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ARRIVAL.
° F THE STEAMSHIP
AMERICA.
Three days Later from Europe,
COTTON DECLINED l
Manchester Advice* Unfavorable.
MONEY ACTIVE.
• Hore Failures in England, &c., Ac.
Halifax, Dec. 2.—The British and North
American steamship America, Capt. A. Ryrie, ha?
arrived, with Liverpool accounts to Saturday, No
vember 21 st.
Market Reports.
Liverpool OAUm J Market. —The sales of Cotton
for the week reach 20,000 bales; and all qualities
have considerably declined. The quotations are
nominal, and the demand very dull, at %d. to %d.
decline.
BrtaiUtnfg. —Plour, Wheat, aud Breadstufls
generally, have declined, and show a downward
tendency.
J lanchesUr Trtuie. —The business in the manu
facturing districts is unfavorable.
Honey Affairs. —The condition of the money
market is unchanged, and the demand continues
active.
General News.
Heavy failures continue to occur in England.
An influential American house in London has
been in serious difficulties, but recovered.
The money pressure in England is uudiminish
ed.
Business and confidence in the coniineutial mar
kets appear to be improving.
Another attempt had been made to launch the
Great Eastern, bur the effort was unsuccessful.
The political news is of little interest.
Liverpool Market. —Sales of Cotton to speculators
for the week 3,500 bales, and to exporters 2,000.
Sales on Friday 2,000 bales, and the market closed
with a declining tendency. The quotations are,
for—
Fair Orleans 7% Middling 0%
** M0bi1e..6% a7% “ 6%
“ Uplands.*) vj a 7 u 6%
The stock in port is 326,000, of which 157,* MX)
bales are American.
Flour was very dull at Is. decline since Tues
day.
Wheat dull at from 3d. to 6d. decline.
Corn very dull at Is. decline.
Rice heavy.
Rosin dull at from 4s. to 4s. 2d., aud Turpentine
dull from 345. fid. to 355.
Havre Market —The cotten market was quiet,
and the sales for the week were 3,500 bales. Bread
stuffs were buoyant, and advancing throughout
Prance.
Financial reports are not harmonious. Some
State that the latest London advices note a decided
improvement. Other statements are, that the
pressure is undiminished.
The banking bouse of Peabodt was relieved, to
the extent of £1,000,000 on private securities, by
the Bank of England.
Garrison, Hufpkll A Co., engaged in the Ameri
can trade, have failed, and their liabilities are up
wards of £500,000.
The condition of the Bank of France is improv
ing.
A republican conspiracy had been detected and
suppressed in Barcelona.
Late from Yucatan.
New Orleans, Dee. 2.—A schooner has arrived
at this port with three weeks later news from Yu
catan. Sisal lias been captured by the revolution
ists, and Campeachy has been bombarded by the
government troops.
Election for Mayor la New York.
New York, Dec. 3.—The result of the election
for Mayor was in favor of Daniel F. Tirma.nn,
(known as the people’s candidate). He defeated
Fernando Wood, the Democratic nominee, by
twenty-three hundred votes.
Kansas A Hairs.
Washington, Dec. 3.—The President and Sena
tor Stephen A. Douglas, had to-day a full inter
change of opinions in regard to Kansas affairs, and
the policy to be pursued, but without concurrence.
They parted on amicable terms. It is unJerso-od
that Senator Douglas will introduce a bill, at an
early period of ihe session, for the purpose of en
deavoring to settle the vexed questions involved.
Washington City Rumors.
Washington, Dec. 4. —It is very generally be
lieved here that the Hon. James L. Oku, of South
Carolina, wi I be elected speaker of the Ib'in- of
Representatives. The breach between the Pre-i
--dent and (1 »ve nor Walker is houtl.y wideiiimr.
The northern Democratic members, wi n some
few exceptions, it is conceded, will sustain the
views of the administration in relation to the Con
stitution of Kansas.
<.overnmeul Estimates.
Washinomn, Dee. 4. —The* Government esti
mates !<>r the next fiscal year amount to $50,333,-
(V)*\ including $13,5**0,000 for the Navy, j
o'ju for the army, $3,500,000 for postal deficiencies, |
Ac., Ac.
The President’s Message.
Washington, Dec. 4. It is understood to be the 1
present des gn of the administration to send the
Message in advance to New York, Philadelphia
and Richmond.
The House will very probably be organized on
Monday, and the Message will then be deliver* d
on Tuesday.
Democratic Caucus Nominations.
Washington, Dec. 5. —The Democratic caucus
of the members of the House of Representatives of
Congress met to-night and made the following
nominations.
Hon. J ames L. Our, of S. C., for Speaker.
Allen, of Illinois, for Clerk of the House.
Gkosbrenneu, of Penn., Serge«ant-at-Anns.
Hackney, of Va., for Doorkeeper.
The other nominations were not made at the
time of forwarding this dispatch.
Market Reports.
New Orleans, Dec. 4. —Sales of cotton to-day, ’
5,500 bales. The steamer’s news caused the mar- j
ket to decline from % to 1 cent per pound.
Middling qu >ted from 10% to 10% cents. The j
sales of the week reach 3i,000 bales, and the re- •
ceipts C3,4uu. Stock on hand, 22»,0'H). The de
crease at this port is 140,000 bales, and at all port.**,
321,000.
New Orleans Dec. s.—Sales to-day, 8,500 bales,
at yesterday’s prices. Sugar and Lard are declin!
in g-
Exchange is in moderate demand at unchanged '
rates. I
New York, Dec. s.—Sales of cotton to-day 100 ,
bales, at declining prices. Breadstufls firm. Na- j j
vals quiet. Rice 3% a3% cents. Sugar advanced j ,
%tb. j *
Savannah, Dec. s.—Sales of cotton 91 bales, \ 1
irom 10% to 11 cents. Market dull.
Mobile, Dec. 5. —Sales of cotton 1,200 bales. *
Middling 10% a
Our Minister to Spain.—lt is stated in a Span- *
isb journal that Mr. Dodge, United States Minister 1
at Madrid, has sent in his resignation, but that he 1
has done so entirety from the state of health of his t
family, and other private considerations. <
The Operations before Delhi—lts Fall—
Gallant Conduct of British Troops.
Tue following account of the last days of the
siege of Delhi, and the assault of The place from
the Bombay Gazette, Oct. 17th, will be read with
much mt rest. It is written by an eye-witness:
Our available force amounted in rouud numbers
to six thousand five hundred infmtrv, one thou
sand cavalry, and six hundred artillery, Europeans
and natives. The Noith face being die side to be
attacked, it was resolved to bold the right ia
check, as far as possible, and to push the main at
tack on the left first, as the river would completely
protect our flank as we advanced ; second, as there
wasbettercoveronth.it side; third, as after the
assault the troops would not find themselves im
mediately in narrow streets, but in comparatively
open ground.
The front to be attacked consisted of the Moree,
Cashmere und Water bastions, with the curtain
walls connecting them. These bastions had been
greatly altered and improv d bv our own engi
neers many years ago, and presented regular faces
and flanks of masonry wi poperly cur embra
sures; the height of the wall was twenty-four feet
above the ground level, of which, however, eight
feet was a mere parapet three feet thick, the re
mainder being about four times that thickness;
outside the wall was a very wide beam, and then
a ditch sixteen feet deep and twenty feet wide at
the bottom, escarp and counterscarp steep, and the
latter unriveted, and the former riveted with stone
and eight feet in height. A good sloping glacis
covered the lower ten feet of the wall from all at
tempts of the distant batteries.
On the evening of the 7th of September No. 1
advanced battcrv, in two portions, was traced
about seven hundred yards from the Moree bastion,
the t ight portion for live eighteen pounders and
one eight inch howitzer was to silence the Moree
and prevent its interfering with the attack on the
left. The left portion of four twenty-four pounders
was intcuded to hold the Cashmere bastion partial
ly in check. The working parties were very little
disturbed during the night; the covering parties
in front kept the musketry at a distance, aud ex
cept three well aimed showers of gmpethrown from
the Moree, which knocked over some workmen,
we received no further annoyance. By the morn
ing the two portions of the'batter? were finished
and armed, though not ready to fire till near sun
rise; a trench was also made connecting the two
portions and extending a little to the right and
left, so as to give communication with a wide and
deep ravine, which, extending very nearly up to
our left attack, formed a sort of first parallel, and
gave g«M>d cover to the guard of the trenches, the
doolies, Ac. For some time we were well pounded
from the Moree with round shot and grape; but
as our gnus in the new battery got gradually into
play the enemy’s fire grew less, and was at length
completely overpowered. This battery became
ku-'wn as Brind’s, being worked by that officer with
great effect till the end of the siege.
Du the evenings of the eighth and ninth. No. 2
battery was traced and commenced. To our sur
prise we had been allowed to seize this advanced
position at Ludlow’s Castle, within six hundred
yards of the city, without even a fight for it, on the
previous day. In fact, there is Tittle doubt the
enemy still thought the attack was to be made on
the right, where all the fighting had hitherto been,
ami where all our old batteries were located. Lud
low Castle and the Koodsee Bagh were now occu
pied by strong detachments, and formed our chief
supports to the left attack. During the ninth a
sharp lire of musketry, shot and shells was opened
on these positions bv the enemy from the juugle
in front, and from Cashmere and Water bastions,
and the Seliugurli, but no great damage was done.
During the nights of the ninth and tenth, No. 2
battery was completed and partially armed, but
not \et unmasked. It was in two portions —one lm
! mediately in front of Ludlow Castle, for nine twen
ty-lour-pounders, to open a breach in the curtain be
tween the Cashmere and Water bastions immedi
ately to the left of the former, and to knock ott’ the
parapet to the right and left for some distance, so
as to give no cover to the musketry; the other
portion, some two hundred yards to the right, con
sisting of seven eight-inch howitzers und two eigh
teen-pounders, was to aid the first portion, and work
with it for the same end. No. 3 battery wasalso com
menced on the left; and No. 4 battery, for ten
heavy mortars, completed m the Koodsee Bagti,
but not yet unmasked. Maj. Tombs was in charge
of this battery; the light mortars, under Captain
Blunt, were afterwaids worked from the rear of
the custom-house.
During the nights of the loth and 11th, No. 2
battery was strengthened, armed and unmasked,
. and No. 3 battery completed. Tiiis last was made
in the boldest manner, within one hundred and
eighty yards of the Water bastion, behind a small
ruiued house in the custom house com[v>und, and
under such a lire of musketry as few batteries have
ever been exposed to; it was for six eighteen*
ponuders, which were to open a second breach m
the Water bastion, and was worked by Maj. Scott.
The enemy also went to work to-night and made
| | au advanced trench parallel to our left attack, and
‘ i about three hundred and fifty yards from it, from
which at daybreak they opened a v ry hot fire of
musketry, which was maintained throughout the
rest of the siege; they had previously got some
light guns and one heavy gun out into the open on
our light, which caused considerable annoyance
’ j bv their enfilade lire.
’j On the 1 llh our batteries opened fire, a salve
l roin the nine twenty-four pounders opening the
ba 1, and showing by the way it brought down
I the u.dl in huge fragments what effect it might be
expected to produce after a few hours. The Cash
-1 mere bastion attempted to reply, but was quickly
■ Mu need, and ho»h portions of No. 2 went to work
in liri • style, knocking the bastion and adjacent
•mains to pieces. Majors Campbell and Keye,
! Captains Johnson and Gray, had chstige of No. 2.
,! No. However, did not commence tire until the
lollowing day, when the full power of* ur artillery
was shown, and a continuous roar of fifty guns and
mo as, t'*>unng sh< t and sht ll < n the devoted city,
v, <t in u tie enemy that his and our tune had at
! I di come. Night itiff day until the morning of
.. was tin* overwhelming lire continued.
Ibi the enemy did not lei us have it all our own
w. v. Though unable to work a gun from any of
Hie ill ret bastions that were so fiercely assailed,
|tL * \e:. sftick to their guns in the open, which
•ii dly enliladwl our po-atimi; they got a gun to
b-ar from a hole broken open in tin- long curtain
; wall; they sent rockets from one of their martello
j towers, and they mainlined a perfect storm of
j musketry from their advanced trench and from
j At 4A. M., the different columns fell in and wer*-
i marched to their respective places, the heads of
Nos. 1, 2 and 3 columns being kept contv J. d un
j nl the moment the actual assault should arrive.
J The signal was to be the advauce of the rifles to
! Hi front to cover the heads of the columns bv
kirmisliing.
Everything being ready, General Nicholson,
whose excellent arrangements elicited the admi
ral! ii of all, gave the sign ti, and the Rifle.*, dashed
to the front with a cheer, extending along and
skirmishing the low jungle, which at this point
extends to within fifty yards of the ditch. At the
• tine moment the heads of Nos. 1 and 2 columns
emerged from the K< odsee Bagh, and advanced
steadily towards the breach. Our bait r»es had
iiiuuita ned a tremendous fire up to the moment of
tue advance of the troops, aud not a gun could the
enemy bring to bear on the storming cdum, s, but
no so ner did these emerge into the open than a
. rfect hailstorm of bullets met them from the
f our and b< th ranks, and officers avd men tell fast
on the crest of gla* is. For ten minutes it was ioi
ir’-*ib!e »o gel the ladders down into the ditch to
ascend the scarp, but the determination of the Brit
ish soldier carried dl before it, and Bandy declined
jto meet the charg* (the British ba\onet. With
! a shout and a ru.-h be breaches were won aud the
1 enemy llni in confusion.
The igual given for the rush at the walls was
• bi amg open of the Cashmere gate, which
ni"*i i iugei-ous duty devolved on Lieut. Salkeld,
ot ib engineers The whole was done by esca- 1
lade, as the breach was not comple.e enough to
enter without ladders. Lieutenant Salkeld ap- ;
proached with three sergeants, under a tremen
dous liie of musk try. He was first shot through i
toe anti ; notwithstanding that, lie went on tiLthe I
ga>«* whli the bagftol powder; as they approached ]
o.i • sergeant was killed ; the se rood sergeant took ■
up tiie bugs, assisting Lieutenant Salkeld knocked '
them on the spikes of the gate, not being able i
to put them underneath, as the wicket gate wots i
opened, and about twenty muskets pointed up, as t
v. ell as through many holes in the gateway, firing l
from both flank*, from the wall. As Lieut. Salkeld
pm on the bags he was shot through the leg and
fell, ibe second sergeant lit the match, but after
lighting it he said to Lieut. Silkeld on rheg'ound,
** 1 tear die match has no! t ken light, sir;,” ar the *
word “sir” he fell dead, riddled with bulls; the l
match did ignite, blew open the gale ; the third 1
sergeant escaped unhurt. At the signal, the troops F
lushed on—every one who car rod the s-aling lad
ders of the Second Fusiliers was knocked over; \
however, they rushed on, put up the ladders, I
( many of which were found to be too short) ; I
changing their position, got on the walls, cheered r
and rushed down upon the ••nemv and carried the g
place. On they went along «he walls, taking the I
Moree bastion, Ajmere ga'e, the other column f
taking the Church battery, Wa»e» battery, Treasury «
compound, aud Skinner’s house. 1 1
General NichoUon then formed the troops in the
miun guard iuside, and with his column proceed
ed to clear the ramparts as far as the Moree bas
tion. It was in advancing beyond this, towards
the Lahore gate, that he met the wound which has
since caused his lamented death—a death which,
it is not too much to say, has dimmed the lustre
of even this victory, as'it has deprived the coun
try of one of the ablest men and the most gallant f
soldiers that England anywhere numbers among
her runks.
On the night of the 21st of Sep in the
palace of the great Moguls, tuc Health of our
Queen was drunk by her victorious soldiers with
enthusiastic cheers, which were taken up by the
gallant Ghoorkhas, who formed the personal guard
of the General.
From the Carolina Times, Dec. 1.
Election of United States Senator.
The contest for the United .States Senatorship
terminated yesterday, after three days balloting,
in the success of ex-G m-rnor James H. Ham
mond. Mr. Chestnut’s name was withdrawn in
the morning, and the third and last ballot resulted
as follows: »
Hammond 85 1 Allston 2
Dargan 31 Chestnut 1
Barnwell 2 Blank 1
Memrainger j
Hammond’s majority over Pickens, twenty-six;
overall, twelve.
The recipient of this honor is a man of very
considerable political ability, and is understood to
he a “ States Rights” Democrat of the strictest
sort. He has successively tilled the positions of
Mate legislator, member of Congress, aud Gover
nor of the State, in all of which he has given evi
dence ot distinguished talent. His letters in re
ply to the anti-slavery views of Clarkson, the noted
English Abolitionist, contain some of the strong
est arguments upon the pro-slavery side of the
much-debated slavery question, ifis election, in
the face of his positive declination, is a most re
markable complmu%t, and we trust the devotion
and high appreciation of the majority which have
chosen him, may be requited by services of signal
value to the State and country.
Since w riting the above, we learn that a dispatch
has been received by a friend of General Ham
mond, announcing his willingness to accept the
position to which he has been elected.
i f rom the X. V. Journal of Commerce , Jr.
Washington, Nov. SO.
Col. Orr, of S. C., and Mr. Phelps, of Mo., are
both here, and are both candidates lor the Speak
ership. Col. Orr is considered as the leading can
didate, though both enjoy the respect and confi
dence of the Democratic party. I have not heard
that the administration will throw its weight into
the scale of either side. They would be content
with either of the competitors.
The Democratic caucus, for the nomination of
Speaker, Clerk, &c., will meet on Saturday eve
ning, and, it no Kansas firebrand be thrown into
it, the nominations will be harmoniously made.
A caucus is not the place for the adjustment of
political disputes, but merely for tberecoocilutHiM
of conflicting views as to individual candidates
tor office. It has been the policy of the Democrat
ic Congressional caucuses to consider political res
olutions as out of order, provided they were ob
jected to by any members. In one case, two years
ago, where all ihe members were united, a resolu
tion of a political nature was adopted. In regard
to the Kansas question, no resolution could receive
the unanimous sanction of the caucus.
The Kansas question has dwindled down to a
very small point; for it is acknowledged that slave
ry is out of the question. The question is merely
of a formal or technical nature. The people may
throve out slavery from the Constitution if they
choose to vote. What then will remain for objec
tion, except subordiuate points, winch the people
can themselves, any day, settle by a change of the
Constitution?
I must here remark, that I have it from the best
public authority, that the administration do not
construe any provision of the schedule as prevent
ing the people of Kansas from cuanging the Con
stitution as soon, and as often, as they please.
They have adopted the construction, heretofore and
! often given—that the restriction will not take effect
till alter 1864. But if any contrary intent govern
-1 ed the Convention, the prohibition would be utter
ly nugatory.
The opinion of the administration appears to be
► that, as the convention have not submitted the
j whole Constitution to the people, but merely a por
tion of it in dispute, it will be better for the peace of
the country that Congress should adopt it, as pre
‘ sented. What harm, say they, can be done byac
; cepting it, when the people can, through their
' legislature, call a convention and alter it? If Con
-1 gross reject it, strife will be reopened and contin
ued. Still, it is considered that this is a legislative
• and not an Executive question. The President has
• nothing to do with it. If he take ground in his
‘ message for, or against the adieu of the Kansas
1 convention, it will be going out of his way, to pro
u duce strife and dissension in the Democratic party.
u The solution of the question belongs exclusively
n to Congress.
e Democratic members of Congress coming in are
disposed to wait till the Constitution reach them
J hi a regular way, a mouth hence, before they com-
L ‘ mit themselves against it, or for it. Perhaps it
!l may be adopted with some condition or proviso,
J which is not unusual, and which may remove any
' reasonable and prominent objection.
>' But, 1 am inclined to believe that when the
c Constitution conies, it will come in a form that
1 will forbid auv vote for it from the non-slavehold
• mg States. No authenticated copy of the Consti
• tuuon has been promulgated, nor ever priuted, so
' far as I can learn. Forty-three members of the
' Convention signed a sort of carte blanche for a
■ committee to fill up. It is known, however, that
• several leading provisions ot the instrument are
extremely objectionuble, and may cause its de
‘ teat. For instance, in the apportionment of the
Senatorial Districts, they give twice as many
members to Johnson county us to Shawnee coun
-1 ty, which last has twice the number of inhabi
lants. It was stated in the Convention, by a
prominent lire-eater, Mr. Bollery, of Mississippi,
that the object was to recognize the Oxford re
turns, as the basis of the apportionment, and this
was agreed to, notwithstanding the objection of
Judge Elmore, also a southern man, and of great
ability, representing Shawnee county.
It has been asked why Gov. Walker did not call
an extra session of the legislature, at the request
of the people, to undo what had been done by the
Convention. The reason is plain. It would have
done no good. Gov. Walker says that the call
would have brought together the old and not the
new territorial legislature.
1 have just seen a gentleman from Kansas—a
southern man—who left the Territory after Gov.
Walker, and who informs me that the mass of the
people are under an intense degree of excitement,
and will never consent to be subjected to any gov
ernment which may be, even temporarily, institu
ted in conformity with this action of the Conven
tion. Gov. Walker himself would have no influ
ence in persuading them to be quiet and wait a
change of the government, in a regular way.
The people are prepared, and have been, for some
time, to organize an independent government, and
if Gov. WaUer should fail to impress his views
upon the Executive, they will, as my informant
suites, proceed to execute their intention without
waiting lor the action ol Congress. ***
Tua Canaitv Bird saved from thk Wreck of i
thk Central America.— Our readers will recollect
that amongst the survivors of the terrible disaster .
of the wreck of the Central America, in September |
last, was Mrs. Birch, wife of Billy Birch, of the |
rniustrels, who was also saved. As Mrs. B. was ]
preparing to leave the vessel for the brig that re- i
ceived the passengers, she happened to observe her |
pet canary bird in its cage, and instinctively open- 4
ed tire door and nestled ilie little favorite m her bo- t
som. On being lowered into the boat by ropes [
passed under her arms, she was completely sat- <
m ated with the waves, but on looking for her bird, 4
she found it lving under the edge of her dress un
hurt. This little pet, who passed • lirough so man v \
perils, is now at the Walnut St»eet House, the fa- .
vorite of all who see it, as it was of its mistress, J
who would not leave ii to perish in its cage, with
» he hundreds ot human beings who found a watery
grave on the fearful night of the wreck. The lit
tle fellow sings as sweetly as though it had ever r
been free and happy on the wing. c
Cincinnati Gazette. s
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Things on the Ouachita.— The Monroe Register , 8
lDth ult., reports the river at that place in fine j,
boafmg order, and s»ill rising, with about four- w
teen feet of water in the channel. The same pa- c
per says of the weather and crops:
It seldom falls to the lot ot planters to have a t
worse season for gathet ing cotton than the present. >
It really seems as if it has of late been raining at A
least half the time. There is much complaint of t<
rot and the depredations of the boll worm. The ii
general impression seems to be that (at outside a
figures) not more than two-thirds of a crop can be ii
housed; niauy come down as low as one half. The »:
weather is n<>w fine, and has been Tor a day or b
two, with promise to continue so. tr
From the. Macon, State Preen.
The Banks—The legislature and the
Currency*
Our friends, the Houston countv planters, seem
concerned, and properly so, as to‘the effect of the
present state of things on their cotton. They are
satisfied their patient is quite sick, but cannot make
a proper diagnosis of his disease. I suggest the
.-disease to be the present system iff banking, aud as
time is only permitted me to glance at this most
interesting subject, let our Houston couii’y friends
adopt the plan of Bright, Cobden and other re
formers in England, that is, print and circulate
tracts. As a beginning* gentlemen of Houston
county, osier a premium of five hundred, or even a
thousand dollars, for the bestessav upon the opera
tions and effects of the banking system on the in
dustrial pursuits of the countrv, and especially on
cotton. Select and publish tlie best of these es
says, and then new ideas will seize upon the pub
lic mind, and the subject be made luminous witli
the lights of experience, and of transcendaut in
tellects.
From the year 1790, when cotton made its small
beginnings in the Carolmas and Georgia, up to
lSlo, it was paid for in gold and silver in Georgia.
In the year 1810, our present bauking svstem was
inaugurated, and bank paper and bank credits
seized upon cotton as their victim. Duriug the
first two Decades of its history, from 1790 to 1810
prices for cotton ruled high, the average price for
that time being one-half greater than the average
price any twenty years since. In those first twen
ty years we had a specie basis, and the price of
cotton fluctuated but little. In 1810 our banking
system took its rise, and since then the price of
cotton has been constantly fluctuating, and its
average price lowering. ’Tis true, when the de
luge ot blood in Europe subsided after its last great
effusion at W aterloo, and the ports and commerce
of Europe were opened to our cotton, prices showed
a spasmodic increase for a time. Again, in 18*2.7
prices bounded up to a high figure, by the power
of a mad speculation, stimulated by the bauks, but
suddenly fell, engulphing thousands on this side
the Atlantic in ruin.
But the truth of history is, cotton was high
and prices steadfast before we had banks, and Ims
ruled lower and prices fluctuated since, if anv body
doubts, let him ask the few veteran cotton pfauters
still living, who basked and grew rich in the gold
en dispensation previous to 1810. If anybody
doubts, let such skeptic refer to McCullough's
Commercial Dictionary, the highest authority in
matters of trade and commerce. In that Diction
ary he will find a table of the prices of cotton in
Englund and the United Suites from 1790 to 183."»,
predicated upon a report made to the Congress of
the United States by the Secretary of the Treasury.
This table of prices in McCullough, demonstrates
my proposition, that after 1810 cotton has been
falling, falling, falling, up to 1835, in its average
price. Since 1835, up to the present time, wc all
know* the average price has been gradually lower
ing, and subject all the time to the most sudden,
capricious and ruinous fluctuations. Perhaps
some one may suggest the production has gone
ahead of the consumption. But just the re
verse is true—the consumption has shot ahead
of the production. So much so, that all Eng
land is alarmed ; the Manchester cotton spin
ners are earnestly crying out for more cotton, and
backed by the English Cabinet, are seeking to
stimulate its growth in different purtsof the globe.
They may form associations aud spend money like
water, and yet our own glorious South, blessed by
Heaven with the soil and climate suitable to grow
the snowy staple, will bid defiance to all compe
tition.
Under the present system, two great interests
■ are in the field, coutroling and depressing the
' price* of cotton. One is American and the other
European—one is the American speculators and
the other is the European speculators and spinners.
Between these formidable powers the cotton plan
| ters are shorn of their precious fleece with the
‘ meekness of lambs. Many of them actually bless
: the keenly whetted shears which rob them of their
silken textured fleece. The American speculators
; are mainly composed of bank directors, stock
* holders, or men who are the petted favorites of
banks. Their cry m the fall of the year is ever,
cotton is to high and must fall. Their emissaries
: and minions join the chorus, and cry aloud, cotton
must fall. A more powerful instrumentality is in
their hands—that is, one which grinds out bank
bills. If cotton seems a little obstinate and wont
fall, these lordly operators stop discounts and re
tire from the market. They control the banks,
- and the price of cotton is dependent on bank ac
* commodations, and so when they shut down upon
’ the staple, down it tumbles to a point to where
I they can buy to suit themselves. On the other
side of the Atlantic, the spinners and speculators,
like old grey spiders, quietly and lazily wait and
r watch for their prey. They understand two things
very well—first, that they have got the money |
’ power; and, secondly, that the system of moving
3 the cropk by bank credits must bring cotton under
rt that po\*fer' sooner or later. And so it does, and
8 so it will do to the cud of the chapter. John Bull
a controls at U.st, and Manchester and Liverpool
*’ give laws to the cotton trade. Englishmen become
r ’ millionaires from cotton profits, and usually Amer
y ican speculators, after robbing the planters of fair
prices, become bankrupts.
® Two grand and grievous wrongs are inflicted up-
II on cotton planters under this system. First, it
}’ establishes the price of cotton at the will and
1 pleasure of those whose interest it is always to
'» make money by depressing it. The consumer
Y really controls the price, and the producer has to
take just what the consumer will give. England
J is the great purchaser of cotton, though of late
* years France, Belgium, and other parts of Europe
hare considerably increased its manufacture. So
it inay be said England rules cotton ami the cot
} ton trade. She rules it by her immense capital—
? but she rules it most especially because the bulk
1 of the cotton crop is carried to her marts by bills
* of exchange, which have to be met, and she kuows
i full well the cotton must be sold to meet these
* bills. She has everything then her own way. In
i stead of having to send her ships laden with trea
sure to buy our cotton, she compels our cotton to
■ go to her. and then fixes the price she will give.
■ And all this is brought about by banks and bank
1 operations. Such a thing never was before known
i in all history. Rome, in the full blazv of her iin
' perial splendor, had to send to Egypt and Sicily
j. lor grain; and England—this same England who
1 buys our cotton at her own price—is this day send
; iug her ships into all parts of the world, for the
other vast, productions, which go to feed and swell
her magnificent commerce.
But a still more outrageous wrong inflicted on
the cotton planters by this system is the entire
overthrow of the great law of supply and de
mand. In all Christendom or heathendom this
law regulates the price of all articles of commerce
except Cotton. If grain crops fail or are short,
bread is high—if the sugar cane is diseased, sugar
and molasses are high--if the vineyards of the ;
Rhine and the South of France are blighted, 1
wines and brandy rise, and so of everything wise 1
but cotton. The planters may encounter disas- 1
trous seasons, or ravaging insects—the crop may j
thus be cut off one-third, and yet prices are under !
a power that can and will force them down. YVho 1
does not remember tbe fate of the crop of 1839 ?
It was half a million of bales short, and yet a com- J
bination between the Bank of England, the pro- *
viocial banks and the British spinners forced (
down the price one-half. The cotton was in their 1
warehouses—jnst easy and convenient—and the *'
bills drawn upon it, bad to be met, and so by 1
drawing the doors of the banks down, down, al- s
most shut, afrtute John Bull bought this short , by *
far the shortest crop ever grown, at his own price. L
But this is not all. Our cotton must now bow 1
.submissively down to all of John Bull’s mishaps, 1
bad luck, or misfortunes. Is John’s harvesting
bad and bread-stuffs likely to be dear, our cotton
must suffer—is John engaged in expensive wars, 0
prompted either by defence, the greed of gain, or 0
the lust of empire, down goes our cotton —is there d
a panic, snaking Thread Needle Street like an ague *
a strong man, caused, as it is just now, by the sus
pension of the American banks, up pops the rate
of interest and down pops the price of cotton. 11
And when is this horrible state of things to cease ? a
Never, never, by the eternal, until the banking sys- a
tem is abrogated—the home market controls the 11
price of cotton, and we compel the world to come
and buy from us at our own prices ? d
Calhoun. u
a
Deatii op Andrew Milxe. —We regret to an
nounce the death of Mr. Andrew Milne, one of our
oldest and most esteemed citizens. He died quite
suddenly yesterday morning, at the age of seventy
four years. Mr. Milne was a native of Aberdeen
shire, Scotland, but early in life, came to this coun
try, of which he has been a resident for the last
fifty-four years. He first came to New Orleans,
where fourteen years of his life were sprit in the
cotton trade, as a member of the firm or H. Munro
A Co., and in connection with large houses in
Glasgow and Liverpool. During his residence in
New Orleans, the war of 1812 broke out, and Mr.
Milne, like a good and brave citizen, responded
to the call of his adopted country. Vincent Nolte,
in his memoirs of New Orleans, speaks of Mr. Milnn
as standing shoulder to shoulder with himself
in the famous defence of that city, under Jackson,
and says that his cotton formed a portion of the
barricade which gave shelter to the American
troops. —Charleston Courier , Dec. 4.
[WEITTEH FOB THE CONSTITrnnSALIBT.]
To Jenny Woodbine.
BY MAJOR PETER JOXEB.
Sweet Jenny Woodbine, I know you repine
Fur your Cbanning and cherish'd Bellevue,
But can’t you impart to your dear little heart
A solace more grateful and true.
Than to seek from y ,ur Muse (some gloomy recluse),
Kind words for your long-1 ov’d Bellevue* Y
Ah, yes! let me he, dear Jenny, to the*
What that br ght sunny epot Is to you.
It has sheltered you long, in your revel and aor.g,
And in hours of sadness too :
Then, no wonder you bring your sweet lyre to sing
In praise of your dearest Bellevue.
But, alas! it must perish, whilst my heart would cherish
Sweet Jenny, and ever he true;
All sun and no shade its love ne’er would fade,
But be an eternal “Bellevue.”
Augusta, December Ist, 1857.
The Gold liourder.
Cn arles Sprague, the poet and bank cashier,
wrote this. It is worth reading and remembering.
It occurs in his famous poem on “ Curiosity
The churl, who holds it heresy to think,
AN ho love’s no music but the dollar's clink,
»V ho laughs to scorn the wisdom of the schools.
And deems the first of poets first of fools :
\\ ho never found what good roin science grew.
Save the grand truth that one and one are two.
And marvels Bowdltch o’er a hook should pore, •
Unless to make those two turn into four;
}; j lu « placvd where Cat ski IPs foreheard greets the akv,
Grieves that such quarries all unhewn should lie;
Or. gazing where Niagara's torrents thrill,
txclaims, *• A monstrous stream—to turn a mill
holovesto feel the blessed winds of Heaven
But as his freighted barks are portward driven:
Even he, across whose brain scarce dares to creep
Aught but thrill’s parent pair—to get, to keep ;
>\ ho never learned life’s real bliss to know—
A\ ith curiosity even he can glow.
Go seek him out on yon dear Gotham's walk,
A\ here traffic s ventures meet to tratio and talk ;
AN here Mammon's votaries bend, oi oa-h degree
The hard-eyed lender, and the pale lendee; ’
AN here rogues insolvent stmt in white-washed pride.
And shove the dupes who trusted them a-dde.
How through the buzzing crowd he threads his wav.
To catch the flying rum rs of the day ;
To learn of changing stocks. of bargains crossed,
; Os breaking merchants, and of cargoes lo t •
The thousand ill’s that traffl. 's walks invade.
And give die heart ache to the sons of trad* !
I How c*i!d he harkens to some bankrupt’s woe,
Nods his wise head, and cries, “I told you so;
, The thrift less fellow lived beyond his means:
He must buy brants—l make my folks eat beans
\ AN hut cares he for the knave, the knave’s sa ! wife
l Il* e flighted pr**sjh ct of au anxious life Y
1 he kindly throbs that other men control,
Ne’er melt the iron of the miser's soul;
i Through life's dark toad his sordid wav he wends.
An incarnation of fat dividends :
r But when to death he sinks, ungrieved, unsung.
Buoyed by the blessings of no mortal tongue, ~
No worth rewarded, and no want redressed,
, 1 o scatter fragrance round his place of rest,
W hat .-hall thuthallowi *1 cpltah supply
1 The universal woe wh» n good men die 1
» Cold curiosity"Shtil linger there.
| To guess tlie w< alth he leases his tearless heir;
Perchance to wonder what must be his doom,
Jn the far land iliat lies beyond the tomb—
I Alas I for him, if, in its awful plan.
Heaven deal with him as he hath dealt with ma^.
Confidence and Credit.
The day was dark,the markets dull.
The’Change was thin, guaettes were full.
And half the town was breaking :
The countersign of cash was “ stop,*’
Bankers and bankrupts shut up idiop,
And honest hearts were aching.
When tiear the 'Change, my fancy spied
A faded form, with hasty stride.
Beneath gri f’s burthen Btooping;
Her name was Credit, and she said
Her father. Trade, was lately dean.
Her mother, Commerce, drooping.
The smile that she was wont to wear
AVas withered by the hand of care,
Her eyes had lost their lustre ;
Her character was gone she said.
For basely she had been betrav.d.
And nobody would trust her.
That honest Industry had tried
To gain fair Credit for his bride.
And fouud the lady willing :
But all! a fortune hunter came.
And Speculation was his name,
A rake not worth a shilling.
The villain was on mischief bent.
He gained both dad and mam’s consent;
And then poor Credit smarted;
He filched her fortune and her lame,
He fixed a blot upon her name.
And left her broken-hearted.
While thus poor Credit seemed to sigh,
Her cousin. Confidence, came by,
(Methinks he must be clever;)
For when he whispered in her ear.
She check’d the sigh, she dried the tear,
And smiled as sweet as ever.
Permanent Improvements. —Farmers should
1 turu over a new leaf this fall, and begin to make
their plans for a life lease of the acres thev now oc
cupy. It is one of the greatest drawbacks to our
* husbandry, that nobody seems to be settled. Ev
-1 ery man upon the farm, almost, has his ideal of a
* farmer’s home away out West. He is not seeking
J to realize it m his present position. lie lives, ev- 1
» ery year, as if he might sell out and move in the
spring. He tines not repair the house or barn, he
l * does not set out an orchard, he does not put a new
1 wall or fence around the garden. He mak**s no
' investments that will not bring in its return the
e present season. This course is ruinous to the land,
r ' and to the pecuniary interests of its proprietor.
r Farmers ought to work their fields, and build
barns td save their manures, as if they expected to
occupy them for life. They are quite as certain to
Jf get a fair price for their improvements as for the
a old acres unimproved. A purchaser will be mflu
enced in his views of the value of the property by
r its present productiveness. A meadow yielding
0 three tons to the acre is worth more than three
1 times as much as one velding but one ton to the
L [ acre. It will not cost three times the present ;
L ‘ value of the land 'o make it three times as produc
’ tive. A farm that furnishes the material to make
* five hundred loads of manure will sell much bes
' ter than one where but one hundred is made. The
k air of thrift that hangs about an improving farm
* makes it sell well. It raises the expectations of
! the purchaser, as he flatters himself that he can
manage quite as well as the present occupant.
, A California Incident.— William Dredge lives
about five miles from Trinity, at the mountains
which tower to the North. One night he was
aroused from his slumbers by the mournful howl
of a dog, and no menace on his part could compel
the animal to desist from barking. Surprised and
somewhat alarmed at this singular demonstration,
Mr. Dredge dressed himself and unboiled the
door, when a large mastiff rushed in. The dog
at once caught hold of his punts, and employed
every means to induce the gentleman to follow
him.
Dredge’s first impression was that the dog was
mad, and yet so peculiar and earnest were the
dumb entreaties, tnat he finally yielded, and pro
ceeded without his cabin. A joyful yell was the
result, and the delighted brute now capering and
wagging his tail before him, and now returning
and seizing him gently by the hands and punts, in
duced Dredge to follow him up the precipitous
side of the mountains, and soon they were forciug
their way through a snow drift that'had settled in
one of its numerous embrasures. Upon the snow
lay the body of a woman, who had evidently per
ished from cold.
But what was the surprise of Mr. Dredge to see
the dog ferrit out from a bundle of clothing that
lay by the woman, a voting child about two years
old, still alive. A little inspection, aided by the
pale starlight and the brightness of the snow, en
abled him to discover that the person of the wo
mau was nearly naked. With a mother’s affection
she had stripped her own person in order to fur
nish warmth to her exposed infant. The trusty
dog had completed her work of self sacrifice ami
immolation. The child and dog were adopted by.
this California Samaritan. —California Exchange
Melancholy.— We regret to learn of the death
of Mrs. Elizabeth Keller, wife of Mr. Paul Keller,
of this county, who shot herself in a fit of mental
depression on Sun lay last. The deceased was be
tween fifty and sixty years of age, and had beeu
Jor some thirty years a member of the Baptist
Church, in good standing. A consistent Christian
and an estimable lady in all the relations of life,
she was universally esteemed by a large circle of
acquaintance, who, with her numerous family con
nection, will deeply deplore her death.
Mrs. Keller had recently been aflltcted with a
disease resembling erysipelas, which at times caused
in her great depression of spirits, and evidently
affected her mind. A short time siuce, while in a
fit of temporary derangement, she attempted to de
stroy herself, which induced her friends to watch
her. On Sunday last, while her husband was ab
sent from the house for a few minutes, she made
an excuse to send her attendant, a young girl, into
the garden, when she seized a gun, which had been
loaded with buckshot, and discharged its contents
into her shoulder, inflicting a wound from which
she died in a few minutes.
Savannah Morning Eetcs, Dec. 2.
Dr. Cunningham has been re-elected President
of the Tennessee and Virginia railroad.
Sir W. Gore Ouseley, it is said, will leave for
Central America in about five or six weeks.
Washington, Dec. 2. —Hon. Mr. Davidson, of
Louisiana, denies the truth of the report that Hon.
Mr. Sandidge was on board the ill-fated steamer
Rainbow, and says he went to visit his friends m
North Alabama.
_AP EEP ' ErED Philosopher.— A very sedate
gentleman from the rual districts, recently, pass
, “ roo K*' one of our warehouses on 'Market
street, was arrested by a large number of “red head
“°£otr which obstructed his passage.
How many barrels of whisky have you in store*’'
inquired our friend of an attach* of the house, with
an air of great interest. '
routed** P ro “iptly replied the inter
rotated. Three thousand barrels,” repeated the
countryman speaking very deliberatelv,‘‘tenfichtg
Srtutet " a .er ~W; SfanT
hghts la that * Thirty thousand fights,” prompt
l> replied the. mathematical clerk. “Thirty tho*
| sand fights barrelled up in one house! Heaven*
what a war is in prospective!” and he Passed of
in a very brown study.—iWictfe Banner.
■ Again : st tiif: Rsr of Sealixo W,\ Ti
th p ,10tl ~ e llas been given by the post’mas
li f fr “ ! r’. t , hal letters arrive ai
his office from the Atlantic States via Panama
, Which are found adhering so closely toeeth -r bv
sea hug wax, that it is impossible to separate them
without mutilating, and in manv cases, entirelv
destroying the actresses. It is important, there
fore, that persons mailing correspondence for Cali
fornia and other parts of the Pacific coast via !he
Isthmus of Panama, should abolish the us e of wax
m sealing their letters.— Baltimore Sun.
COMMERCIAL.
n ££ P* 1 ? —Arrived since Nov. 26;h,
9,346 bales Upland and 252 do. Sea Islands. The exports for
the same period amount to 1,774 bales Upland—leaving on band
and on shipboard, not cleared, a stock of 24,500 bales Up
land and 1.567 do. Sea Island, against 51.446 bales Upland,
ami 1.000 do. Sea Island, at the same time last year.
The sales of the week foot up 1,763 bales, at the following
particulars, viz :24 at 10# : 563 at 11 ; 239 at 11# ; 188 at li# :
685 at 11#: H4atll #: and 5 bales at 12 cents. * *
s 'Rice.— The demand for Rice is light; sales only 560 casks at
Flour.—We quote Superfine $6 ; Extra $6 50(5 $7 00; Fami
ly *.@*7 50.
bait.—A cargo pea Lady Rvjrlan, Is upon the market, and a
part or it has been disposed oi at 70 cents. The old crop la
Retailing at SO cents. Stock
Sugar*.— The auction sale of Mtiscovadoes noticed In our
. re ®2 , ! e<l m , a disposition of 122 hhds. at O’ ,<»7# on 6C
clays and 4 months time.
( or*.—The arrivals <»f Corn have also been heavy. This in
crease of stock has caused a decline of 5 cent s V buihel. Sales
lots lQ **** “ J hy
riIARLESTON, Dec. 4.—Middling Fair Cotton 11 cents;
Kice, ordinary to fair ;2#®:i#: good 3#<&3#: and prime ana
choice ; Lorn ; Out.* 42 : Wheat nominal; Hv v®
Ss2!'wuSSfa: >«
SAVANNAH. Dec. 4_t P. M— Cotton The tiny bs- !m
marked bv gloom and despondency, the ac < u: t* by the
America being -.0 very different from what was anticipated,
has com pie tr ly unsettled the market. The few offers that
have been made were at such a decline that holders would not
entertain. The sales, as reported, only so« I*9 bales : 64 at 10.
and 35 bales at 10# cents. The h/t of 64 were round bags!
1 he actual sales arc a little over 200 bales. &
CHARLESTON. Dec. 4.— Cotton.— This article was very
much neglected to-day, ami the market wore a decidedly lan
pdd and drooping appearance. The sales were limited t ) 300
bales, at extremes ranging from 10# to 10#c.
COLUMBUS, Dec. 4.— Cotton*— A good demand prevailed
in the forenoon at 10c., but slackened early In the afternoon,
and late In the evening we heard of purchases In the street at
Prices ranging from 9# to 9#e. The sales of the day foot £66
bales. Receipts of the day 1,343 bales.
• AMERICUS. Dec. 2.— Cotton. —Receipts for the last week,
ending Saturday, 2Sib November, 1,179 bales, or 174 more tJiai
the previous week.
Farmers are bringing in and selling more freely. On Mon
day some sales ut 11 cents: on Tuesday, in consequence of
private letters from Savannah, prices dtcHned #e.
This morning, (Wednesday) selling at 10# cents.
Up to the present time, there have been received in Ameri
cus, at the warehouses, about 6 000 bales. Compared with last
year there is a considerable falling off. Much the larger por
tion of the crop is to come in. Receipts at this place, It is
supposed, will run up to 25,000 bales.
MOBILE, Nov. 30.—Chiton.—'The demand to-day was
chiefly confined to one buyer. Sales 2200 bales, prices ten ding
downward. Middling —® 11 #c.
MACON, Dec. I.— Cotton .—The market is somewhat dull
and unsettled. Sales generally from 10# to 10#.
Receipts in our warehouses In November, 10,066 bales. Stock
on hand Ist December, 11.099—total receipts this season. 21,778
bales. Receipts to Ist December last vear, 84,183 bales. De«
crease 12,906 bales. Stock on hand 17,183.
COLUMBIA, Nov. 29.— Cotton. —The supply o? the arti
cle on sale to-day was so light we were unable to perceive any
c: range in prices, and therefore we continue to quote 10# to
10# for Good Middling to Fair, and choiee 10# cents.
NASHVILLE, Nov. 28.— Cotton.— But little coming in,
and none selling. We quote 10 to li cents nominally.
Little or nothing doing in any department of trade.
EUFAULA, Nov. 30.— Cotton.— Our is&rffet was vetr dull
and price* irregular during the niCei of the week—on Friday
and Saturday there was a better feeling, and prices advanced
about #c. We quote Strict Middling 10# to 10#c.
COTTojj HTATEMXXT.
1867. 1856.
Received last week 913 "85
Received previously 2.140 6,376
Total A063 8,161
CINCINNATI, Nov. 2k—Flour *4 35® #4 40; Grain ac
tive ; Wheat s»y-e90.-.; Oat? 35®46e.; Whisky l7#c.: Hog* 06;
Provisions dull; Pock fb O-'Xj.tli* 75; Lard 9#@lo#c.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 80.—Flour nominal; Hogs #4 80®
♦5 00; Mess Pork #l3 ; Whisky 17.
COLUMBUS, Pe:. I.— Cotton.—' The sale* yesterday foot
250 bales, at prices ranging from 10# to 11c. Receipts of the
day 366 bales.
COLUMBUS, Dec. B.— Cotton.— The market opened yes
terday morning at lo#c., and we heard of some salts at 10#c.
The foreign account* coining in, however, at about twilve
o’clock, bringing a decline of l to l#c., brought matters to a
st md, aid we heard of no operations afterward. We saw an v
offer in tide in the street at 9}{, c. for a very pretty article, of two \
bale*, and refused. Ti e sale* of the day Foot 199 bales. Re
ceipts 719.
ATLANTA, Dec. 4.— Colton. —Considerable Cotton liar
r can arriving the hist few days, which has been readily taker,
by our buyers.
The pric- s range from 9 to 10 cents—sales effected to-day
mostly at 9#® 10 cents. 3
..
MADI-o.N. Dec. 4—12 M. -Cotton.— The America’s ac
counts have depressed the market greatly. and sellers would
hu y e to Mil.nm tu nearly Ic. iltdine from last week’s prices.
W e quote from to 9% cents.
MOBILE, Dec. I.— Coti hi.— The demand continue' limit
e.. I r;.-s rather more in n**>r *»f buyers, market • b-sUu:
quietly at quotations-Middliug 11 %@ll%. Sale= 900 bales.
CHATTANOOGA, Dec. 3.—Weather for tills season of the
>ear Wurtut r then usual, ni.d tears an* entertained ttiat earlv
! ! n, rk nn » y n j T!'; ] K ver '- :ivl r :lfiol i °p fcu * and boats
luniiinu upon a filling tbo-nowever. Igist Saturday the Jes
ferson arrived with some 300 ti des of Cotton from r.eiuw, the
tirst of the st as .n W e make the follow;ug quotations, which
are little chunked trom these of last week.
R‘ican.— No old Kacuti in market. Fresh Fork retailing at
6 and b cents. Lard—supplies equal only to the retail trade—
selling at from 12 to 15 cents.
Cor«.—!»ut little demand—has sold in small quantities at 35
cents may be deemed a quotable figure.
Lar-Cl.—Xn. l selling at 10c.; Leaf Lard at 11. These are
wlcuesa'e figures.
Wheat. —K*-d 7.V. u hi? .g. ui article. So@Bsc.
i/uz/s.—Lp to this time between 3,00 n and 4.«>00 have been
killed at Cliaudler A’ Met'a n>*s. Ihe M-ason premises fair for
a heavy business. More lu g. in the country than last vear,
arid hettpr fit toned. Tlie Chattanooga prices are #5 to $5 CO
net from the hooks.
MEMPHIS, Dec. 2 ,—i.otton —The market exhibited quite
a dull aspect on yesterday, and w t - i ave no charge to note in
quotations Some sales were made at Monday’s figures. Doth
holders and buyers stern disposed to hold off until the arrival
of the next steamer from Europe.
NEW ORLEANS. Nov. 30.~Sales of Cotton to-day 8 000
bales. Prices easier, but quotations uncha gtd and irregular.
Sugar closed nuoysut a 605%.;. Hio Coffee has declimd 1$
I%C. Red Wheat #1 10; White #1 So. New White Corn
Ooc.: \eilow <i"o.; Western .Mess Turk #lB. Other articles
unchanged.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. I.—*<des of Cotton to-day 8.60 C
bales. Receipts less than last year 155 *JO bales. Sugar
steady. Flour dull. Mol .*> s 22>e. Yellow corn 6i<a' ; s.
P-*rk firm at #l'.». msrkc* *> r.. It icon quiet, market lure.
Lard, in kegs, 16%. tiurmv Clo»hs 11011%. Freights on
Cotton to Liverpool %e.; to Havre to. Exchange on London
103@1U1% ; on New York 98%093%.
ST. LOUIS, Dee. I.—Flour $4 SO. Red Wheat $1 12%.
White $l 15. Oats 3»3040c. Hemp 75080. Nothing doing in
Corn or Tobacco.
NEW YORK. Dec. I—Cotton quiet. Flour #5 255*5 45.
Southern Wheat #1 35. Whisky dull.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 30—Flour nominal. Hogs #4 80$
#5. Mess Fork #l3. Whisky 17c.
CINCINNATI, Dec. I.—Flour *1 260#4 30. Whisky
17%c.
Selma Cotton Statement—-Yov. .TO.
Stock on hand Sept. Ist • •••• 41
Received past week
Received previously ‘ 76—. 1,010
11,061
Shipped 6,63 *
Stock on hand A62#
From the Lnuisvitle Journal, Nov. 28.
The Hoy Market
The only sale hoard of yesterday was 130 ht-ad taken by a
city clearing house, at #5 33 net, averaging 216 lbs. Weun.
dewtood last evening that parties were buying in the country
at ft gross Telegraphic dispatches received from ( lucmnuti
ve.-terday quote hogs ss(s#s 25—a dec'ine In that market of
early 50 cents a In* ded. This accords with the prediction
made by us :t week ago—that (Cincinnati packers were putting *
up the prices for th* purjw se of directing the ho. s there, ana
that, as soon as they would be brought in, the • rices w old be
put down. A few ofthe houses were killing yesterday, though
the weather last evening was getting rather warm. It the
weather is favorable all the houses except one will be killiug
to morrow. Watkins & Owsley expected to receive 1,300 last
night.
we learn from the Val'ey Times that the hog cholera is
spreading rapidly In the counties of Morgan, Greene, Owen
and Indiana.
In provisions the only sale heard of was 100 bbls. No. 1 lard
at 10/4 ; at close it could have been had at 10. There were
buyers for mess pork at fit and sellers at #l4 25: gretn
meats were dull at 4%, 0 and 7($7H for shoulders, side* a:.d
hams.