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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. j 5 • s ® o 3 .• u s tt o i a u•a 3 a > a s "C . •s So <! B a, B H H 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