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SOUTHERN TRIBUNE.'. EDITED AND PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY WM . B . II Alt BISON. The Test of True Friendship. A SHORT AND TRUE STORV. •‘The hand that whiped away the tear of want, The heart that melted at another's wo, Were his, and blessings followed him.’’ David Wentworth, had the kindest of hearts. There was neither mete nor bound to his benevolence, except inability. And happy was any who had a tithe of the pray ers that were offered up for the welfare of my friend, by the unforluna'e and wretched whom his hand relieved. 1 speak of prayers—for it was the only reward he obtained ; 1 mean here—but l forget, David was paying bis attentions to an excellent young lady of his native city.— She was wealthy, beautiful ami accomplish ed, and consequently had many suitors. Among them were richer, and nobler, (in attraction l mean ) and handsomer men than David Wentworth ; but, n’importc, there was a kind off atik-heartedness a bout my friend that could not fail to bring him somewhere near the heart of bis mis tress. even if an emperor bad been his ri val. The young lady hit upon a project to put the characters of her lovers to the test. She saw a poor widow with a family in distress, in one of her benevolent excur sions, and the idea occured to her that it would be a good opportunity to ascertain what sort of stuff her lovers’ hearts were made of. Letters were forthwith indited, setting forth the good woman’s tale, and forwarded to the different gentlemen in the widow’s name, requesting an answer and assistance. The first reply was a lecture on idle ness and begging, and concluded with the information that the writer was not accus tomed to give to those he did not know.— This was from a 810.000 a year, ’flic second advised her to apply to some of the benevolent societies whose business it was to relieve those who were truly in want.— This was from one who had a great repu tation for benevolence—who had taken a leading part in several charitable associa tions, and whose pharasaical liberality bad been blazoned in the Gazette. The lady thought that interested as he was in the success of those institutions, he displayed a very commendable reluctance about ta king the business out of their hands. A third, a goodhearted and generous kind of a fellow, enclosed her a five dollar bill, with his compliments. Several took no notice of the poor woman’s petition. But thete was another answer which the lady read with far different feelings. It was Uooid, from S6OO n year—and, need not say like himself, kind and consoling. It spoke of the writers's narrow means, the rule he had adopted, unless persuaded of the object, and concluded by requesting an interview. “If,’ said he, “1 find my self otherwise unable to afford the assis tance you require, 1 trust l may be of service in interesting others in your be half.” Nor was this mere profession. For it was but a few weeks before the widow found herself comfortably located, and en gaged in a thriving business, commenced by the recommendation and carried on by theaid of my friend. Atid allthis was done in genuine scripture style. There was no sounding of trumpets—and the right hand knew not the doings of the left. But the lady was a silent observer of his conduct ; and he received many a kind glance from that quarter, of which he never suspected the cause. She began to think that the homage of a spirit like his was not to bo i despised ; and she felt something very much like a palpitation of the heait as she questioned herself respecting his intentions Such was the train of thought which was one evening, as is of en the case, in terrupted by a call from the person who had been its cause. Hour after hour passed by that night, and still David lin gered. He could not tear himself away. “She is a most facinating crea ure,” thought he, ‘ and good as she is beautiful. Can she ever be mine 1” and a cloud came over his features and he sat for a moment in silence. “This suspense must he ended,” he at length thought. He started as the clock told eleven. “You’ll certainly think me insufferably tedious,” said he, with a faint smile, “hut I have been so pleasantly engaged as to take no note of time. And the sin of this trespass on the rules of good breeding must lie at your door. Besides, I have lengthened this visit, he continued, after a pause, “under the apprehension that, as it has been the happiest, it might also be the last it might ever he my goud fourtime to enjoy with Miss FI.” llie lady looked at him with some sur prise. Nay,” said he, “ the matter rests with yourself. Will you forgive my presump tion 1 1 know that others perhaps more worthy of you, at least nobler and wealthi er, and higher in the world’s esteem, are striving fiw the honor of your hand. And yet l cannot restrain myself from making an avowal which though it may be futile, is yet but a deserved compliment to your worth.” The lady did not swoon nor turn pale, hut a Hush of gratification passed over her face, and lighted her eyes for a mo ment. She frankly gave him her hand and looked up archly in his face. “The friend of the fatherless an and the widow,” she said (David blushed) “cannot fail to make a constant lover aud a kind husband.” From Dcßow’s Commercial Review. € o T T «> N . Relations between the Supply, Stork and j Demand of Cotton—Consumption gains upon Production—British and French 1 Cotton Trade for Ten Years. We take the following from the able : Foreign Circular of Messrs. Haywood & 1 McViccar : Supppsing that the spinners at present I hold the same quantity as at the close of 1848, the consumption of the kingdom will he found to have increased in 1849, on the whole, 81,500 bales weekly. This consumpti< ti exceeds that of the previous year by 7,000 bales weekly. Comment on such facts would be superfluous. They indicate so unequivocally a marked amend ment in trade, and exhibits such energy and resources iri the manufacturing pow ers of this country, as must be most en courageing to those who, looking to the preceding depression, feared that our once boasted superiority was about to cease and our prosperity to decline, before the difficulties with which we were threaten ed, and the increased instability and inse curity ofall that surrounded us. The real stocks on hand as declared authentically this day, are less in accor dance than usual with the ordinary week ly reports, but the opperations of the year have been so unparalleled as to render ex actitude a matter of great difficulty. The difference does not, however, interfere with our general reasoning, nor will its bearing upon the future he looked upon as important, especially if the estimates of crop received this day by the packet of the 19th instant, which are vety consider ably below 2,300,000 hales, be found to he near the truth. If the stock here be lar ger than anticipated by 80,000 bales, it is probable that the supply in the spinners’ bands is so much the less, so that whether the cotton be here or in the interor, the result must ultimately be the same. Having tines referred to the past, it seems not unnatural to cast a glance to ward tne future, and to survey the pros pect before us. And here the first object which excites our regard is the extent of supply. After the enormous error in ilie e-tim ites of 1848-9, it may be deemed by some to he almost absurd to place any re liance in the now current predictions as to 1849-50, and yet it cannot he denied, that there ate circumstances connected with the late calculations, which may tend to account An the fallacious estimate of the one year, and also to justify the faith re posed in more accurate assumptions for the coming one. The growth of 1848-9 is by many, and with sufficient reason, as serted not to have exceeded 2,500,000 bales, but from the low rates which were current in the preceding year, it is almost indisputable that 200,000 bales of the an tecedent cioporemained in ihp interior,and were thus added to, and computed in, the growth of last year. At the present time, the testimony is most unanimous, that no old cotton remains on hand in the States, so that, not doubting early decisive injury to have been done to the crop, and still assuming the growth to be 2,300,000 bales would have as was at one time imagined, perhaps proved near the truth. The frost of April have never been denied. The plowing up and planting of the land, ex posed the crop to many casualties. Delu ges of rain afterwards were said to have caused the plant to run too much into sap, ! and succeeding drought caused the same 1 plant prematurely to shed its forms. Bull worm, caterpillar and army-worm, are all sta’ed to have been severely at work, and : graning that something may be exagera t' and, and that the unusual firmness of the season referred to has remedied some of ! the evil, it is not surely in the nature of ! things that it has corrected all. Ifthen, a crop ot 2,300,000 hales bo judged to be the maximum, how is this to be distribu ted ? '1 he United States require 520,000 bales. France and the Continent, w here the stocks are moderate, 700,000 bales, making 1,220,000 bales: so that there on ly remains fur Great Britain, exclusive of what may he received of the crop of ISSO - bales.or 457,900 bales less than have been taken of the crop oflS4B-9. Are the augmented prices, it may be as ked, which now arecurrent, a fair equiva lent for such a dificiency ; or is the ad vance already so great as to equalize the consumption and supply, but by so redu cing the one and by augmenting the other, through increased imports from India and elsewhere, as to compensate, at the pres ent rates, for the curtailed production in the States ? 1 bese are the inquiries which arise. Tlio reply is at presentdiffi cult. We may speculate upon the result, but must wait for time to decide. During the cour.-c of the past year, the change in the value of money is a phe nomenon not to lie slightly passed over. The quantity of specie in the bank of En gland is now seventeen millions, and the position cf the hank is stronger than at any time since the passing of the act of 1844, the rate of the interest at that estab lishment being now 2£ per cent. What a contrast between this time and the month of October, 1847, when the specie in the bank coffers was reduced to eight millions, and the rate of the interest there was eight per cent., whilst out of the hank tiie best paper was, until the government a gteed to suspend the operation of the law, hardly convertable at any rate of in terest, however extravagant! All this suggests new matter of argument, for though it appears yet too early to sup pose, that the ineieased supply of gold front coun’ries recently opened to us, will Ire to such an extent as to interfere with the value of the precious metals,ami so in crease the price of the commodities, yet the idea is t o without many suppotters. Ihe reduction of tho rate of interest has not yet acted, it must be conceded, mate rially upon the price of merchandise, hardly anything hut consols having been improved by it, and this has disappointed the expecta ion of many who always fan cy that an abundance of money is at once displayed by a rise in the value of pro. duce, and that cotton, as the most impor tant of all articles, is the one ever rrn st certain of enhancement. It was instantly presunmed, that as interest fell cotton must rise. But this is perhaps one of the many errors of sanguine holders. The abundance of money does not, immedi ately, cause prices to rise, nor does its cheapness alone induce parties to operate unless there is some other cogent and mote efficient stimulus. Although scar city and dearness of money will check speculation, and cause all articles to fall, abundance and cheapness, on the other hand, have not always the opposite effect. The further rise in cotton, anticipated up on the reduction of the interest by the bank, has been hitherto prevented by o tlier antagonist motives, the chief of which has been the extent of the arrivals into the ports of America, which now reach GIB,OOO bales, againstGOO.lOO hales at the same time last year, and which has led to the belief before stated in a larger crop than was at first announced. Hut this fact of so called large rceipts, when duly weighed, is not of the consequence possibly which at first appears. Sales ma king in the port at high prices, or, 100 per cent, dearer than last year, good toads, high waters, the whole available labor of planters employed by picking, and this over a reduced surface f.om the came be fore referred to, are assuredly sufficient grounds to explain the receipts and which looking to all the app.iances, are in reality nut large, but on the conlraiy are looked upon as affording additional testi mony that the cotton was not there to pick, as otherwise, under the existing induce ments, it is submitted the receipts must have been at least equal to those >/ IS4S, instead of being, as they are, 131,000 bales less. The picking season, if it have been prolonged by the finer veatlier, has still been a short one, for it cimmenc ed a month later than usual ; so that, tak ing it from its begining to its cetsation it will t e found to be below the average.— The fields are now stated lube entirely clear. The great question to be reso'ved, is, to what extent the consuming lations ot the globe—the export of cottor fabrics to all countries having exceeded, in eleven months if 1549, not only those of the cor responding period of last year, but also those of 1847, and even of IS4G—are stocked with manufactures, and how far they would be compelled to purchase at the advanc’d rates. For the export ot goods, as we have witnessed, ate not a complete criterion of the real consump tion. The year 1847 proved too pnlptjbly and painfully, to be mis aken, that thete might he such stocks of manuiactuied gjods ac cumulated both at home and abnjad, du ting a long per iod of low prices, ts under the establishment of higher rater would lead to a comparative suspension (jf trade, and subsequently reduce the geneva! con sumption of cotton to such a degree as, lor a lime, to make even tin* prevailing es timates of this crop sufficiently large f t the wants of the community. It IS-17, however, we had a momentary dearth of the greatest intensity, and now, it may be said, we have a momentary plettjnry.— failures of the most unexpected kind their dstroyed all confidence, and misery had only just ceased to reign amongst the people. To-day everything is tire inverse ot this. Still the facts are always (refore us, that high prices lead to low ones, and that consumption, at certain rates, becomes paralyzed, until very low prices again ! conduce to the resumption of working full and increased time. In conclusion, then fruitful as former years have been, in experience and in re sults differing from anticipations, and open as the past has ever been to vicissittde, yet this year may perhaps be considered the most remarkable on record. With an American crop larger titan yet known, even supposing vve are correct in stating it to have been only 2,500,000 bales, it has exceeded the average of the five pre ceding years by nearly 400,000 bales. Prices are uow higher than they were at the end of 1847 by 1 j|d. per lb., when the crop proved to be only 1,778,000ha1e5, and higher hv 2\d. per pound than at this date in 1848. The main causes of the sue cessful issue of the present year, is found in the reduced stocks in foreign markets such a vacuum having been there created, by the united transactions of 1847,as af er wards necessitated large exports, and to which the low quotatson of cotton,for many months of this and the last year, greatly contributed. The result has been much aided by the re-establishment of order throughout Europe, and the ovetlhrow of revolutionary principles. Whilst anarchy menaced every country, credit naturally disappeared, and contraction, was the aim ofeveay commercial man. It was only as there seemed something like a re: urn to sounder views, and when more rational itleas had displaced wild and visionary theories, that trade resumed its wonted ac tivity, and ccnfidence revived. The les son has been severe; it is to he hoped it will not have been offered in vain. Thus will tlie past long be referred to by all as an epoch of the greatest inter est ; but though, as a beacon,it may be de sirable to keep in view the portentous times of 1847-8, and the calamities which ensued, yet it should not be forgotten, the events-which then occurred wore so entire ly out of the ord nary course of trade, that vve ought to rely upon them too ex cltisivoly as a legitimate guide for the fu ture. In doing so, commercial energy might become cramped by overcaution, and opportunities allowed to escape which lead to fortune. The commercial shock of those periods were so exceptional, and the low prices which then vere current were so out >f ordinary calculations, that they cannot reasonably be expected again to recur. They were the result of extiin sic, and not intrinsic cause, for whilst the increase in the growth of cotton is suppos ed to be only about three per cent annu ally, the consumption is allowed to have attained a much higher ratio. And hence vve may reasonably infer, looking to the consolidation of order on the continent, and to the supply of cotton to be expect ed, not only that the pesent quotations for this article are moderate but that un less we are grossly deceived in the esti mates of the crop from the United States and other countries, our present prices ate based upon a firm and solid founda tion, and that the coming year is, from the general aspect of the commercial and po litical world likely to he one of individ ual and general prosperity. From the Boston Mas. The Voice of Massachusetts. W e insert below the resolves concerning slavery, which have been passed bv the Legislature of this Commonwealth.— Several weeks ago the series passed the House of Representatives with only four I dissenting voices,and they were ostensibly [ given, because of some particular phrase i °k*gy. The resolves were sent to the ; Senate, where they were debated and ; amended and passed* in their present form, jby a vote of 30 to 4. On Saturday they came to the House again, the amendments of the Senate were concurred in, and the resolves passed to be engrossed by a UNANIMOUS VOTE. W’e are, there fore, justified in proclaiming them the “Voick of Massachusetts.’ Men ofall parties voted f rthem. Wheraas, The people of Massachusetts acting under a solemn sense of duty, have deliberately and repeatedly avowed their purpose to resist the extension of slavery into the national territories, or the admis sion of new slave States into the Union, and, for these ends, to apply, in every radical mode, the principles ofthe or dinance of 1787 ; also, seek ihe abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the Dis trict of Columbia, aud the withdrawal of the power and influence of die General Government from the support of slavery, so far as the same may be constitutiona ly done ; and whereas, the important ques tions now befote the country, make it de sirable that these convictions should be re affirmed : Therefore— Resolved, That the people of Massachu setts earnestly insist upon the application, by Congress, ofthe ordinance of 1787, with all possible sanctions and solemnities of law, to the terri orial possessions ofthe Union, in all paits of the continent, and fir all coming time. Res deed. That the people of Massachu setts cherish the Union with unabated at tachment ; that they will support the Con stitution ; that appreciating the inestima ble benefits flowing from it, they believe it better for all parties and sections, with reference to existing evils, to wait and work patiently under and through the con stitution, than to destroy it; and they have no doubt that they hold these sentiments in common with overwhelming majorities ofthe people of these United States ; but any event they will follow their principles, deterred by no threats of disunion, and no fear of consequenses. Resolved, That the integrity and per manence of American power on the Paci fic Ocean the ineiease of our institutions, the cause of human freedom on this con tinent, require the immediate admission | of California into this Union, with In r pres ent Constitution, without reference to any other question or measure whatever. Resolved, That the sentiments of the people of Massachusetts as expressed in their legal enactments, remain unchanged; and, inasmuch as the legislation necessary to give effect to the clause of Constitution relating to this subject, is within the ex elusive jurisdiction of Congress, we hold it to be the duty of that body to pass such laws only, in regard thereto, as will be sustained by the public sentiments ofthe free States, where such laws are to be en forced, and which shall especially secure to all persons, whose surrender may be claimed, as having escaped from labor and service in other States, the right of having the validity of such claim determined by a jury in the State where such claim is made. Resolved, That the people of Massachu setts in the maintainance of these, their well known and invincible principles ex pect that all their officers and Kepresenta tives will adhere to them at all times, on all occasions, and under all circumstances. Resolved, That his Excellency the Gov ernor be requested to transmit a copy of tlieso Resolutions to each of tho Senators and Represtatives of Massachusetts in the Congress ofthe United States. Upon these Resolutions Massachusetts plants herself. Site asks for nothing but justice, not for which she has not a cleat constitutional right. The sentiments of the resolutions are deeply graven in the hearts of our people who venerate the Constitution, and whose love for the Union and the independence of these States, is as strong and pure now as it was on the birth day of tho Republic. O’ Ono tho greatest advantages of n news paper in a family ofchildren isennstnnt stimulus which the fad and statements it contains, gives to the aeqiiisition of historical, scientific, and geographical, knowledge. Who, then, is a fa ther will he so penurious, not to say unnatural as to refuse the tender objects of his affections and responsibility, such an important aid to their advancement ? Correspondence of the Charleston Courier. Washington May 3. Mr. Clay is in fine spirits and there can not he a doubt that be has succeeded in uniting the Committee of Thirteen, or a large majority of them, in favor of his plan of compromise. Only three of the Committee were absent at the meeting held a week ago—Messrs. Berrien, Ma son and Dickinson, and it is believed that each of them would co-operate in the plan now agreed upon. It is supposed that, on the 7th of May, the Cammittee will re port, and that, by the first of June, the Senate will pass at least a portion of the bill. The first bill will be the bill to ad mit California , to establish tiie territorial governments of Utah and Deseret; and to leduce and fix the boundaries of Texas, upon proper compensation. The other bills will require but little time, viz: the fugitive slave bill, and the bill prevent ing the introduction of slaves into this District for sale. As to the House, they will contend for a month, over the first bill and very prob ably send it back to the Senate with a mendments, and then, after a conference, make a merit of necessity, and yeiid to the Senate. The position of the administration,in re gard to this subject has of late, been the subject of much comment. The Admin istration plan, or as Mr. Calhoun called it, “the Executive proviso,” was offered in the California message of the 21st Janu ary ; at that time, the Wihnot Proviso had not been given, up by the North, and it was a question whetherthe Northern mem bers would relinquish it. The President’s plan was, therefore, a compromise, and in tended to evade the Wi mot proviso.— The progress of opinion in Congress and among the people has been such as to ret: der practicible an entire adjustment of the questions ; to which, of course, the ad ministration will readily consent. The Senate has passed a bill to increase the rank and file of the Army, arid encourage enlistments. They have al.s.i passed the Joint Resolutions fr m the House, to put on government footing of disciplinee, See., the expedition tube sent by Mr. Grinnel. of New York, to the Arc tic seas, in search of Sir Jchn Frenklin A number of officers and seamen of the U. S. Na.\y have volunteered for this haz ardous enterptise. There issome ground yet for hope that the lost navigators may be found and relieved. The qauntities of ice floating down from the Arctic seas in dicate a milder season and more open naviga'ion. The veteran Sir James Ross does not consider the search hopeless. The new U. S. steamer Saranac, of sis teen hundred tons, is put under command of Capt. Tatnall, arid is about to sail for the China seas, touching at California. An increased force is to ho kept in those seas, for the protection of our commerce and relief of our ship-wrecked seamen. The Seriate completed its weekly lab a yesterday, and adjourned over to Monday, the Sth, by which time we expect the’ absent Sentors to their seats. The Coin promise Committee have now, by a vote of eight members out of the number pro sent, settled every question of difficulty; and upon a full meeting the vote will be taken upon the boundary to be proposed by T exas, and the compensation thereof— it is probable alsotbata declaratory pron osition will be reported by the Committee, to the effect that the stipulations with ’lexas, in the annexation artie'es, shall be respected ; but, as Mr.Webster said in his speech, no resolutions can render those stipulations more binding. Mr. Webster’s Boston speech is much commended here, and it is certainly one of his most excellent efforts. The words, “I take no step backwards,” will long he reimembesed and cited as the Webster motto. The Committee of the Senate, upon the fracas between Messrr. Benton and Foote held a meeting this morning, and com menced the examination of witnesses.— It was determined to summon William C. Jones, Esq., the son-in-law of Mr. Benton, and who had left the city for Nevv-York, whence ho was to sail to California. The Committee will probably report a full statement ofthe difficulty. The Galphin Committee are still pur suing their investigations. Mr. Reverdy Johnson and Mr. Meredith have testified that, while acting on the claim, they did not know that Mr. Crawford was interest ed in it in any way. it is officially stated that a correspon dence has been held with the British gov ernment, on the subject of the free navi gation ofthe St. Lawrence, and that British government is willing to concede it, and also of the Canal to to the United States, as soon as the Canada Reciprocity Bill shall pass. That Bill will pass Congress, and in terms cot responding with the acts ofthe Canadian Legislature, which has al ready passed. The Coinage Bill, which passed during the last week, remedies the defects of the present system, by authorizing the direc tors oftlie mint to pay out specie for gold dust and bars deposited. Heretofore, de positors have had to wait six'y days for their money. The Army and Navy appropriation bills, for the next fiscal year, have been repor ted in the House. For the Army six mil lions arc asked, and for the Navy sixteeen millions. Mr. Seward has declared, recently, that he and his friends, the opponents of Mr. Clay’s compromise, will beat the breath out of its body in the Senate, and leave it to the South to give it the coup de grace. Mr. Seward must invoke the “high er now,” for he has shown no strength in his own arm. MACON, G A • »A'I'URI)AY AFTERNOON, MAY 717~ o=“Southbon” came too late for this impres sion, but shall have a place in the next. [EJ’We are indebted to the Hon. J.\V Jackson for a copy of the able speech of Mr. Hunter of of Va., delivered in the Senate on the 25th of March last, on the consideration of the Message of the President transmitting the Constitution of California. (EJ’Tlie Columbus Times has appeared Tri- Weekly, and the Southern Sentinel is to be pub lished daily as soon as sufficient patronage is obtained. Doth of these papers are very able defenders of the rights of the South, and we heartily wish them abundant success. If they are not liberally sustained it will not be because they do not deserve to be. EpMr. Cobh, of Ala., will introduce abill in Congress next month to allow land warrants to issue to all the soldiers of the wars who have no ( heretofore been provided with bounties.—We see by the bill that its provisions extend onlj to those who served six months, and upwards— whilst those who enlisted for three months and served out the time honorably, (as was the case in the Seminole war in 1835-'6,) get nothing. Now this is un ust. We do not say that those who served three months should get as much as those who served twelve— but wo do say that every one who served out the time of his enlist ment honorably, should have at least eighty acres of land as a bounty—and we doubt not our Re. presentatives will see that they are allowed it. Religious. —The Annual Convention of the Baptists of the State of Georgia, will assemble at Marietta on Friday next. The Floridian & Journal of the 4th inst. states that at a protracted meeting just closed, an addi tion offorty-five persons had been made to the Methodist Church at Tallahassee, and some fifty conversions had taken place. ’1 lie Rev. D. Cairns, late Rec # oroftlie Episco pal Church at Columbus, Ga., died in that city a few days since. [fix’A trip through the Tunnel was to have been made on the cars on Thursday last. [Jj’Corn is selling at Chattanooga at GO cents per bushel, and very little in market. DTJ’ We learn from the Charleston Courier that Mr. Clay made a Report from the Committee of Thirteen of the Senate, on the Compromise question # on the Bth instant. There was much opposition on the part of Southern members to the boundaries claimed by the State of California. The result of the Compromise is doubtful. Accidents —Two brick walls fell in New York last week, u h'cli killed fifteen laborers and injured several others. The steamers Dispatch and Commerce came in collision, upon Lake Erie, on Monday last. The latter sunk. By this accident there were twenty-four British privates, one officer, and eleven passengers drowned. The steamer Anthony Wayne hurst her boiler opposite Vermillion, Erie county, Renn., on the 28th ult , and about ft rty lives were lost. The suspension bridge at Angers,on the Basse .Maine in France, gave way recently, and one hundred and fifty soldiers were drowned. Latest from Europe. —The Niagara has ar rived Iningino- Liverpool dates to the 27th ult., showing another advance of Jd. on the middling ami fail-qualities of Upland Cotton. The Com mittee’s quotations are as follows: fair Orleans 7£d.; fair Upland and Mobile 7d.; middling qualities GJ, Gs.6lj to 6J. Sea Islands 9£ to 16. The weeks sales amount to 57,000 b’s, of which speculators took 15,000, and the trade also bought largely. Browk & Shipley’s circular agrees with the above, and st ites that the mavket pre sents a very favorable aspect. It says that high prices for Cotton arc now anticipated. The pre sent advance lias been mostly on Upland Tlio total stock at Liverpool atnonts to 549,000 bales, of which 359,000 are American. The advices from the manufacturing district! continue promising. Among the items of foreign inteliigsß £e brought by the Canada, the most interesting are commercially, the advance in cotton,and politic ally, the return of the Pope to Rome, and the shameful surrender of the Hungarian Heroes They have, all, including the noble Kossuth, been sentenced to death. The Niagara's news has had no effect on the Northern markets )et. Another Invention.—The New Or!ean» Crescent states that Dr J. 11. Johnson, of that city, has recently invented a ‘Fire-proofßope, for steamboat tillers and marine steamers ; and in fact for all purposes, where the action of f> re would prove an active power in destroying the agents of machinery. So far at least, as the usc fulness of hemp, manilla, or other fibrous sub stances arc concerned. Arrangements will he made to introduce the manufactured article into general use, not only for our steamers and sal vessels, but for the U. S Marine. This discovery is not the effect of accident, hut like Davy’s lamp, is the result of a series of ct periments conducted on the most scientific p rln ciplcs, and wc hope tho inventor may reapurif reward for this outlay of industry and knowledg® The Weather —For a week past, fires h»' e been quito comfortable, and the totnp er ' l * a resembling rather that of fall than spring must check the growth ofthe crops m»t er ' a J if continued much longer. Tlio wheat cr however, uro quito promising throughout country. Cotton Manufactures.— lion. Nathan • f pleton, in a letter to the Secretory of the sury, relative on the cotton manufacturing cats in the United States, estimates the * n product of all tlio miills at 250,00 b and the the consumption o f cotton at hales-100,000 bales of which are con^ ate , South of the Potomac and in the ' Vc9,B "’‘ The value of this amount of cotton, * * ufacturcd, ho estimates at ,SG7,->QO, • i