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R. ELLIS? &. CO., Proprietors. Volume XIV, vtljc Drtthi (Limes gl.< Published every morning (Sunday* exoep i.ed) at SIX DOLLARS per annum, in advavt'i . Scvcu Dollar* if not paid bo tore tho epd of year. €i)c tUccklw viimes Is Published every MONDAY UVWISQ, at Two Duliiaraper annum, strictly in ad. Alin*. Otttoe uu KBud<d|ih re, Opposite tin Poet OlHce. 4iev'iin?iidiisy ®&v\ *s-. Advefrtsnoreata of five likes and fcss in oilier tho Daily or Weekly Times, will, be inserted at ‘ 50 cents for tho first in ortion and 25 cents foroach \ subsequent insertion. AdvertismeotH execeding five litres will t> charged 10 coma per lino J r the first, and five . C Displayo f advtiscmnt§ win M. charged for ‘ the space tuey occupy* Tl*u following iwv tfio contracting rate:, change j able at pleasure. ‘WEEKLY R A This, No.oO | | | i I | | | | j f ! ftqra i 5* e. , a. !. §. 5- ‘ if ‘ 1.. : 2 st>: 400 i soi 10 00! 15 00 20 00 j 2.. j 5008 00 jll Ot* HO Off t*) fO (*’ ; Y.'.Y.l io oodS cm I Vi 00! :io ov io m 50 w ; 1 700 Do: 2 9 0". 12 00 HOO lb 0’ 25 00| jQ w 3.. 112 OOi Id W H 00- 2b 00 33 Wj 40 Ov 4 15 00 10 0 22 for 30 OO 40 One 50 0, , 6 j2O 01 <M ‘ 8.. ; $0 OOj 38 O') if> 00,‘ iO O'. ’iiO,U'-, WOO • 10A. - ‘ Executor*, and Guar'fMns, nreV’ .Rid by la* w b© ho%t ■ tirweu tiiehetus ol u-.v in .no i-.rcn ••• .... i f ; -o j io the at'urnoouu, at U* sfourtii'<uoo iih<? couu •ty in which th prpputty. •is the sale must be given in a pu'tA ga:x;fo forty j days ..previously tuAb*. <Uy A Notiu© of the sale of pors*Ajiftipr ‘^rfy 1 mu Abe given atioastwiUay: j trust be pubUsHedf rty days. * Court of Ordinary for leave to sell i dOr Na- must b-j WQ Mfc •üblishad thirty days—for InamlSslipn finm Ad ? ninistration, monthly flat taßuißrwr Diruui&uoii j from Uaardiaiuthip, forty days. . Kuloafor Fofeebsuro of Mortgage mu ‘ to f published monthly ! r ;ourmonth*—funret ibiish iug lost papers !>r tire t .eo of U;f-. e ■ - for compelling titles from Bx,c.n or AdmirA ! trators, where a bond ha* been given by tho de ceased, the full space of throe months. ding totbcee, ieg.ii requirements, unlos eta- j to //\ Id D) ’■cj'C • 3ft PRINTING- OFFICK, ffctndoiph direct, Coiumbua, Georgia RUIOUMO BY aTEAtf, We are prepared to execute, at abort uuti**, every and oseriptioa of BOOK AND tOB PHLNTINO, in unsurpassed rtyle as cheaply as oau be dona ! anywhere iu lb# South. _ I Wuffave on band a. targe variety ■■ t. <■. On TV PE and shall h*op a c,n.n&at tupply of Plain 4 Fancy Paper & lards* j Ourflwffltiwfartumingaffthis ktn-.J of—->ik, 1 with anti ii, will maka itgtoat- | ly to tlwintorMt of par-.:,, in wmtct PUS L'Eiiri, handbill*. PAiiwiLF/re, DEEDS, BONDS, DRAV RECEIPTS, BLANK NOTES, CATALOGUES), LABEI^, WAYBIXJ.S, Blanks of over* description, Ac. fiw. ALiBO, RAILROAD A STEAMBOAT BLANKS [ ixJr T“r XjH 3. €3TI. This Department is nnd-r tbr wmnageaient of Mr. D. 8. PORTER, wheee long experience and •uffliolent-fuarantee that *i irork entrusted to aw euro will be executed tkh energy nU huiaituiNgi? We have now In connection with the office a . complete BOOK BINDERY and having very, rteeuriy after, red .oo jprtrieos 1 of Mr. E. M. CLARK i hue-of PI: *delphia. > m ’ this brunch of our busmen, - ‘i. to give the most perfect satisfaction t, M uiaau- . failure of all styles Ledgers, Aeco*mt B<x4f. Court Record*, bteamhou 1 and Rail Wo i*ten4 not to be Gtttdvuo m Ur- r.ylc end i Jgiah ofoilt woik, h oither do; •Mm.*.;, t • make our prUJw satisliwtory* we havo aaopteu u | CASH SYSTEM. Jan. 1, 1*59. R WUtS A 00. j To Planters* & Farmers. joiirsr i-iGJE, Agricuituj'fti and Galina St i siwfe, COL UR BUS- AdWiVl.'rtmM. AND GABS** IMrUME.V**. , 3: mined te *Rii s*& pur tßt below the udiu! [ price*. . Fresh -Warranted Garden Seed*, j “My arrangetm”';- •■•*><’ ■' ,ow j e.i to *U all thep*oi vaneii* * -J i-h- pui#** • 1U • ■’ ! HwN at b cents pcrpnjs.r HI papM* W w eoni*. Pure Peruvian Guano. “Land Plaster, Bone I>. . F.'.id* IsianA f ; jt Hu and Mcztrajt Ouano, at Xtw York ptk®*, Tnngtot merely added. I-TOYT 7 ** • | Celebrated Snper-Phosp ate of I.:mi. lam solera t far the sate 01 m;* irriuir’ lot- ini* 1 riii. m l I'x/fltood. It ti -!•( ’ most marked success w Onitoi, l ‘ tm. Hatui >c, and Garden Crops ill *ev. ml psrts of Hll.l r<Ute. CV.Ii Bin get Pamphlets, with ruialyria'aml Htfi6a*M of its true 1 qualities* Houeyblade Hungarian Graw deed. Now isthe time to plant iliknw and highly extoil- . ed UnWi ? targe lot to Uv .it •. -o. Flower Jar*. Flower eeed, l*u *e/iit| I'tants, k.* , all at 3o percent. kH ihau *uiii tmng* 1 oukl be koujht . hereto lute. irititcu** ■• dwtl. j lif totemte ttrcWii ®imp. The Flood. St t’ir.i PttiOeein J/chiji Ai# and Vicktburg, Tli Memphis Appeal oftho 21st instant, has j the following: : W i# last week took a tripfdown to Vicksburg j i) hoard Oopt. Welton's splendid bout Victoria, ’ ad bad some opportunity of eeeiug tho effects of j j the high water along the shore. Tho sights that j “ur eves at intervals—and they were very j tr ‘ lent intorvab were of the most painful de- j ■ I’bintalions and vlHages were every- i ‘’ 1 ’ ‘ ‘Allowed, and wet and mold—the effects j and the overflow —were in and about all the hous- [ 11 -oau.'-fs themselves were either iu or over | ib.o water; when bui!l on pillars the water flow-i : ‘■ ouJ the toner.ts were prisoners with- j kitlbrdurj nit being tho only “vehicle” j t. i abroad. Houses less elevated w\*red vi. i Die universal flood was carrying doa- ; i.itl-'i,, ilceay, and too probably, disease into j “very apartment. In many instances, tiatboats • ••re ujo ,ri,i hoside such habitations, two thirds t which acre occupied by horses, hogs, cows • ‘ ‘ A portion at the rcinniudor was “led • \< r. and there lived the negroes, and ib.' re the feed ami provisions, brougnt down by * ‘"‘Hts were preserved. livery boat is bailed will) ear uoL anxiety, for news of the state ■>t iho river above. Many of the ctttr.ens show . grMt dvprea&ioUj they bore up bravely against r *•• and *f hist summer, but a secuud affliction ‘he *arnc kind, following so clusely on the heels -I ih- first, has proved too much for their oour .-i lhv irtrending Complainu are made of .lifliiuliy and privation. Tl.li however, by Do moans universally the 1 < i>e (liei are lravo bourts that hear their mis ; b.rtunes cheerfully; we beard of one of the— ••drowned om who cougratuated himself that if 1 ‘md “chicken lixins” were scarce, ho could keep lent like u bishop, having nothing to do i when lie wanted a breakfast but to let dowu a : .ni and permit a catfish to enter. At Helena the levee has successfully kept the pbtee fr< m overflow. Nappleou is also tolerably “'“'l pro tooted; the levees along both tho Missip ’ ’ and Arkansas rivers are iu good condition; i the sopcago water, however, tills tho low ground ; i- iot the place. The graveyard, more ex- { 1 ‘ u ely ieuahtod than the city itself, lies along; ; ‘ *ie bank* of the Arkansas, and between the river ; ‘•id Ute levee, the ronsequeuco is, the abodes of I . o.ad lie beiioath the flo>d, and gravstoues j . I'•.'.'.meuts peep above the flowing waters. • ( b.iko Providence the water is excluded, but ( “' pa- - looks moist and muddy. At | urg we did hot find, as was recently an- I i- l in a Western paper, that ••the whole by the rushing tide of the Miss '■•:•’ Hie ia>o old lulls on which tho city , still raise their heads proudly beyond the w.i vo,’and mirror their image in the rd- iv lide,” So high have the waters risen, r. oven in this elevated spot, that the boat* tso up “cheek hy jowP’with the houses, some of il awnings of which they have knocked down. T“At'n v- ‘tit Ja’- av.—The Loudon Times says Despite tbu proi lmmstion of our government breach of all dictates of sound policy, the . oof the European merchants has notul ■! ihem to wait upon the tkrdy steps of di -1 •'tncy. Anticipating tho ratification of the i ‘ j .y, aul oven tho dates at which commerce to “w ; ‘*rts of China and the seaboard cities of . :.i ‘iiaU bee iuo lawful, they are pouring in vieir merchandise and shipping their return ex i • We have now before us a list of exports =:••’ i. ;| ■ rt ; which h.i'i passed lietwcen the ports ; 1 h r...•!•• ‘i aC'i Nagasaki within the short space of ! i’iis, and the oahilogfto is much greater ni jO >; (ify and mom extensive in items thau we 1 “id have i xpcolod from the Japanese trade, j ‘ i a more developed state. It is yet contra 1 ‘m i.of course, But It shows what can and will ; ••••• One of the largo llong Kong bouses j h;v jdacini a ship offlOfi ton* in permanent sta- ! • ■ ‘i between China and a place on tho oast, coast 1 •hon. Tho example has not been disregar- I de.fi, and we are informed that Targe sums of mo* : ’ y Hava been already realieod by speculation in “j .v, vegetable oil, and in artich a d’ food which . ; common relish to the native* of Japan nnd to tlnw of the Ceh-silftl Empire. Moreover, A- ; f aii- going direct from Singapore with car i g,Sirait produce. It ie tjuite clear that a ‘• i lias begun for this newly promised commerce. ! The merchants will not wait.’ Ejvoio n S* v axvah.- Tho Republican hiut > !bliowing notice of the prospect for luxurious j. (?)!.' Mwkil. —Thin institution has evidently : readied a crisis. It is but one stage distant from j the .irv ittun point; and unless there is sonic im proven'!".?, and at an early day, our eitiions will be compelled to .-'end to Charleston :in<l Mew York • r their daily table supplies. We have an abuu 'iaoee m ve/etable* and sturgeon steaks, but : i.oera end*. Iho inventory of provisions for twopty ■ r:h 1 r thirty thousand people. Perhaps we j •ilould add pork, aa w have not observed a . -.ti■ “ft!iai article, We have no beef) (the ; gnat -lapln,) and no flah, or so little that it is I taken up in x few minutes by early comers, while mutton - both scarce and poor. Kven crabs and shrimps arc at a low ebb n.l regards quantity and it: flo l tide os reirnnisprice, t'auuot our tnar ) ket men make an eibirt \o do better J 1 rni.vij Whkata.vii Fnotm.—Several samples f French wheat nud flour were exhibited yes : ter.lay l-y Messrs. Foard A Rogers. There wnro fl.i- ‘-e grßoc'-of flour made at NanU, Paris and j Abbeville, whiedi were examined by millers, and ’ *'.'**'. iiieeii .'Upi rior to illy best city flour. The • f wheat are red.* from Layou and Nante, ••n l white Belgium from Antwerp. The flour, it !- ud. will pay a duty of i5 per cent., and can and for a l-c price than that made by 1 Ihe mills us this city. To import flour is a novol -1 , when the YJniied States has for years furnish •ed bread fora larg*. part of Western Sferope.— Slave Trade Immoral. ! W have heretofore condemuud the policy of Soul hern men engaging in argument to prove ei i th*rth* lave trade or slavery itself morally wrong, bccu-, -0 while, in our judgment, all such arguments *re fallacious, they weaken tho moral strength of >. > i -liMfiou at home, and furnish capital for i •luiuiuv abroad. Tho policy of importing m* r> !uvo< into the .South nay be very properly N ’i • i-d : if is a question of expediency and in ■’ -if iione, and os .such a legitimate oneforhon •’ dlfforonciMf of opinion. But when a Southern • it ncbtss that the African slave trade is mor ;v/ ■ ■ .7, :t estops all argument ou the side of fas a mural and correct institution. Thc.v sentiments, are indigitieus to M‘r: hern soil, and of course Southern deference 1 1• is i much capital gained by the enemies of the i4oiKk, The f'harh’Ston *f*rmry pubiishch the remarks •v :i t*r. t’lio ver, Northern Abolitionist, and 1 •{ it*-'i- tlicm briefly. We do the same, to show h-nr is the policy of Soul hem men fur • !‘d • . argunienU to be elaborated upon by the A ; > liio:!l***. a- is done by this man Cbeever.— trrirfirj fndcpcVflcnt Sooth. T i Finis in OcflA. — Tho r**''cnt destructive r -in tho‘ ugar plantations in Cuba, to which j j ,-<• • are two or three times alluded, it is said, { ‘••.trn*d over v district extending several miles, j - • ‘V plantations destroyed were the lta* ■ 1 1 1- i .ui, Elizalde, BefranO) San Marciol, j . - ..ii, McmironidO) Bella Eduardo, Achuri, j ami Avtui sugar plantations, and the flasuulidud afut Gleme'itiuft cuime plantation, iucluding stand* > g ‘ !)•'. tbo Ltigar houses, machinery, animals, i >i;t Ohohs.—Ti*e crops iu this section arc . oh more backward than the forwardness of tho j ■ Airing would justify one In presuming they were. | . iw u :osMant rain -., which have fallen within the two mouths, have so saturated the low Jands 1 ro “preveut tho u*aiesnary‘preparations being i nn* d..-i r planting them, and some of our planters, v, u this aov . have net even yet finished plant- I |mg their cum. Uotton is still more backward. I The coni now up looks very healthy, though 1 /mall i r Lbe fimo of year, and favorable weath -1 ’-r i ‘ a-* uiowth. (iivrdens, too, are exceedingly 1 *i. A ward.— JiainltrM't* .ir.f/MS, April 20 th. BiNwr.AU Death or a Younu LADV.-—The BaR .aAre Bun of yesterday, says : 1 A young female nuae-l Mary Ellen Iloofnngle, ; who pare its rcsido at No. IS Armistoad lane, I !ii ;r Light, SCriWt, attended the execution of the ” ’ir* Tit rl- rers in this, city on Friday the 18th i and witna&sed the spectacle from outside the ■ wit!!u Shi returned home, and tho same eve ning, white iMScHibled with tho family, oommenc . and mating strangely, ants aaying ♦tehe knew shfc , wa 0 bo hung on Friday.” would partake I of no food, nor medicine, nor oculd any bo forced j t npo: bar. Thf* eontinaed for a few days, when 1 w*i :r that she whm sinking int* the grave, i Frequently she expressed great gratification at 1 ilio thought of her dying, as she hoped by that to i— ape banging. She continual in this state of ! min i, gradually gr..>wing weaker, until yesterday j morn tog, wUqu she died. • THK UNION OFTHK STATES, AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATES. -r (OLIMUIS, TI KStm, MAI 24, 1860. Nuperlor t'oart judge Horrlll’R t barge bam filing Common schools. The Superior Court of Muscogee County began ; it* session yesterday. Judge WorrlH presiding i and Win. D. Klurn Esq., of Marion, acting a* So j licitor. Tho attorney* from a distance were j Messrs. Harney Hill, of Bibb, Elam, of Marion, ! and Reese, of Taylor. Tho charge of Judge Worrill to tho (Jrand Jury [ was well delivered ami well conceived. Thole are ! points about it worthy of being recorded. Upon I the system of common School education he said. | That ho was satisfied from a thorough invostiga- J tiou of tho sot of the Legislature, iu reference to j this subject that tho wholo plan was impractica ble and worthless. That a man by tho name of Gobb was canvass ing many portion* of tho State in advocacy of a system of Common Schools and he understood had sent a copy of hi* plan to the Ordinaries of tho several Counties iu thi* State with tho request that they would luy it before the Grand Juries at the sitting of tho Court. He (Judge Worrill) was satisfied that a system for Public Schools at tho South was impracticable. It might do at tho North, where tho population was douse. Thut in 1837, the plan of the Northern Schools was in vostigated by a Committee appointed by tho Leg islature. That s4oo,ooowas appropriated. What amount had been spent’for the purposes indicated by the Legislature, he was unable to say. A com mittee appointed by the Legislature investigated the mutter and dime to the conclusion thut none of this aiuouut ever got back to Milledgoville.— The last Legislature had appropriated SIOO,OOO to be distributed among tho several ac cording to their representative population for Common School purposes. lie recommended to ! the (iruud Jury the distribution of the amount duo ; Muscogee, together with tho poor School fund, |to educate the poor children. That” iu order to j secure a return of tho children entitled to iustrue | tion under the Poor School act, that tho Grand t Jury recommend to their Senator and Members | of tho Legislature from tins County, the passage of an act paying the Tax Receiver fora discharge of this duty—allowing him five teuts for each child reported and six or seven cents por day for each Scholar taught according to the provisions of tho act. While ho thought the Common Sohool plan impracticable and worthless, he was nevertheless tho friend of education. That intelligence among the people was the public virtue. There was a largo number ofporsons'unable to road and write in the State. According to tho census of 1850 there wore 15,- 000. This too in a State where then was a pop ulation of only 500,000 white*. (.AM HUNG —FARO-DEALING. Upon this subject the Judge was positive in having offenders brought to justice. Ho said ! that the Grand Jury had taken an oath to make I “diliymt enquiry” into those things given in his i charge. That every gambler and laro - deal er iu the city was known. The Grand Jury oould put j their finger upon every man who violated the stat i uto. lie ha.l been informed, since his arrival, that there were twenty faro banks in operation every | night iu the City. It was an easy matter to fer ret them out. If it was known to any member of tho Urand Jury that JB was a gambler, let him be sent for ami asked about A. who was also one.—- Then question A. about B. and bo on through tho list. Thus bringing indictments against every nafltn who violated the statute and requiring every one t” answer questions addressed them. In this way not a gambler or taro dealer could escape. — Ho would do bis duty, if tho Grand Jury would do theirs. Tho Judge then charged tho jury with reference to other matters. Southern Field and Flrtfdde. The first number of this paper has reached us, aud more than meets tho expectation which its prospectus warranted. Wo say this not in the way of a utcreotyped compliment, but, because, it it our real judgment based upon a minuto exami nation of its contents. The publisher, Mr. James ! Gardner, introduces the number with u neat salu- | tatory in which ho declares the leading aim of the paper to be to foster Boutliern genius, and to rid tbo South of that vassalage to Northern taste and intellect which she has so patiently and iuglori ously endured. To this end ho invites contribu tions from the pons of Southern writers in tho hope of stimulating a generous umbition iu South ern youth to outer tho hitherto almost forsaken field of letters. Mr W. W. Mann and Dr Dan iel Loo literary and agricultural Editors respec tively, present several ably written articles which give an earnest of their capacity to conduct, with credit to their already established reputation and with satisfaction *to the public, their respective de partment*. Tltemiseollaneous matter with which tho rest of tho paper is filled, is highly interest ing, and is contributed by practiced and able pens. Tho typographical appearance of the “ Field and Fireside” is superior to that of any paper which wu remember to have soon issued from tiie Southern press. Wo cordially welcome its advent and wish it a prosperous career. Baker County Meeting.—A friend writes us, that a meeting of tho Democracy bus been held iu Baker County, in this District, aud that eompli meuuiry resolutions were passed to Judge Iver son, Gov. Brown and Mr. Crawford. “That tho ; Hon. Alfred 11. Colquit presided over the meet ing and favored tho inst ruction of delegates Jet cast their votes for Mr. Crawford in the District Convention.” The King of Sardinia's Andrew to hi* Army. The following spirited addressto.hi* troops had been issued by the King of Sardinia: Soldiers. —Austria, who is increasing her ar mies ou our frontier aud threatens to invade our j territory because here liberty reigns with order— j because nut might, but concord aud affection be j tween the people aud theßovareign, here govern the State—because the groans of oppressed Italy j Her* find un echo—Austria dares to uxk us, who are only armed iu self-defence, to lay down our arms and submit to her clemency. That insulting demand received the reply it deserved. I rejected it with contempt. (Soldiers, 1 mil it to you, convinced that you will take an innull to your Kmg and your nation as an insult to yourselves. The aun<uncfinuut I make to j you is the auuounceincut of war? boldiers, to arms! You will have to face an enemy not new to j you. But it brave and disciplined you need not || the comparison, nod jrod may <puitn wWi 1 pride the battles of Coito, Pastrenga,bantu Lucia, I * omma Compagna, and even Cuslosza, where four 1 brigades alone *-trqgglod for three days aguinst five corps Warmest. ] will lead you. W have made each other's acquaintance before this, on more than one occa sion, in the heal of battle, when, fighting by the side of iuy magnanimous father, I had opportuni ty to admire your courage. I am sure that on tho field of honor and glory you will maintain, oven add to, your reputation tor bravery- You will have for companions, those intrepid Soldiers of France, conquerors in ro many noted battles, who were your brethren in-arms on the Tohernaya, and whom Napoleon ||f w ho is always to he found where there is a just cause to defend or civilisation to promote, sends genorously to our assistance in numerous battalions. March, then, confident In victory, and twine new laurels round your flag, that tri color, under Iho fold* of which the elite of the youth of Italy is collected, and which indicates to you that the task before you is tho independence of Italy— that just aud holy work will he your hattle-crv. VICTOR EMMAN UEL. Turin, April 29, OOLUMBUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY, MAY 30, 1859. CorretjhHuiencc of the Times. Albany, Ga, May 20th, 1859. if taunt. Editors : Having had occasion to visit a few counties in this section of tho State, I have endeavored to catch up the current political sen timents of tho pcoplo. I have uever observed more universal apathy on tho subject of poliliss. The great national and party questions, which are usually the topics of discussion at tho pubiio gatherings, are raroly referred to. A few Intelli gent and reading men are watching with interest tho slow developments of time; but tho great mass of the people arc suuk into an apathy, as profound as the calm of d*ath. Wealth is tho objoot of worship here, and tho pursuit of It pre dominates over all concern for religion or politics. Tho approaching conventions are, however, talk ed of, aud tho elaiius of prominent gentlcmuu freely discussed. It is generally conceded that Gov. Brown will bo tho candidate for Governor, and that it is right he should bo. Ido not believe lead that he will have any opposition. The present Represonattive from this Distriot, will bo nominated, but tliorc is more division of entiment on the aubjuotof bis nomination thau l expected to find. There is no positivo hostility to Mr. Crawford, but his talents are not though to be of that pre-eminent order which entitles him to hold tho suffrages of a district for several term* in succession. Senator Iverson is generally a favorite. His late speech, exhibiting a heart warmly attached to the. South, has made him true aud earnust friends. It is to be hoped that he is not “given over,” in tho language of Gov. Wise, “to fAs Fed eral Gods of /‘arijU llailrotuU.” He will hnvo, [ think, from this section, an undivided vote. Tho spirit and independence of your paper aro highly commended. 1 trust you will always mer it such commendations, by daring to speak the truth, lot it cut where it will. SOJOURNER. Correspondence of the Times. Ukoiujktown, Ga., May 21.* Messrs. Editors. Gkntlkmisx : I notice an omission in wri ting out the proceedings of tho Democratic mee ting hold in this place on tho 17th, as published in tho “ Times.” It should have been stated that the report of tho committee selected to suggest names as suitable delegates to the Conventions, Ac., teas unanimously adopted. It might bo prop er still to note iu your paper, this somewhat im portant fuel; if you think so, please publish, and much oblige. Yours, very respectfully, E. C.ELINGTON. Correspondence of the Times. Crops Noulh-WcMcm (teorglu Bakkk, Cos., Go., May 20th 1859. Our Corn crops look very well -much of it is from breast to head high. Some of our planters are now “laying it by.” Unless the season prove very unfavorable wo shall make an abundance of the staff of life. Cotton does not look so well. It is covered with lice aud where fields are chopped out, it is feared tho t* stand” will be injured. We have them to some extent every year, but they have never yet, damaged us seriously. Wo have more to fear from the wars in Europe? The Oats are used up with file rust. T shall not be able to savo the seed I planted. I have already opened my fields to tho stock. PLANTER. From Washington. Washington, May 19. Thu first instalment, $100,090 of the debt, as ascertained aud adjusted in the treaty recently concluded by Minister Reed with the Chinese government, and duo by it to certain American citizens, has already been received. The Administration has recently received such evidence of tho good faith of Groat Britain us to satisfy it in tho beiiel that she is sincerely dispos ed to fulfil all her engagements with this country in regard to Contrui American questions. Just previous to Count riartiges leaving Wash ington recently, he openly said, iu a conversation with two well known geulteinen of tho State of Now York, that if there should be an European war, he believed it would not be without uuibar rassmout to our commercial relations, for tho right of search would be re asserted and enforced. This remurk was made with emphusis. Tho re spectability of the purty from whom this infor mation was derived, leaves no doubt of its truth. Lieutenant Barnet bus bcon ordered to the sloop of-war John Adams, in place of Vanalstine, re signed. The President, has formally accepted an invita tion of the Trustees of tho University in North Carolina, to visit Chapel Hill at the annual com menceiuuut in June. It is expected that tho 800- retary of tho Interior, aud other friends will ac company him. The War and Money. Tho following brad but vigorous article is from the Loudon Times, of the 29th uil: Let our readers note as a fact which it may be .interesting to remember, and almost incredible to toil twenty years hence, that tins great European war iseommeuced hy three destitute, necessitous, and almost bankrupt powers. Tho last word is scarcely two harsh to apply to GoverumoutH who are asking for the loan of immense sums, hapiiy iu vain. Russia, whose Fuur and u Hall per Cent, Stock stands at 87, has lately boon inviting the British capitalist to loud her twelve millions , Frauco, whose Three per Cent, have fallen to- day to fs2t. 65c., announces a loan ol twenty millions; when aloau of much less amount had been raised witii difficulty ; and Austria’s Five per Gouts., stand at 49. These figures represent Uie financial condition to which England might he reduced af ter carryiug on with moreotung euorgy a war iu the C'rimi u, arid another in India lor ton yours, without stinting herself of any other luxury. As these throe powers cannot keep the wolf out with out bugging and borrowing, and can ‘only dis charge their old obligation* by contracting new ones, their bankruptcy is a question of tune.- But, with a perfectly empty exchequer aud a blasted credit, they set about, the costliest of all human operations ; for, happily, nothing costs so much us killing one’s fellow creatures. That this should he done oucc would boa marvel, had not the marvel been so often repeated as to he a mar vel no more. As must great battles have been fought hy armies iu a state of physical exhaustion, so most great wars have been commenced with empty treasures. It is a truth with which states men uro ou'y too tainiiliur. Wheu Prince Felix Bohwartgonburg was ap pealed to hy a deputation of merchants to oousid or the hopeless state ol Austrian credit, he observ ed that till a country was bankrupt it never kuo* tho extent of its resources: Money, he was aware, was a good thing, hut it was sometime* quite os well tq have no money at ail, though it wan not to be denied that the meusuren necessary uuder those circumstances might be burdensome to the people. It may, then be lush to assume that these three powers now rushiug into the fray will find any insurmountable difficulty in carry ing on the war. Austria may us well feed her army upon Piedmont as upon Lombardy, aud France uas always found it convenient to quar ter her soldiers on her neighbors. Then, even our own commercial exjwrienoe may have taught us that insolvency often takes reluge in extended op erations. It is natural to escape lesser liabilities by undertaking greuter ; aud the sequel *oiu* to justify tb wisdom of the process, for u discern ing public evidently thinks a greater bankruptcy less discreditable than a smalt one. To fail for /logo is ridiculous —for JtSO,IH)O, tragic aud magnificent. We do not venture to prophecy the value of French, ltussiau or Austrian stock after a seven years war; but war will always he possi ble so long a the majority of mankind look to interest rather than the security of a loan, aud are always able to flatter themselves that the worst is over, aud that this is pos(tivoly the very last addition to the debt. ptjr Letters from General Pierce say that he will probably remain uuother year abroad, in eon ■wqucuco ofthe improvement of his wife's health. 00LTMBITS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 25 1869. Hon. Win K. Sanirord. of Ala Hts Letter and Position -The (lovernorshlp Wo publish to-day the letter of Hon. Wil liam P. Samford, addressed to the Souior Edi tor of this paper, explaining his position as an independent candidate for Governor of the State of Alabama. It is in reply to a letter from us, in conjunction with many others, urging him to forego his determination to op pose Gov. Moore in the coining election, lest it might abate the enthusiastic admiration hitherto expressed for his truly noble course, place him in antagonism with his beloved par ty, and sxpose him to the humiliation of an inglorious defeat. To these objections, urged with all the can dor of n genuine friendship, Mr Samford re plies with characteristic ability and real force. 11 is solo purpose in declaring himself a candi date, is to raise the standard of u pure democ racy—to make it consist more with tho rights, privileges and honor of n free people. In pur suit of this noble aim, he proposes a policy not opposed, but auxiliary to Democratic cham pionship—not aggressive, but cluarly within the terms of the Constitution—that the South may elevuto herself in the Union, develop her strength, restore her ancient prestige, and se ure the prosperity which she is entitled to as a part of the common country. A policy that denies fellowship with all compromises—that j breaks lho*shackies of party despotism—thut | courts the instincts of true independence— | that secures the birth right of real freedom. Such a policy, the basis of which is found in the Constitution, and its pursuits in the path of honor, can be no cause of estrangement to ! the Democratic party, whose duty It is to main- ; lain tho Union upon the substantial idea of equal advantages, aud not upon tho empty theo- . ry of equal rights. Then let the Democratic press do justice to Mr. Samford, if they cannot advocate his claims to preferment and honor. Let them not chill j his warm, Southern heart, which vibrates in unison with every throb of sympathy and love for his section, and which is too stout to en- ; dure oppression and hardship. Remember that Mr. Hamford's greatest : crime is, that he loves the South, “ not wisely , j BUT TOO WELL!” [FOH TIIK TIMES. | SunkY Slope, Near Auburn, Ala.,) May 20th, 1859. j I lon. Peyton M . Colquitt, My Dear Sir :—l must beg space enough in your valuable Times, to reply publicly to a score or two of private letters wbicb I have received from valued personal and political friends, expressing that 1 should in cur the hazards of an 11 independent Southern Rights” candidacy for the Governorship of Al abama, against Governor Moore. Suggesting in no equivocal terms, the penalties of such disloyalty to ‘‘TIIE PARTY’”—interrogating me as to my definite views in taking this step, and from pure regard for me, urging mo to re view my decision, uiul withdraw my name from the canvass. It is impossible thut I should answer these numerous letters severally and fully; and ns they all relute to a subject not wholly indiliicrent to me or the public, and I can do so without any violation of confidence, through the medium of the Times, which em braces most of their autiiors in the circuit of its circulation, and reaches, besides these, cer tain of my old Georgia friends, Editors and others, who have chosen to criticise my posi tion, l ask the favor of your columns that l may explain my course, and the relations to men and parlies which it legitimately estab lishes. As to HUch of my “friends” who ufo “em barrassed” by my candidacy, I at once declare to them, that I regret that they indulge sensi bilities, which, however much l am otherwise affected by them os u man, cannot exert the least influence upon my determination. Perhaps no man has enjoyed more genial slid generous friendships than have, through the whole course of my life, gladdened my heart and illuminated iny humble path. Per haps I have deserved them. I lihvo labored to make them as agreeable and useful toothers as they huve been to me. if I claim to have been unselfish iu my personal and political re lations, my life establishes the pretension. I know that this merit does not commend me to the “cunning”—the “smart—the over “prac tical” among men, who meusure all ideas and character by success —assume selfish ends as the oh/ects of all human ambition, and count nothing success but the tinsel of station —the empty bauble of office. I have never been the abject sluve of party —the servile and creeping creature of policy. I have stood my life long upon the open field of principle, and battled for the rights of the South, beneath the fiercest suns, with no feath er in my cap to shudo u brow long ago bronzed iu the wars. Your beloved and noble father, if alive, would attest my courage, and his “ vast, un penetrable shield” would cover my head as Iqng an his gallant heart should throb with life, and ins powerful hand could wiold the battle-axe, that none over encountered and claimed a victory. 1 have now come with ail iny professions of devotion to tho South, to the Thermopylae of her fortunes in Alubama* I have come, if need he, to die as becomes a brave and true man, under the banner of Truth. We have exhausted party compromis es —humble petition* —throat* —bravado—plat- forms and resolutions. The timd Ims come for the South to act, or<be “ undone forever.” The time has come for a true and earnest Southern to feel, like Lord Byron at Missolonghi— “The land of honorable death Is here - up to the field and give Away thy breath i beck out, less often sought than found, A soldier’s grave—for thee the best; Then look around, and choose thy ground And take thy rest.” I have chosen my “ground”—l shall not withdraw from tho canvass. If every friend I have on earth falls away and 1 get not a dozen votes, I shall run through. I am a “democrat*.—in “an awkward posi tion”—“ will distruct the party”—“ will get beat,*’ suy inyc correspondents. lam neither sanguine nor solicitous us to the result, tor which I am not r ••ponaible. My position might he “ awkward” to a man who expects to live by the favor of politicians— who desires office —whose heart and brain are alike strangers to the freedom of un enfran chised manhood that glories in the attribute* of Truth and Justice, and exalts its individual conscience and hopes above the claim* and power of partyisrn. To me, thank God, it m not “awkward.” As to “the party,” I owe it no allegiance, but that which its devotion to principle may impose. I have defended irt principle*, as well as I could, against its open adversaries, and the worst enemies in its own bosom, who labor to pervert its organization to selfish ends; and who bring both it and its principles into dmepulo by using its machinery to exalt pet tifogging politicians and unscrupulous spoils men over the heads of bettor iueu. I am at alltimes'roady to enter into account with “tho party.” If it “cuts mo off,” like Shertdfcn threatened to do his son Tom,"wKh a shilling,” it will be no fault of mine, if it has no shUliug to bestow. I am 14 a democrat” in the true sense, I hope. It is not the first tiino that tho jiarfy-men of the democracy have attempted to bring me into disrepute and hush the voice of my counsel, and expostulation, hy the whispers of expe diency, and the clamors for the spoils. lam the same sort of a democrat I was when I called the first popular meeting which ever as sembled iu Georgia to denounce Martin Van Huron, and *hot down the vultures of North ern prey, which hovered over the Beuth birds of evil omen. lam the same sort of a “democrat” that I was more than a year ago, when I, first of all the men in Alabama, de nounced this treacherous and iniquitous ad ministration of James Buchanan. 1 was, on both these occasions, ‘‘out of line”—l was “out of line” when in 1850, l wrote the South ern Rights address to the people of Chambers county. Murk what I say—l am “out of line” now— but unless the Southern Rights Democracy comes up to my standard of Southern Rights action , it will soon have no power to crush even a.-rhumble a man ns 1 am. i Hut it is said, Gov. Moore is the candidate of the Democratic party, and that l am the j candidate of the opposition party. This is not true, lam the candidate of no party —l am ■ an “ Independent, SOUTH KRN RIGHTS Cun j didate.” | l have a right to be n candidate, and it is no ! violation of democratic principle or “ ri4&” ei ther, that I should be a candidate, j The “rule” of the Democratic party is that a ’ Governor may go before the people for re-elec tion Upon the strength, of hit administration , without a nomination. i This rule does not exclude another demo ; crat from opposing him. If it doe*, it is con- i i trary to the genius of our laws, and ought to bo overthrown. The democratic rule enables ! | the incumbent to insist ou the merits of his ad- j ministration to claim a second term us the ! reward of extraordinary services and states- I mansliip, and tho appeal lies to the people, I with open lists for competitors. That this was the understanding of the dem ocratic rule which prevailed in the*ate Au j burn Convention, which nominated Mr Clop- - ton, is manifest from the fact that the Conven tion refused to re-nominote Governor Moore in ‘ deference to my independent candidacy. In this District, at least, I am “in line.” The peo ple here have not taken an illegal rule uponfl their necks. Why do I call it illegal < Be cause the law provides the length of a Guber- \ liatonal term, and that at the expiration of the j two years, which constitute that term, the pro , pie shall have tho opportunity of choosing an other Governor, if they desire to do so. Hut this •• democratic rule” as it is attempted to be construed and applied to me, provides contrary to tho luw, and in derogation of democracy it self, tlml the Gubernatorial term shall last for four and not two years only. The argument is, that there is to be no dem ocratic opposition. The principle is, that there is to be no opposition <u all , for it is not to lie presumed thnt a democratic rule would open the lists to the aspirants of the opposition and i close them upon democrats. j The dcraocra-s are in the majority , and if this 1 is their rule, it is a despotic imposition of a 1 democratic rule abridging popular rights. I But the “rule” is as 1 huve claimed it to be, ! and I nin not “out of line” by becoming a can didate. There is no “ line” in the case. The j lists are free, the trumpet of the challenger has ’ sounded, and 1 venture to cuter them and make such proof of my knighthood as 1 may* and if he skulks behind a rule , he is unworthy the ranks of chivalry. But why do I accept his challenges 1 What quarrel have I with Gov. Moore I Personally, none whatever, lie is a good man. and so peaceful and patient that even the enemies of the South have no cuuso to fear him. The friends of this Frce-soil Federal Administra tion are willing to risk his pacific dispositions. Th es have no fear of exposure from him. No body apprehends that he will in any event up peal to the sovereignty of the Stale to protect the rights of tho State. He is content with the sovereignty of the democratic “party.'* As long ns it lias the spoils—what matters it, that Kansas,Cuba and Central America uro all shorn of their Southern beams and wheeled into the free-soil galaxy ? Darkling orbs of death—disunion or submission! The Federal Executive opouly and flagrant ly inlerveuus in Kansas with a party proviso , as bud us Wilmot's, and scuds his emissa ries there to muuugu Kansas through the shoals and straits into u Free*Citato, democratic port. The waves of Southern indignation beut up to the very door sill of the Executive Mansion of the Governor of Alabama. Purely we heard the tone* of defiance with which “ our Andy” as the Advertiser so touch ingly calls its pretty little pet, rebuked the pre sumption and unfairness of the Federal Chief and his myrmidons in Kansas! Did wo not hear f When Walker had done hi* dirty work and returned to hi* master in Washington with wool in his teeth —did lie allow him to he shot ? That same Walker is a* good “ a democrat” as Gov. Moore ! 80 is James JJuchanau ! That James Buchanan whose Federalism has out gone anything ever attributed to Henry Clay by the democratic party, and whose Free-soil ism cunningly coiled itself in the Lecompton basket of flowers, that it might fix its deadly fang upon the Bouth, when she came, poor •widow” us she is, to deck the funeral bier of the Constitution with the perishiug memorial* of her sorrow and her love—the frail formula lies of right* paraded on paper, which were, lor dear peace aud harmony, already decreed lobe spoiled and surrendered to her enemies in Kansas ! Free-soil Ijecomptouism —the “best and shortest way” of the Washington Union and this Administration to “make Kansu* a free State”—is the plume which dock* the hel met of this gallanf Southern Right* Adminis tration ! That scene passed, even the shad owy pretense of right, represented by Lecomp tonism and the English Bill, turned the South over to the tender mercies of the Emigrant Aid Societies, and their minions in Kansu*!* Brave word* were spoken. Conventions were threatened. A slave State, in form only had been confyromtsed buck into a free-soil ter ritory—rejected, not openly nud manfully and rightfully, it may be for good cause, but cun ningly and maliciously, because it bore the degrading budge of slavery was it rejected— not by men opposed to Lecomptonism inprtu ciple, blit opposed to the South without any principle whatever. It was manifest that slavery would be over thrown hy the territorial authorities The Le gislature of Alabama had commanded a Con vention of tfie people of Alabama; the Geor gia platform provided for and required (t, Did Gov. Moore— this man now called “the es sence of Southern Right*”—call the Conven tion ? Whs he in favor of the English Bill t Sup pose lie was. Did this justify lux failure to call the Convention f He had no discretion. He ought to havo called the Convention, laid the wholo Kansas case btsfore it, and left the pcoplt of Alabama to say whether they would submit —not to tho English Bill alone, but to the iihohtion of slavery in Kansas by a territorial legislature, which was then immi nent, and has since transpired. The creature of Congress- the territorial le gislature of Ivuusas—with no power but such as it derived from Congress, has decreed that slavery shall not exist in Kansas; that the p>o perty carried there by Southern men, under the .sanction of the Supreme Court and the pro tection of the Constitution, shall not remain there, as property. What worse is Wilmot ism or Missouri Restrictionism ? It is the same thing ns if Congress itself had abolished slavery in Kansas. And this was easily to have been foreseen ; it was immi nent, and the Legislature had authorized a convention; and yot, this Southern Rights Governor refused to call a Convention, and lull the State nnd tho South to lie quietly down under this federal abolitionism! Aud this monstrous, hydra-headed,squatter sovereiguty and federal abolitionism is to be incorporated into anew parly compromise, by which “non-intervention for protection’ ol Southern property is to prevail over the Con stitution, and we are to be left to the mercy oi unbridled Northern majorities in the territories. Kansas, so abofuioni:d, is to bo admitted into the Union, in spite of tho population festric tiou of the English Bill, and we aro ail to keep “iu line” and have harmony ‘ In the language of your eloquent Senator Toombs, 1 suy and j mean, “Let discord reign forever” first! I desire t*> have the people condemn aud 1 reprobate thi* partyism ; this spirit at contpro- | mist ; this administration, Us Federalism and j free *oilism; and this they cannot do by re- j ; electing a man who, in deference to the unity of i i parly, has not only ignored all the great South- j i ern issues, but refused even to submit the most | ! urgent of them to tho people of Alabama, al- i though commanded to do so by the Legislu 1 ture of the f-iuile; u man whose friends nuiti ber iir their ranks all the administration men j of the .State ; a man who dares not to denounce the Federalism Mid Free soili.suiol the central * ■ administration ; who will not now trust him self and hi* chances fora candidacy fur re ! election to either a Southern Rights Uonven ventioti of all thcrpeople, without distinction of parties, nor to a convention of the Southern I > Eights Democracy ! The election of a Black Republican I’resf ( dent in 1860 is not even improbable. Events ! tend strongly to such a result. When it shull , transpire, what will Gov. Moore do f Already ■ indications are not wanting that, as a party , his friends will uot be ready tor the issue. In some of their platforms they are earelul to say . they will resist if a Black Republican shall bo ! i . A II elected upon a revolutionary platform f All J that is necessary lor our enemies to do, iu of der to cut our throats with impunity, is to say it is not murder l That will staunch the gush- j ing blood, and restore lost vitality! There is springing up a doubt as to what the Black Hui publicum* mean! O! my miserable country! Wlmt would I do! Tear loose or cut loose trout the dead and infectious body, auduovor wait a j 1110 incut to breath its virus. My position is, that we need a Southern j Rights party in view of the Charleston Con vention, to help solve the party problem. We | need such a purty in view of ISGO. In any event, we need such a party iu view of the J next Congress. We need it to redeem our j professions; to resist compromises; to battle for the South in the Union while wo stay in it, and to carry us out of it if we must gather up ouf household gods and go out of it. In view of this necessity, l have deliberate ly taken a positions which repels no true Southron of any purty. I invoke my country men of the Opposition, as well as of the nom inal and real Democracy, to rally auJ uphold me in an effort to demolish a lii4D°'>> Nation alism, ou whose foul altars every true friend of the South will be sacrificed, if the perfidi ous hand o (party is m he not stayed by the will ofthe sovereign people. r have much more to say, but must not ex tend this letter, already too long. Allow me to refer to letters which i have eut to the Ad vertiser in Montgomery, and the Marion ( otn monwealth, in farther explanutiou of luy views. All the threats ol dclcttl which my enemies so vociferate, do not move me. I adopt a glorious old Saxon motto: “Victory is a doubt ful advantage, but courage a certain good !” But it is not certain that 1 si.all be deieuled. Tho eagles of this Southern w'ar may yet ex ult iu victory. The Southern Rights hosts who aru arraying themselves lor this battle, will always be proud to say, “I was at Ausler* lilz;” and whatever may be the fate of the day, their children will r*j*poud, * Vt/Ua un brave.!” * 1 give my personul fortunes not one moment of consideration. My late 1* of less moment to me thuu that of uuy other one Iriynd the South lias. 1 huve never wauled an office— l shall never want one. God give me grace to live, and hil*or, and feel only lor my coun try! “ All lor the South.” As ever, your obliged and true friend. WM. F. SAMFORD. Muiiilk and Girard.— Major John 11. How ard, tho President of tho Mubilu aud Uirurd Rail road Company, was iu Moliilo lust wouk looking ufter the interest* of hi* road, with a view to its connection with the Mobile and Great Northern Railroad ut Murder crock, smue fifty-odd mile* from Mobile. Ko say* the Montgomery Mail. The hem rul Assembly us tbr Presbyterian Church ofthe I’nltiUMates Indj ANArom*, la., May 19. The General of tho Presbyterian Church of tho Uuited State* couvcut-U this morn ing. iu the übseiioe of Dr. 800t t, of California, the lost moderator, Dr. Rice of Chicago, hy ap pointment presided, aud delivered the opeuuig sermon. Three hundred and twelve delegate* uro alrea dy present from every part of tho country There are also some Mbauvuune* for Asia and Af rica present. Rev. L. Breckenridgu, of Kentucky, wuleiocted Moderator by ucclumntion. Rev. Mr. Mann, ol N. Y., was elected temporary clerk. Feeding Rusted Oats to Cattle. - The safe ty pf allowing stock to feed on rusted oat* uml other grain having become a mooted qiumtion, and iu most in* ancos decided adversely, it may not be a mis* to give the experience ol a friend, on the subject. Ho had, last year, u hcautifulfield of oats that was taken with the runt ; feeling uu williug to lose it entirely, he turned iu hi* milch cow* and kept them there until it wu* entirely consumc-h without tho slightest unfavorable ef fect upon them. To th* contrary, they thrived and grew fat; though it is hut safe to *uy—for without it tho case might have resulted otherwise —that a lsrg# bouidor of rock-salt was kept in the lot whore the oattlu Were turned nightly, lie is su thoroughly convinced that tho rutted oat is harmless, that he isuow rspetaiug theoxperinicnt, hi* present crop being in the same condition a# that of last yoar —os, we regret to learn, is gener ally the oa*s throughout the low country, PEYTON H. COLQ.UITT, i pditora JAMES W. WARREN, \ Jwmra ■ ■■ ——r—■ I—. ■ Number 22, aCOiniKl'H, THURSDAY, MAY 2 Opposition Convention, As far as we are able to judgo from an expres sion of opinion in the American press, the oppo sition party will hold a Convention to nominate a candidate for Governor, on tho third YYodnesday in July, in Millodgcvillc. So tnoto it be. YVho will bo the viotlm ? lion. James Johnson, of this city, wo arc reliably informed, may be press ed by h(s friends to the position, and is willing to make tho sacrifice. Wo admire bravery, but rash ness is not so commendable. What objoot ha* tho opposition party in view in nomiflatiug a can didate for Governor? To keep organized? To show courage ? To Whip tho fight ? It is better for thorn not to keep ofganl/.fed, but draw into their ranks a sufficient uumbor of discontented democrats by a policy of silence during the pre sent campaign that will tell in the future. They cannot succeed by drawing tho party lines. They were badly defeated two year* ago, when Gov. Brown was comparatively unknown, and Che most cloqueut apostle of Americanism canvassed the Btato in opposition to him. How would lt“f>o in the next canvass, when the admission is fresh from the proas, that they havo no “issuu” to make with him— ho baa filled the coffers of our treasury —holms acted tho part of a good steward ? With what znl will the leader* of the American parly oppose tho claims of Gov. Brown for re election, when they aro forced to oxelaiin in the honesty of their hearts, he has douo iiis duty?— What issue will he mad* ? The Federal udminht trutiou ? It is so plain, that “he who runs may road,” that the > oplo cannot Seo the “necessity fur subordinating .State policy to niitional BsuLS, in an election for a State officer charged with the inaiiHgoment of State concern* alone?” He iius a duty to perform to the State of Georgia, over ; which lie presides. llua lie been faithful or ru- I creant to hid trust ? This In the qudktiou, and it ! is this tho people will be eaUed on to decide.— 1 What is to bo gained by the minority party in forcing a candidate before tho peopto in opposi tion to tho present Governor? Will they succeed? 1 No. Will they increase their number? No.- Will they enable county candidates to succeed? No. What will b the result? Simply an over whelming vote at the hallot-box—a thinning oat >f sorno of their boatmen—rcudering more firm 1 and solid tho ranks of tho Democratic party, and a defeat of the nominees of tho county Conven tior.s, who oppose the policy of Gov. Brown. Be fiilts, it is not for a mlubrity party to dictate terms. If tho contest is made, the American par ’ty is responsible. It ■ mid not be expected that a well orpunized majority party would not lay down their platforms and prepare their banner* ’ for *the war, when their policy was’ to keep the rank and tile in tine. Thai us long as they kept , their places and tvofe well drilled iu party discip ! line, so urn ii the greater probability of winning the fight. On the contrary, the moment the dis cipline tmeomes lax, and files wore permitted to get out of Hite, the greater danger there would be of loosing many of them by a wily enemy bid in ambush, and ready to lasso the first straggling | troop from the camp. | Then, wo say, it is to the interest of tho demo- cratio party, whose principles wb love, to encour age the Americans to havo a Convention. Pre ferring a peucufui canvuss, we have laid before them our v L-w* as to ttieir policy. It is with them jto follow it. In any event, the old democratic flag will flout iu victory over tho capital of the | btute. j Mount Vkunon.— We have seen a oirtailai, ad j dressed to a gentleman in thi3 city by Mrs. Eve, j of Augusta, Vico Itegoiil for Georgia, in reference to the above subjeot. This lady, whose genius j and patriotic efforts in the cause of honoring tho memory of tlm “Father of his country/* entitles | her to universal couuuoudaiiuu, to complete aud I render more officieut the organisation of the ! Mount Vernon Association in Georgia, desires that a branch thereof shall bo established in every county iu tho kite. Us. The first effort to prutnote this object in Muscogee county, nearly a year ago, from some cause, received but little encour agement. Wo should iuuuod be sorry to believe that the failure was the result of indifference to ilw patriotic design of the Association. Our city and county c< rtuanly contain many ladies, whose intellect, influence and energy, if emitted and ex erted, can redeem our reputation from such dis credit. Ail doubt, if any aver existed, as to the ultimate success ofthe Association, lias vanished, and it remains to be seen whether the matrons and maidens ou the Chattahoochee, arc willing to bo unrepresented in this appropriate offering of a im iou gratitude, to tho most patriotic, self-sacri ficing and purest of its sons. Correspondence of the Times. Hmnth District™ 40l A. II ktnau ts. lion Joshua Ulll. Putnam Cos., May 23d 1859. Messrs. Editors: Thu people of litis Bistriot favor rotation in of fice. Col. N. G. Poser served only one term in Congress. Mr. Joshua Hill etuceededbim, being elected hy the Americans. Now iho Americans in this section ofthe District havo resolved upon running Col. Augustus il. Kenan, of Baldwin, whether nominated or not by the District Con vention. They urge many good and satisfactory reasons for this oou rse. This portion us she dis trict has always yielded It* claims to superior num bers, in Convention, until the rank and fils begin to murmur, and heueo Col. Keuaaa independent cauitiUaoy. In tho American mooting, held in Baldwin, Sat urday, 2lst, resolution* were oflbred by 6u. 8. I’. Myrick approving the “old Republican usage in leaving an “pen and fair field to aspiring frieuds,” un tram me led hy a” District Convention’’ and emlor.dug Col. Kenan's course iu becoming a candidate. Only two voice* in opposition to die rc.selqtiouH aero heard. In fat t, with the excep tion ofthe •Southern Itecordsr , the Americans iu Baldwin, a s a majority here are for Col. Kenan. Let the democrats hold oil ? Col. Kouan is a giunt ou tlio slump —ha* bate badly treated hy the Americans iu the upper portion of thj^District, and cau whip the race. You may expect warm time* hero. The Ilecor dsr against Col. Kenan and his host of w*rui friends. Mr. Joshua Hill will be .defeated by Col. Kcnau ifhoimusU upon a party Convention The Auicrieuu* here will not abide it* action. More tuou. PUTNAM. Governor ha* appointed the following named geiiiU-uieu a Cumiaittee to attend the ex amination of the Classes in the University of Georgia, commencing Tuesday, 21st June next, lion Jieury R. Jackson, C'bwthuui C 9. Col Bolouion C'oheu, “ “ “ Yelvorton P Kiug, Greene u 11 Henry 11 Gumming, ifn bmond*’ “ Thus L Cooper, Fulton M Rev Wui Kllnn, Baldwin lion M J Wellborn, Musvugeo “ llou A A Alloa, Decatur Col Wm W Paine, TelfaUr •* ” Peter Alexander, Upson ** Bon E A N is bet, Bibb “ Wm ll liuut, Cobb Dr H V M Miller, Floyd •< Col M C M 11 am inond, Clark “ Key Dr Nathan Uuyt, “ u