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POHTEH, whose long experience and acknowledged reputation an a Job Printer, are’ a sufficient guarantee that nil work entrusted to hu care will be executed with energy and faitkiain-ss We tanvenow in connection with the office a complete BOOK BINDERY. and having very recently secure*! the services of Mr.E. M. CLARK of Philadelphia, jin this branch of our business, we pledge ourselves to give the most ported satisfaction t ffiu rnanu feature of ali styles of Ledgeia. Account Books, Dockets Court Records. Steamboat and Rail Road Biank Books, Ac, We intend not to be outdone in the style and finish of our work, in either department, by any establishment South, and that We may be able to make our prices satisfactory, we have adopted the CASH SYSTEM. Jan. l.lftfcU. R. KLLTBA Os). DISSOLUTION. f pHE Copartnership of HRoOKrt dt CHAPMAN w:<- 1 dissolved on itc llh utt. by mutual cmietnt. All persons indebted to turn! firm ar<- notified to make pay ment only to Jobit W Brook*, who having purchased all notes and accounts hHuiiifiii* to the laie item. is alone authorised to use the firm now* in settlement of outstanding uustaca*. JOHN W BROOKS, * F. 8 CHAPMAN NO.TICE. HnilE undersifned hsvmg purchased the entire inier -1 estin the Drug Store of Brooks 4c Chapman, will continue the business an his individual account. At* a member of the laic film he would make Ins aeknmvl edgemeut to the generous patrons of the house, and re: specrfully solicit a continuance of their eoiilidem . end patronage JOII.N W. hit* lOKM. January 13, 18SW —dwtf. BINDING, IN ALL ITS BRANCHES substantially and elegantly kme at short notice at the TIMES OPJHCJB Columbus, da. Nov. 27—dtf. SANFORD’S LIVER INVIGORATOR NEVER DEBILITATES. IT 18 <’< IMPOUNDED ENTIRELY i'r on > u has tie. nine all established fit* t, i >1 ohlhiil hu dn itie -approved by all that . have used it, and .•* re sorted to WKll ronfi ad driiWjn all diseases tor which it w recommend *■• ed It has cured thousands wuhmilie last two years who had givc-u up lyipe of relief as numerous unsolicited certificates -n my reunion show. The dose must tw> adap aft ted to the temperament of the individual taking it and UMMi|)such quan tities as to act gviKJy on 25 the bowels last the dictates ot your s* judgno nt gdide yon in use of the LIVER Iff- w CJfiORA / OR, and it will cure f.irrr Com J 5 BILIOUS At laeAs, D YhPEfSI.H. M Ckr*r Diatrhu A VM M E R CO M fI.ALVTKI) llfiy / / HY. DROPSY. SOUR HIOMACH, Habitual COSTIPEMES&, Chat- j fP k. CHOLERA Cf>> r Morbus, CHOLERA m IffCJ.VOCMFL.Ct U LE.YCF. JAVA DICE FeomL HEAR F.S'sA CS. and may Im* t red successfully as anttninv a-y. Family ‘At ah erne. HEADACHE, (as t hommuds can teat ily ii* twenty mm u Ire, (/ M two or three Tea i/MimfmU ure token at commencement ofthe attack Alt who a or U ore , gtrintheir testimony •a its favor. ■■ MIX WATER IN THE MOUTH WITH THE IN Vteiott AT<iR, AND HWALLOW BOTH TOOETII BK PKK ONE DOLLAR PKK BOTTLE ALSO, SANFORD’S . FAMILY Chatliartic Pills, CUM POIND KB PROM Pnre Vegetable Kurm iit, nud put tip In (Jlaea Caere, Air Tight, himl tvlii kptnaiiy Climate. The FAMILY OA a th*tic Pu lw a gsn tle tint active Cathartic U wU*4 tin lm used in hi practice more. than iwcuiy years. Thaca—taalty increaaing jp ■l- ntitnd iW>m those who havetonxneedUo I*ll.l ‘ , -■■■ ellexprrsa inreganUotloir n me.ha* induced me to put thMi in the reach of ail u The proiMaauui well know that and liferent thaihartta a-ton <lirt*r*tnt portion* of. ttie liowH* The FAMILY f'A-T H A RTI T P I I.!. liaa.with due r*frece to r Hun well *-*:aMihetl tact ben • oiitpniiodeA from a m variety ofthe jmnst v<• 8< table emaeta. wlnrh me i ‘* aiikena t-verv part ®f the alimentary •anal, aud an- HI Kbodand s*(V m all f* ea where chatbarto j H needed. etirli a* lIR aAN<*IMKVT of the VJiMTOMAfdI. Ki.rari “to, PALM* in rut Q HACK AND LOIN r*. LORTIVF.NEH S, PAIN *KD Romlnemn ovlh THU WHOLE BODV. frit mHlden told, which frequently, it neglr* t*id. ‘y end in a long rouun- ot IV ver. LOM OF A PPK w TITE, a Chkkmmo Akn a ation or Uou ovkb’Jtmk lluov, ilrtrue nrtt. HBADACHE or ft wbioht in ‘tm* Hhai. all INFLAMMATORY H Diukasks WORM*, in Lb i lurch or Aaan, T Rtici batnw, a Great Purifier of the Dlood. * miduuiuydH>**M;*towhK:ii Beah iv heir,too miiuermi* to mentlon in thin arfver ttaeßurnt DOUR Ito 3 • Price 30 Cents. THE Liven INVIGORATOftand FAMILY CA THARTIC I*l LLM are retailed by Druggist* cciteraiiy and void wholesale and retail by the Trade in all the hu( town*. . I. T. W. AASFORD) M. D. t Mantifheturtr and’ Proprietor. jwelT~wi*. ,9M Mreadwav, New Yerfc. Citnmte U ccfeln Fimci ioinuus, mspn, mi i>, isyo. Hoi uin bus Enquirer” and U oasis. i raw lord am: Judge again Our neighbor probably, with the view of gis ing hie candidate, Mr. .Judge, a little help in his fruit less race after Congressional honor?, parados with evident delight, the report of a Committee, ol which Judge Crawford was a member iu IK4 t, goiog to short tlrnt ho. too, was opposed to the time and manner in which Texas was annexed to the United States. The Editor of the Enqui\rt need not have troubled huuselt to huut up these old records, fur We know that Judge Crawford stood ready atony time to furnish him with a written certificate, of all that hemigbt upon search discover. Jt is true that he, together with the w hole.national Whig party opposed it, but most for tunately for the country in his judgment, and our’# too, their opposition did not preveut the suc cess of that great Southern measure. Moreover,he •locs not hesitate to declare, that if after the light of 15 years has fallen upon that opposition he did not’ see, and frankly acknowledge the error, it w ould be the duty of this paper to join the “En quirer” in preventing hi# re-election to Congress. We will say further to our neighbor, that Judge OrawfWd fully recognises and appreciates the debt of gratitude which the South owes to the American Democracy for it a gallant battle and glorious victory over the combined forces of the Whigs and Abolitionist#, who in 1844. led their hosts in opposition to the admission of Texas in to the (Union, with her area of 2H7.000 square miles of Slow Territory. Does our neighbor or his candidate stand up to-day, and justify this suicidal policy of their party iu 1814 ? We take it for granted that they do. from the article refer red to and Mr. Judge's justification of that oppo sition. It is Impossible for us to ! calculate the valueot this great achievement of the greatest “party that over raised its banner or bared its arm in our Violence. Texas is au empire in territory, within herself -she is as largo as tho whole of France and Portugal together. She is capable of suppor ting u population and a commerce that would make her at once feared, and courted by the world. Napoleon, the present Emperor of the French with their population ami territory to hack him, makes all Europe tremble at his nod, aiui shall we not rejoice to know that more tcrWfpry upon bar South-Western border thaw is in France, has been tendered u# by the National Democracy, a a legacy to Slavery, and upon which our bravo men may one day .'•taint, and won without w, defy j tbe hordes of Clack Republican* from Arortook to ’ Pujci's Sound. Our faith in the once lone Hlar i* , great far, far away from the seat of Federal ; power, she looks out there fur help she lie.-* ] way out u|rju the Gulf of Mexico, and extending ! high up in the mountain regions, she can well support ami arm a hardy race of men to fight her ; battles, and guard her h<*nyr for her. She’s once , been independent, site wonhor liberties from her oppressor by the sword, and when the day shal 1 come thit her rights or her honor are invaded l*v j a fanatical North, she will draw that .-word again j ) and rally, “From the depths of grove and glen” •‘Ranks of lion hearted men” “To battle to the death.” An*! shall we of the South slaveholding men —still snarl and snap at this uur Southern ally- j who brings to us so much of hope and promise in the future? From the day of her admission, to the present hour, ;■■be has stood by her Southern sisters, in defending that institution which is part j and parcel of the very web and w*f of our ox istenoe. And we do know that he, whom it will give ts pleasure to sustain, in the coming Con- ‘ gregional cauvuss, feels profoundly thankful to th- great Democracy for the patriotic service j which it rendered to his section, in bringing safe ; ly into the American Union, the great alavehohl iug State of Texas, stretching a she does for the i space of 800 mites into the far west, and for 7flo ftiifes from the Gulf ofMexicn towards the north- ; ern snow?, covering an area of more than throe ! times the extent of all the New States, j We regret to believe that there- lives, even uno man fan the whole South who cannot see and ap preeiatw the great service rendered his native land | by American Democracy. Y et it is so, and wo are J paily pained to witness the efforts of place hun ters, demagogues and others, to break up and do ! •troy the only party which has either the will or the power to protect us iu the enjoyment of our ! rights. Had it not been for this party we should ; uow have been laboring under the curse of a great National Rank, with all its ruinous consequences; i we should have had the proceeds of tin* sales of ; the public lands distributed among the states, and j its necessary consequence, tronoroas and high j protective tariff crushing as to the very earth : we j should have had a limitation of the Presidents Btefo it j win us, in our weak and helpless condition , in the Federal Inion, where Black Republican bun j haw almost unlimited sway : we would have been : limited in our boundary to the Sabine instead of j the Rio Grande and the Pacific ; we should have had the Wiliuot Proviso upon all the Territories > of the Union ; aiid, iu short.wo would have been ; in tho hands of Uredy, Chase, Wade, and Did j dings. But above all, around us atlouhe, ami in i ex'ery gale that sweeps from the North we bear | the same startling ery of “down with the Dctu- | ncracy.” .Seward proclaims in New Y'ork thut j the party shall he permanently diwlodgcd frt.in ; power as the first groat duty of the *,oppo - sitioo.” All Blisek KspubUeandoru shouts “down with the alavehidding Democracy.” Stranger stilt, this war cry crosses the Potomac, and Messrs. Rives and Botte declare, “the first thing te be done is to get rid of the Democracy and the latter says, that “the Democratic party in now routed, its lines broken, its forces scattered. Will the iirfitiLlicuH party unite with us in forming a patriotic “Holy Alliance,” ok terms involving no sacrifice of principle to any parly, that we way meet them at Waterloo in 1860, and eslirfwie them furor it.’* In our own state, wc see and bear th same thing ; we mtc willing to unite with ail men ..North, South, East and West, to put down Dem ocracy, the legions who went to battle under the lead of “!iam” buve been disbanded by orders from Load quarters, and they, two, are told that “to hurl this party from flower ir. now the highest duty of every good citizen.” Thus we sea these enemies of the Constitution and slavery at tfco north called upon to firm a “Holy Alliance “with .Southern men, extirpate the Democracy forever, and seixe upon the Government. YVith anxiety for the country we have watched this gathering of all tbo enemies of ihe Democracy together for the great battle of 180 U. Let the old Democrat ic party organise its forces for the cowing conflict: let us, on which side soever we fluty look, see them flocking to their time honored banner, covered as it is with tin: dust and smoke of battle fields wade glorious fay a thousand victories |a<*hieved over this same enemy. Let no man hope to And secu rity for his rights, or safety for his country, ex cept with those who bave ever maintained both. With tb American Democracy al*w rests the hope of the friends of free government thougbout the earth 5 let us sec then the old veterans of the party corning together ; let us see the young men; lot us see all the friends of the constitution come, let us sue them couio ‘'like the waves of the sea when navies are stranded,” and let them rally nronnd that ancient banner, and bear it in glorious triumph against the combined forces of the pro posed “Holy Alliance.” .fM” Rather go to bed supperless than rise in debt. THE UNION OF THE STATES, AMI THE SBYERBI6NTY OF THE STATES. r -—-r-rry—yg- irHr r • M —— loirs spoitileim- between (’ B. Mo ward amt s N • Jott.s. I Mon SpiiiN. s, July Bth, 1859. I Messrs Owens A Smith, . Ueutlewen: During the last few week*', several communications huvu appeared iu tho I columns ofyour paper, seriously impugning tho I personal character, and integrity of Maj. John | U Howard. Circumstances, apparent iu thera ; selves, have prevented mo from giving earlier at i tentiou to this matter, but 1 have now to demand* i that you will furnish me with the names of tho i author or authors of the article# sigued ‘SAmtit#” i and “Serubb,” iu order that 1 may hold them to i a personal or legal responsibility, us 1 may here ; alter determine. Your immediate attention to I this request will greatly oblige, Your respectful aud obt serv’t C. B. HOWARD. Gazette Ofvicb, July 6th,’59. J Mr. U. B. Howard, In reply to your communication of the Bth, | demanding the author of articles published over j the signature# of “Junius*’ und “.Serubb,” I here | reply, that the articles were handed to me by Mr. | S. X. Joiies, of this place. Respectfully, OWENS A SMITH. ■- Union Sviungs, Ax.a., July Bth, 1859. I S. N. Jones, Esq.. | Sir: In answer to a demand from myself ! upon the Editors of the Union Springs Gazette | tor the names of the authors of article# signed | and “.SWnAA,” which article# were pub ! lisbcd in the Gazette, and contained language | and charge# derogatory to the personal and >f- I ticial diameter and integrity of my father, Maj. | John 11. Howard, I have been furnished with your name. As my right to do so will u.d be | questioned, I proceed to request that you make a | lull and explicit retraction of all language and | charges against the personal and official charao | ter and integrity ot Miy. Howard, embraced in ’ the several articles sigued “Jmius” ami the one This note will he handed you by jny friend, Mr. Lauiar. Hoping to hear from you at your . earliest convenience, l am Very respectfully, yourobH snrv't l\ B. HOWARD. Union Spuinuh, July Bth, ’ill. C. Cary. Esq., Dear .'■dr: 1 learn that you have asked tor the author of the “Junius” papers and “Scritbb,” published in the columns of the “Springs Gaxette” and the Editors have given you my mime as the author. I will suy, -ir, that some weeks since, I was engaged to write a series of articles against the President of the Mobile and Girard Railroad, by men of the first respectability in our communi ty. Without any feeling of a personal character, 1 undertook that duty, and believe that so far as the private character oi Ihe President is concern ed, l waii ever watchful of his honor, us will heat* tested by the tenor of those letters. As for his official acts, l lelt that it was public properly,and had a right to scrutinize his diameter in that particular. 1 avoided an issue with the Presi dent, uinl at the time and now, disclaim the pa ternity of the questions propounded over the sig nature “Bcrubb.” The authors arc responsible men, and have requested me to give you their mimes when requested. 1 must say, iu conclusion, that I have never in tended to assail, iu any way or manner, the per bouol character of the President I am, very respectfully, S, N. JONES. Union Spkinus, .Ala., July Bth, ’59. ri. N. Jones, Esq., Dear Sir lam this moment iu receipt of a note from you by hand of your brother. You are misinformed us to my haviug demanded the name of the author of “Junius” and “Scruhb,” and 1 would take occasion further to say, that I am in no manner connected with the affair, and nm therefore, at a tos o know why you should sec proper to address mo upon the subject. Very respectfully, yourob’t sc-rv’t ( HAH. CARY. Union .Suiiinub, July Bth, 1859. Mr. Charles Cary, Dear Sir: The note I addressed yoh a few momenta since, wax Intended for Mr. C. ft. How ard, and should lihvo been so directed. I am at uiy office, and will take pleasure in receiving him and bis friends here. With much respect, S. N. JONES. Union Si-uinob, July Bth, 1859. Mr, S. N. Jones, Dear Sir: Notes intended for Mr. Howard, should lie addressed to him, and not to me for him. Ami I simply repeat that 1 have no con nection with the affair. Very respectfully, your ob’t serv’t, C. W. CARY. Union Simunuh, July Bth, ’59. | Mr. C. ft. Howard, ,-n*r: - in reply to your note of to-day, 1 will j say, that l wrote several communications over ! the signature of “Junius” reflecting upon the J official conduct of the President of Mobile and i Girard Railroad, hut with no intention whatever I of assailing his private and personal character. I ! regret that you should have placed any j construction upon them. The author of “Scruhb” to here, and stands prepared to respond, when : you oall for him : as tor myself, 1 disclaim its an : thent.icity. I have scrutinized your father’s I ojth ial conduct, believing it was public property ! and open for investigation. If you will, however, ! refer me loone charge which reflects upon his in- I tegrity or [lersoual standing, 1 am always ready to make the amend. 1 shall be happy to meet I you at uiy office, and arrange any uitouuderstaud ! ing upon this issue. • lam very respectfully, S. N. JON EH. I P, S.—Mr. Bonds will deliver this note to you. S. N. J. Union Simusoh, Ala., July Bth, ’59. i S. N. Jones, Esq., sir: lam in receipt of your note of this ! date, by hum! of your friend, Mr. Bond, in which you acknowledge yourself the author of the ar ticles signed “,/iowws.” Y our disclaimer of any intention to reflect upon the private character of j Mgjor Howard, to sufficient, so far as it goes ; but j you will permittee to suggest, that attacks, such ! os wore contained in the articles signed “Junine” upon the ojfie inl integrity of Major Howard, do not require u “fart ed cnnetructivii” seriously to ; involve his private character. T am, therefore, <-oiiipllcd to repeat my former request, viz: 1 that you make a full retraction of all language contained in the articles signed “Jwwim*” caleula j tod to reflect upon ihe mtsigrity of his “ uj/ivial 1 artu,” He well as of his private character. Your disclaimer of the authorship of the ar ticle signed “ Serttbb ,” does not relieve you of the ! responsibility that attached to its publication, I since 1 am iu possession f written authority from j the Editors of the Gazette, which warrants me in ; holding you to (lie same accountability hh if you hud avowed and assumed Its authorship. And ! in pursuance of this authority, 1 am forced to re quest also that you disavow any intention of reflect j ing either Upon the private or official integrity of , Muj. (toward, by assuming the responsibility of j its publication. Tn conclusion, I would remind ; you that the etiquette of matters of this kind, ! precludes the possibility of my meeting you at your office or elsewhere for explanations, at this stage of the proceedings. My friend, Mr. Lamar ! who hears this note, is fully empowered to rep re j sent rno iu every respect. As the correspondence ! between us has been somewhat delayed, you will pardon me for again urging that you use your ! earliest Convenience to reply. I am, very respectfully, Y our obedient servant, C. B. HOWARD. Uzion Bprinoz, July Htb, 1859. Mr. C. ft. Howard. Sim : Your tavur in at hand, in which you say that you are in possession of the Editor’s written statement that 1 am the author of the publication of “8< ruldi.” 1 admit that it was bunded to the Editors by myself, but it was with the known un derstanding, with its author, that 1 had nothing to do with its consequences. The author of those interrogatories begs the privilege of enclosing his acknowledgment, which you will here find, and therefore release me from any connection with them. I regret that you )H>rsisttn asking a retraction of charge* acamst Maj. Howard's official stand ing and 'fWn., in the communications of “Ju nius,” for 1 respectfully asked yon to refer me to the specific offensive eburge or charges, and you decline, if you intimate by this, that I have no right to investigate his ojflenal dealing** without obarging him with a dear want of ojfkial inuyri- COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY, JULY 18, 1859. I most respectfully differ with you in opinion of our rights. Trusting that this note will be satisfactory from qp r d<- l*nc further comment at present. The iau ‘Lents 1 hnvy made is dono with’ the utmost iy.;pctt tor \ .cv n ♦hr u-n of Maj. Howard. Very K* .-j c. tfallv, ‘ S. N. JONES. I MON Spuing*, July 8, 1859. S. X. Jones. Esq - I am in receipt of your nolo of this inst., alluding to tho questions 1 handed you, which wore published over the signature of Serubb. You may use this notea# you see prop er. A’our# in bn#to. S. j! FOSTER. Union Springs, July 8, 1859. S. N. Jones, Esq.,—Sir: A our last note handed by your friend, Mr. Bond, is wholly unsatisfacto ry, aud as 1 can see nothing in its spirit or language, which could induce mo to hope that a correspondence continued at this point would lend to a satisfactory conclusion, 1 am compelled to adopt the only course loft me. which is to re quest that you designate an early day and a place beyond the limits of the States of Alabama aud Georgia, where we may bring this matter to a more definite conclusit n. 1 would fed obliged by an immediate reply. Very respectfully, your obedient serv’t. C. 11. HOWARD. Union Springs, Ala., July 8, 1859. Messrs. 0. IJ. A J. Howard, I’ieseiit: Gentlemen. Having learned that a difficulty of an unpleasant nature ha# arisen between your selves and two of our townsmen, wo take the lib erty to request that the correspondence on both sides bo suspended, and thill the matters at issue be referred t<< mutual friends for arbitrament, hoping that an amicable adjustment may bo ef fected. Respectfully, W. 11. WAUGH, RIGHT) 11. POWELL. Unio* Spuings, Julv 8, 14559. Messrs. \V. H. Waugh aud Richard H. Powcll- Gentleuien: We arc in receipt of your note of thii date, requesting that the correspondence now ponding bet ween ourselves and two of your fel low townsmen be suspended, and tho subject mat ter of dispute referred to arbitration. We are deeply sensible of the motive which has prompted this action on your part, and regret that in tho present state of the ease, wo are unable to comply With your request. With great respect, we arc your very humble servants. C. It. HOWARD, JOHN HOWARD. At this point the friends of Mr. Jones request ed a personal interview with Mr. Lamar,’ which was granted, and after some discussion it was agreed to suspend the mutter until the following day, when both the parties should have the lib erty of selecting an equal number of friends to to whom the questions at issue should be submit ted, fur conditional arbitrution. i. c. that either party should hu vo ihe privilege of accepting or refusing the award of the committee. In accordance with this understanding, Mr. Jones selected on the following duv Mr. Slaugh ter and Mr. Butterfield; on the part of Mr. How ard, Mr. Waugh and Mr. Giteliot were chosen and Mr. Powell added to the committee by the cou sent of both parties. After considerable deliber ation, the following adjustment was offered and accepted: We, the referees, chosen by Messrs. Howard .t Jones, after having carefully reviewed the letters of “Junius,” recommend that Mr. Seaborn N. Jones disavow all intention to reflect upon the i private character or offic.iul integrity of Major John 11. itowiml, and, inasmuch ;is there are portionsof thune communications liable to be so construed as to reflect, in an objectionable way, upon the private character and official integrity of Major John 11. Howard, that he retract the offensive part of those articles. We also recommend, that. Mr. C. ft. Hi.ward accept the following disavowal and retraction, as a sufficient eatisDaction. Signed. W. 11. WAUGH. JAS. E. U A CHET. M. 151 TTKRFI ELD. II IL SLAUGHTER. RICHARD 11. POWELL. Ami we further recommend that the said Jones disavow all intention and desire to reflect, upon the private character or official integrity of Mu jor John 11. Howard, in the article Signed ‘Scruhb” published in connection with one oflho articles Sighed “Junius,” iu the Union Springs Gazette, his connection with that article having been -entirely accidental. Signed. W. 11 WAUGH. JAS. E. G A CHET, M BUTTERFIELD. 11. ft SLAUGHTER. RICHARD 11. POWELL. Thereby give ray assent to the within docu ment, and the recommendation of the referees therein contained. [Signed] S. N. JONES. A the friend of Mr. C. ft. Howard, I accept the within award of the committee, as assented to by Mr. S. N. Jones, as satisfactory. (Signed] A, R. LAMAR (orrcN pon dime bet wmi John 110 want units J Foster . Union Springs, Ala. July 9, 1859. S. J. Foster, M. I>. Dear Sir: 1 have learn ed through the medium of a note addressed by yourself to S. N. Jones, Esq., that you consider yourself responsible for the publication of all ar ticle in the “Union Springs Gazette” signed “Scruhb.” That article 1 consider offensive to myself, for though couched in the language and form of in terrogatories, it contains churges which involve the official integrity and personal character of my Father,Major John 11. Howard. My own feelings, and my ideas of duty point me to the only proper course to pursue, which is to request that you disavow any intention or de sire by the publication of said article to reflect ei ther upon the private character or the official in tegrity of Major Howard, i have the honor tube Very respectfully, your obedient serv’t, JOHN HOWARD. Union Belli nos, July 9, 1869. Mr. John Howard, Sir: I am in receipt of your note of this inst. 1 contend that the inier rogatoyi r you allude to, were addressed to Maj. J. 11. Howard, and that you have no right, to de mand of me an explanation; but. m I aui not posted as to the etiquette of the code, if you will satisfy me that you have a right, t will then re ply to your note. Yours Resp’t’ly, B. J. FOSTER. Union Spuinoh, July 9, 1859. H. J. Foster, M. I>. Sir: Your note has been handed to me in which you deny my right to hold you to account for an attask upon iny father.— You couple this denial with nn intimation that if I satisfy you of my rigid to do so, you will then reply to the request contained in my note to you. I mu not satisfied that the etiquette: of any ci do If fully laid before you, would enlighten you as to your personal responsibility, tor |1 am una ble to determine whether your course to attributa ble to ignorance or a desire to screen yourself from the consequences of your own acts; and I am notaware of any arguments, written or unwrit ten, to which i can refer you. I can only say, sir, that I have never before known the right, of anon to defend the reputation of his father ques tioned, and in conclusion,! may he allowed to express my mortification that you, who are gen erally considered alive to all honorable and gen tlemanly instincts, have so completely refuted the opinion entertained of you, by exhibiting a dis position quick to strike hut slow to defend. Very Respectfully, JOHN HOWARD. The above is the correspondence between Dr. Foster and myself. Comment is unnecessary; but 1 tauy be pardoned for adding, thut when a you 10/ man like Dr. sterling J. Foster, auony tnuuely assails the character of a gentleman of my father's age, and denies that tho son has a right to demand of him an explanation, he dem onstrates that, he is a “Scrub” indeed, and volun tarily assumes a position beneath the notice of honorable men. JOHN HOWARD. UOMMKXCEMKNT AT ATHENS. The Athens pa per# Furnish tho following programme of the up prouohing commencement exercises of tho Uni versity of Georgia : Sunday, July 31st Commencement Herman, by Pres. Church. Monday, August Ist, A. M. Annual meeting of Board of Trustees. Monday, August Ist, P. M. Sophomore Prize Declamation. Tuesday, August 2d, A. M. —Junior exhibition, und presentation of Sophomore Medals, with an address by Hon. A. 11. Stephens. Tuesday, Au gust 2d, A. M.—Addno# before the Alumni, by Col. A. A. F. Hill, of Athens. Wednesday, Au gust Bd—-Commencement. Thursday, August Ith -—Address before the Societies, by J. ft. Camming, Esq., of Augusta. A wise man will speak well of bis neighbor* love his wife, and pay for his newspaper. OOLUMRIS, WEDNESDAY JULY 13, 18,19. To Correspondent#. We have received a well-written communica tion from a friend in Talbotton, giving an account of the oomirn neement exercises at Le Vert Female College in that place, which, by reason of it# length and because it would be wanting in inter est to the majority ol our readers, wo must de cline to publish. Apropos hereto, wo will state, what must bo apparent to every one, that the small space in our paper nlloted to news and sub jects of general interest cannot he absorbed by communications purely local in their aims aud references without involving material detriment to our interests. When, therefore, we are com pelledto discard such communication*, our friends will not imagine that any disrespect is intended. If admitted, not one reader in a hundred would ever wade beyond the caption, and this fact should counsel them to curtail or condense their lucubra tions. From all portion# of the country wo are always glad to receive information upon matters of general concern, but this, in order to he read, must he conveyed in simple style and under the belief by tho writer that men who road have something else to do. DlscuMtlon at -sniem. We have. learned front a friend, who was pres ent, that Messrs. Cloptou and Judge mot, in dis cussion, ut A SaloiUfcßussell 00,, yesterday. Our in formant was also a witness to the tilt in Girard, last Saturday, and reports Clopton’a triumph even greater at Salem titan on tho former occa sion. This staggered our Otodulity, from the in herent impossibility of the case. There is such a thing, wo are told, as “out-Horodiug Herod,” hut to make a more complete demolition of au antagonist than Mr. Judge received from “little Davy” at Girard, wo had considered an impossi ble achievement. Mr. Clapton continue# in lino health, voice and spirit, Mr. Judge suffered a little trout indisposi tion at Salem, llis fifteen minutes for reply wore occupied by Mr. Ben. Baker, who is so ac customed to being victimized that he met his fat© with, apparently, much good nature. It was on tho same field that he received a year or two since a notorious Hogging at tile hands of tho redoubt - able Yancey, aud perhaps, the glmst of that ea tastrophe frightened and embarrassed him. Tho Democracy of tho Third District are iu tine feath er and,unless they weary in their efforts,they will repent a lesson to Mr. Judge which may have tho effect to moderate his aspiration# to a conven ient and proper standard. ben. Reiliutie's Letter. Having published last week, the letter of N. L. Howard, Esq., to lien. Belhuuo, we do not feel at liberty to decline the request to publish tho reply of tho latter, though our satisfaction iu this com • pliancc would have been greatly enhanced had ourfrieud of the (.turner Stone though! proper to have diminished his draft upon our space. Marlon Count) At. a meeting of tho American party of Marion county, hold on the sth iust., the following person# were appointed delegate# to the Gubernatorial and Congressional Conventions : To Gubernatorial Convention : Dr James F Brown, Cyrus W Russ, E M Butt, Mark II Blandlord, G O Davis, John T Chiunhlasa, Isaac T Robinson. To Congressional Convention: Samuel II Crawford, William JVI Brown, B B Hinton, Reuben Bridges, H L MeGehee, Joel Dodson, With authority to till vacancies. S R NUTT, Chairman. (I to. W. Ale Duff it, Secretary. Mitchell branleil tt Nett Trial Cit aif i. kston, J une 11th. In the case of Fran cis Mitchell, a porter on hoard the steamship Marion, charged with aiding a slave to run away, Judge Withers to day fined Thomas M. iiume five hundred dollars, and C. E. Kamilaux, Depu ty sheriff, one hundred, for contempt of Court— the former for conversing with a juror who was connected with the virdict in this ease ; and tho latter for permitting it. Mitchell was granted anew trial. To the Mon. .Nicholas L Howard Dkak Junoi:: —l find in the Columbus Enqui rer of yesterday mornmg, your communication addressed to mu, the purpose of which seoms to he to defend yourself against what you assume to be an attack upon your integrity. 1 think it is tube regretted that the discussion of measures and principles connected with public interests, must necessarily he construed into a personal at tack upon those who advocate them. 1 trust that 1 have too high an appreciation of what belongs to the dignity and the purity of the press, und too high a regard tor the rights of my fellow citizens, to use the power id’ the one tor a wanton attack upon the other. It is not my cus tom to write or speak for the purpose of wound ing, und it is my habit, in wilting of things af fecting men in any manner, to weigh my words. At the outset of this discussion, 1 thought I had entered a disclaimer sufficiently explicit to satisfy you and all others that 1 bad no purpose to im peach your integrity. In my first remarks upon the subject, 1 said : “ We have made these remarks for the purpose of bringing before the public a very great evil— thut of the carelessness and indifference with which honest, upright and intelligent men deal with the rights id’ wbat they lire in the habit of oou-ddering unimportant classes of men. Wo have done it in connection with the names of Messrs. Howard and Colquitt, because we consid er them honest, wdl meaning and intelligent, and because they are sufficiently important in position to HMract more attention to it, and their names will give more importance to it than anything we could say upon the subject, simply. Here are two men, honest and intelligent, sworn to support the Constitution of the State, voting away the rights of tbeir constituents, in direct violation of the Constitution, and all because they forgot to “ honor all men.” They forgot that the most humble have rights as well as the most important and must elevated men of the country, und that their rights ought, to he us sacredly regarded by the Legislature of the country ; that iu a repub lican government the same mode oi trial ought to he secured to all. Most, of these offences are those which are committed by humble men, perhaps by mean men, by vagabonds if you choose, hut still they are men and citizens, entitled to he treated by the laws of the land like other men, but that law considers them as dogs, unworthy of the rights of trial guaranteed to citizens, but to bo brought, up before one man, to bo tried without a jury and to be condemned upon such testimony us may satisfy his ignorance or bis prejudices as to the iaw or the facts, und theu punished upon|his de - cision.” • J say now, that 1 did not intend to charge you arid Capt. Colquitt, or either of you, with inten tional wrong, with any disposition to curry favor with the rich, or to do injustice to the humble or any body else. lam sure neither of you would do deliberate intentional wrong to any living creature. I know too thekiadnees of your feel ing* and the guuerosity of your impulses, and that there are no men who would more readily extend kindness and aid to the distressed and unfortunate, but kindnezs is not always Justice. We cannot, if we would, extend personuk kind ness to all; that is a matter depending upon our own will, weuay consider some unworthy of it, and we may extend or withhold it at our own pleasure; but ail are entitled to justice, whether wo will or not—and that we can extend to all. It is our duty to he kind, we must judge when and where we shall exercise our kindness and our charity. Tho buainess of the law is to mete out equal and exact justice to all men; that it shall do so, tho humblest, poorest, meanest citizen ba the right to demand for himself. Ho much for this part of it; let uh now turn our attention to the question. The law passed by the Legislature authorized the Mayor to try, fine and imprisou tneu for selling or spir ituous liquors to a slave, for fighting, malicious mischief, and keepiug disordeny house. These offences are all indictable and punishable under the penal code of this fltate; and by the Constitu tion and the law those who are charged with any of them, are entitled to a trial by jury. Os Jhifl right they are “deprived by this law. You and Oapt Colquitt eithor voted for it or permitted it to pass without opposition. That law is a direct palpable violation of the Constitution. Why did you permit it to pass? I know that if it had presented itself to your mind as a direct violation of. the Constitution, you would not for your right right hand have vo ted for it, nor have failed to raise your voieo against it. I know that you are both too well versed iu the law aud the Constitution, notto know, upon a full investigation of the subject, that ii was a violation of the Constitution. To whnt then, was I to impute it that you permitted it to pass? You were sworn to support the Con ( titiiunn. ] could not say that you willfully violated that oath, for that would have been to charge you wuh gross, reeking corruption. I could not say that you were ignorant of the Con stitution and of the right# of your constituent# under it, for that would have been to charge that you were unfu for the position you oocupied. Ask yourself, then that question : divest your self of all idea that l am attacking your motives or your character—remember, that I have and do now acquit you of all intentional wrong, and that 1 have as much confidence iu your integrity of purpose and in tho purity of your motive# (when you really act from well considered motives) as I have in those of any man living, and then solve to yourself the question, “How did it happen that I permitted that law to pas# V l think you will, with me, come to tho conclu sion that l have furnished the heat possible solu tion of it, that it was under the iutiuenee of that tooling which has become so general in the coun try, that thousands of good men are influenced by it and act- upon it without being awaro of it— tho feeling that the pout, the luunhleand tho weak are entitled to less consideration by the laws of the country than the elevated, the rich, und the strong—a feeling which mauifeHt# itself in tho legislature of the country, in the decisions of the Courts, in social life ; the feeling which is making castes and classes in the country without regard to virtue and merit; which ha# demoralized und is demoralixing tho country from the highest to the lowest : which is making even the sufferer# by it feel that they are entitled to less than others ; which is producing a feeling of #lavishnes aud fear, which bows and cringes to power; which produces the disposition to purchase security mid immunity from wrong by a sacrifice of their man hood, rather than to stand up and demand it a# a right. Every day we see outrages committed by “the powers that l>” upon tho poor, tho humble uud tlie weak, without having a finding excited ; tho same outrage committed upon whnt wo choose to cull a “respectable forth our indigna tion at once. Hence tho poor ami the humble sutler, and “the respectable” escape. The law of this country ought to know nothing about “res pectability.” Sometime# it is one thing, and some times il is another ; in some places ami with sumo men tin* man who toils for his daily bread is not “respectable.” The business of tho hi wis to pru tect men's rights, and he who invades no other mans rights, who trespasses upon no man's prop ertv,*usßiiils uo man's person, no mutter how poor or humble ho may be, ought tube, iu the eye of the law as respectable ns any mini, and ought to bo under tin* shield of the law as secure from the grasp of power as the greatest umti in tho nation. Every body know# that ho is not. Might it. not have been under the influence of this general feeling, that these offences are usu ally committed ly the humble, perhaps the nean, who are not entitled to much regard or considera tion. und with whom il is not worth while to take much trouble, that you failed to attach so much importance to the law, even to consider, whether it wait constitutional or not? Von say you would submit to the adjudications *d the Courts, even against your own judgment, but that it is generally understood that “1 had determined with a fixed, unalterable purpose, in the event the decision of the Supreme Court had been adverse to me, to fall hack upon my natural rights, and take the risk of the conse qlienees of resistance, tlm legitimate fruits of which, under ffueha statffuf things, would be strites, violence and perhaps bloodshed and mur der.” 1 am afraid, when you drew this contrast be tween your course and mine, you were not in your usually amiable mood, but whatever may have been your feeling# or your purpose, it is not iu.V habit to shrink from any responsibilities or consequences which may legitimately attach to iuy principle# and actions. Xu the beginning of this controversy 1 avowed my purpose not to submit to that ordinance ; I avowed my determination to appeal to the laws of tbo land for protection, thut if they failed to give me protection. I would protect myself. In pursuance of tbto determination, I quietly sub milted to In* seized iu my own house and to be marched off to prison like a convicted felon, when 1 had committed no crime. I submitted, too, : when I knew they could nut imprison me if I choose to resist it: 1 submitted because 1 inten ded to unpeal to the law, and because 1 intended to involve nobody else, because I intended to tight it out by myself and take all the hazards and all the consequences 1 then said that whenever it was settled by the law of this lutid that for pursuing a lawful and luudahle business for the purpose of making an honest livelihood, without having violated any law oftbe land, having invaded no man’s rights, having trespassed upon no man’s property, hav ing assailed no man’s person, a citizen can be seiz ed by lawless,arbitrary and irresponsible power, be deprived, without trial by jury, of property und liberty, and subjected to the penalties of crime without even being charged with its guilt, that theu there would he established in this country a despotism as unmitigated us existsor ever didex ist upon the earth, und that I would resist, it. Such a state of things would bavo existed, if tbo Supreme Court had decided that the City Council had the right to imprison me. 1 did say that 1 would not submit to that ordi nance to save my life, l say now—-if the Supreme Court had decided such to he the law of the land, if my physical courage had not failed me, if in the hour of trial it bad proved equal to my convic tions of right and of my duty, I would have kill ed any man who had attempted to arrest me for the violation of that ordinance; and 1 would have thrown myself upon the jury of my country to determine my fate. No man rejoices more than l do that my cour age was not put to that terrible test; hut the Su preme Court has settled it as the law of this land that the violation of a city ordinance is not a crime and that, therefore the offender is not enti tled to a trial by a jury. The consequence is that a citizen may be made to sutler a felon’s pen alties without the charge of a felon’s guilt and without enjoying a felon’s privileges. Os course, if the Supreme Court had decided that the City Council had the right to imprison me the courts would have denied me the privilege of having a jury to pass upon my lights, and my title to re dress either by indictment or suit for false impris onment, and 1 should have bad no redress or pro tection hut to place myself in a condition where I should have been charged with a crime thut the jury of the country might pass upon it, and the country might he awakened to the fearful extent to which arbitrary power has gone in this country. The Legislature may by combinations and fraud divest the citizen of his rights under the forms of law. The courts may sustain them in it and may sustain irresponsible and lawless power in trampling them down, may sustain them in punishing the citizen without trial be cause he has committed no crime, may shield the wrong doer from punishment and deny re dress to the injured ; but there is yet at least a tribunal higher than the Legislature and the Court* a tribunal which iu criminal cases has the power to decide upon the law and the con stitution as well as tbo facts- a tribunal which, if it cannot give to the injured tedress for his wrongs, cun at least shield him punishment for defending his rights a tribunal which, to thut ex lent at least, has the right and the power to vindicate the rights of the oitltcn find the con stitution of the country -to that tribunal, when ever the exigency shall arise, which makes it necessary to the security of my liberty, I will ap peal, though in ho doing 1 may be driven to tlio fearful alternative of taking the Ufa of the op pressor. You understand now, fully and clearly, wlmt 1 meant by saying that I would not sui iuit even to tho decision of the Supreme Court. You close by warning ina that 1 have before me in my Congressional race “a long, hard and stumpy road to travel,” and advising me to “go forth to war against, the short comings, misman agement sud corruptions of the General Govern ment,” As to the road, it. is neither longer, harder nor stumpier than you supnosed the one I wa trav elling when I undertook to resist that ordinance. I have travelled safely through it and the coun try has sustained ine—l wanted a government which should protect me at home and around the fireside 1 have gos that, and now I shall, ns 1 always have done, without regard to party, pur sue your advice and wage an uncompromising warfare against, tbe corruptions and wrongs of the general government 5 and I hope that you and all other good men will stand by me and aid roe as the country has done in the contesttbrough which I have Just passed. Your friend, JAMES N. BITHUNE. HCOLIMBr.B, THURSDAY, JULY 14,1859 The Enquirer and Mr Crawford once more. Our neighbor makes a reply to our article of Tuesday last, and as we supposed it would, justi fies its opposition to tho annexation of Texas. We oall the attention of the country to the fact that this paper, published In a Southern State, in the midst of slaveholders, stands ready to condemn, aud actually does condemn, the admission of a slave-State, such as Texas was, and is to be, into the American Union, when we are growing rela tively weaker every day, and where we need all the help which Territory and men caugiveu#. We believe that the Enquirer was in favor of a limitation of the President’s Veto power, was in favor of a protective Tariff, and that it wa9 stand ing with its eves strained towards the East, look ing for tho “second coming” of a National Bank, and tho groat Nic Biddle. Well —it is refreshing —it makes one feel pleasant to see such groat faith, oven in this Whig Israel, for it now stands as n monument of the folly of its past errors, and serves, or ought to servo, as a beacon light to warn away tYouo danger and ruin, those who might otherwise walk in tho light of it# political teachings. How delightful it is to see the Eu~ quire* dressing itself up in the old clothe#..uf Henry Clay in this year of grace, 1859, and pa rading about with tho hope of rendering some service to tho country, or else of getting some one to justify the exploded theories of tiie very worst political economy ever offered t.o the coun try. Weil—a fossil remain is, after all, not disa greeable to look upon, it shows us what was in tho past, and how each politicaLstratum was formed, and what progress has boon made in American politics within tho fifth of a century past. Our neighbor says that he believed the admis sion of Texas wrong then, and culls God to wit ness that ho would not now say ’twits right, if it extended from ocean to ocean, and ombraeed all tho Territory over which our eagles spread their mighty wing#—this makes our very heart bleed , lor the lost and hopeless condition of our neigh- c bor, and tho only comfort which wo can offer him 1 which would relievo him in this hour in, that “The gates of Democratic grace \ Stand open night and day.” 1 And yet, we are afraid to indulge a hope for him, * bcoHUHo we fear ho is in the condition of a friend, who once attempted to join the church, and upon ‘ being asked if he were willing Lobe damuuJ for- ‘ ever on account of his sins, ho sa id, that “upon j that subject, ho had been very much exorcised, < and from the boat conclusion of his mind, he’d a lectio rather he damned than not.” Now, from reading the leader of our neighbor, wo awfully fear that his is the same sort of a case, and we can't hear to see *a person’ forever lost; wo there fore appeal to him iu language which he seem# t to appreciate, t “Ntop poor sinner, atop and think, fteforo you furl bur go, How can you sport upon the brink Os everlasting woo?” Our neighbor concludes his article by saying t hat he would not support a politician who, on the Texas question, joined tho victors to the tune of “the devil lake the hindmost.” Our opinion is,’ that ho ought not to do it, because we doth af firm, and yea verily, believe, that he would he tho very “identical” that would be overtaken by that individual. Having no disposition to see this done, wo, in conclusion say, that our neighbor had better make his escape whilst he has space and opportunity, and wo urge upon him tho fol lowing linen which we Lope will ho eucourag g : “Let not conscience make you linger ; Nor of fitness fondly dream, * ****** If you tarry till you're Letter, 1 iu will never come ut all.” The Third District. Alexander M. Speer, accepts the gage of battle from Thomas G. .Hardeman iu the Third Con gressional District. Both eombattanta are young men, both energetic and ardent, and each very popular with his party. This is the first race for Congressional honors ever undertaken by -eithor, and hence, the contest will, doubtless, enlist a large amouul of enthusiasm iu their several he* half. in respect to uative endowment we may ns flume that they are about equal, but in the matter of education and severe mental training, Mr. Spoer has largely the advantage of hi* compet itor. The former is a lawyer and one of the most industrious members of that laborious profession. He baa twice been chosen clerk of the House of Representatives in our State Legislature, and could have held the office as long as the Democ racy held thecuuntry. In the practice of law he has become well known throughout the Dis trict,, aud by bis tine intellect, social qualities and moral bearing, has endeared himself to the people. Ho is moreover a democrat of the pure South ern Rights stamp und will go as far as the bold est, in defending Southern institution* aud South ern honor. In this respect, he has an advantage over his opponent, whose record is not altogether unspotted. Resides, Mr. Hard* man was one of the most prominent champions of Htnta-aid to railroads, in the last Legislature, aud tho people will remember his votes and speeches upon that subject. Let the Democracy keep wide awake and summon all their energies to the conflict, aud victory is theirs. (■iiAiii.KS Si/iinkr Again.—A cotemporary, evidently un ardent admirer of the Massachu setts Senator, thus rejoices at, the happy effects produced upon his shocked system by eminent surgeons iu Europe. “VVe are pleased to learn that Hon. Charles Sumner is recovering. He is in Paris, where tie had bisspiiiul marrow taken out, scraped, soaked iu oil and replaced, bis 111 oscular membranes op erated upon, bis nerves taken out, aired and re placed, and is iu a fair way of recovery. Ho will resume bis ,Senatorial duties, he nays.” Macon, July T9.—-Tho Democratic Con volition for Ujo Third Congressional District, met in this city to-day, and organized with John M. Giles, of Houston comity, as its presiding officers. Alexander M. Hpeer, of this city was nominated by acclamation, the Congressional .Standard bearer for this District, 011 the fifth ballot. The Convention adjourned without passing any resolution*. Front the Upturn Pilot, Nomination In the Third District. Again have the Western counties in tho Dis trict, though decidedly iu the majority, boon do tented. But it is owing to tbeir own fault. If they had co-operated, after ascertaining who wan the strongest man, as it waa understood they would, they might have controlled tho nomination with out difficulty, as is shown hy the first ballot, which stood thus: Hardeman of ftihb, 20 1-2; Alexan der of Epson, la a ; Hill of Harris, <2. With a ainglo exception, the candidate has always been taken from the Eastern end oftbe District. Up son county gives a dear American majority great er than Bibb, Houston, Crawford, Mouroe, Butte, Spalding, Pike, Taylor and Talbot, and jot she has never received the nomination for Congress. Judge, or Solicitor’ The party will open its eyes, perhaps when it is too late, to the impolicy aud injustice of such 11 course. _ JUSTICE. WST Wiley P. Jones, citizen of Oowet* eo., Ga. was found senseless in the road a few miles from Xewnan. It is supposed that his mule ranaway and dashed him against a tree, at the foot of which he was found. He died on Thursday from the •ffscti of the injuries received. PEYTONH. COLQUITT, 1,.,. JAMES W. WARREN, {Mtor- Number 29. The t.rcHt Balloon Voyage. The Albany Argus gives the following account of the great balloon voyage from St. Louis to Now York: Mr. John Wise, the celebrated Aeronaut, arriv ed at Albany at eight o’clock yesterday morning. He report# that from St. Louis to Medina, Or leans county, from which the last telegraphic de spatch concerning the balloon wa# received, the voyage was highly successful, the, balloon work ing to their entire satisfaction, and justifying the hopes with which they had set out, that they would be able to reach tho sea board. At this point, however, thoy wore somewhat out of their course, and could not possibly make New York, being too far north, and therefore determined to proceed to Boston or Portland. Before taking that direction it was concluded to land at Rochester, there drop Messrs. Gager and Hyde,then proceed on their journey eastward. In carrying out this intention they dropped down gradually, aud finally struck a hurricane, per fectly frightful in its force, which hurried them along at terrific speed toward# Lake Ontario.— They wore driveif dawn to the very surface of tho water, whore tho balloon was lightened in every possible way, carried with fearful speed and violence toward# tho shore, and through a piece of woods, into which they finally managed to land. This was in llendersim township Jeffer son county. The four passengers, Messrs. Wise and La- Mountain, Mr. Gager, of Boston and Hyde, of the St. Louis Republican, were unharmed, be yond a few scratches. The balloon is considera bly damaged, but not beyond repair. Messrs* Wise and Gager came direct to Albany’ yesterday morning, and from here the latterpro eeeded to Troy and thence to Boston. Mr. Wise, left for New York in the evening on board the Knickerbocker. Mr. La Mountain remained on t-lie ground to take charge of the balloon. Mr. Hyde proceeded back homo to St.;Loui# where he propose# to write a detailed history of the voyuge The entire distance traveled was eleven bun drod and fifty miles in utuetoea hour# and fifty minutes. One of tho marked incidents of the voyage wa# an oversight which was near proving disastroua to Mr. Wise. He wits in the wicker basket, ami being overcome with fatigue laid down and fell asleep. The rest of the party were in the boat below. It being necessary to advise with him oo some point as l<> the course of the balloon, they called to Mr. Wise several times, hut received no response, Mr. Gager went to him by climbingqp the ropes, and found him breathing spasmodical ly, from the effects of the escaping gafl which was slowly suffocating him. Ho was immediate ly amused by Mr. Gager and noon recovered bin senses. Tho greatest altitude attained was two miles. Mr. Wise bus entire confidence iu the success of the undertaking, ami expresses a determination to make another experimental voyage as soon as the balloon can be repaired lie bus no doubt that a voyage can be made by her to Europe iu \ one-fourth of the time now required by steamers. Mr. Wise was the directing chief, Mr. La Mountain the ■ runout, Mr. Gager the navigator, and Mr. Hyde the historian. Threatening .taped of Our Alfulrs tilth Mexlro We have been lit vo red with u private letter, to one of our most, respected fellow-citizens, which seams to portend a speedy rupture with Mexico. The letter was written on the ;5d inst, at Minatit lan, Tehanntepcc, where the U. 8. Minister, Mr. Mr Lane, was then paying a visit to the U.B. (Jod sul, Mr. Allen, ana conveys tho intelligence that our Minister had failed to come to any proper and creditable arrangement with the Jaurer. Govern ment, as he hail tinted to obtain just satisfaction from that of Miramon ; that he felt uneasy ip his position, and considered any further attempt at a peaceful solution of the Mexican question useless; that in this sense he lmd plainly written homo to his government, as also be had notified tho gov ernment of Jaurez that if they uo not come at once to an understanding with the United States a resort must he bad to arms : and finally to sum up all, that a* no proper response was expected, war between the two countries was inevitable. Stated thus broadly and literally, by a gentle man who writer at his case, this intelligence is smneivhat startling. If. is, however, in its gener al drift and meaning in accordance with intelli gence which we receive through other and more direct, sources. Not only has our Minister, in his /eal in our uattonal interests, failed to bring the Government of Miramon to a sense of duty j but what seems, at first sight, more unaccountable, to those who do not know Mexican character, belias foiled to conje to any creditable and honorable arrangement with the party which pretends, above all others, to be the party of liberality and pro gress. We state the.-:e facts, as they come to us very directly, but not without, misgivings as to their entire accuracy, inasmuch as we are left in doubt as to whether tho vrrifer reports directly a conver sation had by himself with Mr. McLane, or only a popular version of what may have accidentally fallen from his lipa. In the meantime, however, we await, not without impatience, the arrival of the next steamer from Yura Cruz, which will ba due about the 12th inst.—A'. O. Picayune. JPDOX DotWLAA—Tbe NEXT PRESIDBNCV—- Non-Intkbvention. —It will not do for the Dem ocracy to have too many irons in the tire. We arc now engaged in an important contest in this State—-a contest which demands the united and harmonious action of the party, and the next Presidential election should, therefore, lo ignored • until after the present canvass. 80 far us we ure concerned we would never have alluded to tbe aspirants for the next Presidency but for tbo ill- timed and injudicious effort to lug the name of Stephen A. Doulaa into the present contest. A few weeks since there was an evident disposition to bolster up tha pretensions of the ambitious aspirant from Illinois ; but, since he has been abandoned, and the task of toiatiog his claims upon the party given up as a hopeless job, we shall, for the future, make no war upon him, as we certainly have no desire to assail him, since no one dares to advocate bis nomination by the Charles too Convention. * In taking leave of this subject—at least for the present—we deem it necessary to vindicate tbe “truth of history” by showing that this doctrine of non intervention never intended to deny to Congress the right and duty to protect, slavery in the Territories. Thin is anew reading to the Democratic platform. Non-intervention means nothing more uor less than this —that Congress should not legislate slavery info or out of tbe Territories —that the question of%lavery or no slavery should he decided by a Convention called to form a State Constitution. The principle of non-intervention certainly never contemplated such an absurdity us denying to Congress the du ty to enforce the right of slave-holders in the Territory*—to protect him in the enjoyment of his property. It is the idlest mockery to tell the slave -holder that he has as much right to take his slave# into the Territories as the Yankee has bis horse, hut that the Territorial Legislature, com posed of a few abolition squatters, can destroy his property. A* wo have heretofore said, the creature cannot he greater than the creator, and if Congress has no right to legislate slavery into or out. ot a Territory, tho Territory--the mere • nature of Congress—certainly has much less right. Non-Intervention had no reference to the /jrotertion of shivery. It would have been an absurdity to say that Congress could not legislate for tho protection of slavery in the Territory, whon Congress hud already legislated for itspro toetiou in the Btales. If Congress can pass a Fugitive Flave law for the purpose of protecting davery iu a soverigu Btote, tbo same body has ihe samo right to pass n law protecting the *lav° owuer iu his rights in the Territories. Mem phi* Avalanche Sew Railroad LnterprlM* We publish, by request, the nroceedings of meeting, held at Went Point, in this State, oa the 17th of June, to take into consideration the fea sibility of building a railroad from Weat Point to tlu> Alabama and Tennessee Uivero railroad.— The length of the road will be about eighty miles; add from a hastily made reoonnoisanee of the line, by Messrs. Grunt and Douglas, they report they And no difficulties in locating the line so about sixty miles of the distance, but there will bo rather heavy grades for about twenty miles. If this road is ever built, it will be an impor tant. feeder to the LaG range and West Point, and to the Georgia railroads, and certainly add to the commerce of Augusta. We refer to the proceedings, in another column, for ail the facts wo are in possession of, in relation to the proposed line. —Aiifjutta (Journtitutionalim The Hkaltii op Nkw On liars.—The New Orleans Delta, of Ist instant, after the most thor otigb investigation and enquiry states that opt a single case of yellow lever, or anything rose tub Hug it, has been known in that city this season. That paper states that the fever since 1863, whan it became epidemic, bae invariably done so before the middle of J une j and It argues that the yel low fever will not prevail them this season.