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ilDiMstiluthmaltst & Kfymhlir.
"by james Gardner.' -
OFFICE ON MoINTOSH-STREET,
T*I«P OOOH FH 3 M fH* KollTtl-»liI COXSSE OF
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TERMS:
Daily, ffi jKJraaee per annum $6 00
If *et in advance per annum 7 00
Tri-WeeKlJ. inadrance. per annum...... 4 OQ
If not in advance por annum 5 00
Weekly, in advance....per annum 200
gyxii Discount for Clubs.
{From the Nashville banner . 2d inst)
Tho Know Nothings.
We are glad to see the democratic press of the
State unanimously and strongly condemning this
secret organization. From a long article in the
Bedford Yeoman we copy the following :
“Any reflecting man must see that a Democrat
who suiters himself to be betrayed into this ab
surd course of argument, is very rapidly, though
unconsciously turning himself into a Donkey. We
have no doubt that a few Democrats vyiil be
caught in this trap, notwithstanding the fact,
that the Know-Nothings have uniformly oppos
«d the Democratic candidates for Mayoralties in
every city where they have been organized. To
those Democrats who want to try the experi
ment, we have only to say: ‘Go in Lemons , and
get squeezed.’ ■’
Tbe Murfreesboro’ News says:
** We are opposed to this order, believing as we
... v ... do that secret associations in politics are danger
ous to the interests of the country, and the rights
of the people. We apprehend no great dangei
to our political institutions from foreigners while
we outnumber them nearly as one hundred to
one. Political parties arrayed on religious
, grounds cannot fail to produce vast mischief in
| the country, and will most probably, if the peo
ple lavor tbeir organization, deluge the land in
blood. Errors in religion are known only to
God. Truth has nothing to fear from error while
left free to combat it, not with arms, but with
arguments. The man, whether Cathoiic or Pro
testant, who feels that his laith needs the inter-
Ite? ference ol political parties to sustain it, must have
a poor opinion of the thing himself. Weaienot
a Catholic; nor do we ever expect to be the ad
p vocate ol Catholicism. We have been taught to
I u PP°® e f heir doctrines; but not with bludgeons
and brick bats. The man who presents no bet
-11: ter evidence of the truth of his religion than
“To prove his doctrine othodox,
% apostolic blows and knocks,’’ v
holds a creed which we never felt a disposition
to embrace, whether put forth by a corrupt priest
® bigotted protestant. We have too a consti
tutiori which protects us in the enjoyment of re
ligious liberty’. and while that is respected we
fear nothing from the influence of the Caltholic
cnureh, nor of any other church."
Sec’et political societies (says the Mobile Re
gister) are not tbe natural productions of Ameri
can soil. They are noxious exotics, transplant
ed worn the hot-houses of European despotism.
the genius of our people, the
„ very atmosphere of our climate, ate hostile to
growth. "I here is nothing in the system
ot pur Government which justifies any portion
in going stealthily to work under
the cloak of a secret oiganization to alter our
la#*, or to atfe.t their administration. Free
uofji of speech is guaranteed to all by the organic
Jaws of the country. No governmental censor
ship °f the press, the pulpit or the bar, the Senate
or Mm hustings, is authorized or asserted, and
every man may at his pleasure promulgate his
sentiments upon whatever subject, tree from all
or restrainst. The people may meet
J™ 1 vv hen and where they will, and discuss
01 Public or local concern, without
ol an insolent soldiery oi a vexa
-3||j?agailß^P>lice to check their perlect Jreedoin ol
tpeech watch their actions. What plea
then American citizen possibly oiler ioi
attaching himsell to a body of men who aie pur
suing a course ol j»olitical conduct which tiiey
«ra unwilling their lellow-citi/.ens should see
and judge of. It may do in Europe, rotten with
the accumulated conuption ol a thousand years,
but upon our virgin soil, beneath our genial cli
u,l<ler our free laws, we have no need
to resoit to this desperate expedient ol an en
slaved people to free their necks from the yoke
of a tyrant and a despot. «
(('orref/tondnut of the Savannah Rejmblit an.)
Macon, Sept. 1, 1804.
Messrs. P. I V. Alexander <$- Co . Savannah , Ga :
Gentlemen—l herewith hand you a statement
of repoitof receipts stock tke. at this
point to date, as compared with last yeai, ad
that out ol the receipts of the past month
bales aie of the present crop.
Only a moderate demand prevails tor Cotton,
but the safes effected are at very extravagant
prices. Middlings are offered at SJ; Good Mid-
Notwithstandirg the excessive hot and dry
weather that has prevailed during the two
months past, the Cotton crop of Georgia will t>
an average one. Some plantations have suffered
materially, but they are tew, and the majority
ot planters in Southwestern Georgia will make
from 20 to 30 per cent more yield than las' year.
Yours very respectfully,' H. E. B.
Comparative Statement of Stock, Re, tipis, ,to 1 s;'
Sept., 1834.
Receipts in August, 1854 474
“ 44 44 185:: 242
Receipts to let Sept. 1853 64.229
“ “ “ 1854 52 935
Decrease 11 294
Stock Ist 1854.. /.* 3.891
■L “ “5* 1853 2,585
Increase .1,306
The Ladies and the Census.—A London
paper says:—The returns of tbe ages of la
d es have given some trouble, and a slight cor
feet ion has been necessary. Those who in 1851
were between 30 and 23, must of couise have
been between 20 arid 15 at the pteviovs census;
but a number of girls between 10 and 15 iii
1841 was not large enough to grow into the
goodly company wbo in 1851 say that they are
bat between 20 and 25. The return, also, be
tween 30 and 35 in 1851 is too smali, as com
pared with the return for the favorite age of 20
-25 in 1841. After allowing for immigration, and
compairing the numbei with those of men, the
Registrar General and his assistants ire of opin
ion that about 33,000 ladies who have entered
themselves as between 20 and 40 really belong
to the next age, 40—60 to which the body of de
linquents are transferred in the calculations and
tables accordingly.
The gentlemen who feel driven to this con
clusion very handsomely suggest that those who
made these misrepresentations may havedorieso
“ because they were quite unconscious of the
silent lapse ol time, or because their imagina
tions still lingered over the hours ot the young
£u” e ’ i* U * are obliged to add that it may
have been “ because they choose foolishly to
represent fhemselvps younger than they really
were at tue scandalous risk of bringing tbe
statements of the whole of their country wo
men into discredit. ’
The mean age at which marriages are first
contracted and Wales in 25 8 years
lor males end 24,6 for females whde 54 in ev
•ry 100 brides and 34 in eveiy 100 bridegrooms.
are 20 and under 2o years of age. 5
At St. Louis, on the 21st nit., i*w whisky
was commanding the unusual high price of 34 a
|ra3s cents per gallon. On this fact the Intelli
gencer of that city thus comments ;
“ We have frequently heard the lemaik, ‘how
can rectifiers pay 35c. for raw and sell at 35c V
Nothing easier, ar.d the explanation is quite
simple. Rectified whisky is whisky liberally
mixed with water—three to five, and sometimes
as rnjny as eight gallons of water to the barrel,
at thj? manufacturers-' discretion. This affords a
>'handsorne profit at the present current rates for
raw, a mixture of three gallons ‘ Mississippi’
netting $1.05 ; five gallons there is $1.75, and
when it comes to eight gallons there is $2.80 pei
barrel dean dear profit. Besides, rectifying
may be considered a humane ‘ institution- the
eharcoai taking out a very considerable portion
of the alcoholic fire, and reducing the baneful
effects of a too free use of 4 Red Eye.’ w
Suicide in the Penitentiary.—Copenhaver
one of the convicts in tbe Penitentiary, hung
himself on Saturday last, in his cell, by suspend
ing himself from a joist with a handkerchief.—
He was one of Dr. Robert’s gang ol robbers
sent from Monroe county for robbing Mr. Jack
son, near Barneevil le.r-r/Wera/ Union, ith inst.
AUGUSTA, GA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPT. 6.
Health of Savannah.
On Monday, the Board reported nineteen in
terments, of which ten were by Yellow Fever.
Health of Charleston.
Office of City Register, I
Charleston, Sept, 4th. 10 P. M. J
There have been 10 deaths from Yellow Fe
ver for the past 24 hours.
J. L. DAWSON, M. D., C. R.
Health of Charleston.
We see 1 y the official report of the Board of
Health of the above qity, that the deaths during
the past week, ending the 2d inst., were forty
nine, of which twenty-six died of Yellow Fe
ver. Pf the above deaths 35 were whites, and
14 blacks.
The River.
The River is low, the water on the bar mea
suringonly two feet six inches, and none but the
ightest draft steamers can reach the wharf.
The steamer Fashion, and the new stern wheel
steamer Atlanta, we understand, came up to tho
wharf last evening.
Returning-.
We had the pleasure yesterday, of taking by
the hand several of our merchants who have
returned from the north, and the interior of this
State. Our streets at the present time present a
lively appearance, as there are a large number of
strangers in town. We understand, that several
familes have returned to the city from there
visits to the watering places. At the present
writing our city is very healthy, and the pros
pects are that it will continue so until frost.
Crimes of our Negroes and their Punish
ment.
The public have been recently horrified by the
revolting details of the murder of Dr. McDonald,
of Mount Meigs, Ala., by his own slave, and by
the awful punishment inflicted upon the mur
derer. A mode of execution so shocking and
appalling to the human heart, as that by the fag
got and stake, must have the most overpower
ing necessity growing out of the state of things
among us for its justification. We should be
loth to feel that our own misconduct in reference
to the slate of crime and insubordination among
our negroes should have entailed upon us the
necessity of committing baibarities which has
not elsewhere had a counterpart on this conti
nent, except among Indian savages, and the
witch-buneis of New England. But in reflect
ing on the subject, we are forced to the con
clusion, that the blame of this deplorable ex
igency lies, in some measure, at the door of the
whites themselves, the owners of slave property.
The negro who committed this murder at
Mount Meigs, for which he was burnt, confess
ed, that he had on a previous occasion, murdered
his then o wner in Kentucky, and that he was run
from that State , and afterwards sold in Alabama
Toese words that we have italicised contain the
key to much of the arsons, rapes and murders
perpetrated by our slaves. The sordid lave of
money, rising superior to indignation for outra
geous villainy and foul murder, has been the
means of the escape of many a guilty negro from
the gallows. The owner preferred to assist his
escape, in order to save his value in dollars and
cents, to the discharge of his duty to the com
munity, by delivering him up to condign punish
ment.
. Instances of this kind, in cases ol the highest
grades of offences, are comparatively rare. But
in cases of minor felonies and misdemeanors, no
thing is more common than for the offences to
be compromised on condition, that the owner
will send the negro out of the community, and
sell in a distant State ; and it is also not uncom
mon for the owners to spirit the negro off clan
destinely, and seM him, in order to avoid trouble
and expense.
Now-, this whole system is radically wrong,
and if owners cannot be held up to their full du
ty to the public lrom proper motives, they should
be compelled to do su by rigid laws, rigidly eu
toiced to punish the crime of compounding felo
nies, and ot harboring and concealing negro
lelons, and aiding and abetting their escape.
The law is a just and righteous one, provides
slaves the benefit of counsel and legal defenoe.
The great law of interest, apart from humanity,
will always prompt the owner to sea that injus
tice is not done his slave. This will almost in
evitably protect an innocent slave from an un
just verdict. Tbe tendency has been and is to
tbe other extreme, —of guilty slaves not being
found guilty, owing to the extra-efforts of the
owner to shield him from the consequences of
ms crimes,—where the victim is a stranger to
p he owner, and no feeling ot vengeance comes in
o counteract the promptings of self-interest.
Two remedies, in addition to what is above
suggested, occurs to us. One is, to piovide by
law, to owners of executed s*aves, remuneration
, in whole or in part for their value. The other
is, that when a negro commits a grave offence,
not punishable with death, but sufficient to make
it proper that the community shoull be put upon
its guard against him, he should be branded on
tbe cheek or forehead, as a sign and a warning.
Tbe first of these two remedies has often been
discussed in our Legislatures, but has hitherto,
we think mainly, been defeated. The other has
for it scripture authority, as far back as the days
of Cain and Abel. It is true, the offence of Cain
was murder and fratricide. His punishment,
according to later Mosaic law, and that of mod
ern times, would have been death; but with the
cuise and the brand upon him, it was, perhaps, a
punishment as salutary, and worse than death.
We think it might be introduced with advantage
among our negroes, as it might save the neces
sity of occasionally burning one alive.
Indian Corn.—A French farmer has succeed
ed in giving to Maize or Indian Corn any other
color he chooses, by the following plan ;—Hav
ing received from China a specimen of maize o
a pearl white color, the grains of which were
very small but very beautiful, he was desirous to
obtain the same grain but of other colors. Fo r
this puipose, he planted by the side of some of
them some American maize of a red color, and
the result was a crop of grain of a pink tint,
with some of a blueisb, and others of green col
or. He made a similar experiment with the
maize of Tusavorsf, the grain of which is as
white as Carolina rice, and he thus obtained a
crop, the ears of which were about 14 inches in
length, and the grains of a blue color. Another
tune he planted some maize of the color of am
ber among some of the black maize of Syria.
Ihe ears attained the length of 22 inches, and
the grain was of different colors. The Yellow
maize on being plainted near some of the brown
maize of Central America, produced some of dark
Irown color, which ripens eight days sooner than
the other soits. This farmer now possess one
hundred and fifty-three different varieties of
maize, and his object in continuing his experi- j
ments is not only to change the color at wilh 1
but al-o to contain varieties which will ripen !
earlier, as well as larger and longer ears, and
thus increase the produce.
The specie deposits in the U. S. Mint for the
past month amount to $2,272,000. The coinage
in the same time $309,000.
Death of Benjamin Borroughs.—The foi
ls an extract from a letter written by a gentle
man of this city (Says the Savannah News)
now in Marietta, Ga. The letter is dated Au
gust 31, and brings the sad intelligence of the
death ot a gentleman of this city 44 Young
j Benjamin Burroughs, son of Win. Burrroughs,
I died this morning at 10 o’clock at hiu grandfath
| er’s residence (Mr. McCloud) a mile from this
I place. Mr. Wm. Burroughs left Savannah on
last Thursday evening, and the young man was
taken sick soon after he got here. This is the
only case of sickness I hear of among the refn
j gees from Savannah.
President Pierce at Winchester.— -The
j President and his family, accompanied by Mr.
Secretary Davis and J. D. Hoover, Marshal ol
the District, reached Winchester, Va., on Wed*,
nesday afternoon, and were conducted to the
Taylor Hotel, where tne citizens embraced the
opportunity to call upon the Chief Magistrate of
the nation. The Republican says in the eve
ning, a crowd collected outside the Hotel, and
was addressed by Mr. Davis and Gov. Lowe, of
Maryland, who chanced to arrive from a differ
ent quarter the same afternoon. The President
and company proceeded to Capon on Thursday
i mornig.
The Crops in England.— The late English
papers all speak of fine weather and abundant
! ha rvests throughout the whole of that eouutry.
The corn and wheat especially are represented
as usually fine, and in many places the latter
was being cur. Oats and hay, too, would yield
largely, and the only complaint is of the potato
j rot i hut this is far from general or very serious.
We learn (says the Savannah Republican)
!rom a despatch received by the agents in this
city, that the Steamship Knoxville, hence, ar
rived at New York in 56 hours. Her pasaen
gers were detained on board but a few hours.
I hilharmonic Rats. —The organists in a
church in Boston, on Sunday last, in endeavor
ing to draw music of the organ, was non-plussed
when he came to the F. flat and the F. natural.
He found the E very flat, and the F extremely
un-natural The cause, which was discovered
next day, (by looking sharp) was that the rats J
had built a nest at the bottom of the pipes.
Connubial —ls you wish to grow wealthy,
says the Washington Union,get married. What
it costs to support one vice will keep six chil
dren. Until a young man is married, he is toss
ed about from one degree of ungodliness to anoth
er,ti 11 his health, strength, and character are com
pletely bursted up and done for. Talk about
your Congress water and sea bathing! there is
nothing the Lord ever evented for the health
equal to a virtuous woman. Were young men
permitted to get married when they first feel a
passion for muslin and calico, one half of the
hereditary diseases that the human family are
afflicted with would be annihilated.
Closing of the Pulaski House.— lt is an
nounced by advertisement in the Savannah pa
pers that on an after this day, the Pulaski House
will be closed during the continuance of the epi
demic.
It is stated that there rs due the heirs of those
men who fell with Travis, at the “Alamo.” and
with Fanning at the massacre of Golead, the fol
lowing quantity of land, viz *.—To married men
4,005, as a headright, 1,920 acres bounty; 640
acres as donation—total 7,165 acres. Unmarried
men 1,476 acres headright, 1.920 bounty, and
640 donation—total 4,036.•
j New Hampshire is the most fre<9 from colored
population of any State in the Union; there are
towns in the State in which a biask lace was
never seen.
The American mail steamer Arctic sailed from
New York on Saturday, for Liverpool, with 100
passengers, and one million in specie.
• The barque Stamboul has been chartered by
the government, and will be despatched from the
Navy Yard at Charlestown, Massachusetts, in a
tew days, with stores for the Mediterranean
squadron. Letters, &c., can be sent by her.—
About the fust of October a vessel will de des
patched from the same place for Porto Pray a,
with stores for the African squadron. She, also,
will carry letters aud packages.
The Richmond (Va.) Penny Post speaks of
the immense amount of wheat now in the va
rious Railroad depots ot that city. One of them
» is laterally groaning under the weightof its con
; tc ts, and the writer thinks he “saw enough to
i feed the Russians and allied troops fora year.”
and two of them grind at least nine hundred
barrels each per day. It is mostly shipped, how
i There are eight large millsin operation in that city
ever, for the South American markets, where it
■ is a favorite over all others. The climate does not
' sour it, and the secret is said to consist in pack
i ing it while it is hot.
r * • — ~
low’a Election. —The lowa State Gazette of
j August 23d says “it is generally conceded that
Hall, democrat, is elected to Congress in the first
district. Thorington, whig, is probably elected
in the second. The complexion of the Senate is
as yet undecided.”
The Presbyterian Church of the United
States. —The Presbyterian Family Almanac for
1855 has already been issued. The Philadel
phia Inquirer learns from it that the existing
condition of the Presbyterian Church of the
United States (Old School) is as follows:^
Number of Presbyteries, 146; Ministers, 2,203;
Licentiates, 235; Churches, 2,976; Communi
cants, 225,404. The amount of money contrib
uted for the Board of Publication and kindred
objects, is thus stated :—Board of Publication,
$23,689; do. Education, $170,075; do. Foreign
Missions, $100,430; do. Domestic Missions,
$141,300 -total, $435,581.
Missouri Senate. —The Missouri Republi
can, whig paper, classifies the new Missouri sen-
I ate as follows:
Whigs 12
Demo^ate.. 13
Bentonites 8 j
I ’ ' ~ i
Effects of the Drought. —It is said that
some of the farmers of Washington county, Md.,
aie driving their hogs to Baltimore market, on
account of the high price of corn.
At Hagerstown, Md., corn retails at $1 23 par
I bushel; potatoes bring $2 per bushel; and flour
$9 25 a bbl.
A Polytechnic College for the State of Penn
sylvania has been organised and has been in ex
istence more than a year. It is founded on the
; plan of the Industrial College ol Continental Eu
rope, and is designed to afford a thorough proles
i sional education to students intended for engi
neering, mining, agriculture and the chemical
i arts. A faculty of high character has been chos
| en, and the next semi-annual session will eotn-
I mencein Philadelphia on Monday the 11th of
September.
New Cotton. —lt would appear as if our
new cotton were about coming along both early
and fast. By 10 o’clock this morning the ar
rivals reported amounted to 613 bales. Os these
the Frank Lyon, from Princeton, brought 441
bales and the Ceres, from Williamsport, 62 bales.
— N. O. Pic. Ist inst.
Health of the City—Official Report,
Savannah, Sunday, 9 P. M.
Interments in Laurel Grove Cemetery:
Mary Ann Goodall,4l years, Congestive Fe
ver, N. Y ; Jacob Deming, 21 y;ars, Yellow Fe
ver, Virginia; Henry Rober, 29 years, Yellow
Fever, Germany; Henry Schwartz, 9 months,
Teething, Savannah; Susan Parker, 22 years, De
bility, Georgia.
Blacks.—Henry, 5 years. Yellow Fever; Han
nah, 24 years, Billious Fever; Alexander, 10
years, Bilious Fever,
Total 8.—3 Yellow Fever.
Catholic Cemetery.
Catharine Hays. 46 years, Yellow Fever, Ire
land; Patrick Dooly, 21 years, Yellow Fever,
Ireland; Mary Doyle, 12 years, Yellow Fever,
Ireland; Edward Ade, 24 years, Yellow' Fever,
Ireland; Tbos. Quinn, 28 years, Intemperance,
Ireland; Thos. Quillen, 13 days, Spasms, Savan
nah; Ann O'Brien, 50 years, Bilious Fever, Ire
land; Dennis Kehoe, 35 years, Intemperance,
Ireland
Total B—4 by Yeliow Fever.
Total interments 16—7 by Yellow Fever.
W hites 13—3 blacks.
Weather dry and hot.
Large Crops in Ireland.— We have the fol
lowing by the last steamer, in relation to the
crops in Ireland;
“ The weather during the last week has been
rather unsettled; but, although a good deal ot
rain has (alien, the grain crops do not appear to
have been at all injured. The wheat looks well,
and is now ripening fast; and I do not observe
that it has in any place been beaten down. It
is remarkably free from blight or smut, while
the ear is considered unusually large and full.—
The oat crop has suffered more trom the rain
and weather than the wheat; nor is it altogeth
er so free from blight, although upon this head
there is certainly little to complain of.
4 ‘ Upon the whole, there is still every reason
to think that the grain crops will be the most
abundant that have been gathered for many
years. With regard to potatoes, there can be no
doubt the disease is now spreading, but not to
such ari alarming extent as some people repre
sent. The new potatoes are generally in use
throughout the country; and, although the leaves,
and in some cases the stalks, are blighted, yet
the tubers are scarcely touched—while, for the
most part, the quality is excellent. The quan
tity sown this year is unprecedentiy large even
compared with the very best of times, so that it
is hoped that after all casualties and losses, there
will be a full average supply
New York, Sept. 4. —ilvarez in the held.--
The Evening Post ot this city, says the Alvr
rez is in New York fitting out an expedition
against Santa Anna, which is to consist of the
steamship Benjamin Frankiin. a ship, a brigand
a schooner. The Benjamin Franklin has ten
32 poui.ders on board, and the ammunition ne
cessary for a naval enj igement, as it is intended
by Alvarez that she shall capture the new Mex
ican war steamer Santa Anna, which is shortly
to sail from New York with a part of the treaty
money. The captains and crews of both steam
ers are Americans.
New York, Sept. 4.—The Cotton Brokers’
Association ot this city has again sprung into
existence, and the Board reports a decline of
from cent per lb. Fair Orleans is quoted at
11J, Middling Orleans at 9i, Fair Uplands at 10],
and xMidaling Uplands at cents.
Don t despair. It you slip down, just get up. :
A stout heart is as sure to finally weather the
gale, as a pretty girl is to bring down the man of
her choice, —Exchange paper.
Hope is a noble virture, but when we saw, last
night, our mecanicai force reduced to one “stout
heart,” we almost yielded to despair. The above
fact will account lor the meagre appearance of
our paper this morning.— Savannah Nnvs, Mh
inst.
Reduction of the Price of Guano.—Our
agriculturists will be gratified to observe, by the
advertisement of Messrs. Bareda & Brother, that
they have reduced the price of guano from $2 to
$5 per ton, according to the amount of purchase.
The prices fixed are for 1 to 5 tons, $53, cash; 6
to 10 tons, $52 cash; 11 to 20 tons, ssl cash; 21
to 25 tons. SSO cash; larger quantities are sold
at SSO, with a credit of from 30 days to 4 mouths,
or a discount for cash. The price heretofore has
been $55, and the agents refused to sell lots of
less than 50 tons —Baltimore American , 2 d inst.
Cmnmrrrtai.
Augusta Market, September 6.
REMARKS.—Our commercial j-ear ended on
the Ist inst. We have not room to go into details
of the business of the year, and must coutent our
selves with calling attention to the different tables
published below. Our regular monthly tables
show a stock remaining on hand of 8,318, against
7,834 bales last year. The shipments havJ been
to Savannah 56,389 bales, and to Charleston (in
cluding 65,938 bales through Cotton) 175,831 bales,
making a total of 232,220, against 254,073 bales
last year. The Receipts at this point have been
241,195 against 260,123 bales last year, being a
decrease in receipts of 18,928 bales
The Receipts at all the ports, up to the latest
dates received, show a falling off of 328,094 bales,
while the Storks on hand show an increase of only
2,592 bales. The Exports to all ports show a fall
ngoff to Gr at Britain of 158,811, to France 57,280,
to other Foreign ports 12,177, and to Coastwise
ports 73,883 bales—total decrease in Exports 302,-
151 balaa.
THE CROPS.—The recent severe drought ex
perienced, not only in this State, but throughout
the Cotton region, has seriously affected the Cotton
plant, and in this seotion of the State planters are
complaining of its shedding, and its discontinuing
to yield fruit from the top branches. Ihe prospect,
for a good crop is not as favorable as it was a few
weeks ago, and if we do not shortly have rain, the
crop will prove a short one. The new crop has
come to market freely this season, our receipts up
to the Ist September, reaching 224 bales, against
only three or four bales last year. The quality of
the present crop is muoh better than that of last
year.
THE CORN CROP.—Great fears were enter
tained as to the product of the Corn crop in this
seotion, in oonsequence of the severe drought, but
when most needed, planters were favored with one or
two refreshing shower?, whieh wasofmeterial ben
efit. The oariy expectations of planters will not be
realised in this crop, but as considerable more land
was planted in Corn this, than for many previous
years, there will be hut few planters who will not
raise sufficient for their own use.
COTTON.—The market opened on Wednesday
with a fair demand, and prices with a downward
tendency. Tn this condition it has continued
through the week, buyers daily demanding a fur
ther reduotion. The Pacific's advices had a fur
ther depressing influence on the market, and «3
will he seen by our quotations below, prices are
lower by * to $ of a cent than those paid last week.
New Cotton come 3 in freely, end is generally sold
on arrival, at prices ranging from 8* to 91 for
Good Middling to Fair lots. The market closed
last evening dull and flat at the following quota
tions ;
Ordinary to Good Ordinary, stained,.. ,fi to 0g
Low Middling to Strict Middling 7 to 7*
Good Middling, 8 to 8j
Middling Fair, no sale?
Fair, no sales
RECEIPTS OF COTTON.
From Ist September. 1863, to the latest dates recevied
1454. 1853.
S&vannah, Aug. 31... 315,521 345,363
Charleston, Aug. 31 418.304 461474
Mobile, Aug. 31 538,684 546.190
New-Orleans, Aug. 31 1.378.723 1,603,989
Florida, Aug. 15 105,456 177,922
Texas, Aug. 26 107,906 85.225
Virginia, July 1 12,500 25,833
North Carolina, Aug. 19 9,220 18,710 i
Total 2,936,314 3,164,408 .
2,9:16,314 ,
Decrease in Receipts 328,094
STOCK OF COTTON.
Remaining on hand at the latest dates received. ]
Savannah, Aug. 31 .... 3,200 650 i
Charleston, Aug 31 17.031 15,126 {
Mobile, Aug. 31 29.278 7.516 i
New-Orleans, Aug. 31 24,121 10.522 1
Florida, Aug 15 777 1349 5
Texas, Aug. 26 458 1,089 I
Augusta and Hamburg, Sept. 1...' 8,318 7,824 <1
Macon, Sept 1..,.. , 3,891 2.585 t
AUGUSTA WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT, SEPTEMBER 6, IB 54.
ARTICLES
B AGOING—Gunny
Kentucky...
BALE HOPE—Jute......
Kentucky..
BACON—Hams
Sides
Shoulders
BUTTER— Goshen, prime
beeswax ;;;;;;;
CANDLES—Spermaeetti. j
Tallow |
Adamantine...:
CHEESE— Northern
COFFEE—Cuba....
Rio .*“{
Java
SHIRTINGS, bro 3-4,
-g “ 7-8|
o brown, yd. wide 1
& SHEETINGS, br0.,5-4
•S I bleached, 5-4
« CHECKS !
g BED TICK.
® OSNABURGS, 8 oz. J
YARN, (assorted) 1
FlSH—Mackerel,No. 1.. .1
Do. No. 2... i
Do. No, 3...
FLOUR—Canal ;
Augusta Canal..!
Georgia, g00d...!
FEATHERS—-Live Geese.
GRAIN—Corn, loose !
Do. sack
Wheat —Good White.
Do. Red. 1
GUNPOWDER...
HIDES—Dry
Dry, salted
iron—Pig:
Swedes, assorted..
Hoop
Sheet
Nail Rods
LEAD—Bar
White Lead
LARD.
MOLASSES— Cuba
New-Orleans
NAILS—Cut, 4d. to 20d.
rSR WBOLESiI.*, OOTY. fi
! "~ls*@ 16 20 p cent.
! 1 00 ® 00 ; -
.... 00 ® 00 25 p cent.
!...•! u*@ i2*i
8 (gj 13 )
.... 10 ® 10* J2O Pet.
• ft- 6 ® 6* ;
,!.fc. 27 @ 30 20 Pcent.
..... : 15 @ 25
1.. .. 20 (eg 25 j
j 1 45 @ 60 20 p cent.
::::: S§ »!}»*’«*■
{....! 00(a) 00 30 p cent j!
12® 124!
•••.I 12® 12* Fre „
15 ® 17 f treS
M yd. i 6*@ 6i‘
@ 7 !
» .8@ 8*
11® 13
12 @ 15
8@ 12
. •••• B*@ 16 |
,!.... 9 ® 9* :
j-lb- 15*@ i§ j
.: bbl 15 @ 16 i
. .... 13 @ W )
. .... 10*® 11 i> 20 i>ct.
..... 10 (f ll|)
..... 8 @ 10 )
. .... 8 ® 10 \ et. I)
J.ft 37® 40 ;)
, bus. 00 @ 00 , 1 qi. u ■ i
. ...1 05 ®1 10 !| ct - i
jl 40 @1 50
kiSSSSj}**’*
*>■=*
. .100 0 @ 00 30 P’cent.
.I.toni 6 ® 630 cent.
.i. 1001 5 ® ® \2OU I ct ;
•: • tti • 10*® 11
. ....: 6® 7 i
. 1 .100 7 (a£ 8 1 (xa vy
..... 10 f 2O 1
. lb. 10 @ 12
. gall.; 25 @ 27 i
1.. 1 51® 6 130l 30 Ct :
EXPORTS OP COTTON TO FOREIGN AND COASTWISE PORTS, COMMENCING IST SEPTEMBER, 1853.
wurmisß rvnnnWh ] SAVANNAH. ? ~CH ARLESTON. MOBILE. NEW-ORLEANS NEW-YORK. OTHER PORTS: TOTAL.
j! 1854-j 1853. | 1854.71853. 1854.; 18537 1854.1 1853 1854.) 1853 1854.1853 1854. 1853.
Liverpool ; ”88,721 114.190 ■■ 158,878! 181,490 227.462: 220,615 773,532 869,825 238,460; 199,214 56,9i5 56,664 i
Hull j .... 3,218 !
Glasgow and Greenock 3,642 8,301 3.3381 5,205 3,768: 11,952 12.851; 39,767 5,436 7,262 J
Cork and a Market jj 754 j 4.611 j 1.507 21,864; 12.484 1.018 155 j..>
Total to Great Britain || ~92,363 122,491 I 162,970; 191,306 ~231,230 237,292 505,247 922.076 244,914 206,631 56,105 1.570.639;!,735,450
Havre 6487 ~ 15,059 37,546 56,880 : 76,752! 85,490 ~181.930l 202,957 47,058 40,427 6,240 11.907 .77.
Bordeaux J!■ 620 2,317 549 278
Marseilles.. ...7 7 ! ""’iai!!!!""! 7!!.'!!! ' "1.760 2,019 5,098 1,854 j! j
Nantz a ... 2,905 ; 2,622 ! | 574 4,432 L 154. j_sl| 205; ;
Total to France
Rotterttam* ■ 777.7 2,202! RBl9 777771 1434 4,211 L 375 ■ 461; 1,318 j 177777.
Hamburg 3,031 4.991 6.087: 1,000 9,010 22.232.; 8.8451 6.738 ;
RremAT, B H 31894 880 23,709 10.531 8.660 10,139
Mexico &6 &C * I| * 8,568; 4.921 56.005: 50.972 16V 727, I i
Othei lorts - 3,5911 4.745 7,408 12,509 1.525 5.373 25,617 44.891 1.687; 7,742 14.829 10.844
Total to other Foreign Ports 3591 VJ4S :j 31,542 42,001 1>9,011 19~554 "223866! 244,073 42,584 35.483 14.529, 10.844 350.423 362,600
New York 119,347 173,987 154.578! 119.285 35 419 > 8 1 72,922! !
Boston 41,29 V 26,847 16,712 18,535 43.198 49.187 112,887: 151,517 -..j
Providence 4,191| 5,542 493; 400 1 23A06 25,183 1 16 028
Philadelphia 26.995 18,055 13.0151 18.340 5,047 9.768 13.804! 19,362 ‘ !
Baltimore 5.5481 3.501 12.387 11,682 8.9211 2.826 -4,057 : 5,126
Other Ports 17 658: 12,875 102 1 480 67,077 62,910 2.397; 1.540 169,343: 194.106 j .
Total Coast wise 215,030; 200,867 197,287; 168,728 178,668! 1951270 191,313' 266,493 169,343 194,100 931.043.1,025,526
Grand Total ~317,471'i~343,102 j 433,044 "466,537 . "515,661! 540240 V 417,433 1,044.770 337.211 203,014 247,329' 272 581, 3.248.153 3.550,30 .
Virginia, July 1 350 400
North Carolina, Aug. 19 420 175
New-York, Aug. 29 8,954 55,662
Total 96,790 93,198
EXPORTS.
To Foreign and Coastwise Ports.
1854. 1853. Incr. Deer.
Great 8ritain..1,576,639 1.735,450 158,811
France 369,448 426.72 S 57,280
Other F. Ports. .350,423 362,600 12.177
Coastwise 951,643 1,025,526 73,883
Total 3.248,153 3,550,304 302.151
GROCERIES.—Business in this line is gradual
; ly increasing. The stocks of our merchants are
; good, but not as full as was expected, in conse
i quence iff the low stage of the rivor. There are'
j we understand, a number of boats on the river
; laden with goods for our merchants, which arc dc
| tained by low river. As soon as we have a rise
j our market will bo well supplied, and present in
j ducoments to country merchants not often afforded
| A number of merchants have returned from the
j North and report to us that they have purchased
j heavy stocks at low ensh prices.
BACON.—This article is getting very scarce,
and prices still tend upwards. Sales have been re
ported to its this week of small lots of clear Sides
atlOalOj, and of good ribbed at 10. holders
are now asking 10* for the former.
BEEF AND PORK.—There is a moderate sup
ply of grass fed Beef and it is selling at 4 a 4*.
Shoots. —At the present time the market is we 1
supplied with slioats, and they are selling at 4 a f>
, cents, according to size and quality.
LARD.—Good still scarce, and is worth 10 cents
in bbls., 11 cents in kogs, and 12 cents in cans.
CORN.—The stock is very light, and demand
good. Selling from stoics, in small lots, at $1.05a
sl.lO. No largo lot to be had. Corn Meal is sel
ling at $1.15 per bushel.
WHlSKY.—Scarce and in demand, at 45 cents
per gallon.
SALT.—We have heard of no large sale£ the
week. The last wholesale transaction was at $1.50
per sack, delivered at So. Ca. Railroad Depot. We
learn that this price has since been refused. Sell
ing from stores at $1.65al 70 per sack.
FLOUR.—Holders are stiff, and we continue to
quote City Mills at $8 for superfine, and $lO for
Family, by wholesale, and sß* a by retail.
WHEAT.—Receipts light. A lot of good white
would readily bring $1.50, and of Red $1.25 per
bushel.
COFFEE.—Stock on hand fully equal to the de
mand. Retailing from stores at 12 a 12*c. (or a
good article of Rio.
SUGARS.— Stock light, and prices have advanc
ed, within the last two weeks, fully half cent on all
qualities.
MOLASSES.—Demand limited, with a fair sup
ply on hand. We quote Cuba at 25 a 26, and New
Orleans at 28 a 30 cents.
NAlLS.—Holders are stiffening in their asking
prices, and are soiling 5J a 6 cents per lb.
STOCKS.—We have heard of uo transactions in
the Stock market this week. Holder? of Railroad,
we understand, refuse to sell at par.
FEATHERS.—Not much, demand at the present
time. They are dull of sale at 38 a 40c.—the lat
ter price in small parcels.
feBAGGING. —The demand is gwod, and holders
are stiff in their asking prices. Selling from stores
by the one or five bolts at 15*a16 cents—most hold
ers are asking the latter price.
EXCHANGE.—We have no change to notice in
rates. Our Banks continue to draw on New Yotk,
and other Northern cities at * per cent.prem.
FREIGHTS.—The River, at the present writing,
Is low. We quote the rate to Savanrah 50 cents
per bale—but little offering. To Charleston per
Railroad, 75 cents per bale.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. I. Cotton.. — Another
season in the Cotton ma r ket having been brought
to a close, and a new one entored upon, we take
occasion to present our usual review of the past
year's operations in this leading article of our
country’s commerce ; a year, by the way, that has
been marked by moro fluctuations, obstructions
and irregularities in the disposal of the Cotton
crop, than any previous one that has fallen under
our review for some years past.
The first bale of the new crop did not reach mar
ket until the 9th August, and up to the Ist Septem
ber only 74 bales had been received, against 5077
bales to same date the year previous; a marked
deficiency, which continued to bo shown in the
progress of the season, until in the early part of
March the receipts at this point, as compared with
the year previous, showed a falling off of 440 000
bales, while the deficiency in the arrivals at all the
ports was upwards of 040,000 bales. Besides the
backwardness of the crop, which was retarded in
Us progress to maturity by unseasonable rains, the
prevalence of the yellow fever in the city, and in
nearly al. the river towns, interposed obstacles to
the forward.ng of the crop to market, and it was
not until the latter part of September that any
considerable sales of the new crop were made, the
range of prices at that period being 10 a 10| cents
Middling,
“J for wood Middling. In October the market
presented great heaviness and irregularity, and
prices rapidly gave way, under the adverse influ
ence of unfavorable European accounts, advancing
freights, declining Exchanges, and an inadequate
demand, the quotations at the close of the month
being B i, Bj, and 9$ cents ?or Low Middling, Mid
dling and Good Middling. The total sales up to
this time had barely reached 5fi,000 bales, against
1 AKTIOLKS.
OlLS—Sperm, W. Strained
Full Strained
Summer do
Linseed
Tanners !
Lard
POTATOES ’ I
PIPES
PORTER
PEPPER !
PIMENTO
RAISINS —Malaga,bunch.
Muscate '
RlCE—Oordinary j
Fair new
Good and Prime..:
French Brandies :
Leger Freres
□a Holland Gin j
g American Gin !
pi Jamaica Rum.
£ N.E. Rum, hhds & bbls.
® Whisky, Phila A Balt'
Do. New-Orleans..
I Peach Brandy
SUGAR—Cuba Muscovado!
P. R. &St. Croix
Havana, white..;
New-Orleans.,. ,|
Clarified Brown.
White..'
Lump '
SALT—Liverpool ! ;
Loose |
SOAP—American, yellow
SHOT—AII sizes.
SEGARS—Spanish .......'
TIN—(I. C ) I
(IX.) ;
TALLOW—American
TOBACCO—Georgia
Cavendish....
TWlNE—Bagging
Seine
ji TEAS—Pouchong
Gunpowder & Imp.
Hyson
Young Hvson
WlNES—Madeira
Claret, Marseilles
Do. Bordeaux
receipts of 118,000 bales. Towards the close ot
November, howover, the market rallied again, un
der the influence of an improved demand, which
was instigated by more favorable advices from
Europe, and by accounts of frost through a large
portion of the Cotton region, which, together with
other and previous adverse circumstances, it was
calculated would materially rrduce the crop in
quantity, besides injuring it in quality. Under this
improved demand prices at the close of November
reached 8j a8 * cents for Low Middling, a9*
cents for Middling and 16 a 10* cents lor Good
Middling. In December, and during the greater
part of January, business to a fair extent, was
transacted, and the operations would doubtless
have been still more extensive had the market
even better supplied with lists of even-running
Middling to Strict Middling, upon which line the
demand for all markets seemed to run more exclu
sively than wo l ave over before known, while pro
bably no previous crop, at It ast up to that time, was
so ill calculated to meet such a demand, the re
ceipts having been ot a remarkably low average ;
so low, indeed, that for a long time in the early
part of the soason, and at a period when it is usual
for the receipts to present a high average quality,
a large proportion of the arrivals ranged below
Middling, and for many weeks theso low qaalilies
been wholly unsaleable and without a market
price ; and thus the difference in p-.ice between
the lower and higher grades, and between mixed
5 and even-running lists, has taken a wider range
3 the past season than in any previous ono within
our recolke ion. At this period, however, the re
ceipts were pre.-onting a better average, as the at
tention of planters had been repeatedly and earn
estly called to the necessity of improving the qual
-1 ity of their crops by more care in ‘ handling,”
, while the upland crops, whUh in many sections
were rather better than usual, wore coining in
more freely. With respect to prices in the months
s ot December and January, they were for the most
part tolerably steady for the qualities in demand.
I but February was entered upon at a decline, which
was mainly produced by a severe money pressure,
■ the difficulty of negotiating Exchange and an ad
vanci in freights, though unfavorable foreign ad
vices subsequently aided the depression, and the
quotations from about the middle of the month to
! the close were 8a 8j cents for Low Middling, 84 a
8] for -Middling, and 9 a 9j for Good Middling.
> In the early part of March the demand
i more active again, and by the middle of the
month prices had advanced ] cent, the quotations
being f, r Low Middling 3] a 9, Middling 9j a 9*,
Good Middling 9] alO cents per pound. At this
juncture the prices again gave way, under pressure
, of the unfavorable aspect of European affairs, and
unusua ly high rates of freight, and with various
fluctuations, taking an extreme range of l 3 cent
per pound, the lowest point of the market was
reached in the latter part of May, when the quota
tions were for Low Middling 6] a 7, Middling 7* a
7*. Good Middling fej a 8* cents per pound. At
this period the quotation for freight of Cotton to
Liverpool was 15-16 a Id. per pound, with little or
no room immediately available, even at these high
rates, and the operations of purchasers were check
ed by the impossibility o! effecting prompt ship
ments, while at the same time a largo stock had
accumulated in the hands of exporters, who had
bought from time to time and held their purchases
in store, in the hope of shipping on more favorable
terms. Prices ra’lied again in the latter part of
May, and durirg Juno, and thore wore some sales
in July which showed a recoverv ot 1* cent from
the lowest point, the stock on sale being much re
duced, the advices from abroad rather more favor
able, and freight to Liverpool down to 11-l Cd. In
August the transactions were comparatively unim
portant, and thus closed a season whieh, wo sup
pose, has proved little satisfactory io any of the
patties interested (except tho freighter) the per
plexities and uncertainties growing out of the Eu
ropean war question having led to fluctuations that
batfied all commercial calculations. We think it
may be safely remarked, however, that, consider
ing all the adverse circumstances which have been
brought to bear upon it, the market on the whole
and in the general average, has been even better
sustained than eould well have been antieira‘ed
and the course of the season has, we think afford
ed ample evidence that but for the
alluded to a range of pric.-s much above the average
of last year would have been attained.
The crop, in quality, as we have already intima
ted, was ot a rather low average ; resulting partly
from unseasonable rams and partly from frost dani
age, but mainly from careless and hasty picking
which looked more to quantity than to quality and
thus the proportion of the liner grades has been
unusually small, while the lower qualities have
been abundant W e would here remark, however,
that the demand for the finer descriptions has been
; :lD l I SUa '-’ owin S main| y- as we sup
pose, to the almost entire suspension of the demand
for the markets of Russia, and during the greater
part of the season we were unable to give i.uota
ttons for qualities above Middling Fair, owing to
absence of any transactions of sufficient mo
ment to establish market rates. The proportion of
frost-stained Cotton has been greater than before,
and factors have found much difficulty in disposing
of it, as most orders wholly prohibited its purchase.
It is to be hoped that the coming crop will escape
this damage, and that the experience of
season has been sufficiently admonitory to planters
t* induce them to seek their own advantage by
“handling” their crop with more care.
With respect to the growing crop, wo have to re
mark that up to this time it is understood to pre
sent fttvorablo premise in most sections, though its
backwardness compared with the large crop year,
1852, as indicated by the receipts, may be regard
ed as an important consideration, as early matu
rity and a long and favorable picking season
are absolute essentials to the securing of a full
yield. It is true that a few bales were received
from Texas (where the plant matures early) sever
al days in advance of the first arrival last year but
these ambitious first hales are for the most part a
fallacious guide in estimating the forwardness of
the crop generally. The total receipts of new 1
crop, also, up to this time, are considerably in ex
ccss of the same period last ye r, but it should be :
borne in mind that the obstacles which then inter '
pose-i to prevent the earlier forwarding of supplies !
S e r , h 'l n 0 , existcnc . c durin g the present season. 1
Ihe result, whatever it may be, is in the future 1
PBB) WHOI.KSALB; DCTT.
i so nr i wj
1 70 @ 1 80 free.
1 00 ® 1 20
0 00 @ 1 15:20 P’cent.
jO 60 @ 0 90
.... 1 12 @ 1 25
bbl. 0 00 ® 0 00
1 .. .. ;0 62 @ 150
Ooz 2 25 @ 3 20
-lb- 12*@ 00
... 000 ® 16
| box 350@400 1- .
.... 0 00 @ 0 00 ! } 40 ** ct>
100 4 25 @ 4 50
i !®5 06
! 10 00 @0 00
gall 1 50 @ 2 00 100 B et.
j 275® 3 00
: jl 25 ® 1 50,100 » ct.
j.... <0 42 ®0 45
.... 1 50 @ 2 00 ct.
e.... 042@ 0 43
; 040@ 0 45
.... 40 @ 0 45,
e.ft. 0 6 @ 7 j
:!.... 0 7*@ 9
|. ••• 000 (a/ 00 I ft.-i vy a »
I 0 54® 7'*3opct. ,
1.. 7*@ 0 9 j
ft. 0 B*@ 0 9 J m
!.... 0 10 @ 0 11! )
:.... 165 ® 1 70! J2O p a
j 000@0 00 30
.... ® cent.
•M. ,20 00®30 00 10 & cent.
• I OO 00(5:0 11J
oo oo@o is*
•!••.• 0 0 @ 0 9 , M) cent.
. .ft. 000@0 00 }
. . ... 0 12*® 044 \ rto v ct
• • • ••1.0 18 @025 \
0 50 @ 0 75
>. .... 075@1 00 *.
0 70 @ 0 75 >
. gall 200@225 30 p cent,
si cask 0 25 ® 0 60 40 p cent,
x d oz 3 00 @ 3 5040 p cent.
Bank Note Tabic.
Augusta insurance and Banking Company par
Bank of Augusta ,l
Branch State of Georgia,Augusta.* ; *•
Union Bank, late Bank of Brunswick. li
Georgia Rail-Road “ i
.Mechanics'Bank *'
Bank of the State of Georgia, at Savannah 4 ‘
Branches of ditto “
Marine* Fire Insurance Bank .Savannah .. <!
Branch of ditto, at Macon r
Planters'Bank, Savannah “
Central Bank of Georgia li
Central R. R. * Banking Company, Savannah
; Charleston Banks
Bank of Camden l '
Bank of Georgetown “
■ Commercial,at Columbia
: Merchants’, at Cheraw “
Bank of Hamburg “
Union Bank Tennessee, {payable at Qhattanooga,) par
|i Other Tennessee Banks 2 per cent Uis
Alabama Notes .2 @ 3 die
f NOT BANKABLE.
Bank of Milledgeville '
Bank of St. Marys .50 per cent dl»,
Merchants’Bank, at Maco n *
Atlanta Bank, Atlanta*
EXCHANGE.
On New-York * pram
Philadelphia ' “
Boston
Charleston and Savannah par
Lexington. Kentucky “
Nashville, Tennessee <-
ij '
[I *N(#t taken on deposit by our Banks.
and estimates (which wc ourselvc- never indulge
in) made at this early period of the season are
mere speculations, which may be right within a
few thousand bales or wrong hundreds of thousands.
With respect to the market, prospects tor the
growing crop, wo think they might unhesitating
ly ho declared to he favorable for the absorption
of even a large v ield, at remunerative prices, were
it not for the war in Europe, the duration of which,
and its possible complications, as well as the ex
tent of influence which it is likely to exercise upon
the Cotton interest, being matters quite beyond the
reach of human foresight. As prominent, however,
among the favorable circemstarces beaiing upon
the subject we may mention the flattering pros
petgfor abundant food crops in Europe, which is a
matter of primary importance as connected with
the Cotton interest; and as our own country has
now become a large consumer, with the prospect of
a rapid extension of its manufacturing enterprises,
it may not be unsafe to predict the realization of a
range of p.ices that will afford a lair return to the
producer, notwithstanding the adverse influences
growing out of a state of war.
Two bales of the new crop were received here
Irom Texas on tho 25th July, and the total receipts
up to this time are 1391 bales against 74 bales last,
year, and 5077 tho year previous. Thus far only
about 150 to 200 bales have been sold, in various
small lots, and at prices ranging from Sail cent 3
per pound for Middling to Fuly Fair, but these
small transactions form no criterion of what prices
may be at a fair opening of tho market. There is
but little demand at tho moment for cither old or
new crop, and the season closes with a stock on
hand, inclusive of all on ship-board not cleared, of
24,121 bales, of which there are estimated to be
some 5000 bales unsold in factors’hands, including
sorno lots hold under limits. We quote as follows,
though tho figures are in a great measure nominal
Ordinary 0), a 7
Good Ordinary a 7J
Low Middling 7] a 8
Midd ing • a 8*
Good Middling . 9 a 9^
Middling Fair 9| a 9J
Wextern Produce. —Of the various valuable arti
cles known in our market, under this head we have
only, space for a brief review of the most pro mi
nent.
With resptjpi to Breadstuff*, it will be seen that
there has been a considerable aggregate increase
in the receipts as compared with the last year,
while a demand for European export has been pro
ductive of a materially higher average of prices,
though tho course of the market has presented the
marked fluctuations which arc usually attendant
upon speculative years.
Tho receipts of Flour since Ist September are
874,256 barrels, against 808,672 barrels last year,
and of Indian Corn they are equal to! 4,300,000
bushels, against 3.280.000 bushels last year.’ Os
Wheat the receipts are equal to 370,000 bushels
against 96,000 bu-hcls las year, Ihe total exports
of Flour since Ist ,*v ptu.uhcr amount to 585,969-
barrels, against 520,115 barrels )a,-t year. Os this
quantity 190,4 aj barrel- were .binned to threat
Britain, 175,941 to France, 5265 to various Euro
pean ports, 55 962 to the West Indies, kc. t and the
remainder to Coastwise ports Os Indian Corn the
total exports have been equal to 2,700,000 bushels,
against 2,170,000 bushels, against 2,170,000 bushels
last year. Os t lis quantity 1,580,000 bushels were
shippod to Great Britain and Ireland, 32,000 to
France, 122,000 West Indies As., and the remaim
der to Coastwise ports. The receipts of Wheat
were mostly to go furvvard, but there were occasion
al sales for European markets, and wc notice our
,W,o 3 , U i 108 bushels for Great Britain and
J5,.j 18 for Continental ports. The extremes of tho
maikot hare been from 90 cents per bushel in Sep
tember to $1 90 in January, the avorage of tha
season having been about $1 6ft per bushel of 60
pounds
Cha bleston, Sept. 5.
Cotton—Sales to-day S7 bales at 6J to
The maiket is very dull but prices are •
unchanged.
SAVANNAH EXPORTS—SEPT. 4.
Per . tenmship Knoxville, for New York—3o2
bales Upland Cat ton, 33 do. Sea I-land do., 06
ea,;ks Rice, 43 bales Domestics, 238 bags Rica
Flour, and sundry pkgs. Mdzo.
S'hipjiimj JnldlijitMfr.
ARRIVALS FROM CHARLESTON.
Ship Gondar, Michaels, Liverpool.
Ship John Currier. Butman, Liverpool.
Sp. brig Jo von Eraillia, Mitjan, at Vigo, for Bare®.
lona..
Dutch galliot Agneter, Nuggenlurg, at Texel, for
A mslerdam.
CLEARED FOR CHARLESTON.
Ship Gen. Parkhili, McKown, Liverpool,
sailed for charleston.
Barque k G!obe, Blair, at Liverpool.
LOADING FOR CHARLESTON.
Ship John Garrow, Dyer, Liverpool.
up for. charleston ,
Barque William, Rhodes, Boston.
Schr. G. P. Mercer. Kigbee, Philadelphia.
CHARLESTON, Sept. s.—Arrived, schr. J. P.
Wethenll. Foster, Philadelphia.
Cleared, barque Coiae, Kean, New Orleans,
n ent to Sea, brig Kerens, Small, Marseilles.
SA\ ANNAn, Sept. 4.—Arr., steamship State
of Georgia. Garvin, Philadelphia; ship Hartford,
Clapp, Now York.
Cleared, steamship Alabama, Shenek, N. York.
COMBS & CO.’S EXPRESS.’
Consignees per Combs St Co.*s Express, Sept. sth.
A. 15. Stevens; J. J. A. Duncan; J. Hopkins <fc
Son; J. Johnson; %. A. Merritt; Alex. Gibson; F.
Schwartz; F. W. Porcher; W. H. Goodrich, Havi
[and, Risley A Co.; W. A. Gordin; W. F. Burge I!
bevy: G. A. Oates; John C'ashiu.