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Cnnstitatinnalist & Htpuhlit. JAMES GARDNER, JR., J a?d > Editor*. JAMES M. SMTTHE, ) I From the N. O. Picayune, ~th iru?.] Latter from Havana. U. S. Shu, Havana, Oct. 1,1851. La siempre fiel Isla de Cuba has returned to its amiable serenity, and seems as quiet as the placid ocean after a gale. Havana is all alive again, and the honorable merchants pay their notes on maturity, which, ’tis said, they refused to do while poor old Lopez was about; but now that he is f undue officio, oh ! how the Don Diegos crow. Through the streets the ladies rush, in a big vol ante, towed astern of a little pony, round the corners they whirl, throwing the mud on los Yankees, at whom they cock their eye, while you almost hear them sigh, “Come again if you wish to die.” They think because the valiente ejercito ex terminated poor old Lopez, and his small squad, that it is all tophet; but the filibusters are not all used up; only two days ago two of them sud denly transpired, reappeared, and are on hand at the Carcel de Tacon. Their story is one of severe suffering. There were six of them together, drifting about the mountains, living on roots and green corn; suddenly the Spanish troops came upon them and two of their number were in stantly killed, one jumped down a precipice, another rolled down a steep hill, of the others no account is given; the jumper and roller lay perdu until ifter nightfall and then joined company again. Together they made their way to the sea coast, with a stock of green corn, &c.. for sea stores. A quarter of a mile distant, at anchor, lay a fishing smack, with a small boat moored astern; the fillies waiting till it ’twas dark, and, then swam off to her with their sea stores lashed on their backs. The skipper sat on the taffiail. and the poor swimmers had to paddle about until he retired to his nunk; then one of them stole on hoard, obtained an oar, and cast off the painter; for a while they drifted, and then commenced sculling our to sea, far off, so that the green mountains of Cuba were blue in the distance. How long they were at seat they don’t know, but with stores all out, they drifted about in wild despair, as they knew not where to find a ves sel. But at length a Spanish coaster overhauled them, and took them on board, with the promise to land them at Havana, whence they would be sent home by the Spanish Government, as the amnesty would set them free. With this tale the Spaniard wormed out of them that they had belonged to the Lopeztonian expedition, and forthwith put into Mariel, where they were ex amined before an official. Here, it is said, they denied their identity, and the officer threatened to shoot them, when one of them, disguised with the perfidy of the Spaniards, no doubt, told him to “shoot and be d—d.” From Mariel they came by land to Havana, and yesterday f3oth uU.) were to be sent to Spain on board a brig which sailed, having forty eight of the prisoners on board her. But those two men were picked up at sea, at least fifteen miles from the epast of Cuba, in an open boat, and entirely without, clear of, and beyond the jurisdiction of the authorities of the Island of Cuba. They were brought here on the morning of the 29th ult. and incarcerated in pris on. The Commodore, with the steam frigate Sara nac, was absent at Matanzas, but as soon as Cant. Platt, of the sloop-of-war Albany, heard this statement, he went on shore to the Consul, but Mr. Owen had not heard of the case, and disbe lieved it; nevertheless, at the request of Capt. Platt he addressed a note to the Captain Genera). The Captain did not await the answer, but went to the Palace and had an interview with Gen. Concha. Capt. Platt took the ground that those men were captured on the high seas, in a state of ex haustion, and any confession said to have been made by them might have been extorted through fear of instant death; and, therefore, he assured the Governor that his Government would expect that they should have a fair and impartial trial, and so on. o._ irtiaii) uecame convinceu ruar his safest course would be to detain them here, and issued an order accordingly. But for the prompt interference ot Capt. Platt, the two wretched captives just brought in, would have been transported, without trial or hearing, along with the number which sailed yesterday for tne province of Spain, wherein are situated the quicksilver mines, the working of which breaks the constitution of the most athletic iu a year or two, and consigns the weakly to mother earth in less time even. On shore, this after noon, saw in the Plaza da las Armas, a regiment paraded for pay; at the table sat a brigadier with the paymaster, and as each company came up in the line, it was halted, and the captain presented his roll. A full band was playing national airs in the centre of the square, and the tout ensemble was a very imposing scene; and I don't think 1 ever saw a regiment better appointed, more ad mirably drilled, or splendidly equipped, in any Quarter of the globe. Many of the officers were ecorated with crosses and stars of different or ders, and two or three were pointed out to us who had been promoted from sergeants, for gal lant conduct against the Filibusteros. Apropos of the last order of heroes, Ido hope that no more of them will come down here, as it is really mortifying to have to beg them off; but if any distinguished leader should again risk his neck for immortality and posthumous fame, my compliments to him, and request that he'll have the honesty to add P. P. P. to his other titles, as it has leaked out that the officers, particularly of the defunct expedition, came here for prospective pay, pillage and plunder, r ifty thousand dollars pay. haciendas, coffee and sugar estates, Cuban bonds, &c. Is it not contemptible that the genius of liberty should be lowered and degraded by be ing dragged in to subserve the purposes of iner cen try speculators and ignorant adventurers? The squadrom here at present consists of the steamer Saranac, Com. Parker, sloops Albany aud Decatur and the John Hancock. I am, &c. Marin us. An Electioneering Gera. One of the greatest electioneerers of the age iB a Mr. Daniel R. Russell, a candidate for audi tor in Mississippi. His mode of electioneering is to deal with the sovereigns with the most blunt frankness—discarding every particle of blarneying humbug. The following sketch of a late speech delivered by him must have puzzled his opponent to reply to. Ladies and Gentlemen. —l rise—but there is no use telling you that; you know I am up, as well as I do. lam a modest man—very —but I never lost a picayune by it in my life—being a scarce commodity among candidates, I thought 1 would mention it for tear if I didn’t you never would hear it. Candidates are generally considered as nui sances, but they are not; they are the politest men in the world, shake you by the hand, ask how’s your family, what's the prospect for crops. ‘ &c.—and I am the politest man in the State. Davy Crokett says the politest man he ever saw. when he asked a man to drink, turned his back so that he might drink as much as he pleased. 1 beat that all hollow; I give a man a chance to drink twice if he wishes, for I not only turn my back, but shut my eyes! lam not only the po litest man but the best electioneerer —you ought to see me shaking hands with the vibrations, the 1 pump handle and pendulum, the cross cut and wiggle waggle. I understand the science per fectly, and it any of the country candidates wish instructions they must call upon me. a£FeUow-citizens, I was born—if I hadn’t been I wouldn’t have been a candidate, but I am go- j ing to tell you where—'twas in Mississippi, but ’twas on the right side of the negro line; yet that is no compliment, as the negroes are mostly born on the same side. I started in the world as poor ; as a church mouse, yet I came honestly by my ! poverty, for I inherited it; and if I did start poor, no man can say but that I have held my own re markably well. ’ Candidates generally tell you —if you think they are qualified, &c. Now I don’t ask your thoughts. I ask your votes. Why there is noth ing to think es except to watch and see that Swan’s name is not on the ticket, if so, think to scratch it off and put mine on. I am certain that I am competent, for who had ought to know better than I do? Nobody. I will allow that Swan is the best auditor in the State; that is, till I am elected—then perhaps it's not proper for me to say anything more. Yet as an honest man, I am bound to say, that I believe it’s a grievous sin to hide anything from my tellow citizens, therefore say that it’s my private opin ion publicly expressed, that I’ll make the best auditor ever in the United States. ’Tis not for honor I wish to be auditor, for in my own country I was offered an office that was all honor, coroner—which I respectfully de clined. The auditors office is worth some SSOOO 1 a year, and I am in for it like a thousand of brick. To show my goodness ofheart. I’ll make this offer to my competitor. lam sure of being elected, and he will lose something by the can vass, therefore I, am willing to divide equally with him and make these offers. I’ll take the salary, and he may have the honor; or he may have the honor, and I’ll take the salary. In the way of honors, I have received enough to satisfy me for life. I went out to Mexico, ate pork and beans—slept in the rain and mud, and swallowed everything but live Mexicans—when I was ordered to go, I went. “Charge,” I charged. “And break for the chaparell,” you had better believe I beat a quarter nag in doing my duty. My competitor, Swan, is a bird of golden plu mage, who has been swimming for the last four years in the auditor’s pound at $5,000 a year, I am for rotation. 1 want to rotate him out and to rotate myself in. There’s a plenty of room for him to swim outside of that pond—thereiore pop in your votes for me— l’\\ pop him out, and pop myself in. I am for a division of labor. Swan says he has to work all the time with his nose down upon the public grindstone. Four years must have ground it to a pint. Poor fellow, the public ought not to insist on having the handle of his mug ground clean off. I nave a large, full grown and well blown nose, red as a beet and tough as sole leather. I rush to the post of duty. I offer it up as a sacrifice. I clap it on the grindstone. Fellow citizens, grind till I holler enuff —that’ll be sometime first, for I’ll hang like grim death to a dead African. Time’s most out. Well, I like to forgot to tell you my name. It’s Daniel; for short, Dan. Not a handsome name, for my parents were poor people, who lived where the quality appropriated all the nice names; therefore they had to take what was left and divide around among us—but its as handsome as I am D. Russel, Re member, all and every one of you, that its not Swan. I am sure to be elected; so one and all, great and small, short and tall, when you come down to Jackson, after the election—stop at the audi tor’s office—the latch string always hangs out — enter without knocking, take off your things and make yourself at home. (Dan crawfished out of the stand, bobbing his head like a tip up amid the cheers for “Dan.” —A Dam Russell and “Young Davy Crockett.”) [From the New York Daily Times. j Lettor from Gen. Scott. Some few months since, a gentleman of Penn sylvania, at the request of eight members of the State Senate, wrote a letter to Gen. Winfield Scott, addressing him as the undoubted Whig candidate for the Presidency, and requesting his opinion upon the various political questions which have agitated the country. To that letter Gen. Scott wrote the following reply—in which it will be seen, he refers to his past life and his character for his opinions: Washington, March 26, 1851. Sir — l have received your letter (marked 'con fidential,') in which, after committing the error of supposing me to be “fully before the country ar the Whig candidate for the Presidency,'’— you proceed to interrogate me on many points of grave public interest. *•> sav, that considering we shall, probably, only hav£;» Whin ramlwlutp for the presidency through a National Convention, and that I can not be its nominee except by the force of the unsolicited partiality of large masses of my countrymen : Consideiing also, that it my character or prin ciples be not already known, it would be idle to attempt to supply the deficient information by a mere paper professions of wisdom and virtue, made tor the occasion : And considering that if! answer your queries, I must go on aud answer others already before me. as well as the long series that would inevi tably follow, to the disgust of the public. I will beg permission to close this acknowledg fnent of your letter, by subscribing myself, With gieat respect. Your ob't serv't. WINFIELD SCOTT. ■ ■ - , Harrisburg, Penn. P. S.—l must add, that I write and say noth ing on public subjects, which I am unwilling to have published. The Shirt Makers ok New-York.— An Af fecting Appeal. —There are 6,000 females in the city of New-York, engaged iu making shirts, many of whom earn searcelv enough to keep soul and body together. They have recently formed a“ Co-operative Union,” for their mutual benefit, and have issued an address to the public, from which we make the following extract: There is a general feeling of sympathy and a lively interest for the 6,000 defenceless and deeply-wronged shirt-makers of our city. No bly are they striving to earn, in honesty and de cent poverty, the bread that poorly feeds and the humble raiment that but poorly covers their wasted forms. They are patient sufferers, toil ing unceasingly, ever hopeful of a brighter future. Very many are widows, descended by' reverses to jHiverty ; more of them are orphans, On tho cold world, unloved, alone.' 1 Others are compelled to aid in the support of families and widowed mothers, and all have a pressing claim on society. Too long has this been lightly treated or totally disregarded. Oc casionally, as the benevolent pass through our hospitals, their warmest sympathies are aroused for those who, worn down with toil, weary of life, diseased by sedentary habits, have come there to die. Not unoften the prison-door and the mad-house close upon them, and oftener the house of shame affords an asylum denied to them by honest toil and a life of virture. These are ! the every-day histories of a seamstress. Few of j them enjoy the wholesome comforts of life, and more suffer for even the common necessaries. This should not be, or need not, when society begins to understand the duty of elevating the condition of her weak and defenceless sisters.— The initiatory step in this reform is the asso ciating together of the most depressed branches l of industry for mutual aid and protection. One j such organization, established by your aid and patronage, would be instrumental in accom plishing vast good to other depressed branches of trade, by a successful example. The advantages to accrue lrom a change in the uncertain tenure under which the needle-woman now hold their right to exist, (not to say live,) are apparent to every reflecting mind. All society would feel and benefit by the change, by placing in a , position of comparative security and indepen dence a large class of operatives, whose defence less condition is now made to inure to the profit and aggrandizement of those who profit by their ill-paid labor. The change would lessen the numbers who at times are compelled to ask charity. It would rob the living charnel houses of vice, in which our city so abounds, of number- ; less victims. It would give a stimulus to in- : dustry, by placing thousands in positions to need ! and consume articles which their straitened cir- j I cumstances now deprive them of. We will not 1 enlarge further on the manifold advantages of so associating together, believing the fact appareut to all. We are anxious to try the experiment. ! Upon our failure or success depends the future comfort or misery of thousands in our city, who are even now “ sewing at once, with a double i stitch, a shroud as well as a shirt.” The condition of the shirt sewers of our city j is lamentable, and calls for your kindest and warmest sympathies. It is estimated that their numbers at present exceed 6,000. Many of these are young and friendless orphans, early left to struggle with poverty, and solely dependent up on the precarious pittance of wages doled out by employers. Others are widows, depending upon tne needle for the support of helpless children, and with the pittance of some $2 or $2 50 per week, trying to feed, clothe and pay the rent of a fami ly. We need not tell you this cannot be done. They bear, in silence, sufferings and trials that would chill the sternest hearts to recount. The defenceless girl often wrestless with poverty, hunge', temptation, until dire necessity forces sad and fearful alternatives upon her. Is this Christian ? Is it humane ? “Oh, man, with sister dear: Oh, men, with mothers and wives : It is not linen you're wearing out, It’s human creatures’ lives.’’ AUGUSTA, GA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 15. THE LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE STATE. SEE OUTSIDE DAILY. OF” The Rev. Dr. Rutledge, Bishop elect for the Diocese of Florida, will, by divine permission, be consecrated to the sacred order of Bishops, on this day, (loth instant,) in St. Paul’s Church, Augusta. Divine service will commence at half past 10 o’clock, A. M. Bishop Elliott, together j with Bishop Gadsden, of South Carolina, and | Bishop Cobbs, of Alabama, will he present., and take part in the solemn office. All seats in the Church, freo for tho day. Death of Henry Shultz. Henry Shultz, founder of Hamburg, and a man of many remarkable qualities, died on Monday last at his residence, at an advanced age, and after an illness of several weeks. His was a life of many vicissitudes, throughout which he was distinguished for his indomitable I energy and a mind of unusual vigor and fertility of resources. He was a native, we believe, of the Free Ciry of Hamburg but came at an early age to this city, and in a few years, from poverty, rose by his enterprise and industry to affluence. His fortunes were subsequently wrecked in com mercial reverses. He afterwards became the ' founder of the neighboring city of Hamburg, I S, C. which will long st.ml as a monument of his enterprize. For many years of the latter part < of his lisp, he carried on a fruitless litigation, for the Augusta Bridge, which he had built, and of which, at one time, he was part owner, but which, when he lailed in business, went into the possession of the Bank of the State of Georgia. The details of his life, and his peculiarities of I character, would furnish a very interesting bi | ography. Soil of the South. The October number of this excellent agricul • tural paper is on our table. We are pleased to s learn from it, that it is gaining friends daily, and its prospects are flattering for an extensive . circulation among the (Banters and horticulturists r of the South. )’ Much of this numVer is occupied with details ~. of'he arrangements made for the great State Fair at Macon, which opens on the 29th inst. 1, and at which an immense attendance from this <? and the ndjoining fitntes is anticipated. \ The Soil of the South is published monthly at ,C Columbus, Geo. by Wm. M. Chambers. Price $1 00 per annum. ADDITIONAL ELECTION RETURNS. LOWNDES. il ■, McDonald 301 Cobb 108 Jackson 358 Hopkins 100 Wm. Carter,Sr... .320 Knight, Sr -129 l> C. H. Dasher 305 Waldhour 401 . Jones (Ind.) 29 By the People, 274 ; By the Legislature, 57. Knight's majority in the District is 346. A Notable Cotton Fact.—A return recent ly issued of the quantities of cotton imported in to England, presents some remarkable totals.— In 1850, the imports from the United States a were 493,153,112 lbs., while in 1840, there had been 634,504,050 lbs. On the other hand, the imports from the East Indies were 118,872,742 L , lbs., in 1800, the total in 1849 paving been only i, 70,838,515. Thus, while the quantity imported p from the East Indies in 1849 was equal only to 'J about 11 per cent., of that imported from the United States, in 1850 it was equal to nearly 25 per cent. The importation of Cotton from all d parts last year was 663,576,861 lbs., against 755,- ' 469,012 lbs. in 1849. It also appears from the . same return that the declared value of the Eng e | lish total exports to the United States was £ll,- r j 971,028 in 1819, and £14,801,961 in 1850. As | the value of the exports to all the world in the s j latter year was £71,459,000, it follows that the ! trade with the United States was nearly 23 per cent, of the whole. f Large Pear.—The largest pear on record is i said to be one of the Barlett species, which is s ; shown in a glass case at the Astor House, N. Y. ' i It weighs 16 ounces, measuring 11 i inches in j circumference, and was taken from a graft only 3 f years old at Throg’s Neck. j Census of Alabama. > The Washington Republic of the 2d inst. gives the full and official return of the census of Ala bama for last year, f J I Dwelling houses in the State 73,070 j Families in the State 73,786 White males 219,728 White females 206.779 126,507 Free colored males 1,047 Free colored females 1,225 2,272 Total free population 428,779 Slaves 342,892 Total population 771,671 ————— ' Deaths during the year 9,054 Farms in cultivation 41 964 Manufacturing establishments producin r ! annually SSOO and upwards 1,022 < Federal representative population '634,514 J Reception of Kossuth.—The President has ! caused orders to be issued to the various naval stations to fire salutes,and extand all the military honors to Kossuth, on his arrival and passage i through the country. It is expected he will pro- i I ceed from New York to Washington, where a ] ! grand dinner will be given him at the Presiden- 1 | tial Mansion. AUGUSTA WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT, OCTOBE R1 5 , 18 51. " articles. I pee wholesale., putt. articles. per WHtimm. dctt Kentucky... .... •00 @ 00 Full Strained 130 ffl 1 40: Augusta Insurance A Banking Company BALE ROPE—Jute ft. 74® 8j 25 cant. Summer do ...100® 112 Bank of Augusta Kentucky.. .... » Linseed W. 090 @ 1 0020 cent. Branch State of Georgia. Augusta.. BACON-Hams 12*31 14 ) Tanners 060 @ 000 . . ‘ Sides 1.... 12 ® 13 [2olJct.' Lard 100<f 112 Bank of Brunswick Shoulders !-... BJ@ UI ) POTATOES .bbl. 000@ 000 Georgia Rail-Road BUTTER—Goshen, prime .ft. 23 @ 25 ;2Q jpcent. PIPES '.... 062 ® 1 00* Mechanics' Bank BEESWAX 18 ® 00 I PORTER doz 225 @ 350 BankrfHt CANDLES—Spermacetti.J.... 45 ® 50 ; PEPPER ft .U 10 .a, 12j Bank of St. Marys Georgian made[ 15 ® 16 20 p cent. PIMENTO 016 ® 00b Bank of Milledgeville Northern : Hiffi 16 )208 ct RAlSlNS—Malaga,bunch, box 000@ 325 , Bank of the State of Georgia, at Savannah CllEESE—Northern ! 0® O f v Muscate ! 000@000 J w v ct ' Branches of dittn COFFEE—Cuba 10® 11 80 cent. RlCE—Oordinary 100 375® 400 „ . Rio i i Of® 10 Fair 400® 450 Marine A Fire Insurance Bank. Savannah <. Java • j 13J® I* Ifiee Good and Prime io 00 @ 0 00: Branch of ditto.at Macon Laguayra I 1 10 ® 11 French Brandies gall 150 200 100 P ct. Planters’Bank. Savannah • SHIRTINGS, bro., 3-4 yd. 44® 5 Leger Freres 275@ 300 Central Bank nr Oe •„ ■S “ 7-8 . ... 55® 6 , a; Holland Gin j.... 125 @ 1 50100 ? ct. Central Bank of Georgia « I brown, yd. wide .... 6j® 8} t; American Gin 038® 040 Central R. R. 5c Banking Company, Savannah SHEETINGS, bro., 5-4 10® 13 i a Jamaica Rum 150@ 200 100 J* ct. Charleston Banks S bleached, 5-4: 11 ® 15 £ N.E. Rum. lihdsA bbls . ... 034® 037 Bank of Camden ' $ CHECKS 8® 12 « Whiskey,Phila. A 8a1t.... 027 @0 30 Bank of O OSNABL’RGS,Boz... .... ® M l Peach Brandy I. ...1 00 @ 1 25,100 ? ct. q YARN, (assorted) fe. H®lß , SCGAR-Cuba Muscovado .ft. 06J® 800 Bank of FlSH—Mackerel,No. 1...|bbl. 121® 13 P. R. 4 St. Croix .... 0 7® 81 u.k.!. vZ, Do. ’No. 2...!.... 11® lUI Havana, white.. '...J0 00® 00 Alabama Notee 2® 3 dis. Do. No. 3.6J@ 7j >2O ct. New-Orleans ' 07® '3o© ct. Tennessee ® 5 dis. FLOUR—Canal 61® 8 ) Clarified Brown 08* ® 0 9 NOT BANKABLE. Augusta Canal. .1.... I 64® * 1 White, bus. 09@0 9j J Merchants’Bank, at Macon.* Georgia, g00d...1....1 sj® 6f }2op> et. , Lump .ft. 010® 011 „ . EXCHANGE FEATIIERS-Live Geese.Lft.i 32 ®33 ; J ; SALT—Liverpool „.|OOO@I2O 20 V ct. New.Verk LXCHANGE. GRAIN—Corn, loose bus.; 80® 85 lonvv et Loose !... .000® 045 Philadelnhie > * 1 P r( ™ Do. sack j 1 90® 95 | J F . SOAP —American, yellow, sack 05 ® 0 630 lb cent. Roster, P Wheat— Good White..... I ®1 25 1 SHOT—AII sizes 162 @ 1 7520 cent. CharWon'ind Do. Red.:.... .1100 : \ w SEGARS—Spanish M. 20 00®30 0040 f cent. f.e*l„„to„ ««• GUNPOWDER keg 5@5 25 «• TALLOW-American 1.... 09® 01010 cent. “ HIDES—Dry. 8® 9 il 2O » ct TOBACCO-Georgia ft. 000®0 OO > . NashviUe, Tennessee « Dry. salted, ' 1 0® 10 ) 2 “ Cavendish 022 (to 050 f 3O ct - „ . . . STOCKS. IRON-Pig 100 0 ® 00 30 cent. TWINE-Bagging L...018®0 25 L„ - , Geur S ia : 6 per cents Swedes,assorted.. .ton, 4J® 4j30 4>cent., Seine ! 030® 050 (” ct - Hoop 100 5 @ 6 . TEAS—Pouchong ..|0 50 ®075 ) "Not taken by our Banks, hut redeemable at the Plant- Sheet ft. 10J® 11 J F ct Gunpowder A Im D . ... ,!o 75 a> 100 L ers Bank. Savannah, at par. Nail Rods 5 @ G Hyson 70 (d, 080 r fre€ * —— l — LEAD—Bar... 100 6 ® 7 |loo®-t Young Hyson !.... 070 @ 07715 1 I Savannah Chamber of Commerce. , lt>n Whlte Lead <i@ Mm?9SEi_Cnh, JS,’ IIP, « Claret, Marseilles cask 025®060 40 ft cent. ROBERT HABERSHAM. President. MOLASSES ...... gall. 2-t ® 26 Do. Bordeaux doz 300 ® 3 5040 cent. C. GREEN. Ist Vice-President N*lTS_Cnt W t^ n V "u no - , 130 Wet. i Champagne 900 @ls 0040 cent. EDW’D. PAdbLFORD, 2d Vice-President. NATLS-Cut, 4d. to 20d. 1 350@375 I ) F j Malaga '.... 050 @ 0 6240 W cent. OCTAVUS COHEN. Secretary and Treasurer The Oampbell Minstrels l Gave their second Concert last evening to a L full house. This evening the celebrated Great Western makes his first appearance. There will be an entire change of programme. Go early ladies, if you wish a good seat. Rain! It has been some six weeks or two months since we have been favored with sufficient rain to lay the dust in our streets, which for some time has been intolerable. Yesterday morning we were favored with a fine shower, and since we have been able to enhale a pure atmospherp. A few more like showers would do our river some good. At present it is very low. Emigrants to California. Several parties of emigrants, from this State, have passed through our city, in the last few days, on their way to California. They are principally from the counties of Lumpkin, For syth, Hall, Cherokee and Cass. We understand that they are now concentrated in Charleston, to the number of about one hundred and sixty, . and will leave there, in the steamer Isabel, on [■ the 23d inst., for Havana, where they will con nect with the line of steamers to Chagres. YV T e . are informed that they are almost unanimous against any change in the constitution of Cali f forma, which would admit slave labor into that State. OS'" We would call attention to the sale of Furniture,on Green street, by A. Lafitte. Good . bargains for good articles, can no doubt be made > there. ’ Cotton in Texas. —The N. O. Picayune, says: “We clip the following from a private letter to us, written by one of our subscribers iu Polk county, Texas,on the 26th nit.: 5 “As to the cotton crop of this country, it will about equal that of last year. In the adjoining ’ counties—Montgomery. Grimes and Walker— ' the crop will fall short of that last year's crop, throughout the St-te—allowing for the great quantity planted over that planted last year— will fall far short of last year’s crop. The corn crop of Texas is very short, not averaging one half what it should be.” |Rascai.itv. —The Middletown (Md.) Whig says that during the past week many acts of a 1 penitentiary character have been committed in their town by persons unknown. On Saturday night last, an attempt was made to break into the fruit store of Lewis Mealey. Queer Calculation. —A calculation has been made by some curious person, who has nothing better to do, that if every article in the Crystal * Palace were to be examined three minutes, it * would take 26 years to examine all. : Another Caving in of the River’s Bank ■ at Plaquemine. —We regret to learn from the | Plaquemine Sentinel of the 4th inst., that anoth i er serious disaster has occurred at that llourish : ing village. The Sentinel says: i “On Tuesday night last a cave occurred on Front street, commencing at the mouth of the bayou and extending down as lar as Fenn’s alley, a distance of some two hundred and fifty yards. Fortunately, no houses were submerged by the cave; but the space which will be necessary for the construction of a new and substantial levee, will cause many a valuable mansion to be torn down. Several proprietors have already com menced extirpating their domicils,to build again, we presume, on a more secure spot. The loss by this sad diasster is computed to be immensely great.” A large Rail Road meeting was held at Nash ville on Friday night last. Mr. Be Bow, of New-Orleaus, was one of the speakers, and fifty delegates were appointed to the Convention at New-Orleans. Rumors from Washington represent that Presi dent Fillmore has sent orders to Syracuse, to the Marshal and district Attorney, to urge a com mittal on the chrrge of treason against the Unit ed States, of all the parties arrested in connec tion with the Syracuse outrage. Tteasury Circular. —Complaint has been made of the circular of the Secretary of the \ Treasury, imposing onerous restrictions upon shipments to California, over the Isthmus route. , Mr. Corwin has already seen its practical injus- ■ tice, and we learn that he has suspended the ac- 1 tion of the circular, except as to the securely j cording of the packages, with seal attach- j ed. Warm Weather. —The Catoctin (Md.) Whig 1 says that the weather in that section has become * so mild and warm as to cause the peach and plum £ trees to bud and blossom. The Whig expects a e second crop of peaches. g Advices from Nashville Tennessee to the 10th j inst., state that both Houses of the Legislature j are now organized. The third clerk and princi- t pal door keeper are Democrats, and the rest of 1 the officers Whigs. The Governor’s Message c was to have been read on Friday evening last. a | An extensive vein of copper has been found in the vicinity of Bad Axe, Wisconsin. Mr. D. Smith whilst out hunting, discovered traces of copper, where he afterwards commenced sinking a shaft. He has already taken out some sixty thousand pounds of ore, mixed with native mine ral, valued at sixty dollars the thousand, and by “ drifting a head’’ in the crevice between the rocks, has found the vein to be of great value. It is reported to be seven feet in thinkness, and a depth as yet unexplored. Letter from Hon. Geo. M. Dallas. —The Baltimore Sun, says: “We find in the Galveston News, ol the 23d ult., a letter from ex-Vice Presi dent Dallas, dated sth July last, to Hon. Guy M. Bryan, Texas. It contains what appears to be an admission of the failure of the compromise measures, and a proposition to decide the slavery question, once for all, by an amendment of the Constitution.” Pacific Dock Yard. —lt is rumored at Wash ington that Commodore Sloat has been appoint ed president of a board to locate a naval dock yard on the Pacific, and that Commander Cad wallader Ringgold will accompany him. We tear that after all, the gale on the North- ] East coast of Nova Scotia, mentfoned by our Telegraphic correspondent last week, was much more serious than we at first anticipated, as we perceive from our exchanges that a dispatch was f received on Tuesday l ist by the collector of the | port of Boston, from B. Hammatt Norton, Esq., , U. S. Consul at Pictou, N. S., stating that the North-East coast had been swept J>y a terrible and destructive gale, and that one hundred fish ing vessels were ashore on the North side es ' Prince Edward's Island. It is estimated that 300 persons have perished in the wrecks, and i many bodies have already drifted ashore. Mr. Norton was to have proceeded at once to relieve the distressed, and render such aid as lay in his power. The gale is said to have occurred on 21st ' ult.— Charleston Courier. , [Telegraphedfor the Charleston Courier. ] Bhltimore, Oct. 12, 8.5 P. M. . Commodore Warrington died in Washington ( on Sunday morning. So far as has been already ascertained, the ma jority of vessels cast ashore by the recent gale in Nova Scotia is composed of Northern coasters. What the loss of life has been is not known, but 1 it is presumed to have been immense. Money Market, Saturday, Oct. 11. —There is more capital offering for loans on call, as well as street discounts, and rates for the former are lower. Prime business paper is less plenty, and more inquired for, and the best names can be ne gotiated on easier terms. There is generally a i better feeling prevailing among our monied men r and as the Banks are discounting more freely, I we trust that no farther panic can be realized. ’ The report of the failure of a large house in the Jewelry trade at Boston, to which we allud ed this morning in part of our edition, grew out of the fact that the copartnership of the house was about to expire. We learn from good au > thority that each of the partners is possessed of an ample fortune. The Baltic left to-day with only about seven ’ thousand dollars in specie on her freight list, so that the shipments of coin are probably over for , the year. There is a large supply of cotton bills . offering, and a telegraphic account received this morning from New Orleans qnotes sterling dull at B*. We have also received notices of various . shipments of coin from different ports for this city. Now that the market is easier on the sea board, we may look for more stringency in the interior, and must bear with patience any little delay in expected remittance.— Jour. Com. Extract of a Letter received in Charleston, dated j “MONTGO.MERY.Oct.iI. “ We arrived here this morning safely, but find the River too low for the smallest boats, and only j one Stage leaving daily for Mobile. There are i now upwards of fifty passengers waiting their | turn tor seats. I understand that Stage seats j have been sold at five and ten dollars premium. The fare is now twenty dollars, when it is only twelve dollars in ordinary times.” Serious Disturbances in Turkey. —The correspondent of the London Times at Constan tinople writes that— “ A serious disturbance had broken out at Van, in Asia Minor. Towards the latter end of last month, according to my information, the Chris tian population, composed mostly of Armenians, had raised the standard of revolt, and had attack ed the Mussulmans, who number about 20,000. The number in killed and wounded is extensive, and were it not for Fehatal Bey, the Kurdish chief, who came to restore order, the massacre ; woulld have been awful. The city had been pillaged and part of it destroyed by fire, the work ' of incendiaries. The dispute between the Chris tians and Mussulmans arose on account of the > former having adopted bells for their churches. 1 Naval. —A letter from on board the U. S. ship i Vandalia, at Acapulco, says that the entire crew has suffered by fever, being scarcely able to i move about the deck. Large numbers of deser- s tions, and only 140 officers and men left. They expected to reach home about the Ist of Au- c gust, 1852. t The Milttary Asylum.— We learn from the Alexandria Gazette that the commissioners ap pointed for the purpose have selected a site for 1 the Military Asylum, which has been confirmed 8 by the President. The place purchased is north of Washington, in the District of Columbia, lately h owned by Jon A. Smith, Esq., and constaining a about 150 acres. The price paid for it is $40,000. 1 ITkiai. or Mjsoaiet Garrity.—The trial of Margaret Garrity in Essex county, N. J., for the f tnurder of her lover, is nearly closed. On Wed ■ nesday, her counsel, C. Parker, Esq., addressed the Jury in an opening speech of great force and beauty in behalf of the unfortunate girl. The Court and Jury were deeply moved. j The progress of the trial developes at ever}' stage | the deep and heartless deception practiced upon f the wretched victim of the seducer. It is in ' evidence that Margaret is now enciente —that she made an attempt to destroy herself by drowning, after being deserted, and was in a state bordering ! upon madness and despair when the fatal act i was committed. She met her lover in the street, walking with his wife, a night or two after hi* marriage with another, after betraying Margaret under promises never to be fulfilled. She stabbed ’ him to the heart, then went home, confessed the ■ deed and afterwards tied. . Wealth of St. Louis.—There are three hun dred and eleven citizens of St. Louis, each of whom owns real estate of the value of $20,000 or . upwards. In 1821, the assessed value of proper ty ih St. Louis was $910,926; in 1851, it was ‘ $19,146,700. Conversions.—About forty persons have made a profession of religion, at Winchester, Va.. 1 and thirty-one have already been added to the . Methodist Episcopal Church. The altar is con r stantly filled with those seeking redemption, i * FUNERAL NOTICE. i ■■ ! OS* - The Friends and Acquaintance of Mr. anJ i Mrs. JOHN A. BARNES, are invited to attend tho Funeral of the latter, from their residence, on Greene street, to the Sand Hills, This Mornino, f at 9 o’clock. oot. 15 1 Commercial. Augusta Market, Oct. 15, 1851. t COTTON.—Our last review left the market dull, and prices with a downward tendency. The Humboldt's advices came to hand on Wednesday, and noticing a decline in the Liverpool market, caused prices to give way in this. On Friday the Asia's advices were re ceived, w'hicli still further depressed prices in this mar 1 ket. and holders daily gave way, until at the close of businees yesterday (Tuesday,) we have to notice & de cline from the prices paid on last Wednesday of 1a 1J cents on all qualities. The demand during the past £ week lias run principally on qualities ranging from Middling Fair te Fair—the lower qualities being ne glected. The offering stock is on the increase, au-i most of that now brought to market is sold on arrival j for what it will bring. The greater portion of the stock j on hand, however, is held by planters, and consists of | last year's crop, and but little of that is put on the market for sale. The demand yesterday was good and L about 4to 500 bales changed hands, at 7$ cents for Mid j I dling Fair and 7§ a 7J for Fair—the latter price fora strict classification. On Monday, we understand loti of Middling to Good middling were sold at 7 i Our market closed with a downward feeling on the part . of buyers at the above prices, in consequence of uufa -5 vorable advices received from markets below, which sa ! tisfles purchasers here that Cotton bought in this mark**! ■ even at the above low* rates cannot be shipped to j Charleston or New-York and pay a profit. t ’ RECEIPT? OF COTTON, From Ist September , 1850, to latest dates received. ; 1851. 1850^ i Savannah, Oct. 9 7,231 17.63 T Charleston,* Oct. 9 20.143 22.535 , Mobile, Oct. 3 4;411 7,931 1 New-Orleans, Oct. 7 92,290 39.070 5 Florida, Sept. 14 299 96« 5 Texas, Sept. 6 61 291 North-Carolina, Sept. 27 33 364 Total Receipt.s 124.468 88.800 ’ 89,860 Increase in Receipts 35.603 STOCK OF COTTON j Remaining on hand at the latest dates received. 1 Savannah, Oct. 9 6.224 13,281 ! Charleston, Oct. 9 10,890 13,315 Mobile, Oct. 3 25,827 9.288 New-Orleans, Oct. 7 68,993 33.452 Florida, Sept. 14 820 421 Texas, Sept. 6 740 18 Augusta and Hamburg, Oct. 1.... 28.430 13.962 1 Virginia, Sept. 1 620 1,000 North-Carolina, Sep*. 27 100 120 New-York, Oct. 7 21.841 25,899 Total 164,485 110,756 GROCERIES. —We have little or no change to notice in our Grocery market this week. The stocks of our merchants are good and daily increasing. The dem.in t is still confined to supplying country orders. BACON.—The stock on hand is light, but all sufficies’- to meet demand. By wholesale,holders are still asking 1- a 12$ for ribbed, and 13 cents for clear Sides. By the small quantity, ribbed Sides are Belling at 12$ a 13. clear at 13$ cents. Shoulders are worth from 9J to 1 cents, according to quality and quantity. LARD.—The stock of Lara is on the increase and prices have given way. We now quote 12 al3 cent*? COFFEE.—Stock on hand good. We quoft Ri° at 9; a 10 cents. SUGARS.—Good stock on hand—no change to notice in prices. Our quotations will give a fair index of MOLASSES.—There is a good demand for Cuba, a* prices tend upwards. The stock on hand is light. * D most holders are asking 25 cents by the hbd. SALT.—Stock on hand very light, and sales are roa ingfrom storesjit $1.25 per sack. No wholesale trans actions have come to our knowledge this week. BAGGING.—There is but little enquiry for this ar - cle. We quote Gunny at 14 a 14$ from stores by bale or bolt. WHEAT—We now quote good Rsd at 90 White is scarce. Our City Mills, however, are wsll plied with Virginia and Maryland, and are kept bu«y iU grinding. CORN.—There is but a limited demand, and pn« J have a downward tendency. We quote 80 aBS for le ' : ' and 90 cts. for good White, suitable for grinding FLOUR —There is a good demand for City >JiU= : “8*