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(tailing ilispaicfi. 1 O’CLOCK P. 31, AIG. 13, ISS*. to A(1 vt 11 N» son is be more plenty, and when the long even ings afford ample time for newspaper reading, and we hope each of our pat rons will speak a kind word to their neighbors in behalf of our paper. Gold Pens. We are indebted to our friends, I. H. Stearns & Co., for a nice gold pen. It writes with an ease and elasticity al most suggestive to the brain-depressed by the intense heat, and if our readers should discover any improvement in the paragraphs of the Dispatch, they may ascribe it to the liberality of this enterprising firm. They also nM>oint worn-out gold pens, making them as good as new. Inquest. The Coroner held an inquest yester day on the body of George Washington, the negro drowned off the steamer Swan, and the jury rendered the fol lowing verdict: ‘‘That the deceased enme to his death by voluntarily jump ing overboard from the steamer Swan and drowning himself.” No marks of violence were found on his person, nor were his hands tied as was at first sus pected. He is said to have belonged to a Mr. Cai.iioun, near JonsspJt's landing, on the Savannah river. < Gen. Wnlkel • We have been informed that Gen. Walker, of Nicaraguan notoriety, passed thfough this city this morning, on his way North. He is in fine health and spirits. Shaving a Note. Old Skinflint was the niost celebrated broker in Philadelphia—his *‘ shaving ” operations were famous, as he usually took notouly the heard and whiskers, but “ cue pound of flesh in addition.” Young Harry Scarum was one of those dashing chaps who love wine and horses, and who form a majority of the borrow ers. Harry having many wants, on va rious occasions harrowed of Skinflint at tlrnee per cent, a month “off,” and having at sundry periods made “raises. 1 paid off his responsibilities. At last he got tired of. such constant borrowing and repaying. It would he six years be fore his estate could be sold, under the terms of his father’s will, who had pru dently postponed that event until Farry should reach the ago of “thirty;” and Harry concluded it would be better to make a heavy operation at once and be rid of the botheration of continual bor rowing. Away to Skinflint’s lie hied, determined to procure a good round sum and so be done with it. “I want ten thousand for six years.” “ Hem ! what security will yeu give?” •‘ Oh, you may have my bend—that will bind my property?” “Hem! what discount will you give? You know my rule is always to take dis count “oft”’—besides, yon owe me one thousand due to-day, and I lent you ten in the street the other day.” “I won’t pay what I have been pay ing ; one and a quarter per oent. is en ough. Yon tak-e it ‘out,’ and take what I owe you besides.” “Hem! well, here's a bond for ton thousand dollars at six years ; sign it, and it will all be right. No sooner said than done. Harry af fixed his autograph, and hummed a tune while skinflint got his-check book and made a calculation. ••Have you got ten dollars about yon?” asked Skinflint in u moment; if so, let me have it.” “All right, old boy,” said Harry, sup posing we wanted to make change, here it is ” “ Hem ! hem P’ssaid Skinflint, locking up his desk and making preparations “to shoot.” “Stop, old feSow,” said Harry.— . “.Where's my money ?’’ •• Tour money! you've got it!’ ‘ ‘ Got it ? what do you mean ?’' “ Why, I was to .take ‘ oft” the dis count, wasn’t I, also, the tnousand ! “ Yes ; I want my money !” “Why, my dear fellow, you’ve got it. I Ten thousand at one and a quarter a month for six years, is nine thousand—a J thousand you owed me—and just paid J me the ten—it's all right, my dear hoy— j a fair business transaction. The Brunswick So outing Avfair. — The Herald , of the 11th instant, says : We are gratified to be able to state -that Mr. t ixon is doing .well, and no j •fear entertained of the result. McGill was arrested and committed by i a Magistrate’s Court ; but Mr. Dixon ■expressing a .wish that the matter should be dropped, and no one appearing to I give bond tc prosecute, he was dis charged. Kev. Isaac 3S. Baird, editor of the Pittsburgh Christian Advocate, received the degree of D. D., at the late com mencement of the Alleghany College. On Saturday afternoon, a very small hurricane and hail storm passed over a portion of our town. The damage was j not serious, consisting,_ chiefly, of the blowing down of two chimneys belong- j ing to the house accupied by Mr. A. C’. i, Patman, tiie prostration of a few shade 1 trees &c. We learn that io, addition it caused Dr. Carlton's horse to run away and break his buggy. —Athene Watchman, j, Vlthimt. When a party of four have devoured : two pints of strawberries what term should we apply to them ? Vi e should say there's a quartet. [From the Bainlridge Argus.] THE STRAY WAIF; OR, THE SACRIFICE. ’ . Befltcm-th \vc- «iark—■ walla lockM "1,1 nl:-: H j all af'.ke poverty am! suffering. “ Ho night was dark and dismal— of lightning illumined the fearful gusts of wind swayed 1 forest trees; and the low. deep “f distant thunder were oeeasion heard. A way-worn traveller in front of a log cabin- the Hid forest through which lie was trav- could boast of nothing better ; dismounting from his horse, knock ed for admittance. A little girl, not ■ over ten years old answered the call. f “ Let me in my little maiden, do let [ tne in—lam wet. and cold and hungry.” - i “Grandmother, there is a gentleman »| here, who wishes to stop with us.” “ Let him in child,” said a feeble ’!voice from within. “It would be a r !cruel sin to let a fellow creature stay - out of doors such a wild night as this.” “ Where shall I put my horse, little girl?” * ‘ There is a rude shelter, sir, at the back of the house, you will easily find it.” Our tired traveller soon found himself l seated before a cosy fire, and discovered that the little girl was sole housekeeper; ' the grandmother being an invalid, in i the very last stage of consumption, with , the shadows of death already settling on her emaciated features. What a 1 dismal dwelling it was for human be i ings to inhabit! not a single luxury, 5 scarcely even a comfort. A few rude, broken chairs, a pine table, a small ‘ bookcase tacked to the wall, containing i a few books, an old clock on the man telpiece, and directly over it a coarse print of the Madonna, a straw bed in one corner upon which lay the dying woman. Mr. Mason was a wealthy Southern • planter, moreover he was a pliilanthrop : j Ist; and as he looked upon the poverty . | around him—hard, naked poverty, he ,j groaned, “Oh! God that in this world 1 |of plenty, there should be such suffer ■ ing!” , ’A slight repast was placed before him . by the delicate hands of his little 1 hostess, and motioning him to a chair, r she resumed her post at the beside of . her dying grandmother. Mr. Mason, after satisfying his hun ger by the coarse food before him, took , out his Diary, and began writing by the torchlight. He had sat thus for more than an hour with the silence unbro ken, save by the grumbling of the . storm ; when hearing a slight scream, [ he looked up, and saw the blank, tear less face of tiie little girl, which suffer -5 ing had blanched to whiteness. Touch l ing his arm, she said, “My grandmother is dying, for the love of heaven come to her." i Her words were but too true, for he I j only reached the bedside in time to wit ’ j ness the last death-struggle. ': It was horrible to see the child’sagony. , “Speak to me grandmother, only one u-ord Oh ! grandmother, don’t leave • your poor Mabel all alone in the world.” , J “ God will he with you —He will hake •; care of you my poor stricken dove— •! God bless you.” t And that was all. the dim eyes closed, I j the pulse stopped; and an immortal ! soul winged its flight to the land of : [ shadows. ! j Whither had it flown ?• No longer a ■ [ tenant of the decaying dust. Was it : [ wandering in the viewless regions of • | air—had it entered into the being of a ' i new-born babe to come hack again to I earth—to go upward again through ’' childhood, girlhood, and womanhood, ' liecoming more purified by its second ■[ trial —had it made its advent ill the cot • tage, palace, or hut, would its nurses be I i tender, its parents kind and gentle ; or j instead es this, if there be but the one [ life on earth, had it gone to its long [ home; and was that home with the -j cursed or blessed ! ! Such in fact were the inusings of Mr. Mason, as he gazed on the great mystery — • the mystery of death— with mingled emo • tions. The life had gone—whence had i it vanished, in what mysterious way!— ! Very novel was liis position, a stranger ■ in a strange land, almost sole watcher ■ of the corpse of one he had never seen : before, one whose name he did not even know. Heaven-constituted guardian of 1 a nameless, unknown child, a stray waif cast on the shores of time without pa rents or friends, a desolate orphan with no one in tiie wide world to love or care 1 for her. The first stormy hursts of grief over, the child sat like one stupified ; and al thoicgh it was scarce a time to study • physiognomy, Mr. Mason caught liirn j self watching the face before him.— | What a strange face it was to be found ; in such a place, and in spite of poverty i and neglect, how beautiful it was! The l i regullar, classic features, the delicately 1 curved nostril, tiie exquisitely-shaped mouth ; and above all, the midnight eyes, dark, dreamy, indescribable in their expression. The slender figure, every motion of which was replete with untaught grace, the high-born look of face and feature, all spoke of noble blood. No resemblance to the dead woman could be traced—the one was j evidently of what is termed the “lower ; classes," the other, no princess ever had a ! more tisgal look. There was a problem I somewhere, but it was never solved.— : The veil of mystery hung over that ! voutig girl’s birth forever. Morning came, the gray misty twi-1 light of morning, Mr. Mason walked I forth in the woods, where limbs of fal len trees bore testimony of the ravages iof the late -storm, to decide, if possible , [on some future course of aetion. The : dead woman must be buried, but how ' The child must be removed, but where’ I A solitary footman interrupted his reveries ; he turned to him eagerly, and engaged him in conversation. He found him to In an inhabitant of that desolate region, hut his cabin was many miles distant. To a question of Mr. Mason's he re plied. “No sir, they have no kith nor kin; and there's no neighbor any where about. How they lived God only | knows.” “ But we must bury the woman.”— “ Yes.” “ You will help me. ” Sartamiy , j ' sir. ” And the two men went to work, first to construct a rujle pin coffin with such ' i material as was afforded them ; next to dig a grave in the dismal aisles of the j grand old forest. When all was completed, they closed i the eyes of the stranger woman ; and folded her hands as decently and kind !< Ty as possible, then placed her in the J1 , coffin Heretofore, the child had seem- ji led in a stupor, bat when they were i | about to dose the lid, she came forward j ,: and placing a little time worn Bible on j tiie coid bosom, said simply : “ Good-bv, my dear grandmother— this will keep you company,” and kiss ed her lips for tiie last time. Twilight was stealing over the val leys when they placed the corpse in the ! “ narrow house of the dead"—the two who placed her there, being strangers to each other, the little girl sole roour . ner ! Mr. Mason said afterwards to a friend, I " I have seen many burials, many fu , nerals, with pompous pageantry of woo, . hut never one so sublimely touching as - that lone, forest burial. The Bible on , the dead woman s bosom, the mute ag . ony of the child, the shadows of the ; sinking sun falling on that new made . grave, the lonely cry of the owl, and ■ song of the whip-poor-will alone break ing the solemn stillness.” ; It was over, the child lay on the cold ’ earth, grasping it almost unconsciously , and sobbing as though her little heart would break. , Mr. Mason touched her gently on the | t shoulder. ‘' You must come with me • my poor child, my little stray lamb, ’ come with me to my own distant home, . for I cannot leave you here.” And she allowed herself to be lift- 1 i ed from the grave, and carried into the j 1 cabin. Mabel Ross made no objection to bis f generous proposal—for Mabel Ross was j I her name—and early the next morning ; they started forth, these two who had i so strangely met, the old man and the t lone child, whose hearts had been so : ■ knitted together by these dark hours of j [ grief. A few of her little treasures: . were packed up; and the rest of the j things, worthless in themselves, were left in charge of the man who had as [ sisted at the burial. ; For several days Mr. Mason, and his ! ’ charge travelled together, everywhere ; exciting attention and remark by the ] 1 ! contrast in their apparel. ;! He discovered that little Mabel had a ’ I quick bright mind, hut was wonderotis i jly shy and timid ; shrinkiug from ob • servation ; and preferring her own •: thoughts to the conversation of others. 1 ■ I He was astonished at the precocity of 1 j her intellect, as well as the varied stores j • 1 of knowlege which she exhibited. Lit-j | tie Mabel Ross was not learned ;she could ■ I not relate historical facts like a parrot, : 'and was wofully deficient in geography , i and the elementary studies. f I But she was conversant with Spenser's i ! “ Fairy Queen,” was acquainted with ■ “The Ancient Mariner,” had read' . Shakspeare dozens of times ; and could : repeat several cantos of “ Childe Ha i rold.” “ What a little curiosity it is,” mus ! ed Mr. Mason,|“my pet, where did you get such books, and who taught you to • read them ?” “ They were my father's, and grand mother*taught me to read.” But when questioned as to her pa i rents,she maintained a dignified silence, ’ ■only replying, “ 1 remember nothing of : | them.” I “ The child lias noble blood from 1 I somewhere,’ said Mr. Mason to himself; and lie was puzzled. I I “ Don’t they talk sweetly ?” said Ma-, libel one evening as twilight closed [around them in the woods. ■i “ What, child ?” • “The winds to be sure, they talk ■to me every night, and tell me, oh ! , [such pleasant tales. I [ The dreamy mood of the enthusiast j f was upon her. i The journey came to an end, Air. i Mason drove up in front of a fine old ; [country mansion, situated in the county ’ of Georgia ; and a drove of lit i jtle negroes ran out to meet him. i [ Poor little Mabel looked as though , i !she were frightened out of her wits, And began to sob violently. Desolate 1' child ! she had never seen so many per ■ j sons before in her life. ; [ Nor was she reassured, when she stood j ■ [in the crowded doorway, where a fair- j i faced lady, and several beautiful cliil ; dren. gathered around the husband and : father, all in that blissful moment, for- : igetful of her ! “ What have we here, what does! 'this mean?” asked the lady at last.,} ' [turning to Mabel with a puzzled face, j ‘ | “An adopted child of mine, Maiga ' | ret, I will explain directly.” And so Mabel was ushered in, herj ' | feet, encased in clumsy shoes, shrinking ’ 'I from the polished floors, trembling in 1 every joint, and ready to cry. The children gathered around her, | much as we would, reader, around a : ‘sea serpent,' while every one was 'asking, at once, -Who was her father. Who was her mother, Had she a sister, Had she h brother And Air. Mason having but one tongue, found ituiliicult to reply readi ly to all. Poor little Mabel, cast on a stranger shore, a stray waif, with none of thy ■ ’ name or blood, God be kind to thee ? CHAPTER 11. ’ | A poor -trie waif, with libne to claim ; ! A beiug without home or name : A pearl cast oil the shores of time ; A creature from a distant clime. We’ll take her in—we’ll soothe her pain— We’ll nurse her back to life again, ' For those, oh ! surely God will bless, Who clicor the orphan’s loneliness. ; [ Everybody was kind to little Mabel, for what Mr. Mason said was “law,” and |no one cared to oppose him. Mrs. lia ison was simply kind; her cold nature [could know no deep affection; but her I husband—no father could have been mote affectionate to liis “poor stray | waif ” as he loved to call our little Ma- I bel. The children—there were three of [them: Paul, Blanche and Nellie—were prodigiously fond of their little sister, , [and came very near killing her with j[ kindness. For instance, Paul, who had , sly notions of becomiug a physician, [ administered to her a huge dose ofi, morphine one day (unknown to his pa rents,) because she complained of tooth- :' ache ; and little Mabel slept for three ' days, with no signs of life, and awaken- ■ ed on the fourth in delirium, calling r for “grandmother.” Paul nursed her faithfully, and felt, himself a second Cain, when liis parents j 1 reproached him, and compared his! 1 kindtxess to the animal's of old, who '1 would break his friend's head to drive away a fly. i ; Paul was a handsome boy, with a ' bead older than his years. Blanche ; was a straightforward girl, knowing hut : ‘one passion, and thift an all-absorbing ! love for her delicate little sister, Nellie) j ‘ ; Nellie was the pet of the household; I the flower of the family; the idol of a everybody ; delicate and fragile as a v water-lily, with a pure, transparent p | complexion, golden curls and laughing b blue eyes. She was an embodied spirit n lof mirth; lively as a mountain bird, n and yet so frail that a breath would ! have killed her. | Nellie was Mabel's favorite, and the daughter of fortune and the “stray waif bloomed together in beauty, like twin roses—yet so unlike. The one fair as a dream, with eyes tinted like her native skies; the other dark, with ■ eyes whose beauty was like the mid ' night. The contrast between them was > so great that they were christened Night • and Morning ; but Nellie declared this was not true : “For we are always to gether, papa, and night and morning are separated, all the world knows." All that was ever known of Mabel's parents was this—she wore on her neck a locket, containing two likenesses. The one was that of a country girl, in a sim ple white frock, with bare arms and shoulders, plump and rosy, with a fair sunny face and a laughing eye. The other was a cold, stern-looking man, attired in uniform, with a dark, flash ing eye, a beautiful mouth, with -hard, cold lines around it, abroad, intellectu al! forehead, and a commanding air.— I Mable was a softened profile of this pic ture, with womanly gentleness where ;he was cold and proud and stern, yet ' possessing the same impetuous spirit— the same free, bold independence, al though in a less degree. Mrs. Mason examined these pictures carefully, and then said to her hus band : "It was a mesallianre , that is ! clearly seen ; the man was an aristocrat, : his wife (if wife she was) a plebian.— iAh ! Pictures, ye tell a tale of misguid ed, headlong passion, possibly of crime! | He either married, and growing asham ed of the tie, afterwards cruelly desert -led ; or deserted her without marriage.” \ Mabel, child as she was. felt her blood boil at this implied dishonor: I and said quietly, ‘my mother was mar \ ned. grandmother said so.’ “Where, then, is your father, child ?” “She never mentioned him,” and Mable turned away to conceal her tears of mortification and pain, afterwards she allowed no one to see the pictures ; but wept over them when alone. I shall not dwell on her uneventful i childhood, she had the best masters— received the same education as Mr. Ma son's own daughters, grew in beauty, intellect and grace, “loved of all;'’ j and particularly by the manly youth Paul Mason, who called her his “little bride.” But one event of importance I occurred, and that was the child betro thal. At the wish of her adopted pa | rents, she exchanged rows and rings with Paulin her fourteenth summer ; and thus became a bethrothed wife be fore she knew the import of a vow ! Mable and Nellie continued insepara ble, and became indeed sisters in heart. 1 And very pleasant was their intercourse; for the gloomy Mable caught Nellie’s| [ mirth, and the wild Nellie grew tender i and gentle with the mournful Mable.— ! They were one iu heart, but they differ-; ed in head. Mable had a brain that could grapple with anything, but Nellie did not care to learn; anil so Mabel wrote all Nel lie’s compositions, prompted her in the class; and often got herself into l “scrapes” by trying to screen her “neighbor Nellie” from blame. [to HE CONTINUKD. ] Should re Generally Known.— We think it should be generally kuown that I freights are now being shipped through Baltimore to Cincinnati direct by the Parkersburg route, over the Northwest j ern Virginia and Marietta and Cincin nati Railroads, in less time than ever ; lias been, oris now being done by any | other route. The time on the route, | from starting at Baltimore to arriving I at Cincinnati, or nice versa, is hut 00 hours, j and goods are transferred from the mer : cantile houses in the one city to those iof the other, including loading and un- I loading, inside of four days. — Parkersburg j Xews. To Cube Pimples. —Pimpular diseases | are exceedingly vexatious, and spoilers i of all beauty. They frequently develope i themselves iu young people of either | sex about the age of puberty, and of ten appear again at subsequent periods |of life. To drive away such unpleasant 'visitants, great care should be taken I that the bowels perform their regular [ functions ; plenty of active exercise iu the open air, is required; the skin kept clean, and a coarse flannel rubbed fre quently over the face to keep the pores open, besides often applying a cooling [lotion, composed of a weak solution of bichloride of mercury and emulsion of bitter almonds. *.«.* — Tyrolese Hunters. —We yesterday saw at the depot of the Michigan Cen tral railroad, a company of Tyrolese, whose appearance was somewhat pic turesque. They were from the district of Insbruck, in the Tyrol. They were chamois hunters, and had spent their lives in the pursuit of th’s calling, upon tha Alps of their native country. They brought with them their arms and equipments. Their destination is Minnesota.— Detroit Free Press. A strong movement is being made to induce Government to establish a line of posts, construct a wagon road, and to establish a mail communication by government steamers, on the route from Minnesota to Oregon and Washington territories. Senator Rice, Governor Stevens, and Gen. Lane, are especially active in this matter. Au encampment of Gypsies has been j ! established near Buffalo, in the neigh-! borhood of the old Indian Mission.— I There are twenty-five wagons. The Buffalo Express thinks the gang is the same that was recently driven from the neighborhood of Cincinnati, on account of their thieving propensities. On Friday last, in Indiana, one of Dan Rice’s elephants broke down a bridge, and the trained camel was killed. The elephant was held up by some of the ] string pieces until assistance placed him! out of danger. The lost camel was the only trained one of that species in America. It is said that the Fraser River Indians! entertain an unmitigated hatred to the I [Chinese, and avail themselves of every favorable opportunity to scalp them.—, The only reason for their implacable animosity to the Celestials, is that their eyes are not located in the right j place. In 1729, the General Court of Con neeticut, not having a very good opin ion of lawyers, enacted: “That there shall be in the colony eleven attorneys, and no more, viz : three in the county of Hartford, and the other four coun ties to have two each.” Plutarch speaks of a long white beard! of an old Laconian, who, being asked why ho let it grow to such a length, re plied--“It is that having my white; beard continually before my eyes, I 1 may do nothing unworthy of its white ness. i| THE OCEAN STEAMERS. J Sailing Days to and from the United States. :' FROM EUROPE. g j Arabia, from Liverpool for X. York Aug 7 'lndian Empire, from Galway for S. Y... Aug 10 ? j Anglo-Saxon. fr’m Liverpool for Quebec.. Aug 11 6 Canada, from Liverpool for Holton Aug 14 ! KaDgaroo. from Liverpool for New York,Aug ]8 Africa, from Liverpool for New York Aug 21 ' British Empire, from Galway for N Y Aug :4 8 Europa. from Liverpool for Boston Aug 28 t Persia, from Liverpool for New York.... Sept 4 s FROM THE UNITED STATES. - Persia, from New York for Uverpool Aug 18 , Niagara, from Boston (or Liverpool Aug 25 5 City of Washington, fm X Y for Liver ! pl.Aug 2b Nova Scotia, from Quebec for Liverpool.. Aug 28 R Arabia, from New York for Liverpool.. .Sept 1 t Canada, from Boston for Liverpool Sept 8 jx Anglo Saxon, from Quebec (or Liverpool. Sept 11 Alrica, from New York for Liverpool.... Sept 15 'l Europa, from Boston (or Liverpool Sept 22 11 Persia, from New York for Liverpool... .Sept 39 I- mmmmmmmm , ■■■■■■ . Commercial Intelligence. WEEKLY REVIEW. AUGUSTA DISPATCH OFFICE, » Aug. 13, 1858 j • | COTTON—During the past week the market has remained *n the same quiet state noticed the week previous, if cot more so* and prices have gradually given way. Buyers are reluctant op erators at our present figures. The sales made 5 during the past week will reach about 400 bales, at irregular prices, but within the range of the 5 quotations given below. The receipts have also »! l>een limited, planters not being anxious sellers at present prices. The following quotations wiU J give an idea to those abroad of the present state •| of prices. We believe them to be as nigh accu ‘; rate as it possible in the-present state of the market, to give them. 12 cents was as high as ' jould be got for Middling Fair lots yesterday. r QUOTATIONS : 2!5S"y 9 ®io • Middling n Good Middling 11 }j® 11K ’ Middling Fair 12 (ft— [ The Receipts of cotton at all the Ports, up to j the latest dates received, show a total Increase j over last year of 161.25 G bales, as follows : . Increase at New Orleans 110,193 r do at Mobile 34,312 [! < io at Texas 53,785 1 do at Charleston 13,116 211,406' _ Decrease at Savannah 32,322 . j “ “ Florida 15.863 “ ’• North Carolina... 1.832 ; “ “ Virginia 133 50.150 j —I 1 j Total increase in receipts 161,256' 3 | SI OCRS OF COTTON. 2 1857-58. 1856-57. . New Orleans. Aug. 6 39.722 12,948 Mobile, Aug. 6 11,732 8,320 Charleston. Aug. 5 17.014 0,885 3 Savannah. Aug. 9 1,693 1,679; ; Texas. July 31 7.516 2,266 j . Florida, July 31 367 2.001- New York. Aug. 3 37,998 39 736’ Virginia. July 1 1.320 175; ■ N. Carolina, July 31 370 225 • Total stocks 111.732 86,234 : The Experts to Foreign and Coastwise Ports • were as follows : . To Great Britain 1.773,488 1.397,100 Franee 377,072 112.998 Other Foreign Ports 388,523 409.701 5 Total Foreign Exp0rt5..2,539,083 2,228,799 ; To Northern U. S. Ports— 604,572 817.781 The sales reported to ns to-day reach only 46 j bales, as follows : 4atlo; 4 at 11; 7at 11# ;19 j ) at 11 7-16, and 13 at 1 l#c. Receipts 16 bales, j r The following table shows the receipts of Pro j duce at the Railroads, from 28th ult.,to 12th inst., inclusive : Wheat 16,599 sacks, i , Corn 4.322 “ Flour 1,100 • t Bacon 101.300 sos. 1 Cotton 149 bales. t REMARK. s .—Business continues to gradually - improve, and when the Fall Trade opens our - merchants will be well prepared to (ill orders iu r 1 their different branches, as they are laying in j heavy and well selected stocks. 1 WHEAT.—The receipts are on the increase, ? | and all that comes to hand meets with ready , sale at our figures. There is a good home and - export demand. We quote Red from 95c.(fttl— “ a lot of strictly choice wo think will bring over - the latter figure ; White $1.05(2)1.15, as to quali y ty and quantity. FLOUR.—The stock is still light, and so in the Receipts There continues to be a good home and export demand at last week’s prices. Coun b try Flour is very scarce. We quote extra Fam e ily Country, in bags, $5.50(356 ; and Extra at $5(2)5.25 ; Superfine ss—iu bb!.~. it would bring 25 cents more. City Mills Superfine $5.25(2' ® $5.50 ; Extra SO/36 25 ; Extra Family $6.60(2)7. 1 CORN.—The market is bountifully supplied r and prices tend downwards. There is liltlQ yr j no export demand. We heard of a sale, vester t day, of 1,000 bushels,at depot, at 62# cents,sacks . included—most holders, however, are asking 5 05(2)70 cents—retailing in small lots at the latter r price. t BACON.—There is a lair stock on hand, with f a moderate demaud. Good Tennessee is still sought after, and bring our highest quotations in small lots. Wo quote hog round 9(39# ; f Shoulders 7(2)9—g00d 7#(28 ; ribbed S<des 10 (®lo# ; clear 10/ a (2>7l cents, according to qual » ity and quantity ; Hams, choice 11(312# ; infe rior T(2)S# ; Canvassed 15(2)10 cents, t LARD—Supply fully equal to demand. In bar -5 rels it is worth 11#, and iu cans and kegs 12# r (2)13 cents. > COFFEE—Supply light, but all sufficient for the demand. Rio is selling at 11#, 12 and 12# cents, according to quantity and quality. Si-GARS—Although we have no quotable clnuge to notice, prices are stiffening, and bold > ers are very There ia a fair stock on baud 2 of all descriptions and qualities, and we contiuu® | to quote New Orleans 9(39#, according to quaii t ty a &d quantity ; Muscovadoes B#(39# ; Porto 1 1 R ' co 9(010 ; anil A., B. and C.’s from 11(312# j cents. r MOLASSES.—Moderate stock of Cuba—selling r from Stores, in small lots, at 30/335 cents. The I stock 01 New Orleans is light and holders are I asking from stores, in small lots, 45(350 cents, j BAGGING.—The speculative feeling at the | North has given holders boro more confidence, j , and they have still further advanced prices. We j ; uow ‘l uote light gunny at 16#, and heavy at 171 | cents—by the roll or five bales. The is limited, with a fair stock on hand. ROPE—Good stock on hand. Hand-mada Ken tucky is selling at 8#(39, and Machine at 9 k ! (310 cents. SALT—Heavy stock on hand. From Stor<*! j holders are getting 90 cts. to $1 for good now I j sacks. In largo lots it can be purchased &|( ; much lower rates. WHISKY—Not much demand. Holders of fa i vorite brands are asking 28(385 cents in small ' j lots. Common can be purchased at 24(326 ots. 1 Last sale of Atlanta Distillery at the latter I price. CANDLES—Fair stock on hand. We quote Ad ( amautine 22(325, and Sperm 45(350 cents. ! BFATHERS.—Stock light—demand limited. ; Held at3s cents* DOMESTICS.—There is a fa r stock on hand, with a limited demand, except fbr Brown Dril ling, which is getting into use for shipment of Wheat and Corn to foreign and coastwise mar kets. # Brown Shirting is selling at 4#(3 5 • # tbs do. 6#(38 ; 4-4 Sheeting B#<©y# ; Osna burgs 10#(311# ; Brcwn Drilling 9(310 cent* fi yard. These are wholesale prices. ; IRON ’ Ac.—Our mvrxet is well supplied with j I e,ei T description 0. iron, and as large supplies: of English and Swedish are expected in the' course of the prevent month, our dealers will) j bo weU prepared for the fall trade. As , they are all heavy direct importers, they will be' able to sell at satisfactory prices. Swedes or-! dinar)' is worth 5(35# ; do. wide, o%fft6 ■ Ex-‘ > smaj 6#(36# ; English 3# : do. refined i 3: Band Iron4#©4J£ : Sheet 4 H'SS)* Tin Plate 1, C, $lO 25; do 1, X, sl2; Xails 4 (a 4 X cents. EXCHANGE—Not iflt oh demand for Sigh’ 7 Check, at y t ct. pretn., which is the rate ask 0 ed by our Banks. • FREIGHTS—The River is in good order,and the K boats of all the companies are making regular 1 trips. Cotton to Savannah 26 cents per bale; 4 Flour, 15 cents per bbl ; Salt, 15 cents per sack. Cotton by Railroad to Savannah, GO cents; to Charleston 80 cents. - HANK NOTE TAin.B. Augusta and Savannah Banks par. ** All South Caroliua 44 par. * North Carolina “ 2 dis. 3 Tennessee “ 2 dis. 1 Alabama “ 2 di.s. f Macon, Georgia, 1 1 dis - New York 1 dis. ° All Interior Georgia •• 1 dis. * 1 ouisiana 2 dis. Kentucky “ 2 dis j All Good Northern “ 2 dis. Augusta Provision Market. * Reported by R. PHILPOT, Oink of thc Market. RETAIL FRKTB. Beef, on foot wholesale 5 © — Hogs do do 8 fa) — 3 Beef retail 6 fa) 10 e Mutton 8 fa) 10 e Pork 10© 12% Veal 10© 12H Corn Meal 80© — e Sweet Potatoes, 18 bushel s3©s4 , Chickens '. 16© 26 3 I>ucks 25©30 ' , Geese 40© 50 Corn, in the Ear 55© — * Corn, in sacks 60©66 1 Fodder. New, $ 100 70©75 » Pea hay, hundred $1 © — . Grass Hay, 11 hundred 75©— Eggs, H dozen 20© — * Peaches, fl bushel 50©1C© « Green Corn, 11 dozen 15©20 ».+.« ATLANTA, August 11.—Business has been im proving since this month set in, and all our mer J ; chants are making extensive preparations for aj - largely increased trade this Fall. Bacon is m fair supply, and the demand very ; good. The receipts for this place, up to July 1,! 3.0*29,522 fljs. The price of Clear Sides is io ** 1 ‘ ©lo>£ cents, and pretty stiff: Hams lo>a to 11 ! cents, and Shoulders 7**©B cents. Wheat comes in but slowly. Prime Red worth j 75. and White 85©90 cents, i Flour —There has been more activity in this i article, the receipts being 53,000 sos since July I Ist. Extra Family is worth $2% 100 tbs, Su-j j per fine s2*£. Com is in good demand, with increasing re-' >; ceipts. Prices rauge from 60 to 02 cts, sacked. . I Groceries continue unchanged, except Sugi-rs, 1 j: which tend upwards. We quote A. B and C Su 2 j gars at 13, 12>£ and 12 cts respectively ; Brown ! I at 8% to 12 cents ; Coffee 12to 13 cents ; Mo- 1 lasses 35 to 37>£, and New Orleans Syrup at 45 } ( cents by the barrel. Salt $1.30 to $1 40 1* sack. V j&Jjijptg Intelligence. 1 r~-rr-T-: — j * | CHARLESTON, August 12 Arr'J. sebr Laurel 5 'j Gertrude, New* York. Went to sea, bark Horace, a Port in Brazil ; sebrs B N Hawkins, New York : May. do ; TD Wagner, do ; Maine I.aw, Providence, R. I. ARRIVALS FROM THIS PORT. 1 Dan brig Uncas. Bremen. July 22 ]< UP FOR THIS PORT. C Schr Frances Satterly, at New York, Aug 9 , CLEARED FOR THIS PORT. Ship J A Hazzard, at London, July 27 .j Schr Col Satterly ,at New Yerk, August 9 n ’ SAILED FOR THIS PORr. r 1 Ship E Bulkley. from Cardiff, July 24 n a SAVANNAH, August 13. —Arrived, steamers 1 j Swan, Augusta ; Talomico, Augusta. OFFICIAL DR A \VINGS OF TUB 1 Sparta Academy Lottery., OF GEORGIA. The following are the drawn numbers of the' 1 . SPARTA ACADEMY LOTTERY, Class 581—drawn j t AUGUST 12, 1858 : , 65, 8, 74, 14, 11, 7, 47, 23, 21, 27, j The following are the Drawn Numbers of the: s * SPARTA ACADEMY LOTTERY, Class 582— Eoetra, fl * drawn AUGUST 13, 1858 : 1 31, 68, 49, 04. 26. 10, 62. 23, 6, 58, 40, 22, 48. L.IMUGa™’ } Commb.rto.tm. aul3 S. SWAN ACO.. Managers. I GREENE AND PULASKI MONUMENT LOTTERIES. I Managed, Drawn and I’rises Paid by th ; 5 well hiotcn and responsible firm of ’ GREGORY MAURY. * SALES CLOSE EACH DAY at 2 o'clock j THE SMALLER CLASSES Draws at Savannah in the following order : | MONDAY. Class I*B, Cap. $9,200; Tick eta $2. Ou I TUESDAY do 189. do 5,000 do 1.001 S j WED’DAY, do 190, do 10.000 do *2.501 EXTRA CLASS 38, j To be decided by i elawaru 175, WEDNESDAY, h j August 11th. i'i RICH SCHEME. $35,457! o *15.05.' ; *IO.OOO : *6,000 : $.0,000 : *4,000 . *3,255 : 20 of *I,OOO, Jtc., &c. .. Tickets *lO ; Hitlves *5 ; Quarters *2.60. Ilt.sk on a package of 26 quarters only $34.88. TII'RSDY, Class 191, Cap. *4,400, Tickets SI.OO £ FRIDAY do 192. ilo 10,000 Uo 200 SATURIVY do 193, do 4,600 do 1.00 r EXTRA CLASS 39. To be decided by Delaware 178, SATURDAY. a August 14th. e MAGNIFICENT SCHEME. ; $37,500! $15,255 4 Prizes of $7,500 ; 4 of $5,000 ;4 of $2,500 ; 15 of SI,OOO, &e. ‘ Tickets $lO ; Halves $5 ; Quarters *2.50. Risk o ou a package of 26 Quarters $37.40. * UNCURRENT NOTES, SPECIE AND LAND WAR RANTS BOUGHT AND SOLD. > Payment of Prizes in the above Lotteries a is secured by a bond ol Seventy Thousand Dol a lars, in the bauds of the Treasurer of the Com missioners, appointed by the State of Georgia. Notes of all solvent Bauks taken in payment $ for Tickets. Orders promptly attended to, and Schemes * aud Drawings forwarded. Apply to JOHN A.MILLEN, ' | Broad-st., 3 doors below Pest Olive Corner, j I I au7 Vouder for Gregory A* Maury, j Consignment No. 3, OF THIRTY casks more of those flue . Canvassed Family Bacon HAMS, put up by | j Powel, McEwing k Co., on consignment, aud for J , sale by jy26 M. W. WOODRUFF. f — . ! ETOWAH IRON AGENCYj WE ARE RECEIVING, and will keep' constantly on hand, from the ETOWAH MANUFACTURING and MINING COMPANY , all descriptions of BAR IRON, which we shall sell to the trade at reasonable terms. ! This IRON is bow used at the Georgia Railroad, and at other shops in this city, where the most favorable accounts are given of its quality. THOS. P. STOVALL & CO., jy24-6m Gen’lCom. Merchants, Agents. Coffee. rTYWO HUNDRED and fifty bags prime; JL and choice Rio COFFEF ; 25 bags choice laguayra COFFEE ; 20 u “ Santos COFFF.E. For sale low. by jy2l DANIFJi H. WILCOX. I O' LD PEACH BRANDY, for sale by j, au3-d*c. ESTES & CLARK. I , Bacon sides and shoulders. 1 20,000 lbs. choice Tennessee Clear SIDES : < 10.000 “ “ Ribbed SIDES; j, 15,000 • “ SHOULDERS. For sale |by au4-d*clw ESTES & CLARK. i i ~ ——■ —* ■ ( I HEREBY forewarn all persons not to contract any debt with Charlotte C. Truelt,! ! as I ahall not be responsible fur the said contract lor debt. au4-clm* JN‘J C TRUFTT. * ?YlisrfU;uuous Sibbcrttstmcnts. SWAN & CO.’S LOTTERIESI TRIUMPHANT! ' Swan & Co. CONTINUE TO DRAW AS USUAL Without Interruption. 3W £f ( Aik ti. 7. BY THE S ' TATK w Georgia : Tile late attempt to injure our Arm has «bo.t a that our Lotteries are drawn fairly ; that . er Pnr.es arc paid punctually; and that "t fu ihe Wo a rTdT re "’ l ' ral aC - V THE following Scheme will be drawl by S.hWAN A COMP'Y, Managers nf ■'l«rta Academy Lottery, in each of tb.ir -ft ?;‘Sr b 1 * r r LoM<>ri ” AFGI-ST, 1858. at A! GIsTAGa., m public, under the saperinten. dence ol Commissioners. CLASS 27, i To be / A «gMta.fia..in public,on bATIKDAY, August 7, 1858 CI.ASS 28 j of Auge S u,G«., in public,m SATURDAY, August 14, 1858 ; CLAPS 29. jTo be « f Augusta. Ga..ln public, on SATURDAY, Ingnst 21, 1858. i CLASS 30. j To be drawn inCity ofAugonln, Ga., in nubile on SATURDAY, August 28, 1858. ’ j 0N THE PLAN OK single NUMBERS I! 1 Five Thousand Four Hundred and Eiaht - Five Prizes! .nO.OOO Xla-lsa-t^y NRARLY OXK PRIZK TO EVERY XIXR TICKETS ! MAGNIFICENT SCHEME! To be Drawn each Saturday in AUGUST, 1858. } Prize of $7 0 .oo« } .. “ 30,000 J 10,000 } .. 5,000 J .. ‘ 4.000 { » 3,000 ? . “ 1.000 i ■; soo i „ „ SCO ’ 7 ‘ 700 100 “ “ APPROXIMATION PRIZES. 4 Prizes of S4OO Ap. to $70.C00 Przearc $1,60< 4 •• •* 300 “ “ 30.000 •• are 1.20( 4 .. •* 200 • 10,000 “ are SOfi 4 “ P 25 “ 5.000 “ are 500 4 ‘ •* 100 “ “ 4,000 “ are 400 “ “ »,000 are 000 5.000 •* *‘ 20 are 100,f»00 5,485 Prizes amounting to $320 <OOO Whole Tickets $10; Halves $5; Quarterss2so. A Circular showing the plan of the Lot teries will be sent to anv one desirous of receiv ing it- Certificates of Packages will be sold at the fol lowing rates, which is the rwk : Certificate of Package of 10 WlioleTickets.. SBO do do do 10 Half do .... 40 do do do .10 Quar. do ... 20 do do do ‘lO Eighth do 10 In ordering Tickets or Certificates , enclose the money to our address for the Tickets ordered, on receipt of which they will be forwarded by first mail. Purchasers can have tickets ending m any figure they may designate. The List of Drawn Numbers and Prizes will be sent to purchasers immediately after the drawing s is" Purchasers will please w r rite their signa tures plain, aud give their Post Office, County and State. R“membr-r that ev ry Prize is drawn and !>ayable mil without deduction. AH prizes of SIOOO and under, paid imme diately after the drawing—other prizes at the usual time of thirty days. All communications strictly confidential. Address orders for Tickets or Certificates to £. SWAN & CO., Augusta. Ga. Oft- Persons residing near Montgomery. Ala. or Atlanta. Ga., can have their ordei s tilled, ant save time, by addressing S. Swan & Co. at either of those cities. au g, Received tliis Day, ANOTHER lot of those FIFTY DOLLAR QuiOvor Cifxr SEWLYG MACHLYES, I which, from their Hinplicity and durability, are considered m i’erior to any Machines now in ! market. _ HAIGII & ANDREWS, j .ty-2 It 246 Broad-strert. Wliisliy, VVlij sky. J.A( \ BARRELS “Georgia Planters,” . I auikner “Pike’s” iiu«l ether : brattils lffr*.!®*' j" ator««nd arriving. I For .ale on acootnmodating terms, by j JyT-I-1m A. I), WILLIAMB. -Mackerel, O ", TIRLS, MACKEREL, for sale low, £d*J by jysi dlm A. D. WILLIAMS. I j * For Sale Low, HUNDRED gallons pure Lim. seed OIL, at 9 cents per gallon ; 200 gals, pure Sperm OIL, at $2 per gallon ; 300 •• “ Lamp OIL, fine, $1 25 per gal 3000 lbs. WHITE LEAD. 9>£c. Also,a fine sup ] ply of ARTISTS’ MATERIALS, just received, i and for sale by i Jrl4 THOMAS P. FOG.aRTY. LIT HE R Ho LL -«■ HIS ■ N /' — f) OLD STAND. Corner of Washington and Reynold Street: HAS ON HAND a full assortment® COACHES, ROCKAWAYS, Top and No Tot. Bl GGIES, Pedlar and Road WAGONS, kc. : which will be sold extremely low and on accommoUa j ting terms. ALSO—A full assortment of all kinds of mat* rials used by Coach, Harness and Saddle Makers SUCH AS AXLES. SPRINGS, BOLTS, HUBS. FELLOW* SPOKES, SHAFTS. SINGLETREES, BANDS, MALEABLE CASTINGS, ENAMELLED LEATHER and CLOTH. PATENT DASH and HARNESS LEATH ER, Ac., Ac. REPAIRING of Harness and Vehicles do« promptly and at low prices. Vchi leu manufactured to order. jy22 twlj slams. FIVE THOUSAND lbs. choice Ten nessee HAMS, just received by | jy22 <ltf*w2 ESTES A CI.ARK. X. IVi. Harris, Attorney at law ami notab! PUBLIC, LaGrange, Ga. jy!9-ly* For Sale, by Ausley & So< THREE HUNDRED bales prime HAj 450 coils and half coils best Machine ROPI 25 coils band-made ROPE ; 20 boxes low priced and fancy TOBACCO 1500 second-hand CORN SACKS ; 250 bushels STOCK PEAS : 50 - 4 PEA MEAL. jy29-tf I Straw Goods. HATS, BONNETS and FLATS bleach - | ■ ed and pressed, in the latest style, whic* has just been received. I. H. STEARNS & CO., jy2B One door above Mechanics’ Bank Madison Female College. The first, or fall term of this well known Institution will begin on the FOURTH MONDAY (23d day) in AUGUSi, undel ! a full corps of competent instructors, i Parents and Guardians are earnestly solicited to bring their daughters and wards at’the open* ! ing of this Term, which begins the i Year. Every facility for a thorough educationist | furnished here, and -it as economical rates as the same quality of education can be bad elsewhere: and perhaps more so, when it is considered that the French and Latin languages and Vocal Mu sic are taught m the regular course without extra I charge. Catalogues containing full particulars as to , Studies, Rules, Rates, kc., may be had on appli cation to Rev. JAMES L. PIERCE, President, op , the undersigned. >V. C. BASS, Secretary and Treasurer. Weekly Chronicie 4 Sentinel and Week!/ * Constitutionalist copy six times. jylC-d&cCw