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COLUMBUS: Monday Morning, Kept. 90, 18S0. LAUOEKT CITY CIHCL'LATIOM. Cotton from Talladega, Ala. Two waggon loads of Cotton were re ceived here on Saturday from Talladega county, and sold for 12c. per lb. We under stand it was fully Middling Fair, and gave evidence of nice handling. The beauty of the transaction is, the sellers carried away with them three hundred dollars worth of groceries, and went away thoroughly convinced that Columbus is the market for l'alladegans to come to. Fever in Charleston. The Board of Health report three deaths from Yellow Feyer in Charleston for the 24 hours, ending Friday night 10 o’clock. The Steamer Niagara was burnt on Lake Michigan, on tho 24th instant, and it is re ported that between fifty and one hundred persons perished, including the Hon. John Macy. The steam Flour Mill in East Boston, Mass., the property of the Suffolk Company, was de stroyed by fire on the 22d inst., together with its entire contents. Loss estimated at SIOO,- 000, of which SOO,OOO was covered by insu rance. * First Sale of New Cotton. The Apalachicola Advertiser of tho 24tli September, says the first sale of new cotton in that market was made on the 22d instant. Five bales of cotton from the plantation of Hugh llusk, Esq., of Jackson county, Florida, were sold by 1). G. Raney, Esq., to J. C. Ma clay, Esq., at lOjjc. Classification —Strict Middling. New Orleans and Urcat Northern Kali Roud. The New Orleans Picayune publishes a tele graph dispatch from New York, stating that advices have been received from London, by the Atlantic, that James Roble, Esq., of New Orleans, lias been successful in his negotiation for the sale of $2,000,000 bonds of tlie New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad Company. —— Effects of the Frost. The Bannev, published at Dadeville, Talla poosa county, Ala., says the cotton and peus in that vicinity, were killed by the Frost of Wednesday morning last; thus cutting off the last hope of (lie farmer, tlint a late fall might slightly increaso his cotton crop and enable him to save seed peas. We sec it stated in our eastern exchanges that within a few days some of the bills of the Hank of Wilmington, North Carolina, which were lost last year on the Seaboard Line, have appeared in Petersburg, Vn. They are genu ine, but the signatures are forged, and some of them are slightly scorched. North Western Indians. By intelligence from St. Paul to tho 22d of Sept, we learn that hostilities were threatened between the Sioux and Chippewa Indians. A hand of the latter recently surprised a party ol the former near Lake Traverse, and massa cred eight women and two men who were en gaged at work in a field of corn. Shocking barbarities were committed on the Sioux wo men by the Chippewas. The Sioux nation was in a state of terrible excitement. A depu tation had gone to Fort Ridgely to demand of the commandant the discharge of the young men in his custody, charged with outrages committed in the Chippewa country, and also indemnity for the recont brutal murders com mitted by the Chippewa war party’. They threaten, iu case of his refusal, to wage a war of extermination against the Chippewas. “THE^GEM.” We saw, yesterday, the plan of a Restau rant to be opened next, mouth uudur the above name, in the basement of Jones’ new building. A more appropriate name could not well be selected; and as no expense will be spared to fit it up, it promises to be a perfect Gum of a Restaurant. We learn that Smith Terrell, lately of the Oglethorpe Bar, has gone to New York, to se lect a stock of the choicest Wines, Spirits and Cigars, that can be procured, irrespective of cost. Ho inteuds also to bring out with him a first vote Cook, so that the most fastidious tastes may be gratified. In fact, from the Billiard Room to the Kitchen, every thing promises to be conducted in a style that has never yet been attempted in Columbus ; and we predict for Terrell, (who has already made himself popular by his gentlemanly manners and strict attention to business,) an unprece dented career of success.— Tones of Saturday. Note from Mr. Corwine. To Editor New York Daily Times — Sir: l was pained to notice in your issue of yesterday a statement to the effect that I would not have ventured upon the recommendation made in my report of t lie Panama massacre, without reasonable grounds for believing that 1 would be sustained in it by the United States Government. Whilst you do not directly as sert ilie fact that there was an understanding between the Government and myself as to the character of the recommendations, the article wiil bear that interpretation. I therefore beg to correct you in this res pect. 1 certainly would not receive a com mission from Government to which was affix ed any such condition, whether expressed or implied, nor do l suppose the Government would intrust So important a mission tome with an understanding. All 1 was required to do was to elicit and report the facts and circumstances connected with the unfortunate occurrences at Panama. What l recommend ed was done voluntarily, with which the Gov ernment could have had no possible agency ; but 1 was certainly fully authorized and justi tied in making the recommendations 1 did, in view of the outrages committed under official sanction ; and when all tho facts of the ease become known to the public. I feel confident that it will appear that my suggestions were fully warranted. 1 make this explanation in justice to the Government at Washington, lest my silence might be construed into an admission of the correctness of tho charge implied in your ar ticle. , Very respectfully, yours, AMOS B. CORWINE. New York, Sept. 22,185 C. FROM KANSAS Inaugural Address of Gov. Geary, delivered at liecompton, K- T. Sept. 11, 1850. Fellow Citizens: 1 appear among you a stranger to most of you, and for the first time I have the honor to address you as Governor the territory of Kansas. The position was not sought by me, but was voluntarily tender ed by the present chief magistrate of the na tion. As au American citizen, deeply con scious of the blessings which ever flow from our beloved Union, 1 did not consider myself at liberty to shrink from any duties, however delicate and onerous, required of me by my country. With a full knowledge of all the circumstances surrounding the Executive of fice, I have deliberately accepted it, and as God may give me strength and ability, I will endeavor faithfully to discharge its varied re quirements. When I received my commission 1 was solemnly sworn to support the constitu tion of the United States, and to discharge my duties as Governor of Kansas with fideli ty. By reference to the act for the organiza tion of this Territory, passed by Congress on the 80tli day of March, 1854, I find my duties more particularly defined. Among other things, 1 am “to take care that the laws be faithfully executed.” The constitution of the United States and the organic law of this Ter ritory will be the lights by which I will be guided in my Executive career. A careful and dispassionate examination of our organic act will satisfy any reasonable person that its provisions are eminently just and beneficial. If this act has been distorted to unworthy purposes, it is not the fault of its provisions. The great leading features of that act, is the right therein conferred upon the actual and bona fide inhabitants of this Territory “in the exercise of self government, to determine for themselves what shall be their own domes tic institutions, subject only to the con stitution and the laws duly enacted by Congress under it.” The people, accustomed to self-government in the States from whence they came, and having removed to this Terri tory with the bona fide intention of making it their future residence, were supposed to be capable of creating their own municipal gov ernment, and to be the best judges of their own local necessities and institutions. This is wliat is termed “popular sovereignty.” By this phrase we simply mean the right of the majority of the people of the several States and Territories, being qualified electors, to regulate their own domestic concerns, and to make their own municipal laws. Thus un derstood, this doctrine underlines the whole system of republican government. It is the great right of self-government, for the estab lishment of which our ancestors, in the stormy days of the Revolution, pledged “their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.” A doctrine so eminently just should receive the willing homage of every American citizen. When legitimately expressed and duly ascer tained, the will of the majority must be the imperative rule of civil action for every law abiding citizen. This simple, just rule of ac tion has brought order out of chaos, and by a progress unparalleled in the history of the world has made a few simple infant colonies a giant confederated republic. No man con versant with the state of affairs now in Kansas can close liis eyes to the fact that much civil disturbance has for a long time past existed in this territory. Various reasons have been assigned for this unfortunate condition of af fairs, and numerous remedies have been pro posed. The House of Representatives of the United States have ignored the claims of both gentlemen claiming the legal right to re present the people of this territory in that body. The Topeka Constitution, recognized by the House, has been repudiated by the Senate. Various meusures, each in the opin ion of its rcspactive advocates suggestive of peace in Kansas, have been alternately propos ed and rejected. Men outside of the territo ry, in various sections of the Union, influenc ed by reasons best known to themselves, have endeavored to stir up internal strife, and to array brot her against brother. In this conflict of opinion, and for the promotion of the most unworthy purposes, Kansas is left to suffer, her people to mourn, and her prosperity is endangered. Is there no remedy for these evils? Cannot the wounds of Kansas be healed and peace be restored to all her bor ders ? Men or the North—men of the South —of the East and of the West, in Kansas— you, and you alone, have the remedy in your own hnnds. Will you not suspend fratricidal strife? Will you not cease to regard each other as enemies, and look upon one another as the children of a common mother? Let ns banish all outside influences from our delib erations, and assemble around our council board, with the constitution of our country and the organic law of tlie territory as the great charts for our guidance and direction. The bona fide inhabitants of this territory alone are charged with tho solemn duty of en acting her laws, upholding her government, maintaining peace, and laying the foundation for a future commonwealth. On Jthis point let there be a perfect unity of sentiment. It is the first great step towards the attainment of peace. It will inspire confidence amongst ourselves, and insure the respect of the whole country. Let us show ourselves worthy and capable of self-government. Do not the in habitants of this territory hotter understand what domestic institutions arc suited to their condition—what laws will be most conductive to their prosperity and happiness—than the citizens of distant, or even neighboring States ? This great right of regulating our own affairs and attending to our business, without any interference from others, has been guaranteed to us by the law which Congress has made for the organization of this territo ry. This right of self-government—this priv ilege guaranteed to us by the organic law of our territory, 1 will uphold with all my might, and with the entire power committed to me. In relation to any changes of the laws of the territory which 1 may deem desirable, 1 have no occasion now to speak ; but these are sub jects to which 1 shall direct public attention at the proper time. The territory of the Uni ted States is the common property of the sev eral States, or of the people thereof. This being so, no obstacle should be inter posed to the free settlement of this common property, while in a territorial condition. 1 cheerfully admit that the people of this terri tory, under the organic act, have the absolute right of making their municipal laws, and from citizens who deem themselves aggrieved by the recent legislation, 1 would invoke the the utmost forbearance, and point out to them a sure and peaceable remedy. You have the right to ask the next Legisla ture to revise any and all laws; and in the meantime, as you value the peace of the Ter ritory and the maintainance of future laws, I would earnestly ask you to refrain from all violation of the present statutes. lam sure there is patriotism sufficient in tho people of Kausas to lend a willing obedience to the law. All the provisions of the constitution of the l uited States must he sacredly observed, all the acts of Congress having reference to this Territory must he unhesitatingly obeyed, and the deeissions of our Courts respected. It will be my imperative duty to see that these suggestions are carried into effect. In my official action here, I will do justice at all hazards. Influenced by no other con siderations than the welfare of the whole peo ple of this Territory, I desire to know no par ty, no section, no North, no .South, no East, no West—nothing but Kansas and my coun try. Fully conscious of my great responsi bilities in the present condition of affairs in Kansas, I must invoke your aid, and solicit your generous forbearance. Your executive officer can do little without the aid of the peo ple. With a firm reliance upon Divine Provi dence, to the best of my ability 1 shall pro mote the interests of.the citizens of the Ter ritory, not merely collectively, but individ ually ; and I shall expect from them in return that, cordial aid and support, without which the government of no State or Territory can be administered. Let us all begin anew. Let the past be bu ried in oblivion. Let all strife and bitterness cease. Let us all honestly devote ourselves to the true interests of Kansas —develop her rich agricultural and mineral resources—build up manufacturing enterprises—make public roads and highways—prepare amply for the education of our children —devote ourselves to all the arts of peace—make our Territory the sanctuary of those cherished principles which {protect the inalienable rights of the individual, and elevate States in their sover eign capacities. Then shall peaceful industry soon he restor ed—population and wealth will flow upon us —“the desert will blossom as the rose”—and the Stale of Kansas will soon be admitted into the Union the peer and pride of her elder sisters. JOHN W. GEARY. PROCLAMATION. Whereas, a large number of volunteer mili tia lias been called into service of the territo ty of Kansas, by authority of the late acting Governor, for the maintenance of order, many of whom have been taken from their occupa tion or business, and deprived of their ordin ary means of support and of tlieir domestic enjoyments; and Whereas, the employment of militia is not authorized by my instructions from the Gene ral Government, except upon requisition of the commander of the military department in which Kansas is embraced; aud Whereas, an authorized regular force lias been placed at my disposal sufficient to insure the execution of (lie laws that may be ob structed by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings; now Therefore, 1 John W. Geary, Governor of t lie Territory of Kansas, do issue this my pro clamation declaring that the services of such volunteer militia are no longer required; and hereby order that they be immediately dis charged. The Secretary and the Adjutant General of the Territory will muster out of service each command al its place of rendez vous. And 1 command all bodies of men, com bined, armed and equipped with munitions of war, without authority of the government, instantly to disband or quit the territory, as they will answer the contrary at their peril. In testimony whereof 1 have here (Seal) unto set ray band and affixed the seal of the Territory of Kansas. Done at Lecompton, this eleventh day of Sep tember, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JOHN W. GEARY, By the Governor. Gov. of Kansas. Daniel Woodson, Secretary. PROCLAMATION. Whereas : It is the true policy of every State or Territory to be prepared for any emergen cy that may arise from internal dissension or foreign invasion: Therefore, I, John W. Geary, Governor of the Territory of Kansas, do issue this, my proclamation, ordering all free male citizens, qualified to bear arms, between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, to enroll them selves, in accordance with the act to organize the militia of the Territory, that, they may be completely organized by companies, regi ments, brigades, or divisions, and Hold them selves in readiness to be mustered, by my or der, into the service of the United States, upon requisition of the commander of the military department in which Kansas is em braced, for the suppression of all combina tions to resist the laws, and for the mainten ance ot public order and civil government. In testimony whereof, I have ccre (Seal) unto set my hand and the seal of the Territory of Kansas. Done at Le compton, this seventh day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun dred and fifty-six. JOHN W, GEAItY, By the Governor. Gov. of Kansas. Daniel Woodson, Secretary. Gentle Satires. If you ask a lady to walk out with you, she first looks at your dress, and then thinks of her own. If a woman holds her tongue, it is only from fear she cannot “hold her own.” Notice, when you have accompanied your wife to buy a lot of things at her favorite shop, what ostentatious care she takes of your in terest in seeing that you get “the right change.” How much more difficult it is to get a wo man out on a wet Sunday than on a wet week day. Can the shut shops have anything to do with this ? The oddest mnemonic curiosity is, that a woman, who never knows her own age, knows to half an hour that of all her female friends. A woman may laugh too much. It is only ft comb that can always afford to show it's teeth. Women will never be punctual. They scorn the “charms” that hang to a watch chain. Small Shot. — Say wlmt you will, a mar riage by advertisement must, after all, be the union of two “corresponding” minds. Life is but a station, where we stop only for a tew minutes. Before we have scarcely had time to enjoy a single thing, the hell rings for us to start again. It is but the affair of a hreath, and we are gone ! Tiik World's Nursery —The spoilt children of the present age rarely turn out the great men of the next. Sunday Morninu —“ Now, my Love! arc you not ready for church ?” “ Ready for church, Mr. Smith ! How you talk ! When you know perfectly well that odi ous Miss Jackson lias not sent home my new Rarege Dress!” A London letter states that Mr. Crumpton is named as the successor of Mr. Rligh as Rru ish Envoy to Hanover. This favor is by ik> means a promotion ; and may serve to show the exact estimate the British Government has ot Mr. Crumpton. The post is only a second- : ary Continental mission. To win the maid the poet tries. And sometimes writes to Julia's eyes ; She likes a verse—lmt, cruel whim. She t ill appears a-verse to him. [Punch. I TELEGRAPHIC- Expressly lor the Daily Sun. From New Orleans. New Orleans, Sept. 27. The demand for cotton to-day was active, and 11,500 bales changed hands at previous rates. Flour is drooping. Other articles of groce ries have undergone no change in price. Political. Columbia, Sept. 25. —Private letters from leading Democrats North, it is stated, have determined the policy of that party to strengthen Fillmore in New York, to let Mas sachusetts “go by default,” and concentrate on Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Modes of Labor. Does it never occur to such economic phi losophers as Olmstead, Greeley, Blair and oth ers who undertake to enlighten us on the rel ative merits of slave and free labor, that tlieir contrasts, even if true and fairly drawn, only prove the superiority of whites over blacks. This, indeed, is the cardinal fact which under lies domestic slavery, whether, we look to an accidental subjection of individuals and tribes, or to permanently marked differences of races. Will these gentlemen show us where the negro has ever achieved as much individually, or for an aggregate population, in their favorite inode of labor, as has been effected under the mutually advantageous relation of domestic dependence. The South asserts and recog nizes, practically, the inferiority and necessa ry dependence of the negro, and yet our Northern philosophers wade through weari some columns of figures—and very often in vent figures, both iu rhetoric and arithmetic, to show the superiority, in sonic respects, of free labor—that is, white laborers —over slave labor, or negro laborers. Our Northern friends indulge in gratuitous comparisons, al though there is a probability—if they go on iu their maddening self-debasement of fanatir cism—that it may become matter of nice com parison, whether beyond a certain parallel of latitude, the white man is any better than the black.— Charleston Courier. Three Parties in Kansas. A Kentuckian, and a minister of the Gospel, writes to his brother, living in Louisville, Ky., from Kansas, as follows: Conservative men everywhere should know that Kansas is divided into these parties : 1. Abolitionists of the Garrison stamp, who trample upon the Constitution ami the Bible, and join in bands to maraud through the territory. 2. Moderate Free State men, who uphold the Constitution, and because they refuse to leave tlieir homes and join the armed Aboli tionists, are actually driven into Missouri by men who profess to be seeking the same ob ject, tlieir horses stolen and t-lieir houses pil laged. 8. Pro-slavery men, the greater part of whom desire peace, but yet are goaded to de termined revenge by the memory of long years of Abolition aggression. The advent of Lane’s armed men was the signal for the Abolitionists, with all the out laws in the country under them, to commence their depredations almost simultaneously up on a Georgia colony—upon Treadwell’s settle ment and the town of Franklin. Then began the extraordinary impressment of Free State men—a spectacle that should startle the North. For proof see the affidavit of Martin White, a Free State man in Kansas, and for merly a member of the Illinois Legislature.— He, an old man, shouldered his rifle and fought, by the side of pro-slavery men at Os sawatomie on the 30th of August. Upon one of the twenty Abolitionists killed he found his son’s boots, and also recovered two of his horses. He regards it as a signal protection of Providence that not a solitary pro-slavery man was killed. The conservative Free State men now see clearly that Abolitionism is as destructive to the North as to the South.— Hundreds of them are now receiving the hos pitalities of the Border Missourians, and are imploring the latter to go in and assist in put ting down the marauders. Accident oil South Carolina Railroad. The Columbia train to this city, was thrown off the track at Indian Field Swamp, this side of Brancliville, about forty miles from the city, on the night before last, by a number of cattle who had taken the fancy 7 to sleep upon the rails. The engine and tender were thrown down the embankment and turned upside down, and the former completely broken in pieces. The fireman, Mr. William Harthman, was killed. Three of the cattle were killed, and it is to be presumed the company will have to pay for them at a good round price per head.— Charleston Standard. The Portuguese Consuls. It is rumored in legal circles, that in conse quence of certain representations made by the Hon. John L. O’Sullivan, Minister of the United States to Portugal, that the Consuls of that Government, resident in New York and Baltimore, have received a notification that their functions have been suspended. The revelations made in the recent trials of parties for a violation of the laws of the United States for the suppression of the slave trade, have boon the cause of this movement on the part of the Portuguese Government. Accident and Miraculous Escape. We learn that yesterday forenoon, a child of two years old, son of Mr. W. W. Barkhimcr, of this place, fell from the third story of the boarding house of Mr. Whitney, on Princess street below Front, striking on the pavement, and strange to sny, escaped without serious injury, although coming down on the back of his head. We believe the little fellow is about this morning. Os course his head is pretty badly cut. — Wilmington Journal. Amalgamation iu France, A Northern exchange translates from a Havre journal, the following extraordinary advertise ment : “Matrimonial.— A widow thirty years of age, possessed of a fortune of sixty thousand francs, wishes to mary a negro between forty ami forty-five years of age, who has received a good education. Fm- (further particulars, address Monsieur Des Due D, Etretat, No. 87.” l)r. James P. Screven has been nominated by tlie Democrats of Savannah, for Mayor of that city, and accepted by him. M. de Lamartine, who for some time has been in Macon, France, where lie is suffering from rheumatism, has received from the Em peror of Brazil one hundred thousand francs aa payment of five thousand subscriptions to the Familiar Course of Literature of the illus trious ami hard working author. —— - ♦ A correspondent of the New Orleans Delta predicts that if James Buchanan is elected President of the United States, he will be pre vented from taking possession of the White Mouse. If J. C. Fremont is elected Presi dent of the l uited States, he will he assassin ated. GENERAL ITEMS. Two dentists in New York have annoui their intention to receive pupils of tl*e i sex. Uia ' f We notice that John Carew is uomiuat the Charleston papers as the successor j n c :s gress to Gov. Aiken. The Columbus (Ohio) Statesman * a y s , two colored men, named Jenkins and’ 1 !” ston, are stumping the State for Fremont" 1 ’ A few days ago one hundred head of i„; were sold in Scott county, Ky., at an avtM . of $177.50 each. The State elections iu Pennsylvania, 0,/ Indiana, and South Carolina, will be held the same day, October 14th. Florida, on Oth of October. The number of voters in New York s t l! according to a statement from the census',j” partment, is 651,820, of whom 510,74.}"!! native voters, and 135,075 naturalized. John M. Read, hitherto a prominent den, crat of Philadelphia, addressed a Freu h Club at Westchester, Pa., on Saturday eveni, last. Mr. Taylor, the author of “Still jy. lt ltun Deep,” has written anew play, entiil,! “Retribution.” It is to be performed atij! Boston Theatre. A gentleman having been asked on his i ( . turn from a party the other evening whcil, he had seen Miss A—, a young lady noted lot her decollate style of dress—replied that ] had seen a good deal of her. Donelly wrote home recently that McGra* had died from an “affection of the throat lie was hung last season in California. p, lt getting around an ugly sentence Donelly takes precedence of any gentleman of our acquain. tanee. The Whigs of Massachusetts fired a salute of five hundred guns on Boston Common on Saturday, in honor of the nomination of Mil lard Fillmore by the National Convention.- At night they held a great ratification meeting at Charlestown. The Ilolston annual Conference of the Meth odist. Episcopal church, South, will be held in Knoxville, Tenn., on the 23d of Oct. next, that venerable and beloved Divine, Bishop .las. it Andrew, will preside, God willing. In Massachusetts there are in t lie field fa Governor and other State officers the Demu. cratio ticket, the Whig ticket, the Fillmore American ticket, and the Gardner or Fremont American ticket. John H. Clifford isonal! of them except the Democratic. Our Northern exchanges inform us that At torney General Cushing has decided that for eign consuls cannot intervene in tho settle ment of the estates of their countrymen dyin iu the United States, except in the way of sur veillance or advice. They cannot exercise jurisdiction. Gen. Harney is to relieve Col. Monroe o; the command of the troops in Florida on or before the 10th of November. The companies of the Ist Artillery, now stationed at Forts Monroe and Moultrie, the 4th Artillery, the light batteries excepted, and the sth Infantry, are ordered to the department of Florida, to reach there early in November. The prospects of Texas, it is said, were nev er more flattering. A plentiful wheat and a tolerable corn crop have been realized. The quality of the cotton this season is very good. About three-fourths of a full crop will be real ized. But little sugar will be made in conse quence of the destruction of the plant cane by the severe cold of last winter. An unpleasant personal altercation having occurred to-day, in my presence, at the Kirk wood House, between the Hon. John S. Pen dleton and Bennett M. DeWitt, Esq., arising from remarks misinterpreted in a political conversation, it gives me great pleasure to state, as the mutual friend of the parties, that after satisfactory explanations, the difficulty lias been adjusted in a manner highly honora ble to both gentlemen. Mr. Henry Adams, of New York city, lias recently patented an improvement in ladies’ saddles, which consists in anew arrangement of the horns of the saddle, enabling the rider to sit in a more natural position than those now in use. It also lessens the weight of the saddle, and reduces t lie cost. The reported hostile attitude of England to wards Mexico is confirmed. Havana corres pondence received at New York, says, that the difficulty arose from the non-payment ot claims due by Mexico to British subjects, it is reported, that if England’s demands are not immediately complied with, the chief ports of Mexico are to he blockaded at once. As pre viously reported, the British Minister hns de manded his passports. Anew style of India rubber over-shoe Ims recently been invented by Mr. J. A. Pease, of New York city, which, by having a ribbed or corrugated inner surface, allows a free circu lation of air between it and the boot over which it is worn, thus permitting the perspiration to pass off from the foot, and rendering them more healthy. The Fayetteville (Tenn.) Observer says an Abolitionist named McKee was discovered prowling around in that locality last week.— lie had been tampering with the negroes there abouts, trying to induce them to run off: I' lll they-, more honest than he, exposed him. and forthwith he was treated to a free ride on n rail, a bath in the creek, and a respectable blacking, after which he was started off North. The Hardy Whig says that Judge Parker, in a case submitted to him last week, decided that a “Bounty Land Warrant” issued under tiic act of March 8, 1855, was not liable tor. nor could it “be in any wise affected by, or charged with, or subject to, the payment “t any debt or claim incurred by the soldier pri or to the issuing of the patent.” On Friday morning of last week, a nianwlm had registered his name and residence as h G. Brown, Stockbridge, Vermont, was found in his room at tho Massasoit House, Chicago, nearly suffocated by gas which was escaping from the burner in his room. Every effort was made to resuscitate him, but without avail an Ihe died the following day. It is supposed that on retiring, Mr. Brown had blown out the gas instead of turning it off'. A lady from Kentucky came near losing her life iu the same manner in Cincinnati on Wednesday night.-- These accidents should serve to render people careful of how they manage their gas. Tiie Rich in oik! papers have despatches ‘late i the 22d tit Chicago, which say that Col. H" 1 vey’s free State Regiment had an engagement with the Southerners at Hartford, where - e ’ oral on both sides were killed. Col. ll.’a com man 1 was subsequently captured by the l troops. These despatches also say that o ccs from Lawrenco to the 15th, state that - ‘ , Missourians reached Fraukliaou the 14th, :U - ■ an advanced guard came iu contact with aPj ty of free State men on the night of the I" 1 Gov. Geary interfered, aud the Missouri^ 1 fell back to Lawrence.