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,]2Z* 1<t' From, DeBow's Commercial Review. Soutlivru School-Books. CONCLUDED. T~ O .. ; t., .A.innl.l /-> ]11VC Ill VJUW^IU^ U IU1JCUV, II Id *,?* clear perceptions of the ailment, ami we there fore have tried to show, in the previous part ?>f this article, that general education being the basis of all our social and political institutions, most of the present school-books, by which the elemeuts of an education are passed into the rninds of the young pupils, are a mere matter of trade, produced for money-making purposes, and improved only so far as competition in trade, or public opinion, compels improvement. We have also contended that the wants of the South are not met by the present school-books in use among us, produced at the North; and that the Avtent. of territory embraced in the Union forbids any one set of works, unless classical, from being adapted for universal use, and that there are reasons, from climate, productions, politics, society and geographical position, why this should be so. We consider this state of affairs caused by a bad system, and not by bad men, and the remedy must, therefore, go to a change of system. Kow, the business of popular education is, in a great degree, a national business. The federal government has recognized the principle in the public land system ; but each state must, and constitutionally ought, to afford a good common school education to every child born on its soil.! This principle has been generally acted on byal- j most every state in the Union ; and if do ma gOgues and politicians can be prevented from gambling for place and power with the school funds, there is no danger that our posterity will lack the ability of knowing right from wrong. Each state, then, should control its own schoolbooks. The state superintendent of public schools should have suitable manuals prepared, developing the early history of the state, its productions, its constitution, and modeof government, and should also select uniform text-books, from the spelliugbook upwards, for the whole state. If this were done judiciously, the printing by contract, and pains taken to have the best of the kind, private schools would follow this lead, and public opinion would shut out bookselling speculations. This, to a certain extent, is done at the North. NewYork will not use Massachusetts text books, and Pennsylvania is taking the same plan. There is 110 reason why a child should not begin his first knowledge of things at home, and be made to identify himself in thought with his native state, its productions, history, biography and interests. A generous competition, too, would spring up between states, as to who should prepare and develop the best text-books and system, and from this competition an experience would oTow of oront vnluet.oourfutiirointerests. This project involves no heavier outlay than the present plan, and leaves open to private competition the higher range of text-books ; fur we very much doubt if a sound, honest, common school educution is not quite as much as any state ought at present to attempt, with the single exception of Normal Schools. By this term we mean schools where the profession of teaching is well taught, for a want of competent teachers is the one great cause of de - fie.ient. south wn oHnratinn r rfn?l wo shall hove few suitable scliool-books until writers, taught by experience, rise up among us to prepare them. Of this section of the Union, more than of any other, is it true, that teaching is in general taken up without training, and as a temporary resource, and to it flock too many of whom, with truth it may be said, "A third-rate college licked them to the shape, Not of the scholar, but the scholar's ape." Perhaps to this circumstance, more than to any other, may be traced the propensity to educate our youth at the North, instead of at home, as if there were disgrace in a southern diploma. So long as this principle operates, there can be 4 but little permaneut improvement. The southern planter must resolve to do with his children, as he is striving by factories to do with his cotton, manufacture the material when it grows. 1 To effect so desirable a result, <here is nothing equal to the Normal School, devoted to preparing young men for the profession of teaching in all its branches, and calculated to relieve the professions of law and medicine, already stuffed to repletion. The internal improvements in pro- i gress, and in contemplation, will require a large number of engineers and scientific mechanics. < The foolish and anti-American notion about < " vulgar mechanics" is passing away. People, with that eye to the practical and the dollar which marks our nation, begin to discover that | bridge building locomotive engines, the superin- : tendence of factories, the chemistry of dyeing ' cottons, and of agriculture, the constructions of j1 sugar works, and, in fact, nearlv all the practical j' applications of the arts, are quite as honorable i ' employments, and often more remunerative, than ! ' the pursuit of the three professions; that the , young doctor and lawyer, having hung out on a shutter a bit of gilded tin, are often driven to low expedients by " the force of circumstance"? ! a force quite as powerful as steam or water; and 1 that the preacher too often finds his reward laid 1 up in heaven, for he rarely obtains it on earth.: ' In truth, we are a drugged and law-ridden com- i1 munitv, too much beset with pills and bills of j( costs; and what a blessing it would be, if our cotton and sugar-planters, who are so rich, could only believe that their children ought to be something else than rich men's sons, and that " No fables tell us of Minervas born From bales of cotton, or from sacks of corn;" ' j] that it is a vain and pitiful ambition to visit the North for a tinsel education, that ruins the mind for agricultural life, begets contempt of homo usgrroe and returns to the roof f ro.* an i.vnim. sively-dressed "dandified" boy-man, without any of that "masculine development making Hie will earnest, the soul full of manly intent, and ' with purpose to make itself fell on mind, and not on tailors, dancers, singers, wine and horses." 1 Is it, among these small midges, who regard their wealth a license or excuse for all else deficient, that in times to come the South is to find its pilots when the ship of state is adrift, the rigging sprung, sails rent, breakers a-head, crew mutinous, and party-spirit raging? Arc these 1 they, who, hereafter, can be looked to as men fit i to go forth into public lite, having learned what j the constitution of the country really it, how it | became so, the perils that have threatened and do threaten it, and the wisdom that has made it ; great ? Verily, we think not. . There would be but little cause for the quota. , tion that heads this article, if more pains were taken U> guide those aright, who, by position or wealth, measurably control public amusements and tastes ; and there will l>c no change for the better in southern cities, until a class of healthy minds, earnest in the affairs of life, and awake to the proper duties of young Americans, have been by common and normal schools, developed from the so-called lower and middle orders. Should that unhappy time ever arrive, when the whole South must rally as one man, and resist or perish, we may rely upon it, that the " man of the hour" will not be found among the " curled darlings," who imbibed their education at the feet of some abolition Gamaliel of the North; but the "true man" will arise from the working classes of brains and hands: he will be some one who sat on the bench of the free school, and v.i u: a..,* ,.r !.? u ?,?i ,.f ,!?> UUUUllt'U 1113 III.'>U lUW? vi 11iv Iivuu, UUU V* *..v rights of man in the world, from noting and mingling with representatives of all classes that make up such schools, and from books and from teachers that taught him the history of the South and the destiny of the South. We have purposely avoided any exhibition of the details of the state and normal schools. But as illustrating the value of normal schools for producing school-books and instructors, we indicate West Point Academy and the Naval School at Annapolis. What are these but national normal schools, educating their pupils for certain pursuits, and to till certain posts in the army and navy? Look at the sckool-books that have emanated, especially from West Point graduates ?are they not confessedly the best of their class, and have they not a larger circulation than any others? and are not these graduates "of the Point," when they leave the army, always in demand for engineers, teachers and ollicers ? Why is this ? The answer is well known ; their in struction has been complete, there is no sham about it, and whatever they have been taught has been thoroughly taught. So convinced has public opinion become upon this point, that military schools, avowedly adopting West l'oint as their model, are rapidly growing up in several of the states ; and wherever they are honestly managed, they invariably break up the old four years' eourseof some twenty sciences and branches, that adorn the list of studies in many of the colleges and universities. There arc now in these United States some one hundred and twenty colleges, trudging along in the four years' track. They teach Greek and Latin ; where is the body of accurate classical scholars to be found ? They teach, too, mathe matics; and yet, with all the outcry for engineers, caused by our internal improvements, how many ever come from a college .' The Academy at West Point, graduating yearly far less than many of our colleges, has furnished more engineers than the whole otic hundred and twenty colleges combined. Wo Cuiild show the same thing as to many other branches of learning, did space permit. l>ut one question we must ask?what _ 11 ? 'ri.? are uie sciiooi-uooks uiose cum-^w use s me answer is, that hardly any three of them adopt the same text-books throughout: scarce one of them at the North but lias some professor, who according to the measure of his abilities, has not, in conjunction with some publisher, vexed the pockets of the South with a book or books expounding or confounding SWino l^nrti r-t'rltracntary knowledge; and " the cud is not yet," and never will be, until the whole system is broken up, root and branch. It is time, however, to close our article. The subject is one of great interest, and needs discussion. Whether the proper mode of curing the evils complained of has boon indicated, it is not for us to say ; but that evil exists is undeniable. Let public opinion wake up, and, if in no otlier way, possibly self-interest may induce some lord of paper and print to speculate in a series of southern school-books, prepared, if it must be so, by some alien to our soil, but with reference to our wants ; and oven in this way a beginning of reform may come. But so long as parents, teachers, school directors, trustees and superintendents submit in silence and endure, that long will the northern publisher " pour on." " "Who would be free, Themselves must strike the blow." Presidential. Flection.?The Unionville Journal, speaking of the Alabama nomination, says: " We learn from a telegraphic despatch to the Southern Standard, that the. nomination of Troup and Quitman, for President and Vice President, by the Southern Bights party of Alabama, was ratified by tlie Convention at Montgomery on the 13th inst. The Convention then proceeded to nominate electors and adjourned. " With reference to the vote of this State, the correspondent of the Baltimore Sun expresses the opinion that it will be cast for Troup and Quitman. We have no doubt that if the prospects for tlm election of these gentlemen would justify it, the vote of this State would be cheerfully given to them ; but under the circumstances, we are decidedly opposed to such a course, unless some concert of action coud be effi-cted between all the Southern States. This, if it could riot elect the Southern candid ites would, at all events, diow our strength, and defeat the purposes of those who are attempting to divide the democratic party, and thus insure the election of Scott. The Seminole Indians Going West.?The Republic states, unofficially, that preliminary arrangements have been entered into with Billy Bowlegs, by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, for the removal of the remnant of the Scminoles now in Florida to the West Mississsippi river, <? ?.! t linf fliA /< 11111 r ??o i j'lix will /i/tininniiOA (ii1m i/ii it u tiivj tiiii-iniivii ??ui win iiiviivu uuiiii^ the present season. Everything necessary to , their comfort on the journey, anil at their newhomes, will be afforded. The Telegraph, huwev- , c-r says, that whether the government will assent to those conditions, is a question to be decided. Immiokatiox kuom Ikelanu.?The Colerainc 1 (Ireland) Chronicle, says: "Last year the emigration from this country 1 was G000 souls per week, this year tin; number 1 is nearly 7000, and the tide is still unbroken. ' There is no si<m of cessation or diminution, but the crowd to every port press on, drawn by friends and hopes beyond the Atlantic, pressed forward f by the want and misery behind." ( Australia, so far, seems to have had 1 at few ' attractions for the Irish emigrant. It is the English and Scotch who turn their eyes i^ that di- 1 ection. The Irish know only America. i .*. THE SEIILVEEKLY JOURNAL TUESDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER28, 1852. TEO. J. WARREN, Editor. To Correspondents. "M" and "Theta" Lave been received, and will appear in duo time. Death of Mr. Lemuel Boykin. We announce with regret, the death of this estimable gentleman, which sad event occurred at his resi- 1 donee a few miles from Camden on Wednesday night last. His health for months past had been feeble, and his } j death was not unlooked for his by family and friends. 11 Hr. UoTKlN" was fifty-two j'cars of v.g.?a :.ian of . pure and irreproachable character, ui.d 'i. a stri King example o: the devout and consisu.r. . ..i . uan? in every relation, as a citizen and friend, giving the j highest evidence of uprightness and integrity. Of him wo inay truly say, "Behold the upright, for the end of 1 that man is peace." IIis death was calm and peace- ] ful, illustrating the power of that faith which he professed and adorned in a pious life. For many years j he had been a devoted member of the Baptist Church, j Wo hope a suitable tribute to his memory will be furnished us for publication. Santee Canal. It will be seen by an advertisement in to-day's paper, that the usual repairs of the season to the Santee i ^ Canal, have been completed, and that it is now in good ! boating order. We are glad to learn that tho injuries ! sustained by the Caual from the late freshet were inconsiderable. Hon. John D. Freeman Will accept our thanks for a copy of liis speech, on j; the Disposition of the Public Lancia. Eagerness for News. "We have often been not a little amused, as well as disgusted, by the avidity displayed by some persons for "neu's,"?any thing?they are not particular. All the speculations of idle fancy, originating in the imagination of the gossipping world, are eagerly seized upon as precious rnorceau's. "We blame the press for much of this morbid and unhealthy state of feeling; and unless Editors and publishers of papers are willing to take the personal responsibility of every thing which is given as local news through the columns of their journals, things never will bo better. The practice of a single press, pandering to this vitiated taste, has often led others into tho venal error of publishing news items without proper authority, for fear that they might bo ?i ??.i ?r luiiaiui-iiru luu iui ill uiu iu?w, ?iiiu luai \\ nun a ui information was given, it might be considered ancient history, llence, it is now a settled habit, to seize first those i>apers which give the largest number of marvellous events "Of people totally undono By losses fire or fever," without waiting to enquire whether these things are so or not. To jump at conclusions, aud reduce things to absolute certainty, without having foundation in fact, seems now the order of the day; and persons arc not particularly concerned with regard to the truth of a matter, so long as there is any plausible reason for believing it. Wo have been forcibly reminded of these hr n fc-rr ov;cQrrctt<M*i of Into, which illustrates our position precisely. A report that Yellow fever, and sickness to an alarming extent, had visited our town the present season, and that many were being hurried off the stage of life, is only another striking proof of that "they say" not be. ing true?the first word of it true. Tin's originates likely in the diseased mind of some anxiously anticipating trouble?"Sufficient unto the day is the evil thcisof,"?aud our friends and readers may rest assured, that whenever such an unfortunate event (which we earnestly hope may never come.) shall come, we will most certainly tell them of it. There is a paper of long standing in the town of Camden, which we flatter ourselves from a long acquaintance with flic same, confines itself to matters of fact, and whenever anything in the accidental way shall happen, they will be advised of the same at an early date. We shall not, however, promise to notice every tree that falls across the road?every board that gets off the foot of the Camden Bridge, or such accidents as would require an hour or so to repair. Neither will we alarm unnecessarily our friends who havo goods aboard, to state that sueli a Steamboat was suatrircd. and that likely tlio boat id by Una time at the L : ii of llie river; so far at least to extort the reply ?A:. mey insured? ic. "Whenever we have a matter i t' news to communicate, we shall endeavor to bo able to give the data upon which we base our information for the public, even though it might be considered ancient. Health of Charleston. The following is the number of deaths from Yellow Fever, as reported by the Board of Health, up to our latest dates: For the 21 hours ending at 9. p. m. Thursday, nino deaths, at 10 p. m. Friday, eight, and for tho 48 hours ending at 9 p. m. on Sunday, four deaths. , Another Flank Road. We perceive (says the Cheraw Gazette,) that notice is given in the Salisbury "Watchman that application will be made to the next Legislature of North Carolina for a charter to construct n Flank Road from that place , to connect with the Anson and Centre Flank Road at Centre. This, continues the Gazette, is indeed a mat- , ter of deep interest to our town. Such a road would j put us in easy connection with tho Favettovillo and oth er Flank Roads centreing at Salisbury; aud conse- ( quently would lead to Cheraw for a market, much of the produce of the up-country which now finds its way into Virginia and other equally inconvenient markets, i Wilmot G. DeSaussure, Bsq. of Charleston, has been elected Grand Fire of tho Grand Lodge I. 0. 0. F., of tho United States. This is tho highest office in the j Order, and is conferred, iu tho present instance, on ono of its most distinguished and zealous members N < We regret to announce, says tho Charleston Mercu- | ry, that Mr. J. M. Clapp, one of the editors of this paper met with a severe accident yesterday. By the giving way of a portion of tho piazza attached to the i building, ho was precipitated to the ground, fracturing ' liis right leg and receiving other severe bodily injuries. I "Water of the A'ilk.?uipiain reel, tno travcuor, j says, that the water of the Kilo is of a deep brown col >r, and, when poured into a glass, is still moro strong- j v discolored. Tho earth it contains is called in'Arabic ] 'abluz," signifying fat or grease. "When poured ovor | .ho body, Nile water runs like oil, and when filtered, it ' s deliciously light to drink. 1 The "Whig State Convention assembled at Sjracuse have nominated Washington Hunt as their candidntt for the Gubernatorial chair of the State of New-York and "Win. Kent, as Lieutenant Governor. The Con oion nnrWsArl t.liR Baltimore Platform witl jreat harmony. The Quebec Legislature have addressed a letter o thanks to Her Majesty Queen Victoria for the protec tion she has so far accorded to the British North Anie rican Fisheries, and have petitioned her to make n< treaty that may in any way impair the efficacy of tha already existing, un!e33 the question of reciprocity b( embraced therein. The Official Vote of North Carolixa.?The re suit of the late Gubernatorial election in North Caroli aa has been officially proclaimed. Reid. dem., receive! 49,484 votes, and Kerr, whig, 42,993?majority fo Reid, 5,494. The vote for Governor, in 1850, stood? Reid, dem., 44,845; Manly, whig. 42,071?Reid's ma jority, 2,774. Irox Importatioxs.?The New-York Express say that the importations of European iron into that cit; last week were unusually large. The aggregate for tin week was 123,234 bars of iron; 82,783 bars rail road iron; 34,442 hoop iron; 6,420Jbundles sheet iron. Thi increase is in the rail road iron and in the bars. Official Vote of Iowa.?The official returns of tin late election in Iowa, show a Democratic majority o 1,603 in the 1st Congrcssienal District, and a Whij majority of 663 in the 2d District. The Democrat! majority in the State, for Auditor, is 2,030. forSecre tary of State, 1,857; aiid for Treasurer 1,841. Tin vote of both parties is considerably increased over tlia of 1848, when Gen. Cass' majority in the State wa 947. Tlio New York Stato Temperance Alliance, has adopted resolutions to memorialize Congress for tin prohibition of the importation of liquor. Advices from Columbus, Ohio, state that the recep tion of General Scott along the route he has taken ha been very enthusiastic. He reached Portsmouth, Oliii to day, Thursday. A German was killed on Wedncs day, while firing a salute. Geu. Scott on learning thi chcumstancc presented his widow with four hundrei dollars. Tlio New-York Express says a Cotton Gin has b^?i invented and presented b}' Mr. Stephen E. Parkliurs of that city, which is said to be an important improve mcnt on the Whitney and other Gins now in use, ant is destined to supersede the previous inventions. A man named Moses Knight, was found guilty, oi the 14th inst. in Marlboro'district in this Slate, of cut ting the telegraph wires of the line between Columbi and Raleigh, North Carolina, and sentenced to receiv thirty-nine lashes on the bare back, publicly?to leav the district in ton days, and each and every time ho i caught in the district to receive thirty-nine more lashes without further trial IIox. Jos. A. "Woodward.?The following highly complimentary paragraph in reference t our talented Representative in Congress, is U ken, says the Winnsborough Register, from th Washington correspondence of the Abbevill Banner, of the 16th inst. We are highly grat tied to know that lie has earned for himself sue an enviable reputation as this writer represent; mikI :-re sincere)}' sorry that uo nr? to bo dopri ved of Iris very valuable services in the Nations Legislature: " Mr. Woodward has the reputation of bein; one of the ablest lawyers on the floor of Con gross. His recent able argument on the Wheel ing Bridge case, is a striking proof in favor t this general estimate of his legal ability. I ma; be pardoned for expressing the opinions, as ; faithful correspondent, that a mind purely of legal turn, is prone to objections, and that i once in a while occurs that these objections, goo> in themselves and irresistible in judicial tribunalare nut always expedient or politic in the Nation al Legislature. Mr. Woodward is an able am useful member of the Committee on Foreigi Relations. He is a very close and logical rea soncr, a ripe and thorough scholar, and I an sorry to know that he has expressed his inten tion of declining a further re-election to Con gross." The Londou Times reads the people of th United States a lecture in relation to the Islam of Cuba, and the imputed desire for its anncxa tion, which would be well enough if it did no appear in rather near juxtaposition with anoth or article on the subject of the Burmese war ii India, llere would be annexation indeed as tin result of tliat war which the Times indicates a; measure of political necessity Now what is tlii necessity ? It is not affirmed that the Britisl forces in this part of India were assailed, or tha the Burmese territory is so interposed betweei the British territorial possessions, as to eudangei their security. But it was a war of invasion 01 the miserable plea that the Burmese Govermem owed the British Government in India ?990 which the former resisted as unjust. In making this invasion the expense has been half a millioi sterling, and failing1 to obtain a compensation foi this large outlay as well as future expenditure the appropriation of the territory of an en tin State is recommended. Was there ever more unblushing pretension: put forth for annexation ? It docs not preseui even the poor excuse of strong powers in round ing their dominions, by sealing from their weak cr neighbors. This species of necessity is not al logod in the Burmese war. It is virtually fo increase of territory, although obstensibly to re cover a claim of less than one thousand pounds Even if the sincerity of the plea were admit ted, what could result from the invasion of: weak State but conquest and annexation? It i: in this way that the British empire has been in variably extended in the East. Now no lovei of national law can object to the rebukes whicl the London Times has so often abministored tc that lust of conquest, in a portion of our people who would, in pursuit of their manifest destiny visions, or for more mercenary purposes, invad< the territory of nations with viiich we are a peace. Hut the reproof comes with an ill grac< from those who have built up an immense Eas tern empire on the ruins of other and weakci States. And while this process of absorption \s yet going on, to receive almost daily lecture.' against the national sinfulness of territorial f.p propriation, is more than human patience cai tolerate. Now if the people of the United States acre to annex all Mexico and Cuba, with som< half dozen. South American States besides, ii ' ' r ^ 'j , V..1 ' 1 ~ would not equal by many degrees the absorbing ^ s capacities of British rule in India. It is from , this source too that our propensities of annexa tion are most inveighed against. If the balance i of power is to be preserved in the west, as is alleged by European statesmen, by the non-annexC ation of its weaker States into one great Republic surely, there is room for redress of that balance in the East, when an empire on which the sun } never sets has been formed, in groat part, from disintegrated fragments of other States. j o o 3 Charleston Evening News. * i Death of A. S. Joiixstox, Esq.?Oar com- J munity was startled yesterday morning with the * intelligence of the demise of this gentleman. Mr. 1 Johnston was not very well for a day or two prer vious, but was not considered dangerously ill.? ~ The disease which proved fatal, we understand, " was congestion of the liver. Mr. J. was a native of Virginia, but for many t s years a resident of this place, and was eminently p a useful citizen in every station which he occu3 pied. He has always manifested the deepest [, interest in the welfare and prosperity of our U s town, in the public affairs of which, for years past lie has taken an active and prominent part. B His death is deeply regretted by our whole com- ? munity. and leaves a vacuum which will be felt * for a long time to come.? Carolinian. r O 3 ? The Cotton Trade. 3 The following is from the circular of Messrs. t O'Xcal, Hill & Kennedy, of Charleston: 3 "The results of the past season, while they have been of the most gratifying character to 5 the planter, present somewhat of an anomaly in B the history of the cotton trade. A crop, unexampled in extent, commanding prices above the average. -ii "At the commencement of the season, with 1 3 an anticipated crop of 2,600,000 or 2,700,000 J 3 bales, an almost universal distrust in 'the article J prevailed, and holders seemed disposed to push e oil' their stocks as rapidly as possible. As the 1 season advanced, notwithstanding' the receipts continued to gain upon the preceding year, so as i to authorize the expectation that the crop would t reach the unprecedented extent of 3,000,000 ! bales, prices were not only maintained, 4but grai dually advanced, until fair Uplands reached 11 l-2e. per?pound. a "The great consumption of cotton and consequent high prices, may in a considerable degree ' i ' be attributed to the influx of gold from Califor- J nia and Australia, the abundance of money, the favorable crops which made food cheap, together . > with the maintenance of peace in Europe. This 3 condition of affairs, we are happy to say, has 3r every appearance of being continued, and gives ^' good ground for anticipating remunerating prices for the staple during the ensuing season.? 3 With regard to the present crop, after much in0 jury and the advantage of information from a i- variety of sources, we are led to believe it cannot e exceed 2,800,000 bales. The last crop, under 0 the combined influence of a favorable growth, . and the longest and best picking season ever | known, with the stimulus of high prices to tax h the power of production to the utmost, has failed s, j to reach over 3,000,000 bales. That this is not [. J more than sufficient for the world's consumption, j the experience of the past year conclusively . proves. Notwithstanding the large crop, the stock on hand in ihe United States is only 80,Z 000 bales, against 143,TOO bales same time last ^ year?showing a diminution of stock of 63,700 . bales. $ ''The present picking season is at least two y weeks later than the last, thus exposing the crop a to the contingencies of unfavorable weather, eara ly frost, <fce. In addition to which, theiuformat tion from various sections of the cotton growing. 1 regions, loaves no doubt that the quantity pro;. ; duced will be materially affected by the ravages * - j of the boll worm, and the recent freshet, which 1; scorns to have extended much over the Southi ern country. i- "Under these circumstances, we think 2,800,- "* i 000 bales a liberal, if not a large estimate of the - crop of the present year. Should it not exceed: ? \ this, and peace be maintained in Europe, with a fair crop of provisions, it is not probable that prices will vary much from the present rates?* "j say an average of 10c." t A young man who had gone to Vicksburg, in' company with his brother to sell some com 1 wrote the following laconic reply to his father. 0 'Dear Dad, times is hard, corn are low, raons ev are scarce, and Bill am dead.' s ' | 1 X5t~ The friends of M.ij. A. II. liOYKIM 1 announce him as a candidate for Representative r in the State Legislature at the ensuing election. m , Buffalo. JC-?TWe are authorized to announce Col. JOJ SEPH B. KERSHAW as a candidate for Rep\ resentative in the State Legislature at the ensu r I ng election. [ I it-?/" We are authorized to announce Major | JOI1N ROSSER as a candidate for reprcsenta> tive in the State Legislature at the ensuing elec^ tion. __ ! JCiTTheTriends of Col JAMES CIIESNUT, - Jr. announce him as a candidate for State Senai' tor, at the ensuing election. ** I It should he universally known?for it is strictly true? tlmt indigestion is tlio parent of a large proportion of tiio fatal diseases. Dysentery, diarrhoea, cholera morbus, liver complaint, and many other diseases enumerated in the city inspector's weekly catalogue of deaths, arc generated by indigestion alone. Think of that dyspeptics! think of it all who suffer from disordered stomachs, and if you are willing to be guided by advice, founded upon experience, resort at once (don't delay a ! day) to lloorialud's German Bitters, prepared by Dr. C. | M.Jackson, which, as an alterative, curative, and invigorant, stands alone and unapproached. General I depot. 120 Arch treet. We have tried these Bitters, and know that they are excellent for the diseases specified above.?Philadelphia City Item. August 31. TO THE SICK. For the effectual rooting out from the system of all diseases brought on by indigestion, billiousness and impurity of the blood, it is a widely and woll known fact that * WEIGHTS INDIAN VEGETABLE PILLS aro the great PANACEA. Throughout the entire South, these Pills have long been held in the highest . repute, both by private individuals and by the Medical a L the unfortunate victim to "earthly ills and woes'' is made M J 1