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Cnratitafafllijt K Htjrahlit.
JAMES OARDNEa. jm., )
and > Editor*.
JAMES M. SMTTHE, )
Later from Tone.
By the arrival of the steamship Louisiana,
Capt. Forbes, we have Galveston papers to the
26th ult., with corresponding late dates from
other parts of the State.
The Western Texan of the ISth ult.. says
that Gen. Smith, who is to take command of
that military department, had aot arrved at San
Antonio at that date. The Mayor had called a
meeting of the citizens on the 13th, to make ar
rangements for his reception.
Joseph W. Kinney, a brother of Col. H. L.
Kinney, was accidentally killed at Corpus Chris
ti, a short time since, by the discharge of his
own pistol.
The Washington Star states that three men,
one named Turner and the other two Smith,
were waylaid in the Brazos bottom, near San
Felipe, a few days since, and fired upon by some
men (the number not stated) named Greer.
Turner was killed and one of the Smiths woun
ded; the other escaped. No particulars are given;
but it is stated that Turner was killed uninten
tionally.
A Masonic hall has been contracted for in
Rusk, Cherokee county, at $2,300, to be built of
brick, two stories high.
A fine church is also to be built by contract in
the same place, called “Union Church.” The
Methodist Church in the same place is now
about completed.
We find the following in the Galveston News
of the 26th ult., relative to the crops in Texas:
Mr. N. N. John, who has just returned from a
journey through some eight or ten counties on \
the Trinity, and having had ample opportunity
to judge of the prospects of this year’s crops,
informs us that the corn crop is generally short,
being scarcely sufficient for the consumption of
the country, and that the crowds of emigrants
constantly pouring in must necessarilly increase
the demand for groceries and provisions far be
yond what it has been any preceding year. With j
regard to the cotton crop, Mr. John confirms our j
previous information. Indeed, his opinion is,
that the counties he has traversed will produce
about an average with last year’s crop, and that j
the total amount for shipment will exceed that
ol last year in propor.ion to the increase in the
amount planted.
The following statement will be deemed al
most incredible by most persons who do not
know the parties. But we give it to the public !
with the full endorsement of Mr. Shackelford, ,
who knows the writer, and will vouch for the
truth of what is here stated:
Mrs. Nibu's Plantation, Oyster Crkek, 1
September 15, 1831. )
Mr. Shackelford. —Our cotton crop is turning
out well this season. I have up to this time
packe J seventy-seven bales, fifty packed and
twenty-seven in Houston, and do not think I
have picked much over one-third, provided 1
have a continuance of grod weather. By the 1
way I send you the number of pounds picked by 1
ten hands, on the 13th inst., all good and dry :
c itton, except the dew of the morning: 500, 425,
315-4, 510, 362, 472,490, 813, and 920 pounds, av
erage 524 8-10 pounds to the hand. The two
last were on a race for the value of fifteen dollars
put up by their mistress. The 813 pounds were
picked by Ned, whom you well know, and the
920 pounds were picked by a yellow girl, named
Elizabeth, about 18 years old, and weighs 120
pounds.
Mr. Henry P. Cayce writes us from Peach
Creek, Wharton county, as follows:
Our cotton picking t> the hand, on the 9th
inst., (Sept.) ranged from 200 to 669 pounds.
On the same day the three foremost hands on
the plantation of Messrs. George W. T dley and
Benjamin Cayce, (two of them women,) stood
542,019, 669 pounds, making in all 1830 pounds,
WHICH v?iH u irate TTctgtiiug mrxj ijuiiuus.
The same hands are able to pick 2,000 pounds
per day, when the cotton is fully opened.
In this part of the country our cotton crops
are very fine, being consideied rather over an
average in some parts. Corn crops are shoii,
and it is thought corn will be worth more than
it has ueen for several years past.
We hear of some camplaints of the cotbn
worm, which has made its appearance on several
plantations, and have already done some dam
age. They are now webbing up, and it is be
lieved the second generation of them, which
will appear in about fifteen days, will destroy
the numerous forms and blooms now making,
thereby injuriug the late crops near one-half
The forward crops are too far advanced to sustain
much in jury from the worm.
The Tribune mentions a severe storm, which |
occurred at Matagorda last week, causing a good ,
deal of da nage to the cro w. It is feared that
much cotton has been destroyed, aud whole fields '
of sugar cane are said to have been prostrated. '
The Galveston News learnsthat the influx of
emigration to the Trinity country this year is
very great. Lands which were offered last year
for three or four dollars per acre, can now be i
sold readily for eight or ten; and such as could be 1
had ten months ago for fifty cents per acre can
now be sold for two dollars in cash.
Important Race.
The Great Race over the “Union Course,” for
SIOO,OOO, is at this moment exciting much at
tention in certain sporting circles. The follow
ing entries have been made:
Mr. Benton names Yellow Boy, by “Panic,”
out of “Hard Times; and Western Interest, by
“Management;” out of “Pioneer.”
Mr. Clay names Old Popularity, by “State
man,” out of“ Protection.”
Mr. Cass names Old Hunker, by “Noise-and-
Confusion” out of "Democrat.”
Mr. Chaplin names Amalgamation, by “ Tra
ding,” out of “Black Sal.”
Mr. Douglas names Free Soil, by “David Wil
mot” Ham “Abolition.”
Mr. Fillmore names Security, by “Firmness”
out of “High Principle;” and Possession by “Ac
cident” out of “Vice President.”
Mr. Houston names San Jacinto, by “Rusk”
out of “Santa Anna;” and Son of Temperance by
•Humbug” out of “Down Fast.”
Mr. Quatlebum names Tempest in the Tea Pot
by “Rantipole” out of Chivalry.”
Mr. Quitrnan names Secession, by “Abolition
ist” out of “Southern noli-me-tan-gere.”
Mr. Seward names Higher Law, bv “Hvnoc
rite” out of “Disunion.”
Mr. Scott names Glory, by “Bold Soldier
Boy out of “Mexico;” and probably Nominee,
by “Management,” out of “Whig.”
Mr Van Buren names Bam Burner, by “Lit
tle Magician,” out of “Democrat.”
Mr. Webster names Union, by “Seventy-six”
out of “John Bull” and Position by “Intellect
and Long Service.”
The well known horse “Cuba ” will doubtless
be a favorite, but at present he has so many
claimants that it is uncertain who the rightful
owner may be. Rumor, however assigns him
to Mr. Quitman. — N. Y. Reville.
Suffering. —The Superintendent of the New
York Hospital has caused the statistics of that
institution for the month of September to be com
piled, and from this report we learn that “on
the 3lst of August last there were 289 patients
in the various departments, and up to Tuesday
evening there have been 357 more admitted,
which makes a total number of 636. Os these,
iu * oto* ks. e “ discharged, including deaths, so
that 316 patients remaiu under medical treat
4oCjUnL’p 1)351 mon th there were only <
42 deaths, which includes railroad and camphene «
accidents, also coup de soled, all of which were ,
very numerous, and many of them beyond all a
hope of recovery when admitted. At the pre
sent time there are no less than 84 human be
ing« lying in this hospita!, with severe fractures c
of the large bones of their limbs. This far ex- J
feeds the number at any given period for several fi
years past.” The report in the Medical Gazette
for the present month shows how numerous and
how successful the surgical operations are in this
institution. The medical officers deserve much
praise for their skill and efficiency in the treat
ment of the many sufferers under their charge.
The Yacht America. —The London Econo
mist has the following remarks on the whipping
given to the British sail craft by the yacht
America:
The defeat of all our yachts by a clipper from
New York lias excited a great sensation. They
are the very best of all our craft—the best built,
the best rigged, the best manned—and they were
all beaten by the first American vessel that sails
with them, which may not be the fastest of the
New York boats. This event is calculated to
abate the self-confidence of our maratime popula
tion, and inspire them with a wholesome suspi
cion that they have yet something to learn. For
us it is a very striking confirmation on much evi
dence. given_ before the Committee to inquire
into the Navigation Laws, that was hotly con
tested at the time by all those who obstinately
believed, because we had outgrown the Dutch
and beaten the French half a century before, that
we were and should ever remain superior to all
nations. It was then stated by several witnesses
that American ships were in general better built
and better handled than English ships; and this
was pooh-poohed by the “friends” of the English
mercantile marine, who described all such asser
tions as calumnies on our ship builders,ship cap
tains and seamen. The America, by beating the
very best of our craft, has at once alarmed and
convinced us. The “friends” of our shipping in
terest have mistaken the absence of competion
for confirmed superiority.”
Maekerel Fisheries. —Most of the large ves
sels engaged in the Fisheries on the Massachu
| setts coast, have this year resorted to Bay Cha
leur. One hundred and forty vessels have sailed
from Gloucester alone, and with their cargoes
are valued at over four hundred thousand dollars.
Their crews comprised some fifteen hundred
men. In addition to the above, the Boston pa
' pers inform us that there are fourteen vessels ab
sent from Annisquam, and six from Rockport.
Many of these vessels are now on their third
: trip to the Bay this season; and all that arrive
; for a fortnight or three weeks to co ne will leave
immediately for another fare. The success of
1 the vessels has not been equal in the Bay of St.
Lawrence this year. At some points the ves
sels hive obtained handsome fares in five or six
j weeks, while others have been absent from nine
' to twelve weeks, and have caught short of a
hundred barrels. The Gloucester vessels have
j been unusually successful, and vessels are arriv
, ing every day with full fares.
Pea Vines for Cows. —Mr. J. L. Hewlett ol
Baltimore, informs the editor of the American
Farmer, that he took his cows off an excellent
clover field and fed them on the vines of the
black pea. The result was, that in the first
week their product of butter was increased from
16 to 21 lbs. and in the second a still farther im
provement from 21 to 24 lbs.
i This experiment is interesting, and furnishes a
i valuable hint to all our readers. With due at
tention to pea-culture, stock of all kinds may be
kept in good condition, one can have a plenty ol
milk and butter, and at the same time produce
a large quantity of superior manure. Pea vines
should be cut, cured and housed before they an
ripe.
A Good Joke. —The Adrian (Michigan) Ex
positor is responsible for the following: A tall
keen-eyed countryman stepped into the Court
room at Detroit, the - other day, during the pro
gress of the rail road trial. Stepping up to a
spectator, he requested that the prisoners might
be pointed out to him. The man he accosted,
being somewhat of a wag, pointed towards the
jury. The fellow scanned the twelve with his
interesting eye, when satisfied with the scrutiny,
turned to his informer, and whispered, “Well,
they are a hard looking set, aint they 1 I know
Ly Cko'.v 1 mlu thojr might. tr> go to tho Statu
Prison, every one ol them 1”
Money Market, Saturday Oct. 4th. The
favorable indications, noticed yesterday, are still
more apparent to-day, and the market is more
bouyant. There is more disposition to accommo
date the “Shoi ts” than has been shown for the
last few weeks, and we may hope for a steady
progress towards a more comfortable position of
monetary affairs.
The supply of export bills is daily increasing,
and if the heavy shipments of specie are con
tinued next week, it will show that the want of
the money on the other side, and not the scarcity
of exchange, is the moving cause. There can be
no doubt but what we have paid large sums of
our foreign indebtedness at least 35 or 40 days
earlier than usual in past years. It has been
usual to sell 60 days bills of Exchange; and
to remit funds to cover in time for their
maturity. The fact that provisions has been
already made for such bills (if the remittance
were actually sent for this purpose) would in
dicate quite a reaction in the price of Exchange
at some luture and not very distant day.—Jour
nal of Commerce.
The Submarine Tei.ei;r aph. —The prepara
tions lor laying down the submarine telegraph
between England and France are rapidly advan
cing :
“It is thought that the great difficulty, the
prevention of the wires against being broken or
grouud off on the bottom, will now be overcome.
The line of communication consists of four copper
wires, of the thickness of an ordinary bell wire,
cased in gutta percha, and twined with a corres
ponding number of hempen strands, steeped in a
mixture of tar and tallow, into a rope of about an
inch in diameter. Another strand, similarly pie
pared, is wound transversely around this, and fi
nally ten wires of galvanized iron, about a third
of an inch thick, are twined round this central
cord, and forms a solid,and, at the same time, flex
ible casing. The whole, when thus completed,
has the appearance of an ordinary 4f inch metal
ic cable. The machinery by which this is ef
fected is extremely simple, and the work pro
ceeds, night and day, with the utmost regularity.
A huge coil is thus being formed in one continu
ous piece, at the rate of about 1J miles a day and
will finally attain the length of 24 miles. The
weight of the entire rope, when finished, it is es
timated, will be from 170 to 180 tons. From
time to time, as the work proceeds, a galvanic
current is passed through the wires, and their
conducting power is tested by a galvanometer.
I Telegraphed for the Charleston Courier. ]
New-Orleans, Oct. 5, 9.50 P. M.
Three thousand bales of Cotton were sold on
Saturday. Middling was worth 7 jc. Other ar
j tides were extremely dull.
The steam ship Georgia has arrived here in 47
; hours from Havana. Capt. Ellis, one of the of
licere in the Lopez expediton, has been released
TheU. S. steam ship Saranac, and the U. S.
ships Albany and Decatur were at Havna when
the Georgia left that port.
. Baltimore, Oct. 6,4 P. M.
1 he steam ship Ohio has arrived this morning
tioin Charges with the Pacific mail, about two
million of gold, and four hundred and fifty pas- '
sengers. She brings, however, no later mtelli- 1
gence from California.
Another Locomotive.— The schooner Vir
ginia arrived here on Sunday from Philadelphia,
has on board a passenger Locomotive for the’
Central Rail-Roa J. It is from the foundary of
M. W. Baldwin. —Savannah Rcpuplican, Ith inst.
Drowned.— The body of a man named W.
Sorrea was found in the river above the city on
Sunday. An inquest was held the same after
noon, but we did not hear the verdict. He was
a resident of Effingham county. U.
There is a great scarcity of laborers in the vi
cinity of Marlboro’, Prince George’s county
Maryland, and active and industrious men could
find immediate employment at fair wages.
AUGUSTA, GA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 8.
THE LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE STATE.
SEE OUTSIDE DAILY!
Election Returns Richmond County.
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For Governor.
C. J. McDonald 517 26 68 736 654
Howell Cobb 647 54 38 55 62 856
Congress.
Robert McMillan 510 27 64 536 642
Robert Toombs 621 53 35 51 61 821
Senator.
A. J. Miller 744 63 48 52 71 978
C. J. Jenkins* 42 400 00 1 47
Representatives.
W. R. Fleming 444 17 51 4 24 540
W. Schley 525 28 88 6\ 37 684
John Millcdge. 723 51 22 44j61 901
A. C. Walker 570 60 54
Election of Judges.
By the People 478 65 66 00 75 684
By the Legislature 23 400 00100 27
♦Not a candidate. Those in italict are South
ern Rights men.
To our Campaign Subscribers.
The next weekly, to be issued on Wednesday,
1 •'sth inst. will be the last number sent to our
campaign subscribers. This is pursuant to our
published terms. Those of them, therefore, who
desire to be entered upon our list of regular sub
scribers, will please forward their names and
subscription money as early as practicable. We
hope the inducements are strong enough to pre
vail on a large portion of those who have taken
our paper for the campaign just closed, to contin
ue for the next twelve months. It will be a pe
riod of unusual political interest, as it will em
brace the approaching session of our Legislature
—of the Federal Congress, and the Presidential
campaign of next summer.
Besides the matters of political interest which
will attract a considerable portion of the public
attention, there are other topics embracing the
business affairs of life, in Commerce, Agriculture
and the industrial Arts, and the Literature and
current news of the day, which must occupy our
columns and enlist the interest of our readers.
The Comtitulionalist Republic is, therefore, not
likely to become less interesting and useful than
heretofore, to its many readers.
The proprietor, thankful for past kindness,
hopes that the number of its friends and patrons
will continue, as has been the case heretofore,
steadily to increase.
Classical and English Institute.
We omitted to call attention at an earlier day,
but now do so, to the union of the Schools of
Messrs. W. F.rnknputsch and T. S. Jokes.
They have opened their Classics!, and English
Institute in the middle tenement of the Bridge
Bank Building. See advertisement.
t XT" We learn with great regret, by telegraph,
-of the death of the Rev. C. B. Jennett, the be
* loved Pastor of the Baptist Church in this city.
He died at Petersburg, Va. on Sunday last, at 2
. o’clock, P. M.
, thi* 1 Comparative Statement of the Earnings
. of the Georgia Railroad during the six months
' ending September 30th, of 1850 and 1851.
Freights, Mail, &c. Total.
lot>l. 121,2J3 180,449 48 301 68° 63
. 1850.115,290 5-1 160,893 27 aw® |l
Incs.S 5,9-12 61 $19,556 21 $ 25,498 82
The U. S. revenue cutter Forward sailed from
Havana for Vera Cruz on the 24th ult., having
on board Gov. Letcher, of Kentucky, United
State Minister to Mexico. He did not sail in
the U. S. steamer Saranac, as heretofore an
■ nounced.
A lekrible Tragedy.— John Kirby, an old
and respectable citizen of Tuscaloosa, Ala., was
shot in the Court House of that town on the 20th
ult. A rencontre had occurred in April last be
tween Kirby and Frederick P. Hall, also ofTus
caloosa, in which the latter, who was unarmed
at the time, was seriously wounded. Hall was
held to bail, and appeared to take his trial on the
noth, but on affidavit it was postponed, when
Kirby asked permission to address the Court,
which Judge Walker refused. Kirby then drew
a pistol, whereupon Mr. Newton L. Whitfield
attempted to wrest it from him, and in the strug
gle it was discharged, the ball passing through
Kirby’s thigh, severing the femoral artery and
causing his death in a few minutes, and penetra
ting Whitfield’s leg, inflicting a painful but not a
dangerous wound. A son of Kirby’s supposing
that his father had been shot by Hall fired at him° '
but missed—the ball grazing the foot of one of i
the jurymen, and rebounding upon the floor, i
Hall was arrested by direction of the Judge who ’
also supposed that Kirby had been shot by him.
Hall handed his pistol, which was still loaded to f
the Judge, and placed himself in the hands of the 1
Sheriff. The proceedings of the day were of 1
course brought to an abrupt termination by the r
occurrence in its presence of such a terrible trage- o
dy. We have gleaned the above facts from the ii
Tuscaloosa Monitor of the 2d inst. u
Terrible Drought in Texas.— The Houston
Telegraph is informed that the drought has been
so severe in the. frontier counties of Texas, be
tween the Trinity and the Brazos, that the grass
through a belt of country more than a hundred
miles broad, is literally parched up. Jt was so
dry, that when rubbed between the hands, it
crumbled like dry furze. The cedar forests’ in
many places were all brown and sere, and scarce
ly a living tree could be found for miles. Tires
had swept through some of these forests, and
thousands of acres had been cleared as effectually
as if the woodman's axe had been busy for years.
The prairies are so parched that the buftalo has
deserted its old haunts, and the Indians are com
pelled to wander far to the north for game. Ma.
ny of the prairie tribes are in a starving condi
tion, and unless the government furnish them
food, all the troops in the Union cannot keep
them from stealing the cattle of the frontier set
tlers.
Barnum, being asked one day the|secret of his
success, (says a correspondent of the New-York
Express.) simply laughed and said: “Printers’
Ink."
Rio Grande dates to the SaddtThave been
received at Boston, which state that a collision
had taken place, (where it is not mentioned,)
between the opposing forces. At Buenos Ayres,
Produce was scarce there, and hides particularly
so. 3
AUGUSTA WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT, OCT OBE R 8 , 1851.
ssticlss. ,nm wholesale. . putt. amicus. rtt wholesale. dctt. ~ Bank Note rioTi. ====,
BAGGnfG-Gungy 00 I ; Augusta Insurance A Banking Company
BALE ft! 8$ 25 p cent. Bnmmerdo.. .....100 @ll2 Bank of Augusta
Kentucky ® Linseed bbl. 0 90 @ 1 0020 p eent. Branch State of Georgia, Augusta..
-ar si is srt~r.::nSßi?B s—s Tz
Shoulders »t@ U ) POTATOES bbl.lo 00 § OS3 ;; Georgia Bail-Road
BUTTER—Goshen, prime lb ■ ® @ 25 20 p cent PIPES . •••••!« «@ 1 ®oj ; Mechanics’Bank l;
BEESWAX ®® SSSHu • d Sfn?SS 3 ! Bank of St. Marys
- || 16 20 p cent PIMENTO.”'.'.!! !.. !o 16 @ 0 00* Bank of MilledgevUle
Northern 14f@ 16 120 ®ct RAISINS—MaIaga, bunch. box,o 00 @325 1— . Bank of the State of Georgia, at Savannah
CHEESE-Northern ,®@ ®J „ ''( Museate —°2® ® ? S®! > Branches of ditto
COFFEE—Cuba .... 10 @ U .30 p cent RlCE—Oordinary 100 375@ 400 : „ .
wesjsjs—Gnoa.......... .... 10 Fair...... *4 00 @ 4 50 1 Marine A Fire Insurance Bank, Savannah u
j aT a ! 134® 15 !» Good and Prime '0 00 @ 0 001 Branch of ditto, at Macon
LaguaVra lo @ U French Brandies gall 150 @ 2 P ct. Planters’Bank. Savannah
•n [SHIRTINGS, bro., 3-4 yd* | ' „ £&!:';! "i !"i? g% \ 100 *ct j ZZZ'Z'.I
o brown yd. wide .... £ American Gin 038 (gj 040 Central R. R. & Banking Company. Savannah «
-sJ bleached; 5-4 • •.. H* J* £ N E.Rnm hhds&bblj .... 034®0 37 j Bank of Camden
7* CHECKS 8 rri} 12 ' « Whiskey.Phila. & Balt .... 028@ 030 Bank of Georgetown u
i bed tick...:::::: m -
® OSNABCROS, 8 @ 8 3 l Peach Brandy. 100@ 120 100 p ct. Merchants’, at Cheraw
YARN, (assorted) ft- J* M J* SUGAR—Cuba Muscovado .ft. 06) @ 8 00i Bank of Hamburg
FlSH—Mackerel,No. 1... bbl. J* P. R. * St. Croix .... 0 7 @ 8J i Alabama Notes 'i'rVi'i-
Do. No. 2 11 @ tlj ) Havana, white 000 @ oO> I Tennessee Si 3 dia.
Do. No. 3 6J@ 7} [2O pet. New-Orleans 0 7@ [3oPct. T :•• -2 <ffi 5 dis.
FLOUR —Canal 8 ) Clarified Brown 08J @ 0 9 NOT BANKABLE.
Augnsta Canal.. 6 @ 8 1 White., bus. 0 9@o 9) Merchants’Bank, at Macon.*
Georgia, good . . •... <4® 6J}2opct Lump. ft. 010® 011 00 » et l! EXCHANGE.
FEATHERS—Live Geese, -lb 32 @33 ) BALT—Liverpool 000@I2K 20 V«■ 0n New . Yo rk ,
GRAIN—Corn, loose bus. 80 @ 85 1on» ct Loose 000 @ 0 45j Philadelphia ’.... .P«ra,
Do. sack 90 @ 95 J ” SOAP—American, yellow. sack 0 S| 0 6 30Pcent. , Boston
Wheat —Good White. ■••• 26 SHOT-—-All sizes. 162@1 75 20 cent. Charleston and Savannah
Do. Red..... @IOO lon® et SEG.VBS—Spanish .M. 20 00@30 0040 p cent. Lexineton v l* r -
GUNPOWDER keg *@s2si 20 V ’ TALLOW-American 09 @ 0 1010 p cent. | NashvUle, Tennessee! “
HIDES—Dry 8@ 9 j „ t TOJACCO-Georgia ft .0 00 @O(W 1- „ , , stocks
Dry, salted OSIO I K Cavendish 022@ 050 j 3O ** ct ’ ' om _. . , STOCKS.
IRON-Pig 100 o® 00 30 p ceni. TWINK-Bagging 018@025 l„ _ . ! Genius, 6 per cents
Swedes, assorted.. ton 4J cent. Seine 030 @ 0 50, J 6 ** h*««-n*«Vd ® , . ~
Hoop 100 s ( g 9 100 ct Pouchong 050@0 75 ) by our Banks, but redeemable at the Pla nt .
Sheet ft. 104® 11 :(" VCt Ou„powd*er*lmn....-.0 75 ® 1 no 1 1 . ers Bank, Savannah, at par.
Nail Rods 6 @ 6 Hyson 070® 080 f lree ’ "' _
LEAD—Bar 100 6 ® 7 I 2 o» ct - Young Hyson 070@0 75 J Savannah Chamber of Commerce.
White Lead TJ® 9 J v WINES-Madeira gall. 200an29s an w eent it —— ______
LARD ft. 12 ® 13 Claret, Marseilles cask 025 ® 0 6040 p cent. ROBERT HABERSHAM President
MOLASSES-Cuba gall. 25 @ 26 Do. Bordeaux dos 300 @ 3 6040 P cent. 0. GREEN, Ist Vice-President
New-Orleans .... @ jW 130» ct : Champagne 900 @ls 00 40 p cent, i EDW’D. PADELFOItD. 2d Vice-President
NAILS-Cut, 4d.t020d 350@3 |5 f v It Malaga 050 @ 0 6240 p cent.;. OCTAYUB COHEN, Secretary and TreMur'er.
1 Outrage at Syracuse, N. Y.—The outrage at
Christiana (Penn.) has met with its counterpart
at Syracuse, New York. The telegraph inform
ed us on Saturday that a fugitive slave had been
! arrested there which had caused some excite
' ment, but that subsequently all was quiet. The
latter part of this intelligence was incorrect. An
1 examination of the slave took place on the even
“ ingof the Ist, but the Court was compelled to
adjourn from the riotous proceedings of persons
" in the vicinity of the Court room. The exami
nation was to have been resumed the next day,
r but on the same evening some persons broke
’ into the police office, where the slave had been
placed for safe keeping, by battering down the
doors, mul rescued the prisoner, who was carried
off. In his endeavors to recover the slave
’ from the possession of the rioters, Marshal Fitch,
of Rochester, had his arm broken in two places.
The Campbell’s are Coming.
It will be seen by our columns.this morning,
that these favorite Minstrels will pay our city a
') visit next week. Since their last visi*-, Messrs.
1 West and Peel have made great improvement
in their troupe by the addition of Mrs. West and
1 the celebrated Commedian Great Western, who
e for a number of years entertained the visitors to
Barnum’s Museum, New York. A warm greet
ing awaits them in Augusta.
»
K7” We have received a communication giv
. ing an account of the recent examination of the
> pupils of Brothersville Academy, under the
charge of Miss Parsons, which was mislaid, but
will appear in our next.
, Sentence of tue Michigan Railroad Con.
siorators. —The twelve prisoners convicted of
conspiracy to burn the central railroad depot in
Detroit were brought up for sentence on the 26th
ult. The Advertiser says that when Judge
Wing inquired whether they or their counsel
had ought to say why sentence should not be
passed, Filley, Williams, Corwin, Dr. Farnham<
1 Eben Price, Richard Price and Lyman Champ
lin, each rose, and protested their innocence.
The Couit sentenced them to imprisonment
in the State penitentiary; Orlando D. Williams
and Ammi Filley for ten years each; Wm. Cor
win, Aaron Mount, Eben Price, Richard Price,
Dr. Famhara and Andrew J. Freeland, for eight
years each; and Erastus Champlin, Lyman
Champlin, Willard Champlin, and Erastus Smith
for five years each.
[communicated.]
Augusta, Tuesday Morning, Oct. 7th, 1851.
Messrs. Editors :—The election is over, but it
is not too late to relieve myself from the imputa
tion in your paper of the sth inst. (in relation to
some enquiries propounded by “ A Voter") of
“ waiting in defiance of the already expressed
will of the people.” It is news to me that there
has been an expression of any such “ will by the
people.” But I simply desire to say that I nev
er heard, until Saturday last, that such queries
had been propounded, and that I have not yet
seen the paper in which they were published.
From illness, and other causes, I have not been
two miles from home, but once, since the nomi
nation—have had no communication with the
city, save through the Post Office and by a semi
weekly mail.
Candor, however, impels me to declare, that
the result would have been the same, had I have
had time to reply. People who really desire in
formation of the opinions of their candidates, are
neither afraid or ashamed to seek it over their
own proper signatures; and when sought of me
in this mode, it would be my duty and my pleas
ure to respond fully and promptly.
Your ob’t serv’t.
A. C. WALKER.
The Grand Jury in the United States District
Court at Philadelphia, have found true bills
against Elijah Lewis, Caspar Hanway, Jos.
Scarlet, and Jas. Jackson, white men, and twen
ty-seven negroes, for treason in participating in
the Christiana outrage. The bill against George
Wise, negro, was ignored.
Do Girls Draw Lightning?—A ‘down
East’ paper publishes the following:
“ The house of Mr. Boyce, in Plainfield, Conn,
was recently struck by lightning. There were
twenty-six girls in the house at the time, but not
one ol them was injured. The house was never
struck before. Do girls draw lightning V J
Os course they do, and ‘sparks’ also.
MARRIED,
On the 12th of August, by the Rev. L. D. Davis,
u Smith and Miss Sarah E. Roberts,
both of this city. •
A. LAFITTE.
AUCTION AND COMMISSION MERCHANT.
T augusta, ga. ’
HANKFVL for the liberal patronage he has re
ceives, renews the tender of his services in the
above biisincss, and trusts by assiduity and strict
attention to his business, to merit and receive the
patronage of his friends and the public generally.
sa, ° days, Tuesday and Thursday in front
except the first Tuesday in each month,
the y. wlU .take place at the Lower Market.
Due notice will be given when the Night Auc
tions commence, which will bo on the same nights
as the Day Auctions. dim sep t. 18
| stj Magnetic Ctlcgtapji.
Reported for the Constitntionalist k Republic.
Savannah, Oct. 7—ll A. M.
Cobb’s majority Chatham 82. Mclntosh,Cobb's
majority 40. Bulloch county, McDonald’s ma
jority 275. Union ticket elected in Chatham
by 100 majority. Republican.
Savannah, Oct. 7—11.17 A. M.
Bulloch county gives McDonald a majority of
275 votes, and Jackson a majority of 361. De
mocrat elected to the House. Georgian.
Savannah, Oct. 7—1.55 P. M.
I The vote in Chatham county is for McDon
ald 755, for Cobb 837. For Congress, Jackson
has 54 majority. The Union ticket for senator
’ and representatives is elected.
in Bullock county, the vote is McDonald 340,
Cobb 64. Jackson’s majority 361. Cone elected
, to the Senate.
In Bryon, Jackson’s majority 80. In Mcln
tosh county, the Union ticket is elected.
Morning News.
i Columbus, Oct 7—16.20 A. M.
i In Muscogee, Cobb’s majority is 178; John
i son's majority 144. The Submission represen
, tatives have an average majority of 100.
Times.
Marietta, Oct. 7—10.7 A. M.
McDonald’s majority in Cobb county, so far
as heard from is 96. The Southern Rights re
presentatives are elected by a small majority—
one precint to hear friln which will not change
the result.
Macon, Oct. 7—10.28 P. M.
In Monroe county the Union representatives
are elected by 40 majority. Harmon, the South
ern Rights senator from Monroe and Bibb is
elected. In Houston county, Cobb has a majori
ty of 167 votes. Journal & Messenger.
Macon, Oct. 7—7.40 P. M.
Jasper gives 100 majority for the Southern
Rights ticket; Twiggs one hundred majority;
Wilkinson, Southern Rights majority seventy
two ; Crawford Southern Rights majority forty
two. In Baldwin county, the Sonthern Rights
ticket is elected.
In addition to the above by Telegraph, we
have the following returns by mail.
Morgan county, Cobb has a majority of about
154 votes. Floyd (representative) has about
same majority.
Warren—Two precincts heard from, gives
Cobb 498, McDonald 259.
Monroe—Two precincts, Social Circle and
Monroe, give Cobb 288 majority, and Hillyer
for Congress, 311 majority.
Taliaferro—Cobb 341, McDonald 61. Stephens
355, Lewis 41. Union ticket elected to Legis
lature.
DeKalb—A despatch to the Charleston Cou
rier, from Macon states that Cobb received 989
votes, and has a majority of 108—two |precincts
to hear from.
Burke.—A letter from Waynesboro, states that
returns enough have been received to insure
Cobb a majority of 150 perhaps 200.
Reported Majorities For Cobb.—DeKalb 800-
Pike 35; Monroe 50; Walton 325, Greene 540;’ ;
Clarke 205; Wilkes 125; Warren 245; Newton
(two precincts to hear from) 644; Floyd 700. 1
Reported Majorities for McDonald.—Cobb 96- €
Butts 227.
In Floyd, Cobb ! s majority 383. Union re
presentatives are elected by 150 majority. t
In Lincoln, Cobb’s majority is 101.
New York, Oct. 7, 9,55 P. M.
Arrival of the Empire City.
The steamer Empire City has arrived from
Chagres with 150 passengers, SIOO,OOO in Gold
on Freight and $150,000 in the hands of passen
gers. She brings advices from Havana to the
2d inst.
Among the passengers on board the Empire is
Capt. Ellis, of Lopez's expedition, who has been
liberated by the Captain General.
Charleston. Oct. 7, 9 P. M.
Cotton.— Prices are depressed. The sales to
day reach 700 bales at 7 j to 9* 6 cents.
Shipping Jntflligtnct.
ARRIVALS FROM CHARLESTON.
Barque Sumter, Ryder, Boston.
Brig Henry, Northrop, Providence.
Schr. Ellen Goldsborough, Gourlay, Baltimore.
Schr. Triton, Fisher, Baltimore.
CHARLESTON, Oct. 7.—Arr. ships Nathaniel
Thompson, Murphy, Newport, (Eng.); Chace,
White, New York; Dirigo, Doane, do.; Charle
magne, Singer, do.; Mocklenberg barque Frederick
AJLouise, Bradbury, do.; brig Moses, Wicks, do.
At Quarantine, a British barque.
Cleared, barque Rolla, Jarvis, Navy Bay, (New
°f ona d a ); brig Tybee, Ferguson, New York; Br.
schr. Eliza A Susan, Sweeting, Harbor Island.
SAVANNAH, Oct. 7.—Arr. barque Georgia, Al
len, New lork; barque Peter Domill, Hoey, New
York; bngP. A. Paige, Linekin, Camden, (Me.;)
brie Mary Jane, Gates, Thomaston, (Me.)
Old. barque Chas. William, Blasland, Boston.
j <£omiturctal.
Augusta Market, Oct. 8, 1851.
COTTON.—Our market opened on Wednesday lad
quiet, in consequence of unfavorable intelligence from
Europe, and lias continued in that state since, prices
1 gradually giving way, until we have to notice a decline
from the quotations given on that day of full j to j
[ cent on all qualities. The offering stock is light, but
more than sufficient to meet the demand, which is gen
erally confined to gradeß ranging from Good Middling
to Fair. The receipts are very light for the season of
f the year, and nearly all reaching this market is sold on
. receipt. The market closed very dull last evening, and
in such an unsettled state that it is impossible to giro
quotations with any degree of accuracy. We would re
mark, however, that buyers do not seem disposed to
pay more than cents for Good Middling, and 8} to 8£
l for Middling Fair to Fair, but at these prices there are
r but few sellers.
RECEIPTS OF COTTON.
From Ist September, 1850, to latest dates received
, 1851. 1850.
1 , , , >—,
Savannah, Oct. 2 5,147 14.563
Charleston.! Oct. 2 13.047 16.(KU
Mobile, Sept. 28 3.528 5.316
Kew-Orleans, Sept. 30 62.556 24.279
Florida, Sept. 6 61 287
Texas, Sept. 7 299 200
North-Carolina, Sept. 20 33 1*)
Total Receipt.s 84,668 60,619
60,619
Increase in Receipts 24,049
STOCK OF COTTON
Remaining on hand at the latest dates received.
Savannah, Oct. 2 4,700 15,047
Charleston, Oct. 2 10,625 14 77’
Mobile, Sept. 26 28,547 7,007
New-Orleans, Sept. 30 49,107 26 369
Texas, Sept. 6 740 50
Florida, Sept. 7 320 550
Augusta and Hamburg, Oct. 1.. ..28,430 13.963
• North-Carolina, Sept. 20 100 150
New-York, Sept. 30 22,011 29,051
T ot»l 146.080 106,946
! GROCERIES.—We have but little "change to notice
in prices, and the stocks of our merchants are good and
well assorted Now that the elections are over, our
I merchants are looking for an improved business, and
have purchased stocks with a view of meeting any de
mands made on them, and at prices and on terms as fa
vorable as similar goods can he purchased in any other
market.
BACON.—The stock on hand is light, hut all sufficient
to meet demand. By wholesale, holders are asking 12a
12£ for ribbed, and 13 cents for clear Sides. By the
small quantity, ribbed Sides are selling at 12J a 13, and
clear at 13J cents. Shoulders are worth from 9) to 11
cents, according to quality and quantity.
LARD.—The stock of Lard is on the increase and
prices have given way. We now quote 12 al3 cents.
COFFEE.—Stock on hand good. We quote Rio at 9}
a 10 cents.
SUGARS.—Good'stock on hand—no change to notice
in prices. Our quotations will give a fair index of prices
MOLASSES.—There is a good demand for Cuba, and
prices tend upwards. The stock on hand is light, and
most holders are asking 25 cents by the hhd.
SALT.—Stock on hand very light, and sales are mat
ing from stores at $1.25 per sack. No wholesale trans
actions have come to our knowledge this week.
BAGGING.—There is but little enquiry for this arti
cle, and prices are lower. We quote Gunny at 14 a 14j
from stores by the bale or holt.
W HEAT.—Prime White is scarce and in demand at
$1,25 per bushel; good new Red sl.
CORN.—There is but a limited demand, and prices
have a downward tendency. We quote 80 aBS for feed,
and 90 cts. for good White, suitable for grinding.
FLOUR.—There is a good demand for this article, and
our City Mills are kept busy. We quote superfine at
ssf a 6, and Extra Family Flour at $7 a 8 per bbl.
DOMESTIC SPIRITS.—SuppIy moderate, but suffi
cient to meet the demand. New Orleans Whisky is
worth from 28 to 30 cents.
STOCKS.—We have heard of no sale within the pad
two or three weeks, of any description of Bank Stock.
EXCHANGE.—We have no change to notice in the
rates for Northern Exchange, which continue at £ per
cent. prem. for Sight Checks on New-York and othe r
Northern cities. On Charleston and Savannah our
Banks are drawing at par.
FREIGHTS.—Our river is low. We have no change
to notice in rates, which continue at 50 cents per bale
for Cotton to Savannah and Charleston. Yery little
down freight offering.
P SAVANNAH, Oct 7.— Cotton. —There was a fair
demand yesterday, the sales amounting to 115 bales,
at the following particulars; 10 at 7j, 46 at 7J; 37
at 8J; 10 at 813-16, and 12 at 8{ cents.
(flection in Santwrg.
t -
rpy* We are authorized to annonnce|SAML T EL
i H. CRUMP as a candidate for Clerk of Superior
and Inferior Courts, at the approaching election in
January next. oct. 8
ITj7~ We are authorized to announce J. C.
GREEN as a candidate for Clerk of the Superior
and Inferior Courts of Richmond county, at the
ensuing election in January next. oct. 1
ft 3- We are authorized to announce W. MILO
OLIN as a candidate for Clerk of the Superior and
Inferior Courts of Richmond county, at the ap
proaching election. oct 4
Q3~We are authorized to announce AN "
SON W. W ALTON as a candidate for clerk of the
Superior and Inferior Courts of Richmond county,
at the election in January next,
oct. 3 *
03” We are authorized to announce DAVID
L. ROATH as a candidate for Clerk of the Supe
rior and Inferior Courts of Richmond county, at
the election in January next. * sept. 27
[T ? We are authorized to announce OSWELL
E. CASHED as a candidate for Clerk of the Superior
and Inferior Courts of Richmond county, at the
ensuing election. d&c sept 26
03” We are authorized to announce the name
of ISAAC S. TANTT, as a candidate for the office
of Tax Collector, at the ensuing election in Janua
ry next. * sept. 3Q
