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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.
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■, 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*
