Mobile register and journal., 1845-05-10

contributors who have iheraly subscribed, we no tice the names ofC. Cullnm, of the Mansion House, for $l0O, and the Rt Rev. Bishop Porier for 50. The Bishop, wiih characteristic lberaIity, has or dered a collection after high mass 10 morrow al lhe Catholic Church.
 GUBERNAToRIAL NoMINATIoN.-We learn ln- formally from Tusca oosa that the Convention Tor nominating candidate for Governor of Ihe S'ats' assrmbIed at the Capiio on Monday last, and mace choice of the Hon NATHANIEL TERRY ol L'me' stone, by majority of sixty votes over the Hon' DANIEL COLEMAN. We not informed as to the number of delegates in attendance, nor oi any matters connected with the deliberations oi the Con ventiun except that the names Of Col McCLohG and Judge MARTIN withdrawn from ihe can vas, and that a small nnuber of the delegates declin- ell voting. Our next advices from Tuscaloosa wlli doubtless supply the particulars haH'ng renewed he nomination hy so decided majority of the CnT venon representing the expressed wishes of the de- nocracv of the State, we those friends who dd not unite u the SC lection of Col Terry, wlII find no daioull, Tn giving him frank and cordial support as the choice of 'he paIty As politician he is con- sisent aud trustworhy devoted to the principles of the party and the permanent interests of the State; and that he win be elected by an oyerwh Inning ma jority does not admit ofa doubt. Indeed it ia not p obahle that he will have aAy opposition
 OATTs' INTEREST AND EXCHANGE TABLFs. We have been pre- -euted with copy of this in- valuable work by the author now in rhis city. We have given il careful examination and have no hesitation m pronounclng II very decided improve ment upon any and every work of the kind that has been submitted To the public Indeed, we had no idea that much practical information could be ar ranged, snpIlled and condensed into snall conl- pass, and made perfectly ineligible to the most dmars capacity. The interest or discount on any ilum SS Io Sl0,0 ,0U0 al 6, : aad per cent per .,nuun, from one to ninety iour days, from four to eleven months, and from oGe to years, both for S6O and 365 days the year, is found al glance in these tables. They contain calculations also for to- nestle ani lore,gn exchange for any rate of premium ar discount from to 10 per sterling or fed eraI money, on any amount from $l to Sl0 GOO, or from : l to Gl0, GOO sterling, showing how any sum can be invested or absorbed at he of pie- ,nium discount. They are admiralty calculated b facilitate the transactions of Banks, merchants
 
 sentng them tu favorable cons sideration.
 The following testimony of the value of the work from number of oui respectable mercantile houses has just been handed 10 us:
 The undersigned, having examine Mir. Oates' volume of "lnteres and Exchange Fables" do most cordially recommend To the Merchants of this city, of the useful works inr he counting room, that have seen, greatly aciiitaes variety of calculations that of continual renee lo all dealers in exchange shippers of produce, either coastwse or to Great Britain, to lawyers and to the mercantile iOorii generally. We have also the utmost confidence in the accuracy of the Tables Gwahmey, Forbes & Co.,. Alex. Pope & Son, J. $. TOulmin, James Magee k Co.,, Geo. Cleveland, Jr., l. Bell, Jr., Arch'd Oracle, Tartt, Stewart & Co.,,
 Huntington & Cleveland
 Mobile, May ', lS45.
 From prospectus had on our table, we see that Il Is contemplated 10 start new daily paper in our sister city, under the title of'The New-Orleans Commercial TimDs." It will not be issued, how ever, before the lsi of October next, when il is make its appearance, under the editorial charge of Mir T. B. Thorpe, Il gentle man well and favoraby known as d writer. The Times will be neutral in politics. the design of the proprietors being to lm- part to Iher journal a character thoroughly commer- ca. The poprieiors are Messrs. Heyliner, (com- lnei cial edror,) Black and Bravo.
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 On lhe lst inst. large and enthu iastc meeting was held in Philadelphia, the obJect of which, stated m the call, to "repe the aggressive pre- tensions of the British Ministry, as recently pro- claimed in both Houses of Parliament, and to uphold the Chief Magistrate of the American Union, in his determination to maintain involate the terri tprml rights and national honor of the American peo- pe." Fredei lck Stoeyer presided assisted by four vce-presdents. The Pennsy ylyanian speaks of il us ''one of the largest and most determined popular sembages which we have ever witnessed. It minded Us of the gathering in the same place winch preceded the war Of 1872, when men of patriotic heart and fearless intershanged pledges of de- voton to the country The tone of the meeting was in the highest degree enthusiastic, and proved that however may be divided on other subjects, or at other times, there is dissension among us now as to the duty of every citizen, to sustain the Executive in his manly assertion of our national rights and honor''
 A Wilmington, N. c. paper, of ihe 2d inst, says, as we are going to press have been shown d pri- yae letter Of the 2Slh u., from Washington in this State, which states that the large swamps in Beau fort. TyreIl and Hyde counties were on fire. The letter goes on to say, that there were "two whole families burned up in TyrelI, one of the families con- sisng ot man, hIs wife, three children and three uegroes; of the other family. says the writer I did not learn how many burned. The whole woods are on fre.''
 Mir. RENE GODDARD, one of the oldest merchants m Chareston and for the last sixteen years Presi- dent of the Union Bank, died suddenly on the morn ing of the 3d inst.
 Ex-Governor JAMES c. JoNEs, it is said, will be the whg candidate for Congress in the 7lh District of Tennessee. Mir. Currn, the jealous and eloquent defender of the democracy will, it is sad be the op- posing candidate,
 The 6 United States Journal" published by Messrs. Dow & Fisk, is rhe name of the new paper which has taken the place of the Madlsonian.
 Competition is strong present on the North River Tue splendid steamboat Knckerbucker ad- 'eriises to take passengers from New-York 10 Alba ny for 25 cents
 The Kentucky Yeoman say sr. Clay has recently received rich presents from his friends His debt to John J. Aslor of $20, ,0O0, and the Lexington (ky) Bank of $5,00O, have been paid for him