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From the Petersburg Republicait THE LABOURiE's ITRNN It is a standing argumnent wit-he W.higs that they are for protecting Amhericau la bour. and in order to do so have passed a high Restrictive Tariff. .They argue -that - ,it may be to the advantage of a man who lives upon his-income t6obtain the manu .factures he- consumes at a less price, but the labourer will find it to his advantage to pay more for the article he consumes, provided. he is "protected" in his occupa tion by'- the Government. and enabled thereby to obtain higher wages for his la bour.' This argument confessedly applies 'only to the classes who.produce protected .-articles; a large and indeed by far the lar ger portion of American, mechanics pro -duce. articles which need no protection, -and the operation of the Restrictive system -on them is simply this. Labour being *worth three or four times as much here as in Europe, the productof one day's labour - of one ofour-mechanics is worth in money the-product of three or four day's labour --of an European mechanic, and deducting the cost of transportation. etc, the Ameri. can mechanic can doubtless iOurchase with the' money he earns iN his employment, whieb needs no protection. twice as much of these "protected," articles of foreign uianufacture which he consumes as he could make himself in the time he has spent in earning that money. lI is to his interest to get these articles as cheap as possible. But. it is contended by the Whigs that he will not get employment unless the Res -,trictive system is upbheld. He can compete 9th. the foreigner without protection, his *-prices are regulated by the supply and demand, that must remain the same. If -then he can porchase what he consumes ;cheaper from foreigners, of course he saves that much from his income. It is not then to the interest on'y of the class of persons which lives on their incomes to buy where -they -can b-uy cheapest: it' is also to the ,interest of every labourer in the land who bas to consume the foreign articles. . Bu thiere is the other class-the labour. -ers who produce the articles which need no-protection. These articles are notorious ly those which are produced infactories which require large capital to keep them in operation. As an able writer remarks: "A loom in Massachusetts will produce as many yards of cloth in a day as a similar loom would in Manchester, Lyons or Hamburgh, and can be run at no very disproportionate expense... The raw cotton is cheaper here than it is there by the cost of transportation. The interest on money -Sii per cent Capitalists vaatt heav,er :incomes than that interest would produce. .Lay an impost of fifty per cent on every -yard of cloth imported, and you raise the -.price of every yard of cloth made here. The man of capital. instead of lending his -money ts the mechanic or the tradesmau, -or the farmer at 6. per cent, invests it in a manufactory and through the increased price of cloth effected by the impost, is etabled to realize from the sale of that which his machinery tnakes,'a profil upon -his capital of 15, 20, 30, and perhaps 40 per cent. It is he that is advantaged bv the impost, it is his capital that is protected :by the high duty, and he rolls in wealth while the honest industry ofthe country -;is impoverished in order that his gains may * e great. This is the object of Whig protection, this the design of the Whig Tarilf. It sits like a heavy incumbus upon ,the breast of the honest labour. It sucks like a huge insatiate leech the life blood from the veins of domestic industry." The labourer, whose wages are regulated bry the general vaiue of labour throughout -the country in all employmetnts, the staprotected as well as te protected, gains nothing by this protectiotn- it all goes to ithe capitalist a ho owns the factory. The Tariff anag the Tailers.-Every iday furnishes some new- evidence of the -oppression of thbe present. t'ariff, and by pocricy of its advocates. We wvell recoI lect that the tailors of New York were a muorng the very first and loutdest in their clamours for "protection." The bounty oftbe Compromise was not sufficient for then i they-disinmerested souls-could ial afford to pay their journejmen ade kluatenwages without a heavy duty on im. poried clothinA. ,Wel, they were ~iuidul ged-a dutty of 50 per cent. w as laid upon ready- made clothinig for the protection of the American needle. N~ow look at tte sequel. Last week a piecession of' more thant 2000 journuejmen Tailors :nade, a "strike," not for huglief wages, bim against the reduction of-those tbfey rion' reeeife ? H-ow sadly e'veri word ii E'hlnrmi by the progress of events, which has been in tered against the present iilacfl it~rif! When will the laborer learnathat.ii fs hot for him that -"protection" is granted, bs for the speculator and the capitalist i ... Federicksburg &ecorder. CossoLATIONm FOR THE PoSTM~sTER GEN. ERAi. We learn that varioni railroad, compa esis owning the routcs between Albany and Bttfalo, at'a ntieting held in A ugust, res.1'ed to reeomdtiend to the Towanda Railroad Company, 4.n of the link, to raise the question of the validity .of .Ihe Post Office laws, and the ohlfgations oft the railroads under the laws of Congress; and also the validity of their contracts restrict ing them from carrying any mailable mat .ter. They also resolved to requtest the "apawanda Company so test the qutes Aqion ras to their rights andl duties, as com anon * erir, by amicable suits, or suits -with ;Livimgsins. Wells and Pomeroy, or any person or persons, and also toith the jpostenaster Gener'l. This will open the who,le question, and will results in the settlement ,qf .the con stitutiopial points altp. The vote ,was u mnanimous with allithe comipaaies present ~except one. and this exception was made .because the company dissenting had nil uepdy excluded all such terms and epndi Lions in the coptract with the Department. N. Y. .vpress, -important to the Ladies.-0ne-.of the first Parisanr dyers isqgpoted as the author. ity for the following recipe for cleanting silks: Quarter pf a pound of soft soup..a teaspoeful of bltandy, a pint of gin, all we$l~ mixed together. WVith a sponge or * flannel, spread the mixture on each side of thbe silk without, creasing it, wash it in twvo .or, three waters, and iron it on the wrong ,14e will loans =d mas. n. " AMissouri.-The lasi *iuumboi'of. the St.' Louis Repuhtican coniains the official re turns of the' late'election NinMissonri. The majority of Edvards, the "Hard" caudi-c date for Governor, over Allen, his "Soft" opponent. is,5,65'. Four "Hards" Mes srs: Price,-Bowliu. Phelps and Rilfe, and one. I -Soft" -1 r. 'Sims, are elected to Con gress. The whigs have elected 44 mem bers of the House of Representative, and the demaerhts 56. How many of the lat ter -are Anti Bentonian men is not stated. Afaine Presidential Electors.-In case the abolition vote in Maine shonld be so large as to present either of the other Electorial tickets from having a majority of the whole number of votes polled; the lact years legislature a large majority of which are in favorof Polk and Dallas. will appoint the Electors, thus, in the opinion of the New York Tribune, rendering the vote of that State at the next Presidential election as morIly certain for the Demo cratic candidates. In North Carolina there are but seven Democratic newspapers; while the Whigs have twenty. This is a most significant fact. If we can come within 3000 votes of the Whigs with seven presses, we could completely overwhelm them with twenty. Democrats should suppert their papers liberally, and establish new ones, give the people light, circulate the docunents-the price of liberty is eternal vigilance.-Boston Post. The next State elections; to be held before the choire of presidential electors, will be in the month of October, as follows: Maryland, October 2 Georgia, " 7 Atkansas, " 7 Pennsylvania, " 8 New Jersey, " 6&9 Ohio, - " 8 South Carolina, "9 14 Indian Battle.-We learn rrom a gentle man from the Missouri, that a battle took place,.three or four weeks since, on the Indian Territory,betweu a party ofthe Sacs ofthe Missouri and a party of Pownees. The latter had eight men killed and the Sacs one. The Sacs returned to their village with five scalps. The Pawnees stole five horses from the enemy, and thus broughton the fight.-St. Louis Rep. Continucd Health of the City.-T he last weekly Bill of Mortality presents the remarkable fact of but 6 deaths, 5 of which were black and colored children, 4 of which were under 5 years of age, and not one white nor -a case of fever. .Ve doubt whether the Bills of Mortality of any other city in the United States of the same numbers, can exhibit a parallel rbsult. Charleton4Patriot. Health of General Jackson.-A letter from Geueral Jackson toa friend. of recent date, says:- 'I am greatly debilitated, reduced to a skeleton, with a constant cough and pain in my left side-with, lately, great shortness of breatl-I c an scarcely wield my pen, but delighted to hear from you and your numerous famoily. I have sunoned up resolution to attempt it. The weather still continues dry, and warm. We do not believe the water, courses have ever beet lower in this part of the country. There was a great deal of rain we understand in some of the dis tricts below us last week; but above there ha4 been little, or uone.-Pendleon Mea. sen ger. Optical Opperatimn.-We are, gratified to be an nye witness :o the fact that a little hoy. son ofMr. M'ucAbee, of this District, has been entirely restored to sight by an operationa performned by Dr's Biving & Cleveland, of this place- The patient is now 15 years of age, and has been so blind for the last 9 years that he cottld not dis tiugnuish day frorr night. We are infor med that thtis is only one amongst several inbtances of their professional skill. Spartanburg Spartan. We learn that the President has -ap. pointed Andrew Jackson Donelson, of Tretnnessee, to be Charge d'Aff'atres of the United States to Texas, to succeed Mr. Howard, deceased.-Nat Int. We happy to announce to the public, that the Hon. Mitchell Kinig has actepted the appointment of Presidetnt of the Col lege of Charleston, pro. tern.; and that :the exercises of the institutian wvill be re sumed on the 7th October.' under the su perintendence of a gentl-man so eminent ty qualilled for the office.-Charleston ''jItarngraphis which appear in our ~paper cosicerning the ravages of the eater ptllar iid the. cdtton fields of the Red River and pthier distriets,,are not intserted with a view to creat6 alarmr, or fotdranj 3lister purpois We have tydo ft' ,ajo is al ways to give aff ih'e infamiliioon t'ha; reathedus, with rejard .io the leasonand t'he rowing crops, stating a't. t~e same time thie sourcss whence it was obtainad, tiithoteking either to exaggerate it or to lessen the weight to which it was entitled. Tliis catie' we have pursued during the presetit- summer, and shall continue to pursute, deeming it the fairest atnd most impartial pfan that we can adopt on a subject iaiich there are so many appar ently conflicting interest, an'd on which so much more conjecture is expaitJet as ascertaiaeds fact'e We have no doubt; from wvlat re have learned, that particu lar neiglahoode bsave suffered extreme ly; but thitk neertheless, that-there will be a fair, av e~ecropr-N. 0. -Bulletin. The~ Qro'..The caterpillar or army worm ,isspidre than usually destructive in the paxiilisi f Rtaptdes, Catahoula and| Con'edias .ilogy ,of our friends wh'o had by .eztraordinoary' exertion, succeeded in. preser~ving iheir crops from luin by. overflow are now compelled to look silently upon the ravages of this second and most devastating plague.-C'oncordia Intelligen in Couan-F rom every part of tha urroundintg counties in this State, and i ra parishes in Louisiana, we learn thaite". w'ortnanve been vary desntruct ive ..dagrg,the.war. A fact worth recording as it shows the coolness of American Iars id' batle, is, thar. at Ahe time the shot cut off the muskets, a sailor at the wheel of the President exclaimed," they are firing bright barrelled pistols at us"-in reference to pieces ofmuskets, flying.in every direction over the deck." Caution to Sinners.-The Editor of the Grand Gulf Advocate, says, be wondera if the presenti het weather does eat remind sinners of that still hotter "down -below," and cause them to think of their ultimite reward, if they continue to postpone the time to pay the Printer.-Pic, Cure bf Lockja by YMecricity.-'i'fiE N. Yori'.Journal of Commerce metilious a..remarkable curq effeited by applyini tlie.Electro-galvanic apparatus to bothan geli of thejat*.. Tliepatient.had., been of ficteid.With lockjaw in consequene of e pgure t..coldgand fatigue. Commercial. ITAmiURG, September 18. Cotton-The market to-day is exceedingly dull..and there is but little Cotton coming m; ihe most of which is stored by the planters for better prices. Our quotations are the same as they were last week, say 6 to 6,4 cts.; most sales at 6 ets., and for old cotton 4 to 6 cts. ac cording to quality. A. SDr J Goods, Groceries, &c.-Thie .markqt. is well supplibd in every article, and are let -ff at fair pices. * - - Flour.-Thee is a quantity on hand, and the arrivals from the'country tolerably heavy. A. good brand sells from wagons at $4j per bbl. Corn-Is getting down, owing to the new crop coming in, and -solls at wholesale at 40 to 45 ets. per bushel.-Journal. AUGUSTA, Sept. 21. Cotton.-This naticle has.settled down to 6 ets. for the best qality. 'The principal sales are at 54 a 5j for flair. Inferior.would not bring over 44.cts.; but there is aot..much ofieriug which wilLnot bring 4. a 4} cta.. Thi large stock-on hand in.Euigland and in this countryi with the prospect of an average crop being about to be brouight forward, and above all,.thq aversion of capitalists to make in vestments in an article on which they have lost so heavily-and so long, are abundatly.sueicient to account fb the low prices of cotton no cur rent and iq prospect.. ,-- &I. ..Eagging.-.We have had but a limnitea d mnand for this trticle throngh .the. past week, owing to the few planters coming to imarket, which is occasioned by the favorable weather for packing the cotton. We continue our for mer.quotatnns. , Groceries.-We have still to report tho same dull feattire in the demand for .these articles. which is to be attribnted to thc cause stated a bove.- 1'ashingtonian. September. 19. Cotton.-The re-eipts during the week have been moderate. The market has exhibited considerable activity for the last day or two, though the sales effected have been at a decline of about a quarter of a cent from last week's quotations. We now quote the range of prices at from 44 to 64 et., with the remark that it would require a very superior article to bring the latter price,-Constitutionalist. Cor.oauaa, Sept. 19. Cotton-The receipts during the week, from the 12th to the 18th. inclusive, were 1,374 bal3s, about a quarter ofwhiich is stored. Prices may be quoted, from 5-to 64 for new, and 4j to 64 for old. The average sale of new i about 6j. There have been shipped off during the.ieek, from the 12th to the 18th, inclusive, by Rail Road, 727 bales.-South, Carolina. There -b.e CAtr.r, Sept. 18. There have lleen several loads of ew cot ton in since our last; the principal sales at 64. Our quotations to the prices current are for new cotton. . tCorrspondence of Soit-Carqliaian.] . . . . CHARLr.'Or, Sep. 17. In a P. S. of Wednesday morning last, I re 1,orted our Cotton market to be.perfectly pros. tiate, and sorry am 1ito say that no improve. meat in it.has taken plaee since then.. T'he sales from WVednesday to. S.aturdays eveninw, reached but 592 bales, and. yesterday only f5 bales. -Extremes of prices 5 a Gi, principally 64 a 64 cents.., The purchasers continue few, and wvill hardly apptoach holder-s unless they can do soon their own- terms.; :Tbis state of the market would perhaps~not be quite so- dis couraginig, were it not for the -entire- want of all shipping for the Eurqp'enn trade: but at present there is not a vessel in port. Our re ceipts are on the increase, iluring the past week lye had' 2409 hales, -of' which 2118 by Rail Road, 159 by wvater, and 132 by wvarnar Exported in same time to :Great Britain 1147 bales, and coatwise 1845 bales,:leaving on on hand a shiippidgestonk ofnuear 11,500 bales, a great portion of which is underslood to -be in shipper's hands. We have pot been -able as yet to make up a final stateiert of the receipt of tie total crop of 1843, 1S44 , the -rethrns from one or two of the ports nmt -hawng -.,en received yet. while those at New Orleans are thought to lbe incorrect. It is however,..pretty nearly ascertained that the crop of last year will siceed 2,030,000 bals. . - .4 -. Cnunaus-ros, Sept.21. Couecn.-Received dnring the past week. by Rail Road 14863bales, by-wagns 2S3. and by water 134, making the total anioitat 1903 bales, Uplands. Exported in same time. 336 bales coatwise leavirig oti hand a shipping stock of 12.055 bales, exclusive of 273 bales on ship board not cleared. The general features of the market for Up lands, during the past wveek have not Imaterial ly differed from those of Ithe week previous, with this exception, that in consequence of the very few buyers in attendance, holders, desi rous of effecting sales have, in great measure, been obliged to accede to terms more favorable to the former, than heretdfore ttndfeven submit in some instances to afraction of a decline; otherwile,. th.e denmand continues' irregular, as will be .perelyed- by a reference to, the daily transactions of the .week which were as follows,. On, Saturday 207 bales;. Monda 15 tuesday 384; Wednesday 554; Thnrday80. and yesterday 116 bales, makigg atotal o f356 bales. The, foflewing quottons .Liyerpool Classifications m:the present state of the mar ket, must- be considered as partially nominal, sine neither holdersenor buyers could perhaps operate at them to any given amount or at a short notice. Inferior and Ordinary. .. 44~ 54. Middling le Middling Fair. 54 a64. Fair to fully Fai-. 6A at Jllercury, PALMETTO FIRE COMPANY A PPEAR Io front of the Engine House on Saturdayahe28th inst., at 3 o'clk. precisely, for Drill and Exercise, in full uniform.. By ordero ofhPrsident : J. A. WIE(,IM$, Secretary~. Sa 2s' 1' 35 BOOTS AND SROE0. T HE Subseriber woud:reapectrl.iy hiform .U.hescitizensof EdgefieldDistic, that he has on hand a good assortment-of home niade BOOTS arid-SHOES, whleh be will sell cheap for cash, and on a reasdnable.,and.approved credit. .Also,.a.small. lot ofNorthern Pzian BooTs, a.first rdte article,at the l6 price of $3. per pair.' -, .. -- - 'Also Dn hnd, a rgd &1t . df home mide PLAN'TATION SHOES, of the- very first 'uslitj. (vhich will be sold in lots to suit pur hasers. Iersous in want of 1egroe Shoes will fiud it to their interest to calland examine them before purchasing elsewhere. E. C. REM M.R. SepL 25 if 35 Hats! .Hats FOR SALE AT COST, at F- E. C.REMER'S, Boot and Shoo Store, Edgefield C. H., S.C. Sept. 25, if 35 NEW YORK CASH LEHMA!ER & B1OTH ,HAMURG,.Q1 AVE received qnd: ere opeWn ei: Store, a large 4nd egensatec of STAPLE AND FAN CERt GODS spiable fot the qpproacinl s'ondiect rni the importeri and nacturers,and a good assormentof, .e BOOTS, ShtOES.:HAT, .CAPS, and .Ready;Made.Clothing, purchased in N York and Boston. Ourfacilities bein esuch as-to enable - us- to sell on the most- reasoable! terms, -purchasers from the country wilfid at mneh' to their~ad vantage to call -at theN.Er Yoa CAsR SroRE, opposite Howard &Girmany. LEHMAISR& BROTIHERS, take this -opportunity.to -.inform their frieuds, customers, and the public in general, that they have lately.. moved -ne isf their Stoi es to the ia1r-Ifose-of:Mri.J .i. Smith, MoWin Wir. Uao' and that - tiey'till continue their other establishment at Park' Stors, DARK CoRnZa,* where they are reetving a -large supply of -FALL AND WINTER 'IRADE,. and will be happy to wait on their old iiendo ano-iewv dustomners. Hamburg, Sept. 12 4t 35 Extra Court of Equity., A LL Suitorsand others iterested, are hereby notified that a Court of Chancery to hear all casea not disposed of at the regular Jnn'6 Term of said Court, 'will he held at Edgefield Court House on the first Monday in November next. .. . By order of Charieellor HanPE - S. S. TOMPKINS, 6. D. Sept.25 7t 35 House and Lot for Sale.. ILL be sold, at Edgefield C. H.-onr SATURDAY the 19th- of October next, at 10 o'clock, A. Uf., by public outcry, the House and Lot in the Village of Edeefield, belonging to the estate of George Pope, deceased. - A credit of one and two years. will be given, the last instafinent bearing interest from the end of the first year. THOAS H. POPE, Qualified Executor. Sept.25: 4t 35 - Land for Sale. HAT well known Plantation formerly owned by1N. Lowe, duceasedl contain ing four hundred and forty-three (443) acres, on Turkey:Creek, immediately on the Stage road leading from Edgefield C. H. to Abbe. ville C. 11. -Any one wishing to purchase wiil do well to examine for themselves. Apply to thie stibsetibers.- \ JAMIES WILLIAMS, - ~ D. D. BRUNSON. g. Sept. 25th tf 35 Sheriff''s Sale. B Y virtue of sundry writs of Fieri Facias I..iwillp proceed to sell at Sdgefield Court House, on thre First Monday and Tuesday n Qctohmor..nexi, the follo'ving property: John N. Olver and others, vs L. D. Johnson, one negro woman by the name of Juliet, one horse, saddle and bridle, one small wagon, and one dlouble barreled shot gun.. Trerms, casb. * H. BOULWARE, s. E. D. Sept.21, $1.50 3t 35 EXTElNSIVE SALE Sof Furniture. - V . E. JACKSON & CO. WEDNESDAY, October 9th, at.09 o'clock, . ; on thme premises, wilL be sold:. F URNITURE, ,&c,--The Household and Kitchen Fuirnituretofilhe.'Eagle ad Pla nix H otel, consisting in part of beds; bedsteads; cotton, moss and harnittresses;' bureaus, ta bles,.washatands, sofas, chairs, looking-ghasses, carpets. &c.drc. -...-- . -a -..-. *VEHICLES.-Also, Carriages, Buggies anid llThe Edgefield Advertiser,'Madlis'on Mis-. cellany, and MWacon Messenger, will insert the above weekly until sale, and forward their bills, together-with acpaper containinig the advertise ment. to the Aucrioneers.-Chronicle. Augusta, Ga., Sept. 15. 3t 34 The Olive Branch I S published by Hlenry C. Goodwin. every. 3.Saturday morning, office No. 5 Washing ton-street, Boston. Devoted t.o Chl~istianity, Mutual Rights..EFolit.jikrature,.General In telligence, Agriculiure, and the Arts. .Tho RevT. F'. Norris, Editor and-Proprs tor 'thme Rev. S. Lovel, Assistant Editor. Aerms-$% per 'fear, if' paid in advance.; $Z2. at .;he expiration of. *ir months, and $2 50 if not Ijaid until the end of~the year. A. RA MSEY,. Agent. - mit~ E gefield C. Ii. S. C., UNION BIBLE 80'CIETY'. (7"WThe Executive:Comntittee of the A bheville and Edgefield O~nion -Bible So ciety will meet at the subscribers hoose-in Greenwood, on Tuesday~he 15th. Octohor nexl, ar 11 o'ifoek; A E M. A full attend ance of tiie Comititee is particularly re quested. WV. Pi.'HILL, Chairman. Th'e Emna Insurance Conap'y. HARTFORD. CONNI V HE Subscriber is prepared to Insure a .Ugainst loss or damage by.Fire or~fuland Navigation, at the usual rates of premium. H. L. ,IEEFERS,;4geit. Hamburg. August23,.1844. 3m 21 T H E Subscribers have formed a partner Rsipfor the Practieoflaw).E \ F,. H..WARDLAW, W. C. MORAGJIE. to the cotton of late. Ondirahy plantations there - will not be half crops.-Natche: couriech The Cotton Crop.-We learn from planters cultivating the bill land of some portions of this county, that the worm has become very destructive, eating up or destroying whole fields of the growing or ripening. crop. We observe accounts. of a similar destruction in many of the counties in Alabama - Our informant in this county, thinks he will lose .50 bales out of-a crop of 300 bales.-Natchez Free Trader. Ravages of the Cut Worm.-The Sumter (Ala.) Whig says that in that county the ravages of the cut worm have been very destructive to the cotton: Without a speedy change for the better, only d half crop will be gathered. CRoPS IN THE WEsT.-The Opelousas Ga. zette states that in consequence df the oImost annual appearance of the .Cduerpillar .in, tile Cotton fields of that district, many planterd are making arrangements to turn their bottotn gino into sugar houses. The same, we.tinderstand, is in contemplation by many planteri oni ,tte Red River. The frequent partial destiuction of the crops in particular neighborhoodsj,.lo. gether with the low prices which nowseemito be established-for cotton, will no doubt induce many planters to turn their attenfiotn to other articles ofculture. Sugar will, of course, be preferred, wherever the climate wiHl permit its growth. . We. have no doiaht, however, that still other articles might le adapted, which would yield a better profit tihan cotton, or, per. haps, than sugar. The Marion (Ala.) Telegiaph of the 5th says -"Since our last week's publietion the wea ther has assinned a puch; milder type--but the season is so fAr advanced, and the damage al ready done by the weorm and the rust-so wide sprea4 aind permanent, that the best of seasons fron this out would d- but little towards re lieving the injury. Ve happened, ia day or two since, to fall into the company of a gentlo man who hnd recently passed over a consider shlo pait of the principal cotton-grb'wing par tions of our State-and lie assures us that, in the connfies of Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox, Dal las, Lowndos, Montgoniery, Antanga. &c., there will be an average crop of at Yeast one thiid less thar the product of last year. CMuon Crop. of: Louisian.-ThO .receipts of Cottotn at New Orleans for the year ending 31st Aug. 1844, amount to 913,813.. bales, of which 5.945 are new. , For the fear edtirg 316 Au gust 1843. according to .tfie An'A:fal Statesnent of commerce of that city., the receiptswwere, 1,089.642 bales, of which 1.734 were e7. The exports during the yearjust closed are 899,440 bales; for the previous year, 1 085,870 bales. This statement does not include the Cotton shipped coastwise without clearing, or shipped up the riter. The receipts of Cotton for the inonth of August, 1844, amounted to 9,022 bales,' and the exports for the month to 10,729 bales. The editor of the Concordia (La.) Intelligen car says :--During a trip ofthe last three weeks through the Felicianas, in this State, and the counties of Wilkenson and Adams. Mississippi, we fottnd the crop pieviously nost promising as we were informed, looking badly from the long continued and severe rains-which causing the Drop, or shedding of the forms, and sprout ing,ofthe weed, imist naterially lessen, as it has already greatly ijitred the crop in the vi. cinities referred to. The worm we. are in to med, is very destructive in Avoyelles and Rapids. ft is evident, from all the accounts we re ceive, that in some parts of Louisiana the cot ton crop must fall materially short on account of the destruction by the caterpillar. In the Alexandria Republican, of the 24th ult0. we find the followipg:-.. .. .. . . -Two weeks since we stated that thi cater pillars had setto work in good earnest in our cottotn fields--and we notice the result of their habors. There is not a pla'ntation ini the parish, as f-ar zis wle have beena able to learn, that they have nut visited, and whlerever they ha'ie ap peaned they have, as -usual, ,aa~de a complete sweep of'every leaf and bud, leaving- the stalks perfectly bare... On the plantations that were overflowed there will be no cotton made besides what is now opeti.;, On mnost of-the oilier pla ces the crop will falLshort of that of last year. The New Orleans...Bullctin of. the .4th inst. says:--- We are informed fronm Red River that the destruction comnmitted -by -the caterpillar is beyond all example> ...The youtng bolls are all eaten alf, and the fields which wvere replanted in consequence..of the overflow in the early part of the season, tind in which, of course, the cotton is tter thant el-Awhere, are alanost to tally destroyed6..,hlis is ihe e -ase, we are told, throughout the ptarnshesof Natchitoches, Rapids and Avoyelles. . In the -parish of St. Martin, also, the amne pest is reported." A Singular Fact.-Dr. Smith, who has recently visited :th'e .Forks of the Missis sippi, in an article on Medicine in iowa, and other mnatters,' giveg a most singular fact, by stating from gpod~authority, that no person offlcially; a~espciated. with the Indians .f-ihe Upper Mississippi, ever saw or heard of a deaf Indian,..of one wvhose sight was impaired~iby age, or whd~e teeth were essentialit decayed. ,o Indian of the Sioux tribe ever required spectacles or discovered any advantages fcom urying, those of travellers,: ,bea uae. theiryvisiob w as n~ot impaired, evpo in extverie old age. Mr, Reed nudl Mr. Doe;,tip praetical farm ers.employed by govetnint to teseh them agjriculture, both corjtur in declaring this to lisftue, -*-after ai ieidence of srx years in tbeir niidt. Onlithalmia, however is a commonf complaint, from which they suffer very considerably." Anecdo.-1t will be borne in mind that the first. powder burned in the late war with England, was burnt on -board the President frigate, Comn Rogers. At the commencement of the action on board the President frigate, a ball (an 18 lb. shot) frpoin. the Belitidere, came over the watst cloths~ of th'e Presideni, and sach .was. the force of the ball that it actually cut off, without th~i'ing thiem down, the muizzles of several of th'e tmushete, (left there by the marine front 6 to 8 idd~hes i0 .length-ill ed one marine-took off the wfitst ofone midshipman, Mr. Montgomery kilfed aii oilier, Mr. Buck together with the quarter gunner, and finally lodged on the deck, and was taken below by the narrator of this, and shown to the 3d lieutenant, Mr. Dallas, who took it in his hand and wrote on it with chealk.- "Cousin, I have recei ved your present and will return it again" -clapt it in the gun himself, and fired the gun himself, atid fired the piece; and it-is a remarkable fact that it actually killed several of the officers and ina on board the Belvidere, and finally lodged in the cabin of that. vessel, and was-afterward hung. in the Belviders.-cabin 'as a"Gionh FJEST ARRW.YAL OF . CHEAP0 GODS - FR0os Ta-M'4ORn .1 IE Subscribers having received some oj beir.GlQd beg Ieave to invite the putlib to call he; as they can ,may without hqsitation,thiat they are the cheapest ever dffered.in Edgefield. . The followin are soe o rthe.articles: .Silk and'Wool'?olinsi abeautiful and fash -.ionable article -or'dresses; at37jets. uperlr Higha d LindseySu14 ces.erio Worstqd Mitt, Superior do. j aphir-Boars ceonto, Lad-U4s Worsw4,opi, 25 to 37j 8.4 French sr $175. SuperioriEdgingso; 2ets.up Alargeassortmentoffashionab and.Fringe, for adiesdr y dll colors. . - lrussele Laced, Splendid lac Super oe a Silk. 644" Idt or, di" e > ee re in show ur oods and "I ijl'ow price. - 3. COHN & CO.. tcll. asiCali Store, opposite Planter's Hotel f 33 F0Land Winter Goods. WM. KETCHAM & ,CO., . . HAUsuae, 8. C.: RE now receiving their FAir A*n WaN. TER- stUCkof i I FANCY AND STAPE DY 0ODS, NEGRO CLOTHS, B.Lits oi. 'TING Cz.ons, .-, N CARPiTANo. BoxxzTs, and - all the fine and-fasbiobable articles ror Ladies and Gentlemen's wear.:. -- - - We have. completed such. arrangeiments As 1ill put us in the receipt ofmere Goods woely; during the business season, so that all the new styles of fashionable goods can be found at our Store,-as good as the bes, and ceap as th cheap. est, as rast as they shall appear in the New York market. TOE MERCHANT TAILOR SHOP, . wail still be cinducted BY Mr. G. V DICKINSON. - A fine assrtment of Cloths. Casimteres, VeA. tingtand Tailor's Trimmings constantly onu hand.. h WM. KETCHAM & CO. September 11, tf 33 Balloon Ascension !!. I L. WISE, (Eronaut,) respectfully ac nounees to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Columbia,, and. of the . surrounding Districts, thatbh *ill.shortly have the honorof appearing befote-th'em for the. uipose dfgratifynw them with one of his magnificent &RIAL AkUEN SIONS.: Ijaving underitood-with regret that they have already beeir disgusted-with a failure in theway of Bal.ooinlhewould be induced to apprea .theiia with more -reluctance were be not aware ofilia sharacteristic liberality of the people of the South: in bestowing merit where it- is due' . Knowing that he -possesses the ability.in this.oarticularhe hazards nothing in inviting -all, far and near, to come and see, rot he assures-them there will be no mistake. He -will mqakehis 52d Ascension in. his beau. Liftiul UwBiALLOON "Venus" from the enclosure in front of:the, Circus, ontthe AETERNOON of the FiRsT SATURDA in OCTONEa ensuing, (the 5th Day;) at-4 o'clock, P. M. a The Gates willbe open at2o'clock, at which time the pioess -of INLATion will commence, (and wlicliby-far-the:most interesting part of the exhibitioin;)9at?4.o'clook--the beautiful Car and appar'atwaUIsill 'attached ;-after ta. king his seat the Cords will be:6trand he will soar aloft-to the admiration of alliwho may be. hold him. -. Suitable Seats will be crectedoritheaccom modation of.Fanilies; which.can. be secured on application to Mr. I. H. CoLEMAN, of Whom Tickets can be had at.,One' Dollareach ebil drenmaccompanying theirparents and se'riints at halfprice. - ..' . The.; Winnisboro's News, the Edgefield Ad. vertiserand s Caiden Journal, will please in. sert *.hree times, and fojrward bill, with a paper containing the advertisemnent..to Mr.L H. Cole man, pt Columbia, who will pay-the same. Sept.11 3t '33 Medlical College. ot Georgia? r3'HEannauacourse~qf Lectures in this In I ystit ntion,.will commence on Monday, 11th of November..... - -. Anatomy-George M. Newton, M. D Surgery-P F'.: Eve, M. 'D. . Institutes and Practice of Medicine-L. D. Ford, Physaiology awi -Pathologica2 Anatomy-L. A D)ugas;M. .D. Mfatenaa Medicaz and Thesraputics-IL P. Garvin, Md. D..--- . Obsterics-.f. A. Kve, M,.Ii. Chemistry anid Pharmacy-Aexander Means, Mi. D. . Demonstrator of Anatomf--H. F. Campbell, M. D. . .- - Clina Lectures .will. he delivered .at. the City-Hospital, which is under the charge of the Faculty.. *. - Fees for' the 'full couirse, Sn0 00o Matriculation. tobe take~n onceb '' 5 00 Prtsctical'Aetemibishken one. 310 00 Surgical'operations will be performed gratu- - itously. when brong btefore the css.. 4.Good bpard-mig:be obtained in the dty from $12to $15 per moqth. a.. M. NEWTON, Deqo shove to the tamoalat eof $!iand or~yap'~tkeir accounts to - the 'Deanid'Souther- Recorder, Pedert '.Union;-SavanttlrGerginiflum-' guw.gnq'oirer, Ma'e'po.Telegra h; lHelicoir.Jfa rietta, Alaliama; -yJurnal,. uskalnosa. Flag, Fluntatille Demoera{, Knoxville Register, Ten.., E~dg~eldAdvestiger, Green Idle Mountaineer, Reddleton Messen or, Apalachicola Advertiser. and Tallahassee ~oridian. - 0ige. - - T EBooks and Accounts of-.lMHDown, jAgentare in our possessioog.All'per ioni.indebted to herare requested to call on the mbltacribers anid settle their .accounts, as this is~ ioetessary to a settlement between thse parties .nte:.wU . ULAND & BUTLER' - eit.11 tf 34 N~otiee. .LL persons having any demands against- - - the estate of William Robertson, Sr.'de :eased, are requested. 'to present them by athe 15th December, as the estate will-be distrib'uted nimediately thereafter. -GEORGE ROBFERTSON Executor. September 4, Sm' 32 speran. Candles,'&c. 2O:WHOLE and half boxes pure Sperur CANDLES,a choice article, warrant-. ,dto give satisfaction. For sale by the box or . H. KENRICK. Hamburg, A pril 20. - f~ 13 Shirtings & Slieetings. aI 614ached:Shirtingis and Sheesong. aust received by4 .JOHN 0. B. 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