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Gambling at Baden Baden.
A correspondent of the New York Tribune,
writing from this German watering place, thus
describes the arrangements publicly made for
gaming:
I n the great hall are Roulette and Rouge et
Noir tables. These tables are each presided over
by four plainly dressed, excessively respectable,
and clean-shaved gentlemen. I observed one of
them who carried the joke so far as to wear gray
hair and a white neck-cloth. They look like
our men of the counting-room, or even of Wall
street, only more placid. The tables are covered
w ith green cloth, and there is no ostentatious
rattling of coin. Pretty piecesof silver and gold
lie in Iront of these gentlemen, from which some
times they take a little portion and cast it over,
piece by piece, to where the winner sits, in easy
and graceful paraboles. When they draw in lost
money, they rake it in softly and gently w ith
their taper-handled rakes. They never laugh,
never scowl. I should say that in their vocation
they had brought “a subdued elegance of man
ner” to its ultimatum. I saw men—among them
one of your "above Bleeckors”—women, one
very pretty woman—gray-haired men and young
fellows, and, in two instances at Wisebaden,
children gaming at the tables. I have not seeu
much deep piny; at the four different times, how
ever. when I have stood by the tables here and
at Wisebaden, there hag been one or more who
played only with gold. As the night wears, the
play is said to deepen. 1 saw one man take near
ly a hundred gold pieces at “Rouge et Noir;” he
was very calm, rarely lost, and appeared to play
by system. “Infallible rules for winning” at
these games are published and for sale in the
book shojgj, here and elsewhere, said to be writ
ten by old gamesters, who, like old witches and
gold-diviners, do not get rich hv their knowledge.
This idea of getting blind luck into harness is,
however, a very common one with gamblers.
The tables here are said to bemainged by Mr.
Benazet, a Frenchman, who was formerly large
ly interested in the gaming-houses of Paris. For
the exclusive privilege in this business, he pays
to the Government (said to be paternal) of Ba
den about SIO,OOO yearly, (:15,000 florins,) be
sides this he agreeti to spend a very much larger
sum in adding to the attractions ol the place—as
instance his costly embellishment of the Hall.
Still further, he must pay the lurge expenses of
croupiers , hankers and attendants. Yet Mr. Bena
zet's lease is supposed to be very profitable to
him. At Homburg, a watering-place nine miles
from Frank-fort-on-the-Mttine, and «t Wiesba
den, French lessees (xiy a large rent to Govern
ment, and make money. When the Revolu
tionists were in power, three years ago, among
other acts destructive of good order, religion, &c.
they broke up the gaming at Homburg. The
paternal und pious Prince,however, on the full re
covery of his divine right of rule, restored the con
servative institution. It is supposed by many
that these gaming establishments and others at
other German springs ou ned by one company, of
which Messrs. Chabert, Benazet & Co. are the
directors. The rules and icgulations, printed in
French and German, are posted in the rooms
here, and signed by Grand Ducal authority. 1
translate a (xirtiou of them:
“The fables are to lie opened yearly on the Ist
of May, and closed on the Ist of October. Be
tween these dates, playing commences daily at
11 o'clock, A. M., and continues till f o’clock,
P. M. But on the Sabbath and religious holidays
it shall not begin till after divine service. On
days when balls are given (three times a week) I
it may continue till midnight.
“Countrymen, ( Lnndlsnte ) domestics, laborers
and all such persons, are not permitted to play.
“At Roulette, the minimum stake on numbers is
two francs; on single chances, a half-crown; maxi
mum stake on numbers, six louis d'or; on single
chances, lour thousand francs.
“At Rouge ct Noir, the prescribed minimum
stake is a half-crown; the maximum, six thousand
francs.” *
A general law exists in the very States that
draw up theso.rules, forbidding their own subjects
to gamble, under severe penalties. If, however,
one of these subjects wishes to play, and does not
care t* pass over the boundary to some neigh
boring State, which he can do in ail hour's rule
on the railroad, he has only to engage the services
ol' certain Professeurs tit Jeu , who are always in
attendance and understand the game, who claim
to have reduced it to a science, and assure their
employers of success.
The Election of Bishof Creighton. —ln
the New York Episcopal Convention, when the
election of Bishop Creighton was announced,
there was great joy over the result, and an ani
mating scene ensued. The organ pealed forth a
loud and jubilant voluntary; the Convention, all
the audience joining, sang, “Te Deum” ami
“Gloria in Excelsis," and the Fishop elect thus
feelingly addressed the body:
“Brethren and Priends: You have elected me
to the highest honor, in my estimation, to which
any man can be raised. You have chosen me to
the office of a Bishop in the church of God, a
station to which there is none superior in res
pectability, influence, usefuless, dignity, sanctity,
solemn and awful responsibility. For the favora
ble opinion, the kind feeling thus expressed, I
thank you; with my whole heart I thank you!
But, brethren and friends, it is well known that,
on two suitable occasions, I declared my repug
nance, my decided refusal to have my name
brought before the church for this exalted station;
and I thought I had expressed my sentiments in
terms such as could not be misunderstood, and
such as you have now taken. My opposition
has been disregarded, and the office of Bishop
over this large and influential Diocese has been
rrotfered to me. lam not prepared to accept it.
ought not, without some consideration, to de
fine it. I must have time; you must give me
time for consultation with judicious friends—for
reflection—-for prayer—that I may be guided to
8 Th v eC ' MOU ' n ***** mome ntous matter.”
the New York Commercial, in announcing
the election of the new bishop, says:
■We believe that ho i s a moderate High
Church-man, conciliatory in his views, and not
disposed to push Ins personal predictions to ex
tremes. The brief address in which he acknowl
edged his election is indicative of the modestv
and sincerity of his Christian character and visi
bly affected the members of the Convention Dr
Creighton is a native of this city, and graduated
at Columbia College in 1812. For some years
after his ordination he performed the duties of
assistant minister in Grace Church, and was sub
sequently rector of St. Mark’* in the Bowery, for
i fifteen years. He is possessed, we are informed, f
of ample private means, and from his own re- J
I sources created a handsome church in his parish I
| at Tarrytown, in which he has, for a number of;
! years past, officiated gratuitously.”
A Beautiful Discovery in the Management of
Bee..
It has hitherto been regarded as a well estab- j
lished fact, that bees require the light to be care- i
1 fully excluded from their habitations. The Rev.
! L. L. Langstroth, of Chesnut street, a native of
! this city, and a gentleman of equal worth and
accomplishments, who has been engaged for
i many years in the scientific investigation of their
! habits, has most conclusively proved that this is
j not the case. The various glass observing hives,
I which have always been furnished with shutters,
j to be opened only when the hives are inspected.
; Such a sudden admission oflight exerts a disturb
i ing influence upon the bees. Mr. Langstroth
1 has hives of his own invention, in which the
i bees are exposed to the full light of day so that
all their beautiful works are as easily examined
as the articles exhibited in a shop-keeper’s win
dow. They do not manifest the slightest dis
like to such a perfect flood of light.
It is obvious that this unexpected discovery
. must greatly facilitate a thorough knowledge o[
the habits of this wonderful insect; as the Queen
is almost constantly in sight, and all the mys
teries of the hive are unfolded in the most ample
manner to *he lover of nature. We know that
Mr. Langstroth has been repeatedly consulted
respecting the best means of ventilating public
rooms; and we strongly suspect him of having
stolen some of his ideas from the admirable prin
ciples on which bees ventilate their hives. We
wish he could persuade the community that their
public and private buildings ought to be at least
as well ventilated as the humbler dwelling of
the bee, and thus aid in effecting a revolution,
the importance of which to the public health
cannot be over estimated.— Phi/adeliphia North
American.
Crabs. —l’aley, in his Natural Theology, tells
us how lobsters and crabs get on when their bo
dies|beconie too large for their clothes. It seems
at certain seasons of the year that the shell grows
soft, the small animal swells like an alderman at
his turtle-soup, the seam opens and the claws
burst at the joints. The animal now makes a
second effort, and by a strong spasmodic motion
casts his coat, pantaloons, and boots away from
him. He now seeks cover, where he stays till
a new suit is fitted to his back, and which is
generally measured, cut and made in the short
space of a few hours; that is a new shell forms.
Lobsters and crabs are obliged to change their
shells as often as their bodies become too large to
contain them. The younger the animal the
more frequently he must lie in a state of eedysis
or moulting. A daphnia has been observed to
moult as often as eight times in seventeen days.
When he arrives at years of maturity he grows
no longer, and wears one suit till death. A sci
entific writer states that the tfcne for moulting is
proceeded and accompanied by fasting .and sick
ness, and the animal is disquieted anu out of or
der. He adds, that the difficulty attending] its
extraction Irom the old shell is sometimes so
great, that the animal perishes or leaves a limb
behind. The thinness of the limb at the joints
would render extraction impossible, if the shell
did not split longitudinally. Both crabs and
lobsters are endowed with the singular faculty
of being enabled to throw off a claw if they be
seized by that part. The claw is renewed, but
is ol inferior size. A sudden stimulus, as pain or
tright, will sometimes occasion them to cast a
claw. In the museum of the College of Sur
geons in London, there is an interesting series
ol preparations, showing the process of moulting.
Lobsters and common crabs are unfit for food
while in this state, the fiesh being salt and wa
tery; but there are other descriptions of crabs
which are then in a perfest state for the table.—
Philadelphia Enquirer.
A manicil gentleman, every time he met the
father of his wife, complained to him of the ugly
temper and disposition of his daughter. At last
upon one occasion, the old gentleman, becoming
weary of the grumblings of his son-in-law, ex
claimed: “You are right, she is an im|>ertinent
jade, and if I hear any more complaints of her, 1
will disinherit her.” The husband made no
more complaints.
Packard's I)istii,un<s Appraratus.—Mr.
Packard, of ”119 Water street, who furnishes
ships with cabooses, etc. has just put up, in the
clipper ship Wild Pigeon, a machine for conver
ting salt water into fresh, at the rate of four gal
lons per hour. The operation of it thus describ
ed: On the top of the galley, or cook's house, is
placed a tank capable of holding two hundred
gallons of salt water, which supplies a large
wooden tank inside the galley; this feeds a
j wrought iron boiler kept on the stove, which is
connected by pipes, and the steam escapes into a
j lead tube running through the lower tank, in the
i same manner as a distil worm: the cold water in
I the tank condenses the steam in the tube, and
1 from a faucet in the bottom of the tank a stream
of cold fresh water constantly runs. If this in
j vention performs all this, it will prevent a good
deal of suffering among vessels on long voyages,
who invariably get out of water before reaching
their destination. It is said to be in general use
among the French vessels.—A'. Y. Evening
Poll.
A Coon Specimen. —A lady was with her
: three little children in a coach, awaiting the re
turn of the driver, who had left his horses unat
tended while he stepped for a moment info a
neighboring hotel. During his absence the
horses started, wheeled the coach about,and trot
ted off down the street at a moderate speed.
The lady who naturally enough, was somewhat
alarmed at the incident, called out to a gentle
manly dressed man who was approaching the
carriage from the opposite direction, that-“the
horses were going without a driver.” “I see
they are," said the fellow with entire sang froid,
and passed on. The lady said she was so much
amused with the impudent nonchalance of the
rascal that it quickly lestored herequaimity till a
true gentleman, in the livery of a charcoal man,
came to the rescue.— Boston Post.
From Nassau. —A friend has favored us with
a file of the Nassau Bahama Herald, to the 10th
ult.. brought by the Br. Schr. Eliza L. Susan,
Capt. Sweeting, arrived here yesterday, from
Harbor Island, from which we perceive that
since the Ist of August, 12 vessels have loaded
with Salt at Rum Cay. each taking on an aver
age, 10,000 bushels. Cash was paid for ten car
goes, at 10 cents per bushel. Raking still pro
gresses.
Provisions are very scarce at Long Cay,
Crooked Island. Not a barrel of flour can be
had, nor can provisions be purchased at any
price; one vessel took away a cargo (8000 bush
els) of Salt in August.
No summer crops have been made at the out
Islands in consequence of the dry weather.—
Charleston Courier, 2d inst.
German Agriculture. —Each German has
his house, his orchard, his roadside trees, so laden
with fruit, that if he did not carefully prop up
and tie together, and in many places hold the
boughs together with wooden clamps, they
would be torn asunder by their own weight.
He has his corn plot, his plot of mangold wurtzel,
or hay, for potatoes, for hemp, &c. He is his
own master, and he. therefore, and every branch
of his family, have the strongest motive for con
stant exertion. You see the effect ofthis in his
industry and his economy.
In Germany nothing is lost. The produce of
the trees and the cows is carried to market; much
fruit is dried for winter use. Yon see strings of
them hanging from their chamber windows in
the sun. The cows are kept up for the greater
part of the year, and every green thing is collect
ed for them. Every little nook where the grass
grows by the road side, and river, and brook, is
carefully cut with the sickle, and carried home
on the heads of the women and children in bas
kets: or tied in large cloths. Nothing of any
kind that can possibly be made of any use is
lost; weeds, nettles, nay, the very grass in waste
places, is cut and taken for the cows. You see
the little children standing in the streets of the
villageg, in the streams which generally run
down them, busy washing these weeds before
they are given to the cattle.
They carefully collect the leaves of the marsh
grass, carefully cut their potato tops for them,
and even if other things fail, gather green leaves
from the woodlands. One cannot help thinking
continually of the enormous waste upon such
things in England—of vast quantities of grass
on banks, by road-sides, in the opening of plan
tations, in lanes, in church yards, where grass
from year to year springs and dies, but which, if
carefully cut, would maintain many thousand
cows for the poor.
AUGUSTA, GA.
FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 3.
THE LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE STATIT
For Governor.
CHARLES J. MCDONALD.
District For Congress.
I.—JOS. W. JACKSON, of Chatham.
2—HENRY L. BENNING, of Muscogee.
3. DAVID J. BAILEY, of Butts.
4—JOHN D. STELL, of Fayette.
S.—WILLIAM H. STILES, of Cass.
6—THOMAS F. JONES, of Newton.
7. DAVID W. LEWIS, of Hancock. .
8. ROBERT McMILLAN, of Elbert.
Representatives for Richmond County
J WILLIAM R. FLEMING,
WM. SCHLEY.
We received no papers by last evening’s
mail from offices North of Charleston. The let
ter mail was as far North as Weldon.
Allen F. Owen.
Much of the eloquent denunciation contained
in the following editorial from the Savannah
Georgian, meets a hearty response from our judg
ment and feelings. It contains true American
sentiment. It speaks the voice of a nation whose
sense of right and justice, and humanity has been
outraged by cold blooded, and shameless official
misrepresentation on the part of.the President,
and by the dastardly recreancy of the American
Consul to every proper impulse of manly sym
pathy for his unfortunate countrymen so vilely
calumniated—so brutally butchered.
The barbarity and cowardice which kept
Owen away from the noble Crittenden and
his hapless comrades, scarcely surpassed in moral
atrocity the callousness of heart which kept him
aloof from the prison of his countrymen about be
ing buried for ten years in the gloomy mines of
Spain.
The force of public censure upon Owen should
not be broken by the interposition of official
nstructions from the President as to how
he should deport himself. The Presidents pro
clamation was an atrocious document both as to
the ruthless spirit which it breathed, and the vile
calumny it uttered against the Cuban liberators.
The Consul construed it as placing his coun
trymen out of the pale of law, even before they
had a trial to determine what crime they had
committed—what law they had violated. They
were condemned without trial.
But what ingenuity could construe it as placing
them out of the i>ale of humanity.
The vilest, the most depraved culprit who
ever ended a long career of crime upon the gal
lows, has never been ruled to be so cut oft' from
the sympathy of his fellow-man, as to be un
worthy of a word of kindness, or a look of com
passion.
No such code is found in the teachings of
scripture, or the practices of the sacred profes
sion—which of all others is most devoted to the
duty of turning men away from the path of
crime.
But wo feel that the cause of outraged hu
manity which demands the execrations upon the
head of the recreant Consul, would be in a man
ner desecrated, if used for the purpose of making
political capital against parties who may have
no sympathy with his depraved feelings, and
no disposition to defend his conduct. We think it
premature to hold Messrs. Toombs, Stephens and
Cobb responsible for the conduct of Mr. Owen. It
is true their inlluence aided in placing him where
he is. But we should be sorry to believe them
capable of approving his course. We should be
sorry to believe there is a single Georgian that is
not ready to denounce it as a disgrace to our
State, to our country, and to humanity.
It is time that the influence which was used
to place Mr. Owen in the position he basso
signally disgraced, should be set to work for his
removal.
If he is retained in office, it will prostrate
Fillmoreism with the people of Georgia forever.
If Cobb, Toombs and Stephens should persist in
upholding Fillmoreism with such a load of oblo
quy resting on it, they must be inevitably over
whelmed with it.
We have already published the circular of Mr.
Thrasher and the letter which have elicited the
comments below.
Intelligence from Cuba—Mu. Owen.—No
American can read without painful and thril
ling interest, the intelligence which we publish
from Havana. The circular of Mr. Thrasher,
we received lYom that gentleman, with a request
that it should be published. That and the letter
to the New-Orleans Picayune, recite the facts
in relation to the confinement, condition, and the
sufferings of the captured members of the Lo
pez's brave band.
It is not easy to read the letter to the Picayune
without the deepest emotions—partly of satis
faction partly of shame and indignation. Who
can find words in which to condemn the heartless
indifference which seem to have been manifested
by the American Consul > Our readers remem
ber, that we censured, less severely than others,
his bearing on the occasion of the butchery of
men. We were not disposed to
denounce the subordinate, for the crime of his
principal. We felt that the guilt of their mur
der was not that of Mr. Owen, nor entirely that
of the Spanish Governor, but of him who by
denouncing as adventurers for ROBBERY and
PLUNDER, had given authority to Concha to
hang or shoot them. Yes Millard Fillmore is not
guiltless of their blood! Fillmore having pro
claimed them pirates and robbers, we were not
surprised that his Consul did not prevent their
execution, though we condemned his apparent
indifference.
But how stands Mr. Owen now, before the
public? How has he borne himself towards his
helpless, homeless, suffering, imprisoned coun
trymen—men whose condition and fate appealed
to him with pathos beyond measure touching
for a word of consolation—for the slightest kind
ness.—for the smallest attention, —in the utter
desolation of their hearts and desperation of their
hopes,— and appealed in vain! Americans desir
ing to do something for their comfort, had no
meant of contributing to the amclioriation of the con- I
dition of these unfortunates, but through Mr. Smith
the attache of the British consulate. The officer of
their own government afforded no facilities for
this work of charity and humanity!—While sub
jects of Great Britain—all honor to their names
—touched with generous sensibility, were un
wearied in their attentions, —while American
residents, both from the North and South, were
eager for an opportunity to solace, aid and cheer
—while Cubans, at the hazard of their lives, were
giving money to contribute to their necessities—
one man —he a Georgian—the Representative
(heaven save the mark!) of his Government,
seems to have been unconcerned. His visit to
the prisoners, was to tell them that “/Ac Presi
dent had proclaimed them without the pale of the law,
and he could do nothing for them!''
The question is asked, should not efforts be
made to bring about the removal of an officer so
objectionable to his countrymen. We say r yes—
not however by application to Fillmore—but by
the overthrow of the present federal administra
tion which gave him the appointment.—by a
rebuke from the people of Georgia to that ad
ministration and its supporters—a rebuke to the
triumvirate of Toombs. Stephens and Cobb, by
the influence of some, or all of whom, the post
was given to Owen. What say the freemen of
this State ? What say the voters of this district
—of this county—of this city ? Are you pre
pared to sustain Fillmore’s administration, Qr any
party that does sustain it l Are you prepared to
endorse the conduct of Mr. Owen, or of the man
who appointed him, or of the men who obtained
for him the appointment ? If not, say so. by
your votes on the 6th of October. Overwhelm
on that day Federalism, and Fillmoreism, and
Owenism, and Cobbism, by the unequivocal
manifestations of your opposition to the whole
concern —collectively and in all its parts.
I. W. Harris, Esq.
We regret that this gentleman who has been
on a short and unexpected visit to this City, was
constrained to decline a request preferred by a
large number of his Southern Rights friends, that
he would address the citizens of Augusta at the
City Hall, on the political issues of the canvass.
He replied that business required his immediate
return to his residence at Athens.
Early Frost.— We noticed (says the Savan
nah News of the Ist inst.) the appearance of frost
in this city on Saturday night last. A friend
informs us that a slight frost fell on Sunday night
at Lott’s Creek, Bulloch county. It was not,
however, sufficient to injure the vegetation. At
the same place on Monday night, there was a
killing frost, by which the cotton, gourd vines,
&c. &e., were killed. On the same night, con
siderable frost fell at Point Taylor, Isle of Hope,
on the seaboard, about nine miles from this city.
At 6 o'clock the same morning, the thermometer
in this city, in the open air, stood at 46 degrees;
This, we believe, is the first season during thirty
years, in which we have had frost in the month
of September. The frost, together with thestorm
last month, and the late dry weather, cannot fail
t« cut off a large portion of the late cotton.
The publication of the annual financial state
ment of the Austrian Government, which show
ed a deficit of nearly 700,000,000 tlorins for 1851.
’52, had caused a panic in the money market of
Vienna. Gold was at a premium of 27 and silver
at 21 per cent. The long anticipated Austrian
loan is announced for negotiation, and subscrip
tions were to be received from the 9th to the
27th Septemher. The amount is for 85,000,000
florins, about $25,000,000, but the London capi
talists were not disposed to embark in the enter
prise; and the loan would, therefore principally
be negotiated in Paris, Frankfort, Amsterdam,
Vienna and Brussels.
The steamer Pampero, which has been made
to play so conspicuous a part in the late Cuban
expedition, was built in Baltimore, some eigh
teen months since, for J. P. Heiss. Esq. and Lieut.
Hunter, of the U. S. Navy. Subsequently, it is
said, the latter disposed of his interest in her to
the former. The Pampero in the late move
ment appeared as the property of L. J. Sigur
Esq., one of the proprietors of the New Orleans
Delta. We now observe in that paper of the
IRth uVt., that Mr. Sigur's interest in the Delta,
had been purchased in June last by Mr. Heiss,
and the presumption is that the Pampero was
taken in payment.
From New Brunswick.—We have St. John
papers to the 25th ult. There were heavy show
ers of rain on the 24th, which were very accep
table. The drought was beginning to be seri
ously felt throughout the Province, no rain of
any consequence having fallen for several weeks.
No other news.
The Washington Republic of Monday, pub
lishes an official notice to mariners and others
interested, informing them that the floating light
which for some time past has been stationed at
Carysfort Reef, on the coast of Florida, will on
the Ist of November next, be removed to Bren
ton’s Reef, Rhode Island, and will exhibit tivo
white lights.
Marine Disaster.— Capt. Blankenship of
steamer Welaka, at Savannah, reports that the
brig Venecia, Capt. Doliver, loaded with lumbur.
from Doboy, for New-York, got ashore on the
2Bth ult., on the nortTi breaker of St. Andrews'
Sound, and is now full of water, and has been
abandoned by rhe crew.
From Hayti. —The schr. Isis, arrived at Bos
ton, brings dates from Port au Prince to Septem
ber 6th. An English steamer of war was in
port, which had previously conveyed the British
consul to the Cape, where the Emperor of Hayti
now is. Gay times are expected in the capital
during the ceremonies of the coronation of the
Emperor, which are to take place about Christ
mas times. Coffee is scarce and high at Port
au Prince. The new crop, which is said to be
above the average, has not yet commenced com
ing in.
The Mayor of New Orleans, Mr. Crossman,
denies, over his own signature, in the papers of
that city, the statement made by some of the
letter writers in Havana, that he advised the
Spanish Consul to leave the city, as his lite was
in danger from the mob. On the contrary, he
advised him that he was not in the least danger
of even an attack, and should such a thing occur,
he would be protected by all the power of the
city and State authorities.
The United States Consul at Paris, S. G. Good
rich, Esq., has published a notice in the Journal
des Debats, to the effect that the laws of the Uni
ted States require that all merchandize imported
from a foreign nation into the United States, be
stated by a declaration under oath by the person
to whom they belong. A neglect of the pre
cautions which the Treasury Circular published
a short time since, viz : that a Consul's certifi
cate should accompany the invoice from foreign
| countries, will cause much delay to importers !
and involve considerable loss, as goods offered
without such documents will be refused entry,
and they will be sent to the public stores at the
expense and risk of the proprietors till the arri
val of the proper certificates.
Eye- The Oglethorpe Loan Associa
| tion held their first meeting on the Evening of
the first instant. Twelve hundred dollars were
j loaned as follows: SSOO at 30 per cent premium;
SSOO at 31J per cent do; and S2OO at 32 per cent.
Georgia.—The following is an abstract of the
Seventh Census of the State of Georgia, just pub
lished hy the Census Bureau at Washington:
j Dwelling houses in the State 91,011
Families 91,471
White males 266,096
White females 255.342
Free colored males 1,368
• Free colored females 1.512
Total free population 524,318
Slaves 381,681
Total population 905,999
Federal representative population. .753.326
Deaths during the year 9,920
Farms in cultivation 51,759
Manufacturing establishments producing
SSOO and upwards annually 1,407
The Athens Banner says—A beautiful Aurora
Borealis was distinctly seen at this place on
Monday night last, at 7 o’clock, and lasted for
several hours.
(COMMUNICATED.)
Messrs. Gardner and Smythe —
Gentlemen : —My attention has been called
to a communication in your paper signed A Vo
ter, propounding questions to all the candidates
for the Legislature from this county.
Recognising the right of the people at all times
to know the opinions of those desiring their suf
frage—l frankly and without hesitation reply,
that I am in favor of giving the election of the
Judges-to them. And I am also in favor of
carrying out their wishes as expressed at the late
city election, to have the Acts of Incorporation
so altered, as to give “ the election of the City
Officers to the people.
Yours, very respectfully,
WM. SCHLEY.
Augusta, October 3d, 1851.
[communicated.]
Messrs. Gardner Sr Smythe :—ln reply to the
first interrogatory of “ A Voter,”—“ Are you in
favor of giving the election of Judges to the peo
ple ?”—I answer, that from my present convic
tions, I should feel constrained to vote against
any change from the present system ; but would
yield my opposition to the public voice, whenev
er fairly and fully expressed.
To the second—“ Are you willing to carry out
the will of the people, as expressed at the late
city election, in this : To have the acts of incor
poration, or charter, so altered as to give to the
people the election of City Officers V' —l answer,
that in the derision of this question by the peo
ple, I, as one of them, voted for the change. I
believed it desirable then, and am of that opinion
now, and, if elected, will use my best efforts to
carry out their expressed will.
W. R. FLEMING.
The Destruction of Forests by Fire.
The Portland Advertiser, of Wednesday morn
ing, has a letter from Cherryfield, Me., giving
distressing accounts of the spread of fires in the
woods in that vicinity.
No less than fifteen different fires were coun
ted at one time. The inhabitants are occupied a
good part of the time in protecting the houses
from destruction. A number of dwellings had
been destroyed. The Cutler Company, exten
sive owners of forests, will, it is estimated, lose
$150,000, and the losses to individuals will be
very large. The rain of Sunday was not suf
ficient to put out the fires, which are still burn
ing.
A letter in the Portland Advertiser says that
the whole of Hancock county is burned over.
The fire has swept over Mount Desert, and de
stroyed several houses. Two dwellings in
Jonesport had been burned. The dams on the
West branch of the Narraguagus were burnt to
the bed of the river, and most of the meadow
hay on the river was lost.
The St. John's (N. B.) Chronicle of Septem
ber 19, remarks.—
For the last three days the city has been so
completely enveloped in smoke, as almost to ex
clude the sight of the sun. The tires are rang
ing along shore between this place and St. An
drews, several dwellings have been destroyed, as
well as damage done to crops and fences.
It was a pertinent and forcible saying of the
Emperor Nanoleon, that a handsome woman
pleases the eye, but a good woman pleases the
heart. The one is a jewel and the other a trea
sure.”
Young gentlemen who would prosper in love,
should woo gently. It is not fashionable for
ladies to take ardent spirits.
New York Dry Goods Market.
The Dry Goods Reporter of Saturday says:
Since our last report the demand for domestic
dry goods has received a check from the failure of
two or three houses engaged in the manufacture
and distribution of goods, and though there is no
real cause or reason for alarm, commercial confi
dence has been somewhat impaired.
As an offset to this unsettled state of things
we have to notice a better feeling in regard to
heavy cotton goods, and an advance of 1-4 cent
in prices from second hands. Agents now re- <
alise 6 1-2 cents readily, and very favorite styles !
are engaged ahead, the price to be settled at the
time of delivery. , 1
For Woolens the New York demand has been !
hardly so good, but the drought, which has ex- 1
tended over the whole producing region, must
have materially lessened the production of all -
descriptions. This however, is more perceptible -
m Satinets, Tweeds, Sheep's Greys and Fancy ,
Casimeres. ,
In the two last issues of the Reporter we have
advised a decline in the demand for Foreign Drv t
Goods from first hands, and the existence of an ! 1
active determination among Jobbers to confine
their purchases to quantities barely sufficient to j ®
meet immediate requirements.
This determination has been so rigidly adhered j
to, that in many instances we find heavy mer- I j
chants, who in former years were wont to pur
chase “lines" of favorite styles, now contenting ! t
themselves with half packages of the most desi- ! s;
rable. | t;
The receipts during the week have been about 1 *-
the same as last season, but the quantity thrown I
upon the market aggregates $158,327 less than ! J 1
during the same period in 1849. Should the ”
present prospects for receipts be realized, the im- j b
portations ot Dry Goods will, at the close of the j
season, exhibit a falling off of $2,000,000 a $3,- i y
000,000.
Our accounts from Europe are to the 14th inst.
The shipments at that time were very small, and B
gradually decreasing. fij
Mr. Cobb in New England.—A friend, who
has just returned from a tour through New Eng- t 0
land, inform* us that Cobb’s popularity in all ' 6<
those abolition States, is almost unbounded On
the contrary, he found there not a single friend
of McDonald; and thinks if it were left to our
•Northern brethren” to say which of the two
should be our Governor, that the vote would be
nearly or quite unanimous for Cobb. The solic
itude felt by them for his election, is such as was
never before witnessed in reference to the result
i°* a canvass in Georgia. Horace Greely. the
prince of New York Abolition Whigs, says he
will regard his success as a “ grateful triumph/’
Now we would ask, is this endorsement,
, which Mr. Cobb receives from Northern Free
soilers, Whigs, and Abolitionists, a sufficient
| guaranty, to the people of Georgia, of his fidelity
to their interests ? Is it not almost conclusive
I evidence that he is not worthy of their confi
j dence ! Is not the abuse of such men a higher
recommendation for a Governor of Georgia, than
j their praise ? Has not, then, McDonald, who re
ceives nothing but the first, higher claims upon
! us than Cobb, upon whom is lavished so bounti
| fully the last ? Voters, think of this. —Savannah
Georgian.
The Crops.
Extrcuts of letters received in Charleston:
Savannah, Sept. 30.
“ I have just returned from Florida, and have
opportunities of forming some opinion as to the
crops there, and from all I could learn and see,
this State will yield more to the general crop
than last year—the weather throughout has
been fine, and the plant producing abundantly.
The storm has had little or no effect, on the Sea
Island crops of this State, which the planters
tell me will be much larger than last year, as in
some places twice the quantity of land is planted;
indeed, I am assured that there is more made than
ean be picked. On the extreme seaboard of
Georgia and coast of Florida, they have suffered
somewhat by the gale of the 21th August last,
but they say not materially—the weather is fine
for picking and maturing the fruit.”
Oak Place, Miss., Sept. 26, 1801.
"Our crops are not altogether flourishing. —
Some plantations have suffered from drought ;
some are finer, and producing more abundantly
than ever before. One-half of my crop was in
jured by this drought, by my low lands will by
far, make up for tins deficiency. I think, on the
whole, I shall do better than last year, and if the
present fine weather continues until 15th Octo
ber, 1 shall secure at least one-third more than I
expect now. From what I have seen of the
crops generally, I should suppose the aggregate
crop will much exceed that of last year’s; we
are all doing better, but not as well as we once
expected, for had my high land had timely rains,
I should probably have lousd it difficult to have
gathered all in time for preparing it, and the
laud for another year.
of the Georgia Telegraph .|
IRWINTON, Sept. 25,18*1.
We had a fire in this village on Tuesday night,
which destroyed property to the amount of 8,000
to 810,000. It broke out in Barnum & Gardners’
store, which was entirely consumed, together
with a stock of goods estimated at upwards of
*6,000. The dwelling of Mrs. Cannon was also
burnt, togetherjwith the adjoining building occu
pied by N. A. Carswell, Esq., as a law office.
Insurance upon the property destroyer!, 86,300.
The fire is supposed to have been the work of
an incendiary. W.
(Sominfrrial.
Augusta Market, October 2.—P. M.
COTTON. —Since the last steamers news came to
hand, prices have given way in this Market J cont.
The sales to-day were generally at this decline—
some buyors claim j. The domand is confined to
the higher grades.
Cxtract* of letters received in Charleston.
“LIVERPOOL, Sept. 16.—Thedomand for Cot
ton has continued steady both from the Trado and
Exporters, and the sales for the four days ending
to-day, amount to 26,000 bales, without any no
ticeable change in prices.
“ The Corn market has been very heavy to-day.
Flour is difficult of sale, except at a decline of Oil.,
and Indian Corn is likewise 6d. lower per quarter.''
“ hl\ ERPOOL, Sept. 17.—The sales on Satur
day were 6000 bales, 1250 bales for export anil
speculation. On Monday 7000 halos, 1500 bales
speculation nnd export. Yesterday 6000 bales.
1000 bales on speculation, and to-day the sales
will reach about 5 to 6000 bales—the market to
day being stoady. No change in price sinco Fri
day. The Manchester market was quiet yesterday
—prices both for Goods and Y arns were well sup
jiorted and stocks continue light.”
*’Live Ai’ooi., Sept. 16.—Tho reports brought by
the last steamer have not produced any effect upo'n
our market: business has not been brisk, and it Ls
only owing to a good export demand that prices have
been well maintained. Ihe trade have taken about
4000 bales per day, tho estimated sales for four days
amount to 26,000 bales, of which 9000 bales export
and speculation, prices are the same as quoted la«t
week.”
“Havre, Sept. 16 —The Cotton markot is firm,
but without any rise in prices. We quote:—Mobile
tres bas. f 65; has, f7B: tres ordinaire, fBS. Georgia
tres bas, fBS; bas, f 77; tres ordinaire, 183. Stoek
25 to 27000 bales from the U. S.”
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 27.— Cotton.— Arrived
since the 19th inst. 22,.'149 bales. Cleared in tho
samo time for Liverpool 3079 bales, Havre 1740
Genoa 363, New York 2068, Boston 294.3, Pensaco
la 20. together 10,213 bales. Stock in presses
and on ship-board not cleared on the 26th instant’
47,860 bales. ’
Our last report left the Cotton market with a
moderate demand, at firm prices, as there wa3 no
considerable supply pressing on the market. On
Saturday there was again a moderate inquiry and
the sales were about 1800 bales, at the rates of tho
day previous. On Monday the market opened with
some inquiry, but the arrivals being quite large
most buyers subsequently retired, and thejnarket
became unsettled, with some sales near the close at
irregular and somewhat lower rates. The sales of
tho day summed up only about 1600 bales, and the
business of Tuesday was about 2200 bales, with a
rathor steadier market. On Wednesday the tele
graphic accounts by the Africa came to hand with
Liverpool dates to tho 13th inst. Y esterday the
markot presented a very quiet appearance, the
rather heavy receipts, and some difficulty in freight
and exchange negotiations appearing to disincline
parties generally from operating. The sales were
about 2000 bales; making a total for the week of
16,000 bales, taken for Great Britain, France, tb
Continent and our Northern ports; and prio
which have presented considerable irrcguls -^ s ’
during the week, close at about a ie. decline A
Saturday last, with a heavy market.
The total receipts at this port since Ist Septem
ber, (exclusive of the arrivals from Mobil e Florida
and Texas) are 52,696 bales, against T / 351 bales
last year.
New Orleans Classification, (assimilating
to that of Liverpool.— Louisiana ar tt i Mississimn
Inferior, —a —: Ordinary to Go'jd Ordinary 7a'
7i; Low Middling to Middling, 77 r,B|; Good Mid
dhng, 8i a 8f; Middling Fair 8’ a 9: Fair 94 a
9i; Good Fair, nominal: Good s.ud Fine, nominal
i'll gar. —Louisiana —i he business in Sugar on
the levee continues to bo confined mainly to mere
retail transactions, in which the following ciuots
tions arc the ruling rates—Ordinary to Common 5 J
si, Fair to fully Fair 5Ja 6L Prit/o to Choice £
bj cents per 'b. The s.ock of old crop unsold is
now estimated at about 1000 to 1200 hhds a°-.: 3
ed since the 19th instant 194 hhd« 84 mv J
bbls. Cleared in tho same time for Boston
Molassis.— Ihe receipts and sales are unimpor
tant, and we have merely to notice
sales at 2o a 30 cents per gallon, according to quali
dleared r rn d e. SmCe 130 bS.
Baron. There has been no improvement in the
domand, and business continues confined to retail
transactions on the most limited scale. Cincinnati
Sides aro nominally 12c., and Shoulders 9. Ham,
range from 10J a 12c. according to quality Ar
sasKi*
MACON, Oct. 1. — Cotton —Market rather dull.
3ut few sales over 81 cents. YVe quote extremes
>i to 8J cents. ”
n Savannah, Oct. 2.1#
Cotton The sales reported yesterday amounts
o 123 bales, as follows: 54 at 81 , 10 at 9: 12 at
li; Bat 9 6-16; 33 at »j; and 16 at 9jc.