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191ISCELLA1N VOIS. THE COTTON CROP. The accounts frem the Routh and West (says the..Chharleston Evening News) con tinue to represent the ravages ofthe ator-. -pillar as most destructive - to the Cotton crops. The Louisiana papers state that the Army Worm has ceasedini-destructive course in a portion of the cottob region of that State. In the meantimo the Boll Worm is going on- with its frightful work, destroying the Cotton as fast as. it ma tures. (t Mississippi the same disastrous intel ligence oecupies its papers. The Vicks burg.Whig of the 20th ult. says: "The caterpillar, army worm and boll worm. have attacked the cotton crop in all this region.--We have seen various ac counts in the newspapers. and learn from oar planters that in this country they are committing their .depredations, but they can scarcely form an estimate of the dam ages, as yet to the crop." In Alabatna statements of the same char acter appear in the journals of that State. The Montgomery Journal says: " Another deluge last Sunday ! The worm, we are told by planters here, is making sad havoc, cutting off squares and bolls and even the tender shoots and tops of the plant. The papers from all parts of the State speak of similar ravages. Vitha mnotierateearly frost we shall have the shortest crop ever made in the State. "The prospect of the cotton crop is, at the present moment, more gloomy than it has been for many years past. The worm and the rot, the effect of tlthe continual rains, -we desolating the whole cotton growing country. From present appearances a half crop will not be made, even on the 'light dry soils, while ti.e black prairie lands are completely swept as with the besorn of destruction. The ravages of the worm are not confined to this section, but the whole cotton growimg section seets to be equally affected " Great fall of rain -The town of Bayou Sara ttLa. was visited on Saturday night the 22d uit., with one ofthe maost tremeu dous falls of raiu ever experience-l in that place. The rain co:nmenced on Friday night at 10 o'clck, and continued without intermisiot uutil the evening of the next day. The town was completely d.'luged. Some oT the houses had several inches of water on the doors. A datn recently built across the Bayou Sara was entirely swept -away, and serious apti'ehensious were en teitained for the safety of the Rail Road Bridge. In'the county the effects of the flood were :ifl more disastrous; fences were carried away. coru and cotton destroyed, add great numbers of cattle drowned. The freshet lasted but a few hours, the 'ponds and creeks soon subsiding to their usual height. Voriespondece of the Chmrleston Courie r. MAaton, (S. C..) Aug. 29 We have bad a great deal of rain since u y.os- last.,b kd chance for those who are plaining of short crops; the contiii ed ivt weather in the early palt df the season, has iguarea'the 'in crops very much, as most ofthe low grounds were flooded. The -cotton crop will also be short, I thought a month since would have been as .fine cot ton as could be produced'; 'ht on passing thrbugh the tame field yesterday, what a "falling off was there." the forms were scattered on the ground, and the whole appearance sory ; this is tne effect of the late rains and cool nights. WVo havo for. tun'ateily been free from wvorms and lie this year, .tr o'ar showing would have been -a poor one. 1. hear that there has been a gang of ne gro stealers lately caught in Cheraw and Bennett sville, and two of them, viz :Jas. Carlisle and isaac W. Weatherly, have been lodged in the heraw and Marlboro' Goals. Their plaO of operations appears to have been as follows : Weatlierly lhad a negro man namied Arthur (for whom 1. see the Governor has proclaimed a re ward, and who lies since been takent,) who being a fellow of some ielligence, de coyed the negroes off. and they were sold by Carlisle and Weuthierly ; indeed so bold were they in their operations, that Carlisle sold a negro ini Darlingion thgat lie had stolen in Marlboros. These with Powell, who is accused of stealing a horse, negro and money from one Bozemnan of Darlingtn, and Hodges imnprisoned in Marion, on a cha.jge ol rape, will give employment to the Courts of Sessimos for Cheraw, Marlboro', Darlingion and Ma rion Districts. Extract of a letter received in Charleston, from Orangeburg, S. C. --We had one good day (yesterday) for *picking Cotton. I have four different kinds of worms in mny Cotton; two green worms, one of which I never saw before; if your hand happen to touch it it is like a coa; tif fire. The third kind is the caterpiliar, and the fourth is the boll worm, only one' of which 1 bave seen in one of the Couon baskets." (Correspondence of the Norfolk Beacon.] WarE SULPHUR SpRiNos. August 17, 1846. 1 have said that there was no lack of beauty here; and in the distribution of that fair commodity, the 'Old Dominion' and several other States are nobly repre sented. Nor is there any dearth of taleiit here; but in the possession of these lhon tt, t he gallanthlttle South Carolina stands proudly pre-eminent. Three or (our times a day the Hon. John C. Calhoun may be seen wvalkitig leisurely down to thb spring pailion, or dining saloon-stopping occa sionally, to converse with some friend nr acquaintance, on the route, and again pur suing his way with the ease and unpretedd ing dignity of an humble citizen. If the sages and enlightened statesmen of the civilized world were congregated at, this place, that man will still hold an enviable -and elevated position among them; and yethere is a simplicity of manner-S freedorb from ostentation, in his demeanor and deportment, that at once removes ev ery feing of etabar rasment in those wvho seek to approach hima Ii lohu C. tUal hon are embodied all the elements of moral and intellectual greatness. Here, also, is the Hon. George M'Duf lie s.ein. to renovate the palsied ener gies of a shattered frame - Though, p sically, a magnificent wreck, still the gist intellect is there; and it is. painful to con template the premature decay of this A ble and gifted son of.the South. , The Rev. Mr Fuller. of South Caroli na; delivered an able and pathetic sermon on Sunday last. Divine service was held in the Ball Room. Correspondence of the Charleston Courier. NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 26-2 P. M. I wrote you day before yesterday, giv ing the highly important information brought by the British sloop of War Dar 'ing, of the pronunciamento of the city of Mexico in favor of Santa Anna, and of his drrival at Vera Cruz in the steamer Arab. The announcement of the annex ation of the Californias, which was made. in large capitals, in some of the extras, was of course, too ridiculous to be credi ted, as it takes two parties to make a bar gain of that kind.. It seems that this an nexation was in fact the act of some Amer ican citizens residing in these provinces, who combined with the disatfected por tion of the Mexican population, and pro claimed the Californias independent. Santa Anna is now in the city of Mex ico, and his. future 'movetnents will be fraught with deep interest to us-for, upon him will depend whether the present war shall be terminated at once, or indefinitely protracted. lie is excessively ambitious and intensely selfish, and cannvt he sup posed tto be friendly to the United States, except just in proportion to his interest. lie is said to be immensely rich, and no small portion of his wealth consists in real estate in the Crescent City, as well as U. States stocks ant British Government se curities. Whet.-r he be for tear or peace, bis operations wi:1 be energetic, and the question will be easily decided. Sale of cheap Dry Goods in New York. --The Journal of Com-merce putblishes the following notice of a sale of dry goods in that cityon Wedn'slay, chiefly domes tic, which drew a large company and pro duced spirited Bidding: "'he prices were i.s goody as those pro viously obtained by aucti-'n this season. Over two thousand packuges were dispos ed of. Among them ,ie taoum5atndi packa ges negmo cloths, at 15 3 8 a 151 cents. They sold last year at 28 cents, and after wards went down to twenty cens.. and this year to 174 cents per yard tt private sale ; 200 cases prin s st 4 a 7 cents; last year 54 cents for the same qualities Irish linens brought about 10 per cent. Satt netts, 30 per cent. less. 100 cases colored cambrics, for lining. at 4 a 5 cis.; last year 54 a 71 ets. There was also a ver) large sale of French goods part of which were very rich. The spirit displayed at the sale disappointed the expectations which had been formed, though after all, -prices were lower than last year. Upon the whole, the spirit of the dry goods uen has exhibited itself in full energy, and the face of affairs is mnucth brightened by the business of the day." A .Fu& UA.)di "fj J~f,- ?~u ZJs in5u'-u seoger of the 24.6 inst. says -"Wu are informed that Judge Tarver, who lives in the lower part of. Jefferson conoty, near the Central Rail Road, during the p~ast spring found that many of his poor neigh bors were in a starving condition, in con equetceof the short crops last year, and without the means of purchasing subsis tence. lie accordingly procured 1150 bshels of Corn and ten hogeheads of Ba con from Savannah., which he distributed among them at moderate prices otn a credit. to be paid for whenever they miught be able. Such acts of geaiernsity arc worthy a he'recorded in letters of .-oldl, and we trust that the' feelings of Judge Turver have compensated him for this act. 'We might add, that this is one of the benefits derived front Rail Roads. The Central Road being able to lay down the ptavisions at a very luow rate, ntear the Judge's residence, when, without it, he could have obtaitned themt only at a great cot and much trouble." Eppes the 4furderer.-The Richmond Republican asates that facts have recently come to lignt which render it mor~e tt probable that previous to his mur-der of Adophus M'.1ir. Eppes htad murdered his own son, his mother-in law, atnd a dro ve.. His mother in law died suddenly after taking a dose of mnedicitne he admint isered to her-his son was repot ted to have accidentally shiot himself whilst out gunnitg with his father-and a dr-over was never Seen after going to Eppes' house to receive money for a drove or hogs. The sn and mother in law botht stcod itn the way of his obtainittg possession of money. and a skull has since been fosund in a harni on his former prenmises, etupposed to be that of the drover. Ranaway Negroes.-F1or several mouths past, our vicinity has been infested by a gang of runaway nsegroes, who had lie coe exceedingly troublesnime in breaking ipni smoke houses and comrmtttin other depredations. A bout t wo weeks since, their camp was discovered in a swamp sear the race course, and a number of our citizens went Out, surrounded the camp and succeeded in capturing one of the ne groes, three or four making their escape. I and about the catmp was found several bundred pouttds of bacon, a large quariti ty of lard, bee htives, sugar coffee, &c. After breaking up this camp, the nearoes ook up their quarters on the opjposite. side of the river, attd continued thetr dep redations. On Monday last. Mr. mtes Tleet and Mr. Jame-s Wood, discovered two of them in a house, anad on futding they wero discovered, the negroes endea vored to make their escape, but 'one of thei was soon overtaken attd stopped by the dogs oif Mr. WVood. Teen was left in charge of this, and Wood wetnt on in .pur suit of the other, who was armed with a double barrelled gun. The dogs sootn brought him to a bay, and as Mr. W'ood rode up. the negro fired on him, with ote barrek~ wountding him severely in the hatnd, the 'lqrger .part of .be limed loding in his horse's head!, thereby saving his life. The ntegro fired the other barrel. a the dogs and fled. Mr. Wood was too much disabled to pursue htim, nndh his dogs refused to follow any person else. We learn ithat another party wvent ou in pursuit of the negro this aftetnoon, andJ hope by this time have jtucceeded in takian him.--Oumden Journal. From the Georgia Journal. Roba7t.s OF IlA..S AND HANcCOKC, As the followimg letter, fro-~ a itf.ches teemed friend, gives some account of tbe false keys used by the Bobbers whb st lii Messrs. '3ngslea, Watts and Guerre money, thl'nanner in which they 'weft used, &c., A have concluded to publish it. What is here det ailed only adds strangih to the advice we gave some time since, to those who had ruore money than they had immediate use for. We advised theme to loab it out to some one, upmon good secu rity, who could, and would use i:.-~Not to keep it lying idle, and liable to be-'isto lee when they could keep it from thieve, and benefit their neighborhood and fellow citizens gei.etally. It will be seenilOo by the letter th it the reports about "dis closures" being made, all turn out 'to be false. Sparta, July 27i h, 184G.. Dear Thweat.-Our community hus felt somie curiosity as well as some interest 'in examining the skeleton keys and, other implements taken by the pioplo of Fort Gaines on the capture of Dr. Roberts aa'd John Jacobs, who rulieved Mr. Wattsol this county, Mr. Billingslea of Harr is, and Mr. Gues'ry of Sunter, of somne surplus cash. With the skeleton keys whicth are now in this pt:ire you may unlock 'any small locks whatever; if one doesanoi an sawer the puruose another will. But lie most efficient instrure:it is a wire ient and wrapped its thread to prevent noise, with which any and every door locked n th the key left in the inside softle ridi in the lock, nay ho unlocked and agirin locked witu the same facility aithough you had the key in your hand. " This n struneut is so simple, so easy of-construc tion, so effect.ual, ant douhtlesW so geaer ally uuderstooi by rogies, hit iiiriest men should ie cautmied never to locka bed 'soon, store roo., or indeed any.,ropf and leave th- key in the door. - We have received various lettersin tibis place: asking for inlor..satiotn ubout di clo stres said to have huen made by the priS otter. No disclosures h.ve seen ntde nor is it probable that any will be mad, it is certain that there were but two enba ged irl taking Watts money. 'he euttre amount stole $5,500--alsos all taken fr m Mr G ierry, sua)605; all the bonds-of r, Billingslea and a large portion ofithe gold taken from him were found on the persoi arrested. As Mr. Billing-lea had "en robbd just one month before the ar i is possible these tw o individuals only ef conce ied in that also. ;y esprct fully, Your oh's servant. We regret to record air unfort'unate e cideut which occurred in this to n-o tbi 27th tit., by which James Patterso pia respectable and well kuowin colored ds*r pentor in this place, lost his life.. scaffold on which he was st:ending d4ve way, precipitai ing hit to the ground t,r a considerable height. He was pick pl wards. -;The deeased had always as conducted himself a-, to command the res pect and esteem of this coimtaunity. atnong whon he has lived for reanly years. Souhiern Chronicle. August 2. From the New Orleans lI'abune. Arrival of the Alabama. Six DAY. LA-rrna FROa TnM ARMY. The steamshiap Alabama, Capt. Win dle. arrived itis mtiorning fromt Brasos iSa tiasgo, n hence site sailedl ont the uL4 I inst. Capt. WVindle repsorts tha G.en. Wsrs w itht 2000 mna, had left Uiaumargo aid priceeded 75 rmtiles oni his route tonardb Monaterey. This a epora is no douibt pire mature. We have late dates fromr Ca maargo, which represent that active prepna rations were going tin to move ;at an early day. We have others, yet latter, but thiey containi nting so csosfirmn the re or: hal~ Geti. WVorth htad moved froma Cumnargu. The' rephor probiabtly rew ont of~ the ad vance ot Czapi. Duncani'< par y, mniottttedi ini our corresponsad--nce.' CAMAutGO. Miexico, Atunusi 14. Editors of the Picayunne-Gentlemrena We are getting aloing here amosng th, ass tedilsi ians most aidmnir:aly, ntoiwithss -nte ing toe extremtely hot weather. You Amaericains out ini Louisianin have hail the presoum ptiun in st ate. tin severatl occasionis, tai you have experienced-warim t ailier It is ridiculons fur an enlighttesed peosple to taslk ofehieat in a place whtere ice can be kept. There are certain gentlemen spo ken of in the Old Testament. as ssaving walked safely yoc atnd fin in a fiery fur nace-; that waqs certatiuly a consideratble of a feat for those days, but it is tan every day ocurrence in the Armay of Occupla ton. Yeeterdlay aind- to day, het weeni the hours of 3 o'clock, A. M!.,. anid 4 o'c-inek, P. M!.. were the hottest days i e-er hseardi of. The atmosphere, the earth, and the liniestone walls of Camargo seemed to be on fire. We have not ., single thermom eter to measure ihe hteat with, hui ntotingl is lost by the deficiency. as I am saari~fiedi that no mnstrumnent or the kind has eves beers imaufactutred of sullicitnnt lenagth 1i0 reach tate height of the temperature at sibie place. 1How the troops hear up) tundier ii is a wonder, anad yet tere are no: sr-atn down wiih t he fever. I ;attrihmte ihis ex traordinary heith in :a great degree iii the absenace of int oxicai ing liquors. Tlhte drilh re w ith the excepation of the icht atriil lery, conducted in the cool of the dlay. There are nlow eleven thousand volun teers anti three thounsarnd regulars ont the Rio Grantde. They are constantaly arri* ving at this ptoint, so that it is next toim possible to ascertain how misty are collec ted here at this moment. The great canmp beowv the- town is already ove-r a mile long, the linec of teuts averesginig abouta 12 deep. I saw ntearly all ste troops out this evening, drilling in hatialins. The 4th A rillery were drilling as Iifantry, like wise all the Artillery except the light. A portion of the 4th armed with mruskets, with percussio.n locks, and it is easy lte disinguish thtem from. the rest, when. the battalion goes through the exercise of load itg and tiring. The regiment is aboul 800) sarong. ansd is coma'nanded by Colnel Childi, a mno~t efficient and gallanat-officer. The 3d Infantry is said to be the first-in-ita appointmtents, alihough smaller itn num bers, of any in the army. I-ts neatness is proaistrbal~ every-mnrkent lnnkine like bnr. ttitsed silver, and every article of their ac Ede nti correspoiding. Col. Hitch tH th is unfortuia ely for the service, siC onil asent, belo niing to this corps. heri san arrived in town to day fronn nterey, who. I am told, reports that there are 12.000 rancheros and regu lIars (4000 regulars) eolleceed at that place already. Many of this force are fromI the Rio Grande. The) speak confidently of whipping our armty. It is rumnored about camp, too, that Capt. Duncan, who left here day -before ve-terday. to reconnoite some 20 leagues dlistant, was yesterday on Canales's train with a fair prospect of overtaking him. Gen. Twigs was to have left maeamo ro% ysterdly. with the remuaintl'r of the troops that are destined for Monterey -- Oh his arrival here, it is believed a new organization of brigades wilt take place - H. CAarAn.R0. Saturday. Aegu-t 15. Editors of the Picayune : Since the ex citement and anxiety of the armay just pre vioue to the hattles of the 8th and 9th, there h is been no more eneresutng period than the present in the campaign. Every report from the in'erior is weighed and commented upon aravely. The extreme heat of the weather, the arduous and in portatnt duties that are marked out for thu army. and the fact-an important and very serious c usidertion with an Ameri can sobier-that we are about to leave far behind us-I say "us." because I am determined no see it out---the land of the free and the home ofithe brave," to enter the irite ior of any entemy's country, al tiost unknown to is, causes every one to refiedt deeply. It is no child's play. this campaipning in \Mexico, as many of our Louisiana hys have alreadty found out, From the Savan Ptah Georgian Til GEORGIA RtEG111ENT. We are indebted :o a friend fr the pja rusal of the following letter frotn one of the Jasper Greens, the latest dates we have seen. ''The '!t!-dgeville Recorder of Tuesday remark.-"By a letter from Capt Ilhlohnes of tht- 17th, (the ltest accoounts.) the Geor gia Reaiment was during that icek to c'uke tp h.- !ine of march for Camargo. Nothing tmorte of interes' ia lit l u-irtor. --Since the reception of the above, we are informed by anoter letter, that six nca of the G--orgia Rr-giment had died from m .-asles, which disease was prevail ing in camp." Camp Belknad, - ugaust 17. 1,96. - lo,t E-ueemiai lFriend -The Georgia R'gitment arrived at this place on the 27th1 ilt., after a etst disagroeatble march of two days from l rasos Santiago. St. Ia go is time meatnest antd mos1 dlesoleate p!co I ever s-tw. The water we had to drink and use, we obtained by digging boles in the sand some two or three feet deep, which was quite breekish. Not a tuft of grass or any oth .r vegetation to be seen, except sone oceasional huch-s of sea weel along the bea-h of the Gulf. .We were on this despicablc place seven days: u.aur.arrival here we -pitched our.tents al-rmg the hanks o f the. so ttuch talked of River Rict Grande-thel. tnust emoked, die tv river I ever , w Ocn both sides of the dirty streatn, are interminable prai rie, with fregnent ponts of salt water, and occasionally a chaparal ridge, which is thickly covered with small tree!,. sgcne thing in appearance, similar it our fluee ering lItensts, ant I covered with a very thick and astt impregnable under growth, priripally I itrns. Iistles, bri ars. amti thaous c.ts oaf wvasps, bitonel and yellow jackrns' nests. These ritdgts run parallel wuit h n le river, andi au ti hiree q atnter- of a tmi!e fretmi its bank. We rermaimt-dlPi: mnenmed alont; the bianrk uf the river, wvh-se itbrty watter was atll that we camid get ica rini'. ear use, unot the 5 hta tinsat, whlent, freomi freqiet heaiavy racins', wue were comipell to strike centas andt retov e oit t.e chtaparal r-idge, w.vher-e wc nowit ace. Oucr prc-eent encamtptment is cmutch tmore citmftrtriale thant ancy we hav'e hadl -ittce we lefc t oile'. Thei greet est inconvu'enience we hav~e to) encount ter-, is briginig uvaner fromit the dirt y Rio Grgan 1e, thtree queartrrs taf a mile, throtugh iniudt anal wsater, tip tin otr hilis, ou would lanach to see us gmt ra,.ifter andr re turtin~g withI water- each otne with a btucklet aind caniteenr. Ali--r getting ittto campIi wet haeva thenr~ to let it settle befiore we' enin use it. Ahtrm a (tie thirtd, whben settledi, is tmud. tbut the water is sweet and plerasamn . We. were to haeve~ lefi here on the 10th itnsta tec fear Ceaargoa, tbut our Quaretermas ier coould tat get transporta tron tfor 1)ur sick andt parovisious. It is suppoisedl liat we n'ill get miff withIout famiI by the 201th. Camnargo isdeistnait nearly I 200. meiles fromc this Ilace. nuhere. it is supposed we will cake til quaart.-rs, andI remnaini until the last oef Septemberle whe-, nue will hee removed to Momeieev, whaere Gen Tavlo-' itends coaerntratimig a I thle triaops beloniginag toe this divisiont of t he arm , tpreparatory ta mtarebineg ugaintst the city oif Mexico. If at all, we will be put ran the march liar the city etf Mtextcot by te 1st of Octobcer etext. I wish ttn Gail it was to dlay, that we lada nir-hers tee matrch there. I would much sotioner tmarc-h t wenry miles every dlay, with praovisions, kunapsuck, emuskec, &c., than to re ntaini ina suspense ina canmp. As for the crounetrv. so far as I have seen,. I would noct give onae drop o' Meixican: bloodl, hctt ormably shted ont the fielde oaf battle, fori ee whole scrap~e oaf it. -II laing to get a fight., anid now believe that I will lae' gratified, for Gen. Taylor h tas beeni inesructed by the President toe parosecute the war vigorously. Should it hbe the fate of the Gerorgia Regiment to get in the battle field wi'ha the enemy, I have marde tup my mindor to dlistinguith tmy silf hay somet act of noble daring, cmr perish. You wvill rnot hear frota me tteamin befotre I arrive at Ctamargo, when. if ant oppuar -toniuty iecfers, I will wvrite you. Yoaur oh't serv'nt. * Agedl Negrors.-A colored uucman, niamed Do//y beelonainag to the estate oh ~Rirchard Welder, ufihis Ccatnty, died on the 2d inst.. at the age of one Ihudred ad Joenty one years.-She survived tier huos biand some three or four years, who wvas one hundred and ninaeteen at the time of-his cleathi. They :livi-d together as mian and vife nearly ninety ye.ars.-Edenton, N. .. Jonennt Erom-the Southern Agricuturist. EFFF.CTS of LINsE or THE BUG AND CATERPILLAR. Mr. Editor.-Some information lately acquired, may prove valuable to the plan ters, and consequently beneficial to the whole countrv. Mr. William Bell, a very respectable planter on Cooper River, inforins me, las' year when the bugs were destoying-all the crops on that river botlh of high and low lands-the Rev. Dr. Bachman asked him for some of the bugs to try experiments with. As they were very plenty, Dr. Bachman was soon sup plied. He first tried spirits of turpentine on them, without the smallest effect ; next, a solution of corrosive sublimate, equally without effect ; he then sprinkled them with lime, and the bugs were killed inmedi ately. While this was fresh in Mr. Bell's recollection, he went up to his plantation in the next steamer, and in the passage up, told Governor Bennett of the esperirnents. They both concluded to try the lime asfar as possible, the crops beiig in a desperate situation. Mr. Bell applied lime'to about 80 acres of rice, and Mr. Bennett to a lar ger field, and both to their high land crops. Both of these gentlemen were perfectly satisfied, that the lime had been very ben ficial by killing the bugs, and both made much better crops than their neighbors ascribing the'r success to the use of the time Mr. Bell also applied it this year to a corier of his rice-field which was not well covered with water, and consequently attacked by the bug. It was again com pletely successful . the bugs were killed ; the rice recovered its verdue, and is now in ear. Mr. John Ravenel was comilain ing l.tst year of the bugs having attacked his oats, as well as the rest of the crop. Mr. Bell recommended the lime, Mr. Rav enel applied it, killed the bugs. and saved his crop. Mr. WVinhborn L-wton, on James Island, was s.ying, that lie never had seen finer fields of cotton than his were, until the worm took it about the 10th uIt. That the destruction was now great. he would freely bargain with any person that would undertake to feed and clotho his negroas, and tako all the cotton that coul I be gath crud Iron his whole plantation. He had been previously estitmatitt the sales of his fune sea island cotton to afford him from $7,000 to $9,000. In the course 'of conversation. I asked Mr. L:awton if he had manured his cotton, and with what manure ? Lie said that he had manuicd highly with the best stable manure from Charleston. I then asked him if he had manured all alike, had he made n' addi tion to thisstable rmanure ? Ile said yes, to one part of a field .he had also applied lime. and by the by. this is the only part nut attacked by the wormeor caterpillar. We sincerely hope, that this ekemption may continue iii whole, or ip part, all the rest of the season. We sincerely hope, that other planter, who have limed their cotton, m ty be equally exempt and ill ing to rcpori their success. We sincerely hope, that others may yet save their egt ion crops, fromt the destructive caterpillar, by a top-dressing of lime, as the Coper River planters saved their 'highliud aedg rice crops frot-'the'h-ifp*r- WA"- ! Note -We' have read in the public prints of t lie ruined state of the cotton c'rop, in various parts of Texas, Louiliiina, "lori da, Mlississippi. Alithatma and Geor.ia, as well as on the Sea islands, and other parts of this State, which will, no doubt, m.1 te ially injure and diminish the crop of 1810. itheed, the heavy rains of August, in this State. will certainly lessen the crop.-Editor. F'romz ihe Charle~ston Mercury. Wie inid in tte Nationatl -lttelligencer some staiemnents about the city of Paris, unider thec heatd of "'Curinos Statistics of Paris," which conitain one 'curious"' fact more thatn that paper seems to have been aware of. We copy the following: Legitimate children 21,626 lilegitimuate childi en 10.430 TIot id nitnibier of births 31,056 Of the ilke.iiiites, tey were Born in pirivat.' houses 5,744 Born in the hospitals 4.686 Total 19.430 The total nutmber of deaths in Paris in 1841 was as follows: In p)rivatte houses 16,356 In the hospital 10,054 In the militar) hospitals 465 in prtisns 185 Brought to the Morgue 298 Executed 2 Total 27.360 - Thus it appears that forty per cent. of the tota! numnber of deaths in Paris take place int hospitals. By thme statistical retturtnsit is shown that for the last twenty seven years the ratio of the whole inpulation to the numbers of births is 344 to 1, which gives the mecin duration of life for that period to betirty three years. Before the revolution the average duration of life was only 27j years; the presentt averagelis an itirrease of 19 per cent. ott the length of life since the revoltion. From 181? to 184$ the total number of males bortn in Paris a as 13,447,489, that of femnales n ais 12,680,776, being an ex cess of 6j per cetnt. of males over females. Thtus it appears by the first statements that in the yeatr 1844, the whole number of births in Paris w as 31.956 ad the whole number of deaths 27,25(i; while .by the last statemeet, from 1817 iio 1$.43 inicln sive, a period of 27 years. the total numibet of hirths was 26,158.265-or near a mil liotn anniutilly in a city whose population is lees thatn a- million. Trulv these are "cur'ious statistics," wshich would make every man, woman and child gave birth to a liatle more than one infant apiece, eV ery year ! We ca~tinot find out fromu the paper, whether it is the editor of the in telligenicer or another, who has produced these very original statistical resuls. Figures ought act to hec handled so care lessly. Medical College of the State of Southm C'arolina.-We extract the following com-' pliientary notice from the Boston Medical and Surgical .Journal, of one of the instit u tionh of our city.-!: observes; that "an examtination of the catalogue of this losti Itution is very gratifying, as it reveals the fract ibat a po'verful influence is exertedi on the medical character or tesunuy South through the in.trumentality. -f.tb medical school, at Charleston,- Two ti dred and ten studenta ttege in .attendatnd on the lectures, tbe lasitterm;'seventayo'r of whom were graduated. An essay ;on organogeny, by W. .Myddleon11ichel,.o Charleston, gained the appropation ofa - ' select committee, and is to be' published. - Gentlemen pursuing Medical studies atihe North, whose coustitutions'ire impared, by the severity of the winter, ivould gaiti-both knowlege and health by passitg tie cold season in South Carolina, under a Board of Profesors, distinguished for their attain- -t ments, urbanity and kindness to strangers."" -,!Mercury. COMPARISON OF TARIFFS OF 1842 AND 1846. Corros 0 ", &c. 1842 1846 Difi White honespunas. sheeting8 - - and shirttngs, costing 4 ets per yard, do 6 1. 5 Do do 5 do 6 14 45 Do do 6 do 6 1J44 Do do 8 do 6 2 4 Do do 10 do- ti 21 34 Do do 12 do 6 3 3 Do do 15 do 6 34 4 Do do 20 do 6 5 1 All cambrics & colored mus lins which cost 4 cts pr yd. 9 1 8 Do do 5 do 9 14J-.7 Do do 8 do 9 2 Do do 12 do 9 3 6 Do do 15 do 9 3 5 Do do 20 do 915 4 Do do 30 do 9 7J14 Mons. de latne costing 20 cts. 6 5 1 - All co'.ton finuels, velvets,fus. _ tians, cords, or goods, man ufactured by napping or raising, which cost 10 ets. per yard. 104 24 8 ". Do do 12 do 104 3 64 Do do 15 do 104 35 61 Do do 15 do 104 5 54 Do do 30 do 104 7 34 Flannels of wool which costi 20 cents. 14 5, 9 Do do do 23 14 64 74 Do do do 30 14. 74 64 Do do *do 40 14 10 4 * Do do do 45 14 114 21 Do do do 50 114 124 14 Do do. do 60 14 15: 1' W.orsted or stuff goods, suchl as bomnbasins,.materinos, al paccas, barezes,halzorines. &c. which cost 23c pr yJ. 71 61 15 Do do '30 do 9 7414 Do dO 50 do 15 124 24 Worsted goods costing 7cts. per yard 224 18" 3: Do do $1 do 30 25- 5 Do do ~$14 do 374 314 6. Do do $14 do 45 374 74 Cotton Bagging, old duty 4 cents pet square yard, 4-88 3 1 8 Bale Rope costing 5 c per lb 44 1j 35: Do do 7 do '. 44 . 2}. Do do 10 do -44 241 2 Bar Iron costing $50 per ton. 25 15 10 Do. do . $30 do - 25 18 7 Do do $70 do 25 21 4 Dua do $75 do 25 24 24t Nails, wronght, per Ib. 4 .24 .14 Spikes, .do 3 2 Ovens, pots, &c. do 14 - Iron wire, do 8 '2 ; Coal per ton, 1.75'[ 00 .Salt" per bushel, Brown sugar 'dos.aa 100lbs.. Z;0 C 0,30 - Do do. 85 -do -250 1-50 1-00 Do do $1 do .50 1 f0 70 Do do $7 do 3 5J 2 10 40 Sugars advanced bey ond the raw state, dlaying or *c ari ying and not yet refined costing $6 per 100lbs. 4 0 1- 80 2 20 Do - do $7pr lOObs 4.00 1 10 1 90 Do do $6 do 4 0012 40 1 60 Refined sugars at $8 per 100,6 001' 40 3 60 Do do $90 16 0012 70.3') Do do $10 do jO 01)3 00:3 00 The Moon.-Sir John llerschel, at a. Iato meeting ol the Britisha Association for the advancemeut of Science, expressed the opinion that thte temperature of the mont's climate amust be very high, 'far above that of boiling water.' And the reason is, that its surface is exposed for fourteen days at a time to the untmitiga ted heat of the suan. At the full and for a few days afcerwards, the moon must cer taitniy, be the reflector of some heat to the earth. Sir John has no doubt of ihe fact, that as it has the character of culinary rather anat solar heat, that is to say, "it ementates from a body below the teamper iture of igntition.,' it will be arrested by the upper strata of thte earth's atmosphero and thus absorbed. - There its only effect will be to coanvert visible clouds into transparet vapor. 'He asserted that the phaenomen~a of tbe rapi1 dissipaation of clouds in moderase wyeather soon after the appeatrance of theo fullmoonb. could easisy be accowmted for on this prin ciple, and that his own, observations con. frmed the theory "By The Eternal. Hie suAL. Live." Mr. Laval, whose appointment as Sub- - Treasurer we have- previously ahnouncddJ is the son of Laval who w as the compatrioc of Lafayette int the war of the Revolution, says trie Rochester Advertiser. The' sn-i - was a Captain under Gen .Jackson. in 1818; and at thejseige of Pensacola,highly distin guished himself as a brave offieer. In one of the niarrowv streets of the town-six pieces of artillery were stationed, which. treat-. ened destruction to the Amierican- fordes A.' and to LavaL was. assignted the dutty or taking them-. '1I attempting it thte first mian shot down was the Captain himself, and after our armas were victorious, hte was conveyed, to acouh. welhering in his own blood. The stwgeon, pronounced Ito pastreenvery, and said to Jackson, "Gea eral-, he can'a live !" The old~herodlooked at himi a moment, and exclaidmed, -Bj-the' Eternal, he shALLlive "- He di~ia,.d is now Assistant Tseasarer at Charleston A Newspaper piat~ed on Silk.-! 0 kin. Chinta, a newspaper ofextraordina# size is' published weekly opt Silk. it t claimed to have been in. existence. mor ilhan one thousand years. It gissaiath th in 1727, a public officer caus~ei somiefals~ intelligence to-bheinserted toi ibisnetdspa pe, br. which lie wsptto death;,- Sev eral numbers of the papeyre are preserveu in the boy's library of-Paris which a'e 104' yards long. - ' - One of the severest struggles in life, ts thattbetween a pro'ud spiritanaisif