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THE COLUMBUS TIMES. |
TUESDAY MORNING OCT. 14, 1851. I
iS'ekQvapljfto
rXPRESSLY FOR TIIE TIMES ,
Macoh, Oct. 7, 10 P. M.
The entire Southern Rights Ticket in Bibb
i* Elected by an average Majority of about
5.
SECOND DISPATCH,
Macon 2 o’clk 40 m. p. m. ) I
Oct. 7th 1851 S
Cobb's majority in Chatham 82; Morgan
50; Warren 300; DeKalb 908; Fioyd 700,
Monroe 40; Richmond 220; Mclntosh 40
Pike report K* 49.
McDt i,i*. ism..jority Bibb 87: Bullock 275:
Butts 203; Cobb 96; Jones 46: Twiggs re
ported 175.
Southern Rights Ticket for Legislature,
ecteled in Bibb, Jones, Twiggs, Cobb, Butts
and Crawford. Harmon elected, Bibb and I
Monroe. Bailey's election certain.
Augusta, Oct. B—B8 —8 A. M.
Reported majorities for Cobb: —Burke, 150; j
Richmond, 202 ; Taliafero, 2so ; DeKalb, 800 ; j
Pike, 35; Monroe, 50: Walton, 325; Greene,)
540 ; Clarke, 205 ; Wilkes, 125; Warren, 245
Newton, 700.
Reported majorities for McDonald : —-Cobb, 96 ;
Butts, 227.
Macon, Oct. 8—9.50 A. M.
.Ist par. one hundred maj. for Southern Rights
party; Twiggs, one hundred maj.; Wilkinson,
Southern Rights maj. seventy-five: Crawford, 42.
Southern Rights ticket elected in Baldwin.
Macon, Oct. B—9 A. M.
In Macon county, Cobb’s majority is 100; in
Houston 17. i)ooly, reported for M el)onld 360.
Part of Baker on! / heard from. Bailey's election
•var Chappell is certain.
THE ELECTION.
The North and South have again met in
conflict, on Georgia soil, and victory has de
clared for the North. In this county, the
Southern Rights Party have made a gallant
fight—contended for every inch of ground,
and only yielded at last, to the. combined
numbers of Northern men and Southern
submissionists—the former true to their sec
tion—the latter, false to theirs, snd false to
the Constitution.
The Southern Rights party of Muscogee
• beaten by the city of Columbus. The
county outside of the city limits is sound to
the core. Ilalloea has rolled up a majority of
150 for the South, and Glenn’s precinct 55>
the two other precints giving but 36 for the
North. Hallocahas covered itself with glory
—so much so, that we understand “Colonel
McDoodaT’ purposes to abolish that precinct
at the next Legislature! Well, he cannotab
o'ish the r olers.
And, now, what has been rcconiplished?—
Muscogee has given her vote to a candidate
for Governor who,on"an issue purely section
si, has taken the Northern side; and a man,
who had so fouled his fingers by tampering
w ith Free Soil influence, that he was a dead
cock in the pit, until he made his coalition
with Stephens and Toombs and the Whig
party. They have voted for a man for Con
gress proven to 1> a Free Son.er, and who
cannot be redeemed from that character by
* !the majorities that a deluded people can
pile up for him.
Tbo Union party of Muscogee has made
Mr. Johnson's Southern heresy their own.—
They have adopted and endorsed it. They have
shown that party was stronger than principle;
slid in voting for a man whose principles are
it, war with the “Georgia Platform” proved
that they will abandon that , the first moment
tlieir leaders sound the bugle note of retreat.
For State Senate they have elected N. H r .
Flournoy ! ! For the house a very clever
• nd honest gentleman, in the person of Mr.
Wooldridge ; and in Mr. MeDoodal, a Swiss
who u ill fight on any side that pays beat in
pandering to his personal malevolence and
political ambition.
We give below, the vote of this county.
Our telegraphic dispatches contain all the
news we have received. They indicate a
heavy majoritv for Cobb. Whiggery,Fillmore
ar.d the North.
And now, the past is irrctreiveable—the
future belongs to us, and we to our eountry.
Wo do not feel cast down. We experience
no mortification exempt for our Southern i
country. We have not a single pang of regret
or remorse to upbraid us. \\ e know we have
done our duty, and we look with assured con
fidence to future and cooler moments to
vindicate the integrity as well as the. wisdom
of the principles of the Southern Rights Par- i
tv. The North has made a sweeping triumph
—.the South has bowed its head, kissed the
hand that suiote her, and pronounced aver- i
oict of “fair liberal and just” on the sentence
that robbed her vithout compunction, and 1
striped her without provocation or mercy.
ELECTION RETURNS.
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Cobb--- 876 80 58 40 1147:
Johnson 838 68 57 39 79 1091 j
Flournoy 852 71 5S 39 89 1109)
MoDougald.. .838 72 54 37 88 1089 |
Wooldridge. ..779 73 57 39 91 1039
McDonald 531 49 49 IS6 154 939 I
Penning 506 45 47 187 152 937 j
Harrison 162 44 47 ISR 158 892
Wilkins 534 44 47 188 146 959
Pitts 481 45 46 186 148 916 j
Tub Election.—-We omit the returns as they 1
come unofficially. Suffice it, that Cobb is elected ,
by some 15,000 majority, and the Unionists have
n overwhelming preponderance in the Legisla- !
lure.
M hen the official returns are received shall j
place them on out file as a record of the most
stupendous set of suicidal folly, a people ever were l
guilty of. It is an net tbit will bear bitter fruit.
The Election Returns ,we beer) eome j
tumbling in in thumping majorities for the North. ‘
tYe say “ vre hear,” because we have not been j
very industrious in figuring up result*. Our op- j
{•orients have done the cyphering; and we under- j
stand that they sum up 13,000 for Cobb in 71 \
■eeanlies. ihe North has swept the State, and j
Aor hope is that it will pile up a majority of 25,-
000. 55 hen a thing is to be done, we like to see
if welEdone—a clean job. We like to see things
ettle<3 one way or the other • and we now con
sider it settled dial the South will not resist the
aggressions of the North. It has been our voca
tion to labor to arouse our people to resistance.
We have foiled. They will not resist.
sVha|iisoiifse the Southern Rights Party will j
take, hereafter, is vet to be determined. We !
confess, we see very fifth? hope in the future for |
■ jif Our people kgse tbfovrn down fheir •
arms, and invited their enemies to eome on and
have their way. When the public mind becomes
calm, we shall have something to say on this sub
ject. We will, in all candor, just now, make one
remark, and that is, that'the best thing that can
be done for the South, is, for the Southern Rights
Tarty to retire from the contest. The Southern
Rights Party has interposed the only obstacles to
the revolutions of the Abolition ball that have been
nterposed. But for this powerful, active and mil
itant minority, the North would have gone fur
ther in its aggressions titan it has
have gone far enough to arouse the spirit of re
sistance in the souls of Southern submissionists,
and thus have united the South. Our eflbrts to
defend slavery and the South have had two per
nicious effects : they have cheeked the North, and
built up a Northern party in the South. Is it not,
then, wise and patriotic to get out of the way ?
give up the’ contest, and leave the submission par
tv South stud the Abolitionists to settle the ques
tion and take care of the country, if they can.—
For our own part, we are not able to perceive how
we can, with usefulness to the country or honor
to ourself, continue a hopeless contest. The pre
: sent inclination of our mind is, as soon as eircum
| stances will admit, to retire from this post, and to
i await in silence * eveDts of the future—ready at
! all times to come Till to strike a blow for the
rights of the South, he; eer it can be done.
SUU CLIQUE.
c w The Charleeton Mercury does us the
i honor to copy our article of last week, entitled
| “ Last Warning ,” but the printer credits it to
j the Columbus Enquirer ! Such articles never
i appear in the Enquirer, and we arc sure the En
. quirer will not thank our Charleston friend for
putting orthodox Southern sentiments to its ac
| count. We notice the matter, the rather because
) it has several times happened betore.
TEXT AND COMMENT.
TEXT.
The Georgia Platform. —“ That it is our de
liberate opinion, that upon the faithful execution
of the Fugitive Slave I-aw, by the proper author
ities, depends the preservation of our much lovod
Union.”
The Comment is found in the following statis
tics, compiled by the Savannah News :
“ Number of Escaped Slaves.—The following
table shows the number of fugitive slaves from the
Southern States during the one year ending June
Ist, 1850. These statistics are compiled from the
official census tables:
Delaware, 19 Mississippi, 49
Maryland 249 Louisiana, 79
Virginia 89 Texas, 23
North Carolina,.. . 57 Kentucky, 183
South Carolina,... 14 Tennessee, 59
Georgia, 91 Missouri, 59
Florida, 16 Arkansas 11
Alabama, 32 Dirt. of Columbie,.. 7
Total, 1017
At an average value of S6OO for each -live
here is upwards of half a million dollars lost to the
South i one year. Georgia's share alone is $45,-
600. From this amount we may deduct the val
ue of Simms, the only slave which she has recov
ered uiider the fugitive slave law, at a cost of sev
eral th ‘usand dollars.”
TRUTHFUL CONFESSIONS.
We dip the following remarkable confessions
from two of the loading Union Whig papers of
Georgi*. They appear on the Bth of October—
after the election :
“ The contagion of a morbid and diseased public sen
timent at the North has extended far enough. It must
be checked. The evil is there, and there must the rem
edy he applied.” —Savannah Republican.
“ We do not believe that the masses of the Southern
Rights party desired Disunion. The real disaffection to
the Union exists at the North. • • •
“ We await the consummation of the struggle closed
for the present at the South, but.to awake with terrible
energy North and South next year, not with the interest
fcl! by the spectator of a great drama, hut with that feel
ing of anxious concern which watches the progress of a
raging fever in the system of a venerated fattier or friend
or rather with an interest akinfto that kindled when the
coldest in his brain is betwixt madness and sanity, and
we know not whether reason will prevail, or our friend
and father become a raving maniac.” —Avgusta ( hr uni
clc and Sentinel.
We ask how is this? how are such smtiments
reconc ileable with the tone of these snine presses
during the struggles o’ the last 18 months ? We
thought the only danger to the Uiuon was from
Southern Fire-eaters, and that so far as the North
was concerned, the Compromise had settled eve
rything, and was a satisfactory adjust
ment of all disputes, and a termination to all ae
sions—in short, that the South was in a hotter
condition, to far as its slave institutions were con- |
cerned, than it had been for twenty years. Yet. j
two days after the election, we are Buntied with
the declaration that the contagion of the terrible
(abolition) disease exists in unabated fury at the
North, and that the struggle i* to “ awake with
terrible energy” next year !
But not less remarkable i-> the confession of the
Chronicle that it does not *‘ believe that ihe
masses of the Southern Rights party desired
disunion , and that the real disaffection to the
Union exists at the North” ! Here is a com
plete “ about face.” The Chronicle, and its par
ty has beaten the Southern Rights party with the
howl of disunion raised against them, in spite of
the protestations of that party that it was falsely
accused and desired only to unite the South in a
demand for justice ; and now it turns round and
admits to the world that the Southern Rights par
ty teas falsely accused. It is to such a party as
this that t’le people of Georgia have committed
their incalculably vast interests in this great ques
tion. So far as we are concerned, we are willing
to leave the responsibility with them. We re
joice that the question is settled. We feel as if a
load of anxiety and doubt had been lifted from our
breast, and we experience the relief that a man
would who had been straining with a heavy load
up hill, for eighteen months, and who, finally re
lieved of the burthen, “ breathes deeper and freer”
aga'n.
“ But we fee! a full assurance that there is no reason to
j despair of either Georgia or Mississippi. The Southern
Rights Parties in both States are vigorous, active and
| persevering. They must go onward—nothing can arrest
j their growth. If instead of presenting to them, as some
• of the leaders of the secession party have done, the issue
j of immediate disunion, we had offered to unite with
i them in the effort first to secure our rights within the
] Union, and if this should be impracticable, to resort to
i such measures as our safety may demand, we verily be-
I lieve. that the result of the election in Georgia would
; have been different. We have always thought, and
| events, we thir.k. are every day establishing the correct
ness of the opinion, that Mr Rhett’s speech at Hibernian
Hall, Juno the 21st, ‘SO. and the subsequent measures of
j tlte secession leaders in this State have done more to
j prevent Co-operation than all other circumstances put
together.— Chas. Standard.
Asa Southern Rights man in Georgia, we can
i answer for ourself, and we think, with safety, foj
i our political friends here. We say, unhesitating-
J ly, that the direst bl-*y we, as a party, have yet
i received, lets been from the so called “ co-opera
; iion party ” of South Carolina. It has been a
j eh'liiug fruat to our hopes and energies, and hn g
i given sultstantial “ aid and comfort” to our oppo
i uents. There is no hope of 00-operation either
J from Mississippi or Georgia. It is idle to look lor
j it. South Caroliua must resit t alone, or she must
l submit in company. Nor are the Southern Rights
! parties of Georgia and Mississippi “vigorous, active
j and persevering.” They hare been beaten, rout
| ed, and almost dissipated. In Mississippi it has
| grounded its arms and fallen back upon .National
l Democracy. In Georgia, its fate is, either to dis
-1 !>and or ally itself with that party tn the Union,
most favorable to State Rights and to a strict con
struction of the Constitution To all appearances,
f South Carolina is going to submit, just as Georgia
La done. If so, the Co-operation party is the
mibm:*tion party, undfr aaolber name, that will
have effected that result. The hopes of ths South
depend on South Caro lina. Her heroic and uni
ted action can yet bring our enemies to a pause
and reform the Government. But the hope is a
frail one. She, foiling in this, a resort to old party
lines, and a gradual and rapid undermining of
Southern Rights and Institutions is the sure re
sult. The London Times said right—slavery is
“ A DOOMED INSTITUTION.”
Congressional Delegation. —Our next Con
gressional Delegation, (says the Savannah Geor
gian.) will probably stand—two Southern Rights
Democrats, three Southern Wrongs ditto, and
three Federal Whigs, (Toombs, Stephens and
Johnson.)
Gen. Twiggs.—The New Orleans Delta, of
) the 3d instant, says : “ This veteran and aecorn
] pi shed officer is now in our city, in his usual hale
and hearty condition. It is not true, we learn,
that Gen. Twiggs ever wrote to the authorities
that he had called on the Collector, before the sail
ing of the Parnpero, and told him to do his duty
in that matter. Gen. Twiggs will spend the win
ter here with his family.”
J South Carolina. —The number of dwelling
houses in South Carolina is 52,642, and the num
i her of families 52,937. Deaths during the year,
| 7,097 ; farms in cultivation, 29.969 : manufactu
ring establishments producing SSOO and upwards,
: annually, 1,473: federal representative population,
i 514,513. The following is the full recapitulation
| of the populat’on : •
White males 137,773
White females 136,850
Free colored males 4,110
Free colored females.... 4,790
To'al free population 283,523
Slaves 384,934
Total population 668,507
Cuthbert, Oct. Bth, 1851.
D ra Fersyik : The fight on Monday time
off as follows:
Cobb, 803 McDonald, 797
Johnson, 799 Benning, 793
Wolfe, 787 Speight, 783
Perkins, 795 Christie, elect'd, 784
Pros, 773 Hendrick, 781
• So you see that Randolph has done better than
vre anticipated ; and we regret that it does our
general ticket no good. Early has gone for ihe
‘ Union .” Wolfe is elected by about 20 votes.
Yottr's, &o.
“ The Timet tick.'' —Enquirer.
Yes, the Times is sick of time-serving and hy
pocrisy—sick of the reign of demagogues and
traitors over the minds of a deluded and betrayed
people—sick at the evidences of the decay in
Southern sp : rit; and sick to see our powerful see
t:on of the Union, made by Nature and the de
c-ses of God, the master section of the Confede
racy. whipped and cowed like a spaniel into a po
rtion ot mean, abject snd crouching servility to
Yankee domination. We are sick to death of the
Narthern collar. It becomes the Enquirer't
eck We spurn it.
Health or Mr. Clat.— The Richmond
Times says:—ln a letter of recent date from
Mr. Clay himself to a friend in this city, the
venerable statesman writes that his health
has been feeble during the summer, but he
believes it is improving, and he expects to go
to Washington once more.
There was considerable frost in th
vicinity of Newberry, S. C. on the morning
of the 26th ultimo. Tender vegetation was
; slightly scorched, though no damage was
j done cotton or late com.
Renunciation.— Capt. A. S. Henry, a son of
the great Patrick Henry, announces in the Lynch
burg Republican that he shall no longer act with
! the W big party as heretofore. He says he lias
i “ frequently differed with the Whigs in the past,
and particularly do 1 differ with them on the great,
absorbing, paramount issues of the day, vix : the
slavery question.”
CW* The New York Journal of Commerce is
elaborately showing that both as a constitutional,
legal, an.l.practical matter, colored people are not
citizen* of the United States, and that the courts
have so decided over and over again : and that,
therefore, S ‘uth Carolina has the constitution!!!
right to do what shy i <.:>ing, in the exclusion of
colored sailors, or their temponry imprisonment.
tsl’ Southern Rights tickets for the Legisla
ture arc elected in the following counties : Bibb,
Bulloch, Jones, Twiggs. Campbell, Cobb, Carroll.
Mcrriwether. In Baldwin, McCombs, Southern
Rights, beats Kenan, the Union candidate.
UW~ The steamer Ohio, from Chagres, with
the Pacific mail, arrived at New York on the 6th
inst. She brings 450 passengers, and about two
millions in gold. There is no later new* from
California.
The steamer Georgia arrived at New Or
leans on the sth inst., in 47 (hours from Havana.
Capt. Ellis, a “ Liberator,” has been released.—
The steamer Saranac, and sloopn-of-war Albany
nd Decatur, were at Havana.
tw Geo. Wilkins Kendall, with his eompan
ons, lias returned to St. Louis, from their cxeur
on through the prairies of the Far West .
tw The Augusta Constitutionalist of the
4th iust. h ts this hard lick :
” Querc. If Mr. Allen F. Owen is displaced
ironi the Consulate obtained for him through the
iniluenee of Messrs. Toombs, Stephens and Cobb,
what provision will the triumvirate make for.him ?
55 e have not yet seen as marked a disposition to
repudiate him as has been exhibited in reference
iv Judge Berrien. For aught that appears, Mr.
Owen is the least unpopular of the two with the
Constitutional Union dynasty.”
First Congressional District.— Col. Jos
\\ . Jackson, the Democratic Southern Rights
candidate, is elected in this District.
Third District.—David J. Ba'ley. INq.,
Southern Rights, beats Mr. CiiArrr.i.L in this
District. Tile N'onl! has carried all the other
Districts.
In our Distrist, the man who holds the follow
;ng sentimeuts, will be slectod by about a thou
sand votes :
lt. That Congress had absolute and unlimited power
of legislation over the District of Columbia—th right to
•Mink slavery, or to do any thing else it might deem
proper; that there was no limitation to its right ofiuris
diction.
2d. That Congress had supreme power over all the
Territories, Dock Yards, Navy Yards, Arsenals and Forts
the power to prohibt slavery therein or to dispose of
them to any foreign Power.
3d. That slavery was a political evil— Mr Johnson in
repeated discussions with myself upou a lecture deliver
ed by Mr. Fisher, of Ciucinnatti. Ohio, two years sin ce
held that slavery was a political evil—that the influences
growing out of the institution of slavery were
the true muse of the .Southern States being'so deli
cient in those elements of wealth and prosperity which
characterized the North.
4th. That slavery was a social nil— Hr. Johnson eight
teen months since, disposed of his Law business to my
self on the ground, that he designed moving to a Fre'r
State where it was honorable to labor —that slavery at the
South was degrading to labor, and he desired to remove
from its contaminating influences.
[Cbrrespondcncefof the Mobile Tribune.]
New Orleans, Sept. 29.
A dreadful affray occurred this morning in the
Ist Municipality, between Alderman Silk and Al
derman Lsmghlin, resulting in the death of the
‘alter. There are many ftqvorte circulating as to
the cause, provocation, Ac. Laughlin was stab
bed with a knife under the left arm, and died in
stantly. He exerted with hi* tvJDfrymon, >h
Irish, an immense influence, and had just been
nominated for the Legislature. He leaves an ac
complished and interesting young wife.
The steamer Brilliant, anew and beautiful boat,
exploded yesterday morning on her upward trip
to Bayou Sara,■destroying, it is said, some fifty
lives. There were 8(> to 100 deck hands before
the accident, and but 25 found afterwards. The
boat is a total wreck. The Brilliant was fitted up
superbly. 55 e have yet no definite particulars of
the accident, and it is not known how many pas
sengers were on board. The mate of the boa
was lost, and nearly all the other officers were
badly scalded. The captain was in the wash
room at the time of the explosion, and to this his
safety is owing.
We regret to learn that # Mr. F. M. Lkviso.v
editor of the Baton Rouge Democratic Advocate,
and formerly of this place, was a passenger on the
Brilliant, and is reported ‘‘dangerously wounded.”
Extract o( a letter received bv a gentleman in
this city :
Baker Cos., Ga., S-pt. 26, 1851.
Dear Sir: In compliance with your request, I
write to give you the result of my inquiries and
personal observation of the Cotton , rop, from the
lower part of Muscogee and’ Stewart. Randolph,
Lee and Baker counties. Mv decided opinion is,
that the crop in these counties is, at the largest
calculation for the present crop, one-fourth less
than that of last year. The fruit from the middle
I of the plant down, is a fair yield ; from the middle
to the top it is poorer than I ever saw; but putting
the upper crop at half a yield, and it will leave
three-fourths of a crop. I however candidly be
lieve the upper half to he far below half a ciop.—
There has been, for the last week, a good deal of
bloom, which, with an ordinary season, cannot
mature; the earth is very dry, the nights quite
cold, and the days windy and cool. I have not
met with the first man who boasted of a good
crop—a habit planters are prone to, with each
ether. My own crop is deficient in bolls at least
one-half of that of )at year to the stalk; but I
have about one-third more plant* on the ground,
from two causes—first, 1 reduced the width of my
rows from five to four fest, and :-ny stand is great
▼ better.
Very respectfully and sincerely, yours, &o.
A Bad and Bloody Tragedy.
The Tuscaloosa Monitor of Thursday week
narrates the following sanguinary events,
which took place in that town on the 30th
ultimo:
• Sineo our connection with the press, we
have never had occasion to chronicle a sad
der or more tragical occurrence than that of
which the Court House of our city was the
scene, on Tuesday evening last. As fully its
wc have been able to gather them from eye
witnesses, we give the details of this most
lamentable affair.
It will be recollected that, some time in
April last, a difficulty occurred between Mr.
Frederick IJ.1 J . Hall and Mr. John Kirby, both
old and respected citizens of this county.—
The result of that difficulty was that Hall
wounded Kirby (who was unarmed at the
time) and injured him so badly that the life
of the latter was for a long time despaired
of. Hall was held to bail for his appearance
at the present term of the court. A contin
uance was asked for by the defendant’s coun
sel, and, on the affidavit of Ilall, it was grant
ed by. the Judge. At this moment. Mr. Kir
by, who was sitting within the bar, rose and
asked permission to address the court. Judn-e
Walker remarked to him that it was unne
cessary, and Kirby then sat down, and was
seen immediately to attempt to draw a pistol
from his pocket, rising from his chair at the
same time. Mr. Newton L. Whitfield, who
was standing near, attempted to prevent the
drawing ot the pistol, and, in the struggle
which ensued, the pistol and the contents
fired—a latge ball passing through the high
er part of Kirby’s thigh, ranging down and
coming out on the leg. severing the femoral
artery and causing his death in a few min
utes. Such was the force of the ball, that
after passing through the thigh of Kirbv. it
penetrated Whitfield's leg a little below'the
knee, also cutting an artery and inflicting a
most painful, but. wo sincerely hope, and Ft is
believed, not a dangerous wound.
Kirby immediately fell from his chair, and
one ot his sons, who was standing very near
him, and wlto thought, : a it is supposed, that
his father was shot by H. 11, fired a pistol at
ihe latter, the hall of which pierced the back
■I a chair, grazed the foot of one of the jury
men who were in the box, and rebounded
from the wall upon the floor. Judge Walk
er, who was still upon the bench, supposing
Kiroy to have been shot by Hall, command
ed the sheriff to arrest him, when Hall ap
proached the Judge, and offered his p stol—
• ihe Judge asking him if lie shot that man:
to which he replied he did not, that his pistol
was stilt loaded. Jl dl was unhurt, ami pla
ced himself in the custody of the sheriff'.
Such is a hurried, but wc believe, impartial
account of this most deplorable affair. Os
course much excitement and confusion pre
vailed, and m -llv contradictory reports were
in circulation. Considering the crowded state
ot Ihe court room at the moment,it is strange
that more lives were not lost. Wo h ive
never witnessed a more harrowing scene than
the Court House presented a few moments
•■ftor the occurrence. The lifeless body of
Kirbv. stiffening into the rigidity of death,
and almost floating in his own blood. lay I
there, stark and stiff, in the very centre of the
temple of Justice. A son, sobbing as though
his heart would burst, bent over the dead
body of ihe father. It was, indeed, a soul
harrowing scene. Such a one we hope nev
er to witness again.
The most intense anxiety was felt by till
our citizens to learn the extent of the danger
of .51 r. Whitfield's wound. As it was at
tended with the most profuse bleeding, many
feared that it would prove mortal. VVe are
gratified, however, to he able to state upon
the authority of his physicians, that the
wound, although a most severe and painful
one, is not considered dangerous. Mr. Whit
field was actuated by the most praiseworthy
motives. He was influenced solely by a de
sire to prevent bloodshed, and being on the
m st friendly terms with Kirbv, he hoped to
prevail on him to desist front his terrible pur
pose. In the attempt he cante near losing
his own life. The proceedings of the court
were, of course, brought to an abrupt close
for the day, by the occurrence, in its pres
ence, of such a terrible tragedy.
An Unexpected Dk-butt-ante. —The Liver
pool Time* relates the following ludicrous inci
dent ;
A circumstance provocative of more hearty and
general laughter than is usually heard at our the
atre, took place on Monday, during the perform
ance of the last and most impressive scene in the
play of “ Julius Ciesur.” Mr. Vanneiihofi*sus
tained the character of Brutus. He was at that
passage where, after his army had been defeated,
he asked h : s fret-dman to kill him, and resolves to
commit suicide. At this moment! a venerable
looking goat, with a long beurl, made lustipp ar
anee at the side scenes, an.l took a deliberate sur
vey of the house. The audience, at first, surpri
sed at this novel apparition, broke into roars of
laughter, to the evident horror and astonishment
of the tragedian, to whvise ears the unlooked-for
sounds were a profanation. The cause of the mer
riment walked deliberately down to the foot- lights,
and stared at the audience, whose roars of laugh
ter soon startled him, and drove him once more
up the stage. In the meantime Brutus stabbed
himself with as much tragic dignity as possible un
der the circumstances, and covered his face with
his robe. The goat, seeing his fall, walked over
to the prostrate Brutus, took a snuff at him, and
was then, amidst the louder ro3rs of laughter thao
ever, in which tha actors joined, removed off the
stag*.’
From the Constitutionalist & Republic.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER HUMBOLDT.
New York, (Jet 8.
The. steamship Hainboldt arrived at 8
o’clock this evening.
Liverpool CoUon Market. —The market is
dull, but unchanged since the sailing of the
jCanada, the sales averaging daily 6000
bales.
Floor is steady at Ml rates. Corn is firm
at 6d. higher; Sugar Bteadv; Coffee dull ;
Teas unchanged.
The trade at Manchester is active, and pri
ces firm. Money easier. Consols closed at
95 1-4 to 95 3-8. American securities are
firm.
The Atlantic, Herman, and Asia had arrived
out.
The firm of Maitland, Fowlkes &. Cos. of
Liverpool had failed.
France. —La Presse tit Paris, had been sei
zed for publishing certain obnoxious articles.
The President will make a tour through the
Provinces prior to the meeting of the Assem
bly.
Spain. —Advices from Madrid state that
8090 troops had been sent to Havana; that
a warlike feeling prevails, and that a proposi
tion had been made to declare war against the
United States.
Affiirs in Portugal are in a precarious situ
ation.
New York, Oct. B —P. M.
Cotton.— The market has a downward
tendency. The sales to-day reach only 400
bales.
The steamer Africa sailed to-day for Liver
pool, with 8450.000 in specie.
A dreadful gale was experienced on the
coast of Nova Scotia. One hundrecTand fif
ty vessels were driven on shore, and three
hundred lives lost.
Prophecy and ITistop.t. —Mr. Webster,
in his speech delivered in Syracuse on the
26th May last, thus spoke of the Fugitive
Slave Law :
“Depend upon it. the Law will be execu
ted in its spirit and to its letter. It will he
executed in all the great cities —here in Sy
racuse, in the midst of the next Anli-Slacery
Convention, if the occasion shall nrrisu.”
So much for prophecy. What is the his
tory ?
The first fugitive slave arrested it, Syracuse
was forcibly rescued from the custody of the
U. S. officers, by an unrestrained and infuria
ted mob. It is a little remarkable, too, that
this utter defiance and resistance of the law
took place “in the midst of the Anti-Slavery
Convention.”
Wc see that a certain class of papers are
endeavoring to excuse this Syracuse affair on
the ground that the mob was chiefly com
posed of negroes. Tiiis is false as may be
proved by all the accounts of the riot fur
nished faorn Syracuse.
The Rochester Am-rican says:
“The mob was composed chiefly of white
men and was swelled by the strangers in the
city, it being the day of the County Fair, and
an Abolition convention, the latter of whom
was on hand for a full delegation of law
breakers.”
The Syracuse correspondent of the New
York Tribune says:
“The general quiet which now prevails in
the city, is ominous. The appearance is that
of the ocean after a violent hurricane. The
underground current and the underground
railroad are at work. The Commissioner, as
I am informed, has bees receiving testimony
this morning and yesterday tending to imuji
cate certain persons in this city in the rescue.
This, however, is only rumor, The crowd
who rescued Jerry has no head nor end. No
one attempts to justify the rescue, nor can it j
be condemned. The feeling is tnat of relief
that the thing is over.” — Sav. News.
Motherly Love.— Last among the character
istics of woman is that sweet motherly love with
which nature has gifted her. It is almost inde
pendent of cold reason, and wholly removed from
all selfish hope of reward. Not because it is love
ly does the mother love her child, but because it
|is a living part of herself—the child of her heart,
’ a fraction of her own nature. In every uuoor
j rupted nation of the earth this feeling is the same.
| Climate, which changes everything else, changes
not that. It is only the most corrupting forms of
society which have power gradually to make lux
urious vice sweeter than the tender cares and
toils of maternal love. In Greenland, where the
climate affords no nourishment for infants, the
mother nourishes her child up to the third or
fourth year of its iife. She endures for him all
the naseeut indications of the rude and domineer
ing spirit of manhood with indulgent, all-forgiving
patience. The negress is armed with more than
manly strength when her child s attacked by sav
ages. W e read with astonished admiration the
j examples of her matchless courage and contempt
of danger. But if death robs that tender mother
whom we are pleased to call a savage of her best
comfort —the charm and care of her existence—
where is the heart that can conceive her sorrow ?
The feeling which it breathes is beyond all ex
pression.
Daniel Webster. —A New York eorrrs
pendent of th” Delta says that this distin
guished gentleman will resign his office of
Secretary of State, as soon as he can dispose
of some important matters before his depart
ment, and, after that, he will visit the South,
and may he expected, with csrlair.ty, in New
Orleans on or about the first of February
next.
Mr. Webster would undoubtedly he greeted ;
with great honor, in the South, notwithstand
ing he has said that “if any Southerner came
to his house for satisfaction or redress, &c..
he would not get it.”
The Financial Contraction. — Free
man Hunt, in his last Merchant’s Mag
azine. has an article on the Banks and
the financial contraction, which should .
have the effect of removing misappre
hensions, or at least of attributing the j
pressure to the cause. We quote from
the article a3, follows.
“That the gold produced from our
soil should go abroad freely, especially
at a season of limited movement in our
other products, was natural enough.—
This must continue to be so. ‘Being the
most compact and the most promptly
available ofall our exportable values,
we shall of course send abroad all that
we do not absolutely need at home.
“Its export, undersuch circumstances
is no more an evidence of indebtedness
than the export of cotton. The immedi
ately important question for the banks is
not, is specie going abroad! Is it pas
sing through New York to its natural
destination, the great specie reservoirs
of Europe! but simply, is their own
stock sufficient! and is it decilning !
The general question which should gov
ern the movement of the banks, is this,
is the “balance of trade” against us! is
the country running in debt! Now, to
this question the answer given by the
custom-house tables is, on the whole
satisfactory.
“Our exports ofmerchandise & pro
duce this year have been greater than
liielast, and will fully ment the average
amount ot imports. But suppose our
importsshould de one third greater than
usual, say fifty millions, and should
reach an aggregate of two hundred mil
lions; we have already exported up to
the first of August, twenty six millions, !
of coin, which is at a rate that would!
fully meet an excess of imports so ex
traordinary. At one time, such an ex
cess of imports seemed likely to occur
but the amounthaving fallen off for June
and July, over three millions, as com
paied with the same months last year,
the indications now are,that the remain
der of the year will be proportionably
lighter than the earlier part.
“On the other hand, our cotton and
grain crops, though low in price, are
large in amount, and all accountsprom
ise a larger yield from California than
we have ever had before.
“From this general glancea tour con
dition, we believe that the country is
stroHg; that there was no adequate cause
for the recent violent and oppressive
contraction; and that all its useful ends
might have been attained, without its
damage, by a firm, considerate, steady
course, of just so much limitatioy of
loans as would have enabled the banks
to accumulate a better stock of com
So much wasjnstifiable; all beyond was
wrong. The community, in their inter
course with the banks, have a right to
look fora course of consistent action.—
There is an implied contract to that ef
fect. Recklessly to ignore the obliga
tion, and to visit on their customers the
result of their own improvidence, will
be sure to meet with rebuke, if it escapes
punishment.”
[From Dicken’i Household Words.]
CHANGE AND THE CHANGELESS.
The eye that sparkles with a flash of mirth,
Is quenched erelong in sweeling streams of sorrow;
Tears flood the source where laughter had its birth;
To day we smile—we melt in woe to-morrow.
The traits and lineaments we hold so dear,
Hardeu and stiffen in a marble slumber,
We look our last upon the funeral gear.
And add one sleeper to a countless number.
But love Is changeless in the changeless soul,
Thongh bom of earth, and reared in homes that per
ish;
Buoyed on the wires of ages as they roll.
It clings to memories it was wont to cherish.
Amidst fti, glories of yon radiaut skies,
Transphtmtoftkither irom it 6 mortal dwelling,
It dreams of those for whom In fleshly guise,
With tendercst thoughts its faithful breast was swat
ing
Oh! fondly nurture in Ihv heart of hevts,
The precious ger.n w i se product, irossoms ever;
And when thy sp re from U y t< < _\ p.-. s,
Life’s sac rot tie, een death will fail to scTer,
THE FAMILY OPPOSED TO NEWSPAPERS
The mr.n that don't take his county pnper
w.'is in town yesterday. He brought his whole
family in a two-horse wagon. He thought
the “New Constitution” had been adopted,
and was rejoicing because no more railroads,
turnpikes or bridges could be built. He still
believed Gen. Taylor was President, and want
ed to know if the “Kamschatkins” had taken
Cuba, and if so where they had taken it. He
had sold his corn for twenty-five cents—(the
price being thirty-one)—but upon going to
deposit the money, they told him it was most
ly counterfeit, the only genuine bills being on
the late “Bank of Cireleville.” The only
hard money he had was some three cent
pieces, and those some sharper had “run on
him” for half dimes! His old lady smoked a
“cob pipe,” and would not believe that any
thing else could be used. One of the boys
went to a blacksmith's shop to get measured
tor a pair of shoes, another rnistoook
the market house for a church. After hang
ing his hat on a meat hook, he piously took
a seat on a butcher's stall, and listened to an
auctioneer, whom he took to be the preach
er. He left before “rneet.in’ was out,” and
had no great opinion of the “sarniint.” One
of the girls took a lot of “seed onions” to the
post office to trade them for a letter. She
had a baby, which she carried in a “sugar
trough,” stopping at times to rock it on the
side-walk. When it would cry, she stuffed
its mouth with an old sock and sang “Barba
ra Alien. The oldest bov sold two “coon
skins'* .’’’d VPs on a “bust.” When last seen
he had called f„T a glass of “sodv find water,”
and stood soaking ginger making wry
faces. The shop-keeper mist aking his mean
ing, had given him a mixture of sal-soda and
water, and it tasted strongly of soap. But
“he’d heart) tell of sodv and water, and was
hound to give it a fair trial, puke or no puke.”
Some “town feller” came in and called for
a Utnonade with a “flv in it,” whereupon our
“soaped” friend turned his back and quietly
wiped several flics into his drink.
We approached the old gentleman and
tried to get him to “subscribe,” hut he would
not listen to it. lie was opposed to “infernal
improvements.” and lie thought “larnin was
a very wicked inwention, and culriwuted noth
ing hut w unity and wexalion.” None of his
family never learned to read hut one boy, and
he teaehed school awhile and then went to
studying •,virginity.”— [Circlsville Herald.
From the Mobile Register.
THS LIVINGSTON FAMILY.
The New \ ork papers announce the death
on the 26th lilt, of John R. Livingston. He
was the only survivor of a number of broth
ers. some of whom have been verv distin
guished in this country. Had lie lived two
years longer, he would have beeu a century
old. Arrived at the age of manhood, before
the Revolutionary War, he remembered well
the days when a monarch's sceptre ruled the
land, w hen wo imported our laws and our
governors, our politics, our literature, and
our apparel, alike, from a foreign country
All this he lived to see changed: having stood
by the cradle of our republic, and beheld its
full growth magnificence and power.
The eldest brother of the deceased. Phillip
Livini'stou, was very conspicuous in the early
periods of our history. He laid the founda
tions of the equitable jurisprudence of New
Tor!, and was long known, par eminence, as
the Chancellor. To his active and indomita
ble exertions, is mainly due ths adootion of
the Federal Constitution, by the Empire State
and he enj -yed the imperishable honor of ad
ministering the first inaugural oath to Gener
al Washington, as President of the United
States, after that constitution went into op
eration.
Edward Livings!o n , an th-*r brother, is
known throughout the world, as one of the
most eminent jurisprudents of the. century.
He successively occupied the positions of
I Mayor of New York, Lnited States Senator,
i Minister to France, and Secretary of State
under General Jackson. W ith .ill these hon
. ors clustering aronrid his name, the code which
tie prepared for the State of Louisiana, and
uudera portion of which, justice in that state
has since been administered, is universally re
! cognized as constituting his highest claim to
the honor and gratitude ot his countrymen.
The celebrated Proclamation of President
Jackson, as to Nullification, was also from
his pen.
Peter R. Livingst n also, whose death was
chronicled about two years since, was anoth
er brother of the deceased, and a prominent
.actor in the political events of his time, though
lest famous than either of h : s distpio-uished
brothers.
The sisters of this funfy were scarcely
j less remarkable. One of'them was Mrs
Montgomery, the wife ot'Mjnr-General Mont
j goinery. who fell under the walls of Q„ e b c
i covered with glory. Another was Mrs. Lew
s, wife of the Governor of the State, Major
: General and Quarter-Master in the U. S. Ar
! ray, during the Revolution, and present at the
. surrender of Burgoyno. Another was the
wife of John Armstrong, Seerel.arv of War
I under Mr. Madison, when Washington was
captured by the British, and the reputed
author of the celebrated Newburgh Getters.
The other sisters were Mrs. Tiliotson,wife
of Col. 1 iiiotson, of Redhook, and Mrs. Gar
re tson, wife of the Rev. Freeborn Garretson,
of Rhinebeck. very eminent, in his day,” as a
’ clergyman of the'Methodist Church.'’
Mr. John R. Livingston never mingled
much in public life. He wasfortnerly a
prominent and successful merchant in
New York and was distinguished for the
m nificence with which he dispensed thehos
pitaiity of his princely residence in Broadway,
now tiie seat of the Broadway House. About
fifteen years since, he retired to a delightful
country seat at Red Hook, immediately”upon
the banks of the Hudson, and about a mile
below the well known residence of Ida broth
er the Chancellor.
While all aristocratic notions are vary pro
perly exploded in our country, it is’ im
possible not to feel sentiments o< admiration
and respect for a family, which has contribu
ted so largely to the intellectual and moral
capital of our country, as the Livingstons of
New York.
Beautiful Thought. —There is but a
breath of air and a beat of the heart between
this world and the next. And in the brief
interval of painful and awful suspense, while
we feel that death is present with us, that we
are powerless, and he all powerful—and the
last faint pulsation here is but the prelude of
endless life hereafter—we feel, in the midst of
the stunning calamity about to befall us, that
earth has no compensating good to mitigate
the severity of our loss. But there is no
grief without some beneficent- provision to
soften its intenseness. When the good and
lovely die. the memory of their good deeds,
like the moonbeams on the stormy sea, lights
up our darkened hearts, and lends'to the stir- f
rounding gloom a benutv so srid, so sweet, i
that we would not, if we could, dispel the dark
ness that environs them.
The Law-loving People or Lancaster
Governor Jonston, the Whig Governor, and
for reelection in Pennsylvania, has indignantly
repelled the aspersion cast upon the people of
Lancaster for disregard of the Jaw, and indif
ference to the slaughter of American citizens
engaged in the attempt to recover their slaves.
Indeed, the Governor might find at once con
firmation of this declaration in the generous
and confiding speeches and resolutions of our
Southern Unionists. But still, looking to
the facts, the case does not altogether satisfy
some doubters, that the Free Negroes who
murdered Gorsuch, were not encouraged by
the sanctimonious broad-brims in the neigh
borhood.
The following being the verdict of the Ju
ry on this occasion, has somewhat this com
plexion :
Lancaster County, ss. An inquisition in
dented, taken at Salisbury Gap, in the Coun
ty of Lancaster, the 11th day of September,
A. D., 1851, before ine, Joseph D. Pownall.
Esq., for the. county of Lancaster, upon the
view of the body of a man then and there ly
ing dead, supposed to be Edward Gorsuch,
of Baltimore county, Md., upon the affirmation
of Geo. Whitson, John Rowland, Osborne
Dare, Iliram Kennard. Samuel Miller. Lewis
Cooper, Geo. Firth, Win. Knott, John Eflis,
Wm. Milhouse, Joseph Richwine, and Miller
Knott, good and lawful men of the county
aforesaid, who, beingduly affirmed and charg
ed to inquire, on the part of the Common
wealth, when, there, and how said deceased
canto to his death, do say. upon their affirma
tions, that on the morning of the lltli inst.,
the neighborhood was thrown into an excite
ment by the above deceased, and some five
or six persons in company with him, making
an attack upon a family of colored persons
living in said Gap, near the Brick Mill, about
4 o’clock in the the morning, for the purpose
of arresting some fugitive slaves, as they al
leged. Many of the colored people of the
neighborhood collected, and there was con
siderable firing of gnus and other fire-arms
by both parties. Upon the arrival of some
of the neighbors at the place, after the riot
had subsided, they found the above deceased
lying on his back, or right side, dead. Upon
a post-mortem examination of thebody of the
said deceased, made by Drs. Patterson and
Martin, in our presence, we believe he came
to his death by gun-shot wounds, that he re
ceived in the above mentioned riot, caused by
some person of persons to us unknown.
fW~A student of medicine out in Michi
gan. having courted a girl a year, and got the
mitten, has turned around and sued her fath
er for “the visits” he paid her.
InS 1 ’ The stringency in the Boston mon
ey market is unabated, and equaled only by
the great pressure of 1837.
Arrival of Mrs. Judson. —Mrs. Dr. Jud
son and children arrived in Boston by the
Canada on Friday night, with health much
improved by their voyage from India.
553?”’ Advices from Astoria, to August
27th, state that Mrs Gaines, wife of Gen.
Gaines, had died on the 13th of August.
A reward of 81-900 has been offer
ed by the citizens of Grayson county, Virgin
ia, for the arrest of Bacon the abolitionist.
Utah.— Dr. John M. Bernhissel has been
elected Delegate to Congress from the Terri
tory of Utah.
Important Race.— The Great Race over
the “Union Course,” for SIOO,OOO, is at this
moment exciting much attention in certain
sporting circles. The following entries have
been made:
Mr. Benton names Yellow Hoy. bv “Pan
ic,” out of “Hard Times: and Western Inter
est, by “Management;” out of “Poineer,”
Mr Clay names Old Popularity, by “States
man,” out of “Protection.”
Mr. Cass names Old Hunker, by “Noise
and-Confusion” out of “Democrat.”
Mr. Chaplin names Amalgamation, by
“Trading,” out of “Black Sal.”
Mr. Douglas names Free Soil, by “David !
Wilmot” Dam •‘Abolition.”
Mr. Fillmore names Security, by “Firm
ness” out of “High Principle:” and Possession
by “Accident” out of “Vice Prdsident.”
Mr. Houston names San Jacinto, by “Rusk”
out of “Santa Anna;’ and Son of ‘ Petnperunct
by “Humbug” out of “Down East.”
Mr. Quatlebum names Tempest in the Tea
Pol by “Rantipole” out of “Chivalry.”
Mr. Quitman names Secession, by “Aboli
tionist” out of “Southern noli-me-tan-gere.”
Mr. Seward names Higher Laic, by “Hypo
crite” out of “Disunion.”
Mr. Scott names Glory,’by “Bold Soldier
Boy” out of “Mexico;” and probablv .\omi
nee. by “Management,” out of “Whig.”
Mr. Van Bure., names Barn Burner, by !
“Little Magician,” out of “Democrat.;*
Mr. Webster names Union, by
six out of “John Bull,” Position, by “Intel
lect and Long Service.”
The well known horse “Cuba,” will doubt
less he a favorite, but at present he has so
many claimants that it is uncertain who is
the rightful owner may be. Rumor; howev
er assigns him to Mr. Quitman-—[Nett- York
eieille.
TELEGRAPHIC.
1..1 TER FROM C.-1 LIEOR.YI.I.
ARRIVAL OP THE PROM ETHELS.
New York, Oct 4th. -
Promr'hrus has arrived with a hundred thousand dol
lnrs.iti sold, with San Francisco dates up to Sept. Gih.
Whiff majority in the City 01 San Francisco 1000. Re
turn* indicate the election of Whig as Governor and
Democratic Congressmen. I egislnlurois doubtful. \ M
other account says that Bigler, Democrat, is probable
e.erted Governor.
Steamer arrived at San Jimn on 20lli with hundred
thousand dollars in gold.
San Frnnci'-o market quiet.
heavy ** “ ar - vsv ‘" c destroyed eighty houses. Loss
From the Charleston Mercury.
Baltimore, Oct 4
Fire hum!re*! bales ofcotton were sold to day in the
’ or ‘ i I y ,ar -e'. No chance had ■ occurred in prices.
Iho grand jury in Philadelphia hare found true bills
oftreason against live while men anil twentv-eeven ne
groes. who were eng.-ge lin the Christiana outrage.
The City of Manchester has arrived at Pliif detphia
from Liverpool.
( X>MMKRCIA t IN7’ELLIGEV E.
Latest date fr< in Liverpool s*pt go
Latest date from Havre . Sept 1H
Latest date from Havana Sept 6
C< >TT( >N ST ATK\f EN T.
Colombo*, Oct. 11, ISSJ.
Old stock on hand Oct 1. 1851 ISAO
Received tb a we. k -172
Received previously 7, 50— 1252
. 2,112
Stopped this week 12
Slopped previously 40—52
Stock 2,060
Our rccepta still continue light, prices nominal
from C a 7 c - .
TIIE MARKETS,
Charleston, Oct 9.
Cotto*—The market yesterday continued in lavor ot
buyers, and at easier ralea. Amount of sale* 611 bales
- St from 6*4 a 9 V : except £0 bales of a choice lot. at
the bulk of 3C2 bale* at 9 a 93^.
Savannah, Oct 9.
Cotto* There was a fair demand for cotton jester
day,and the nale reached 276 bales. Prices are decid
edly in favor of buyers. .Sale* 7\ to 9 eta.
Charleston, Oct 4.
Pottos—The transactions yesterday were limited to
the sale of shout 500 balsa at extremos, ranging frem
to S\c. Prices were depressed.
Augusta, Oct 4.
Ctn to* There hs ben buts moderate demand,
wtth but little offering. We quote Good
Middling Fair and Fair 9 et*., which ia about
from offlaat. Wednesday's quotations.
Charleston, Oct. 7th.
Cottow.—The market yesterday wiu easier—holders
more generally accepting of offers refused on .Saturday
Tiie sales amounted to 1000 bales, nt from 6 to OX
Savannah, Oct. 7.
Cottok, —The sales reported yesterday amount to
154 bales, at from 7Ji to BT-, cu.
Nsw Vosx, Oct.fi. 1851.
The eottnn market to-day closed dull, at im-gnlar pr
res. The sates amocnied In 400 bales. Rice, h'A. Flou
and Grain are duH. Money matters ore einstef,
FfW Oklcanx, Oct i,
, The sales of Cotton to-day were 3000 bales of Mlddhn
at 7 Ja- jThe other,;radr* are e tremely dull,
A verm, Oct. fi.
Cotton.—Otir market opened on Wednesday lasi qsC
et, in consequence of unfavorable intelligence from Kn
’ rope, and has continued in Hint stnte since, prices grad
nally giving way, until we have to notice a decline from
tha quotations given on that day of full y, to X c*nt oo
all qualities. The offering stock is light but more than
sufficient to meet the demand, which is generally confl
ned to grades ranging from Good Middling to Fair. Th*
receipts are very light for the season of the year, and
nearly ail reaching this market is sold on receipt. Th*
market closed very dull last evening, and in such an un
settled state that it is impossible to give quotations wife
any degree of accuracy. We would remork, however
that buyers do not seem disposed to pay more then
cents for good Middling, 8Y to S% for Middling Fair,to
Fair, but al these prices there are but few m’.tsra.
RECF.I ITS OF COTTON.
From Itt of September 1850 , to latest date/ rNR„ 4
1851 1840
Savannah, Oct. 2 5,147 41,365.
Charleston Oct. 2 13,017 16,(64
.Mobile, Sept. 26 3,528 5,316
New Orleans, Sept 20 62.556 *4,279
Florida Sept. 6 61 *97
Texes, Sept 7 299 200
North Carolina, Sept. 20 33 140
Total Roceipla 84.668 60,619
60,619
Inrroaac in Receipt* 94,049
STOCK OF COTTON.
Rrmaininf era Hand at the latest dntts referred.
Savannah Oct2 4,700.... 15945
Charleston, Oct. 2 10,625.. .14,77*
.Mobile, Sept. 26 28T547.... 7,007
New Orleans. Sept. 03 49,107.. 26,309
Texas, Sept. 0 740 50
Florida, Sept. 7 320 530
Augusta ami Hamburg Oct.. .128,430 13.96]
North-Cnr'rftna, Sept. 20 100 .Iso
New York, Sept 30 22,011 *9,051
Total 146,080 106,946
COLUMBUS PRICE CURREWT.
CORREKTID TRI-WIIYI ST J. K. REDO k. CO.
BAGGlNG—Kentcky r yard|B
India ’— ® a
ROPE rib 9ft 19
BACON—Hams r Ib| 11 49 14
Sides rib! H & Si
Shoulders r lb| 1® ft H
PORK—Nett r B*i ft
BITTER rtt>i * 0 S3
CHF.ESF. rib] 114
CASTINGS rib! a S
COFFEE—Rio r lb; *3 ft 14
Java rib 16 ft t?
CANDLES—Sperm rib 30 0 *9
Star r lb| 30 49 M
Tallow rib 16 * 90
FEATHERS rib] 33 ft 40
Kirill— Mackerel No 1 r bbll M 00 ® II 9u
Mackerel N. 2 r bbl 15 00 l3 *0
Mackerel N>. 3 r bbl’ 8 50 ft 966
Shod r bbl; 19 00
Herring r box 100 ®
FLOUR—Western r bbl 600 9 700
Canal r bbl] 7 50 @ 9••
City r bbl 530 939
FODDER riOOlbf*: 100 ft
GRAIN—Corn r burtietf
Wheat r busfteke 125 A—
Outs r bushel! <3 S
GLASS r b*x| 225 ft 7 0*
GUNPOWDER r keg 500 CO9
hides rit> 8 9
IRON—Sweden rib 5 ® 9
English rib 4 ft
card r* 12 # L 4
lead rib 7 ft -
LIME r bbl 930 69 } M
MOLASSES r gallon 45 ® W
NAILS r ft 4*4* *
OlL—Lamp r gallon 125 ft 175
Linseed r gallon 100 ft 126
Train r gallon! 63 *9
PAINTS r keg) 2 25 @ 973
PEAS r bushel! 100 <®
RICE r lb| 3 <9
SYRUP—Lemon per gallon 123 9
Raspberry T *7; 600 (tk
SALT r sack! 125 <g> 137
SHOT r bag 175 t* 299
FOAP rib 5 @ 7
STEEL—Cast rib 20 ® S3
German rlb 15 <$ 18
American rib 10 ft
BUGAR—St. Cro:x rib ft
New-Or!ean r lb 9>r 11
Loaf, refined r 12 ft 16
Lump rib 10 69 1*
SPIRITS—Brand'. Cog r g*l 100 ft 40*
American r k*l 40 ® 1 90
Pe.srh real 100 IN
Apple r gal 60. & 73
RUM Jamaica, r g*l 200 ft 310
New England fgl 45 ® 30
WHISKEY—Irish r gal 400 ft —■
Vonongahela rg*l 100 ft 980
Western Vpl 9> 9 33
GlN—Holland fpl 130 ft 2*o
American re*) 40 ft 90
TALLOW r !b 10 IS
VINEGAR— qegal 37* * 90
WlNES—Madeira r g*l 125 ® 699
Sherry r gal 150 ft 199
Champagne r iral 13 00 ft II M
Malaga rgl 70 00 ft 166
Port gaJ 250 ft. 699
Claret rbox’ 3 00 *
AGRICULTURAL NOTICE,
A* the time at which the Stnte Fair wIU
e held in Macon, i.s so near tit at appointed
for the Fair of the Muscogee and Ruaatll
Agricultural Society, the Executive Commit
tee have deemed it advisable to (ha
latter till Thursday 20th Nov. 1851.
S q>t 27—w& twt 1 n
ITWr srr anlhorlxrd ts aaaaaats
the name of JAMES FERGUSON a a candidal* fsr
re-election t the office of Receiver of Tax’returns fee
the county of Muscogee. at the ensuing ele-liou tw
January next. Oct. 14-tde
F XVe nre autltorizrd to announce
Vt M. It. STOKES, a Candidate for th* office of fleck
of the Superior Court of Muscogee county, at the easti
ng election in January next. jnlyl
Wf are authorised to annsßßS*
the name of JOHN R. STURGIS, as a Candidate for i leek
of the Superior Court of Muscogee county, at the **•■-
ing Eh-rtion in January next. * jutvX
DIED.
At his residence, in Macon co. Ala. Sept 26th ‘sl, Mr
A.s. Ti rpin in the flfly-flrst year of his age. Th* d*.
censed was anativeof Mar land, resided for many ys*rs
tn Augusta, Ga. and in Washington, Wilkes co, but for
the last twelve years a citizen of Ala. lie dird as be
lived, an honest, unassuming gentleman and a Christian
Augusta Constitutionalist A. Republic will pleaseropy.
MORPHINE ! Just received by PIM'.RCK.
f>ct 9. ItwJCJlw
QUININE! Just received by 1.. PIF.RCK.
Cat 9. ltwAStw
Cloths and Cassimerea.
JUST received a large assortment of French Ct*lA#
unrf Cutsimtrrs— bl’k. and fancy colored—also fcrt.
and Satin Vestings in great variety,
Oct 12. HHOKA M , CI.F.MOJk’S k CO.
Stair Carpets,
BRUSSELS and , Venetian Stair Carpeting, just rec’4
by Oct 12. HHOKA IP, C/.F.MOJfS A C'o.
Hosiery.
\\ rs: have now on hand a full stock of Ladies w 4
> -Vtsses English. Cotton. Silk and Worsted He**.
Also, Gents Plain and Fancy half Hose of superior quafl
ty. Oct 12. fUt Oh.l H\ CLF.MO.YSk Cos.
CAUTION.
r p;iE Colutnbtu tee House having been entered a
A night and robbed of the money drawer, containing
a considerable number of Ice Tickets; the public is **-
ioned against trading for the same. The present Itsws
will be cancelled. Itunajut* holders of tickets nr# knows,
anti they will please present them for redemption at Ibw
I e 110-'se, Front street.
Oct I*, ts fT. J. CHAFF**-, ,4/sL
TEACH UR WANTED.
r PHE patrons of the .Wale School at Hamilton, Harrfe
1. county, are desirous of employing a Teacher tatnka
charge of the Male Academy at this place for the ensuing
year. The) want a man qtialiAed to teach all the branch
es usually taught in Academics. None need apply an
te's they comwwell recommended. The school at this
place has been worth at least two thousand dollars per
year for the last three years. And the preseut Instructor
retires Irom it only in consequence of ill health.
Any persr.n wishing the situation will make it knew*
by addressing the undersigned committee within thro*
r reks from this date.
JOHJf MCRPHY, | JAS R. H F..S'U FRSOJT.
r/.ir/n hf.au , thus. a. n ii.i.iam*,
-V- n RAHUF..X-, i pf.tkh f. r.itun.r.
Hamilton, Ga., Oct. 12—w3t.
Northern Butter,
/ < OOD ANI) SWEET, just received by
VI Oct 12.—tw4t UHAYk r.I.YPRI.T
MUSIC LESION*.
MRP EHRICII will commence teaching Masts, Jftr
day the 13th October. Terms as follows:
Harp for one quarter, (2 hours the week.) *94 0*
Piano. “ ■* “ “ 16 0*
Violin. ** “ u -‘ “ .... 16 6*
Guitar. “ “ 11 “ “ 1®
Thankful for past favors, she solicits the patrorug* 94
parents and all those who wish to take lessons *f>v4 thw.
most favored system of Music teachers of celebrity la,
Germany, in whose accomplished schools she has leant-,
ed Iter profession, and she is confident of giYWff 0$ **F
isfaction. Columbus, Oct 13—iwSt*
F. G. WILKINS.
AUCTION & COMMISSWW MIfICItANT,
WLL attend pfovutuh to all buainos* qntgnsted t*
his care, Oct 13 —3m
ItQSl'i HILL F4IR SALE.
mSITL'ATEH on an eminence three fourths of a
mile from the city, nnd containing thirty acres,
adioining lands of Wm, A. Redd, Jas. R. sixf
John A. Jones, with comfortable irnpro**
pteiits. Apply to U. VK.ill.tif.
Columbus, Oct 14-w4t;