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AUGUSTA, GA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 19.
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Senatorial Question.
As the term ot the Hou. Wm. C. Dawson in
the United States Senate will expire in March,
1854, the duty will devolve upon the Legisla
ture about to assemble, to elect his successor.—
That successor will of course be a Democrat—a
supporter of the Administration of Gen. Pierce.
Mr. Dawso.i has been a consistent Whig—oppo
sed the election of Gen. Pierce,and advocated the
election of Gen. Scott, as such, and during the
present year has done all that he could to array
Georgia in opposition to the Democratic party,
and to the Administration. He has fought the
battle and has lost it. Georgia has pronounced
against him and in favor of sustaining Gen.
Pierce. She has voted that she retains her con
fidence in the President of her choice, and in his
fidelity to the pledges of his past life—in his
h nest and fearless Administration of the Gov
ernment in conformity with the well established
creed of the Democratic party. Mr. Dawson,
therefore, as an opponent of the Administration,
having toiled industriously this summer to ob
tain from the people of Georgia a verdict of
condemnation against Gen. Pierce, and having
failed, cannot expect a Democratic Legislature
to continue him in his seat in the Senate there
to continue this warfare. The rebuker is him
self rebuked, and must submit to the verdict of
the people. He will retire, however, with the
respect of his opponents, for Mr. Dawson has
used no deception as to his position. He has in
both the last canvases taken his ground openly,
boldly, manfully. The Democrats know where
to locate him, for he has met them in a fair field
and without a mask. He was elected as a Whig,
has continued in office as a Whig, and will go
out as a Whig.
With Mr. Toombs the case is different. Had
Mr. Berrien, or Mr. Jenkins been elected in
1851, there could have been no ground of com
plaint among Democrats had the Senator elect
taken the field in opposition to the Democratic
nominee for President in 1552, and for Gover
nor of Georgia in 1853. They were undisguised
Whigs—always have been, and no suspicion of
their being at all democratized had occurred to
the mind of that Legislature or to the people.
Not so with Mr. Toombs. We are not cogni
zant of the secret pledges, if any there were, on
his part to the Democrats of the Legislature that
elected him, that he would support the nominee
of the Baltimore Democratic Convention, pro
vided the Convention adopted resolutiuns of ac
quiescence in the Compromise, and that he
would be found in the United States Senate sup
porting the Democratic Administration should
that nominee be the successful candidate for the
Presidency. That such pledges, either in ex
press terms, or by the strongest implication were
made, is generally believed, and was the current
belief entertained at Milledgeville at and before
his election. It is a subject entitled to the full
est investigation, and it is to be hoped wiil come
up for investigation and discussion before the
Legislature just elected.
It is an undeniable fact, that Mr. Toombs, by
his conversations,led the Democrats at Milledge
ville to believe that he was becoming democra
tized —that he was in a transition state from
the Whig to the Democratic party. He openly
proclaimed that the Whig party at the North
were net to be trusted on the slavery question
which was the paramount question of the day to
the South—that the Northern Democracy offer
ed the only hope of a sound national oiganiza
tion—that they had proved true to the Consti
tution and to the South when the Northern
Whigs had flinched, or proved treacherous to
both. That while there were patriotic Whigs
at the North who could be trusted,they were
unfortunately powerless to do good, and that the
great mass of their party were unchangeably
wedded to sentiments and policy hostile to the
South—that the path of patriotism and of duty
led him in the direction of the Democratic party,
and from the indications then existing pointed
to that party as the one with which he expected
to be found acting in the future. It was also
openly declared that Mr. Buchanan was his first
choice, above all others, Whigs or Democrats, for
the Presidency.
These were currently understood to be Mr.
Toombs’ sentiments before the election. It is
unquestionable that upon the faith of them he
received democratic votes in the Legislative
Caucus that nominated him and in the Legisla
ture. 1 his was the avowed ground of their sup
port of him by the Union Democrats. It is
equally undeniable that the sentiments above
attributed to Mr. 1 oombs before his election
were expressed by him after his election. A
night or two after that event he made a speech
in the Representative Hall and there declared
these sentiments to a crowded auditory of mem
bers of the Legislature and others who came to
gether in full expectation of this confession of
faith. Nor were they disappointed ; and it is a
significant fact that the loudest and most heart
felt psaudits came on that occasion from the
Union Democrats. They, in the honesty of
their credulous hearts, believed that they were
listening to the exhortations of a converted
Whig—a Democratized Whig, and they rejoiced
in the work they had done, of clothing him in
senatorial robes. The visions of the future dis
closed this Saul among the prophets—this
neophyte of Democracy glowing in the zeal of
a new found faith, championizing a Democratic
administration and defending the measures of
the National Democracy.
But they were doomed to an utter, a total dis
appointment ; and soon, ve r y soon, though per
haps too late lor a remedy, came their bitter re
grets for a too hasty credulity, and a misplaced
confidence.
1 he winter passed, and the summer came on.
The National Democracy assembled, and adopt
ed resolutions on the Compromise which were
all Mr. Toombs had asked,or which he as a Con
stitutional Union man could require. It nomi
nated a Candidate who, by Mr. Toombs’ own
confession, was sound and reliable on the
slavery question as any man North of Mason and
Dixon’s line. But where was Mr. Toombs, with
his Democratic confessions yet warm upon his
lips, in the contest that ensued ? with the Union
Democracy of Georgia? With Mr. Buchanan
and his Northern friends? With those sound
patriotic National Democrats of the North who
had always stood firm by his side in Congress
while the Northern Whigs were voting with
those men whose fanaticism had elicited his fa
mous fire-ating Hamilcar speech ?
No, he was not there. He was working hard
to draw away from Gen. Pierce all the votes he
possibly could, to concentrate them upon an
electoral ticket for Daniel Webster whose boast
it was that he had ever been a consistent Free
Soiler, and stood solemnly pledged to raise his
voice and to strike his blows against the exten
sion of the power of the Slave Holding States,
whenever and wherever an opportunity offered.
Mr. Toombs may or may not have been sin
cere in his democratic professions in 1851. On
this point we offer no conjecture. But certain
it is that, if sincere, he very soon backslided and
res med his position of antagonism to the Na
tional Democracy.
Again in 1853,we find him traversing the State
of Georgia from one extremity to the other, de
nouncing the President and his Administration
on the most frivolous and untenable pretexts,
charging him with collusion with Freesoilers to
revive and restore the Freesoil party, with a be
trayal of the rights of the South, and with
p'acing the country in great and imminent dan
ger, by reviving sectional parties and excite
ments. But it was the honorable Mr. Toombs
himself, and not the President, whom the people
of Georgia have, by their recent vote, convicted
of playing the demagogue and the agitator,
and of endeavoring to revive sectional parties,
and perpetuate sectional animosities on ques
tions settled and disposed of by the Compro
mise.
The question now comes up, what should the
Legislature do? Shall it quietly and silently
remain, and allow Mr. Toombs to go to Wash
ington, take his seat in the Senate on the oppo
sition side, and there lauuch forth, unrebuked by
Georgia, his slanderous denunciations of the
President? Shall he continue, unchided, to
hold a seat obtained in part from deceived Dem
ocrats, by false promises, and delusive inuendoes.
• and cozening nods and winks ?
Self-respect, and a proper vindication of the
declared sentiments of Democratic Georgia, alike
dictate that the Legislature should pass resolu
tions requesting Mr. Toombs to resign his seat
in the Senate, and thus enable it to place a man
in his stead who will represent , and not misre
present the sentiments of the people of Geor
gia. It will have a good moral effect to place
the sentiments of the people of Georgia thus in
direct contrast with those of the Senator, defacto
LuC not de jure , who will then stand in the
Senate as the organ only of a defeated and pow
erless minority at home.
That Mr. Toombs will yield to the request—
a request which under all the circumstances
would most emphatically embody the wishes of
the people and be substantially their mandate,
we candidly admit is more than can be expect
ed from one so notoriously self-willed and defi
ant of popular opinion as Mr. Toombs. If he
should do so, it will be the first piece of humble
deference to the people in the record of his polit
ical life. But resolutions will have answered a
salutary purpose even though disregarded by the
honorable Senator. They will render the fire of
his denunciations innocuous, or blunt the edge
of his invective. They will either render him
silent in the Senate, when the Whigs are war
ring upon the Executive, or they will deprive
his tongue of its venom and its sting.
Judges of the Supreme Court.
It will devolve upon the Legislature, shortly
g™. to elect two Judges of the Supreme
Ine qualities which are necessary to consti
u_e a good Judge, of this august tribunal, are so
varied that they can rarely be found united in
the same individual. First of all, he must be a
just man ; and this implies not only scrupulous
honesty but a mind capable of making
n.cest discriminations between what is rich
and what is wrong. He has to follow the
wrong doer in all the tortuous labirynths of in!
lquity and condemn him. He must be a bold
and incorruptible man His cheek must not
blanch at the threats of the violent nor his
palms itch for the gold of the opulent man He
must be learned in all departments of the law •
for he reviews the decisions of all inferior tri
bunals ; and not only learned, but have the pow!
er to apply his knowledge, eo instanti , it is de
manded by the exigencies of the cases which
come before him. By the peculiarities of our
judicial system, no time is given for lengthy in
vestigation of authorities, and often none even I
for continuous reflection.
There are not many men in Georgia who ;
possess all these qualities. Where ever they can
be found, they ought to be seized upon by our j
Legislators and invested with the ermine of jus
tice. Confident, that, at least, two gentlemen
resme in Western Georgia who possess these
qualities m an eminent degree, we will not be
restrained by a false delicacy from presenting 1
their claims to the public. We allude, of course, |
to Marshall J. Wellborn and Henry L. Benriing,
JirfSCj rs.
Mr. Wellborn gained an enviable reputation, '
some years ago, as Judge of the Chattahoochee
Circuit, and has since extended his knowledge:
by foreign travel, and a participation in the
complex legislation of this great country, as
Representative in Congress. Since his retire j
ment from political life, he has devoted himself '
to the practice of his profession.
Mr. Benning, we believe, has never filled
official station, but has, fora number of years
devoted himself exclusively to the practice of his
profession, with eminent success.
Both of these gentlemen have the entire con
fidence of this community, and all attempts,
here or elsewhere, to weaken their position be
v. r6 |iv countr y? are laughed at, as the mere
ebullitions of disappointed political hopes and
aspirations, by the dispassionate and disinterest
ed of both political parties.
The elevation of one or' both of them to the
Supreme bench would give unqualified pleasure '
o the great body of both political parties in this <
part of the State.— Columbus Times 4r Sentinel. j
We publish the above editorial in full as we
find it in the Columbus Times of the 15th inst.
We have nothing to gainsay of the compliments
paid in it to the two gentlemen of the Columbus
bar, therein named. They are gentlemen of ta
lents, fair character and highly respectable at
tainments in the legal profession. Did any
general desire prevail among the people of Geor
gia, the true source of power, and the consti
tuency whose wishes and interests are alone to
be considered, that any change should be made
in the incumbency of the Supreme Court Bench,
doubtless the fitness of Messrs. Wellborn and
Benning tor that high position would claim a fair
and impartial consideration from the Legislature. !
1 hey are certainly among the prominent law
yers of the State towards whom public atten
tion would be directed; but with equal certainty
we may add they do not tower so pre-eminently
in the profession as to mark them out as empha
tically the men lor the Supreme Court Bench.
Most unquestionally they do not loom up to
a magnitude ot intellectual power and attain
ments sufficient to Judge
Nisbet or Judge Starnes whose for con
tinuance in their present positions will come
before the Legislature. Indeed, we have no
reason to consider Judge Nisbet inferior in
fitness for his present position to either Judge i
Wellborn or Mr. Benning; while Judge Starnes
we consider, intellectually and in attainments,
superior to them both. We have a person
al regard and friendship lor both Judge Well
born and Mr. Benning, and feel sensibly the invi- j
diousness ol the task of making comparisons of j
this character among friends. But as the friend- |
ly and perhaps indiscreet zeal of the editor of the
Times Sentinel has thrust these Columbus gen
tlemen thus conspicuously befoie the public,
and thereby challenged comparisons, we do not
hesitate to speak thus freely on the subject.
In regard to Judge Nisbet we have not much
to added in addition to what we said on this to
pic in 1847.
In a letter from Miiledgevile dated Nov. 1,
1847, we thus express our sentiments.
“ So far I have heard of no opponent to Judge
Nisbet for his seat on the Supreme Bench. This
I am pleased at, for I would dislike to see a squab
ble to replace him by another of his own party
—and so far as my voice could go, had 1 a word
to say on the subject, I should be in favor of his
remaining in preietence to any other, whig or
democrat, tor one term longer. The present
bench has had a most laborious and responsible
duty to perform under many unfavorable circum
stances, in putting this tribunal into full and suc
cessful operation. They have discharged their
duty so far well and ably, and i am warmly an
advocate of the legislature showing those who
have done the profession and the State such good
service, that their exertions have been duly ap
preciated. At the same time, lam not in favor
ot a life tenure lor the Bench of the Supieme
Court, and do not think six years too short a
term.”
Since then the six years have rolled by, and
should he desire a re-eleation, his claims will
be again before the Legislature. His labors
during that period have not been less ar
duous than those of his associates on the
Bench, and we belreve not less satisfactory
to the profession, and to the public. The
Court has become strengthened in the popular
esteem and its utility in accomplrshing the great
objects lor which a supreme judicature in a state
is needed, have been from year to year more
clearly demonstrated. Important questions have
been finally settled and become established law,
on which, previously, conflicting decisions and
practices prevailed in different circuits, which
were constantly liable to reversal with every
new change of circuit judges. There is now a
much nearer approach than formerly to what the
tenure is by which property is held, and the prin
ciples on which contracts are enforced and rights
vindicated.
If uniformity of decision and fixedness of law
and ot legal construction be desirable, the ends
can not be best promoted by frequent changes in
the Supreme Judiciary. When the Judges are
learned, upright, impartial, possessing the attri
butes specified in the editorial of the Times $■
Sentinel , the public interests are not promoted, to
say the least, by removing them to try the ex
periment of finding others who may do as well.
We have no evidence whatever that the peo
ple desire any such experiments made at this
time. We do not believe any such desire exists
A few aspirants for the Judicial ermine, and
their personal friends, like the Editor of the
Times &r Sentinel , may have a personal wish to
gratify by such a movement, and we doubt not
Messrs. Welborn arid Benning have, and de
servedly too, as many personal friends interested
in their promotion as any two other gentlemen
to whom seats on the Supreme Bench is desira
ble. But all these do not constitute public
opinion, nor do these embody the voice of the
State.
One word as to the qualifications of Judge
Starnes. Since comparisons are forced upon us.
we do not hesitate to pronounce him the ablest
man of his age in the State as a Lawyer, and in
all the attributes, intellectual and moral, need
ful for the high station he now adorns—he has no
superior on that Bench or on any other in our
State. Intellectually, Judge Starnes is highly
gifted. A mind of more searching analytical
power, of more comprehensive grasp, of more
discriminating acumen, of more logical force, is
not often found and has seldom, if ever, been
called to preside in our Courts. He is not a mere
case lawyer. He understands Law as a science,
and tests questions upon elementary principles.
He is a student and a man of letters. He was early
destined uy unpropititous fortune to carve out
his pathway in this world by dint of his own
energies and indomitable will, without the aid
of family influence or the prestige of distin
i guish 'd names, whose friendship could smooth
the way and make honors and success the re- !
wards less of merit than of favoritism. He early I
learned to trim the midnight lamp, and to garner !
up in the immortal treasury ot the mind, those
riches which diminish not with the using, but
are a blessing to the public, while they enrich
: and ennoble the possessor.
In the kindly qualities of the heart which
; make men good citizens, and which secure
: respect and confidence among his neighbors, and
win on tne admiration ot his Inends, we claim
for Judge Starnes a high place in the social cal- j
endar. He enjoys in this community and in the
Middle Circuit, over which he presided with un
surpassed ability for nearly four years, the very
| highest degree of confidence and popularity as a
Judge—a confidence and popularity never yet
reached by a Judge in this section of the State.
Then, what would be agreeable to particu
lar sections of the State in the composition of
the Supreme Court Bench, is brought into dis
cussion, let it be borne in mind that no act the !
Legislature can perform in this particular, would !
be more acceptable to this section of Georgia, !
than the election of Judge Starnes to the Su
preme Bench, where he now sits by Executive
appointment. Had he not been promoted to
that position from the Bench of the Superior j
Court, he would have been re-ejected, probably !
without opposition, by the people of the Middle
Circuit this too in a Circuit where the whigs ,
have about fitteen hundred majority. Such a
compliment was in store for him. Such is the j i
estimation in which he is held here.
Southern Central Agricultural Fair. !
We resume, this morning, our notice of the
articles presented for exhibition at the Fair; and
enter upon the pleasant task, with feelings of
fear that we will not be able to properly and
satisfactorily represent the multitudinous arti
cles, which are spread out before our review.
We wish that we could transfuse into our
own bosoms and minds, the lively interest, and
the thorough knowledge of its usefulness, which
every person necessarily feels in relation to the
article or articles which he or they have on ex
hibition at the Fair. Then, indeed, it would
be a pleasant task, to write “ in thoughts that
breathe and words that burn,” in chronicling
the contributions to the Fair.
CATTLE.
Devons. —Richard Peters, Atlanta, one Bull
Eclipse, and one, Monarch, and one young Buil
Jerry.
A. S. Jones, of Whitfield county, one Bull
Charles, 5 years old.
Richard Peters, three Cows, Picture 14 years
old 1 hrilty 4 years old—and Beauty five and
ahail years old, but not entered for premiums
One heifer Carley 21 years old and another
Milkmaid, 2J years old.
DURHAMS.
i G. W. L. Twiggs, of Richmond county, one
I Durham Bull, Sir William Wallace, 5 years old.
*lO. 11. Lee, Richmond county, one Bull, one
1 year old.
James P. Fleming, Augusta, one call 15
months old.
I Wade Hampton, South Carolina, two Bull
! Calves.
Roger Spain, Danburg, S. C., two Bulls 15
months old.
J. M. Miller, Richmond county, 2 Durham
Cow’s.
Wade Hampton, S. C. two Red Heifers.
John Foster, Augusta, An English breed
Heifer.
foster Blodget, Sen. Augusta. One calf, 6
months old, weighing 620 pounds.
We feel satisfied that we may have omitted
j to notice some of the contributions to the Cattle
■ department, but we had not time to critically
j examine it yesterday, but we shall avail oursel
| vesof the earliest opportunity to supply all de
| ficiences. All the cattle were in fine condition,
I and elicited much praise to their owners.
MI I.C H COWS.
L. D. Linton, Augusta, one Milch Cow.
John H. Mann, Augusta, one Milch Cow.
N. K. Butler, Augusta, one Milch Cow.
WORKING OXEN.
George W. L. Twiggs, 2 pair working oxen.
D. Redmond, Augusta, one yoke.
James Cresswell, Abbeville, S. C. one yoke.
W. A Lenoir, Roane, county, Tenn. one
Heifer.
SHEEP AND GOATS.
A. W. Carmichael, Richmond county, one
j buck 2 years old.
i Richard Peters, Atlanta, one buck one and
half years old, and four ewes two years old.
, ] J. B. Davis, of Columbia, S. C. four Cashmere
■ j Bucks, one 4 years old, one 2 years, one a year
i ' old > and one, four and a half months old. Two
Rams, Native crossed on Cashmere, 5 months old
s ] —and one Ewe, seven months old.
i j GEESE.
• j Mr. D. Redmond, Augusta Ga., presents one
, | pair Great Chinese or Poland Geese, one pair
; Hong Kong or African Geese—l pair White
[ Java Geese —2 pair Chinese or Swan Geese.
, TURKEYS.
r Mrs. M. N. Leitner, ol Berzelia, Columbia
i county, presents a pair of Turkeys, four months
, old, which were very fine.
CAfT ARIES.
, J. C. Nicholson, of Morgan County, one cage
of Canaries.
r PIDGKON3.
i A very beautifuljCage, with five floors, and
i fifty three apartments, containing fifty pairs of
: Pigeons, among which are Capuchin Friars,
. Drummers, Carrieis, Powters, Belgian Quakers,
* Moores, Bald Tumblers, Magpies, Trumpeters,
> German Snellers, Calcutta, Fantails, Turbits,
. Nuns, Swallows. The most of which are of
Belgian and Hindostan origin, and presented by
A. H. H. Dawson, Esq., of this city.
GUINEA PIGS.
Mr. Henry B. Hill, of Atlanta, presented
[ Guinea Pigs.
. CHICKENS.
> Mr. Henry B. Hill, of Atlanta, presented
5 104 Shanghai and 4 Poland Chickens.
Mr. W. H. Thurmond presented 102 Chick
[ ens of the Shanghai breed,
i Mr. V. Lalaste, of Richmond county, 21
, Cochin China, and two Brahma Fowls.
Dr. Batty, of Rome, presented five Sumatra
. Game Fowls, four Shanghai Fowls, with sever
al coops of different varieties of Fowls.
Mr. A. C. Jones, of Columbia county, three
Sumatra Fowls.
Mr. Twiggs, of Richmond county, two Brah
ma Pootras and four Shanghai Fowls.
Mrs. Dr. Ford presents five Shanghai Fowls,
six Brahma and several Cochin China Fowls.
Mrs. J. B. Hart, of Greene county, presents,
ten Brahma Pootra Fowls and Chickens.
Mr. D. Redmond, of Augusta, 4 black Shang
hai Fowls, 2 Dominique, or grey Shanghai, two
red Shanghai, two white Shanghai, three buff
Shanghai, six Brahma Pootra Fowls, ten Brah
ma Pootra Chicks, eight Chittagong Chicks and
Fowls, four Georgia raised Dorkings, nine Ban
tams, of different breeds, three black Polands,
one pair Chinese Pheasants, three ring neck
Pheasants, and 6 coops, with 50 Shanghai,
J Chittagong and otbes Fowls.
Rev. Mr. Johnson, ol Talbotton, Ga., present
ed 12 coops of Fowls, about 100 in number, of
several very beautiful varieties.
DUCKS.
D . Redmond, one pair Java black Ducks, two
pair Aylesbury Ducks, two pair white Muscovy
or Musk Ducks.
Foster Blodaet, Jr., offered 8 Shanghai, 1 pair
Cochin Chinas and 6 Brahma Pootra Fowls and
| Chicks.
Mr. Richard Peters, of Atlanta, presented 37
coops, containing 74 Chickens, all of the Ebon i
Wight importation, of White Shanghai Fowls
and Chickens. They are beautiful.
I Mr. Jno. Woodruff, of DeKalb County, pre- i
sented 2 coops, containing about 50 Fowls of:
different vaiieties.
LARGEST AND FATTEST HOGS.
Floyd Thomas, one Hog 18 months old and
Shoat six months old.
D. Kirkpatrick,Sen., Augusta, Ga., one Hog
raised in this county, weighing 725 lbs.
Kirkpatrick & Leitner, Columbia county, 5 !
fat Hogs. I
John Birdge, Cobb county, one fat Hog.
Dr. Wm. E. Dearing, Augusta, one hog as
the largest and fattest hog for age.
SUFFOLK HOGS.
Edward Parsons, Atlanta, 6 Hogs, 5 months
old, Peters’ stock, Atlanta.
Richard Peters, Atlanta, 1 Boar 2 years old;
and 4 Boars from 1 to 1* years old.
O. H. Lee, Richmond county, 1 boar under
one year old.
Richard Peters, Atlanta, 2 Boars, 5 months
old. ]
Richard Peters, Atlanta, one Sow two years,
old 1 sow one year old—2 Sows 7 months old ■ ]
—one of them bred in New York. i <
0. H. Lee, one sow. under one year old. ' !
Edward Paisons, of Atlanta, a lot of 5 Hogs, I
fat Suffolks.
BERKSHIRE HOGS.
Mr. Richard Peters of Atlanta, presented a
boar, 2 years old, (raised by George Patterson)
Also, seven Pigs, 3 months old.
GRADE SWINK.
Mr. Henry B. Hill ,of Atlanta, one sow, and j
six pigs, eleven weeks old, of the Grazier and j
China breed.
Dr. Wm. E. Dearing, one mixed breed Sow
and Seven pigs.
GRAZIERS.
Mr. Richard Peters, one boar (bred by C.
Harvey) from one to two years old—Also, 3
boars, seven months old. One Sow 2 years old
(bred by C. Harvey.) One Sow, 7 months old,
and a lot of seven Pigs, under three months old.
Mr. O. H. Lee, Richmond county, one Boar
and one Sow, six months old.
We have endeavored to be accurate in our
enuration of Swine, and if, perchance, we have
omitted any, we will take pleasure in adding to
our report.
THE WORKSHOP, LABORATORY, &C.
V. LaTaste, Augusta, Ga., one Moveable Mold
Board, and one Patent Plow.
George W. Cooper, of Lee County, one turning
Plow, to fit Rooter Stock—one Cotton Planter
Plow—one Sweeper Plow.
Abraham Peeples, Henry County, one Cotton
Cultivator.
J. Rowe, Tampa Bay, Florida, one Turning
Plow—one Corn and Cub Crusher.
Wm. Allen, one Guage Harrow and Counter
Pin.
Fawcett & Son, Cobham, Columbia County?
one Six Hoise Road Wagon.
A. D. Brown, Opalika, Walker County, Ga.?
one Wheat Fan—Two Models of Horse Powers,
one Model Bookbinder’s Press—one Model Cot
ton Press—one Cotton Gin.
E. T. Taylor & Co., Columbus, Ga, one Straw
Cutter, and two Cotton Gins.
A. B. Packard, Richmond County, one model
improved method for drawing Water. One mo
del Cotton Press.
J. S. Wright, New York, one of “Atkins
Seif Raking Reaper and Mower.”
A. Hulbert, Augusta, one Revolving Jaw
Vice.
E. L. Snow & Co., East Hampton, Mass., one
Working Model Cotton Press. One five ton
Press for gem: u use.
N. K. Butler (Agent for S. W. Bulloch, New
York.) one Patent Cotton Press.
Wm. H. Goodrich, Augusta, Ga., one Cotton
Gin, (short staple) Parkhurst’s Patent, and one
Sea Island Cotton Gin, Paikhurst’s Patent.
Wm. S. Skinner, Richmond County, one Cot
ton Planter.
A. B. Miller, Bibb County, one Portable Mill,
(Leavett’s Patent.)
H. Stevens, Greene County, one Sawing Ma
chine, (Child’s Patent.)
Messrs. Osmond & Gray, Augusta, one Rail-
Road Car Wheel.
MANUFACTURING IN THE SOUTH.
George Schley, Richmond county, three pie
ces Osnaburgs, 8 ounces to the yard. Three
, pieces black Wool Kersey. Three pieces Geor
gia Stripes, 8 ounces.
, Jackson, Miller & Verderey, (Agents for Han
cock Steam Mill Company.) one bale of Osna
burgs. One bale \ Shirtings. One bale 4-4
( Sheetings. One bale No. 14, Yarns.
, J. Hope, from Augusta Manufacturing Com
pany. One piece Cotton Osnaburg, 35 yards. One
piece 5 Shirting. One piece Sheeting. One
piece Woollen Georgia Plains. One piece brown
Drillings. One piece blue Plains, No. 14, Cot
ton Warp, Wool furnished by Hon. George M.
Troup. One piece Georgia Flannel.
Athens Manufacturing Company,Clarke coun
ty, one bale of Kerseys. One bale of Stripes.
' One bale of Plains. One bale of Yarns.
> E. H. Rogers, Augusta Ga, Two Rifles; one
> Double barrel Shot Gun, in case, with other
> arms.
A. Pope, Washington Ga., one Spirit Level.
A. D. Brown, Agent for Manufacturing Com
pany, Dalton, Ga., one lot of Castings.
Wm. M. D’Antignac, Augusta, one Calash.
J. B. Burnett, Augusta, Ga., one Water Wheel
and Case.
George W. L. Twiggs, Richmond Co., two Ox
Yokes, plantation make.
C. A. Platt, Augusta,Ga , one Secretary. Two
Bureaus. One Apatalescope.
Wood & Studdard, Augusta, Ga., one ornamen
tal Door, (octagon Pannels). One window
Frame, sash and blinds complete. One Mantel
Piece. One Tool Chest.
G. P. Williams, Charleston, S. C. One lot of
Horticulture and Agricultural Implements. One
Show Frame. Seven Picture Frames.
D. W. & I. Branch, Greensborough, Ga. One
Buggy.
A. N. Smith, Augusta. One B uggy.
Jno. A. Addison, Edgefield. S. C. One top
Buggy.
Solomon Barney, Richmond county. One
Iron Well Bucket.
Osmond & Gray, Augusta. One set Gin Gear
ing.
J. Rowe,Tampa Bay. One pair Iron cart
Wheels.
M. W. S. S. Williams, Augusta. Nine pieces
Turning Columns, Bannisters, &c. One Rose
wood and one Ivory Box.
Wm. Lenoir & Brother, Roane, Tenn. One
Bench Screw.
Jno G. Jones, Richmond Co. Two Hammers.
C. R. Hanleiter, Atlanta, Ga., Specimens of
Job and Fancy Printing.
Bones, Gilbert & Bones, Augusta. Three cases 1
and two Cards Cutlery.
F. C. Arm*, Superintendent Geo. R. Road.
I One Railroad Switch.
A. Philip, Augusta, Ga., Three sets Gin Gear
ing, different sizes.
Peter Brenner, Augusta, one Rosewood Piano, !
7i octave.
George A. Oates Brothers, Augusta, one
! Rosewood Pian° staves, made by Bacon and
, Raven, New York.
Edmund Schrimer, Augusta, one Steel Spring
: Cotton Matrass.
Roswell Manufacturing Company, Cobb coun- i
ty. One Coi Cot ton Rope.
R. Nastwoisky k Co., Whitfield county, Ga.
two boxes Segars. Two Monacas Tobacco,
(Cuba )
G. Yolger, Augusta, Gl, one small keg To
bacco. Three small boxes Segars.
Wm. H. Pritchard, box of fine Chewing To
bacco, from > irginia, which was exhibited at
the World's Fair, in London, and rec-ived a i
premium there.
MANUFACTURES OF LEATHER. !I
A. Hatch, Augusta, one double set of Harness 1
and one single set. ; j
D. Maliett & Co., Savannah, one double set I
Carriage Harness. One pair single Buggy Har- \
ness and one Ladies Saddle. i
George T. Allman, Ccnnerville, Tenn., one \
Males Saddle.
Parr ic Smith, Augusta, Geo., one case of ?
Boots, Southern make.
John H. Glover, Marietta, Ga., six sides Sol
Leat her, and sides ot Harness and upper Leath
er. Six Skins Kip arid Calf. Six finished Deer
Skir.s.
John Bonner, Hancock county, one side Sole
Leather, one of Upper and one of Harness
Leather, and one Calf Skin.
Samuel Leckie, Augusta, Ga.,one Buggy Um
brella. One blue silk Umbrella.
Chemical Manufactures, Oils, Cements,
Minerals, fee.
D. B. Plumb & Co., Augusta, one Medicine
Chest. One table Chemicals, Perfumery, &c.
C. H. Howard, Cass county, one sack Hydrau
lic Cement.
Alexander McCue, Augusta, Ga. v two Freuch
Burr Mill Stones.
Wm. R. Sehrimer, Augusta, Ga., one pair four
feet French Burr Mill Stones.
Theodore Markwalter, Augusta, Ga., one
Marble Headstone.
Wm. Glendening, Augusta, one Monument
with carved Scroll and testoon of Flowers. One
Headstone, with hand pointing upwards.
Mr. Reed, Augusta, one Mantle Ornament.
Dr. J. Dennis, Augusta, one dozes Georgia
Sarsaparilla. Two bottles Cologne.
Wm. H. DeCoin, Augusta, one gross Friction
Matches.
Seago & Abbott, Polk county, two specimens
of Slate, one for roofing and one for ciphering.
Two specimens of Fire Proof Paint, made of
slate dust.
Paris & Co. Dade county, one specimen of
Lead Ore.
Wm. B. Dorn, South Carolina, three samples
es Gold Ore.
Wm. M. D’Antignac, Augusta, specimens of
Gold Ore fiorn Hester’s Mine, in South Caroli-
HORSES.
We were unable yesterday to obtain satisfac
tory information in relation to the names of
owners, number, and capacity of the numerous
line horses, mules, Jacks and Jennies, on the
Fair Grounds. We shall endeavor to “ post our
selves'' to-day, and report accordingly.
We shall resume our report to-morrow. That
we have made some mistakes iti names, and
otherwise wereadily grant, and can only trust
that they are not many.
Articles were received all of yesterday at the
Fai"; and some of the departments were so
constantly thronged by visitors, and the attend
ants so much employed in placing contributions,
that we were unable to enter and make any re
port.
We will endeavor to pay special attention to
the Home department to-morrow.
The Cotton Premiums.
We learn that there are about forty-five com
petitors for the premiums offered by the Agri
cultural Central Association, and our Warehouse
men. We have already noticed two or three
samples left with us, but there is one lot of five
bales from the plantation of W. H. Mitchell,
Russell county, Ala., which comes from a new
direction, and we ore mistaken if it does not
carry off the first or second premium.
Correction.
We publish below a correction of a mistake
made in yesterday's paper, in noticing Pea Hay.
Augusta, Oct. 18,1853.
Mr. Gardner: In your paper yesterday. I
notice a mistake in the mention of bales of Pea
Hay, as exhibited by me. The credit is due our
mutual friend, Dr. E. R. Ware, who sent them
from Athens. Respectfully,
N. B. Moore.
Theatre.
There was a good attendance at the Theatre
last evening, and all seemed highly pleased with
the evening’s entertainments. Mr. and Mrs.
Crisp, Mr. Buxton and Mr. Fuller appear again
this evening.
The Campbell’s.
T. his favorite troupe have been drawing
crowded audiences at the Augusta Hotel Long
Room. They do not perform this evening in
consequence of the Ball to be given by the wor
thy proprietor. They will give an afternoon
and night performance on Thursday.
The Mills House.
We would call attention to the advertisement
of Mr. Nickerson, the Lessee of the Mills House,
Charleston, in this dayV paper. This is a new
house, and from what we have seen said of it in
the Charleston papers, we would say it is a No.
1 establishment. We have the pleasure of an
acquaintance with the worthy landlord, and w«
can say of him he is “one of them” and that the
Mills House could not be in better hands.
Disappearance of Cast. Weeden—Proba
ble Suicide.— We regret to learn that Capt.
Weeden, of the schooner Major Ringgold, now
in this port, disappeared on Friday night, since
which he has not been heard of. For some days
past he had been laboring under a depression of
spirits, and imagined that some serious misfor
tune would befall him. He informed his mate
that if any thing should occur to him, that his
papers could be found in his chest. He retired
to bed at the usual hour on Friday night, and on
Saturday morning his hat was on deck. It is
supposed by his crew that he fell or jumped
overboard, and has been drowned. Capt. Weed
en was about 52 years of age, and has a wife
and two children residing in Salem, Mass.—
Sav. News. 11 Ih inst.
Large Schooner. —Among the arrivals yes
b terday iiom sea, was the splendid new schooner
E. R. Bennett, Capt. Wood, from New York, in
4 days, consigned to Messrs. Brigham, Keily &
Co. She is one of the finest schooners we have
’ ever seen, and beautifully finished in every re
spect. Her cabin has been elegantly fitted up
• for the accommod tion of passengers. She is
, 332 tons burden, length of deck 130 feet, 9£
j feet hold, and 30 feet breadth of beam. She
will hereafter sail between this port and New
r York, in the line of vessels of which Messrs.
Brigham, Kelly 6c Co., are agents in this city.—
| Ib ’
I Death of Gun. Childs—A gentleman who
arrived in this city by the Gaston Irom Florida
on Saturday last, inlorms us that he learned
; from an authentic source, that Gen. Thomas
| Childs, ofthi: U. S. Army died at Tampa Bay,
I of yellow fever, on Saturday the Bth inst.
i Gen. Childs was among the most distinguiahed
officers of our army. He served in the Mexi
can War under Gen. Scott, and received several
brevets for his gallantry. He was appointed
Governor of Puebla after its capture by our
i troops.
In the death of this gallant son of New Eng
land, the army and country have sustained
j loss that will not be soon supplied.— lb.
Vote of Clinch —Jenkins 276 ; Johnson
75 ;B. Sirmon 184; G. Newbern 171; J. W.
Statan 196 ; R. Pafford 177 ; Love 170.
The above are the returns which we received
;by last evening’s mail. The letter makes no
mention of the vote between Seward and Bar
tow. It is reported that Seward’s majority at
Waresborough, Ware County, is 180—precincts
bad not been heard from. Bartow’s majority in
Clinch according to rumor, varies from 60 to 190
votes —Thomasville Watchman.
NEW _ BOOKS ~~ '
THE Forgod Will, by E. Bennett; the Mud j
Cabin, by W. Isham; Mrs. Halo’s New
Household Receipt Book, cont lining Maxims, Di
rections and Specifics for promoting Health, Com- i
fort and Improvement in homes of the people; 1
Notes on Uncle Tom’s Cabin, by the Rev. E. J <
Stearns, A. M.; Philosophy in Sport made Science 1
in Earnest; Jane Seaton, or the King’s Advocate, i
by James Grant; Fun Jottings, by N. P. Willis;
Sparing to Spend, byT. S. Arthur; Second War
with England, by J. T. Headly; Thoughts on the e
Death of little Children, by Rev. S. J. Prime; All f
is not Gold that Glitters, or the Young Californian, a
by Cousin Alice. Just reeeived and for sale by g
net 15 McKINNE A HALL, j o
Cmnrnrrciji.
Cottok.— The market i, 1'”°"' otl -H.
pressed. Saies to-day 195 bales"'at <le '
cents.. a 9 i to j 0
Augusta Market, Oct la
COTTON. During the pant wcefc
a declining market day by day. Aft haT ® h»d
of the Atlantic’s advices on Monday T ta<srece ‘Pt
drew and refused to operate unless'at Witl >-
fully 1 cent per pound from OUr l at > a docl ine 0 f
The sales have been light, and in suJIT^ 083 "
range of 9 cents for Middling Fair Ti ’ #t the
are light for the season ofthey ear a 7 recei Pta
ments from this point are limited ’ Th ** Shl P'
in such on unsettled state that wo omp C ttarket »
with the remark, that it must be a i qUOtatio a»,
Middling Fair to bring 9 cents ° 01 str, ctly
r, , RECEIPTS OF COTTnv
From Ist September, 1*52, to the £ u a „ Sr
1353 - 18i2 *
New-Orleans,Oet. 7... —-<-J
Mobile, Oct. 7 140^
Florida, Oct 1 13 349 13 .™
Texas, Sept 24 MM ijS
Savannah, Oct. 11. .. ~324
Do Sea Island....*.* 12.431
Charleston, Oct. 12 ls ]
Do Sea Islank 20 ' 1 .°3 13.5*
North Carolina, Oct. 1 * Ol 4 6 {
Total ~—
m7x
Decrease - .
. . STOCK OF COT 10* 102)638
Remaining on hand at the latestd n ,
New-Orleans, Oct. 7
Mobile, Oct. 7 .* 38,654
Florida, Oct. 1 10.929
Texas, Sept. 34 ■J 3 ® 1,514
Savannah, Oct. 11 ’ ” . 1,263
Do Sea Island *’ 7,043
Charleston, Oct. 12 "** 102
Do Sea Islands *.*".'* ">"* 10,697
Augusta aud Hamburg, Oct 1 " - 209
Macon, Oct. 1 " 6,303
Virginia, Sept. 1 ...7 1.339
North Carolina, 5ept.24..,7” 450
New-York, Oct. 6 225
Total
GROCERIES. Tho„ „ .' S »oi t " siD
m the Grocery lme. The stocks of our meroha t
are good, and at present there is a consider 2
quantity of goods on the river daily looked for!
There has been a good business done in fin;
planters orders. In the course of a week or t
our market will present a bountiful supply o frl°
ceries, well assorted.
CORN.—There has been a good demand for thi,
article, and prices are looking upward. Sales ha'
been made this week at 70 cents by the quamit!
sacks included, at which price holders are firm *’
BACON.-There is a better demand for a good
article, and prices are stiffening. We continue to
quote ribbed sides (Tennessee) at 9*. and clear at
n ; Shoulders 74 a 8. Good joint meat is stiß
scarce. Hams are w;;rth from 10 to 15 cents.
BAGGING —Stock on the increase and most
holders are asking from store, by the piece or bolt
12 j al3 coats. Bale Rope is now selling at 9j a ll)
cents. There is no Jutc in market, and we leave
, our quotations blank.
, COFFEE.—The stock on hand is moderate, and
holders are arm in thbir asking prices, say 14
! 12 i for a g° od article of Rio, according to quanti
ty. The temporary decline in the northern mar
c kets has had no effect on prices here.
FLOUR.—Prices have still an upwaid tendency.
Superfine Augusta Mills is worth $6) in bags and
; S6J in bbls. Extra $7, and Extra Family $8
Country is selling from to 6j perbbl.
MOLASSES. -Stock of Cuba good. Holden
are selling from stores 24 a 25,according to quantity.
Now Orleans is worth 33 a 35 cents.
SUGAR.—Stock on hand good, and principal
sales 5$ to 6£ for Orleans and Muscovado; Porto
Rico 6£ to 7J; Clarified 7J to Bj, according to the
grade. Prices are looking up.
SALT.—Prices tend upwards. We have so
wholesale transaction to notice this week. The
article i 3 getting scarce, and holders, from store,
aro asking SI.OO to $1.70 per sack.
WHEAT.—Thero is a good demand for IVheat,
and good Red meets with ready sale at 7a a $i
and prime White at sl.lO a $1.25 per bushel.
NAILS.—Have an upward tendency, and most
holders aro now asking 5j to 5j cents.
FEATHERS—Fair demand at 40 to43contsper
lb. for a good article.
BEEF AND HOGS—Shoats, weighing from 58
to 80 lbs. are in demand and will bring 6 to 6| cents
nett—supply moderate. Forjarge hogs there is
very little enquiry, being too early in the season.
Beef is looking up, in consequence of a demand
springing up in the Charleston market; and4J ai
cents is the price now paid. Sheep are scarce and
in demand.
EXCHANGE.—Our Banks are drawing on Nee
York and othe*r Northern cities at } per cent
prom, for Sight Drafts.
FREIGHTS.- -The river is low but stiil in boat
ing order for light draft boats. The quantity of
Cotton offering is on tho increase, but it is still linn
ted. We quote to Savannah 50 cents per bale; to
Charleston per Railroad 75 cents per bale.
SAVANNAH, Oct, 15, P. M.— Cotton.—lit
accounts by the Canada have stopped operations-
W e here of one small sale at 9i cents.
SAV ANN AH IeXPORTS-OCT. 15.
Per steamship Augusta, for New York 092 baies
Upland Cotton, 13 do. Sea Island do., 900 busb«
Corn, 20 bales Domestics, 21 pkgs Dried Fruit, a®
sundry boxes Mdze.
Per brig Matanzas, for Boston— B7,ooo fts
Lumber.
Per schr Woodbridgc, for Baltimore—w.®
feet Lurnbor, 57 bales Domestics, 11,225 feetFloW'
ing Boards, 100 boxes Copper Ore, 3 boxes F et
and 1 box Tobacco.
Cargo of schoonor Fannie, cleared at Neff Or
leans for Savannah-18G2 els rope,los hhds sag '
246 bbls. molasses, 90 do beef, 10 tes hams, «0 C
bacon, 25 kegs lard. -
gripping JittcUijjfnff.
ARRIVALS FROM CHARLESTON.
Steam ship Palmetto, Vardy Baltimore.
Vincenta, Olive, Barcelona. .
Brig Mary H. Chappell, Erickson, New Bem°
CLEARED FOR CHARLESTON.
Ship Delia Maria, Michaels, at New iorl£.
Somers, at Philadefihia.
UP FOR CHARLESTON.
Schr It. J. Morcer, Robinson, at. New lort
Schr Mediator, Read, at Providence.
Schr Aurora S. Travers, at Baltimore.
CHARLESTON, Oct. 18.—An. brig Bewj
Jones, New York; schr Trader, Wheeler, .
Cleared, barque Dulov, Morrison, Ilavaii , -
Zephyr, Byers, Bay of Mexico.
Went to sea, brig Lillian, Hatch, Boston-
SAVANNAH. Oct. 17—Arr., steam re'P „
Stone State, Rob’t. Hardio, 56 hours ire -
delphia; bark Maria Morton, Bulkley, 2 p.
brig J. Cohen, McGune, Boston; schrs' ' p or! .
nett, Wood, New York; Georgia, Pot tong .
land; brig Tallula, Cooper, Rockport, ’
Central America, Chase, Philadelphia;
Hand, New York. - Won
Cleared, brig Matanza3, Trefethen, '■
schr Woodbridge, White, for
Departed, steamship Augusta. LyoQ’ - _
PARKHURST'S GI^ S ;. ]irct ',Coi-
FfAIIE undersigned, inventor ot .r " affS or
1 ton Gin, which gins Cotton without
ribs, bogs leave to inform Cotton * a , ~r ep »rinS
others intorcstod in raising Cotton, a* maC bice
it for market, that the superiority 0 " is full?
over all other machines for Ginning c
established. , nrodn ce3 ‘
It is operated with less power a', a#f hifl® ;
letter staple of Cotton than any c jjjjty.
and at the same time gins with grea l , e j' n tfc*
The introduet on of the carding pr. V g ne «
charring of Cotton from the seed " ■ .
era in the history of this most imp t man?
In preparing this important im P .
mechanical difficulties have wholly ° v^f*
from time to time, which have been the
como, and these machines are oflereu
lie in the full confidence that they
with unparalled favor. g R paBKHU^-.
This machine will be on JJIJj, jj
eration on the Fair Grounds dug it b
planters will take the trouble to bn
a few pounds of Seed Cotton, from
ginned, and compareit with tha o jt 14
>wn Gins.