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ONE WEEK EATER INTELLIGENCE.
Important Commercial News.
Acceptance of bills of Prime, W ard & Co.
THE EUROPE AX HARVESTS.
Downward tendency in the Grain Market
State of the Cotton Market.
The Commercial Revolution and the Failures —
Tremendous Hurricane on the English Coast —
Improvement in Consols. — The 'Monster Steam
er Great Britain Afloat —Troubles on the Con
tinent of Europe —Open Hostilities Anticipated ,
Ssc. 4f c *
The steamship. Britannia, Capt. Harrison,
arrived at Boston at quarter past live o'clock
on Sunday morning. She sailed from Liver
pool ou the 4th inst. She touched on Cape
Race, N. F., ou the 14th hist., but got off with
out damage.
* The intelligence is of an important com
mercial character. The commercial commu
nity will be pleased to learn that the bills of
Prime, Ward & Co., which were refused ac
ceptance by Ovcrend, Gurney & Co., have
since been honored by that firm.
The Hon. Mr. Winthrop and General Arm
strong came out by the Britannia—she also
bangs £12.000 specie.
The aspect of the grain markets is to be seen
at a glance, in the annexed comparative state
ment i
Prices of Breadstuffs in Liverpool.
Aug. 18. Sept. 4.
Per Caledonia. Per Britannia.
Arterican Wheat.* 7s. fid a3s fid Gs fid a7s fid
Western F10ur.... .25 0 a *26 6 24 6 a25 6
Indian Corn 25 0 a32 0 26 0 a3l 0
Indian Meal 13 0 al4 0 14 0 als 0
The Queen and lloyal family still continue
in Scotland.
The steamer Great Britain was successfully
floated off on the night of the 27th ultimo, and*
arrived at Liverpool on the 30th.
The wreck of the barque Canton, of Hull,
with the loss of 300 emigrants, is reported to
have taken place upon the west coast of Scot
- land.
The British Islands had, within the previ
ous week or ten days, been visited by a suc
cession of disastrous hurricanes, which had
caused incalculable damage to the shipping.
Notwithstanding the war speech of Lord
Palmerston, on the subject of Spanish bonds,
there is but little fear entertained in England,
that an appeal will be made to the ultimatum.
A smart engagement took place on the loth
of June, at the Cape of Good Hope, between a
small party of British troops and the over
whelming number of Kafirs, in which, the
former suffered a defeat.
• The Sarah Sands sailed from Liverpool on
the 3rd instant.
The overland mail from India had been re
ceived. —The general state of the country wa
satisfactory.—Trade was somewhat depressed
at Calcutta and Bombay,but brighter prospects
cheered the merchants from the favorable state
of the crops.
Finanoial Lvtelltokncr.—lt will be grati
fying to know that the drafts of Prime, Ward
& Co., of which, acceptance was on Wednes
day definitely refused by Overend, Gurney &
Co. were on Thursday honored by that firm.in
consequence of the interposition of the fr iends
of Prime, Ward& Co.
Notwithstanding that the funds have con
tinued tolerably steady since the departure of
the last steamer, a fearful pressure has been felt
in the money market, deeply affecting, if not
entirely paralysing every branch of trade and
manufactures. This distressing state of relax
ed monetary circulation, has been followed by
several heavy failures, many of which, from
the character and position of the houses, have
spread the utmost alarm among the whole
trading community.
Whatever may be the immediate causes
which have produced this state of things, the
Bank of England has not escaped its share of
blame, and there will be a general despair of
amendment until it displays a spirit of improv
ed liberality and accommodation.
' The liabilities of the defaulting houses in
London exceed two millions sterling, while in
Manchester, Glasgow, Dublin, Belfast, Cork
and Limerick, numerous large houses arc ir
retrievably gone.
In London, we have to notice the stoppage
of the houses of Lyon & Firmey, and Kirkpat
rick & Co., whose liabilities are stated res
pectively at £60,000; in addition to which
many houses of lesser note have declared their
incapacity to cpnrinue.
Among the manufacturers the difficulty of
obtaining money has been felt with peculiar
severity, and several large mills have been
compelled to stop. Were the evil believed
to have reached its climax, the sanguine might
indulge in something like returning confidence.
But while improvement seems remote, deeper
despair continues to usurp the place of hope
fulness.
The funds opened firmly on Thursday morn
ing, and remained without much alteration,
until the breaking up of the “Bank Court,”
when they advanced to 87|, at which they
stood until the announcement made at the
court, that loans would be granted until the
I4th of October, upon Stock Exchequer Bills,
and Hills of Exchange, at the reduced rate of
5 per cent., has been confirmed by the later re
ports, and it is hoped that, as the measure
will have some effect in aiding many houses
who arc now exposed to embarrassment, it
may produce a generally useful effect.
Last evening there was an improvement of
one eighth to one fourth per cent, in Consols.
The quotations being 87| a \ for money, and
88$ to i for account.
The reduced three per cents, were 88 to |,and
the new 3 J per cents. a Bf>f. India Bonds
for £IOOO and under were os. discount. Long
annuities are 9 a 9 1-6. Bank stock stands at
J 96 a 197 i.
Jn foreign stock there is no remarkable fea
ture. Mexican is stated nominally at 19.
The bullion of the Bank has decreased du
ing the month £540,618, the amount now
held being £9,239,618.
The failure of Grey & Boxburgh, of Green
ock, is just reported. The firm was engaged
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in the corn, timber and sugar trade, and their
liabilities are believed to be considerable.
The French steamer Philadelphia had not
arrived up to the night of the Ist inst.
In Paris, the eldest son of the late Duke of
Prasin, only seventeen years of age, has com
mitted suicide, he being overwhelmed with
the disgrace fallen upon his family.
M. Alfred Montesquieu, son-in-law of Gen.
Peyron, one of the first families in France, has
stabbed himself in consequence of either gam
bling losses or for having committed forgery.
And lastly, the Prince of Deckmuhl, son of
Marshal Daroust, who has been deemed for
some time insane, has stabbed his mistress, a
woman whom he brought from India. Being
a Peer of France, he has not been arrested;
but he is said to be kept in close confinement
by his friends.
Ireland. —The furniture of the late Mr. O’-
Connell, at Marion square, Dublin, is adver
tised to be sold. It is expected to realize a
considerable amount. The library is not men
tioned.
Reports arc circulated of ravages by the po
tato rot, many of which are well authenticated.
, Although the Irish grain crops are one fourth
larger, the crop of sound potatoes, it is confi
dently asserted, will not exceed that of last
>ear. . , ■ c -
Scotland, —Her majesty s reception in Scot
land has been highly satisfactory to all parties.
France. —The suicide of the Duke dc Pras
liu still agitates the public. Government hav
ing seized upoU the newspapers which eharg
ed the slate officers with aiding the suicide,
the excitement became intense?,. The French
government has formed an alliance with Aus
tria to oppose the liberal measures of the 1 ope.
The opposition journals say that the French
people are all in favor of the liberal policy of
his holiness. # k • . \
A secret department exists in the French
Post-office, in which suspected letters are bro
ken open and read, by order of the government.
An employee who officiated in this department
before the revolution of 1830, is reinstated at
a salary of ten thousand dollars per annum.
This, it is alleged, affords a clue to the exten
sive robberies of the mail. Charges of corrup- ;
tion are made against thirty or forty officers of ;
government.
Six journals have been seized for exposing
government abuses, viz : the Democratic Paci
fique,the Estafette, the Gazette de France, the
Tnion Monarchique, the Charivari, and the
Reforme. An infernal machine was exploded 1
on the Boulevards on the evening of the 27th |
ult., at the most crowded part of that fashion- |
able promenade in front of the Case dc Paris, i
It was an oaken box, containing fulminating
powder and various kinds of projectiles. For
tunately' no jOije was hurt. The assassin was ;
immediately guested.
Count Alfred dc Montesqui, officer of the
Legion of Honor, the husband of a rich A
merican lady, and the father of seven or eight
children, was found dead in his bed-room in
Paris, from a stab by a poimird in the heart.
A legal investigation ended in a verdict of
death by his own hands. He was forty-three
years of age.
Italy. —The British government arc prepar
ing a formidable naval expedition at the loni- j
an Islands, to aid the Pope against Austria, i
should the latter invade his dominions.
Italy still remains in a state of ferment. The ;
town of Ferrerahas been invested by'the Aus
trian troops, and a declaration of war seemed
unavoidable on the part of the Pope.
Pope Pius has declared that he will lead
the Italian army' in person, in case of war w ith
Austria.
Spain. —Narvaez has returned to pow'er, at |
the request of the Queen, but in opposition to
the wishes of her mother and the King of the ■
French, whose intrigues he is pledged to op
pose.
A roy'al order of the Spanish government,
dated 3d August, announces that by' the data
collection in relation to the crops in Spain, the
yield would be abundant, and that in conse
quence thereof, the royal orders of the l4th
and 23d of March last, limiting the exporta
tion of grain, and taking off the home imposts
are repealed, and reinstating the trade in grain
and bread-stuffs to its former footing, as well |
in regard to exportation as to importation, and
reinforcing the different regulations heretofore
enacted on that branch of commerce.
The Queen of Spain is enciente —her accouche
ment is expected in the winter. The King says
he cannot return to the palace, as a husband,
until after that event. Her favorite, the young
Gen. Serrano, is still the “power behind the |
throne.” She has applied to the Pope for a
divorce.
Four of the secret police of Paris have ar
rived at Madrid, Charged w'ith an intrigue to
seat the family of Louis Phillippe on the throne
of Spain. So says the Madrid Commercio.
Switzerland. —Nothing of public interest
has taken place in Switzerland. The diet con
tinues its sittings, and is resolved to suppress
the Sondcrabunds,
Bavaria. —Among the liberal measures to
be proposed at the approaching Session of the
Bavarian Parliament, are ; trial by jury, open
ing the courts of justice to the public, and the
freedom of the press.
Sardinia. —The King of Sardinia has de
clared his intention to aid the Pontificial pow
er, and England warmly sympathizes with his
holiness. Such a war must annihilate i‘he
Austrian dynasty in Italy.
The Markets.
Liverpool, Sept. 4.— Corn. —Best Western
canal Flour, 245. 6d. to 255. 6d. per bbl.; Rich
mond and Alexandria, 235. 6d. to 245.; Phila
delphia and Baltimore, 235. 6d. to 245.; New'
Orleans and Ohio 20s. to 215.; sour, 18s. 6d.
to 205.; Indian corn, 265. to 31s. per quarter;
Indian co m meal, 14s. a 15s. per bbl.; Indian
corn, damaged, 20s. a 255. per qr.; wheat,
w'hite and mixed, 6s. 6d. to 7s, 6d. per 70 lbs.;
oats, per 45 lbs. 2s. 2d. a 2s. 6d.; oat meal, per
210 lbs. 265. a 285.; barley', 60 lbs. 3s. a 3s. 4d.
A gradualdownward tendency is perceptible
in the corn market with little hopes of a rcani
mation. A large business, how'ever, continues
to'be done in wheat and Hour, but at declining
rates, mainly influenced by'large supplics;both
home and foreign.
The home harvest is looked upon as secure,
and the crops generally are considered to be full
average, and other produce is not deficient,
cither in quality' of supply.
The present quotations cannot be regarded
as the minimum point;
Cotton. —-Sea Island, ordinary to middling
10 a 13d per pound; fair to good fair, 15 a 17d;
good to fine, 20 a 25d; stained varies from
to lOd; bowed Georgia, ordiary to fine, 61 a
Bth Mobile, ordinary' to middling, 6J a 6&; fair
to good fair, 7{ to 7£; good to fine, 7| a Sd;
Alabama and Tennessee ordinary' to middling,
6 a fair to good fair, no quotation; New
Orleans, ordinary to middling, 6£ a 7fd; fair
to good fair, 7i a 8d; good to fine, Bjtl a Bi|d.
The sales for the w'eek ending on 27th ult.
amount to 20,710 bales, of which only 600
were for speculation, and 1500 for export.—
The American descriptions this week consist
of 2990 upland; 9020 Orleans; 2730 Alabama
and Mobile, and 190 Sea Island.
The pressnrewhich unfortunately' still exists
in the money market, has materially affected
the operations of manufacturers, producing a
disinclination to speculate, and a decided
curtailment of the consumption of cotton.
Prices are, however, maintained with remarka
ble firmness and a fair amount of business has
been done. It must notwithstanding be con
fessed that business w'cars a gloomy aspect in
the manufacturing districts, with little promise
of reaction until money'becomes more obtain
able.
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From Baring’s circular, dated on the 3d J
September, at London, we extract the follow
in<r;
The cotton market remains inactive, and
prices are barely supported; stocks of goods
and yarns are gradually accumulating, not
withstanding the lessened, production, and
spinners and manufacturers are seeking still
further to curtail their operations.
[From the N. O. Picayune, Voth i/nf.J
Later from Havana.
The brig P. Soule, Capt. Smith, arrived yes
terday from Havana, whence she sailed on the
10th inst.
The royal mail steamer Tcviot arrived at
Havana on the sth inst. from Vera Cruz, with
$115,500 in specie, with about twenty pas
sengers. Her accounts from the city of Mex
ico are to the same date which we have given
I from that city—the 29th August. We have
| looked through the accounts published in the
j Havana papers of the actions of Contreras,
j &c., but we find but little, or rather nothing,
j which is new to us. The various movements j
j of Gen, Valencia, up to the time of his dis-
I graceful flight, arc taken from the official doc
i uments which accompanied Santa Anna’s de
: nunciation of him. These wo have before read
and mentioned. The cowardice of Torrejon,
in command of the cavalry, is duly commemo
rated. The difference between Santa Anna
and Valencia is narrated in faithful terms, and
Santa Anna’s account of the retreat upon the
city of Mexico, after Contreras was carried, is
| given in his own words.
The private correspondence of the Diario do
! la Marina represents that the Mexican Gov
| eminent had some difficulty in inducing any
j one to accept the office of commissioners, hut
j the commissioners we have before named.—
I Gen. Herrera, Gen. Mora y Villamil and
i Senorcs Couto and Atristian, were engaged on |
j the 28th of Allgust, in negotiating. Accord
ing to some accounts, if Gen. Santa Anna did
j not obtain fair terms, and such as would save i
i the national Loner; the war would be continu- 1
| cd. Others said that peace would be made at
| all hazards. In regard to, this, however, the
! editor of the Diario says that there arc two
notable letters from Mexico touching on the
| matter. One of them declared that Congress
, would not consent to convene in the capital,
; but offered to meet at Queretaro, from which
| fears were ent stained that it was their design
; to disapprove of any treaty which might be •
; made. This view of their probable action was
confirmed by the fact that the Executive, by
; his own confession, did not possess the power
i to make a peace. And furthermore, says the
: Diario, there were many general officers in
| Mexico at the last dates who declared that
‘ they would resign, or which is the same thing,
abandon Santa Anna, if a treaty should be con- j
eluded. From all which, it would follow that
the position of the President is extremely
critical.
On the other hand, accounts from Quereta
ro and other States agree that there is a league
; among eight of the States to resist to the last
| extremity; that even should the city of Mex
j ico succumb, not an inch of the territory
sought by the United States should be con
ceded. The editor of the Diario then draws
the conclusion, from all he can learn, that it
was altogether probable that even should a
peace ho concluded, it would not put an end
to hostilities, and that Paredes would not fail
to sustain hostilities. However this may he,
we are not the less solicitous that Gen. Scott
should succeed in forming some kind of treaty
with Santa Anna’s Government, which treaty !
i will be more valuable should it receive the
I sanction of Congress. Give us but this treaty, I
and the Mexicans may well be allowed to
, wrangle among themselves as to the propric
jty of it. It will be quite an easy matter for
1 the United States to hold their own under it.
i W e write the above upon reading the dc
j tails of the news from Mexico given by the
! Diario immediately upon the arrival of the
English steamer. In a subsequent number of
I the paper the editor enters into a more critical
I examination of the news and gives the follow
i ing digested summary of the result:
The Americans under the command of Gen.
Scott arrived in the immediate vicinity of
Mexico a little before the middle of August. !
The Mexican troops who left the capital to
observe their movements, and to cut off their
retreat in case they should make a decisive at
tack Upon any one point of defence, had no
encounter with the Americans before the 19th,
on which day Geii. Valencia,* contrary to the
i orders of the commander-in-chief, offered them
j battle, and apparently not without advantages
j on the evening of that day, but was complete
ly overwhelmed the following day. Gen.
Santa Anna, in immmediate command of the
auxiliary forces which left the capital to assist
Gen. Valencia, succeeded in checking the
Americans and preventing their entrance into
the city of Mexico the same day. Gen. Scott
having proposed to Santa Anna an armistic, the
latter accepted it, the American troops being
stationed within cannon-shot of the city, and
the Mexican troops inside the city—the lat
ter being the principal portion of the army,
inasmuch as the troops who served under Va
lencia did not exceed 6000 men, though for
the most part veterans. The armistice being
accepted for the purpose of negotiating a peace :
upon honorable conditions, the negotiations
had been commenced, and on the 29th were
yet going on, notwithstanding that the summons
of the Government for the assembling of Con
gress had had jio effect* From preceding oc
currences and from the fact that Congress
had not met, it was in inferred that Con
fess was not disposed to approve even the
consent to negotiate, much less such a treaty
as should result from negotiating. Many
members of Congress offered to meetQucretaro,
that place being the centre of operations for
those opposed to peace. The conclusion of a j
treaty was no less offensive to several military ■
chiefs, although they had been so far adhe
rents of Santa Anna. And finally, the disap- |
pearauce of Gen. Valencia, as well as the cxis- j
tence of a league of States, of which Queretaro !
was the centre, and the arrival of Gen. Pare
des, who some letters say had already pro- '•
xiounced at Toloca—a 1 threatened to prolong
the war, thus rendering useless all the efforts j
of those in the capital who were at work to
secure a peace, and threatened to wrest from j
the hands of Santa Anne, whose acts in favor of
the conclusion of a treaty it was thought would
require even the support of the American troops.
Our readers—the editor of the Diario con
tinues —will recollect that when upon the invi
tation of the envoy of the U. States the Mexi
can Government consulted Corgresa to know
whether-it should listen or not to the proposi
tions which it was proposed to make to it, Con
gress did not respond to the demand made
upon it save in an evasive manner, that the set
tlement of that business,belonged to the Gov
ernment. But they will also recollect that the
Government replied to Congress that it pos
sessed no such powers, inasmuch as they were
not granted by the fundamental law, and as in
conferring extraordinary powers upon the Ex
ecutive in April, the power to make peace was
expressly withheld. Accordingly,the necessity,
of the co operation of the legislative body to
sanction any treaty which should bo made
being recognised by the Government itself, if
Congress should refuse to meet, as it was sup
posed would be the case, this want of their eon
; curreuco, even should they make no express
' declaration against a treaty, would be a power
' ful weapon fi#r those united by the league at
i Queretaro, as well as for all who might be dis
-1 posed to join them out of hostility to a treaty,
j or from their personal dissatisfaction with the
| Provisional President. Notwithstanding, we do I
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j not think it improbable that the commissioners will
bring their labors to a successful conclusion, and
that for the ratification of their work, and to
supply in a measure the absence of Congress,
that an assembly of notables will be formed in
Mexico. At the same time we foresee, by the
general tenor of the correspondence from Mexi
ico, that the end of hostilities has not yet ar
rived, and that assuredly the treaty which may
be concluded will not terminate them.
Such are the views of the Diario de la Mar
ina, a journal. conducted with great intelli
gence and industry, and with ample facilities
to obtain information from Mexico. We have
gone at length into its views,thinking that noth
ing, in the absence of news from any quarter,
would give more interest to our readers.
In the Diario de la Kahuna we find th > fol
lowing letters from Mexico:
Mexico, August 29, 1847.
My Dear Friend —l have the pain of announ
cing to }'ou that on the 2 ist inst. the Mexican
arms suffered an unexpected^disaster. The first
action which took place at Rio Frio was favora
j ble to us, our loss being 2000 men, while that
of the enemy was 1000 and odd. This was oc
casioned by the imprudence of Gen. Valencia,
who disobeyed entirely the orders of the com
mander in-chief. The second action took place
at El Pcnon, and there our army was compell
ed to retire by the destructive fire of their ar
tillery. The same day Gen. Scott demanded
an armistice, which was granted. Santa Anna
fought personally in the most brilliant manner,
but I believe that he will find himself com
pelled to resign, as parties are agitated in a
most alarming manner.
Many think that peace will now he made,
hut my opinion is that Congress, which is to
re-assemble at Queretaro, will oppose whatever I
treaties may be made.
Another Havana paper, the Fare Industrial, i
says: We have seen a letter written at Tacu
baya, on the 26th of August, by a general of
the American army, which among other things
contains the following:
After many combats of little consequence
against very superior forces, having on our
side 7000 men, we encounteredthe army of the
enemy* commanded by Santa Anna, at Churn
huso, four miles from Mexico, where it was
advantageously posted. To this point we were :
able to bring up only two light batteries of
eight guns. The enemy had artillery of heavy
calibre and 32,000 men. We had a bloody j
battle which lasted two hours, and in which
various charges with the bayonet left us in j
possession of everything. The mut of the i
enemy was complete, and we drove them to
the very gates of the city. Our loss is about
1000 men, and that of the enemy exceeds 5000,
including many general officers and persons of
distinction. .
The Diario dc la Marina comments Upon this
letter, the point of its conclusions being that ,
the Mexicans yet have .an army of about 13,-
000 men, one division under Alvarez and PeroZ !
being outside the city and in the rear of the ;
Americans, and the other division within the
town.
The whole of Santa Anna’s long explanation
of the causes of his defeat, which we received
by the Mary Kingsland, and which would oc
cupy two or three pages of the Picayune, is
spread out on one of the Havana papers. We
must be excused from copying the documents,
fearing that we have already trespassed upon
the patience of our readers.
Later from Chili.
By the arrival of the royal mail steamer i
from Jamaica, the editor of the Diario de la
Manila of Havana is in possession of dates from
Valparaiso to the 27th of July. A letter of
that date says that the most important event !
to be communicated is the opening of the Chil
ian Congress on the Ist of June. An abstract
of the President’s message is given, but we
think we have before seen it. There is at any
rate nothing in tho meagre abstract given of it
to command attention.
A law has passed the Senate of the Repub
lic, after a violent opposition, authorizing tho
construction of a railroad between Valparaiso
and Santiago, the Capital. It was thought
the lower house would sanction the project. —
The charter for the road, as it passed the Sen
ate on the 27th of July, was for thirty years. !
The Government guarantees an interest of
fire per cent, upon the capital of six milions
of dollars for ten years; it concedes the mines
upon the line of the road, an exemption from
duties of materials to be used in tho construc
tion of the road, and other privileges of minor
consequence.
A law has been proposed to regulate the
coinage £of the country upon the decimal sys
tem, without excluding the present circulating
medium.
A great variety of measures have been in
troduced into Congress for important local re
forms and internal improvements. There was
a prospect, too, that the special privileges of
the Deputies aiid Senators would be abolished, j
some absolute laws repealed, new tribunals
created, and judicial proceedings improved.—
Altogether we have a very favorable picture
of the tranquility and progress of tne South
American Republic.
The papers of Chili give news from Otahiti
to the 12th of Jtine. According to them, the
new Governor appointed by the French Gov
ernment had entered upon the discharge of his
duties in the midst of the utmost transquillity.
Queen Pomare bad been received with great
honors, and a grant of $6,000 made to her.
[Correspondence of the Savannah Georgian .]
CASSVILLE. Sept. 13th, 1317.
Editors of the Savannah Georgian —
Gentlemen :—I must flatter myself from
what I see and hear, that Col. Towns will
beat Gen. Clinch by a large majority. The |
people are not satisfied with the mum policy ,
of Gen. Clinch. They say, that his party I
says, he can write, if he cannot speak, and i
they wish to know, why he docs not come out, j
since he has been repeatedly called on in pub- I
lie, and write a declaration of his principles, |
or at least simply answer the questions,#which
they have asked him in the papers. And Ido '
think there is a great deal of reason in their
amazement at his silence. Who likes to vote
for a man, of whose principles we know noth- ~
ing ? Does he think that it is a matter of no
importance, that the yeomanry of our coun
try should know something of a man who so
licits their votes for Governor ? or does the
General prefer the non-committal to the ad- j
venturous policy in politics ! If he docs not
answer, may the Democrats answer for him on
the first Monday in October.
The Cotton Crop.
( Correspondence of the Montgomery Flag Sf Advertiser.)
Lauderdale Co., Ala., Sept. 13.
Gentlemen: —The present growing crop of
cotton in Lauderdale county, Ala., in my
judgment, is inferior to the crop of 1846, and
will not yield as much, notwithstanding there
was more planted this year than there was last
year. The present growing crop was, in the
first place, injured by the cotton lice. Second
ly : the excessively long rainy season we have
had, which continued from early in the spring
until the first of this month (September) with
but few intervals of dry weather during the
time, has injured the crop more seriously than
any other evil which has befallen it.
The worm, which is doing so much damage
in Mississippi, has not made its appearance
here as yet.
But if we admit that the present growing
crop will yield as much as last year’s crop, it
will be impossible to gather it.* This will be
readily admitted when we consider the tact
that, tills crop is about one mouth later than
that of 184 G. Last year I commenced picking
by the 10th of August, and by the loth of Sept,
had gathered about 100,000 pounds. This sea
son I shall not commence picking until about
the 15th of the present month.
There may be a few planters in this county
who have picked some little this season —but
I have not heard of a bale being made.
Yours, &c.
The Coming' Election.
In speaking of the approaching elections,
the Washington Union makes the following
remarks in reference to dissensions produced
in some counties in Georgia, by the conflict
ing claims of Democratic candidates. We
commend them to the attention of our readers.
We cannot dismiss this rapid article from
our hand—this appeal to the best feelings of
the democratic party—without devoting a sin
gle moment to our brethren in Georgia. We
learn this day, by a letter addressed to a friend
in Washington from one of the most distin
guished citizens of that State, that the “pros
pect of Col. Towns” for the governor’s chair
(that able and high-minded republican) “is
fair; and we have a prospect of a majority in
the Legislature. This would be certain, if the
regular nominees in some four or five counties
could be permitted to run without democratic
opposition.” A\ e hear of this difficulty, we
confess, with astonishment. We ask, *is it
possible that any man can be so silly and so
| selfish as to press his own claims at such a
J critical time in the affa'rs of our country, as
! to endanger the success of the republican tick
| et? If democrats do venture this dangerous
expedient at the hazard of defeating their par
ity, they ought never to boast of their patriot
ism again. What is more—the people will
mark them, and will be very apt to banish
them ever afterwards from their confidence.—
How unworthy are those men, who will con
sult their own little passions, and sacrifice their
party and their country to their own petty
ambition! We appeal to them, by all that is
noble in their own bosoms, by ail that they
owe to their country, to rally around the ban
ner which is erected by the nominating de
mocracy of their country, to bide their own
time, and await the will of the people. We
have never known a man who lost an atom by
his magnanimity; whereas many a man has
committed political suicide by attempting to
elevate himself at the expense of his party.
[Front Bn r;i, Olanc*.]
Import and Sales of Cotton.
'Statement showing the Import of Cotton into
Liverpool weekly, during the first six months of
the year 18 J-7; also the number of bags and bales
sold to Dealers, Spinners and Exporters; the report
ed sales to Speculators, &c.; and weekly price of
Uplands, for 1847.
B)_- C • .HjT
• ‘ c| is .
in 17 u £5 » . .rtCr
® ? °. J 4 « 7 * c ~ « I%° -* D -
2 ~ 2~ ~ Z 2 ~ r/T £ o
d. d.
Jan. 9 107 on 22900 550 34300 53030 6a 1}
16 13000 1850 14100 29250 Ga 7
23 22879 14850 850 3000 19300 6a 7A
30 48031 142201 1I ; 70 9200 24590 51a 7 j
Feb. 6 11396 17030 1570 8100 27000 6a 7A
13 14593 10000 1200 8000 19800 6 a
20 47042 122201 1050 1250 14520151a 7|
27 18001 18240 1100 0500 20140 57 ao|
Mar. 0 4842 18000 1200 7000 20200 5Aa 7 A
13 6031 14950 1150 2000 18100 52a 7-
20 14800 12850 2600 1000 10-150 s*a 0^
27 62335 19910 3200 9,700 3281(V5|a 7
April 31 19317 18100 3100 96001 30800 oj a 7
10 25853 19310 1200 5000 2551(052a 72
17 43429 34700 2100 29300 001601 Oja
24 31853 18150 700 4800 230509 4a 7£
May 1 52545 21550 350 1900 23800|5|a 62
8 10431 22790 530 3750 270705 fa ol
15 15066 2.5690 800 1800 28290'5Aa 6A
22 40813 20120 7520 1850 2949015A a 7
2? 1 11801 23-120 0.580 9000 39000'af a 7
June 5 13888 26M0 4280 8100 33820 04a 7A
12 17041 10010 5270 58.50 27130 6# a7A
19 38921 26400 4400 5020 30400 Oja 7j
20 15821 .48870 5530 9800 51200 04a li
i . r, .. jmi k Forwarded mio me cuuu
° : iT! * r,u4' ) lrv not accounted for
2d ditto... 5976 ia thegales
[From the Savannah Georgian, 22 d insl.]
Fire.
About 2 o’clock this morning the cry of fire
awoke our citizens, and it was soon ascertain
ed to proceed from a building occupied by Mr.
Edward C. Councell, as a Job and Book Print
ing Office, in Bay Lane, near the City Hotel,
and immediately in the rear of the clothing
store of Messrs. Price & Vender.
We have not been able to ascertain the loss
sustain by Mr. Councell, but presume it must
be considerable. We arc informed there was
no insurance oil the printing materials. How
the fire originated has rot been ascertained,
but from the fact, that there was no work done
in the office last night, it is presumed that it
must have been the work of an incendiary.
We cannot award too much praise to the
fire companies of our city for their prompt
ness on this arid all other occasions, as from
our contiguity to the scene of conflagration we
could observe that in less than half an hour
from* the time the alarm was sounded, two en
| gines were on the spot.
Interesting - Correspondence.
From the Charleston Mercury, we extract
the following correspondence which reflects
equal credit upon the living and the dead, —
than whom our Army boasts no nobler, nor
more chivalric spirits. The soldier’s fear, that
inaction might be the lot of his command, was
the only one that could ever have moved the
dauntless heart of Butler.
Letter from Maj. Gen. Worth to lion. A. P. Puller. \
Tacubaya, Mexico, Aug. 26, 1817. I
Sm: I trust a cordial intimacy and friend- I
ship of twenty-five years with your late Broth- !
er, the gallant Col. Butler, will excuse the
tresspass of a stranger. Your Brother fell
most gloriously in the great battle of the 20th,
before the gates of Mexico. In that bloody
conflict, no man gave higher evidence of valor
and patriotism, or exhibited a brighter exam
i,ple. He fell when it was God’s will, precise
ly as he would have desired to die. His body
rests here; his memory in the hearts of his
countrymen; his spirit, bright and pure as his
blade with his God.
j The enclosed letter, written the day before
the battle, I did not receive until the day after,
I through the hands of Dickinson; and it is not
because of the kind things, said by a friend’s
partiality, but because it is probably the last
letter he penned, that I send it to you; beg
ging that at some future day it may be returned
to me, to be preserved and cherished.
The gallant Palmettos, who showed them
selves worthy of their State and country, lost
nearly one-half. This victory will carry joy
and sorrow into half the families in South
Carolina. Col. Dickinson is getting on well,
and will, it is hoped, save his leg. An armis
tice is concluded, and Commissioners meet to
morrow to treat of Peace. God speed them.
Very truly, your obedient servant,
W. J. WORTH,
lion. A. Pickens Butler.
Letter from Col. Butler to Gen. Worth.
San Augustin, Aug. 19, 1847.
D ear General : We are here in tribula
tion,. I can but hope however, it is but tem
porary. It is ordered that this division re
main as protection to the train. There is
gloom on us all: while lam one who believes
there trill be fighting enough for all. The moral
effect is withering. The regiment though \
r weak in numbers, is tiptothTfaT^h^^,
, I trust South Carolina may have a place in the
■ P lctur f; .We have been watching you and
: your divunon for the last two days with f ra
ternal affection; but the entire voice of thl
’ "my. Where I have been, or heard is 4™
- bounded confidence in “Worth.” “So mote it
be. But I have strayed from the principal
point or purpose of my note, which is To
our friend. Col. Dickinson, more impatient and
not so long a soldier as myself,
nearer the flashing of the guns; and with good
taste, wishes to get near you. If you can
make him useful, ho will feel much gratified
1 am tiware you are surrounded with a talent
ed staff, but a little more of a good thin l ' will
render it not the less complete or effectual.
I am, my dear General, yours sincerely
P. M. BUTLER, S. C. V.*
General W. J. Worth, Comd’g. &c.
2«gn st a , ©cor 3I a .
FRIDAY IVIORIVING. SEPT. 24.
FOR GOVERNOR
HON. f. W. TOWNS.
oF tai.ror.
Democratic Nominations for Senators.
2d Dist.—Bryan and Liberty—J. M. B. Harden.
3d “ Mcl ntosh and Glynn— T. M. Form ax.
4th “ Camden and Wayne—Elias Fort.
sth “ Lowndes and Ware—Gen. T. Hilliard*
7th “ Tattnall and Bulloch—John A. M attox
Bth “ FcriVen and Effingham—W. J. Lawton.
9th “ Burke and Emanuel—W. S. C Morris.
19th “ Thomas and Decatur— Wm- 11. Rjey Isolds..
13th “ Baker and Early—Dr. Wm. J. Johnson.
14th “ Randolph and Stewart—William Nelson.
I7th “ - Macon and Houston—John A. Hunter.
I9th “ Dooly and Pulaski—Geo. M. Duncan.
29th “ Twiggs and Bibb— W. W. Wiogins.
21st “ Washington and Jefferson— B.S. Carswell,
24th “ Hancock and Baldwin—S. Buffington, Jr.
25th “ Jones and Putnam — James M. Gray.
26th “ Munroe and Pike—Col. Allen Cochran.
28th “ Merriwether and Coweta—Ore. Warner.
31st “ Fayette and Henry—Luther J.
32d “ Jasper and Butts—Col. J. C. Waters.
3.5 th “ Wilkes and Lincoln—lsaiah T. Irvin.
33d “ Newton and Walton—Warren J. Hill.
38th “ Clark and Jackson—Samuel Bailey.
39th “ Gwinnett and DeKalh—Jas, P. Simmons.
40th “ Paulding and Cass—Francis Irwin.
41st “ Cobb and Cherokee—Wm. H. Hunt
43d “ Habersham and Rabun—Eim’o Cofuhi.
44th “ Lumpkin and Union—Elihu 8. Barclay.
tgsgrWe received no New York papers by
last evening’s mail. The telegraph between
Philadelphia and Baltimore was not in work
ing order on the 20th inst.
SHALL THE PRcliE BE
REPEALED ?
This question, Fellow-Citizens of Georgia,
is practically before you. You arc solemnly
called upon to answer it through the ballot
box on the first Monday in October next. Do
you ask for proof of this? Wc furnish it to
you from the declarations of those high in the
ranks of the whig party. The following i&
the language of the Hon. John M. Clayton, a
very distinguished whig Senator from Dela
ware —a prominent competitor at the last whig
nomination for Tice President, He stands
High in the confidence of the Protectionists.
He is an able and conspicuous champion of
the manufacturers. It is used in a recent po
litical letter written by him :
“Instead of Addressing them (tup peo
ple) as the friends of INCIDENTAL PRO
TECTION, THE advocates of a JUDICIOUS
TARIFF, a>ld other, npMDttVM phrases with
WHICH PARTY POLITICIANS P.AVF. fyfl'E?
THE MASS WHEN THEY INTEND ,TO PICkL'&
THEM, THE WHIGS HAVE SPOKEN OCT,
SPECIFICALLY IN FAVOR OF TKV •'fVF.Tt f OF
1842, AND PLEDGED TIIFAISELV*Si,4X
THE,INVENT (IF THEIR
TO TO RESTORE TILVi V T2 lU*
IFF, AND TO REPEAL THE TARIFF
OF 1816.”
• • .-f * •• : y I • . i*
What language can be more explicit? Here
the settled purpose is openly announced to re
new that vile and oppressive system of plun
der and outrage on the rights of the people.
These nabob manufacturers, although bloated
and gorged with their ill-gotten gains; though
they now roll in wealth extorted from the mass
es—wrung even from the hard hands of poverty
and honest labor, yet like blood sucking ya.m
pyres they crave for more. Not content to do
well, and let all pursuits prosper as they arc
doing under the present benign tariff of the
democratic party, they shout for more blood.
They cry out for heavier taxes. They raise
the ruthless war cry of Repeal, Repeal, Re
peal, and hoarsely bellow' for the restoration
of the infamous tariff bill of 1842. Are you
prepared fellow-citizens to submit to this out
rage? Will you allow the iron heel of a mo
neyed despotism again to crush you to the
earth? Yoiu. supineness may do this. Arouse
then and gird on your armor to resist the im
position so degrading to you as freemen —an
imposition so outrageous that every Georgian,
whig and democrat alike was a few* years ago
ready to resist it unto blood. The awful ca
lamity of a civil war was averted by the detcr
| mined opposition of the South. The fell ty
; rant of monopoly then reluctantly let go his
hold. Like the greedy tiger that already had
his victim by the throat, and had tasted his
bloo I, and when driven from his prey yet pant*
and rages to renew the onset, so did the
grasping spirit of monopoly and class legisla
tion reluctantly shrink back from the fierce
cry of the South, goaded to madness by the
outrageous oppression. The manufacturers
yielded to the Compromise bill in 1833, but
they ruthlessly banded together to violate it
in 1842. The democracy of the land rose up
in its might in 1841, and overthrew’ the cor
rupt combination against the rights of the
people. In 1846, a dehiocratic Congress re
pealed the Act of 1842, and established in its
place the present revenue tariff. Under its
benign influence all interests are prospering.
With moderate duties, the'government is de
riving ample revenues. Our produce com
mands high prices, because we are allowed by
our government to take in payment the pro
ducts of foreign countries. We are allowed
the freeman’s right. “To buy where we can
buy cheapest, and to sell tohere tee can find the
best market and the highest prices. This is
Free Trade. The w’higs w'ould by their sys
tem diminish our importations to one half,
and treble the duties upon them. This is what
thev call protecting home industry.
Planters and Farmers of Georgia: Have
you not had sufficient experience under the
two systems? Look at your condition now,
i ail( I compare it with what it was fur a sene* of