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' ■ ;q- • ..'**&s VnrTf-- ■»' & Mi*nth a <seep! *~syjxrz r y : <trr fovi starkly jpftvv -». • . r tAifTfeUvaj Sier-Urrathini, , jfe • *ft the damps of death al- At! • fv brow. ‘i length; '‘ar-J we met iu that pavilion in which ihe murdered woman was found. — Jealousy irad led her to follow me there. She threatened to expose me :—more than my life was in her power, and finding her inexorable to my prayers, f snatched a knife that lay on the table, and stabbed her to the heart. The knife was maiked with the name of tin * unfi .lunate (jran dier, and, added to his being found on the spot, went far on his trial lo condemn him. But I repeat that lie was innocent, that he was not present at the time, nor did he even know by whom the deed was done— though he must have*guessed,’ she added, with a shudder. ‘Carduito save me from suspicion, not even lo the priest who re ceived his confession did he breathe my name.’ She paused, and cast an anxious look at her cofifessor. ‘Father Gerard,’ she asked, ‘are you satisfied ?’ ‘Daughter,’ said the priest, stretching out his hand towards her, ‘depart in peace, I absolve thee of thy sins!” SCAN. MAG. The following atrocious slander on the New York aristocracy, appears in the Lon don John Bull of the 15th ult. We don’t believe a word of it,, although it does somehow look a little like nature. But the English get so many hard raps fbi their bad manners from their continental neighbors, that they ought to be allowed to vent their revenge on somebody, and the parvenus of all nations are legitimate game. — Charleston Courier. A Yankee Aristocrat in Paris. —Do you tbiuk that, among your very numerous readers, you have any one sufficiently imaginative to be able to picture to him self a Yankee aristocrat ? Tray cion’i laugh—upon my word i am serious—can ft reader imagine what sort of a ‘critter Hue of the American aristocracy can be ? i am aware that no such mutual is to be j found in any menagerie, nor is it mention ed in any work on natural history; but iL exists nevertheless, and specimens of the , species may be found, occasionally, of all ? laces in the world, in the Parisian salons. myself in the course of this present winter, have met several. They might, on a hasty glance, be taken lor ordinary men; but when one examines them wfifi attention, it is easy to perceive that their lobks are wilder, their manners ruder, their voices louder, their faces uglier, and their dress more grotesque, than those of civilized beings, who reside iu London and Paris. They excite great Curiosity in the salons dorcs of the "French e apitu.l, and their sayings and pranks a tQ much commented upon. An anecdote of one of them, which is characteristic of the whole species, may he worth relating for the edification of such of your readers a.-> take pleasure in the study of natural his tory. This mart —I call him a man, though I am not sure he isn’t hull horse and half alligator—this man is continually vaunt ing himself as belonging to one of the most ancient, most wealthy ami most distinguished families of the United States of America. He has admission to the salon of a lady who belongs to a family of great antiquity, who occupies a distin guished position in the beau monde, and who i« the wife of a Baron, holding an eminent and important government odice. It seems that he neglected to pay this lady a visit, as Parisian custom enacts, on or immediately’ after lejour dr Pan. On din ing with the lady and her husband the other day, some reference was made to this breach of etiquette, and some allu sion was laughingly ventured to the ab sence of etrennes. ‘ Ob, Madame la P>a ronne,' stammered out the New York aris- locrat, ‘I didn’t know — raly—but ii‘ you will accept that—!’ and alter fumbling in his pocket for a moment, he offered die lady —a napoleon. ‘ Monsieur !’ she ex claimed in indignant astonishment. ‘Oh, Madame, it is quite at your service ; take it!’ The self-satisfied smile of the Yan kee aristrxrat, and the insulted expression of the lady’s face, threw the guests into a fit of laughter; but it was not until the hostess with a very stern and umnistake able manner, cried, ‘Take up your money, sir !’ that the Yankee could comprehend that he had committed some gross gauch erie, and even then he exclaimed in an aside to a friend, ‘I wonder what on airth them thar infernal critters are lading at!’ In case any incredulous reader should be inclined to think that a member even of the ‘aristocracy’ of Yankee land could have been so ignorant of tire commonest usages of society as to offer a lady a piece ©t money, I beg to assure him that 1 have it on unquestionable authority that such was the undoubted fact; and in proof that the man is what he represents himself to be, a person of distinction in his own country, I may mention that the Ameri can Ambassador, Mr. King, having, us is usual on such occasion, received permis sion from Louis Philippe to invite a cer tain number of bis countrymen to the ball given bjr his Majesty last “evening, select ed this very money-giving man as one of tbe squad—a thing, it is almost needless to say, lie would not have done, iiad lie not really been one of the aristocracy of the L nited rotates. Cul! \\ hat a queer aristocracy that same must be ! Good music never tires me, nor sends me to sleep. I always feel refreshed and strengthened by it.— Coloredge. | £GliCfl,TntAL. •. : j. ; M7 'of wheat:" " r ; AS TOServtf&m t sos t<> show, and eve- ( Lgy reflecting mind • will admit, that one Thing,-if oi;e thing, most essential Abugiicakmal ruojCrss, is thorough pu'.ver • ifcitfpn, in otlfrr * :jds, complete tilth- — 'file deeper, and the more infinitely, the ' particles ui earth, which are to constitute ihe.pnstunJi or feeding-ground of uie roots, can ’ fee domminuted and separated from Arach other, to admit air and water, art**" j roller tha least obstruction or difficulty to the roots, as they run and ramify in all ' directions, in search of food; so much the ] more sustenance will be gathered, and so 'much larger and more productive will be | the grass or the plant. Hence the benefit of deep ploughing—but under certain cir cumstances, and with ordinary ploughs, | that may be carried too lur. il the soil, as it is called, or the surface, is much richer j than the subsoil immediately below it, and I be turned under ami buried by the latter, leaving that poorer subsoil at the lop, as the chief pasture lor the plant, the crop I must be deteriorated; but if it tie all rich lor poor alike, then, to the depth that it is so, the farmer may drive in his plough with advantage, because if it does no olti jer good, deep r stirring will let in more | water, and better guard against the effects of drought. Under any and all circum stances, however, the subsoiler must he a valuable implement to the f armer, because while it stirs the land to double the depth ' that it would otherwise be stirred, it leaves the subsoil where it finds it. It loosens 1 without subverting it. Every farmer should therefore have, and freely use, ae ! cording to his force, the subsoil plough.- The impression exists, not perhaps to the j extent that it did before tire public mind 1 itself was stirred up, as it has been, by I our agricultural journals, that very shallow 1 ploughing, no matter how shallow, would 1 do lor wheat, and other small grain crops, if not lor Indian corn and tobacco. Even I now, very few people, probably, are aware of the great depth to which the roots of wheat, for example, will run down iu search of support, if the consistence of the 'earth will permit. Evidence that they will do so. ought at once to admonish us ; to offer every facility to their progress, in ! search of food, that is practicable—on the I depth to which they will penetrate if un ! obstructed, we select tbe following re i markable observations from an English paper of recent date. The hints suggest ed by it, will not be lost on the observant ! reader. Hoots of Wheat. —l gratefully acknow ledge the reply of‘J. C. CV to my query on this subject. 1 was not aware that at i tention had ever been publicly directed to j the subject, and having this summer traced l the roots of Wheat to a depth of upwards of five feet, 1 was anxious to know whether ! agriculturists were aware of the fact. In forming a kitchen garden I had occasion to trench a Wheat-field and found that the j soil was matted with fibres to the depth of 1 about 4 feet G, but stronger roots extend ed below that depth and were traced from -3 feet.to 5 feet G. The Wheat was a dwarfish variety, Red: so that the roots were, as ‘J. C. (_!•’ remarks, considerably longer than the stems. In the last two ' months I have asked many not unscienti fic farmers how deep Wheat roots! I have not found one who could answer the question, and I suspect if the Council of the Agricultural Society vveie catechised, few, if any, would know anything about it. Such being the case, I think you would i confer ft benefit on formers generally, if j you would embody the contents of ‘J. C. CV. information in your Leading Article and make it known that the average depth to which Wheat roots is 5 feet; which would I suspect, be a stronger argument in favor of draining and subsoil-ploughing, and other novel operations of agriculture, than any other which can be urged; and j will, in all probability, astonish, even to incredulity, 19 out of 20 of our readers;, not to say out of a 100. J. It. From (tie Mobile Register. FLORIDA TOBACCO. We have conversed with an intelligent i gentleman who spent sometime in what' is termed the tobacco region of Florida. He gives a glowing account of the fer tility of the soil and the mild and salu brious climate. This region is well a dapted lo the cultivation of‘Cuba tobacco’ and Sea Island cotton of a medium quality 7 . The success to the Pioneer cultivators of the former, has been such as to cause— to use an expressive backwoods phrase— a perfect rush from the old settled coun ties of Georgia. And as a consequence, the favored region is fast filling up with an indtfSttious population—so rapidly in deed, that ‘ improvements’ which a few months ago could have been bought for! $4 to SSOO, now command SIOOO. The region which lias been found con genial to the tobacco plant, is not of great extent. It lies in parts of Leon and Gadsden counties, and is termed * ham mock land..’ The soil is a black loose, sandy loam, from ten to twelve inches deep, icslingon slid compact clay. The tobacco raised there is represented as a very fair article, approximating in quali- I ty and flavor to the famed Yuelta de A bajo of Cuba. The general yield is a- i bout Sto 1200 lbs. per acre. .Some has 1 been exported to Europe, but the princi pal part sold in Apalachicola, where it meets ready sale at prices ranging from 20 to 75 cents per lb. in the leaf. The wide range of prices isowing lo the fact that many of the cultivators hail no pre vious experience in the business. Tliej cotton produced there, the yield of which is a bale to the acre, has been sold in the same market at from 12 to IS cents per pound. Those who have made thc'experimenl found that other soils, though in close con tiguity, would not produce the simon pure. But it is believed that in other portions of ! Florida the ‘ humrnock’-soil can be found ; and if so to any extent, we may look for the tide of emigration to be turned, tor a while at least, in the direction of the pe ninsula. In its progress it may push set tlements into the terra incognita of, that balmy region ; and the result may be in a lew years, extensive fields ot the soothing narcotic—the waving sugar cane —the golden orange, Ac., Ac., where now na ture reigns undisturbed. PO L.iT IC AL . From the Washington Globe. ENGLAND REQUIRING FRANCE TO AID IN KEEPING TEXAS OUT OF THE UNION. The National Intelligencer of this morn ing thus quotes from our article on this subject: “France is called to account by Great Britain on a charge of perfidy in violating an engagement to assist her ally, England, Ho mu mtain the status quo in Texas' —ttiat is, to control if le governments of Texas and the United Slates, which propose a union, and keep them asunder,” Ac. The Intelligencer then adds this com ment : “When the reader takes into considera tion that, so far from being in the counsels of the British government, the Times newspaper is a systematic opposition to the administration of that government, he will be able to appreciate as well the mo tive as the accuracy of the statement of the Times, which is entitled to no more res pect or confidence than those contradicto ry, and often wholly groundless, rumors of purpose of our own administration, past or future, which sometimes may be found in the newspapers.” In reply to this, we have to say that the London Times is the most accredited news paper source of diplomatic intelligence known to Europe, ft incurs immense ex pense in employing agents in every capital to obtain knowledge of every movement of the different governments, and is almost as much relied upon as if it were a univer sal official. It is this character, which it is careful to preserve, which gives it so much importance over the whole continent.— But it will be found that the statement does not depend on the testimony of the London Times. The Havre Journal speaks of it as a matter “now beyond doubt." The reader will scan the passages we have marked in italics: “ France , the United Stales, and Texas. — Whatever be the result, as far as con cerns the United States, the annexation of l'exus to the American Union may be re garded as a settled matter. The consent of Texas is not less certain; and if no fo reign influence interferes to the contrary, hopes are entertained of securing the as sent of Mexico. Here, however, begins the doubtful. In case of refusal, if the United States had nothing but the resist ance of Mexico, to coinbat, the struggle would be clearly too unequal to be for a moment doubtful. The Mexican govern ment itself, in spite of its boastings, would not attempt it, if it found itself abandoned to its own strength. Its attitude, then, will entirely depend upon the support it may find from other sources. “It is here the question becomes Euro pean. For there is but one of the powers of Europe placed in a position to sustain Mexico in a war with the United States; and of these powers, only one has any in terest on die question. England is that power. “England, without doubt, sees with the greatest aversion, the progressive aggran disement of the American Union—and the treaty which would give her Texas and its coasts, and permanently establish her on the Gulf of Mexico, is surely not made to please her. It is to he supposed, then, that England has made every effort, com patible with iter present political exigen cies, to prevent the success of this treaty. Hitherto, those efibrts have not been open; their avowal would be equivalent to a de . claration of war with the United .States, and the sacrifices made by England, to avoid that contingency, are notorious.— But there is no doubt that she has brought into play secret resources of her policy, to secure her aim, without provoking the dan ger she dreads. “Among the means to which she has re sorted is an intervention of the European powers; and the advantage accruing to her, should she succeed in this project, is ad mitted. Could she but induce one or two of these powers to enter into her views, it would become a common cause, and Eng land would attain her particular design, without incurring alone the consequences of a collision with the United States. “This project of a European intervention in the Texas question has really existed, and has formed the subject of an overture > to France, on the part of England. It is not yet forgotten, that some time ago the report was rife that France had intimated to die United States its opposition to an-! nexation. We did not believe a word of j it; and, although the cordial understand- j ing had accustomed us to strange things, such a 6tep passed the hounds ol possi-1 bility.” J ' SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT U. S. CASE OF MR. DORR. In answer to many inquiries in relation to the present situation of Mr. Dorr, and of his appeal to the Supreme Court, we learn that his counsel (Mr. Hallett, of Bos ton) has succeeded in obtaining a writ of error from the Supreme Court, directed to the supreme court of Rhode Island, re quiring the record in the case to he sent up for examination by this court. The writ and citation have issued, upon the re turn of which fiom the authorities of Rhode Island, Mr. Dorr’s counsel will move for an entry and (tearing at this term of die court, if practicable, on the ground of its being a question affecting personal liberty. The court, it is understood, will continue in session until about the 10th of March. Some delay has arisen in the re turn of the record and service from Rhode j Island, which prevents the motion being brought forward. The writ of error in ; Governor Dorr’s case involves mainly the question of State treason —whether the act jof levying war against a State of this ! Union, (of which alleged offence Governor Dorr was convicted,) and attempting by | stlch war to deprive the existing authori i ties of the power to send senators and re-, presentatives to Congress, as well as sub verting the State government, is not eni j braced in thedffence of levying war against the United States, and not punishable in Ia State court. Another case, Luther vs. Borden, is now I pending for argument in the United States j Supreme Court, brought up by writ of er j ror from the United States circuit court of ! Rhode Island, upon an agreed statement (between the parties, which raises the di- Irect issue of the validity of the people’s constitution, adopted by a majority of the j whole people, without the consent of the |legislature, in ‘the absence of all provi ision by law or in the charter of Rhode Island, to call a convention, or to alter the form of government, except by con sent of the King of Great Britain. This will test, so far as this court goes, the vital question of the sovereignty of the people in their great reserved right to al- I ter, abolish, or reform a frame of govern linent without the consent of their rulers. The counsel on both sides have been in I attendance to argue this important ques tion. Mr. Walker, of Mississippi, as se nior counsel, is associated with Mr. llal llett in both of the above causes. Mr. j Whipple, of Rhode Island, appears tor j the State. Mr. Rives made a three hour’s speech lon Saturday 7, dead shot against Annexa tion, pleading constitutional scruples, Ac. ; —and said, moreover, as our Corres pondent writes, that it was improper to j pass the measure at this time in any i shape, when so large a portion of the North are (h'cidi: lly and utterly hostile to it—Mr. Clay’s Abolition notion over ! again! And yet tlris is the man, oppos jed to the great interests of the South and iof the Union, whom the Whigs male a desperate effort on Friday last to foist I upon Old Virginia for six years to come. Richmond Rnq. FOREIGN. i LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM BARBADOES. D li.STRUCT! VB CoX FLAG RAT ION.--By the arrival at this port yesterday, of the | Br. ship Brittania, Captain Smith, from I Bridgetown, Barbadoes, we have receiv ed a tile of the Barbadoes (j folic A Olii jeial Gazette, to the lOthinst. The Globe |of the 6th inst. is filled with an account of a most disastrous fire which occurred iat Bridgetown, on the night ot the 31 j and morning of the 4th inst. That paper Isays: “A fourth of the stone-built por ttion of our city is in ruins! Hundreds {of the inhabitants are without homes, iclothes, or furniture; and thousands upon I thousands of pounds sterling worth of property lias been destroyed in various , ways, or totally consumed by the devour , ing element!!” The Globe then gives a list of about Two Hundred Houses burned, and a statement of the losses incurred by the jire, amounting in the aggregate to about Two Millions ot Dollars! The Globe of the same afternoon adds: “ All business in the city is still quite ' suspended, the stores closed, and every {one’s thoughts engrossed by the late over whelming calamity. The master and {passengers of the Maid ot Erin, which | arrived here next morning from Grenada, describe the appearance of the contlagra tion as seen by them fifty miles at sea, to have exhibited a spectacle of fearful sub limity, bat to us on shore it was one of un- I mitigated horror and awe, as we could | only view it in detail, and amid the dis i tractions of wailing ami lamentation—the cracking and roaring of the flames—the falling in of the roofs —the cries ot the { working parties to each other —the occa sional deafening explosions of gunpow der, as the houses were blown down by j the Artillery—and Worst, and most revolt ing of all, the hellish shoutings and hur dlings of the dregs of the populace re joicing at the progress of the work of des truction and desolation.” ; The Globe then gives the following re { marks in regard to the conduct of the free I negroes on the occasion, which is indeed | a striking commentary upon the practical | working of Abolitionism in the British Dominions : “ We would willingly stop here did not stern truth compel us to notice in the strongest terms of indignant censure, the almost general disgraceful conduct of the lower classes of the assembled black male population; their manifestations of de- 1 light were hideous and demoniac ; they ; would render no useful assistance in bring- j ing water to the engines or aiding in their j working; but it was high sport to them to , break into every bouse as the flames caught it, dash out shutters and windows which they could, if necessary, have easily opened, and thence fling into the street every heavy article of furniture, even to tables and pianoes—utterly reck less whether they fell or not on the heads of those who were passing under on their lawful and benevolent pursuits; and al ter this public and wanton destruction of, property they descended—staggering un- ! tier the weight of valuable property which the authorities were generally too busily engaged to detain; and thus immensei loss has been snperadded to the already! sufficiently heavy sorrow of the homeless, and the outcast.” The Governor had at once convened i the House of Assembly for the purpose of taking into consideration the subject, ?md; of affording relief to the sufferers. It was also recommended that a collection be j made in every Church and Chapel in aid of the funds for the relief of the sutlcrers from the fire, on Sun Jay, the 16th Febru- j ary. Ilis Excellency had also appointed a Committee of Relief, and the spare wards of the Lunatic Asylum had been thrown open for shelter, as also the spare wards of the Central Police station. A public meeting of the citizens was held on the day following the fire, at which His Excellency the GovernoV presided, and resolutions passed, takioar immediate measures to uflord relief to the sufferers. News from Jchcboc. —The Barbadoes Globe of the 10th inst. says: The barque Laidmaus arrived here from Icheboe on Monday last without one pound of Guano —neither was ber Captain able to obtain any of that Manure, although he searched Mercury Island, and a considerable por tion of the coast and other places without success—it having been taken away by the numbers of vessels which had visited there previous to his arrival. Captain Walker reports that there was on a calcu lation about 26,000 tons of Guano at Iche boe—which would be taken away by a fourth of the vessels he left there. This statement can be relied on. Santa. Anna in Mexico. —A gentleman just from the city of Mexico informs us, that it is impossible, for those who have not witnessed, to conceive the full rneas- i ure of indignity which is now heaped upon t the head of the tyrant. Santa Mnna him self says that the treatment he received in Texas, while a prisoner, was infinitely more humane than that he experiences at j the hands of his own countrymen. The long pent-up wrath of the Mexicans now finds vent in a thousand different ways. Every portrait, every statue, everying, in short, that might keep alive a remem brance of the tyrant, has been incited, mutilated and destroyed ; his name is in troduced in ribald songs, and sung at eve ry corner; caricatures arc hawked about showing him in every conceivable odious light ; rude jests and obscene pasquinades are let off at his expense, and his past acts i are coupled with everything infamous.' But a few weeks since and tins same po pulace dared not breathe his name save in j praise.— Picayune. Settled at last. — W e stated on Friday, j that by a verdict of a jury at Petersburg! last week, the will of 1821 of John Ran- j dolpli ofTloinoko had been established,' and all the codocils set aside. We inti mated, at the same time, that exceptions might be taken, an ! the case might be hung up in Court still longer. But we are gratified to hear that the controversy has been finally compromised to the satis* faction of all parties and to the following effect: The negroes about 380 in num ber, are liberated, and will receive 30,- 000 dollars an 1 their wages for ihis year. It is probable, that tracts of lands will be purchased iri Texas, on which they will be settled. The remainder of the estate will be divided into five parts, of which two-fifths will go to St. George Randolph,j a nephew of full blood, and after his death, to be shared equally between the j relations on the maternal and paternal sides ; one fifth to H. St. George Tucker, Esq.; one-fifth to Judge Beverley Tucker, and the remaining one-fifth to the children of Judge Coulter, and Mr. Bryan of Gloucester, who is, specially exempted from accounting for rents and profits. Another Invention. —Col. Reed of Bos ton, has hit upon an invention, which, if successful, is likely to be a formidable competitor to Mr. Morse’s magnetic tele graph. Its purpose is to transmit letters or packages any distance with the rapid ity of lightning. The Boston Post says: “ The. process by which this is accom- j plished is very simple, consisting merely of an air-chest. When the chest is sulli cientlv charged with air, the letter or package is placed in the feeder, and it is immediately discharged through the pipe, with great velocity and perfect safety. ; Col. Reed, the inventor, is of opinion that an outlay of 860,000 would ensure the transmission of letters and packages be- | tween Boston and New York with perfect safety, in the space of half an hour.” The Death of a Revolutionist. — The Paris correspondent of the Boston Atlas says that a rag collector died lately in the j faubourg St. Martin, who was named La | Lanternc, having officiated in the first re volution, ns one of the executioners who used to hang suspected persons to the nearest lamp cord. He was President of a Jacobin Club, and saved the life a no- ; bleman and his wife, on condition of re- ; ceiving their daughter'or his bride. The girl consented, but after she had saved the lives of her parents, obtained the li beration of a former lover, who was also in prison, and eloped with him. The husband followed and brough them back,and behea ded them himself. He has of late years been very poor, and yet always refused assistance, and rarely spoke—if any one by chance addressed him, he looked dag gers at them, but did not reply'. Most of his gains were spent for drink, and he was found dead in his garret, on a heap of straw, covered with a tattered blanket- We have not all the strong mind to re sist the dejection that comes with revers es. The altered carriage of a friend proves him worthless as a friend and the natures of some men will see nothing more than his baseness—but will feel themselves rise upon the slight—become rather ex alted than depressed. Such are rare in stances. The run - of mankind sink with their fortunes. The wound of a knife would be preferable to many of these, especially the more virtuous, to the a verted glance of a former acquaintance. It is extraordinary it should be so; but it is: and one may, without libelling human nature, ask the question, whether the ma jority of men would not rather be called “bad” than “poor?” Quandary.— A baker with both arms in dough up to his elbows, and a Ilea in the leg of his trowsers. THE REPUBLIC. »AMI EL. St. STRONG, l.tunr, ' " .VACO.X, MAIU li 5, 184*. COTTON. Macon, March sth, 1545. Since the receipt of the accounts by U. S. Packet Ship Roscius, and Steamer Hibernia, our market has been rather more augmented than in the week previous, and prices have advanced a shade, upon the faith of these accounts. Sales have been freely made from Waggons, and Ware Houses, at an advance of from £ a f, above our last quotations. We quote to-day extremes, 34 a s£, principal sales 5. Below we subjoin a brief remark of the New York, New Orleans, and Mobile markets: New Orleans, Feb. 24th. Cotton. —Arrived since the 18th inst. 11,191 bales, cleared in the same time 20,099 bales, mak ing a red uc I inn in s;ock of 8908 bales, and leaving on hand, inclusive ot all on shipboard not cleared on the 21st instant, a stock ot 137,141 bales. In our review ol'last Wednesday rn irning we re marked that the transactions in Cotion on the day previous had been quite limited, and that the ten dency o!' prices was rather in favor of the buyer, though not to an extent requiring any change in quotations. Since then the market has continued to maintain a rather quiet character, thoinrh not withstanding Ihe apparent want of briskness in Lite demand, the sales have been to a very fair ex tent. The transactions of Wednesday amounted to fully 48U0 bales on Thursday to 5600 and yes terday to 4800 bales. During Wednesday and Thursday there was some irregularity as to prices buyers occasionally obtaining a reduction of an eight of a cent, but yesterday the market appeared to stiffen ait lie, and we do not tlierylore, find it necessary to alter our previous quota lions lor any description. Altogether, the market seems to be in a pretty healthy condition, as there is no dispo sition inauiicstcd on the part of holders to press sales, and the amount of Colton tillering is small for the season. Buyers for England and the North have again been the principal operators, though the business has been participated in by shippers to almost every quarter. The sales of the week amount to 27,600 hales. JYew Orleans Classification. — Louisiana and Mississippi—lnferior J 12 a 4 18; ordinary 4 38 a 1 3 4; middling aa 0 3-4: good middling 5 3-8 a a 1-2; middling fair 5 3-4 a 6 ; fair 6 1-4 a 6 1-2 ; good lair 7 a 7 1-2 ; good and line 7 3-4. Jlf iBILE, Ftb. 21th. Colton. —Arrived since our last 57,784 hales, and exported in I lie same lime 29,205 bales, leav ing, on hand ship hoard not cleared u stock of 176,* 200 hales, against 117,055 at the same period last season. Since our LA report the market continues favor able to buyers, although they maintain not suf ficiently so to dr.nv them into large speculations. The decline in prices since Jtfonday last has been about l-8c |>er ib as nearly as we can ascertain. The sales for the week have been 17,500 hales, and the transactions which have been legitimate, fairly divided between English and Domestic buyers. The market has borne up with consider ahe lirmttiss, considering the adverse iorittei c.es which have existed this week—heavy receipts, limited sales, an advance in ft eights and dee.me in exchange. Toe demand has been heaviest for good mid - dlntg.:, with some request for the finer descriptions. A lew small lots superior quality sold as high as 7 cents. The stock unsold is heavy bevot.d prect* dent, affording great scope for the execution of or ders. Liverpool Classification. Inferior - - -3 1-2 a 4 Ordinary, - - 4 1-4 a— Middling, - 5 a— -Middling far, - - 5 1-2 a—* Fair, 6 a— Exchange. —Since our last the supply of domes* tic hills have increased and tales l ave declined, the market being lather heavy the greater part ul toe week at our quotations. In foreign the rates are Itare'y sustained. The Bank rates are lor ster ling bills a l-o j„» r cent premium, and New Vork 60 days 2 per cent discount, checking on New York at par ami on New Orleans at 1-4 prent. State Banks notes have declined, present tate 5 1-2 a 6 per cent dis., with a limited enquiry. Bills on England b 1-4 a 8 12 “ Fiance 5,30 a “ N. York at 60 days 1 1-2 a 2 dis. Sight 1-8 a 2 8 “ New Orleans par a 1-4 prent. State bank notes 5 1-2 a 6 “ . Freights.—Since our last a fair degree o( activi* tv has prevailed, and rates have advanced I-lOilt of a penny in British and l-32d in American Ibr Liverpool, and l-2ccoastwi.se. The “transactions have been quite numerous and the market has al iened down to our present rates. Lwerjstol 1 7 3 ’d; Havre 1 316 c. New York 916 a5-Sc. New Orleans, Feb. 26. There Was a little more activity in the Cotton market yesterday, and prices were somewhat fir* mer. The sales reached 1600 hales Upland and Florida. We quote ordinary to good ordinary 5 a 5 3-8 cents per pound ; middling to good middling 5 1-2 a 5 3-4, middling litir to lair 5 7-8 a 6 1-4. fully fair 6 3 4 a 6 1-2, good lair 6 5 8 a 6 3-4 reels per pound. .Mobile and New Orleans, or dinary to good ordinary 5 a 5 1-2 cents per poiim'; middling to good middling 5 5-8 a 6 3-8, middling lair to lair 6 3-4 a 7, fully lair 7 5-3 a 7 3-4, gnu fair 7 3 4 a 8 els. per pound. FOURTH OF MARCH- . , The ‘invisible and noiseless foot of tin)l - brought us to the close ol one admin istration and the commencement of an other. With yesterday, the administra tion of John Tyler expired and that ot James K. Polk commenced. 'I be e\ en » and measures connected with the lormei are fresh in the recollections of the peop c and have become part ol the pu is J history of the country. And whatev difference of opinion there may be in minds of men tor the moment, as , t 0 , success or policy ot President J administration in that calm hour vvi sooner or later always comes urn e chastening and tempering hand ot Jim . when the voice of both party rant praise, and the last faint whisper o P . Seal or personal enmity or should have ceased, lull and amP‘ L J will be done to the administration - Tyler. It is ,0 Aat imparfal a.varde» not to tbe fleeting popularity o lke ment which is as often attam > gt or sacriiice of principle as b X^ n - g,. ests of steady devotion to the tr “® T patriotic one’s country, that the r t tL elevated should always look. It was rjg!lt patriotism and the consciou- j ns pires. which an honest mind a Ty ibat sustained and nerved 1 cil ler throughout the trying a ra , e reer now just closed, j,; s ad virtue so strikingly displayedt ministration of public j people 1° cause the benisons ot ao r t i, e trail' ; follow him in his retirem a drniD' quil walks of private life. 1"