavy fog prevailing and other causes and the motion lost 93 voting fur and 99 against The reports of the Committee on Elections on out 1 he scouts previously sent to Point Isabel had returned and reported favorably of that place for an encampment the plainest and most positive language now Mr aieam packet (iov Dudley arte -Wilmington c) WENT TO SEA ON SATURDAY Steamer Gladiator Smith Wilmineton (N C) FROM THIS PORT Ship Naples Croswell Boelon Line barque Palmetto Kendnck Boston Barque Lydia Ann Garwood Lewes(Del) Brig Annawan Bird Boston Brig Hodgdon Hodgdon do Brig Venus Sou'e Providence Brig Julia fc Moore Boston" it the New Jersey contested election case were taken Pakenham has no instructions irom his Govern The question was then taken upon Mr Hamlin's Majors Chase and Ogden returned to this city a- ment authorizing him to make any new proposi up and both Majority and minority reports having few days since in the Cutter Woodbury from Cor Resolution and decided in the negative by the pus chnsti Maj informs us that all the infor tion This statement will not be gainsayed under any authority from the British Minister who ought to know something of his own affairs It is ex casting vote of the Speaker 96 voting for it and mation he has acquired stengthens his opinion of Schr Wm Henry Norris do Schr Sarta Tufts Belfast Me the practicability ease and importance of opening 96 against it Oh the auiisuncement of the result by the Speaker great applause was manifested Sctir Wandopasso Eddy Fall River the interior navigation alone: the coast of Texas tremely unfortunate that the President's original offer of the 49lh parallel was not sent to England if it had been the whole question would have been The line ship Catharine Crane for this sort sailed from been read Mr Harper and Mr Dobbin spoke in support of the riSht of Mr Runk the sitting member and Mr Hamlin and Mr Chipman spoke in support of the right of Mr Farlee the contestant to the seat and at the conclusion of Mr Chipman's remarks The House adjourned from different parts of the House which with New York 4th inst from the Sabine to the Rio Grande Comparitively a very few miles of excavation will connect all the rivers and bays having their outlet in the Gulf of Wm Barker Wm Bond Conn Danl Tyler Morton Jonathan Patton A Ferguson settled by the opening of Congress as I will show The schr Burlington Wilson for this port was up at Rich ter has levelled it with the ground and from appearance we believe has destroyed all its machinery The water rose to an unprecedented height and enterred the first floor of many of the houses and about 12 o'clock while the storm was at the highest the alarm of fire was given when it was ascertained that the water had reached the lime stored with Nemeyer Esq happily the building was saved with a large quantity of bacon and other merchandize by the ready and prompt assistance of our firemen Many of the vessels in our harbor dragged heir ancnors and were driven ashore several of which are sunk Tke Pennsylvania also broke from her moorings and drifted ashore as if seeking company among the old hulls and vessels in the embryo that adorn the old Navy Yard and even the good frigate Potomac which was hauled off on Tuesday week forced herself up to the wharf again as if ashamed to go to sea half finished and unfit to battle with the elements The dredging machine used in Norfolk for deepening the wharves was blown across the channel to our side and we learn was sunk and the poor animals that worked the same were -drowned Herald Naval The United Slates ship Columbia ar difficulty was restrained and put an end to by the decision and promptness of the admirable presiding in my next letter mond (Va) 2d inst The schr Welcome Swift for this port cleared at New Mexico with each other along the whole extent of Orleans 23th ult officer of the House The barque Morgan Dix Hamilton for this port cleared at WASHINGTON Feb 28 1846 I referred in my last letter to the peculiar dis Cutler John Hunt Jno Whiting Ala Saml Kitch Knox Geo Jno Sadler Ala Leslee Ala Griffith Tenn Jno Branner Tenn Wm Harris Tenn Harris Tenn A Wolff Ala A Jacobs New York John Ehlers A Ross Geo David Heriot Sav Geo Boston on the 2tith ult Mr Sawyer of Ohio then rose to a matter per our southeastern boundary and thus open internal navigation from Louisiana to Mexico secure at all times from the dangers of ocean storms and com-pletely protected in case of war from the attacks bcreven Brig Catharine Clapp cleared at New Orleans for this port on the 3d inst Ohas Sindley Conn advantages which the Oregon negotiations had suffered in consequence of Mr Pakenham not having forwarded to his Government the proposal of the Tee schr Onslow McDonald lor tins port cleanaat Wil sonal to himself He sent to the Clerk table a copy of the New York Tribune and had a letter from its Washington correspondent read iu which of hostile fleets in the Gulf JVi Stevens Rand mington 4th inst Tiie schr Constitution Milton for this port cleared at In a military point of view this is a measure of A Susdorff Philadelphia on the 2d inst Mr Sawyer was described in no very enviable Sam'l Wordrum vital importance to the security and interests of the whole southern country Galveston Civilion 49th degreeoffered by Mr Polk But 1 fully concur with the conviction of the London Times that he could not have acted diffently under the terms upon which he assumed the mission and the general instructions which he found covering his appoint SAVANNAH March Arr Fr brig Ville du Trepot Charleston 7th March ight He designated two persons occupying the Eudecline Point Petre (Guad schrs II Perry Woos same desk with myself one of whom he insisted ter Guadaloupe via St Thomas Revolutioner Frisbee New Oi leans The Cambria sailed from Boston on the 1st inst IMPORTANT TO CORN PLANTERS The Subscriber has just received afresh sup was the author of the letter although both had de MOBILE March Arr Ships Consiitution Pratt New York Harmony Br-) Jameson Liverpool: HaideeSouledo: The Boston Courier says Bearers of despath-es for Mr McLane our minister to London and nied it And stated that he did not himself intend rived at Rio Janeiro on the 6th Jan in 52 days barque Ba tic Allen Providence- Cld ships samuet (Br) Leignton Liverpool Adeline ment not to entertain a proposition of compromise which had been previously rejected The one which he refused was stripped of important advantages which had attended previous offers and he therefore naturally enough concluded no other resort was left for him than that which he adopted ply of ESSENCE OF COAL commonly called Coal Tar which has been found from several years experience to be the greatest preventive against the from the British minister at Washington to his gov Pike Amsterdam barques Sapphiras (Br) Johnson Liverpool Southerner Crosby Boston Magdala Dodge Provi dence ernment were among the passengers She cart ried out a large mail though not so large by some destructive habits of the birds in the spring season NEW ORLEANS March Arr ships Vicksburg Perry New Yom Wabash Hathaway do from Norfolk the Karitan and Plymouth were also in port The Congress sailed on the 13th Jan for the Pacific Com Stockton gave a splendid entertainment on board the Congress on New Year's day Mr and Mrs Wise were among the invited guests All the Americans in port as well as the English officers now on that station were present on the occasion Ibid just after the Corn has been planted Those who Cld ships Creole Cayol Havre Mediora wiiDur do Ed eight thousand letters as it would have been had the southern mail arrived yesterday at the usual use the article may dispense with bird minders alto But I desire only to indicate how unfortunate was the result Mr McLane last fail stated to one of our distinguished countrymen who was then visiting Europe aud who now occupies one of the gar McManus New York Lucy Wright (Br) Hamilton Liverpool: haraues Agneda (Hr) fell Liverpool uruhma gether For sale very low by the gallon or barrel by time and her passenger list was somewhat dimin (Fr) Leborgne Havre brigs Vandnlia West Philadelphia WASHINGTON CITY March 3 SENATE Mr Dayton's resolution enquiring of the Executive whether he was of opinion that any increase was required in our Naval or Military force came up and was read Mr Sevier hoped that the Senator from New Jersey would consent to its lying over two or three days and Mr Dayton saying he had no objections It was so ordered The Special order being the resolutions giving twelve months notice for the termination of the joint convention in relation to Oregon was taken up and Mr Dayton proceeded to speak to the subject avowing that if he were as anxious to acquire the whole of Oregon as gentlemen on the other side appeared to be he would leave the matter just as it now was and proceed to perfect our title by settlement He then entered into an examination of the grounds on which Mr Buchanan had refused to submit the question to arbitration con demning most pointedly those reasons and that action lie also maintained that as the notice was to be given there was but one way in which it could be settled and that was by com EFSMITH Clarendon Clapp Charleston Only toon Waitt Philadel phia ished from the same cause All letters intended for the steamer and which missed her through the NEW YORK March Arr namDnrg snip Mepnani We have been politely favored by the Supercar- RolafT Hamburg barque Almade Bartlett Leghorn brig to move to expel the author of the art'ele but simply to give notice that if he was assailed again in a similar manner from the same source or from auy other that he should take the matter into his own hands and redress his wrongs without again troubling the House Mr Brinkerhoff of Ohio remarked that he looked at the matter in a different light from his colleague and therefore offered the following Resolution upon which be demanded the previous question "Resolved that the Reporter and letter writer of the Tribune be expelled from the floor of this House" The previous question was sustained and the Resolution adopted by a vote of 119 in the affirmative and 48 in the negative Mr Hopkins of Virginia then moved the House adjourn which was carried without a decision go of the bark Francis Patridge arrived here yes-' detent on of the mails will be placed on board the Joseph Atkins Trundy Molanns Sid shins Union Katteon New uneans Warsaw ao: terday irom Kio urande via Kio Janeiro with the Joshua Bates which ship sails for Liverpool on Nos76 East Bay sign of the Whale Directions will be furnished for preparing the Corn for planting m4 March 2 PASSKNGKKS In schr Advance from New Mr Gallaghan lady and child In steamer Gladiator from Wilmington (N C) Rev barvue Hecla Port an Prince Catharine Crane Charleston brigs Clinton do Croton Mobile Peconic Apalachicola Carib St Vincents Harbinger West Indies Alabama Ber muda ST -Sr-m rruui DUIUUS AyrtS A Wnshinortnn pnrrnsnnnHnnl nf ih PtiatolVk highest stations in the Union tqat he had several interviews with the Earl of Aberdeen immediately after the receipt of the despalces from Mr Pakenham which informed the Government of i is answer to Mr Polk's proposition It was seriously discussed in the Ministry whether under the circumstances it was not most advisable to recall him not to inflict auy discredit but by promoting him to anolh er position to make way for an easier settlement I believe the interference of the Duke of Wellington to whom he is connected by marriage alone prevented that result Mr M'Lane further observed if that proposal had been sent to England he felt sure upon his intercourse with the Earl of Aberdeen that the besis of a treaty could have been established within two hours Independent BOSTON March Arr ships uazelle Treidwell Mo A i i i i i bile Manindo Palmetto Kendrick Charleston II Buel A Ross Harris Harris Branner MARCH Arr ships isapies crosweu unanesion wio uauui viicuLai ai i-ikj urtauuo inu uay pro Griffith Rand Whiting Dr Knox II Mor vious to the sailing of the Francis Patridge No Washington Allston Howes New Orlerns Dilligence Woodbury Matanzas Carlos Mauran Savannah Annawan Bird Charleston ton A Ferguson Bright Cutter Dr Screven alteration in the position of either of the belligerent jast Wednesday evening it was determined to submit another offer to Great Britain on the basis of the 49th degree with other conditions of which I am not at present apprised" A proposition to parties was reported Rosas" had improved tbJJ A Ambler Fitch Sudler A Bry A Wolfe Robinson Dr Leslie Bond Ehlers GSusidorff Miss Klinch Mrs Beaulard Miss Beaulard Patton Hart Stepens Barker Lindley A Jacobs II For- this effect he 6ays is now on its way to England The amount of Treasury Notes outstanding on sytheN Wildman Mrs Rockwell Mrs Tyler DTy ler Heidt and Wnndram In steam packet Gov Dudley from Wilmington Mrs Mrs Maury and son Mrs Pratt Messrs Pigpn Newton and Burns opportunity anorned oy the quietness ot the combined forces since the engagement of the 20th November by putting in a more defensivee state the point'attacked at that time It was reported that several vessels had detatched themselves from the convoying squadron in consequence of a scarcity of provisions and the unfavorable prospect of the success of the expedition It was the general belief that the undertaking would be abandoned on account of the risk and detention in the navigation the 1st inst was it is officially stated $546814 33 In steamer Charleston from Savannah Mrs Gilliland2 Mr Pakenham A Washington correspondent of the Courrier des From the Boston Traveller of Monday Delay of the Mail The steamboat mail of Saturday afternoon due yesterday morning aTd not arrive till between 6 and 7 o'clock in the evening The boat (the Mohegan) was compelled to come to anchor about 20 miles from New York in consequence of a snow storm which began at New York about noon on Saturday She remained at anchor till about noon yesterday She had cn board seven passengers and some 9000 letters for the Cambria but the steamer had gone IQr An adjourned Meeting the Corporation of the French Protestant Church of Charleston will be neld at the Church on This Afternoon the 9th inst at 4 o'clock RAVENEL March? -2 Secretary UNION BANK SdCA FEBRUARY 23d 1846 rrHE Annual Election of THIRTEEN DIRC- TORS fortius Institution will be held at the Banking House on VVbdnesay 11th March between the hours of 10 A and 2 On which day the'Stock holders will please attend and give their suffrages A SMITH Feb 24 Cashier STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA CHARLESTON DISTRICT By THOMAS LEHRE Esq Ordinary WHEREAS CARSTEN GERDTS of Charles-ton Grocer hath made suit to me to grant Miss Gillilands Mrs Higbee Miss Flutter Messrs Bee A Horton A LangdonJ Davis Higbee Brown Lyman Wade Kirk Wilson CA Etats Unis asserts as of his own knowledge that ot tne farana and also mat persons from Corien SAVANNAH March 6 Savannah Oglethorpe Course Second day Three Mile Heats Purse $300 Mr Young's Maid of Lodi 11 Mr Jenckes Mirabeau 2 2 Lotell's Ida dist Time first heat 6 00 second heat 605 Mile Heats Mr Jenckes' Mary Tarleton 12 1 Mr Hewlett's Pelham 2 1 2 Time not given There were three entries for the saddle horse sweepstake The race was won by General White's Little Nell Single Dash Time 200 MARCH 7 Third Purse $100 Packett's Fanny Robinson 1 1 Mr Jencks' Mirabeau 2 2 Mr Lovell'sh Martha dis tes brought information that the amount of pro- sipce the arrival of the last news from England an duce in that quarter was far short of what had WhelderTE Suggs Simpson Logany Scott A Jowitn Gilliland Hamilton A Rain Tisou J-A Tison unwonted impulse has been given to the proceed Wise Ranshine HarveyC Slaughter promise Mr Haywood of North Carolina then took the floor and said he did not wish to divide the remarks he wished to make it into two portions and he moved that the Senate go into Executive Session Which on a division was lost and The Senate adjourned HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The contested election case came up again this morning and occupied the House to the exclusion of other matters Mr Chiprnan of Michigan and Jenkins of New York spoke in favor of Mr Farlee's (the contestant) right to the seat and Mr Culver of New York and Schenck of Ohio in favor of Mr Runk the sitting member some hours Deiore tne arrival ot tne steamboat Young Foster Filbers WSweryand 5 on deck In steamer Anson Irom McClenahan and lady Messrs II Pauly Gadsden Shaw Mc Knight Bee and Reid ings' of the commission attached to the British legation for the arrangement of the North-Eastern boundary line He says that more work is now done in a day than was done in a week The inference is that Mr Pakenham is preparing to leave his post and return to England train with 40 passengers for Liverpool and five for Halifax Neither the Captain nor mail agent would assume the responsibility of detaining her to await the arrival of the mail The Admiralty orders are positive that the boats of this line if seaworthy and the weather suitable must leave at him Letters of Administration of the Estate and ef COMMERCIAL JOURNAL Feb 3 Latest dates Irom Liverpool Jan 31 Latest dates from Havre fects of Henry Gerdts late of Charleston Grocer ceased as next of kin: These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Henry Gerdts deceased that they be and appear before me in the Court of Ordinary to be held at Chareston on Monday the 23d Latest dates from Havana Feb 19 Time first heat 156 second heat 153 Mr Mongin's Mrs Caudle was the only horse that entered for the trottiBg purse $50 She trotted round the course three times and took the purse Time first mile 3 10 second do 3 11 third do 2 56 Death of Governor Stockton of Delaware We regret to announce the death of Major Thomas Stockton Governor of the State of Delaware who died suddenly on Monday evening at New Castle while sitting in the office of the Clerk of the Orphans' Court conversing on instant after publication hereof at Ho clock in the the tune advertised The Cambria took out despatches from the United States Government and from the British Minister at Washington The bearers reached Boston on Saturday by the Long Island train The Norwich cars arrived this morning at 2 o'clock The boat on that line having left New York at 9 o'clock on Sunday morning iorcnoon to shew cause if any they have why the Cargo of brig Catherine clearadatNew Orleans for his 43 casks Bacon 63 hhds Hams 95 bbls Pork 9832 ps bulk Pork 160 bbls 657 kegs Lard 400 sacks Corn EXPORTS-MARCH 7 NEW Ship Sullivan I0UC3O feet Lumber 320 bales Cotton and 59 tierces Rice and Sundries NORTH OF Barque Potomac 10S9bbls Rice and 151 bales Cotton said Administration should not be granted Given under my hand this seventh day ot inarch Anno Domini 1846 THOMAS LEHRK March 9 3 THE STATE OF" SOUTH CAKOL1NA CHARLESTON DISTRICT pr Edward TV Bancroft and others Creditors of Ser- As Texas on the 16th ult became a State of the American Union letters may now be transmitted to any part of that Stale without the pre-payment of postage guman l-'eyser and Uavut JVI JJcyser rs Wm Kuniardt Abraham Tobias David Peyser and Sereuman Peiscr IT appearing to my satisfaction that Peyser and VV Peyser two of the Defendants in this been reported and that speculators had already anticipated the arrival of the expedition The Buenos Ayrean had batteries on nearly every" promU nent point of the River and great enthusiasm prevailed in Rosas' Camp The result of the engagement of the 20th November being considered as a victory on their part the combined forces having had so much the advantage on that occasion Rosas" had made known his determination to rigidly enforce his proclamation by which all persons found under protection of the English and French Squadron were to be considered and treated as Pirates- From Montevideo The frigate Raritan Captain Gregory from Monte Video arrived at Rio on the 28th Dec'r bringing accounts from that place up to the 2lst but nothing new had transpired From Rio Grande The Province was in a perfect state of tranquility The Emperor and Empress were at Port Allegre (the capital) about 160 miles above Rio Grande on a tour through the Southern Provinces All the troops which had served in the last revolutions had been disbanded on the arrival of the Emperor brig Grecian was in port having made one of the squadron which accompanied the Emperor by whom a title was conferred on her Com-ntander Bhe being the first foreign armed vessel that had visited that port A report was current that the' Ministers of the combined forces intended to require of the Emperor the closing of a small port which Oribe had opened on the boundary of thej Province of Rio Grande through which he was obtaining supplies under penalty of the blockade of the port of Rio Grande in the event of refusal In the Market Imports were comanding fair prices but the produce of the country was high and in much demand in consequence of the state of affairs in the River la Plate Ibid A letter from Montreal under dateof the 23d ult' published in the New York papers says The pacific tone of the British Ministry has not been without effect here bnt the activity in the vsri-ousTmilitary departments still continues A detachment of the Royal Engineers have been despatched on an inspection tour to the frontier and report says that a chain of redoubts connecting the military sta case are absent from and reside without the limits of this state: ordered tnat the said Peyser and Peyser do appear and answer plead or demur to the said Bill within three months from the nubli NEW YORK March 4 The Storm and the Mails The storm of last Saturday spent its greatest strength to the South of us probably between this city and Philadelphia Here there was not above two inches of snow and at the Eastward still less At Boston the storm was scarcely felt at all The Eastern and Northern mails are all in No Southern mail arrived on Sunday or Monday The chief obstruction we understand was between Trenton and Brunswick where the track was covered with heavy drifts A part of the delayed mail arrived yesterday afternoon The Philadelphia North American of Monday says The snow storm which commenced at midnight on Friday continued with unabated violence until about noon yesterday The particles of snow were extremely fine and dry and after their fall ceased the wind commenced blowing violently from the northeast which must have caused deep drifts in the country On a level we should think the snow in our vicinity has fallen from fifteen to eighteen inches The mails and trains are all blocked again The Southern mail due yesterday at 3 A did not arrive until late in the afternoon The Western mail due yesterday has also failed The morning line from New York yesterday got throogh in pretty good season The Rail Roads in Schuylkill county are all blocked up by the snow aud only 7340 tons coal reached market during last week At the conclusion of Mr Shenck's remarks The House adjourned without coming to any conclusion WASHINGTON March 4 1846 IN THE SENATE A few memorials and petitions of no public moment were presented and referred The Committee on Printing reported in favor of printing 250U0 extra copies of the report of the Commissioner of Patents Mr Niles moved to reduce this number to 10-000 and a scattering debate ensued hereon in which Messrs Niles Yulee and others participated It was earnestly insisted by Mr Yulee that this was one source of public extravagance which ought to be lopped off The subject was finally postponed until to-morrow The special order being resumed Mr Haywood of North Carolina addressed the Senate at length and was listened to with marked attention He commenced by remarking that be stood committed to nothing past upon this question that he was operated upon by no aspiration for the future and had no motive but to do his duty as a Senator Upon a question of Territory he knew not party and acknowledged no responsibility but to God and his country He meant to throw no impediments in the way of the President in settling this question bat to aid him all in his power and therefore he could not join any faction if such there was which sought in connection with American Steam Packets The New York Express states that if Congress appropriates the $400-000 contemplated in the contract made between the Post Master General and Mr Mills of New York four sieam ships will be immediately built with a pledge that they shall beat in time the quickest ships of the Cunard line upon an averageit is believed of three days The Express adds A great error however in this arrangement and a fatal one we fear it will be if not corrected is in compelling these ships to touch at Cowes and stop at Bremen What particular interest there is in having a line of steamships from New York to Bremen nobody out of Washington discovers but discoveries there are always unique It is very true they are to be permitted to toucn at Havre also but the main part of our trade is not with Havre and certainly not with Btemen The natural and profitable stopping places are London and Liverpool where trade and travel centre and this compusory passage of the North Sea but adds to the expenses delays the voyage and brings in no profit Freight is no inconsid erable item in the income of the Cunard steamers which would all be lost only touching at Cowes and ending in Bremen where there is little or no freight such as would go in a steamer We copy the following paragraph from the New York Journal of Commerce: Foreign Relations It has been understord for some time as we stated several days ago that the Oregon difficulty had been virtually though informally settled and that the formalities only waited for new instructions to the British plenipotentiary The rumors from Washington indicate that Mr Pakenham has received instructions by the last steamer NEW ORLEANS March 3 Cotton The demand for Cotton has not been active and sales have only reached 3000 bales partly for the Continent and partly for the North the English buyers' not having operated Prices have not undergone any change though if any thing they are rather easier Sugar There has been-an active demand and 600 hhds have found purchasers principally for the North at very full prices Molasses 500 bbls have been sold at 23c NEW YORK March 4 Money is easy out of doors and Foreign Ex change is rising 8J a 9 per cent is now the asking price for bills on England Cotton The sales this week have been to moderate extent only in consequence of the high prices asked by holders The sales of the last three days amount to 1900 bales as follows: Upland and Florida 1200 bales Inferior none Ordinary to good ordinary 61 a6J Middling to good middling 7 a 7i Middling fair to fair 7f a 8 Fully fair to cood fair 8- a 8 Mobile and New Orleans 7G0 Inferior none Ordinary to good ordinary 6J a 7 Middling to good mildling 7 a 8 Middling fairjto fair 8i a 9Fully fair to Good fair 91 a 10 All descriptions are Inactive without change in prices Michigan Genesee Ac is held at 8543 a 550 Alexandria Petersburg Baltimore Howard street and City Mills a 8512 1-2 Georgetown 8525 Brandvwine 8562i a 575 Richmond City Mills 8650' do Country Corn Meal 8337 a 8362J for Jersey and Brandy-wine The weather has been so unfavorable of late that The Secretary of the Treasury in his official report of the estimated receipts and expenditures for the fiscal year ending the 30th June 1846 puts down the receipts at S34478306 22 and the expenditures at $29627051 90 leaving an estimated balancein the Treasury at the above date of $4851254 32 (From our Correspondent) Georgian Office SAVANNAH March 7 1846 From St Thomas TheschrO HPerry Capt Wooster arrived on Saturday from Gaudaloupe via St Thomas 12 days from that port We learn from Capt that Lumber was dull of sale at Gaudaloupe Pitch Pine selling at $20 and White Pine 19 market well supplied At St Thomas there was some Flour brought in from different wrecks which was selling at auction at $4 perbbl Several vessela laden with the article Had also put into St Thomas having arrived damaged in the late gale The Island was remarkably healthy Sailed in company with brigs Blake for Wilmington and Joha Crosby for Hampton (Me) cation hereof or an order pro confesso will be enter ed against them (Signed) THOS GANTT Office of Register in Equity Charleston District Feb 27 March 2 THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA CHAREESTON DISTRICT The Protestant Episcopal Society for the Advancement of Christianity in South Carolina et al vs James Hamilton and Abner Jackson' Bill of Fqakclobcbi IT appearing to my satisfaction that James Hamilton and Abner Jackson Defendants in thh case are absent from and reside without the limits of this State: On motion of Thomas Hanckel Esquire Complainant's Solicitor It is ordered that the said James Hamilton and Abner Jackson do appear and answer plead or demur to the said Bill within three months from the publication hereof or an Order Pro Confesso will be entered against them THOMAS GANTT Office of Register in Equity Charleston District 28th Feb March 2 ml3 The weather yesterday was sunny and Springlike There is a prospect of gradually getting rid of our immense supply of snow and has submitted a new proposition and that pre' Our rivers and bays contain much floating ice viously to submitting bis proposal in writing he had.