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OO LIT MB ITS: Wednesday Morning, Oct. 1856. liAHUUST CITV CiaCVLATIOK. The receipts of Cotton at New Orleans on llith instant, were 18,719 bales. Mail failures from the East have arrived at, great perfection. For (he last ten days their arrival had been reduced to tri-weekly until yesterday, when it appears to have changed to semi-weekly—no eastern mail having ar rived since Sundny. If such irregularities are permitted to occur in the midst of the dryout, time ever known to the country, what may fc wc not expect when the rainy season shail have set in t - 1 ♦’ We seo in our Alabama exchanges, a letter from F. M. ltecse, Esq., an old line whig, of Macon county, in which he states that since the Into Baltimore Convention, he has recon sidered a determination made by him just al tar the Cincinnati Convention to vole for Bu chanan, and comes out for Fillmore. He says: I have always favored the opinions enter tained by the Union party, and still stand by them ; endorsing fully the Compromise meas ures passed, adopted and sanctioned during the administration of Mr. Fillmore, believing them conservative and sufficiently just and equal for the acquiescence of the South. I was alsoiu favor of the Kansas Nebraska bill, except the alien suffrage feature in the bill, and am still in favor of it, believing like others of Mr. Fillmore’s Southern friends that there was no Squatter Sovereignty in the bill. I stand uncompromisingly opposed to the resto ration of the Missouri restriction and Squat ter Sovereignty. We learn from the Atlanta Intelligencer that a <air load of cotton accidentally caught fire on the Atlanta and LaGrange Road, on Sunday last, and, together with the car, was entirely consumed. The car stood loaded on the sideling at LaGrange, and the fire is sup posed to have been communicated by a spark from the engine of the mail train, in passing. There were thirty-six bales on the ear. The London Times ou Kausus Affairs. The London Times, of September 24, has au editorial on the slavery question in the United States, which the writer of the article proposes to settle by a very summary process, lie would have it settled by a resort to arms or by a dissolution of the Union. Wo quote a por tion of the article, it shows how thoroughly and for what reasons the British journals sym pathize with the anti-slavery party on our own continent: If the party that advocates slavery shows a determination, beside advocating it in the ab stract, to push, propagate, and spread it, the party that is opposed to slavery must resist this attempt, and this resistance can only be made by employing physical force. The sla very question in the United States seems to be now rapidly approaching in this mode of settle ment. The Southern planter has determined on the spread and extension of slavery; he is not to be argued out of his resolution ; ho has by his superior adroitness got the Federal Fx eeutivc positively on his side and lias prevailed in Congress so far as to defeat any obstacle which the opposite side laid in his way : he is consequently supremely confident, boastful and sanguine, and is setting to work in right ear nest to extend slavery in the Union. On the other hand, the Northern States can not, as a matter of conscience and principle, allow this extension. They look upon slavery as in itself wrong, and, though from necessity they tolerate it where it exists and within its present limits, they regard the extension of it as abominable. They cannot, therefore, as a matter of principle, allow themselves to be parties to such extension, or to aid or second it in any way, direct or indirect, tacit or express. But they are parties to this extension, if this extension goes on within the limits and by means of the power of that federation of which I hey are members. By giving their weight and strength to a Union which carries on such a morally objec tionable policy, they give their weight and strength to that policy—they allow themselves to be used for the support and extension of a morally bad cause. The support they give is given, indeed, indirectly and through a medi um, the medium of the federation and the com mon und central Government; but if the exten sion of slavery is wrong, the indirect support of it is just as wrong as the direct, and the Northern States are just as much substantially committed to what is done by a central power, which they support and moke what it is, as if (lie same thing were done directly by them selves, Suoli is the present moral dilemma of “the North,” and in this state of the ease it is cer tainly open to “the North,” if itchooses to take such a course to clear itself of all responsibility in the extension of slavery, mid to wash its hands of the guilt of it, by separating from that federation which adopts and carries on this pol icy. A dissolution of the Union would be one mode of solving this difficulty and getting out of the dilemma. It is open, undoubtedly, to the Northern States to relieve them-elves from all participation in this act of Union by ceas ing to belong to the Union. But if “the North” continues its adherence to the Union, we must frankly confess we see no other alternative be fore it but that of resistance. The extension of slavery must in that case be positively stop ped ; the Northern conscience can allowa mem bership of the Union upon this condition alone, and the extension of slavery, it is quite clear, can only bo stopped, under existing circum stances, by resistance, and by armed resis tance. It is high tiiuo, then, that the Northern States of the Union should understand their po sition, and sec what the present crisis is impo sing upon them. It is, undoubtedly, not a pleasant thing to tight, and any other mode of settling a dispute is preferable; but if the force of events thrust such au aUernntive upon them, it becomes a very serious consideration how far they can, ou any principle of duty or self respect, reject it. If the Northern States are serious in their hatred of slavery, they must begin now to give practical proofs of it, and show that they will undorgo sacrifices. The time for talking and speechifying is over, and the Northern man must tight for his principles, if lie wants principles to prevail, lie must either leave the Union, or he must rule the Un ion, —there is no middle course open to him for the solution of his difficulty andthe satisfaction of iiis conscience, and if lie intends to rule the Union he must be ready to defend his position. We see that among the slain in Pennsylva nia at the recent election, is the Hon. Henry M. Puller, the defeated American candidate for Speaker last winter. lie is succeeded by J. G. Montgomery, a National Democrat. Important Cae Decided. The Floridian Journal of the 11 tli instant, says : The important case of Smith cud others vs. Groom, which has been ponding in the Chan cery Court lor many years, was decided on Thursday by Judge King in favor of the de fendant. An appeal will probably be taken by the complainants to the Supreme Court. This case arose in the wreck of the ill-fated steamer Home, in which Hardy Groom and family perishod. The suit was for wife’s dow er in the estate, being contended that Mrs. Groom outlived her husband some half au hour. A large amount of property was involved in the decision. Mr. Richard Yeadon, of Charleston, in a re cent letter from Buffalo, New York, to the Charleston Courier, written after a visit and an evening spent with Mr. Fillmore at his res idence, says: J have the satisfaction of being able to state on Mr. Fillmore’s own authority, from his own lips, that, he is against repealing the Nebras ka Kansas Act, or restoring the Missouri Com promise line; and is utterly opposed to any further agitation upon the slavery question, and for restoring harmony and giving perma nent repose and peace to our now distracted country. He agreed, too, with me that lie and Buchanan at the North were fighting each oth er’s battle, and were waging common war against the common enemy that were seeking to poison our political Eden with the serpent and destructive element of political Freesoil ism. —- Collision in Chesapeake Bay—Nine Lives Lost. The Baltimore American, of Friday, con tains the particulars of a collision in the Clies peake Bay, oil” Weiftrap Light, on Tuesday last, between the steamer Monmouth, from that port to York river, and the brig Wind ward, from the same port for New Orleans. The accident took place about 5 o’clock in the morning. The American says: Tho brig struck her amidships, carrying away the larboard wheel and wheel house, and displacing the shaft from its position, besides causing her to leak badly. The brig was also injured, and her Captain was obliged to put into Norfolk for repairs. The boat lay at an chor all day, and towards evening a gale arose, and it was discovered that she was settling. The crew at once began to construct rafts as the only hope of safety, am) before the steam er Louisiana, from Norfolk, on* her upward trip reached her, there was nothing visible put a portion of her upper works, and the sea was breaking over her. Capt, Russell de termined to do everything possible for the suf ferers, and descrying a raft with a number of persons on it, despatched two of bis boats to their rescue. They had not proceeded far when one of them swamped, but the other kept up and was not long in saving eleven per sons which the raft contained. Two other rafts were overtaken, one of which held two persons and the other one, all of whom were safely placed on deck of the Louisiana and properly cared for. Two or three of those rescued were in an exhausted condition an 1 but for the timely succor afforded them, would have perished. Learning that Capt. Hewctt, of the schooner Ada, of this port was on a raft, and that eight persons were left ou board the Monmouth, Capt. Russell ran up to her, but no person was to be seen, and there is fear to be entertained that they all perished. When the steamboat was struck the concussion was so great that her smoke pipe was thrown down, so that all hope, if her machinery was not injured, for working her to land, was lost. At seven o’clock on Wednesday evening the steamboat went down after lying at anchor for thirty-eight hours. The following are supposed to have been drowned: James Davidson, Mrs. Davidson and two children, passengers; Mathias Mat thews, steward; William Woodland, cook; Charles Philips, coal bearer, and Barry Itidg way, deck hand. Capt. Hewitt was last seen on a raft going towards the sea, and though he was supplied with four blankets, it is feared that he perish ed. At the time of the collision the brig, it is said, had no lights out, as required by law, nor was she seen until it was impossible to es cape from her. The Monmouth belongs to a company of planters on the Pamunkey river and Richmond, Va., and is a total loss, there having been no insurance on her. The Davidson children, who were made or phans, by this calamity, were kindly cared for, and a subscription of seventy-five dollars was collected from the passengers of the Lou isiana, forty of which is to be applied to their Immediate necessities. Trial for Murder. Most of our city readers are aware that the Superior Court of Fulton occupied a large portion of last week in the trial of a woman named Fanny Davis, who stands charged with the murder of young Hammond, whose body was found on the track of the Macon A West ern Railroad, on the morning of the 20th of December last. It was some months after the untimely death of the young man before the circumstances which led to tho arrest of the woman, and pointed to her ns the perpetrator of the foul crime, came to light. Wo did not hear the evidence given to the Jury on the part of the State, last week, lint learn from those that did that is was strong, and but for circum stances developed during the trial, tending to discredit the testimony of tho main witness for the State, would probably have convicted the prisoner of tho crime charged. The case was submitted to the Jury on Fri day evening last, who, we understand, came into Court on Saturday morning and announc ed a “inis-trial”—seven being for convicting the prisoner, and five for acquittal. The wo man was taken back to Jail, to await another trial at the next term of our Superior Court.— Atlanta Intelligencer. - ♦ —— Hteamboftta, Hnilroads and Telegraph*. before the year 1800, it is stated, there was not a single steamboat in existence, and the application of steam to machinery was un known. Fulton launched the first steamboat in ISO 4 ; now there are 0,000 steamboats tra versing the waters of America, and the time saved in travel is equal to 70 per cent. In 1800 there was not a single railroad in the world. In the United States alone there are now 8797 miles of railroad, costing $280,000,- 000 to build, and about 22,000 miles of rail road in England and America. The locomo tive will now travel in as many hours a dis tance which required in 1890 as many days to accomplish. In 1800 it took weeks to convey intelligence between Philadelphia and New Orleans ; now it can be accomplished in min utes by the electric telegraph, which only had its beginning in 1848. -♦ A Frenchman being troubled with the gout, was asked what difference there was between that and the rheumatism. “One very great difference,” replied Monsieur, “suppose you take one vice, put your finger in. y ou turn the screw till you can bear it no longer—dat is the rheumatism; den ‘spose you give him one turn more—dat is dc gout.” Watch for the Stranger.—The Comet of 185 b. Mr. J. it. Hind, of the Übservatoiy, Regent's Park, has the following letter in the London Times: “ It will be in the recollection of your astro nomical readers that tho orbit of the comet of 1650, the re-appearance of which has been ex pected about the middle of the present centu ry, was founded upon a rough chart of its path copied into several works from au original publication by Paul Frubricius, (attached to the Court of the Emperor Charles V.,) who observed the comet at Vienna, which original, however, had long been sought for in libraries without success. About two years siuce, al ter a revision of my former calculations with reference to this comet, the result of which was a conviction that little further could be learned about its movements unless the trea tise by Fabricius were discovered, I was in duced to apply to Professor Littrow the pres ent energetic director of the imperial Observ vntory at Vienna, and request his assistance in a search through some of the principal Ger man libraries for the work in question. “Professor Littrow most obligingly interest ed himself in the matter, and, alter ineffectual attempts hud beeu made by private corres pondence, he at length succeeded, through the insertion of advertisements iu the principal newspapers, in discovering at Vienna and Augsburg, the original oliurt of Fabricius and his Indicium upoutiio comet; while, by tliesanie means, he has brought to light an unknown hut far more important descriptive treatise by Joacliiu Holler, astronomer, of Nurcmburg, which exists iuthe Ducal libraries of Wolfcu buttlo and Gotha. The observations of Fabri cius extend over less than a fortnight, where as Heller gives us the comet’s position during an interval of 53 days, and consequently furn ishes a much more complete series of data for the determination of the orbit iu 185(1.” ♦ . Gold and Silver. From tho New York Shipping List. Gold, from its great abundance, since the discovery of the California and Australia mines, has, to some extent, superceded Silver as a standard of value in Europe and the United States. In two countries alone, France and the United States, where silver used to be coined at an average rate of £4,000,009 per annum, is now, comparatively speaking, little employ ed, while much of tho old coin of that metal is melted down and exported. Iu France, iu one year, 1853, as much as £12,000,000 were dis posed of in this manner, and the operation has since boon proceeding at a still greater rate. Silver is tiie standard of value in the vast Em pires of India and China, with which Europe and America maintain so large a commercial intercourse. In proportion, therefore, as Gold currency increases in Europe and the United States, the Silver finds its way the Indian and Chinese markets. During the year 1855, the export of the precious metals from Great Bri tain to the East was £ i,358,101, of which $0,409,889 was in Silver. Here are thirty one millions of dollars worth of Silver taken from the currency of the civilized world, and thrown into the Oriental Empires. Os this amount, £4,970,209, or some twenty-three and a half millions of dollars, went to India, and the remainder nearly all to China. Such a drain as this is truly remarkable, but it is more so when we look at the manner in which it has increased ever since the discovery of Gold in California and Australia. This is shown by the following statement of the export of Specie direct from Gieat Britain to the East during the last five years: Gold. Silver. Total. 1851 £102,280 £1,710,100 £1,818,330 1852 921,739 2,030,238 3,551,977 1853 830,202 4,710,005 5,590,807 1854 1,174,299 3,132,003 4,300,202 1855 948,272 0,409,839 7,358,161 T0ta1...£1,020,792 £18,598,895 £22,625,687 Over ninety millions of dollars in Silver, taken from European circulation in the course of five years, is a fact which shows the great extent to which the trade of the Fast is against all civilized nations engaged in it. We must have Saltpeter, Tea, Silks, Indigo, Spices, &c., but the habits of the Chinese and Hindoos are so radically different from ours as to render the introduction of articles of Western produc tion exceedingly slow. China is almost en tirely independent of Foreign imports, She gets nothing from abroad that she could not easily do without, and the export of Opium from India, by the British, is about tho only article on which a reliable trade thither can be based, and even that is against Europe, be cause the crop is an Indian one. It follows, of course, that the result of this Eastern com merce is to throw an immense amount of wealth beyond the reach of European civiliza tion. In the five years above given, the total thus transferred to the East was nearly one hundred and ton millions of dollars. Weliave no means of ascertaining the statistics in ref erence to the American trade with India and China, but, of course, the balance against us is proportionally as large as that against Great Britain. Thus we undergo a two-fold drain ing. Europe takes away our gold to pay for manufactured goods, while India and China consume our silver to pay for their domestic products. In such a condition of things it is no wonder tiiat our currency disappears quite as rapidly as it is obtained. Were it nut for the apparently inexhaustible resources of our California mines, the country could not possi bly stand such a drain as wo have witnessed the last throe years, and which still continues at the rate ot fifty millions and upwards per annum, in spite of our unttou and bread stalls, there would soon he a commercial cri sis. It has generally been supposed, that the semi-barbarous nations of the Fast tako but a comparatively limited amount of gold from Europe, and the question naturally arises, what becomes of the bull; of the currency of that metal ? It is not in England, nor yet in France. Such largo quantities of it have been abstracted from circulation in both countries us to occasion serious alarm. This is a strange phenomenon, in view of the enormous amounts of gold continually received iu England from California and Australia; but it shows that that Kingdom is by no means so independent in her trade operations as the world has been in the habit of believing. Her coffers are steadily being drained of their silver and gold, without her possessing the power to prevent it. Tho Bullion iu the Bank of England iu 1848 was £ 13,886,000, and at last accounts the amount was £12,387,000, with a steady drain to the Eastward, and soiuo indications of au approaching monetary crisis. The Shower of Lies. Beecher, whose Godfather named him “Ward,” intended him for a ward politician, instead of a divine, prophecies in regard to the coming election thus: “This campaign is to be one of eminent and abounding falsehood. It will rain and hail lies. They will come like frogs and murrain. Let no man be alarmed.” Beecher is not alarmed! He ia a prophet who can work the fulfilment of his own vatici nations. \\ hen it rains lies, lie need not put up his umbrella. He is already soaked to the skin.- ■/ rfiy Ctti/ Telegraph. TELEGRAPHIC. ’ i egr-iplio-l to tiie L'atly Bur.. From New Orleans. New Orleans, Oet. 21. The sales of cotton to-day foot up forty nine hundred bales, at a further decline of an eighth to a quarter. Middling 111 c. Flour advanc ed 10c. to day owing to the scarcity of supply. Other articles of groceries unchanged. From Charleston. Charleston, Oct. 21. The sales of cottuu to-day reached fifteen hundred bales at full prices. Middling Fnir 121 t 0 )2Jc. Late from Nicarngnu—Lieut. Estelle Shot-Slavery Re-established. New York, Oct. 10.—The steamship Texas has arrived with one month's later intelligence from Nicaragua. Geu. Walker has evacuated Massaya and is concentrating troops in Grenada, where a se vere battle is anticipated. Lieut. Estelle, of Tennessee, has been court, martialcd and shot. A decree has been issued re-establishing the institution of slavery in Nicaragua. American Meeting. Philadelphia, Oct. 16.—A large American meeting was held to-night in Independence square. It was addressed by Francis Gran ger, of New York, and Messrs. Stuart, of Vir ginia, and Allen, of Massachusetts. The best spirit was manifested, and strong expressions against a fusion with the Republicans were made. Reported Murder of Col. Babbit. i Serious apprehensions are entertained that Colonel Babbit, the Secretary of the Territory of Utah, who was formerly the delegat e in Con gress lrom that, Territory, has been murdered on the plains by the Cheyenne Indians. We learn from W. M. F. Magraw, just arrived in t his city, who loft the frontier eight days since, that Col. Babbit, whose train had been cap tured this side of Fort Kearney, had gone on to Fort Kearney after the capture of his train, and had there obtained four government mules, and left on the 2d September witli one man, iu a light carriage, with dispatches to Fort Laramie, which point he had not reached on the 14tli of September, when Magraw’s party, with the United States mail, left F’ort Laramie for Independence. The party could hoar or learn nothing relative to him. His friends in Missouri and ou the plains are of the opinion that he and his companions have been murdered. Colonel Babbit should have got through to Fort Laramie in five or six days if not moles ted. One of the Sioux Indians, who had been pardoned by the President of the United States for the murder of Magraw’s men two years ago, and was being escc ted home to liis tribe by Captain Stewart of the army, got per mission to go in advance of the escort. This Indian knew that Colonel Babbit had left Fort Kearney for Laramie, and followed the tracks of his mules up into the bluffs, near Ash Hol low, until he found evidence that Babbit’s wagon had been destroyed; found a man’s shirt and other marks going to satisfy him that Colonel Babbit and his companion had been murdered. He turned for his own safe ty and crossed the north fork of Platte river and proceeded on that side to Laramie, where he reported what lie had seen and his conclu sion on the subject. Exploration of the Nile. The new expedition to the headwaters of the Nile, under the command of the French Count d’Escayrac de Lanture, and under the protection and auspices of said Pasha, prom ises to exceed all similar projects hitherto set on foot. At Vienna twelve officers of the Aus trian general staff expressed their willingness to join the expedition, from which number three were selected, who together with the mineralogist, Mayer, recently in the service of the Dutch Government in Borneo, makeup the complement ot the Germans in the expedition. The whole force will comprise twelve Euro peans, besides the leader, and three hundred soldiers furnished by the Egyptian Govern ment. Among these latter, who are principal ly natives ol the interior of Africa, there are supposed to be a sufficiency of interpreters. For the navigation of the Nile, the expedition has thirty barks and two small steamers, and a crew of one hundred men, besides the neces sary men and means to continue the journey by land beyond the head of navigation. Nev er before was a scientific expedition fitted out in like manner. ‘The expedition will leave Europe on the 10th of September, Court d’Es cayrac, with the Germans, embarking at Trieste, and tho French expeditionists at Mar seilles. The entire party will meet at Alex dria, and expect to reach Chartoum by De cember, where they will remain some time to complete organization. Business. The business season in our city has opened most auspiciously; and, notwithstanding the •short crops throughout the country, there are indications of considerable activity in trade. Our merchants of every description have laid in choice and extensive stocks, and made their arrangements fora satisfactory supply of eve ry demand that may be made upon them.— Ihe vcceii ing and forwarding business has been very heavy for the past six weeks. In this respect., Savannah has been making a steady progress for some years past, until she now receives a vast amount of freights for the interior which have heretofore been ship ped to other ports on the Atlantic and Gulf. Upon the whole; at no former period of her history has our city been able to boast of so bright a promise of all that is calculated to contribute to her advancement in wealth and importance.— Savannah Republican, 17 th instant. The Murder in Highland County, Va. The Staunton Spectator says that Miss She ridan, daughter of F. W. Sheridan, deceased, of Highland county, Va., was arrested Mon day week, being implicated by tiie negro who was hung for the murder of her step-father, as one of the persons who iustigated tho act. The young lady is about sixteen years of age. Her mother, who is in prison on the same charge, is about thirty-five. Tho negro con fessed that 1m killed Sheridan, after furnish ing him with liquor enough to stupify him, by twisting a rope around his neck until his neck was broken. Mrs. Sheridan was a lady of good standing in Highland county; and her daughter a very accomplished girl. Mr. She ridan was a young man, twonty-oue years of age, highly educated, and was engaged prose cuting land claims in Highland, where lie bo cmu acquainted with his wife, then widow Wiley, and married her. After marriage lie became dissipated, and it was for that his wife conceived the horrible plan of taking his life. biu. Appleton has been uomiuated for Con gress. by the Fillmore men, in Mr. Burlin game’s district, in Massachusetts. Tiie A tile tat Silenced. Some years ago, the Rev. Isaac Gusenia, made a trip to lowa. On board the steam,., in which he took passage there was a genii'.’ man who took great pains to make known th 7 he was opposed to Christianity and all f un 7 of religion. u ” He spent most of the day iu arguing w ;,i those who would dispute with him, And l, pouring forth anathemas against priestcrafi and the credulity of mankind. He denounc ed Christ as an impostor, religion as a delu sion, any particular form of worship or creed as the result or trammels of education ai 7 that it was only tolerated by statesmen forß. security of government and the benefit ot tl7 weak and erring. He was evidently a man co education aud ability. His repartee, drollery sarcasm and faculty for turning things j„t the ridiculous bore down so heavily u „ those with whom he argued, that they Jl'J. generally silenced though not convinced One day he was in high glee and kept , crowd of passengers in a continual roar ’ laughter at his irreligious jokes and witticism On this occasion Mr. Guseman, who had hit) erto refrained from entering into a dispute ~ controversy with him, determined to try ai’ silence him or turn the laugh against him He accordingly moved slowly towards l 7 crowd the skeptic was amusing ; on his , proachiug, the other observed: “ “ Weli, old gentleman, I am a free thinker what is your notion about religion ?” “ Wh y> sir > 1 have always been taught t, believe in the truth of the Christian religion and have never once had a doubt of the exis tence of a supreme and intelligent Cause. in turn, let me ask you a question—Do you believe in the immortality of the soul ?” “Certainly not—l have none.” “ Ho you deny the existence of a God ?” “ Most assuredly I do.” “ Then, sir, I have heard of you before.” “ Heard of me before ?” “ Yes, sir, I have read about you.” “ Read about me ! I was not aware that] was published. Pray where ?” “In the Psalms of David, sir, where it reads, ‘The fool hath said in liis heart then, is no God.’” ’ e At this unlooked for turn in the argument there was one general burst of laughter and hurra at the expense of the atheist, who, con founded and unable to rally at being thus un expectedly proved a fool, moved away to an other part of the boat. During the remainder of the voyage the wiseacre was silent on re ligious subjects; but occasionally some of the passengers would tease him by slily observ ing, “ I have heard of you before.” Tiie McDonougli Estate. Verily we believe a good share of this once great estate will be absorbed by commissioner!,’ charges, lawyers, costs of court, etc. We learn that Messrs. Mayer & Howard, the two commissioners on tho part of the city of Balti more, have obtained a judgment against the estate and the two cities, New Orleans and Baltimore, for ten thousand dollars. The city of New Orleans lias appealedfrom the decision of the lower court, but the city of Baltimore not having appealed, an execution has been issued, which, it is presumed, will be paid by the sale of some of the real estate, provided there is no cash on hand. Any one who can inform us how much of the McDonough estate will be left in ten years from this time, shall have our hat.— zY. O. Crescent. A Black Republican in Court. An intelligent, good-natured colored man. “ black as the ace of spades,” applied to Jus tice Connolly, lately, for a warrant for two men, who had robbed him of a SIOO check at a hotel in Church street. “ I was talking politics with the fellows,” said he, “ and they professed to be upon the same side, and thinking 1 had a little the most ; money, robbed me.” “ Which side was that ?” asked the Judge. “Oh,” replied the colored man, with a broad grin, “ I am for Fremont. You see,” said he, “ I am a Black Republican.”— N. V. Express. ♦ Mr. King, tho great shooter at Saratoga Springs, was not very well on Monday, and failed. He bet that he would kill 40 double birds out of 50, springing from the trap at the same time, and lost, shooting but 36. The second match, he was to kill 20 out of 25 sin gle biids, standing back to the bird, ami to wheel and fire after the trap was sprung. This was won in 24 shots. The third match was to kill 21 out of 25 birds, single shots. This was lost, having 23 shots and killing 17 birds. The fourth match was an even bet ot $250, to kill, in all the shooting, 80 birds out of 100, This was also lost, only killing 70. Murder. We learn an affray occurred at HarrcTs Pie- j cinct in Washington county, Florida, on Mon- 1 day last, between Win. McKinney and John Crawford, in which the latter was killed. The j cause of the difficulty was a dispute about a : Church—one being a Methodist and the other a Baptist. Mr. McKinney was brought up here on Wednesday last, and committed to jail to await his trial at the next session of the Western Circuit Court.— Mariana Patriot. Singular and Ingenious Discovery. Dr. S. Bledeliu, of New Orleans, has suc ceeded in training the larger species of Mos quitoes, known in New Orleans as “gallinip pers,” to perform all the objects hitherto only accomplished by the leech orcupper. A dozen of these insects are equal to six leeches, and placed on the desired spot will immediately commence to suck blood in the same way, and with far less trouble than the older instil” tions. The Sound of tile Clnircli Going Bell- A letter from Widden, Turkey, of Aug. *>• says: “We have this morning heard of a soum which tho people of Bulgaria have not hear for ages, the sound of a bell calling theChriv tians to church to thank God that the Sultan has been pleased to restore to us our liberty of worship. Widden is the first Bulgarian town that has received a bell.” - ... .—— A Large Fee. It Is said that Capt. Albert Pike, of Arkan sas. recently gained a suit at law for which K gets the comfortable fee of $160,000. * case was an Indian claim to the value ot s■>- • 000, which he has been prosecuting for ,(>ul . al years, upon au agreement that it he gnuit the suit he would be entitled to one hall > ‘ j not, nothiug. The suit was lately decided >: j tho Supremo Court of the United States. #’ Washington, in favor of his clients. Hon. Rufus Choate has been nominated Congress by the Democratic Convention the Fourth District, Massachusetts, in opt‘ sition to Comma, Republican, tho present w . presentative, who has been renominated his party The Boston Post states that Mr. ( hoiitep tivcly declines the nomination. A German chemist has discovered the of obtaining crystalir.ed sugar from wood.