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SUNDAY, JANUARY 19. 11140.LATEST FUOM TilK NORTH.Dy tho.steam packet SauannohtCnpt. Fieclnial, arrived yestmtlny afternoon from Charleston, wo received the Mercury and the Courier «»f thru r.ity of yosfbrdny, In untlcipnthw of tin* forenoon'* mail From tlieso paper* wh Icnrn that the Senate did no# nit on yesterday week, (1 Ith insr.) Tho Now .Ter* sey election wni agnin before iho Hnu«e. The cor respondent of tho Courier says—11 Mr. Clifford concluded hi* speech, nflor speaking four hour* or more, in favor of tho Democratic claimants. Mr. Cooper of Penn, followed, end after speaking n short time, povo wnv for n motion to adjourn.” Thecoricspomleuconf tho Pnltioi, copied into tho Mercury, *ny*—that Mr. Reynoldt took the floor and delivered a long itpecch in favor of the democratic claimant*, and then tho Notice ndjourncd.FIRE IN WILMINGTON, N.C.Wo regret to learn from n passenger In tho Savannah, that tho pa Mongers in the Wilmington hoar, arrived at Charleston ycstoidny morning, reported that a I urge fun hadoccmred in Wilmington, and that mure than 100 houses had been destroyed } among them—tho Court House.‘ ANOTHER SPLENDID STEAMER.A few days since we noticed the arrival of tho new steam packet, the Ufw. Seabrook. We, yesterday, availed ourself or her being in port to pay her a visit. She Is all, in appearance, that n travel, lor con desire, with a Commander, Copt. Klno, too well known lo discourse about. The Wm. Seabrook j* intended and hns commenced her trips, as a packet for the inside route between this place and Charleston, via Kdisoi, Beaufort and Hilton Hattd. She has a handsome Cabin for Ladies on lock, with eight berths, commit meat ing with anothcr below, with eight more bciths to winch is attached i commodious dressing room. The Gentlemen’s ;abin is wide and comfortnhle, with sixteen berths, ivhile tho young bachelors have the privilege of a brward cabin, containing eight berths, to which is ittnchcd a bar with the choicest wines and liquors-£vciy thing is neat and in applo pie order.The vessel is 13! feet long, 154 feet 3 inches in tennij with extra guards, am! !) feet 3 inches in told, and measures UB4 tons.Slio is built with e/eur s'rength by the binders— Messrs. Tims. Marsh Son, of Charleston, hu\in*: irehes sprung on cm I) side, one extending t ivo-tldr.U f herleti'tli^nud resting on ha I fii relies—the arches esting on triple bilgo streaks—and she lias five le'dsoiis, all g-nired by copper holts. She is owned a Charleston, Kdiun mid Suvaiifiah, and wn* countered for by Cnpt. King, mid Messrs. Chgliora Vood, nl this c iv, mid i* nlmcetlier civdituld- to liem unci the builders. The Seahtook draws 3 ter* inches nr water with nM her wood mid wnvr inf living a tank with 101)0 cnlhui* i»ftlio la ter fir do-icslic use. Fall in, Madvtnoisel/c. with the Si.* annah, Beanlbrt District ami little lsi*,und win 1o favors of lho travelling public. [
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Savannah Weekly Georgian
Savannah, Georgia, US
Sat, Jan 25, 1840
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