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~ mmmw, rHivAi. motkssm a. w*. KOR OUVEHNOR JOSEPH E. BBOWX, or (IIKROKKK FOB COKORKBS-Jr. BISTBICT, HA KTI X J. CHI WFOB l. JMfe Iverson and Ike Kansu- Kill -A. jporrespondiuii <t the Augusta VhnmivU A Jfagism*/, with a v iow of making a point for lb* Opposition party, and aid in lb etection of A H. Wright, Ksq.,for OMflWt.llfK “Judge Iverson, In hi* speech l Griffin. re K dinted and denounced both Douglas nnd *h insas bill, for the reasou, that they are ono and the aaina in principle.” • Iverson did no such thing, fie be# never repudiated the Kansas bill. He *t*d* with a va#t majority of the Southern democracy Ik denouncing Judge Douglas’ false construction of that measure. Mr. Too*be Ml—elf w|*ed Judge Douglas for hi* desertion of the laseoinp ton Mil In a speech which won for him the proud diet!notion of haring “Kiu.au cock-hobiw !” Judge Irareon has no urnre npnfidence in Mr. Douglas new, than be had then. Mr. Toomb* ha* relented, and, we presume, will receive Mr. Deagla* to hie bosom. This Is the difference he tween the two Senators. Upon the cardinal doe trines of the democratic party, they eland hand in hand. Commuoieated. Dick Timks ‘The Opposition party in this •eelion are quite exultant at the idea of being abte to defeat the democratic nominee for Con gress in this district. With Mr. Maroellus Doug lass as their standard-hearer, they are moving “Heaven and earth” to accomplish this result.— Mr. Douglass is a very clever young gentleman, with fair talent# and a good share of energy nnd pereevereooe of character, as well as bitterness of fooling toward* the democratic party. Indeed Ms animosity to the democratic parly is little abort of hatred. This feature in Mr. Douglas* character, donht greatly commended him t* hie party friends, and contributed to some extent, at lean, to hi* euoeees in the nominating Conven tiep. To make a damenstration in favor If Mr Douglass, (I presume) flamiag hand hill* were igued a few day a ago, headed, “Free Barbecue’ to betyven at Cutbbert, on Monday, tb>- 29th iltet, to those opposed to “the present corrupt administration (not a* it is cualomury “to nil person* without distinction of party,” > und to give eclat to their proceeding*, it was ostentatiously announced, that the Hon. “W. Akin,” nnd other dialingiiof the Opposition party, would honor the meeting with their presence, and discourse Word* of consolation to their drooping spirit*, and discuss the political topics us the day : Which, ae oeara* I can understand their prlmi pies, means opposition, as their natncsigniii<uint ly Import l , to th* Demo< rath- party, that party which has wver stood true to the South uud her peculiar instilutionlfy the way, Mr. Kditor, who Is this Hon. IV. Akin, whose name is foisted by the Opposition, as thoir cimdiduto for Gubar notorial honors ? I uAer heard of him, mid I mature to assert, that not ono man in hundred throughout the State, ever did, until his name was snnouncod as the opposition oandidate for Governor by the Atlanta Convention. Wu# be the only gentleman whose name the Opposition party could uae to run agaiust honest Joe Bfown. ‘ the people’s candidate, for Governor? I could not consistently with my fWlings, at tend the Free Barbecue at t'uthbert on Monday, 2Vth Inst., but I doubt not the Opposition effected to have a glorious jollification. The invitation issued by the leaders of that party, was too aollieb and limited in it* terms, to embrace any hut those who were oppose! to “the present corrupt administration,” consequently, many of the “Utt terrifled Democracy” were kept from participat ing in their festivities, and left them alone in their glory toonjoy among themselves their own pow-wow, as beat they could. The Opposition, I am informed, proudly nnd defiantly boast of their ability to carry Olay county by a clear majority of fifty in favor of Mr. Douglass, but the vote on the Ist Monday in Oct. next, will cause them to change their tuno. I think Ur table* will be I%v creed, and the Hon. M. J. Crawford will carry (.'lay, I predict, by a handsome majority. Mark the prediction, Mr Kditor, and confidently look for Clay county to redeem herself, and once more be enrolled as n Democratic county—the friends of Judge Craw ford do not entertain a doubt of his succens in day ; indeed, if every county in the Oongresston al district was as sanguine of success as Clay county, the election of Judge Crawford would uot he considered ae problematical. It would he it settled, Axed fact. The Democracy of Clay have —var been more harmonious in fooling nud sentiment, than they are at lha present. They are united in a solid phalanx, and will poll their frill strength on the election day in October, and 1 assure you the result will be terribly appaliug to the Opposition. Many of the “wool hat boys” who sometimes, from prejudice against or prede lection for men. have*vi*tod a split ticket, have anew the folly of thoir conduct and have sworn upon the “altar of thoir country,” never again to he guilty of such acts of wickedness. The Oppoalsion party in this section have be coma furiously Southern Rights in their feeling*, if they had given utterance to those sentiment*, and indoctrinated them into tho people in 1844'. when the glorious Union was so much in duugvi of being dissolved hjr the act aof the “Fire Haters, j no doubt the institution* of the South would be lees endangered than they are at present; but in 18S0, they feared the Southern flight* party Wore attempting to destroy Ihe Constitution of this glerious Union. and to mar tho beautiful fabric us government which had been roared upon it plllras by the wisdom of Us time-honored fra mars. Th* very doctrine embodied in the lion. 11. H. IliU's letter to CoL Dudley, of Atueriru*, to wit: the Constitutional right to flic protected ol slave property in the oouimon territories of the United States, and which Ui cardinal prinnipl. in the Deuoeratle creed, first enunciated, I be lieve, by Mr. t'alhoun. of 80. Caroline, and after wants, reoenfly confirmed and established by tin United States Supremo Court in tho Dred Scott decision. That very doctrine which the Gpfwat tion parly are now advocating through the lion B. H. Hill, of Troup, caused Mr. Thomas Horde mao, the Opposition candidate for Cougrenz in the 3d district, to address a Utter to the Kditor* es the Macon “Telegraph,” disclaiming his eit doreemeut of the disunion seutiments contained In a eerie# of reeolutiou# agreed to by a mas meet mg held in the eity of Macon, in August. 18J0, of which meeting mid Mr llardnuun wn 9eeretar>, and which resolutions read a* f.d lews: Jhooirod, Tbt in recommending the |ople nf Georgia tv acquiesce in Che application of the Missouri Compromise line of 30:3U, to ilu> terri torial! of the United Suiw, with it recognition of slavery Heath of that line, wo propose tli> nr qatoeoeucc for the )woce of Am mum try mi l Hit pgadarraiiou oftlia Union. Mark i ho word*, Mr. Editor, /or the preterm Mo* of tko r*ion, they vara wilting t acquiesce ia the Compromise line of Where 1# the disunion sentiment in the allow tusolution ol which Mr. Hardeman complaint * MtiUfd, Thai it is the Constitutional right of the *it lieu Cos be protected ia lb- eigoyment in U )u pahMa territoru*. of any property which, by tiu lawi of tba Mato -f which ho is an iiihahitant. he la authorised to own. and to withhold from him that promotion, iato dohar him of a Constitution al right. Do joa see any disunion sentiment in the above resolution, Mr. Editor? It is the ten identical doctrine for which Mr. Hiii contends in his Americas letter. Rmohed, That the territorial policy of a (iua jority of) the two houses of Congrats is toprarent *rrer tbs admission of another slate State, into the Union Hubv oft the right* of tho Booth in the territories nod eventually to abolish via vary in the state*, thus**tiverting a Government. whirh was csta I dished for the protect i-m of all into an en gine of attack and spoliation of a portion of It* mem Item. Mr. Hardeman say* in hlfwtcfto liiay A Boss, “ I cannot and pray I never shall endorse such soAtitnonts as these/’ These were ihe sentiment* which caused the Mowthcrn Rights party of IHSO-';sl, to he branded by their political enemies with such odious and opprobrious epith et *as disunion t ata, secessionist* and fit* caters, and iheee art? the sentiments that tha Opposition par ty arc advocating to-day. Uoniti-ioncy is a jewel. The Convention that nominated DotigluMforCon gfCM. T understand, (foi* T have not, seen thefr proceisltog#,) denounced the Hon. Martin J. Craw* ford ns an unfaithful public servant, on account of hi* vote on the Kngtish Conference Hill, tui they let (he *ins of Trippo and Hill, for doing so, pass sub aitmtio. What is a crime in one is a vir ture in the other*. While Mr. Douglas of Illinois I* most cruelly abused for hi* squatter sovereign ty Mottoes, Mr. Hell of Tennessee nnd Crittenden of Kentucky, (who are equally * obnoxious in this respect, and iu many respect* more excep tionable to the Southern people than Douglas, for 1 regard him ns being eminently sound on the slavery question) are “extolled to the skies” os most lit and suitable person* to be President of the United State- The k'niisas Nebraska Hill wn defeated by Southern Opposition vote*, and thus tho South by their perfidy wn cheated nud do frauded out of her Just rights, and the admission of another slave State info the Union wu-, preven ted And on what pretext do they attempt to justify the acts of these Southern representatives in Congress, for their deroliction of duty and gross outrage upon the rights of the South ? On the ground simply that the Kansan-Nebraska Bill con tained in iU provision* the doctrines of squatter sovereignty. Mirnbilt dirttt! It remind* mo of the devil reproving sin. The same parly voted fur the Irregular admission of California into the Union, with squatter sovereignty in Us most ob jectionable form*. rs the Kansas Idil was so ex ceptionable or objectionable to the Opposition party, why did they not ignore instead of endors ing It in the grand council of the American parly which assembled in Macon in I860? Why did they declare in one of their resolutions that “ Op position to the Kansas hill wa* hostility to the rtouth and her institutions, and that they would pledge themselves to support no inuu for office who was opposed to it ?” Did their wise acres not have the discernment, the shrewdness, the agaelty to discover that the lull contained the doctrine of squatter sovereignty ? But I have al ready c\ tended this article to much greater length than I Intended, iu conclusion, Mr. Kditor, rest a-sured that the Democracy of Clay ami Kur ly counties’aro aroused in hebalf of Judge ('raw ford, that ho will receive majority iu both of those counties. COTTON HILL. U VIM I. JMi ATK.O Mtmrt. HUitur*: l herewith send you the census of TalltofcCo., which will be of interest to your patron*, especially of Talbot, to hove published. No, Families, - 1,006 “ Deaf unU Dumb - o “ Lunatic-, - . 3 “ idiots, ... 4 *• Whites, .... ~,2h3 “ Waves, . _ “ Free Negroes, - - - go Tot it! Population, M.jrsfi I herewith tender ray heartfelt thank* to that portion of the people of Tallml county in which 1 wa engaged in taking the census, for t-hoirkind ue*< and hospitality, and say of a truth, they uro truly a clever j>eoplc. H. T. VIFLIi. Ktiqiiintr piuatui copy. Population of Mown. Mr. Ituvnott tbc ©ensue taker of llihb county, report* the population of Macon to b* t,tt!i. county aml city 14,999, which is an Increase of 2,991 In ten years. The Macon paprn rather object to this #innll increase. CUT t’oonTV • The Dctnoerncy of tlii* (Joun ty meet at Fort Gainos, Tuesday the tlth lust. I<> iioiuinate caiididnlo* tor the Legi*lulure. Tho Democracy is said to be well organised. With .i good ticket, such as Dr. Burnett lor the Senate and Col. t'lillen* for the U<>u*e, there will Imj no danger of failure. .t’ Tlte Rockingham (Va.) tteyiatrr I# out for General Joe Lane, of Oregon, a* the next Democratic candidate for President. /• .*• The Chiengo Timm pledges Illinois us good for thirty thousand Democratic majority, if Dougin# should be the nominee of the Charleston Convention. From Washington. Wasuihutom, Aug. 26. The State Deportment bus been officially advis ed that an order hos been received at tho Custom House, l'ara, Brazil, authorizing the reduetion of the Govoruiueul export duty to five pet entum, u difference of two per centum in favor of the e\- portqf. Tho order took effect on the 2th July. Sixteen candidate* have recently paased through a satisfnetor y examination, and will be warranted a# Third Assistant Engineer*. Tho unuMttnliy large number of steamers added to the Navy dur ing tho post year renders the increase of such of fleers necessary. No definite uciiou ha* yet boon taken on the ease of tjuartci master Cross, recently investigated by court martial. The dtday is owing to the üb eettce from Washington of the Secretary ot War. The ('omtuisNinner of Indian Affair, Mr. Green wood, hasroebivod a despatch announcing the ar rival at Leavenworth of the children spared nt tho Mountain Meadow Mass acre. They will at once be taken to Carrolton, Arkansas, near tho point from which the expedition with which they were connected *el out, and there restored to their friend*. The A*#i*taiil Secretory of State is abscut in M nine. W r ASH! NO TOM, Aug. 2S. 1859. Judge I'lnek ha# tcoeired a letter from Vico Presidcoi Hreckettridge deprecatingnny use what ever of his lonoc in connection with tire uoiuina tiuu tor (ho prohlouey. It is saidMtat he pre fers a soat iu the Senate. The recently elected Legislature of Kentucky will clod him as the sweats*'.r Mr. Crittenden, whose term expire# Mar- h, 1864, The Attorney General is hunting (bribe .idminiHratiou, whose preference* arc now ■aid to lie between Lane and Houston. The Donglas manifesto has thrown the repub lican camp into the greatest confusion. It is a bold, ti u>'t successful attempt, to appropriate all that is popular in their nigger business, leaving ibent only Seward's “irrepressible eoufiict.” On the other baud, the democrat* say it kill# Doug la* m tho South, aud necessitate# the nomination of a Southern man at Charleston, perhaps Hous ton, who under the circumstance* appear* strong est. Douglas’ friends of course are excited, call him the “Great expounder,” “sueuts.M.r to Webster in unanswerable reasoning.” and alt that but are much chagrined at the prohibition of publication In the new spa per press by the Harpers; he should have stipulated agaiust thai. It would hat © saved a great deal of annoyance. Seward’s friends are In the greatest anxiety about the fusion of the Americans and Rcpubli can* In yuar State. If he cannot unite them nil s lost. CamatOQ and Chase are .-aid to be intriguing to prevent (Winn this fell, hoping 1 hereby for one rival lee*. 9 Tub INOt IKMKMT* >OM litUXUINO 1M OutHioN Hint us iHAn W.J.UOU ixuasiiamv A com poudaut of the National Era, writing from Oregon City, Julv t, says that the present prospect and hope of the republican* is. that they will send to the l lilted States Senate, next year, tleu. Luue's term expiring March, 1861, one republican and otic anti Lauc democrat; and that Oregon can ho induced to vote for the republican nominee for tho Presidency in I sou, if well supplied with suitahlo documents far educating the popular miud. Us the election lor representative, he says that the result is a republican triumph, whether Stout or Lo gan he dfected. If the former, his majority is so small a* to he a cheering sign for lBHi:'lf the latter, more lias heeu accomplished than the moot sanguine dared hope for. l'hc writer adds : •• General l.aue has spoken very often during the canvass, and his tqtecial appeal wus based up on the ftict that he had pledged the State for ten years, as sound in its Democracy, to those South cro lcuo. rats who voted for its adunttanci, and who, but for that pledge, would have defeated that men'im . The |>eople have concluded that he doe* not own them, and cannot make pledges in their behalf so they send began to give onr Southern friends notice that they cannot rely on promises made by the our distiuguishvd Scua t°r. m i ff About thirty or forty marriages haw beau eon. eluded at St. Catharines, Canada, between whits vrsssa and tolcred men, lOUHMIM, StTI KUW, NKPTKMBKIt X. fftftft Mate Hoad. ’lJie labors to/prove that Bovvrtor Drown bu* not managed the Stale Hoad well.*— Two years ago, no pres* was bolder than the in denouncing (loV, Johnson’s admin i*tration on account of the wmtprtoii and fraud ov the rtijitw Aloab U will please turn ky Us filet and the synopsis of the speeches made by the Hon. Henjamiu 11. Hill. In vain did tin dviuocruih- patty defend liov. Johnson from the charge of mismanage merit, fit vain did the press record the fact that (lev. Johnson was thorough ly equipping the Rond. Nothing would suffice the know-Nothing parly, but that the actual money should le paid into the Treasury. Well, Drown eonscs tip to the standard, Hcc* how the Opposi tion party shift position? They first rob Gov. Drown of what credit is due him by saying that lion. D H. Hill was entitled to the honor. The //’aqu/rer aid this, as well us other Opposition presae*. ft would not answer. The people shouted for Drown. They then said that Dr. Lewis WHS entitled to it. This Would not do.— ifrowy wss responsible for the act* of bis agents, nud their honor was bis honor. The Opposition then raised flu. l cry, that the road was not equip ped, nnd Gov. Drown was using the wood pur chased bv another administration. This idea was exploded by the*testimony of ono f their own witnesses, the Kditor of the Atlanta Atneri otm, who traveled lately over the road, and re portnd It in /iH# ord> r ! This was a tribute the Kditor paid to justice. Driveu from this position they now cudeavor to show that the road is not a peyingroad. The facts and figures prove this to be erroueous. Aud now, us a last alternative, they *ay it, “1 don’t care, it don’t pay as much u* the (JtHtrul Hoad!” Kvery Uwly knows that this Road ha* a banking capital, from which it real izes a large stun, and that it in one of the best paying road* in the State. That it oniovs a mo nopoly unsurpassed by other roads—that the President can have his own rhary for freights, and the customers of tho Hoad cannot help themselves. Not so on the State Road. The people iu that auction complain now because Gov. Drown does not reduce the freight on wheat nnd othor produce. Kvery charge is watched, lest he should over-lax something or somebody. Thus it is. We claim for Gov. Drown simple justice. Wo ask it at the hands of our Opposi tion friend* ? The JJwjuirtr state* that a com pany offered $6,000,009 for the State Road. When and where and by whom ? This will suffice. Will. T.lfurrl*. Kuj. This gentleman has been nominated by the Opposition, iu Meriwether county, for tho Senate. Outside of his politic*, which arc distasteful to it*, he is every whit we would have him he. Hold, manly, dignified and able, were he u Democrat, espousing the true principles, he would make his murk. The Havannult Republican,” speaking of the noiiifmttion, says: “Mr. Harris represented the county in the Inst Senate nnd was among the ablest and most dig nified member* ofihut body.” The above w- take from the Columbus Tin>t of the 23d. We have much respect for the ability and fidelity witii which that journal is conducted a* I* evidenced by our frequent quotation* of its editorials; but wo submit, with ail candor, it the above is consistent with true propriety and the interest of the democratic party in Meriwether county. To this overwrought picture us Mr. Harris, attributable, wopre.-ume, merely to pur - xml friendship, we do not object, coming from t! Opposition ; but when tho Timm, u leading and InffuatiHftl democratic journal, should think proper to join in tile adulation, and thereby en able him, in all probability, to defeat hi* demo cratic emppotitor, wecnnimi refrain from oxpre*- ing our surpriso and regret. Liberality is a vir tue wc admire, but Hie clothing an cnetuy with tiutvor upon the eve of a buitlo that will )>e warm ly uontvsted, is no part of virtue's work. Itniuhriilyc Arym, We clip the above from oiir respected cotempn rsry, thcliainbridgc Ary a*. Our ulliision to the Hon. William T. Harris, was simply a tribute to Justice, which bis competitor, Mr. Hull, we venture the assertion, would have given him on every stump in tiio county, td not Mr. Harris deolin oil the nomination, It is yielding the Opposition i no advantage to give to their candidates the meodof praise that is due them in fact it soften* prejudice and win* for the democratic party re. *|H*et and eatocm. Our disclaimer of Mr. Harris’ political senti ment#, which we said “wore distasteful to us,” was sufficient for every true democrat. Besides, we added, if Mr. Harris “espoused the trae prin ciples.” he would make his mark. The Times Would be the last to discourage the Democracy of .Meriwether. They arc gallant, chivairic and devoted to principle, and in the person ol'Gko. A. Ham., Ksq., tho nominee for the Senate, they have a true nnd tried leader,whose modest worth, noble bearing and genuine talent#, have won for him a name not circumscribed by (he boundaries of Meriwether. Mbit fount) ft*it*it* We git e the following as the census us the city and county, furnished u# by J. C. ('. Durnwtt, Ksq. It may be alleged by some that that of the city is too small. Rut it should be recollected that there are about two thousand inhabitants in its environs, which have usually been considered citizens: Males between 6 and 16 years of age... 1.999 .Male* under <• years son Male# over ltl years 1,121 Females between 6 nnd 15 years 1,010 Females under 0 years 750 Females over 15 years 2.278 Deat and Dumb 2 Lunatics I Idiots 3 Total number of free whites 8.910 Whole number of slaves 6,003 Free persous of Color 37 Total 1-1,990 Census for Bibb county in 1850 12.690 “ “ City of Macon “ .>,BOO “ “ County “ 6,889 “ “ Bibb county in 1860 14,990 ” “ City of Macon “ 7,643 “ “ County “ 7,447 Increase in the City 1,74.’! “ “ County >4B-14,990 Miu on Journal and l/ituayo', A u<f. .’tls/. IHuiglas ami tbe AbolltlonlMi* The intelligent correspondent of the New York Journal of t'ommeree expresses the following views. It ia manifest that Douglas’ prospects are grow ing desperately hopeless. He is indefati gable at wire-pulling and in the newspapers.— But to u!l who watt'h public opinion closely and intelligently, it is becoming manifest that ho can never overcome the obstacles nt the South, and must “dry np” orjoiu the Black Republican* : 1 have no doubt myself that the nominee will be a Southern man. The selection ought to he left to the Smith, not only because the North has had the Presidency for two terms iu succession, but | because the South e to furnish mo t of the elec lural votes necessary t> the luvess of the demo cratle cnudldatet in INilti. From uhat i can learn from the views of in llucniiui and considerate democrat#. North and I South, the party will givua cordial and united support to anyone who iua\ he nominated at Charleston. Senator Douglas is uo exception to this remark. H'fwHwl Merer. F x -President Pierce and wife arrived in the steamship America. A dispatch to the Now York Jaw aw i of ( umunixr, dated Boston, August 27th. says* Fx-I’i'osidcui Pierre was serenaded this eve ning, nt the Trcmont House, hv his friends, and in response made a very eloquent and telling speech. After alluding to the death of Mr. Choate, he stated that the object of his visit to Europe— the restoration of the health of Mrs. Pierce—was partially accomplished, lie then alluded to his gratification nt being on New Fngland soil once more, and closed by enjoining upon all to uppre elute the great blessing which this country affords to her cituen* Mrrlwrthrr t ounty. The Democratic party of Meriwether County ! have u< minuted ffeo. A. llall, Ksq., for the Hen aie, aud Walton K. Fetor and James 1,. Render, for the House. A better uoiuiuation, in ourjudg ment, could not have been made. With such a ticket the party iu Meriwcttrei must undoubted ly succeed. —Empire State, Any. 24. t alhoun fount) Nomination*. The Democracy of Calhoun have iiouiited Col* William E. llan iu for the Senate and Judge Charles R. KuowieV for th House. Mississippi Polltlftt. The following is the platform of the Democracy of Mississippi, unanimously adopted In Conven tion, July 6, IH,>9 : Hrtolvttti, That we roaimounee, us tho iuutis of party actiou, the plutform of principles laid down by the Democratic party in the National Conven tion of lSsrt, and hold that the doctrine of “non interference with the institution of slavery in tho ritatee, Territories or District or Columbia,” does uot or was not intended to confiict with the asser tion of the power of Congress to protect the pro - perty of the citizen* <f the several State*, who may choose to settle in the Territories which are the common properly of all tho States. /{moil ‘d, That in the language of the Supreme Court of the I nited States, “the right of property in the slave i* distinctly expressed and expressly affirmed by the Con*titution"—anil “the power over in conferred upon Congress is tb power coupled with the duty of guarding and protec ting the owners in their rights,” its thus declared. Hcnolriti, That Miriid**ippi will stand by her sister slave holding State* in insisting upon the enforcement, by all the departments of the Feder al Government, of their constitutional rights a* thus expounded by the Supreme Court of the United State*. /{i Hiiln and, That in the event of the election of a Black “Republican” candidate to the Presidency, by the luilfruge* of one portion of the Union only, to rule over the whole I nited State*, upon the avowed purposes of that orgnni'/ation, Mississip pi wRI regard if a* a declaration of hostility, and will hold herself in readiness to rn-n[>orMto witii her sister Stale* of the South in whatever mea* ures they may deem necessary for the mainten ance 1 of tlmir rights a* coeval member* of the Confederacy. ltmolve.d, That we feel it incumbent on the Democracy of Missinrimd again to declare that tho acquisition of Cuba by the United States is a commercial and political necessity, nnd that wc will hail with pleasure every proper measure that looks to its accomplishment: and further, we cau never conseut to its appropriation by any foreign power. From the Savannah Republican. Mew lurk Inmspoiteft. Nkw Nook, Aug. 25. During the past week there ha* been quite a rustling among the politicians, in anticipation of trie approaching fall election. Tho American State Council held a meeting at. Albany, at which motions, appointing the same time and [dace for the meeting of tbc Stale Convention ns had !>een previously appointed by tho Republicans, were voted down by a majority of three to one. Jt was resolved that tho Convention ,-bould be held at Utictv, on the 21st of September, two weeks later than the Hyracu*c meeting of the Republi can*. This looks a* if there were to la: no for mal coalition of the two partio*; but if lam cor rectly informed, the utrangement made has the upprovul of the Seward leader*. They fear that a consolidation of the partie* would lose them the foreign vote, especially that .f the Germans, upon which they count largely. Beyond all question, there were many at the State Council, acting A* American*, who arc really in the inter toroKt of the Republicans, and they count upon drawing off a* many votes from the deserted party an if it had no ticker in the field, while (lie nominations made may draw off votes from the Democracy. The Republican* will gild their bill by putting two or three American names on their ticket. They hope that if (be Americans are beaten by this kind ot intrigue, they will bo dis couraged from making a stand against Seward iu the J*rc*ideutuil campaign. Mr. DongluH on Popular Sovereignly Harper’* Magazine for September contains an article, nitttecu page* long, entitled “Tho divi ding line between Federal and Local authority. Popular Sovereignty in the Territories. Hy Ht<- ph*-n A. Doitgbi .” This i* understood to !e the muiutcatn which lia* boon announced a* in course of preparation by Mr. Douglas, and it* appear ant e in the form fa copy-righted magazine ar ticle occasions no little •surprise. The article is written with tho author** customary ability and shrewdness, and presents his views upon the sub ject of slavery iu the territories w ith much force. Tho ground taken by him is so familiar that wo need only copy the following paragraph* It is difficult to conceive how any per*ou who believe* ihai the Constitution confers the right of protection in the enjoyment of slave property iu the Territories, regardless of the wishes of the leoplc and of the union of tbc Territorial Legis lat ores, can satiety hi* conscience and bis oath of fidelity to tho Constitution tit withholding such < 'oiigrettsional legislation a* may be essential to the enjoyment of such right under the Constitu tion. Under this view of the subject it * im poseiblc to resist the conclusion that, it the Con stitution does establish slavery in the Territories, beyond the power of the people to control it by law, it i.* the imperative duty of (''ingress to sup ply all the legislation necessary to its protection, and if this proposition is not true, it necessarily results that the Constitution neither establishes nor prohibit* slaverv anywhere but iwares the people of each State and Territory entirely free to form and regulate their domestic affair- to suit themselves, without the intervention of Congress or uny power whatsoever. Reviewing the opinion of the Supreme Court in the com of Dred Scott, he denies that there is any thing there to justify the declaration that the Constitution curries slavery into all the territories, aud says If the proposition be true, that the Constitu tion establishes slavery in the territories beyond tho power of tho (atopic legally to control it, another result, not less startling, and from which there is no escape, must inevitably follow. The Constitution is uniform “everywhere within tho dominions of the I nited Hitc*' , -~ r .i* the same in Pennsylvania a> in Kansas -and if it be true, as stated by the Presidgnt in a special message to Congress, “thai slavery exists in Kansas by vir tue of the Constitution of tho I nited States.” and that “Kansas is therefore at this moment a* much slave State a# Georgia or South Carolina,” why does it not exist in Pennsylvania by virtue of tho same Constitution ? Hon. Alfred Iverson and til* \salinnl* We clip tho following front that sterling demo cratic paper, the Albany I'atriot. Alluding to Hon. Alfred Iverson, it says : Hi# enemies hav e become somewhat plainer and ladder since hi# Griffin speech, imagining that in that they discovered frankues* and boldness they can use t” hi# detriment. The manifestation of such a spirit must produce the conviction that Judge Iverson's assailant* disagree with him upon 1 lie wrongs and the right* of the South. If that is so. let condor and fair deuling he had. Let the issue be made up, that the (ample may say, wheth er thoir right* are safer in the kcepiug of Allred Iverson than with those who assail him. It i# unfair and unmanly, to attack Georgia’s faithful son, attd thereby wound both, that aunthm may occupy his place. If that other i* a* faithful a.* he, the cause of our country is injured by promo ting him on tovh an iw . A Democratic caucus must settle who shall be l ! . S. (Senator. Is Sena tor Iverson to be there made the subject of at tack. but insiiiiOMsly, because of his Southern sentiments'’ Is the Democratic party to be used to execute a hateful decree of ostracism against a faithful member locau*e of his zeal, or if you please, too much seal, in behalf of bis native laud? it so. then let it be written that the Democratic party is false to its boasted fidelity to the Smith, and let another party win and wear tho laurels that ought to be ours. It is due to Senator Iverson, to his competitors, and to the people, that the grounds of this contest shall h fully known.” Whoever opposes hint, before the contest is decided should say in plain terms, in what, and how, and wherefore they differ with him. Tbeq if a majority condemn the Senator, let it bo *•>— he must bow with respect to the will of the (ample. The issue is nunc of bis seeking —it has been forced upon him* Warren \kln al Alban) The Albany Ibtn'ot thus alludes to Wama Akin, Eeq., at Albauy. He is in very truth <sn Op/nnithm candidate, i He is opposed to dor. Brown’s management of the State Road, as not being good enough, and not paying enough. Ho is also opposed to t|ov. i Brown's Bank |*oliey—to his recommendations to save the State Treasury from depreciated Bank paper, and to his plan of Education. He is op. posed to Uov. Brown's veto of u bill for the relief of a “poor woman in Augusta,"who had adrunk cn husband, and who had rather live with him than sue fora divorce, as the law authorized her. but wall tod an exception uo.de in her favor above all other women, so she could he both single amt lunrried at the same time, lie was us coarse op posed to the Cincinnati Platform, and the Democ racy generally. He made a speech of about two hours, without showing any plau of his, or his pnrty’s, fbr doing any better than the reviled De mocracy. [From the Augusta Constitutionalist.] Props in sou th-W relent bronchi. Mr. Editor: 1 returned here last evening from South western tleorgin. 1 found hue aoru crops. Tho cotton weed is large, und the prospect was promising for a large crop up to the week of heavy rain*. But this did considerable injury, causing extensive shedding of squares tool young bulls. Tho boll worm ha* appeared, and has al ready done some damage. Wet and cloudy weather is favorable to its ravages, and I am ap prehending much damage from this cau*e. Ex amining cotton critically, in many fields, ] am satisfied that the crop will fall much short of that made on them last year. Tbe stalks are, I think, on au average, much larger than they were at same date last year, but they have loss fruit by thirty per cent. The cotton is also foil two weeks later iu bearing. Yours respectfully, 0. Heath of Mrs king. Tho community of Brunswick was pained at the announcement, ou Monday, of tbe death of Mrs. A. King* contort of Hon, I. Butler King. cou'Mßfft, mommy. Mtrmmit •. hr. i.avrraor Jolinoin and (hr Hmr* The Atlanta Araarira* says: “The “Th*#"” is so solicitous now for the re election of Gov. Drown, that it is willing to east odium upon Gov. Johnson—and in its desire to continue {senator Iverson in the United btatea Senate would Raevifiee his (Gov. Jobbson’s) rep utation. This exhibits the reckless and unarm pub.rt# character <d Deworralic journals.” Hy what callous of construction the Amrriean put* Gov. Ji-hnson and the Timm in antagonism, wo cannot conceive. We defended Uov. John son's a<iiuinist ration against the charge of bribery and corruption—-“chalked hats” Ac., when they were urged by th# Opposition journals. We are glad to *ee these presses eat their own words and tlo justice to Gov. Johnson now. True, many an honest innn believed Gov. Johnson corrupt and voted for Mr. Hill, who charged him with mismanagement. YVe have never said anything that would wound the sensibilities or disparage the claim* of Gov. Johnson to preferment. We don’t pull down to build up. It is not necessary to strike a blow against Gov. Johnson to elevate Mr. Iverson. They are both worthy. But wc see no neoessßy to remove Judge Iverson for any one. A* to Gov. Drown, he economize* and makes the State Road pay. We ak no more of him. opposition Meeting In Rnsregee. The Oppoiution delegate* from the different beats in this county, assembled in the Court- House, at 11 o’clock, A. M., on Saturday, the -'kl inst., and proceeded A to nominate candidates for the Legislature. The following gentlemen were eleetod, to-wit: For tht Senate. —Hon. Hi\t.s Holt. //ohm. —Messrs. X. L. Howaku, and R. I*. Mutt. One feature in the meeting reminded us of the secret oaths'and obligations. That wo* the eltim ed doom ! Cariuaity was excited no little to know what was going on. The opposition are going back to Know Nothingism! This is a retrograde movement, that will tell in the election. The gentlemen who wi re nominated have accepted the honor conferred upon them by their party. ■a ♦ m* Maj V H.folqultl From reliable private sources, wu learn that the impression is gaining ground, that the gentleman, wlto e name beads this article, may be induced to be a candidate for the U. H. Senate at the ap proaching election. Having declined the publica tion of communications suggest ing his name and eulogising bis merits, it is proper that a disclaim er of an intention on his part to Its a candidate should he publicly made. Maj. I'oLqt itt hav ing voluntarily declined a re election to Congress after a Mattering race in the 2d District has no iteaire to return to Washington. There are oth er* worthier titan himself, to whom be yields cheerfully the field. Asa private in the ranks, clad with the *taei of immutable truth and glori ous principles, he expects when the bugle blast is heard to rally to its sound, and when the roll is called to respond his name! The Italian ,Har The Haulm The losses sustained by the French, Sardinian ami Austrian armies in their recent battle* do not compare with that sustained by the American ar my Iu Mexico. In other words, to the number engaged, the American# fought with more during and bravery than the troops aero## the waters. The following statement will show the number* engaged and losses sustained by the Austrians and the French and Knglish. Knyayrd. /.oss. Monfeliello, Allies 7,999 859 do. Austrians 18,099 1,159 Palest ro, Allies 21,096 1,449 do. Austrians 24,990 2.109 Magenta dte.Allio# 55,0011 4,506 “ Austrian# 75,909 13,099 Melegnano A Hie* 16,900 999 and. Austrian* ls.Oou 1.100 Sulterino Allies 115,099 16,089 do. Austrians 179,990 21.090 Total . 549,000 63,109 This gives little ever ten per cent loss in killed und wounded- that is to nay. taking the French statement a* accurate, which, it will be observed makes the Austrian lot# about forty per cent, greater than that of the French, llut accepting it a* accurate, wu find this lose but about two third* that sustained by the Americans in the buttle# of Mexico. Thu loss of the Mexican*, it is well known, wa* much greater. In these bat tles the American losses were a* follow*: Men Killed and /Vr cent, engaged true tided At Mon tore 6,900 488 8 “ Buena Vista 1,699 723 lo ; < “Molino del Key 3,447 77 22 ‘ 4 “ (‘burubuseo 7,509 1,999 13* 3 “ Chapultopec 6,809 863 12% Total 28,367 3,861 15 That is to say, the American losses were fifteen pur cent, or one-third more than those of the Ku ropcun armies. At Buena Vista General Taylor estimated the Mexican loss on the field at 2,099 men. or about twelve per cent, on the whole num ber admitted to have leen engaged by the Mexi can* themselves. From this showing, it will be seen, that our troop* 01 infested every inch of ground with the enfmy with more steadfastness than the Kuro|e ---;)U armies. Thir weapons, too, appear ms tie-* structive as the new arms. Dally Federal I alon. The proprietor!. of the Federal I Wow, Messrs. Houghton A Nisbet, will issue a daily paper du ring the session of the % Legislature. They have employed gentlemen of experience as reporters, and will give a faithful history of each day's pro ceedings. Terms, onb noLi.AR, six copies for five dollars. No pu|>er will be sent uuless the order is accompanied hy the cash. m • —i .. Communicated. (•I. Akin la (uihbrrt. The above named gentleman urged his claims to gubernatorial honors before a large and alien tivc audience of the good people of Randolph aod adjoining counties, on last Monday, the 2.*th inst. He ojiened with the •/ <aptnn /mm an nouncement, that he was no partisan or party candidate. Col. Akin has the reputation of a candid, clever Christian gentleman. How he re conciles the above declaration with such personal attributes, and the hitter two hours tirade that followed, l am at a loss to couceive, unless with many he deems the faction that dragged him from his much loved retirement, as unworthy the dig nified appellation of a ••|arty.- Hr no party candidate, indeed? AN hat constitutes a party candidate? If he is no party candidate, be is the candidate of a miserable, reckless, unscrupu lous faction thnt/w6/y intUrd a/trt* the forma and dignity of a party. The Col. next after dis •leaning all partisan feeling and alliance, soothed and blarneyed the e.) the masses, tin* rank and file. The leaders were of course no lastter than they ought to lie. He condescended to assure them that Ac thought them honest, but misled. Its an equivocal compliment that award* to one honesty at the expense of sense. So will the M duped mass” of democrat* think whom the Col. seemed so very solicitous to con ciliate. The President and Cincinnati Platform, uext claimed the nniiuadversion of the ardent gentleman ; upon which he served but a stale rehash of Know Nothing nowpa|er trash for the last two years, if we may except that graphic picture of Van Burra on one end and Douglas on the other, with the “immaculate Joseph** in the centre which the expectant Governor draws with great gusto. This is evidently an original and favorite conception of tho Col's braiu, and in its delineation he expends all his artistic skill; for gettiug that he is a “ plain blunt man,” he as sumes the air dramatic and lets himself loose gen erally, indulging even in sallies of wit. lam too good natured to disturb the estimable gentleman's self-complacency, by the intimation that this ” master-piece"of his speech was. decidedly tame. tiovernor Brown was next arraigned. By the way, it seems that all the Opposition candidates are self-constituted “ prosecuting officers.” Aiken aud Douglas, nothing daunted by the ill success of their prototype, Netherland of Tennessee, are re-enacting the farce in Georgia with a mock seri ousness, that really befools some simple people iuto the belief that they may convict somebody. The counts in the indictment against Gov. Brown, are at follows; Ist. HD elecii. mi will be hailed in Boston and other Northern abolition cities us a triumph. In his tuucy he hears the booming of Boston cannon over hi# success. Who will venture after this to say, that the Col. is devoid of fancy ? 2d The Western and Atlantic Railroad bos not yielded a* much gros* or net profits under Gov ernor Brown's, a# under Gov. Johnson’* adminis tration. If not, then may be the road was made to do ns much under both adminDirations ns it could, and nobody is to blame. I don't remem ber that the Col. promised to do any U-tter than Gov. Drown. The rational inference therefore from the Col’s statements and arguments is, that ilie Know-Nothing* In ‘56 and ‘57, slandered Gov. Johnson like forty. 3d. He, Col. Akin could suggest a better edu cational plan than Brown, th if much hurt be cause hi# Catholic tel low-cttir.cn* are not included in Gov. Brown's (dan. Bigotry preaching tolera tion! Comment here is *uj>erflnouf. and 1 will not so far violate good taste as to impute to a gubernatorial candidate the low acts of the dem agogue. 4th. And lastly, Governor Brown is devoid of common humanity, because be vetoed a bill to make a certain woman in Augustan “ free dealer” “to contract and he oontrected with.” Here the Col's sensibilities were so shocked and his sympa tbia* so roused he was almost speechless. Ho final!> got footloose however, where he drew such au affecting picture of a poor woman, helpless children, worthies# husband, and heartless Gov ernor, at I am credibly informed, wrung leers from some old women and weak men. C’ l. Akin did not inform his audience who the unfortunate lady was. whether h knew her r how he obtain ed his information of condition. M., it not he another fancy sketch of the gentleman’s ? This I do know, that applications to the Legisla ture to make “ men” of “minors,” and women “tree dealer*-,” became so numerous and trouble ■ t<* rret attention, and Gov. Brown with many other reflecting men, may have come to the conclusion that it was time to put a stop to such a mas* of local and partial legislation, the particular merit* of which, neither be uor the Leghdature could know. If there are specified conditions under which a married woman should contract and acquire property, let the Legislature say so by general enactment, without running the State to expense aud incumbering our statute book* with fifty or a hundred special coses of relief every session. Good taste and a sense of ju*tioe should have restrained CoL A. from * wanton an attack upon bis amiable competitor. 1 must not forget to mention that the CoL, like Dott* and other Know-Nothing leaders, sham pions the cause of our foreign fellow-citizens. Upon this point be became wrought up to a phrun/y of heroism, ife, if President, would sink ©very ship, spend every dollar, exhaust every drop of American blood, and wrapping himself up in the “ star* and stripes,” be cast into a ditch, or reacue any unfortunate naturalixed American citizen from the clutches of despotism. The Kuow-Nothings of course went into extacies over this burst of rhetoric. “For why?” Is the natural enquiry. That they uiar get him back to humiliate and degrade him, by denying to him the dearest right* of citizen ll ? But I must eb.se this ruuningcommentary <>n friend Akin a sieech. by the suggestion to hi* followers, that it i* use less waste of time uud money and labor, to con tinue thi* prosecution against innocent nnd hon est Joe Brown, and do not pro • the bill. _ A .11 ROK. lllstrlrt A M. Speer, Kup The State /Vm referring to th© gain accessary to carry the election iu the 3d District, says: Not a ‘‘/>tr hundred” is necessary to secure Mr. Speer’s election. Lc.s than ttro hundr. ./ gum trill do, if the democracy will only stand firm, and rally to the poll*, in the last contest, the democratic pain was over four hundred votes.— Another trial, and the democracy will conquer. There i* that virtue iu the people in th© bonext, independent voters of the district that will not sfaod Opposition rule, however -Imposed many of them were to sustain Arnrrieanitm. We look to the result with hope and confidence. Errmcrs *>r tmm Ai uoea Borralim. A* evi dence that the Aurora Borealis, which was so brilliant last night, is the result off some unknown electrical phenomenon, it may Us mentioned that the wires of the House aud Morse telegraph lines were almost paralyzed, it being quite impossible te work North, notwithstanding that the weather was clear and pleasant. The wires in many in stance* were surcharged with atmospheric elee trieity which traveled to the Mtationa here, and went sparkling and snapping through the room. In tho House office a spark the size of a pea flew from the instrument ami passing hy the head of the operator. Mr. Royee, severely stunned him.— Other instances of the presence of a large quanti ty of the fluid were visible.— Wakinytn States, Any 29. Tttr Clow.—Very many of the planter# of thi* section, who have had good opportunities for observation, demur from the opiniou we express ed last week in relation to the cotton crop. The damage is more serious, they say, than we are aware of, and on farther inquiry, wu are now sat isfied that the more recent injuries from worm and rot, abate somewhat from our former esti mates. Very little fodder was saved in good condition: a large portion having either rotted ou the ground or dried up ou the stock. The potatoe crop i* less promising than it was earlier in the season. On the whole we doubt whether there is a .ee tion anywhere on earth, where the blessings of life are found in greater abundance than here. fa ion Springs Go. site. mm ♦ Thr Navt ash rax Soi th.— It was certainly a kindly act in Mr. Secretary Toaeey (say* the Uharleetou News) to order the Wyoming to enter our harbor and allow our citizens to/mcemore see a government ve#el. larger than a surveying schooner or revenue cutter,"and him for it. The class of steamers of which the Wyoming is n specimen, were built for Southern water*, and their draft and a few essentials of their build se oured by Southern voters. We do no* remember that a war-vessel <>f equal size, has l>een in Char leston harbor since the visit of the frigate iu the Nullification day*. Ptkaukii Rost. Habkksha*. -Thenew steam er Robert Hakerekam, built by 11. F. Willink. Jr., of this city, for H. J. Dickenson k Son. will he launched from the ship yard of the t.nilder on Sat unlay at 1 o'clock. The steamei meiuoire* 126 feet length, hold 7 feet, breadth 27, and is built of white oek- Her machinery is from the foun dry of Messrs, llartessjui A Cos., Pittsburg. Penu. ; her boiler from Messrs. Fletcher A Har rison, New York. She is intended to run between this city and the Ogechee river for the transpor tation of rice from the plantations, and is capable of carrying 15,(MH1 bushels. Star. AW*. The President has reooguixed Franz August Hereeh as Consul at D oaten, and Frederick Wil helm kenigen as Consul at New York, both for the tree oily of Bremen. The (ierinaus in Cincinnati are nrgauuiug “Blouse battalion” for military drill. All the men wear the blouse. Several hundreds have already joined the organisation. A buffalo i N. Y.) paper gives the following as the cost of rolling *t.H*k and tra* k for a railroad “A first class locomotive costs about flO.umi. a passenger car *2OOO • a baggage car floOO; u freight car *O6O j a gravel car $4 in The iron of the railroad costs from s6### to ssooii per mile.’ A Paris corre pon lent says of Napoleon, that he is hv race an Italian, by birth a Dutchman, by school education a German, by military educa tion a Swiss, by political studies an English man. and by his crown a Frenchman. A Zouave lost one of his finger* at the battle of Holferino ; “ Bon !*’ he exclaimed—just my luck to lose the linger upon which I wore my wedding ring. Now my wife will insist upon it that 1 gave it to another woman.** At areaping machine match which recently took place on the Em|eror Louis Napoleon's farm near St. Cloud, an American machine took the se cond prise. Fifteen acres of wheal were cut* ten hours by two horses. * It is stated that Charles Dickens will give sixty readings in this country, for the very reasonable remuneration of s26,Off# cash at the start, and one fourth of the net profits beside.*. The Milwaukie U7*foM< has no doubt that the crop of spring wheat now Ramctad in that State is larger than in any former year. It esti mates the amount at 14,VV,(H> bushels, and al lowing 4,000,000 for consumption, there will I* 20,000,000 bushels fur export. The St. Louis Ropmb/iean remarks that the amount of Pike’s Peak gold thus far brought into that city is trifling—some three or four thousand dollars. Including that reported as in private ‘ hands, the aggregate does not exceed ln,oou or I $16,000. A chaplain connected with one of the United Statee frigates, recently for some time in the China seas, says that a laboring man in the inte rior of China can live comfortably on food cos ting a cent a day. It has been inferred that Dryden waen't oppos ed to aberry coblers from the remark he once made—“ Strews may be unde tbe instrument# of fcnppiatss.” COLUMBUS TIMES. CITY MATTERS. Thr llemucraejiur NuHCogcr Will assemble at fbe CornT Hot hr on Saturday, the DHb insL, ntllA-M. to take into considera tion party matters. Come one! Come U ! Gtertlwarsti. We refer to our advertising columns for |mrtie uiar*of the following advertisements: Let the Police lisik out for James Mims. Wu F Brown offers S2OO for him. Catch him if you own. Fay your taxes to Jordan L. Howell, aud you will not have to pay them u* the {sheriff. Howe A Thompson advert ises that they will be in Columbus on the 12th., with a fine lot of Ilorees and Mules, which may le seen aud examined at Ivey, .Smith A Go’s. Livery Stable. It will be seen that the trains of the M. A W. F, Railroad leaving Columbus 0:45 p. in. and ar riving at 11:20 a. m. will be discontinued on the stk inst. Messrs. Kllis A Mathis have dissolved, and Mr. Lewis Livingston enters the concern, the title of which i* Kllis A Livingston. J. W. Pease is in receipt of some rare and valuable books. See advertisement. Wesleyan Female College. The twenty second annual session of Urn fine institution will eom , uiencv uq the first Monday in October. See Early County Sheriff Sales, i Southern Plow, and Corn Shellers, are menu flictured by A. F. Mavher A Cos., No 54, Ve**ey st N. V. Arkansas land for sale by Isaac T. Robison of Glenalta, Marion Coanty. It is situated in Cal houn County and contains 1,646 acre*. Pemberton A Carter. These druggists have on hand anything in their line—Sign of the Blue Mortar. See Administrator* *a!c in Stewsrt County. Mr. William Lisle cautions persons against rading fora note on D. 11. Sanders. Mr. R. C. Patterson, of Green Hill, Stewart coanty, offer* *2OO for Daniel Blizzard who broke jail in Stewart county. See Administrators sale first Tuesday in No vember in Chattahoochee county. Amanda J. Harris offers six or seven hundred acre* of good land for sale in Randolph county. W. D. Shockley is prepared to attend to any business in the mill wrighr line. PwiLMAnwoNics.—Thi* is the name of a toeie ty of singer* just organized in Columbus. They have adopted their by-law* and will have regu lar meeting*. Mr. F. Marion Gray is President, who, by the way, is said to be a capital singer. The society is composed of some forty or fifty, and will be expected soon to rival the 8t- Ceeili ans, who sing with much harmony and beauty.— Mr. Mason is instructor. They meet for the pres ent in the basement story of the Methodist Church. Avrora Bore a is —This beautiful phenomenon ••de its appearance again in the Heavens, Thu red ay night, Sept. Ist. It wasobaerred about 11 o’clock, and stretched over the firmament, like a crimson curtaip, by 4 a. m. Pillars of light glared in the picture, and the reflection upon the earth, caused us much brightness as a full noon. It wa* a sight worthy the painter’# brush. Nkw Goods.—Many buses of dry goods can be Men near the store* in Br ad street, which bare been shipped from the North. They wiß continue now to come in every doy. perhaps, un til the full stock arrives. Iu the meantime, the ladies will be on the watebout to make the lest selections. The uerchsknt# of Columbus ere noted for their good taste in buying their stocks. The readers of the’city pajieri will be advired from time to timeof those houses, which are be*t supplied, end which pay the printer, while show ing to the world their superior assortment. PoLit KURN.—The Police Committe© of the City Council have put ou duty within the last few days twelve watchmen. There are now on duty from night to night, twenty polioemen. Surely, the town ought to be protected with such a fores.- - It is usually quid and peaceable, but lately there has been a good deal of noise. Petit larceny, too, has been the onler off the night. The policemen, we understand, have caught the persuu who en tered the boarding house, alluded to in yester day’s Timm, and he turns out to be a negro owned by one of our citisens. lie i# lodged safely in jail ; the *usptiou* circumstance attending his arrest lieing sufficient to find him guilty of the burglary. BtoL BE. —-The house of Mr. William Burton in the lower part of the city, was entered a few evenings since by some unknown person, and his clothing and seventy or eighty boxes of percus sion cap# taken off. The thief entered early in night. Also, at Mr*. White's, a boarding house, near the Odd Fellow's Hall, a rogue made hi* way the *ameevening, before 9 o’clock, and succeeded iu carrying off a trunk, owned by one of the inmates, containing twenty dollars in money and cloth ing. Hurely, the burglars are abroad! It ie only a few weeks since, that Col. John Ranks, of Wynn ton, had a watch, an old family piece, valued highly from ita associations, stolen from his room. t’ol. Hines Holt, also, previous to that time had stolen from him a valuable lever watch—ta ken from hi# residence in Wynnton. Pownnu Goxx.—We learn that the city Maga ■ine, oa the East commons, below the county jail wa# entered a few nights since, and the pow der stored there taken away. There were seventy eight quarter kegs, containing about six and a half |M>unds of ( powderjeach stolen bvjke[burglars. No development# have yet been made. It is presumed that the Policemen are on the look out. Ri sinks*—Tha or.— Business i* looking up a little in tSdumbus. The merchants are absent baying their fall stocks, hence the trade has not ••ommoiieed yet. With cotton telling at 10 to 12 cent*, it is expected that every department of business will be prosperous. The war is ended and money matters are easy in Knrepe. The signs of the times betoken prosperity and plenty. Latts Deo f ,ff?rThe weather yesterday wa* cool and bra clng. A few more -uch days will remind one of the approach of Fall. The test is laid hy the recent rain, and the days are pleasant. The little gray, white rausquitoes are still troublesome and ariaoviug during the day. They hue you on the neck, and face and hands, and even through pretty thick hose. Darby’s Prophylactic is a splendid remedy to allay the humor. The ciliseu* of Columbus, in the north end of Jackson street, complain bitterly of the shooting of guns and noise in that part of the city at night. . Their peace and quiet are disturbed and they ask that we call the attention of the Police to the matter. Let it be looked to at once. Tur. Auii.u XMATioK.—The Railroad track, between the Muscogee and Opelika Depot, is about complete, and it is contemplated to unite the two, so that there will be a common depot for the two roads, early next week. The freight cars now run over the new track, hut arrangements have not yet been made for the passenger train. Fiuk.—There wa* an alarm of Ire about *un set, Wedr.esday evening, tbe .list ult., and the Fire ( ompanies promptly brought out their en gines. It was ascertained to be in the oellar of tbe Furniture store of Messrs. Jefferson A Hamil ton, on Broad street. Tbe hoe of one of the roui|*anie* was soon passed through tbe house and into the cellar. The smoke iesuing therefrom being ao dense, as to require the lighting of a candle, to proceed to work. The fire was soon extinguished by the vigilant firemen. A few hun dred dollar** will cover the whole loss. Bale or New Cotto*.—The first bale of new Cotton sold in this place this season belonged to Maj. H. Weet of this county, and was sold on the 27th iast., to Mr. F. A. Poitbrsss at US cent* —laOrmny, Reporter, OF THE J .% N O V Sale* of Cotton fur the Week 34.000 Bales. INFERIOR URAVKS IMjCgINED ‘.l>. St. JuNMti, N. F., Aug. do. The xoia*hip Jaon ba* arrived iron Galway She Wings Liverpool date* to Aug. 2Mth. Li v Bit root, Csmw Mark rt.--Solos of th© week :;4,tMH bales, us which sjKuulaturs took ■1,509, and exporter# 4.000 bales. Inferior grades and sandy liescriptions declined ■•till more than other qualities. The market dull. On Friday, the cole* were 7,0(0 hales, of which >qeculator# aud exporters took 1,099 bale*. TU* market was qut. The quotation.* were a> follows: Fair Orleans : : : : 8 and. ** Mobile#, : : ; 7%4. “ Upland*. : : r ’“id. Middling Orleans 7 and. “ Mobile ; : : 6%d. “ I |dand* : : 6 IS-ltid Idrerpoal t'otton Market.— -Colton dull ; sales of 1,999 bale*. Htook 987,999 bales, of which 588,609 bale# were American, were barely maintained. Stats ok Thame. —Manchester advices were unfavorable. Ltmdon General Mabat. —Go Friday, sugar wa# very dull. Rice steady. American securities un hanged. <tu Saturday sugar wa* dull, and declined mI. l’on*ol# t*s’ j. Havkk. M vhkktm —Orleans Tres Ordinaire was quoted at 1151., aud Bo* at ItUif.. aud declining. Sales of the week at Havre. 4,M bales. Stock *J,H99 bale*. Money market easier. Wheat linn I’rov i#n>u- very dull. General News. Nothing wa* known iu regard to the Zurich Conte re nee. The National Assembly of Tuscany declare* that the dynasty mu*t uot Im: recalled. The National Assembly of Modena wus taking strong ground# in favor of national liberty. Mon*. F*uld bad arcejitwl the Dictatorship of Farma. Cardinal Antoiirlli had resigned the Presidency of the Council of Home. The King of ttude hud been release.l. The liarverd prospects in ttreat Britain were fa vorahle. intirt. New A oh a. September I. The Africa arrived off Handy Hook, St noon, to-day. Her mail* will leave for the South on the evening train. The commercial intelligence by this arrival i* anticipated. brnernl News. The Africa bring* intelligence from Liverpool to the 391 h of August. It war rumored in Pari* that Marshal# Canro iKtrt and Neil had fought a .Kiel, and that the latter we* killed. The tea# by the lute tire in Liverp.ml in euttou and grain, wha thirty thousand pounds sterling, which wa- tm*,y co\red by iamvMMte. The builder otrike in London continued. Xspoteou had or.krcl two *tenio>r# to Algeria aud Guiana, to bring In. mu tin- political exile# re conlly pardoned by the Emperor’* general am nesty . The projected fortifications at Autwerp were exciting some uneasiness in Pari*. The mnnieipaHty of Parma had issued a pr<> ciauiution. expressing th' 1 unuiiitnou# desire for Parini Dictator. The population evinced great enthusiasm. The Government had purebaaed four thousand rifles, and knv it©d into its service the di.-Lauded corps of riltctncn of the Alps, ili %7To. i’OTTON DULL. MANt’IILSTKIt AIR H KH t NFAVORABLE. Fartmkk Point, Sept. 3. Th- steamship Are go # frnm Southampton. August 24, was boarded >.fl < pe Race to-da.v by the yacht* of the Associii ted Pres*. l.ivifH-d I otto It Mirrt,. I i*t t*r* wa* dnll and the market geocrattjr unchanged. Hales for three days 47.909 bales. JjtrerjHjol tien<rn! Ma,Let. — Breadstuff- had n declining tendency. Provisions also were de dining. State 0/ Trod’ Manehester advievs wc re;n,r ted unfavorable. Arrival ol the Overland Ball Bt. Lot is, Hefri. 3- The Overland fluff reach ed here to-day. it brings dates to the 12th aft , from Han Francisco. Gov Duugla## protests liguinsi the American occupancy ot tin. 1 Island Juan, in the strait- •■( Fuca: and he has sent men and vessel* to tuk. joinl occupancy of tire Island, until the repre-cM laiive ot the government is heard from. Pool 9ffitc Affair* WAMMiMiTM, .Sept. 3 —The Pnstmsstur Gener al ha* decided that member* of t ougrus# cannot authorize other persons to use their frank# Several cart load* of Black Republican doeu meats were refused transmission through ih post office to-day. The Aurora mirealia^ \A amr 1 mo Tos. Befit. 2—A spleudui Aurora lio reali# wa* observed here last night. This fore noon the telegraphic operator# report that the lint from Philadelphia to Pittsburg was worked sole ly by the agency of atmospheric electricity. Arrival us the q Maker Illy. Niw-l esK, Sept. 2.—The steamship tjnaker City ha* arrived from Havana, with date* to the 29th of August. A royal .lerree had been is-ued. imposing great restriction# on commerce aud causing trouble American shipper* and captains. Hugnr ffat, and unchanged. Kxrhange* deolin ng. _ Market Krtmrl* New Oba-ravs,Sept. 2.- Hole# *#f cotton to-day 1.699 bales, market easier: quotations unchanged New Mid. llV,ll‘ t i\ Safe- of the week 8,259 bales. Receipt# siuce Wchsemlay mom, 19,990 hales again #t 5,599 tMW lime last year. 810. k 33,599 bole# against ~|,09 same time last veer Exchange on New York I pi: 19% dtecmmt; Sight r, premium. Nkw Yhhk, Sept. 2. COT TO |f~-The -ale* us cotton to-day were fdMl bales market depvuaaid; Middling I plan l lt'e. Flour declining : ,-aies .!’ barrel- Houfhern #4 WU * $6 Wheat quiet ; sales ol l.*,Uon bushels: Red $1 Jt.. (’urn liouymit; sal*” of bushel*: Mixed 82c. . Yellow •.V. Sugar heavy : declined *o. on the week. Coffee firm, at 117*. a 11 ’4c. Molaeeea 39c. a 42c Spirits f Turpentine 4’*c. a 4. r ?yc. Rice quiet tppolntmeat*. Massr*. C caw ford and Douglaas the candidat< s of the Democratic and Atnercatt parties, in the 2d District fbr Congress, will addres their fellow *it iiens, at the following place* and times. Preston - - Tuesday I “ bumpkin - Wednesday 7 * Dawson - . Tuesday 13 “ StarkesvlDe - - AVedneeday 14 “ Isabella - - - Friday 16 “ Albany ... Saturday 17 “ N'cwton ... Monday 19 “ Camißa - - Tana day 29 “ Bainbridgo r • - Thursday 22“ Colquitt ... Friday 23 “ Blakely • - Saturday 24 “ Morgan - Monday 26 “ Fort Hains - - Wednesday 28 “ ljuitmau - . Thursday 29 “ Cuthhert - . . Saturday lOe To the Voters of Harris Cowaty. I hereby annoqnre mywelf as an indepeadcut ran dwlaic fbr the Ocmgia Menan In drung Utw lain prompted alone hy a settled and filed determination to tand by, and maintain my lon# cherts lied principles of fftates Right- and State ftovereignty, which for thirty years have been my political polar stars Having thrown my bannet to tbe breeae I shall stand by it to the end, whether in triumph or defeat. I shall not be trammelled by party caucuses, or dull and stupid resolutions which are all sound and Airy, •unifying nothing. G W EPPA. Harrisceaaty, July lb. wlantdf