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The three Bride*. Towards the close of n chilly aficrnoo!!, in the latter part of November, I was travelling in New Hampshire on horseback. The road was solitary and rugged, and wound along through gloomy pine tore.-U. over abrupt a id stony lulls. I stopped at an inn, a two story brick building, standing a little back from the road. In the morning I rose early and too!; a look from the window, but the prospect was very uninviting. Afar, in tho most distant part of the field, a man was busily engaged in digging a grave. There was something within that impelled mo to stroll forth and accost him. 1 passed on to where the grave-digger was pur suing his occupation. Ho answered my morning salutation civilly enough, but con tinued niienl noon Ins work. Ho was a man of about fifty years ot age, spare but strong, with grey ha r and sunken cheeks,-and certain fines about tin; month wlfigli argued a propen sity to indulge in dry jest, though the stern ness of his grey eyes seemed to contradict the tacit assertion. “An unpleasant morning, sir, to work in the open air,” said f. “Hti that regardeth the clouds shall not reap," replied the grave digger, still busy ply in<r h s spado. “Uualhstalks abroad,fair mid foul day, and we lint follow in his footsteps must prepare for the dead, rain or shine.” ‘A melancholy occupation.” ‘ A lit one for a moralist. Home would find a pleasure in it. Deacon (files, I am sure, would willingly bo in my place now.” “And why so. ? “Tins gravo is for his wife,” replied the gravedigger, looking up from his occupation with a dry smile that wrinkled his sallow checks and distorted his shrunken lips. Dor ettiving that his merriment was not infectious he resumed his employment, and that so assi duously that in a very short lime ho had hol lowed tho last resting place of Deacon (files’ consort. This done, ho ascended from the trench with a lightness that surprised me, and walking a lew paces from t he m vv made grave, sat down upon a tombstone, and beckoned me to approach, 1 did so. “Young mint,” said he, ‘a sexton and a grave digger, if ho is one who Inis a'zeal (or his calling, becomes something of a historian, amassing many a curious (ale and strange le gend concerning the people with whom he has to do, living and dead —for a man with a taste for his profession cannot provide for the last repose of his fellows without taking an inter, est in their story, (lie manner of death, and (ho concern of the ro titives who follow their remains so fearfully lo the grave.” “Then,” replied I, taking a scat beside the sexton, “inethmka you can relate some inter esting talcs.” Again that withering smile that I had be fore observed passed over the face of the sex- • ton as ho answered— 1 “I am no story-teller, sir; f deal in fact, not fiction. Yes, yes, 1 could chronicle some strange events. lint of all tilings I know, there is nothing stranger to you than the me- . laneltoly history of the three brides." , “Tho throe brides!" I “Ay. Do you see three hillocks yonder, | side by sidpl There they sleep, and will till | : the last trumpet comes wailing through the y heart of those lone hills, wit It a tone so strange n and stirring, that the dead will start, from their jfnivofl iii ito «iaw«. imiu r riu*n will conic s the judgment and the retribution. Ifni to niy » talc. Look there sir, on yonder bill, yon may * observe o little isolated bouse, with n strag- ' gling fence in front, and n few stunted apple J trees on the ascent behind it. It is sadly out of repair now, and the gar- 1 den is all overgrown with weeds and bram bles, and the whole place Ims a desolate ap pearance If the wind were high now you might hear the old crazy shutters (lapping , against the sides, mid tho wind tun ing the grey shingles oil - the roof. Many years ago there lived an old man and his son. who cultivated the few acres ol ara* hie land which belongs to it. , The father was a self-taught man, deeply i versed in the mysteries of science, and as he t could 101 l the name of every ll over that, hloa- 1 seined in tho wood and grew in the garden; ■ ami used lo sit up late at nights at his books, i or reading the mystic story of the starry hea vens, men thought he was crazed or bewitch ed, and avoided him and even hated him, ns the ignorant ever slum and dreau tho enligh tened. A few there were, and among others the minister and lawyer and physicians of the place, who showed some willingness to afford him countenance, but they soon dropped his acquaintance, for I hoy found the old mm some what morose and reserved, and moreover their vanity was wounded by discovering the extent of his knowledge. To the minister ho would quote the lathers and the scriptures in the on, gnui! tongue and showed himself well armed with the weapons of polemical controversy. He astonished the lawyer With Ins profound acquaintance with jurisprudence, ami the phy sician was surprised tit the extent of Ins nied ical knowledge. Ho they all deserted him, and the minister, (for tho old man differed in some trifling points of doctrine.) spoke very slightingly ot him; and by and by all looked upon the Roll-cdnca'od fanner with eyes of aversion. But he eared not for that, tor he derived Ins consolation Iroin loltier resoun es, and in the not racked paths of science found a pleasure as in the pathless woods. Ho in structed Ins son in all his lore—the languages, literature, history, science, were unfolded, one by one, to the enthusiastic son of the solitary. Years rolled away, and the old man died. He died when a storm convulsed the taco ol nature, when the wind howled round Ins shat tered dwelling, and tho lightning played above the roof; and though he went to heaven in faith and purity,'the vulgar thought and ea d the evil one had claimed Ins own in the thun der and commotion ol the elements. 1 cannot paint lo you the grief - of the ton at Ins be reavement. He was for a timo ns one distract ed. He sought lo bury his grief m his thirst for fame. After Ins Hurt t was gratified, lie' began to yearn lor the companionship oh some j sweet being of the oilier sex, lo share the lan. rels ho had won—to whisper consolation in Ins c.ir in moments of despondency, and to supply : the void which the death of Ins old father tin..l occasioned. He would picture to himself the felicity of a leliued, intellectual and beautiful woman, and as he had e ,o.sen for Ins motto “what lias been done may still bj done," he dal not despair of success. In tins village lived throe sisters, all beautiful and accom plished. Their names weie Mary, Adelaide and Madeline. 1 can revor forget the heauly of these young girls. Mary was the youngest and a tairer haired more laughing damsel ne ver danced upon the green. Adelaide was a few years older, was dark haired and pensive, but of tho three M idolme, the eldest, possess ed the most lire, spirit, cultivation and intel lectnatality. T eir father was a man of lasto and education, and, being somuwha' above vul gar prejudice, permitted the visits of Me lien ol my -lory. W hen lie louud an ulioction springing up between Mary and the p et, h ■ did not withhold Ins consent from her mar- mgr, ami the rccbtfte bore to the solitary rnan sion llm voting bndo of bis affections. Ob, ■ sir, the house assumed a new appearance with in and without. Roses bloomed in the par ■ don, jessamines peeped ibrongb the lattiees, 1 and tno fields about it smiled with the cli'-e.ts ■ of cultivation. Lights were seen in the bule ■ parlor in tbc evening, and many a lime would the passenger pause by the garden gate to I s ten to strains of tl e sweetest music,, breathed jby coral voices from the cottage. If the mys j lerious student and his wife wore neglcc’ed, 1 what cared they? Their endearing and mu | dial affection made their borne a little parn. disc—but dentil came to F.den, Mary fell j suddenly siclf, and after n few hours sickness died in the arms of ber husband. This was the student’s second heavy ailliction. Days and months rolled on, and the only so , | lace of the bereaved was to sit with tlie family ! j of the deceased and talk of the lost one. —At length to Adelaide he offered his widowed heart. She came to his lone home like the dove, bearing the olive branch of peace and consolation. Hut their bridal was not one of revelry and mirth, fora sad recollection brood ed over the hour. Vet they lived happily, the husband again smiled, and with a new spring the roses again blossomed in their garden.— When the rose withered, and the leaf fell, in the autumn of the year, Adelaide too sickened and died, like her younger sister, in the arms of her husband and of Madeline. “Perhaps you will think it strange, that, af ter all, the wretched survivor stood at ihe altar again. Hut he was a mysterious being whose ways were inscrutable, who, thirsting for do mest'ic bliss, was doomed ever to seek, and never to find it. Mis third bride was Madeline I well remember. She was a beauty in tbc true sense of the word. It may seem strange, to yon to bear tbc praise of beauty from such, lips as mine ; but I cannot avoid expatiating upon hers. Sbc was a proud creature, with a tall, commanding form, and raven tresses that floated, dark and clondlike, over ber shoul ders. She was a singularly gifted woman, and possessed of rare inspiration. Sbe loved tbc widower for bis power and bis fame, and sbc wedded him. They were married in that church. It was on a summer afternoon—l recollect it well. During the ceremony, (be blackest cloud that I ever saw overspread the heavens like a pall, and, at die moment when the third pronounced ber vow, a clap of thun der shook the building to the centre. All the females shrieked, but the bride made her re spouse with a firm voice as she gazed upon her bridegroom. He marked a kind of inco herence in ber expressions as (bey rode home ward, which surprised him at the time. Arri. vlngat bis bouse, she shrunk upon the thres hold; but this was the timidity of a maiden. When they were alone lie clasped ber band— it was as cold :.s ice ! Me looked into her lace— “. Madeline,” said he, “what means (bis? your cheeks are as pale as your wedding gown!” The bride uttered a frantic shriek. I "My wedding gown !” exclaimed she, “no— ' no —this is my sister’s shroud ! The hour of 1 confession has arrived. It is (iod that impels ( me to speak. To win you I have lost my soul . —yes, yes, I am a murderess ! She smiled upon me in the joyous affection of her young heart—but I gave her tile fatal drug ! Ade laidc clasped ber while arms around my neck, but I administered the poison ! Take me to , your arms ! I have lost my soul for you, and mine you must be ! “Sbe spread her long white arms,” said the sexton, rising in the excitement of the moment »nd assuming the altitude be described; “and il**i*, ,r ...ii..,) 1.-, I'.'Uow voice, “at that moment came the thunder and die flash, and thegui'ly woman fell dead on the floor.” The countenance of the narrator expressed all the honor that be felt, “And the bridegroom,” asked I, “die hus band of tbc destroyer and the victim; what be came of him “He stands before you !” was Ihe thrilling answer. From llm New Orleans Ike, Interesting Narrative, Among the vessels lost on the Florida reef du ring the memorable galo of dm Till and Hb of .September last our readers may remember the brig Oi.Nr.v. captain Thomas. This vessel, which bad left 651. Jago do Cuba a few days previous, with a cargi.' compose;! ol a million of cigars, a quantity of lob.u.'eit, and a large number of cedar logs, was wrecked or? i 1 riday, (lie 7tl\ September, about tiO miles to the nori,.b Capo Florida. She bad attomp'ed to anchor, Imt the •einpesl was so violent that both bar anchors snapp.v. 1 hko pack thread, and she was driven high and dry '' ll 'be Florida shore. The persons on beard, eompnJi ”' i the crew of seven men, and a single passenger, remained in Hie biig in d lO continual expectation ibai the wreckers in dm neighbourhood would como to their relief. Two days alter the Dlney bad gone ashore, while dm captain and crow were at breakfast, the report of rilles was heard. Every one rejoiced in the belief that assistance was lit hand. On ascending llm deck, wluil were the surprise and horror id' these poor fellows, at be holding dm Inig in possession of some twenty ferocious and well,armed Indians, who had col lected on the starboard quarters, and who menaced them with immediate death in case of dm slightest resistance. Tim ciow were totally unarmed, and implicit obedience to the merciless savages con stituted ihoir sole chance of ultimate safely. 1 hey were ordered hy signs to remove dm ci gars from die hold and throw them on dm beach. ■ About one hundred half boxes had been removed, i when captain Thomas, a bold and irritable man, ; j tclosed oncondilionahly to throw away any more ' ol his cargo. Dim ol the savages, enraged nl Ills I disobedience, knocked him down with dm hull \ j end of his rifle. This was ihe signal of attack, j a volley of bullets was immediately discharged ( at the unfortunate commander, and having been pmreed by two rifle balls, he wq hurled yet breathing on dm beach. One of dm wretches | creed nig that he still lived, seized the hurch bar and plunged u into his breast, extinguishing every remnant ol tile. Ihe crew wcio then comman ; ded to go ashore. Scarcely had they touched the laud, when a second discharge of rifles was made, hy which live were killed. Os dm ruinain uig I wo, one who had escaped unwouuded, ded so last that llm Indians were unable lo overtake him. 1 tie o her, Johnson hy name, sprung 10, w ards some low bushes w hich g-iew at u short distance, and having heard that green branches were considered by the savages as a token of peace, f fortunately bethought himself of making an ellbrt to have his life spared. He plucked one of the bushes from the ground, 101 l on his knees, and held ii up w ith signs of supplication. Thesava gr s understood dm ap; eal, and he was tor a mo ; men I sale. They gave him an axe, md pointing lo a smack which was lying at some distance on Ihe shore, bottom upwards, he was commanded to eul a hole into it. He obeyed, and the Indians 1 took a quantity of heel out of it, which they made btm carry to their encampment, which vv.is smite miles tioni the spot. Having arrived there, I it appeared that the savages hud only postponed 1 Ihe death of the poor fellow, lor sevnal of them i level e i their rifles at him, and were about lo lire, j when a squaw rushed out cl a wigwam, placed I herself before him, and interceded so powerfully ' <'or his life, that dm Indians left him unbanned, and entered iboir tents. As soon os Johnson found himself unobserved, be started with all Hie speed which llm love of I life could infuse in his frame, a<l a,mu reached llm brig. He asi ended her sides, and stowed him self among a number of cedar blocks which were on the dock. Ho lay there fur 24 hours, trem bling with apprehension, and expecting momen tarily the return of the Italians', when, most hap (lily, two wrecker? came in sight; t lie new jumped on hoard the Qlncy, and were feiicitatinu them selves on the excellent prize they hod obtained, when the Indians were once more seen approach ing. Johnson immediately appeared (corn his hiding place, and called to them to save them selves. They all jumped on the shore from the hows of the brig, which lay about two feel Irotn the water. Johnson followed, and such was the desperate resolution produced hy the' dread of death, that though he knew no hing of swim ming, he boldly struck out into deep wa'cr, leach ed Ihe wreckers’ boats, was taken up, con'e'yed on hoard the America, from thence was carried to Key West, afterwards to Havana, in the United Slates schooner Wave, and was eventually con veyeil to Slew Orleans. The other individual i who saved himself hy running, was likewise ta ken up hy the America, and is now in Mobile. Wo have this simple but thrilling narrative from the lips of George Johnson himself, and have little doubt of its entire accuracy. We have given it n'mosl in the very language employ ed hy him. As is not uncommon, ho is indebted lor his life to the interposition of a woman. —ss-attf# »* raw i m ■ KHi r Tjyik W CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. AIJOUSTA. TncMduy Morning-. October 33, ‘■oiith Carolina. The following is the official vole for a member of Congress in the Greenville District. Thompson. Whitner. , Pendleton, 23.08 1301 Greenville, 981 900 3339 2327 2327 1013 Thompson’s majority. The Greenville Mountaineer says that (ion. James lingers is elected in the Spaitanburg Dis trict over F. W. Davie. Mr. Davie was the au thor of nil the movements in the Legislature of South Carolina, against Mr. Preston.—Gen. Rogers is a sub-treasury man. The South Carolina Delegation in the next Congress will consist of the following gentlemen. —John Campbell, F. 11. Elmore, John K. Gridin. Isaac E, Holmes, Francis W. Pickens, R. B_ illicit, John P. Richardson, James Rogers and Waddy Thompson. (T~y* The citizens of Richmond county are retjrtestcd to meet at the City Hall, in Augusta on Saturday next, the 27rh instant, for the pur pose of appointing Delegates to the Slate Con vention, to ho hold at MiHedgevillc, on the 2d Monday in November next, in | ursuanco to lire recommendation of the Georgia Delegates in the late Commercial Convention. Front the Muhile Mercantile Advert iter Wo are indebted to the poliiensss if Mr. McCullough, for a census of the inhahilinls of the City of Mobile, which is subjoined : city of Monies. White males under 21 years of ago, 1159 " “ over 21 “ “ 4723 “ females under 21 “ “ 1220 » “ over 21 “ “ 1480 Total whites, 8591 Total slaves, 4470 Total Irec people of color, 007 Total inhabitants. 13,021 Front the New Oricann lie. News front Mexico, The intelligence wo have received of the blockading squadron is hy no mean! satisfactory. The scurvy and fever prevailed to i great extent on hoard of several of the vos-els, and a number both of ollicera and sailors had already fallen victims to these niaeasos. The first Lieutenant, of the frigate Iphigoitin, was among the earliest of those who succumbed to the epidemic. Mr. do la Morisstero, second secretary to the embassy, was likewise dead. Two frigates and three brigs were at the Sacri llcios. The Laurict, Capt, Decinnp, having broken her cable on the 9;h He|tk-mbcr, was driven to son, and had not reappeared. At the departure of the Eiic on the 30ih ult., there were about 2000 Mexicans at Fort San Juan, and 3000 or 4000 in the city of Vera Cruz. Os this number, however, the greater portion was mposed of recruits, wh-rli had been levied i.i the . 'itei'.‘ or - Gannon had been placed on all the subsi'tnli ’’ Luiltlinsts in the city, and tho for tifications were w B* r _nishcd with ordinance. All the streets were & ' r; ' m ‘? ! ’ a ( ?‘ 1 means of defence had been ado pie., Uv l “ U,"con coinmandoruf the town. Whale •.* >r .* 10 *’ xl ' cans may do byway of guarding \v * a ' r , uz Irom the invasion of the French, it is not imag" ed they will ho enabled to resist an attack hy an | at my of near 10,000 men. Tho fori revs of San I Juan is regarded as much more secure, being garrisoned strongly, having 100 pieces of heavy j j artillery, amt containing an abundant supply of | provisions. The Etio touched at Tampico and loft on the j2d October. Tranquility was undisturbed in j j that city, and it was believed that it would con- i : linuo unmolested by tho French. A conducta i Irom the interior had arrived there on the 29 h - | tSeplemhor, with more than a million of dollars, ut which two hundred thousand was destined lor New Orleans, and six hundred thousand for ) England. At (ho departure of the Erie no ves sel of war lay in the vicinity of Tampico. On the 23d, a Danish brig had entered that port, from Barcelona, with u cargo of 1000 barrels of brandy, and 200 jars of oil, which were not immediately sold as was expected. An English , schooner, from England, had likewise arrived j at Mexico. Twenty individuals had been arrest* j ed and accused of a conspiracy against Ihe j government. Among them were Gen. Gomez Farias, father Alpuehe and General Bozadre.— It is said they were to be banished to Acapulco, i The arrival «f the French reinforcements was hourly expected. With this augmentation of) j force, the French will soon take some decisive 1 : sI, T- From private letters wc learn that tho French ! ni the city of Mexico remain unmolested. trim the At w York Herald. Tho Cuttou Trade—lB3B. Onr general views on the Colton Trade, as ii exists at present in Europe and America, wo gave briefly on the arrival of the Royal William. In Liverpool and London, it stands in a pecu. j liarly interesting position. Tile house of Hum | phiies & Biddle, with a few others, are the | heaviest holders. The Barings, and many others I have long since sold out—hence the very natural policy now pursued hy them, of endeavoring to give such views of tho markets as may cguse a hdl iii price. Wo have already puhiishij (ho I c| rcular ot the Barings, «f tho latest tlat, >, but | very strong objections have been made to i's tone ( ot exaggeration, as regards the slock in Europe generally. They aio coming into the market here, as buyers, and it may he expected, tlu-re lure, t. at llu-y would give such a view of the markets in Europe, as would faci itale their operations in this country. Among many other cncul.os which wc procured in Liverpool, is the I following, which may he considered as one pre | pared beyond iho influence of the hears in the cotton market of Liverpool;— [Private Circular.] Livkiipooi,, September It). St'k in L’pool i Am. Brazil, fyc. I. In. Total. Ini July, 181)7, 78,920 72,19.1 63,-480 204,600 Imp’t in 1837, 788,897 176;95C 72,937 1,03rt,7U> 858,817 249,146 126,417 1,241,800 Ded’et cxp'tcd, 45,200 3,700 23,200 73,100 Snp’ly for 1833,820,617 245,440 103,217 1,108,200 St'k in ) /pool, July 1,1838, 73,250 55,530 42,040 170,800 Taken fiir eon sumption, 1837, 747,307 189,916 01,177 997,400 The outgoings for consumption the last 0 months, were 20,146 hags per week. St'k in I,'pool, July 1,1838, 73,230 55,530 42,040 170,800 Import to Aug. 31,1838. 991,507 139,902 00,822 1,137,701 1,054,704 185,432 108,362 1,358,581 Ded’et exp'od. 30,000 1,000 6,000 36,000 Supply for 8 mouths, 1,034,787 184,432, 108,862 1,322,081 Stock 3]st Aug. 1838, 417,782 56,752 32.927 567,451 Taken for eon sump* 8 mos. 016,985 127,690 70,485 815,110 Or per week, 17,634 3,648 2.012 23,280 N. 15.—The consumption in 1837 was about 19,200 — American, 14,370 Drazil, 8,050 . The last 6 months of 1837, 1 was as above staled, ? 11 ■ Indies, 1,130 10,146 weekly, ) 19,200 The outgoings this year to 31st August, aro 23,288 weekly, American, 17,623 Drazil, &c. 3,048 K. India, 2,012 28,208 During Iho past year many mills were at a stand, owing to the operatives wanting an advance ol wages. This year there have been no stoppages on that account, and more machinery lias been brought into operation The increase in consump tion in consequence may probably reach 3,000 bags weekly, which will leave a small increase of stock in ilie hands of consumers and dealers since Ist July, 1838. Admitting this, 1 now-proceed with iho probable import and consumption, lor the re maindcrol 1838, thus shewing the piubable stock on JstJuly, 1838. Am. Brazil,sc Jz. In. Total. Slock 31st August, 417,722 00,742 32,027 507,431 In:putt, 4 mouths, 100,000 40,000 40,800 180,000 Supply, 517,782 90,742 72,927 087,451 Consumption, 299,200 01,200 34,000 394.460 Sloek.lst J’ly, 1830,218,682 35,542 38,927 203,061 August, 1838, 78,259 55,540 42,040 170,820 Increase, 145,322 122,231 Decrease, 10,388 3,113 Then would this be an increase on the total stock on Ist July, *lB3O, ol 122,231 bags, all of which will probably bo American cotton. We have every reason to believe that this state ment presents a fairer view of ihc state of the slocks, than any circular yet published or receiv ed by the last steamer. Our southern merchants have a deep and absorbing interest in correct and impartial views of these mailers. Thegreat ques tion, both in Liverpool and New York, is, wheth er the present holders of cotton in the former place will be able to maintain their position, anil prevent a decline in price, in opposition to l be efforts ma king by the spinners and ihosc parlies who have sold null This result depends a good deal on various ele ments. The gradual rise in the price of corn in England gcneially gives a stimulus to manufac tures—but more particularly does the rise of ibis ynur produce such an effect. Why so 1 Dccause iho advance is produced by gicat prosperity—great activity—great trade—not u deficiency in the crops. In addition to this fact, the manufactu ring system of England is gradually increasing, in consequer cc of the gradual increase of foreign trade, influenced by steam and olher elements. The spinners will not ho aide to hold nut beyond November, and if Humphries & Diddle ami their associates can maintain their position to that pe riod, they will triumph in their purposes. In the success oftheir views, this country is identified— for it is a fact that if they were now compelled to throw into the market to realize, the result of suah a sadden movement would ho a loss of $ 10,000,000, more or loss, to the United States, on the present and coining crops. Another favorable view in this way, aro the numerous ncgocialions of American slocks made in London during the present year. It is calcu lated (bat 53,000,000 or more have been realized to this country by the sale of stale stocks. These amounts —at least many of them, have been ne gociatrd by tbo Darings and others, the very per sons and hous o s who are now endeavoring to cause a decline in the price of cotton. What a singular piece of contradiction ! The very nego ciaiions of American stocks made by these houses will the bolter enable the counlry to sustain the present prices of cotton. Dut this conflict would never have been gene rated, but for the want of policy in the southern banks which hurried the cotton to Liverpool last spring in 100 large masses. They caused also a I -Men and unnecessary rise in freights. If the I ’ , <d been kept on this side, and only sent j ‘ :o T ou ' ’ -sit was required, during the last to Ltverpof l • , . vvouM have been bolter than snminer, the pu ... ba „ kBi , jko a| , banks> i they are. Ihe eou.u e >- dealers. As the 1 aie bad merchants and cou. ■ r I ~ -n i ■ . „ ''i P with a few matter now is, Humphries & Dnm. ’ | other houses, stand the whole brunt oi *' lH | test. Every appearance is favorable to tnt.V j views. The crop of the present year, as far ns can be ascertained, is decidedly under an average, The gteal mass of last year’s crop has gone for i ward. The state of American credit in London, | and the now system introduced under the finan cial talents of Mr. Jaudon, will add strcngih to the holders of cotton in Liverpool. The cotton | brokers there have just discoveied, when it is too j late for their purposes, that the vast sales and ne gocialions of American stocks are the principal bulwark of the prices of cotton. They cannot 'now prevent the American policy from succeed j ing in opposition to the Manchester—at least, so ; mink we. In the New York market there is a perfect calm. This aii.-es ns much from the unceitainty of the struggle in Liverpool, as the aspect of things j here. Politics, for some time, lias so blended j with trade that it effects cotton. The locofoco { mania, now running over the country, like fire ! among the mountains, will only be temporary.— The stale of the crop here during the present year—and ti c operations in London and Liver pool will finally determine the question. We have no fear of the result. Our belief is, that cotton will sustain itself. Lvttioy of Chauactkh.—Energy of character i the philospher’s stone of ibis life, and should be engraved upon every head. It is that which lias peopled iho temple of fame—that which has fill ed die historic pages with great names, and the civil and mili ary world—that which has brought a race from barbarism, drawn the veil from sci ence, and developed ihewundtous powers of Na ture. It makes men great and makes men rich. First " r lest. >i brings success. Without it. Web ster would have been a New Hampshire lawyer, Tom Ewing a buckeye salt boiler, and Den Eranktn a journeyman printer. Without it Demos thenes would have stammered on to his grave, and Cincinnatus died a cummin soldier thaks pe.u would have been shot for poacbing-Pope died selling tape—Koseoc lived selling beer “by the smaii —and Donaparte have gone out of lire world a Corsican bully. Willi it each one lias not only done much good for himself much for his j day and generation—but much lor the world in a the past, the present and future. h Energy of character w ; ll do the same thing for A any man in a small way that it has done for those, p (Jive the lawyer energy of character, and he will 11 succeed at the bar whhout talent. It is the secret v ' hy which the merchant, the artist, the scholar, - and the mechanic, arrive at distinction and wealth. ‘ If they fall once, they try again: no contrary - winds bear them down ; or, if down, they will , not stay down. The man who has energy of character will rise in spite of fortune and in spite of opposition. Give a man energy, and he is a 1 made man, put him where you will, and surround 8 him hy what you will. It is this fact that gives ’ us confidence that the American people will rise from their pro'Cnt depression as soon as the blast " , has blown over that threw them down. In deft. n ance of sub-treasuries, suspensions, bad currency, and every oilier evil that malice and ignorance • can fix upon them, the People of this country j. j have energy enough for use and to prosper. He <! who gives up in despair, and cuts away the sheets of his canvass, because he finds contrary winds _ I in Ins passage, is hut a poor navigator.— Louis- | q vitle Gazette, I From the A*. I*. Express, I We have been at considerable pains to make . up the following table. That purl of it which ) relates to the wholo crop, is taken from the New t York Price Current, the accuracy of which wo 1 1 have no question. We have ascertained the avo J rage price for the last fourteen years, and then f j made up the aggregate. We have calculated the v weight of each bale as four hundred pounds. The f - whole estimate is made up probably with us much i 3 precision as is possible—as Pillows : ■ Growth of Cotton for the last fourteen pears, j -with the //rice in each year, and tire total - j amount of the crop, ' j 1824-5 500,000 bales at 21 cts. $47,040,000 1 . 1825-0 710,000 “ 11 “ 01,240,000 1 i 1826-7 987,000 “ 9 « 33,732,000 s . 1827-8 712,000 “ 10 “ 28,480,000 c 1 1828-9 857,744 “ 10 “ 34,809,760 I | 1829-30 970,845 “ 10 “ 39,073,800 1 . 1830-1 1,038,848 “ 9 “ 37.398.628 . i 1831-2 987,477 “ 11 “ 43 448 988 ‘ ! 1832-3 1,070 436 “ 11 “ 47,099,272 k 1 1833-4 1,2“5.394 ‘ 13 “ 62 080.488 t 1834- 1,254,328 “ 17 “ 85,294,304 I 1835- 1,360.725 “ 19 “ 103,415,100 1836- 1,422,930 “ 11 “ 62.608,920 c 1837- 1,301,497 “ 11 “ 79,265,808 ' It appears that the growth of Colton is steadily t • increasing. In almost every town we have alar* ( ‘ ming accounts of the failure, or partial failure of t j the crop. Notwithstanding all these statements, 1 there has been a steady and gradual increase. I This ought to convince us that very little reliance ) can bo placed on the alarming rumors that arc j - put in circulation. The fact is, that there is always ■ ‘ more planted and cultivated than can lie picked. I I The increase each year decs not, thcrefure, de- ‘ j pend so much on the weather, so much as it does 1 on the number of hands employed. So long as . there is an increase of laborers engaged we may • ■ reasonable expect an increase of quantity. The value of the Cotton Crop in amount will i surprise all, it appears that the greatest value was 1 in 1835—6. It then reached 103,415,100 dolls. The price, however, then ranged at 19 cts. We f . doubt very much whether there is any one staple s . of any nation on the Ulobe which is exported 1 [ which will reach this extraordinary sum. A stun ' . amounting almost to the National debt of this < . country after the late war. This extraordinary > crop is the product of seven or eight States, and 1 is such a»must give these Stales a great advan- c i lage. It will be seen from the following table, * . that the consumption in this country is constantly * 4 increasing : l > tiuaniby consumed by and in the hands of l manufacturers, 1837 —8 bales 246,003 ■, j tb>. do. do. 1830—7 do. 222,540 . do. do. do. 1835—6 do. 230,533 do. do. do. 1834—5 do. 216 888 do. do. do. 1833—4 do. 190,413 * do. do. do. 1832—3 do. 194,412 | do. do. do. 1831—2 do. 173,800 i do. do. do. 1830—1 do. 101,142 < ep. do. do. 1829-30 do. 126,512 * , do. do. do. 1828—0 do. 118,853 1 do. do. do. 1827—8 do. 120,593 , do. do. do. 1820—7 do. 103,483 f It is stated that Mr. Fexnimoue Cooper is ( , engaged in preparing for the press the Naval i History of the United Stales The Philadelphia 1 » Gazette truly remarks that it is a subject rich with I a honours incorruptible, and full of glory. 3 died, a At bis residence, nt Barksdale's Ferry, on Sa „ ynnnah river, Abbeville district, S. 0., on the 30th September lust, Hickkrson Matiieson, in the ■ 38th year of his age. He has left two sisters and i 0 numerous friends to mourn his departure. It is ‘ a only those who best knew him that know how to < - appreciate his loss. As a friend, his affections < j were of the most endearing kind ; as a brother, he i e "as ever ready to shew any favor in his power to i his disconsolate sisters, that have for many years looked to him as a protector; and as a ma ter, he 1 was truly kind and indulgent. G. J 515“ The friends nnd acquaintances of Mr. and 1 Mrs. S. Clarke, nro respectively invited to attend ' i the funeral of iheiryoungestdaugliierELiZA Bones, 3 from their residence on Green street, to the feand ! t Hills, at three o’clock, This Afternoon. r SI All IN 10 INTKLLIGKNUJE. L» CII AULKSTOiN Oct. '22, —An* turday, Line ship , Niagara, lUsher, N V; barque St Helena, Jiauzeit, do; v brsvhi* W illiam, Nelim s, Hamilton, Her. - An* yesterday selir Copper, Shannon, Philadelphia; • steam packets S C. Coffey, Haiti more; Gov Dudley, Ivy, 1 \v\ : . ,,, ** u toton. '1 C. steamer Augusta, W icks, Augusta. i \ IF* «ewaul)T — ' I, V . J '' ’■'“l the stibscri , 171 1 RED from the Livery Nafnt . ’--<relron n hers, on Sunday, the 7lh irtolant, aiu a \ . , grey Horse, about six years old ; Ins eyes bau , along thick tail; legs nearly black; works wel’ < 1 in harness ; paces nnd walks well under the saddle: a > no olbei marks recollected. He was hired, under t ■ the pretence of being returned the following day, 1 by a man who called himself George Heaves, t [ who is about 6 feet in height, sallow complected, f thin visage ; was clad in a brown linen frock-coat, satinet pantaloons, a gingham or calico shirt, and ' had on a speckled Palmetto lint. He is n Painter j hy trade, and, we understand, is from Richmond, t Virginia, to which place he may probably return. - ■ lie laid a quantity of Jewelry with him, which, it , is said, he stole in Augusta. A reward ol fifty ‘ I dollars will be given lor his delivery to us in Macon - or twenty-five dollars for the horse. ’ WARD & WAGNON. 3 Macon, Ga , Oct. 20, 1833. 3t, ’ MADISON rtUftALil AC’AUJsMY. Hl' H E 1 rustees ol this institution are desirous to f employ a gentleman nnd nt best one lady, to i take charge ol the Academy lor the ensuing ora p , term ot years. They will receive proposals until , the 3rd day of Deeeinbi r next. The school is at present in a most (1 mri-bing condition. Such is ihe number of sttr-e i '-, i hat the tuition money of I r the Literary departi.i i.i, will amount to upwards s ol twenty-two hun. reU dollars. The Musical de- a s partmom is also offered to a competent iastrucior. . in this branch from fourteen to fifteen hundred ' , dollars will he realized. Our academy and .Musical Saloon are finely situ ated—a splendid apparatus, with every necessary J “ convenience, is at hand to facilitate the progres's S ol a fine and liberal course of education. Our village is remarkably healthy, and our popu- \ - Intion constantly increasing. The progressive state r of things present the strongest inducements (nr the ’ location ol the first talents in the country to em bark profitably and suocesslully, in the honorable • prolesston ol instructing youth. , K. E. JONES, J I i T. J. BURNEY, | L 1 F EVANS, J-Trustees. L , J. VV. PORTER, I ; J. ROBSON. J 1 Madison, September 29, 1833. swljt TEX DOLLARS REWARD. r osi ’, on Sunday aliernoon, 21sl instant, ho tween (Jen. Lo t’s store and the water house a small Pocket Hook, containing 30 or 40 dollars' and two hills of lading, one from Clarke, McTier & Co. and one Irom Samuel Hones, and other papers not recollected. The above reward will he paid to any person leaving said Pocket Book with Geo. McCord, at ihe store of Mr Cook. »ct 23 2t NEW RICE, CANAL I I.OUR, MACK i-Rlni. AND ONIONS. "S /h TIERCES New Kice 28 hb.'s Canal Flour 2.» half hhls Canal Flour 20 do d > No. 2 Mackerel Jo do do Onions. Just received and for sa,el) y ISAAC MOISE, _i ,ct Wo. 311 Broad-street. if *?* 1 s ALE.--Twenty Shares Georgia Kail 1 , n,ld banking Company Stock—Enquire at this office it actSST , *’OR SAH<\ * A , Wealthy Negro Woman, who ha* , ’? en accustomed to house work. She is sold Hir no fault. Enquire at the store of Messrs Kern. AJlope, or at this office. 3t oct a3 I E . s and Coughs— lioarhouud and Himeset Lozenges, of superior quality, just received and for sale by **° — oct 2a ANTONY & HAINES. C^d B fi SL B fc®* r VIV *’ jM»received oct 23 6 ’ y ANTO ’ N Y & HAINES. OHice Ga. R. Komi & Ranking Co. ) ' ruviip re Athens, October ]), 1838. i IIjL,1 I jL,H i r. r ( t " rS |° f ' he V e r Bia Kail 1100,1 »nd Hanking Co. having declared a dividend on the slock ot said Company, at the rale ol eight oer cent per annum, for the last six months, the same will he paid to the stockholders, or their legal re presentatives, on and alter the first day of Novem b.-rnext. Hy aider of the Hoard, _()ct23 2t JAS. CAMAK, Cashier. «'m*itO ( VEU PATB(ii ; COAL AND , °P‘ 1 Looking Stoves, Ac.—The un derswried has just received a large supply i m . proved Stoves for Coal or W ood, of entire new patterns,and of various sizes, viz; The “People’s < oal or Wood Cooking Stove ” superior to any heretofore in use, not only on ac count o convenience, the perfect manner in which he cooking is performed, but also on account of the economy ot fuel which it effects, the “Patent Grecian Parlor Grate,” which for beamy and economy excels all others, producing greater elbcl with less fuel. 3 The “Parlor and ilnll Stove,” passing heal from the basement to the upper pan, through flues in the o Th«°"p h’ a ’" additional columns. evm im!s for w’ V Pe a,1 , kll " ; " wi,h Plain e\ui lops lot wood . r coal, new ly constructed wt h swelled back, sunk hearth, door front, ‘ iho ship and Steam float Stove,” calculated to cook for otf to 200 persons, with less fuel and greater convenience than any other Stove, now in use. Alsu, a variety of smaller Stoves, with thu same improvements. The “Box (i and 0 Plate Stove,” open and plain tops, of various sizes, from 18 to 36 inches. Also, American, English and Russia Sheet Iron ; Stove Pipe; sheeting and brazing Copper: Block 1 in, and lin Plate all ol which he offers for salo low lor cash or approved paper, at No. IhB Broad street, sign ol the Cotlee Pol,and directly opposite the Engle A Piucnix Hotel. B. F. CHEVV _ wl slwAd Stiite of South Carolina, Edgefield Distl George ifancock, and Sarah W. i BillJor Hancock and others, vs. ( Furli- Charli s Lamar, Executor. ) lion. |%J OTiCEis heieliy given, that hy virtue of a IT Decree from the Court of Chancery, I shall offer for sale at Edge eld C. if. on the first Mon day in November next the following lands belong ing to the Estate of William Tarrance, deceased, viz: One tract of land situated upon little Horse Creek, in the District ol Edgefield, containing six hundred end forty ;CfU) acres more or less, and bounded according loagrnnt I hereof from the State ol South Carolina to Ihe said William Tarrance, ny lands of John Turrunco, Thomas Lamar and Jno. Carter, and hy oilier vacant lands. One other tract containing two hundred and sixty acres, more or le.-s, conveyed to Hie said William Tarrance by a Deni of Release from John Carter and therein des nbed as situate in Hie District of Anicty six, on , near the Cherokee roifils. A so, one other tract of two hundred and tvventy eight (228) acres, more or less, boanded hv landsof Mims, Ram ho, Morns, Lamar and Thompson, and intersected hy the Road leading from the Cherokee ondsjto Augusta. Said lands to be sold separately, on a credit ot one and two years, purchasers to give bonds and personal security, and a mortgage ol the premises. 1. 'PERRY, C. E. E. U. Commissioner’s Office, ( Edgefield, Oct. Ist, 1838.| trwtd oct S 3 S I JliiEß.—i he undersigned have at present the saw mil), (late Bealle’s,) on Little Spirit creek, in ful. operation Supplies of sawed Lumber can bo obtained, hy leaving bills, or otherwise, at the store of Messrs. Hadley & Owens, or the su penntondent, (Mr. Cason,) at the Mills. A. PEMBERTON, octl/ w2m JOSEPH S.REYNOLDS. FALL AND WINTER GOODS. * WILLIAM CLAGGETT I -s receiving and opening, at 238 Broad street, fa JP lew doors above the Post Office corner.) a rid, and well selected assortment of Fresh Eall Dry Goods, comprising every article in the line, viz- Clo.hs, cassimeres, satinets,satin velvets, vestings, &0 ” Sll l>e r nialteonis, Paradises and veritases, } an. ..-4 black Italian silks, plain and figured colored and blue IdncK silks, w ide apron silks, 3-t and f.-A Merinos English and French, all colors; superior figured -Merinos for cloaks and dresses ; British, r reach and American calicoes; large assortment handsome furniture calicoes; scarlet small figured calicoes ; hosiery,of silk, cotton, lambs wool, for Indies, gentlemen,misses and youth ; Gloves,of silk, kid, cotton, heavy hukskin, Ac. all sizes- Blankets, 10-4 to 14-4 wbitney, rose, mackinnn and saddle; Flannels, largo assortment of white, grey, yellow ami red ; Domestics, sheetings, shirtings homespuns, drills, Ac.; Irish Linens, warranted pure linen yarn and very cheap ; Real British long c loths ; a few imperial Marseille Quilts, assorted sizes; Pilot cloths; Phishings; Negro cloths; plain and figured floor cloth ; baizes, Ac.-, with an extensive variety ot fancy goods, such os new style ol bonnets, hoods and ribbons; Ladies'and Misses shoes and slippers; worked cajics and collars; hem stitched colored bordered, and splendid em broidered eambrick Hdkfs ; fancy dress L'dkta and '•f 1 !™!I rrch Thibet Shawls; Merino and Tartan pimd ■ bawls ; Lnccs ; Edgings ; Insertions ; striped ami plaid Swiss and jaconetl Muslins; Slocks, 'vats,collars, bosoms; colored cherteille cord ; ' a,i > asserted ; spool ahd flax thread, with sew nit, -> the |j no , every arm A' 111 , '•'ubltc are invited lo call and His friends am. .■ . wi „ goM m cxam.ne Ins assortment, ». 11 m most pleasing terms. trw*.T , • {KrTlie Constitutionalist will copy .„' e nl)Uve - I), a sum of Money, which con be «,ct2a app,inßl ° CLARKi m «tier <& co. | FRESH RAISINS. ”* 1 ” HO DE»nd hall boxes now crop hunch * Raisins, just received and for sale by - oat J“ " JOHN COSKERYf n t 111 , “ unc h Raisins,just received and JLvrxf lor sale by 001 20 JOHN S HUICHINSON. f | HIE subscriber being about lo leave fheTsmto B fur “ <“vv weeks, Jno. M. Hampton, of Lao rens county, will act as his agent and attorney un til he returns. JOHN THOMAS. Dublin. Laurens Co., Ga., June 23. tw<J-w > jTERNIE AND CLOVER SEEIrUa fl supply of fresh Ruta Baga, Flat Dutch Turnip and Red Glover Seed, just received and for sale by Mills HAVILAND, RISLEY & Co. THE GIFT, FOR 1839, I.LGAVi'IA’ bound in Embossed Morocco, edited by Mias Leslie, just received and for salet) y T. 11. PLANT. sept 13 PLANT’S EDITION OF GRIER’S " GEORGIA AND CAROLINA ALMANAC, FOR 5 8 3»: CAI.CULATEb for the horizon and meridian of Augusta, Ga., and will serve for the adja cent stat.-s and Honda. The astronomical calcula tions by Hobcrl Grier, of Butts county, Ga. Just published, mid sold by the gross dozer, or single hy T. 11. PLANT, Augusta, sep* 23 PLANT A NORTON, Columbus.