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COLUMBUS: Wednesday Morning, HepL ll> 1858. LAKOKST CITV CIRCULATION. The Fillmore Mass State Convention, ap pointed to come off at Montgomery on the 20th instant, has been postponed to the 15th of October. Mayor Wood, of New York, at the solicita tion of a large number of the most substantial citizens of the city, has announced himself a candidate for re-election. A negro man named Jim Heard, the proper ty of Johnson Welburn, of Harbour county, Alabama, who absconded from home the past spring, was recognized last week in New Or learns by persons who knew him, arrested and placed in jail to await the demand of his master. Presidential Election Day. The day fixed by law for holding the election of eleotora to elect a President and Vico Presi dent of the United States in ail the States in the Union, is the first Tuesday after the first Mon day in November. This year it will he the 4th day of November. South Carolina convenes her Legislature on the first Monday in November, to cbooso elec tors for that State. Struggle between Walker and Itivas. A late letter from Grauada says: “Rivas has fortified Leon, having placed cannon in tbe tower of the Cathedral and around all the en trances of the Plaza. Walker will have some trouble in taking the town if he does not re ceive more men and artillery. The army of Rivns is about 2,fM)O strong. Walker's army, on the other hand, is demoralized in every re spect. Drunkenness is the prevailing vico.” Overhauled. The Montgomery Advertiser of Tuesday morning, say.; Marshal Larkins, in company with A. G. 11 nil, of the Police, yesterday af ternoon arrested a scoundrel, lately escaped from Columbus jail, calling himself Joseph Doubou. This fellow broke into Winters’ Mill last night and abstracted from the safe some fifty dollars, which was found secreted in his sock. He was also concerned in tiie robbery of John Campbell’s jewelry store, in this city, some time since. A negro fellow was found in company with him, but in their effort to ap prehend the white rascal, the Marshal and his aids suffered the negro to escape. They were fouud in the ravine, near the Railroad. He stoutly resisted, and the Marshal deserves great credit for the fearlessness and efficiency displayed by him on the occasion. The S. S. Prentiss, an Alabama River steam er, was sunk at the Stockton Landing, on the opposite side of the Ray from Mobile, on Sat urday morning, in 22 feet water. She had considerable lumber on board, and was to have been towed to Mobile to complete her repairs. The seams above her water line had opened, and water commenced rushing in before the of ficers were uwa e, and before step>s could be taken to prevent the accident. She lies, however, perfectly easy, and can ho raised without much difficulty. She was owued by C'apt. Sampson and Capt. Massey and was not insured. Aid for Kansas—A Proposition. A writer in the Savannah Nows, who signs himself “ A Member of a Volunteer Compa ny,” says : Being a Savannaltian by birth and in feeling, 1 desire and earnestly hope tlmt tho truomon will proveto the people of the South generally that patriotism prevails hero, and that on tho subject of Southern Rights Savan nah is “all right.” Feeliug thus, l propose that each volunteer company of this city, (there aro ton,) shall furnish five men to go there for the purpose of aiding our Southern friends in their struggle, in such way as will be decided upon, the said men to arrive in Kansas before the first of October. I make this proposition to tho volunteer corps of Savannah, believing that the citizen soldiers of our city will never be wanting in patriotism or military ardor when their State needs their assistance. Dr. Livingston not Shot. The correspondent of the Baltimore Suu, in a letter from Washington, says: “ Dispatches have just been received at the State Department from our Minister at Nica ragua, Mr. Wheeler, from which it appears that Dr. Liviugston, our Consul at Leon, has not beou shot. Mr. Wheeler has detailed the circumstances under which Dr. Livingston bad been arrested and ordered to execution. The prompt interposition of Mr. Wheeler saved him. Rivas had, it seems, determined to sa crifice Dr. Livingston in retaliation for the ex ecution of Salazar by order of President Walk er. Tho imo correspondent further adds : “ The treaty now said to have been made betweeu Lord Clarendon and Mr. Dallas, for tho adjustment of the Central American ques tion recognizes Walker’s Government, and Lord Clarendon expressed to Mr. Dallas some regret that Nicaragua had no representation in London. The terms of tho treaty are those which Walker had proposed to the English au thorities. San Juan, under this arrangement, is to belong to Nicaragua exclusively, and not to be a free port, under the protectorate of the United States and British Governments, ns was proposed by the Webster-Crainpton treaty. “The holders of the Shepherd's grant have entered a protest before the British Govern ment against any treaty uot recognizing that grant.” The Railroad Convention at ThomasviUu. We learn from the delegates returned from tho Convention held at Thomasville on Thurs day, that there was a very large attendance of the influential and public spirited citizens of Thomas and Lowndes counties, the delegates from Docatur being prevented from being pre sent by the condition of the roads after the late storm. The Brunswick Company was not represented in the Convention. We aro in iormed that the meeting was most harmonious and agreeable, and that arrangements satis factory to all parties were nmdo, by which a co-operation of the people of the counties re presented with Savannah in the construction ot the Main Trunk Road was secured The route of the road will, we understand, he from the initial point by tho Brunswick line or nearly so, to Tbomasvillo. This arrangement secures tho State aid, and the speedy construc tion of the road —Savannah Airies. For the Daily Sun. A Trip to Pine Knot. Columbus, Sept. 0, 1850. Messrs. Editors: I left here on yesterday at 4 o’clock, |a m., with a party of friends, by the Muscogee Railroad, for Pine Knot Spring*", situated about 20 miles from our city, for the purpose of enjoying the luxury of the fine Min eral waters which can be found at those Springs. After one hour’s ride by Railroad, we found ourselves at Station No. 3, better known as “Uncle Fundyburg’s,” the place for taking another mode of conveyance. Ou ar riving there we found our friend George Jones awaiting our arrival, and with that spirit of kindness and generosity for which he is pro verbial, had prepared for us hot coffee and re freshments, which all seemed to enjoy, and had we have had any of thebetter part of crea tion along, and knew that our friend was still in a state of single wretchedness , we could have made many oppeals for him. After we hod taken our coffee, wc found at our command a good and substantial coach, with four as fine mules as ever graced Kentucky, which had been furnished by one of the proprietors of the Union Dray Line Cos. We soon arranged our traveling utensils and proceeded on our way to the Springs, which was about 10 miles dis tant, which wo accomplished in two hours, having an excellent road—with one slight in terruption—having delayed about 20 minutes in repairing a bridge which hadfelt the effects of the late storm On arriving at the Springs we found pure and eool water, of which we drank freely, and proceeded to Camp Howard, where we fouud preparedfor us such refreshments as the fatigue of our trip requir ed. After arranging ourselves to rest, we were soon informed by one of tho party who hail taken upon himself the pleasing task of being master of ceremonies, that breakfast was ready—and oh! Mr. Editor, such abreak l'ast would have done credit to the St. Nicho las. Such a profusion of chicken, mutton chops, hot biscuit, and good fresh butter, would have made a king laugh. After enjoying the breakfast which had been preparedby some of the good wives of some of our party, all not being single—thanks to kind Providence some of the party went back to the spring, some strayed off’ to the old spring, which was about I.] miles distant, for the purpose of en joying the fine bathing which can be found there—this consumed the morning—and after the return of the party from their jaunt, it was near time for dinner, which was announced by our gong—which consisted of an old tin pan. But, Mr Editor, I have found out that it does not require to be called by genuine fashion, “China Gong,” to insure a good din ner. For when I say that here 1 found the most sumptuous dinner that I have had tbe pleasure of partaking, I do not think I would bo departing far from the truth—and if you could have witnessed the savage manner it was attacked by the party, you doubtless would have arrived at the same conclusion. After doing full justico to tho first, second, third and tourth courses, the cloth was removed from tho table, aud we partook slightly of the best wine that could be got —which caused our par ty to brighten up slightly—and was instru mental ill bringing forth much wit and good humor. Among those of our party who added much to the pleasure of the trip, was my par ticular friend from Crucker's Neck, who I had the pleasure to know in old Green when we were both boys. I find that ago has made but little impression upon him. May he live a long life, that his friends may enjoy his socie ty—particularly on an excursion to “ Pine Knot.” My friend who acted so well the part of the hoosier, is some, and the responsibility of gland children seems to have made but lit tle impression, so far as his lively disposition is concerned, as shown by the many amusing reminiscences of gone-by days, so happily portrayed by our friend on the occasion.— Hunch will be long remembered by the party. Our California friend seemed uot to forget the training he got while iu pursuit of the hidden treasures, for 1 think he can, with safety, wager a small sum, that ho is the best walker in the country, at least this was my experience. At 4 o’clock i*. m. we were informed by our driver that it was time for our departure, aud after drinking to our camp, we were ou our way home. After remaining one hour at the sta tion we heard the whistle of the engine, which soon made its appearance, and we soon found ourselves again at home, much pleased with our visit. May wo all live to meet again and under the same circumstances. Melanoholy Death. On the morning of Sunday last, a Mr. Fin cher Bobo, formerly of Spartanburg District, South Carolina, but late u resident of Missis sippi. arrived at this place from Augusta, where lie expected to receive a letter from Columbus, advising him of the whereabouts of a negro, whom lie had purchased, or desired to dispose of. Not receiving the letter, he at once took the LaGrange train to Opelika, intending from thence to proceed to Columbus. This train started at 4 o clock on the morniug of Sunday, aud had proceeded but a mile or two from tbe city, wbeu the unfortunate gentleman was told by a passenger, that lio had uot taken the right train for Columbus, upon which he immediate ly seized his saddle bags, and niakiug his way to the hindmost ear—the train going at full speed—jumped out. Before the conductor heard that he had done so, the train of oars had proceeded a couple of miles, ar.d he conclu ded not to return. At 5 oclock, the train lot* Macon left this place, and reaching the point at which tho unfortunate mau had jumped, and at wiiich he lay; this train going, too, at full speed ; ere it could be checked in its course on the discovery of his body, the train passed over it, mangling it most horribly. It is said that tho mau displayed evidences of life when the Macon train reached him, but it is presum ed ho had been so injured by his leap from the LaGrange train, that he was unable to get off’ tho track. Tho Macon train returned to this city with his body, upon which a Coroner’s In quest has been held, and the remains consign ed to the grave. The money, saddle bags and papers, with the ticket that he had purchased at the Rail Road office here, in possession of the deceased, arc all in safe hands.— Atlanta j Examiner. Maurice Strakosch lias bought a splendid house in Twenty second street, near the Ninth avenue, New York. It is furnished with ele gauce aud groat artistic taste, aud is tho resort of the most agreeable society in the city. TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS. Important from Kansas. St. Louis, Sept. 4.—Accounts received in this city from Kansas, state that Gen. Atchi son, with fifteen hundred men, is preparing to attack Lawrence first. St. Louis, Sept. s.— lt is rumored here that a battle lias been fought at Ossawattamie, and that the Abolitionists were routed with a loss of twenty-five killed. The loss on the part of the pro-slavery men is said to be five. It is also reported that Ossawattamie was finally i burnt. St. Louis, Sept. 6. —Auother rumor is be ing circulated here to the effect that the Abo litionists have been driven from Leavenworth at the point of the bayonet, and that their property has been destroyed and confiscated. The lowa road to Kansas is said to be closed by armed bands of Missourians. Forty Abolitionist sufferers have arrived in this city, entirely destitute. The President has ordered the Governor of Kansas to enroll and organize all militia in the Territory. Regiments have been ordered from Illinois and Kentucky. It is reported that the Pro-Slavery men and Abolitionists had 200 men on each side engag ed in the battle at Ossawattamie. Tbe Aboli tionists fired first, which was returned by the Southerners killing thirty Abolitionists. The Abolitionists then attempted to escape by swimming the river, by which a number were drowned. Market Reports. New York, Sept, s. —The Cotton market is active, aad has advanced £ a } cent per lb. The sale during the day foot up 5,000 bales. Flour has advanced G a 12.} cents per bbl. New York, Sept. 6.—The Cotton market is firm to-day. with sales of 500 bales. Middling Uplands are quoted at 111 cents per lb. Mr. Burlingame and Massachusetts. We make the following extract from a speech by Mr. Shephard, of Mobile, at a recent mass meeting in Burlington, New Jersey. In regard to Mr. Burlingame, he was then skulking about Pennsylvania and New Jersey, endeavoring to excite prejudice against the South, and her institutions, in the vain hope that the defamation of fifteen slavo States, would relieve him of tbe stigma attached to his character, as a trickster in affairs of hon or, if not a pusilanimous braggart, in the eyes of every gentleman. In bis hostility to cer tain individuals, be has endeavored to enlist the sympathy and co-operation of Pennsylva nia against all southern persons, without re gard to age, sex or condition; and thus ex emplifying the vengeance of a Round-bead, from whom he boasts his descent. I can only smile at the shallow Yankee trick—a trick rc lieved only by the cool impudence of its author, when he informed the Germans and Irish, and perhaps even the Quakers, that they had a common interest in their Puritan descent; and that they should unite with New England in putting down slavery and Southern aggres sion. This Burlingame would never have been heard of in Pennsylvania, but for tbe ap plication of gutta percha to one of tbe digni taries of Massachusetts. But what has Penn sylvania to do with that? Nothing whatever. 1 would, were Ia Pennsylvanian, say to Mr. 8., if you, in defence of Sumner and the hon or of Massachusetts, have thought proper to pass by the ground on which Barron and De catur, Clay and Randolph, and Graves and Cilley, fought aud have reaped contempt and ridicule by your flight, that is your own affair, the people of Pennsylvania have no participa tion in the matter. I did not accept (said Mr. S.) the invitation to address a Northern audience, to soften op position to the South, by propitiating the Black Republicans, for 1 entertain an unmiti gated contempt for that party and its objects. Nor could I seek to enlist the sympathy of the gallant old Whig party, so honorably and gracefully slumbering in its grave; nor even the co-operation of Democracy in behalf of the section in which I reside. 1 merely invoke all good men to stand by the Constitution, as it has been handed down by our illustrous ‘negro dri vers,’ Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Clay, Calhoun, not to mention Webster and the elder Adams, and to exert tlicir energies in this mo ment of peril for the purpose of elevating the honored son of the old Keystone State, James Buchanan, to the Presidency. In concluding his remarks Mr. S. said, that whenever Massachusetts gets into a fracas of her own creation, whenever her Senators de grade the legislative halls, or the abolitionists of Boston steal a negro and punishment fol lows, they are sure to hold up their hands and cry out Bunker Hill! I respectfully submit that Bunker Hill affords no palliation for tho failiugs of Massachusetts representatives.— Bunker Hill was a skirmish, and a defeat, and as a military fact gave the colonies no pres tige; the British assaulting its defenders en sconced behind their breastworks, and defeat ing them. The battles at New Jersey, at Sa ratoga, at Germantown, Yorktown, King's Mountain and Eutaw, fixed the fact of Ameri can prowess. And I would remind Mr. Bur lingame that in the most important of these battles, there were no round-headed Puritans in tho ranks. But when Massachusetts was overrun, and her capital in the hands of tho enemy, thousands of the descendants of the cavaliers, led by Washington, hurried to their rescue. In the last war Hull surrendered his army. He was a round-headed Puritan—a native of New England. The country’s honor was retrieved at New Orleans by the descend ants of the cavaliers, (their uot being a Yan kee iu the crowd), who boro aloft the stars and stripes. And it is on tbe devoted bodies of similar men that such heroes as the llurlin games and Sumner intended, as they say, to place their Cromwellian heels 1 Who were the opponents of the descendants of the “cavaliers at Not a vulgar horde of nasal tongued, psalm-singing puritans from Yankee land, with “home-rities in their hands,” and pitch pipes in their pock ets ; but the veteran troops of gallant old England, were the unfortunate men on that day, who, after the peace, generously acknow ledged the ability of Jackson, and the steady good conduct of his Southern army ; and yet it has been reserved for tho hatred, jealousy and low fanaticism of New England to sneer before a Philadelphia audience, at the ability of Southern men to defend their Constitution al rights. How was it in Mexico? We confi dently rely oil our own men for an answer Taylor, Scott, Smith, Quitman, Ringgold, Ridgely, Davis, Harding, McClung, Bragg, Bryan, Martin, Burgwyn and a host of others rather than trust some future Peter Parley to toll our children that South Carolinians, Mis sissippians, and Tennessseeans ran away from the battle-fields of Buena Vista, Chepultepee, while tho stars and stripes were sustained glo- ; riously by the round-heads of Massachusetts and their descendants in Indiana and New York. The love of dress is rapidly gainiug ground in this country. “Rigolette.” the correspon dent of the Petersburg Express, informed it a few days since, that onelady ntthe Montgome ry White Sulphur had two hundred dresses, another one hundred and fiftv, another seven ty five. Railroad Meeting at Fort Gaines. At a meeting of the citizens of Fort Gaines and the surrounding country, on Thursday, 21st ult., for the purpose of considering the propri ety of extending the South Western Railroad to Fort Gaines, and also, for the purpose of hearing the report of our Delegates, to wit: Col. J. E. Brown and Judge William Castleber ry, sent by us, to attend a meeting of the Board of Directors of said Road, at Macon, on the 14th August, the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously passed, to-wit: Whereas, at a meeting of the Southwestern Railroad Company, held at Macon, on the 14th of August, it was resolved by the Board of Di rectors, that estimates of costs of Road be made by Engineers, for the distance from Cuthbert to Fort Gaines; and that so soon as estimates are reported, the said Company will be prepared to say, and will say, upon what terms of subscriptions for stock and labor for stock, the Company will undertake to carry the Road to FortGaincs; and whereas, such action on the part of the Board commends itself to the immediate notice of tbe citizens of this section of Georgia, and the adjacent sections of Alabama, in view of the intimate interests, they must feci and have in the extension of said Road to Fort Gaines, aud impressively calls for corresponding action on our part. Be it Resolved, That we, (the citizens of this place and the surrounding country,) here, this day, pledge ourselves to render, to the utmost of our means, evert’ aid and facility in our power, for the speedy prosecution of the work. Resolved, That a Committee be appointed by ihe Chair, to be styled the Executive Com mittee, whose duty it shall be to confer forth with with tlic citizens of the several sections interested in the extension of said Road to Fort Gaines, and report as soon as possible, what favorable action the said citizens will take in tbe enterprise. The Cliair appointed the following named gentlemen as such commit tee, to-wit.: For the town of Fort Gaines, James Mcßae, JolmW. Jones, James E. Brown, Wm. Mount, Dr. Wm. J. Johnson and John West. For the 7th District, Clay County, Wm. Castleberry, Robt. Blake, Thomas Towson, R. Thornton, Dr. Wm. B. Gilbert, IT. F. Rucker, John Thompson, James Grier, jr., Thomas Green, J. L. Sweet, W. J. Esters, George It. Holloway, Jno. W. Smith, and John R. Pitt man. For the McElvy District, Wm. McElvy, Warren Sutton, sr., Peter Lee, N. McLendon, and Henry Engram. For Calhoun County, Solomon G. Becham, B. R. Hodge, C. and M. Denvis, B. Duke, Henry Hays and Dr W. T. Murchison. For Early County, Maj. J. Craw ford, Col. M. Yi T . Stamper, Jos. Harris, B. H. Robinson, It. B. Hill. For llenty County, Ala., Col. C. O. C. Morris, Gen. A. McAllister, Gen. A. C. Gordon, H. E. Owens, Col. J. Ben nett, Gen. B. IV. Henderson, A. McAllister, J. L. Irwin and Howell E. Chitty Esq. Resolved, That the chairman of said Commit tee, in communication with the members, be required to call a mass meeting of tbe citizens from the surrounding country, to be held at Fort gaines, on some day couvenient for the object of said enterprise; and that said com mittee invite tbe President of the South Wes tern Railroad, and such other persons as they may deem proper, to be present at said meet ing. Said meeting is to be held after the sur vey and proposition of said company is made. Resolved, That the thanks of the meeting be tendered to Judge Wm. Castleberry and Col. James E. Brown, for their able services tendered in attending the meeting of the Board of Directors, at Macon, and their Report, made to this meeting. The meeting then adjourned. JOHN H. JONES, Chairman. Dr. Lewis Paullin, Secretary. Beecher Catches a Tartar. The Rev. Ward Beecher, of Holy Rifles, is taking a summer vacation among the moun tains of New Hampshire. His expected arri val in the little village of Bethlehem drew to gether a crowd. A correspondent of the Con cord Patriot tells the story. “Tho coach arrived, the horses were chang ed, aud were about starting, when an attache of the Beecher party, addressing himself to one of the crowd, asked. How are you here ? all for Fremont? ‘No, sir—not. one,’ was the re ply, ‘not one! ’ ‘Are you not a Fremont man ? ‘ said he', pointing to another. ‘No sir.’ ‘And you.’ ‘No, no no sir-ee,’ was the response, as he renewed bis interrogatory, pointing at each individual in the vain hope of finding one supporter of the lover and husband of our Jessie. ‘Go ahead, driver,’ lie cried; the whip cracked, and they moved on with a flea and hearty democratic hurrah in their ears. “But the joke was not to end hero. Young B. a democrat, and something of a wag, took a seat upon the stage previous to its starting. They had proceeded about a mile, when be es pied young Wheeler beside a road upon the hill side, moving. ‘There is a man,’ said he, gravely, ‘who thinks slavery is an evil.’ ‘Ah, then there’s one—such a man in this region. Well, really, we must give him a word of en couragement.’ As they were slowly passing, they thus addressed him : ‘My friend, you are the best mower we have seen since wo have left home, and, what is better still, we are in formed that you are a Fremont man, now can you give us three cheers for the next Presi dent ? “Certainly.” Ready, then—and tbe evangelical party waved their hats, with feminine accompani ment of handkerchiefs, and a loud hurrah waked an echo from an adjoining hill—another wave, auother hurrah—the third and last wave and hurrah for James Buchanan was thunder ed forth by our intelligent and patriotic far mer—and James Buchanan echoed back from our democratic hills. Tho mortification of that gentleman of color who rolled himself and his new coat in the mud, (thinking lie was lis tening to the preaching of Whitfield.) when lie discovered his mistake, was nothing in com parison. They had uncovered their saintly heads, waved their godly hats and ‘perfumed handkerchiefs and, after all, Whitfield didn’t preach. “Wo understood you to say, sir, that that man thought slavery to be an evil.” “So do we all.” ivas tho reply. They proceeded in silence; the reflections of the reverend doctor, whether upon religion or politics, Bibles or Sharpe’s rifles, the poverty and hardships of Christ and his disciples, or five thousand dol lars per year, and political or pleasure trips to fashionable resorts arc not known. “Beecher thinks it a shnmo to firo at a man and not hit him.” A Fremont Storm We have no desire, says the New Loudon Chronicle, to injure tho molasses trade, but we simply state the fact that Mr. Richards, who keeps a store on the Hartford road, a few days since, found in one of his empty molasses hogseads a human skeleton, the remains, no doubt, of a negro, who was probably asleep in the hogshead when it was filled on the planta tion. One of the other papers thinks that this “sweet burial” is a speciniou of southern dis cipline. Messrs. Strickland ,* Upson, booksellers, who left Mobile so summarily, in consequence of tbe excitement against them there, owing to the report that they were selling abolition books, have arrived in New York. GENERAL ITEMS. r Corporal punishment lias been abolisfie ’ ■ the Mexican Army, by a “ supreme d ec . r * : I The French papers say that Rachel j. recovering her health, and expects to (l - ir in public the ensuing winter. The rumor in reference to Hon. Lin n £ . i of Ky., having shot George Blakely, 0 f t ;'; State, turns out to be false. A farmer returning home in his wagon R f, delivering a load of corn is a more certain, of national prosperity than a nobleman vju I in his chariot to the opera. In the lecture on “The Dead of the c-i /I net,” delivered by Ex President Tyler, he?',’ I the Petersburg Library Association, am] lished in the Southern Literary Messemmi • f September, it is stated that during the f.” [ years of President Tyler’s administration , [I a single default occurred, and that scare, - H wortliy of mention, for fifteen dollars, E) part of a deputy postmaster, somewhere in ! interior of Kentucky. There has been in use in Columbus, Ob’ for some weeks past, a three wheeled p| w ?', ] which is said to work admirably, nn?l j| thought will introduce anew style of vehic* il into use. It obviates the annoyances now\ perieuced in getting into our modern % * wheeled vehicles, and in turning them, r < front wheel is so arranged as to run K teadi'* * and there is less friction and consequently 1 ( ', I resistance to draft. A negro named Harvey Webb has beeu tr\ I ing to swindle the subscribers to the umi t ’ if ground railroad at Selma, Ohio, lie fefl]i i 1 sented that six escaped slaves were in want il means to convey them to Canada, ami i„ [I short time a fund was raised, but some whom his own peculiar business had tauohf II distrust the honesty of others, grew suspicion.; 1 which led to detection. There is a musty verb applicable to this “diamond cut diamond ! I developement. Interview of the Kansas Committee wit]i i President Pierce—Opinions of the Presi dent, &e. The deputation of free Statesmen that Intel || waited upon President Pierce, in relation t 1 affairs in Kansas, have made a report of tbei i mission to the National Kansas committee I They give tho following as a sum uiary of re. I suits : The opinions expressed by the Executive 1 are substantially as follows: While Government has beeu exhausting it constitutional powers (which are limited/ 1 1 maintain order, Kansas Aid Societies ban 1 been actively stirring up rebellion. Afactioiti spirit among tbe people of Kansas respectit.B institutions which they need not have concert ■ ed themselves about, and which would have i § come right in time, originated the trouble, From the nature, habits and education of tbe 1 border men, it was natural to find them excite : by such an agitation. At this crisis, fc | North, instead of sending in armed men, wb. 1 went about boasting of their ability to protect ~ themselves, should have sent in order-low 1 and law-abiding citizens ; should have sentii | peace-seeking men, who would have promote: 1 concord by moral agencies—by Bibles ratk than by Sharpe’s rifles. Such a course would have strengthened the hands of the President. 1 instead of tying them, as they have been. Tl# i ; sufierings of the settlers aro therefore, of tbei: I own seeking, and the legitimate fruits of tk I gunpowder bible preaching which they ac: [ their supporters at the North have advocated | Each side is doubtless to blame. Inflamatoiv appeals are circulated both South and North and reports false or exagerated put forth b; heated partisans to stir up sectional strfe. i: : each party would get rid of about a hundrei of their designing and restless leaders, agile I tion would cease, and a speedy end he put t I the disorders. The interposition of the Executive is claims [ by both sides, each party urging against the [ otter exactly the same charges. At this die tance from the scene of strife, the President will not determine between them. His action mu-1 be guided by official reports. Gen. Smith coni-B mnnicatcs a very differedt condition of thiipß from the exagerated statements which have gone abroad. No apprehension of anarmtil invasion need be apprehended. But, should; | happen, the whole power of the govcrnmeai P will be exerted to repel it, come from whatevci souree it may. The army in Kansas is Ml | there to prevent or correct outrages unite | they amount to invasion or insurrection. Tin | civil power alone is competent to this. Appli-1 cation should be made there. Gen. Smith has T no power to redress the wrongs of Mr. Straw- He applied to the wrong quarter, lie shoui. have gone to the courts. As to granting bit | an esort, “Gen, Smith thought if Mr. Straw | was smart enough to find His way safely to bin I without one, he ought to be able to find his w j back!” The courts are open to all classed citizens, without distinction. No authentic is ! formation has ever reached the Executive and an individual who has sought a redress wrongs at the hands of the.civil power in Km- I sas and failed to obtain it. If one such tt* I had beeu presented, he would at once haven moved the offending official. If the majorii) of the People in Kansas laid wanted peace st: quiet they could have had it. The waytog it was for the settlers among themselves i frown down all agitation growing out of differ ences of opinion as to local institutions. The Executive had always felt solicit* about the Teritory, and bad exerted his consti tutional powers to their full extent to present order. The affair at Lawrence had given gm anxiety, and he at that time telegraphed !>"■• to Col. Sumner and Governor Shannon, bedt” I sending a special messenger. (Here the Pie- B dent produced copies of his telegraphic I patches, which, we believe, were made pub I at the time.) The outrages at Lawrence I not done by authority. The President :idmi’ | that mistakes have been made, as is evident } his removal of Shannon. But an impart’ I man has now gone there, who will see justief done to both parties. If he should catch eith er party in acts of violence they shall be hui upon the spot. Tho civil power of the lei' ’ tory must be maintained! The committee further report that the !' rr ident assured them that there would be t* change in the policy pursued towards the l fl ritory. — -> Sad Accident. 1 esterday afternoon a sad accident bappeji ed off Coxspur Island, which resulted in death of Lieut. Gardner and the Quarter Mi ter, and the very narrow escape from a “ 1 ry grave of two teamen, all attached to * ‘ U. S. Revenue Gutter Taney. It appear a boat from the Taney, lying at ('oxsp lir - U off'from her to speak the steamer Gor I • bound to this port. The boat of the < Ul,( pulled up the steamer, having her h* “ stream. Tbe engine of the Gordon w>iscb-“ ed dowu, to enable Lieut. G. to transact business, and iu an unknown manner the of the Cutter’s bont drifted under the of the Gordon, and was swamped, an * Lieutenant and Qunrter Master were dre” Every exertion was made by the officers.-• and passengers of the Gordon to save the * fortunate men. —Savannah Georgian.