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LOCAL A FLAIRS, American Parly Nominations. According lo previous appointment, the de’egateg of the American party of the diderent beats of this county, assem bled in convention in this city, Saturday, the 3d inst. The following nominations were made : For the Senate, Col. Hines Holt; for tho House, N. L. Howard and It. L. Mott. Omission. In our notice a day or two re gard to our warehouse room, we omitted to mention the fact that tlje Fontaine warehouse was being rebuilt, upon apian which would make it much safer for the storage of cotton than heretofore. It will be ready to receive cotton in a very short lime. Alarm Uc-11. Mr. William Smith, 81 Broad street, authorizes us to say that if ten dollars constitutes anything towards raising an alarm bell, he is ready and willing to be called on for that amount. How many more of Hie same sort are there? Let the ball roll ; we have no doubt that the necessary amount could easily be rais ed by our public spirited citizens. ♦— Tike Rlgazlne Robbery Excitement. A thousand and one” conflicting re- \ ports are in circulation concerning the robbery of the Powder Magazine. These reports have, naturally, excited the fears of many of the fairer portion of the deni zens of the city, and for their special 1 benefit we would say that these rumors are altogether manufactured—by many who are fond of exciting the timid, and 1 by others who rely too much ou hearsay. There is no occasion, whatever, to in- | dulge apprehensions of danger or mis chief, and we hope that henceforth they will banish their fears as There is no real foundation for them. We understand that a company of fif teen young gentlemen, of the city, have volunteered their services us a special police, so long as circumstances may seem to require them. They have consented to be governed by the regular police discip line, and the Mayor has accepted their proposition. With this addition to the police force, and the falsity of the differ- ‘ ent reports In circulation, the fairer por tion of our population may enjoy their slumbers in perfect security. Unring Rubbery. i , We learn that betweeu 8 and 9 o’clock | 1 on Wednesday evening, some person en- i tcred the room of a gentleman boarding | with Mrs. White, adjoining OJd Fellows’ ! 1 Hall, and decamped with a trunk of clothes and about forty dollars in money. A negro man was seen with a trunk, go ing down Oglethorpe street, about the same time. The police are on tho look 1 out for the rogue, and we trust may over haul him. We sincerely trust this chap ‘ may be arrested and brought to justice. Enlarging. I W'e are pleased to observe a large and 1 efficient force of hands employed in en larging the Planters Ware House, owned by Messrs. Dillard, Powell & Cos. They recently purchased the large lot kuown as the Harrow property, and are erecting thereon a large addition to their already capacious house. It will be as the other, a fire proof building, and afford storage room under cover for a large number of I cotton bales. In addition to this, Messrs. Greenwood & Gray are constructing a large fire proof ware house near the general rail road depot, and will be able to house safely a largo quantity of cotton. With these additions to the already spacious buildings of the Planters, Greenwood & Gray’s, and the Lowell, by Hughes, Dan iel & Cos., planters need entertain no fears in sending their cotton to this mar- j ket. W'e are assured by these gentle- I men that all cotton will be properly under j cover and freed from damage by fire or j otherwise. Where liaa lhat Powder Clone f It has become a subject of much specu lation in tho minds of many of our citi zen-, as to the whereabouts of the powder recently stolen from the Magazine. It was believed by some that it had gone into a distant part of the State, south of us. This looks reasonable. But if we consider the bulkiness of 77 quarter kegs, we see that a very large wagon body j would be required to hide it in securely; | and it it hardly possible it could travel a i very long distance before some person's ; attention would bo attracted to it, consid- . ering that it is a very unusual article to ; transport over the country by wagons, in such quantity and loose. But, why should a rogue select quarter kegs, when he j could have done better business by taking : wholes, and better have concealed it? It may be very possible that it has not de- j parted from the limits of our city ; at i least such is our opinion, and we would advise every citizen to rub up tho old fire locks about their premises. There may j be no danger brewing, still “prudence is j the better part of valor.” Operations Commenced. We observe that hands arc at work ex cavating for the foundation of the new market and City Ilall, in Oglethorpe street, east of the court house square. It is too late now for us to urge a success ful objection to this building. When the market ordinances promised to bo en forced, we did see a propriety in enlarg ing and fitting the old one, but no earthly use for expending ten thousand dollars to accomplish what one thousand would have done. But it is too late, and we do not arrogate to ourselves the feeling that we could have changed the course of the council if we had objected. But this we do say, that the council will find, wh.-n past remedy, that they have made another mistake. The building, we are informed, is to be fitted up in good style, and af ford comfortable accommodations for all who desire to do their trade therein, while in the second story there will be a large and spacious hall, sufficiently large to seat from GOO to SOO persons comforta bly. As the thing is settled and deter mined on, we are glad they are going to have it done decently, aud trust they will lend a listening ear to our appeal for a sewer at the junction of Broad and Crawford streets, and also do something for the ugly place near Mr. Kivlin’s resi dence. At present it is a standing dis grace to the city. Fire Alarm. About dark Thursday the alarm of fire was given. It was fouud iu the cellar of the -Lore occupied by Messrs. Jefferson & Hamilton, as a Furniture Ware Room, ou Broad street. Upon opening the cel lar doors to admit the hose from No. 5, a dense volume of smoke issued out, but notwithstanding this the gallant firemen pressed their way through to search for the fire, which was iu the back part of the cellar, among a quantity of buckets, tubs, &c., and was soon extinguished. We have not laarned the extent of the damage, but suppose a few hundred dol lars would cover tbe loss. A Fine Gun. We visited the establishment of Mr. J. P. Murray Tuesday evening, for the pur pose of inspecting a gun of his own man ufacture. It is a double-barrelled shot gun, which can be used for any kind of shooting, and was made expressly for Dr. W. J. Jordan. The barrels are manufac tured of fine laminated steel, and the stock of English walnut. The latter, judging from this specimen, is capable of the highest polish. The locks are admi rable, and the whole is executed in a style of superior workmanship. The or namental and other engraving was execu ted in elegant style, by Mr. Ingmire, a Jeweller of this city. —,— Mr. Thomas Morris, an old citizen of Columbus, and a minister of the Gospel, died a few days since, out West.— Times. •Mineral* of Alnltama. The Talladega Watchman lias published an interesting article on the above sub ject. The rapidly developing Il iil Road ; system of Alabama is revealing the fact that untold mineral wealth lies embed ded in the northern portion of that State. : Sinco completion of the Ala and I etm. Rad Road to Montevallo, two com panies have been pursuing the coal busi ness in a moat scientific manner. Last year 5,829 tons were transported over the road As the coalmines of Pennsylvania yield over $30,000,000 per annum, some faint idea may be formed of the future of that portion of Alabama. ef beautiful marble have been for many years known to exist in Talla dega and adjacent counties. The pioneer in the business in that region, was Mr. George Heard, now deceased. He lead- j ing the van. induced others, as Prof. Lieber says, to follow. The marble ex tracted from these quarries has been used hitherto, for tombstones and monuments, but, when enterprise and capital shall engage extensively in developing the inexhaustible quantities of this useful material, it will become cheaper in price, and rendered available for the purposes of architecture, as in Tennessee and other States. Aurora Borealis Again. This singular phenomenon re-appeared j. ou Thursday night, but with a brilliancy aud magnificence seldom witnessed in this latitude. It was more generally diffused than on Sunday night, and its rapidly shifting and varied corruscations, were well calculated to excite mingled emotions ; of awe and admiration. It first appeared ; alittleafter 11 o’clock, and continued until eclipsed by the light of approaching dawn. So great was the’ brilliancy of its mani festations Sunday night, in Philadelphia, that several vigilant Fire Companies mis took it for a conflagration, and turned : out. In another place will be found descrip- ; tions furnished by two friends, at differ- ; ent stand-points Thursday night. The Celestial Phenomenon Again. Eds. Sun: The singular phenomenon noticed in your paper the 30th ult., and which we witnessed together, was seen again this morning ou a grand scale. At one o'clock I was aroused by a servant, and looking out, the Heavens were arched ; by a fiery belt extending from North West to South East. This belt was occa sionally fringed, not with a “dark cloud,” but with a lambent silvery light that presented a most remarkable and beautiful appearance. The redness va- ‘ ried in intensity, but though it was cloudy, and tho stars shone dimly, the light was sufficient at all times to make | ‘ white folks as well as “niggers” believe i that it was “ broad day.” I watched this interesting phenomenon for an hour, , during which time the fiery arch grad- j ually extended northward, and remains of it were still seen about daylight. In ex- ! planation, leaving out of consideration all signs and portents dire, lam disposed ‘ to think that the phenomenon is an elec trical one, something like the Aurora Bo realis. This, I think, is confirmed by ‘ the lambent streaks, and is certainly more satisfactory than the refractory theory, when we take into consideration the fact that the sun was so far below the horizon. J. S. W. Sept. 2, 1859. ‘ For tho Daily Sun. Messrs. Editors —During Thursday night i there was a re-appearance of the pheno- i menon, which was seen in our sky on i last Sabbath night. At what hour it be- < came visible is not known, but attentiou 1 was directed to it at 2:30 a. m.; after j which time it was distinctly seen until after dawn. The sky was entirely free i from clouds during the whole of this in terval. The light, which was a deep and brilliant pink, was ditFused over the , : whole expanse of the heavens, reaching ! from the zenith quite to the horizon in all ! directions. The brightest points were in ’ the extreme East and West, the latter be- j ing the more brilliant of the two. Be tween these points the light constantly ‘ varied in intensity, sometimes almost fad- j ing away, and then gradually increasing, until the stars were dimmed, and a pink 1 hue imparted to the ground, houses and other objects. ! At times patches of white light, which were emitted from the brilliant points in the East and West, moved like fleecy j 1 clouds or volumes of white smoke, across ! 1 the sky. At one time a crown of these patches was formed a little to the South of tho zenith, from which streams of pale white light radiated towards the East, I North and West. This phenomenon as exhibited Thurs day night, was exceedingly beautiful, and ; as there is every probability of its re ap- j pearance, it would be well for our citizens j to be on the watch. Its increase in bril liancy and extent has been very rapid since its first appearance four days ago. The determination of its course will be a i matter of much interest. * * * +- Wheat aiul other Crops of Virginia. The Richmond Morning News gives I very discouraging accounts of the pros- j ; pect of the wheat and tobacco crops of ! | Virginia. It says: The corn ergp is admitted everywhere ! to be the most unpromising that we have ! had for years, not only in this State, but ! in all of the Western corn growing States. This fact will have an irnpor- : taut bearing upon the price of wheat, j We have endeavored faithfully to keep our readers posted upou this subject, : i and if our farmers continue to send their wheat to market at the reduced prices that it is now Ui iugiDg, aud the future ! should prove more favorable, we hope : that the justice will be accorded - to us of I having truthfully warned our agrieultu : ral friends of the “better time coming.” A Clvaiu of Cities. The chain of cities extending along our , Atlantic seaboard, it is expected, will show a great increase in the census. In 1850 it was: Bangor, 15,000; Portland, 20,000; Portsmouth, N. 11., 10,000; Boston, 131,- 000 ; Providence 42,000 ; New Haven 20,- 000; Brooklyn 128,000; New York 515,- 000; Newark 38,000: Philadelphia 409,- ] 0U0; Wilmington, Del., 14,000; Balti more 169,000; Washington 50,000 : Alex andria 8,800; Richmond 27,570; Peters burg 14,010; Norfolk 20,700; Wilmiug ten, N. C., 8,000; Charleston 43,000; Savannah 16,000; Mobile 20,000, New Orleans 150,000; Galveston 4,200. Kail Roatl Speed. The following is said to be a correct calculation of the speed in a given time on the rail roads of different countries: England —Main speed, 35; express, 60; maximum, 82. Germany —Main speed, 36 : express, 60 ; maximum, 76. United States— Main speed, 40; ex- ■ press 86 ; maximum, 100. France— Main speed, 40 ; express, 72 ; j maximum, 86. The U. S. railways run the fastest trains in the world. A Bridge Cracking. On the Cincinnati and Dayton Rail Road, the other day, a lady and gentle man were seated together, and facing them on the opposite seat sat two gentle men, editors of two German papers;— W hen near Dayton, the train passed through a long, dark bridge. # Amid the thundering and rattling of the cars, a very suspicious*concussion was heard by those nearest the lady and gentleman al luded to. As they emerged into the day light, one of the German editors slowly drew his spectacles down over his nose, and exclaimed, “Veil, I tink dat ish a tan bad bridge. I hear him crack one, two, three, four limes !” Henry Winter Davis, of Baltimore, has been nominated by the Opposition party of that city for re-election to Congress. From Uie Walhalla Banner. The Ring Fight at Tamoiia, A TRADITION. L will describe the locality and after wards (lie conflict. The Chattooga Ridge is the first formation of mountains in the western portion of Pickens District. Oco nee Station is immediately at the base of this ridge; troops-were stationed there previous to, and immediately after the Revolutionary war, for the protection of th*e western portion of South Carolina. A portion of those troops made the fight. Tamossa mountain and valley are at the base of the same ridge, three miles north of the station. The beauty, fertility and ; extent of this valley would require the pen of a Washington Irving to describe. Its various attractions induced Gen. Pickens to make it his home; and he I there ended a long, eventful and useful life, in the service of bis country and 1 South Carolina. Asa Christian, a civilian and soldier, he stood second to no man. What a pleasant contrast!—the shrill whistle of the engine is now heard in the valley, where once tho terrific yell of the Indian savage saluted the ear of Pickens I and his men. I once owned this valley, and was often importuned for information respecting this Ring Fight. Mr. Pendleton, from Charleston, who was about to publish a monthly journal, sought an introduction to me, asking the points and details of the fight. I in formed him that I had had many des criptions concerning it, but they being uncertain and contradictory, I could not give him any. He requested if I should acquire any reliable facts, I should give them to him. Time rolled au apace, and I had forgotten Mr. P. and the Ring Fight. I met with Mrs. S. I had the pleasure of her acquaintance in Pendle ton village, where she spent the larger portion of a long life, and left a name that her posterity will ever be proud to wear. She possessed fine conversational powers, and great accuracy of description. I knew that she and her husband had been tho intimate friends of Gen. Pickens and his family. I approached her by saying that I had often- been solicited for facts relative to that fight. She informed me that her self and husband had spent a week with j General Pickens at Tamossa, in the latter days of his life. She described bis per son, his features and his habits. “He was taciturn, but communicative to his personal friends.” During that week, Mr. S. and myself were sitting in the | western piazza of his house. Mr. S. in cidentally remarked about the RiDg Fight. The General arose to his feet, and point- j ing to a little ravine about three hundred yards from his house, and that runs east into Little River, remarked: “ There is the spot, and in all the engagements that I had during the Revolutionary struggle, for the number of men, and time we were fighting, none were more hazardous or critical. I was out looking at the valley, and to ascertain the mountain passes, with a detachment of men. Very sud denly the Indians showed themselves from an immense cane-brake. My know ledge of Indian character convinced me 1 that they were determined to fight, and that they had surrounded us. I informed my men that we would have to act with coolness and circumspection; that we i had but little ammunition, and that no man should fire until he came within ! point blank shot. They made the onset. | Our fire was so destructive they recoiled; j after a few minutes of manoeuvring, they | made the second attack; our fire was j more destructive than the first; they I manoeuvred for a few seconds aud again ! recoiled. Several of my men understood j ‘the Indian dialect well; they heard the ; word of command from different points, that the attack should be renewed with tho tomahawks. While they were mak ing arrangements for the onslaught, the ; troops at Oconee Station heard the firing, j and troopers coming up in the rear, with j considerable noise, the Indians fled, and by good luck, we were out of the Ring I Fight.” Mr, (James A. Doyle, a number of years afterwards, in having timber felled on j that branch, found quantities of bullets ! in the timber, and identified the place, as previously indicated by Mrs. S. I have simply discharged a duty that I thought incumbent upon me, and that Pickens District is entitled to. If General Pickens was a judge of a battle field and a fight, how much ahead of the Ring Fight is that of Musgrove’s Mills, and why should we not celebrate it? I am respectfully, J. OVERTON LEWIS. |Fiom Washington The African Squadron. Washington, Aug. 29. —As several re spectable journals have denied the truth of the statement of the Washington re porter of the Associated Press, that he Vincennes aud the Marion are included in the African Squadron, “as arranged by the Secretary of the Navy,” it may be proper to say that Flag Officer Inman, who succeeds Capt. Donover, was lately so informed by the Navy Department, where the names of these two vessels ap pear in the same list with the others which have recently been designated for that service. The Vincennes has been out twenty-two months and the Marion six teen—not twenty-three and twenty-one, as some of tho newspapers have errone ously stated. The Secretary of the Navy has issued the following “general order,” namely : “No order will be given to medical offi cers of the Navy to render professional aid to any person who is not attached to the naval service, or on board a ship of war. The Department will confide in their humanity to any appeal for their assistance, whenever the requisite aid cannot be obtained elsewhere. An excep tion may be made in favor of vessels in distress, when, if necessary to secure the requisite medical aid, the authority of the commander may be interposed. Secretary Thompsou lias returned to Washington, All the members of the Cabinet are now here, with the exception of Secretary Floyd. lowa Crops—Prospects for the Fu ture. Accounts from all portions of the State assure us that there has never before been such an abundant wheat harvest gathered in from tbe rich fields of lowa, as has been reaped the present season. This is cheering intelligence, and this heavy crop will do much toward the return of good times among us. The reports from the corn crop are also of the most favorable description. In the Southern counties it is said that cereal is already so far ma tured that it is even now beyond the dan ger of injury from frost. In the central and Northern counties, however, it is not so far advanced, and in the latter it will scarcely be out of danger for a month to come. But the reports from every quar ter give the same glowing accounts of a most magnificent crop in prospect. — Du buque Herald. Singular Religious Movement in Ireland. The latest arrivals from Europe bring accounts of one of the most remarkable re ligious excitements the world has ever known, lu five of the northern counties . of Ireland, the stronghold of the Pro -1 testants, and where Presbyterianism is the prevalent ecclesiastical element among the dissidents from the Catholic ; church, there lias broken out a strong, but, as it would seem, not enthusiastic or fanatical excitement among the people which evinces itself in the usual way of religious revivals, in large gatherings, in protracted meetings, for prayer and preaching. Belfast, Colerain and Lon donderry from the centre of the move ment, and the small towns and villages for miles around, are under its power. The Canton (Miss.) American Citizen, says: The weather hasagain become very dry. and here in town the dust is disagreeable to the last degree. In regard to the crops—the corn crop is made, the fodder pulled and stacked, and there is an abun dance. All eyes are now tarned to the cotton. In some parts of the country, there has been too much rain, and the rot and the worm are damaging the pros pects of the planters; while in other parts the drought has cut the crop short. Arrival of (lie Steamship Africa. New York, Sept. I.—The steamship Africa arrived otf Sandy Hook, at noon, tc-day. Her mails will leave for the South on tlie evening train. The com mercial intelligence by this arrival is an ticipated. The Africa brings intelligence from Liverpool to the 20th of August. It was rumored in Paris that Marshals Canrobert and Neill had fought a duel, and that the latter was killed. The loss by the late fire in Liverpool in cotton aud grain, was thirty thousand pounds sterling, which was mostly cov ered by insurance. The builders’strike in London continued. Napoleon has ordered two steamers to Algeria and Guiana, to bring home the political exiles recently pardoned by the Emperor’s general amnesty. The projected fortifications at Ant werp were exciting some uneasiness in Paris. The municipality of Tarma had issued a proclamation, expressing the unani mous desire for Parini as Dictator. The population evinced great enthusiasm. The G .vernment had purchased four thousand rifles, and invited into its ser vice the disbanded corps of riflemen of the Alps. It was reported from Vienna that the Emperor of Austria was becoming impa tient at the delay in restoring the grand Dukes; also, that the Austrian corps d'armee was to be concentrated near Ro vico, on the road to Modena. A decree has been issued at Bologna, declaring all the citizens of the Romagna, without distinction of religion, equal in law, and in the exercise of their political rights. Burning of the Steamer Messenger. New Orleans, Sept. I.—,The steamer Messenger, bound from this porttoMem phis, was discovered to be on fire. She was ran ashore, and scuttled near Bayou | Sara. Her passengers and cotton were saved. Another Eire. New Orleans, Sept. I.— There were I five stores burned this afternoon on Tchoupitoulas street, The stores were ) filled with whisky, produce, &c. Loss I small. House of John Eraser &, Cos. It appears from the following card in the Charleston Mercury, of the Ist inst., I that the old Carolina firm of John Fraser & Cos., have resumed business. The Mer cury says the singular embarrassment in I which they were recently involved at New l'crk, drew forth a general feeling of sympathy, and a (Jesire to sustain them to the utmost extent showed that the sus pension was not a necessity: Charleston, Ist September, 1859. Dear Sir: We are pleased to be able to announce, that the difficulties in which the branch of our house in New York lately became involved, having been overcome, our business will, hencefor ward, be continued as before. Yours respectfully. JOHN FRASER & CO. John Fraser & Cos., Charleston. Fraser, Trenholm & Cos., Liverpool. Treniiolm, Bros. & Cos., New York. Methodist Statistics. The Richmond Advocate gives the fol lowing statistics of Methodism in the ! United States: “M. E. Church, North, nine hundred and fifty-three thousand four hundred and seventy-two members; M. E. Church, South, six hundred and neinety-nine thousand one hundred and seventy five; Canada Conference, forty-two thousand and eighty-six; East British American Conference, thirteen thousand flvo hun dred and fifty-five; Methodist E. Church in Canada, thirteen thousand three hun dred and fifty-two; Methodist Protestant Church, seventy thousand and eighteen ; Wesleyan Methodist Connection, twenty thousand ; African Methodist E Church, twenty-nine thousand; African M. E. Zi on Church, -six thousand two hundred and three; Evangelical Association, or Albright Methodists, twenty-one thou sand and seventy-six, Total, one mil- j lion eight hundred and sixty-seven thou sand nine hundred and thirty-seven.” ♦ Charles Hackay oil Niagara. Charles Mackay has written a book on America. Here is what he says of Niag- j ara Falls: For many days I lingered in the per ilous of Niagara. I often walked from the suspension Bridge along the Cana dian shore, getting at every turn anew glimpse of loveliness; and on other occa sions have sat for hours on Prospect Tower, with no companions but a favor ite book and the eternal music of the falls. In storm, in sunshine, in moonlight, and in mist—in all weathers and all hours—l have feasted on the beauty and tranquili ty of the scene; for, as soon as the ear becomes accustomed to the roar of the waters, they descend with a lulling and soothing sound. And when I was com pelled to take my farewell look, and travel to new regions, I repeated to myself, neither for the first nor the last time, “I have lived, and loved, and seen Niagara.” Crops in Louisiana. The Caddo Gazette, published at Shreveport, La., says: The rains have been more general east ; of Shreveport, and the crops on tho hills are very good. West of this place the | drouth lias been very severe in many lo | calities, and tbe cotton crop is indiffer ent. The crops on Red River above this place are inferior to those of last year. From Shreveport to Loggy Bayou they ! are good, witji few exceptions. The plan j ters are engaged in picking, and the cot ton is opening rapidly. ■ ♦ Tlie Business of Cliavleston. With the opening of autumn, we no tice an early commencement of fall trade, for which our leading jobbers f.re fully | prepared. Perhaps no previous season ; has found so large, fresh importations I ready for the examination qf merchants from the interior on the first of Septem j ber. The arrival of purchasers have al ready commenced, and the numerous bales and boxes ready for transportation every morning upon the sidewalks attest the briskness of the opening trade. Nor is this confined to a single street. Meet ing, llayne aud East Bay are equally busy and prosperous, while the throng upon King street during business hours shows that the retail trade is sharing in the revival. The early period of its commencement is the theme elsewhere. Charleston is obtaining, this season, the enviable position which her location, and the high character of her business men, entitle her to. Charleston Mercury, Ist. Labels not tbe Subject of Copyright. The Commissioner of Patents has, iu a : circular just issued, decided, when the production is one of art to which a label is attached it properly comes within the provisions of the copyright law, if bav j ing a value in itself, and entered for sale as such, but when it is designed to be j affixed in the manner of a label to a man ufactured article, it then plainly falls ; under the act rel ting to patents for de signs, and consequently cannot be pro tected by copyright. ♦- Accident to our Editor. Yesterday evening Mr. Fulton. Editor of tbe Journal, got the two middle fingers of his right hand badly mutilated, by ac cidently placing his hand in a dangerous position about the Engine, which drives our Presses. We hope he will not be prevented from attending to bis editorial duties but for a few days. During which time our readers will please make proper allowance for any want of editorial mat ter. The Associate will, in the mean time, do the best he can under the cir : cumstanceV— Wilmington Journal. The Boston Transcript learns that the project of a burial lot for printers, which has just been initiated by the Franklin Typographical Socity and the Boston Printers’ Union, tpeets with great favor among tbe publishing and printing houses ; of that city, and that many of them have evinced their hearty approval of the movement, by placing liberal eontribu i tions for the establishment of the lot in I the hands of the Joint Committee of the two Societies having the subject in charge. ('life Sugar Crop. The Franklin (La.) Banner says: Predictions are already going forth in relation to the sugar crop of tlie present year. In a late number of the Crescent, thc’Uhangc writer for that paper estimates the crop at 440,000 hogsheads, provided the season should prove favorable from this time forward. Upon what the writer bases these pro ductions we are unable to say. Certain ly his conclusions are not drawn from the present condition of the cine crop throughout the sugar parishes. St. Mary will certainly fall a long wa} - short of her last year’s crop. And so will the” other parishes generally. We have trav eled over many of these parishes in the last two months, and tbe general com plaint has been that the caue is a month later than usual, anti that anything like a full crop is impossible, unless the cane should happen to be uncommonly sweet, which does not often occur. If one will travel from St. Martinsville to Algiers, a distance of about one hun dred aud forty miles, he will find the cane almost uniformly poor on the entire route. If he will then take a trip up the Missis sippi he will hear geueral complaints of late cane and poor crops. Some, indeed, Lave good crops, and a few of the par ishes will make a3 much sugar as they did last year. But even in the parishes that were overflooded last year, the dif ference between the last and the coming crop will be smaller ti an most persons might suppose. Last year they made more sugar in those overflooded parishes than it was supposed they would make, ‘he land that was not overtlooded produ cing abundantly ; and this year the over flooded lands of last year are doing but little, nor is tbe other land between the Lafourche and the Mississippi. Besides, tbe Ewing crevasse, the Lobdell crevasse, of West Baton Rouge, etc., have destroyed considerable cane this season, and many of the crops along the coast have suffered extensively by seapage. The cane throughout the sugar regions was planted in bad order last spriug7 and the continued rains, which extended from November to April or May, and conside rable bad seed, prevented planters from putting as much seed in tbe ground as they expected tg. The crops cultivated badly on account of the continued and heavy rains, tbe cano has generally been a month later than usual in former years, and how, with these facts before us, any one can predict 4-10,000 hhds. of sugar for the growing crop, we are unable to say Unless the cano proves uncom monly sweet, and this we cannot know any thing about at present, we believe that there will not be 300,000 hhds. of sugar made in the State this year. Nor have we heard any intelligent planter predict more than that amount. Still, the best of these predictions, so early as this, are mere random guess-work which should have but little weight with the public. Governor Troup. Eds. Sun: I am no politician, but have a vivid recollection of Governor Troup’s war message of 1825, and think you are not exactly accurate in some of your re marks touching the same, in your paper of Thursday morning. The gist of King’s resolution was to appropriate a portion of the proceeds of the Public Domain, to colonise in Africa, such persons of color as the Slave holding Slates might see proper to emancipate. He offered the resolution and moved to lay it upon the table for the consideration cf the members of the Senate during the j approaching recess. My recollection is, that he did'not live so call it up. His ‘ proposition was to take the funds belong- | ingtotke Free States, as well as the Slave States, to carry off that portion of our black population which we would be glad to getrid of. I thought it was the reverse of offensive to the interest or feelings of the South. Following (in his message) the asser tion that a very offensive resolution had been offered in the United States Senate, touching the slavery question, (without giving a copy of the resolution, or its context) he, (Troup) states that certain very offensive sentiments had been expressed in the Court, by Attorney Gen eral Wirt, as be was informed by a cer tain distinguished gentleman, who, it afterwards appeared, was McPherson Berrien. Upon this, I thought inof fensive resolution of Rufus King, and what he said he was told by Berrien what a lawyer had said in the courtroom, he made the celebrated remark, “after having exhausted the argument, we will stand by our arms.” In a few days Ber rien, who was named as the person that had communicated to our fiery Governor, what lawyer Wirt had said to the Court, (and may be to the jury,) came out with a card, stating that Governor Troup had misunderstood him—that Wirt’s remarks were quite different from what Troup had stated, and he gave them as Wirt had ut tered them, and there appeared to be nothing in them calculated to excite the irate Governor. Troup found he had laid a bad egg and dropped the subject, and I dropped Troup. I never could endure him afterwards. He was a man of deci ded ability, and in opposition to Gov ernor Clark. I had supported him in my humble way, very zealously. Ilis War Message was predicated upon a misstate ment of what Rufus King (had done, and a misstatement of what Attorney Wirt had said. I think I am strictly accurate in my statement of facts, although I have not looked at a document in relation to the transaction for over thirty years. I was so intensely disgusted with what I viewed the reckless and unprincipled demagogue ism of the man, that it impressed itself upon my memory so deeply that nothing but death will obliterate it. If you will examine the newspaper files of that day, I doubt not you will say that “I have nothing extenuated, nor aught set down in malice.” God forbid that I should ; he is dead and gone, and peace be to his ashes. PHILO UNION. Mississippi Politics. The following is the platform of the Democracy of Mississippi, unanimously adopted in convention, July 5, 1859 : Resolved, That we reannounce, as the basis of party action, the platform of principles laid down by the Democratic party in the National Convention of 185 G, and hold that the doctrine of “non interference with the institution of sla very in the States, Territories or District of Columbia,” does not or was not intend ed to conflict with the assertion of the power of Congress to protect the property of the citizens of the several States, who may choose to settle in the Territories which are the common property of all the States. Resolved, That in the language of the Supreme Court of the United States “ the right of property in the slave is distinct ly expressed, and expressly affirmed by the constitution”—and “ the power over it conferred upon Congress is the power coupled with the duty of guarding and protecting the owners in their rights,” as thus declared. Resolved, That Mississippi will stand by her sister slave holuiug States in in sisting upon the enforcement, by all the departments of the Federal Government, of their constitutional rights as thus ex pounded by the Supreme Court of the United States. Resolved, That in the event of the elec tion of a Black “ Republican” candidate to the Presidency, by the suffrages of one portion of the union only, to rule over the whole United States, upon the avowed purposes of that organization, Mississippi will regard it as a declaration of hostility, and will hold herself in readiness lo co-operate with her sister States of the South in whatever measures they may deem necessary for the main tainance of their rights as coequal mem bers of the Confederacy. Resolved, That we feel it incumbent on the Democracy of Mississippi again to declare, that the acquisition of Cuba by the United States is a commercial and political necessity, and that we will hail with pleasure every proper measure that looks to its accomplishment; and further, we can never consent to its appropria tion by any foreign power. Merchants’ Shipping Receipts. Anew supply, just from the binder’s bauds neatly ruled and well bound, for sale at the SUN OFFICE. Aitßl VALi •F TIIE STEAMER A If V GO. Farther PorST, Sept 3.—The steam ship Arago, from Southampton, August 24th. was boarded off Cape Race to day by the yachts of the Associated Press. Liverpool Cotton Market. —Cotton was dull, aud the market generally unchanged. Sales fojr three days 17,000 bales. Some circulars say that there was a decline principally on inferior qualities. Prices were easier, but quotations unchanged. Liverpool General Market,”. —Dreadstulfs had a declining tendency. Provisions also were declining. State ol Trail\ Manchester advices were reported Unfavorable. Additional ly tlie Arago. Liverpool Cotton Market , Aug. 24.—The salts of Cotton for three past business days foot up 17,000 bales, of which spec ulators took 1,000 and exporters 1.400 bales. The market closed dull; some circulars say that inferior grades were easier but quotations unchanged. Mid dling Orleans 7d. ‘Middling Uplands G 13-10. Liverpool General Market. —Beef heavy, quotation barely maintained. Flour de clining, American 10s. Bd. to 12s. Wheat declined 2d. Corn firm, holders demand an advance; advanced Gd. Arrival of tlie JVortli Briton. * Farther Point, Sept. s—The steam ship North Briton has arrived, with Liv erpool dates to the afternoon of the 24th of August.* At Liverpool, on the 24th, the-cotton market was dull, with sales of 0,000 bales. Breadstuffs and provisions were very dull, and .sales unimportant. At London Consols were quoted at 954 to 95§. The news is generally unimportant. Nothing reliable from the Zurich Con ference. The assemblies at Modena and Tuscany have adopted resolutions abolishing dy nasties and annexing dukedoms to Pied mont. • “ Tlie Island San Juan. Washington, Sept. 4.—lt is understood here that our Government will make no compromise in regard to the Island of San Juan, believing it unequivocally the property of the United States. Humored Independence of Sonora. St. Louis, Sept. 4.—Advices from Ari zona have been received here, that state, that Sonora aud Chihuahua, are about to declare their independence, General Re quired at their head. There has been a large amount of ammunition and arms lately received, and .the army has been increased to three thousand. Arrival of tlie Overiand Mail. Sr. Louis, Sept. 3.—The Overland Mail reached here to day ; it brings dates to the 12th nit., from San Francisco. Gov. Douglass protests against the American occupancy of the Island Juan, iu the straits of Tuca; and be has sent men and vessels to take joint occuphbcy of the Island, until the representative of the government is heard from. Post Office Affairs. , Washington, Sept. 3.—The Postmas ter General has decided that members of Congress cannot authorize other persons to use their franks. Several'cart loads of Black Republican documents were refused transmission through the post office to-day. Tlie Aurora Borealis. Washington, Sept. 2.—A splendid Au rora Borealis was observed here last night. This forenoon the telegraphic operators report that the line from Philadelphia to to Pittsburg was worked solely by the agency of atmospheric electricity. Arrival of tlie Quaker City. New York, Sept. 2.—The steamship Quaker City has arrived from Havana, with dates to the 29th of August. A royal decree had been issued, impos ing great restrictions on commerce, and causing trouble to American shippers and captains. TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS. Washington, Aug. 30.—The Treasury Department is now preparing some in teresting statistical tables relative to the trade between France and the L T nited States, exhibiting, by comparison, the amount of duties paid by each on the imported products of the other. These tables, it is understood, are designed to facilitate the negotiation of a treaty be tween the two countries, by which our commercial interests will be expected. The Navy has been informed that the steamship Wyoming, which recently start ed on a trial trip, has arrived at Charles ton, S. C., where she will remain a few days, and then return to Philadelphia. .The Hon. T. B. Florence has been con fined to bis house the past week by a painful bodily affliction. St. Louis, Aug. 30.—The Overland Mail of the Bth August arrived last night in this city. The news is unimportant.— There was a healthy demand for goods at San Francisco, but prices were un changed. Horace Greely had gone on a visit to Col. Fremont. A duel between Senators Gwin and Broderick was expected to take place immediately after the election. The Fort Smith Times says the Coman ches bad made an attack on the Washita, Caddo, and Delaware Indians, while they were on route to tlieir new homes, under charge of Indian Agent Blain. Ships Sea Witch, from Montevideo, and Mastiff, from Hong Kong, had ar rived at San Francisco. Boston, Aug. 30—The following are the footings of our Bank statement for the week past: Capital stock ....? £05,125,400 Loans aud Discounts 58,98 ( .).0G0 Specie 5.094,700 Amount duo from ether banks 5,750,000 Amount due to other banks. <5,892,810 Dei .its 17,509,000 Circulation 0.259,400 St. Louis, Aug. 30.—Lieut. Beale and party reached Kansas City on the 24th inst., from the second exploration of the thirty-fifth parallel. Lieut. Beale has been absent ten months, and has opened fourteen hundred miles of wagon road and traveled about three thousand miles. He reports an abundance of wood and water west of Albuquerque. Boston, Aug. 30.—Information derived from the Missionary House in this city, is contradictory of the statements published in the N. Y. Independent, to the effect that the Sandwich Islands were backslid ing into barbarism ; on the contrary, it is asserted that the churches are in good condition, and civilization rapidly pro gressing. Manchester, N. H., August 30.—The Amoskeag Veterans and other citizens, at a public meeting to-day, appointed a com mittee to tender the hospitalities of the city ta Ex-President Pierce. The Vete rans also voted to escort him to Concord, where arrangements are being made to give him a public reception. Philadelphia, Aug. 30.—1 tis still im possible to trace the rumor of the sink ing of the frigate Congress, and the story is now looked upon as a canard. Tlie 801 l Worm. We hove been furnished with a small , lot of cotton bolls, fourteen in number, gathered from the farm of J. G. Smith, Esq., which, if we may take as a sample of the ravages of the boll worm, will cer tainly preclude the possibility of a half crop being made in this section of coun try. The bolls vary in size from very small to nearly full grown, all of which were totally ruined. Mr. Smith informs us that the bolls were gathered from one row in a distance of not more than 12 or ; 15 feet, without taking any pains to gather all theiajured ones, and that they were not gathered from a select spot, but considers it a fair specimen of the ravages of the worm generally over a . field of about sixty acres. We have enquired of several persons since receiving these bolls, none of whom have examined their crops. We hope they will do so, and inform us of the re sult of their examination. —Talapoosa (.■l/tf.) Time*. Sept. 1. OOMMEBCIAL. DAtLi 81 N QFFH r. 1 Columbus, • A.. Soptenilier 1,1550.) COTTON—We commence this morning our regular daily reports of the Cotton trade in our : city for tlie forthcoming business season. An nexed will be found a statement of the total receipts and shipments for tlie year past, and ihe balance of stock actually oil hand this morning. From this statement it will be seen tlie business in this particular article has lioen far in advance, of any previous year, and the stock remaining on hand considerably in ex cess. The excess m our receipts is easily ae. counted for. on the ground of increased facili ties for getting to our market by means of the various rail roads now radiating front the city into rich and heavy cotton growing regions. In some portions of the country where, a lew years past, a six ox team was required to carry three or four I tales of cotton to market, now a whole crop is transported in a day. •During the entire year past, prices in our city have maintained a very remunerative position, and the facilities afforded by our hanks have . been on a very liberal scale, and furnished deal ers with facilities for transactions which few cities possessed in a greater degree. This, in connection with our facilities for shipping, lias placed us in a position to command a large Cotton trade. The large stock remaining on lumil is no sign of deficient shipping facilities, hut is the effect of private enterprise, in holding : back for better prices. The prophecies in regard to flic new crop has been on a much liiofc limited scale than last year. Then we scarcely opened a paper ! that did not contain an article prophesying de struction. and in many instances that ruin and i devastation had actually occurred. In tlie face of aH these paragraphs however wo have a crop of near 3,800.000 bales, when 3.000,000 was con sidered a fair estimate. Newspapers and plan ters seem to have concluded it better to await j results this year, and wehear but comparatively little said of tlie condition of the growing crop, j or any prophecies as to what its extent will be. ; In many localities we find the crop fully two ! weeks later than last year, but in a fine grow ing aud fruiting state, and nearly free from all \ dangerous attacks,except the usual frost. This j is the only calamity which the plant has to fear, and which we think will do it no material harm. : New Cotton conies in very slowly, there hav- ; ing been but 50 bales received from the 19th August to this date. While there is but little ; interest manifested by buyers. The recent ad- j vices are exceedingly unfavorable to high prices, and we expect a low rate to rule proba bly for the whole season, at least less than last year. Our facilities for shipping have been some what increased during the past summer by additional ears on the Muscogee and South Westeln Rail Roads, and two steamers which run at low stages of water, so that our dealers j will be relieved of the expense of holding, for a longer period than is actually necessary, and i lienee enable them to pay prices fully equal to j those of larger and more distant markets. ! Everything conspires to make our city what j she should be, a great Central Cotton Mart. i COTTON STATEMENT TOR YEAR ENDING AUG. 31. 1859. Total receipts 113,885 ” shipments 111,334 Stock on hand . 2.551 PROVISIONS—The season opens with a very dull market for those staple commodities of consumption. The stocks on hand are not ex cessive, but fully equal to tho demand. It has been rather remarkable that the demand for Bacon has been on a very limited .scale during the summer, and may be accounted for, possi bly, from tlie fact that our planters were more successful in corn crops and saving meat slaughtered last year than heretofore. The market is fluctuating and without any stability. We annex the following quotations only as a basis of prices in merchants’ hands: Clear Sides, per cask, 12%c.; Clear Ribbed Sides, 12c.; Bone Sides, 11c.; Shoulders, 9%c.; Hams, 14 to 15 cents. The Grain trade is confined principally to our Flouring Mills, of which we have four in suc cessful operation, consuming on an average 1500 bushels daily of corn and wheat, and thus turn ing out a large quantity of most excellent Meal and Flour. For sealc of prices the reader is referred to tlieir advertisements. The Manufacturing interest has experi- ! enced a very flattering result during the year. ! Asa general thing the orders for goods of tlieir I manufacture have been much in advance of j their ability to supply. But with the increased | demand for tlieir fabrics they are, with com- j mendable energy and zeal, increasing tlieir I ability to meet tlie wants of the entire South- | We commend them warmly to the patronage of Southern merchants and planters. A survey of the ground for another season’s successful and remunerative business presents ample material for enthusiasm in the breasts of all our citizens, and should inspire us with re newed energy and zeal in commencing the harvest which is ripening for the sickle. Columbus, Ga., September C>, 1859. j COTTON —Our market presented no new lea- | ture yesterday. There is still a very great un- j willingness to operate. If there is auy change j it is of a declining tendency. The sales yes terday were 16 bales at lie., and receipts 87 < bales. COTTON STATEMENT, SEPT. 5, 1559. Stock offhand Sept. 1, 1859 2,551 Received since Sept. 1 211 Total 2,762 Shipped since Sept. 1 205 j Stock on hand 2,557 j We have nothing of importance to notice in our market for the three business days of this ; month. As compared with the same date last year, we find considerable difference both in receipts and general feeling in the market. For j the first four days in September, 1858, tlie re- j ceipts were COO bales, while for the first three i days this year they are only 211 bales. Prices, i however, have been nearly upon the same j basis, 11 to The general feeling in the market is not so good, there being but little j interest manifested to purchase. Our latest i foreign advices ar6 by the steamer Arago, up ! to 27th August. She reported Cotton market j dull, with sales for three days of 17,000 bales, | and a decline on inferior qualities. From tlie New Orleans Picayune of tlie 2d, : we extract as follows in regard to the opera tions in that market the past year: The general anticipation of a large Cotton I crop, which prevailed in the early part of the ; year, has been fully realized, the production of that great staple having considerably exceeded that of any previous season, while we have hud occasion to notice the most encouraging fact that tlie demand lias fully kept pace with the increased supplies. Wc estimate the total crop in round numbers at 3.800,000 bales against j 3,113,962 last year, 2,939,519 in 1856-57, and 3,527,- ; 545 in 1855-56. The receipts at this port during the year amount to 1.774.739 bales, of which 101,213 were from Mobile, Florida and Texas by ; sea. Last year tho total receipts were 1,678,775 j bales, and the year before 1,517,496. The ex- ! ports of the year embrace 1,777,168 bales, dis tributed among the various foreign and domes tic ports as shown by the following table, in which we give a comparison of the exports of the last two years: United States. 1858-1859. 1857-58. Boston 155,206 126,018 New York 25,415 33,521 Philadelphia.... 5,608 1,982 Baltimore 1,129 670 Providence 7,112 2,238 Other ports 1.714 Great Britain. Li verpool 951,443 075,381 Glasgow, &c 8,9513 12,208 London Falmouth, 1ie.... 14.615 6.484 Queenstown,&c 12,568 11,513 —: 994,611 1.017.586 i I'Yance. Havre 247,129 226,103 Marseilles 1,193 1,021 Bordeaux 3,075 3,229 •Other ports 4.519 5,934 North of Europe. Gottcnburg 5,902 2.416 Rotterdam, &e.. 9.9351 1,815 Bremen 66,788 47,986 Antwerp 17,314 10,804 Amsterdam 4,825 3,921 Hamburg 9,440 3.464 Other ports 68,518 45,488 South of Europe. Genoa, Ac 39,128 33.853 Trieste, &<; 16,004 11,5514 Spain 75.98.3 57.298 Mexico- 16,108 22,38.) Ot her ports 1 92,091 79,693 Total bales 1,777,168 1,660,220 In our last annual review we had occasion to notice some remarkable fluctuations m the Cotton market, the extreme range lor Middling having been 16% to 16% in September, to w> c . per lb. in January, the closing rates for the year being 11% to ll%c. per lb. for old and new crop, with an upward tendency. The year just closed has exhibited none of these violent changes; on the contrary, our market has: been rather remarkable for the regularity of prices. The extreme fluctuation for Middling Cotton daring the year has lieen 1% to 1%c.. tlie lowest quotation for that grade being 10% to 11c. in February, May, and June,aud 12*4 to 12%c. per lb. in October and April. The market opened in September with a buoyant appearance, hold ers realizing an advance of %c. the first week, at the close of which we quoted Middling at 11% to 12c., and in the second week at 12 to 12%c. per lb. The opening rates in October were 12% to 12%c- but % to %e. of the advance : was lost during the month, which closed at 11% I to 11%C, and during November the prices fell off to 11 @ll %c. In December they advanced j to 11% fMl%c., and ranged mostly at 11% to 1 ll%c. during January. In February, however. with a threatening appearance in the politics of i Europe and a declining market at Liverpool, our quotations were reduced to 10% (a, 11c., but the market soon rallied, and the rates stea dily advanced until the middle of April, when : they reached 12% to 12%e. per lb. Early in May advices were received of the commencement of 1 actual hostilities lietwecn Austria, France, and Sardinia, and prices with us gave way to 10% <p Uc. for Middling, but alrout tite middle of June they advanced to 11% (q 11 %e., which was our quotation until the latter part ot July, when a . further improvement of %e. was realized, and tlie rates continued firm m 11% to ll%c_ during the greater portion of AugtJst. Within the lost two or three days, however, prides have tended in favor of buyers, and (lie year closes at tin following quotations for old aud new crop. Inferior (old crop) 6 (a 7 Ordinary (old crop) 8 <a 9 Good Ordinary (old crop) siJ,s@b> I.ow Middling (new crop) 11 *@ll% Middling (new crop). 11%@11% Good Middling (new crop) 12 *@l2% Middling Fair (new crop; 12’%®!-% I/ 1 * I '. ■■■■■■ Nominal. 1 1 pod r air Nominal. Good and line Nominal. The first bales of tho new crop last year were received on the 25th of July, from Texas, and this year the first arrival was two Riles, also from’Texas, on the 27th of July, two days later. The first receipt by way of the river was on the 31 si of July, from'Tensas Parish, in this State, being five days earlier than the first arrival last year, tine of the first bales from Texas, class ing Middling, was sold at 13%e., and the first bale by the river classed as Strict Middling and brought !:•>%,,. per pound —I>oth fancy prices. The total receipts of now crop up to fast eve ning were 9756 bales. against 5235 to the close 01 last year. The sales of new have amounted t'i about Sooo bales, at a range of 11 to 13%e.. the prevailing rates until the last dnv or two being 12 to 12%c. for Middling to Good .Mid dling. Toward tho close, however, prices have fallen off about %e., and we now quote Mid dling to Good Middling at 11% to 12%c. per lb. The stock remaining on hand this day, inclu ding all in tlie presses and on shipboard not eleared, is 28.445 bales, as shown by the follow ing statement of Cotton for the year ISSS-59: Stock on hand Ist Sept., 1858......’. 30,374 Arrived during the year 1,774,739 Made from waste, damaged. Ac 10,009 1,815,113 Exported during the year 1.777..10S Burnt .. 11,500-1.788,608 • Stock on hand, not el'd, Ist Sept- 1859... 26.445 SAVANNAH, Sept. I.—There was no sales of cotton reported to-day. Receipts for the past month foot tip 6,340 Riles. Total receipts ot the year 476.780 bales; receipts ahead of last war 177.000 bales: receipts at all ports ahead el* last year 633.460 bales. Stock 9.320 hales. MEMl’ll IS. Tenn- Sept. I.—The receipts of cotton at this port for the past commercial year, to date, foot up 325,000 against 243.000 bales the year'previous. Stock, 13,500 bales. LOUISA IRIE, Ky., Sept. I.—The number of hogs, assessed during the past year, to date, in the State, is 1.310.000. The amount of tobacco inspected is 17,500 hogsheads. NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 2.—Sales of Cotton to day 1,000 bales, market easier; quotations un changed. New Middlings 11% to 11%0. Sales of the week 8.250 bales. Receipts since Wed nesday noon 10,000 bales, against 5,500 same lime last year. Stock 33,500. against 31,500 same time last year. Exchange on New York 1 to 1% discount; Sight % premium. NEW YORK, Sept” 2.—Sales of Cotton to-day 600 bales; market depressed: Middling Up lands ll%e. Flour declining; sales of 12.000 barrels; Southern S4 90 to $5 25. Sugar heavy; declined %e. on tlie week. Coffee tiraff at 11% to 11 %<•. Molasses 39 to 42c. NEW YORK. Sept. 3.—Sales of cotton to-day 500 bales; market heavy. Flour declined sto 15c. per barrel; sales of 8,000 barrels; Southern $4 90 to $515. MONTGOMERY, Sept. I.—The priees of Cot tsn in our market yesterday were, for Middling 1f1%e.. Strict do. 10%e., Good do. lie. \Ve have received 356 bales of the new crop in August. The following is a statement of the receipts and shipment the last year: Stock on hand Ist September 568 Received since 113,931 Total 114,491 Shipped since Ist September ;..113,397 Stock on hand September 1,1859 1,102 MACON, Aug.3l.—Ed. Sav. Republican : \Vith this you will please find my monthly statement of stock and receipts of Cotton compared with last year, same date: Receipts to August, 1858 645 “ •• •• 1859 332 Decrease 313 Stock September 1, 1850 2121 Increase 1469 Total receipts at Macon this year 96,895 •- “ •• •• last year 60,685 m Increase 36,210 Receipts of new crop in August. 1858 403 *• •• 1859 24 Decrease 379 Yours truly, COTTON. Prices of Breadstuffs. CORRECT ED WEEKLY BY PA LACE MILLS. Per Bbl. Ualßbl. gr. Bbl Double Extra $9 00 4 50 2 25 Extra Family 7 50 3 75 1 90 Superfine 6 50 3 25 1 65 Extra Fine 6 00 3 00 1 50 Fine 5 00 2 50 1 25 Bolted Meal and Hominy $1 per bushel. Unbolted Meal, retail 00 per bushel. “ “ wholesale 80 per bushel. Bran and Shorts, mixed 80 per 100 lbp. Rich Shorts $1 per 100 lfip. 4®-Five per cent, discount on Flour will be made to merchants. From the Selma (Ala.) Reporter. OBITUARY. Died, at Shelby Springs, Ala., on Sunday morn ing, the 28th inst., Benjamin Screws, a native of North Carolina, aged 48 years. The writer had nut slight acquaintance with the deceased, previous to visiting the Springs —some weeks after they were opened for the season —and we then learned that ho was stricken down on the first week of his arrival here, amid toil and labor preparatory to the approaching season. Three weeks of suffering from the malady which ended with his death, I had wasted his body and so chastened his spirit, that all business and worldly matters seemed shut out from his view—and he thought only of his sorrowing family—and to have him self resigned to his Father’s will. In the death of Mr. S., .Shelby Springs and the public have sustained a great loss; and his interesting family, who knew the wealth of his character, have ‘in this sad event only one source of consolation. Os Mr. Screws as a husband, father and friend, it becomes us not to speak—knowing him only ■ while suffering on the sick bed. His worth j was well known to those to whom he bore such i relations. The earnest sympathy of friends j and a generous public must be to them a gen ! tie bairn, but the bright ray to scatter their j sorrows is the confidence that the Omniscient will reward in the world to come, the true be liever and the doer of good in this. Shelby Springs, Aug. 29,1859. J. M. wT Ail experienced Nurse and Female Physician, pro seats to the attention of mothers, her SOOTHING SYRUP, For Children Teething, which greatly facilitates the process of teething, j by softening the gums, reducing all inflammation —will allay all pain and spasmodic action,and Is Sure to Regulate the Bowels. Depend upon it mothers, it will give rest to I yourselves and Relief and Health to your Infants. TT7"E have put up • and sold this article for over ten Qj years, and can say, in confidence and truth of it, what we have never been able i~~t to say of any other medicine— NEVEK HAS IT FAIL ED, IN A SIN- GLE instance, to Effect a CUKE, when timely used.— Never did we know an instance of dissatis faction by any one ‘r who used it. On the contrary, all are do- TT\ lighted with its opera tions, and speak in term* of highest com mendation of its magi- cal effects and medical virtues. We speak in this matter “what we do know,” at- rW tor ten years’ experi ence, and pledge our reputation for the fulfilment of hr what we here de clare. In almostev- ery instance where the infant is suffering (—4 from pain and exhaus tion, relief will be found in fifteen or twenty minutes after the Syrup is adminis i tered. - This valuable prepa- ration is the prescrip tion of one of the most experienced and skillful Nurses in Q New Kngland.and has been used with never failing success in THOUSANDS 71 OF CASES. It not only relieves the child from pain, hut invigorates the stomach and bowels, corrects acidity, and gives tone and energy to the whole system. it will almost iustant ’ ly relieve r. Griping in the £> Bowels, and WIND COLIC, and overcome convulsions, which il not speedily remedied end in death. We believe it the best and sur- J est remedy in the world, in all cases of Dysentery and Diarrhoea in Chil- Xfl dren, whet her it arises from teething, or from any other caus-. We would say t 0 ever y ,l,otller ‘ v “o has a child suffering from any of the fore gcingcomplaints—do not let your pre judices, nor the prejudices of oth ers stand between your suffering child and the relief thnt will ~ ue SUHE— yes, ab solutely SURE — to follow the use of this medicine, if time- t ly used. Full direc tions for using will accompany each bot tle. None genuine tin- less the sac-simile of .f CURTIS & Cd PERKINS, New York, is on the out- side wrapper. Sold by Druggists t-H throughout tho world. Principal Office, m 13 Cedar st, N. Y. Price only 25 cents per Bottle. August 13, 1859. Iy2dp FINE PLANTATION FOR SALE. r pilE subscriber offers for sale X a fine Plantation contain ing 1,100 acres; between 600 fflßYj t Vv and 700 of which are clearcd.fta 1 t lUjii jjL Most of the cleared land is and in a good state of cultivation. The balance is well timbered. This tract of land is mostly oak and hickory—2oo acres being the best bottom land. It is situated on Pea Iliver, 2% miles from Mt. Andrew, Barbour county, Ala., and is conve nient to churches and good schools. The location is healthy and well-watered; there being on the premises two good wells and several springs ot the purest water —in fact there is not a had spring on the place. I will also sell with the land 150 head of Hogs; 40 or 50 head of Cattle; Corn, Fodder, Ac. Dur ing the last year seven bales of cotton to the hand were made on this land, and plenty of corn to sell. A bargain may be had by early application to the subscriber in person, or by letter at Clay ton, Alabama. U OLI\ ER. hr. August 12.1859. d3Uwtt CHEESE I CHEESE ! ENGLISH Dairy Cheese just received and for gale by HOWELL & JOHNSON. Planters, Just the thing you Want! rjiUE Cotton Plantation Record and Account . 1 Book, by Thomas A Aleck. For sale at Aug. 4. J. W. PEASE’S COOK STOKE.