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Tit* Plague In tire Canary Islands.
Oar Havana correspondent, tinder date of
the 2d inst, says: “1 send you a statement of
a terrific epidemic, the plague, at the Canary
Islands. They pot it fishing on the coast of
Africa, where the fishermen report that the
dead bodies were as numerous as the eand of
the tea.” It is foare£ that the negro traders
will bring it to Havana. The following is our
translation of the abatement referred to:
The year 1(61 opened under the most far*
rorabla auspices for the Canarv Islands, their
increase in commerce and population being
well known. Tne fine arte also floursihed.
But tbs destiny which fora moment seemed to
rest from the persecution of these islands,
which had dated from the time when they took
the name of ‘‘the Uunfortunate,” again fell
upon them with more fury than ever. Before
its terrible anathema, commerce was paral
ysed, the theatres were closed, consternation
seised every mind, the inhabitants hid them
se-ves, or retired the country, and soon stupor,
sadness, and ahnost despair, replaced the
hours of felieity of those once happy people.
On the 6th of June, 1651, (ho official jour
nal of the province contained the following:
"The Board of flcalth of the District of Las
Palmas, in the Canaries, has informed the Su
perior of the Province, under date of the sth
lost., that in the barrio of San Jose, in the city
of the same name, some cases of epidemic
cholera morbus have appeared ” In eoase- •
quence of this, precautionary measures were •
ordered to be taken
For soma months this infirmity h d been pre- F
vailing in the city of Las Pa'maa.
itself in isolated cases. The faculty, through ;
ignorance or malice, classed it as malignant j
quincy. But the authorities, ascertaining that '
many persons were dying, that the sick survir- j
ed but a short time, sad that the corpses show- !
ed black spots and were horribly disfigurod, 1
ordered the Board of Health of the island, un- .
der the strictest responsibility, to declare the '
nature of the epidemic. 9 hen, with gene's! j
terror, the announcement wa have alluded to
was received.
History does not record anything so sad as
the spectacle which the island oiU rand Ca
nary baa presented, and still presents. Ths
best directed pen attemps in vain to relate
inch misfortunes and horrors, and words
would not be sufficient to depict their inten
sity.
The epidemic now raged with such fnry that
the inhabitants iu consternation abandoned the
town without caring for anything bn their
persons, to suen an extent that they even for-,
got the ties of blood. Death surprised them
in the midst of their Bight, so that (he roads
were covered with corpses, over which not a
tear of friendship, or of filial or fraternal love
was shed, because terror bad smothered every
sentiment except that of self preservation.
As was to be expected, the fugitives, carrying
with them the fatal germ, in footed the count ry~,
which became the theatre of the most horrible
scenes.
The beasts, abandoned in the city, perished
for want of food, and the decomposition of
their bodies, together with that cf tho human
corpses which remained unburied in the
•tree's, vitiated the atmosphere to such an ex
tent that any unfortunate person who might
return to the city fell dead almost as Boon as
he entered a house. However, this new con
tretemps w <s stopped as soon as possible by the
energe ic meas res taken by the worthy M t!i
tary Governor, and by the humanity of the
second alcalda oi the Corrsgidor, cud various
young men, many of whom fell victims to their
heroism.
At last the supposition was confirmed that
the epidemic was not the cholera, but the ter
rible plague of the Moors, it having been as
eertamed that it was introduced into ths island
of Grand Canary by the fiihing vessels which
frequentthe western coasts of Africa. The
persons in the island devoted to this traffic,
numbering about 1.800, have almost all perish
ed, as there rema'n only enough to man a
single vessel. According to the declarations
of the masters ofthe said vessels, on all the
western shores of Africa there re’gna a death
ly pest which carries ofT the inhabitable, the
mortality being so great that the corpses are
strewn upon the earth in incredible numbers,
and their decomr osition augments the influ
ence of the corrupted atmosphere
As soon as the Commandant General of the
Province learned the abandonment of the city
of Las Palmas, he sent a portion of the garri
•os of the capital to bury the dead, but tin
greater portion of the soldiers were attacked
by the epidemic and died. In short, in ordar
to give an idea of the ravages of tho pest, it
it only neoaiaary to stare that in two mon’hs
6,000 persons died in the city of Las Pal mss
end 16,000 in the whole island. Up to the last
dates the plague had spared the towns of
Agaete and F» jeda.
The bishop is one of the persons in Grand
Canary who have oontributed most to the alls
viation of suffering humanity. This holy pre
late and worthy pastor, with a resignation truly
evangelical, displayed the utmost chsrity, meal,
and inteteraat in behalf of the unhappy peo
ple. He was, and still is, untiring in travers
ing the streets, opening his purss, giving spir
itual consolation, establishing a hospital in his
own pnlace, and in minis ering to the unhappy
victims with his own hands. Tho Brothers of
Charity and the youths of the A ospids, imita
ting this hero, who has aequirsd eternal glory,
and who appears a messenger of the Most
High, lont all their efforts o assist the afflicted.
At the last dates, August 12tb, the epidemic
abated considerably in the oity, though it still
raged in the country.— N. O. Picayune.
Fir* at B*a.—The British brig Indus,
Captain flewaoa, hesce the 7th inst, with an
asserted cargo, bound to Bi. Domingo, took
fire on the 9 h inst., at 12 M., whea about
tMrty miles southeast of the Highlands. Tho
•aptain and crew, and supercargo, took to the
boat and pulled to tho schooner Mary, of
Providence, when they were put on board the
pilot boat Thos. H. Smith, and tranrferred
from her to the steamer Hsctor, Capt. Yarns,
who brought them up to the city, last evening.
They saved nothing bat what they had on at
the time—seven persona in ail - AT. Y Cour.
fir Euq. ______________________
Jbxit Lisd.—The New York Post publishes
the following extract from a letter froth Miss
Lind herself, dated at Niagara Falls, on the 3d
inst.
” * *. I have not the mo it remote Id aof
ever again return ag to the stage; and al
though I usually treat with perfect indifference
tho reports and sayings of writes in newspa
pers, or otherwise, yet I should feel really
thankful to you to state that no inducement
whatever oan tend to tueke ore change my mind
in reference to the resolution I have adopted
to quit the stage-”
The Maryland Mining Company, at tho
bead of which was Freeman Rawdon, E»q.,
of New York, has failed for the sum of $500,*
Hi,
Corr.spondenee Chronicle 5t Sentinel.
Washington Gif y, Oct. 10.
The electron in Geoigia has gratified the
friends of the Union* in every section, and in
dicates a disposition on the part of the people
of that noble State, to cling to the Gove'nm-.nt
of their Fathers, as long as it answers the ends
far which it was imitated. Tbia verdict of
the people, as well as iu all the other Southern
States, where elections have taken place, since
the passage ofthe Adjustment measures, shows
conclusively that the South will maintain this
Union upon condition (hat the Compromise
measures are regarded as a final settlement of
the slavery question, nor do I believe they wifi
or ought to sustain it under any other. Now
that the South has done its whole duty, so faf
as the past is concerned, it becomes the North
to indicate wbat coarse they intend to pursue.
lam not of those who believe that this Union
can not or ought not to be dissolved under any
circumstances, not am 1 altogether free from
alarm that it will he dissevered st no distant
day. The whole burthen of its continuance is
now cast upon the Northern section of the
Republic. 1 confess, that the present position
of parties, is by no means Battering to the hope
that all danger is past, and the Union is safe.
What is4l at position, and what is the duty of
tho South, I propose to submit without favor
or affection for either of the political parlies.
1 lay down these propositions as true, fi'St, both
political parties at t’o North are, and have
been courting the free soil faction, with as
much zeal as they ever did, and all, too, with
reference to the next Presidsntial election—
second, no State convention cf either of the
political parties of the North has unconditional
ly sustained the Compromise measures as a
final settlement of the slavery question They
have invariably, in divers ways, avoided an ex
pression of opinion, or condemned it in tato—
some times coming very near to the point, but
always casting some comfortable assurance to
the free soil faction that their sentiments and
Opinions were not free from their sympathy—
at other limes, they ha’ a gone back to the
s platform principles as diawn up by Silai
| Wright, it> 1836, thereby evincing a disposition
j to avoid the true issue new before the country.
| Again (bey have manifested opprsition to tho
issue of finality, by their silence, and then too,
f when the proposition haa been directly made,
j that they will • pport no men for ollice who
. are iu favor cf disturbing the Compromise
j measures, it has been voted down. I n ighl
j particularise, but it Is no. necessary, the fact is
j nevertheless prominent, that cot one of tho
I State meet'ngs whether Whig or Democrat, at
i the North, has come boldly up lo the mark ar d
I imenbed upon their banner that the Compro
mise is a final settlement of the slavery ques
tion. Individua’s, it istrue, hiivemwufweied by
their sets and expres ed opinions, a disposition
to acquiesce in the Compromise measures as
sottling finally and foiever the agitation of
this alarming question of slavery. But indi
vidual opinion, is of lit lo value to the South,
ia seca ing her rights and peace, unless it can
be concentrated and given the farce and pow
er of combined party action. In other words,
it a par'y cannot be formed at the North that
will take the ground that has beau indicated by
every Southern election, the daysef this Uuio
are numbered. It w»s \o bo hoped that one of
the political parties wou'.d have duno so, hut
they favs not, and ihe ouly alterative is to rally
(he conservative elements of both, and see if a
majority of the North will sustain the Govern
ment iu good faith. As the free toilers are now
situated at (ho North, thev occupy all the ed
vantages of the majority party, holding toe
balauce of power in every Northern State
they dictate terms. In view of these facts, and
with a firm belief that the Union of thtso
States cannot long survive such a Staid of
things, 1 consider the only security for the
South, is to make the issue at once, by calling a
National Convention of the conservatives of
both political parties irrespective of pas: al
fini iee end associations and present to the peo
ple, whose Government it i\ suitable candi
dates for the Presidency, and Vico Presidency,
in ths next contest, in selecting such individ
uals, it is immaterial, whether they were once
sf this party or that, so that they now stand
upon the Compromise as a final sottleraenl of
the slavery question. The great virtue of that
Compromise ia its finality afa vexed subject that
has disturbed the peace and quiettfess of this
Union for half a century. The aspirants for
the next Presidency are so numerous, that
every faction is made important, by the it,fla
snee they may bring to bear upon the proß
pects of this or that individual, and hence the
necessity for the people to take mailers into
tbe : rown hands There is do earthly raason
why the South should not be united, notupon
sectional grounds but upon high national princi
ples. Ido not believe they desire, oeriain it
is they should not seek lo present a candidate
of their own, unless driven to it by tho action
of the North But they should ins st upon it,
that the compromise measures should bo sus
tained, not only in good faith, brt as a whole
aed in ail their parts, without condition or
equivocation Neither of the poll ical parties
have manifested u disposition to do so, and
hence, 1 think, tho necessity of the course I
have indicated. With one single exception,
thus far, the death is a unit counting by States,
in standing by the Union, upon condition that
the cotap omi-e is a final settlement of the sla
very question, and must be faithtudy executed
in all its parts. Will the North respond Tis the
great question. To ascertain that fact, is to
present the issue directly, and ask them to meet
you in Ct nvenii-»u and nominate candi *atos for
President and Vioa President, end faithfully
and honestly sustain, in my judgment, the ouly
policy that can preserve and perpetuate this
Union. As Gbiervek.
A Letter from the la f s Cot. Crittenden—Steps
to prevent the invasion of Mexico.
Washington, Oct 11, —The Rcpub'i pub
lishes tne following letter from Col, Criuen
den, to Attorney Goners! Cri'tondeu.
Dear Unci.k —ln a few minutes some 59 of
us are to be shot. Wecsme here with Lopez
and you will do me the justice to believe that
my motives was good. 1 was deceived by
Loper. He, as well as the public press, al
tered me the I land was in a State of prosper
ous revolution. 1 am commanded to fitshh
writing at once. Will die like a man.
Washington-, Oct. 11— The President has
issued eiders to Military Commanders on the
frontier to prevent any invasion of Mexico, hy
American citizens, but says the Intelligencer—
later advicos show that hut few are engaged
in it.
The Army Medical Board, for the exatoinc
tion of Assistant Surgeons and candidates for
tho appointment, w II convoue in Naw York,
on the 15th November.
Dr. Ktnkel has arrived in Washington and
bad an interview with the President.
Utica, Oct. I.—Daniel Mott of Onondagua,
was yesterday nominated by the Whig# of this
judicial district for justice of tho Supremo
Court, ft r the Fif.h District.
I „ * 0 -- v ' >*
A Rain Coreksponbknt.:— The Savannah
Republican publishes the fallowing despatch,
received by a commercial bouse of that city.
It is certainly news to the people of Augusta
Aught a, Oat. 13—11.$ o’clock, AM.
It ia now raining, and in 24 hours, we think
the river will be boa’able again.
Rumors from Washington represent that
President Ffilmoro has sent orders to Syra
cuse, to the Marshal and Diiirit Attorney, to
1 urge a committal on tho charge of treason
> against the United States, of all tho parties
> arrested iu coumcdou with tiw Syracuse out
rage.
Cliromric ana Sentinel.
A UGTT3TA (i A ■
VV EP N E s!7a y, • OCT 15.
Owr own Aff«!ri.
We fee! quite enre that it will afford all those
who are indebted to us great pleasure to con
tribute to our relief, when assured that we are
in great need, and that nothing they can do
1 can render u« no great a service, a3 the prompt
payment of their dues.
Our expenses always hca y, have been
greatly increased (his season 'by the improve
ments already made and in progress in onr es
tablishment. And to meet these expendi urcs,
we rely upon the prompt payment of what
ever is due us.
In conclusion, allow us toeiprsss '.ha hope,
that every man indebted to us will immediately,
upon reuding thio paragraph, remit cs what
ever he may owe.
63 s * AH money sent by ntSil, postage paid, is
at our rißk. -J
TUe signs of the Times,
Th* Southern Jii»ht3 party in tbs Nashville
Convention cut themselves off from nationa*
parties by a wide and deep golf.
They said, and said truly, that both parties
wore infected with the pDigan of freesoil.
Thsy said farther, that unless the present
settlement was overthrown, they would co
operate with no u&tiona! party “under any
party denomination whatever.
Os ail the material at the North, the best aid
soundest was that which supported tko Com
promise. This Compromise, the Southern
flights party denounces. There was same
consistency, therefore, in the position assumed
by the Nashville Convention, for if the Com
promise deserved their denunciation, there
was absolutely no materia! at the North out
of which to form a new and sound organiza
tion of parties. So far from there being sente
sound and seme base material in each, the
soundest Northern man ineither party being
no sounder than tho Compromise, were en
tirely corrupt, and co-operation became im
possible.
In confirm: tion of the samo idea—that the
Southern Rights party canuct ootroiatenliy co
operate with any national party, under any
party denomination whatever—let it bo obser
ved that the very basis of tha Sou hern Rights
party organization haa been opposition to ih&
Compromise. The Union party formed up"n
the reception of the Compromise as a final
adjustment of tha controversy. The South
ern Rights party set up an organized opposi
tion to the party thus formed.
It is obvious then, that even on the supposi
tion that one of the national parlies—say tho
Domocratis—should explicitly declare it* ad
hesion to the Compromise, and make that a
party test, the Sou.hern Rights party could
not co operate with it The Southern Rights
party of Goorgia hav a made an organized re
sistance already, to one party on that basie, and
with that test.
Nevertheless, we venture the prediction,
tout the press of that pur.y will, at r,o distant
day, be found cress and on tiro other side of
the gulf which now separate it from iLo
Democratic party. We mean, that it will co
alesce with that party. The aonringeucy on
which we base this prediction, may ass m as
remarkable as the predie ion itself. It ia, (hat
tho Democratic party shall refuse even to go
so far as to pledge itaeif :o maintain the Com
promise. With such pledges— with tests —the
Union party ia made to co operate with either
national party YVihout such, it is pledged
to cc-operate with nclher. Hut wa venture
the prediction, that if tho purgative, demanded
by the Constitutional Union party as the
condition of its co-opera.icn ia refused, then
the Southern Rights party of Georgia, tho
peculiar guardians, without requiring any
slavery test will unite with tho National Dem
ocratic p rty.
This will probably ba tested within a f-,w
months. Wilhiu three month* from this day,
if tha course of events should faem ta pre
clude tho probabi ity of the co-oporation of
ihe Union party with the Democratic party,
the presses of the Soaliiors Rights party will
be creeping stealthily back towards the Demo
cratic pisiform. Hero and there they will let
drop a quiet pull upon the National Demo
cracjr. Though no test shoti’d be applied
which excludes Van Buhkn and freosoil, nay,
though the party should even refuse to declare
itse f as sound cs the Compromise those pres
ses have denounced, the very presses which
denounced the party and tha Compromise,
will begin again to swear by it.
The kindrad organization in Mississippi
to the unnamed Dirty of Georgia, was at first
content with the name of the Southern
Rights party. Finding itself in need of a
prop, it became tho Democratic Eosthkre
Rights parts’. Since its defeat under that
name, tho snms identical organization has
become tho Dxmocratio fakty proper, and is
running JamnsaN Davu as the Democrat*
ic candidate, vice Gen. Quitman, tho Demo
cratic Southern Rights candidate, with
drawn —in disgust at his chances of eleotion.
In Georgia ths press eschewed Democracy.
After the defeat of November, 1859, it mads
an attempt to bo Democratic Southern
R chits, or Democratic and Southern
Rights. But the attempt failed. But long
doused Democracy wilt at length receive and
swallow it «p. Tbs Wuie w ing tad all will,
after aecy and decant resistance, go ever, and
baeoma the bride, and assume the name of the
Democratic party, unwashed of i's anti slavery
impurities.
We sh-.1l not forget to' look at the sly efforts
made to effect the change ano’ovsrrad. Sup
porters of the Nashville platform (which oth
ers besides Judge Berrien might consider rath
er proseriptioa) trill have a long ways to go to
get back on the Democratic platform. They
so n’t gal there without being ssen by the wny.
Taey built op so high a wall between them
selves aad Democracy, that- they must climb
high and be a little conspicuous—disagreeably
go —to get again on the same ride with Martin
Van and i’rince John.
Still we venture the prediction; Lat oar
readers keep their eyes on th* track which
’ leads frost the McDonald platform to the
| Democratic party line, and they will see first
. cue Editor—and tlieu another-—and so occa'
siounl asp iron t hero and there—orgaping can*
i tieusly along it, with ears erect and eyes 1
I wide open, ready to bolt from the track
i should one but say .“Booh !”
1 When these same repudiates of eld party
lines aro seen taking :beir places ocee sabre
among the sound ana the unsound, and stand
ing drill, the question will bs asked them,
“ Were not you of .he sect which deolarad the
Democratic party unsound as well asiho Whig?.
And there will te no roply to tha question,
what have they dona to purge themselves?
Have they ever agreed to let the Compromise
stand f There will still lie no answer.
But they will stay in the line, though they
give no answer to ihe questions. Witch and
see. The Federal Union had half an eye to
this, when U dubbed the proceedings of their
Convention, “ proceedings of the Democratic
and Southern Rights Convention.” The whig
wing may have bethought themselves id time
to break f l e»r fall by this rero’ntiou against
Banks, Tariff* or—having swallowed ti.a sub
stance, they will not perhaps turn tick at the
name. But ail hands—quondam Whigs and
qqandam Democrats—will ba found (waitiao
Southern R gbti) ranging themselves intbe
most approved aid orderly manner in the
Democratic ranks.
Consecration.—The Rxv. Dr Ruti.eboe,
will be consecrated to the ord*r of Bishops
this day at 10 A. M. in St. Pauls church.
Furniture Sale. •
Wr invite the attention of our readers te
ihe advertisement of an Auction Sale of Far
nitore, in another eolnmn. Tke opportunity
is a favorable one to such as desire to pu*ebase.
See Auction Sales by A. Lafitte.
Tke printing office of tie American Tract
Society in New Yoik is being greatly enlar
ged, in order to meet the demaads arising from
the expansion of the Society’s operations*
The leading editorial in the New York
Courier of Wednesday is an article in favor
ol Mr. Webster for tho next Presidency.
Tha Baltic sailed at Id o clock Saturday for
Liverpool, with 76 passengers, and SIO,COD in
specie, as freight.
FLECTION RETURNS.
Colh Me. Dor. aid.
Appling, 17
Bailer. • • > • • njfj 386
Buliccb 64 .... 340
Bibo, ........ ............ .... i»3j, 60
Bryan 29 maj ....
Butts. .... m?j.2‘i7
Burke, • 103 mnj.....
Baldwin, 369 .... 317
Chatham 837 .... 735
Cobb, 1267 .... 1331
Clarke • • 204 mej.....
Crawford OC3 •♦••maj. 42
Cass,. • —«..... i. ~•••••••• 312 maj.....
Cherokee, 535 do. ....
Coweta, 32 msj....
Columbia, •••••••••••••»••• 406 .... 245
Chittooga, 400 maj....
Carrali » • • • • raaj. 81
Campbell, ••••;nsj.Uo
Camden, * ..-raaj 159
D001y,........... ........ .... maj 166
D-cstur, 195unaj.....
DeKalo, 727 maj.....
Dad*,..- 88 maj....
Rmsnuol, 254 •••• 252
Elbert 995 .... 2C7
Early, 364 .... 339
m | ... ............ 23 tor j■•. •
Franklin*- •> 624 maj.. ••
Floyd, 686 maj. ...
Fey otto, ••• 56 mej-... -
Forsyth »•••.»«••»•.••••••• 113 rovj•.• •
Greene 510 maj.....
Gordon, 232 raaj-...
Gwinnett,«- 191 maj.,...
Glynn, 26 ••••
G inier, • ••• -1006 in»j ...
Habersham-. »• •• ......... 773 maj..-.
Hancock, 648 •••• 215
Houston,. llmej..-..
Henry,. 329 mnj.....
Hall, • 355 maj....
Heard,. 447 .... 408
t.drrn, 26b tssj •...
J-flcrJon,.... 552 .... 123
J ck on • 414 maj -• • •
Lumpkin 795 maj....
Ltocqfn. 257 165
Lee,.... 251 maj...*
I ibeity,........ 44 maj....
Laurens, «.U.............. 503 iaaj....
Lowndes-........... 47 maj....
M«rmii, .... .. .. ........... 150 maj •...
Vi aeon, • • .«••••_••«•••••• 160 maj....
Mu?aogee, 178 tuaj ....
Momoe, 50 maj. ••••
Morgan, .. ........ .. ... •.. 168 mai.*...
Montgomery -... *»,......... 200-na1.....
Mctmcsb, 46 maj.....
Murray 434 maj....
Madison, ? ...»........... .. 598 ...» 74
Meriwether, ....maj 76
Newton- 641 maj.*...
Oglethorpe, 296 maj....
Putnam, 67 msj-...
Pau ding,.. 353 maj.*..
P u ask i , .................. 50 3 to ij ■ •* •
Pike,..................... 51 m5j.....
Richmond, ••.. 202 maj.....
Randolph, ................. 17maj.«...
Rabun 228 <••• 173
Sumter, 489 maj• •».
Sari ven,..». ...V-.......... ...»maj. 167
Stewart,.... 170 moj-...
Taliaferro, «•.. •••• •• sits • • 311 .... G1
Twiggs ... maj. 91
Troup,.... 361 raaj*
Talbot, •• 176 maj.* * • •
Thomas, .... maj 150
Ta'na1i, ■.................. 279 ....
Union, .. ................ 400m&j.*...
6pe0n,.................... 682 .... 352
Wjtfcinscn * .. .. Maj. 72
Walton.... . 012 «... 436
Wilkos 465 ..... 342
W erven, •• «... «« .. .* •• «. .. 67 i •«.. 423
Walker, 555 raaj-*••
Washington,. ».».*.•••*..«« 426 maj»••«
Wayoe, ........... .«..«• 00 «... 03
W arc,, 159 .... jgß
Clinch, Irwin and Telfair Counties remain
to be heard from.
George Stapleton, Esq.
We are gratified to lay before the friends of
this gentleman the following note, from • citi
zen of Jsfferson couety, explanatory of the
circumstance of his being run in opposition to
the regalarly isominaled Union candidate for
the House of Representatives:
r, . JiFraaso*, Co., Oct. 10 b, 1851.
Da Jones; Dear bit' —lt will be pereeived that
M»jw Goorge Stap'etoo’s umae was run in the ra
ce nt election; with s view that he may be placed in
his true position before the country, you wilt oblise
ids /Wends by simply ,t*ti Dg in yotu p,. er Ujat
was act s eandidate. Tint n law of his frisnda run
hi* name in eppomtlon to his wish, while he hinmel
vo ed Tor lbs nominated candidate, M Hrinson.
Yoars, &S.
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Hurt, Sept, f 4, IBSI.-The Humbolft
j !*}* ®“ r P® rt Ve»terday morning.—
Iha total sales iu oar Cotton market of the
j day were 700ba‘es, et steady prices, but with
, outr.rwinauon iu tha demand.
To day .very•little has been done ; only
u few hundred bales have changed hands. YVh
know the arrival at Liverpool, es the Atlantic
steamer,-with New York dates to 13 b iust •
but rhe letter bags have net yet arrived, and
this Is the cause of the small business done at
the Ltohange to-day. The market doece dull
for all other articles. No arrival to report.
W* Gortnsnis, Caroliao and Mary Clark. J.
} wStiSTey, (ot New%ork, wjln
I leave our port in a few days. The packet ships i
i and the Saratoga, ariived from Lon on, a e ;
1 leaving Some other ships taken for Now
O/lears.
- . I I—ill. ■ . . ~irf
AeuicuitesAL Faibs.—Wc have before ua a
large placard announcing that the great Fair
annually held in Georgia by the Southern Cen
tral Agricultural Society, will taka place this
year at Macon on the 26th, 30th and 31st Inst.
We are likewise informed that a splendid pre
mium list has been adopted by the commit (tie,
smj that It is expected that the President \if the !
Unitod States, tho Heads of Departments, and
; tha Governors of ail tho Southern States, w,ll
!bs present. The arrange me nia, too, are to be
on a grander seslc, and the affair will ha a tncre
magnificent display than at any fair cf_thc kind
hitherto held in the South.
Wc are gratified to perceive this evidence, for
so it ia to be considered, of the piospurity ot tho
! State of Georgia, and the enlightenment of her
j people. Georgia has bean called the Empire
State of ths Scutlf, and she deserves the tit e.
Tho eucrgy of her people, and their progress in
ail that constitutes a powerful- conummity, and
het rapid increase iu wealth and population,
■sake her the foremost State of-the South, end
almost induce the belief that the day Is not far
distant whtn she wili rival the most powerful of
her sis»«rs. It would be well for the
other Southern States to imitate thecxßrmda ol
Georgia; and instead of -devoting themsefvCs en
tirely to the cultivation of one or Leo article*, to
diversify their pursuits, deVelope ihtir re«ourccs, ’
and show that they can produce' semethirig be- I
aides sugar and cotton. For instance, in regard
to cgrct-linral aflais, Georgia la doing whnt
must ultimately be of immense benefit to her.
Every year she hol.lg a great lair, at which com
petition is invited from all parts of tho State,
and thus a spirit of emulation is aroused nmsrtg
her agricultural population, which ia ptoductive
of the happiest results.
In this Gcoargia has followed in the track of
New York, Verihout, Michigan and other Nor
thern States. Tfcvrc these fairs are considered
a kind of annual holiday, and are among the
most important events of the seasuu. They are
attended by thousands of persons, the contribu
tions of all classes of the people are exhibited.
The consequence is that where this system has
been persevered in for soano time, agricultural
and the kindred arts flourish to an extraordinary
do,rreo; and the increasing popularity of fairs
of this kind proves that the beneficial results ex
poe'ed from them havo not been over-estimated.
— Pi:.
Tha Ohio State Journal gtv#s an eccoun to
a Hugo specimen of humanity, a giant, which }t
avers is a giant, and one of the greatest Jiving
curiosities extant. He stands about eig!i‘ feet
high weighing over four hundred pounds,
with good proportion, and jet he is a beard- j
less hoy, and is still growing. l!o is a sight j
worth seeing,and it is only once in an age that
such a person is permitted to grow.
Tribute off Respect.
The Baptist Ohu'oh of this City, having conven
ed at their Lecture Room this day, upon the »m-
Bouncemsnt ol the death of their Pastpr, Rev. (J.
B. Jennbttb, adopted the following Preamble and
Resolutions:
The death of tho bumbtest Christian is a pubiie
calamity. Apart from ths direct beneti.H of his
example, he secures lor the wo;Id, through an unseen,
biit powerlul instrumentality, abun’snt blessings
"The prayer of a riahteom unn availeth ta tch.’ ;
But when that Christian stands “inChri-c’esteaJ,”
to win m»n to holiness an 1 to Gad, the loss is iL.biy
augmented. Frr "it pteaseth God by the foolish
ness of precie\in<f, to fiaVo them that believe,’ ; aud
*’feith coineth by nearing. *’ Theso declarations of
oar God are rraply and firmly sustained by facm.
The power of tho Fulpit ia a matter of eoouauoas
history. Where the Gosp;! ia it ia ua
u-onstrated by its if ids to be tho pjwerof Gad.
Whenever, then, a Pulpit becomes vacant—-when
the voice of an ambassador for Christ is bushel in
death—thy peop’e should mourn, not for him that is
summoned to his rest, but hr theme elves.
Sadi is oar causr for sorrow. Our Pulpit is va
cant—our beloved Pastor is no more.
Hit be deemed a sanitary custom to cHbr corns
tokens ol regard to the memory of 'be honored dead,
it is net unbecoming in a Christian Communion, to
notice the death or a talented and devot'd rain sfer,
and to p»y some tribu e ol affectionate respect to his
memory. Thero-'oto,
That v.e have heard with profound
son mv, the death of oar Pastor, Rev. C. H, iu
N«TT*.
txcs?!ved. That we cherish with siocera affection
the roemcry of our brother, win in aakncsi urn.! in
hcuhh. ministered to us faithfully in hcly ihmge.
Rdelved, That wa edore the grace of tho Lo;d
Jesus, which enable ! cur beloved Pastor to walk
through the dark valley of the shadow of dßtub
fearing bo evil.
Resolved, Th*t wo recognise the chastening band
of our Father in this sad dispsnsation, tnd that we
humble ourse v«s before Him.
llcsnlvsd, That a sermon commemorative of the
sad event, be preached by Rev. W. T. Hrantly, u:
his earliest eonrenisnee.
Resolved , That the Pulpit be draped in mourning
m token es our hetearenent.
Resolved, That we lender our sympathies aad
prayers to sister Jennette the widowc-f nur departed
brother, and al*>o to bis bereaved parents,
OBITUARY.
Obituary NotiCbs, not exceeding Six Links
wili be wnerteiin this journal without charge.
flj- But when such "notices eicceJ Six Lines, the
exoess wili in all cases be charged at the rato of 50
ceuts j cr square of 12 lines, or lee?.
When our city papers, sorao weeks ago, aunonne
ed the death of Martin M. Dm, Esq.," circumstan
ces at that time, proveuted a more extended obituary.
It is not now ilie intention of Xiie writer to attempt
the ctilogf of one who, by a Uqg life of upright nod
honorable conduct, has lelt behind a cuomory tiiat is
beloved and respected by all who knew him. Ills
ebject is rather, simply to allude to tome of the most
promitent facts connected with his history.
The subject es this notme was hern la South Caro
lisa, in the ytar 1787, and wbihi vet; a youth, his
parents moved to llarite county, Georgia, where he
lived the greater poitioa ol fits life. From his fel
low citizens oi tiiat county he received repeatedly
the highest evidence of confidence in his integ
rity aud patriot)ws. They several limes called up n
him to reprerent them in the Legislature, and hr a
nuoHer of years they enjoyed-ihe valuaolo services
of this efficient and faithful public servant as a
J udge a' the I uterior Court.
In 1836 Judge Dva moved to this city, ami en
gaged ip cmiißcroial pursuits. Here, os in ht» for.
mer home, his fellow citizens discovered his ability
and faithfulness, and they again c«Hcd on him to
superintend the (.ffiiira of the public. He yielded lo
the warm solicitaiieoe of his friends, and accept**!
Irom them the highest municipal boner in their gift.
For many term., he served this community as its
Chief Magistrate, With an honesty and zeal that nooo
can question, and in a manner ttint was productive
of its interests and prosperity. These public pofi
lions wb.ch hwoccnpied, were sought out for him by
those who knew ins worth; pad it was the desire to
do good in tbwe enlarged spheres of tcl ion, and net
to gratify selhsb amltiuon that influenced his aecen
tance of them. , H
In 1850, he changed h’s business relations to the
city of Savannah, and had been, aver since hiaarri-
Tal there, aottYoly pursuing the same, until Juno
Fat. when he \voa prusira sd by sjrere idarss, li B
strong and robust constitution which, from the ragu
iai- ha'its of fiielifu, hid pirserved in a remarkable
degree ita orig nal vigor, did not yioßt easily to d- 8
case. Uo rsilied term time from Its efiects: hig
physicians adv Led a change to Ac up ootmtry. Ho
was brought :o this mty, and tarried hero a fcwday*;
then was taken to Madison, in tbistUato. whete hs
improved so much that h? was inducod to extend bis
journey to the Indian Springs. Thix last clianre,
hoWsvsr, proved too much iar his (tranuth; .ho re
lapsed, was brouglu bacW to Madison, aud there died
on the 2'ith day of Augusf, 111 tho sixty.fourth year
of hia age. la this oounectioaft is properto remstit
that ho had long been prefared to meet Detth with
Christian fortitude aud resignation. He became n
member oi the UipUst Chut eh in Burke county in
1827, aud was obestir to fill the office of Deacon
while there; nnd so, al.o, durini th* last years of hi*
r<5H )oacc iii this city, he served Ujs (Jhurcii hui# in
the sama effico. Those who knew him, will testify
that he was a sincere witt ess toiho truth.
Hare we roust close our remarks, ’t weald af
ford liule coarfort to tlioie with whom he was con
meoteda* huebuud, parent and friend, to use in re
gard to his character the or linary encomiums, that
era usually bestowed «a such endeared relations.
To Lome th* void tiiat Death has oreat«d, oanoct b*
supfliedbyempty words. There is, bower er, on*
consolation in this bcieavf naent. which they mint
surely posecso It is the Chiirtim's belief and ho; e
that he is a rest with tho»e who "sleep i n Jeeus »
/ ugnstK, f’et. f!. 1851. A Fbiehd.
g3*Chiisiic!U h.dok please c:py.
In this ci'y, cn Friday, the 10th Inst., Fsi.;x T.
ion of.Owen and Farah Blackipxn, aged 21.
JS s 'Athens and Greensboro’ paper* will please
copy. ' «
’tws-.jm.jl . igi.j■ ...jjyjwjja!,-, a— nr»
FUNERAL NOTICE.
JjT The friends and nrqutautaces of
Mr. and Mra. Jjro. A. Baekes, aro invited to at
tend tUe funeral of the latter, fretn their residence
cn Grtcii sirrVt to the Fend hills, this (Wednesday)
morning at Li o'clock. 015
- KMTrftfc
J3r*Mr* A< V. Tiublnsnn, very Thankful to
the citfzinsof Avgusta, and vis-nity, for the liberal
ratrcnoge.heyctof.-ye ex ended, bogs leave to notify
tLeaathat he will open his DANCING ACADEMY,
for the present season, for Misso? and Master*, on
MONDAY nui? TUESDAY the 20ih and2’atinst
atthe MASONIC H ALL, at 3 o’clock, P. M. The
same days far Gentlemen, at 7 o'clock, P. M. It
will he seen by this nofee, thnt I have changed the
days from 1 rat ica*tw>, having Le-n prevented by
previous engagements, from giving less, ns on Satur
days. Moping the present arrangement will euit the
conveuisacc of all, he would most earnestly solicit
all those who n»ey wish to patronize, to avail them
selves of tiia great advantage f the firrt ie*sen.
c!5 twtd
are authorized to announce W. B.
SA\ AGE n candidate for Clerk of the Superior
and Interior Courts 0 r Richmond County at the
earning elcolion. ______ 015-
We are authorised to announce P. AUGUS
TUS* PCLhILU a Candidate lor Receiver of Tax
Retuins for Burke County, at the entuiug election
in January next. 0 f 5 .
T fee Utv. Ur. lintletlgo, Bishop Elect
for the Diocese of Florida, will, by Divine permis
sion, be eojisecratsd to the Sacred Order of Bishops,
on Wednesday, October 15th, in St. Paul’s Church,
Augusta. Divine Service will commence at lialf
fa-t 10 o clock, A, M - . Bishop together
with Bit figp Gadcbks, of South Carolina, and Bish
op Ccasa, of Alabama, will i>e prcscu r , and take
part in the solemn office,
All scats in the Church free for (he day.
©is
!3f Fcarecly a day passes, that wc do not itar
rUTT’S PECTORAL ELIXIR praised for its in
valuable properties ftr the cure of Coughs, Asthma,
* c * Wc wou'd r-ccinmend it iaa : l who ere effect
ed with time class of di ea-'e. 0i1.6
ivJ Dng’iah and .Classical E’cd.als
st ttnte,—l hu Institution, on Ellis street, next
below Mr Ciurkr.’s, w® opened cn the (jtb ins;., for
fhc reception of Pjpfls, under the supsiintfiadonce
ot Mr. lewis M. CoarttcK, Number of Students
limited to twenty five.
Terms per quartor-Pcccml Department English,
Fi 6 * Department do., Sl2 ; English and French
sls * English, Frepoi end Lu'ia 320. Mus’c by
on experienced performer, sls, Arithmctfo, em
braced in the English ; Algebra and Geometry in the
French o: Classical Course. ol 4-d3taw2w
O'Dr. F. Jeter Mu it In ofE-rs his Profes
sional Services to the citizens es l ugnsta and Ham
burg. Off ce on Washington street, one door east as
Broad. old
D’ We are atith rized to onnoanje WM. 11,
PRITCHARD ag a caudjdate for the cthee of Re
chi,an cf Tax Rbturn's, f*r Richmond county, at
the election in Jonjary c g
3,:> W a are authorised to announce E. C.
tINBLEY a? a Candidate for Tax Collector, at the
eos itn'jelection iu'January next. oil
j AVe are authqiiiaj io anooitnco HENRY
J. PARMER es it Candidate for Receiver of Tax
Return* for (Ite County of Jefferson, at the ensuirg
election in January next. oil
p’Mii.Canniitghnra'* School for Young
Ladies urd Midne.*, is how in operation ia Wash,
inglon street, between lit. a J and Edis streets. A
few more scholars can bo acooinmojated. Music
aud French is taffght; a’soD,awing in all its varie
ties. Persons wishing to see specimens of painting,
can ii, 8i by applying to Mrs. O. at iter residence.
Terms for lira Primary Department 89 and 83 ;
for the higher Eng hh branches, including French
and Drawing 810 to,S's..- Music sls. o 9 d
£3' Mcclianlei’ Haute.— Augusta, Ga.,Oct, &
1051.—Dividend No. S3.—The Board of Directors
have iccl«ved a semi-annual dividend of
per share, payable on demand, and an extra divi-.
dead cf ten dollars, pay able ou the first day of No
vember proximo. 07-IQt M H A TCH, Cashier.
0' B «nlt of Brunswick, Augusta, Octette*
G, lbsl.—JJiviJoud No.! 6.—Five Dollars por share
ha* been declared This I>iy, and payable to the
Stockholder* on demand.
o7 lOt JOHN CRAIG, Cashier.
Notice.—Mr. Robert F. Gibbb is my le
gally authorized Attorney to alteod to uny busises*
in which I am interested, during tny absence.
o 9 *' . JOHN J. BYRD.
CfTh* Exercises of Mra. CorßTNEv’a
SCHOOL will be resumed on the FIRST MON
DAY ifi OCTOBER, ia the ni»w Framed Building
on the North side of Grocao street,, near the new
Pxesbyteritn Church. sl9-lm
15* Dr* XV • W• Oruadliurst, respectfully
tenders his Professional Services to the citizens of
Augusta. His Qjike is at Dr. Paul F. Era’s house,
where he may bo found day erifigbt. 01-dly
NOTICE.
Dost Office, Angmta.—Petsons mailing
litters containing Mqr.cy, aro requested in future to
igimlthjm iu at the Delivery Window, in order that
they may be registered.
oll*3t B. F. HALL, P. M.
UNION BANK 0>
BRANCH AT CHATTANOOGA.
|3* 'The Notes payable at tiro above
Branch are now received at par at tjie Branch Bank
o thq Statq,of Georgia, at Augusta. 04-Im
couNyuas wir*i drawers.
SjJt* Pop Si*le, threo fine painted Counters with
Drawers. Apply at this rthee.
tieigh, Tucker Parkln3*
IMPRO.VED SKY LIGHT
daoubrrb.an qallbry.
now hciajf taken at this
S6t"hlialimßnt by llrsaid cf an entirely new
Aparatusand
SKY LIORT,
Arranged txp+cssly fa r fU purpose,
Are pronounced by all superior to auy that have ever
befero been all rc 1 In (hie city.
We have latoly'received n new stock, emitting
of every varie’y cf plain and fancy CASfy, into
which I’ICTL’IiES will bq iuse*to>i in the neatest
aud most careful manner.
Pattiou’nr care will be haste wad on the arrange
msfoof FAMILY GROUPS, nnJ to the attitudes
of rlttgle Pietares.
A general assortment of PLATES, CASE?, POL
ISHING MATERIALS, Ac., constantly o*’ hand.
for sale,