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BY JAMES GA liDYEK. orriCß on mointobh-street, rai-iD dogs rnoji the i«hh-w«si ooaußa or BROAD-BTBKET - -TERMS; D-iily, in advance » nBUBI 00 ft If notin advance per annum 7 «W Tri- Weekly, in advance, per annum 4 00 If not in advance porannum o 00 Weekly, in advance. ...per 2 00 . —— ll ' " "" Postmaster General 1 a Report. ABSTRACT. The Postmaster General’s report is necessarily, from the amount oi detail which an annual state ment of the condition ot his department requires, ! exceedingly long. Much of it is no interest to the general reader, and we therefore select from I itoniy such portions as convey information that and post routes. The whole cumber of post offices in the United States on |the 30th of June, 1854, was 23.548. Os this num iber 257 tsrg, offices the annual com-] missions from which amount to one thousand dollars or Upwards, and the appointments at these offices are therefore made by the President, by and with the advice ami consent of the Senate, . agreeably to the provisions of the act of 1836 The number of offices established during the last fiscal year was 1,842, and the number discon tinued 614, showing a net increase in one year of 1,228. The number of whi< :h the sites end j year was 499. The number of postmasters ap -4,185 were appoint e« to fill vacancies occasioned deaths; 294 by change of names and sites; and 1,842 on establishment of new- offices. The total number of offices on the Ist of De cember, 1554, was 23,925 On the 30th June last there were in operation 6,697 mail routes. The cumber of contractors was 5,167. The length of these routes is estimated at 219 935 miles. , The total annual transportation of mails was 63,387,005 mile#, costing $4,630,676, and divided aa follows, viz: 21,267 603 miles by modes not specified, at $1,092822, about 5 cents per mile. 6 cents per mile. 15,433.389 miles by railroad, at 51,758610, about ] l cents 4 mills per mile. 5,795,483 miles by steamboat, at 5489.138. about 8 cents 4 mills per mile. Compared with the services of the 30th June, 1853, there is an increase of 1,494.463 miles of transportation,or about 2* per cent., and $134,708 cost, being about 3 per cent. The increase of railroad service'is 2,446,284 miles, and the expense $157,281, being 19 per cent, in transportation, and not quite 1 per cent. Sl*?** * r j crease d transportation by modes not specified is 377,157 miles, or about 1 per cent., at a cost of $37,520, or 3 35-100 per cent. The transportation by coaches is less by 439,- 796 miies, or about 2 per cent; though at an in creased cost ot $83,137, or 6 88-100 per cent. The unprecedented extension of railroads su perseded much coach service. The increased cost for a diminished amount of such service may be accounted for from the fact that the new con tracts in New England and New York, com mencing Ist July, 1853, were made at largely enhanced rates, increasing the aggregate expense, If while the amount of service was largely reduced. Ip The steamboat transportation during the past year was reduced 589,582 miles, or 15| percent, at a reduced cost of $143,230, or 29 7-10 per cent. T his is accounted for by the discontinuance of service between Wilmington, North Carolina, and Charleston, South Carolina, Savannah,Geor gia, and Charleston, and Detroit, and Buffalo, and the suspension of service on the Arkansas and White rivers, owing to the failures of the con tractors. Several steamboat routes were also dispensed witu at the lettings of new contracts for New England and New York. The portions ot service in the foreiging estimates chargeable to California are 591 630 miles of an nual transportation, costing $142,933, and vary ing but siigbtly from last year’s report Steamboat transportation 159,120 miles at $21,000. Coach w 174,026 miles, at $35,185. Modes not specified, transportation 258,484 miles, at $86.548. In Oregon the rervice is as follows: Steamboat, 38,038 miles, at $17,000. Modes not specified, 98,988 miles, at $2,151. Total transportation 137,026 miles. Total cost $45,152. The annual transportation by steamboat was increased 10.760 miles during the year without additional pay. EXPENDITURES, REVENUE AND DEFICIT. The AuJitor reports the expenditures of the department for the last fiscal yearat $8 577,424.- 12, for the following objects, via: Compensation to postmasters $1,707,708 29 Extra compensation to postmasters by the act of March 3,1851 34,799 97 Ship, steamboat, and way letters.. 19,549 67 Transportation of the mails, inclu ding the mails to Bremen, Havre, and Havana, and the mails across the isthmus of Panama 5,401,382 50 Wrapping paper 40,463 66 Office furniture for post offices.. .. 5,929 36 Advertising 103,963 57 Mailbags 48J161 57 Blanks g 78,176 81 Mai Mocks, keys and stamps 10‘070 77 Mail depredations and special agents 48,769 51 Clerk* for offices (of postmasters) .. 631,138 26 Official letters received by pastmas ters 447 32 Postage stamps 13,664 57 Stamped envelopes 47,418 77 Postage stamps of oWissue redeemed 5165 Payments to letter carriers 135,968 52 Compilation of po»t routes 1.000 00 Miscellaneous payments 153,617 96 Payments for British mails 94,541 39 : $8,577,424 12 The gross revenue of the iast fiscal year, in cluding foreign postages and the annua! appro priations from the treasury granted by the acts of 3d March, 1847, and 3d March, 1851, in com pensation of mail services, rendered to the gov ernment, amounted to $6,955,586.22, viz: Letter postage $3 277,110.50 Postage stamps sold. 2,146 476 02 I Newspapers and pamphlets 606,148.18 Tines, other than from contractors 17.50 Emolument aec'ta ol postmasters.. 81,982 46 Letter carriers 135 068 52 Recovered from tailing contractor 400.00 D'iad-letter money unclaimed,... 4,346.11 ■pliacellaneous leceipts 3.166 93 . , 6 255,586.22 Annual appropriate abov# stated. 700,000 00 $6,955,586 22 Th# revenue, as aboved stated, includes tbe balance agaißst the department of $l3B 565 61, resulting from our postal account with Great Britain, Prussia and Bremen for the last fiscal year. The expenditure of the depaitment for the j,a*t year, including payments for foreign postages were, as already stated $3 577,424 12 Tbe revenue of the year, including foreign postages and the appro bations for free matter,amount ed to f 6,955,596.22 A Deficiency 1,521,837 90 To the deficiency above stated should be added the balances due and unpaid to tbe London and Bremen offices up to the Ist of July last, less the balances due J>y the Prussian office up to the same period, viz: Balances due tbe London office from April 1, 1853, to June 30, 1854.. .$230,259 07 Balances due and unp’d . to the Bremen office to tbe same period.. 13 465.40 243,724.47 \ II ess balances due from the Prussian office, Ist January, 1853, to June 30 1854 110,241.14 JuoeJ ’ 133,483 31 J Total deficiency for H 54 .. . 1,755 321 23 The deficiency for tire year ending June 30tb, 1853, as stated in my report of last year was $2,117,078.20 In the year 1854 the deficiency, as stated above, was 1,755,321.23 Difference in favor of 1864... 361,756.93 COST OP STEAMSHIP MAIL SERVICE. The cost of the service for the last fiscal year on the several United States mail steamship lines, and across the isthmus of Panama is as fol lows : N. York to Liverpool, Collins’ line, twenty-six round tripe $858,000.00 New lork, via Southampton, to Bremen, eleven round trips IS3 333 *>6 New York, via Cowes, to Havre, eleven round trips 1 37,500 00 New York and New’ Orleans to Aspinwall, twenty-four round trips, including same number ol trips between New York and N. Orleans, via Havana 289,000 00 Astoria, via San Francisco, to Pan ama, twenty-four round trips,,. 348,250 00 Charleston, via Savannah and Key- West, to Havana, twenty-four round trips.* 50,000 00 New Orleans to Vera Cruz, twen tv-fbur round trips, omitting Tampico ' 37,200.00 Aspinwall to Panama 119,727.03 $2,023,010 29 THE DEPARTMENT AND THK RAILROADS. In adjusting the rate per mile to be paid these railroads great difficulties continue to exist. The principle which should regulate their pay seems to be agreed upon. The companies allege that the government should not ask or expect them to perform for it any service at a less rate than that •paid by individuals for similar services. This principle has never been denied or disputed by the Post Office Department; but, on the con trary, it has always maintained—and this has been ever the great cause of difficulty between the depaitment and the companies—that the go vernment has been charged aod paying much greater prices than those paid by individuals.— Whether this be so or not, is a matter that could be easily settled by computation. And when the Post Office Committee of the House of Rep resentatives at its last session proposed a bill fixing certain rates per mile for mail transporta tion on the roads, if it could have been shown to them that the rates thus fixed were too low, con sidering the weight of the mail, its importance, and the facilities and space given for its trans portation, I am satisfied they would have at once increased the rates. What is required is to fix fair and just prices, companies performing simi lar services to receive the same pay, which is not now the case, and all of them to be paid ac cording to the bulk of the mails, the speed with which they are conveyed, and the accommoda tions required. The sums paid by express com panies would be a very unfair criterion by which to regulate the charges to be paid for the con veyance of the mails. Controlled by no com petition excepting such as it is in the power of the railroad companies themselves to prevent, they can pay any prices which may be demand ed of them and assess it upon their customers.— It would be unjust, too, to found a calculation upon the assumption that the mail car was twen ty-five feet in length, fifteen fora mail room,and ten for a post-office, and then to estimate and charge both for weight of car and mails at four teen tons. Accommodations such as these ere required both for the security of the mails and to enable route agents properly to discharge their duties and to this fact I early drew tha attention of the companies; but these accommodations have not been given. Many of the railroads, desirous of properly serving the public, devote a car exclu sively for mail purposes; but in the great majori ty of cases a car is divided between the govern ment and the express companies, or a Bpace is apportioned off for the route-agent, the mail be ing placed with the baggage in one and the bal ance of the car appropriated for a smoking-room. The calculations which I have made and those which some of the companies make differ most widely, and show that they are receiving for the mail much more than for first-class freight; but the question whether the calculations of the de partment or the companies be correct could he readily settled by a committee of Congress ; and if the companies wish government to pay then oniy such prices as they receive from individuals, the whole matter is one of easy solution. In the • opinion that this government is paying much more for railroad mail service than it is worth, I have been confirmed by tbe prices paid for similar services in England, France, Germany and Canada. With the Great Western Railroad Company in the latter country the department in March 1 ist entered into a contract to carry the United States maii from Suspension Bridge, New' lork, to Detroit, Michigan, tor the sum of thirty dollars a mile. The same cars carry the local Canada mail ; and if the Canadian government allow this company thirty dollars a mile in ad dition to the sum received from this department, this important trunk road will be receiving sixty dollars a mile. It is of very great importance that kind re lations should alw’ays exist between the Post Office Department and the different railroad companies, because when such is the case the public interests are always better served. It has been, and will ever be, my effort to preserve these relations. Exhorbitant demands for ser vices, however, will always be refused; and when a schedule is arranged, not by the depart ment alone, because it has no such power, but by the joint concurrence of the department and the company, who always have regard to the local business of the road, the public officer would be derelict in his duty who would not exact a cofiformity thereto. Unless such were the case, there would be no order or regularity in the mail system, and business in its thousand ramifications would be seriously disturbed. When a fine is laid, if afterwards good cause be show’ll, it is al ways remitted; but it is not asserting too much to say that every delay of the mail causes em barrassment, it not injury, to hundreds, and theie fore every excuse should be carefully examined. The merchant, manufacturer, and farmer rely upon the mail principally for their remittances. All classes of our citizens anxiously await the arrival ol their letters and newspapers; and if, through inattention or neglect of the railroad companies or their agents, delays take place, what good reason can be assigned why they should not be treated as other contractors ? MAIL DEFREDATIONS—REGISTRATION OF VALU ABLE LETTERS PROPOSED. Very soon after I entered upor> my duties in this department, its large and increasing -corres pondence in regard to the loss of valuable let ters intrusted to the mails attracted my atten tion. I found, on examination of the subject, that although Congress, in establishing our postal system, appears to have had principally-in con templation the providing of suitable and con venient means ot correspondence and the diffu sion of intelligence, yet, from that time until now, the mails have been used, to a larger and constantly increasing extent, for the transmis sion ol bank notes and other valuable enclosures, and are now the piincipal means through which tbe remittances of the country are made ; while” neither tbe laws nor any regulations of this de partment have provided any additional guards ! for their security against loss or depredation be yond those originally established. In view of the enormous sums which are constantly passing through tbe mails, the losses by depredation are inconsiderable. Still, such losses are numerous, : their aggregate amount is large, and they are increasing with the growth of our country and the extension of its mail service. Under these circumstances, I have thought it proper to recom mend such legislation on this subject as may en able this department to give greater security to valuable letters in the mails, without assuming any liability for their ultimate loss. By our pre sent system, all letteis mailed at a given date at ■ one post office for delivery or distribution at ano. ther, are entered in gross according to thefr sev- I eral rates of postage, upon one post bill. If a letter of great value be embraced in the bill, ! neither its address noi any other description of it is entered on the post-bill, by which it can be ; distinguished trom other letters ol the same grade or rate of postage. Nor is the address or descrip tion of any such letter entered on the post mas- ! ter’s account ot mails sent, nor indeed upon any 1 other record kept in the office from which it is sent. Ihe only account kept by the postmaster is a money account , made up each day of the sev eral aggregates of postages of the different rates, either collected or charged as unpaid. It will be seen that, under such a system of accounts, a mis sing letter can never be traced with certainty, for the account neither furnishes evidence that a' particular letter ever reached the place of its des tination, nor even that it left tbe office of mail ing Believing that this imperfection in our system can only b# remedied by the adoption of a general and uniform plan of registration for all valuable letters, I have, after consulting the ex* perience of other countries on the subject, devised a plan of registration which I think suited to our circumstances, and likely to add greatly to the security of the mails against depredation. It provides that receipts shall be given for val uable letters wnen posted, and that duplicates ot j these receipts shall be kept for reference at the ! office of mailing; that the full address of such letters shall be entered on a separate post-bill, which shall be copied at large upon an account to be kept of registeied letters sent. This post bill is to be forwarded in a sealed envelope, sepa rate fiom the paekage.oi letters to which it re lates, and its receipt at the office of its destina tion is acknowledge by a duplicate thereof re turned to the office of mailing—marked corrnt , or otherwise, as it may be found on comparison. It provides that at the large office * valuable let ters shall be received at one window only, and ‘that the receiving clerk shall check them to the register clerk, and he to the mailing clerk. It is, in short, designed to fix responsibility and to fur- ! nish means which do not now exist for tracing a missing letter from'‘the point of its reception to that of its disappearance. To carry this plan into effect, it will be required that new and ex pensive blanks be prepared and distributed, and that an increased clerical force be employed in the principal post offices. I have not, therefore, felt at liberty to adopt it without the sanction ot Congress, and authority to establish such addi tional rate of postage on this class of letters as may be deemed adequate to the expense of regis tration. In Great Britain the “ registration fee” on in land and most foreign letters, is sixpence ster ling (about twelve cents) in addition to the or dinary rates of postage, and it expressly provided that “ such registration shall not render the Post master General of the frost office revenue in any manner liable for the loss of any such post let ters or the contents thereol.” It is believed that authority to establish an additional rate of five cents on on each letter registered, and to require the postage on all registered letters to be pre paid, would enable the department to carry into effect the plan here submitted without prejudice to its revenues. It is not proposed to make the registering of valuable letters compulsory, nor that the govern ment shall become liable for such letters when lost, but only to enable each person mailing a valuable letter to do so in the ordinary manuer, or to add something to its security by the pay ment of a small registration fee. I have no doubt that the registration of valua ble letters, as proposed, would be highly appre ciated as a means of security by the large com mercial classes of the community, whose collec tions and exchanges are made principally through the mails, and who have, from time to time, urg ed in vain upon this department the adoption of some such plan for their protection. I believe, too, that such a system of registration would re lieve this department from the imputation of nu merous losses not properly chargeable upon it— case9 in which valuable letters alleged to have been lost through the mails either never reached any post office, or have been stolen alter arriving at the places of their destination. PROPER DISTRIBUTION OF MAIL MATTER—IM PROVEMENT CONTEMPLATED. Ihe proper distribution of mail matter in a country so vast as ours, with so many mail routes and so many post-offices, is a subject at tended with great difficulty, and to which the attention ot my predecessors has frequently been directed. Letters, instead of having one, at most, two distributions, have been distributed four or five times before their arrival at the des tined point. The consequence has been that distiibution and delivery, commissions have al most consumed the postage ; but the worst evil arising from this practice has been that great delays have been occasioned, which have always been the subject ol just complaint. To distri bute mail matter properly lequires a minute know led of mail arrangements, and this the de partments alone can have. If tbe postmasters at the various d.stributing post offices were per mitted to make their own distribution schemes, j with their necessarily imperfect knowledge, great ! mistakes must occur, and, instead of a letter I being mailed direct to the distribution office to ! which it belongs, it would be mailed from point ! to point along the route until it reached its des tined point To prevent these delays, and at the same time to possess myself of the local knowl edge of the postmasters at the distributing post | offices, I caused to be forwarded to me the differ ent schemes of distribution. Some of them I I found quite perfect, but the great majority of ! them were- very detective, and my only surprise has been that greater delays in the delivery of ! letters have not taken place. lam now having 1 prepared distribution schemes for every distribu ting office in the country, allotting to each its proper distribution. When they are completed the postmaster at the mailing point can, by turning to his scheme and looking to the counties and towns in eacn • State allotted to the various distributing offices, : be enabled to mail direct. The department will j likewise have the important matter of distfibu | tion urder its exclusive control, and when new j mail arrangements are made, by railroad or oth ; erwise, which would change the course of distri bution, the different offices can be instructed ac- I cording. Much, however, re mains to be done. | Every distribution causes delay, and this must necessarily take place under our present system : once or twice, which is one great cause of com ! plaint that letters do not reach their point ofdes i tination as soon as passengers. When the letter I is from one distributing office to another the mail j ing is direct, and if sent on its proper course there is no good reason for any delay. The mail -1 ing indeed, should be direct Irom every post-office j in the United States to another, but this under our present system I view as impracticable.— i With our existing regulations, which proscribe that every postmaster shall mail direct to the place addressed all letters for his own State or Territory, and all letters for post offices in other States and Territories which should pass through a distributing office on their proper route to the i office of delivery, rigorously enforced, and the new schemes of distribution in operation at the various distributing offices, I trust to be able to give to our mails greater speeed and regularity. NEWSPAPER POSTAGE—AN ADVANCE RECOMMEN DED. As the act of the 30th August, 1852 fixing the present rates of postage on printed matter, took effect on the Ist October following, a fair compaiison can only be instituted between the revenue of the two last fiscal years, through the whoie of which the existing rates of postage prevailed. This shows that after giving to each i year the liberal allowance of three-fourths of I the one-ceßt stamps sold, the year ending June 30, 1854, exceeds the pievious year only 1 45- I 100 per cent. In this acttheie is a clause which provides that*‘\yhen the postage upon any newspaper or j periodical is paid quarterly or yearly in ad vance,” one-half only ot the regular rates shail be charged. In view of tbe trivia! increase of the postage on printed matter, and of the ex tremely low rates, paiticularly for newspapers and periodicals, I would recommend that tbe law be so far changed as to omit the clause referred ! to, leaving the department to fall back upon the act of 1825, under which quarterly payments in advance on hewspapers and periodicals have , heretofore always been required. The proprie ty of this recommendation will be apparent not only forthe reasons above suggested, but also ! from the following comparative statement of j facts : Under the act in operation prior and up ! to July Ist. 1851, the postage for instance, on a i weekly newspaper when sent not over one hun- i dred miles, or any distance in the State where published,, was thirteen cents, and when sent ove* on# hundred miles, or out of the State where published, nineteen and a half cents a quarter. By the act of March 3d, 1851, six different j rates, according to distance, were established.— Thus, on a weekly newspaper, for any distance ' not exceeding fifty miles, five cents a quarter over fifty and not exceeding three hundred miles; ten cents; over three hundred and not exceeding one thousand miles, fifteen cents; over one and not exceeding two thousand miles, twenty cents; 1 over two, and not exceeding four thousand , miles, twenty-five cents; over lour thousand miles, thirty cents a quarter; and weekly news- j papers to subscribers in the county where pub lished were made free. By this act the postage, it will be perceived, for any distance not over one thousand miles, was greatly reduced; but owing to the diversity ol rates—the too great reduction ior the shorter and too great increase for the longer distances—ite modification was at once called for. and this resulted in the present law, by which tbe quarterly- rate on any weekly newspaper or periodical not exceeding three oun- , ces in weight, sent any distance in the United I States, is only six and a half cents. On news- I papers not exceeding one and a half ounce in ! weight, when cir:ufated in the Stats where pub- ' i lished, the quarterly rate in still one-halt less, be lug ouly three ami a quarter cents; ami weekly newspapers t<» subscribers in the county where published to hq free. I cannot avoid the convic tion, that hau it been dearly understood that the act ot 182.1 required payment quarterly in ud vunce on tegular newspapers to subscribers, and that the effect of the clause in question would be to reduce the postage on the great bulk oi print ed matter to rates so exceedingly low, Congress never would have given its sanctiou to the mea sure. If my recommendation be adopted, the quarterly postage for instance, on a weekly newspaper or periodical not exceeding one and a hali ounce, circulated in the State where pub lisher (and in the aame proportion for more fre quent publications) will be six and a half cents ; and when not over three ounces in weight, sent to any part of the United States, thirteen cents a quarter. The newspapers t 6 subscribers living in the county where published will continue to go free. MISCELLANEOUS. l'he service performed by the several lines of ocean mail steamships is treated at large. The Postmaster General is of opinion that the com pensation now received is too large, and that the present system is calculated to drive off private competition. He also states that the Nicaragua company have offered to carry a weekly mail between New York and California lor the sum of $600,000 per annum, which he thinks is the highest rate of pay which ought i'o he demanded 1 he cost this year for a semi-monthly mail, by the isthmus route, is $757,977.03. No progress has been made since the last er : b°rt ,* n the pending negotiations with Grest ; Britain relative to the admission of France into the arrangement, as contemplated by the provi -sion in the 12th article of our postal convention, j No postal convention has yet been effected with France; but one is about being made with Mex i ico. Arrangements have been made with the Aus tralia line of monthly packets to convey mails regularly between New York and Australia.— |f he r *tes on all outgoing matter have been sited at five cents a letter, two cents each for news* papers, and one cent an ouqce for pamphlets and magazines. These rates embrace both the Uni ted States inland and sea postage. The fines and deductions during the past year amount to $110,486. The amount for the pre | vious year was $37,920. AUGUSTA, GEOKGIaT" SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 16. See first page Daily this morning. oy We received two northern mails last eve ning. The Savannah mail due in the morning did not come to hand until afternoon. Dy We are requested to state that the Estate sale of P. Simon will be continued this day, op posite the Eagle & Pbtenix Hotel. Melancholy Rail Road Accident. We regret to learn that a young man named Thomas Smith, aged about 23 years, a Conduc ; tor on a Freight train of the Georgia Railroad, J was almost instantaneously killed at Madison on j Wednesday last. We understand he was coup ling two cars together, one belonging to the East Tennessee Road, which being higher than those used on the Georgia Road, the togeth er, crushing him between them. He lived but a few hours after the accident. Being a member of an Odd Fellows association, his remains were taken in charge by the Odd Fellows in Madison, and a committee was appointed to convey them to Rome, where his family reside. Peruvian Guano Trade. We have received an interesting pamphlet, : published at Washington, on the above subject. I It contains statements and documents in relation , to the bill reported by the select committee of the House ol Representatives, on the 31st of Ju | iSSI. imposing a sliding scale of duty on the j importation of Peruvian Guano into the United States. Also, a "treatise on the relations of j Peruvian Guano to American Agriculture. ,J By Daniel Lee, M. D., Professor of Agriculture in i the Uoivcroity Os bteorgia, <jtc. The treatise sets forth many facts, showing the remarkable fertilizing qualities of Guano, and instancing remarkable cases of its productive* ness. It is to be regretted that this article is not brought into mere extensive use in the South— especially upon fields appropriated to the produc tion of Cotton, Corn and Wheat, and whose fer tility is annually taxed by the culture beyond the recuperative powers of nature. To counter act this exhausting process, the free use of Gu ano is recommended. The experience of intel ligent agriculturists shows in figures not to be disputed, that money even at fif ty-five dollars per ton for Guano, is returned four-fold. The exposition in relation to the bill of the select committee made by Dr. Lee is in tended to show error in the committee in pre fering a sliding scale of duties on the article with a view to force the Peruvian Government to abandon or modify its present monopoly. He claims for this monopoly the following advan tages. Ist. Regularity and superabundance in the importation. 2nd. Regularity in the price of the article. 3rd. Security for its purity.— 4th. Facility in obtaining it at different points of the United States seaboard, saving expenses. F.ast Florida—her Lands and Agricultural Productions. We are indebted to the author, W. S. Rey nolds, of Barnwell, S. C , for a pamphlet copy of the above very interesting article. It appeared originally in the October number of the Southern Quarterly Review. It gives many facts in re lation to East Florida, going to show that it is in rlimat*, one of the most delightful, and in soil and productions one of the most fertile and de sirable regions in the entire South. It is com paratively a new country, and millions of rich acres, capable of producing the richest staples of the country, and the most luscious fruits of the tropics, are still waiting in virgin freshness, the hand of the cultivator. A large emigration has in the last few years been pouring into that part of Florida, especially from South Carolina, and it will not be many years more, era its foreign and coastwise exports of Cotton, tobacco, sugar and a variety of tropical fruits will form an im portant feature in American Commerce. We recommend this article, which abounds in use f ul information relative to the lands in East Florida, to all who contemplate seeking homes in that ElDorade. It is worth the money to them even if to get it ahould require a years subscripton to the Southern Quarterly—a Review every rea* ding man in tbe.South should take. We are furnished by this article with the fol lowing interesting historicaljreminiscence. “Many years since, an enterprising English man—Dr. Turnbuil—became impressed with the value and productiveness of these lands, pur chased a large body, and brought out from the Mediterranean a colony of about seven hundred Greeks and Minorcans, as laborers, with the view to the making of sugar and other products. These people we engaged upon a principle similar to that upon which the British are now employing the coolies in Jamaica—the apprentice system. They were styled “redemptioners,” because of their being bound for seven years to redeem, by their labor, the expense of the voyage and the cost ot provisions, &c., necessary to the support of them and their bundles. At the end of the seven years they were to receive stipulated, wages. Things went on prosperously for a shorts i time; buildings were erected, extensive canals and ditches were dug, and the lands were gradually being brought under cultivation. But* at length, the energies of the laborers began to» flag; their employer became impatient; their task masters became more urgent; blows and etrif** were resorted to, with a view of inducing thf»m to more active work, till, at length, the' Miner cans took to running away. Theie of these fu givea arrived at St Augistine. where their (ale of suffering and wrong excited the sympathy of 1 the Spaniards, who, pursuing their old game to wards the English, urged them to return and raise a general insurrection. This advice they i followed, and. in a short time, there was a com plete entente The whole body of laborers drop ped their tools, refused to work,'and marched off, in a body, towards St. Augustine. Turnbull and his overseers pursued them—used threats and promises to induce them to return, but they were of no avail. They arrived in St. Augustine, and were received by the Spaniards, who appropriat ed a part of the town to their oecupation. Many of their descendants still inhabit the same houses, or are settled on small farms, in the country, around, and are noted for their fondness of an easy and quiet life, for the simplicity of their manners, and their kindheartedness. Thus ended Dr. Turnbull’s scheme for raising sugar with free white Jlabor —another proof to the British, by .ore of their own countrymen, that for the tropical products of agriculture, on anything like an extensive scale, no other than negro slave labor, can, with certainty, be dependent upon.” The New York Times has been turnished with the advance sheets of some of the tables which accompany the Annual Report of the Secretary of the Treasury. The table VII. o( Exports and Imports affords the following as the total figures for the Treasury year ending 30th June last: Total imports ..$304,562,387 Total exports 278,241,064 Difference against ex|K>rts $26,321,327 The exact sum of specie is not given in this table, but is stated in the body of the Report at $38,000,000, of which about $5,000,000 was in foreign coin re-exported. These figures enable us to make the following comparison with the previous Treasury yeai: . 1854. 1853. Imports consumed. $279,712,187 $251,071,358 Goods re-exported. 19,850,194 13,096,213 Specie re-exported. 5,000,000 4,811.076 Total import $304,562,381 $267,978,647 1854. 1853, Dom'c Prod’e exp’d5219,390,770 $189,869,162 American Gold— 34,000,000 22,674 799 For’n Gold as above 5,000,000 4,811,076 For’n Goods as 20,850,194 13,096,213 Total Export... .$278,241,064 $230,452,250 From the above it will be seen that the For eign Goods which remained for consumption in 1854 exceed the consumption of the previous year $28,640,729, while our Domestic Produce exported, yielded $29,521,708 over 1853. The enrolled and registered tonnage of the United States in 1854 was 4,802,902 tons, against 4,- 407,010 m 1853. Choice Segars. Dawson & Skinner advertise the receipt of another large lot of that favorite brand of Segars, T. M. We can testify, experimentally , to their excellence. They are among the best of all the Segars brought to this market. # We are gratified to learn (says the Charleston Courier) that the different Railroad Companies and Steamboat proprietors in the State have very handsomely consented to reduce their respective rates for those who may desire to attend the celebiation of the Centennial Anniversary of the organization of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Ancient Free Masori9 of South Carolina, in this city, on the 27th inst., and we therefore hope that our country brethreu will be present in goodly numbers on the occasion. As already mentioned by telegraph, a destruc tive fire broke out in Philadelphia Tuesday morn ing in Cornelius’ Lamp and Gas fixture Factory, which, with five stores and a number of dwellingsi was entirely destroyed. The buildings were situ ated at the corner of English and Cherry-streets. The Factory and stock were valued at two hun thousand dollars. By this fire four hundred workmen are thrown out of employment, and fifty families are houseless. Failures in IVkw money market was stringent in New Orleans at the close of the past week, and the following firms were compelled to suspend payment: Messrs. Mcßae, Coffman & Co., Bullitt, Mills At Co., Smith, Johnson & Lott, James H. Mul ford & Co., Armstrong, Hams & Co. John M. Lee, a money broker was arrested on Friday, charged with having fraudulently overdrawn his account in the N. O. Central bank, $38,000. Return of Scovillk.— We learn from the Macon Messenger, that Samuel D.lScoville, who absconded from Macon on the 29th October, with SIO,OOO of the funds. of Agency in that place of the Marine Bank <>i Savannah, has been brought back and lodged In jail. About $8,600 of the money stolen ha* been restored to the Bank. The New York Post lias the following state ment respecting the operations in Virginia hy pothecated bonds in that city. It will be seen that the transactions assumes an entirely diffe rent aspect under the further developments which seem to have transpired. The Post says : The difficulty between the State of Virginia and Messrs. Seldon, Withers & Co., of Wash ington, arising out of the failure of those gentle men, exists from the act of the Virginia Legisla ture, which prohibit* sales of State stock by the executive or its agentr. under par; yet the Board of Works obtained advances on those stocks or bonds from Selden & Co., who, in turn, hypothe cated them tor a greater amount than their ad vances, (as we have been informed.) The bonds have been sold at auction at abiut 85, and hence a serious difficulty. The obvious solution appears to be that Messrs. Seiden. With ers & Co., must account to the State of Virginia at par, though they have been sold at 85. The total amount, we are told, is $175,000,0n which a loss of 15 per cent, amounts to $26,250. Congress—Tuesday. Senate. —The President pro tern, laid before the Senate the second annual report of the Su peiindentol Public Printing. The Senate proceeded to theelection of chapiain for the present session, and Rev. Henry Sheer was elected. After the cottsideration of executive business, the Senate adjourned. House of Representatives. —The Speaker laid bofore the house the annua! report of the ’ Superintendent of Public Printing, and it was ordered to be printed. Mr, Fuller, from the Comrnitte on Commerce, reported back the Senate bill providing for the preservation of lives and property from ship wreck on the coasts of New Jersey and Long ' Island ; which after some debate, was read a third time and passed—yeas 126, nays 43. The bill making appropriations for the pay ment of invalid and other pensions was then considered, read a third time, and put upon its final passage. — Union , 13th inst. We understand that two negroes who had placed a fence rail, or something of the kind, across the Georgia Railroad track, not far from Madison, on Friday night last, seated themselves, one at each end of the rail, with the intention of jumping off on the approach of thft cars, where, out of harm's way, they might see “Me fun!'' 1 In accordance with the usual habit of the race however, as soon as they became still, they fell asleep—the train came thunu.ring along, in the meantime, cutting off the arm ot one of the fiends, :and breaking the head of the other. It is hoped’ however, that enough vitality has been left in •each to enable the sheriff to hang them, after proper trial and conviction.— Mhen* Watchman 14 th irM. ' Mrs. Burn’s Receipt for Making Butter in Winter. —Keep your milk in spring-water as in summer. After the butter is well beat, add one ounce of common salt to one pound of butter. Add ounce of saltpetre and one ounce of loaf sugar to sixteen pounds of butter, then work it well and pack it in a tight vessel, and the butter will retain afresh and sweet flavor. Great care should be taken not to set the milk near the fire. If it needs warming when churn mug, put it in a tin vessel aud place it in hot water. BY TELEGRAPH | Later from California. > Nkw Orleans, Dec. 13. ' The steamer Prometheus Lai arrived with California dates to the 24th ult. The Nonhem i Light left San Juan on the Bth Inst., with one million in specie. Arrival of the Northern Light. # New York, Dec. 13. Ihe Northern Light has arrived with eight hundred thousand dollars. The news is not very interesting. Fire in Philadelphia. There was a fire in Chesnut-street, Philadel- ! phia, last night, which destroyed Chickering’s Piano Agency, HensePs Furniture Store, btay ment’s Music Store and Lacy & Phillips Sad-! dlery|establishmetit. The total loss is over 4100.. I 000, which is partially insured. Congress. The House to day took up the private calen dar. New York Market. Cotton has declined one quarter. Flour is easier. Charleston, Dec. 15. Cotton. —There is a panic in th« market in consequence of the failure of a large Cotton house. Sales to-day 1000 bales at 6J to 81 cents. Good Middling, nominally, Bcents. Washington, Dec. 14.— Governor of Utah Col. Steptoe, of the U. S. Army, who has been for some time stationed in Utah, has been riomi* listed by the President as Governor of that Ter ritory. W ASHiNGTON, Dec. 14.— Congressional.—In the U. S. Houseof Representatives to-day, the House went into Committee of the Whole on the Indian Appropriation Bill, when Mr. Ste phens, of Georgia, replied to Mr. Mace, stating that the results ol the recent election were not indicative of the people being opposed to the Ne braska Bill. Charlestown, Dec. 11.— Massachusetts Town Elections. —The Know-Nothings were deteated here in the municipal election to-day. Timothy T. Sawyer, the citizens’ candidate, was elected over Barley, the Know-Nothing candidate, by 358 plurality. The full board ot aldermen, and a majority of the common councilman are also elected on the citizens’ ticket. Lynn, Dec. 11.—In the municipal election to day the entire Know-Nothing ticket has been elected by a large majority. Andrew Breed is mayor Lowhi.l, Dec. 12.—The entire Know-Noth ing municipal ticket is elecied here. The vote for mayor gives Lawrence, Know-Nothing, 3,- 851, and all others only 469. Newbury pout, Dec. 12.—The Know-Noth ings were routed at the municipal election here yesterday. Moses Davenport the people’s can didate was elected Mayor, also a majority of the Council ticket. Rochester, N. Y., Dec. 11. —The Hog Mar ket at Rochester. —Dressed hogs are coming in plentifully, and they are selling from $5 50 to S 6 25. The weather is moderately cold, and good sleighing continues. The Augusta Female High School, opposite the United States Hotel, over Mr. Kobert Carroll’s Boot and Shoe Store, will be re-opened on Monday, 20th of November Terms, for Board and Tuition, in all the English branches, will be very moderate. No extra charge for French, Latin, Fuel, Ac. novl7 C. A. Sabai,, Principal. fef’ —At f rlval * Sale, without reserve, the entire stock of Fancy and Staple Dry Goods, now opened and ready for inspection, at the Store of Cosgrove and Brennan, above the Globe corner. The undersigned offers for sale, at New York cost, the entire stock of Dry Goods, amounting to about Seventy-five Thousand Dollars worth, and embracing almost ev«>ry article in the Dry Goods line. The terms will be Ca&h, or for amounts es One Hundred Dollars, and over, approved paper at three months, with interest from date of sale. Country Merchants, and the Trade in general, are invited to call and examine the Goods and prices. All orders promptly attended to. T. Brennan, Surviving partner of tho firm of Cosgrove A Brennan. dtf aovlft Ur. WcLane’s Liver Pill*.—This great Medicine has supplanted all oth ers for the cure of diseases of the Liver. Its ei foots aro so salutary and speedy, and at the same time so perfectly safe, that it is not surprising it should supercede all others. Invented by a very distinguished physician of Virginia, who praoticed in a region of country in which H patis, or Liver Complaint, is peculiarly formidable and common, and who had spent years in discovering the ingre dients and proportioning their quantities, these Pills are peculiarly adapted to every form of the disease, and never fail to alleviate the most obsti nate cases of that terrible complaint. Thev have justly become celebrated; and the researches of Dr. McLane have placed his name among the ben efactors of mankind. No one having symptoms of this formidable complaint, should be w.thout these invaluable Pills. Have you a pain in the right side, under the edge of the ribs, which in creases with pressure—unable to lie with ease on the left side—with occasional, Bometimes constant, pain under the shculder-blade, frequently extend ing to the top of the shoulder? Rely upon it, that although the latter pains are sometimes taken for Rheumatic, they all arise from disease of the Liv er ; and if you would have relief, go instantly and buy a box of Dr. McLane’s Liver Pills. will be careful to ask for Dr. M'Lanc’s Celebrated Liver Pills, and take none else. There are other Pills, purporting to be Liv er Pills, now before the public. I) . M'Lane's Liv er Pills, also his Celebrated Vermifuge, can now be had at all respectable Drug Stores in the United States and Canada. tioid by Haviland, Risley A Co., Wm, H. Tutt, D. B Plumb A Co.,and W. H. AJ. Turpin, Augus ta, Ga.: P. M. Cohen A Co., Charleston, S. C.; 1 Hill A Smith, Athens, Ga.; E.C. Jones, Madison; ■ A. A. Solomous; Savannah; and by all Drug fists and Dealers in Medioine throughout the oath. 12 docH Removed.— Cosgrove A Brennan' j have removed their stock of Dry Goods i from the old store ot'T.J. Cosgrove A Co-, known as their lower store. Having no further connection with that house, they would invite their friends to call at their upper store above the Globe corner, where they are now opening an extensive stock ot Fancy and Staple Dry Goods, which they will soil at cost to wind up the busineis of the firm and satisfy the heirs ot T. J. Cosgrove, deceased. novl4 ts * sis- —Engle Sc Phoenix Hotel —J. R. Prks mv Cv.TT, Proprietor.—ls now open for she reception of Transient or Permanent Boar »krs. The proprietor solicits a continuance of patronage, and can only assure those who may j make a selection of his house, that no pains will be spared to render them comfortable, novls ts a Wanting—Delay not; harbor not in your mind that sentence of fool’s philosophy, that a disease will get well of itself,or that you can eure it with oertain medicines for a few dollars. Beware how you tamper with your general welfare. Ye wild and vicious youths, why will ya persist in dosing with the filthy, nauseating compounds daily proffered, thereby impairing your appetite and digestion, and destroying you mentally as well as physically, when you can be cured with a few doses of pleasant medicines * Ye rakes of every age and condition, why will ye suffer and repine and drag out a miserable ex istence, unfitted for the enjoyment and even ordi nary pursuits of life ? You who are thus annoyed, and wish to be restored to health and vigor by a treatment at once pleasant and effectual, should oonsult Dr. Morris. His success in chronic dis eases has been greater than that of any other phy. sician of his day. Many who have been for years afflicted with disease or consequences resuiting from excess have been restored to health and vigor under his really scientific treatment. Should a personal interview be objestionable, state your disease in writing—enclose five dollars —address Dr. W. H. Morris, through the Posts Office, Nashville,. Tenn., and a package of Medi cines, securely put up, will be sent privately, and with dispatch, full directions therewith, and no questions asked. Persons living at a distance, and afflicted with Scrofula, Old Ulcers, Tetter Cancers, Piles, Fistula In Ano, Gravel, Strictures, Gleets, or any disease 1 whatever of an aggravated or malignant character, can be cured at home by consulting Dr. Morris, by letter, post paid, enclosing a fee. These Medi cines, pleasant and safe, oan be sent per mail to any part of the United States. Particular attention given to the treatment of female complaints. Ladies who may be afflicted with irregularities, Flour Albus or Whites, Pro lapsus Uteri or Falling of the Womb, would do well to lay aside all false delicacy, and promptly oonsult the Doctor. Cures Warranted 3 Office over Mutual Protection Insurance Office, Cedar Street near Poet Office Room, No. 14. un * ir4, dl? dee 25 i Csiamrrriiii. Augusta Market, December 15, P. M. COl'lON”.—The market remains iu a quiet con dition, neither buyers nor sellers showing much disposition to operate. Middling lots are worth 6| to 7 cents. SAVANNAH, Dec. 14.— Cotton. —Arrived since the 7th inst., 10,382 bales Upland, (0 654 per Rail road, and 696 from Augusta and landings on the river.) and 12 per wagon) and 406 do. Sea Islands. The exports lor the same period amount to 10,668 bales Upland and 61 do. Sea* Islands, viz : to Liv erpool, 5,509 bales Upland; to Boston 1 514 bale> Upland; to New York, 2,497 bales Upland and 52 do Sea Islands ; to Philadelphia, 388 bales Upland; to Baltimore 617 bales Upland, and to Charleston*, 143 bales Upland and 9 do- Sea Islands—leaving ou hand and on shipboard not cleared a stock of 31,565 bales Upland and 1,354 do. Sea Islands, against 35,926 bales Upland, and 1,536 do. Sea Islands at the same time last year. The market opened on Friday with a fair do mend, and during the day 1,584 bales changed hands, at somewhat irregular prices. On Saturday the sales were 1,636 bales, and on Monday 1,882, the opening prices of the week being well main tained. On Tuesday the market was easier, sales 1,596 bales, and on Wednesday it was quite dull, with sales of only 646 bales. On Wednesday even ing the foreign uews by the Pacific came to hand, thu report from Liverpool showing that market to be an eighth of a farthing lower with discouraging accounts from Manchester and the Manufacturing districts generally. A gloomy report was also giv en of the money market, and leass -were expressed ! that a financial crisis was These discour aging advices had l the effect to depress prices Lera yesterday, and we reduce our figures to show as near as we can the present rates. As the news is only telegraphic, a better feeling may epring up after the letters and circulars are received. The eales yesterday were 984 bales, the market closing at very irregular price.. We quote Low Middling, 7 a 7^. Strict Middling, a _ Good Middling *Bs Middling Fair & 8j j Fair to Fully Fair .• a The sales of the week amount to 7,554 bales at fho following particular-: 16 at 6, 23 at r * 87 as ! 6|: 749 at 7; 103 at 7*. 512 at 7., U) at 7s. 7 U j at 71; 97 at 7 9 ktf 238 at 7{; 579 it 7f. 74 at ; 7 13-16; 381 at 7|; 1,089 at 8 43 at i ; its: 382 at j 8J; 928 at 8J : 16 atß 51! 2*',l 8|: 52; a* , - -o 181 227 at 8 J; 34 at 8| 93 at 9 adt7; t - j Sta Islands. —There has '•een.a lair ..Urnand for : finer grades of-this description u s C-rioc-s during j the past week, and holders hare found r difficulty ; in selling fine lots, while the pec rtr quad tie* bare | been neglected. We hear of sale* ot upwards of I 300 bales at extremes ranging from i7 s to 32e ! Receipts of the week 460 bales Exports 41 bale*. Rice. —The market continue* dull, and the do mand limited. We hear of ran t of t . oas ts at extremes, ranging lrom s?# a 14, per Lmdred lbs Exports of the week 192 caster. Flour. —The stock of tbis aril .e con i .ues light, and prices firm hales have bet uada in small lots at $9.50 a $lO per bbl. Corn. —We have no large tiansactions to report. The stock continues light. It is selling in lots a! wholesale at $1.15, and retailing at $1 20 as' .23 per bushel. Baron. —The market is well supplied, but the j demand is limited. We quote Sides at 8$ a9, and ! Shoulders at 8 a 8$ cents per pound, i Coffee. —The market, is fairly supplied. We ; hear of sales of a small lot of Rio from wharf at 10$ ! oonts. It ts selling from store in lots at 11$ cents | per pound Salt. —The stock of this article is light. Sales | are making from store at $1.50 a $1.75 per sack, | according to quantity. Lumber. — S. Sawed refuse, per m ft... 800a1 iOO Merchantable, perm. ft... 15 00 a 20 00 River Lumber, refuse,, .per m. tt... 900a10 00 Merchantable to prime, .per m. ft . .14 00 a 16 00 Ranging do., for export.per in. ft .. 9 00 a lb* 00 Mill Ranging, perm. ft... 10 00 al3 00 White Pine, c1ear,..... .per in. tt.. .30 00 a 40 00 Merchantable, perm. it...lb 00 a 25 00 Cypress Shingles, per m 400a 4 50 i Sawed Cypress Shingles, perm 16 00 a Red Oak Staves,.... ..perm 12 00 al6 00 White do., pipe,.. .per m. ..'..35 00 a6O 00 do. do , hhd .per to 25 00 a35 00 do. do., bbl. ...perm 20 00 a 25 oft Exchange —There has been a fair demand tor Sterling Exchange the past week at 7 a 7} per c? prem. The Banks are selling Sight Checks on all Northern cities at $ percent, prem.,’and purchasing Sight Bills at par.; 30 day Bills at -a | per cent, di.- count; 60 day Bills at Ija 1$ par cent, disc ;90 day BiJlßat 2J percent discount. Freight* —Are very dull. We quote to Liver pool, by American vessels, 9 32d , and jd by Eng lish ships. Coastwise are dull; to New York, St) oents per bale by sailing vc gels, and sc. fey steam era; to Boston 5-16 c.; to Philadelphia, by steamers }c , and to Baltimore |e. CHARLESTON, Dec. 15. Cotton —There war quite a good demand for most qualities of this ar tide for several days preceding the date of our la. t report, and when we inquiries tho mar gin of quotations had dropped all of below tho rates current a, the opening of tho week, bringing the Good Middling and Middling Fair qualities down to Bsaß|c. Transactions were renewed on Friday last—the first day of the week under re view—w th some spirit, and upwards of 2,10 u bales changed hands at prices corresponding w ith the quotations of that morning. Saturday was al so a very busy day, tho sales having reached fully 2,300 bales, but the market was unsettled, and the operations most generally showed a decided downward tendency in the price of the staple. Thus stood the position ot affairs, when the trade were put in possession ot the advices brought o\, by the steamer Union, from Havre, and those re ceived more recently by the Pacific from Liver pool, which, taken in connection with a stock which had accumulated beyond the power of con trol, and a severely strittgent money market, have proved very unfavorable to tho dotton interest. TheTnarket was very sluggish on Monday forenoon, and continued so throughout the day. The trau actions were limited to 1,200 bales, and at tho close of business sc. deelino was established in prices. A good deal of activity, prevailed on Tuea day—sales 2,100 bales—and buyers obtained a fur ther advantage, particularly on ibe lower qualitie - The demand on Wednesday took off about ] 400 bales, and notwithstanding the concessions that had been already granted, prices exhibited a lan guid and drooping appearance, and the market closed in an unsettled condition at about tfco sub joined quotations, which, it will b 0 SC en, "bow a decline of jj a je.on the betrir qualities, while th« lower grades have suffered to the extent of $ to Jo on the price given in our previous repert. The transactions yesterday were eonfined to some 1,0 m) bales, and priees were as iiregular as they had been on the preceding day; and under existing circumstances, the above quotations must, fer tho presort, be considered nominal. The receipts since our last reach 13,412 bales, and the safe in the same time foot up 10.200 bales, at the subjoined price -9 bales at 6; 115 at 6s: 250at9f; 120 at 61- 800 % ' 7; 262 at 7s* 561 at 7s; 66 at 7§; 50 at 7s; 563 a 7s; 400 at 7j; 203 at 7s: 1481 at 8; 56 at 8 1 -If. 351 at 8$; 683 at 8$; 188 atSJ; 976 at 8$ 8j; 588 at 8J; 61 at 8$; 358 at 9, and 24 hales at 9sc. The receipts of Long Cotton are cn the in crease, and the market may be said to have ! ur opened. Prices have ranged from 30 to Ssc. for good to prime Santees and Mains, according to quality; Good Middling to Middling Fine "Sea Islands from 36 to 45c , and 48c. and upwards f„ r the fine to very fine qualities. Florida? have been soiling at former prices, vis : from 20 to 30c. Corn The receipts of the week comprise 6000 bushels, which were sold at 90 and 91 cents per bushel. Country .Com is worth from 92 to 95 cent* per bußhel, sack included. Flour. —The transactions this week ,'acw father an improvement on the prices of the previous week, which is to be attributed tc the light receipts and the limited stock offering. The transactions ia North Carolina and Georgia have been made pris eipally at s9} for barrel?and bags, and 9$ per bar rel for Baltimore. Bacon. —There has beer* a good demand again this week for Sides, and upwards of 250 tierces j changed hands, principally at Sic. per lb, me market ut the close ot Ibe week was firm, and y,x ees showed rather an advancing tendency. The transactions in Ilams and Shoulders have been very limited. Salt. —Some 5000 sacks have been received since our last, which bad been sold to arrive, at prices which, if reported would give no criterion or tha E resent value of the article. _ About 1000 sacks ave bean sold this week at s2’per sack. Freights.— We quoto Cotton to Liverpool, in square bags, at 5 18d , and Havre at jc-. The rate to New ork is 20c. for Cotton, and per tierce for Rice ; and to Boston go., for the former, and sli per tierce, for the latter. Shipping JutriHjfWf.. ARRIVALS FROM CHARLESTON. Steamship Quaker City, Hodgdon, Phildelphia Barque Jasper, Bennett, Bostou. Sohr Shamrock, Travers, at Baltimore CLEARED FOR CHARLESTON. Schr. Louisine, O’Neal, at New York. CHARLESTON, Dec. 15.—1 n the Offing, ship John Fraser, Herbest. Cardiff, W. Cleared, brig St. Andrew, Kean, Havana. Went to Sea, Sp. barqua Tac-io, Boricll, Baree* iona. SAVANNAH, Dec. 15—Arrived, Schr Was Smith, New York. Cleared, schr Edward Cidder, Tyler, Boston,