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CnuHtittttiaMliit & j&ejrahlir.! 3Y JAII36~GARDIT3F.. OFFICE ON McINTOSH-STREET. THIRD DOOR KROSC THR X ORTH-W KST CORNER Or BROAD-STREET. TERMS: Daily paper (if paid in advance)... .per annum. .$8 00 Trj-Weekly (if paid in advance) per annum.. 5 00 " sekly (if paid in advance) l>er annum.. 200 Further per Steam Ship Arctic. The files from Liverpool to the 17th instant by the steamer Arctic, have come to hand : Great Britain — The Queen had terminated her visit to Ireland, and has gone to her resi dence at Balmoral, Scotland. The principal members of the cabinet remain ed in London, awaiting the development of the Turkish affair. J. ai.d J. Alexander, commission merchants, Derry, bad failed; liabilities £35.000. The weavers of domestics by newer looms, in Manchester, have struck Five miils, with 3,000 looms had been idle for some days, and three mills with 2,000 more looms were to come to a stand on the 7th. The operatives demand 10 per cent additional. The cotton skein dyers, from twenty-two establishments, had also struck work. The harvest operations were proceeding rapidly in all parts of Britain and Ireland. Weather, on the whole, fine. The British ship Collector, from Callao, for Liverpool, with 1,200 tons of guano, was lost in the channel 25th ult. Crew caved by the Pro mise, of Quebec. The London Times has been forbidden to cir culate in any part of the Spanish dominions. The extensive strike of colliers at the Dowlais Iron Works is over. One death is reported from Asiatic Cholera at Liverpool. The victim was a German emigrant who brought the disease from Hamburg. ihe Eastern Question.— Our information on the Eastern question is as vague as ever. In Britain the public appear to have decided that the subject either is settled, or will be settled with out more ado, and, therefore, little or nothing is now said on the subject. At Paris (says a letter) the opinion of many political persons is the same as that expressed by the Austrian and Rus sian embassies, namely, that the Emperor of Russia will raise no objection to the modifica tions made by the Porte in the Vienna note.— But this opinion is not that which prevails among the Russians recently arrived at Paris.— Many of them receive the assurances of the evacuation of the Danubian provinces with de rision. If we may believe certain letter writers of the London press, a feeling of annoyance is gaining ground in France that the obstacles to a final settlement shonld now rest with Turkey. Mercantile men consider that the trade of the allies of Turkey has been long enough obstruct ed and injured by her difficulties. In these opin ions the Emperor of France is said to share.— The Times makes this important statement, if true: “We have reason to believe that the French Cabinet has already signified to the Sul tan that the ulterior steps he may adopts contra ry to the advices of his allies, must be taken at his own peril.” From Constantinople, August 22d, it is men tioned in correspondence that the Turkish Gov ernment had issued a manifesto to the represen tatives of the four Powers, in which it states the reasons of its modifying the Vienna note.— The Manifesto is signed by Reschid Pacha, and begins by expressing regret that the note pre pared by the Porte itself had not been accepted by the Conference. The Porte professes itself greatly pained to hesitate in the course of action indicated by the four Powers. “ But the Government of His Majesty the Sultan, which had in the com mencement of the affair been declared alone competent to judge of questions relative to its rights and independence, having, unfortunately, not been consulted on the reduction of the new Note, was consequently placed in a difficult po sition.” The Manifesto winds up with the avowal that the “Government of the Sublime Porte still awaits a solid guarantee on the part of the great powers against ail interference in future, and ail occupation, from time to time, of the Principalities ol Moldavia and Wallachia.” From Belgrade, August, 22d, a quieter state of fiublic feeling was reported, and there was no onger any tear of an outbreak. The despatches that now find theii way to the newspapers, trom the Principalities, are as studiously indicative ol peace as they formerly were of war. Among the rumors was a doubtful one, that the Hospo dare had decided to revolt together against the Sultan, if he took any steps to supersede them. Letters written by the officers of British ships, atßesika Bay, say it was the general belief that the fleet would return in the course of the pres ent month to Malta. France —Numerous vessels had arrived at Marseilles, with wheat from Odessa. Later accounts from the grain markets, re ceived at Paris sth inst., announced that there had been large arrivals of English and American breadstuffs at Havre, and prices had consequent ly declined by 2 francs per bbl. At Marseilles, where p; ices had fallen in consequence of the increased supply, quotations were again looking up. The Bordeaux markets were quiet, and at Nantes there had been a decline of from 50 cents to 1 franc p»r hectolitre. At Strasburg the mar ket was quiet. The Emperor was to leave Dieppe for Bou logne, on the 6 h inst. A seditious address was posted upon the walls ol Rheims, during the night of the Ist inst., but no disposition to make a disturbance was mani fest. Prussia. —From Berlin, Aug 30th.—It was affirmed that depending on its own resources alone, there was no apprehension of scarcity in Prussia, although the harvest h d been indiffer ent A destructive fire had happened at Lubec. The Customs Conference had closed its dis cussions, having made but an insignificant change in the tariff. German papers say that the Prussian Govern ment had concluded not to interfere in the grain trade by legal enactment. Austria. —A letter from Vienna of Aug. 31 state that on that day an interview had been ap pointed between the Turkish Minister, Ariff Effendi, and the Russian ambassadoi. Tnis meeting was looked on as a decisive proof that all difficulties were settled, except such as nego tiations could remove. Italy. —The funeral of Barthoiemi Battary, a democratic priest, at Genoa, had been made the occasion of a grand political demonstration. His death was sudden, and a post mortem examina tion o! his body showed traces of poison. Capt. lugrapham, of the St, Louis, was still at LaSpezzia. Markets.— London Money Market. Sept. G.— It will be seen that we received no specie from the United States last week. The market for the English Funded Securi ties is very heavy to-day, in consequence of a variety of rumors, all more or less connected with the state of affairs in the East, and the job bers are, in consequence, again somewhat un easy a3 to the final settlement of the question. Three o’clock—The Stock markets are all very dull and fiat. Consols are 97 Jto *. — Lon don Paper , Tuesday , P. M. Liverpool , September 6.—A prevalence ot fine weather, with a high barometer, has given a check to speculation in grain, and the advices from France have also limited the inquiry for shipments in that quarter. Many of the late operatious have again been placed on the market, and some eager sellers appearing, prices of wheat have given away 3d. to Id. per 70 lbs., and flour Is. per bbl., the demand being confined to the wants of dealers, and restricted in extent.— Indian com on the spot has not altered in value, although in more limited request, but cargoes to arrive were slightly easier to purchase. Wright, Gandt k Co. Latest by the Arctic. The Turin Gazette publishes the law author izing the Sardinian Minister of Finance to carry out the convention with the Trans-Atlantic company at Genoa, to establish steam commu nication between Sardinia and America. The rise in the price of raw silk had been much felt by the manufacturers at Lyons, Nis mes and St. Etienne, but fortunately for them, the large orders received from the United States enable them to keep their operatives employed. There are several failures of second-rate mer cantile houses reported from Amsterdam, chiefly in the oil and corn trade. Gen. Sir Neil Douglass is dead. Three new cases of Asiatic cholera had ap peared at Liverpool. The Epidemic. —We stated a few days ago (hat there were some signs of an abatement in the epidemic. Those signs, Jwe regret to say, were delusive. The disease has begun to invade those classes within whose reach are all the com forts and securities against sickness. 1 he number of deaths Thursday, considering the reduced population, is probably as great as that of any day—perhaps greater. T. he disease, too, is by no means confined to the city limits. It exists in almost all parts of the surrounding country. On Ann street, be tween that and Spring Hill; on Spring Hill, and almost every where w ithin the neighborhood. It is not either the result of communication with the city, but makes its appearance spontaneously. We are glad to see that our fellow citizens in I the interior and at the north are taking into ; consideration our necessities and are subscribing the means to meet them. It is impossible to estimate the vast amount of good (limited only by a lack of money) which our charitable socie ties are doing—our Can’t-Get-Away Club and our Samaritan Society, &c. They are every where seeking out the sick and needy and ad ministering aid, day and night, in the kindest and most devoted spirit.— Mobile Tribune , 17(4 inst. The Weather and Crops. The Memphis Eagle and Enquirer, of the 9th, flays : The weather is very unfavorable for the ma turing crop of cotton. Too much rain is falling. The plant is more luxuriant than usual and fs still growing, and the damp, rainy weather will injure the bolls We want dry weather and a warm sun, blessed with which the cotton crop will be large. The Nashville Gazette, of the 10th inst. says: The accounts from every quarter'seem favor able to a larger supply of hogs than we have ever had. From the promising condition of the crops in our own State we predict a good return and prices to range accordingly. The Nashville True Whig, of the 9th, says: The weather continues rainy and very disa greeable. The sun has not been seen for a whole day at a time for more than a week. Yesteiday it rained steadily nearly all day. Our agricultural friends are suffering intensely in mind and pocket, and unless ;t clears off sud denly, a short crop of cotton in Middle Tennessee is certain. The Pointe Coupee (La) Echo, of the 10th inst., says : From the accounts of weather unfavorable to the crops that we have lately seen in papers ot different parts of the State, we think that we have lately been favored in this particular. Al though the sky has threatened rain almost every day for the last ten days, very little has fallen— not enough to lay the dust. The cane in this parish looks as fine as possible, and promises to yield as well as last year. The cotton crop is lair, considering the unfavorable circumstances which it has undergone, arid which we have duly chronicled. The health of the parish con tinues to be very satisfactory. The following is from the Lauderdale (Miss.) Republican, of the 6th inst.: In this county, so far as we have been able to ascertain, there will not be half a crop of cotton made. Almost every field has been visited by the boll worm, and in many instances, even where the weed is large and apparently very thrifty, but not more than two or three hundred pounds to the acre will be gathered. There are complaints in other directions, but it is doubtful whether any other section has suf fered equal to this. The Jackson Mississippian, of the Bth, says : From all parts of this State and Alabama, there is a general concurrence of accounts of the great calamity to the cotton crop, a few weeks ago so promising, trom boll-worms and the un propitiously rainy season. A letter shown us from a gentleman who has just traveled over a large portion of Mississippi and Alabama, ex presses the confident opinion that the crop can not exceed 2,500,000 bales. The Claiiborne, (Ala.) Southerner, of the 10th inst., says: We have had much rain in this section of country lor some time past, w'hich is ruinous to the open cotton and second growth. It checks the progress of picking very materially. Should the present wet weather continue a few days longer, an incaculable amount of mischief will be done to the crops. A steady rain has been falling since night be fore last, with every appearance of a continua tion. The Camden (Ala.) Republic, of the 3d inst. says : We are informed that as a general thing our planters will make more corn than was supposed during the drought. Their cotton hasigrown too much to a weed and the boll w’orm has done con siderable damage. The same paper, of the 10th, says the rains still continued, and adds that the weather was just such as at this season of the year is thought to be most injurious to the cotton crop—damp, cloudy, rainy. The Harrisonburg (La.,) Independent, of the 7th, says: For several days the weather has been very pleasant, with cool and refreshing breezes. We hear many reports of the whereabouts of the cotton worm ; but as yet they have committed no very serious depredations on the growing crop. The present weather being favorable for picking cotton, our planters are all busy. The Columbus (Miss.) Argus, of the Bth inst says : We have been visited with several exceeding ly heavy rains within the last week. We are told that the injury done the cotton crops by the rot resulting from the many heavy rains which have been almost constantly falling for a month past, is very extensive. Planters all agree that a half crop of cotton cannot possibly be made in this region. Corn turns outabundantly, but is decaying from the effects of the rainy weather. The Mobile Tribune publishes the following extract from a letter dated at Blackwater, Miss., on the 12th inst. : Corn is plenty at 40c. per bushel. Cotton here will turn out at least an average crop on the sandy lands, but the black lands will not turn out half a crop. The Pensacola (Fa ) Gazette, of the 10th inst. says that for the previous three days there had been constant and heavy rain, accompanied by strong winds from the southwest. [ From the Mobile Advertiser. \ Cotton Crop in Mississippi. —We are in i debtei to the politeness of Messrs. Rupert, Mc- Lelland & Co., for the following interesting let ter: * Prairie Point, ) Noxubee county. Miss., Sept., Ist., 1853. f Messrs. Rupert , McLellaud , $ Co.: Gents: As you are somewhat interested in the cotton crops, and as we can pretty well esti mate the yield now, I have concluded to drop you a lew lines on the subject. The past year has been a singular one; alter many heavy and washing rains, on the 15th March it ceased sud denly, leaving the lands in a most uncomfortable state for planting; from which time, to the sth of July, we had oneot the most severe droughts I ever witnessed ; our corn we thought gone, but the strength of soil and showers early in Ju ly have secured a sufficiency of corn, without, however, making anything like a heavy crop. The cotton crops, during July, although previ ously stunted by dry weather, grew more rapid ly and made fruit faster than any previous year of my recollection ; and on the Ist day of August 1 have never seen better prospects ; the bottom crop was superior to anything I ever saw , for the time ot year, while the middle and top of the plant were covered with blooms and forms. At this date my crop was good for 150 bales ; from the 20th ol July to Ist of August the season was delightful, and I did hope to be richly paid for my labor, but alas! at the latter date the rains again commenced, and continued, unabated till the 22d August, clearing up with a tremendous storm of wind and rain. On the Bth of August I made the first discovery of worms, and in °ten days the entire middle and top crops were de stroyed, and our heavy bottom crop was rotted to an extent. Since the 22d August the weath er has been delightful, until two days since when clouds and occasional showers have fal len ; while I write it falls, and the prospect is good for wet weather. lam not alone in the loss of a crop—our county, and the surrounding country, is in the same predicament; I now think that if the fall is very dry so that we can save what little remains, I shall, perhaps, make 50 or 60 bales. The cotton having long since ceased to bloom, it is now too late to make a top crop. Now, gentleman, you know the extent of the disease, and what are w r e poor planters to do ? As soon as the river opens I shall order a box of good smoking tobacco and drown my sor row in its fumes. We are blessed with health. Very respectfully, your obedient servant. William H. Smith. AUGUSTA, GA. FRIDAY MORNING, SEPT. 23. FOR GOVERNOR, H«N. H. V. JOHNSON, Os Baldwin County. DIST. FOR CONGRESS. 1— JAMES L. SEWARD, of Thomas. 2A. H. COLQUITT, of Baker. 3 DAVID J. BAILEY, of Butts. 4W. B. W. DENT, of Coweta. SE. W. CHASTAIN, of Gilmer. 7 THOMAS P. SAFFOLD, of Madison. 8— JOHN J. JONES, of Burke. Election Tickets. We are prepared to print Election Tickets, at short notice, at the following rates: for SI,OOO tickets $3; 600 tickets 2. Any less number 50 cents per hundred. The money must accompa ny the order. Bth Congressional Distriot. John J. Jonhs will address his fellow citi zens at Sylvania, Tuesday, September 27tb. “Lame and Impotent Conclusion.” Secession and the Right of Secession. The Chronicle Sf Sentinel makes an effort as bungling as it is unfair, to prove to its readers that the Hon. Herschel V. Johnson once fa vored disunion, or secession. When an oppo nent undertakes to prove a proposition it is nothing less than bungling for him to quote language that flatly upsets his whole argument and tears to pieces his web of sophistry. Yet in the Chronicle of the 21st inst., in an editorial written to prove Judge Johnson was in favor of secession in 1850, is quoted the following lan guage of that gentleman stating that he is opposed to a dissolution of the Union by secession or any other way : “ It seems to me therefore, that our Conven tion should li.ok to future security, rather than to redress past wrongs. Indeed I am frank to say, that I would not dissolve this Union, either by secession or otherwise, for what has already been done, if any assurance can be obtained from the North, that they will cease their aggressions and permit us to remain quietly in the Union. Our true policy then, in my poor judgement, is to adopt such measures as will prevent all future encroachments upon our rights.” This is from Judge Johnson’s letter to a Wash ington county Committee, prior to the State Convention. The Chronicle goes on to quote a passage from the letter in which Judge Johnson states what things he thought the Convention ought to do.— These are seven in number, not one of which was secession or disunion. We defy Judge Johnson's opponents to pro duce the first sentence he ever penned, or prove by a reputable witness that he ever uttered a sentence in favor of the secession of Georgia, or any other State from the Union. Judge John son never was a disunionist. He was in favor of preserving the Union when Mr. Jenkins wan in 1832, with his fellow nullifiers and secession ists calculating the value of the Union, and doing their best to prove it was not worth preserving. From that day to this he has never uttered a sen timent that we have read or heard of which squinted as decidedly towards disunion as was the well-known toast of Mr. Jenkins at the Lex ington dinner. ‘‘ The Union —formed to be val uable, why should not its value be calculated.” The Union men of those days cherished the opin ion that the value of the Union was incalculable. But Mr. Jenkins and his political friends enter tained then a very different opinion, and were anxious to convince the Union men of their error. They did not succeed. On the contrary Mr. Jenkins was repeatedly beaten by the Unionists of Richmond county for the Legislature, because of this odor of disunion that attached to him.— He finally got in by the Unionists relenting to wards him, and allowing his name to be put on a Compromise ticket which a portion of the Union party and the State Rights, or Disunion party, as it was sometimes called, united upon and elected. His previous defeats may be ac counted for because he was suspected not to have been quite as strong a U niton man as the people thought he ought to be. He was a gen tleman admitted on all hands to possess fine ta lents and an unblemished chaiacter. This Com promise ticket was elected in 1836. The next year the Union party put a full ticket in op position to the State Rights ticket. Mr. Jenkins was on the State Rights ticket. Herschel V. Johnson was on the Union ticket. Judge John son was a Union man then. He is one still. The Chronicle finds fault with Judge Johnson’s views of the right of a State to secede—a right “derived from the nature of the compact.” It does not quote from Judge Johnson’s letter to the Augusta Committee sufficiently to show its readers what are his views on this point. But Mr. Jenkins used to hold in the days of nullifi cation and secession that a State had this right, derived from the nature of the compact. He coincided then with the strictest sect of State Rights men. In a public speech in 1832, we heard him with his own lips emphatically declare that a State had an unalienable right to secede *' whenever in her own sovereign will she chose io do so.” We quote his exact words. They are indelibly impressed upon our memory. We be lieved then he was right. We believe so still. We were brought up in that school of State Rights politicians and have never recanted these opinions. We are not aware that Mr. Jenkins has ever recanted. He is a man that will stand up to his opinions and we think all the better of him for it. !* enator Toombs, Senator Dawson, Mr. Stephens—in fact all the leading State Rights men of that day, now Whigs, held the same doctrine. For aught we know to the contrary, they hold the doctrine still. Judge Johnson belonged in those days to the Union, or Jackson Democracy who looked upon this doc trine as a political heresy. They insisted that Secession was not a peaceable, hut a revolution ary remedy and would J.ave to he vindicated by the sword. The Georgia Convention in JBSO, failed to pronounce either way on this theoretical ques tion. It is of no practical importance at this time, and freemen have a perfect right in this country to enjoy their own opinions upon it. The contemptibls balderdash about Judge Johnson’3 fraternizing with disunionists, and the Southern Rights party of Georgia having “ bold ly asserted their purpose to dissolve the Union and establish a Southern Confederacy,” we will answer by an extract from a late article in the Macon Telegraph , signed “An Observer .” The article is especially devoted to the twistings and turnings of that versatile fire-eater, Senator Toombs, and the Honorable Representative to Congress from Georgia who is “ no defender of slavery in the abstract,” and who, like the freesoilers of the North, has “ no wish to extend it to other countries .” The “ twistings and turnings of the Southern Rights party (whom we presume is meant by the Fire-eating party) as exhibited by him , or any one else , can be no more than the different degrees of feeling between different individuals of the party. In all parties there are always some firm on ex tremes', and others who go by fits and starts ; but the character of a party is always fixd by its action , which is d’rected by the great majority. Look over the Resolutions and actions of the Southern Rights party, and there will be found no taint' of change, nor of disunion ; but a determined resolution to unite, if possible, their brethren of the South for the protection of the rights of the South. Before the question was decided, some few men became excited, and spoke of disun ion ; but they were (men of excitable tempera ment who only echoed Mr. Toombs’ own speeches in Congress. There was in fact no thought of disunion until the violent speeches of Messrs. Toombs and Stephens echoed it in Georgia, and then it was only by the hot bloods who always run to extremes. Then it was ta ken up as a hue and cry by political tricksters, and their followers, to overwhelm the Southern Rights party, (who composed the great body of the people,) by alarming the people and excit ing the temporary belief that there must be some danger of disunion, when it was so loudly and constantly reiterated by the satellites of Toombs and Stephens, and those they had alarm ed. The violent speeches of Toombs and his Brother Pollux in Congress, echoing in Georgia, excited among the excitable, a feeling of the ne cessity of disunion for the preservation of their rights, which reacting upon themselves in Washington, they became smitten with the fear of loss of position, and anticipated office, and came to Georgia, and shouted that the Southern Rights party are for disunion, —hurrah for the Union—every one for himself, and the devil take the hindmost, and created a perfect stam pede among the people. But the people soon recovered from the alarm, and finding they had been made to make a false step, they in conven tion, and with Toombs and Stephens and their satellites, passed the Resolution that if another right of the South was infringed, they would dis rupt the Union. The people should now show Toombs, Stephens and their satellites that they may go on jumping Jim Crow’, and playing Har lequin tricks for their own benefit or amuse ment; but they, the people, now see through their tricks and will no longer be deceived by them. Charles J. McDonald, David J. Bailey and Herschel V. Johnson. Three more upright and honest men in their pecuniary dealings—thiee men more entirely above suspicion of “dirty and disreputable con duct” in regard to money, are not to be found in the broad expanse of the State or the Union. Yet the Chroncile Sentinel , on the heel of the canvass undertakes to impugn them. This Jackal of the Whig press digs up from the buried past, a business transaction over which it seeks to throw a coloring disreputable to these gentlemen. The following is its language: David J. Bailey and Herschel Y. Johnson were practising law in partnership in Milledge ville, Bailey was appointed, under the statute, sole Director of the Central Bank by Gov. Mc- Donald. McDonald’s term of office as Governor expired in November, 1843. Bailey’s term ex pired on the 31st day of December, 1843. Two days before Bailey’s term of office expired, on the 29th day of December, the said Bailey (pro bably after consulting with them and arranging the whole thing,) determined to give his law partner, Herschel Y. Johnson, and his special friend Charles J. McDonald some nice little pickings in the way of collections for the Cen tral Bank. Hence he was about to hand over to these good friends, some $140,000 of notes due that Bank, to be collected by them ; on which, of course, they were to get a commission of 5 per cent., and the court costs in every case. Governor Crawford, happened to hear that some thing disreputable was probably going on ; and on the 29th of December, issued an Executive order prohioiting the giving out of the notes, which effectually locked the “nice little game™ of Messrs. Bailey, Johnson and McDonald!--Chroni cle, 12 th inst. What chiefly strikes us as remarkable here is, that Gov. Crawford should have interfered to prevent the collection of these assets of the Central Bank, by Judge Johnson. We do not doubt that his reason for doing so was that he wished to deprive an honest Democratic lawyer of the chance of earning the fees, and to bestow them on some of his Whig favorites. It is very certain that he did turn over a large amount of Central Bank claims to Col. Augustus H. Kenan, for collection, who made several thousand dollars by the operation. How many others came in for a share of this sort of patronage we do not know. But we do know that much more than five per cent was allowed, in some instances for their trouble. Col. Bailey made a good arrangement for the state in employing Judge Johnson to sue and collect these debts at five per cent. A more trustworthy and efficient attorney could not have been selected. The Central Bank would not have lost a dollar by him. We do not know that it lost any by delinquences of Gov. Craw - ford’s favorites. But it is very certain that in respect to every quality which makes an attor ney reliable, prompt and efficient, Judge John son was as suitable a man to employ as could have been found in the whole state. Come out again, gentlemen of the Chronicle ! Have you any more charges of the same sort left 1 or have you any more '‘'buzzard™ Roorbashs in reserve ? Politics in New Yoik. We extract the following paragraphs from an editorial correspondence in the Wilmington, N. Carolina, Journal of the lGth. The editor of the Journal has been passing some time in New York, and writes justly. The whole difficulty in the Democratic party of New York lies in the fact that there are a few turbulent spir its who wish to control the party for their indi vidual purposes. The sooner such persons are put down the better. President Pierce will pursue the even tenor of his wav, and will not fail to receive the continued confidence and sup port of all who regard the welfare of their par ty and the interests of their country. Says the editor of the Journal: Neither the Philadelphia lawyer, nor the very Old Harry himself, could unravel the entangle ments of political parties in this State. In com mon with all Southern Democrats, our sympa thies have been, and still are, to a great extent, with the Hunker wing of the Democratic party; but it is impossible to avoid the conclusion that, in the difficulties which at present distract the party here, both factions are to blame. It is susceptible of proof that no appointment has been made from among those formerly adhering to the Barnburner schism where the appointee does not take his stand upon the compromise and the Baltimore platform ; and yet, the “ hard shells ” seek to denounce all such, and ostracise the “softs” formatters behind the record. If political conventions are good for anything—if they serve any useful purpose at all—it is in re conciling differences and thereby producing uni ted action. What man, or body of men would go into convention at all, if they felt that, while participating in the organization of a party, and laboring for its success in accordance with the platform adopted they were still to be consider ed aliens, and debarred from any of the honors or emoluments at its disposal, in case of success. It would be contrary to human nature, and is a thing not to be expected. Os course, you are aware that Col. Forney is ceatainly to take charge of a leadirtg Democratic organ here in a few weeks. It will be started with very abundant resources and the Colonel’s talents are unquestionably great; yet I am by no means sanguine of its success m reconciling or harmonising the troubled elements. To do so, or to have any tangible influence, a paper must be totally free from any obligations to any person or persons whatsoever. No Lody must own a sixpence or contribute a farthing to its getting up but its responsible editors and propri etors; no paper standing upon any other footing can do a thing here. As for the Whig party in New York, they are like Napoleon’s army after the battle of Waterloo: their morals are com pletely gone ; they can hardly claim the title of a political organization. They tell a s ory of a 41 green ” Vermonter, wandering up Broadway in search of the Crys tal Palace. A little above the park he made in quiry therefor, and was told to keep on for about a mile and a half or two miles, and then inquire for the greatest humbug in New York, and any body would show it to him. He found the Pal ace ! In good truth, it is a very neat and profi'a ble dodge of the hotel keepers, steamboat men etc., to draw people within a convenient range to be fleeced, and they are. Com. Tattnall. The numerous friends of this gallant Georgian> will read with pleasure, the following letter to one of his relations in this city. It is not often that one has an opportunity of reading his own obituary notice, but the occurrence must be a pleasant one, after going through the trials him self and family have recently experienced. We understand all of his family, residing at Pensaco la, had an attack of yellow lever, and are grati fied to learn, by anotherjetter, that they are all safely over it and recovering strength. Navy Yard, Pensacola, ) September 14th, 1853. ) My Beloved Cousin ■ —Your two letters to my wife have reached her; the one on hearing of my illness, the other of my death. He is fortunate who can read his own epitaph, particularly such an one as your last letter con tains. I am feeble, being still confined to my bed, (now nineteen days}, but if no relapse occurs, I shall get well. My heart is confident, and I keep my flag taught up to the peak. God bless you and yours, Josiah Tattnall. Edward F. Campbell, Esq., Augusta. OS’-R. C. Hilton, one of the Editors of the Savannah Georgian, has returned to his post, af ter an absence of three weeks at the North. — We are gratified to learn that his health is much improved. From Utah Territory—Threatened War. —The St. Louis Republican has received copies of the Deseret News, to the 30th July, cotain ing some interesting intelligence. The Utah Indians, with their Chief, Walker, at their head, had commenced hostilities against the whites, and it w as thought that the United States would have to interfere for the protection of the peo ple. These acts of hostility on the part of the In dians had created great alarm, and Gov. Young issued a proclamation ordering the commanders of the various military districts in the Territory to repair immediately to their posts with all their forces, and also ordering Col. Conover and the other officers to bring the expedition against the Utah Indians to a close and return to their seve ral posts. All the settlements are to be put in a state of efficient defence, by building forts, cor rals, &c., and the small settlements in exposed places are ordered to be evacuated. Col. G. A. Smith has b n assigned to the command of all the military districts of the Territory South of Great Salt Lake county. Among the victims to the prevailing epidemic is Col. Hope H. Slatter, the proprietor of the Theatre and President of one of our Insurance Companies. He died at his residence on Gov erment street yesterday morning — Mobile Regis ter, 1 5th instant. [From the Oglethorpe Democrat , 1 6th iust. ] Hon. H. V. Johnson. The Democratic party did honor to themselves in selecting a standard bearer of as high toned character as Judge Johnson.—Worthy, and well qualified to adorn and grace the executive chair, we have no doubt but the people will trium phantly elect him to the highest station known to the state. He is known to them as a high toned gentleman, of commanding talents and sterling integrity, who has never betrayed them, and whose past life i" a sufficient guarantee for his future course. He is a plain republican of the Jeffersonian school of politics, whose re liance is upon the wisdom, the justice and patrio tism of the people. He is not the man to con centrate power in the few—ho recognizes no distinction in society, but regards the upright and honest man, however humble his position may be, as equally entitled to a voice in the government, and to fill its offices of honor and profit. An economical administration of the government, low taxes, and opposition to cor rupt expenditures of the people’s money, are cardinal principles of his creed. Under his ad ministration the state would advance in pros perity, and the development of the mighty re sources that constitutes Georgia the Empire State of the South. No man has been better abused than Judge Johnson, but a bitter reproof awaits his revilers at the bailor box, on the first Monday in October next. Defeat, however, would not produce annihilation, for there is a moral grandeur about his character, unknown to the mushroom politician, woithy of all emulation. Like the eagle.— ‘Proudly careering bis course with joy, Firm on his mountain vigor relying, Breasting the d ark storm, the red bolt defying; His wing on the wind, and his eye on the sun, ° He swerves not a hair, but bears onward, right on.” New Style cf Railroad Cars.— We find in the New York Courier & Enquiier of the 16th inst., the following description of some new cars, which have just been placed on the Hudson River Road : “An excursion was made yesterday as far as Peekskill, to exhibit the excellencies of a new style of cars, just introduced ou the Hudson River Railroad. Those excellencies consist in the ex clusion of dust and noise, and the division of the cars into spacious and elegant state-rooms or saloons. There are lour of these rooms in each car, with a fifth of halt size, and other conven iences. Each room is about six feet by eight, richly carpeted, decorated in the panels with | medalion paintings, and furnished with sola, I mirror, five easy chairs, a lamp and a small cen tre table. Ou one side of the car, a passage two and a half feet wide, running the entiie length, a fiords access to the rooms. A room in e t \ch train will before long be devoted to refreshments, from which meals can be sent to any of the rooms, to be enjoyed at leisure and at any time. Sleeping apartments are also in contemplation. The exclusion oldust and noise is effected toa highly satisfactory degree, by a simple remedy. The space beneath the body of a car, is boxed in at the sides, by guards extending down near- j ly to the rails, and the space between the plat- 1 forms is closed by sub-platforms projecting from the ends of the ears and joining t ghtly to each other, connected moreover with side guards ex- j tending downward, and forming with those first mentioned a con'inuous tight fence on each side, the entire length of the train. Next each pair lof wheels, a section of the guard may be raised on hinges, to permit access to the machinery.! (These guards, when perfected, are to be made of i wood, hollow, and stuffed with some light sub- ' , stance to deaden noise. At present, canvass guards are used temporarily, with a success which serves to suggest the great improvement to be expected from the perfected guards. The effect is to make the space under the train, a iong and unbroken tube, through which, when in swift motion, the air rushes violently, emer ging only at the rear, with a hurricane of dust. It is intended to add a new section to the smoke pipe of the engine, carrying the smoke and cin ders down into this passage. With dust and j smoke rushing out at the end like the tail of' a ' comet, our railway trains will present a forrnid- ; able appearance.” [From the American Cotton Plant.\ The South—Circular of Executive Council, To the friends of our cause throughout the slaveholding States we appeal. The Agricul tural Association of the Planting States,” has, tor its object, the diffusion of knowleuge as it ap pertains to all blanches of agiiculture and of our peculiar institutions. We desire a closer bond ot fellowship that we may develop our resources and be united as one man in our interests. It has been said that " the world is against us.” Be it so. The world, we know, is depen dent on us, and we glory in our position. Let us be true to ourselves, and all will be well. In the discharge of our duty as “ Executive Council ol the Association,” we have fixed the time of the next meeting of the Association to be on Thursday, the Ist day of December next at Columbia, South Carolina, which will be dining the first week of thesesssion of the Legis lature of that State. From every slave State gentlemen of distinction have been applied to by us to present essays and addresses before the Association on the various subjects of interests connected with it. To the Southern Press we also appeal, and we hope that every newspaper will not only pub lish this circular, but will give their ablest efforts to the cause, time and again, in their editorial! columns. We earnestly desire that all who feel the im- j portance o! the work before us, and desire to ad- ' vauce and firmly establish this Association, will | send forward their names and initiation fee, I which is $5, to Dr. N. B. Cloud, Lockland, Ala. i The funds raised will be applied to the pub lication of all the essays and addresses for gratui tous distribution in book or pamphlet form. Executive Council Agricultural Association- E. A. Holt, Ala. Dr. C. Bellenger, Ala. B. S. Bibb, Ala. G. H. Young, Miss. W. Anderson, Ala. A. G. Summer, S. C. J. M. Chambers, Ga. G. R. Gilmer, Ga., Preset) • N. B. Cloud, Ala., Sec’y. } The Campbell Minstrels Oder an attractive bill for this evening, con taining some of the choicest songs, Dances, &c. This is the last night but one of their perfor mance in this city. Go early, get a good and spend a pleasant evening. Dix vs. Stephens. We publish below, in juxtaposition, the letter of Mr. Dix and an extract from the speech of Mr. Stephens, on the annexation of Texas in 1845. Read them over carefully and then tell us reader, if Mr. Dix is a freesoiler, what is Alexander Hamilton Stephens, the represen tative from Georgia, from the seventh district, in Congress ? Mr. Dix's Letter, 1853. Ist That I am not and nevor have been an abolitionist in any sense of that term. On the contrary, I have been an open and uniform op ponent of all abolition movements in this state, and elsewhere, since they commencedin 1835, to trio present time.— While in the Senate of the United States I op posed the extension of slavery to Ireo torritory —a question entirely dis tinct from the interfer ence wiih slavery where it already exists. In the latter case, I have stea dily opposed all external interference with it. 2d. That I have on all occasions, public and private, since the Fugi tive Slave Law passed, declared myself in favor of carrying it into execu tion in good faith, like every other law of the land. 3d. That I was in fa vor of the union of the democracy of this state, which was consummated in 1850, continued in 1851 on the basis of the Compromise Measures, and in 1852, on the basis of the Baltimore Plat form . 4th. That I have,since the Baltimore Conven tion, in Juno, 1852, re peatedly given my pub lic assent to its proceed ings and acquiesced in its declarations, as an adjustment of disturbing questions, by wbieh I was willing to abide. I MARRIED. , I On Thursday eventng last, by Lewis Levy, Esq., r j Mr. Jacob Senningkr to Miss Martha Gibbs, j- 1 all of this city. ■..iu mil ©ammrrnsl. MiVV ORLEANS, Sept. 17. (Jotton. —Arrived ' | since tho 9th inst., 4,197 bales. Cleared in the 1 ; same time 112 bales. Stock in presses and onship j j board not cleared on the 16th iaataut 13,926 bales. 1 j We are still without any general activity to no - tice in the Cotton trade of our city, and tho mar - ket of the new crop can hardly be said to have > fairly opened, so comparatively light have been the roc Apts up to this time, and so limited the number . : of buyers. There have boon more or less transac tions daily, however, and the sales of the week sum ; : U P about 3500 bales of old and new crop, (princi yJ>fly the latter) for which very fuil prices have ' been paid generally, though the market exhibits a ‘ good deal of irregularity. We have advanced a t fraction on our quotations of last week, to embrace , new crop, the outside figures being for a strict clas -1 sification. The purchases are principally fi r Eng ) lard, though some few hundred bales have been . taken ior France and the North, and there would . probably be more doing for all these markets, at or near present prices, if the supply and assortment ; were more ample. The receipts of new crop thus far this year are 4892 bales, against 38,470 bales to j same time last year. ~ | NEW-OK.LEANS CLASSIFICATION. {Assimilating to that of Liverpool) Inferior * —a } Ordinary to Good Ordinary 8J a 9£ 2 | Low Middling 10 a lOj r \ Middling 10£ a ll : Good Middling 11) a 11$ j Middling Fair 113 al2 Fair nominal 5 Good Fair nominal T J Good and Fine nominal r Sugar. —Louisiana.—The transactions in the Sugar market continue ot a limited character, tho ; sales being mostly in mere retail paroles, for tho r consumptonof the city, and ot places in theim- L mediate neighborhood, as there is no demand for the Northern markets and but little intercourse with tho upper country. The sales ot the entire ’ week have been confine! to about 300 hogsheads, 1 ■ of which 120 hogsheads were disposed of yesterday, » lots. In prices thro is some irregularity, but the sales generally have been within the range 1 of tho following quotations : , Inferior —a —c. i Common ,3| a 3£ , Fair to fully fair 4 a4j ; Prime 4£ a4| Choice 5 a 5i Clarified 6 a 7 Molasses . —The receipts of this article arc tri fling, and thero is at the same time, very little de mand. Tho occasional limited sales that take place are mostly within a rango of 13 a 18 and 20 j cents per gallon, the lowest figures lor ordinary j fermenting and tho highest for Refir cry reboiled. Arrived since the 9th instant, 102 barrels. Clear ed in tho same time for Charleston 62 barrels. drain. —The demand for Corn has continued : moderate throughout the week, and prices havo ruled still more in favor of buyers, tho sales com : prising 7500 sacks up to Thursday evening at pri ces embracing tho extreme of 62 a 70 cents, the bulk being at 63 a 68, and 1000 yesterday, inclu ! ding 500 mixed and yellow at 66 cents, and 250 j white at 70, making an aggregate for the week of 1 8500 sacks. Bacon. —Prime Meat has continued scarce and 1 in request at full price.-, say 7£ a 7 J cents for | Shouldes and 7f aBl cents for Sides, but skippey ! and inferior have been neglected and sold at low er figures, according to condition and quality. The sales up to Thursday evening comprised 30o' casks. Yesterday 25 casks fchouldors sold at $7 80, 50 to arrive at 7J, 10 Sides at BJ, 13 inferior sugar cured Hams at sll 90, and 40 fancy ditto, in four lots, at 15 cents. Arrived during the past week 282 ! casks. Cleared tor Florida 15, Texas 10, Mobile j 13, Charleston 15 casks. Coffee. —The market has exhibited increased ac tivity since our last report, and holders have been enabled to establish a turther advance, the sales of Rio, including resales, comprising fully 12 000 bags. 6000 of which were sold at alO cents, 4000 at 10£ a 11, 1200 at 11* and 150 at 12. The stock on hand last evening was 59,503 bags, linoluding 14,288 in second hands.) against 22,412 at the cor responding date last year. Whisky —Rectified has continued to sell in small lots at 25 cents, but Raw has improved. The sales include 200 barrels former on Monday at 24 j cents, 160 on Tuesday at 25 cents and 200 barrels | Raw, in two lots, on Saturday and Monday, at 25 cents, 70 on Thursday at 25 j cents, and 50 at 26 cents. Arrived during the week 3627 bbls. Clear ed for Florida 20, Texas 40, Charleston 205 bbls. SAVANNAH, Sept. 29, P. M.— Cotton. — We have no sales to report. MONTGOMERY, Sept. 19— Cotton. —Receipts during the past week was very small, half of which has been sold from wagons at 9 to 9|c. Stock on hand Ist September 136 Received since 1438—1574 i Shipped since Ist September 498 Stock on hand 19th September, 1853 1076 CHARLESTON IMPORTS—SEPT. 21. Liverpool.— Bark Waltham — 6l crates, 5 casks ] Earthenware, and 1 box Mdze., toCaaomon, Webb I <fc Co.; 3 bales Blankets to Browning <fc Lemen; 2 ] bales Coarse Mdze., to Bancroft, Betts A Marshall; 2 casks Hardware, to H. &J. Moore, Augusta; 3 i jo. do. Bones, Gilbert & Bones, Augnsta. i Mr. Stephens' speech on the annexation of Tex as. 1845. “Nor do I wish “to hoax” pontlemen from other sections upon this point, as some have inti mated. I am candid and frank in my acknowledg ment. This acquisition will give additional pow er to the southwestern section in the national councils; and for thi3 purpose I want it—not that I am desirous to see an extention of the “area of slavery,” as some gen tlemen have said its ef fect would be. I am no defender of slavery in the abstract. Liberty always had charms for me, and I would rejoice to see all the sons of Adam's family , in every land and clime, in the enjoyment of those rights which are set forth in our Declaration of In dependence as “natural ami inalienable," if a stern necessity, bearing the marks and impress of the hand of the Crea tor himself, did not, in some eases,interpose and prevent. Such is the case with States where slavery now exists. But I have NO WISH TO SEE IT EXTENDED TO OTHER COUN TRIES ; and if the an nexation of Texas wore for tho sole purpose of extending slavery where it does not now, and wou 1 d not otherwise exist, I SHOULD OP POSE IT. a Y tel eurap^ LATER arrival ****»«, usia-jSrSa s§j t . _ Ual/TIMORf Q, i I The Biitish steamer Andes, has P ' | Boston, bringing advices from < Bth insfc. Ver P°° ! t 0 Capt. Hutchens, died on the passage Liverpool Market.— Coiton.~Tu a is dull and unchanged. n,ai bl Flour and Wheat last Tuesday ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMEfi BfcCL JIL. Liverpool week 33,000 bales. Fair Orleans ° Middling 6 a 6* ; Fair Upland 6* 2** S| The demand has been moderate and re in favor of buyers. The lower declined most. Speculators took 2000 ami * porters 6000 bales. U At Manchester, trade was moderate and U ders not pressing their stocks on the market Puce had advanced, but had declined closing quiet. a ? ai! Havre Market.- Otic, is BKh Sa.es since Alnca sailed avarage GOO per i 9 Consols had declined. Quoted at 96 > Money Market higher. Boston Convention. The national democrats have nominated r., ford L. Mills for Governor, denounced the J t.on and stigmatized! Gen. Cushing as , r soil Whig. They express syropat y L ? New York Hunkers. ' ° r „ 0 , New York, Sept. 22 Cotton.—Sales 300 bales. Charleston, Sept. 22-n tr The Democratic State Convention of JW j chusetts have nominated Bishop for Governor.' New Orleans, Sept. 21—p Yellow Fever. The interments on Tuesday were 37 17 of which were from yellow fever, p' weather is cold. The Market. Cotton. -The sales on Wednesday were 808 bales. Middling 10= cents. The market j, easier. Charleston, Sept. 23—p. Cotton— The sales of the week amount to 1400 bales at 8J to 10? cents. The lowerquali. ties are rather in favar of buyers. The receipts of the week are 1300 bales. Stork on hand, ex. elusive cf that on shinboard, 8300 bales. [ Telegraphed to the Charleston Courier] Baltimore, Sept. 21— The Steam Ship Kn. stone State.— The r.ew steam ship Kevstone State, Capt. R. Hardie, sailed from Philadelphia for Savannah on Wednesday morning. _ Sniping Jnfellipft, ARRIVALS FROM CHARLESTON. * Steamship Palmetto, Varny, Baltimore. CLEARED FOR CHARLESTON. r Schr. Heyward, M .Dongal, at Baltimore. } Schr. D. B. Warner, Hannon at New York e SAILED FOR CHARLESTON. Schr. Emma Chivers, from Richmond, V». CHARLESTON, Sept. 22.—Arr. barque Wa!- - tharn, Wheeler, Liverpool; schr Susan Hustw, 3 Carmichael. Providence. It. I. e In the Offing, Lilia, Hatch, from Rockport, Me. r Cleared, barque Harriet & Martha, Purifoy, Ha - vana; brig Somers, Watson, Gulf of Mexico. i Went to se>,> barque Fdisto, Harding, Boston - brig Somers, Watson, West Indies. e—— i SAVANNAH, Sept. 21.—Arrived, U. S. M i steamshipjFlorida, Merritt S. Woodhull, Comma a der, New York. Cleared, schr Jonas Smith, Furman, Wiimimrtoi - N. C. i Departed; steamer Fashion, PLiipot, Augusta. t Slims! llofirfs. > A Respectable Lady would accepti situation in the capacity of We Nurse. Reference to the Rev. J. Barry. sept. 20 5* Miss Catonet, grateful for the patron age of the public, for the three years past, returns her thanks to the community; informs them she has taken that eligible situation, corner of Washington and Green-street, where the exer cises of the school will be resumed on the tot Monday in October [ Miss C. has engaged competent teachers to assist 1 her in tho various branches of education. ! sept 20 ts iipffioval -—The subscribers have re a**- moved, from their late stand, to tie spacious store, No 6, Warren Block, where they a for for sale, a iarge and well selected stock of hen 11 and fancy Groceries, to which they invita the atten tion of Merchants, Planters and Familios. sop 17 lm J. R. & W. M.Dov. A learned writer, Dendy, says: "Dry den, to onsuro his brilliant visions of poesy, ate raw flesh ; and Mrs Radcliffe adopted tin same plan. Green tea and coff-e, if we do si«P induce dreaming. Baptista Porta for procuring quiet rest and pleasing dreams swallowed h** tongue after supper. Indigestion, and that con dition which is termed a weak or irritable stom ach, constitute a most fruitful source of visions The immediate or direct influence of repletion,_i* totally altering the sensations and tho disposition in waking moments, is a proof of its power to -f* range "the eii dilation oi the brain, and the tnei/n faculties in sleep. People who are troubled wit indigestion, may surely get relief from HoyflandJ Gorman Bitters,” sold exclusively in this country by Dr. C M. Jackson, 120 Arch strevt, Philahe • phia, and his Bgents. AUGUSTA STEAM PLANING MILLS, {Head of Mclntosh street , near the Wayne*’ ol Railroad Repot.) DOORS. BLINDS, SASHES, DOOR AND WINDOW FRAMES, MOULDINGS, PANELINGS, MANTEI*i ORNAMENTAL SCROLL WORK, TURNING, BRACKETS, FENCING, BULK ACS., AC. , , Os every size and of tho newest designs, nniae order at short notice. _ __ Also—Worked FLOORING, CEILING » WEATHER BOARDING. Orders punctually attended to. sop 2 dfcc6m WOOD A SUDD ARB, Lunch.—The Shades still top « w pile *Ve cordially invite all w** 0 * ! fond of the good things of this life, to drop ! help themselves to Beef Stakes, Mutton J I Fish Balls and Soups of all kinds and a spnns I hospitality. Seven dajs iu the week we found at our post studdying the taste and p of our numorous customers. . _ Plumb i ?*«*>'■ aag 14 ts 'p Merchants, Study your * :ltl j"? lJ The Edgefield Advertiser, P u oj*. at Edgefield, C. H., S. 0% by W. F. DuWSJJ* spectfully offered the business public ot a as an excellent advertising medium. Tn° fl f ser has an extensive circulation in the d‘ s " Edgefield and Abbeville —districts trade in Augusta and the Warehou r e, Cota - and other Merchants would doubtless find* . e interest to acquaint the planters and tn * generally of their whereabouts. Ths terms of advertising are as mo “® ra ». other Journal in tho State, and we tnorei , speak for tho Advertiser, a liberal share »P „ patronage. lm ; •'"■"''rfci ftf* Premium Daguerreau G alki-ry firm of Tucker A Pe rE.ins been dissolved by limitation last r e bruarv dersignod will continue to practice, the ar uerreotyping in all its various b'ranohes, a his long practical experience h t feels con his ability to please the most fastidious. . T#r e The pictures now being ta’xen at this « al * .' r u pronounced by those who are judges, sU P . tone and lifo-liko expression, to any ere* produced in Augusta. I SAA f -, b«»r N. B. Artists purcha Ang Stock, wul P* e t b*s in mind that materials* are sold at er t , ra nl »* 14 it any other house side«cf New T or*. *“ l