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Poftnj. The Dying Wife to her Husband, And I inu-t leave thee ! soon the hour will come, That tears me, deare-t, irom thy loving heart- I leave thee yes the moment cometh nigh When we, so fond and lai’hful, are t > part— Oh, who can love thee half as well as I. And watch the changes in thy cherished face! Who will he here to nestle at thy side, And fill, to thee, my well-accustomed place ? Come nearer, love ! how bitter are thy thoughts That l i-e with mention of the word farewell! How sad the tear-drops resting on my cheek, How much of sorrow stifled they can tell! Sorrow that springeth, love, at leaving thee When years of faith and trust had made life dear, Thus riveting the chain that bound our souls And taught us still to hope and cast out tear. Alas! since bitter thus must prove my late, And in the grave my youth must buried be— Let thoughts of my affection till thy heart; Thou, loved one! give each day one hour to me. Remember the devotion pure and strong I gave to thee in sweet exchange for thine : Oil, God! the incense glimmer'd faint and died That we two offered on a mortal shrine Think, love, how we have dream'd, and drearn'd in vain Os cloudless skies, of bliss to last thro’ years: And see how all things wither, droop and die, To leave the living but his faith and tears ! Alone thou’lt be, where stands this form so dear, Her hand pressed lovingly upon thy head ; Whose heart now wildly beating, love, for thee Will soon be cold and pulseless with the dead. i Oh, when the voices of the shadowy night. Come whisp’ring sad remembrances to thee ; Weep not, nor murmcr at thy hapless lot, But turn thy soul to Heaven, love, and me ; To Heaven, that we may meet, beloved, again, And spirit welcome spirit ‘mid the blessed Never to part to win a home of joy, Os never fading bliss, of endless rest. A. V. H. j First Love. Wm. M. Thackeray, Esq., the distinguished novelist and lecturer, thus discourses on the in tensely interesting subject, which forms the cap* i tion of this article : “Can any one lay his hand upon his waist coat and conscientiously say, ‘Until I saw the present Mrs. Jones I never was in love in life V i Can any man say so \ He is a poor creature, if he can ; and I make no doubt he has had at j least forty-live first loves since he began to be capable of admiring at all. As for the ladies, them, of course, I put out of the question ; they are fresh, no doubt ; they never fall in love un* j til Mamma tells them that Mr. So-and-so is an amiable young man, and in every way eligible; they never flirt with Captain Smith at a ball ; and sigh as the} 7 lie at home in bed, and think what a charming dashing fellow he is ; they never hear the young curate read his sermon so sweetly and think how pale and interesting he looks, and how lonely he must feel in his curate house, and what a noble work it would be to share the solitude, and soothe the pains, and lis- ; ten to the delightful doctrine of so excellent a ! man ; and never think of attaching themselves i to any mortal except their brother until he brings home a young friend from college and says, ‘Mary, T oni Atkinson admires you hugely, and is heir to a thousand a year !’ They never begin the attack as 1 have heard ; but their young hearts wait like so many fortresses, to be attacked and carried after a proper period of siege—by blockade, or bv bribery, or bv ca pitulation, or by fiery escalade. “Whilst ladies persist in maintaining the strict ly defensive, condition, men must naturally, as it were, take the opposite line, that of attack ; otherwise, if both parties held aloof, there would be no marriages ; and the hosts would die in their respective inaction, without ever coming to a battle. Thus, it is evident, that as the la dies will not, the men must take the offensive.— I for mv part, have made in the course of niv life, at least a score of chivalrous attacks upon several strongly fortified hearts. Sometimes 1 began my work too late in the season, and win ter suddenly came and rendered further labors impossible ; sometimes l have attacked the breach madly, sword in hand, and have been plunged violently from the scaling ladder into the ditch ; sometimes I have made a decent lodgment in the place, when bang ! blows up a mine, and l am scattered to the deuce ! and sometimes when I have been in the very heart of the citadel—ah, that I should say it !—n sud den panic has struck me, and I ran like the British out of Carthagena!” The Maiden Speech. The editor of the Albany State Register re lates the following anecdote of his early expe rience in his profession. A worthless scamp had been arrested for some misdemeanor—assault and battery I be lieve—and being too poor to employ other coun sel, applied to my friend Rogers and myself to defend him, promising to pay us a small fee for assisting him in his trouble. We readily under took his defence, promising ourselves no light harvest ot reputation from our first effort at fo rensic eloquence. A jury was summoned, and three magistrates sat in solemn judgment to hear the evidence against our unfortunate client. We had a day to piepare, and the speeches with which we intended to astonish the court and confound the jury, were profoundly studied and reflected upon. Well, the evidence was closed, and, as was arranged before hand, I rose to address the jury, and my friend was to follow. I got as far as “Gentlemen of the Jury,” and there I stuck like a pig in a fence. Not anoth er sentence of mv great speech could I utter to save my life. At length in despair, I told the jury “that as I was to be followed by my elder and abler associate, 1 would occupy no more of their time,” and sat down in a perfect confusion of shame. Friend Rogers then rose to deliver his maiden speech. He, too, got as far as “Gen tlemen of the jury ,” and there he stuck as 1 had done before him. 1 here was no use in trying to go on. The great speech was gone—not a\v ord of it could he catch, not a sentence could he ring to mind. Ho was iu a hopeless dilemma, but extricated himself by saying to the jury that “the case had been so ably summed up by the counsel that bad preceded him, that he felt it unnecessary to add a word to the argument, and he sat down with the big drops standing on his forehead. We were laughed at some by those who had gathered to hear our maiden ef forts. The best of the joke was, that friend Harry was several years in finding out that he had perpetrated a good thing at my expense. filmts mtfr SmimtL COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPT. 28, 1853 FOR GOVERNOR: 11ERSCHEL V. JOHNSON, OF BALDWIN. FOR CONGRESS: let. DISTRICT JAMES L. SEWARD. lid. DISTRICT A. H. COLQUITT. Hid. DISTRICT DAVID J. BAILEY. lVth. DISTRICT W. B. W. DENT. Vth. DISTRICT E. W. CHASTAIN. Vllth DISTRICT THOS.P. SAFFOLD. Vlllth DISTRICT J. J. JONES. MUSCCGEE COUNTY NOMINATIONS. FOR SENATE, JOSEPH STURGIS. FOR REPRESENTATIVES, ALEXANDER MoDOUGALD, MARTIN J. CRAWFORD. Freesoilers—llow the parties South regard them. The Conservative party in Georgia voted for Fillmore for Vice President, and sustained his Administration as President. He was a Freesoiler beyond all question. They also voted, a part of them for Scott, and a part for Webster, both of whom were Freesoilers.— They followed the lead of Henry Clay for 20 years, and voted for him for President, though he was an avowed Freesoiler, and was actively engaged during the latter years of his life in an effort to emancipate the slaves of Kentucky. Indeed they never had a leader except Gen. Taylor who was not a Freesoiler. In 1840 they voted for Harrison 5 in ’44 for Clay; in ’4B for Taylor and Fillmore ; in 1852 for Scott and Webster. Webster, Clay, Fillmore, Everett, Corwin, Seward, Meredith, &e., indeed all their leaders North and some of them South were avowed and acknowledged Freesoilers. As long as the old Whig party had pow er, or a good chance to get power, the Conservative party in Georgia were good and true members of the organization, voted for Freesoilers for Presidents and Vice Presidents, bespattered them with fulsome flattery I and were proud to be classed in the lists of their friends. On the other hand the Democracy never yet voted for j a Freesoiler for President or Vice President. In 1840 we voted for Van Buren. who up to that time was sound on the slavery question, and as soon as he falter- ■ ed on the Texas issue he was thrown overboard; in i 1844 we voted for Polk; in 1848 for Cass; in 1852 for Pierce ; all of whom were as sound and reliable men on the slavery question as could be desired. And all the , great leaders of the Democracy arc sound men. How then do the two parties compare with each j other ? There is no point of comparison between them. j The contrast is as great as that of day and night. The j Conservative party has consistently voted fur Freesoilers for President at every election since 1840, except in 1848, and then their candidate for Vice President, Mr. Fillmore, was a Freesoiler, and was by the act of God, the President of the party for near four years, and we venture to say, that no President ever found warmer ! and more devoted friends than did this Freesoiler in the ranks of the Conservative party in Georgia. And yet this miserable faction in Georgia, the mere fungus of ! old Freesoil Whiggerv, presumes to harangue the ; Southern people about Southern Rights, and hurls de j nunciations against the head of Franklin Pierce for appointing Freesoilers to office ! Just emerging from the embrace of a party which was presided over by Freesoilers, led by Freesoilers, j and whose whole rank and file North is composed of i Freesoilers, they have the hardihood to denounce the Democracy because a few repentant Freesoilers have received local offices in their own States. One of their i candidates in this county has the hardihood to assert that the election of Jenkins would rebuke Pierce’s Ad- i ministration, for appointing Freesoilers to office ! Re- i buke, indeed, when Jenkins was a candidate for Vice President on the ticket with Daniel Webster, the oldest, most inveterate, by far the ablest and most influential i Freesoiler that ever lived in the United States of America, a man so thoroughly tainted with Freesoil principles that he over and over again denied the con stitutionality of slavery even in the new States —and | always boasted of his unyielding and sleepless opposi tion to the extension of slavery at all times and under all circumstances, and was withal a Federalist and Consolidationist. Freemen of Georgia, shall this Abolition in Georgia politics be elevated to power 7 God forbid ! Shall these speculators upon the rights of the South, who never have failed to put them in peril when their party success required it, be allowed to break down the Ad- I ministration of Franklin Pierce because he will not give them office ? Shall we desert the national Democracy who have stood by us in every peril whether in our war upon a tariff which taxed us to build up Northern capitalists, or upon a national bank which c rruptly at- I tempted to control not only the business of the coun i try but its Government, or upon Abolition petitions when even Southern Whigs deserted us and voted for their reception, or upon Freesoilistn ? If not, then look well to your tiekeis on the day of election and see that the name of every Democratic nominee is on them. Do not leave off a single name. If we desire to suc ceed, we must all work together. If you want me to vote for your friends, you must vote for mine. No man is unworthy of your suffrage who is engaged in this great struggle by your side. Come up then like men and vote the whole ticket—the ticket, the whole ticket, and nothing but the ticket. Take care that no man deceives you. Look at your ticket and see that the right names are on it; and when you are sure you are right, then go ahead ! and may success attend your efforts in the good cause. 1 The Lawyer’s Story, or The Orphan's Wrongs; is | the title ot a very readable novel just issued and for sale by Jordan L. Howell, Columbus, Go, Improvements in the City. Columbus Steam Sash and Blind Factory. On the Ist of July last, this extensive establishment took fire, and, in the broad open day, was laid in ashes. The , destruction and loss was complete and total. In a short stroll round the city this morning, we were pleased to j discover that the enterprising proprietors, the Messrs, j Barrenger & Brother, had replaced the unsightly wood- | en structure, with a substantial brick building, two sto ries high, and 60 by 79 feet in dimensions. Their ma chinery is driven by an Engine of 20 horse power, from the Winter’s Iron Works, Montgomery, Ala. They have a plaining machine, and a tongueing and grooving machine already in operation, and will, in a short time, i receive, and have at work, all the machinery necessary to recommence making sashes and blinds. Their enter prise is worthy of patronage. ! Stewart , Gray, <J- Cos. This new firm, successors to EL S. Smith <fe C<>., have repaired their extensive Ware House, so badly injured by the storm last Spring, and have erected a very fine two story brick building, 28 by ! 5 feet, on the corner of Broad and Bryan streets, where they keep a large assortment of groce ries, and are prepared to store any quantity of cotton, in fire-proof stalls. Their improvements have given a new and business air to this part of Town. Vernoy Ector. These gentlemen have erected, during the last summer, one of the largest and most convenient fire proof brick livery stables to he found in Georgia, fronting on Oglethorpe and Bryan streets, where they keep fine horses and buggies for the accom modation of the riding public, and are prepared to give | entertainment, to, not man. but beasts- Just opposite, Mr. McKee has finished, within the j last year, two large, and commodious two story brick buildings, as a carriage Repository and Ware House. Various other improvements have been made in oth er parts of the city, in private residences. And even our streets show signs of improvement—gas light streams from a few of the corners of our streets, and from several of our fancy stores; and we hope before October is ended, that Columbus will be brilliantly il luminated. Our prospects this season are encouraging. Col umbus has seen her darkest day. She fears no rivalry from contiguous towns. Possessing a grocery market superior to any other in Georgia, and having the advan tages of an Atlantic outlet, she can sell groceries cheap er, and give as good prices for cotton, as any other ! city in Georgia. Let, therefore, the farmers, as the ! merchants say, give us a call before purchasing or sell ing elsewhere. ! During the Winter we will pay particular attention to the prices current, and give the latest intelligence of the cotton market, both in this country and Europe. Montpelier Female Institute. This institution, for the education of young ladies, has attained deserved popularity, under the supervision of Bishop Elliott, llis place is now filled by Rev. Ru fus M. White, though he still exercises a general super vision over the school, and will *‘see that proper and suf ficient instruction is afforded to those who patronise the school.” Among the many institutions in Georgia, for the in struction of young ladies, we incline to the opinion, that in many respects, this is the best. “It is located upon a farm of eight hundred acres, the property of the In stitute, affording ground iui tl. -uid exer cise of the pupils free from all intrusion and annoyance.” It thus forms a community in itself, and the pupils and teachers constitute one family. The course of studies is very complete, and the expenses moderate. The ses sion commences on the second Tuesday in October, and ends on the second Monday in July. Address William S. Williford, Macon, Geo. The Candidates and the Liquor Law. The Corner Stone of the 22d inst. says : Well, the candidates in this county have all come out openly against it. except Thornton. On Saturday last, at Gobbler’s Ilill/’Slurgis, Wales, MeDougald, and” Wool- j dridge.all came out openly against it. Crawford has done the same elsewhere. Wlu-n it came to Thornton’s time he was found missing—as the feeling there is pretty strong against it, we infer that he is in favor of it, and therefore i got out of the way of answering, though we understand lie gives frequent and strong practical evidences to the 1 contrary. It may he that he hopes in this way to satisfy j the opponents of the measure, and to satisfy the advocates, by refusing to answer. Without endorsing what the Corner Slone says about j Mr. Thornton's “getting out of the way” to satisfy the Temperance men, rnd “treating” io gull the topers, we quote the above as information 10 the public. The question is still undecided whether Thornton is theoreti cally a toper or a teetotaller—of course we all know he is neither practically. We think he owes it to himself, to take position on one side or the other. Daguerreotypes. We take pleasure in commending Mr. Riddle to the public, as an accomplished D< guerreian Artist. His j Saloon is over Mygatt’s Store, where he can be found , atallhouis. Ilis show cases are filled with a great j number of very striking miniatures, which, alone, will j amply pay for a visit to his Saloon. We are indebted j to him for a miniature, which we greatly prize, for its finish and accuracy. Call and examine his specimens. Back your Judgment. Some of the Whig presses and Whigs are boasting of Jenkin’s strength in the Cherokee eo .nties, and giv- ‘ ing Johnson a small majority in a few only. Now there are 15 Cherokee counties—Paulding, Floyd, Chattooga, Walker, Dade, Murray, Whitfield, Gordon, j Cass, Cobb, Forsyth, Lumpkin, Union, Gilmer and Cherokee —and 1 will offer the following bets • First, SIOO that Johnson gets a majority of the above counties. | SSO on nine, SSO on ten, and SSO on eleven counties. ! SSO to SIOO on twelve counties. SIOO on a majority of the votes in the above counties. $lO on a hundred j votes, and $lO on each, to fifteen hundred. They also : say that Jenkins will in many counties get a better vote j than Cobb received. Cobb received a majority in nearly four-fifths of the counties, say at least 75 counties. I will bet SSO that Jenkins’ majorities will not exceed Cobb’s in forty counties. SSO on twenty counties, and SSO on ten counties. Any of Mr. Jenkins’ friends, who have no religious scruples, (and I have none except when bad bets are offered,) can get the above bets. I will add SIOO, that Johnson gets twice as large a majority in someone Cherokee county, as Jenkins gets in any. LOOKOUT. P. S. I will deposit the money at the Tinus <s• Sen tinel office. Mr. and Mrs. Crisp's company who performed in this city so suecussfully last winter, to delighted audien ees, are now in Huntsville, where they meet with grem success. Mr. Crisp has ma le quite a number of acqui sitions to his company since lie left here. Miss Jane Dickens, Miss Kate Walters, Mr. Buxton, Mr. Goodwin and Mr. Fuller, are certainly aequisitioi s to any theatri cal company. Should it meet with the pleasure of Mr. Crisp to pay Selma another visit, it would no doubt be gratifying to his many fronds here, f,r hint to do so. [Alabama Sentinel. Com. Tattnall. The numerous friends of this gallant Georgian will read with pleasure, the following letter to one of his rela tions in this city. It is not often that one has an oppor ! tunity of reading his own obituary notice, but the occur rence must be a pleasant one, after going through the ; trials himself and family have recently experienced. We ! understand all of his family, residing at Pensacola, had j an attack of yellow fever, and are gratified to learn, by ; another letter, that they are all safely over it and recover ing strength.— Con. <s• Rep. Navy Yard Pensacola, ( September 14th, 1853. } My beloved. Cousin : —Your two letters to my wife j have reached her ; the one hearing of my illness, the j other of my death. He is fortunate who can read his own epitaph, particu larly such an one as your last letter contains. 1 am feeble, being confined to my bed, (now nineteen days,) but if no relapse occurs, 1 shall get well. My heart is confident, and I keep my flag taught up to the peak. God bless you and yours, Josiah Tattnall. Edward E\ Campbell, Esq., Augusta. Aid to Mobile. The Montgomery papers contain the following com munication from Gov. Collier : Executive Chamber, ) Montgomery, Sept. 12, 1853. S The prevalence of the Yellow Fever in Mobile to an extent hitherto unequalled, has occasioned sorrow and grief in every circle. Many are often found in the same house, and several in the same room, without the means 1 of obtaining the necessaries of life, to say nothing ot the j comforts so essential to the sick. This state of things should not be permitted to cotitiiu ue. We have ample means at command to supply the destitution and want. I do therefore most respectfully suggest that eontrioutions be made by the benevolent throughout the country, and that the Clergy and Minis ters of every religious denomination in the State, having the charge of Chinches, take up collections in their sev# eral congregations, without delay, for the relief ot the suffering poor of Mobile. All the contributions and collections may be transmitted to the Benevolent associations, of the city, to Gen. T. L. Toulmin, or to Col. T. Sanford ot the Custom-house, with the confidence that the monies will he judiciously and faithfully applied. Whatever is done should be done quickly. H. W. Collier. We publish the above for the purpose of calling the at tention of the philanthropic of this city and State to the subject, and inviting them to unite in contributing to the aid of the distressed and destitute in Mobile. Death of an Editor. —We regret to learn, (says the Wilkes Republican of the 22d inst.,) that F. W. Selleek died suddenly at his residence in Abbeville, S. C., on Tuesday morning last. Col. S. was an officer in the Pal metto Regiment during the Mexican war, and won great distinction by his gallantry in the battles fought by Gen. Scott, in all of which lie participated, and was the first American to plant the Stars and Stripes on the walls of the eity of Mexico. He has, for several years past, been Ordinary of Abbeville District, and recently editor of the Banner, printed in the village of Abbeville. Col. S. was a courteous and chivalrous gentleman, and possessed ot many ennobling virtues. He had many friends who will cherish his memory, and drop a tear over his untimely | grave. ; Female College.— Miss Mary S. Legare, sister of | the late Hugh S. Legare, of South Carolina, has given \ SI,OOO to the Des Moines College, in lowa, and $3,000 ’ for a Female College in the same place. 3he latter will open in November next, with Miss L as its princi pal, and Professor of Literature and the Modern lan \ guages. | Nebraska. —The election for delegate to Congress in Nebraska will take place on the second Tuesday of Oc j tober. Abelard Guthrie, Esq., the candidate, is inar | ried to an Indian woman, which gives him a residence in the country. Barnabas Bates, Esq., the father of the cheap postage system, is lying dangerously ill in Boston. During the representation of the last act i Richard 111. at the Varieties, in St. Louis, re cently, Mr. Neafie called lustily for Richmond, | to “come forth’’ and meet him hand to hand. — On the appearance of Richmond, Richard ga zed at him as though in doubt ot his identity.— j It was soon settled, however, by a god in the gallery calling out, “Go it, old boss ! that’s the man !” Thus assured, Richard “pitched in,’’ and got “lammed out of his boots.’’ Jenny Lind. —The Philadelphia Bulletin un derstands that Madame Otto Goldschmidt (Jenny Lind) has presented her husband with a son and heir, The event took place on the sth of August, in the City of Dresden, where Ma- j ame Goldschmidt now resides. The intelligence comes direct from tiie lady herself, in a letter to ! a correspondent in Philadelphia. (L/"” A conspiracy 7 to rob the New ork Crystal Palace has been detected. The plan was to cut off the main gas pipe, and in the | confusion of the consequent darkness to plunder the exhibition. Great secresy seems to be preserved about the matter —probably for the purpose of detecting the conspirators. Ibe report is given with authority in the Alabama Atlas. OfT The Ex-Royal Family of France have engaged a steamer to take them from England to Lisbon. The ex-Queen, the Prince and Prin- j cess de Joinville, the Duchess of Orleans, and ‘ Count de Paris, were all going, with a numer ous suite. The Methodist Church.—We are informed that upwards of 200 persons have joined the Methodist Church in this city during the past few weeks. Services aie held in the church every forenoon and evening, which are attended by large numbers of our citizens.— Sav, News. jj” A Greek Merchant, named Barbakis, residing at Moscow, deceased some time since, left his entire fortune, which exceeds §1,500,000, to the Greek Government, to be applied in aid of education in Greece. The money has safely arrived at Athens. Death on Board Ship from Yellow Fever. — Mr. A. Pease and Mr. D. W. Parrish, passengers, and Henry Richardson, a seaman, on board the j brig Wetumpka, arrived at New-York on Mon- j day from Mobile, died on the passage by yellow fever. A Man walks—A Lady rides. —A man should never object to exercise, for the gentleman is always distinguished by bis walk ; but there is this excuse to be made for a woman who takes but little exercise—that the lady is immediately known by her carriage.— Punch. OCT The man whose conscience smote him, has bad the darned critter bound over to keep the peace. Latest IvAditymcL The. Yellow Fever. New Orleans, Sept. 26. The interments on Saturday, at New Orleans, were 35, of which 16 died from yellow fever. - At Mobile, the interments on Sunday were 14, 0 f which 9 were from yellow fever. The Board of Health, of New Orleans, will hereafter make no more daily reports. The Epidemic. We arc rejoiced to be able to record the fact, that tin* pestilence which has been raging in our midst, and deci mating our population for several weeks past, gives evi dence of rapidly decreasing in violence, it not entirely dis appearing.—Mobile News 24th. Washington, Sept. IS, 1853. The French Mission lias at length been disposed of! John Y. Mason is the Envoy Extraordinary and Minis | ter Plenipotentiary to the Court of St. Cloud. From Texas. New Orleans, Sept. 22. The Brownsville Flag, of the 15th instant, contradicts the war stories, and says there has been no augmenta ; tioa of the Mexican forces on the Rio Grande, and fur., tlier, that relations were never more friendly. Great Meeting in New York. New York, Sept. 21. A great meeting was held in this city on Thursday night, to endorse the conduct of Commander Ingraham j in the Kosta affair. C. C. Burr presided. Speeches were I made by many eminent foreigners and others present, and a letter denouncing Austria read from Mr. Everett. Office Board of Health, ) Mobile, Sept. 23, 1853. i) Report of the interments in the city of Mobile for the ‘ twenty-four hours ending 6 o’clock P. M. this day : j Os yellow 7 fever 11 I Os other diseases 2 Total 13 j 1 - - “ 11 *"* New Orleans Prices Current. New Orleans, Sept. 24, 1853. Remarks on the Market for the past week. —• The trade of our city still continues on a comparatively lim ited scale, though we observe rather more activity in some departments, than we have had occasion to notice for some weeks past. Our intercourse with the interior, however, is still too limited to furnish adequate supplies of Produce for extended operations, and our general mercandiee trade of course lingers in dullness for lack of country customers. The number of deaths from yellow fever is steadily decreasing, and we trust that it may not be long before we shall be able to report our city healthy and safe for the mnteelimated. The river is now 12 feet 6 inches below high water mark. Cotton. —Arrived since die 7223jba!es; cleared,247s baits. Stock on hand 18,674 ‘Pri ces have declined 1-Sfl l-4c. \?e quote middling at 10 1 -2 a 10 3-4 o; good middling 11 a 11 I-4c. The prospects for a liberal yield are decidedly favorable than they were in August, the continued rains having interfered with picking and caused injury to the crop in various ways. Sugar —An improved demand and light receipts have caused an advance in rates of 1-8 a 3-Bc. The sales of the week reached 800 hogsheads, com. 3 1-8 a33 4; Fair to fully fair, 4 1 Bc. 4 3-4. Prime, 4 5-8 c 5 1-8; choice 5 1-2 a (7; clarified, 6 1-4 a 7 l-4c. Molasses. —The demand has increased. Reboiled 17 l-2e ; choice do 18 1-2 and Orleans Refinery, at 20c per gallon. Bacon. —No change. Shoulders 7 3-4, Sides 8 a 8 l-Bc. Sugar cured hams 11c. Bagging and Rope. —Demand fair, but no material change in prices ; the former rating at 13 1-4 a 13 l-2c. and the latter at 7 a 7 l-2c. India Bagging 11 7-8 a 12c. Salt is sellingat $1,25 for coarse, SI ,35 for fine. New Orleans, Sept. 24. Cotton —The salts of cotton dining the week ending I on Friday evening computed 4560 bales. Middling ; was quoted at 10 3-4 cents. The receipts during the | same period amounted to 65C0 laics. The stock on j hand consists of 19,000. Savannah, Sept. 27. Cotton. —The sales yesterday were 195 bales, viz. : 3 at 9, 20 at 10, 10 at 10 1-8, 6 at 10 1-4, 128 at 10 9-16, and 28 at 10 3-4 cents. There was some demand for the better qualities, while the infei ior grades are entirely neglected. A palachicola, Sept. 22. Arrived. —Sept 21. —Sekr, Athalia, Wolton, from New York. Steamer Union, Hawley, from Bainbridge. Cleared. —Sept. 16. —Sehr. Pocahontas, Godfrey, jor New York. Charleston, Sept. 26. Cotton. 200 bales were sold this morning at from 10 3-8 a 10 3-4 c. Masonic Obituary. 4t a called meeting of the Oglethorpe and Columbian Lodges of this city on the 19th September, 1853, for the purpose of paying a last tribute of lespect to the memory of our deceased brother, James C. Holland, the following Committee were appointed to draft suitable resolutions, and report as follows: Whereas, Death has again entered our midst, and de prived us of a brother in the strength and vigor of man hood, we ought to be warned by this visitation, of the un certainty ol life, and of the necessity of being always ready to obey the summons of our Supreme Grand Master, when it may please him to call us to give an account of our stewardship. He was a citizen of Alabama, but his be nevolence and goodness were not limited to that State.— His many good qualities as a man and mason endeared him to all who knew’ him, and ’though his final resting place is in Georgia, yet he is not among strangers. We mourn his departure from among us, but hope by a steady adherence to the Christian faith, and virtues, to meet him again in heaven. We tender his bereaved lamily our con dolence, aware, however, that our warmest, and deepest sympathies can afford little consolation in so great a be reavement. Resolved, That in the death of our brother, James Hol land, the fraternity has lost a good and worthy brother, and that we cherish his memory with respect and affec tion. Resolved, That in respect to his memory wc wear the j usual badge of mourning, thirty days. Resolved, That these resolutions be entered on the. rec- I ords of the Lodge, a copy sent to tire eity papers, and the | East Alabamian for publication, and a copy to the tain:.} ! of the deceased. J. M- HUGHES, ) DAVID ROSS, > Committee. M. N. CLARKE. ) DIED. In South Natick, Sept, 13, Mir. Ucrltia M. wiled Georgeß Curtis, Esq., of Columbus Ga.