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Newspaper Page TextI Oil* HIS, Fill 041. AfWl . IHW. mini rlf|l**NlMMl District. The American* in this ftiatrwrt aw? looking out for * successor to the Hob. Robrnrt P. Tripp*. Tlierc nr many iipiranM for tb* jK*iti<n in<) tho claim* of each are urged with seal by thcii fri C'l*. Tbe rasjiwnvtriug onunot *• hiS, and occasionally the ..and of lb* politician if seen.— Tbs western etidofth* tHtFUf I* without dunbt entitled to tbe eemlidate, from pant oervleu* t<. tb party, and did Ilarri* county, which bas al ways stood by the American*. present name irortby ib confidence of tho party, it would. In all probability, be adopted. F. runts. however, point in a different direction. The cauldron, n<4- wlibrtandin*'. ia boiling, if onr information if cor rect. • In regard to the Democracy, there If a bright hope of sue**** with a suitable standard benrur One, who will take the field npoti the Hoitlhurn Rights platform and dispute every Inh ofground. Tho raco can be won. an the American majority baa decreased from right or nine hundred to a sow hundred only. Lot Ihe nomocracy direr up from the example set them by this (2d) District. In a minority of twelve hundred vote# In IH6B, the pro decea**nr of Mr. Crawford, with a little band and a forlorn hope, carried the day by a majority of 646 vote*. Thu* malting a change of more that •eventeen hundred vote* ! The victory was a eompHshud by energy, tact and judgment, *an raffing every etump, nod making a band to hand fight. It eared, ton, the election of Gov. Johnson. Then, it hi not too aatigulne to say. that the Democracy of the 94 District can what the banner from the opposition 1n the coming contest. In If “i, the opposition In this District wefo united and had a large mjwlfy. In 1999, the opposition hi tiie and District have no common bond of nnion but the spoils, bud are barely in the majority They here no platform Nothing I* mid about frrrigttef*-—Americans ruling Ame rica—the .'ld Deere©, and tho principles hereto fore advocated. They aro shifting about tike drift wood, mid wdH eliug to * strong and wcll eonduc.tod raft. Mark tbo pmpheey * Peruatlvanla Democracy The lUtlemoiehill ofadHurh mfe'ln the Penn sylvania Dew.. ra<rv, i* nssau.inp, In tfe**v* of the opposition, the proportion* of a moon lain.-- Democrats nee: have no apprehem ton* that small force of place hunter*, under the lead of wiry politicians as Messrs. Korney nod Hickman, can do much damage te their party.*— Forney has been coalescing with the hepnbli , one and Americans ever fines Mr. Luhan#” placed himself at tbe head of tho (leathern lie ®ocrH".. o support of tho iiccwmpton f’oeriifct tion. Then ti teaman end Meiritf went off, gt "t and —mflsrt to Ihoet.ot - s apnea ; ~ w > ..iv united policy of tho booth. Tbo lhliter win the master spirit of the late Convention, and bunco an idea can be formed as to the complexion of the body. With the exception of the organisation of the House, when ho voted for Speaker Orr, be has alwuy* acted with the Republicans. To sc euro his own election, he proit-med a great iovo for democratic principles and the administration, albeit be seldom put hie professions into practice This is the inan. who is employed by designing politicians to create a stir uan>ug tbo deuiouruts. His efforts will fail. The democracy need not pay any attention to theory that the democracy are in trouble and will fall to pieces. Thu only dauger is, that like Puntpey, it nmy do so by nit excess of euaihieaoe. Thors are, doubtless, many conflicting element* in so large an organisation, bet attracted, like stiel to a loadstone, the true elements will cling to it# principles, regaidlcs* of their represents lives in power. The Kftat or oKuropinn War. If faith can bo placed in the recent telegraphic reports from the Old World, war is dwlstad be tween the powers of Austria and Sardinia. Tho first question that addresses Itself to the mind of the American reader after this appalling intelli gence, is, what vfloet will it Imre on the comuierou of this country ? Will cotton decline 1 W ill our interests suffer ? Tb depth of American sympa thy lbr tho |>ower> engaged in bloodshed aud strife will dopend much upon the solution of this eiiqni- r.v. Wero England. Russia and Germany inter ested parties in tho conflict going ° n *” Europe, then it might bo reasonably supposed that the ag itation would cause a decline in tho grout * tuple of Uio South, But snob is not tbo onsu- England will havo oil hoi spindles in operation ami the do maml lor cotton will not decrease. Franco has her troop* on the lloid of aotiou; vis, Italy, and will not sutler much (roui internal Ooro motion. In fact no reason oan ho urged why a war between such powers a* Austria ami Sardinia with whom the ( ! nltod Staton interchange* little eoui lnerou, oan affect cotton. Breadstuff*. however, will riae, which will accrue to thu beuolit of this country. Stimulated by a hope of sue©*** Hungary may again declare her Independence and ut tack Austria upon her uauk, while the (lower ol’ her army is in Loin hardy. TheoansummaHou of so grand u purport’ la devoutly wiahed for by the friend* of free institution* th. ..gliout the world. It would be a n.xi opportune uiotmmbfor Hungary to give the blow, ami it is mure than probable tout she will not j .rinit the opportunity to e?oap without improving it. Husain, who once aided Austria in * conquering Hungary, w.vddnow, unuvr Alexan der, rt ithhold aid, liu’ iog received no sympathy from Austria, when lighting with Knglan- and France. The remembrance of thh injratHude will forever be a harrier to the iutertcsstion of RuJ 1 ai. War, then, between the peworu reported to bo aUW v ougaged, w ill uot in our judgment inter fere with the flow wi vumtncroe between the . and old World. TukTiuhii Wko.hkshav tat J:m . This is tie d.\v, and Milled guv llle the place, a (rued uo . y the Democratic Exeenttwa Coumutcn, for the meeting of the next 1> mocra(i* Sum Conreu- Ho-v’ Training. AVc o*uv .'UMi, a f w .lays iuctv, Prof. Stone perform acme of hi* wondertui ex moils iu horse traiatng. With skill and tart he aeon subdues the wildest and most refractory bore* to gentle ness and docility. turner tWonr The learned Editor of the Corner Slour is still on the stamp advocating “Free-trade and direct taxation.'* lie speaks at the Courts, never, how ever, running counter to diuner bells. He says: Our employment just now Is making speeches tv the people on tree trade and direct taxation. We reached borne Sunday morning frvu* Sautter. we leave again tMiWfc* (Tuesday) morning for ptuart, so that we have hut this otic day to ntteml to a go.-d many things, so that ws have but little time t#write anything. Our readers may think that wh have two days, including Bandar; but we will just lake oecaaion to in tuna them that we have been at different iiuie* connected with the press for about fifteen years, and though we have perhaps doneiuati.v worse thing.*, we hare yet to write lire lirid line for a paper uu (Sunday. tom rat lon Vrni UUtrlft. The Democratic Executive Committee. which aaacinMed iu Alhauy oil the lHth. appointed Oath be rt as the place, and Wednesday, the 13th i of duly, as the lituw, lr holding the I >©ntor rolls’ 1 Congressional Convention in this District. Appointment hj the (mirraor. John Quinn Isq., of tills city, has received the appointment of Ald-de-camp to the Governor with the rank of Colonel Mr. Quiun received the like appointment from Governor Johuaon and (mmumbss e* high qualifications fbr the poet. Accounts of the cropa from Ohio, Alabama, Georgia and Missouri, are highly favorable to food harvest*. OwMserffiMi ikt .VVs Far* Hrmli. Interesting from Washington . Wa*HinpToM, April 17, 186'J Thegovernment have received a letter from 1 duuuMiiomr JtowJin. addressed to tin- President, confirmatory of the nuiicaLfe adjustment ol thu difficulties between thu Doited wtata# and Para guay. 110 gives a highly interesting notariat of the 00 entry and hi* interviews with Lopei and nil others in authority, and then says : By ilmwmjlLlo ment wo mokto — J. Anew treaty, with changes libcrsluing it. 11, A couvwtitlon to settle Mw Atucrioan <Jom> pony's claim. i*. Ton thousand dollars indemnity p. the fami ly of a sailor killed on board th U. *J. steamer Water Witch. * •i- A satisfactory letter of regard and apology for the Water Witch affair. And the treatment of •ur government agents. it. l ull permission to explore the rivers. The treaty received by wen. .1 ere*, from Nica ragua. is intended by that government an a sub stitute lor the i'npn- Yrisesri lreay, and is so ar rouged a* to con tain in subsUtuc* the Modifica tions which President Martinss caused to lc made in the Caas-Y riteßrl treaty af‘*r it had been ratified ty the Nicaraguan Legislature, and which Mr. Iluchtuiaii so decidedly rejected on u former occasion. The point to which our government adheres, and which it will carry through, is that the tran sit trpdc not only of the United Mates, but of the j whole world, shall be sue arc, iu its passage through the territory of Nicaragua, not only from filibuster attach, but from tho invasions of civil disorder, which haio become chronic in the K'|>anih-American countries, and from violation by the gov cm men t itself. The principle involves ibn safety of every other transit route, as well as that of Nicaragua. In the modified form which President Martinez insist * on impressing upon the Cass Yrissari trea ty, ttie protection of tho transit trade from fili buster a)fuck is covenanted with the United States, but wo arc denied interference to protect It from violation by any other party. Jteeidcs ibc reasons of high State policy which should prevent thu President from acceding to this re iteration of the former claims of Nicaragua, re cent evntilf have confirmed in a signal manner On* justice of Mr. liuchanan’s vlw. The Into do*.ruction of the road uiid bridge#, the seizure of the lake and river boat*, and the imprisonment of American citizens by tho Nicaraguan govern ment, in a moiioiit of unfounded alarm, Is a pal , at le confession of its own weakness and inca pat ty. fur W. Ouuclcy stipulated In his treaty for the same guarantee* !-• tho transit rung) that art con tuiio-d in the • ‘see Y r;*nrri treaty, and one chamber of she Nicuragiian Cungrsss aesenlod t*> them, but the other inode thaino.JiffeaUunt which your eor rrspuiidents from there have reported to you, and Sir William assented to them so far an to remit them to Kiiglund for examination. These p*cilb c-ntion* stipulate that England may land*.,mlt from her navy to seize any filibusters who may have escaped the cruisers, but that no tropii shall lie landed eaeopt at the request of the Nicaraguan government, pi bo withdrawn also when that power request* it Those stipulation* are a vir tual guarantee of protection of the Martinet gov ernment agai es tor people id Nicaragua, and in AMsntkug to tuom in any way, fcJir Win. frorc Ons cley lm fuilcd iu his mission, as it has been ex plained to our gi < cromunt. Whatever course Jbn/lnud may tak-, the United State* will not re fraiu Iroin insisting that tho transit trade of tue whole world must be free from violation by the Nicaraguan authorifes and iueurgents, as well as *•’ tii if ustcr invader*. A ne ‘ Uffic.ilty has rre. noted Heels to the p ‘iH* oi the Nioaraguuii route *t Uii* tune, in the sill, iuarralx that have broken out in tbo not ipu’ • .mg the grunt. 1: seems that itio • urn ,i ’ ,i Hpi - nte two p-nflics—one ted by Mr. v . .mi. thw preshlent of the com patty, and uimtocr, winch may be caiiud the Joe White in j terenb A lew days since the Yelvertou party got ! logo the r and oust| Mr. tel, the former secrettv | ry, electing in hls place Mr. Itody, who lihh been j for some time agent for the et.mpany in Nioara gua. Before this split took place responsible parties were preparing to take hold of tho company, put | on steamers, huihl the short railroad on thu Nie | nrnguii Istbim *. and curry out the terms of tho i grant fur opening Hip route. Under tho circular I recently issued by the Posthmstor (tenoral calling ! tor bids for the transportation of the California ■ mail, they stood u good chance of obtaining a J contract, as the government Is desirous of putting an end to the odious monopoly-of the Panama j route, which has been so onerous upon the trade ■ and travel to California, and so tyrannical in its j stipulations for the carriage of thu mails. What ■ effect these silly quarrel* will produce remains yet to bo seen. • The Mmitll l*ot In tolumhla. The disease which wo mentioned in onr last is aae as having appeared at t'olumbin. Ilenry coun ty, has proved to be filial] l*ox of rather an aggra vated type. There are many persons still sick with it, though u few arc convalescent. We have heard as yet of only one death, that of Mr. ffolo | moo, who died on Mondaf night lust. It is very ( difficult to get Hiiy reliable information concern ing it, uh all intercourse is cut off, and the ae ! counts from Woodville by tclegrtigh nre very mea i gr and unsatisfactory. | A dispatch was received on Monday lust, requns , ting (hut supplies be forwarded to Columbia by i the river, us there was no communication with thu ! surrounding country, and provisions wore getting very Scarce. We have not heard of any other j deaths, and but few new eases. There is every reason to holier© that the disease I will be confined to its present locality, ami that f those who ate sick will speedily recover, as l>r. Ibis well of Columbus, ami Hr. K. L. Hull of Uus sell county, aro iu attendance, both of whom have bail largo experlenoe in the treatment of the dis ! ease. No case has as yet appeared out of the tin ! mediate vicinity of Columbia, nor within forty , miles of this place, h'ufaula Fxprtitr, April, ■Li mW. Thr MludftNlppl Klvtr and Its Tributaries. The Memphis liullotin, of haturduy, the 10th Inst,, say s: Tho river opposite this point is still swelling slowly, has exceeded the rise of a tew weeks since, and lacks only -C** inches of the mark left by the Juno rise of last year. The rise in the 21 hours ending at .'o’clock last night had amounted to fully one inch. We have unfavorable iicus from tho Ohio, which river was rising rapidly at Louisville yes terday, w ith 8 feet on the thlls uiVI 11 feet in tho canal. At St. Louis, yesterday, tho rivor was station an ‘J'ho Tuun -sso® is very high aud out ofits bunks in mauy placer. © Vicksburj Tuesday, tho 12th Inst., n..r the following: Wrt lenvn that the levee at Bedford’s plantation, in L'-ci- i.ina. below this city, gave way on Sun day night, and that other breaks hud occurred iu (Vein ••** of fbe sumo section. Tho water is roll ing • ver the llespvrian levee, which was two foot 1 uSmve hi *h water w non the crevasse ocrured at kh.it pji’i.. ustycar, and must therefore now ho uto .t t'v >tv i higher than at that tirno. Hu g>"-d ■ > naitj w are informed tliat scarcely one, if indec't uuy iduntation, between Young's l’oiut and ne v Carthage, liui i souped the over* flow. The doom is overall, and a scene of deso lation ai,\ i> the oye hi every direction, betwoen the |Miint above msutiomal. At Greenwood, on tho Yusno, as wo learn from thccUrk of the How-Drop, where the water had rva< ‘•<!, m its higher*, within nine inches of last year's mark, thtr * lies been ii tall, in two days, of u- ‘uches, in iking it fourteen inches lower <iw th” I wm'usl year, highest. *i f>reg<>,ng n* penued, we learn from th offlli • the VlekfLurg, that while that stem* ring at the ■ Wo, *1” plantation, be ta* ■ ..mould uland, on the MUi*sippi side, last Haturelay morning, ii cross levee above gave way, and a ported flood of water rushed down trotn the crevasse. It wn* fortunate that the Vicksburg was at the landing, to give Uiu people of the place u safe resort. The W big, of the same date, has the follow g: Tho river at the old mark at the northeast cor ner ol'the Proatia* House, is now eleven inches higher than it was iu I MAH. aud thirteen inches higher than July Ist. (MAM, the highest point of that year, It has been on a stand here for the last thirty six hours, and with all the upi*er ri\ ■ ere falling, we may have some hopes of lie soou beginning to recede here. —- Mw firaiurn t lean rt. t'HARLRSTOK. April 20. The trial of the six seamen of the crew und ship's company of the Kt'ho, for piracy, under the acts of Congress, for bidding the slave trade, was conunciiccd on yes terday. aud terminated to-day. The jury return ed a verdict of ’‘sot yuiltf/.” Blllinr) In lugnsta The Augusta OutHtitmlionmliet gives an account of the target excureiou of the Montgomery Guards, under tho eouuuaud of t apt. J. H. Weems. The prise shooting i* said to “never have been sur passed for accuracy.” The figures ought to have been given uiur cutcmporary says t In response to a favorable sentiment from OapL Weems, (ho lion. Robert Toombs made a few re marks, in the uourss of which he expressed him self iu favor of well disciplined citizen soldiery, iu preference t-> (he hired soldiery of a regular army. Gen. llcnuingscti, in response, to a call, made some very pertuient aUewious to the value ol well disciplined military organitations. Capt- Weems, JiiTiuu ('muming, Claiborne (vueevi. Dr. John G Sludge. Jobu Millodge, Jr. Alphcus Rodgers, and others, made short |>ech es. The company returned to the city about fix or lock. CftUMRIK, MATCRD.IT, APRII 99. I*3* Hallways Ib Progress and t o stem pi at I on. It is encouraging to see the spirit which is man ifested hi various section* of tin* Stale to abolish “•low coaches*’ and substitute the iron horse and railway car. ft shows that Georgia is to maintain tbo position site now enjoy* of bring the banner Blute of thu Houth in the progressive clement of infernal improvements. Our friends in Harris and Troup counties have not suffered tlieir seal for the Aon*traction of a road from LaOrange to Columbus to abate; but, on the contrary, aro holding meetings and agitating thu subject with a pertiuaelty and energy that gives promise of success. We sincerely hope that such may be the result. If Columbus were not already involv ed to a great extent in Railroad enterprises, she would tend her credit with no parsimonious hand to the project Hh feels a warm interest in Us ac complish incut and will give it every proper prac ticable encouragement. We sec, also, that the citizens of Morgan and Putnam counties arc earnestly moving in the mat ter of connecting MBdison and Katonion by Hull road. A convention is called ui Eatonton on the 30th ins!., for the purpose of providing ways and un-aiis for perfuming the enterprise. The Macon A lirunswick Railroad, we are plcuacd to team, is now being located. When tho corps ol KngineurH, of which Mr. McNoil is the able chief, shall have located the first forty miles from Macon, that portion of it will be placed un der contract. They have already passed the Oc tntilgee river, ami make the gratifying report that the grading to that poiui will he considerably less than was at first estimated. Fiiaxkimg nv Mkmbehs ov Cowonr.ss.— As frequent inquiries are made on this subject, says the Washington Cunitituiion, we will state that the franking privilege of thu member* of thu last Congress continues till the first Monday in De cember next; and tlie members of the succeeding Congress frank from the 4th of March, tho ‘ rom niHnciiient of their term, or from tho duto of their election, if after that time. ,pfV~ The Loudon Timm announces the crea tion of three m*w peers, and says it is a very legi timate act on the part of Lord Derby, before re signing office, to*recommund to the (Jiiwen certain gentlemen of bis own party forelection to tho peer age. The new peers are Bir Charles Morgan, of Tredegar; Mr. Egerton, of Tatton, Cheshire; — and Gol. George Wyudaio, of Petworlh- Ther® was also to he a promotion of Lord Derby's fol lowers to the ranks of the Baronetcy. ('M-VrlK*arrl Treaty Hall fled. Off). Jvn>*, the Monster of Nicaragua, has laid beforo the Hwretary of Htate, tha Oaas-VrissHrri treaty, a* ratified by his government, with *ligbt modifications, which were assented to hy our Minister, Gen. Lamar. The President refuses tei assent to the modifications. Thu main question at issue bei ween Die (wo governments appears to lie whether the right <>f transit across the fstbn.. shall Ihj subject to interruption % every revolu tiouaiyor disorderly n.*.v^i>- m in < enlral Aincn i -*, or wi'etfiur ibis Government shall have power to protect the rights of transit, against all intru ders, as well as our American fillibuster*. Hull road Muting. The Committee appointed at the Taihottou luuctiug, and all others friendly to the counoeliou of the Thoinuston A HurncMvillo and Muscogee Railroads, will assemble at Thnuiaston on Tues day the 84 of May next, (it bring the work of the Buj*erior Court. {PtiltliMlM'ii by Bequest.{ Southern Harbor* Tbolr Depth and t aparllj Error is so dogged and persistent that it van hardly he eradicated after it has once taken root. lii the discussions about a railroad to Brunswick, it lias been assumed that the entrance over the bar there has morn wntor than that of Tybec, which is the entrance to the port of Savannah. Kveu our intelligent and able friend and defender, Msj. Howard, in bis recent letter to Mr. MeUebeu, saystbatour Havannah bar in an yood as that pf Itmnswick. Now it has been often proved in thus* columns that it is b. ttrr, and we know not wbeDior it be worth the while turepeat tho proof. The fact is established by suvurui hydrographic survey* -among them those of Commodores Clarion, Woolsey, and Shuhrick. The Inst and most important of all is the lute United BtnU * coast survey. This survey is thu most accurate and thorough one in every respect ever made in any country. Wo come through it then, once more to the proof, with the hope that by constant repetition, it may at Wi-tiiiuke a good impression upon our friend* in tin* interior. We quote from the 2 volumes, entitled, “AVpor/* of tkr tfudent of (fit I’umtt .S'urrny /ur the ymr* 1 K.'t.f ami 18611.” This work has been generally distributed, and many of our Editor* will be able to correct our errors if we fall into any. In the volume for lHsfi -pages 183, 134. 133, 186 and 137 i* n tubular steteineut marked, “Appendix No, 18, M untitled, f, A report hnwiy the Unit water in channel entrancm, rirent and anchor a yen on the ennate of the I ‘niled State s,” f r„ it r. Thu statu menu which refers every bar and harbor from Portland, .Maine, to the Columbia river, to tbo sxmu standard of mean, low and high water, is in vuluuhlo. From it wo quote us follows, including with our own harbor outruuce, thoseon cither side of us—l. e. Charleston and Brunswick -premis ingthat the Übarlestetn survey was made in 1850 -bit, Savannah in lH.tl-52, and 18MI, and tho Brunswick in 18.>5-66 : PLAt’KH AM) I.I.MM'S, 1.. ast wstariu ctian'l way KKTrtKKN WHICH OKPTHm i^t ‘sn~T V> d© H|<ring Till# 4rtK til vi> low . II,A. . Low 11 lull water wsloi wilier water Fool. ;Fect. Feel. Feel Charleston- Main Har ll.u ! lrt.3 ! 10.8 17 I *• North Chxu’l l • IS.S t s uu *• Matht's lI.J j ll> , 11.3 IT.fl Tyhoe or Suv. entrance.... Il.vr near Tv bee Island.... 19.0 *U 1h.4 3A 5 Tylier* Roails. Sio'SHt) 30.4 ;<s 5 SHvaniuih—f’hnnncl op to rlly.least water on Wrecks and Harden Hank . ... 11.0 | 17.5 , 10.6 lb.s St. Simons orOrunawkk—’ Over bar. at entrance . 17.0 S3 I ; 10.5 23 K Entrance to souutl I 38.0 44.1 37 5 44.8 Turtle river, up to Blythe Island fiLO *7.1 90J} *7* It will be remarked that the fractions of a foot are in the decimal notation—for example 44.1, means 14 feet l tenth of a f00t—37.6 means 37 feel aud tenths, or 37 S fret, Ac. Now a careful inspection of (he above table will set this question at rest forever, and wc suppose that, during thu memory of man, the depths on the .Savauuuh ami Brunswick burs have not vari ed in the least. We aru aware that the low water at Brunswick has always been stated at 18 feet, but so has that of the ,Savannah 1 r ever been stated at lU'a feet ; but there is no possible lip peal from these rigorous observation* which as certain u<in, low osrf hiyk w aier, nor have they ever been called iu question. It should 1h borne in mind by those inspecting the accompanying charts, (for Brunswick, tb volume for I8f)b chart No. 22 - for Savannah, voluu.e for lchart 23.) that the soundings are only a few selected from au immense number commonly called ekaratthristic ••>mnli ,j. which show the contiguration of the bottom. So much then for these bars -aud our inexperi enced readers must take it for granted that these plain lads are toi belter known iu cvrfaiM ptn, *(•'*> <jnarU n, tliau has ever yet appeared, or will ever ap|>enr at their hands. Why f Thu Sav •innull ( Tybee) bar is within otiu toot as deep a* the celebrated bur of Port Koval (Beuuturt ) There, the readings for the three principal en trances for mean low water, (c trroepoiiding to the first column us above) aud 10 and 20 feet, for the channel up N. K. Branch, the South chan nel, and South East channel respectively, and it is well known that a lumber laden vessel, drawing 24 feet of water went to sea years ago over this same (Tybee) bar. Brunswick ean boast justly of a noble harbor, with ample room and depth of water the bar once having been passed, and we have n„ wish to withhold any praises die ean justly lay claim to. But down with these vile, and atrocious misstatements which siugla out this sea port us wantiug in capacity ! From this city down to the Tybee anchorage, a distance of some 15 miles -all of which constitutes the river and hurbor of i*avauuah —probably some 2,001) vosscl of heavy tonnage culd be well accommodated ‘ From WtlUnk's ship yard, Mow tho town, up to tb© Vale Koval steam sow mill, there is room for two or three limes tbeadiVe shipping (loadiug and uuioadiug,) that will ever, iu the tide of tuuc:*. come to t.us port. During a part of last Decem ber. we had here 89 ship of heavy tonnage, !>>- sides our stcamsbqt*, 11 barks, 8 brigs and sever al schooners, many of which ships had to wait for (Wights. Aud yet. at that very time, it was charged by some interested persona in Central Georgia, and the charge has l>e©n repeated by some planters, who know as much of the sv Blatters ns they do about the of Heaven, that we could not accommodate shtppiug enough hereto take away ths cotton, it was about that time that the Hrilish screw steamer Scotia, capable of carrying from 4,000 to a.UOd tables, come here and went away without obtaining frieght. The same ship was equally unsuccessful iu tTiarleaton, but os the Captain said at the flhic, it made difference siuee his draught of water was so great, (more than 19 feet loaded.) that he voulU not bar* gone to sea— (with cargo all abrtad,) from Charleston. These tact were stated at tho time in our columns. Why do we revert to them now? It will be asked! W answer from no possible ill will towards Char lesion. This, we disclaim emphatically It is because at that lime, with other conditions precise ly tho same, damaging comparisons were made iii curtain quarter* against this tea port, one the necessity of another port was attempted to be shown on conclusions thus groundless. Let peo pie establish a* many now cities as they please, and we wish them prosperity, but let them do it without depreciating our position, or wresting from us a title which wo have won and maintain ud against great odds. Now, there is one grossly unjust statement math and repeated about this our harborextrnneu. They persist in regarding our shoalest water far up the quiet and absolutely protected river—that is, the water near or just below the city—a* if it wore the nntrv cc over the bar, seaward, which is IS mib s distaut. It should be known (but these southern hart proper, are more or loss out at sea. There the tempest rages, and there the ocean swells and surge* so, that to avoid striking and going D* pieces, a ship must have a goodly di lance between her keel and tho sandy bottom.— There is tbs real danger, and all the danger.— Compare now the mean low water depth of each of three entrance* named iu the above tabular statement, and sec which comes out best from the scrutiny. Now, then, starting from the anchorage in Ty bee road# of 31 feet at low water, lot us proceed all the time in safe and quiet water, np the river to our hoal water, to our Knoll Wrecks, and Garden Bank—the iiqiiedimunts so often and so complacently adverted to. Wo first come to thu anchorage known a* Cocksnur roads, near Fort. Riilaxki, which i* soroo twelve miles below the city, then to the Knoll, then to Venus’ Point, some nine miles below the town, then to Four Milo Point, distant that number of miles, then te the Wrecks, two miles below, and lastly to tb Garden Bank, nearly abreast the lower cotton presses. Now, in the tabular statement, thia river'portion is in the third line, opposite the word Huvannah. reading from left to right. If this line be compared with the tabular ntten; relating to Charleston, it will appear that we can carry more water all the way up our secure and quiet river to this city, than they can over the other tbo outer bar aod along tbe expovud sea ward channels of the Charleston entraie -. Thanks to our river itnprovem-n , pleted, and to the dredging boats, vw?ni* drnwin;. 21 fuel can, any day in t : •• •> ar, oi op to an . go down from Venus’ Pm. . without the least difficulty. Iu other word*, fhu Knoll ho* been drudged so ns no longer to present any obstacle whatever. Again, a vv.* el loaded at our wharves und drawing I7J J feel, ha* gone straight out to sea, and a great many have gone hence drawing 17 feet and 3or 4 inches. Nor is it regarded a* any great inconvenience or expense for vessels of heavy tonnage and deep draft, after nearly load ing at thu wharves, to drop down 4 mile* or even ts uiilc* to Venus’ Point, and there finish off with a few loads from lighter* brought alongside. Let It be understood bv way of explanation, thgt sinco the date of the U, H. Purvey iu IHS6, the depth of water over ail these obstruction* has been materially increased, not only by Federal, but by city appropriations, ami this Work is still going forward. All thia is evident by comparing the above tabic with the draft of ships that have actually passed iu and out <>f our port. Compare now our condition with that of other well known Southern rotton ports, and where will you find its equal—the two things, depth of water on the outer bar, mini accessibility, both being considered ? Will you find it id Brunswick ’ No ! In Charleston ? Look at the tabular state ment* and the facts just adduced, relating !• our river improvements, in Apalachicola or Mobile, where cotton -hipa cannot come up to thu town ? in Mo'iofe llicy begin uml <uti tbuir lading eigh tce- miles below the city. Will you lind the saino advantages that wu enjoy in New Orleans, where the lialixu and the Southwest Pass arc more than one hundred miba below thu city, with thu mighty current of the Mississippi against thu ascending ships? It Is not long since, that smue sixty or seventy vessel* were aground there-—on* of them since thu Ist December last, ami several of them since the Ist February last, while many aru lhew now. And yet, nearly all those vessels draw only from 18 to 18 feet 2 inches of water. It isnot our purpose to depreciate other porte. Wo have been often driven to this defensive course by the incessant attucks directed against this town and harbor, not only from many parts of the inte rior, but annually repeated in the Legislature. When these onset* aru through thu instrumental ify of malice, jffoaone**, or interest, kept up with so much vigor, it becomes our occasional duty to rejoin, lest continued silence might bo so miscon strued as to imply acquiescence. Indued, with out refreshing our mumoaies from time to time, we run thu risk of losing eonfideuce in ourselves, aud so, of overlooking the actual ad\antugt sos our position. For many of these advantage* wo are indebted to our own purses, and to onr well directed energies, which have been confessedly without a parallel in the history of any other city south of the Potomac. If thu people of Georgia aro incapable of rising up to the height of a gen erous acknowledgment of our almost Incredible sacrifices, the more is tbe pity for them. We have so astonished ourselves, that we ought not perhaps to expect other* to appreciate at once our work. We began it almost 25 years ago, and wc can wait 2/ years more for its recognition. But iu conclusion, while claiming credit for what we havu douo, it looks like a wanton disregard of manifold blessings, not rally to reeoguisc that which a kind Providence has accomplished for us, age* before the first white man set foot upon these shores. To show you how correct (approximately) my figures are, I append the following editorial para graph from the Republican of the 14th instant, which is five days More the highest or usual spring tides: “We saw four ships - drawing, respectively, Id feet fi inches. 16 feet 9 inches, 16 feet 9 inches, and 16 ieot 10 inches—go down the river from • •ur wharves yesterday. The high spring tides do not servo till next Tuesday.” Fno.iT.—We had considerable frost in this vi cinity on tho morning ol the 18th instant. Cot ton and corn in low places were injured. Fortu nately, thu backwardness, of the season prevented many of our plauterx from planting as early as usual, consequently very little cotton had eom up. and thus escaped. It the crops had been up generally, there would have been some trouble in replanting, as w learn that sued is quin- scarce. Owing to tho protection nllorded by the leaves, fruit is not much injured.— Eufnul* Exprtm April 21st. • An Important Or Mon. Thi* Darliiigtuu Flag save At tire iatc session of our <\>urt, an action against tho Wilmington and Manchester Rail road Company, for a lost trunk, v i* tried. The value of tho contents was proved lo ex reed live hundred dollars ; tins company have an indorsement upon their tickets which, ninong other things, declares that they will not be res|Kinsible for lost baggage to nn amount exceeding one hundred dollars. This indorse ment was relied upon to iiimt the liability of the company in this particular case. Ilia Honor ruled and so charged the jury, that common carrier* could not thus limit their liabilities. He dwelt upon the injustice which would result if the endorsement upon the tick els referred to, was taken and considered a* a contract, to which the passenger was presum ed to have assented. The jury found for the plaintiff to the amount of the coulents us pro ved. W’c learn that the defendants have appealed. Srnatur Iveraoa. The lAtespeech of Senat or Iverson on the Pn rifle bill, presented our rights iu their true and proper color. Hit thunder made the halls of the Capitol shako and tho str<ug frame of tho mighty foe falter and tremble. They still stand aghast aiul tremble wuh tear. That speech was nuuiu laclured from solid granite— let us not bo afraid to cruet a stupendous Mnicture of Empire upon it: an Empire of freemen which will prove a* durable M time itself?—A/fn lay Patriot. A pi. 21. The Last Cau Bprli.. Wc are apprehen sive that considerable damage has hen the grain and fruit crop*, by the severe weather of Sunday night last. We have in our office an oak limb, u grape v in© and some young peaches that were completely killed by the frost, and we learn that there has been more or less injury sustained by the farmers in this vicinity. Neither corn nor cotton, however, are sufficiently advanced to be materially affected, but we fear for the wheat orop.— (irtfin Independent Sooth, April 21*1. Fnosr.—On Monday morning last, this section was visited with a white frost, which we hope will proto a panacea for the sickness which wc learn prevails throughout every section of (he State. Vegetation remains uninjured, and our farmers are encouraged with the prospect of nn abundant harvest. —Alkany J\uriot, April 21*4. “If yoi marhy,” Saida Homan consul to his sou, “let It be a woman who has judgment aud industry enough to cook a meal lor you, taste enough to dress neatly, pride enough to wash be fore breakfast, aud sense enough to hold her ton- KU*.*’ The Kaunas Election.—Tho election in Kan sas, to drtermiue whether a couventiou shall be called to frame a coustitution, preparatory to ad mission into the l'nion, appears to have attracted but little notice in that Territory. We learn from the Kansas Herald, that no more than five thou sand votes were probably polled, out of nn ag gregate estimated at nearly or uuite twenty thou sand; in other words, uo more than one in four oj the qualified electors took trouble to go to the poll* on a question which has hitherto convulsed the whole l’nion. What better evidence is wanting that the whole excitement about forcing slavery into Kansas was the result of a political plot, concocted elaewhere, and that the people of that new Territory were made the catspaw to secure the political chcsnuts, which hav e been roasted for the special uso of partisans in other localities Journal of Comm fret. COMJIIBIN MONDAY. fifSU 23,836. Third Wednesday in June- This is the day, and Miliedgeville the place agreed upon hy tho Democratic Executive Com mittee, for tbe meeting of the next Democratic State Convention. Tho Democratic Convention to nominate a can didate for Congress from the 2d District, is to be bold at Cuthhert, Ua., on Wednesday the 13th of July next. ‘ small Pox Attention is called to tbe letter of Dr. John J. Roswell, of this city, in another column, in which an account of his visit to the small pox region, In Alabama, is detailed. Dr. Boswell met with no interruption until he ranched Eufauls. where he could get no oonven iencc to proceed to Old Columbia. Ilonry county, Ala., where tbe disease wa confined. From En faula, he proceeded to Fort Gaines. At this point/ be succeeded in purchasing a battean, which, with his two assistants, be rowed about sixty miles down tho river. Tbe people, whom he met on his trip, were much frightened, lost tho small pox would spread over the country, and in some lo calities fled from his own appearance, as from a wild boast of prey. In fact, the bridges are taken up In some places to prevent the passage of persons through tho country. The letter of Dr. Boswell will bo < f interest to our readers. He is thoroughly acquainted with thu disease and his skill in the management of small pox case* is only equalled by his intrepmi ity aud ieurlosHuuss in oxposiug himself to the con tagion. ( hattatioorhcf 8n per lor court. Wc understand that His Honor, Judge Kiddoo, has adjourned thu Spring Term of Chattahoochee Court, over to Ibu second Monday iu June, next. Parties litigant, juror*, witnesses, Ac., “will lake due notice thereof, and govern themselves ac cordingly.” Utmt'CrnUc Meeting. Wo ere requested to state that a meeting of the Democratic Party of Randolph county, will ho held at the Court House, on the first Tuesday in May, for Dj* purpose of appointing Delegates to Hie Gubernatorial and Congressional Conven tions. (bant). “Is any man fallen into disgrace ? Charity doth hold down its head, (s abashed and out of countenance, partaking of hi* shame. Is any man disappointed of bis hope* or endeavors ? Charity erie* out, ala* ! as If it were itself defeat ed. Is any man afflicted with pain or sickness ? Charity lookelh sadly.it sigbeth, it faiuteth aud languisheth with him. I* any man pinched with hard want? Charity, if it eaonot succor, it will condole. Doth ill news arrive? Charity doth hear it with an unwilling ear and a sad heart, al though not particularly concerned in it. The sight of a wreck at sea, of a fluid spread with carcases, of a country desolated, of houses burned and cities ruined, and of the like uaiuiui tins incident to mankind, would touch the bowel* of any man but the very report of them would affect the heart of Charity.” Baptist tom cm ion IMstlntruteln it Ministers. Among the prominent Minister* present, is Dr. Rierson of Augusta. Rev. N. M. Crawford of Mer cer University Rev. John E. Dawson and !Rtv. C. D. Mallory. Judge Thomas Stocks, who has been a Member of thu Convention sinco 1828 t*. also, present. The church waa well attended with visitors Saturday, who evinced much Interest in the proceedings. Mimber hip PaptiM (bnrrh From tbe sermon of Rev. C. D. Mallory, preach ed friday morning, in thu Baptist Church of this city, we learn that thu RaptLt denomination are increasing rapidly in unmbers and that the Mem ber*hip in Georgia of white und blacks amount to ninety thoutaml moult. filary of the Clergy “God is the luuntain of honor and the conduit by which he conveys it to tbe sous of men are vir tue* and generous practices. Sonic, indeed, may please uml promise thuutseives high -masters from fall rev euues, stately palaces, court interests and great dependencies. But that which make* tho Clergy glorious, i* to be knowing in their profe* sioa, unspotted in their lives, active aud laborious in their charges, bold and resolute iu opposing se ducers, and dariug to look viue iu the face, though never so potent and illustrious. And. lastly, to be gentle, courteous, aud eompasidouate to all.— These uro our robe* and our mace#, our escutch eons and highest titles of honor.” Brunswlrk improvement* The Episcopalianeof Brunswick have subscrib ed $1,400 for the erection of a suitable house of worship, and the proprietors of tbo city have pre sented them with eligible lot for the *ntoe. The Herald says the Brunswick A Florida Rail road Company have resolved to continue their road beyond the junction with the Main Trunk, t.. Albany, provided with a proper spirit of liberality Is exercised by parties residing on the route. A corps of engineer* left Brunswick Tuesday last, for the purpose of surveying the liue. The Weather. The weather Saturday was cold and boisterous— Winter lingering in the lap of Spring. There was no frost, however, as the wind was high and the clouds obscured tho sky A shower of rain fell Friday night which was very grateful to the young vegetation, and quite a* acceptable to the inhalers of city dust. There was probably a frost Sunday morning. PUH THR VIBES. Utter Iron lr Boswell-small Pox (irntltmen : —At the request of somw friends, l have consented to give thu eitisens of Columbus the benefit of my recent observations upon the Bmall Pox iu Columbia. Ala., and its neighbor hood, and the chances that disease fiisy have iu spreading through the country. 1 was called to visit my friend Mr. It. Allison, who is visiting his plantation some four miles bo low Columbia, a small village in Ilenry county, Ala. on last Saturday the 16th. Mr. Allison has been la boring under an attack of small pox for the last twelve or fifteen days, his case wasprogrcssii.g very well and promises a favorable termination. There are some twenty or twenty-five of his ucgr*es who bare been exposed to the small pox. virus and the strong probability is that they will have the disease. Go Monday last. I visited Columbia, and saw Mr Solomon and hi* family. Mr. Solomon died some five or six hours alter 1 saw him, the balance of bis family twelve or fourteen in number will recover 1 think. I then visited the family of Mr. Price,there l found four or fi re cases, iiy opinion was that they would all recover with the execution of his daugh ter, a young lady of great intemgcnce and heautv. Her case I considered doubtful. The village of Columbia is about one mile from the boat land ing, and 1 hare no fears in the transmiaaibftlity of the disease by the boats if their commanders ( whom 1 have no doubt) will do their duty in not takiug any passengers on from that lauding—Therefore 1 hare no fears for the safety of our citiaens. 1 found the eitisens on both sides of the river, from this city, to Columbia intensely excited upon the subject of small po\. and the danger in which one and all seemed to apprehend from its : they seemed tube active in organising a plttn by which the people could be protected from ibe rava ges of the disease. 1 talked with Col. Bennett and another gentleman, who constituted a committee for a particular section of the county. I thought their plan wauling in coneeutrMtiveuess and en ergy. It seemed to me to he hydra-headed. 1 ad vised them to select some energetic and talented physician with plenary |H>wer, and let liira a l>cgiii at Mr. Soloman's house und find out every per ron, who has exposed himself to the disease, and to quarantine every one who has not been vaciu tfijd, and to put ail who have the disease in a hospital aud keep a vigilant and efficient guard over both, until discharged by the physician in attendance. Iu that‘way the progress of the dis ease will be cheek mated, and the people protected 1 and quieted. Respectfully, J. J. bosytjll, I The Baptist Convention. We present below to our readers the proceedings of this body ou Saturday. It* sittings are belu with open doors, and quite a large number of lay men and visitors have attended its deliberations. The Convention i# presided over by Prof. Mell ol the Pt-nficld University, and tbe order and dis patch with which business is conducted prove him to be a most competent, as be is a very dignified, presiding officer. Over two huqdred Delegate* ore in aitemhuics, and a more intelligent looking body of men it would be difficult to collect. Rev. C. D. Mallory, in hi* introductory dis course on Friday, gave some very encouraging Htatisticxin regard to tbe progress of this denomi nation of Christians. They have certainly flour ished in this portion of the Lord’s vinovard. In thjy city, within the past few years, uuiltr the ministrations of the Rev. J. H. DoTotfe. the ac cessions of the membership have boon so largo os to render their present House of Worship iiisuffi- < cient for the congregation—a difficulty which will bo remedied during the present year by the erec tion of a more spacious edifice. God speed them in their evangelical work. baptistTconvention. Coi.t mbps, April 22, 183d Tho Georgia Baptist Convention met with the Buptist Church of Columbus; Brother C. D. Mal lory preached the introductory sermon at half past ten o’clock, from 1. John 5, 21. Appointed the following Committee on credentials : brother | C. M. Irvin, T. J. Burney, and J. il. DoVotie. 3 o'Ci.orx, p. m. Opened with prayer by brother Griun. The Committee on credential* reported the following as members of tuu convention : ApfaLACHKE.—G A Mathews J W Jackson. D II Montcreif. ItßTncL.—C D Mallory, E W Warren, C M Ir win J 0 Cumbio, W L Crawford,'D A Vason, II c Huraad/, T M*. A P Mitchell, 0 F l w . K Thornton, D W Cowdry, W N Chandom, W L I Mansfield, CoLCMcns.—C C Willis, W D Atkinson, James Perryman. John Howell, J H DuVotio, Jesse Carter, W J F Mitchell, M J Wellborn, C (’ Hillman, li L Ross, Thomas H Murphy, Thus J Miles, Isaac Hart Georgia Association. —Thomas Stocks, P H Mell, N M Crawford, R Gun, T J Beck, T D Weet, L G Steed. Win William*. 11 A Topper, S D Durham, J R Young. RJ McWhorter. W P Steed, I J II .Stockton, J T Wingfield. I Cextkal Association --J L Warren, A T | Spaulding, J* B Wr*ker, J H Corley, A E Cloud. H Cvgburn, T J Burry. Erkhkzkb Association— ll Bunn, WD Horn, L Hobuiien, B F Jessup, George Walker, G R McCall. Flint River A*sociatW3—A Sherwood, J H Campbell, W G McMiebeel, A E Marshall. A D Monte lief, 8 8 Campbell. Minni.i? Association—M N McCall, William Cooper, E W Solomon*, G W Moore, J C Ed ward*, J Middleton, J It Cooper, G W Cooper. Rkiiuboth Association—H F Tharpe. W C Wilkes, 8 Landrum, H Powell, T E Langley, S Felder, J H Clarke. J Walker, J II Mason Hcnxi rv Association.—B G* Daniel, H E Coxsiday A 8 Morrell. J F Morrell, J W Rabun, 8 S Hardwick. L J B Fairchild, 0 W Dav*. Isaac Bruner. W F Chaplinn. ( 8 Frierson. Pll Bebn,’ J 8 Marlin, D G iHuirlt. Jam* * Huntcr- W rKHN Ans’n. H Carmichael. W A Calk), way, James Culberson, K B Teague. J Rainwa ter. If E Br-.0k..1 V Davi*. 8 W Bartley. G it Moore. A F Kendrii k. James Calloway, ts B Wilkersnn, J E Robertson. Il.vf'rrbAH i**I*.—J 1 *.—J E Ryereeti. W .Fapp, G W Evans, <’ Stapleton. John Jtukius, NV ii Devi*, D P Plumb. Hoi stun Ash’s.—J U* liraven:, K il W arren, Abner Buiaatu, Saiu’i Boykin. Rock Moi stain —A l Hltuct, J T Clarke. S Root, F M Hay good. Southern Assot 1 avion—W B Daniel, H An der*oo. W ashington Association— \Y J Harley, W M Yerderee, J R L Jenkins, 0 C Pope, A C Ed wards. * Saukcta Association—A Chandler, J W .Johnson, P P Butter, J H Goss, L W Stephen*. J G White, D D Johnson, T B Moss. R Kbcrhurt. Antioch Miss. Society—Wm Edwards, Win Jenel, Lemuel Edward*. White Plains Miss. Society — J II Kilpat rick. Maws- n Miss. Sot:-inr—6 Y Browne. E K Jones, W Stokes. Houston Bisle Society— H W HolUclaw, W F Felder. Millkookvillk Fokkios axi* Domesti* Miss Societv —Ja* C Whitaker, 1 B Stetson. Mkio ek I stVEKBi rr, Mish. So.— V. W. Wise. A B Sharp. Rairj'.n rows, Miss. So.—J O ilott?ulaw’o 1) Kitiubrew, J il Kiuubrew. (niKENsBdUi) Ba*. Cm h* h Miss. So —T J Bow en. \ Han lord, L B .lauk*on. Yot no Mens Mia* >.> IN afield.—M N MoCall. Collmics Mis* So.—J E Dawson. T B Slade. It W^Denton. AugtsTA Bap Miss So.—ll H Mlekmun, II J Sibloy. At'wt sta Sax. School Missßoc.—R M Reed. Spent a short time in devotional exercises. Elected the following officers : P II Mell. Mod erator ; J 1 Dogg, Clerk, C’ M Irvin. Assistant Clerk. Appointee! the following Conimilteu* : Os Pmka< iu no—Brother* T J Burney. G W Evans, J W Rabun .1 H DeVotie. J K Redd. On BrsiNßss—Brothers Jno Walker, J K Dawson, <1 R McCall, T Stock*. N M Crawford. On FtNANcxs—R S McWhorter, M B Wilkin son, 8 Root. Ruoeived the following correspondents : Frum thu Aiabuma Baptist Convention—Broth er* J T Tie hen or, J F Bledsoe. J W Williams, W Jitli, C Battle, H H Bacon, J C Foeter. N B Jones, R lie. J i S Park, J M Russell, C A Stanton, 8 Henderson. From the Cherokee Convention—Brethren Brown, Dyer, W 11 Robert*. Froth the Cory Association -Brother Beukom Iroui the Xuouday Association—Brothcrßob- From the Domeatie Mission Board, at Marion Ala,— Brother M T Sumner, Corresponding Sec rutarv.- From the Sll Publication Society, Charleston, South Carolina,—Brother J J Toon. Correspond ing Secretary. From the Geo. Bp. Bible and Colporteur So ciety-Brother S Boykin, Cor. Sec’y. From the L'nion Association Brother M Williams. From tlie Foreign Bor L l st Riclnnoml. \ ..--Brother l> I. Ilpniell. From invited minister, of onr denominntion. In scot.-.lb u,. Aoc.-i.UKt bv Brother. CKrue.lv. w'V.’V. Unul.leu. WII Clark, J K Shore. M B L Biuion, J l> Striven. Received the Report of the Executive Commit tee, and reported it to a special committee. Appointed the following, as the times of bold ing tho busim ** meeting* .t this Convention: Morning session, from 9AM to 1 I* M. After noon seision, from 3 to o P M. HKroXI) DAY. Saturday Morning, 9 o’clock. Opened with prayer by brother A T Holmes. Adopted the Report of the Committee on Busi nejis. The Pastor of the Columbus Baptist Church, presented u package of cards for the u*c of dele gate* in returning home by railroad, which w* accepted with the thank* of the Convention, in structed the Moderator to sign these cards. On motion of brother J II DeVotie, reporter* of CHv Newspaper* were Invited to reals at the Clerk's table. Appointed the following Staudiug Committees; Hr Enri'XTioa.—Brethren. A Sherwood || M lloluclaw, Thomas Slade, J L Warren, W M Verde roe. Ox S abb ini Schools —Brethren, K W War ren. J E R verson, J T Clark, J H Goss, Win Cooper. Ov Missions.— Brethren. C D Mallory, E B Teague. A T Holmes, A Chandler. J II t amp bell. r Ux Nuuimatiox*.- Brethren. Thomas Stocks, D A \ sson, J W Johnson, tl S Frierson, Steven*. Ux Dr* ka*f.i> Mimstkbs - Brethren. N M Crawford, W D Atkinson, W li Davis, J. R L JeuningH, .1 B Dearorv. Received Report o(i Board of Tnisto** of Mer cci l iuvereity, and reportml it to the following committee : Brethren II A Tupper. T B Mo#* \ S Morrall, W J Harley, W L Stephens. Received Report of Index Committee, H nd re lerrrd it to the following committee : Hn-thren U William*. 1) C Daniell. D H MoncrM. t M 1/ vin, G W Evans. Received the Report of the Treasurer, and or dered it to be printed with the Minutes. Appointed correspondents as follows t To the Alabama State Convention Brethren J h Dawson. K T Teague, T .1 Bowen, W A Cal loway, IV M A erderre. T.. 1W Flori l. CL.nv.ntion.—Urclimn Hurnu day an<i .1 II Stockton. -3Mr wTarScT^*’ To tin Ch.rokM Coovmtiun.— Br..fhrvn .1 R.invruU.r. J W.lkrr, A T Hulmw, 1) ,i D.ui.l i ll S PI> 0 W Fv„„, T.l Bun,., l*.pl.t"U,J Bowrli. A TS,,ldi ng ,j WJmlumi • N M trwford, 11 c llornuLl.v. ,s i lo#t i,, 1 ""'’ AMuciMion.- UreUinu N.M Me- UU, ho. W m Cooper, Ali Sharp, U R McCulh To tho South Carolina Convention.—Brethren T J Bowen, A S Morrall, S Landrum, N M Craw ford. Agreed to open correspondence with thu East Alabama Convention, and appointed tbe following to attend tbe next meeting ot that body.—Breth ren J (■DeVotie, AT Holmes, Wm Williams, T B Slade. 0u motiou of brother Dawson: Retoivcd, That no appropriation be made to de fray tbe traveling expenses of our delegate* to the Southern Baptist Convention. Ou motiou motion of brother Mallarr, Retold. <i, Thai in appointing delegates to tbe liiennal Convention, we be not restricted to the members of this Convention but to the bodies rep resented in this Convention. On motion of Brother J. B. Walker, Resolved, that u Committee consisting of one from each Association represented here, be ap pointed to nominate delegate* to the Southern Baptist Convention. The ehair announced the following a* member* of that Committee : Broth er J B Walker, G J 1 Matthews, C D Mallory, W D Atkinson, J H Stock’ou, George Walker, A Sherwood, M N McCall’ B F Shrrpu, J T Knoun, •Jus Culberson, l) B Plumb, A T Holmes, A Au derson, O C Pope, P P Butler. On motion of Brother Landrum, adopted the following preamble and resolution. Whereas, individuals are contributing funds to sustain Brother J II Campbell as an evangelist in Georgia for o*e year, and whereaa we are pleased with the movement, therefore, Resolved,* shat we eheerfuly commend Brother Campbell to the confidenc- and kind regard* of our brethren generally. By permission of tho Convention, Brother K W Warren in behalf of thu Tallahassee Church, Brethren Sherwood A Marlin in behalf of the Brunswick Church, Brother Sumner in behalf of thu Domestic Mission Board in Marion, presented thu claims of these objects upon the sympathies aud bi'Mfolmeo of tbe denomination. Adjourned till 3 oVlouk P. M. Prayer by Brother Beck. 3 O'clock. P. M. Opened with prayer by brother E. If. Teague. Brother D. G. Danieii, agent of the Foreign Mission Hoard, made an address in behalf of For eign Missions. Appointed brother N T . M. Crawford to the next Introductory Sermon : brother William William* alternate; brother 11. A. Tapper to preach the .Educational Sermon; brother A. T. Holme*, alternate. Elected tho following Executive Committee for the ensuing year : Brethren Tho*. Stock*. T. J. Burney. J. E Willet. William Williauu*. D. E. Butler, T. D. Martin, N. M. Crawford. Elected brother T. Burney Treasurer. Authorised the delegates who may lie in at - tendance at the Biennial Convention to fill any vacancies that may eeuur in their numl*er. On motion of brother Joseph Walker, Ordered, That s2fiU of the amount received from thu Christian Index be passed over to th* General Purpose Fund. On motion of brother Dawson, Resolved. That the Executive Committee be instructed to request the Financial Secretary 01 the Southern Baptist Publication Society to pro cure for publication a copy of brother Mallory’* Sermon, delivered yesterday. Adjourned until Moudny morning. Prayer by Brother Cowdry. The Mcklr* Trial W ANUIXOTOX, April 21.—The counsel of Mr. Sickles declined to accept the proposition of tbe prosecution for admitting Mrs. Sickles’confession a* testimony ; thus defeating the supposed inten tion of the prosecution to rebut It, by testimony seriously affecting the morsl character of Mr. Hickels himself. _ Nenora Affair* St. Lous. April 2L—Capt, Mo wry, bearer of dtepatebes from the American Consul as Guyamas, en route for Washington, reports that Pcsquiera had defeated Col. Guanso, with a'loas of five hm - dred uieu. Posquiera was marching ou Maxat lan. Sonora- Chihuahua. St. Loris, April 21. —The Republican of to day, state* that a secret movement is in operation among thu Pike's Pcakcrs, for the organization of an expedition to take possession oi Sonora and Chihuahua. Prumiucnt parties here are cognix aut of the movement. Hark Wan errr on a pleasure Trip. Savannah, April 21. Mr Charles Lamar, and a party of geutlcmeu I vailed to day in the schooner Wanderer for lis j vana, on a pleasure excursion. Lair from Mexico. New Oki.kaxs, April 21.—The steamer Arizona has arrived, bringing intelligence from Mexico, > which reports that the Liberals had taken the city i of San Luis **otosi. Mr ( obh f abinet Dajs-t asvlrbixarrl Treaty— Appointment*. WiimeroK, April 19, 1859. Mr. Cobb will leave within a week for Gear ! K‘- | Cabinet days aro now Tuesdays and Friday*. No docision has been arrived at upon the amendments of Nicaragua to the C’asfl-irisaarri treaty. Wru. Ledyard Ellsworth, of New Y'oik, has bean appointed consul to Cyprus. James W. tjuingle, of Pennsylvania, has been apjKdnted consul to Antwerp. Hie Northern Mttbodfrts and Mavrry New 11avex, Conn.. April 19. The East Annual Conference of the Methodist . Episcopal Cbnrch, in session bore, Bishop Jane.*, | presiding, have passed a resolution almost unani mously, that slavery is a sin, and that the word ‘‘idav©holding” should be inserted in tho general rules os one us the things forbidden by them. Liverpool, Saturday Afternoon. April 9. The cotton market was quiet to-day, with sales of 7,000 bales. Buyers demand a reduction in prices, and the tcndeucy is downwards. Breadstuff* dull. Lord Malmesbury’s speech in Parliament is construed into an admission of the hopelessness of peace. France is concentrating her navy in the Medi terranean ports. The mercantile fleet in the Ad riatic i hastening home. The feeling that war is inevitable, pervades the French Foreign Office in Paris. The KnglisA Ambassador at Turin has sudden ly gone to London. It is reported that Austria will insist on the disaruunent of Piedmont before the Peace Con gress. The 1 1 ah Mali Lea vein orth. April 15. t*he I’tah mail of the 13th uIL has arrived. The Mormons at Provo were indignaut because the troops were stationed there during the session of the Court, and there were rumors i*f a threatened eolHkioa, but no actual de monstration. Governor Ciimming bad been sent for. .Salt Lake City was infested with an organised banditti. Some bad been arrested. The Indian* continued to interfere with the California mail, shooting at the carriers aud steal ing stock. Bvai* or Acvolxt* with Paraafay. Tho Buenos Ayres Commercial Ti tnes of Febm ury 19th says that, though nothing is certainly known of tho settlement of our Paraguay dtfli •Millies, they are currently believed to be es (al lows : 1. The Water Witch affair is to be apologised for by a salute to tho American flag of twenty •ne guns. 2. T< n ttioiin.od dollar, i, to bf paid to thr KMiil.r ofSamurlt baorj. killed loth. .B>lr at Fort Itapiru. 3. The treaty of 1852 is to he ratified. 4. The navigation of the Paraguay and Parana is to be acknowledged free. 3. The claims of the Navigation Company are ■ -ettled by a mixed commission at Wash IlgtUU. I Mr. Dowdell Aoaix Dec limb.—A letter ad- j iresied to Mr. Dowdell by the Democratic Kx ‘Mitivc i omniittc© of Autauga countv. Logging | iitn to yield to the solicitation* of hi* friends, j • nd become acanidnt© for re-election to Congress, ha* met with hie peremptory refusal to do so. This we regret, because of the distinguished abil ity that marked his brief Congressional career, ‘lr. Dowdell stands deservedly high with his constituency, and could do more towards restor ing harmony to the distracted ranks and disor ganized element# of Southern Rights Democracy 1 ban any other man in the District: and, for the I ako of the South, we deplore that he cannot be • dueed again to take the field in her defense. • ’fanto h fianner. JfPOR McDoxald.—lt is with regret that we ‘ arfi tl at the health of Gov. McDonald is suffer- j • *er ously from his arduous and almost incee. iut lul ore os Judge of the Supreme Court. We ope that this may bo but temporary. His re uremem from the Bench would to a great uisigg tunu to tho State. But it ought not to be expec ted of one who has done a9 much for Georgiu has Gov. MrDon.dd. that be should wear himself out in so laborious an office as the one which Ih* now holds, which he accepted with reluctance aud has retained as wc believe thus long only from a sense of duty.— Marietta Advocate. April 22. _ llumictdc As we go to press, we regret to learn that Zachurnth Brantley, of this county, lost h > life at Isabella, Gu.. on Tuesday evemug la>t in s rencounter with John Giles. John Howrii aih! James A. Hoy. Gile> and Hoy are in tti,- eustody ol the SlirrilT; Howell made hi* cape, ran offbleedmg, aud is supposed to ha\u died in the woods. The wound* received by Branlly were with a Bowie knife. One in the back, another m the pit of the stomach ami the other above the right knee. Not Ireing informed of the cir cnmstance* which led to this melancholy af. luir, we u it hhold any comment. —Albany 1’,,, triot, April 2lf#. Depakttk or thk WaRBB. —This far fam ed schooner sailed yesterday for Havana, curry ing out her owner. Mr. C. A. L. Lamar, and a party sf gentlemen. Mr. Lamar’s object in visit iug iiavauu. we learn, is to dispose of the R’ow derer. She has been fitting up with new and handsome furniture, and is, we daresay, themo*i elegant, a* she certainly i* one of the fastest sail ing schooner* in tho American waters. Wheth. r she will beu<me ike pleasure yacht of some wealthy Cubau planter, or bu again despatched to the coast of Africa ou a missionary untorj)rise, r main* to be seen.— Mar. .V***. A New Cau Lock.—A very simffi’ ami ingen; * “0# thing has just been produced affU Muc-n \ Western Workshop—the invention of the Master Machinist, Tlk-iiih* Dougherty. Esq. D is dcMyL ed to supcrcetlc the common hasp, staple and pa>i lo< k. now in u*u on freight cars, which arc not only cumbrous but unsafe, inconvenient and hare a bad habit of getting frozen up in cold weather. Iu Mr. Dougherty’s invention, we have a brass hasp, which is itself a lock. In securing tho dinr, the bolt i* slipped forward by a slide underneath, and the key alone <-an unlock it. ITu thinks it cannot ho picket!. These leaks are mode at h sansl) e<Mt. and will soon be applied to ail the car* on thu Mucoti A Wusiefn Hoad, and intre> • iuccd on the other road*. Mr. Dougherty ha> taken steps to secure a patent, and we hpc the invention may he of value to him personalty a. well a* to the public. —Mncan \o*t.) Ttlcyrnph. Krrottirs trots the Late Hex. J. A. TrcKxr.. At nin* o'clock, yesterday, B. K. Harrison mhu iluo. W. C. Burkin* delivered eulogies upon th* life of the late Hon. J. A. Tucker, after which a few brief pathetic rent art,* were made by Hi* Honor. Jud<4 Kiddoo; und the usual reachtrioDH being adopted, the Court adjourned until 2 o’clock B. M. Thu Court House was crowded wtttt the frit nd* of th • deceased, both male and fwoiao. and thu nn*at proiound silence reigned. We can not, iu a hasty editorial, do justice to the occa sion, llcnce we 10.- our remark* hy r-ilera< n>g that ”A gn at man ha* fallen. ’* —Lumpkin Putin iHum, April 2bf. Thr Vrl/ona Migration New Oklraxs, April 17. In ronsmjuenre of lien. Twiggs’ proclamation against any il a*ton of Mexican territory and un lart tul expeditions. Col. Lockridge ha* ouaptn dwl his emigration operations. He- has despatch ed an ont to Washington to hsJTj the case l>c fore the government. Thr Armie* of kuropc Wc have not the liota at hand by which to veri fy tb< .w stalistica: but Sliding them iu u journal of good repute we assume their correctness : It appears from oKiCnil stsn uieuts made as lnt© as the lfllUof February last, that *he military fore*> •( Europe embraced more than four million* of soldiers under arms, witliout counting sailors. ‘jar.Ui, civil, niHMWud, or miiiiia of all kinds, of which the number reaches a much larger figure. The effective foies of France on the Ist June. 1838. was 072,400 uD v Iff A batteries d* campa nt/* mariuc, 117 vessels of war. .’UK) sailing, 117 steam era. 27,90 u tno.ru e.-. Tlo. Austrian aui-.y con>i*:u of <57u,477 men. of which 320.400 were miautry. 70 rtM? cavalry, 39. 292 artillery, 11,116 euginoer?, 9.217 pontonecr marine, 10-1 vessel.- of war. Tlo. Prussian army t-on dsle of 62&,00, of which ■419,000 are of the active force, and Laudaehr of Ut con.; marine, 50 vessels of war, 3,500 ma rines. England bos an army of 229*000 men, inelud ing tL diap< .sod in the colonies; marine, 6< •■ vessel* of w ar. -.09 sailing. 251 steamers. 40 vessels of the line. . arrj tog 17.292 guns, and 69,500 sail or*. The Russian army e< nsi*t* of 1.007,600 men. in cluding the rvaeivc and 226.00't irregular*: ma riDc. 1,7 vessel*. 62,600 m.irines and gunner*. pain has a peace esiiabndunent |<>f troop-, u-rni for war 09,600o9,600 : marine, 410 vessel*,, 13,000 mariners. The Sardinian army consist* of 50,600 men: marine, if* vessels, and 2,560 sonors. Two Sicilie*—The army is 1(10,000, of which 10,000 are Swiss, luarine, fifl \ersels, 12 sailing. 25 steamers, l* tt ■■aiiiK uiers, 5.362 sailor*. K me maintains au army of 16,009 infantry and l,i.L> , .tvalrjr, Tuscany ha* au array of lo,oou mn. The German State* hav e a federal army of 260. Ofto men. The German Confederation have an army of 325.000 iun, < avolry, Including the An* trian and Pru-*:an contingents.— .V, I*. Church man. Worth t ounf) Uemorrtr) The Democracy of Worth count j assciubled in convention on the 1 **tb instant. Hon. Wm. A. Harris wa* called t the chair and T. T. Mounger, E* p, requeued to act as Secretory. The following rcaoiution* were adopted, to wit : ftmolrrH, That ©nr Senator in Congress, the Hon. Alfred Iverson, deserves the united thank* of the people of the South and especially of hi* fellow citizen* of Georgia for the bold, fearie** and independent position occupied by him in bin Speech on the Pacific Railroad Bill, in the late Senate of the I uited State.-., and wc ilecin it right and proper that he should le sustained by the people ol Georgia so long as he correctly promul gate* those principle.- which are held dear and sacred by the people of the Soult). Hr coined, That our thanks arc alike due to our Representative. Gm ll„u. Martin J. Crawford.- Hi* manly and palriotie eoursa in the House of Kcprescntalives, or* ail questions touching the Interest of the South compiamls our highest ad miration and e*tem, and while we do not denire to lend otir influence for bl& detest in a nomina tiou, yet in consequence of the many good and worthy men spoken of iu connection with that office, we VI ill at present within,ld any expression of opinion. Di.T. T. Mounter then offered the following rwoluliouti which were adopted : AV*o. - ../, That while we congratulate the pr pie of Georgia on the <uci-wtfai administration of G*v. Dr .WB. and the lability with which he ha* managed the ,>liile R -.td, w* at, the same time and” not feet at liberty ir. this ceNmetion, f.. withhold lrotn Get . JohttMiu that mecd ut’ praise which *• deem Miju*tly due him for h* rwconfal *f*.rta in bringing that R-wI too jjoiut under the inuny diffb ultie* which bore so powerfully upon hie exertions in this tegiird. </, Thai we tender to owr esteemed and worthy (need, A. J. McCarthy, editor of the Al haiiy the united thanks of the Democracy i*t Wurth ferine able, Oar less ami independent defence of th*>#e great Southern Rights Demur r a tic principles which govern us as u | arty. Ihu following delegatee were appointed to. wit: < For the Gubernatorial Convention—Wm A j Johnson. .I sines M House, Robert J. Week*. U Biirher, W |. Willi* and Dr K D Hindair. l'ot tb# Congressional Contention, Francis B Lippitt, W A Harris, Eaq., and Dr T T Mouu ger. Dt worrotlc M cling. CoLQrirr, G*.. April 13. A portion of (be lktnocratir party of Miller county uu*t in the Court House of said coaniy to day, for the purpose of appointing delegate* to the Gubernatorial Convention. On motion of 8 W Parker, the Hon. Isaac Hush was called to the Chair, and Thomas 8. Floyd, requested to act as Secretary. The Chairman, in a brief manner, explained the object of the meeting. On motion, a committee of three, consisting of Win Dunn, Judge Hotts and 8 W Parker, were appointed to sc!net delegatee to said Convention. After a few moments absence, Mr. Dunn, as the chairman of -aid committee, reported the follow iug delegates, to-wit: <Jcu. G Hoy kin, Hon. Isaac Bush, Stephen W Parker. in motion of Gen. Boykin, upon the adoption of the foregoing report, tbc following were cho*cn as alternate delegate*, towit : Hon. H Hour, Wyly Bird, Esq.. and Dr. Felix G. Bitten. On motion of .1 H Sh'-flleld, Esq., the delegates were instructed to vote for Joseph E Brown, for Governor— as he I* our first and unanimous choice. tdtno*t without any parly dissension wbat £er^— twi muy of our American friend* say that they will rote for Blown against anv man in the State. On motion of Dr. D F Gunn, it is requested that the Uainbridge Argns and Lumpkin Palla dium. and the Democratic papers, that are dis posed to do so, publish the proceedings of this meeting. Ou motion of 8 W Parker, the meeting ndjonrn ©d, tine dU. ISAAC BUSH, Chairman. lioMaa S. Vlqxd, Secretary.