Southern shield., 1858-10-09

COTTON.--A l0t or aDouI ~ p'AN0 N years crop was sold on Tuesday last' m this place. for l2 cents. It was bought oy Messrs. WIZ. & J. T. Moore, and cIassed Good Middling.
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 White Rirer drkanSiGn IS the name or q new Democratic paper just established at Batesviile. VI. c. Claiborne X G. $. Simms' It is quite neatly printed sheet, and sup rorts Douglas and favors the reelection or Senator Sebastian.
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 rTFrost was perceptible on the house. tops, fences, &c.,, early yesterday morning. and the air was decidedly cool until near (F1gThe oak, hickory and pecan mast IS believed to be better in this region of coun- try the present fall than it has been known for many years. The limbs of the oak trees are literally bending with the welght ot the acorns.
 Wild pigeons are already peglhlins to make their appearance, doubtless attrac- ted hither by the immense quantity of mast that is scattered so abundantly through hill and dale. There are sufficient acorns in the hills near town to sustain millions of them through the winter, besides leaving sufi- ciency for all the hogs the cholera has spared
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 PIsCAToRIAL. Vast numbers of bass ano speckled trout, varying in size from hall to four pounds, are daily caught in the St. Francis river, few miles from Helena.- The lakes two or three miles below town also yet afford great numbers of excellent fish. ly'The New Orleans papers anticipate a lively and profitable business season. The Crescent of the 4th says of the crops:
 "Under the glorious (crop) weather of the last twenty-five or thirty days, the cot ton has come out magnifcently, and the su- gar cane has accumulated its sweets in a manner surpassingly satisfactory to the planters. But for the overflow, the sugar crop of Louisiana would have been stupen- Q0uS. AS It IS, IL IS gredls
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 Dry weather still continues, and the dust in the streets of the city and the public high ways throughout the county has become al- most intolerable. In some parts of the county, we hear that stock water is very scarce,-and here in Helena three-fOurthS of the cisterns are destitute of water. ThC Mississippi river affords failing sup ply to the people of the Eastern part of tn city, whilst in West Helena the cistern wer of course not damaged by the late high wa ter, and consequently but few of them ar empty. In building cisterns in the bottom brick wall from two to four feet higl should be made, which will generally mos effectually prevent any damage by overflow
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 DESPICABLE.- understood that a yok of steers were drowned above thls place las week, and that two men, some time after dragged them ashore, skinned and quarter ed them, and brought the meat to this city and sold it. The grand jury should look into this despicable outrage upon our citi zens.-Dem0crdt.
 It is said that - Bowling, who lives o1 the St. Francis river, ten or twelve mile from Helena, is the individual guilty of thi infamous act, and the people of Helena art very properly highly indignant, and if h' remains in the county until the meeting O. the Grand Jury, his case will certainly b' taken under advisement. Should the State'i Attorney desire it, additional counsel vii be employed by the people of the city tc prosecute him, if bill of indictment bt found