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Sales of Land and Negroes, bj; Administrators, S'! ecu tors, or Guard'***, sre required hv law to be held op the Mil Tuesday in the month, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the aft-er iteon. at YfteYlßirt MAm? in the county in which the is situate. Notices of these sales must be rivqb in a public gazette forty days previous to wSt-Asy Os sole. Notices (hr the sole of Personal Property, must be Riven at least ten days previous to the day of sale. ‘'Ncitfoffto Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must fee published rottTY days. , r , —? Notice that application will be made to the Court f Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must be published weekly for two months. Citations for Letters of Administration, must be published thirty days—for Dismission from Adminis tration, monthly for fir. mouths —for Dismission from UuvrinusMpv/ortp dogs. . . Rrt.ES for Foreclosure of. Mortgage must be pub lished monthly for four months— for establishing Jost pipers./or thefutl sport of three months —for comprl hng titles from Executors or Administrators, where • tend,-baa been given by the deceased, the full spate if thrre months. ■ . Publications will always be continued according to these requirements, unless otherwise ordered. ‘ m tUttiuess in the line of Plturrtxo will meet With prompt attention at the REPORTER OFFICE. (Law Firm.) <• HARRIS & HARRIS. Ivkmon L. Harris, ICh arles J. Harris, Milludgeville, Ga. | Tboinasville, Ga. B. 8. BIiRCII * WTI. Hr I,K\WON , ATTORNEYS AT LAW, THOMAStTLL E, GEORGIA. oct!4 19 * .r woy BAKER A BEA VET, ATTORNEYS a t la w , Trtmprille, LaamdexCo., G-.i. nsyt 15 w t.f F.IK4EIVI-; L. HIHEN, ATTORNEY AT LAW. TIIOMASjTtI.IE, GEORGTA , Office river Mel.cnn’s store. (jiinSfi ” ~ john n. DvsoN, ATTORNEY AT LAW,. OFFICE next door to Dr. liruce’s, Tliomasville, Georgia. jns-ly. . 11. DAIfELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, THOM.iSVILLE, GEORGIA. Office one door above John Stark's on Fletcher St., formerly occupied by L. Hryan. f jnnl'-’l.v JOHN C. NtOIfOULS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, WAHESHOROI.GH, WAKE CO., GA. WILL practice in ALL the counties of the Bruns wick circuit, and Lowndes and Berrien of the Southern innrfflny GEORGE B. W ; 7ILIAMSO!V, ATTORNEY AT LAW, WARESRO ROUGH. GA. WILL PRACTICE in the following Counties f the Brunswick Circuit: Appling, Coffee. Pierce, Ware Clinch, and Charlton. inardltf SAMUEL 11. SPEHCER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA. \YILL give hit entire attention to the practice of luyw, in tk Counties of tb* Southern Circuit.— rOSlc* on the rccou! floor of IX* &, E. McLean’s brick building. ■ (jangnoy JE. C. MOKGAH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, NASHVILLE, GEORGIA. WILL practice in th* counties of the Southern Cir cuit, and the counties of Dooly, Worth and Dough •rtv of the Macon, and Coffee, Clinch and Ware of the Brunswick Circuits. ■ Flat Creek, Qa., Oct. 7. ts RICEA MERSHOIV, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, MAGNOLIA, CLINCH CO., GA. ATTEND to all business.entrusted to their enre, in the following epugtics, to-wit: Clinch, Ware, Ap pling, Coffee, Charlton, Lowudes and Berrien,Geor gia. Also, in the counties of Hamilton, Columbia,- and Jefferson, in Florida. JIAVID P. Rice. HENRY M. MER: HON, an 5 yv fim JAMES ill. FOLSOM, .ATTORNEY AT LAW, Magnolia, clinch co., ga. WILL practice in all, the courts of the Brunswick Grant ami ill tbd cents of Lowndes and Berrien ff the Sou tin-rn Circuit. < judge A. E. Cochran. Brunswick Ct. I judge Peter E. Love, Southern Ct. }nn 5 - w ly (It tjorm Practice.) - , Nr*. BOWER A ELLIS, OFFER their professions! service* to the citizens of and vicinity. Calls at all hours prmApMy attended to. feh2oy Hr. R. WILLIAMS, HAVING .located iu Thoaiasville. respectfully ten der* his professional services to the pitizeiiß of Thomnsville and vldnitj. He may be found at the Office of Dr. S. 8. Adams. [oetltloy ” dr. e. o. Ar\old WILL 1 contimte the practice of lieu tirifry in Thomasvilfc and vicinity—fJfPSfiSfb Any order left at the Post Office or at his O Hire during his absence from town will receive attention at the earliest opportunity. [jaiilj-Jy II O K RIM STEINERT, Professor of musie will give private lessons to the eiticeua of ThowasvUle and vicinity upon the Piano, Melodeou, Guitar, Flute, Violin, and Vtolon’eello.— fie may he fbund at Fletcher fhstitutc from 9 a. ui. to W. Plane* tuned. (aetiWoy ROBERT BOJfYEIL (Late of Georgia.) WITH HOWES, HYATT & CO., * tf*. sa Warren #t., Nkw yiiSK. WILL be prepared to show country merchant# this spring the best and cheapest stock of Boots and Blums ever the tfowtkern trade. , {Mr Orders solicited and carefußV attended to. J* &8 W ly W. r. MWFORD, CITY Auctioneer & Commission Merchant, THOMASVILLE, GA. WILL SELL AT AUCTION, or privately on Commission, any species of Merchandize, Produce, Stock, Negroes, ie., that may be’confided to his care. Regular Auction days—every Saturday. He wil) also pay strict attention to the Buying And Selling of Lands. Perton* wishing to settle in our county would no doubt find it to their interest to consult him before pnrfchasing, as tiO is fully prepared to Impart infdr mntioa, both in regard to the productiveness and present value of lauds? as well as tlie advantage* attending peculiar locations. mnr3lbcly JAIS. M. GRAY, Watch-Maker and Jeweler, ThomasviUe, Ga., STILL ofl'cri his services, in his line of business, to the public, and espeeMly to his friends. JB He has bought out the entire interest of Otto Lange; — mm and employed him as a workman in hie business. Camq and give hiiu a call, as he is well supplied with Tools and Materitils to do you a good job, and as cliesp as yon can get any where. BE Office two doors below Chas H. Remiugton’s Furniture Store. mar.lltf MOO HE & HOMAN’S Variety Works. - THE undersigned are pre- pared to manufacture in the best and most fashionable style all kinds of Furniture, ‘yAV\\VW- Bedst. ads fmm $5 to f‘2s; Side Boards, Wash stands, Corner stands, Wardrobes, Bureaus—China, Red Bar Dining Tables, Folding and Plain Tables, Centre and Side Tables, Couches, Trunnel Bedsteads, Cradles and Cribs, Secretaries, Book Ca*es and list Stands. Lumber taken in exchange for Furniture : or lum ber made up to order In the most fashionable style. Also all kinds of Turniug and biiwing done in the best style. Simps located South end of Main street, below Mcßain's Hotel, Thomneville, Ga. julyld] MOORE & HOMAN. Carriage Manufacory, AND BLACKSMITH SHOP. jj|g The partnership between McLedon & Lowry being dissolved, I respect- l( )J fully inform the public, that the bn- >’ U siness iu all its brauebes w ill be rorried on as before by the undersigued. Grateful for oast patronage, I earnestly solicit a continuance of tne same. Those in want of Waggons, Buggies, carriages of any dis criplion, I think 1 will be able to suit, both as re gards quality and price. Those indebted to McLen don Si Lowry will find their notes sod accounts in my hands. Strange as it may aecui to some, it is im possible for me to carry on this business without money. Repairing done in good style snd on reas onable terms. . -- . nmrrlrttf) _i° rsN ’ n - LOWRY, New Jeweler, AVatcli and Clock Maker. JOSEPH JF.ROER now offers Ids services to the public, and picdgqp himself to give prompt attention to cleaning, repairing, and making Watches, Jewelry, Ac. AH wmk entrusted to him will bo executed and delivered at the time promised, and warranted, lie lias no flowing enco miums to bestow upe himself as a watch maker, but relics upon the judgmeut of his patrons to es tablish his skill and reputation. Terms Cash. Office second door above the Post Office, next to the store of H. W. Sharpe. ‘Th miasville, Ga., March 17, 1857. ts \AI 36. HA.AILI\, COTTON FACTOR AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, No.-ya l’oydrus Street New Orleans. Refers to— Gov. J. E. Broom, ), r „ . ... George K. Walker, $ Tallahassee, Honda. Thomas Powell, Esq., ).. „ . t. R. M. Spencer. E 5,,.. \ New r ° rt - 1 John J. Snelliug, I „ . ~ McMillan A Campbell, ( Q'""®)’. Florida., , if Gen. Wm. Bailv, Jefferson County, Florida. Jidm G. Putman, Esq., Madisun County, Fla Augustus Steele, Esq., Cedar Keys, Florida, Daniel Bell, Esq., Hamilton County Florida. k’g 1 ’ pin.den’Esq.' 1 ’ \ Thomasville, Georgik. Jack J. Marsh, Ksq., Duncanville, Georgia. J A. Mclntosh, Esq., Glasgow, Georgia. Novemhei 3, 1557. r . ts YKimliattaik Hotel, 0 Murray Street. New York. Jlsr'teoL IS STILL open for the reception of fjjjjjgJ Southern Merchants, and the Pro prirtors are determined to spate no -UrsyttagL pains or expense to give entire satisfaction. janSMhiy) HI GGINS & FUNG. Adams Houses TIIIS Rstahlisliwicnt is now pernm- ■, nentiy opened for the accoinnioda s@ppS% lion of the public. Every convenience [|jj|L line been provided for hoarders and tran •ient customers: and the proprietor flat tors himself that he is now able to give the utmost satisfaction. GODBOI.D, Proprietor. Thomasville,'Ga., March 24,1857. tf* New Blacksmith Shop. THE undersigned’ has opened the Shop at Bras- XVcll’s corner, formerly known ss /*X Wm. Sharpes Blacksmith Shop, and is iv *- F \J prepared to do all work in his line. He solicits a share of public patronage. m*r23cy JOHN THOMAS. .\etv Tailoring jßktablishment. . PETER LINDSAY, MERCHANT TAILOR, would respectfully in- Jfbrni the citizens of I'homakviDe and >A9 surrounding country that he has opened a IJ Simp next door to Remington's Furniture .Jlil. store, where he w ill be pleased to wuit on those who may favor him with a call. Oannentsof all hinds cut and made up in the latest and most fashionable styles. Patrouage sidicited. ’ inar23ny Notice to Everybody. PR. A. W- ALLEN'S \ CELEBRATED SOUTH .EBM LnriMßKrT, IS A CERTAIN REMEDY- for Strains, Sprains, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Cramp, Nervous Head- AchCi Sore Throat. Still’ Neck, Tooth-Ache, Pain in the Head, Scalds and Burns, nr any thing like erup tions on the flesh. Also, for all diseases to which horses arc subject. Dr. Allen’ii All-Healing Ointment, IS a certain cure for Ring-worms, Scratches hi horses, Greese Heel,Thrttsh, Collar and Saddle Galls ; and all flesh wounds. Manufactured by Dr. A. W. ALLEN, Columbus, .Georgia For sale iu Thomasville, by Baum St, Stuff; in Monticello, by Palmer & Bro., and in Troupville, by T. W. EHis. A. W. ALLEN. nov 24 ~i”, _ w ly To Democrat*. /~kNE of the first duties of a Good Democrat is to V * sngport his party press. The New York Daily and Weekly News is new well established as the Democratic organ of New York city. It is one of the best newspapers of the day. moreover. Bend in your auhscriptioa*. Weekly New# irnly OoeDol lar a year- Published at W 8 Nassau 8t f NewYork. THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, APRIL 31.1858. ’ Written for the Wire-Gras* Reporter. BKFLY TO JAKSS X. T. Why doth thy spirit in its yonth of gladness, Turn from the welfare of the world away— Winding itself up in a cloud of sadneaa. Darkening the glories of its bettor day t ’ —-f¥*j rf a - --zriß.~A-i.-4 —i'W - y-f Open thine ear, now all the Toices round thee, * Whisper of love and sympathy below, While the cleß* glories of the hasvcu above thee, Reveal a depth no mortal can bestow. Rise from tby pastime, from thy grief awaken - Trust In the memory that bath spared thee long— Hope in the goodness which hath ne’er forsaken— Rise and be joyous, join me in my song. Know that on earth, congenial to mins own, One spirit breathes the fervent prayer of love, Calling down blessiugs from the eternal throne, To smooth thy pathway to the realms above, Eu.kn W. ADVICE OT POLONIES TO HIS SON. Give thy thoughts no tongue, Ner sny unproportioned thought DM aet; Be then familiar, but by no means vulgar. * The friends thou bast, snd their adoption tried ’ f ‘ Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Os each new-hatched unfledged comrade. Beware Os entrance into quarrel! but being in, Bear it, that tba opposer may be ware of thee. Give every man thine ear, but few thy voiee; Make each man’s censure, but reserve thy judgment. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not express’d in fancy ; rich, not gaudy: For the apparel oft proclaims the man. Neither a borrower or a leader be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This, above all—to thine own self be true, And it must tollow as the night the day, Thou canet not be false to any man. | Iflisttllattmts. PLAYING OLD SLEDGE FOB THE FXESIDKNCY. BY S. L. OP TKN.NESSP.B. ‘ Well, Sut, wliat was your dream? Tell us ; if you ever dreamed any tiling smart, your friends ought to know it for the benefit of your car-ac-ter, for cuss me if you ever thought any thing smart awake.” Thus bantered, Sut leaned against the rough board counter of the doggery, with a tumbler of whiskey in one hand, while the other hand sounded for the bottom of a hole in his breeches, by courtesy called a pocket; took a small sip, and began to tell his dream. Hear him, reader, speak for himself. “ Gentlemen ! I droampt an impossibility last nite; Iwurin Washington city, an’ I know I never will be thar, onless they take me thnr tu hang or crucify me fur di inkin’ rot gut —in my dream I was thar, an’ no mistake —sartin sure—at a thunderin’ big tavern, wliar they rung leotle bells to keep from hol lerin’ alter the niggers an’ matin’ a noise ; an’ wbar they called you tu your mush by rrttliii’ on a big still bottom je.st fur the sake of the noisej an’ wliar they took thirty dimes a day fur dolin’ fur you ; an’ wbar they gin you sass enough to make you site (at home). fur nothin’ at all. Darn the scat of govern ment—an’ darn everybody, I say.” “I’ell your dream before you get drunk, you long legged cuss you, or somebody tell it for you.” * Thus reproved, Sut sheered iuto the chan nel again : “ Well.arter supper awhile,l nosed aronnd ontil 1 got inter a room wliar 1 seed a life, au’ thar so( three fellers a playin’ ov ‘ old sledge.” ’ Old what ?” “ seven vp, yon drotted, weasel-skinned, frog-legged, son of a kangaroo.” { This was addressed to a young specimen of the order inUniimus Amencanut, anti- Pojreatibus m<idleu3tmus,n\w shone resplen dent from K ,in tights, small cane,watch ribbon, and had a laudable desire to learn Bomothing of the hidden mysteries of ‘ old sledge.’ He played only on asthmatic tom bone ‘ sebess’ when iu the city.’} “They wur a playin’ seven up with bran new kerds, spank span new, and no marka, every feller for his self seemingly. Now, gentlemen, I believe, I kin smell kerds, if they are in motion, as far as from here to the sprfhg, or how the devil did I happen to bit onto that room where gamboling wur a gwine on 7 But thar I did go by instiuck, I reck in, an’ the three fellers wur nobody on yeath but Buck cannon Fillgmre and Fremoont, an’ they wur a playin’ a single game of sev en-np for tha President’s cheer ov these free and awful united E Pluribtis States, thirty one in number, and kiverin’ the whole yeath. Thar wnt another chap inter that room,with one hand under his coa,t tail an’ tother a stro kin’ ov his chin, a walkin about sorter keer less like, but fust at one of them and then tother. Then he’d tiptoe an’ try to peep in to Buck's hand. But the old feller hilt it un der the shadder of the table,and sorter look ed at it sorter side ways his self, and was a watchin’ the peepin’ feller too, all the while rite clost. His name waa Seaward ot Hall ward, or somethin’ ov that sort, no matter which. Now, gentle-mcn, I kin play o.d sledge myself right peart, and when I seed that it was a game of two pluck one, and Buck cannon waa bound to be skinned es bis bide didn't grow fast onto his hones, I got mad as a bee in swarmin time, au’ I jiat thought (mind I said nothin’) I’d like to knock enough off ov (lint chap’s skull to make a bullet ladle, es I dared tu. He ia a darned snake iu the grass, sure. “ Well, arter they bad played out their bauds, Mr. Buek-canon sez, a bowin’ mity puriite, ‘believe, gentlemen, I stand high jack, and that has sos me siT, es I aint mis taken. Then both on ’em, Fillmore and Fremont, spread *U o’ Buck’s out nntor the table, till they saw ‘hit ace of trumps aa’ the jack or trumps which be had eotoh, from Fillmore with the keng and then they agreed that he waa six. * Seward said, ‘ Yes, he rae> oned that was the state es the game. Fill more, then, as modest as a fifteen year old gal, said, *1 made Jo w: youkotch my juice with your old aoe, Matter Back-cannon, and that sits me three.’ AH agreed on that count j and Fremont, leaning on bis cliair-baek,wbia> pared behind bis hand tu me, ‘And d —d low it was too, didn’t you think not’ and Ida black must-touch-us twisted up like mto cork screws; but all agreed that Fillmore wm three an’ no mistake, Fremount then sod, ‘I made game, au’ that sot me six with you, Mister Buck-cannon. Buck bowed again tu that; but Fillmore sod,Sir-r, I’ll count game with you; this is notaduaetly accordin’ tu our onderatandin’ sir;’ and for the fust time lie looked like he mout be made to fite-—’ Seaward frowned, sltook his bead, winked, and sweated mightily. Fremoant did so, too, an’ alt at old Ftilmare, but it wara’t uq use, count game he would { and Fremount beat him one. So that- sot the game—Buck six, Fremount six, an’ Fillmore three, an’ Buck's deal an’ Fremount’s beg or staud. Buck licked his thumb an ? dealt ‘em mity slow and keerful. I looked at Fillmore’s kerds as he got ’em from thadeal, and it lik ed to knock me down. There was the ace, the king, the jack, the ten on’ the jmiee of trumps !—Thinks I, O Lordy ! and then I looked at him, and thar tlie old feller sot, his belly kivering the cheer all over, an’ about as wise as an old Dulch squire a< tryin’ of a bastardy case with good proof agin the dad dy. 1 tell ye boys, he looked jest like be had his fust big horn of whiskey for the nite, an* felt it iu ins boots. I tho’t. O terdy f agaiß. ” Buck never turned up his hand, but axed Fremount what he meant tu do. He looked at his kerds, sorted ’em, then looked at ’em again, then up at the lamp, then at Buck, scratched his car, shot up bis eyes an, very slowly sed—l—beg. By tlie jumpin jeliose phnt! Buck run ’em quiqk, an’ I tho’t no harm to take another look at old Fill.* He fetch a low colicky sort of grunt and then he blowed. I swar the wind come outen his nose, mouth, eyes au’ years, aud like to put the lamp out. “ I dodged, an, took a peep inter F re mount’s hand, and I now awear, that when a man is six on a big game of seven np, I never seed jist such kerds. He hilt tother three aces, hound to be high let wliat would cum —an’ out-an’-out President at that.— Thinks I, O Lordy, Buck ! O Lordy, Fill more! an’ watched to see what suit was to make the President outen that darned mule catin’ Fremount, when there's-nary Dimiciat in hell if he didu't turn jack jist as easy aa es thar’d been fifty-two of ’em in the pack, and then only leaned back and smiled loud fur a President. Fillmore reared back’ards outen his cheer, an’ fainted as comfortable on the floor as an old man nt a quiltin’ when the kissin’ begins—Fremount's eyes turned green—the liar on the back ov.his head ris np like the teeth of a comb, his must-touch us turned up toward his eyes, lie brayed like a mule, an’at one jump kivered old Fill a? he lay, and then sot tu beatm’ an’ chokin’ an’ a maulin’ ov him like the devil beatin hominy. This sort of excitement’ fetched the old feller tu; an’as soon as he felt all the hurtin’ that was gwine on all over him, inside an’ out, lie sot rite in tu filin’ like an old stud boss, an’ thar they bed it. I looked at Back, who still hilt the kerds in bis hand, with the jack turned up cn ton, as much as to say, ‘ Shall I part cm? He shook bis lied, an’ I put my Hands in my pockets and kept outer thar way. They fit ‘ some’ by this time, I tell yer—har,wool, fur, aa’ feath ers flew, sorter like ginning cotton Sea ward cut dirt as soon as that artful jack was tnrned, locked the door on the outside, an’ went strnte to a pra’r mootin’ in Ninth street, whar 1 reckon lieu yet. Well, thar they fit and grun'.ed, an evfery now an’ then Fre inount would bray like onto a mule, an’ Fill more would grunt sumthin’ about somebodyls box an’ ‘fusion.’ Now, if fusion means ntixin', they war fused about as well as two pints of bald face iu a quart flask on a hard trottin boss.’ An’, ov all the darned noises I ever did hear, they shook that big tavern to the ground. An’ I waked all of a lather of sweat, an’ then jiat turtietl over in the bed an’ cried like a baby.’ ” What for, Sut ? “ Case .I waked up afore either-hollored an’.l never will know which whipped. Old Buck knows, an’ if ever I set eyes on him, I’ll ax him. Give us an other horn old boss ?” OLD SCRATCH’S OPINION OF POLITICAL PREA CHING. “ The devil,” says Luther, “ held a great anniversary, at which his emissaries were convened to report tlie result of their several missions.” “ I let loose the wild beasts of the deaert,” said oue, “on a caravan of Christians, and their bones are now bleaching on the sand.” “Pahaw!” said the devil, “ their souls were all saved.” “I drove the cast wind,” said another, “against a ship freighted with christiaus and they were all drowned.” “What of that? their souls were all sav ed.” “ For three years,” said a third, “ I culti vated an acquaintance with au independent minister of the gospel; at last I became very intimate with him, then I persuaded him to preach politics and throw away his Libia.” “Then,” continued Luther, “the devil shouted, as the devil only can about, aad all the oight stars sang for joy.” * NOBLE CONSISTENCY. When Algeron Sydney wss told that be might, save his life by telling a falsehood— by denying bis handwriting—be said, “ when God has brought me into a dilemma in which I must assert a He op lose my life, he gives me a clear indication of mv duty, which is to prater death to falaahooa,” _ • , '■ _-■ ‘--"-r Inutility of GfmtP.—Oue hundred hours of vexation, says the Italian proverb, will not pay a farthing of debt. ‘From the N. T Journal of CotniUeroe, Jr. * FACTS AND 3TATSTICS IN REFERENCE *0 TRS COTTON HAKUFACTUEE OF FRANCE. The Report of Mr. John Claiborne, who was com mission ad by the Secretary of the Interior, as a special agent to collect facta and atatiaties concerning cotton manufhctnres and the consumption of American cotton hi Europe, was laid before Gungrees a few days since. Tfijs is an important public document, and treats of g subject in which our country is deeply interested. At, however, the mag nitude of the report precludes nil possibility of its being printed and ready for distribution for some time to oome, wo propoee to Iqy be fore our readers e synopsis of A part of it, which w* have obtained by proxy from the manuscript shoots. ,v>% France mnks next to Greet Britain in the quantity of cotton the consumes, white the value and variety of the articles iutq. which she fabricates it, are much greater than in England. In the taste and beauty of her tissues she justly claims the first rank among modern nations. Her mills send forth every description of cotton goods, from tlie com mon calico of Rouen, to the richly figured muslin* of Mulhouse, the gossamer tulle* of St. Quentin, and the exquisite tarlctan* of Ti.iare. Scarcely sixty years .have elapsed since the first attempts at cotton spinning were made in Tarts—at a period, too, mhen the first French revolution was abbut to sweep over tho country, to overthrow tho old political system, and to effect most injuriously itii the material interests of society. Tbo progress of this branch of industry was, therefore, but slow for a considerable number of years. Between the years 1918 and 1823 the com mercial prosperity of‘France returned, and public attention was, to a greater degree than ever, directed to cotton manufactures, as like ly to form tlie firmest basis of national pros perity. New and very extensive establish ments were put in operation. But the com mercial derangements of 1828, and the revo lution of 1830. came with their disastrons In fluences and the money crisis of ‘lSfff'Almost paralyzed the manufacturing interest. Bincc 1851, however, the march of improvement has been vigorous and rapid, and cotton manufacturing hna become the chief com mercial feature of France, adding immensely to the national wealth and importance. With respect to her production of cotton fabrics, France may be considered as divided into three great district!, viz: Normandy, of which Rouen is the centre; the East, having Mulhouse as it* pribciptl point; the North east, with its cities of Bt. Quentin, Roubnix and Lille. Each of these districts has its reputation for the production of particular fabrics aud tissues. Thus, Rouen is famed for the coarser articles, and for its low prices, and is called the workshop of the poor; Mill bouse is celebrated for its Indlennes and printed muslins; St. Quentin sends out the finest description of tulles, organdiei, fir., while Lille nud Valenciennes are the seat* of the lace manufactories, Tarare has, of late years, foul into the Persian market the moat beautiful and costly tarlatanes, aud embroi deries, and Calais is fast following in the footsteps of Nottingham in the manufacture of hohmeis, and those Linds of laces for which the latter city has been so long famous. Mr. Claiborne was not able-to obtain pre cise details of tlie establishment and progress -of cotton manufacture iu any of the three districts, except tha) of the East. As that district, however, possecscs the largest manu facturing capncity of any In France, we will be able to judge very closely, from the min ute and detailed information furnished.-of the amount of cotton consumed in the whole empire, as well as of tbq, value of tha.fabrics produced. • • * • • There are now in this district 171 spinne ries, 74 of which aro worked by steam, an 4 97 by water, with an aggregate bona power of 8,199. These establishments have a to tal of 1.493,440 spindles for.ordinary yarns; aud 16.886 for twist, the annual production of yarns is about 44.000,000 pounds, equal in valae to #13.020 000, or 37J cent! *per pound. The spinner#employ 29,995 work men. The wages paid average 3 francs pec day for men. 2 for women and from 20 canlimss to 1 franc for boys #hd girls. The annual cost of spinning averages $6.51 per spindle. In the year 1811 (he price of raw cotton at Mnl liouie was 81.33 per pound; in 1856 it bad fallen to 12 cents per pound. In 1811 tbo average price ofyams at the same place was $2.33 per pound { In 1856 it was only 23 cents. The number of weaving mills in the dis trict is placed At’ 136, employing 37,897 hands. The production of cloths has increa sed from 140,833.333 to 270,833.333 yards, and during the decade has almost doubled its annual value, being about $18,600,000. There are also 25 cotton printing milts, em ploying 10,400 hands, and printing 5L500,- 000 yards valued at about $9,579,000. Mr. Claiborne thus sums up the condition of cotton manufacture in the district, as re gards invested capital, the ordinary expenses of working, foe., foe., the hands employed being 78,812, and Jbo motive power that of 14,3?3 horses. Spinning, at a mean average of $6.51 per spindle, for 1,513,306 qnndles $9,750,746 Weaving,by mechanism,ats 139.50 the loom, for 33.472 looms 4,770,340 Weaving, by baud, at $22.32 per loom for 10,875 looms, buildings and machinery included 231,800 Printing ...., a. 2,418.000 Bleaching and Dressing 370,000 Total invested Capital $1^,442,886 By far the greater portion of the cotton wool consumed in the district of the East, is of American growth, and of “ middling ” and ‘ - middling fair” qualities. Borne little Sea Island and Egyptian are used, but the Brazilian. East Indian, and other growths are not known. Nearly the whole of tbe raw material goes by way of Havre, ani thence by railway. Fuel ia scarce and dear, the coal which is used being brought from Burgundy, on tbe canal which connects the nwohsbsi:” Rhone* nd the Rhine, n€ m •fream, from Coblenfs. Owfer Ola mu (Hi rorable cireamstaneee li -easts three tfctee *4 mocb as m England. Labor, bower*, % cheap and abundant, and, white thsytffiuit that they can never rival Eaffksd iwjsoM 17 and cheap cotton %hriea. and moat depend upon the aeaeaiet qaabtyrflwaad elegance of their productions, the Mulhouaa wiii-own mwan, aa a geucwi thfrgi frail pi —aj Aftth the profit which their boainqaq.g&fd'. * mt From official racords, and from In forma (Job derived from other high AiMibrWfei, Mr/Hai borae was enabled te rrmifrlhr friHirriag wmmary of the cottsn spiuajag jp+i—ufr France: , __ Number of Mills.,, S&P* 1 Commune* in which they are found... 276 Amount of raw mataoaLcoa s^MH-eafo^da- 1 JWMMMfIba y.Ue pi the1 juqe.i, „„ , w* Total valoo rtf yarn spun Number of hand, eitphyU fl&##. ofwfrsrt ■V 22 ’8W H' T> T —‘li “flifrhh V w t °?° u * 19 >u|*,aadl6,7*6,eW4*lk at 10 cents per day.’ , ~ . - Raw Material, per ce^m,, Salaries, genoral expenses, dk*. per Wnftrt* The following Uhlc>,thp revolt of official inn uric, st each esUDlikbihenT, shows the value pf the fC.oersl prodwium sues manufactured from the of Varna : , >l. M Ns. ormne- Vahtdef sewd; tnu—r l'“„ ’.<44 919.M4W iWiMen fSSfa QAastiOaa Mtm Subordin'te s’tlci'i H 28f1,114 ~,R>&j62:1 a4— U-_ . I T mi TUsla (M9PWP Accessories te o- >*’ • -vd * UA at mm • mixeditlsseaa.., -tff, #10.977,744 Accessories to miv , sddmea*.,U‘;. 17 oW,ff ’"IJWMB# W.u IS SHSSSS . • o'!’ ‘ J -e- ... .... .■■ Add to the nnmber'Of estabUibaicatS whidb fabricate tissues from the yarn, those which apia tha yarn Ksmrf*o MrHIFd sand six hundred artdSM as the total number of establisbmeuta la Frawoe engaged* ill all brandies of tba cotton manukem*. ‘£| total number of WPfkvMß in the gaged m this in dust rial pursuit, amounts to two hundred and seventy-four tboasatidbftfo hundred and thirty. . <** rNaffi In France, among other process of frsnu faetura, cotton is mixed ? ilk in greater or less proportion,, into the fabricatious of velvets, silk CMVaS* and vestings, rich moire antiques, satwels, broadcloths mild Hnetfs, and ft Wonl<f f *eert that the progress of art 4n that auMKiyi tf| the necessity for new —‘“hfr tr dir ifarfl to add atill further to its T‘ ,l,!t -*nnT rThmi We exceeding!/ rrot that prevented Mr. Claiborne from examining more minutely this branch of cotton edw sumption, ft is well worth *• extended 1 examioatioa* Mr. (ftafteca* fr fjrms on. twelve establishments, employing tweiity six thousand hands, and with the Vest3s latest kinds of machinery, are now endeged in the fabrication of articles es wtiiah (WWfi mixed with silk, wool, or flax, ia s eoaxpw nent port. Tho milk far thip ourgupp w *** r ** t The French governmenflevlet ting duties 0* raw eotten, tsAkg into consid eration not only the plsril af priailn bmt |bu mods of transport. In 1856 thf suvuant ,pf revenue derived froa this source was #3,712,286 upon a total receipi of 183,488,300 ponds. The American Cotton im du ring that year paid more tbau 90 per <*hE of the entire duty. The following table, abuffi , ing the quantity of cottou imported iffie France during the first utae months of 1847, with the amount dfdfoiy Mceived tberpfrom, and a comparison with-the quantities import ed, and the duties rsaeivett, dnriag the same lengtl) of time, ia tho years 1865 sod M(jft Xial dScumc!; V t: Mr ’ {rota * Importations. 1857—1 U. I> a sC lb. IWfHU Krnm the IT 8. tSfjmM other oowi’. himum* *%mm ‘jornum fttA.:¥. imMm DutW. recair’4 #M>flii9Wl In 1843, Franoe toek from us tßOiariMffi disc te the amount ot #50,945,400, es whiah she consumed tp the amount of #4 L. 440,830, During the same period we imported from her, merchandise of the “real” value of #95,608,000, of Which #08,185,600 were ari tides of Franoh growth or fabribaHontw* Ainong them were silk tissues sod theu:*tSi to the value of #24.844.200; tissues emiucuf deries, and ribbons of wool, to the value of #5,811.750; tissues, embroideries and rib bons of cotton to tbe v*Hfl of #874, vtriMi to the value of #6,106.000; brandies And spirits to the value of portaffib ik*s and crystal ware, to the vslue of 1,029,3#i ; dressed skins to thij Value of #12,213.400, dec. dkc. j m We have gathered from the report of £t*. Claiberne that the cottou nmnefaaWaraa (f Frauce are in a highjy prosperous sod roero nerative condition, sad there atHtma to he go reeson why the consumption of the raw jus terial—that of American growth partictakny —should not become greater everyyAir.* a nroognotu ms iravew ana oonrw Continent, Mr. Claiborne'uwbced that stfe*! nine tenths of tbs cotton copwraad w 4*.f( American growth.