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From the Charleston Merctirv Th COTTON?ITS PROSPECTS, DEMAND set AND SUPPLY. lor The late intelligence from Europe, quoting c,e an extensive demand, and an advance in the '1C price of Cotton, is cheering to'the projects of the planter, and promises a continuance of fair Pcl - r . i mv prices for the nature. The importance <u uie ' Cotton trade, the probable demand and supply, nif and the future course of prieps, are subjects ex- ''lf citing deep anxiety and careful investigation abroad,?and certainly, from their important bearing on the prosperity of the. South, should be not less a subject of examination with us. f"'v A fuir inquiry then, into some important facts ' '' affecting future prices, will show, we think, that present rates arc only legitimate, and thai even somewhat higher may tie expected. We wiil first view the suliject in its general aspect, remarking that the examination will be M,l confined to American Cotton, as by its prospects nil other kinds will be governed. The nnl crop of last year, the largest ever made, amounted to 2,729,000 bales. For every bale of this there has been a demand, and that not of a 'ar speculative character, but to meet the actual on wants of consumption. Let us then examine first what will be the )'e: probable supply for the corning season : ev' ",L C?i ing 1 lit? SIOCK ?>ll lianu III .luiiiinu Southern seaports on 1st Sept. was 142,734b In the interior towns of the South, 24,186 ^r0 Admitting the present crop as one- s"r forth short of last year, and it will {al be : ; : : : 2,047,500 vvil be Total supply to Sept! 1st. 1850, 2,214.420b. P*< We have estimated the crop at but one-fourth as short, which we think a full estimate, consider. *0f ing the accounts received from all sections of ,na the Cotton growing country. Hence, it is evi- the dent, that if the demand of this season equals 'he that of the last, the supply will fall short of it tra by 500,000 bales. s^( The next inquiry is, what will be the pro- mc bable demand ? do< Our home consumption will require,viz: dis For Northern Manufactures, : 520,000 " Southern and Southwestern do. 130,000 Lv Foreign?for France and the Continent 600,000 44 Great Britain, 1,000,000 j ga< Total demand, 2,250,000 rev We have estimated the consumption ol the t"" Northern Manufactures at the amount of last hu1 year, from the fact that their progress hitherto c'u has been little influenced by short crops or ad- are vanced prices, and a fair inference is !hat it will era be the same this year. For the Southern man- htli ufactures we have also allowed the same as last ret year, notwithstanding their extraordinary increase of late would justify the expectation of enlargement this year. For France and the i'?i Continent, we have estimated the demand at aKt 600,000 bales, supposing that the advance in di?| prices will lessen it 100,000 bales. For Great the Britain, we have put down 1,000.000 bales, ad- La milling that high prices will diminish hereon- spr sumption of the Cotton of the Fnited States has 350,000 bales. With these admissions, and ter reducing the probable demand to the smallest limits, we find that it would still be more than Th sufficient to absorb all the stock in our seaports nig and interior towns on 1st Sept. last, and the on- chr tire crop that is likely to come to market up to the 1st Sept., 1850. f?*n But as Great Britain is our principal custom. er, and has hitherto controlled prices, and their Ca future course will be sensibly influenced by her Jut action, a 6hort review of the prospects of our lifli Cotton in her market is of primary importance, a* In the foregoing estimate we have put down j CIi 1,000,000 bales as the portion she is likely to f ,('r obtain from our present crop. More she can. W, not well obtain; and to get even this, she must 'hr enter the li?ts with competitors, whose wants Jut require more than the half of our crop, and has whose necessities are as great, comparatively, i nes as hers. Less she cannot do without?even i the granting that her consumption decreases 350,- ,ow 000 to 400,000 bales ol our Cotton, in consequence of advance in prices. The accounts up to October 12, states the stock of American Cotton in Liverpool at 349.266 bales. At the present rate of herconsump- eve lion, it would be sufficient but for twelve weeks, 'an and leave little or no stock on hand on the 1st ' h January next. Allowing that all the Cotton me shipped from our ports from 1st September to '"if 15th November is received before the 1st Jan uary, not more than 50.000 bales can be added ten to the stock in Liverpool ; fir up to this period, dir< since 1st September, but 23,000 bales have been 'he shipped to Great Britain, awl it is not likely Ih that it will exceed 50.000 bales by 15th No. cul vember. Thus Great Britain will begin the , se'l coming year with a smaller stock ol American I "ei Cotton in Liverpool than ?ince the year ls24. 1 by (when the average price of lipland in Liver-! by pool was 8 I 1 rl, and advanced afterwards to ' 11 5-8d.) and with n less probable supply, in Pur proportion to her consumption, than lias ever n>,i existed. j ma But it may lie said that our data are mere ! 'Ppl suppositions, and cannot be reasoned upon as facts. " Short crops," it is said, " are synonymous with short consumption," and all calcula- w'' lions are fallacious which a??um" that the eonsumption will go on as before, undo an advance be of 40 to 50 por cent, in prices. All calcula- n,n tions of this kind must, in their nature, be part- f,,r ly speculative ; but that short crops are synon- by ymous with short consumption, th" history of Cotton falsifies. Under the short crops of 1929-31-38 consumption steadily increased, | and only decreased under those of 1839 and [ ,,r(' '40 : thus lining three to two against the truth ' Ki;M of the assertion. We do not bring in the short I5??: crop of 1847, because ron-unption was afll-cted by other render thnn tho relutioo i.| d.-niafld and "i>i supply. Regarding the position that advance pa< in prices most cheek consumption, it is at all )?t times difficult to fix the height to which they ask must go to have this effiwt. Hut the nasi I'M' history of Cotton would show that present pri- ' luces in Liverpool mav be considerably ad aneed ' ' i even up to 9 1-21. without afTo'-ting ' >< > -rr .. " tion. During' ' < 'w3:< > average price a i : ; ' .? i. pool was 9 | J... ji , 1 . i 1 J : yet consumption m.-i iilv udv u I \n ad. j by vance to 8 I-21 in the Liverpool mi-k.-t, we j believe, would be no check. The rise in the ; 'be price of the manufactured article would soon be: Compensate for the advance in the raw material, 'be It i?, however, questionable whether (Jreat toil Hrifain ran lessen lier rmisnmntInn molrr.it m. with even a larger supply of our Cotton than Mr we have allowed, or than she ?-j?n |>o<?il>lv oh j i" '< tain. The old cry of" working ?hort time."? | |,IM " supplies from India,"?' otnemint'ruling prices for hrr manufactures," <.Vr\, will no! fori douht he resorted to lor the purpose of reducing "',l prices : hut she rvtirinf iv t .? game sneeess j I h fully now. S'l'-n f Juno rv eont ivn"ces niU?' soon he tiling .? * ' i 'fHe ini?r?. i i at stake is of i. .. ...}.. . ed on I ' > a>|vae?* pro.' * ilia: : c spinners, if not already awakened to a lse of tlieir position, will not sleep much per. Tlieir incredulity as to tlie preat defi. ncv of the present nop must soon cease, and 'V must pn into the market and purchase ely at current rates, or they will he victimis. by speculators. "To keep the present mill wex and factory hands in the full employ, nt," says the London Economist, " which y have enjoyed the present year, a supply of tton equal to 1,791.000 hales will he nnnn ;/ required for consumption,?to which add 1 avusape quantity exported, and an entire port of 2,000,000 hales will he necessary. i?i year that has closed, (say from 1st Sept emr, 1313, to same (late 1S49.) is the only one. record that has furnished this quantity, and s without any actual increase to the stock." >w, from whom can Grea' Britain get this >ply? Her imports from all other countries in fhe United States, for fifteen years, will t average over 350,000 hales, and it is only rn our growth that her increasingconsnmp. n has been supplied. Hitherto she has had ge stocks on the 1st January to fall hack up. in case of any deficiency of import; hut se have gradually diminished in the last four irs from 1.193,000 hales to 493,000, with ?ry probability of a great diminution this coml January: We confess that we cannot see any source m whence an adequate supply to the conoption of Great Britain can this year be oh?ied. She cannot get it from this country ihout wresting it at high prices, (which would the necessary consequence of such a com. lition,) from others whose wants are as urgent heb own ; and from other countries we have >n that the average supplies would be utterly idequate, while there is uo probability that can be increased. When we reflect on > primary national importance of the Cotton de to Great Britain, and on the effects of a >rt supply on her social, political and comrcial condition, we do not wonder at the ?p anxiety awakened by the prospects now closed. We have embraced in this examination merethe comparison of supply and demand, as inenced by the ordinary course of evpnts.? eculatinn may run up prices to an extrava. at height; while, on the other hand, war and olution may intervene to mock all calcula n. We cannot reason on such elements;! : on those which are now operative,our consion is, that the present prices in our market i not only legitimate, but rest upon consid. tions (hut admit of advance, and that for the urethe producers may look for remunerating urns for their labor and capital. FniAL of sutliffe. CaXTLBY and clarke t Larceny.?The Court ol Sessions has tin consumed nearly a week, without fully posing of the criminal docket. The case of State vs. Sutliffe, Cantley and Clarke, for a rcetty, connected with the Arson of last ing, of which Sutliffe has been convicted, i been convicted, commenced on Monday afnoon, and occupied Tuesday, Wednesday, I part of Thursday. The Jury retirpd on itrsday afternoon, and, after being out all ;ht, were unable to agree, and were distrged yesterday morning in consequence ofj sickness of ons of their number. The dedants will probably haee to lake their trial tin at i he nest term?or at least two of them, ntley and Clarke. It is rumored that the y wpre unanimous lor the conviction of* Stite, but a large majority of them had doubts J to the propriety of convicting Cantley and i trke, Sutliffe was defended by W. D. Por- | and R. W. Seymour, E?qs. ; Cantley by J. Wilkinson. Esq., and Clarke by 0. R. Nor- | op and 15. C. Presslev, Esqs. His Honor | Ige Fro?t has bad a laborious time of it, and j certainly gained nothing but the conscious. ;s of doing his duty, by his exchange with venerable Judge Riehardson of county for m.?Charleston Courier. TIIE METEOR. \ piece of stone, a fragment of the ' Aerolite* ich made the rumbling noise on Wednesday ning the 31st ultimo, has been found on the d of .Mr. Hiram Bost, of Cabarrus co., N. C. ere is no doubt of its being a verita le frag. nt of the meteoric stone, as persons in the nediatc vicinity were much alarmed from j whittling through tho air close by lhem. aided by an indistinct kind of light. The j ?rtion of the sound and light together, led to ! /ticr/.vi.rv fit t tw? n 1 *? n i. it'liarn tin* Gtnnn I * I < " ! e fact is further authenticated from the stone's ting a place a log as it fell anil burying itfsome eight or ten inches in the ground?a ik that could not have been accomplished j any human agency, unless it had been shot ; a t{6 pounder, from a balloon. )l Aerolites in geneial, we say nothing in i ticular, as there are so many theories in re. j tlion to them. We should suggest to the j 11 in the moon, with all due deference, that o[?!e who live in glass houses should mind v they throw .stones.' I IV e have seen a small specimen of this stone, 1 ich is said by llio?e acquainted wills geology, resemble trap rock. We would rather not | caught under such traps ourodf. It looks ch like the rocks over which water has a longtime run. This is accounted for by some from its having been in the clouds. Homeds Nest. Uirsic hy Tr.LKCitAPii,?We had tin; pleas. , this evening, of listening to the tiansmis. n of music by telegraph over the wires from ston to Now \ ork. We happened to be in the office, at 5 Hanfri Mreei, in this city. When there was a i?e in business operations, ;Wr. W. Porter, a ing but skilful operator in the Boston ofKce, led us what tune we would have. We re. d, "Yankee Doodle;" and, to our surprise, immediately complied with our request. ? ios'.iuinent cotmn'mced drumming the K ' I'l'-, *|s |i >. 'cCl JI;I I -t ! Viti-'ty .1 ,1 a i "o : . . ! a-' it en . > hern li i! ! i :) i > < ;;i t:av??i i.?riilnin;?. We then railed f??r "Hail Colmnhia," when notes of that natinual air were distinctly it oil". We then asked lor "Ail d Lang Syne," notes or sound of which were also trans. Ited. \ friend railed lor "Old Dan Tucker," when . I'orter also sent that time, and, if anything, \ more perfect manner than the others. So feet I y and distinctly were the sounds of these rs transmitted, that jjood instrumental perliters could have had no difficulty in keeping ie with the instrument at this end o| the wires, is is one of many telegraphic novllies. A*. 1*. Journal of f'omrnrrrc 2d invt. mrwarcK aso l.rvr h:rt: -Ti; el; Klij.ti _i. .. ii \i \ ;I ii i \ i ! I THE CAMDEN JOURNAL ! IWcdncsday Morning, November 14, 1849. ! ' ~V. TJIURLOW CASTON, EDITOR. PI.ANK ROAD. i Wc earnestly commend to the attention of our : readers the communication on this subject, found in J another column, front " A North Carolina Planter." | Wc arc glad to learn that the henfits of such n Road arc beginning to awaken attention in that quarter.?' Wc assure our readers that the article is froin a prac tiblc and influential citizen of tint State?one who has always boon found in the front rank of every enterprise of good. In reply to his suggestion, we answer that the idea of running a Plank Road to Charlotte has long since been abandoned, and wc hear of no other proposition than that the Road should strike the North Carolina line at a point deemed most advantageous in securing the trade of Union county, and neighboring portions of Mecklenburg, Cabarrus and Anson. Tltc direction the Road shall take in that State, is not for us to say; our citizens must slop at the line. They however will be found ready to co operate in giving tho Road such a location as will prove most beneficial.? The suggestions of our correspondent relative to the dangers of running it to Charlotte or Concord seem to us to he wise, and worthy of consideration. If thoy can be avoided by taking a direct line to Monroe Court House, our citizens will promptly adopt it. The route between the Charlotte Rail Road and Pec Dec River, docs certainly appear to be the proper one.? '* The 6lay and support" of our matkot lie in that di. rcction. The future prosperity?we almost said the future existence?of Camden depends upon the trade of that section. It is valuable, and other towns and interests, by erecting Rail Roads and Plank Roads, arc straining every nerve to secure it. Our correspondent well understands the advantages of our market and the facilities needed by his neighltors. Is it not strange, that this Plank Road, in which the interests of our pco pie arc so deeply concerned, has not received grcntor attention among us 7 Is it not astonishing, that others at a distanco so well comprehend the incalculable im. portaticc of such a Road to our market, while our own capitalists and men of businoss arc asleep?actually slumbering away the time, and neglecting opportuni. tics to arrest the tide of events that is fast preparing to sweep away tho trade of our Town, and the manifold | advantages oxpected to follow the completion of our Hail Road ? Unless tliat Plank Road is constructed, tlie commercial importance of Camden is doomed to a short existence. We believe it, and hesitate not to assert that is tlio only hope for the future prosperity of our iDarket. With the danger of losing the up coun. try trade staring our peoplo lull in the face, is it not truly astonishing that to avert it, our capitalists have not been more thoroughly aroused?that companies have not been formed?that subscriptions hare not boon made, and the work at once commenced 7 Time will not now permit us to say more. We do hopo that the suggestions of our correspondent will rcccivo the consideration they deserve, and that his practical mind will continue to favor us with viows on this im. porta nt enterprise, Last week, it was recommended toonr Town Coun. cil to test the efficiency of Plank Roads by erecting a track in our streets that those coming in from the up country might see and judge for themselves of the prac. ticability of the improvement. It has been since suggested us a proper plan tocfTect the desired object that a few enterprising citizens raise funds by voluntary subscriptions, for tlfli purpose of laying down a track in the upper end of Town, for a short distance, sufficiently long to test plainly its advantages. The idea is a good one, and should at once be carried out. Tho people do not understand it, and thoy desire information. They can nover be expected to embark in tho undertaking until tlicy do see the system in operation. One hundred yards, fifty, yes twenty-five yards, pro. pcrly laid down, at a point where they can test it by running their wagons over it, and examining the mode of its conslructien, would prove a more successful mode of argument than columns of a newspaper. A fiw hundred dollars would !>c sufficient, and surely there arc incn among us liberal enough to contribute to the experiment. SUMTER COURT. The Fall Term of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter District, commenced its sittings on Tuesday, Ulli insl ,?llie lec'iic iicann 01 juuge iwcuarasnn j>ro venting its organization on .Monday. Many italics of importance tire on ducket for trial, but the indisposi. tion of his Honor tnay cause a continuance of most of tlicm. The liomicido committed by Richard Marshal upon J. A. Colclough. Jr., on the night of 2Dlh Sep. tembcr, wan investigated on Thursday ; Messrs. May. lant and Fuir spoke for the Stale, and Messrs. Sumter and Chesnut for the Defendant. The trial consumed the entire day. .4s the press was represented by one or two reporters, who took notes of the evidence and nr. gumcnt, we will not attempt tonurrale the facts of tho case, but will wait for a correct report. Tho Jury re. turned a verdict of tnuiiKluughter. The Report of tho Grand Jury was a most lengthy document, making many suggestions as to reforms of the law, and recommending to the attention ot the proper authorities various matters of local interest. It was read, and as we suppose, was written, by the Foreman. Ex.Gov. J. P. Richardson. Among the many important suggestions, we notice two, in which Grand Juries this full have so generally concurred throughout the state?we mean the illicit traffic in liquor with slaves, and the necessity of adopting the Penitentiary system as n ; mode of punishing criminals. From [every indication | the Legislature will be bound to give these subjects serious consideration at its next session. We presume 1 the entire Report will be published, when we may mention its recommendations more particularly. Representative Ei.ucr.?On Monday, 5th iust., an j election was held in Lancaster Dislrict, for a Reprn. sent a live, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death j of T. J. Wright, Esq. S. 15. Masscy, Esq., and Cnpt. ChapmanTwitty were the candidates. We learn from ; a private source that Mr. M, was elected by a ma. juriiy o| aft-i. 1 j . Fhf.ioiit on Cotton.?The .South Carolina Railroad ' com|>:ii?y have advanced the freight on cotton from I Camden to Charleston fifty cents per bale, making i now win dollar tirid a hall' per bag. This carries out i the idea that cotton rules. It is true our cotton merchants tu .y h.- be'ter alilo to pav fifty cents per hag mote lei- season tii iii heretofore for n nuinher of years, m! w<- ne not allogclhci satisfied with the policy or ju-liec of tlio change. The South Carolinian in speaking of the advance in freight, makes the following suggestions, in wc heartily concur:?"This will he a serious loss to those buyers . who have any considerable stock on hand?their pur. , chases heiinr based upon the usual Irciglit of SI 00. i Many of our buyers have doubtless several hundred j baled on hand, 11 rid wo think it would hut bo just and I ri|iiitublo for the President of the Coin|iany to allow all cotton bought previous to Saturday to be transported at the old rate of freight, and not inflict an absolute loss upon our merchants of 50 cents per hale. To those holding four or live hundred hales it would he a serious inroad upon their profits, which, in this business, rarely justify such unexpected additional charges as that now contemplated. IV'e trust, therefore, that | the President, with his accustomed liberality and sense 1 of justice, will give a sufficient etleiisioii o| the old riles e-ivcr th" shipment of cotton bought in ac i in-.- ,i , ;i. ao I for which that item of expense ee u i o o.il." > ... S> pro-s I He .Igent directed us to say that by order of the President the charge will 1< be one dollar, as heretofore. See advertisement. c it MEMPHIS CONVENTION. ? From the Memphis Daily Times, we make the fol. si lowing synopsis of the proceedings of this great Con- u vontion: e Lieutenant M, F. Maury, LL S. N., was elected rr President, and among those elected Vice Presidents, s wc notice the name of the //on. R. F. W. Allslon, of South Carolina ; also, as one of the Secretaries of tho V Convention, C. A. Price, Esq., of Lancastcrville, S. C. tl The following is u list of the Delogatcs from our State s t( Hon. R. F. W. >1 listen, General Jamison, Hon. J. A, " Woodward, Doctor Cordcs, Cltas. C. Wagner. Esq., ti J. F. G. Miltag, Esq , C. A. Price, Esq. l' Mr. Miltag was appointed on the committee to draft U Rules, &.C. 5 Resolutions passed hy the St. Louis Convention, oil u tlie loth Oct., on the construction of a central INution. >al Rail Road from the valley of the Mississippi to the It Pacific Ocean, were presented in an official form by & Mr. Loughborough, accompanied by an address. The location of a route seemed to be a matter of I great discussion,?the Delegates representing different J'1 local interests, were each warm for theii favorite route, 's \Ve observe in this discussion our immediate Repre. tentative in Congress, Hon. J. A. Woodward, took a conspicuous part. lie suid this was not a National Convention, neither was that of St. Louis?they both m represented local interests?be was here sdvocaling a middle route. He presented tho following Rcsolu. ^ lions : "j Resolved, Tl at it is highly expedient in a mili. ^ tary and commercial point of view, that a commit, nication by Railway should exist between the vva. fn tcrs of the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean, st and that every means and facility that may be sr within the constitutional powers of the Federal |)( Government, if any are, should be applied to such object. Resolved, That a route to terminate westwardly ai at San Dicgn, and castwardly at Memphis, on the 01 Tennessee River, is strongly indicated by climate ^ temperature, geographical and commercial rela- ni tions, directness of course, centrality, and an equal a< regard to the.interests of every part of the Union. t|, The Resolutions were discussed at considerable nnr! nnmi>rnna nmcndmrnlo umrn mntin llinrMn Wc gather from the name paper that the following I ,? resolution wa? declared to bo carried in tho midst of ul tremendous applause : ^ Resolved, That in the present state of our know. af ledge, we leel warranted in recommending to the particular attention of the General Government u for examination, as posiessing special advantages, 1,1 the route commencing at San Diego, on the I'acific Ocean, crossing the I 'olorado of the west, P; running along the Gila river, or near it, in a direc- th tion to the Pas Del Norte, and thence across the er state of Texas to its northwestern boundary, be- ^ tween 32 and 33 degrees of north latitude, terminating at the same point on the Mississippi, between the mouth of the Ohio river and the mouth T of Red River. ' Mr. DeBow's resolution, thnt a committee of seven be appointed to memorialize Congress, was adopted by the Convention. Tho following i* the committee B for that purpose: J. B. DeBow, of Louisiana ; (Jov. 'c J. C. Jones, of Tenn.; J. A. Campbell, of Alabama ; ^ J. F. G. Mittag, So. Ca. ; Col. Strother, of Missouri P and G. Davie, of Pennsylvania. On motion, Lieutenant Maury, President of the con- j1 vention, was added to the committee, also Mr. C. C. ' Mills, of Texas. The convention is said to have boen as able, digni- rc tied, intelligent and well ordered a body as was ever gathered together in the vnllsy of the Mississippi, and " it dispersed with every manifestation of good will and a determination to force upon Congress the task . of constructing a Rail Rond to tho Pacific. m College Ex*mination?The Colombia Telograph ^ of the 10th instlliit, says . " Tho final examination of 01 tho senior class takes*place on Monday next. It will bo the largest class ever graduated at this college, and jv has been characterized by great intellectual ability and >p propriety of conduct on the part of its members. The ^ Board of Visitors for the present year is composed of the following gentlemen, some of whom wc are pleas, jjj cd to observe ore nlrcady here. Mr. Calhoun's other ^ engagements wi'l prevent his attendance. p " Hon. J. C. Calhoun, Hon. Angus Patterson, Hon. .) David Johnson, Win, Elliott, Esq., Dr. Thos. Smith, ,L Ilcv. M. A. Curtis, Rov. S. S. Davis, Rov: S. Gil- l" man, Rev. C- C. Jones, and Dr. R. W. Gibhes." st Louisiana Election.?The election in this State |)f took place on Monday Inst. The Democrats were sue- i cessful in the city. Walker, the Democratic enndi- j date for Governor, has a majority of 2j2, and Louise ^ Dene, the candidate for Sheriff, 28 majority. Tlicro w has been a groat Democratic gain throughout the Slate, as compared with the vole given at the last Presidential election, and it ie probable that the Demo. ^ cro,!i liavo carried the Slate.?(Charleston Courier, 10/A. RRV. n. W. \VMILDEW The friends of this gentleman will bo glad to th learn that lottors have been received in this at place, which stale that himself and family have ('{ enjoyed good health since, they left u?. We Jr make the following extract Iroin one of his letters ^ published in the Southern Baptist:? e, 1 have written to you, from time to lime, of pi being engaged in the distribution of tracts. On ?l the Gib ult., alter 1 had distributed all which oi I had with ine, I extended my walk, and in re- T turning home a Chinese called me. He had a gt few ca?h in one hand, and in the other one of C the tracts which I had been distributing. Do in offered me the money, as if in payment for the lu tract. Those who know the Chinese, know sa that they are a " money.loving" people. The at expression would not be t to strong, if I should K say " money worshipping" people. There must n! have been some motive in his offering to pay br me. It may have been that he saw that the e.c book was worthy of being read, and was wil- in ling to pay its value. li may Imvc hern that *c he wished to sets if a missionary would accept in of money. As money is ever)tiling with the w Chinese, it may he a matter of surprise to them sii j that any are indifferent about receiving it. It dr I may have been (and this is what I am inclined pr ; to think) that he wished to show his gratitude R j to one who had made a gratuitous distribution ar | to himself and his neighbors. I can only say, su " I do not knnir, but God knowclh." It was en- th couraging, however, for me to know that ap- ti? parently, at least, this messenger of truth was th prized. When he offered me the money, I fbi drew hack in astonishment, and said to him, " I do not want your money ; I want Chinamen to to be good." At this he, together with Chi. hi' nese around him, seemed to be pleased ; for Ci they saw that I could bo no other than a Iriend. of When missionaries aim by words and actions to to show their disinterestedness, great good may er be accomplished, i have some times stood at do the door of Lune-heng.kai chapel, and while per- ftl sous without would be looking at our invitation, m each seeming unwilling to he the first to enter, R I have said to them, " We are Chinamen's ra friends " An expression of this kind would ap- sp pear at nnee to touch some lender string, and sn they would enter the house, and thus our con- rn .."'.1.1 .... 1.-IIIIIH 'II' V" A female missionary, in speaking of ihe Chi- C< nose, says; " These people have sympathies m like our own. They love their offspring and on cherish those wlm care for them. A poor filthy ge joking woman stood by me, with a pretty hild in her arms. I smiled upon it and gave a bit of candy. The mothor did not lose Right f me again while 1 remained, and after I had it down in my sedan, she came and peeped in pnn me, and then looked upon her child, still njoying the sweet bit. Ah! a mothpr is a lolher everywhere ! Care for her child and he will care for yon." The school at Luno.hcng.kair promises to do .'ell* In all. the scholars number nparly twen. f; the daily average number of those who at. ;nd is about fourteen. With the assistance of ne of the native preachers, 1 prepare ques. ons and answers on Rible subjects, in which ley are instructed. Where we have schools ruler our superintendence, our main object hotild be the religious improvement and spirit, al good of tbe children. In addition to the atechising to which I have alluded, somp atMtf.'on is given to singing, (by air of course, nd not by note,) and in this, as well as in a 'adiness in Jearn the answers to the questions, think I have reason to be encouraged. The ehavio"*. jfthe children curing divine service, as good as I cnutd wish. On their first atndance. there was a great deal of restlessness, ut now it is different. I leel happy, my dpar brother, in this departlent of my work, and I hope that at some fu. ire time I shall have the satisfaction of seeing tat I have not labored in vain. I hope to write lore on olher subject* before the mail leaves. I Pe are at prespnt all pretty well. Dr. Parker, of whose kindness you have liere heard, has spoken of this hoing our first immer in China, and suggested that we spend ime time at Macao. *Ve are very far from sing anxious to leave Canton, yet if we did nut ke Dr. P's advice, and any of us should have i attack of sickness the blame would rest on urselves. We look to the lord fur direction. Whether we go or not, of course it is to make a difference about litters whieh you may send; i we shall have returned before an answer to is will have reached us. Jrffbrsom Davis.?The New Orleans Delta says: The distinguished Senator from Mississippi was in tendance at the Memphis Co, veulion on tlio la?t day ' its session. lie was called on to address the people, tor the adjournment of the Convention, and made a w remarks, in which ho spoke very handsomely of c importance of preserving a close connection, und cililating the intercourse between our *4lUniic and icific Stales, hut declared his unyielding hostility to e construction of a Rail Road by the Federal Govliment. Mich ns nrrmoil In lin ko n.i-m. rs of tlio Convention." Correeponclence of the Journal. HE CAMDEN AND NORTH CAROLINA PLANK ROAD. Mr. Editor: I learn from ynnr columns that Plank Road is in contemplation from Camden ? North Carolina, in the direction eithpr for harlotte or Concord. Now. sir, as to the rarlicabilifif of a Road, I am unable to speak, r I have no experience in such matters ; hut if road i.s to be built, I am very certain it would B impracticable for Camden to carry it to !harlotte ; for that would only be making a >ad to draw off the trade from your Town, 'hich otherwise might be directed to it. It is o\v very certain a Rail Road will be made om Columbia to Charlotte, and when that is >ne, every facility will be afforded to the latter acc necessary to make it a considerable comicrcial town. They have already a Bank icre, and enterprising nnd wealthy merchants, id no doubt inducements to the Planters both i sell their produce as well as to buy their >ods, will be held out at that place, not much, f any ) less advantageous, than at Camden, hen sir, the prerogative will present itself to e North Carolina Planters either to carry their oducc to Camden or to Charlotte ; and with at agreeable choice presented to North Carina planters, suppose Camden runs a P;ank oad over the red hills of Mecklenburg to hnrlottc, what sir, do yon suppose would be e consequence ? Why, just as certain as luse produces effect, the trade would turn up ream and go to Charlotte. But sir, let Camin run a Piimk Road so as to penetrate the art of the country which will fie surrounded f the North Carolina Kail Road on one side, ul the Pee Dee navigation and Fayetlpville lank Road on the oilier?(Union county, the i estern parts ol Anson and Stanley counties, id the lower or southern pari of Cabarrus unity is the country or territory I allude to ;) id which, it such facilities were afforded'the anters and merchants in this scope ol country, > 1 suppose a Plank Road would afford, for the ansportatioii of produce and merchandise, and en with a little better market ul Camden'thaii Che raw or Charlotte, there would lie no >i>Ki ilt.ti ('.jniilnn tv11111(I ont nnlv retain the ade it possesses from this section of country, it would command a considerable portion of at which now goes to Cheraw. It is very ident the Kail Road at Camden gives to that ace advantages over Cheraw which it a ill ways possess, so long as Cheraw is dependent i the uncertain navigation of Pee Dee river, i hen it must be that Camden will be able to i st off Cotton and receive salt, &o., when hcraw at times can do comparatively nothing that way. This at oneo accounts for salt ?ing only worth in Camden SI 50 cts. per ok, whilst it was selling in Cheraw this fall , S'2 to ?2 50 per sack, and Cotton at one time ) 3-4 in Camden, when it was only worth mot 10 1-4 cents in Cheraw. Those facts ivc induced a great many planters in Anson unity, heretolore strangers to the Camden arkct, to carry some of their Cotton there this i asnn ; and now Camden is becoming the lii iliar name fir a market I'own with many ; ho heretofore knew lint little about it. lSut > r, the road 's long and heavy?the sand is j ep, and the hills are sleep, and will always j ove a great barrier, unless overcome by a ' ail or Plank Road ; fir, sir, the writer of this i tide has lately had some experience on that bject. Not long since, with a view of giving i e market a trial at Camden, he look a por- i in of his Cotton crop to that place, hut found c road so heavy and so long that he decided | r the future, that unless some easier and more peditious way was presented to get his Cot- i n there than wagon and cart it over those . avy sand hills, he would carry no more of his . I Litton to Camden, even if ho could obtain 1.4 i a com more tor it than m uneraw. justice j Chora\v candidly requires me to say, howev. j , ili.it 1 got no inorc tor my Cotton in Cam-, n than it was worth the same day in Cheraw, ! though the difference had been in the two , arkotsthat is above alluded to. Bagging and i i ro : ope I found as high at your place as at Che. w, but salt much cheaper; ami whilst I am ; caking of the two markets, will you permit a tall digression ? and allow me add that I sold y Cotton in Camden to a Mr. YiJIopigiie, ho I found to be a very clever man. Mv niton weighed well?my bill was immediately ade out and the money tendered to tne, with- , it any of this holding on and leasing to sell ji mds that is customary in the Cheraw maikrt. ' Least I weary your patience. Mr. Editor, I will conclude l>y suggesting at a suitable n^rte, (if a road can be built,) to run direct to Monroe, in Union county, then in a direction lor Albe. marie in Stanley county, and terminate eJtberat Albemarle or at some point on Rockey river in that direction ; and by that means paw through the heart of the country before alluded to, and not connect with the Charlotte Kail Road, nor run so near it as to endanger the trade and prosperity of your Town. No doubt the Rail Road will soon go beyond Charlotte, and in reaching beyond there, say to'Salisbury, it would in all probability go by or very near Concord. So you may pprceive, if you carry your Plank Road to Concord, you u-ill eventually lie connected with the Rail Road. 'Tin true, as it citizen of North Carolina, K should like to see Charlotte flourish, (and i! will flourish, as it is now doing,) but I had rather see a community of planters flourishing, than to know a single town is prospering; besides, the villages of Monroe and Albermarle would bo benefitted by a Plank Road on the propoaed' route. How much North Carolina would in the way of slock in such an enterprise, I am unable to say ; I fear, however, not much, unlesa it would bo to furnish an abundance of timl?#f. provisions ana janor, at low rates. I bat sha would transport a vast deal of produce ami a considerable portion of merchandise upon it, there can be no doubt. These hints are only thrown out, Mr. F*lit??r, for consideration, and are earnestly commended! to all concerned for deliberation by A North Carolina Plantrr. LATER FROM EUROPE. * ; Raltimork, Nor. 10f?. The steamer Cambria arrived at Halifax at 5 o'clock, p. m. on Thursday last, with Liverpool papers to the 27th October. She brings SO passengers. . . The general tone of business affairs during the week was of a healthy chnraeter. The Cotton market was active during tb? week. On Monday, speculators ope nit ed to & considerable extent, buying at an advance on the current rales of the week previous of 1.8 a 1 4 on all description*. Subsequently less ae. livilv nri?vnil#?fl *Mifl (Ka tronanalmna t\( ik* week were o.sliinalerl to ammuit to 62.710 balaa. The market closed with a quiet and steady feel, ing. The quotations are for fair Orleans, 6 3-4; good to middling, 5 1-2 a 6 1-4. The evtima. tpd stock at Liverpool was 421,000 bale*, of which 239,000 are American. Charleston Mercury of Monday. After Kossuth and his compatriots found It impossible to hold out any longer against tfca immense hordes of Russian* and Austrian! left liberty to concentrate upon him when Gorgay surrendered, the Turkish government wa? consulfrd with regard to its willingness to afford the unfortunate, men shelter and protection with, in its territory. That government to its high honor, promised that protection, and Kossuth and a few of bis companions in arms availed themselves of the generous hospitality. They went into Turkey and were kindly received. Soon afterwards it was ascertained that their enemies had demanded their Riirrender, and of course their consternation Tecame intense. In thp mean time the Turks apoing the critical character ol the case, endeavored to induce. lh? exiles to come over to the Mahometan faith, in which cast it would become impossible to deliver them to Russia; nor could that power de? mand them, even under the old treaty between Russia and the Porto; for by the very term! of that treaty no fugitives from either power were to he delivered after they had embraced the religion ol the country to which they had fled. Under these circumstances some of the refit. \ gpps seemed to consider Islamiam not so had after nil?at any rate hetter than thp Knout or ; a lift? residence in Siberia. Bern, whose r?. ligion prohahlv hangs rather loosely about him, * *' found no difficulty at all in the arrangement, hut accepted the terms at one. Some of tho Atkoe pofnrraeo f/? 1 lc\iva/] tko nvarvtntn klit Ik M. stifb anH the re?f of them bore thpm*e|ve* more manfully ami 1 ik*? much better Christian*.? However let ns give the European account of this exciting scene: Many of the Hungarians exclaimed "Better the Russians than the Austrian#?better M?hornctanism than the Russians; and there ap. peared some prospect of the whole camp embracing fslami-m. A council ofthe ehipfs was immediately held at Kossuth's, where Rem at onee declared that his life was devoted to hostility to the Russians, and that he eagerly accepted the suggestion. The mollah promised at the same rime tho maintenance of their rank and the liberal allowance customary in the Turkish armies.? Generals Kmellet and Sleen came to the same resolution, and several personages were for temporising. When Kossuth's turn came to speak, he briefly reminded his companions, in his impressive language, that now, in a?trang?land. where all authoritative bonds were sundered. each one was at liberty to act according: In his own views, hut that for his part, welcome,, if needs he, the axe or gibhpt, hut curses on tho tongue that dares to make him so infamous a proposition. Guyon, the Irish general, follow, ed, declaring that no human power should induce him to swallow even a bunch of grapes upon compulsion. General Pombinski, and Count Zamoyski, were equally determined. The example of their chiefs was so effective, I hat of about 200 soldiers and 40 officers wha had expressed their willingness to abjure Chrislianitv, the soldiers to a man, changed their intention, and there remain only three gener. [lis. and some twenty officers hrm in their re> solve.* Hem took immediately a puhlio step, ind it is said assumes the name of Atnnralh^ and heroines a three-tailed pasha with the. L'urks, who have an exhaltod opinion, ofhij^ military genius. Hem, we have throughout believedi a, soldier of liirtuue without any f?xed< principles, ?nd withal a somowhat bombastic, and Dugald Dalgeity sort of a fellow. Wo give, him joy of1 tiis three tails.?SetoLomhn. Chronicle. A Good Inra Sitci'R<ssfvm.y Catuuko Orr\ ? The Foundry, of Messrs. (tilmore, Burton Ac Co. is now nearly in full blast?and the neces? sary buildings required for extensive operations^ in course of rapid completion. We are glad to learn that out enterprising Wlow-citiaona hare [ very prospect of reaping a rich reward for their energy and foresight, and are already busy with^ wall jobs which they turn out in most worknanlike manner. We witnessed ??a casting"" yesterday afternoon?that would have done credit to any establishment?of several wheels lor the Saluda Factory, and other small articles^ In every single instance the success was com. plete?and the work ot the most finished quaU itiy?proving that they understand their busi. less thoroughly. The process is a very interesting, though , short ami simple one, and all who have never witnessed n casting |\vonld do well to fstke a