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Cljpottkk & Sentinel I>Y WILLIAM S. JONES <£t)ronirie and Sentinel. AUGUSTA, GA; SATURDAY MORNING. NOV. 1. The Planter’s Convention. The Convention of Cotton Planters held a pre liminary meeting on Monday last, and adjourned over to meet again Tuesday morning, 9 o’clock, when the following gentlemen were elected tlficers of the Convention : Ex Governor Moseley, of Florida.— President. Vice Presidents.—B. S. Bibb, Ala.; Wm. Terrell Ua.; John G. Gamble, Fla.; Joseph 1). Bryan, I a.; N. B. Crowell, S. C.; R. S. Archer, Va.j James M. Chambers, Ga.; N. B. Powell, Ala.; Thndeus C. Holt, Ga.; M. W. Phillips. Mi«« ; Tho.. Affleck, do , and L B. Mercer, Ga. Secretaries. Ma han Bass, Ga.; Wm. P. Gould, Ala., and J. Knowles, Ga. The Convention 13 very numerously attended, and is composed of highly respectable gentlemen from all sections of the Southern States. Among the dele gates we notice Gov. Brown and Ex-Governor Mose ly, of blerida, and several o'her gentlemen of dis tinction from the same State, from Virginia, Alaba ma, Mississippi, Tennessee and South Carolina. Georgia wis very fully represented by a multitude oMicr intelligent and enterprising planters. Ihe object of this Convention is, to devise some plun to render the Cotton Planters of the South more independent of the vicissitudes of trade, and to secure lor them a more uniform price lor their great staple. " e are not informed precisely what plan is proposed to attain this desirable object; but from the number of delegates in attendance and the great amount of intelligence embodied in the Convention, we have no doubt tha' some scheme of practical utility will be devised. There can certainly be nothing loet by on attempt of the kind. Meichanta and Bankers have their conferences and conventions for putpo?es of mutual bene ft and profit. Why should not the Planters avail themsulves, also, of the advantages o Co-operation and concert. Mo class of ci izens is so completely at the mercy ofothvrs as the planting interest. Their very pur suits isolate them, and forbid those daily confer ences and intercommunications, which are so bene ficial to men engaged in trade. They are, hence, forced to rely upon others, upon whom they have but few checks, and who transact their business only at a heavy cost. These evils can certa : nly be great ly mod tied by judicious action on the part of the Planters themselves. The great drawback of exces sive production might also be remedied toromc ex tent. by a generul determination lo diversify produc tion, and to give more attention to manufactures, the rearing of stock, &c., &c. The occasion upon which this Convention has as sembled we regard as propitious—as exceedingly favorable fir (he production of such results. It is the first rear effort to get up a grand Southern exhi bition. lis success must serve to convince every one that with the proper energy, wc can develops resources and accomplish an industrial revlution that must result in rendering our peoplo more thoroughly independent. We ure most happy to find that the planters themselves are moving in this matter. The assemblage at this time of so large and intelligent a Convention, cannot fail to rest] tin g<eat good to the country at large.--- Jour. 4- Mess. If the Convention could enforce a decree to prevent the importation of slaves, from tho several Slates, thus requiring each to keep what they have, or persuade (ho planters of the cotton growing S:a'es to purchsse no more, and to contri' ute a portion of th»i» annual income to the manufacture of cot'on into yarns and cloths r or home consumption and export —as well a# the rearing in our midst of ali other manufactories which may bo profitably carried on —thus diversify our labor aud make less cotton and more breadituffs, j they may hope to accomplish some great and permanent benefit for the South. But the scheme of a grand corporation with an im* mouse capital to sustain the price of Colton, is one of the wildest and most visionary that ever entered tho mind of a moon-struck man, and will certainly iuvolve in irrevocable ruin all those who embark in the speculation. Cotton, like all other products, whether Agricultural or Mechanical, must be left to be governed by the immutable laws of supply and demand. And whenever these laws are lor a time check ed in their operation, like a mountain torrent when dammed, it will sooner or ater break down the barriers and overwhelm and prostrate every opposing obstacle. What tho South wants to consummate her in dependence and prosperity, is a better and more enlightened system of Agriculture— sufficient capital invested in manufactories to make at home whatever she can make profi’.a bly—to spin and weave the great mass of her great staple, and send it abroad to every land whore it is consumed. These will render her lands more fertile and productive, diversify her labor, and give more to the production breadstuff's, and secure a greater number of consumers of all the necessaries of life, and introduce into her midst thousands of nsechan i&» and arlizaus,who, while they swell our pop ulation, will contribute greatly to the genera* wealth and prosperity of the people, and the country. We sincerely hope therefore that the labor a of the Convention have been directed to the accomplishment of these object* ; and if pro perly directed with the energy and mental ability which that body embodies, the most cheering results will be attained at no distant day. But they will cot be accomplished in a day or a year. Like all great revolution* in thejlittbits and opinions of a whole people, it will require time, patience and unwavering per severance to attain to great a good—*o noble an end. Harper’s Magazine. Tin* sterling monthly, the very best in the Union, for November, has been laid on our table by Gao. A. Oaths & Co. Anw Taicir ok the Enkmy.—The Disunion papers and leaders in Georgia, having been com. pletely overwhelmed in the late elections, are now preparing, says the Journal Messenger, for an entirely net* shuffle of the political cards. We understand that an edict has gone forth from tho Bullfrog Regency, that the Southern Rights Party is to be disbanded, and the old Democratic party reorganized. The Savannah Georgian and Augusta Constitutionalist and Republic have already assumed position in favor of this new movement, and we presume that the small er organs will all follow in their train. The wire millers will assemble in Milledgevillo, and the work will doubtless be undertaken with great vigor and determination. We have no appre hension, however, as to tho result. The Union Democrats of Goorgia, however, are not thus to be used for the gratification and benefit of the men who, a few months since, denounced them as traitors to the South. South America—Horrible Cruelty. —The sub joined is from the the Journal du Havre. The news was furnished by the Sirene, Capt. An dorine, which left Montevideo on the 10th of August. If the news be trie, the present century isstaiaed with a deed of blood tran scending in barbarity anything we remember to have read in the darkest and n ost brutal times. The facts detailed are as follows: On the Ist of August the National Gaard of Colonia h<d ventured to mention their satis faction at the departure of the troops of the Garrison, commande I by Lieut. General Mo reno. At the same time they took little paiQ9 toconce-Ithe fict that the entrance of Gene rals Urquiza and Carzon into the Oriental ter ritory was not displeasing to them. Observing these symptoms of the tendency of public opinion, the police agen's of Oribe hasened to inform Moreno, who was then encamped six leagues from Colonia. As coon as this officer had examined the reporls of spies, he returned with all speed to Cotonia, bringing with him about four hundred men and two hundred horses, entered the town and gave the sigt.al for a general massacre ; mens “ sus pected” children, fell under the knives of the cut throats. Moreno, to excite by his exam ple the fury of these assassins, with his own hands cut the throat of a young man named Napolean Neves. Fearful incidents marked the progresc of this scene of carnage. These executioners iufuriated aga nst their victims, were seen to mutilate them, to rob the corpses of their jewelery and ear rings, and not satitfied with cutting off their fingers and noses, to cut up their skin into strips to make ropes for their cart harness. Tha refinement ofcrue'ty which cannibals inflict upon their prisoners has been fairly surpassed by a lieutenant of Oribe. It is beyond a doubt that among the victims, the precise number of whom bad not beeu ascertained at the departure of the last Utters, was a Frenchman, who had been a long time established in Colonia, where he executed Daguerreotype potraits, and who had always kept himself aloof from the political affairs of the country. Ti.is unhappy man has been basely massacred. At the moment when the cut throats of Moreno entered Colonia he was enjoying the amusement of fishing. Two of the wretches were expressly detached from the troop to put an end to him, and a few mo ments afterward his mutilated corpse was stretched upon the shore. I'l) e Fair Ht Macon. The Journal If Misstngtr of Wednesday, has the following notice of the Fair which opened that day: Ihe Great Exhibition —The city hat been crowded for three days with visitors to the great Agricultural and industrial Exhibition, which commences this day and oloeea on Fri day uext. There are already many thousand strangers present. Delegations are in atten dance from Virginia. Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Florida, Kentucky, South Caroli na, and in fact, nearly all the Southern States. The conconrse of visitors is not only immense, but the array of articles on exhibition will astonish the most sanguine. There are splen did Steam Engines hre Jacks, Mules, Horses and line cattle by the seore. The herd of Devons exhibited by Richard Peters, Esq., is one < ftbe largest and best ever shown by one man in the country. The department of domestic manufacture is especially rich, and speaks highly for the in dustry, enterprise and taste of the fairer portion of our people. The display in the Horticul tural Reoms will be exceedingly fine—far supassing any thing of the kind ever seen in the South, In the Poultry line, it would rea'ly seem hs if the four q i irters of the globe had been searched. There are Ducks and Chickens from Indie, Africa, Europe, and even from the centre of the Celestial Empire. There are Partridges from California, Geese from Eeyp f , and pigeons from all sections of the globe. The native poultry, too, is very fine. In the great a'aple of the South, wo under stand the competition will be constieraUe, and the display c'editablo. VVe have not had an opportur.i y to examine into the co llecticn of grains, fruits, &.C., but presume that the department will be ra'her deficient. The sea son has been unpropitious, and we fear that in this respect the Exhibition will not be as in viting as inviting as in many others. Upon the whole, however, it will be by far the most extensive and elegant show of the kind ever held in the Southern States. VVe look upon it as the beginning et better times for the South, and trust that the spirit now aroused may be fostered and cherished by tor people. The Post Office at Loweville, Meriwether County, Georgia, has been discontinued. Montgomery and Pensacola Railroad.— The Books for subscription to Stock in this Road will soon be opened in Montgomery. We think the enterprise should eotnmend itself to the attention of property-holders here. The cost of the Road, from the adapta tion of the country for Railroads, is obliged to be much less than that of Railroads gene ra'ly—and certainly it will be of great impor tance to the trade and interest of our City. VVe hope a liberal spirit will be manifested, and that the work may go bravely on.— Ala. Journal. Cofpeb Trade or Brazil.— We find in the Philadelphia Commercial list the following com parative statement of tho Collee trade of Uio de Janeiro with the United States and Europe. It will be seen that Baltimore leads all the other ports in tho United States in the quantity of eoilee imported from Brazil during the present year, and that her imports of this year are about four times as much as those of the year 1851), The exhibit here made is a gratifying one for this community, and it goes to prove what we have heretofore asserted, that as a grocery mar ket, she is second to none on the seaboard.— Halt . Amer. Cofee cleared from Rio de Janeiro from Ist Jan. to 31st August, annually 1851 1850 1 849 1848 1847 New York 191,692 107,157 131,363 141.326 157,0 5 Baltimore 214,681 72.010 128,505 149,562 74,210 New Orleans--. 181,756 105,332 87,204 73 223 101, 739 Philadelphia 51,173 17,427 23,751 33.245 6,908 Boston 7,225 901 19.331 35 996 29,117 Charleston 7,739 8,006 -v* 15./66 3,000 Other Ports 7,218 698 2,900 3,200 Total U. S. 661,434 310,883 396.052 452,018 375,189 Europe --707 ,636 348,067 629,237 621,833 523,649 1,369,120 658,950 1,025.339 1,073.856 693,838 Month of Aug— 1851 1850 1949 1848 • ToU. S 79,958 48,224 63,158 66 529 23,9-19 Europe 651480 53.732 97,991 57,249 123,352 13M33 101,956 161,149 123,778 *147,271 AUGUSTA, GA. SUNDAY HORNING, NOVEMBER 2, 1851. Railroad Accidirt —A correspondent, writing to ns, on Sunday, in relation to the accident which occurred on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, the day previous, says the locomotive, passenger car and freight ears, are lying in Overall’s Creek, probably fifteen feet balow the road, apparently very seriously damaged. It is aston.shing 'bat every person on them was not killed, as the locomotive turned over once or twice. There were but few passengers ia the cars fortunately, and they crawled out through the bottom The damage sustained by the company, owing to this accident, it is thought, will reach SIO,OOO. —Nashville Banner. r LiSKROAt) Dividend. —The President and Directors of the Fayetteville and Western Plankroad Company, North Carolina, have declared a semi-annual dividend of two per cent, on the whole capital, er about five per cent on the cost of that part of the road on which to'is have been collected. Tbe road when completed will probably pay a dividend of 15 to 18 per cent. A Great Land Claim —The Dubuque (Iowa) Express of tbe 21st instant says : "We learn that suit has been instituted in the United States Circuit Court of this district by 'he heirs of Dubnque, to recoverthe whole of the land lying along the Mississippi river, above and below the city, for eighteen miles, and rolining back from the river nine miles, in which boundary is comprised the city, our whole mineral region, and many o ( the best improved farms in the county. This will no doubt be regarded as a startling announcement by those who imagino themselves to be the owners of valuable property within and be yond our corpoiate limits. If the Chanteaus should prove successful in the prosecution of their claim, 'here will not be one of our citizens who will be the owner of a single foot of property, notwithstanding the years of toil that m?y have been devoted in the acoumuta* tion of a livelihood for declining years. It appears that the beirs claim under a title in Dubuque prior to the possibility of any title vesting in Congress.” Catalogue or the Great Exkibitiox.— Some curious statistics connected with tbe preparation of the catalogue of the World’* Fair are given in Dickens best vein, in the "Household Words.” Tho article is entitled "The Catalogue’s account of itself.” Dana ded of the adornments with which the author has embellished his account, the following are some of the principal factsjhe communicates. Fifteen thousand persons had to be written to for their modicum of "copy ” for the catalogue, or a description of what each was about to send to the Exhibition. Fifty thousand printed circulars were sent ou*. Tbe catalogue, the labor upon which was commenced in Jauuary, 1851, was classified, made up printed, and bound in four days. The first perfect inpres sion was only produced at 10 o’clock on the night preceding the opening of the Exhibition, yet 10,0fc0 bound copies were punctually de livered at ths Crystal Palace on the following morning. The two copies presented to the Queen and Prinee Albert • o-*-* edged, were bound, lined, and gilded in six hours. Os the "official” catalogue, 250,030 copies have been piinted, consuming 105 tons of paper, tbe duty upon which was £1,470 sterling. Besides these, 5,010 pages of lists, other catalogues, reports &c. were printed. The weight of type tins employed was 52,- 000 pounds. — N. Y. Commercial Advertiser. Census of lows. Dwelling houses in the State- •»••••••••• 32,952 Families do do •••••33,517 White males •••••100,895 W hi to females 90,994 Colored males 168 Colored females 167 335 Total population 192,214 Deaths during the year 2,014 Farms in cultivation 14,805 Manufacturing establishments producing annually SSCO and upwards 482 Census or North Carolina. Dwelling houses In the State 105 512 Families do do •••••106,023 White males 272,369 White females •• .280,095 Indians—male 420 Do. females 411 Free colored males-••••• 13,226 Free colored females 13,970 Total free population 580,491 Slaves •••••••••••••• ••*•••• 288,412 Total population*••• •••••••••••• ••868,903 Deaths during the year-.-* •••• 10,207 Farms in cultivation 56,916 Manufacturing es’ab'.ißhments producing annually SSOO and upwards- ••••••• 2,523 Federal representative population 752,538 'Writing for tbe Press. The London Morning Post gives certain rules on this subject, which we commend to the attention of our contributors. *‘l. Use note-sized paper, because a large sheet covers the printer’s case, and hinders his work. 2. Do not write on the back of the pa per, as that doubles the time of printing the article —while one s’de it being “set up,” what is written on the back cannot be “gone on with.” 3. Write with dark black ink| for an editor will read with reluctance what he sees with difficulty; and the compositor, lor the same reason, will dislike te set it up. 4. Al ways write a plain, bold hand; some ban J s which are elegant are too elegant to be under* stood. If you send an indistinguishable scrawl, it will be thrown aside until the editor has leisure to make it out, which may not be until the “interest of the article has passed away,” and it may be too late to print it. — 5. Bemember, that whatever gives an editor trouble at his desk doubles the expense in the printing office. The printers and readers waste time in deciphering bad MB.; and out of any failure in interpretation, commonly grows a charge against the journal for “misre presenting” the writer. 6. If you know that the editor will take any trouble te oblige you, why give him any trouble you please ! You may scribble with a pin on your butter paper, and the editor will try to make it out; but if the editor is under no obligation to you, if you are not so popular that any thing muatbe print ed that bears your name, why, cleave to good sense, good taste, correct expression, and a plain hand.” Another Impeovzmrmt. —The next improve ment that our railroad people should make, should consist of a " Saloon Car }” a car where people might walk about and smoke, or sit down and play whiat. To be squeezed up in a chair for 4} hours ia tedious enough, even when go ing at the rate of BO miles an hour. The New Haven road is fixing up one oi their cars with state-iooms ; an arrangement that adds greatly to the comtort of passengers. In a year or two, • we expect to see similar cars on every railroad In I the couniry. TELEGRAPHIC SEWS. i f tßimltUd for the ChrouleU <t Stvtlui] CharUKou Market* PaiDAT, Oct. 31— Cotton.— Sales to-day 1800 bales, at f} a 6}. Receipts of tbe week 10,314 balca. Stock on hand (exclusive of fhipboaid) 11,039 balee. Holdera free tellers at 8 a 8J for Fair. Mew York Market. Fribay, Oct. 31. —Cotton. —Sales of 600 balee. Middling Orleana 8* t 8|; Middling Upland* 8J a S| cents. ItUgrapktd for the Ualtimjre American. FURTHER BY THE EUROPA. Halifax, Oct. 28.—The steam <r Gnropa has arrived, with Liverpool dates of the 18th, being 3 days later. Markets.—Cotton, during the week, has been dull, and prices have receded fully Id. The sales of the week have amounted to 29,- 600 bales. The demand for fair qualities con tinnes s'eady. BRKAnsTirrFj.—The market for Breadstufls presents no new features. Money Market. —Money was easier. Con sols closed at 96| a 9GJ. The sales of Ameri can Stocks on foreign account continued larger. Foreign stocks unchanged. The political news generally possesses but little interest. Symptoms of uneasines were apparent throughout all Europe, but no formi dable break had yet occurred. The closing of the Great Exhibitii n in London had been the signal for the departure of many of tbe stran gers who had remained during its continuance. The change in tbe French Ministry is con firmed. Second Despatch.—Oct. 27th, 12. P. M.— The Europa retched here about 9 o’clock this morning. The sales of Cot on for the 5 days were 30,000 bales, of which nearly 10,000 were taken for export, and the balance aold to tbe trade. Middling qualities ranged at4§a 4Jd. Western Canal Flour was quote! at 17s 6d, a 195., Philadelphia and Baltimore at 18«. a 19s. Sales of mixed Corn at 265. and yel low at 265. 6d. a 275. 6J. Whia: ss. ass. ed. Provisions were dull. Lard hud decinedfid. Freight, quiet. Reports of the a-ate of trade in Manchester were still unfavorable Goods and Yarn show a slight decline. The bullion continued to arrive freely. Americau stocks arc steady at firm rates. Havre Cotton Market The Cotton market was dull and sales mostly for consumption. New Orleaus fair ordinary was held nominally at 64 a 85f. Boston, Oct. 27.—The brig Bramcn arrived to day from Buenos Ayres, bringing dates to the 6th of September ! The Most intense ex citement prevailed at Buenos Ayres in refer ence to the war. There seems to be no doubt that (Jrquiiaand the Brazilians have effected a jtiaction, and it is reported that the Buenos Ayreans have recenily lost 6000 horses, and the entire baggage aud artillery of one, of the divisions, resulting from an adroit movement »eiile3r'*Oribe had requested t e French Ad miral te take the Argentine troops on boaid his fleet, which, however, had been refused. Tbe Orient'l troops, itappoar*, had finally de serted. and the Argentine troops refusing to fight, Oribe had been driven to the last extrem ity. The French aud English still refused to interfere. It was feared that Buenos Ayres would be shortly blockaded, as the Brazilian Admiral in going up the Parana river, in the steamer Al fonso, was fired into fiomthe fort and disabled The steamer had put back to Montevideo The newatau eaused heavy fluctuations in the paper money of Bnenoa Ayres. Ounces last year 232; this year, September 6.b, 390, with a prospect of reaching 400. Two more Brazilian s earners had arrived at Montevideo, with 500 German recruits on board. Oct. 28.—Advices from Port au Prince to lat October state the French and British Con suls had left for Gonaives attended by two British war steamers and one French brig, for tbe purpose of forcing Soloque to accept their ultimatum wttn regard to making peace with the Dominicans. They intended to give the Emperor 48 hours to decide and it was sup posed he would submit to the terms propoeed. iVttc Orleans, Oct. 30.—Sales of Cotton yaa tarday 8,600 bales. Freights £ penny. Ex change better. We can buy heavy bodies of good staple Cotton at 6 to 6£c. Pittsburg, Oct. 28.—Mesrrs. Wilmartb &. Noble's city flour mills, situated in the sih Ward, were destroyed by fire this morning. Tbe mills were the most extensive and com plete of any in the Western country, and were insured in four otfioes in this city for $25,600, which will probably c »ver the loss. There was a large qnantity of grain in the mill; but as the fire took on the roof a large portion wai saved. The editor of the San Francisco Dispatch ately visited what is called the Chinese portion of that city, where he saw Chung Lung’s wash ishing establishment. He says : "The plan adopted is to wash the collars and wristbandß once a week, and the whole shirt once a fortnight; by this means much labor is saved, and the time gained is piously devoted to gambling. The ironing is done by means of an instrument much resembling a warming pan, which is slid backwards and forward* over the piece of apparel, and is kept filled with coals." What Nixt!— Tho Cincinnati Nonpariel aaya : ** By invitation of Mr. Wood, we yes terday had the pleasure of witnessing Mr. McCormick’s experiment of walking on an inverted plane. The experiment waa a private on*, only a few persona being present and waa made under very disadvantageous circumstan ces, the preparation being necessarily iucorn plete, and tbe health of Mr. McCormick being somewhat feeble. Tho experiment, however, passed oil* to tho entire satisfaction of all pre sent. A heavy frame was erected, with a slab of marble nine feet long at the top, the under surface being polished like » mirror. Wo saw tho experimenter mount hia platform, and adjoat his unwieldy boots; then placing both feet against the surface of the marble, he swung himself off with his head downwards Dis connecting one foot from the slab, and placing it firmly several incheain advance of the other he continued the alternate movement till he had taken ten steps, end atrived at the o.ber end of the slab. * We held our breath during the experiment exp cting momentarily that he would fall,.but he appeared to walk as safely as a fly along tho ceiling. After his descent, however, we uo ticed that he was much exhausted, owing to tbe excitement and exertion. Tne public ex hibition of this wonderful experiment will take place at the Melodeou ou Monday evening uext. Commercial. . AUGUSTA RIAItKBT Frida r, P. M. COTTON.—Th* quantity offering to-day is not large. There ie however a fair demand and a lim ited business doing at steady prices. We quote Pair 71 cents. SAVANNAH, Oet. 31. Cotton. —Arrived since the 23d ult., 4,057 bales Upland (3,629 per Railroad, 403 from Augusta, and 25 by wagons,) and 71 do. Sea Islands. The exports for the same period amonnt to 2,793 bales Uplands and 00 do. Sea Island*, vims to New York 2,130 bales Upland; to Philadelphia 494 btlcs Upland; lo Baltimore 100 bales Upland, and to Charleston 69 bales Upland—leaving on band and on shipboard not eleared, a stock of 9,601 bales Up end and 476 do. Sea Islaad, against 22,651 bales Upland and 288 do. Sea Islands at tbe same time lest year. On the Friday following the close of our last re port, tbe market opened with a fair demand—the prices paid being the same aa those current the previous day, suy 7{ a 8 cents lor Middling Pair; the rales of tbe day amounted to 621 bales. On Sat urday, we notieed no new feeture in tbe market; tbe sales amounted to 514 bale*. On Monday, tbe accounts per Niagara and Pacifie were announced, the former noticing no change in prices its the Liver pool market, the sales of the week amounting to 30, 800 bales; tbe latter, two days later, noticing a de cline of Jd., the sales during the two days amounting to 12,000 bales. This news had no effect on this market; tbe sales of the day amounted t 0632 bales at former prices. On Tuesday, tbe accounts by the Europe were published, representing the Liverpool market as depressed, with a decline of Jd. on the lower qualities. These aeeounts caused buyers to hold off, and the extreme prices of the day previone were hardly obtained, though we noticed uo decline. On Wednesday the market wee dull—without change in prices, the sales of the day amounting to only 352 bales. Yesterday the market waa dull and prices drooping, the sales were Ignited to 113 bales, at prices ranging trom 7to 8 eente. The stock on sale continues very light for the season. We renew our quotation* of la<t week, there being no suscepti ble change in prices. Ordinary to Good Ordinary 6 a 6|; Middling to Good Middling 7| a7f ; Mid dling Fair 7J a 8; P»ir to Fully Fair 81 a 81. The (ales of the week amount to 2837 bales, at the following partieulsrs: 21 at 6, 45 at 61, 28 at 61, 23 at 6f, 192 at 7, 80 at 7J, 259 at 71, 23 at 71, 178 at 71, 14 at 7 9-16, 89 at 7|, 426 at 7|, 47 at 7 13-16, 374 at 7J, 6 at 7 15-16, 829 at 8, 25 at fc*7 53 at 61, 10 at 81, auds bales Mastodon at 8{ cent*. Sea Islands.— We notice sales of 112 bales, at the following particulars: 17 at 19, 38 at 20, 27 at 21, 23 at 20 a 22, and 7 bales at 25 cents. The le ts ip is duiing tho past week 71 bales. Exports, none. The receipts in the United States, as compared with last year, give the following result j I acres se at New Orleans, 75,178—75,178 Decrease at Mobile, ••••••••••••», 7,181 tit blorida, ••••••••••*•• 856 ” at Tex as, 019 ** at Savannah,*••*.«...*• 21.312 * at Charleston,.. 6,005 “ Rt Virginia and N. C., •• • 477-35,850 lotal Increase, 30 324 Rice —There has been qeite an active demand duiing tbe past week—tbe sales in that time amounting to 1,683 casks. The sales were made ae feUiilM ‘Tfle noV crap eontinuen to come in freely. Mo'asset. —The catgo of Cuba (ceneis ing of i 44 hhds. and 10 tee ) remaining unsold at the close cf our last report, has sinee been disp sad of, on pri vate terms Corn. —There is a fair effering stock on the mar ket, with few buyers. The only transactions of importance reported, ia about 1,000 bushel* yellow from store, in lots, at 70 a 75 eents per bushel. Hay. —The receipts of both Northern and Eastern since our last, have been heavy. We hear of sales of 900 bales Northern, from wharf, at 70 a 76 cts., and 600 kales Eastern at 90 cts. per 100 lbs. Flour. —The raatket is well supplied. We hear of rales of 150 bble. of Baltimore, from wharf, at $4.75 per bbl. Lime. —A cargo has been received this week, and la selling from vessel in lots at $1.12} a 1.25. Salt. —We have no large transactions to report. The stock is ample. Groceries. —The market is dull for all the lead ding articles under this head, and tbe sales ere con fined principally to the filling of email orders. Htthangt.— Sterling nominal. Domestic tho Banks are selling Sight Cheeks on all Northern cities at }e. pram.; and purchasing eight to 5 day bills at }e. prem.; 30 day bills | a § dis.; 60 do 1} a 14 dis.; and 90 do 2( dis. Freights. —To Liverpool |d and nothing offering. To Boston, 5-16e.; to New York is 15e. per hun dred for Cotton ; to Philadelphia (e.| to Baltimore (e. NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 25, P. M.— Cotton.— Tbs week which has just closed has been marked by a steady, active demand, whieb has resulted in the sale of 22,000 balsa, of which 3,000 were sold te day. Prices have been irregular, but hare re* her stiffened at the close of tbs week, factors having derived the benefit of the decline of }e. in freight. The pur chases have been principally for Europe, Northern buyers have operated only to a limited extent. The acouunts by the Niagara, the steamer of the 11th, re ceived this afternoon, ahow no change in the Cotton market since the sailing of the America, the steamer of the 4th, and have caused our market te c'oae rath er languidly at the annex ed quotations: Inferior none; Oidinary 6<6|; Middling 6f a7; Good Middling 7J a 7J; Middling Pair 7| a8; Pair 81 a B|. Stock on hand Sept. 1, 1851. ..bales. 16,108 Arrived since 176,944 Arrived to -day. • ••• 1,961 195,013 Exported to data*........ «••••• 88,917 Exported to-day ••••••••••••• «•* 4,577 93,494 Stock on hand and on shipboard not alearad. 101,519 The weather during the week has been dry and warm during the day with cool mornings. Receipts at this port last year 104,532 bales—. E xports 49 726 baits. Receipts same period ia 1848-49, 139,966ba1es — Exports 81,455 bales. Sugar.— The receipts of new hava been limited to 96 hbds., of which 21 hhds. fair sold at 5 eta.; 49 good common at 4{e ;16 inferior at 3c ;6 at | and 5 choice, made by the vacuum pan, at 6{e. Molastu. —57 bbls new were sold at 251 a.; 22 at 26c.; 40 cbo : ce at 271 c., and to-day 70 fair at 27e. and 30 prime at 271 c. Several iota of Rebelled ware sold at 15c., and to-day 30 bbla. at 20. Flour. —The rales up to this morning embrace 6500 bbls at drooping prices; ladiana was add at S 3 371; Illinois and St. Louis #3.35 a 3.85; extra 54.25 a 4.50. To day 550 bbls. St. Liuis weresoM at 53.75; 160 extra Illinois at 4.371 1 200 fins at 53.25, and 219 light weight at Com.— The receipts exoeed the demand and pri • ees have ruled v«ry low. Some 12,000 sacks have bren soid up to this morning, the last sale having been at SBe. for mixed; 40e for White and Yellow, and smell lots of p iina White at 43 a 45c. To-day 500 s-cks mixed were aold at 33c.: 200 Yellow and 250 White at 40e. Whitkty. —The demand baa been confined to smill parcels of Rectified at 191 a 20c. Bacon.— 7o casks Prims Sides were aold in the early part of tbe week at 1 le , since when eales have been confine! to retail Haim sell at 101 a 121«. for Canvassed to extra Sugar eured. Lard. —Some 800 kegs were sold at 10|e. for No. 1, an! lQic. for Prime, »»d to day 20 bbla. Prims at 91c., 68 kegs at ll‘fe., and 200 at 101e. Bagging and Rope.—Suit* continue limited at 131 a!4s. and 61 • 6fc., according to Quality and condition. Tc-day 60 coila wera sold at 6te. Freight*. —Increased arrival* caused rates to de cline, but veesels have found steady employment at 9-16 d. for Liverpool, and 11c. for Havre. Cotton to the North fc. I it'le offering coastwise. A ship ta ken to-day for Liverpool at ».16d. Kx change* —The rates hava acquired more steadi- VOLUME XV-NO. 132- neat, and though we hear of continued diff eulty of pawing bills, the transaction! must have been large to pay for the Co ton that has been sold during the week. London 6} a 8 per cent prem.{ Fancy Utils 6| nß} parct. pram.; Paris 5f.22| a 5f.27|; New York 60 days, 2| a 3} per cent disc.; New Yotk Sight, $ a 1 per eent disc. New York 5 to 10 day Sight If a If per ct. disc NEW YORK, Oct. 28.—Stocks ere active.- Flour ia more active—sales of 10 000 bbla., at $3.81 for State brands, and $4 a 4.25 for Southern. Wheat baa a downward tendency—sales of 10,000 bushels Genesee at 94 I 05c., and 40G0 bushels common Michigan White at 87c. Corn is declining—sales of 30.000 bushels mixed at 56c. Provisions ate unchanged. Sales of 600 bids. Pork at $25.i2} for new Mess, and $13.62} for prime. Lard 8} u 9c. Groceries tiro steady; Cuba Sugar 4} a 6c. Whiskey 21} a 220. Sterling Ex change 10 a l(l}e. EXPORTS. SAVANNAH, Oct• 29.—For Philadelphia, schr. C. A. Greiner—349 bales Cotton. gripping intelligence. SAVANNAH, Oct. 31.—Arrived, brig W. I». Jones, Tyler, New York. Cleared, brig Elizabeth Watts, Thomas, New York \ schr. C A. Greiner, Peterson, Philadelphia. MARRIED? In this city, ou the 30th ult., by the Rev. L. J. Danes, Mr. Jxremixh Hohst, ot Hurke county, Georgia, and Mis. Rachael Jones, of this city. SPARTA MADE AND FEMALE ACADEMIES. THE TRUSTEES of the Sparta Male and Female Schools, tave the pleasure of announc ing ( o the public, that they have secured the services of Measrs. Thomas C. Nkel and Kichabd M. Johnstone, as Principals, in the Male School for the ensuing year. They feel no hesitation in recom mending them to the patronge of these who desire to give their sons a liberal and thorough education.— Well educated themselves, they possess not only the alii tty, but the ttill, to impart instruction to all who may be confided to their care. Parent* and guar dians who may eetid their sons to this School, may rest assured that their best efforts will be directed io their mental improvement. Their government will be auch as to ensure good conduct on the part of their pnpils, both in ar.d out of scha 1, yet ro reas- nublo and just, as to secure the approbation of the pijils themselves, in almost all cases. Their success here tofore has given thecr, in the communities where they have taught, a reputation rarely attained.— Having known them for some years in their charac ter of Teachers, and from their youth, as gentlemen, we feel no hesitation in announcing to the public that we offer them a school equal to ony in Georgiu, for thcrough instruction in all of the branches usually taught io Academies. They would also announce to those who have Daughters to educate, that they hare had (he good fortune to secure the services of Kev. John A. Moseley, as Principal, in the Female School. Mr. M. has been engaged in the vocation of teaching (or the last ten years in Cherokee and elsewhere, with great success, and is well qualified for the positiuu he is to fill He will be provided with the best teach ers of —‘—\y • *'-»£; ~ " I" the vanous branches usually taught in a Female Academy. The rates of Tuition in both Schools, which are low, will remain unchanged. Hoard in respectable private families can be had on good terms. Persons ut a distance, who may not find it oonvoni eat to come with their children, may secure boarding by making application to either of the Principals. S. A. PARDEE, ) T. M. TURNER, | B. T. HAR M l§, y Trustees. 11. ROGERS, J T. MARTIN, J The Fehools will commence cn tio second MON DAY in January next. Sparta, Ga., Oct. 29, 1851. nl-wtJal Terminus of the East Tennessee AND GEORGIA RAILROAD. TOWN LOTS FOR SALE AT LOUDON, EAST TENNESSEE, (Now known at Blair's Ferry , or Blairsport ) ON THURSDAY, the 27th day of NOVEMBER next, wi'l be offered at public auction, upon the premises, 2CO Town Lots, suitable for t usiness purposes er for private residences. LOUDON Is situated upon the South bank of the Tennessee River, 50 miles, (by the River) below Knoxville, and 176 above Chattanooga. The But Tennessee and Georgia Railroad, now in operation to Athena, 55 miles above Dalton, will be finished to London, 25 miles further, by the first of March ■axt. _. Hi This location offers extraordinary inducements to business men, as lor several yaaiait will be the ter minus of the Railr.ad, and will command in a great measure the trade of upper East Tennessee, and portions of Virginia, Kentucky and North Carolina. And ftom its position as the centre of a fertile and populous section of country, it must retain a heavy trade after the Railroad is continued to and through Virginia. A very extenaive and rich region of country, drained by the Clinch, the Little Tennes see, and the Tellico Rivers, all of which are naviga ble for steamboats, must always make this point its market, end it must also command a large portiou of the boating trade of the Tennessee River above Chat tanooga. The ease of access by navigable rivers to Loudon from the immense iron and coal beds for whioh East Tennessee is noted, renders it a most fa vorable location for manufacturing purposes, and •trong inducements will be offered by the proprietors to these who wish to engage in manufacturing. The aituation ia healthy and dceiialle as a place of resort from the lower country in the Summer months. Purther information can be obtained by letter or by personal application to Thomas H. Callawuy, Cleveland, Tenn., Major Richard C. Jackson, Athena, Tenn., Samuel M. Johnson, Midway, Mon roe eruoty, Tenn., or to Maj. William Brown, ortho subscriber on the premises, now known as Blait’s Ferry, Tenn. JAS. H. JDH NSON, ul-wtd For the Proprietors. ICIIMOND SHERIFF’S SALE. —Will le sold, on the first Tuesday in December nsxt, at the Lower Market House, in the City of Augusta, between the legal hours of sale, the following pro perty, vis i 137} acres of Pine Land, with the im prevements thereon, on which there is a Mill seat and an uld mill dam, lying on the Wnghuboro’ rood, in tba county of Richmond, being part of a two hun dred acre trad, granted to Maxwell, and deeded by Hsys Bowdre to Archibald Greriiam, for the uae of Leah Simons, adj dnirg, at present on the East land now occupied by, and in poestssion of Cl arlea Walrodt, on the West by William P. lleall, and George H. Clistt, on the north ty Rob : n Mor ris and on the south by a part of said tract, deeded by'the said Leah Simone to William R. Young, in trust and for the uae of Angelina Q. Stewart; levied on as the property of Leah Simons to satisfy n ii fa. and decree issued from the Superior Court of Rich mond county, in favor of Johu A. Kearden, et uxor, against l nab Simons. Said property pointed out by Leon P. Dugas, thia 30& October, 1861- WILLIAM DOYLE, Sheriff, R. G. November 1, 1861. Lincoln county, geo.—-Whereas, Henry Freeman applies for letters of adtmnis trition on the Real Estate of Jamea Cartledge, late of anid county, deceased These ar« therefore to cite end admonish al and lingular the kindred and oreditora of aaid deeeased, to be and appear at my (ffice, within the lime pre scribed by law, loshowcauae, if any they have, why •aid letters should not be granted. Given under my band at office in Lincolnton. ALEXANDER JOHNSTON, Dep. Cleik. November 1, 1851. 11A Yr LIN IM *CNT~F o K PI LEM—For H salary " | WM.H.TUTT,