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[ From the Charleston' Mercury.'] Prospects of Cotton The season having arrived when the Cotton crop is coming to market, and prices declining when there was more reasonable ground to look not only for their maintenance but ad vance, it may not be uninteresting, if not pro fitable, to look into its present condition and prospects* Our examination will be confined i altogether to American cotton, as the sup- j plies from other countries are comparatively too small to influence the course of prices.— By the prospects of American Cotton must all other descriptions stand or fall. The year of 1816 closed with the smallest stock of American Cotton in Europe since the vear 1840, viz; 35.5,000 bales, against a stock the previous year of 804,000 bales —a difference of 450,000 ! By the best authorities it was stated that the stock in the hands of spinners in Great Britain was also less that at any simi lar period; that the manufacturing interests for the last four years had enjoyed a prosper!- i ty rarely equalled; and that if production was kept up to iho present extent, or nearly so. the almost entire extinction of the stocks might bs calculated with arithmetical precision within a ■ given time, accompanied by a ruinous dispro- i portion between the prices of the raw and the manufactured article. The estimate of the j American crop varied from 1,800,000 to 2,000,- i 000 bales; and from other sources increased supplies were not expected. The price in Liverpool for ordinary to good Upland was 6] to Bd. A comparative view of the consump tion and supply of American Cotton for the last three years went to confirm these favora- ; ble exnectations, thus: Europe. U. Si Total, j CoxscMf-Tiox, 1843-M4. 3,<‘43,000 317,000 1,191,000 ’44-’45. 1,870,000 389,000 2,959,000 ’45-’43. 1,859,000 422,000 2,981,000 Total ffir 3 years..— ..... 6,550,000 Caor— 1843. 1844. 1845. 9,030,000 2,394,000 2,100,000 6,594,000 1 Being a consumption of the entire product for I the last three years ! There never was more legitimate ground for an advance, and a con siderable one too, in prices, than existed on the first of January last —with a stock in Eu rope of 355,000 bales, and in the United States of 94,000, on first October ; with the expecta tion of a probable crop of 1,800,000 to 2,000,000, against an ascertained consumption of 2.281,- 000 bales, the price of Cotton in this market was 94 to 11 cents. We will now proceed to examine what arc the circumstances which have transpired, and do now exist, to alter the prospects and pro duce an unfavorable impression and a decline, with a proclivity to a still farther decline in prices. The amount of the crop is ascertained to be 1.730.000 bales; less than the lowest estimate. But, taking in view that the deficiency is in the Gulf States, where the bales arc so much heavier, and that this year there is a falling off iii weight, the actual crop is not more than 1,- 690.000 bales, at an average of 420 pounds.— Thus is the crop proved to be 100,000 bales less than the lowest estimate on the Ist January last, when prospects were deemed so very fa vorable. Surely this fact is greatly in favor of an iraprovment in prices. The principal cause countervailing the ten dency to improvement in the prices of cotton, has been affirmed to be the scarcity of food in Europe, arising from a deficiency in the crops, and causing a considerable decrease in the consumption. In the United States there has been an increase, and there has been no dimi nution in the export of the Cotton manufac tures of Great Britain; the decrease then must he in her domestic consumption. For the last six months her consumption of all descriptions of Cotton is stated to have been 644,000 bales ; and for the next six months it is estimated to he about the same : say for the rear 1,288.000 hales, against a consumption last year of 1,- 573.000 bales; or a falling off of 285,000 bales. At the same reduction, her consumption of American Cotton, being last year 1,270,000 bales, would be this year 1,050,000 bales. — France and the Continent consumed last year 590.000 bales; allow' a decrease of 80,000 bales, and it gives a consumption of 510,000 bales. — With these data wc can approximate to what is the probable consumption of American Cot ton this year, allowing a decrease in Europe of 300.000 bales : Consumption—Great Britain, bales 1,054,000 France ami Continent 510,000 United States 439,000 Total, 1,990,000 Crop, 1846 1,607,000 Stork in Europe 355,000 Do. United States 94,000 Total ~ bales 2,146,000 It would thus appear, that allowing for the decrease in consumption, caused mainly by the scarcity of food, and granting that the effect should even continue for the year, the supply will barely be adequate to the demand. But the Grain harvest in Europe has been an abun dant one, and food is likely to bo cheap and plentiful. Why, then, upon this ground, should the prices- of Cotton decline ? But a derangement in monetary matters in England, occasioned by heavy failures in the Corn trade, is now brought forward as a suffi cient reason to reduce the price of Cotton.- — Heavy failures in any branch of business, necessarily affect all branches- for a time, but that failures in the Corn trade ought, perma nently, to affect and lower the prices of cotton a cent and a half per pound, does appear a sin gular and unauthorised inference. Another reason assigned is, that the present crop will be 2,500,000 bales ! This may be termed a poetical license for a pecuniary effect. Taking in view the backward spring for plant ing, the incessant rains that have prevailed throughout the Cotton growing region, neces sarily stimulating the plant to the production of weed, rather than fruit, and the partial in jury of the boll worm and caterpillar, an esti mate of 2,200,000 bales is an extreme one, and this liable to be reduced by an early frost to less than 2,000,000 bales. We therefore can see no just ground for a decline in Cotton. Food has become adundant in Europe; the monetary matters of Great Britain, though now deranged, must, after a tivne, be ameliorated. Consumption in the United States is largely on the increase, and cannot be any further decreased in Great Bri tain, without proving disastrous to her manu facturing interests, by throwing the business intoother hands; for the exports of Cotton fabrics amount to more than half of her entire exports. The world must be clothed; the cou ' sumption of Cotton may be retarded, but must advance, for there is no substitute; and for | several years America alone must be depended ; upon for a supply. The latest accounts show' that the import from other counties into Great Britian, is* even less than last year. The prices of Cotton for y ears have not re -1 numerated the planter, and a portion of the , capital engaged in it has been diverted in other 1 pursuits. Hence a decline in the supply; and unless better prices can be obtained hencefor j ward, it is likely to decrease. That the plan ter has been paid less for his labors than in | other pursuits, is shown by the following | facts: The capital invested in Cotton 1836,was j *9OO millions of dollars. It assuredly is not loss now. fThc crop of 1844 was 2,400,000 | bales, weighing 440 lbs. each, and sold at an average price of 41 cts; equal to $50,100,000. The crop of 1845, amounted to 2,100,537 bales, of 440 lbs. each, and sold at an average of 6| cents, equal to $62,385,000. Crop of 1846, 1.697.000 bales, averaging 428 lbs., at 10 cents, amout $74,760,000. This, then, gave a gross per cent aye of 5j per cent, for the crop of 1844; 7 per cent, for 1845, and 8j on the crop of 1846. i A compensating price is not less than 12 to 14 cents; for even the legal rates of interest | throughout the United States is from 6 to 8 ; per cent. It is, therefore, but reasonable to expect that the scarcity of food being removed, and the monetary affairs of England settled, the j consumption of Cotton must and will again advance; and if it docs, that a crop of over 2.200.000 bales, icill all be wanted. The bring ing of the last crop to market in the early part of the season, in the Atlantic States, for an over-estimate of the crop, and selling eagerly at 7 h to 9 cents, proved disastrous to the prices oi the entire crop. It enabled the manufac turers to lay in amply, and thus be better enabled to withhold purchasing afterwards,and resist the natural advance on prices subse quently. It, therefore, becomes the planter to weigh well all the circumstance bearing upon the value of his produce. lie should study his position before he hurries his crop to market, lest he again become, ns ho has for years been, the victim of adverse interests. *R,eport of the Secretary of the Treasury for I 183( >. fl)e Dow’s Commercial Review. | Augusta, (Georgia. STJILDAY MOTUSTING-, OCT. 2A New and Fashionable Music. We have received from H. Parsons, who has removed his Music and Pianos to Mr. Platt’ s Furniture Store, on Broad-street, the follow ing : “General Taylor’s Victory March,” compos ed by T. V. La Hache. Also, the following Songs : “Buena Vista;” words by J. W. Watson, . music by Austin Philips. “On the Banks of the Guadalquiver,” a fa- | vorite song of Madame Anna Bishop, as sung in Linda Di Chamouni. i “I dream, I dream of my Father land;” from the original of “Frcderika Bremer,” a favorite j song by Jenny Lind.. The Washington Union of the 20th inst. states that no official despatches have yet been received at any of the departments at Wash ington from Gen. Scott’s camp. It is indebted chiefly for information to the enterprize of the New'-Oideans Delta office, and some pri- | rate letters received at Washington. The following is an extract from a Vera Cruz letter, dated Sept. 30th, published by the Union: The British courier informs me that he left Santa Anna in Puebla yesterday ; that he con versed With him for an hour ; that he deeply regretted not making peace ; that he (Santa Anna) arrived at Puebla with a few hundred horse, and that it was his opinion he intended to make for the coast. The new Baptist Church just erected in Moble, on St. Francis street, was destroyed by fire on the 17th inst., supposed to be the work of an incendiary. There was considerable diminution in cases of Yellow Fever in Mobile during the week ending loth inst. although the deaths from that and other diseases was greater that during the week previous. Commerce of New York. The total commerce of the Port of N. York, ( during ten months ending with September 30, under the old and new revenue laws, we learn j by the New York Evening Post, amounts to ! as follows: 1846-7. 1845-6. Imports - - 88,695,448 62,240,783 Exports - - 45,722,081 27,233,488 Total $134,417,629 $89,474,271 Increase of commerce under the new law in ten months at this port: Imports ------ $26,454,465 Exports ------ 18,448,593 1 Commerce of Boston- The amount of imports and exports at Bos ton for the six months ending June, was: Imports. Exports. Free - - - ;$19,979,855 I Domestic produtss4,soß,B9s Dutiable - - 1:2,067,681 | Foreign products 848,184 . Total - - $24,867,536 1 Total - - $5,357,079 Wesleyan Female College- We learn from the Macon Journal and Messenger of last week, that upwards o ninety students have already entered the classes of this institution, and between thirty | and forty more had made application. Ilev. | Mr. Cone and Lady have been added to the Faculty. The Washington Union says—We have seen some late speculations in the public prints about the reinforcements which have been sent or are en route for Gen. Scott’s column. Without undertaking to bo very precise as to the numbers, wc think we may venture to state, from the data which we have seen, that without counting Gen. Pierce’s detachment, which has actually joined Gen. Scott, but* • counting in Major Tally’s corps, the reinforce ments destined to join him can scarcely fall - | short of 16,000 troops; and this, too, indepen t dent of the two new regiments which have just 1 been called into service. The whole column 1 \ of Gen. Scott in the field, when collected to . gether—and this operation was rapidly advan cing to its full maturity—will give him from ’ 25,000 to 30,000 —and nearer the last number , than the first, and perhaps even exceeding . it. Lieut. George Decatur Twiggs ; In the long and melancholy catalogue of heroic spirits that our country has lost on the fields of her fame and glory in Mexico, none 1 seem to have been more deeply mourned in the circles of affection and of friendship than is the gallant young officer whose name heads this article. Os a fine, dashing appearance, prepossessing address, chivalric character and promising talents, he was the pride of his family and an object of esteem with all who knew him. It affords us a melancholy plea sure to comply with the following request of a friend of his, writing from Philadelphia.— Ihe record of his worth will be read with mournful satisfaction, not alone by his imme diate friends, but by every Georgian, when it is remembered that it speaks of a grandson of a lievolutionary hero. But the interest will grow more intense when it is borne in mind that a few weeks after, the father also, the late gallant Major Levi Twiggs of the Marines fell before the walls of Mexico while nobly fight ing in his country’s cause, and adding by his gallantry new brightness to his honored and | ancestral name. Philadelphia, Oct. 18th, 1847. I Eo the Editor of the Augusta Constitutionalist: Sm :—W ill you give place in your columns | to the enclosed extracts from the Philadelphia papers in relation to the death of Lt. George | Decatur Twiggs. I do not apologize for ma xing this request, but if any apology is need ed, let it be found in the fact that he was the ’ only son of a Georgian. The citizens of Philadelphia will leave no thing in their power undone, that can aid in restoring to his native city the remains of the late Lt. George Decatur Twiggs. He must not sleep on the Spaniard’s soil, but his bones must rest in the family burying place beside those of the lamented Decatur. Philadelphia. Young Twiggs.— “A Jalapa correspondent of the New Orleans Picayune thus alludes to the death ol Lt. Twiggs : ‘Lieut. George D. Twiggs, serving in the .name battery, after the fall of Lieut. Winder, was shot on- the bill, while engaged in changing the position of a piece ot Artillery, lie was on his way to join General Twiggs as Aid-de-Camp. A more liigh-souled or chivalric fellow never lived. —Pennsylvania Enquirer <§• National Gazette. [Extract from Maj. Lallg's Report.] “I regret to say, that at the National Bridge Lieut. George D. Twiggs was killed while gai- I lautly serving in my staff.” [/• rom the Philadelphia Enquirer.] A Touching Tribute. “ Tne following touching tribute will be read with melancho- I ly interest by the numerous friends of the gal lant young officer to whose untimely death it i refers. Young Twiggs was beloved, and re- : spected by all who knew him. He possessed j I many noble qualities, and it is not surprising i that his death should have caused a deep son- j sation within the wide circle of his relatives and friends. The letter which we annex, j it will be seen, was addressed to his mourning ! Mother, by Lieut. Scars, the officer in com- ! maud of the battery at the time of the fatal affair. “Jxlaba, Mexico, Aug. 22d, 1847. “My Dear Madam -It is my very painful I ; duty to inform you of the death of j,rar son, | Lieut. George D. Twiggs, who was killed at the battle of the National Bridge on the 12th j instant. I had the honor to command a bat -1 tery, and while returning from the Bridge, where my junior lieutenant had been mortally wounded, I met your son, who, on being in formed of my situation, volunteered to assist me.. While engaged in drawing one of the pieces up the hill under a very heavy fire, I turned to address a direction to lum, he re plied, “yes,” in the same breath exclaiming | “Oh ! my God ! save me !” at the same time before I could catch him, falling to the ground. I caused him to be laid beside the road, and as soon as the piece was carried up the hill I descended myself to bring him up, but alas ! ho was dead—shot through the body. A cross, a miniature and a prayer-book were found in his breast. Permit me Madam to sympathize with you most sincerely in the loss of so esteemed a son. Never has it been my good fortune to meet a gentleman possess ed of so many excellent qualities of heart, and ■ mind. To every accomplishment which beau- I titles, and adorns man’s noblest character, was | added a bravery, and high-soulod chivalry un ' equalled, lie was a worthy scion of the no ble stock from which he sprung. It may in | some manner assuage the grief of a Soldier’s Mother, to know that her son died nob;y fighting for his country. Again, Madam, per- I mit me to tender my sincerest sympathies, and remain Very truly, your most ob’t. serv’t., HENRY B. SEARS, Lieut. 2nd Artillery.” A Requiem for the Dead- To the Memory o-f George Decatur Twiggs. Sing Requiems for the early dead, ; For the flower blighted in its bloom, For the victTy of the tomb, For the joyous spirit fled. Hush!—gentle be the wail, faint and low, j Like the sighing of a summer breeze, Through the solemn cypress trees. Or ocean’s measured flow. For the eagle stricken as he soared, For the young oak withered in the spring, For the bird with broken wing, For the harp with severed chord. Yes, weep for the beautiful, the brave, To aid his country’s cause has perished:} The dear, the fondly cherished, Hath met a warrior’s grave. Bring ye the muffled drum; slowly roll Upon it the soldier’s last march home. Brothers, ye who loved him, come, Bear him to his earthly goal. Pour from the heart’s deep fountain, tears For the pillar shivered, while as yet, Artists wrought to mould, and fret On’t a chronicle of years. Yet pause- none weep when a bird takes flight; ’Twere sad bondage though the cage were gold : Would we then his spirit hold, Caged with the bars of night 7 Do we sorrow when a pris’ner gains Glad freedom for his shackled hands; Do we grieve when all his bands Are burst, and loosed his chains 1 Say, do we grieve when tempest-driven, With masts all splintered, and torn each sail, Vessels from the driving gale Gain the long tvished for haven ? We do not —Oh ! why then mourn thathe, The loved one, has left this world qf strife, L Changed mortality for life Immortal, and now is free ? Pennsylvania Enquirer .j Affection. L The Death of Lieut. Twiggs. —“We an . nounce with deep regret the death of Lieut. ! George Decatur Twiggs, a native, and until I within a few* months, a resident of this city. He was young, gallant, aad gifted. The late | Commodore Stephen Decatur was his uncle by his mother’s side, and Gen. Twiggs, of the it. |S. Army, his uncle by his father’s side. It ivas only a short time since that ho called at j our office to bid us farewell, just as he was about to leave for the seat of war, to join his j uncle, the veteran General. It appears that I Major Daily’s command had three separate en | gagements with the guerillas, in all of which Lieut. Twiggs distinguished himself, and in the last fell, gallantly sustaining the reputation of our arras. This brave young officer, was a fine scholar, wrote well, and at the time | he left was reading law with a distinguish , ed member of our bar. He would have been admitted to practice on his return home, if he had survived the war with Mexico. He ivas an only son, and his deeply afflicted mother and sisters are residing at our Navy Yard. The i citizens of Philadelphia A\*ill deeply sympathize with them in their melancholy bereavement. I Major Twiggs, the father of Lieut. Twiggs, is with Gen. Scott.”— Philadelphia Gazette. Railroad Meeting in Elbert Elberton, Ga., Sept. 22, 1847. At a largo and highly respectable meeting of the citizens of Elbert County, to take into con sideration the practicability of constructing a Railroad from this place to connect Avith some other Railroad ot the State, Robert McMillan, Esq., AA*as called to the Chair and Major F. G. Edwards, appointed Secretary. The Chair appointed Tinsley W. Rucker,and Thomas W. Thomas, to wait upon the lion Robert Toombs, who had been previously requested to address the meeting. Mr. Toombs appeared and spoke at some length, and in a most happy style, on the general advantages of Railroads, and print ed out in a forcible manner the great benefits that would result to this community from the proposed enterprize. The long and loud ap plause of the audience attested how delighted they were with the speaker, and how thorough - j ly they were aroused to the importance of the undertaking. The following resolutions were submitted by Tinsley W. Rucker, Esq., and passed unani mously. Resolved , That this meeting highly approves the construction of a Railroad from this place to intersect with some other road of the State. Resolved, That a Cnmittce of be appoint ed to correspond with the Grand Inaction and Central Railroad Companies, to ascertain upon Avhat terms we can unite with them, and what amount of stock the city of Savannah would subscribe to the project. Resolved, That the same Committee corres pond Avith the Georgia Railroad to ascertain upon Avhat terms Ave can unite with that Road at any point, the most convenient and availa ble, and what amount of stock the cities of Augusta and Charleston will subscribe fa the I projected Road. Resolved, That the Committee collect any and all information calculated to forward the i enterprize, and submit it to any future meeting | of the citizens of Elbert. On motion of Col. Thomas J. Heard, it was decided to fill the blank with fifteen, (one from | each Militia district,) and that the Chair ap j point said Committee. The meeting then ad , journed to meet again on the first Tuesday in October, and subject to the call of the chair. ROBERT McMILLAN, Chairman. Felix G. Edwards, Secretary. Elberton, Ga., Oct. 5, 1847. The citizens of Eiberf County met this day at the Court House, pursuant to adjournment. The meeting was called to order by Robert McMillan, Esq., Chairman. The Secretary being absent, on motion of Colonel Thomas J. Heard, Thomas W. Thomas Avas appointed Secretary. The Chairman hav ing submitted the names of the Committee of fifteen, appointed by him pursuant to a resolu tion of the last meeting, no motion of Jas. A. Clark, Esq., the*Chairman was added to that Committee. Major A. Hammond moved that a Committee of five be appointed by the Chair to collect information south of Broad River as to the encouragement and assistance to be met with in that quarter. This motion Avas carried and the Chair appointed Alfred Hammond* Madison Baker, Tinsley \V. Rucker, Henry Mattox, Thomas J. Heard, and Lindsey 11. Smith. The Chairman was by the meeting ad ded to the Committee. Tinsley AV. Rucker addressed the meeting at some length, showing the immense advanta ges that must ultimately result, should the | road be completed. The Chair being called i upon declined for the present, but promised to put his shoulder to the wheel. James A Clark, Esq., being called upon gave the project his hearty approbation. Col. Thom as J. Heard addressed the meeting, showing the necessity for union and effort, and recom mended that some means be adopted to ascer tain the amount of money that could be sub ' scribed in this county. Mr. Rucker gave some interesting informa | tion about the probable route of the proposed j road, and the character and products of the I country. Benjamin Burch then moved an | adjournment, subject to the call of the Chair, j and that the Secretary cause to be published ! the proceedings of both meetings in the Savan • nah and Augusta papers. This motion was agreed to, and the meeting then adjourned. ROBERT McMILLAN, Chairman. Thomar W. Thomas, Secretary. » * Gen- Pillow. This officer distinguished himself at the battle of Chapultepec. “Mustang,” the clever and impartial correspondent of the Delta, says of him: “The hill, where Gen. PlUoav’s command ascended, had been mined for the porpose ol ; blowing up our troops when they arrived at i this point, but the rapid moA’ements of tire | Yoltigeur Regiment, and the deathly effect of i the fire of the rifles, as they followed up the enemy from the first position, prevented their carrying out their views and intentions. Just as the command of Gen. Pillow rose tha hill, and Avhile in the act of assaulting the work, he fell wounded, and Col. Ransom was killed, but so lucidly had Gen, Pillow explained his ob jects and intentions in carrying the work, and aided by an active and efficient staff, that his command moved on and carried the work without even being brought to a stand.” When any member of the press-gang shall be able to show that he has done as much tor hia country as is recorded in this brief para graph we will be one of his audience to hear . him abuse Gen. Pillow. To paraphrase the . w'ords said by our Saviour to the base and I cowardly mob that was about to murder a . woman, let any better man than he throw' the * first stone. ■ The truth is, the malicious yelping of the . pack that has dogged this officer’s heels is dis graceful. If all the slanders that have been ; written and uttered against him were true, i his present position would teach a generous i enemy to suppress them. He is engaged in a ; distant land fighting for his country —ho has fought bravely, and has left it to his country men at here sitting quietly by their firesides at home, to"mcte out to him his reward. lie has nothing to shield him from calumny but their , generosity and justice, and wc very much err, if there be not enough of these qualities among them to see that his slanderers do not pursue him to the death. —Mobile Herald. The Baltimore Clipper of this morning makes i some allusions to the last rumor w hich wo \ i have heard from the seat of war, viz: that “Gen. Scott had addressed circulars to the Mexican States, inviting deputies from the Mexican government into the city of Mexico, with powers to concluded a treaty of peace.” It is perfectly premature, before we ascertain the truth of these rumors, and the precise character of the facts, to go into any discus ■ sion about Gen. Scott’s views or into his pow | ers. The “ Clipper” is right in supposing that I orders have been sent out, to recall Mr. Trist, from Mexico ; and wo little doubt that no other ; agent will be sent out, and no propositions | made by the United States for peace. But as I we stated the other day, if Mexico desires peace, she must sue for it. If Mexico has any 1 propositions to make, they will of course be received and submitted to the consideration and action of our Government.— IFosA. Union. [F rnm Ike Savannah Georgian.] , Messrs. Editors —As something interesting to all men fond of the useful, healthful, and amusing practice of rifle shooting,—and more i particularly to our rife friends of Augusta! (firm nerves, good sight, clear skies, to them —through life,) please put this in your paper. A member of our club very lately shot, off hand, 17 balls, 140 yards, bull's-eye 7 inches diameter, putting 10 balls of the 17 in the bull s eye—the 17 measuring 55 3-10th inches, about 3 inches average ! A SAVANNAH RIFLEMAN. Special Notices. GLOBE HOTEL. CORNER OF BROAD # JACKSON-STS. AUGUSTA, GA. BY FRANCIS M. JENNINGS. Oct. 24 ly AUGUSTA FIRE COMPANY. There Avill he a general meeting ot the Compa ny in Greene-strect, in front of the Methodist i Church, on Saturday , the 30th inst., at 3 o’clock P : M., for practice and inspection. By order of the Chief Engineer. F. LAMBACK. Wm. Phillips, Sec’y a. f. c. Oct. 19 TAXES ! EAST ANT) FINAL NOTICE! Unless your TAXES are paid previous to the Ist November next, I shall issue Executions against j all defaulters. Office on Cllis-slreet, at my Stables. It. A. WATKINS. N. B.—Always present except from hours 11 to 2. 5 Oct. 20 j AUGUSTA MANUFACTURING COM PANY. By order of the Board of Directors, notice is hereby given, that an installment of 10 per cent is required to be paid in by the Stockholders on Wed I nesday, the 10th of November next. WILLIAM PHILLIPS, Sec’y a. m. c. Sept. 30 t j : [LT dr. J. a. S. MILLIGAN, will at tend to the practice of Medicine and Surgery, in Augusta and its vicinity. Office in MetcalPs Range, up stairs. Entrance one door below Mr. J. Marshall’s Drug Store. June 13 Gm 215 [F rom the Boston Mercantile Journal, Jan. 1845.] Wistar’s Balsam of Wildm Cherry* There are so many “certain cures” for cought, colds and even consumptions, that we arc sometimes disposed to question the efficacy of any of them. Mr S. W, Fowle, a druggist of the highest repu tation, at 133 Washington St , has the agency of an article called Balsam of Wild Cherry, which seems to have won for itself a good reputation wherever ; it has been introduced. We have seen letters from | various parts of New England, from persons of the 1 highest standing in the place where they reside bearing testimony to the benedt themselves or friends had received from a trial of its properties. Extract from a letter dated Petersburg,. Va_, Jan 15, 184-5. A gentleman of unquestionable veracity informs us that his brother had been confined to his bed for , weeks with some species of cough that baffled the skill of several eminent physicians, and by the use of two bottles of WIST All’S BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY, he has been restored to perfect health, and he is now “a fat and hearty man.” Yours, respectfully, ROSSER & ANDERSON, Druggists. r , None genuine unless signed I. BUTTS on the wrapper. For sale in Augusta, wholesale and retail, by HA VI LAND, RISLEY & CO.,and also by TIIOM AS BARRETT & CO., and Dealers in Medicines generally in Augusta. ’ | Oct. 20 o—t I j , Sand’s Sarsaparilla* j It not unfrequently happens that sick persons | denounce excellent meaical preparations without > ; giving them a fair opportunity of exhibiting their effects. Sometimes the invalid does not take the i medicine long enough; sometimes is imprudent ' with respect-to diet or other particulars necessary 5 ; as assistants in the restoration of health. We do : not desire any one to believe that Sand’s Sarsapa rilla will cure eruptive diseases, scrofula, dtc. &c. in spite of all imprudences of the patient. Care must be taken to avoid hearty and exciting food or liquids, or improper exposure. If these conditions be observed, wc believe there are few scrofulous cases that will not yield to the remedy. , Pre] ared and sold, wholesale and retail, by A. B. ~ &. D. SANDS, Wholesale Druggists, 100 Fulton, corner of William-street, New York. s Sold also by HAVILAND, RISLEY &z CO, 1 And by Druggists generally throughout the Uni f ted States. Price $1 per bottle, or six bottles for t §5. Oct. 20 3 i ■ ■■-— —*miwmuij—- * ■■■■■■ ■ ' ■ ■ f OBITUARY. Departed this life, on the evening of the 13th i* inst., in Newton county, Ga., Mr. Jeremiah Gris t fin, of Madison county. Miss., in the year ot f his age. Mr. Griffin had long resided in Columbia q county. Ga., where he was extensively known, and . universally esteemed for the unbending integrity of his character and honesty of heart. Eighteen months since he emigrated to Madison county, 1 Miss., and became a citizen of that State, and had s returned to Georgia on a visit to his triends and i relatives, and on his return home met h»§ untimely end by the accidental discharge of his own pistol, 1 from which he expired in a few minutes. The community in which Mr. Griffin long resid ed, who know him best and love him most, bear honorable testimony to his estimable character as r a friend and neighbor. To his own family circle, 0 his loss will be long felt and deplored. In the con -1 templation of his character, we are forcibly re a minded of the lines of the poet— C! “An honest man, the noblest work of God.” W. A. L. C. Commercial. LATEST DATES FROM ~LI VKRPOOI.. . LATEST DATES FROM HAVRtf C( T 1 Extracts of letters received in this city, dated LIVERPOOL; Oct. 4, 1347.—The continued I commercial failures of an alarming’character, both as to the number and amount, have greatly increas ■ ed the panic in the money market and the general distrust since the departure of the last steamer— The pressure and derangement in monetary affairs j is unexampled, and trade altogether is in a state of extreme depression. In giving quotations of cotton in our last circu lar of 18th nit., we stated that they were nominal or nearly so, and the limited business which imme diately followed was at a considerable reduction from these nominal quotations. The downward ten" dency has since continued, and fair Upland and Mobile, are now' quoted s|d, and fair Orleans 6 a 6 J ,d, but in the lower qualities the decline is great er than this, Upland and Mobile of middling quali ty being and mid. Orleans at 5| J, while or dinary is selling as low as 4|d. In Sea Island there :is a Pul of Ito 2J per lb. The sales for the week | ended Ist inst. were 21.190 bales, of which 800 ! were on speculation and 2000 for export. On Satur day 2d inst. the business was about 3000, and to-day I about 4000 have been sold, all to consumers, specu lation being intirely suspended, and tlte quantity pressing on the market much exceeding the de mand. The advance in the corn markets has not been maintained, except for Indian corn, flour having again sunk to 26s to 26s 6d per bbl for the best Western, and Phila. and Bi. 10 more to 24s Gd to 25s 6d bbl; New Orleans sweet 23s to 245; sour 19s to 225, Arasr. wheat 6s to 7s 9d per 70 lbs.— Indian corn remains at about the same quotations I as our last, say 30s to 34s for good to prime, having in the mean time been rather higher. Indian corn meal 1 Is to Ids per bbl. From the Circular of Bar in g. Brothers 8? Co. LIVERPOOL, Oct. 4. The last month commenced with a very limited business in Cotton; the quantity taken by the trade I between the 3rd and 10th September, being only 1 1,000 bales, and rather less in the following w'eek Prices however notwithstanding tire continued pressure for money, had declined only about |d per lb. when the advices of Ist ult., per Cambria, came to hand on the 13th. The tenor of these be ing more favorable for the growing crop of the U. I States than had been expected, added strength to j the downward tendency of the market, and by the IBth a further decline of gd in American had been submitted to. Since that date we have had a con stantly drooping market, the continuance of heavy failures having destroyed confidence, and though the last steamers accounts, speak more doubtfully of the prospects of the crop, the question of fu ture supply seems now to have little influence a gainst the pressure for money, and the considera tion of the prostrated condition of the manufactures in England. The largest operators, in proportion to their annual purchases, since our last, have been the exporters, who have taken 13.410 bales, inclu ding 12,000 American. As may be inferred from the loregoing remarks, little has been done on I speculation, and the sales on that account are only 3,570 bales, nearly all American. The total sales to the trade are 67,920 bales, including 52,400* A ! merican; and there have been forwarded unsold 910 bales of American Cotton. The quantity ta ken for consumption would thus give a weekly average of 16,000 bales. Our quotations represen the value on the Ist inst., and will be found to shew a total decline during the month in general des criptions of American Cotton, ranging from IJd to per lb. Fair qualities are quoted id for Up land, GJd for Mobile, for Orleans. Great as this decline is, the anxiety to sell is such, that since the Ist inst. many sales have been forced at prices considerably below the quotations of that day. On the Ist inst. there was an auction sa e of Sea Islands, at which about 3,000 white, and 200 stain ed were offered, but only 200 of the former, and 50 of the latter sold, at a decline from previous* prices of 2d to 3d per lb. It may be added that in the first nine months of this year the import into Great Britain has fallen off' 158,651 bales, the ex port has been almost precisely the same in quanti ty as in 1846, and thn stock in the ports is now es timated at 493,200 bales against 798,200 held at the close ol September, 1816. The deficiency' in the stock of American is nearly' 130,00 bales. In the interior it may be reasonably supposed the bulk of the spinners are without stock. Sales, 22,210 ba1e5,3,970 of which were Upland; ordinary' to good middling, 5 a SJ; fa ir to good fair 6 a G|; good to fine, 6§ a Gs. Imports, 1847, 857,108; 1846. 1,032,817; estimated stacks, Oct. 1847, 39-9,690; 1816, 653,190 bales CHARLESTON, Oct. 23.— Cotton. —-When *«• closed our inquiries on Friday last, the market wa* very quiet, in fact it had been so throughout the day'. Although holders during the week had sub mitted to heavy sacrifices, in consequence of the very gloomy accounts received by the Hibernia, purchasers were demanding still lower prices; factors, however, would not yield to their demands, and hence the limited transactions which marked the close of the week. There was no change in the general features of the market throughout Saturday last, the one party continued to demand a greater reduction, to which the other wonld not submit, and the sales were limited to some 388 bales, at unsettled prices. There was a fair attend ance of buy'ers at the opening of the market on- Monday, and as holders at an early' hour let them selves down from the position they'had endeavored | to assume, a good demand prevailed during that and the following day, and upwards of 3200 bales } changed hands at a decline of but the demand* again fell off on Wednesday, and the transactions were confined to about 700 bales, at this reduction. The business thus far extended to 4200-1 bales, at the following prices;—loo bales at 9; 32 at j 9|; 25 at 9i; 107 at 9|;259 at 9|; 132 at 9h, 394 at 10; 276 at 10*; 84 at 103-16; 1029 at 10R 1080 at 10| 2!8 at Thursday the telegraphic accounts by the steamer Cambria came to hand, and they were followed up • yesterday hy T more detailed advices. During the last two days only 220 bales have been sold, at prices ranging from 94 to 9£c;, which’ ■ show a decline on the sales of Wednesday of a ! bout | a Ic.; the transactions, however, have been * too limited to establish prices, and the future must determine what effect these accounts will have on our market; and we have for the present erased all quotations. Received 5346 bags. A* few bags Sea Island has been sold at from 25 to 30 1 cents. Bice. —There has been a fair inquiry for.Rhs* during the week; and as the supply is not equal to* the demand, prices have advanced. The sales have reached near 700 tcs., and prices are an |c. - higher than they were at the opening of the week; The sales comprise 95 tcs. at 3|; 220 at 3|; 216 at 3£; and 120 tcs. at s4per hundred. Received this ; week 1431 tcs. Salt. —There have been received since our* last some 1233 bushels Turks Island, which were sold at 20c. per bushel. There was very little sack Salt on sale during the week* and holders obtained’ prices within the range of our quotations; 3000 sacks, however, arrived last evening, but is as yet unsold. Freights. —The tonnage in port has materially in c eased since our last. The rate to Liverpool has declined to |d. for Cotton in square bags. We quote to Havre Ic. There is very little Colton or Rice offering to New-York. We quote nominaby 50c. for the former and 37$c. for the latter. T» Boston 4c. for Cotton : na Rice offering. S A VANN A Cotton—A rrived sinco the 3Gth inst., 2,585 bales Upland, (1,411 per H»u road,) and 5 bales Sea Island. The exports for the same period, are 2,105 bales Upland, and 67 do.