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SOUTHERN TRIBUNE. EDITED AND HBI.ISHIU WEEKLY, BY WM. K . HARKINON. (jj'The following beautiful and affecting “ Requiem,” originally appeared about eleven years ago, in the Philadelphia Gazette. We think we recognizo in these liues the poetic genius of the late Willis Gaylord Ci.akk, who edited that paper at the time, and lost in 1839, a kinJ hearted, lovely and accomplished wife, w’ho died of consumption : I see thee still! Remembrance, faithful to her trust, Cailslthee in beanty from the dust; Thou contest in the morning light— Thou’rt with me through the gloomy night; In dreams I meet thee as of old, Then th’v sort arms my neck enfold, And thy sweet voice is in my car; In every scene to memory dear , 1 sec thee still I I see thee still, In every hallowed token round This little ring thy finger bound This lock of hair thy forehead shaded, This silken chain by thee was braided; These flowers, all withered now like thee, Beloved; thou didst cull for me ; This hook was thine—here didst thou read— This picture, ah ! yes here, indeed I see thee still! 1 see thee still! Here was thy summer-noon's retreat, This was thy favorite fire-side seat, This was thy chamber, where each day, I set and watched thy sad decays Here, on this bed, thou last didst lie, Here, on this pillow, thou didst die ! Dark hour! once more its woes unfold— As then I saw thee, pale and cold, I see thee still ! I sec thee still ; Thou art not in the tonili confined ; Death cannot claim the immortal mind ; Lot earth close o'er its sacred true!, Yet goodness dies not in the dust; Thee, oh ! beloved, 'lis not thee, Beneath thecoflin’s lid I see ; Thou to a fairer land art gone— There, lot mo hope, my journey done, To see thee still. Interesting Correspondence. Macon, March 25, 1850. Mr. O C. Gibson— Dear Sir — As the organ of the nominating Convention held this day at Forsyth, permit us to iufotm you, that you were unanimously selected on the part of the Democracy as the can didate to represent the Third Congression al District, in the Convention proposed to bo held at Nashville, on the Second Mon day in June next. Please advise us at your earliest convo nience, whether or not you will accept. Respectfully yours, JOHN J. JONES, 1 S. W. BURNEY, I Com- J. F. TROUTMAN, f* mittee. J.W. HIGHTOWER,J Thomaston, March 2S, 1850. Gentlemen —Yours of the 25th ins*., in forming me that my name would be pre sented to the people for a seat in the Nash ville Convention is received ; and while it is matter of sincere regret with me that one more and better known to the public has not been selected, it is not my province to decline any share allotted mo in the conflict that must bo had for the protection of the institution of slavery, forit involves, in a word, all the interest 1 have in my country. The Government ordained and estab lished by the Constitution of the United States was organized among other things, "to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, and insure domestic tranquility" to the States : Such ends kept steadily in view, and faithfully observed by the Gov ernment in its administration, would not only make us a people emphatically blessed but the great exemplar of the whole earth. We may recur to the Constitution and find these objects a chief consideration with our ancestors to enter the Union ; but it is worse than vain to look for such motives shadowed forth in the iron rule of States —no such objects make up the em bodiment of their sentiment—one word tells the Alpha and Omega of all they do and all they mean to do, abolish slavery ! What if it does engender in lieu of “a more perfect Union” most deadly hate ? What if it does rob us botli of our cquali'y and millions of millions ? What if it does tui n “ domestic tranquillity” into honsehold butchery ! Wipe the stain of slavery from the escutcheon of the Union: This, this is the word their babes and sucklings lisp while the older ones but cry it the louder. With such sentiments nurtured around the family hearth, proclaimed from the sa crod desk, and inculcated from the veriest demagogue to the gravest Senators, all alike, it were as wise to look for the clouds to rain adroughth, as for such men volun tarily to make a uni-on “more perfect” be tween us and them— (only by tl»e use of tho Army and Navy and thirty-six brace Illinois Regiments !) to give us our ooin or to maintain our domestic tranquility. Oh no ! the tryc beats no such fruit, never has and never will. Its legitimate fruit is just what is falling red and ripe now before our eyes. Long lived and time-honored Senators, with gigantic intellects, may demons'rate our denied constitutional t ights in recapturing fugitive slaves, that their own Legislators have almost, if not altogether, perjured themselves to give aid and comfort in the abolition of such rights, but in the very same speech they will an. nouncc to us are not fit to occupy oar Territories as a State, unless we first leave the sin of slavery behind us : and these mind you are our friends, and such as these our only hope for help to stay the uplifted sword of Abolitionism —Webster and Cass, ct ul. What a broken reed to be offered to men that have minds to knotv their rights and courage to protect them ! Let such trust to them for defence as may, I neither do nor will. Why if they were truly with us and for us theirs would be the very first blood abolitionism would now drench its field with. If we will submit to be now robbed of our share in the Territories, to the despo liation of Texas of her true boundary, to the safe keeping all out fugitive slaves; and iu a short time to the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, and the trade among the States ; and after a while for a constitutional majority to follow in the footsteps of their illustrious predecessor, the Mexican Congress, and abolish slavery in the Nation, then icc may have a little respite,and our posterity have \hc privilege of taking the last of the dose. In relation to the duty I owe myselfand those who are to come after me, I have now and had for many years a conclusion that is not to be shaken—we must maintain our rights at all hazards—and here I know is the work ; for in doing it political (not personal enemies, for we have very few Abolitionists yet in our midst,) enemies at home for party purposes, will brand every move with the epithets hasty, hotspurism; nay worse than that, disunion, traitorism, and all such lifie will be the fancy words of the opposition, while abroad we must contend with every species of misrepresen tation, deceit ami hate. Well.for one I amtn/tnewilh my friends, where they go 1 mean to go ; if it be thought best to remonstrate, then my voice is for remonstrance manly ; if, —and as I think the surest way —it be deemed best to an nounce that the Southern States will not submit to be robbed of their share in the Territories—to the despoliation of Texas, nor to any other of the prominent abolition measures, such as the stealing our negroes, abolishing slavery in the District ol Co lumbia :—That is my word—and “if l have moral courage to sustain my physical a bility, I will devote all I have and am to maintain” the position, be it the one or the other. In the present condition of this move ment it appears to me proper in this wav to present my opinions to the District; for while it would be a bright page in my life to represent a constituency thinking with me on this great question, it would be a blot on my existence to misrepresent any set of men ; and between (bis and the Second Monday in June, there is ample time for the people in the District to adopt any proper measures to keep me where both my inclinations and wants call me, at home. Very respectfully your obedient servant, O. C. GIBSON. To Messrs. J. J. Jones, and others, Com mittee. Treason, — It may not be amiss, at this lime, to refer to some of the sentiments ofj the past. Mr. Calhoun is charged with the grossest ieconsistenry on the question of the day. The following toast given by him in IS3U, shows that he then thought as he does now! By Mr. Calhoun, “The Union: next to our liberty, the most dear ; may we all remember that it can only be preserved by respecting the rights of the Stales, and distributing c qually the benefits and burdens of the U nion.” The following was given by that noble intellect which now, alas! is completely obscured by physical affliction. By Mr. McDuffie, “The memory of Patrick Henry: The first American statesman who had thesoul to feel, and the courage to declare, in the face of an armed tyranny, that ‘there is no treason in resisting oppression.” These sentiments were popular in 1830, but to urge them now, is paying an hom age too great to the sovereignty of the States, and amounts to treason against the supremacy of a grand national consolida tion. Men, in the South, who once main tained that the Constitution was a fixed, solid work of our father’s hands, now con stitute it an imageofwax and even squeeze it into the shape of a central monster from wh sc tyranny there is no escape ! ! Augusta Republic, From the Augusta Republic. We copy the following from the Northern anti-slavery papers, to show how much more justice even they can do Mr. Calhoun, than some of our papers and people of the South, whose interests he lias so faithfully served. Mr. Calhoun s health is represented as being worse than ever. He had recovered in a great mea sure. He attended the Senate at the read ing of his speech, and continued to occu py his seat day after day, mingling in de bate, to serve the South at the risk of his life, and how has he been treated by some in this section. Wc appeal to the North ern Free-soi! papers, to defend the great patriot against the malice of some South ern'' rs. Mr. Calhoun’s Speech. —The New York Globe says: Os the speech itself, we may say that it is vvoithy of the fame of Mr. Calhoun. It is a cool, calm, dispassionate, argumenta tive and logical production. Considering the constitutional ardor of Mr. Calhoun, the mild and sad tone of this final effort of the great Southerner is remarkable.— There is not a menace in it. There is not even that impetuous outpouring of an indignant Southern spirit that we had a right to expect. It really seems as if the eloquent Senator, feeling in his enfeebled frame the silent advances of death, had seated himself to pen a melancholy appeal to the affection and judgment of his coun trymen, and in view of his brief future, to carefully avoid indicting One line which, (lying, he could wish to blot Thus; whatever may be the dif ference of opinion amongst men in regard to the sentiment of this farewell address, there can be none in relation to its temper, style or diction. The corresponden of the Philadelphia Inquirer (another Free-soiler) says: Mr. Calhoun’s speech on the slavery question in the Senate, yesterday, is the topic on conversation to-day, among all classes of our population. The effect which it had here is to convince many who previously had no thought thatt the South were in earnest on the slavery question, that the country is about to experience a shock which may be fatal to the Republic. I don’t believe that any President’s mes sage for ten years has created as much thought and reflection as the speech of Mr. Calhoun has. Correspondence of the Charleston Courier. Washington, March 24. The Report of the Hon. Thomas But ler King, upon the resources and condi tion of California was presented to the Secretary of State on Saturday. The Re port is very able, and is fraught with facts and views of highly interesting and im portant character. His views as to the mineral wealth of California, far surpass those of Mr. Wright, whose general state ment I have hertofore given you. Mr. King represents that forty millions have already been taken from the gold region. Fifty millions will he taken within the present year. In 1851 and 1852, over a hundred millions \v ill, as he represents, be taken from the diluvial soil and from ilie auriferous quartz mountains. He says that 15,000 foreigners, most of them from Chili, aie now engaged in gold hunt ing, with seven thousand Americans.— The Chilians understand the subject bet ter than the Americans,and have been very successful—far beyond any thing that has been supposed. All of Mr. King’s state ments are based on sa'isfactory data, | which he presents. He shows, too, that the immigration into the country will be immense, atul that science and capital will he employed in the mining of gold in its native and inexhaustible beds. All the gold hitherto taken lias been from the j neighborhood of the streams, into which | it lias been washed by torrents, in partic les or in boulders, disintegrated from the mountains of quartz. Ho confirms Mr. Wright’s statement that, with a pestle and mot tar, a single individual can make more gold, from the quarz rock, than he can by washing the earth and sarid. But, wash ing is now to end, and all the appliances of science are to be employed upon these | gold-teeming hills and mountains. New depositories of mercury have beendiscov ered, and that metal will he used to profit able extent in the separation of gold from the pulverized quartz. By the way, I learn, at the Patent Office, that Com. Stocton’s machine for breaking the rocks is highly recommended, and is in practical use at his mines in Virginia. Mr. King recommends that the gold oc-liiiiig luntrs, in Cam,.. 11. a, ohall— rc in*:i:* = as public property. He opposes sales of the lands. In regard to the diluvial wash ings, he proposes that the workers or dig gers shall merely pay the Government one ounce a year for the privilege ; and he estimates the revenue from this source at SBOO,OOO. As the mining operations in the mountiains require capital, lie pro poses that lots be leased, on annual rent of from six to ten percent; upon the pro ceeds. He suggests, also, that no permit should be given to any person who is not a citizen of the United States, or has not declared or may not declare in properfurm his intention of becoming a citizen. I have not, of course, seen the Report, but the views above mentioned are pre sented in it, as 1 learn. Mr. Calhoun was much better to-day. His fc ver was gone, and, though very weak, he was not considered as being in any danger. I find that the rumor of his being engaged in dictating another ad dress to the Senate is unfounded. (Kelt is said that Mrs. Partington in tends applying for admission on the floor of Congress, as she believes all the bills brought in there must he counterfeit, lluno being such difficulty in passing them. i ITCuaiif.ictures at tlic South. To Freeman Hunt, Esq. Editor of the Merchant's Magazine, ect. Dear Sir — l have just read the article of Mr. Gregg, in your December and January numbers, in which be very truly says that “the remuneration which capital i receives, when invested in manufacturing, | is nut a criterion from w hich to judge of the profits derived by the country of large.” I He then notices the fact, that New En- j gland has grown rich, not merely the | stockholders, but the whole people, in j consequence of her spirit and power of machinery. But great as the results have been to New England, they ate not to be computed with those now being produced at the South. The lower class of New England popu lation are possessed of energy, inventive genius, aud go ahead industry, with intel lects brightened by a plain education ; while the same class here are as inert as indolence and poverty and total want of education for ages can make a people ; and the change wrought upon such a popula tion, by transposing them from their mis erable log-cabins in the pine-woods, and equallly miserable food and raiment, to the state of civilization that they meet with in such a beautiful manufacturing village as Graniteville, must be seen to be appreciated. It is no wonder that Mr. Gregg estimates the benefits to the body politic so highly. The whole tract around Graniteville, three years ago, was a wild barren waste, and i lie greater portion of the operatives almost as wild as the abo rigines—living a sort of vegatale life, of little profit to themselves or others. Presto —change. The magic wand of the manu facturer waved over the rocky bed of the stream that for ages had spent its idle force adown that \ alley, and up arose the gran ite palace of the spindle and loom, and al most a hundred neat and comfortable dwel lings, now sheltering almost a thousand souls, nine-tenths of whom had never be fore been sheltered by a domicile worthy the name of a comfortable house. And, certcs, never before had they the opportu nity of offering up thanks to God every Sabbath day in such a chnrch as either of those now pointing theirspires from Gran iteville to realms on high. But that is not all. Here the children must attend school, and ifany one is oppo sed to make a brute of himself over the whiskey cup, he must go to some other place, for neither in store nor tavern in that village has that curse of the earth ev er entered, or can ever enter until own ers change. The reason why the goods from this es tablishment have entered so successfully into competition with those of the North ern mills, can be easily understood by those who have travelled much in the cot ton-growing region, as I have done. The handling ot cotton is one continued scene of waste, from the lime the first bolls open until the bales reach the New England cotton-mill, and there the picture is re versed, for every item, even the dirt that accumulated on tho hales, serves to ma nuro the soil. In the field much of the cotton is unpicked until mid-winter, and much of it blown out, parts stained and in jured. At the gin-house tha waste is still going on, arid most commonly is put up in bagging that is more like a net than like cloth ; and, after being tumbled about in the mud, and exposed to the rain, is per haps hauled a hundred miles, through mud dy road*, and then tumbled out upon the ground to rest awhile before it makes a steamboat passage, still exposed to rain and dirt and smoke, and then put on shore, as 1 have often seen at New Orleans, in mud and water 6 inches deep, to stand, perhaps, a week. By this time the sack ing is half to; n off; hut, notwithstanding that, when the sampler comes round, if there is a whole spot left, he will cut a most unmerciful gash into it and extract a few pounds from each bale, although there may be a hundred alike. And why ? The samp’es are his perquisites, and, therefore, the largest possible quantity that can be gouged out without having it called steal ing, is most to his profit. The practice is a shameful one, and not only a direct lax upon the planters for the amount taken, but it leaves the balance of the bale open to injury. At all the cotton yards, and depots, and wharves, the bags are tumbled about in the dirt, and the ground is white with cotton trampled under foot and was ted. But wasto and injury docs not cease her; for 1 have seen it tumbled about in the same way in the streets of New York. You will now see the advantage of the cotton manufacturers who are located where the staple grows". At Augusta," Georgia, the cotton can be taken into the mill right from the planter’s boat that brought it down tho Savannah River, and through the canal of nine miles that brings the power to drive tho spindles. Nearly all the South Carolina cotton is put up in good bags, and if it was only decently handled and not thievishly sam pled, it would reach the manufacturer in better condition than the New Orleans cot ton of the same quality. The manufacture of cotton is extending all over the Southern States, a'nd if there were a few more such men as William Gregg to build up in wilderness places a few more such villages as Graniteviile, it would prove a great blessing to the lower classes of people, for it would elevate their character to a position of far greater use fulness than they will ever attain by any oilier pursuit. The following is the cost of manufac turing cotton, per pound, at Graniteviile, for the week ending July 5 : Picking, one mill and eight hundredths ; carding, eight mills and fifty-eight-hun dredilis ; spinning, spooling and warping, one cent and eight-hundredths of a mil l ; weaving one cent, eight mills, and seven ty-four-hundredths ; dressing, three mills and sixty-five-humlredths ;ba!eing, eighty five-hundredths of a mill ; sundries, five mills and sixty-three-hundredths; total cost of labor, four cents, eight mills, and sixty one hundredths. The week ending De cember 8, shows a cost of four cents, eight mills, and eighty-one-liuudredths. These two weeks are about the highest that I noticed among many, and will show you that the company are not losing mon ey, at least, and 1 fear that is more than some of those at the North can say during the present high price of the raw material. I am, most respectfully, &c. SOLON ROBINSON. Charleston, S. C., Feb. 15, ISSO. From the Scientific American. The Electric l.iglit, Ac. During the winter of 1844 5, the late Col. Bomford, of the Ordinance Depart ment, and myself were engaged in some experiments, having for thhir object the precipitation of silex (in solution) by the action of electricity ; it being expected that glass so formed would be very dense, and consequently possess a high refrac tory power. During the course of experi ments I became satisfied that so long as •he whole body of water around the poles remained a conductive or diffusive medi um, the action of the passing currents would be limited, and the results desired unattainable. With this view of the sub ject I sought for some method by which ; the atoms of water in contact with the | poles, could be effectually barred from \ communication with any conductive sub | stance, and yet admit of a continual sup j ply of the water to be decomposed. Believe in the doctrine of impondera bility and immateriality ofthe electi ic fluid, all efforts to accomplish the desired result failed, and the experiment was about lo be abandoned, when a doubt as to the truth ofthe books, on the question ofthe nature of electricity, arose in my mind, and on the faint hope held forth, the experments were renewed, and the results more than realized the most sanguine expectations ; for not only was the insulation of the wa ter perfect, and the decomposition rapid, but the electric fluid was found to be sus ceptible of accumulation and condensation to an unlimited degree. The ease and ra pidity with which the water was resolved into its component gases, naturally sug gested the ide of applying ihe discovery to some practicle use, and that of light was selected, as the most simple an and inexpen sive in its application. But on the very threshold ofthe experiment, an apparently insurmountable obstacle was met in the inability to separate the gases. After a number of serious explosions. Although the practicale experiments were abandoned, the mental action on the sub ject was not, and during some time in the fall of 1848, 1 concluded that the iavv w hich demanded and aqueous communication between the poles, or that the positive and negative poles should both enter one body of water, was not correct—a conclusion which a very simple experiment decided to be correct. One pole was inserted into a glass cf water in the corner of a large ro-m, and the oilier pole in another glass in the opposite corner, and an electrical communication made between. All the water in one glass was decomposed, and hydrogen only obtained. All the water was decomposed in the other, and oxygen only obtained. The resu't was known, the experiment was considered fully su; cessful, and a small electromagnetic ap paratus, having its helices kept iu motion by clock work put in operational my dwelling,aud was found capable of supply ing three burners with an abundance of the gasses. It was at this period of the expeiiments that I issued the circular an nouncing the discovery, and with an invi tation to the citizens of this place to call and examine for themselves. In tho spring of 1849, a light-house was erected on an eminence, near this citv, and the experiment tried on a lame scale for several months, at the light house, besides lighting of a store in the city, the results being entirely successful in'both places, and fuully justifying the assertions made in in the circular of announcement. And here I wish it to he understood, that ihis must not be considered a mere state ment of mine, but the history of the fact is familiar to all whose appreciation of the discovery was sufficient to prompt them to visit my tower or dwelling. The ex periments at the light-house continued un til September, when an explosion occur red which cast a momentary damp upon the bright prospects of the discovery.— -Thrrnxplosion wan -not due, an intimated-- by ‘‘Carduretted Hydrogen,” to the cx ptosive nature of the gases, hut to an en tirely different cause—one peculiar to the construction and action of the instrument under consideration. The slate or action of electricity known a3 Galvanism, pro-I duces decomposition : while that known I as intensity, causes repulsion to take place I at the electrodes, and deflagaration of the ! decomposing cellsis the consequent result. I It was to the latter action that the explo- | sion referred to was due ; tho gases being ! fired by the melting elactrode. The realizing of the possihilty of such an accident made it appearant that some method should be devised, other than that of personal observance, to prevent such explosions in future. The same a gent that caused the danger must be made to remove it. This was no easy task, for, independent of the natural difficulty in the case, the press was teeming withscur riiious inueniioes; the only difference in whoso tenor was that one journal con signed me to contempt as a humbug, and another to confinement as a lunatic. It is 1 well, however, for the cause of the sci ence, that inventors are ganerally stub b m beings,, firmly believing that they are able to perform all they promise, against all the sneers or contempt that may be brought to bear against them ; and so in this case, perhaps, the “captious,” feeling saved the invention, for the difficulty was overcome and the apparatus made to gov ern itself, by the breaking of its circuits when a surcharge is passing. It has required the labor of months to accomplish this last mentioned part of the invention, and although at the period of writing this, tho danger of an explosion is entirely lemoved, yet the loud reports made by the breaking cf the circuits, are deemed adverse to the successful introduc tion of the invention to the public, but it is confidently expected that this difficulty will be overcome in the course of a few days. Meantime theapparatus and its ac tion is the daily subject of inspection at myroomsinlhe Exchange—nothing be | ing screened but the interior of the heli j ces and electrodes. The whole process , of the decomposition can be seen, and if | necessary, felt of. The result of all ex periments up to ibis date aie as follows ■ The descent weight, 67 lbs. a distance of 9 feet, will generate 600 cubic feet of tlio gasses, at no other expense than the inter est ot the cost of the apparatus, say SSOO. \ou may use tho gasses for light, power, or purposes of caloric. (I have as yet ex perimented only with tho former,) and make your own deductions. I receive many letters from yourreaders asking what I claim as my invention : per mit me here to reply, that I clain to have : discovered anew principle in electricity, \ viz : ponderability, materiality, and obe dience to the laws of gravitation. I claim to be the first to accumulate and compress the electric fluid ; and I claim to have in vented a machine or apparatus which ena bles me to use electric fluid for useful pur poses in the arts and sciences, at no other cost than the interest of its price. HENRY M. PAINE. Worcester, March 7, 1850. M A C O N,GT SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 30. [fj’Mrs. Lawton will open her School in Vineville on Monday next. This lady is a com potent teacher, and parents wishing to send their children would do woll to commence on that day. Mn. Gibson’s Letter—-\Ve received last night the letter of O. C. Gibson, Esq., which will be found in another column. \Vc have no time to make any comments—lt speaks for itself, how ever, and will amply repay perusal. 1 he Weather.—On Wednesday night last, we had the heaviest fall of snow experienced here for several years past, which was visible in various parts of the city until nine o’clock the next morning. On Thursday night there was a severe frost, which we learn has killed the cot ton and cut down the corn which was up in many places, in some of the counties below this. Last night it was cloudv and threatens rain to day. Steamboat Disaster.—The Columbus En quirer ofthe 2Gth inst. says : “Just as wc were going to press we learn that ihe steamer H. ft Smith, which left here on Saturday evening for Apalachicola, took fire about thirty miles below this city, and was entirely consumed. She had on board about one thousand hales of cotton,al| . "" the most of which was burnt. Our informant, who escaped from the Boat, was not able to state whether any lives were lost, owing to the fact that some ofthe crew and passengers escaped to ihe east, anu some to the west side of the River, and there had been no communication between them, up to the time of his leaving. Nashville Convention.—The following are the candidates for election as Delegates : For the State —C. J. McDonald and W. T. Colquitt, (D.J \V. Law and C. Dougherty (W) First District — lion. G. M. Troup,(D.) J.H. Couper, (VV.j Second District — lt. L. Benning, (D.) M.J■ Crawford, (VV.) Third District —O. C. Gibson, (D) JamesJ Scarboroug h. (W.) Fourth District —F.. Y. Hill, (VV.) O. Warner, (D.) Fifth District —S. Fouche,(D.) H. V. M. Mil ler, (W.) Seventh District — J. A. Wingfield, (L).) J. A. Meriwether, (W.) Eighth District —L. J. Gartrell, (W ) W' l *’ Schley, (D ) The Sixth District, (Mr. Cobb’s) is the only one in the Slate that will not be represented. Tins fHrctiim —w4H —pl-'c« mi Tuesday next, 2d day of April. New Fork Dry Goods Sale 9 large public sales nltractod the attention an and invited the attendance of tho trade on Tuesday- Though the number of public sales have in' creased within the lasi fortnight, yet the amountof goods offering is not near so large in the spring of last year. The carpet stock in the Thompsoville Manu facturing Company was offered for sale by Me®- Austenss &. Spicer and occasioned a very spirited competition among the bidders. sale resulted in higher prices for the best qua! l ' ties of their goods. The attendance was ury hirge, and the goods were all sold. The pachnge sales of assorstd dry goods, by Messrs Haggerty, Draper & Jones, brought 1° gather a largo company, and realized fair price® The attraction of the sale was in tho offering o fancy spring prints, which sold satisfactorily st an average of cent per yard. Messrs. Warren t Co's sale of assorted tj goods, of which the principal articles were d® 11 and cassimoros, realised for these goods in P* ticular fair avosage prices \V 00l blacks breng $2 05 to $2 3 o*