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i'Olfchlit §mi. ♦ T. DutVOLF It. j V ARINtJ T0N....T. GILBERT. THUS. (GILBERT A: €O., Ktlitors and IG'oprietorw. SUBSCRIPTIONS. P.ir .mo year, payableiu advance |2 00 Kjrsix inontlu, payable in advauce 1 25 ADV ERTISEM KNTS. AdvortiioiuontH will Bo ioacrted in the Weekly Sun at one dollar per square (ieu lines or less In nonpareil type,) for the first insertion, and fifty runts fi*r each subsequent iuaerticu of the same. Professional and other cards, not exceeding five lines, inserted six months for eight dollars, or for £W elve months at fourteen dollars. Announcementsof candidates for a time not ex ceeding three months, five dollars; for all time over throe months, at the rate of two dollars per month —pay required iu advance. Tuesday August 9, 1859. Mr. William Mackay, an esteemed citi zen of Savannah, died suddenly in that city on Monday, from a stroke of paraly sis. A shooting affray occurred at Mar shallville, on Saturday last, between Thomas Osborne and Thomas Pittman, during which Pittman was shot in the face. The wound is not thought to be dangerous. The Democratic and Opposition parties of the Seventh Congressional District, are to hold Conventions in Milledgeville—the first on the 10th and the latter on the 17th instant. This will complete the Demo cratic nominations for the State. The Opposition have made nominations in the Second, Third and Eighth Districts. Mr. John Bruster, living seven or eight miles from Cowyers, Ga., visited the vil lage last Saturday, and became intoxica ted. In the evening he mounted his horse and started home ; he had gone but a short distance when he fell from his horse and broke his neck, resulting in immediate death. +. The dwelling of Mr. E. S. Fulton, a stone building, in Savannah, was struck by lightning on Monday, and seriously damaged. Bedding, &c., was set on fire. Several of the family were in the house at the lirne, and fortuuatejy escaped in- j jury Damage estimated at over §SOO. j LiaCirauge Female College. We have before us the annual Cata- , I loguc of this Institution for the past year, j The Institution numbers 137 pupils, and appears to be in a prosperous condition, under the direction of an able Faculty, ■ at the head of which is the name of Rev. j William A. Harris, A. M., President. The Barnwell (S. C.) Sentinel states that Mrs. Howard, wife of Julius How ard, of that District, has been committed j to the jail of that place charged with the murder of her own negro woman. The body of the negro woman was found bu ried in the yard where it had been for about two weeks. Howard, who it is thought had something to do with it, has tied. lutcreiitlug to Coffee Healers. A law has been passed aud confirmed by the Senate of llayti, St. Domingo, abolishing the impost of fifths, and es tablishing an export duty of one dollar and three quarters on every hundred pounds of coffee, puyablo on the depar- j tine of the cargo. This law went into j effect July 10th. The Savannah Melon Beaten. The Augusta Chronicle acknowledges the receipt of a water melon, grown on the farm of Gen. George W. Evans, near that city, weighing G3 pounds two ounces, j aud measuring in circumference four feet eleven inches by three feet three inches, being tiro outlets heavier than the Savan nah melon sent to the Augusta Press. The Reported Mexican Kvpcdltlon. The New Orleans Picayune is request- j ed by Gen. C. It. Wheat to say, with re- j gard to a statement that originally ap- ! pcared in a New York journal, and which lias been copied very generally by the press, to the effect that ho has been in vited by President Juarez, of Mexico, to take a column of his .countrymen to aid I the Liberal cause, that no such invitation j has been received by him. -4 An Ancient City on the Pacific. The New Orleans Picayune says that the American surveyors of the Isthmus of j Tehuantepec, in their explorations on the j Pacific coast, discovered the ruins of an j ancient city within a few miles of the sea. The surveying party brought back alarge number of terracota idols, musical iustru- ! ments, silver rings, bas relieves, &c. ; all of which indicate an advanced condition of civilization among the aboriginal peo ple of Mexico. Death of a Veteran of t lie Cast War. The London papers record the death of i Lieutenant-General Proctor, who played such an important part in the last war ; between the United States and Great Britain, having commanded tließ2d regi- j meut at the battle of Fort Erie, and sub sequently shared in the campaign along j the Niagara frontier. He was Colonel of the 97th Regiment, lie died a few days since at his seat in Wales, suddenly, from diseaso of the heart, lie had been sixty years in the army. In 1814 he command ed the 82d regiment before Lake Eric, from September 2d throughout tho suc cessive operations of the campaign cn the Niagara frontier, lie received the brevet promotion of Lieutenant-Colonel for his conduct in repelling the attack on the batteries and position before Fort Erie on the 17 th of September, 1814. A Cargo of Africans. A gentleman of this city received a let ter from Jacksonville on Monday last, post-marked lGtli inst, on the back of j which was endorsed “ a cargo of GOO Af- ; eloans has been landed on the Florida coast near Smyrna.” If this intelligence be true, it is to be hoped that the parties guilty of such a high-handed violation of the law of the land may be arrested and dealt with to i the fullest extent.— Tallahassee Floridian. l'he above intelligence we are assured by Col. E. E. Blackburn, U. S. Marshal, is true, as lie has received letters convey ing the said intelligence aud stating these tacts. But how can it be expected that the party violating the law will be arrested when the U. S. Marshal is de nied the power and means of doing so ? If this official was vested with sufficient power aud provided With able meas, (as he applied for to the proper au thorities) he would perhaps been able to prevent such violation of the law, but as it is, with his limited power and want of means, it is almost impossible. Me further understand that the vessel which brought these Africans to our coast, as soon as the landing was effected, was set on fire and abandoned to the ele ments.—Pensacola Observer. The assessment, this year, of taxable property of Houston county, shows an increase in value over last year, of sl,- 782,578. Whether this is an increase in the wealth of the county, or the result of extra vigilance on the part of the Asses sor, is not stated. The assessment for the present year foots up §12,421,376, against $10,044,798 last year. VOLUME III.! Barbour County Elections. Eufaula, Ai.a., Aug. 2, 1859. Eds. Suit r The election for Governor, member of Congress, Representatives to the State Legislature, Xc., were held yes terday. The official returns from all the election precincts have not been received here, though enough is ascertained to set down the result as follows: Representatives —Henry D. Clayton, Win. B. Bowen, Wm. 11. Chambers. Tax Assessor — IV. R. P. Russell. Tax Collector— lV. W. Jobnson. For Goverr or, Moore bas received a large majority ; and last, though by no means least, Col. James L. Pugh willsuc ceed the lion. Eli S. Shorter in the next United States Congress. The opposition to him was merely nominal—his opponent merely craving a little notoriety. It is believed that a majority of all the votes cast were in favor of the amend ment to the Constitution proposed by the last Legislature, authorizing annual ses sions aud biennial elections. Os the Representatives elect to the Leg islature, two are new members. Mr. Clayton is the only one, therefore, who has been re-elected. His constituents have emphatically endorsed his Legisla- j tive course; no one, during the warmly conducted canvass just ended, said ought against it. Barbour county may justly 1 be proud of her entire representation in j the next Legislature. P. S.—Dispatches received here from Columbns give intelligence of the triumph ; of Cloptou in the 3d District. There is much rejoicing here among his personal | and political friends in consequence. Drought lu Middle Georgia. The Augusta Dispatch learns that a severe drought prevails in many sections of Middle Georgia. No rain sufficient to benefit vegitation having fallen since the 18tli of May. In those places it is said to be impossible under the most favorable ! circumstances in the future to make | more than a half of a crop of cotton or i corn. The grape crop which is becoming of some importance, is nearly a failure j every where. Vineyards which were j expected to yield from 1200 to 2,000 gal- j lons of wine, will fall very far short of j expectation. A disease has attacked the i grape, causing them to rot very exten sively. Our own observation shows that the Isabella is less liable to disease than | the Catawba, and that severe pruning and pulling off the vine leaves, as is the j custom of some, during hot weather, only promotes the disease. Crops lu Florldu. A letter to the editor of the Macon Messenger from a friend in South Wes tern Georgia, and an experienced plan- j ter, says—‘‘l have just returned from a j tour through Middle Florida, and I have j never seen better crops—particularly the | cotton.” We can add this, that we have seen many crops between this city and Sava nah, but never a better one of corn, which is now generally, so far matured as not to be subject to the casualties of the sea son. The cotton is also very promising, j Cassius M. Clay on the Stump. A dispatch from Cincinnati, says Hon. Cassius M. Clay addressed a large au dience at Covington, Ky., on the 29th j ult., on the political topics of the day, with regard to theGovernatorial election, lie advocated neither side, but denounced both candidates, both Bell and Magoffin, as political quacks. His speech was a straight-out Republican manifesto, clos- i ing with an appeal to the non-slavehold- j ers of Kentucky to make preparations to I share next fall in the National triumph of the Republicans. There were no at tempts at disturbance during the speech. J Fatal Affray In Tuskegee. From a private letter to a gentleman in j this city, we learn that an assay occurred j in Tuskegee on Tuesday, between David Nuckolls and Thomos Jones, in which Nuckolls fired a pistol at Jones, the ball of which merely grazed Jones’ bead, with out doing any injury. A shot was then fired at Nuckolls from someone in the j crowd, which took effect, from which, the writer thought, he could not survive through yesterday. Alleged Church Reform. W e see by the London correspondent ! of the Churchman, that a pretty effective war is making upon what is called the “Few System,” in all the Churches of the Establishment in England. The object of the war is to demolish the pews alto- j gether, so that rich and poor may meet together, all on the same level, without distinction. The revenue lost in pew rent, it is proposed to make good by voluntary contributions. Mr. Dallas in the Parliament House. The London Evening Mail, in relation to the opening of Parliament, says of our Minister, Geo. M. Dallas: “ Conspicu ous among them all, in his plain evening dress and snow white hair, is the Ameri can Minister, Mr. Dallas, a striking type, if we may so call him, of the simple insti tutions of the great republic which he represents so well. Accidentally Shot. We learn from the Rome Courier that on Saturday last Col. C. M. Pennington, of that place, dropped a pistol in such a way as to discharge one barrel. The ball hit him iu the calf of the leg, making only a flesh wound. This was a very narrow escape, and should be a warning to all to be careful in handling fire-arms. , More of the Huntsville. A dispatch from Charleston, on the 2d, says that the steamship Huntsville had been partially discharged. The fire, it is now proved, was confined to that part of the ship between the main hatch and the forward bulk head. The injury is greater than was at first supposed. The Mayor has consented that the cotton shall be landed ; but refused to allow the wheat to be discharged. , The Treaty with China. Information has been received at the Depaatment of State to the effect that the proper steps have been taken by the Chinese government to carry into effect the arrangements made by ex-Minister Reed for the payment of the various claims of American citizens, amounting to about $700,000. The newest think in Paris, just now, is said to be a bonnet made of fine’ black hair, embroidered with buttercups in silken straw. The ribbon used for the trimming lias a black ground, and the flowers at the side are % entirelv black with jet centres. The effect of this combina tion is considered as very original, and i it has the advantage of defying duet. j Till? WFili I v QTTAT I[l Hi WLfjll Ij i otJi\. Further Alabama Returns. Dallas county elects two democrats to the House, Irby and Mabry, and Calhoun to the Senate. Stallwtfrth. democrat, beats Shepard, Opposition, for Congress in thatcounty 310 votes. Perry county elected Shepard, demo crat, and Bradley, opposition, to the House. Tallapoosa county is reported to have given Clopton 300 majority. A dispatch from Mobile states that James A. Stallworth, the democratic can -1 didate for Congress in that District, lias been elected over F. B. Shepard, by three thousand majority. In Montgomery connty, M. J. Saffold, Democrat, and S. F. Rice, Opposition, were elected to the House. In Russell, Elisha Calhoun, Democrat, and Dr. Frank Jones, Opposition, are elected to the Legislature. Henry Benton, Democrat, elected County Treasurer.— Smith, Opposition, Tax Assessor, aud Stroud, Opposition, Tax Collector. In Tallapoosa, the vote stood for Governor, for Moore 1647, for Samford 1306. Holly, Dark, and Herron, dem ocrats, were elected to the Legislature. In Chambers, the voto was for Moore 1,040, for Samford 987. For Clopton 1,095, for Judge 1,028; Legislature—for Meadows, Democrat, 1,0G7, Carlisle, De mocrat, 1,006, Phillips, K. N., 1,042, Harrington, K. N., 1,007. In Calhoun, Thomas A. Walker to the Senate, and Forney, Bush, and Wright are elected to the House, —nil Democrats. In Talladega, Parsons, K. N., and Bradford, and Bell, Democrats, are elect ed to the House. In Lowndes, Gilchrist and Brooks, K. N.’s, are elected to the House. In Shelby, Bordon and Cobb, (politics not stated) are elected to the House. In Barbour, Clayton, Bowen and Cham bers are elected to tho House. The vote stood for Clayton 1,488, Bowen 1,395, Chambers 1,327, Ott 1,122, and Hortman 1,092. In Macon county, the vote was : for Judge, 1220; Clopton, 1213. W. P. Chilton, American, was elected to the Senate; and Tate and Cunningham, Americans, and Bryan, Democrat, were elected to the House. Kentucky Election. A dispatch from Louisville on the 3d instant, says tlie returns received so far indicate the election of Magoffin, the democratic candidate, as Governor of Kentucky. The dispatch further states that the Democrats have a small majori ty on joint ballot in the Legislature. ♦ The Courier states that a private letter received in Rome a few days ago, con firms the report published last week in the Courier, that the remains of Samuel C. Echols, of that place, and Mr. Hays, of Union county, Ga., had beeu found. They were identified by their hats and guns, and were collected and buried by Mr. Mark A. Moore and other friends. A fire occurred at Key West, Fla., on the 25th ult., which destroyed property to the value of §SOOO. The fire occurred in the kitchen of a cigar store on the corner of Front and Simonton streets, and destroyed fire buildings before it was stopped. The fire is believed to be the work of an incendiary. The steamboat Duke, while on her up ward passage on the Alabama river, met with a serious accident near Port land, on Monday morning, by the burst ing of some of her steam pipes. No one was hurt. Her freight and passengers were taken up by the Eclipse Tuesday. The aggregate value of Real Estate in the city of Augusta is assessed at $4,- 508,215. The assessment of property in the county of Richmond (including the city of Augusta) is §19,987,928, being an increase over the assessment of 1858 of §1,551,139. Walter L. Coleman, Esq., American, (who has on more than one occasion run the race unsuccessfully,) and A. J. No ble, Esq., Southern Rights Democrat, (a new man on the track,) are candidates for Mayor of Montgomery at the ensuing Fall election. The Augusta Constitutionalist learns that Gen. Taylor, of Athens, died at Mad ison, on Tuesday evening, of the injuries received by him in a fall from the cars of the Georgia Rail Road, at that place, on the 29th ult. The Hope Hotel, and the shoe shop of the Lawrenceville Tannery, at Lawrence ville, Ga., were consumed by fire last Sunday night. The steamers City of Washington and Ariel left New York on Saturday last, with 350 passengers and §1,917,717 in specie. The steamship City of Norfolk, from Baltimore, arrived at Savannah on Wed nesday, 3J inst. Mr. Willis Carlisle, Chief Marshal of Atlanta, diedjn that city on Wednesday morning, of Typhoid fever. Letter from tlie President Declin ing a Re-Nomination. Pittsburg, July 30.—The following letter from the President, was received this morning, by Hon. Wilson McCand less : Bedford Springs, July 25. 1859. My Dear Sir:—l have received your kind note of the 19th inst.,- with the leader from the Post. AYhilst I appreciate it as it deserves, the ability and friendship displayed in the editorial, I yet regret that it has been published. My determination, not under any circumstances, to become a candi date for re-election, is final and conclu sive. My best judgment and strong in clination, unite in favor of this course. To cast doubtsr upon my pre-determined purpose, is calculated to impair my in fluence, in carrying important measures, and afford a pretext for saying that they have been dictated by the desire to bere • nominated. With the kindest regards, &.c Respectfully your friend, -(Signed,) JAMES BUCHANAN. ♦ The frozen well at Brandon, Vt., has attracted crowds of savans to that place this season. Scientific persons in that vicinity ascribe the phenomena to anice-_ berg, and that originally, or at some re mote period in the long past, that part of America was the head of the sea. This hypothesis is sustained by the fact that several years ago, in building a railroad between Clarmont and White River Junc tion, the terminus of the Sullivan rail road, the bones of an Arctic whale were found on one of the highest points of land. All the land near the well is fro zen at a depth of a few feet below the surface. An interesting scientific report on the subject is understood to be forth- i i comiog. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, AUGUST !), 1869. The Lag! Four Days of the War— Discretion of Napoleon. The latest foreign news presents a somewhat different aspect to the reasons which prompted Napoieon to tender an armistice to Austria. The first impres ! sion was that the allies, having won victory after victory in rapid succession, magnanimously tendered the Austrians an armistice, when they might easily have crushed the army of Austria. The true state of the ease shows, however, that the allies have profited fully as much from the armistice as the Austrians, and that they had just as much to appre hend from a grand, and perhaps, final battle. The following were tlie events of the last four days which preceded the ar mistice and peace: 1. On the 2d of July, Marshal Neil, who commanded the advanced posts of the French army, sent a special messen ger to the Emperor’s headquarters at Vallegio, stating that three hundred thou sand Austrians were in line on the Adige, and that the head of their army—which had been two and a half miles distant from him since Solferino—was advancing toward him, and that he expected to be attacked on the morniDg (next) 3d of July. Before the messenger returned with Napoleon’s reply, Neil evacuated Villa franca and fell back on the main body of the French army. Half an hour after he left Yillafranca the Austrians arrived and established themselves there, dispos sessing such French officers as had re mained after Neil from their billets, and permitting them to go away. On the same day (2d) Napoleon ordered Marshal Vail lant to make a reconnoisance of the Aus trian positions, which he did. The Mar shal returned to Valleggio at night, and had an interview with the Emperor, who ordered his field charger to be ready at his door next (8d) morning. The Aus trians, however, made no attack, and the different divisions of both armies re mained undisturbed. 2. On the 4th of July, Prince Napoleon telegraphed to Paris that he “found two hundred and fifty thousand Austrians in line on the Adige,” and seemed to attach much importance to the fact. 3. On the 4th of July tlie Prince Re gent of Prussia signed the order for the Federal troops of Germany to march on the Rhine, and notified tlie commanders of the different corps of the fact from Berlin. The order to mareh was not is sued, hut held over for a few days. 4. On the same day (4th of July) Gen eral Fleury, of the French army, arrived at Verona, the headquarters of the Em peror of Austria, and had a long inter view with his Majesty. It was at first reported in tlie Austrian camp that his mission related to a proposal for an ex change of prisoners, but it was well as certained there the same evening that it had reference to an armistice, which would be accepted. 5. On the sth of July Lord Lynliurst made a most exciting speech in the House of Lords on the national defences of Eng land, in which he alluded, in a very pointed manner, to the war attitude of France, both at home and in Italy, and the probability that Napoleon would be forced to attempt an invasion of England by his troops, flushed with triumph over the Austrians. As the Emperor has a full resume of such addresses always sent him by telegraph, it is probable that Lord Lynhurst’s remarks reached him on the afternoon of July the 6th. G. It was telegraphed from Berne to Valleggio on the Gth of July; “All the Austrian troops left Windscliau, and are now concentrated on the Stelvio Pass, where a conflict is expected to-morrow,” (7th.) The Federal Diet of Germany met at Frankfort on the Main on the 7th of July, when Austria proposed that the whole federal contingents should be mobilized, and that the Prince Regent of Prussia should be requested to assume the com mand-in-chief of it. [The Prince Re gent, it is said, was most anxious for this honor, and if ho got the command would soon issue his order to march.] 8. On the 7th of July the following dispatch, was published in Paris : “Valleggio, July 6, 1859. The Emperor to the Empress: An armistice has been agreed on be tween the Emperor of Austria and my self. Commissioners have been appoint ed for the arrangement of its particulars and duration.” 9. The Paris Moniteur , of July 9, gave the following: “ The armistice was signed at Villa franca on the Bth instant between Mar shal Vaillant and Baron Hess. Its term is fixed for the 15tb of August.” 10. A treaty of peace between France and Austria was signed July 11, 1859. Now, what does all this show? Why, that on the 2d of July, there were “three hundred thousand Austrians” ad vancing in good order, to attack Marshal Neil, who before this overwhelming force fell back on the main body of the French army, and evacuated Villafranca, which was occupied by the Austrians in half an hour after Neil left it—pretty close work. On the 4th of July, Prince Napoleon, who is not famous for either skill or cou rage, telegraphed that he found two hun dred and fifty thousand Austrians in line on tho Adige, at which “ Plon Plon” was very much alarmed. On the next day there was a strongexpression of feel ing against Napoleon in the House of Commons, -which was quickly followed by tbe news of the “ concentration of the Austrian forces on the Stelvio Pass,” and intelligence of an ugly movement upon tbe part of the Prince Regent of Russia. That the Emperor of France should have hastened an armistice, speaks certainly as much for his discretion as for his mag nanimity. Distress from Yellow Fever at Sea. The barque New Empire, from Matan zas, bound to.Falmouth, England, was spo ken on the 10th ult., inlatitude3l min. 08 sec. N., longitude 78 min. 16 sec. W., with the first and second officers and two seamen sick with yellow fever. The San dy Hook pilot boat Christian Berg, No. IG, just arrived from a cruise, reports that on the 20th inst. off Barnegat, they spoke a British brig, from Barbadoes, which had lost three men on the passage, and one man then lay dead on board. By an oversight the pilot omitted to as certain the name of the vessel or where she was bound. It is not unlikely that these vessels will both be compelled to put into this port on account of being disabled. Several vessels were thus obliged to put in here last season on account of having lost more or less of their crews from yel low fever. One or two from West India ports also put into Charleston. Four masters of vessels are reported to have j died in the port of Havana during the month up to the 20th of July. Their names are Capt. Partridge, of the brig U. P. Fluker; Capt, Wall, of tbe brig Wm. C. Clark; Capt. Hoyt, of the Ship St. Louis ; and Capt. Mark Ginn, of the bark J. M. Thurston, of Bangor, Me.— I Charleston Courier. A Great Product. Wool has become one of the. largest staple products of the country, and the young State of Michigan ranks among the first as a wool-growing country. The Detroit Free Press gives some exceeding ly interesting statestics in reference to this subject, which are well worthy of notice. We learn by that paper that since the Ist of June the amount brought by the different rail roads to Detroit has exceeded 2,250,000 pounds, a much lar ger amount than was brought in during the whole of last year: and the entire clip of tbe State is estimated at three-and a-half millions of pounds ! The clip this year is said to be of unusual good quali ty, and the price paid averaged about 43 cents. This gives a large income to the farmers of Michigan. Britisli Honduras. The terms of the Clayton Bulwcr con vention might seem to conflict with the right of Great Britain to enter into the treaty lately negotiated with Guatemala, by which the English acquire the abso lute sovereignty of the Belize, or British Honduras. By the first article of the Bulwer-Claytou convention, the parties mutually agreed not “ to occupy or for tify or colonize or assumo or exercise any dominion over any part of Central Amer ica.” Lord Palmerston, however, re ; fused to exchange ratifications, unless with the understanding that the Balize should not be included in this prohibi tion, which understanding was expressed in a note from Mr. Clayton to Mr. Bul wer, stating that the negotiators had not i intended to include the Balize, nor the | small islands in its neighborhood which might be regarded as its dependencies. As we are assured from Washington that the treaty with Guatemala is in confor mity to the understanding between our Government and Sir Gore Ousely, as to the settlement of Central American af fairs; nothing is now needed but the rati fication of Great Britain to remove Brit j ish Honduras from tho anomalous posi | tion it has so long occupied, and to con vert it into a regular British colony. It is now nearly 200 years since British adventurers from Jamaica began to fre quent the shores of the Bay of Honduras for the purpose of cutting logwood. They were at that time, and they continued for a century, mere trespassers upon tho Spanish territory. They were protected, however, by the wild and inaccessible character or the coast, the approach to it for some 50 miles being through intri cate passages between islets, rocks and coral reefs, while on the land side wide forests and chains of mountains inter vened between the coast and the Spanish settlements. But the log wood cutters found a still more effectual protection in their own energy and courage, which en abled them to repulse the repeated at tempts of the Spaniards to break up the establishments they had formed. Finally, by the treaty of 1763, by which Spain was obliged to give up Florida to the Eng lish in return for the Havana which had been captured by an English fleet, she also agreed that the English should not be disturbed iu the business of cutting, loading and carrying away logwood from the Bay of Honduras. It was stipulated, however, on the other hand, that the Eng lish should erect no fortic&tions, and that existing ones should be destroyed. The Spaniards made new attempts, during our revolutionary war, to drive off the Eng lish, and with somewhat greater success, but the peace of 1783 again recognized their right to cut logwood, restricting it, however, to the district between the riv ers Hondo on the north, and Balize on the south. Another treaty, in 1786, added the territory south of the Balize, as far as the river Siboon, to the district open to the English. This treaty also allowed them the liberty of cutting all woods, mahogany included, and of exporting any other spontaneous products of the soil. By the same treaty it was agreed that they should establish no plantations of sugar or coffee, or other exportable pro duce, and to the prohibition of erecting any fortifications, was added that of forming any system of government, mili tary or civil. The same jealousy as formerly, contin ued, however, to be felt of the wood cutters, who no doubt availed themselves of their position to carry on a smug gling trade with the neighboring Spanish colonists. During the war against Eng land, in which Spain had engaged as the ally of the French Republic, hostilities were renewed. The Spaniards in 1798 sent a formidable expedition against the Balize, but the settlers repulsed it. The British Government now went so far as to appoint a chief magistrate for tho settle ment, with the title of Superintendent; but by the peace of 1814 the provisions of the treaty of 1783 were all revived, thus again restricting the English to a mere right of wood-cutting. After the separation of the Spanigh- American Colonies from the mother coun try, Great Britain seemed anxious to ob tain from them a recognition of her rights under tho treaty of 1814; but as the powerlessness of these new Republics became apparent, the idea seems to have been pursued of claiming as be longing to Great Britain, by right of possession, not only the tract between the rivers Hondo and Siboon, with a coast-line of some ninety miles, but an additional tract south, of about equal ex tent, as far as the river Savstoon. This claim was set up by the British Colonial Office in 1836, and, at the same time, an extent inland was claimed to the merid ian of Garbutt’s Falls, on the Balize, a distance of from fifty to sixty miles. The ! treaty with Guatemala is understood to ; recognize these boundaries, thus giving to Great Britain anew colony of some eight or cine thousand square miles in extent. This territory presents a great variety of soil —from tho low, swampy coast to the mountains of the interior, some of which reach the bight of four thousand feet. The only industry hith erto has been wood-cutting—the export of mahogany amounting to the value of about a million dollars The pop- j ulation in 1818 was estimated at about j 14,000, mostly negroes of mixed blood ; but considerable accessions have lately been received of emigrants from Yuca tan, driven from home by the insurrec tion of the Indians. Now that, for the first time, the English Government can give titles to the land, efforts will proba bly be made to convert Honduras into an agricultural settlement. It contains large tracts of fertile land, suitable to all tropical products. The great difficulty will be to find laborers to cultivate it.— N. Y. Tribune. Tlie Cincinnati Platform. The New York Herald says a good thing i occasionally, and it is a good thing that ! it does, for it says many mean and un truthful things. The following which was recently got off by that paper, is too good and too true to be lost. The Washington Constitution reaffirms the Cincinnati platform; the Richmond Enquirer demands the Cincinnati plat form ; the Chevalier Forney swears .by the Cincinnati platform ; Wise, Douglas, Jeff. Davis, Slidell, and all the leaders and cliques of the democracy, insist upon the Cincinnati platform. Why not then agree on all sides to readopt the Cincin nati platform at Charleston ? Very true, General Bowman says, it means non-in tervention with niggers in the Territo- | ries; while Gov. Wise says it means a Congressional slave code; and Judge Douglas says it is squatter sovereignty ; but what else than a platform admissible of all these interpretations will be avail -1 able at Charleston ? We should like to know. “Which of these,” said the coun tryman to the man of the menagerie, “which of these is the hippopotamus, : and which is the rhinoceros?” “Either of them will do for the one or the other,” aid the considerate showman; “you pays our mouey, and you takes your choice.” jO let it be with the interpretation of tbe Cincinnati platform. How else’ean there be harmony among the brethren ? The Montgomery Mail of Wednesday contains the vote of Tallapoosa, from which it appears Clopton received 1,691, and Judge 1,459 votes. Clopton’s ma jority 242. The Sierra Leone Advertiser of June 3d announced the death of the Right Rev. John Bowen, LL. D., Bishop of that diocese. He received his appoint ment in 1857. This is the third Bishop of Sierra Leone whose appointment and death has been recorded within a few years. Tlie Rev. Mr. Spurgeon. Mr. Fulton, editor of that able journal, the Baltimore American, who basjust re turned from a tour in Europe, thus de scribes a visit he made to the Park street Chapel, in London, to hear the re nowned preacher, the Bev. Mr. Spur geon. Mr. Fulton says : In persoual appearance, Mr. Spurgeon lias none of those characteristics that would impress you with an idea of ex traordinary capacity as a public speaker. He is about five feet five inches in height, rather stout, with a round, fair, full face, and low forehead. His hair is black, and is parted in the centre, whilst his eyes arc blue, and his complexion fair. His countenance is mild and pleasing, and lie wears no hair on his face, except a small tuft under each ear. Indeed, his face looks so smooth that you would scarcely suppose that he was troubled with any | beard at all. As to age, he does not look to be thirty, though I learn that he is about forty. The services commenced with reading a hymn, showing that he is a beautiful and impressive reader, and that his voice is attuned and capable of the most dis tinct and impressive enunciation. After the hymn was sung by the congregation, he opened the Testament aud commenced reading portions of the 22d chapter of St. Luke, relative to Peter’s denial of Christ, contenting upon them as he proceeded in a conversational manner. lie occupied about fifteen minutes in | this portion of the service, and after the singing of another hymn, he took for his | text the 62d verse of the same chapter : “And Peter went out aud wept bitterly.” The subject he proposed to expound to his hearers was True Penitence, and he would use the case of Peter to illustrate. Ist, its cause; 2d, its object; 3d, its na ture ; 4th, its signs ; sth, the place for repeutence, and 6th, its effect. lie took up each of these divisions of his subject seperately, his manner being that of a person in careless conversation with one or two friends. Most of his time ho leaned down with his elbow on the Bible, but occasionally rose as he fired up with | his subject with startling energy and ! thrilling effect. * Still it appeared so en tirely natural that one could possibly ac cuse him of aDy studied effort. In fact, his style and language rather impress one with the feeling that he speaks without preparation, and without caring whether he pleases or displeases his hearers. Ilis easy and graceful conversational manner is undoubtedly the great secret of his success, whilst his earnest and im pressive style must always carry with it a conviction of deeptoned piety. Sever al times during his discourse he repudi ated sectarianism, and declared that it had nothing to do with true religion— that men were wasting their energies and throwing dissensions into the Kingdom of Christ on earth by the discussion and propagation of views and doctrines that were not essential to salvation, and there fore of no importance. I perceived by a notice on the wall that his congregation are raising funds to build an immense tabernacle, capable of accommodating ten thousand persons. A portion of the funds has already been raised, and I learn that if ho visits America it will be with a view of raising a sufficiency to complete the undertaking. The Surrey Gardens, in which he preaches in the morning, are full six miles from his own church, and it is the only place of sufficient capacity to hold the crowds that follow him that can be obtained at present. His style of preaching is more that of tho Methodist than the Baptist pulpit, and a Methodist congregation under one of his stirring discourses would be very apt to respond with all the enthusiasm that usually accompanies the powerful exhortations of Father Sliccr. 4* Recovery or Fijgitive Slaves. IVo copy the following from the St. Louis Republican, of the 26th ult. ; At different times within the past eight een months three negro men, belonging to Gen. D. M. Frost, of this city, becom ing dissatisfied with having little to do and plenty to eat, determined to tempt fortune on their own hook and in a state of freedom accordingly, they effected their escape into Illinois; but the experiment, as the result proved, was not at all satis factory. A short time ago Gen. Frost, having been informed that the negroes were in Chicago, proceeded to that city of philanthropists with the view of recov ering his property. After some little management he succeeded in obtaining an interview with the negroes, all three of whom evinced delight at meeting with their master, and expressed the utmost willingness to return with him. They were in a wretchedly destitute condition, and were heartily sickened out, they said, with abolitionists, their profession and their practices. One of them field tlie note of a prominently pious abolitionist, named 11. D. Walker, for §92.50, which, with the exception of §3.25 in cash, was all lie had received from the pious Walker for twelve months’ services. lie had never been able to collect a dollar on the note. Another of the negroes, who could not obtain employment, and who was too honest to steal, was compelled to beg his subsistence from door to door, and a very scanty subsistence it must have been, as his appearance plainly indicated. Chicago, lie said, had been represented to him as the best place for negroes, but, if Chicago was the best place, .“may tlie Lord help the wussist,” he declared to he his prayer. Only too glad to escupe from contempt and starvation to kind treatment and plenty, they returned with their master, and reached this place on Saturday last. The negroes are now in the city, and say, if they can be forgiven for this one act of folly, they will never trust themselves on the other side of the Mississippi again. Statistics of Mormon Population. The Valley Tan copies the following : statisties of Mormon population: The population of Mormons in the United States and British dominions in 185 G, was not less than sixty-eight thousand seven hundred, of which thirty-eight thousand were resident in Utah, live thousand in New York State, four thou sand in California, five thousand in Nova Scotia and the Canadas, and nine thou sand in South America. Iu Europe there were thirty-nine thousand, of which nine hundred were in Great Britain and Ire land, five thousand in Scandanavia, one thousand in Germuny an 1 Switzerland, and in France and the rest of Europe, one thousand; in Austria and Polynesia, two thousand four hundred ; in Africa, one hundred; and on travel, two thou sand eight hundred. To these we add the different schismatic branches, in cluding Strangeites, Rigdonites, and Whiteites, the whole sect was not 1 6SS than one hundred and twenty-six thou sand. In 1857 there appears to have been a decrease in the population of | Utah—the number being only thirty-one j thousand and tweuty-two, of* which nine thousand were children, about eleven thousand women, and eleven thousand , men capable of bearing arms. There are three hundred and eighty-eight men with eight or more wives; of these thir teen have more than nineteen wives; sev en hundred and thirty men with five wives; one thousand one hundred with four, and two thousand four hundred with more than one wife. Recapitula tion—four thousand six hundred and seventeen men wjth about sixteen thou sand five hundred wives! The Montgomery Advertiser, of Friday morning, says that “the precise majority of Clopton over Judge, as ascertained from official returns, is 212.” We will endeavor to give the official vote of the District in to-morrow's Sun. {NUMBER 17. Pnglt anil liottglas Mr. Tugh, the recently elected succes sor to the Hon. Eli S. Shorter, to C in gress, from the second District of Ala bama, while addressing the people of Lowndes county, being interrogated as to his probable support of Judge Doug las, should he he the nominee of the Charleston Convention, is reported to have promptly responded as follows: He repudiated Stephen A. Douglas and 1 his odious doctrines—his squatter sove reignty—his territorial policy—liis con struction of the Cincinnati platform, and the whole string of his vile teachings.— Being asked if he would support Douglas under the Charleston Convention, he said emphatically, “No, I would not support i Stephen A. Douglas if h c was nominated on my own platform/’ lie sai l that lie ! regarded Douglas as a corrupt man, and unworthy of the support of true patriots,* no matter what platform he might run on, or what promises he might make. If Douglas should receive the nomination of the Charles ton Convention, he advised that we nominate a separate ticket, and appoint our best, men as electors and beat him. lie advised Southern rights dem ocrats logo to the Charleston Convention and demand the endorsement of the Cin cinnati platform, the repudiation of squatter sovereignty, the protection of i slave proporty in the territories, and the ; recognition of all the rights claimed by I the South. If the Southern members could not control the Convention and car ry these points, that they should then quit the concern and come home. He desired to make one more effort to pre serve the Union on principle, but had very little confidence in the success of the effort. If it failed, then he wanted the South to be united as one man, and burst the unholy bands and take an inde pendent position out of the Union. By this step, the South could lose nothing, having the resources and power to con trol the manufacturing and commercial interests of the world. Itloilel Farming, We were at the pleasant country resi dence of Mr. Charles A. Peabody, in Rus sell county, Alabama, on Saturday morn ing, and saw there some surprising re sults of his superior modes of culture. Ilis corn is the finest we have seen grow ing anywhere, and will make a wonderful yield. It is liis “Prolific” variety, ma nured with both the Peruvian and Manip ulated Guano, and it is hard to tell which is producing the finest crop. On several stalks we counted six to nine ears of corn, and there are three or four stalks in each “hill,” all from cue grain.— The ground was ploughed with a deep “subsoil” before planting, and lias not been ridged or ploughed at all since. Though there has not latterly been as , much rain at Mr. P.’s as was needed, all his corn is heavily cared and will yield abundantly. lie has also about one acre of the finest, best-boiled cotton we have seen tbisyear. It is a variety of his own selection and improvement—the staple being long and fine, and very much resembling sea-is land. Mr. P. expects to get for it two or three cents per pound more than the price of common upland cotton, and to have this year seed to spare. Some of the stalks of this cotton are over five feet high, on high sandy land, and filled with bolls and squares from bottom to top. Guano has also been used on this crop, and the stalks are about three feet apart in the rows and the rows four feet apart, It 13 planted on an even bed—no ridging. Mr. P.’s strawberries are still bearing, though lacking rain, and his wind-mill works beautifully.— Enquirer. An Important Contribution to Po- • litical History. The South Carolinian, published at j Columbia, contains a long and elaborate communication from the lion. F. W. Pick ens, our present Minister to Russia, on several very important subjects connect- j ed with the political history of this coun try. It was written from St. Petersburg, and is designed to be a vindication of Mr. Calhoun and President l’oik from certain allegations contained in Col. Ben- j ton’s “Thirty Years iu the United States i Senate,” relating to the annexation of 1 Texas, the Tariff, the visit of Mr. Dick ens to Mr. Polk, the dismissal of Messrs. Blair & Rives from the “Government or gan,” ar.el many other matters of inter est. The publication of this-remarkable “refutation” would have been made at an earlier period, but for the death of Col. Benton in the Spring of 1858. As Mr. Pickens was the original and now sole depository of the facts upon which Col. Benton’s are alleged to have been founded, he deems it prop er at this time to make public a full and true statement of everything that trans pired iu the visit alluded to in Col. Benton’s book. The Sons of Kosiutli. In the list of students at the Univer sity College, London, who, on Saturday last, received prizes at the hand of no less distinguished a personage than the Premier of Great Britain, Lord Palmer ston, we find the names of the two sons of the ex-Governor of Hungary. While he is, or is about to be, in the field seek ing the independence of bis country, his sons have been winning laurels in the more peaceful department of architectu ral natural pbylosophy and astronomy, and civil engineering. It says ne t a little for these young strangers, that in acorn petition with upwards of two hundred stu dents, they should have succeeded in gaining so honorable position, an 1 quite as much credit is due to their sire, that in all his adversities he has adhered so religiously to the duty of a parent, and has placed his sons at least in the right road to honorable independence. Glas gow Commonwealth. Milk Sickness. The mysterious disease, popularly known, in portions of Central Ohio, as “milk sickness,” or the “trembles,” is prevailing with extraordinary fatality in a portion of Marion county, Ohio. The tenant of Mr. Wm. Fisher, named Gilson, was first attacked and died. Mr. F. was i the next victim, and then his wife and two adopted children were taken. The five cases terminated fatally, though the Republican says the best medical skill of the county was exerted in behalf of this unfortunate family. The systems of the victims hail become so thoroughly infused with the deadly poison that the remedies employed had no effect whatever. Mrs. Blandina Dudley, who will fce re membered as the foundress of the Dud ley Observatory at Albany, and who La3 suffered so much from the consequences of her noble gift in the disrates of the various parties connected with its appli cation, is again in trouble. A deed of trust, purporting to be by her, has been recorded in the clerk’s office, whereby an amount of property worth about a quar ter of a million of dollars is disposed of. The signature to the deed is Mrs. Dud ley’s, but she avers that it was placed on what was represented to her to be a deed of attorney in some comparatively trivial matter connected with the University.— There arc some suspicious circumstances about the affair, and altogether it is a tangle for the legal gentlemen to try their hands at straightening- ■ L Can gilt at Last* Henry, the runaway negro who shot and killed Reuben Nash, up the river, sometime in the fall of 1857, ha3 been captured and lodged in the jail of Han cock county, Miss. Two men who knew him found him in the woods, and in the at tempt to arrest him he shot one in the leg. He made a desperate resistance, and was badly wounded before taken.— Mobile Jit[/itsler. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER P K Id S I A . j cotton close!) steady at y,,i. decline. New 1 ork, August 3.—The steamship l’ersia has arrived with Liverpool dates to July 23d. Liverpool Cotton Market. The Broker’s Circular reports the sales of 60,000 bales during the week, of which speculators took 7,500 and exporters 13,000 bales. Some Circulars report a decline at one time of | to jhl. but the market rallied and closed at a decline of Jd. The sales on Friday were S,OOO bales, of which speculators and exporters took 1,000 bales each. The authorized quotations were— Fair .-]. -ms MitkU’g Orleans TJ yj. ” Mo'oiU- 7 5 :.q. “ Mobiles 71-ltd. “ tqilauds 7tM. “ Uplands..6l3-164. ihe stock of cotton in Liverpool was 005,000 bales of which 020,000 were American. ■ ‘’ ■ j l, Sa r lay July 23 One o clock, p. m. Sales of cotton to day 0,000 bales, and the market closed steady. Cheat was advancing; fiour was dull; corn quiet; and provisions very dull. State of Trade —Manchester ‘advices were favorable and prices were advanc ing. J.u'crp:• ! General Markets. —The harvest prospects were favorable. Flour dull at 10s. to 12s. Od. Wheat slightly advanc ing. Corn firmer. Provision ; declining. Sugar dull. Coffee quiet. Rice dull. Tea advanced I to Id. London Markets. —Breadstuff’s very dull and Sugar firm. London Money Market. —The money mar ket is unchanged with a good demand. Consols quoted at 04 2to 041. American 1 securities are unchanged. ’ The bullion in the Bank of England has decreased £242,000. General News.—The conference is ex pected to meet at Zurich in about a week, and it is thought that Sardinia’will not be represented. The discontent about the terms of the peace continues unabated, and Louis Napoleon’s explanations are not re-as suring. It is supposed that a European Con gress will meet after the close of the Peace Congress. The people of Tuscany have showed I strong hostility to the return of the | Grand Duke. In the House of Commons Mr. D'ls raeli has opposed all interference in the Peace Congress. Mr. Gladstone had proposed an in { crease in the income tax, which had been agreed to. The Emperor Napoleon had received the congratulations of the diplomatic j corps at the French court. The Papal | nuncio was the spokemau for the ambas- I sadors. The Emperor Napoleon has expressed ’ his hope that peace will be enduring. The Baris Bourse was ilat, and ruled lower, and closed G 7. 15. The German Diet had agreed to restore the contingent and fortresses. • ♦ Kentucky JEleetion. Louisville, Aug. 3.—Henry C. Bur nett, democrat, elected Ist Congressional i district. In 2nd Dist. Samuel O. Peyton, demo crat, is very probably elected. { In 3rd Dist. Frank M. Briston, oppo j sition, elected. i In sth Dist. John Y. Brown, democrat, elected. In Gth Dist. T. T. Garraud, democrat, probably elected. In 7th Dist. Robert Mallory, opposi tion, elected. In Btli Dist. Wm. E. Sims, democrat, probably elected. In lOtli Dist. John W. Stevenson dem ocrat, eleeted. No returns received from the 4th and 9th Congressional district. Louisville anil Nashville Kail Road. In a long article, giving a discription of an excursion on the above road, the Louisville Courier gays: The main road is now being run over by daily trains of ! cars from Louisville across Green River | at Mumfordville, a distance of 74 miles. At the Nashville end, the cars are run j ning over the whole distance of 71 miles I between Bowling Green and Nashville, | except nine miles, which are now ready : for the iron. There are, therefore, 13< miles of the main road, over which the cars are now running, which leave only 48 miles yet to be completed. On these 48 miles much the greater part of the work is done, and the cars will run over the whole line, from Louisville to Nash ville, before the first day of January next. ■■ ‘ ♦ -** Correspondence of ike Dally Sun. Eufaula, Aug. 3, 1859. Editors Sun:—The result of the elec tion in Henry county, Ala., is ascer tained to be as follows: Senator, Wm. Wood; Representatives, Benjamin C. Flake, Peter M. Thomas. Moore and Pugh received majorities respectively for Governor and Congress. Mr. Wood had no opponent for the Senate. Messrs. Flake and Thomas ran as independent Southern Rights candidates. This re port is unofficial, but undoubtedly cor rect. Mammoth of the Deep. The day fixed for testing the steaming capacity of the Great Eastern is the 4th of August. It is awaited with intense curiosity. If she realizes the expectations of the projector and friends of tlio enter prise, she will be instrumental in effect ing an extraordinary revolution in navi gation—a revolution in transportation as great as that which the iron rail and locomotive effected on land. Mr. Dudley Mann assures us that he is quite as con fident as ever that her final ports of des tination, in the carrying intercourse be tween the two hemispheres, will be the Chesapeake Bay and Milford Haven, to which he is unceasingly directing his en ergies. It has been ascertained by actu al experiment, that cotton raav be con veyed by rail from as great a distance a3 {Memphis to Norfolk, provided it can be shipped from the latter place at reasona ble rates to England. It is believed that the Great Eastern can afford to carry it across the Atlantic at two dollars and fifty cents per bale.— Washington Stales. + TUe War Correspondence of tHe Lomlon Times. Mr. Raymond, in a letter from Paris, thus corrects a popular error respecting the correspondence of the London Times from the seat of war : I see that you attributed to Russell the* letters from the French camp which have appeared iu the London Times during this campaign. This is a mistake. They were written by a Hungarian colonel, ar.d have been admirable both from their clear military accuracy and the fidelity with which they desdribe the country and the personal incidents of the war. Rus sell wa*’ anxious to join the army on land ing at Marseilles, and in spite of all that i sa'. 1 to the contrary, would have lial not the slightest difficulty in doing so.— But bis health has suffered very overfly from his residence in India, and he was not equal to the fatigue and labor of an other campaign. lie has a daughter at school here in Paris, and 13 expected here with Mrs. R. in a few days. Manages of consanguinity are discuss ed in the last number of the Boston Med ical and Surgical Journal. After a state ment of the facts elicited by responsible medical observers, the editor says : “ For ourselves, without the least par tisan feeling, we can say that we have seen too many direct instances of evil consequences from the marriage of near relations, to doubt in the least the uupro pitious influence exerted. We cannot think that, were the following question . propounded to auy right-minded and well instructed physician, —Would you think it right to sanction a marriage between very near relations, say first cousins ? the answer would be anything but an emphatic No. Yet we Lave been told that such marriages are sanctioned by I L ine Physicians, when their opinion has been asked—or, at least, that an adverse ; opinion has not been decidedly given.—• We do not, at -this moment, recollect such advisers ourselves.”