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BY TELEGRAPH. 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 f 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.