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'fBECOM^IONjILIST! JAMES GARDNER, JR. (From the Savannah Georgian, 26th Correspondence- Statesboro’, Bulloch Co., May 21, 1851. HonggSpstph W. Jackson: .^r—ln obedience to a request of the citi zens of this county, in convention, on Monday, the sth of this inst. we were appointed a Com- j mittee of Correspondence. Sir, permit us to ! assure you, that it is the desire ol the citizens of Bulloch county, that you should again re present them in the Congress of the U. States, j and wish you to consent to the very strong j inclination of a portion of the Southern citi- j zens of the District. Sir, as we believe that j the past of your political life, as a statesman, will suffice,and,that we entertain no doubt that every southern patriot in the District will acknowledge through the ballot box his grate fulness to a champion of our rights. Sir, we therefore wish your acceptance and an early answer. We are, most respectfully and sinceiely, Your obedient servants, 1 ERASTUS WATERS, ) S. C. MOORE, > Committee. WM. H. RAWLS, > To Erastus Waters, S. L. Moore and Wil liam H. Rawl9, Committee of Citizens of Bulloch County. Gentleman: —I acknowledge immediately the receipt of your letter of the 21st inst., handed to me to-day, in which you assure me ‘•that it is the desire of the citizens of Bulloch County, that I should again represent them in the Congress of the U. States," and that “they wish me to consent to the very strong inclina tion of a portion of the citizens of the Dis trict." You are also pleased to say that you believe “the past of my political life, as a statesman, will suffice, and that you entei tain no doubt that every Southern Patriot in the District will acknowledge through the ballot box his grateiulness to a champion of our lights.” For these kind manifestations o» confidence, accept, my friends, assurances from my inmost heart, of my most unbounded grati tude. You refer me to proceedings of citizens of your County, on Monday, sth of May. They did not escape my attention as published in the Georgian of the 13th. One of your Com mittee was in Savannah a few days afterwards. He informed me a letter had been addressed to me. It had not come to hand. Mr. Moore stated that another would be written. For its arrival 1 have until now delayed my an- j swer. Turning to your proceedings, I find a reso- i lution was adopted expressing the thanks of the meeting to me for what it denominates the “bold southern stand” I took in Congress, a»d requesting me to become a Candidate for the First Congressional District, and appoint ing you a committee to address me on the sub ject. The resolution doubtless refers to my opposition to a portion of the adjustment scheme which was passed in the long session of the last Congress. Gentlemen, the bills to which I was opposed, were those by which California was admitted into the Union, a por tion of Texas was ceded to the United States, and a commencement was made of abolition JjoTthe Slave Trade in the District of Columbia. before my election, in every speech de livered by me to the people, expressed my hos tility to the admission of California, as she claimed to come in, and to tonohing by legis lation of Congress the matter of slavery in the District. No where were my views contro verted upon these subjects. I had a right to W believe I understood the wishes of my con stituents. About the time of my election in February 1850, the resolutions of Mr. Clay in the Senate, proposing a mode ot settlement, were received in Savannah, to whioh place I had returned from an active canvass; and to that feature in these resolutions whish pro posed a purchase from Texas, I expressed my decided repugnance in all conversations and in all places. I met with few dissentients. YVhen the omnibus bill, as it was called, was afterwards reported to the Senate, I examined its provisions with patriotic feeling. I desired to restore peace to my country, and to be an humble agent through my vote in doing it. In my judgment, gentlemen, that bill did not contain provisions which did justice to the Southern country, and, after long reflection, I took my course, and announced my opposi tion to it in the columns of the Savannah Georgian as early as May. In June I deliver ed a speech in the House of Representatives I in opposition. In it I declared my intention to consult my constituents. If they desired me to vote for it, I intimated very clearly that I should ccme home. I received many letters afterwards, not one of them expressing a deci ded desire that I should vote for the measure: many strong and decided againts it. Various meetings of citizens were held in the District. I do not recollect a single meeting which de sired me to support the bill —they generally pronounced in opposition to it—and in Chat ham county especially, at two distinct meet ings, one of them called by the friends of the bill, it was condemned, and the proposition of $10,000,000 to Texas was treated as a bribe offered to her. Gentlemen, I had abundant ground to believe that my constituents agreed with me. When the bill, as a whole, was de feated in the Senate, and came to the House' in separate acts, the same causes for opposi tion continued. I voted, according to zny / judgment, in support of the rights of Georgia and°ot the whole South, and according, I be lieved, to the wishes of the District. I was not to be intimidated by the cry of disunion, nor iO be allured by promise of quiet. But, f gentleman, I was willing to effect a fair agree ment. I offered, time after time, to vote for a purchase from Texas of the country above 34 deg. provided the North would yield to the South below 36 deg. 30 min. or 35 deg. in California. This was refused. Northern mem bers refused to us an acre in California, and I refused an acre from Texas to them. Gen tlemen, I did my duty—l have no compuncr tious visiting* for it. I shall sleep soundly upon my pillow to the end of life—and the resolution which the people of Bulloch have passed, will be cherished by me as invaluable testimony, until I shall be cslied to my ac count above. And here, gentlemen, permit me to present my thanks also to citiiens of j Scriven county for a recent resolution adopt , ed by them, They also express confidence in me and call upon me to besome a candidate, j Oh gentlemen, it is indeed cheering to me to j have the approbation of Scriveu county. It j brinz. ,o mind tlut it «« the people of Scrir- j 5 Ir, pnuntv who recalled to Georgia ray honor- , 3 ancestor*from the Senate o. the U. State,, to the battles of Georgia at home. They ‘ „7wish to aend back to the U. S. Congress h!s son to do his best for Georgia at Wash ‘ con. Your call, my friends, and that of Scrirea county, shall be obeyed. lam a can- AillTfat re-election —and shdl remain so J hrst Monday in October shall be Massed unless the desire of the people of the District “hat I withdraw in laror of some wor then citizen shall be unequivocally commum- ! a And°now, gentlemen, it remains to me to Ist that! as a State Bights man, l acknow ? I* riffht of the Stale to determine her ledfce iu r « Her convention in December w m /uue T —— last, I pledged myself to support my State if ] she should resist. The spirit of that pledge was obedience to her. She has determined, under the most solemn forms, with her people j in sovereignty assembled, under a law of the Legislature, to make no opposition. I bow to her will, I accept her platform, and will j hold the North to it, and her own citizens to it, as far as may be in my poor ability. Gentlemen, the people of Bulloch call j themselves “Union Southern Rights men." J I, gentlemen, am an Union man according to | a strict construction of my country's Consti tution. 1 have never yet entertained the j question of “ Union or Disunion." I an i nounced to my colleagues at Washington, j that I would, at home, make no such issue, i I have no desire to make such issue—none to I see disunion. But, gentlemen, I will not be deterred from maintaining what I believe to be your rights, because, in carrying out your rights, disunion may result. I have been, gentlemen, all my life, a Southern Rights man. I will stand up for them as long as the blood circulates in my veins. I am, gentle men, also, a Democrat. If 1 return to Wash ington, I place myself instantly again in the Democratic ranks, offend whom it may—with the Democrats contending for those great questions of public policy by which they are generally distinguished from the Whigs of the Union. I will allow no man, Southern Rights man or Constitutional Union man, to cut me off from my connection with the Democrats of Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee, North-Carolina, Maryland, and other South ern States, and many high minded and hon orable gentleman of the Democratic party of the North in whom I have confidence. There is much, I admit, of unsoundness in the Northern Democracy upon slavery, but take 1 it as a party, it is far, very far, better for us than the Northern Whig Party. And now, gentlemen, lam a candidate. I | had desired retirement. I know and have j freely stated, lately, that I labor under phys- | ical infirmity. It was my duty, as an honest i man, to place the fact before the people. If j they elect me, I will go to Washington, and j will do my best. It they victimize me be- j cause I honestly voted as I believed they de- i sired, and as my own judgment approved, I j will submit, I trust, with grace and still with 1 patriotism. The country will have found a ! better man. I answer through the Georgian, ! because Mr. Moore s' requested. Your fellow-citizen, Joseph W. Jackson. Savannah, 24 th May, 1851. (From the N. O. Picayune, 22 d inst.) Later from Mexico. By t h e arrival last evening of the schooner | Faustine from Vera Cruz, we have received i our full files from the city of Mexico to the ! 3d inst. For some days a good deal of excitement i was caused in the city of Mexico, by reports that a party of Americans had landed on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and taken forcible possession of that section of the country. One of the papers, the Sinceridad, lepor.ed that there had been a fight and that fifty men had been killed on each side. Another rumor had it that the Americans waa 4,000 and upwards. These reports originated in the landing of the Gold Hunter at Ventosa, and the difficulties consequent thereon, an account of which we have already given in letters from the Isth mus. The correspondence of the Trait d’Union says that the Americans were treated in the most shameful manner by the Mexican au thorities. Some persons say that by the terms of the concession to Garay, the Americans had a right to land at Ventosa, and that although j the Senate has annulled that grant, its deci sion is not definitive, and that the quesiion ' thus becomes a national one. On this subject j the Trait d’Union remarks : “ We will not now treat the subject in this • point of view; but we will say, that if the authorities of Tehuntepec have acted as they ought, those of Oajaca have proceeded with great want of tact and courtesy. This is the result of the evil course, which for some time has been pursued by a portion of the Mexican press. Instead of cultivating the j friendship of the United States, a neighbor ing Republic, whose evident interest is to re main on terms of amity with Mexico, the press of which we speak, on the contrary, en deavor to spread injurious reports of a nation, ! which the treaty of Guadalupe imposes on them the necessity of respecting at least. I They seek to cherish am*ng the Mexican peo ple a hatred which perhaps, may one day be fatal to their nationality.” | The Treasury Department of Mexico seems to be all in confusion. Three or four persons have assumed the portfolio of the Treasury ; ! but none of them could get along with the of fice. At the last accounts it was held by Se i nor Yanez. This gentleman was about to pre sent his financial scheme to the Chambers. i The principal features consist in doubling all | the taxes, imposing sixty per cent, duties on all articles passing through the maritime cus tom-houses, and forty per cent, on those go ing through the interior ones. He proposes also to levy an extraordinary tax for the pay ment of preferred debts. Some of the States have protested against these projects, ts bein» unconstitutional. The fault whieh the people of Chihuahua find with Col. Carrasco, is that in following the Indians he crossed the boundary of his own State, Sonora, and invaded theirs. Con gress has decided that a military commander j may do this hereafter. A large band of highway robbers, compri j sing some of the most noted characters in that | line, were lately arrested near Vera Cruz. ! The Mexican Congress has before it a* bill, ! making illegitimate children capable of inheri ting. The prefect of Ceruitan D. Nicolas Domin guez, is accus-d of being in league with the numerous contrabandists of that section. The colebrated Camanche chief, Bajo del Sol, has come into Chihuahua with a party, expressing his desire to form a treaty of peace with the Mexican Republic. One of the per son* accompanying him was Jabepete, who, though one hundred and twelve years of age’ still p eseryes command of the tribe. The diligence from Mexico for Otumba was over turned a few days ago, and several of the passengers severely injured. j The M. $. Church Suit.—ln the U. S. Utriet Court at New-York, on Thursday, ; Mr. Lord, in the Methodist Church contro versy, concluded his argument; He contended that the feeling which exist- I ed in th s general conference on the question j slavery, in 1844, rendered a separation im | perative, as the sections of ; the country, consistent with the peace and harmony, and usefulness of the chuich, could not go on to gether. He contended that the decision was fully authorized and legally male, and that the Southern portion ore entitled to a share of the book concern and to the portion due to them since 1844. At the conclusion of his remarks, Mr. Rev erdy Johnson, for defence, alluded to portions of the constitution of the Church, by which he will contend, analagoua to portion* of the constitution of the United States, as relates to Congress, that the General Convention had no power to authorize a separation. He mere ly stated the point, Mr. ?ancher thep rose *ud prgupd faf thp defense, 1 Mr. jDhoate would probably open the case ] oft the part pi sbe detyadbotf ygnprday, THE CONSTITUTIONALISr. Augusta, Georgia. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 28- Hon- Joseph W. Jackson. It is rarely our fortune (says the Savannah Georgian) to publish anything with the same pleasure, with which we lay before our read ers, the correspondence between a committee in behalf of the citizens of Bulloch county and Col. Joseph W. Jackson. Col. Jackson has felt constrained (how reluctantly few know better than ourselves) to yield to soli citations from many parts of the District, to become again a candidate to represent it in the Congress of the United States. The gra tification with which we announce the fact, is, we believe, not greater than that with which most of our readers w'ill receive it. Os Col. Jackson’s past Congressional course, we say enough (and the lauguage does not furnish us the means of saying more, while truth forbids us to say less) when we say that he has been found faithful; yes, “faithful a mong the faithless.” No pressure of solici j tations, none of the blandishments of power* j none of the seductive influences of a corrupt metropolis, none of the examples of treachery with which he was begirt on the right hand and on the left, could swerve him from his fidelity to his constituents and the constitu tion. Alas ! that in the late Congress so few such could be found from the South. Hun ter, and Mason and Jefferson Davis, and not many more, made up their roll in the Senate. ! Seddon and Venable, and Clingman, and Jackson, and those acting with them, make |up their number in the House. These men i every hour, and amid all trials, and under I all circumstances, during a long and trying i contest, were found strenuously and unfalter j iugly* even when hopelessly, contending for | right and opposing power. Their cause ruin ed by treachery, they were overwhelmed by ■ numbers ; but the example of their incorrup i tible patriotism and unpurchasable virture t i will not be lost upon their countrymen. In regard to Col. Jackson's present posi tion,— tjte ultra submissionists as well as the I ultra Southern Rights men (we use the term : without designing offence) will both, we fear, i find occasion to cavii at it; but as regards the i great mass of the people of the District, there is nothing in i', to prevent their cheerful, yes enthusiastic support of him. Being such, we anticipate (and indeed could wish, for the sake of harmony,) no organized opposition to him. Bur while we deprecate it, we do not fear it. We have more confidence in the peo - ple than most. We therefore look forward with no anxious apprehensions to the day when they will sit in judgment upon their late representative, firmly believing that their decisions will be “ well done good and faith ful servant.” rggp Among the passengers sailed in the Europa for Liverpool, we notice the names of J. R. Bulkley and Lady, of this city. The Savannah Republican says : “ Proba bly many of our readers remember the old steamer Santee. They will be surprised to learn that she has gone to the Pacific, via the Straits of Magellan, and that she is now do ing duty in California under the name of the West Point. Mr. Faas, an ingenious German of Philadel i phia, commenced on Monday the exhibition of | an automaton Tyrolean band of instrumental performers. They are as large as life, and the inventer has succeeded in rendering their movements perfectly natural, while the music performed is admirable. They can be arrang ed to perform any piece of music in a shorter time than a living band can be drilled into a new overture or march. The figures are nine in number, two being flute players, one clari onette, three brass horns, two trumpets, and one tap drummer. It has cost the inventor ten years of study and labor. The steamship Alabama, Capt. Ludlow, left Savannah on Saturday at l£ o'clock pre cisely, for New York. She carries out 83 ca bin and 53 steerage passengers, with a full freight. The A. will probably have a rough passage, as it was blowing a stiff gale from the east when she left. Nokth-Carolina Rail Road. —From our Raleigh and Wilmington Exchanges, we per ceive that the Board of Directors of this Road met at Raleigh on Monday, the 12th instant, and continued in session until Thursday, the 15th. Full and elaborate reports were receiv ed from the Chief Engineer and his Assistants and the Road located in accordance with them. The Directors have ordered the Presi dent and Chief Engineer to put the whole Road under contract before the 9th of July. A reasonable time allowed for commencing the work. The Wilmington Journal of the 23d inst., gives the report of the Engineer in full, and from it we learn that the Road has been sur veyed and located, from the point of its con nection with the Wilmington and Raleigh Rail Road, which will be a mile and an eighth south of Goldsboro', in Wayne county, to Charlotte, in Mecklenburg county. It will be 223 miles in length, and cost, with loco motives and cars, $*3,405,132. The caloula | tion the Journal says, is for a very slender supply of working macninery, totally inade quate to the wants of a Road 223 miles in length, it being probable that the Road will cost about four millions of dollars before it can be put in operation. The location is by the way of Raleigh, from whenee it goes byway of Hillsboro', Greens boro’ and Lexington, to Salisbury, and from Salsbury to Charlotte, by the Concord route passing within a mile of that village. At Charolotte, it connects with the Charlotte and South-Carolina Rail Road. The Presbyterian General Assembly—Setl e went of the Slavery Question.— Utica, N. Y., May 21.—The NewSehool General iVwethbly has had an animated debate this morning on the slavery question, and has just rejected the amendments and passed the committee’s reports, leaying the phureh just where she was plaetd by tlie action of last ye«\ i * WHRifl nMmmnimmnmm uirrnriwiß^fe.itifiiwiiriHiln■¥rtMwiMinrwwwnamTl AUGUSTA WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT MAY 28, 1351. ARTICLES. Per. IVhoiesale. j) uty . . ARTICLES. Per. Wholesale, j Duty. BANK NOTE T/UJLE. BAGGING —Gunny,.... .... ©ls ~ “ OlLS— Sperm,W.Strained ....1 50 © free " ~ ~7Z ~~ ~ 77 Kentucky.. .... 00 ©OO pr.ct. . 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Orleans. •••• 37 ©4O |qo nr rr- Champagne 900 ©ls 0040 pr. ct. EDW’D. PADELFORD, 2nd \ ice President* NAILS— Cut, 4dto 20d... 3 50® 400 | pr ’ " ! Alalaga Iso® 62 |4opr.ct. OCTAVUS COHEN. Secretary and Treasueer South-Western Rail-Road. —The opening j ! of the South-Westren Rail-Road to Fort j 1 Valley (twenty-seven miles from Macon) will ' be celebrated at Fort Valley on the 81st inst. ' The Railway Connection at Macon.— The late dry weather has afforded a fine opportu nity to put down the coffer dam at Macon. ’ The preparations for constructing the pier are now going forward rapidly. The lattice work is being got on the ground, and it is uc w ’ thought that the month of August will see the-connection across the river completed. 5 Arrival or Gen. P. F. Smith.—l he New 1 Orleans Pieayune of the 22d inst,says. Among i the passengers by the Georgia, which arrived s this morning, was Gen. Persifor F. Smith, i who returns from California after an absence i of over two years, in excellent health, lhe , numerous friends of this gallant and distin- J guished officer warmly welcome him back. ) , We understand that he leaves for Washing t' ton City in the course of a few days. Concert Hall -1 The play of “ The Stranger," was performed 1 on Monday night for the benefit of Mr. Adams, [ to a full and fashionable house. Miss Rica -1 ardson displayed her usual talent in “ Mrs. Haller,” and we believe we speak the senti ments of all present, when we say, it was as i fine a piece of acting as could have graced f the boards of any Theatre. A accom plished actress has never appeared before an Augusta audience. Her talents will ensure j her success wherever she goes. Much credit is due to Mr. Carter for the ; able manner in which he personated “ The Stranger." We have seen it in the hands 3 of much older actors, and with greater names than Mr. Carter, yet not rendered so respect able or acceptable to the audience. The sub - ordinate parts were respectably done, and the whole performance went off to the genera, satisfaction of all present. Last night the moral Drama of the “ Drunk ard,” was performed for the first time in Au gusta. A large and fashionable audience was present, and as the different stages of the play progressed, picturing, in the most vivid man ner, all the alluring snares to vice, every person present appeared to feel its effect. It is one of those plays which should be wit , nessed by all, for it cannot fail to have a sal utary effect on the mind. Such moral lessons impressed upon the minds of the youth, and ‘ with the surrounding attendants, which seems to give them a delightful reality, often show their good in after years. It will be repeated to-night for the benefit of that sterling Corn median, who has amused and delighted our play-goers, Mr. Weaver. One mose deserv ing, or who has shown more willingness to please, could not present his claims. We shall expect a general turn-out. *** We learn (says the Charleston Courier) from a card, published in the Evening News of yesterday afternoon, that the Hon. B. F, Porter has reared from that Journal, and that Mr. Paxton will continue to publish it on his own account. In leaving the Editorial chair which he has so ably filled,Judge Porter carries with him the best wishes of his con temporaries and numerous friends for his future prosperity. [communicated.] Electro-Biology Professor Hale has been entertaining and astonishing our citizens for the past week with his Lectures and Experiments in the new science of Biology. His experiments are cer tainly of a most extraordinary character.™ What! to see persons taken from the audi ence and subjected so completely to his con trol, that they are made to believe the most absurd representations, is certainly astonish ing. Some of the experiments border hard I upon impossibility, but to sec a number of * subjects made to believe that there is a brook before them with fish swimming therein— trees bearing fruits, from which they will pluck and eat; with many other things, ap parently, incredible and absurd. He also forces them to gather from the floor, imagina ry, strawberries of exquisite fiavor, of which they partake and pass around to the audience; a handkerchief is changed, to them, into a baby, which they will nurse with great care, until ehanged into a negro child, when it is thrown down with great disgust. Pfofessqr H-'s Lecture, last evening, com prised a brief exposition of the philosophy of removing disease without the use of medi cines, after which* a number of certificates were feud, attesting to ks importance ag a remedial agent. Out ei the number we hay j only room for the following, which is Irom a . highly respectable citizen of Greensboro’, (Ala.) who was a member of his Class at that place : “ On the night of the Bth of February, my child, a boy 3ix years old, was taken with one of the most violent spasms that 1 ever wit nessed. His extremities were cold, and the muscles of his body were contracted to such an extent that they were entirely useless, and the child, evidently, could not live long in such a state. I sent immediately for a physi cian, but I concluded to try your science, in hopes to do the child some good, which proved effectual, for in a few minutes, I had the whole system perfectly relaxed and in a fine perspiration, and the child free from all pain, which astonished all persona present. On the arrival of the physician, we found no use for him, as the child was perfectly well, and is now well as he ever was, having had no return of the slightest symptons since. I have also removed several violent headaches in less than a minute, and with the facts of my own production, I am fully satisfied that your method of treating diseases, will prove effectual in nine cases out of ten, judging from the success I have had in the eases above alluded to. If you think this worthy of your notice, you are at liberty to make whatever use of it you like. Yours, &c., A. Johnson." To-night is his last Lecture in Augusta, after which those desirous ot forming a Class* will have an opportunity of doing so by giving in their names. Waynesboro. May 20th, 1851. According to previous notice a portion of the Southern Rights Republican party of Burke this day assembled in Waynesboro. On motion, Dr. Chas. W. West was called to the chair and John F. Lawson appointed Secretary. The chairman stated that the object of the meeting was to form a Southern Rights As- ■ sociation for the county of Burke. Where upon the following constitution was present ed and unanimously adopted, to wit: Whereas, The Southern Rights Republican party of Burke, feeling the importance of a more thorough organization; and being desi rous of forming a Southern Rights Rapupli can Association, for the purpose of promoting unity and concert of action: Therefore, we, a portion o: the people of Burke, do this day form ourselves into an or ganization, to be known by the name and style of the “Burke county Southern Rights! Republican Association,” and do hereby or dain and adopt the following as our constitu tion; Article Ist. In this Association we recog nize no distinction of parties; and hail all men as brethren on the common platform of South ern Rights. Art. 2d. In the formation of this Associa tion, we have no other object in view than the promotion of Southern Rights; and as a cardinal doctrine of our creed, hold to the “Equality and sovereignty of the States/’and are opposed to all consolidation and Fedeiai ism. Art. 3d. The officers of this association shall consist of a President, two Vice-Pre sidents, a Secratary, Treasurer, and a Corres- j ponding eommittee; who shall hold office twelve months or until resignation. Art. 4th. It shall be the duty of the Presi dent, and in his absence the Vice Presidents, to call monthly meetings, at such time as they ! may think proper, by giving due notice. Art. sth. It shall be the duty of the Sec- i retary to record this Constitution in a neat | book kept for the purpose; in which all the i Southern Rights Republican party of the i county are invited to subscribe their names to this constitution. The following gentleman were then elect ed officers of the Association, to wit: Maj. John C. Poythress, President; Dr. Charles W. West, Vice-President; Dr, J. Carter, Vice- President; John jt,.' Sturgesi Esq., Secretary and Treasurer, D. Skrine Dr. £. L. Antony, Thos. H. Blount and Alex’. Mackenzie, Corresponding Committee. On motion it was. i That all papers In the State, iriend.y to the cause of Southern Rights and Republican principles, be requested to pub lish the proceedings of this meeting; and that i a copy of the same'be sent to the Southern Press. On motion, the meeting adjourned, CHAS. W. WEST, Chairman. John F. Lawson, Secretary. \\ e learn that the telegraph wires on the line between Fayetteville and Raleigh were found out of order during Saturday. On in vestigation they were discovered to have been broken in some fifty different places within the distance of five miles, evidently by some miscreants, for what particular purpose, how ever, it is not at present ascertained. We trust that they wi‘l be detected, and punished ac cording to their deserts. The wires were a gain in working order yesterday afternoon, as will be seen from aur dispatches.— Chark '&tcm Courier, 27th inst. Yesterday forenoon our City was visited with two or three heavy showers of rain, which it is needless to say proved most accep table; although a little more would have not been at all disagreeable. Since Saturday, how ever, the atmosphere has been of a pleasant temperature. The thermometer yesterday in the rear of our office remained the whole day at 74.— 1'). Tmarrijed, On Tuesday evening, 29th April, by John G. Jacaway, Esq., Dr. J. Pincknkv Hambleton, of Atlanta, (formerly of Va.) and Miss M. Louisa, daughter of Col. Benjamin Easley, of Dade coun ty, Ga. DIED, Very suddenly, in Wrightsboro/ Columbia co., Ga., on the morning of the 22d inst., Smith John son, aged nearly 46 years. Deceased was a na tive of New Haven, Connecticut, but for the last 13 year? had resided in this State. (Commercial, Augusta Market* May 28* COTTON.— During the past week we have had a very irregular and declining market. On Wed nesday last the advices per <; America/' came to hand, noticing a decline in the Liverpool market of & a which caused prices to give way in this market full \ cent, and - at this decline buyers were very reluctant to take hold. In this state the market continued on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. On Monday morning the “ Bp.’tic's" advices came to hand, noticing a further decline in the Liverpool market of $ a £d. 'These latter advices put a stop to business, and on Monday, we heard of no sales. The market was very languid yesterday (Tuesday,) and the only sales that we heard of were a few small scattering lots to man* ufacturers in this vicinity, at full three-quarters of a cent dscline from the prices current previous to the receipt of the intelligence per “ Baltic/* Holders are offering but little, and buyers sbt>w not the least disposition to operate at the decline noticed above. 0 Since the above was in tj pe, we have advices pel Canada, noticing an advance of agd in the Liverpool Market, which has made all parties look a little more cheerful. RECEIPTS OF COTTON. From Ist September, 1850, to latest dates received. 1851. 1850,, Savannah, May 22 281,114 289,884 Charleston, May 22 343,819 326,231 • Mobile, May 16 417,357 318,384 New-Orleans, May £0 910,632......760,027 Florida, May 11 161,850 161,713 Texas, May 10 34,315 25,510 Virginia, May 1 15,025 8,625 North Carolina, May 1 11,808...... 9,339 Total Receipts 2,175,920 1,899,7ia 1,869,713 Increase of Receipts this year... .276,207 STOCK OF COTTON Remaining on hand at the latest dates re Savannah, May 22 14,19' An nfki Charleston, May 22 3!. r .<)7 Mobile, May 16 l'Vfßl New-Orleans, May 20 ,176.474 jAJgg Florida. May 11 • V I exas, May 11 3,400 I 170 Augusta &. Hamburg, si ay l 55,334 61’,735 Macon, May 1.. 15 844 15,514 Virginia, May 1,„ 1599 900 North Carolina, Mayl.,,, 425 Nevv-Ycyrk, May 20.. 69,598! !!!“l-25,306. 10ta1...,,. 510,404 546,983 510,404 Decrease in Stocks 36,579 GROCERIES.—We have had a rather quiet market iu the Groeery line this week, the busi ness being confined mostly to filling small country orders. CORN \\ e have no change to notice in prices this week. The stock on hand is fully equal to the demand, and sales are making from stores, ia small lots, at prices ranging from 85 to 90 cents,. BACON.— Ihere continues a fair demand for Bacon, and prices still tend upwards. TLfer* is a fair supply of Western on hand. Western is worth 10jJ, and lennessee II cents the iu»g round, pf the quantity. Shoulders are worth to II to 114, and liaras 12 to 13 cents. COFFEE.—Stock ou hand on the decrease, ami prices still declining. We quot*-, na j Li LARD,- -*-Good Lard is ant j j u demand, meets with ready sale, jj a j ceijts> #c . cording to quality and 'quantity. i LOUR.— ihe c,<arket is well supplied with Northern and Western, which is selling at $6 to $ pet' bbi.-w-fancy brands SB. Augusta Canai is selling/Tom g6± to £7£ per bbl. A. X HERs.—-Stock tight, and sales are rna- king at 33 a 35 cents. : MOLASSES.—i'be stock of Cuba is diminish j tug, and prices tend upwards. We cuote Juba at |25 a 2h,and New Orleans 37 a4O cents per gal. i SUGARS.—There is a fair stock on hand, and prices are stiffening. See quotations, SALT.—Market well supplied and sales are mar king at sl,lO a $1,15 per sack, WHISKY.— I’he re is a good stock on hand.— We quote New Orleans at 30 a 33 cents. STOCKS,-*-We have heard ot no transactions? EXCHANGE—?On New Vork and other North era cities is in demand at 4 per cent preut. FREIGHTS,—Our river is getting low, but still in good navigable order. We have no eiMflge' to notice in rates which continue 50 cents per bale Co'ton to Savannah and the same price to Charleston per Railroad. SAVANNAH, May 26.— Cotton. —The market was very dull on Saturday; tha sales reported were 5 at 8|; 12 at 9j and i 8 at 94 cents; total 45 bales. SA VANN AH EXPUR iS—U ay fck Per steam ship Alabama, for New Vork—63o bales Upland, and do. Sea Island Cotton, and sundry *od bale 9 s!d»e