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About The weekly sun. (Columbus, Ga.) 1857-1873 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 8, 1859)
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. The two Houses convened at Milledge ville on Wednesday. The Senate was or ganized by the election of the lion. T. L. Guerry, of Quitman, as President, on the second ballot. The President, on taking his seat, addressed the Senate as follows: Senatobs : —A brief experience in the J duties of the position to whieh I have been summoned by your kind partiality, admonishes me, that while it is a distinc tion that might well soothe a more vault ing ambition than mine, yet coupled with ! its honors are grave cares and responsi bilities that might also well appal a bold er and more determined courage, Aou gentlemen are the chosen depositories for the time being of the legislative power of this great State. You are in part the le gitimate guardians of its rights, its in terests and its honor. You are here con vened under its constituted authority, to deliberate upon the best interests and to provide for the general welfare of more than a million of people, of diversified and, in some respects, conflicting wants, interests and pursuits. The whole body of our statute laws a£f cting the life, liberty and property of teeming thousands, is open to your re- # vision, amendment or repeal. Iu a word you are the honored custodians of the dearest interests of a people great in material power and resources, great in moral and intellectual progress, great in social refinement and in all the arts of civilization—indeed, great in all the ele ments of true greatness. Deeply impressed ns I am, and as I trust we all are, with the magnitude of the powers entrusted to us, and the sol emn responsibilities devolving on us; sensible as I am of how much depends upon the assistance of your presiding officer for the peculiar duties assigned to him, in the prompt and efficient prosecu tion of your labors ; you will credit my sincerity in the declaration that it is with unaffected diffidence and distrust that I enter into the discharge of its arduous and difficult duties. With many mis givings of my fitness for the exalted trust confided to me, I can only pledge you, gentlemen, an honest purpose, to the best of my ability to maintain the order, dignity, and decorum of the Senate, by a firm, faithful and impartial enforcement of the rules. In the execution of that purpose, I earnestly and confidently in voke your aid and co-operation. For the distinguished honor conferred on roe gentlemen, nccept my most profound and grateful acknowledgments. The House of Representatives was called to order by Hon. C. J. Williams, of Muscogee, in the Chair. The organi zation was effected by the election of Jlon. T. J. Irwin, of Wilkes, as Speaker, who was chosen on the first ballot. On taking the Chair, he addressed the House as follows: Gentlemen of the House of Representatives:: We have assembled together according to the Constitution of our State, as the Representatives of the people, to take counsel together upon the affairs of the Government, and to legislate for tliepub lio good. Past experience teaehes us that embarrassments seldom arise from a fail ure to legislate, but oftentimes from the fact that we legislate too much. Our State Government is already dis tinguished for its cheapness and simplici ty, and our system of laws for its adap tation to the wants of its citizens in the various relations of life. It is well, there fore, to be cautious, not to embarrass the one with unnecessary burdens, or to com plicate the other with untried experi ments. It is true that reforms are constantly needed to meet the requirements of an advancing civilization, yet it is wise to be prudent and cautious in making inno vations upon time-honored principles, and to inaugurate new theories with a sparing and tender hand. Having just passed through an excit ing political canvass, and being now met together as Representatives, with, I trust, a common purpose to promote the general welfare of the people of our ■State, it becomes us to lay aside the char acter of the partizan, to throw off the prejudices and passions which such po litical contests always engender, and in a spirit of conciliation and harmony, to meet the various questions of public in terest which may be presented for our consideration. There are many ques tions, of vital importance to our constit uents, full of interest, and involving the material and social progress of our people, upon which we shall be called to pass in judgment. Our system of inter nal improvements, the proper disposition of the net earnings of the Western and Atlantic Rail Road, the financial affairs of the State, the re organization of the Supreme Court and the establishment on & more enlarged basis of a State Univer sity, the reduction and apportioment of the members of the General Assembly, besides many other measures of like in terest and importance, will doubtless be presented for our deliberatiou and action. Let us endeavor to meet them all in a spirit of justice and liberality, looking only to the common welfare and general advancement of the people of Georgia. Let us at all times endeavor to demean ourselves as Legislators, that when our labors shall have ended, we may every where receive the approbation of the wise &Dd good During your deliberations upon these important measures, you have selected me as your presiding officer. It will be impossible for me to meet your wants or expectations, unless I am aided and sus tained by your counsels. To maintain order and proper decorum, and to en force the rules you may adopt for your government, I shall therefore need, and earnestly invoke your aid aud co-opera tion. With my sincere and grateful acknowl edgements to you, gentlemen, for the honor which you have so flatteringly conferred upon me; with the earnest hope that all our deliberations may be characterized by that harmony, courtesy and good feeling which should always mark the character of gentlemen, as Representatives—and with the firm pur pose on my part to preside over you impartially, and to the best of my abili ty, I enter upon the duties which your kindness and confidence have assigned me. Slaves in Georgia. The New York Journal of Commerce, alluding to the increase in the number and average value of slaves for 1859, says: This large inorease can only be ac counted for by presuming that unusual drafts have been made upon the negro population of Virginia and other border slaveholding States. The natural increase could not have reached these figures. It will be interesting to examine the statis tics of the border States, to ascertain whether the decrease in the number of their slaves has been proportionate to the increase in the more Southern States. We can then learn if the gradual emanci pation process is merely theoretical, or is actually in full progress. Imperfect statistics, such as are fur nished by State returns, are full of in terest, yet we must await the next na tional census, in order to settle definitely many disputed questions, like the above. New Style of Architecture. A style of architecture new to this country is beginning to break out in Fifth avenue. It consists in the elevation of the roof to the bight of about ten feet above the rest of the building, and at a small retreating angle with it. This is slated like an ordinary roof, but is in effect an additional half story with win dows. The appearance of the thing is odd, and affords an agreeable diversity in the monotonous rows of brown stone fronts, all of the same pattern, which line the fashionable avenue. The style 1b evidently copied from dwellings on the continent. The fine marble structure now going up j Q8 t above the Fifth Avenue Hotel, is to be topped off in this fashion. The Milledgeville papers report the appearance of killing frosts for several oi\hl Eo,pK th, Th. di ; e ‘ h ® dr -'T“ T.r C „„L froat ~“ r IIOT Brown’s Repudiation of Ula Counsel. The following are the remarks of Browu and his Counsel, at the repudia tion of them, at the Charlestown trial. Brown, standing upon his feet, addressed the Court as follows: May it please the Court: 1 dit-covered that notwithstanding all the promises I have received of a fair trial, nothing like a fair trial is to be giveu me, as it would seem. 1 gave the names of these wit nesses as soon as I could get them—of the persons I wished to have called as witnesses —and was assured they should be subpoenaed. I wrote down a memoran dum to that effect, saying where those parties were, but it appears they bad not been summoned, so far as I can learn. And now I ask, if I am to have anything at all deserving the name of a shadow of a fair trial, that this proceeding be de ferred until to morrow morning, for I have no counsel, as I have before stated, in whom I feel that I can rely ; but I am : in hopes that counsel may arrive who ; will attend to seeing that I get the wit I nesses who are necessary for my defense. lam unable myself to attend to it. I have given all the attention I possibly could to it, but I am unable to see or know about them, and can’t even find out their names, and I have no body to do any errands for me, for my money was taken from me I was sacked and stabbed, and I have now not a dime. I had two hundred and fifty or sixty dollars, in gold and silver, taken from my pockets, and now I have no possible means of get ting any body to go on errands for me, and 1 have not been done for, nor have all the witnesses been summoned. They are not within reach and are not here. I ask at least until to-morrow morning to have something done, if anything is designed to bo done ; if not, I am ready for any th ng that may turn up. Brown then laid down again, drew his blanket ove.r him, closed bis eyes and ap peared to sink in tranquil slumbers. Mr. Hoyt, of Boston, who had been sitting quietly all day at the side of Mr. Botts, now arose amid great sensation and addressed the Court a9 follows : “ May it please the Court—l would add my voice to the appeal of Capt. Brown, although I have had no consultation with him, that a further hearing of the case be postponed until to-morrow morning. He said he would state the reason for this request. He said he was informed and had reason to believe that Judge Tilden, of Ohio, was on his way to Charlestown, and would undoubtedly ar rive at Harper’s Ferry to-night at 7 o’clock. He had taken measures to se cure that gentleman’s arrival at this place to-night if he reaches the Ferry. For himself, he had come from Boston, traveling night and day, to volunteer his services in the defense of Capt. Brown ; but he cannot take the responsibility of undertaking his defense as now situated. The gentlemen who have defended Capt. Brown have acted in an honorable and dignified manner, in all respects, so far as I know. But I cannot assume the re sponsibility of defending him myself, for various reasons. First—lt would be ri diculous for me to do it. I have not read the indictment through; have not, except so far as I have listened to this case and heard the counsel this morniug, got any idea of the line of defense proposed. I have no knowledge of the criminal code of Virginia, and have had no time to read it. I have had no time to examine the questions arising in this defense, some of which are of considerable importance, especially relative to their jurisdiction over the armory guards. For all these reasons, I ask a continuance of the case till morning. Mr. Botts—ln justice to myself, I must state, on being first assigned as counsel for Capt. Brown, I conferred with him, and at his instance took down a list of the witnesses he desired subpoenaed. In his behalf, though late at night, I called up the Sheriff and informed him that I wished subpoenas issued early in the morning. This was done, and there are here, Messrs. Phillips, Williams and Grist, who have been examined. Mr. Green arose to state that Mr. Botts and himself would both now with draw from the case, aud can no longer act in behalf of the prisoner, he having got up now and declared here that he has no confidence in the counsel who have been assigned him. Feeling conscious that I have done my whole duty so far as I have been able, after this statement of his I should feel myself an intruder upon this case were I to act for him from this time forward. I bad no disposition to undertake the defense, but accepted the duty imposed on me, and I do not think, under these circumstances, when I feel compelled to withdraw from the case, that the Court could insist that I should remain in such an unpleasant position. Mr. Harding.—We have been delayed from time to time by similar aplications, in the expectation of the arrival of coun sel, until we now have reached a point of ’iino when we are ready to submit the case to the jury upon the evidence and the law, when another application arises for a coutiuuance. The very witness that they now consider material, Mr. Danger field, came here, summoned by ourselves, but deeming that we had testimony enough, we did not examine him. The Court.—The idea of waiting for counsel to state our code through could not be admitted, as to the other ground I do not know whether the process has been executed or not, as no return has been made. Mr. Botts.—l have endeavored to do my duty in this matter, but I cannot see how. consistent with my own feelings, I can remain any longer in this case, when the accused, whom I have been laboring to defend, declares in open court that he has no confidence in his counsel. I make this suggestion, that I now re tire from this case, and the more especial ly since there is now here a gentleman from Boston who has come on to volun teer his services for the prisoner. I sug gest to the Court to allow him this night for preparation. My notes, my office, and my services shall be at his command. I will sit up with him all night to put him in possession of all the law and facts iD relation to this case. I cannot do more. And, in the meantime, the Sheriff can be directed to have the other witnesses here to-morrow morning. The Court would not compel the gentle men to remain on the case, and according ly granted the request to postpone, and at 6 o’clock adjourned till to-morrow morning. There is great excitement, and the town guard has been increased. The con duct of Brown is regarded as a trick to gain time. Death of a Distinguished Polish Exile. Col. Martin Rosienkiewiez died at his residence in this city, yesterday after noon at 5 o’clock, iu the 67th year of his age. This gentleman was known and esteemed by a lnrge circle of friends in this city, as well as throughout the Union. He was one of that noble band of patriots who contended for thg nation - ality of Poland until the last hope of liberty was crushed out by Austrian and Russian tyranny. Os noble birth, connected by blood and family with the princely house of Lithuania, he held a commission of Colo nel in the armies of his country After the termination of that final and fruit less struggle for recognition among the nations of the earth, he was confined for a year in an Austrian prison, and at last, with over two hundred of his com patriots, was exiled to the United States. He had resided in this country twenty seven years. The early years of his exile were passed in New York and Philadelphia, and more recently in Chil licothe, Ohio, but the last fifteen years of his life he has been a resident of this city.— Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 d. The New York Express of Wednesday contains the following item : Another monster California ingot was received by the Baltic weighing 2,251.25 ounces, 915 fine, and valued at $42,681.- <l. It was assayed by Kellogg & Hum bert, and bought by B. Berend & Cos., bullion dealers, the purchasers of the large ingot by the previous steamer. Cotton Shippers Application Books, handsomely ruled and bound, for aale at the Oct. 29. SUN OFFICE. Charles O’Connor. The Leader thus describes the per- ‘ sonal appearance of one of the foremost j men of New York : “ Seeming taller than be really is, liom the spareness and meagreness of his wiry figure, this gentleman, dressed in tightly buttoned black, with an o;d beaver hat shoved back from a square granite forehead, with large, gleaming, dark eyes, apparently observing every thing, while really absorbed ;u other thoughts; a fresh and pink complexion, j curiously contrasted with a bristling-giey j beard, which serves as fringe to a strongly-marked, keen, and sarcastic mouth aud chin ; and the whole topped off wkh a vigorous growth of hair, still standing out manfully for its original colors, but fast being changed under silver frost —such is the external man of I Charles O’CoDnor, beyond question the first lawyer, in the old Eng.ish sense, of the bar ot the State of New York, and in the opinion of many, the first lawyer 1 of the Union. Mr. O'Connor’s manners and appearance are exceedingly peculiar, as he darts past you with all the feverish eagerness of youth and the elasticity, un subdued by time, of an energetic man just entering the race of life, i bough really of an ardeat nature to his friends, his presence is perfectly freezing to those not acquainted with him, and when the wind blows at all keenly, he might be regarded as six feet of the North Pole buttoned up in professional broadcloth. There is something, too, about bis style of dress’which suggests that his clothes were huddled on, very early in the morn ing, on a sudden alarm of tire, and that he has not found time to arrange them since; while the protuberant stuffing of his outside pockets with law papers, and the close buttoning of his outside coat, present the idea that iu the effort to ac complish an economical escape from the fiery element, he had stuffed all the family silver into the various hiding places of his garments.” , Iloga on the Mississippi. The St. Louis Democrat of Satuiday, says: The cold weather of the last two days has operated favorably upon the feelings of the pork packers. The season is open j ing favorably—prices arc accepted which leave the buyer and capitalist a chance “to get liis money back,” which is as it should be. ODe of our city packers in formed us of a purchase of his yester day of some 5,000 head of hogs, de liverable at two points on the Mississippi below the rapids, at a trifle under $4 net ; about $4 for those averaging 200 pounds. This is regarded as a favorable price to the buyer. We are told that, with the ease in the Eastern money market, any l number of Eastern orders can be had Tfor the purchase of hogs at this rate, or 1 $4 to $4 50 net, and this wouldcertainly be 1 about a safe rate ; but at anything above this, or at the balloon figures of the lust two years, investments will not be made. Our own bankers will readily buy bills based upon such contracts as the above. Tom Thumb in Court. Mr. Charles Stratton, alias Gen. Tom Thumb, appeared before Justice Connolly yesterday to solicit a warrant for the ar -1 rest of a person in the city who had in j his possession a lot of harness which had i been stolen from the diminutive General’s barn, at Bridgeport, Conn. The magis- I trate, who is perhaps the largest man iu the city, invited the General to take a seat beside him on the bench, and the | contrast between the two gentlemen was very great* An officer was sent to the person who had the harness, and it was restored to its owner. A colored coach i n an of the General’s is alleged to have stolen it aud brought it to the city', where he sold it. The coachman is now in custody at Bridgeport.— N. Y. News. Tlie Sugar Crop. From the facts furnished by the Frank lin (St. Mary Parish) Planters Banner, of the 29th, we conclude that there will not be more than half an ordinary crop made in that parish. One planter obtained from 105 acres of apparently excellent stubble cane, but forty-eight bhds. The yield though small, is represented as being very fine quality; and such, we gather from our exchanges, is the con dition of the sugar crop throughout the State. - _ A. H. H. Dawson, Esq. The Mail of Ist inst., says: “Yester day we had the pleasure of meeting A. H. H. Dawson, Esq., late of Savannah, now, we are pleased to say, of Mont j eomery Mr. Dawson leaves a good | practice in Georgia, where his reputation | is high as an orator, to take position at the Montgomery Bar. He will be found to be a warm-hearted gentleman, and a reliable and eloquent lawyer. We predict a bright career for the Georgia ‘ Mount Vernon’ orator. Mr. Dawson has taken rooms at the Montgomery Hall.” Boston, Oct. 21.—Capt. Ginn, of the fishing schooner Rio del Norte, arrived at Portland from the Bay of St. Lawrence, reports that while in the Gut of Canso, the Exchange came in and reported that the schooner Pacific, Captain Harris, of Southport, while lying at anchor during the gale of the 13th inst., at the Magree Islands, was drifted foul of by au un known schooner, and both vessels sank aud all hands lost The informant stated that he assisted in picking up thirteen dead bodies on the beach. The Pacific had a crew of thirteen persons. Largest Opera House In tlie World. They are erecting at Rio dc Janeiro an opera house which surpasses the celebra ted theatres of the lyric drama at Milan and Naples, and is four times the size of the Royal Italian Opera House, Convent Garden, London. The Government in Brazil sustains the opera. The Emperor, , who takes the lead in the literary and scientific matters of the empire, is a great lover of music. The successful plan for this temple of the Muses brought Messrs. Green and Deville, of London, $16,000. - ——-♦ High Prices. At a recent sale of the personal prop erty of the late Preston Hampton, of Lin coln Cos., Tenn., the Fayetteville Observer says that the following prices were ob tained—the sale being on twelve mouths’ time—which do not indicate bard times: Old corn $3 60 to $3 75 per barrel; new corn sl3 50 to sl6 per acre; twelve year old mule $111; one year old mule $153- 50 ; suckling mule $101; and brood mares $175 to SIBO. Negroes hired at from $lB to sl9 50 per month. Ciiambeksbubg, October 27.—Three of J Sharp’s Titles and a small lot of ammuni tion were found in the woods near here this morning by some boys. One rifle has the name of “C. P. Todd,” on the I mounting. No doubt they were placed under the bushes by fugitives from Harp er,s Ferry, who are still on the moun tains. Mr. Washington’s pistol had not been recovered. Nothing has been seen of the mare. Washington, Oct. 28.-lleliable advices received here from Europe, state that the Emperor of Russia, in ordering his Am | bassadors at the European capitals to meet him at Warsaw, desires to hear from 1 them the condition of the different coun tries to which they are accredited. The various European sovereigns are alarmed with apprehensions of a general war, growing out of the Italianquestion. * : The population of Washington Terri tory seems to be but badly apportioned between the sexes. There are three thou j sand voters in the Territory, and of these, two thousand are candidates for matrimony, without hope of relief. The Puget’s Sound Herald plaintively calls for an importation of New England dam sels, but unfortunately, they must be “ asked” first. Griffin and North Alabama Road. From the Griffin Empire State, we learn that at a meeting of the Directors of this Road, on Tuesday last, it was ascertained that about $600,000 had been made up in bona fide subscriptions. There yet re mains SIOO,OOO to be raised before the work can be commenced. American Timber for the British Government. It may not be known to our readers j that at this time there are being cut and | prepared at the Rowlesburg Iron and Lumber Couipauy’s Mills, Virginia, some fifty thousaud sticks of white oak, for ( gun carriages for tlie British Government. i Rowlesburg is on the Cheat river, where it is crossed by the Baltimore and Ohio ■ Rail Road, on which road the timber is carried to Baltimore and then shipped to England. The person who is getting this timber has been shipping white oak tim- i ber to the British Government, or for the | British markets, largely during the last I two or three years, and has sent to Liver- ; pool from Baltimore this year, nearly or quite twenty large ships’ cargoes. AVe learn be has just chartered four ships, j the last of which is over a thousand tons burden, to load immediately for the same 1 port. He has over three hundred men em ployed in getting timber in the mountains 1 near Rowlesburg—a part of which is for the entire frame of a ship of eighteen hundred tons. His expenses in the woods and for rail road freight alone are said to be over five hundred dollars per da} 7 . The Cheat river oak is said to be the best yet imported into England, and far surpasses the Canada oak, which it is fast superseding. Mr Thornton, the gentle ; an above re ferred to, is said to have contracts for as much timber as he can get out for near two years ahead. The large forests of white oak that but a few years ago were everywhere over New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and Eastern Virginia, have nearly 1 11 disap peared, and it will not be many years till all these States will be entirely stripped of this valuable species of timber. We think our Government should look ahead a little, so that our live and white oak timber may not all be carried away, and we left without a supply. —Philadelphia Press. 1 4 The Merchant Steamers ofEnglaud. The mercantile steam-marine of Great Britain constitutes an element of national greatness which cannot easily be overra ted. The Loudon correspondent of the Boston Post says: “The merchants and capitalists of the United Kingdom, at this moment, own nearly or quite 900 ocean steamers, and this magnificent fleet penetrates nearly every sea, and carries commerce to near ly every part of the civilized and unciv ilized world. These ships, propelled by steam, crash through (lie icebergs of the Greenland sea in pursuit of whales, car ry Manchester cotton and Sheffield knives to the negroes of West Africa, the Sepoys of India, and the wandering tribes of the Hudson Bay Territory. The financial features of the case, so far as the nation al treasury is concerned, may be given in a few words. Subsidies for mail and military services are given, to the amount of about one million sterling annually, or, say five and a half million dollars; and of this nearly or quite one gross half is returned in postage. This, however, i3 the most insignificant part of the story. No one can deny for a moment that these steamers are the direct and almost sole means of keeping up a preponderance of British commerce throughout the i world. This fleet of “steamers enables John Bull the merchant, and John Bull the manufacturer, to sell goods and products (nine-tentbs of which are Brit ish) annually in foreign and distant coun tries, to the amount of $305,542,703, the declared official value, or. in federal money, over fifteen hundred million dol lars ! When there is a large demand for British goods in foreign countries, home manufactures flourish, and when imports are large, customs duties are large also. A great, proportion of the immense and profitable trade of India, China, Aus tralia and South America is, through the medium of steamships, in the hands of British merchants.” Iron Discovered in Texas. A discovery of great, importance has I just been made by the S ate Geologist in Texas. It is no less than the dis covery of vast bodies of iron ore, (is well as tertiary coal or lignite, beds of limestone, pipe-clay, fire rock and hy draulic limestone, in the region of coun try immediately south of Harrison coun ty, in which Marshall is situated, and between that and the point or points on the Sabine river at which the Houston and New Orleans Rail Road and the Opelousas Rail Road* wyi reach the river. The geologist commenced in Travis county, which contains Austin, the capital of the State, and proceeded nearly east through Harris county (Hous ton) to the Sabine, and thence up towards Marshall. But a small portion of the State has yet therefore been ex plored, yet the discoveries already made are of great importance, not only to Tex as, but to Louisiana, and especially to New Orleans. It must have a direct and powerful bearing upon the construction of the Opelousas Rail Road, and the road to connect this city with Houston, as well as the” Southern Pacific Rail Road. No doubt exists whatever that valuable ores will be found in other parts of the State. Indeed they are known already to exist, and the particu lars will be given as soon as the geolo gist can extend his explorations.— N. O. Bulletin. ;A Contrast. It is stated that during the Administra tiou of President Fillmore, Mr. Corwin, Secretary of the Treasur} 1 , received an anonymous letter warning him that the sub-Treasury at Charleston, S. C., would be robbed. The Secretary telegraphed the sub-Treasurer at Charleston, with in structions, and the room or vault contain ing the public money was not only strengthened, but a guard was set, &c. j No attempt was made at robbery, proba* I bly from the fact that precautionary | measures were taken. ! The anonymous letter to Secretary i Floyd, giving him warning as to an at ; tack on Harper’s Ferry, was well written, and appeared truthful; yet not the slight estjuotice was taken of it; and one of the largest Armories in the country was ! taken and held for twenty-four hours by some half dozen Abolitionists ! Secreta ry Floyd was certainly guilty of dere liction of duty in this matter, and it may be that Congress will ask him for an ex planation.—Petersburg (Va.) Intelligencer. Tlie Great Eastern. The trial trip of this great steamship has satisfied the owners that she is a me chanical success. Her maximum speed 1 was seventeen and a half miles an hour, j She drew 22 feet 2 inches of water lor i ward, and 25 aft. The steering appa ratus has been improved and works well. The ship rolls decidedly, but not exces sively. The engines were not once j stopped, and worked beautifully. The ; bulk bends are not water-tight, nor so near so as they ought to be. The con , sumption of coal was about 300 tons per I day. Captain Harrison declares his wil lingness to take ber to sea at once, and Mr. Russell, her builder, is. also, per fectly satisfied that she is in good sea going condition. The directors have de cided that she shall sail for Portland in November, provided the Board of Trade do not require needless repairs before they will grant her a license to carry pas -1 sengers. Good Cotton Picking. Two hands belonging to W. J. Claton, on the Tallapoosa (Alabama) river, pick ed last week 5,209 pounds of cotton.— Sam picked in six days, 2,693 pounds; Oscar picked in the same time, 2,516 pounds. Frost and Icc in Mobile. The Register of the Ist says, that not only was frost visible yesterday morning, but ice about the thickness of a dime was seen iu several parts of the city. Sudden Death. Geo. H. Wyatt, a well known actor and theatrical manager, died at AA'ater bury. Mass., on Monday evening. He was playing in the second act of “ Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” when he was taken with a palpitation of the heart, aud upon being j removed to the Scoville House, died an 1 hour afterward. ARRIVAL OP THE ARAGO. New York, Nov. I.—The steamship j Arago has arrived from Cowes, October ’ 19th. The political news by this arrival has all been anticipated. ‘ Liverpool Cotton Market — Wednesday. — I Cotton steady, with a fair inquiry. The i sales were 8,000 bales. London General Markets — Wednesday. — Consols were quoted at 96f to 96i for 1 money, aud at 9G| for account. Breadstuffs were quiet. Among the passengers by the Arago, j are Mrs. Mason (widow of the late Ame- j ’ rican minister) and family. Additional by tbe Arago. New York, Nov. 2.—The Commercial i i Advertiser’s correspondent says that the demand for cotton continued regular at ! last week’s quotations. Some descrip- i tions have advanced from one to two I | francs, owing to the scarcity of stock. ! Havre Cotton Market, Oct. 18—The ; sales of the week were 12.000 bales. Im ports of the week 1,000 bales. Stock 50,000 bales. Orleans Bus was quoted at ! 104 francs. On Saturday the demand was active, with sales of 2,000 bales; Bas at 105 j francs j On Monday, the demand was regular, with sales of I,GOO bales ; some to arrive, .at 98 francs for Middling Orleans, and 99 to 99£ franc* for Strict Middling. To-day prices were firmer, and the i stock of common grades small. Maryland Election. Baltimore, Nov. 2, 2 o’clock p m.— ■ The election in this city so far to-day has | been attended with bloody results. The reformers have been driven from the polls in some of the Wards, and rowdies appear to hold sole possession of other places for voting. There has been a ! great deal of fighting, and some persons I are reported to have been killed, and I many wounded. It is feared the worst ! has not yet transpired. Mr. Preston, the Democratic candidate I in the third district, was badly beaten 1 on the head with a “billy,” during the | canvass this afternoon. In the seventh : ward the reformers left the polls to the | control of the rowdies. It is impossible to give a list of the j outrages committed to-day. The Reform i ers after being driven from all but two ’ wards, abandoned the whole city to the ; dominant party. So far ns reported, , there are only two persons killed —three | were mortally wounded—but a large i ; number were beaten, and many serious Iv; besides, numerous minor outrages are reported, but not positively ascer tained where, or by whom perpetated. It is not definitely known who the per son was that attempted to assassinate Mr. Preston. He was in a very critical condition at Barnum’s Hotel. The streets are deserted, except by the | victorious party. A large delegation of “Plugs” from Washington city assisted in the outrages commuted. From Wanhington. Washington, Nov. I.—Official infor , mation from Mexico of the 22d says the . | Juarez Government is waiting the return . j of McLane to renew the treaty negotia , j tions. i | Robels had requested an interview with I Col. Espro, commanding.the Liberal for ces. Several leagues from Cordova the latter had 2.300 men and 12 lateries to advance ou Tebuacan, aud will probably , soon take that place and then add 1700 [ men and march on Orizaba and Cordova. Miramon’s troops in the City of Mexico, . are acting purely on the defensive. , An intercepted correspondence of 5 Marquez, shows that after the battle of Leon, Wool wrote to Miramon for rein- I forcements, whereupon Marquez was or dered to send Wool 1,500 men, and two , batteries. Marquez replied that he was f utterly unable to comply, and threat ened to resign, unless Miramon counter manded. Washington, Nov. I.—Captain.Meigs has been superseded by Captain Frank lin, of the Topographical Engineers, as Superintendent of the Capitol and Post j Office extension. j- Arrangements are progressing for an early re-opening of the Tehuantepec I route. McLane leaves ou the sth, per steamer I “ Brooklyn,” direct for Vera Cruz. It is believed Lerdo will be invited to ! j return with McLane Six different bids were received by the | Post Office Department to-day for the mail service between Portland and New Orleans. Brown refuses to make but one contract for the entire service. Otil Brown Sentenced. Charlestown, Nov. 2.—Coppee has been convicted of all the counts in the indictment against him. The Court has overruled the motion for the arrest of judgment in the case of Brown, and have sentenced liifh to be hung on the 2d of December. 1 j Steamboat Collision. Newport, Nov. 2.—The steamer Cham- I pion, hence for New Haven, collided, ex j ploded and sunk to-day. Three gentle- men among the passengers are missing. Baltimore Election. Baltimore, Nov. 2.—The following are the only returns received—First Ward ; i Americans, 678 ; Reform, 58—Third Ward: Americans, 1491 ; Reform, 250. these are probably indicative of tbe gene ( rnl-result in the city. l j Letter from Senator Hale. ; Chicago, Oct. 31.—Senator Hale, by letter, denies any knowledge or intima . tion of the Harper’s Ferry insurrection, . from Brown or anybody else, and pledges , \ himself to go to Virginia for trial if the f Grand Jury finds a bill against him. . , Copeland’s Confession. Cleveland, Oct. 31. Copeland’s con fession is published. He says the two Messrs. Plumb, of Oberlin, Ohio, furn ished him money to go to Virginia. Mrs. Sturtevant, of Cleveland, knew the plans, , but don’t know whether her husband did. s C. 11. Langton, a colored man, is also : implicated. No other developments are ■ made. Conviction of “Old Brown.” Charlestown, Va., Oct. 31.—The ease : of “old Blown” went to the jury to-day, j who soou brought in a verdict of “guilty of treason, insurrection and murder ” Charlestown, Va., Nov. I.—The points i I raised by the counsel for arrest of judg ment, in the case of Brown, were argued | to-day. The decision of the Court is re i served. Coppee’s trial has commenced. • Cook waives a preliminary examination. Treaty Negotiations with Mexico. Washington, Nov. I.—Official advices i from Vera Cruz state that the Juarez i government would, in al'. probabili.y, re i new negotiations for a treaty with the United States on the relurn of Minister ■ McLean to Mexico. . ! Tlie Tehuantepec 3lail Route. Washington, Nov. I.—Several parties interested in the subject speak confideut ly of the early restoration of the mail services to California via the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. A New York Brig Wrecked. New Orleans, Nov. I.—The crew of 1 the lost New York brig Magnet, have ar rived at this port, with a part of her cargo, saved by the schooner E. Boswell, of New York, from San Juan. The brig was leaking badly, and her cargo was being discharged. Overland Mail Arrangements. New Orleans, Nov. 1 —Wells, Fargo & Cos. have obtained, privilege from the Government of the State of Sonora, to : f run a weekly line of stages from Arizona to Guay mas. Another Vigilance Committee. New Okleaxs, Oct. 31.—1 tis reported l that another Vigilance Committee is be ing organized here. Tbe election takes place on the 7th of November. Deputa tations of Plug Ugfies, it is reported, have arrived from Baltimore. Y'ellow Fever. New Orleans, Oct. 31.—There were twenty-five deaths by yellow fever at the Charity Hospital, last week. TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS- Washington. Oct. 31 —There is no probability that the heads of Depart- j ments will be required to sub estimates for expenditures within fifty millions, as required by the Senate resolution last session, that sum being adequate for the purpose of Government. Reliable advices state that tlie Nicara guan Government is disposed to satisfac torily arrange the transit route, ihe only obstacle is the Belly contract, which has failed in some particulars. No action will be taken by the General i Government respecting tbe aiders and j abettors of the Harper’s Ferry insurrec tion. It is supposed it will be left to j Gov. Wise, as in the case of Cook and j Hazlett. Ernst Clay of the Mexico British Lega- j tion has arrived, and sought an imme- j diate interview with Lord Lyons. St. Louis, Oct. 31.—The Overland Mail of the tenth has arrived. Business was extremely dull. Two hundred In- j dians have captured the head waters of Frazier river. Halt the town ot Auburn, in Placer coynty, is burned. Loss $50,- 000. Col. Bonneville has been ordered to j immediately campaign against the Apa che Indians. Santa Fe advices soy fears are enter- i tained for tbe mails now over due from j Independence. Gallegos contests Otero 6 , seat in Congress. Lexington, Ivy., Oct. 31. -R. H. Champ, a very wealthy farmer in Bour bon county, who is under sentence of fifteen years’ imprisonment in the peni tentiary for rape, escaped from jail Sat urday night. Great efforts are being made to recapture him. Halifax, Oct. 81.—Thesteamer “Gold en Gate,” from Boston, is reported lost, and the crew all drowned except three, who have arrived here. For the Sun. Star Companies. Bds. Sun: Our city had just seen the retreating forms of one Slur Company ot dramatic artists, when, 10, another rises from the East, heralded with a louder trumpet blast, and promising to shine more brilliantly than the former one. It is somewhat strange, Messrs. Edi tors, that these celebrated Star Compa nies came into existence in Georgia, have they been hid away in the secret avenues of the Mammoth Cave, or traversing the mountains and valleys away from active life, courting the Muses, that they might break upon the untutored Georgians, and startle them into a wild frenzy of de light ? Two Companies of Tragedians and Comedians have visited our city. The first have shed the effulgent light of their glory upon our unsophisticated rustics, the other is here now, emitting their spark ling, dazzling rays, transporting their en raptured listeners into a state ot beati tude. Stars! yes, all Stars, every one who visits Columbus as au actor, is a Star, a bright particular Star. The ladies are Veuuses, and the gentlemen are—are, well, we forget what tiie name is. Old Bill Shakspeare is considered by our Stars as rather too old and common place, to demand any attention, except to murder him afresh before the depar ture of these great and luminous ‘lights. STAR. ♦ Trial of the Harper's Ferry Con spirators—Third Day. Charlestown, Oct. 28. Capt. Cook arrived here at 1 o’clock this morning. He says that if Brown had taken his advice in relation to mount ing, a thousand men couldn’t have taken them, There is great rejoicing at his arrest. He says that Fred. Dougiass acted the coward, having promised to be there in person. George 11. Hoyt, of Bostou, counsel for Brown, arrived this rooming. He is quite a youth. The Court met at 11 o’clock Brown was led over from the jail, walking very feebly. He laid down upon his cot. Senator Mason entered the Court with Mr. Hoyt, the Boston counsel of Brown. He remarked that the testitnouy of Col. Washington and Mr. Phelps yesterday was strictly truthful. The jury were called and answered to their names. Mr. Botts announced the arrival of Mr. Hoyt, who had come here to assist the counsel for the prisoner. At present, however, he did not feel disposed to take part in the case. Whenever he should feel disposed he would do so. Gov. Willard, of Indiana, a brother-in law of Cook, accompanied by J. E. Mc- Donald, Attorney General of Indiana, and others, arrived here this morning, and had an interview with Cook, at the jail. Constitution of Tennessee. The following propositions to change the Constitution of Tennessee, are pend ing before the Legislature now in session: 1. To have sessions of the Legislature only once in four years. 2. To fix by the constitution the Legis lative Session at 90 days. 3. To elect a Governor only once in four years. 4. To extend the term of office of Comp troller and Treasurer to four years. 5. To make those officers and the Sec retary of State elective by tbe people. 6. To make Clerks and Masters in Chancery elective by the people. 7. In the formation of new counties to allow old counties to be reduced below 625 square miles. 8. To make all slaves under 50 years of age taxable. 9. To retain by constitutional pro vision the power to repeal all acts of in corporation. Trials of Speed. Several of the fast trotters at the Fair Grounds contested for the premiums yes terday in trials of speed. The awards had not been fully made out when we left, and they are therefore omitted from the list which we publish this morning. The following is a summary of the time made by each horse—distance one mile : Lady Clifford, John K. Allen, Kichmond 2:51)4 Dick, D. V. Ward, Richmond 2:16)4 Bay Horse, J. A. Seal)right, Halt 2:59)4 j Brown Horse. DT. Harvey. Danville 2:57 *4 ; Nero. W. 11. Taylor, Lynchburg 2:b7)<i Col. Hassell, K. Walker 2:57 Fea Bret ze, 11. W. Martin, Washington 2:54)4 Fpit Fire. John Hagan, Richmond 3:10 “ ‘ Don Juan, Wm. Walls, Petersburg 3.20 The first premium, of $250, was as signed to D. F. Ward, whose horse “ Dick” made his mile in 2:4GJ. The following were entered in the j second class : Lucy L~ng, J. J. Sutherland, Richmond 3:03)4 j Lady Clifford, John K. Allan, Richmond 2:59)4 Nelly B!y, It. 15. Haxall, Richmond. 3:25)4 Brown Horse. D T. Harvey. Danville 3:62)4 Nero. W. 11. Taylor, Lynchburg 3:12% Sea Breeze. 11. W. Martin, Washington 2:' 2 Spit-ti;e, John Hagan, Kichmond 3:06)4 Bay Horse. J. A. Seabright. Halt .-...2:52% Nannie Bell, J. 11. Norton, Richmond 2:50)4 Rich. Dispatch, 29 th Marringe for Profit. Mrs. CLilds it is, we believe, who said she never saw a marriage expressly for i money that did not end unhappily. This is. we fancy, the experience of all close observers of life and its ways. Yet man- \ aging mothers and heartless daughters are continually playing the same unlucky game. Mrs. Childs thinks that men more ■ frequently marry for love than women, j perhaps. Tbe former have a free choice. The latter have not, mostly. How large a portion of women marry only because they think they will never have a better chance, and dread becoming dependent. ■ The author we have quoted is right when she says, “If I may judge by observation, marrying for a home is a most tiresome way of getting a living.”— X. O. Pic. Strip Sen *. Savannah, Oct. 31.—The ships Berlin, from New York : the Wallace, from Fhil- j adelphia; and the Speedwell, from Port land, arrived here to-day. Charleston, Oct. 31.—The ship Clen thera, from Bahama, arrived here to-day, she brings the 3d mate and seamen of the Redwood, from New Orleans, bound to Havre. The Redwood was wrecked cn tbe 18th on the Bahama Banks. She had on board 3,700 bales of cotton, 2,000 saved undamaged—tbe balance saved in a damaged condition. The vessel will be i a total loss. Tlie Fpsclc ofilrtat Britain. Official returns just published show that the amount of specie imported into England this vear, up to the Ist of Oc tober, was $138,510,000, against S9J,- 030,000 in the corresponding eighi months of 1858. The excess this year bas been principally in silver, which has been $54,780,000 ag.ii.st $22,670,000 last year. Such is the extent to which the Conti-, rent is drained of silver, to nu-e-t the oe maud tor India in the London mat get, that more than $25,000,000 has been re ceived from France, and about $10,000,- 000 from Belgium. Nearly $5,000,000 was from the United States, and nearly $11,000,000 from Mexioo. The quantity of gold imported was $78,709,375, ouly about a million and a half more than last year. Os this sum Sr>? 987,975 came from tbe United States lan increase of $10,000,000 over last year. Only $24,858,345 came from Aus “t 1 alia, a decrease of nearly $3,000,000. Nearly $10,000,000 came from Russia, a large increase over last year. The registered exports of gold and sil ver during the first eight months the present year have been $131,980,165, or within- about $1,500,060 of the entire import, of which nearly $60,000,000 was in gold to Paris. It thus appears that though we ship nearly all our California gold “to England, she keeps none of it, and indeed holds on to but very little ot her own Australian gold, or the 1 irge amount which.she receives iroui Russia. Abuse of the Franking Privilege. A New York paper tells us that Sena tor Wilson ot Massachusetts passed through that city on Saturday ea route to Washington. The same paper adds: “ The Senator is one of the ‘irrepressi ble conflict’ agitators, and goes to Wash ington to assist in franking documents, the Postmaster General having ‘shut down’ on illegal franking, which has been practiced to such an extant of late years. We understand that the decision of the Post Master General referred to com pelled Mr. Douglas to abandon his con templated visit to Minnesota, where he had engagements to stump the State in the present canvass, in order that he might proceed to Washington and super intend the franking in person. Douglas, it is said, uses the frank more extensive ly than any other Senator; but whether this is so or not, there is no doubt that the privilege has been abused by- all par ties, and members of Congress who make laws should be-made to comply with them.” —Riehmond Whig. The Chicago Times gives tire following story : “Yesterday, at dinner, a negro was discovered at the table of the Richmond House, sitting at the left of Rev. George Checver, of New York, while at his right sat a couple of Boston ladies. Home la dies at another part of the table called the attention of Mr. Tabor, one of the proprietors, to the fact. Mr. Tabor had the black immediately removed. The Abolitionists among whom the negro was sitting manifested great sympathy for the black, and demanded feelingly if the rules of the house banished him from the com pany of his friends and companions at the public table. Upon being told such was the case, they were constrained to acquiesce. On leaving the table, a Bos ton Abolitionist found the negro whim pering in the hall, and to sooth the deep sorrow of his heart, put his arm around the black and fondly caressed him.” A Fight. A rather serious difficulty occurred at the Exchange Hotel, on Saturday evening last, between a Mr. Shepherd, of West Point, Ga., and Mr. E. Henehen, of the firm of.Waldman & Cos., of this city. — The quarrel originated at the Exchange dinner table, and the fighting commenced in the Hall leadiug to the Reading Room. A knife was used by Mr. Shepherd, with which he inflicted several wounds in the head of his antagonist. Mr. Shepherd was immediately arrested by our very efficient City Marshal, and arraigned be fore the Mayor. He was bound over in the sum of S2OO, for which he gave bond and was released. Subsequently, how ever, he was re-arrested by the Sheriff of the county, and made to give a bond amounting to S7OO, for his appearance in the Magistrate’s Court, either this or to morrow morning. —Montgomery Advertiser, 31st October. Cost, of Living Ten Years Ago and New. An inquirer asks: “Is the value of money reduced, or the supply not pro- I portiouate to the demand, or is it specu , lation that has produced such a rise in ; the necessaries of life? This with the iu , crease of rents in as great a ratio, shows | even with employment tbe Struggle ! among the masses.” lie gives the fol lowing table of prices for the two periods in New York : j 1549. 1859. Flour : $5 00 to 5 75 $5 00 to 900 ! Wheat 1 18 1 80 Corn 74 80 Rye 79 ss Oats 35 65 Mess Pork._ 12 25 17 25 Prime Pork 10 00 10 00 Hides, B. Ayres 9)4 to 10c. 26)4 Coffee, Java i . to 9 14% Cotton 5 to 8)4 lo to 14 Spot ou tlie Sun. A spot of remarkable size is now visi ble on the surface of the Sun, more than | 60,000 miles in diameter, or eight times i the diameter of the Earth. It can be seen without difficulty with the aid of an opera glass, the eye of course being pro tected by a .screen. The area occupied by this disturbance of the Sun’s surface is about three thousand millions of square | miles, some fifteen or sixteen times tbe whole surface of the Earth. As the spot was near the middle of the Sun on Sat urday, the 29th, it will be visible for I some days yet. We make the announcement above given, od the authority and information of the esteemed friend, whose astronom ical observations have often been Commu nicated through the Courier. —Charleston Courier. Firmness of Mind. the 19th of May, 1780, was a remark ably short day. Candles were lighted in many houses: the birds were silent aud disappeared, aud the fowls retired to roost. The Legislature of Connecticut was then in session at Hartford. Avery general opinion prevailed that the day of judgment was at hand. The House of Representatives, being unable to trans act their business, adjourned. A propo sal to adjourn the Council was under consideration, when the Hon. Abraham Davenport gave his views as follows: “I am against an adjournment. The day of judgment is either approaching, : or it is not. If it is not, there is no cause for an adjournment; if it is, I choose to be found doing my duty. I wish, therefore, that candles mav be brought.” J Lucy Stone publishes the following letter in the Boston Liberator. “ Boston, Oct. 12, 1859. “Dear Mr. Garrison: I urn sur prised to learn that the letter going the rounds of the papers, purporting to be from Stephen Arnold Douglas to me, is being received as a veritable correspon dence. The hoax seemed to be so bare faced that I never gave it a second thought. I have never written to or re ceived a line from Mr. Douglas, and it is not to such men that the Women’s Rights cause appeals for help “ Yours, for truth, LUCY STONE ” A Mammoth. Sluice. A correspondent of the Leavenworth limes gives an account of a ditch for luiushmg water for mining to the Russell and Gregory diggings, at the Rocky Mountains, now in course of construction at a cost $23,000, which will be from twenty-five to thirty miles in length three feet wide at the bottom, two feet i.eep, with a velocity of water of four miles per hour. A letter says that when the Harper’s berry news was received at the Uni vemty of Virginia, a large body of students had determined to e 0 armed to the Ferry. The next day dispatches came stating that the insurrection had been suppressed. This laudable desire to assist was not confined to the Vir ginians, but manifested by students of distant States to the number of 100 to 200- Perpetual Motion. About six yeaisago. i> published the first description of a machine invented by Mr. James G. Hendrickson, Freehold, New Jersey, “to go ifseif'’ A model, which Mr. Hendrickson had made, after puietit whittling for forty years, was brought to our office, and we found that it. would go without any impulse from without, and would not stop unless it was blocked. The power was self-coi.. tained and self-adjusted, and gave suffi cient force to carry ordinary clock-work without any winding up or replenishing. In short, we saw no reason why it would not go until it was worn out. Our an nouncement of the fact brought out a great deal of ridicule ; the incredulous pointed at all of the projects to obtain a perpetual motive power which had failed in the past, and predict'd the. same Gis .rrace for the new invention. Many Scientific gentlemen visited it, end although they could not dispute the f; lC t that it was “going,” they nearly all at tributed tbe movement to some hidden spring, or ingenious trickery. The jn ventor was an old man, who had spent his whole life in the pursuit of the object he had now attained. He had become so much accustomed to ridicule, that he wa very patient under it; and the only reply he made to the cavilers, who pronounced the thing impossible, was —“but it does go !” The notice which we printed at tracted the attention of the curious, and for the fir.-t time in his history, the in ventor found a profit in his handiwork. He was invited to be present at various fairs and exhibitions of new inventions, and wherever he wait his machine formed one of the chief attractions. Sci ence, however, turned up its nose at him, and determined to put him down. The professors were all against him, and as they had pronounced tlie whole thing a humbug, they were determined to prove tlie truth of their assertion. Ac cordingly, Mr. llenrickson was seized at Keyport* New Jersey, for practicing “jugglery,” under the “Act for sup pressing vice and immorality.” At the trial, several builders, mill-wrights, en. gineers and philosophers, were called, who testified positively that no such mo tive power as that alleged, could drive the machine, aud there must be some concealed spring within the wooden cylin der. There was no help for it ; and the imposture must be exploded. An axe was brought, and the cylinder splintered into fragments. Alas! for the philosophers, there was no concealed spring, and the machine had gone of itself . But alas! also, for poor Henrickson, the machine would go no more. With trembling lianas be again resumed bis spectacles and jackuiie. His model once more completed, he had anew machine con structed of brass, hollow throughout, so that the eye could examine all its parti. This was brought to our office nearly two years ago, when we noticed it once more, and gave to our readers some of the facts we have now recalled. The in ventor was trying to secure a patent for this discovery, but the work went on slowly. The Patent Office required a working model to test the principle, and one was sent to Washington. The mo ment the blocks were taken out, the wheels started off “like a thing of life,” and during ten months that the model remained in the Patent Office, it never once stopped to breathe. The inventor had perfected two new machines, and made a very comfortable livelihood ex hibiting them, prosecuting his efforts meanwhile to secure his patent, intending to apply the power to clock-work, for which it is peculiarly well adapted. Age crept upon him, however, before this point was reached ; his highest art could not make his heart-beatings perpetual: and last Saturday evening he breathed his last, in the old homestead at Freehold. He had been so much persecuted by the incredulous, that he had provided a secret placo beneath the floor of his shop where his last two machines were deposited. It was in the form of a vault, covered by a trap door which was locked, and the floor so replaced as to avoid suspicion. After his last illness commenced, ho made known this secret to liis family, who ex amined the spot carefully, and found tbe contents exactly as described. The night after his death, the shop was broken open, the floor taken up. the trap-door pried off, and both models stolen. It is probable that the family in their visits had not taken the same precaution as the inventor, and some prying eyes had dis covered the secret. Fortunately, the drawings are preserved, and there is a little machine, one of the earliest made, now running in Brooklyn, where it has kept np its ceaseless ticking for nearly six years. Mr. Hendrickson leaves a family of four sons and four daughters, all of them, we believe, given to inven tions. Had he died ten years ago, how emphatically would it have been said that bis life bad been wasted in “the hopeless effort to detain perpetual mo tion.”—Journal of Commerce. NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 28—We notice a con tinued movement in cotton, which has metwitli a good demand at very full prices during the past week, but in most other articles in our roaiket timtransactions are of quite a moderate charac ter. Sugar and Brulassis as yet arrive rather slowly, and have generally met with a fair de mand, with a firm market for the former. In Tobacco theae is a very little doing. Flour has been inactive, but the prices have’ slightly im proved owing to reduced supplies. C* td continues scarce, aud has brought full pi ices. In Provisions a limited business has been done with but little change iri the rates. Freights continue active and firm, while Exchange has been heavy with a ten dency generally in tavor of buyers, *The weather has been clear and pleasant during tin-greater part of the week, but quite cold last ni-Lt ard to day. Cotton—Our last weekly report closed upon a firm cotton market, and on Saturday we noticed a good inquiry with sales of about 9 600 halts at steady prices. Ou Monday the demand wan lair and some 8,500 bales changed bauds, and on Tues day i ,500 bales were sold at rates which required an alteration of )£c. in our quotations in favi.r of ‘ellors. The advance was very firmly maintained on Wednesday and yesterday under the influence of the Persia’s ad vices, which reported an advance hf )4d. at Liverpool for the week ending ou tbe loth inst., and the sales of the two cays embraced about 18.590 bales, though yesterday exhibited less activity. To-day the demand was moderate and the rates again embraced tome 7,C1i0 bake, making a lotal for the week ot about 51.000 bales, toe market closing with less firmness but witlaut any material change— Inferior Nominal 1 Middling 1(% to 11 Ordinary Nominal Good Middlig.ll% to 11) 2 Good Ordi y. 9% tolO Middling Fairll?.’ to 12 Low Midd’g.lo% to 10)4! Fair to Sugar Ilia receipts of both old aud new crop f-ugar have been light, and have generally met with a good demand, especially for tbe latter, which has considerably advanced. The sales of the past week have* amounted to about 80 ,; libels, new crop, including 260 tc day mostly at lb” range of our quotations as given below, and t me 3‘.0 hit da old crop at 5% to 6)40. for gcod common to fuliy fair, and 6% to 7c. per lb. for prime and choice. \\ c quoto lor new crop as follow s Inferior !o g./ t Common to Good Common 6 tot 1 ” Fair to Fully Fair gsr t 0 71” Prime to Choice . ........ .7)4 to 8 ‘ Centrifugal aud Clarified 7% to b)7 Molasses There L-as been a good demand f t ucw- crop Molasses during tbe week,and with oid> moderate receipis prices have been pretty wjeil maintained, though occasionally shewing hidc fluctuation. Thu salts have embraced abof 2. 1 •blu*. at a range of 4j to 42:-. for prime and choice, mostly at 41 to 41)4c.. but including to-dnv si “lA 81 Qat4oto 41 c pux gallon. Hal! bids, have bit” selling generally at 44 to 46c , the sales including some 300 to-day at 46c per gallon. In old crop nothing of any moment has beeD done. Bacon The markc t has been inactive, but v dil light receipt* prices have been Him. fouie casks have been sold in limited parcels duritgtbe week at 8)4 to 8% -. for Shoulders. 10)4 to lt-’tc. for Ribbed Sides, 12)4 to 12%c. per it., fr ti.'tf biJc-t. Me quote limns at lo to 11 and 12c idr or< ti*ary plain aud c.-idinary eugar-cured. and to 14 ‘ an <! per lb for extra and fancy cured. To day 51) casks Shoulders sold al !%<•'• anu aotieices Stagg’s sugm-curtd Hun s st IR> per pound. Coffer—Thera has been a fair demand during* portion of the week, and we have uoticid sales ot about 0 000 bagg at a range for extremes of UL I fi.P‘ rlb ’ deluding to-day 50 at 11)5c.. and r - a • per lb. We still quote ordinary to gccil fair at 11 to l-2c., and prime at tV/,c per lb. A cargo of 0.576 has arrived fioru Itio deJanerio du ring the week, oinking the impost* since the -.epUmbt r 60,420 t ags, against 23.932 to the f) e * e:!r ,ie 9tnc kon a ’ *1 fbis evening > 5 32.220 bags, against 21.846 at the same time last year. NAnIIMLLE, Nov. 28.—There is a fair ib-un* 1 - u for Bacon. We quote Shoulders at 7 1 .to i';-.- Hams 11 to 11)4, Clear Sides 10)5 to 10.65, and Ribbed 9% to 10c., from wagons. From s ■ l ' l ’ packed. )4c. advance on these prices is demanded- Prim.- Lard is scaice and in request at 11)4 to l-v ----from wagons. N'ASUV ILLE, Nov. 2.—Tbe market is inactive- Tbeie is very little- coming in. with the ni'ak“ bare of stocks. We quote Shoulders at 7)4 to Hams lu)4 to 11c., Clear Sides 10)4 to 10%c., and Ribbed 9% to 10c. from wagons. From store packed. %c. advance on these prices is demand) ■ 1 rime Lard :a selling in a retail way at ll)c £ 12 cents. KUFAULA, Nov. 2.-Our Cotton market ha* been quite active for several days past, and sa.e* have been made readily at prices ranging *)) 10 to 10 >2 cents. Principal sales 10% to H - cents. Something very fine could bring 10; Receipts to date li q'l “ Same time last year Excess. 362
