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Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-05-24
For fhe Repisfpr.

For he Register.
 Mir. EDIToR:-OW Congressional election IS now over, and knowing of no political matter of nation. al character to engage attention at present. the citizens of Mobile can now judge, and it becomes their duty to do so, if all is right at home.
 For one, l am unwilling to rest contented with our present city charter and particularly that portion which disfranchses many of our best citizens. I wish it kept before hem that by the united exertons of that portion of both parties whose rights have been molested, they may be able to get redress. l am not willing yield my personal privileges graty the fancy of and the avarice of others. It is but of recent date that are required to do
 ask the citizens of this city to examine the list of taxable property and see what portion of their fe- low-ctizdns become the sole managers of their per- sonal as we'll other rights. The advocates of the property qualification gravely tell that have vote for our Mayor and Aldermen. They tell that the Common Councilmen to represent the property holder who is allowed the privilege of voting. They neglect, however, to tell us that the privileged few select Recorder and all the officers of the city, by whom our personal and property rights to be pro- tected. Suppose of our citizens who has a vote for Common Councmen and one who is not allowed that privilege are called before the Recorder, what is their attudel Have they equal chances for justice Not impugning the rectitude of the gentleman who now administers that office, is it not clear case of the interested against the dsinterestedE If there is an instance on record in the United States where the governed have not choice either directly or indi- rectly in the choice ofher gvoernor, save that of the Recorder of the city of Mobile as we'll as all the o- cers from the marshal down to the night watch, I confess have not it. It was this system of go- vernment sent among our forefathers from England that caused in fact the revolutionary war. In the language of our declaration of independence, they have created multitude of new offices, and sent swarms of officers govern the people without their consent. How long will we endure such inequalityl The question may be asked how are we to amend the wrong? answer by requiring pledge from those who wish to represent us, and to vote for no man who is in favor of those uneqnual laws.
 EQUAL RIGHTS.
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-05-24
s, The rates yesterday were as toIIowst
THINGS IN GENERAL

The argument in the of Mcleod, to be heard on the 10th inst in the Supreme Court, but in consequence of other engagements, it was deferred till the l7th.
 The Erickson prorellers, applied to the steamer Clarion, are proved, by her recent trip to Havana, to surpass the expectation of their inventor She made the passage in about eight s-ayeraginglOa knots an hour. The weather was exceedingly bois- terous during the greater part of her passage, and fully tested the power of the propeers to resist the hardest gale. On her way, she fell in with the ship Cornthian, which was wrecked ten days before, on the Bahama Banks. During that time, over thirty vessels had been obliged to pass her without being a. ble to approach sufficiently to afford relief The Clarion, by the aid of propeers, up to within cable length of the wreck and rescued her crew, who otherwise would inevitably have perished.
 The Nashua Telegraph, the paper in which the story of the five children at birth originally appear ed, says [" the statement is not true after all. We rhall have take of four of ie little ones but it is a good story at that. We don't intend to take of any more. The rest of the story is true"
 A curious story was recently told before of the telnpPTance lneellngS I'll NeW oIh, dn oiu ing man, Captain Thomas Lane. He stated that, the age of seven, he could drink old drukards der the table, and from that period down to the pre- sent day. which brought him into his sixtieth year, he had been in the habit of drinking large quantities, and what astounding than that, he could get drunk. He drank at one time on wager, twenty bottles of champaigne, without producing the least effect en him. He said he had consersed with many physicians both in this and foreign lands, upon the subject, but they never could give him any why liquor did not effect him, well as other He weighs 263 pounds, is 60 years of age, and has constitution like lion.
 THE "DEmoCRATIC"A "ADMINIsTRATIoN.-Th Postmaster General has taken the printing of the pro- posals of carrying the mails from the Hartford (Con) Times and given it to the Hartford Courant, whose editor is Theodore DwigM, J. Secretary of he Harf ford Contention! The Times says that it is the first time, since the administration of John Adams, that the Courant has had the printing from any of the de- partments at Washington. Is it the federal or demo- cratic party that is in power, with Daniel Webster for Secretary ofSte and the Secretary of the Hart ford Convention printer of the laws!
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-05-24

RIDDLES PRoPHEcY.-" The averaging hour will come atast. It cannot be that free nation can long endure the vulgar dominion of ignorance and pr0fligacy. You will live to the laws re-estab-
 shed; these banditti will be scourged back to their caverns. The penitentiary will reclaim its fugtves in office, and the only remembrance which history will preserve of them is, the energy with which yon resisted and defeated them. '-Nichoias Bddies ad- dress ia 1886.
 (" Curses," says the Arabian proverb ''are like young chickens, which still come home to roost.''- Riddle and his associates are in fair way to realize the truth of this and if justice be done, the 'only memory history will preserve of them,' will be found graphically written on the calendar of the eastern Penentiary of Pennsy ylvania.
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-05-24
 P A s. $ F. N GERS

Per steamboat John Duncan-Misses II and Harles- ton Brown Hon w Mc(sill, Hon D Hall, Rev w T Ham iton Gen Buren, Col Patrick, Dr Trppe, Messrs Brown Stickney, and T Matiock, Slarke Lyon, Walthall, Hardy Brazer Portis Bode, Crook ,Buord Gderseeve Tilley, Pollard Fairly, Bones Crocheron. Greenwood, liogg. Roberts smith, Suwyer Walton, LiCkens, Oliver Thomas Rhew, Kidd, Morriset Crawford, Starke Baer Fryer, Bonner. Knight, Duren
 Per steamboat Oriole-Messrs Gray, Powell, Murray Jordan, Sorsy, and smith, Melton, Maeder, Brown, Rugeley, Holloway, Myres, Stiles.
 Per steamboat Caha wba-Messrs Walker, Perkins, w King Perkins Files, Boyd, Rogenbaum, Wilson, King, sherman, Wilson, Tate Lockwood Harrell, Savage w Steed Gordon and svt Tut Spencer, Nutrles Bussey Copper, Kelly, Lockett.
 Per steamboat Merchant-Mrs tibreih Miss Looney, J Forsyth and son, Messrs Coody Ross Lee Fields and daughter, Havens Eberto Dupuis Harris, Hudglng, Wm French Calcina-5 on deck.
 Per steamboat Jewess-Alessrs Snodgrass, Wolff, Wm Brown, Oats Andrews Mervie, iiayatt Elliott, Todd, Baxter, Oates, Orr.
 Per steamboat Champion-Mrs Marvis Mrs Dale, Mrs Gardner, Mrs Taylor Messrs Ogden Hoffman, Stoude, Poor Taylor, Lowndsdale; Foster Gardner, Ia Duck worth, Ferguson.
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-05-24
: LIVERPOOL CLASS1FICATIONS. La dpd MisS Tteo., mud N 4J

The business in Western produce duller than usual and the receipts fast the The river r sing, and is now IS feet inches low water mark. Exchange is dull at nearly the quoted last week Sterling Il a2 per ct prem. On France 5f a Of 24c New York GO days, Al 10 days to sight g a B. Boston 60 days, 4 Philadelphia 50 days, per ct; sight B prem
 Freights rather actve Four ships Liverpool taken at 7l6d and three sd for cotton Coastwise dull low and uncertain rates
 NEw YORK, May l5. greater activity in business has been manifested the present week. than we have recently had occasion to tce, although the demand for money has been limited and we make no alteration in quotations Good business paper is freely discounted bank be negotiated in the street af bank rates
 We notice no Improvement in the quotations of domes tic exchange. fair business has been done at about the rates of the previous week. The transactions in ser ling have been quite extensive slight improvement. The fluctuations in stocks continue smRl though the amount of business done is rather increasing No m- prOvement can he noticed in those descriptions usually denomnated tncies, is the disposition evnced to make time contracts which has heretofore been the case making in these stocks, whose dividends consd- cred cerain and the caution ocapasls has been more stIongy exhibited than at prescnt.-(Com. Adv
 AUGUSTA, May 20. Cotton-We have had rather active market for this article since this day week. notwithstanding which, pri have been toleraby well maintained. it will be Ob- served that quotations for qualities not so high those given in last this however, is arib ted the decline in exchange New York, etc caused by the recently adopted by the convention Of the stockholders of the Georgia Rail Road Company at Athens. The higher grades of Cotton owing to their great scarcity, still command former rates, and are the only kind that in much request
 LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION.
 Ordinary to Middling. .-.................lOa .lOaml t Middling Fair .-... l4Dll lA tar; # Good Fair very scarce. ................. ..l2lg-
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-05-24
Enr Lhe Renipi.

TOT the hegiNer.
 MR. EDIToR:-In your notce of the election on Friday, you have done injustice to the democratic party, by rendering than justice to osr olpo- nents To what extent unfair practices were resolf- ed 10, cannot say; but this know, q speak adv;- ssedly every effort made, not only to bring the field the entire whig vote, but also 10 get votes in the polls than there are whig votes. And this done, in cases, by tickets printed on paper exactly like those used by the democratic party Of course, do mt attribute any blame in this matter to the inspectors of the election But the,e in all parties who without scruples of any kind len desired purpose is to be at taned.
 Suspicion uled in our. party. under the i'm presson at the little interest felt by the citizens in the CANVASS, would insure at least safety froia fraud and artifice. But it appears that this calm was taken advantage of as l have stated accuse no man, and not fully informed how far these frauds were carried. JUSTITIA. In alluding to the fairness ofthe whgs, we did not assert anything positively. We merely spoke of what came within the sphere of our observation. If our correspondent be correct of course we are entitled to the privilege of withdrawing our praise. As Sir Peter TeazIe says, "this is d--d bad world and the fewer praise the better.'
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-05-24

The "legitnate Drama" seems to be done ur, or done over, over-done in this country In this city the productions of Shakes are seldom witnessed, In New York, at the National, the Knickerhroker says pece has been got up for the express purpose of exhibiting "Gtty or sixty naked women in large bath! In cant language, this is "holding the mirror
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-05-24
For the Register
For the Register DANIEL WEBsTER's OPINION OF THE PowE

For the Register DANIEL WEBsTER's OPINION OF THE POWER
 OF REMOVAL FROM OFFICE.
 MT. EDIToR-'The following is an extract from speech delivered at Worcester by the Hon. Daniel Webster shortly after Gen. Jackson became Pres- dent of the United States. The power of removal in the President then is very different thing from what it is now, and is the position of the honorable gentleman. The extract is striking illustration of the difference of precept, profession and practice so striking indeed, that he who runs may read.
 .. X. X. X.
 "You will remember, sir, that the constitution says not one word about the Presidents power of removal from office. It is power raised entirely by construction. It is constructive power introduced at first to meet cases of extreme public, necessity but it has become co-extensive with the Execu- tive will, calling for necessity, requiring ex- gency; but te be exercised at all times without con- trol, without question, without responsibility When the question of the Presidents power of removal was debated in ths first congress, those who argued for it limited 1t to extreme Cases, they sad might arise in which it would be absoiaeiy necessary re- move an officer before the senate could assembe.- An officer might be insane, he might abscond; Sir, from these and other supposabe cases, il was said, the public service might materially suffer- if the Pre- sdent could nut remove the incumbent. And it was farther said, that there little danger of the power heinz abused for party personal objects No president it was thought would ever commit such an outrage on public opinion. Mir. Madison, who thought the power ought exist and be exercised cases of high necessity, declared nevertheless, that if the President should exercise the power when not called for any public exigency, and merely for perso nal objects, he pouid desets 10 be impeaohed. By very sinali majority, think in the Senate by the casting vote of the Vice-President, Congress decided in favor of the existing power upon the grounds that have mentioned. Granting the power in a of absolute and clear necessity, aud denying its exis- tence every where else."
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-05-24
COM ME RCIAL.
NRw 0aIEANs. Ma, g,

NEW ORLEANs, May 2z Cotton.-fhe sales of the week were 800 bales m- ports I44os b exports s77-naking an addition stock of s7S2 band leaving on hand not cleared s276 h. The total receipts the season are 74s294-same time year s6l s2 b. Difference in favor of last year ll2,s98 h.
 The demand for the week was brisk ai prices very firm, produced by the s foreign accounts On Friday prices advanced fully l n 4c per h.
 '- LIVERPOOL CLAsSIFICATIoNs.
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-05-24

PoRT OF MoBILE.-The amount of imports into the Port of Mobile during the past quarter of the pre-
 sent year, is $354 ,367:-during the same quarter in
 lS4O, $292, ,450-difTerence in favor of last year &3S. .OS3
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-05-24
Fnr rho Reoixfe

For the Register. Mir. Editor-A correspondent of Saturday, Regis ter, tells of musical sound which is heard at 'eary dawn," and says that the same sound appeared ia Juae 1S39 do not like to dispute the gentleman s word, but will not believe it, unless he will declare that he sap it with his own eyes B.
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-05-24
ALABAMA ELECTION.

The General Ticket Law was to be the death knell of democracy in Alabama The good people oi this State had too little sympathy with demagosues, 10 uphold them in such measure
 So said the whigs before Thursday last, and call culaing that the people, like fine ladies' were to be fattered out of their senses, they visionary enough to entertain the hope of carrying thertck The Advertiser even of this morning thinks they lost only by default. How much their prophecies worth, will be known by looking at the returns to- day.
 Below we give all the returns received since our last paper. It will be seen, that the whgs have lost astonshingly. fit have gone this way throughout tho State their vote will be thousand less than it was last year. The returns not official. We have only the maortes, and contrast them with those of the two previous elections.
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-05-24

27S14 Prizes amounting to S120,6SS Tickets 2 50-Haves l 25-Quarters 62 l 2 cts.
 Packages of 25 tickets for | 62 50, warranted to draw at least 30. Packages of 25 halfickets for s31 25, warranted to draw at least l5. Packages of 25 quarter tickets for sl5 @, warranted to draw at least s7 50.
 bo- For packages single tickets apply at the Managers office, cor Dauphin and Water-sts
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-05-24
UTO-DAY. CAPITAL PRIZE 10000 DOLLARS. 1ickds only IiUo Dollars and Fifty Cts. ALABAMA STATE LOTTERY,
UTO-DAY.

-CLAss No. 55 EXTRA, FOR I84I- Authorised by the Legislature of the State, for the Benefit of the Wetumpka Lodge, No. 39 To be drawn at Mobile, THIS DAY, May 24, lS4l, at o'clock p. at the Mansion House Exchenge, Roya-sueet.
 $. DAVIS & CO.,, Managers.
 NIl,1lhers-l0 R,llnt
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-05-24

[sA CREEK HOUSE.-Ths large and com Es::% modious house, known as the Three Mile Creek House, Oately occupied by Bonton McAlpin, Esq) will be opened for sentee boarders on the 1st of June.
 Those who desire good air, good water, and free from dust and musqufoes, will find the Creek House to possess those advantages.
 N. B. An Omnibus will run in the morning al ' o'clock and at night at o'clock, form the Creek House to the Mansion House, provided sufficient number ofpassengers can be engaged; thus giving cheap and easy conveyance to those who wish it.
 TERMs.-Gentlemen will be furnished with break fast supper and lodging, (with dinner Sunday) at fpe dollars week, payable every week.
 Horses fed and taken care of on reasonable terms Enquire on the premises, at No. 50 St. Louis st.
 may 24 266tM
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-05-24
TENNESSEE CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION

1ENNESS EE ECONUht.SoioNAL ELcCllON.
 The Knoxville papers furnish with the result in five Congressional Districts.
 In the 1st District Thos. D. Arnold, (whig) is elected without opposition
 In the 2l District A. Mcclellan (dem.) is elected over Senter, (whg) by 300 majority.
 In the Sd District J. l.. Williams (whg) is re- elected without opposition.
 In the 4th District J. W. Blackwell (dem.) is re- elected over MT. Campbell, (whig.)
 In the 9th District Hopkins L. Turney (dem.) is reelected Mr. Goodall, (whig.)
 The Knoxville Whg paper speaks very docfuly of the result, and says the whigs took no interest the election-which, says the Charleston Mercury, we take to be sign that the wings of Tennessee are ashamed of the recently developed policy of their leaders.
 NORTH CARoLINA.-From this State we have partial returns, which show no change in the party character of the candidates. From some statements received, however, suppose the popular democra- tic vote has been increased.
 In Wake District, General Saunders, (dem.) is elected. In the Hawkins District three democrats ran. The contest lies between two of them, Hawkins and Arr rington.
 In the Wilmington District, Gen. McCay (dem.) is elected.
 In Fayetteville District Bethune (whig) is elected In Coswel Shepperd in Rowap, Rayner; and in Edgecombe, Stanly elected
 The last Tallahassee Star, Whig paper, admits that LEVY, (Dem.) is elected Delegate to Congress- and attributes the defeat of the Wings their having too many among them who care for nothing but themselves.
 INDIANA. In the fifth Congressional district of this state, Andrew Kennedy, (Dem.) is eiected.- This the strongest wing district in the state, and represented last year by Mir. Raridan, (Whig)
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-05-24

M OlICE is hereby given, that have made appli- l cation to two Justices of the Peace for Mobile counts for the benefit of the several laws of the State of Alabama, passed for the relief lnsoYent debtors- and said Justices have appointed the 9th day of June, Barnes, Esq. in the city of Mobile, hearme said application, when and where my creditors may at tend fl they think proper.
 may2IK* JOHN WATSON. kSE FOR NEW ORLEANS-To-norroto G@5ssss. The schr HORNDT, Captain Pierce, lies at Pier P. may22 A. B. HOMER. OFFICIAL DRAWING OF THE ALABAMA STATE LOTTERY, Class 54, Extra for 1S41. 35-64- 23-9-4-3S-24-5-66- -66-S-4O-76-
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Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-05-24
Whig Maiorit

From the Times we have the following returns in east and west Wetumpka The vote is much smaller than that of the last election We have no means of contrasting them with if.
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-05-24

e PECIE WANTED.-A fair price will be paid S for few thousand dollars in Specie
 mayA D. WHEELER, 8 Water st.
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-05-24

One hu ,dred and twentythree votes difference be- tween the two highest and l30 dife renee between the two lowest candidates each side-a small diff ference compared with the estimate of those who sanguine as to their strength in Wilcox.
 In Dallas have heard from three precincts only: Cahawba, Selma and Centreport. The aggregate result at these, something near 70 whg majori- ty-a suit as far below the whig calculations, in w lcox.
 ST. STEPHENS, May 2l, lS4l, DEAR SIR:-The result of the election in this precinct is as fsllows:-The democracy received 27 votes, Ciderites votes. The usm number of votes boiled hers is from 100to l2O. have also obtained the official returns from Jackson, Clarke county, which is as follows denot rats 75 votes; whigs B. I am induced to believe that shall be able to the "Graffe' our opponents.
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-05-24

STEAMER CAHAwBA, Wilcox, May 22d. MR. EDIToR.-Below is a statement of the re-
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-05-24

U AND FOR SALE-For sale the undivided half ll of a tract of land of about 10 acres in Govern meat street, nearly opposite Wm. c. Brians, having front on Government street of about 300 feet
 If not sold previous to the 3lst day of May, it will then be sold by auction in front of the Mansion House. For particulars enquire of
 may 2l 264tf H. N. CROOKER.
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-05-24

DYE FLOUR -25 barrels fresh Pennsy ylyania lO Rye Flour, for sale by
 mas22M D. c. LOWER, 59 Commerce-st.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-11-09
FOR THE MADIsoNIAN.

To the Secretary Of the Treasury Of the U. States.
The views of Statistcus" who has figured re.
Gently in the Madsonan, have induced reflections
which may be impressed by the following remarks.
have supposed that the writer had encountered the
practical and patriotic statesman and that the follow
ing dialogue had ensued.
Phiio Sophos. Do you consider horizontal tariff
equitable in principle, and COMFORTING with the just
policy Of our Government
.Siatisticus. No. do not, because among the i'm
dspensable to- the masses, and others which are Of
luxurious character, and mostly consumed by the
Weather classes. II would therefore, be unjust to
tax the essentials for common comfort the same rate
with superluities which promote volup uousness, and
in wise tend to advance morality, or national
s,rength-whilst operating a onerous imposition
upon industry.
Phito- Sophos. But your suggestion would practi-
cally introduce the sumptuary laws which are objec-
tionable as interfering with a common privilege.
STAT In free Republic, whose Institutions abhor
the consequences Of primoeeniture entails and mo-
nopolies, and would influence by its legislation, an
equal participation in the means of happiness, the
''udicious' application of sumpuary laws, TO GER
tain extent might be salutary in practice and con.
sentative of constitutional liberty.
Phi Sop. From your exposition of the existing
of importation, it would that the hume.
rous and respectable class of American importers, who