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Holiday MornlnKi Sept. 8, 1856.
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION.
Burglars at Work.
On Friday night last, the store of Mr. J. 11.
Vandenburg, in this city, was entered by burg
lars, and about five hundred dollars worth of
jewelly taken. They entered by boring holes
through the Shutter of a buck window by
which they were enabled to lose the bolts on
the inside. It may be that Col. Lilly is in
town.
The Chattahoochee Murder.
We learned yesterday from Mr. Sharpe, one of
the guard who accompanied John Coleman, the
apprehended murderer, to the Juil of Chatta
hoochee county, that the name of the murder
ed man was Elbert Thomasson, and was from
Marion county, (ia. lie sayß that Amos and
Benj. llently, said to have been present at the
killing, had been released from prison on ha
beas corpus, and had turned States’ evidence
against Coleman. They Hay Coleman knocked
Thomasson in the bead.
Thomasson, it appears, was on liis way from
Marion county to this city or vicinity, in
search of an overseer’s birth. He is said to
have left home with about $176 in money, and
had had paid to him in Chattahoochee county,
S6B 10, making $233 10 cents he was known
to have about his person. He stayed the night
previous to his death, at or near a place called
Pine Knot, and was killed a short distance
from that place while preceding on his journey.
When foun 1, he had on his person only $1 86
in money.
One of the Bentley’s is said to have already
served a term of six years in the Penitentiary
for murder.
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Snow at Goldsboro, N. C.
The Petersburg Express of Tuesday last,
says, that on Sunday afternoon, about 4 p. in
o’clock, when the Wilmington and Weldon cars
passed through Goldsboro, tho snow was fall
ing quite ns thickly and as prettily as it ever
fell in those parts during winter. Our friends
in Goldsboro must have been taken slightly by
surprise, as the almunac gave them no mauuer
of notice of tho phenomenon.
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Kansas Lands to bo Sold.
The President of the United States, says
the Petersburg Express, has issued a procla
mation ordering a sale of public lands in Kan
sas Territory, the sale to take place at Fort
Leavenworth, commencing on Monday, the
20th of Octobor. These lands have been clas
sified and appraised, and will not be sold for
less than the appraised value. The towns and
cities laid out on these lands will be sold in
lots and blocks. The number of acres to be
offered for sale is about two hundred and eight
thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, and
the quality of land unsurpassed, perhaps, by
any otlior equal body of land in the United
States; and tho location of the tract, lying
and being around Fort Leavenworth, is very
eligible, and most desirable for a residence.
The Gale on the Gulf.
We coudensc, from an extra of tho Apalachi
cola Commercial Advertiser, dated Sept. Ist,
a statement of the effects of the gale in that
city on tho 2'.ltli and 30th ult. Many of our
citizens are acquainted with the localities, and
will feel an interest in knowing the extent of
damage:
The water was betweou 6 and 41 feet deep
in the stores on Water street, and was driven
back into tho city nearly up to Mansion House
side walk. The stores of S. M. Nickerson and
N. Baker aro unroofed. The Apalachicola
Exchange, and the building occupied by Mc-
Kenzie & Elton, have their roofs partially off
and in a damaged condition. All tho stores
on Water street from J. B. Hill & Go’s., dowu,
have their roofs torn up and lying in a con
tused mass—doors, sash, Ike., on the lower
floors are unhinged and scattered about the
city. The floors of Mitchell’s Press Building
and Waro Houses were torn up. Pctry’s Iron
House is a wreck.”
“ Some 7 or 8 small houses at the extreme
foot of Water street are destroyed, whilst sev
eral of them have changed their location en
tirely. Austin’s ways aro destroyed. Sloop
Sarah, on the ways at the time of tho gale, is
now high and dry in Irish Town.
“ In consequence of the barometer, \c., the
loss of merchandize on Water st. is compara
tively small. The drug stores of H. F. Abell
and J. I. Griffin, are much injured, but the
stock generally was saved by moving.
‘‘ The P. 1). Ware House has its roof slight
ly damaged, floors torn up, and doors general
ly much injured. Union W. H., sustained but
little iujury. Bueknam’s Press and Ware
House slightly. Steamer Harriet was lying
at tin’ whart, making some change in her ma
chinery, on the afternoon of the 29th, and
could toot get up; Capt. Markham, however,
succeeded in hauling her along side of ehr.
Allie lhiy, lying in thestreaiu, and the steamer
was towed up to mouth of Sauls’ creek, where
she weathered it out.
“ Steamer Harriet arrived this morning all ;
sate. Schr. Allie Day is ashore in the neigh- !
borhood ot Sauls’ creek, about 200ynrds from !
the river, iu the woods, and cau only be got !
off with great labor and expense.”
Sehr. W, R. Potties, from N. Orleans, drag
ged three aclmrs, and was driven ashore, “into
the woods, about 2(H) rods from where she will
float.” The cargo of the Petties was uninjur
ed, and the vessel had made no water.
“ Pilot boats went up the river, and are
safe.”
“ Fears are entertained for the safety of the
people at the light houses.”
“We have just heard from St. Vincent s 1
Island—one family consisting of man and wife \
aud four ehildreu are drowned. We have no i
particulars.”
The New Minister from Nicaragua
Hon. Appleton Oaksmith, the new Ambassa- !
Wir from Gen. Walker to this Government is
F;. 0 yoUng seatlciuon who carried out a earin, i
muskets, which was seized byone ofT
tiona! ships m Port-au-Prince, is a son of Mrs :
E. 0. Smith, tho poetress and lecturer. ‘j
Post Office Augusta Ga. (
Sept. 6th 1856. /
Musses. Lane & DeWolk.
Kiliton of tho Daily Bus, Columbus Ga.
Beak Sirs: —In your issue of the 3d inst.,
you say ; “For several dayis past, Charleston
papers got on the wroug route when leaving
Augusta, and were thus a day behind. Papers
north of that city get to us however, which is I
strange.” I can account in this way for the j
fact you refer to in part. The northern mail
duo on Monday morning previous to the 3d,
was not received until 11 o’clock P. M. instead
of four o’clock A. M. In consequence of that
delay and the arrival of the regular afternoon
mail at 3 P. M., the distribution was larger
than usual, and some of the papers had to lie
over until the next departure of the mail. It
is probable some of the Charleston papers
were among those detained. I cannot account
for delays on other days. As you state they
got on the “ wrong route,” it is possible that
the Columbus bag may have been delayed on
the road. It was certainly sent from this of
fice. Nothing shall be left undone, on our
part, to distribute promptly all mails at this
office. Very Respectfully, yours,
JAMES M. SMYTIIE, P. M.
In reply we will state that it is not an unfre
queut occurrence for the Charleston papers to
fail to arrive at tlie regular time. On the mor
ning of the receipt, of the above note they fail
ed to come through, while other papers east,
reached us promptly. Yesterday, (Sunday,)
Friday and Saturday’s papers came to hand.
These postal derangements are a great nuis
ance to daily publishers, and were they to com
plain whenever failures occur which tiiey have
reason to believe is within iu the power of
postmasters to prevent, their readers would
become worried with tho rehearsal. At least
such has been our experience since the establish
ment of the Sun. We hope friend Smyth will
keep an eye to his distributing deputies, as in
future we shall note failures from that quarter,
and occasionally report.
Tiie Sumter (S. C.) Watchman learns, that
on Monday morning last, about 3 o’clock, the
train from Wilmington, when near Florence,
ran into a wash, from the heavy rain of the
night before, causing a complete wreck of the
mail and baggage cars. Some twenty-five
yards of the road was entirely washed away.
We are happy to learn that no lives were lost.
Mr. Sherwood, the mail agent, received inju
ries, though not, it is thought, of a very se
rious character. His escape was miraculous.
The conductor was also slightly injured.
Aid to Kansas.
The sum of $1,114 has been raised In Sa
vannah, to aid the suffering Georgians in Kan
sas, in response to the recent call.
THE GALE IN FLORIDA.
Wo were visited on Saturday and Sunday
List, with a repetition of the storm of August
23d, 1850. Trees, ontbouses and fences were
swept down and our beautiful town made al
most a eompleto wreck. Majestic oaks and
strongly implanted mulberry trees—which
had, for years, stood as ornaments to our vil
lage, ami which had braved all former gales,
were either rent assunder or uplifted by the
roots. Two of the chimneys of tho Court
House, and others about town, some of them
newly built, were blown down ; but we are
glad to say none of our dwelling houses were
materially injured, and fortunately no lives
lost. The surrounding country, we are afraid,
suffer red severely. We have heard that Gen.
Milton, Messrs. Wynn, Battle, arid James L.
Robinson, had their Gin Houses blown down,
aud Mr. E. R. Ely lost his Sugar house and a
number of other houses, and had two yoke of
oxen killed. Dr. R."A, Sanders had two mules
killed. The roaus are impassable, from the
quantity of logs across them.
We understand that tho new Methodist
Church at Greenwood was blown down during
the gale, and that the Chipola River has risen
very rapidly since, from the immense quantity
of water fallen.
The crops aro completely ruined in this
county. Cotton and corn have been blown
down and beaten in the ground. One gentle
man had only one boll of open cotton left,
standing on his plantation, and another had
one-third of his corn buried in the sand.—
Marianna (Fla.) Fa trial. 2d.
A Wife Murdered by her Husband.
On the 27th August, a horrible murder was
committed near Preatou, Webster comity, Ga.,
by J nines I’ines, on the body of his wife, Ba
rah Ann. An esteemed correspondent, It. O.
Huttox, M. 1)., gives us the following account
of the diabolical outrage.
About 8 o’clock on the 27th ult., an alarm
was given in the neighborhood that Mrs. Sa
rah Aim Pines had fallen into the well and was
drowned. The neighbors immediately collect
ed and rescued the body of the unfortunate
woman, and, upon examination, discovered
that she had been awfully beaten about the
head and face, and that her scull and both
jaws were broken. Suspicion immediately
tell upon the husband, James Fines, who was
arrested and lodged iu jail. A jury of inquest
was innnadiately summoned, whose Verdict was
that she was murdered by her husband. Af
tei Ills arrest, Pines confessed that he had
committed the murder; that ho inflicted the
blows which killed bei with a “battling stick.”
while she was learning over tho well endeavor
ing to dislodge the bucket which bad accident
ly fallen into the well. All the circum
stances, however, go to show that he first kill
ed her aud then threw her into the well. —Times
of Saturday event ny.
A Sorious Allray in Arkansas.
We learn, says tho Memphis Enquirer of the
22d ult., from a gentleman direct from Linden,
Arkansas, on the St. Francis, river that a diffi
culty occurred between a number of gentle
men, residents of of that place, which result
ed in the death of six of the party. The dis
turbance grew out of a political dispute. We j
are unable to learn any of the particulars, or !
the names ol any of tho parties conuocted
with this melancholy affair.
The Result in Arkansas.
$ The whole vote cast at the recent flection in
Arkansas was a little short of 44,000, aud in I
this vote—Mississippi couuty, democratic, j
“° t ,heard from—Conway has a majority of I
12,091. Warren, for Congress, lias a majori- j
ty in the southern district of 3,121. over Fow- I
ler > ““'I in the northern district, Greenwood’s I
majority over Thomasson is over 9,000. Out i
htty-tour counties in the State tho American j
party carried only six—Pulaski, Philips, Se- 1
has tain, Scott, Columbus and Lafayette.
“ Trustee,” the celehrated race horse, died !
at South Westchester, Now York, on Tuesday !
Letter from Hon. Charles J. Jenkins.
Lexington, Ga., Aug. 12th, 1860.
Iton. Charles J. Jenkins :
Dear Sir : Haviug for many years been as
sociated with you politically, and always en
tertaining a high respect for your opinion upon
all subjects of public policy, you will pardon
ine, I hope, for taking the liberty ol’ asking
you to give me your opinion in writing upon
the claims of the candidates now before the
country for the Presidency, with the priv
ilege of using it as I may wish. As an Old
Line Whig, 1 feel that duty aud patriotism re
quire that I support James Buchanan in the
present contest. Very respectfully,
Willis Willingham.
Augusta, Ga., 28tb, 1866.
Lear Sir: Your letter requesting my “opin-
I ion in writing upon the claims of the candid
’ ates now before the country for the Presiden
j cy, with the privilege of using it as you may
! wish,” is before me, and although withdrawn
; from the political arena, I cannot decline com
; pliance with your request.
These claims must be considered relatively,
j iu reference to the state of the country, and the
political circumstances surrounding the can
| didates severally.
It is proper to begin with a survey of tho
! field of American politics, ns at this moment
| presented. There is but a single exciting
I question now before the American people, viz:
| a proposition to repeal that feature of tho act
I organizing the Territories of Kansas and Ne
| braska, which expressly abrogates the Missou
j ri restriction. This is thepending issue, though
i there oan be no doubt tin t success in it, would
encourage its authors to introduce other mens
sures of repeal until all advantage resulting
to the South from the Compromise of 1850
shall have been swept away. The absence
from the contest of other questions, makes it
distinctly sectional, aud fearfully perilous to
the Union.
Now for the array of parties, and 1 remark,
j that you are invited to make this survey from
a point entirely without the lines of any and
all of them ; certainly not, for that reason, in
eligible.
First, then, w o see a party prostituting the
time honored name -‘Republican,” banded to
gether in one section of the country, for the
avowed purpose of crusading against the
rights aud institutions of another section,
hold the affirmative of the above stated issue ;
a party equally sectional iu its aims, and its
organization; employing for the purpose of
agitation, the combined agencies of the hust
ings, tiie press, aud the pulpit, aud sustained
by the corrupting influence of money, drawn
without stint, from the well filled and open
coffers of tributary millionaires. It presents as
its candidate Mr. Fremont, famous only for
bold adventures in exploration of cur Western
wilds and snowy mountains—a fit instrument
in the hands of the desperate faction who have
committed their black banner to his firm grasp.
I cannot enlarge upon the merits of this
party or of their candidate, nor indeed, ia this
latitude can it be necessary. I will only add
that it is formidable, as well in its strength,
as iu its desperate daring. All men here pro
perly estimate its character—few', very few,
rightly appreciate its power. The southern
man who thinks it contemptibly weak, and upon
that opinion predicates his course in this con
test, will find, when too late, that he has hugged
to his bosom a fatal delusion. If not the first,
it will undoubtedly prove itself the second
power in the struggle; whether it shall be first,
or second, will depend mainly upon tho South.
Wo turn now to an array in another part of
the field. The American party somewhat the
senior of the Republican, lias been avowedly
organized for tho purpose of reforming our
naturalization laws, so as to secure effectually
to Americans the power to rule America.—
The object is a good one, and when pursued
by legitimate means, without being made pri
mary to others more important and more exi
gent, will I trust, claim the favorable consid
eration of the whole people. Now, however,
that question is scarcely named in the canvass,
and it were well to let this measure of reform
rest, until the escape of tiie Republic from its
present peril is effected. This party, although
not sectional, is certainly of doubtful nation
ality, for the purpose of resisting the present
aggressions upon the rights and interests of
the South. The doubt is predicated upon the
express repeal by their national council, iu
February, 1855, of the twelfth section of the
platform or declaration of principles, made in
June, 1865, and which gave to the South an
ample guaranty of their co-operation. It is
sometimes said that paper guaranties are ut
terly valueless. They have certainly proven
so iu some instances, and for the argument,
we grant them always so; still it must be con
ceded that the formal and distinct withdrawal
of one previously giveu is significant. This
party then with a full knowledge that their
national council (whose authority is recogniz
ed) had made this withdrawal, proceeded, in
convention, on the next day, in the same city,
to nominate their candidate for the Presiden
cy, and gave them no position whatever on
this momentuous question. In view of all this,
to say that the party is of doubtful nationali
ty for defence of the Soutli in this ruthless ag
gression upon her constitutional rights, is to
use mild terms. Os the patriotism and genu
ine national feeling of the Southern wing, no
doubt is meant to be insinuated—they are
above suspicion. Their mistake, I think, lies
in reposing unmerited confidence in their
northern confederates, upon whose faithful
co-operation depends tho claim of the party to
nationality. Their candidate is Mr. Fillmore,
a most worthy man—an able statesman, who
in the legislative and executive departments
has done the country good service and made
ids name honorable.
Wo are pointed by southern adherents to his
administration, anti we aro told that, bv his
nomination, the party has given the Soutli a
higher and better guaranty than their repu
diated 12th section. To a great extent this
guaranty is good and is cordially accepted,
but does it go far enough ? Os Mr. Fillmore’s
loyalty to the Constitution, and the rights of
all poople overshadowed by it, as he interprets
them, there can be uo doubt—none at all.
But since he went into retirement, there lias
been further legislation on the slavery ques
tion ; the Kansas and Nebraska net. repealing
in express terms the Missouri restriction, j
which had been virtualy abrogated by the
territorial acts of 1860, has been passed. This
is tho alleged cause of the present agitation in
the uon-slaveholdiug States. Woof the South !
maintain that this repealing clause is in strict
accordance with the Compnomise of 1850, and
>ve then claimed the removal of the Missouri
restriction, as one of the benefits derived under !
it. Yet, since his nomination, Mr. Fillmoro
has publicly denounced this repeal. Now, we
caunot afford in kindness to any man, or set i
of mou, to blink this question, so full of peril
to the South aud to the Union. Whatever may
be said of squatter sovereignty, or of sane- !
tiouing alien voting, or of other provisions of
this Kansas Nebraska act—we cannot surren
der the clause which repeals the Missouri re- i
striction. \ield that, and you yield much
that is valuable in the Compromise of 1850, j
whie i arc all solemnly pledged to maintain.
Yet ug-. n, it is precisely this clause of the act I
which Mr. Fillmore has denounced. It is
quite possible that, notwithstanding this de
nunciation upon tho ground of expediency, he
may, upon higher considerations, oppose him
self to tho restoration of the Missouri restric
tion. I have once been told, when presenting
this view, that his nomination by the American
party of Georgia and their platform, in which
high ground is taken on this point, had been
together laid before him, and that in the ac
ceptance of the nomination, he must aud would
declare his assent to the platform. But lias
ke done so? You will search for it vain there.
He alludes to bis candidacy under the Phila
delphia nomination, expresses himself gratified
that the Georgia Americans have concurred in
it, and for his principles refers to his past ad
ministration. I will say in candor that I have
been told also, that there is in existence satis
factory evidence of his concurrence with our
views on this point, but I have not seen it.—
Why not give it to the public, why not let ev
ery man read and judge for himself? No pub
lic man, no candidate for high office, can right
fully ask tho suffrages of the people, save
upon the faith of liis public acts and declara
tions, nor lias Mr. Fillmore asked them, oth
erwise. In the absence then of any publish
ed evidence on this point, I close the discus
sion of it with three simple questions, the an
swers to which may furnish to southern men
a rule of acceptance iu this emergency. First,
does or does not the emphatic condemnation of
a legislative act justify the expectation that he
who so condemns, will concur in and approve
its repeal. Secondly, lias or lias not Mr. Fill
more publicly and emphatically condemned
the abrogation by an act of Congress of the
Missouri restriction? Thirdly, if he be con
tent to stand there, before Southern voters,
where uught they to stand in tiie ides of No
vember.
But there is a third contestant in the field,
the ancient iron ribbed Democracy. There it
stands, armed and equipped cap a pie with im
posing mien, but with unnumbered sins upon
its hoary head. Prominent among these, in
my humble opinion, is that of having brought
our present troubles upon us, by inordinate
indulgence of its lust for territorial acquisition,
glazed over by the fallacious pretension of “ex
tending the area of freedom”—the demagogue’s
hobby and the filibuster’s apology. That will
be a dark day for the country, when conserva
tive old line Whigs identify themselves with
this party. In their palmiest days they could
only partially check, hot arrest the downward
tendency of its misrule. Their mission is still
and ever to combat its errors and counteract
its objectionable policy.
But with all its faults, that party now stands
forth, alone in its reliable nationality—alone
in its unqualified pledge to maintain the pres
ent status of congressional legislation on the
slavery question. For the redemption of this
pledge their orators at the hustings and their
editors through the press are now faithfully
laboring. Exceptions there may be, but iu
general, even on freesoil, they come up man
fully to the work. The party is planted on
this policy, their committal is complete—with
it they must sink or swim. Their candidate,
as broadly pledged, as deeply committed as
themselves, is Mr. Buchanan, the wisest, most
conservative, most reliable Democratic aspi
rant to the Presidency. They call him an old
fogy. I have an instinctive leaning to old fo
gyism, when put in competition with young
Americanism. I would take him in preference
to the most promising sprig of young America
that Democracy can boast.
This is no time to struggle for party ascen
dency. Now, we must look to the country —
its continuing prosperity and greatness in the
Union, or its utter ruin out of it. We must
have a President who will uphold the Constitu
tion now, as we interpret it, or all is lost. Let
our inquiry then be, first, who of the candi
dates will stand firmly by us; aud secondly,
wiio of those that will, has the fairest prospect
ot success. Sell preservation demands, that
in this crisis, we vote with reference to the
great issue, and to the availability of the can
didates in the election. Let us save the Union
now, through the instrumentality of the De
mocracy, if need be, and oppose to them here
after, when occasion shall require, the same
indomitable spirit they have encountered in us,
heretofore. They who admit the peril and
then refuse this sacrifice to avert it, are in
danger of merging the patriot in the parti
san. Now, the better to estimate the peril
aud the chances of averting it, let us consider
the prospects ol the several candidates. Be
lieving, as I conscientiously do, that should
Mr. Fremont succeed, the Union will not sur
vive his administration, I assume that it is a
cardinal object to secure the election of a safe
man by the people. Heaven forfend that the
destinies of this great country should be com
mitted to the Ilouseof Representatives, as now
constituted. Does any southern man feel difier
ently, let him cast his eyes upon the speaker’s
chair—let him contemplate the attitude of that
body at this moment, and be warned. Does
he with all the lights before him, desire to
send the election to that body in tho forlorn
hope of thus securing the election of his party’s
candidate, for him, I have no argument. “He
is joined unto liis idols.”
To return then. That Mr. Fremont will re
ceive an immense majority of the votes iu the
non slaveholding States, is beyond ail question
—precisely how many no man can foresee.—
He might lose twenty seven votes and still be
eioctid. iho entire vote of the South concen
trated upon one candidate would be inade
quate to elect him. No reasonable man will
deny that, should the voto of the South be di
vided, Mr. Fremont will receive a sufficient
number of northern votes to defeat an eleotion
by the peopie. i lie practical question for us
is, which ot the two, Mr. Buchanan or Mr.
Filluioio, has the Jairest chance of obtaining,
in the won slaveholding States, such a number
of votes as, united with the entire vote of the
South, will secure his election by the people.
Mr. Fillmore’s Lopes, north of Mason aud Dix
on’s line, rest upou New York. He not de
ceived by the assertions oi the partisan press,
lie has no foothold elsewhere in that section.
On what louudation do liis hopes rest iu New
\ ork . Looking to the numerous factions into
which tiie people of that State have of late
beeu divided and sub divided, the notorious
loosening ot aneientparty ties, and their known
proclivity to Freesoilism, I submit to every
candid mind the question,|is it safe, in an issue
so important aud so doubtful, to base a calcu
lation upon her vote? There is, then, no relia
ble expectation that the South could obtain
help enough from the North to elect Mr. Fill
more. W hat are Mr, Buchanan’s prospects ?
it is as tar removed from doubt, as such an
event can well he, that the noble old Keystone
State will stand by the Union and by her illus
trious son in this contest. There is good rea
son to hope that New Jersey will do likewise.
These two, with the unanimous vote of the
South, would elect Mr. Buchanan. lli s pros
pects in those two States are far brighter, I
I think, than Mr. Fillmore’s in New York.
but again, to borrow a phrase, Mr. Buchanan
lias, in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Con
necticut, a margin, which Mr. Fillmore has no
where. Should the former lose New Jersey,
there is a hope that out of those four States,
the loss would be made good. I do not men
tion them in any other connection, because I
fear more than I hope from them.
In one word, then, were this contest betv
Mr. Fillmore and Mr. Buchanan, and iv,, i|
assured that Mr. Fillmore would opp ofie p i
self to the restoration of the Missouri ( v. I
tion, 1 would vote for him with unspenk V
pleasure. But, being satisfied beyond'■■
doubt, that it is iu fact a contest between V
Buchannn and Mr. Fremont ; that Mr. lh tl '’
nan, as President, will interpose all the p,,,
of his administration to preserve, unimjiai'i,’ f
the Constitutional rights of tho South aiij J 1
perpetuity of the Union, whilst liis real 1
petitor would unscrupulously trample <„ )
former, with full knowledge that he tl„.,’
imperiled the latter, I say let every soutli ‘,
electoral vote be cast for tho Democratic n „’”
iiieo. Let Georgia do so, laying ail pmu
judices and affinities, as an offering, 01,
altar of our common country. To aid i i;
result, no man need sever any existing i ]; ,
tie.
I have, my dear sir, been unwilling ton
| trudeiny opinions upon public attention: l I
| Ido not see that I can, with propriety, re I
| to place iu your hands this hasty and h,,, I
j feet expression of their., leaving to your sour, \
| discretion the use to be made of them. j
Respectfully, &c.,
CHARLES J. JENKIMs !
Dr. W. Willingham.
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.
Arrival of the Persia.
New York, Sept. 4.— The British am] N 0 n
American mail steamship Persia, Capt. t. q
E. Judkins, has arrived at this port with ~.
week’s later news from Liverpool, from wl,i’
place she sailed on Saturday, 23d Aug. ult
An abstract of the advices brought by •(,,
arrival is subjoined.
Commercial Intelligence.
Liverpool, Aug. 23. —1n the cotton marks
a decline of l-10d. on lower grades has lieu
manifested since the reports made up for t 1,,.
Niagara, of the 16th, but holders aro not
to meet purchasers on the new rates.
The quotations given are:—Middling I',,
lands, 6 3-16 ; Fair Uplands 6-jj; Fair Mobil
61; Middling Orleans 6 5-16 ; Fair Orleans;
The stock at Liverpool is 775,000 bales, in
cluding 636,000 American.
The sales of the week have been 47,000 bales,
of which 9,0.00 were for exprt, and 2,UI)U on
speculation, leaving 86,000 for the trade.
Liverpool Breadstuff's.
Reports and indications of the potato rot
have caused an advance on leading articles,
that ad vance being on Flour 1 a 2s.—in Wheat
2 a Bd., and in Corn 25., or according to the
Broker’s circular 3s. The quotations hen
given are Canal Flour 30s. a 325. 6<1., Ohio
Flour 335. a 345., Corn, yellow, 335. Gd.
The advance in breadstuff's is attributed part
ly to reports of the potato rot in Ireland, and
to a change in the weather, which at previous
accounts had been for some weeks highly fa
vorable, but had latterly become unsettled and
threatening.
Rice— An increased activity has displayed
itself in Rice, and Carolina lias advanced';’*
a 3s. Gd.
The State of Trade at Manchester continue:
as good as before.
London Money Market.— There is no quo
table change in the money market. CousoL
closed at 95J a 95j.
Havre Markets —The sales of cotton fcr
the week, reported in later advices from Havre,
are only 4000 bales—Ordinaire Orleans being
quoted at 98f.
General Intelligence.
The Persia reports haviug passed the Arabs
on Sunday, 24th, distant about three hundred
miles from Liverpool.
Parliament has beeu prorogued by a further
order until the 18th November.
The leadership of D’lsrarli is becoming op
pressive to his party and followers.
The Loudoti Times approves and endorses
the argument of Secretary Marcy in reply to
the allied proposals on the subject of privateer
ing.
The latest reports from Paris state that the
French Emperor is urging tiie claims of Ir
relative, Prince Pierre Bonaparte, to the throw
of a Dunubian Kingdom.
The Dutch Government has refused to assent
to the conditions of arbitrament of war pro
posed by the Allies of the Parisian Congrcw
It is also reported, although with some mi
certainty, that England and France have mi
dressed a joint note, stating an ultimatum.!
the King of Naples, and that the latter hid
made some concessions, but not to a satisfac
tory extent.
It is now believed that Russia will, in
faith, surrender Kars, Ismael, Reni and lulls
within the stipulated time.
A desperate engagement has occurred I-.-
tween a Prussian man of war and an Algerine
pirate. Os the Prussians, eight were killed
and twenty wounded, including Prince Arim
fert.
r Vermont Elections.
New York, Sept. 3.—The Vermont election;
held yesterday have resulted in favor ot tin
Fremonters by large majorities.
Ib° officers elected were Governor, Lieuten
ant Governor, Treasurer, and three mcml'i'C
of Congress, in addition to a special elect!'-”
to supply the residue of term of Mr. Meaehaw
deceased.
New York Markets.
New koitK, Sept. 2.—Cotton is firmer than
at our last report, with sales of GOO bales,
Sept. B.—Cotton dull; sales 600 bales. Tk
steamer’s news had no effect.
Melancholy Occurrence.
Much excitement was caused in tiie city abua - -
, six o’clock last evening by a gentleman nainei
J. W. Blount, who had arrived at the
States Hotel the previous day, throwing him
self from a third story window of that building
He fell with fearful violence on the pavement
in Broad street and on being rased from tb
ground wasfound to be bleeding profusely ti -
the lungs, besides having sustained external in
juries. His condition at a late hour last nigh'-
was such however, as to hold out hopes of bn
final recovery. Mr. Blount is a gent!®' 1
under thirty years of age and is believed to “
a \ ifgiiiian, though of late he has been n |r ’
ideut in New Orleans. Wliat urged him 1
take the rash leap is unknown, —Augusta S
tinel.
Gold and Sulphur in Mexico-
Mexican papers state that within a dm ll
time immense placers of pure gold have been
discovered in the southern portion of the State
of Guerrero. Attention is called to tbc >u
phur beds which exist at and around the v ’
enno of Popocatepetl, nnd which are said to
inexhaustible. The United States pay
000.000 annual v lhr the sulphuric acid l ‘
mechanical uses, and it is said that if MB'-’
can energy cou’. I be stirred by some Americ* 11
capital to work these mines, wo could lm fe ’
much better article of sulphur at a less
than what wo now get from Italy.
James B. Gilmer, of Louisiana, died at C”' 1
to E-piritu, Cuba, on the Bth ult. His bod’
was followed to the giavo by the Governor* 11
other authorities.
Men are like bugles—the more brass
contain, the farther you can hear them- 1
men are like tulips, the more modest and
tired they appear, the better you love then-