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Cnnstitutiuttalist k juguhlit j E" JAMBS OFFICE ON -McINTOSH-STREET, HIRn DOOR PROM TUB NORTH-WEST CORNER OF BROAD-STREET. _ TERMS: Uiilypaper (if paid in advance) ....per annum. .$8 00 Tri-Weekly (if paid in advance) per annum.. 5 00 Weekly (if paid in advance) per annum . 2 00 Arrival of the Steam Yacht North Star. This magnificent vessel arrived at her berth, at the loot ol Coriears-st., yesterday noon, after an absence of four months and three days. It will be remetpbered that Mr. Vanderbilt and members of his family sailed for Europe in the Noi th Star on the 25th of May, intending to vis it the principal European ports. Since that time, the European and American papers have given detailed accounts of the progress of this stupendous pleasure trip, leaving but little fur ther to be added. On going to the wharf yesterday, we found the ship hauling in, and observed the passengers crowding to the side next the shore. Presently one of the gentlemen, espying a friend on the wharf, shouted out, “How are you, John? Here we are, you see. Didn’t expect us back quite so soon, did ye ? We have been in Eu rope, Asia, Africa and America in the past 28 days. Beat this if you can !” Here the speak er and his friend both broke out into a laugh. Taking a boat, we went on board, an:l found all the passengers eager for news from the city. After satisfying them as far as possible, we questioned them in turn. All of them were in excellent health, and the only drawback to the pleasure of the trip was the loss of a man overboard in the Bay of Biscay. The trip home has been a very short one indeed. The vessel sailed from Constantinople on the evening of the 20th of August, and arrived at Gibraltar on the 2d Sept., a distance of 1,850 miles, which she performed, in 7 days, mean time, making an average speed of eleven knots per hour, and using only two boilers. Alter a stay olsix days at Gibraltar, during which time the passengers visited the town and fortifica tions, and partook of the hospitalities of the au thorities, she steamed to Funchal, Madeira. The grape crop is a total failure, owing to the diseased state ol the vines. The people in the interior of the island are in almost as destitute a condition as they were two years since, when we sent them relief. The passengers of the North Star purchased nearly every curiosity they could obtain in that town, in order to af ford the people some little assistance. On the evening of the 12th she sailed from Madeira for New York, and arrived here in ten days and twenty hours. One third of the distance was performed with two boilers only, consuming on the average twenty-five tons per day. This is said to be the quickest run over made by any steamer. At noon Thursday, the North Star was ia rhe Gulf stream, 255 miles distant; at ten o’clock, yesterday morning, Sandy Hook was reached. In three hours from first sighting the land the yacht was opposite Castle Garden. This time includes stopping to fire a salute to Mr. Vanderbilt’s mother, and two stoppages at quarantine. As soon as the vessel was made fast to the pier the passengers hurried to their homes as rapidly as coaches could whirl them. The eßtire distance performed by the North Star, since her departure from New York has been 15.000 miles,occupying 58i days, during 19 of which the four boilers were used, and for the remainder of the time only two. She per formed 6,000 miles, consuming only 500 tons of coal. Items of News bv the North Star. —All American vessels arriving at the port of Malaga are sent to Mahone, as the authorities believe the yellow fever and cholera is raging ail through the United States. The authorities of Gibraltar were informed by the authorities of Malaga, that unless they sent American vessels to Mahone all ships from Gibraltar arriving at Mala ga would be subjected to quarantine re strictions. The Gibraltar authorities have tem porarily compromised the matter by subjecting American vessels to a seven days’ quaruntine. When the Admiral of the British Fleet, in Besikaßay. heard of Ingraham’s gallantry, in the Korta affair, he manned all the yards, and the seamen gave nine hearty cheers, w hile the guns belched forth a royal salute. A large number of very excellent bannanas were brought to New York in a state of good preservation by the North Star. At Malta, Commodore Vanderbilt and family were treated with great kindness; the batteries saluted the North Star, on entering the Fort. At Constantinople, the Sultan attended in state, a Mosque, which he had never visited be fore. He did this in order to obtain a view of the strangers. In Constantinople the people are hot for war; they say the English Government, by its con cessions to Russia, has compromised them. In sailing up the Dardanelles many fortifica tions were in view, but all of them seemed very insufficiently manned. The day before the North Star sailed from Constantinople about 4000 troops embarked, and ascended the Bosphorus to join between 30,000 and 40,000 troops that were encamped ; the next day it was rumored that all of them had taken up stakes, and marched to a more advanced post. The combined Turkish and Egyptian Fleets compared very favorably with both the Fiench and English. The Admiral’s ship. Mahmoud, is one of the finest ships in the world, and carries 146 guns.— N. Y. Tribune , 24(/i. From Oregon. The San Francisco papers of the 30th furnish the following important intelligence from Rogue River Valley, in Oregon. It is extracted from the Portland Commercial of the 25th ult: Late on Saturday evening last Mr. arrived here direct from Jacksonville, bringing a despatch announcing that a general outbreak had taken place among the Indian tribes in the vicinity of Rogue river. It appears that for some time past the various tribes in the vicinity of the above named river have made great complaints, and become generally dissatisfied at the number of Bostons who were congregating on their for mer hunting grounds, and this dissatisfaction has sprung into a burning desire to exterminate the whites from the region of Rogue River Valley, and regain their former footing and reseive that entire valley for their own use. In order the more effectually to carry out these designs seve ral tribes have joined, among which are the Klamath, Rogue River, Smith River,Shasta, and it is supposed that a large portion of the Snakes had a'soagreedto co-operate with them. A portion of each of those tribes, to the num ber of about three hundred, have established their headquarters and stronghold at a point call ed Table Rock, said to be one of the most im pregnable fortresses in the territory, and about eight miles distant from Jacksonville. If, there fore, any engagement should take place, we may suppose that this fortress will be the scene of action. At the time Mr. E. left Jacksonville nearly twenty persons had been butchered by the In dians. Among them are Dr. Rose, J. R. Hardin, Mr. Willis, Mr. Noland and Mr. Smith, and the Indians had burned upwards of dozen dwellings. Heretofore the Snake and Rogue River Indians have never amalgamated for the purpose of act ing against the whites, and if the report is true that they now have joined, it is a certain evi dence that they have determined to carry on hostilities on an extensive scale, and the only effectual mode of putting a stop to their depreda tions, is to apply a desperate remedy, and teach them a similar les&on like unto that which the Cayuses have heretofore been taught by the old settlers in this valley. Like manyotber tribes the Rogue River In dians derive their name from their propensity for stealing, and their well known predatory talents have acquired for them the unenviable title of Rogues. We learn from the gentleman who brought the news, that the Indians, during the past few weeks, killed no less than tw’enty miners and settlers, and that great excitement exists around and in Jacksonville, in consequence of the citi zens not having ammunition enough to warrant them in commencing hostilities. Immediately on the first symptoms of a disturbance, an ex press was despatched to Crescent City to procure aid and ammunition ; but unfortunately there was but a small amount of the latter on hand, but that was freely given. (Jpon the return of the messenger from Cres cent City, a despatch was immediately sent to the Acting Governor, G. L. Curry, praying that 100 stand of arms and 4,000 round of ball cart ridges be sent to the relief of the citizens. The steamer Eagle was then chartered, and proceeded to Voncouver, where, through the kindness and exertion of Mr. T. J. Eckerson, the keeper of ordnance and stores, the required supplies were obtained and were landed at Oregon City on last Sunday evening. On Monday they weie placed on board the Phoenix, and forwarded to their destination. We learn that Gen. Lane, at the head of seventy-five volunteers, proceeded to the scene of action immediately upon learning of the out break : and great praise is due to the citizens of the surrounding country for the prompt manner in which they responded to the call of their fel low-citizens in Rogue River Valley. The foregoing is all we can learn upon this subject up to the present, and our readers may rest assured that weshali keep them “posted up*' in all circumstances attendant upon this out break, which will prove disastrous to both the whites and Indians, as will tend to stop the trade of one party, and will stop the breath of many of those engaged with the other. P. S.—Since the above was in type we learn that the Indians have added to the aggressions by brutally murdering Judge Sinner, Indian agent in that district. The Portland Commercial, of the 25th, like wise furnishes the following items: Gen. Palmer is about to explore that region of country situated between Tiliamook and Kowis livers, and their adjacent valleys. The object sought is to discover if the country is suitable as a location for the remaining Indian tribes in Oregon, with a view of removing them thither and let them remain in quiet possession. New flour has already made its appearance in our market, and the reports from the crops throughout the valley are very favorable, yet we are inclined to think that notwithstanding the advantages our farmers possess for the cultiva tion of monster crops, and the enormous price their produce brings in this market, that large quantities of flour and other provisions will have to be imported into Oregon this year as it has in all preceding. We learm from a gentleman just arrived that the main body of the emigrants to Oregon are between For Boise and the Grande Ronde. He reports the health of the emigrants good, but that the cattle are dying lapidly. The Oregon Spectator, of the same date, says: On Wednesday morning last the steamers Fenix and Oregon came in collision a few miles below Buteville. The Oregon attempted to pass the Fenix, and in the endeavor (a spirit of rival ry doubtless prompting both) they headed to gether. There being but little freight in either the concussion was slight, and nothing serious occurred. What Say the Democracy ? The Hon. John. P. King, of Augusta, is out in a letter, in support of the election of Johnson. The letter is short, but is marked by that strong, practical, good sense which has ever character ized the railroad King and prince of financiers in Georgia. Speaking of Gen. Pierce, he affirms that his whole history is one of unwavering de votion to the constitutional rights of the States He has been no holiday friend to the South, but whatever the political turns around him, what ever dangers seemed to threaten him at home, he has never for a moment hesitated between policy and duty. He is truly and consistently a national Democrat; standing up firmly for the rights of the States and the Union of the States. And. asks Mr. King,if he is not sustained by the South, what encouragement do we offer to a northern man to do his whole duty, under all circumstances, to every section ? Mr. King can not see the consistency of the attempted reor ganization of the Constitutional Union Party, since, according to Mr. Jenkins, it had accom ' plished its object in 1852, and was therefore dis solved. But the south is to be frightened be cause the President has appointed, as it is said, some freesoilers to office ! When did freesoilers become so obnoxious to <he whigs of Georgia. The whole Whig party of the State would have voted for Webster, Scott. Fillmore or Clay. If they could not have been united upon one of them, some of them could have taken the whole Whig vote. Now all these men were, in an ab tract sense, either freesoilers or abolitionists. Even Mr. Clay, a southern man, not only com mitted himself against the further extension of slavery, but actually introduced a scheme for the abolition of slavery in his own State! The whigs of Georgia stood ready at all times during his life, to entrust the whole Executive power of i the General Government in his hands—but now, they must organize against danger, be cause, as they assert, a Democratic President ap points free soilers to subordinate offices, who can be removed at pleasure ! What say the Democ racy, now, to all the pretended uneasiness of the i Conservatives about the free soil appointments charged against the Administration of Gen. Pierce ? Are they willing to have Georgia transferred to the control of Mr. Jenkins, upon f the strength of such charges coming from such a source? We believe not. We believe with ! Mr. King, that the people of Georgia are not prepared to present such a strange figure among her Southern sisters. Tne Southern States have nearly all in their late elections, recently deci r ded that they believe the South secure, that the President has thus far done his duty, and that he , is for the future entitled to their confidence. [ Shall we permit Georgia, then, to be found soli i tary and alone, upon a platform hastily erected, ; and, as Mr. King remarks, with her lance poised i against enemies, no where to be found, and pre j pared to meet dangers long since passed away? Let all, then, who deprecate such a course tor 3 Georgia, come up to the support as the friends of L the Administration, and on next Monday cast 3 their votes for Herschel V. Johfomn, for Govern , or, and for Wm. B. W. Dent and the other Dem ocratic candidates for Congress ; and thus make one bold, successful effort to place Georgia in position with her Southern sisters in support of the President of their choice. What say the i Democracy ?— Georgia Banner. Georgia Whig Misrepresentations. The Savannah Republican of the 22d inst. comes to us loaded down with misrepresenta tions, origiual and extracted, evidently put forth on the eve ot the election in Georgia, with the hope that there will be no time t 6 counteract their influence. We will dispose of several of them briefly and in order. First, the Republican charges that President Pierce and his cabinet are committed to the con struction by the government of a gigantic rail road of 2,500 miles in length, reaching from the valley of the Mississippi to the Pacific ocean • and byway of alarming the tax-payers in Geor gia, the cost ot the road is put down at two hun dred millions of dollars. The charge is made U P??uf e i a , ll t , ? ation that CoU Davis ’ in his speech at Philadelphia, not only declared himself in fa vor of the enterprise, but announced that he spoke for President Pierce as well as himself The Republican also charges that Col. Davis’ speech passed through a second edition for the purpose of undergoing such revisions as would quiet the constitutional scruples of some demo crats who were displeased with the position as signed to the President in the first edition. These allegations, charges, and deductions are sheer misrepresentations. Col Davis was not repre sented, in any report of his speech that we have ever seen, as speaking for President Pierce, ex cept on a single point, and that was that he would sanction no exercise of power by the gene ral government that would interfere with the rights and jurisdiction of the States. In this particular, and to this extent, and no further, did Col. Davis profess to speak lor the President, and the reports of his speech, as first published, as well as his revised speech, concur in so repre senting the matter. It is not tiue that Col. Davis and Mr. Guthrie declared themselves in favor of the gigantic scheme as a government measure ; on the contary, Col. Davis was explicit in con fining his remarks as to the power of Congress to a road lying within the territories of the Uni ted States; repudiating the idea that it had any power to construct it within a State, and only conceding the power within the Territories up on the assumption that it was necessary as a means of defence. This was the full extent of his concession, and he gave no ground for the inference that he was in lavor of or would sanc tion the enterprise as a government measure, to be carried out by appropriations from the trea sury. He conceded that the government might give aid to a road through its teriitories neces sary for purposes of defence, but he gave no in timation as to the building of such road out of the treasury. The President has in no way com mitted himself to the Pacific railroad, and especi ally does he stand uncommitted to such an enter prise as a government undertaking, and to be paid for out of the treasury. We have so an nounced on a former occasion, and we repeat the announcemet. The whole article in the Republican is a tissue of misrepresentations. The second article denies the genuineness of the article which we publish in another column from the North State Whig, retracting the charge that the President had appointed a free negro to office in North Carolina. We have no doubt of the genuineness of the article and of the retrac tion ; but, whether they are genuine or not, we know that the charge is false and unfounded. The third article is from the Southern Record er, and is designed to show that Presideet Pierce has so much sympathy for the freesoilsrs that he appointed Gen. Dix to office whilst he excluded from bis confidence such men as Dickinson, Cass and Bright. It can hardly be possible that the editor of the Republican when hetjuoted this ar ticle was ignorant of the fact that the names of Dickinson and Dix were sent to the Senate to gether, the former for collector and the latter for sub-treasurer at New York—the former office far more important and honorable than the latter Gov. Dickinson declined the collectorship, whilst Gen. Dix accepted the subordinate place. We hardly suppose he can be ignorant that Gen. Cass had publicly announced that he would ac cept no political office, and we know that Mr. Bright was not excluded to make room for Gen. Dix or anybody else. We have only time to expose the foregoing misrepresentations in a sin gle number of the Republican. We hope the peo ple of Georgia have more reliable political teach ers than the Republican.— Washington Union. The Weather and Crops. In Alabama. —The editor of the West Ala bamian, published at Carrollton, has made many inquiries of persons living in different parts of Pickens county, and is satisfied that the cotton crop will fall short of an average yield by more than one-half This falling off is occasioned by the incessant rains and boll-worm. Some farms will not yield more than two hundred pounds per acre, and those, too, of the best lands in the county. It is equally as bad in Noxubee. The Weather. —The weather in this part of the world still continues remarkably wet and much complaint among the farmers about the injury done the cotton crop in consequence of continued rains. We conversed with one of our largest planters the other day. and the ac count he gave of the cotton crop was truly dis tressing. What cotton is making in most parts of the neighborhood in which he resides, he says looks more like the last than the first picking, and but very little to gather of any kind at that. There is a wilderness of weed but nothing on it, and what has matured the wet weather rot ted to that extent never before kiown in this part of the State.— Marion Commonwealth , 24 th ult. The Cotton Crop. —Within a few days past we have travelled extensively over this county and find everywhere but one opinion prevailing re lative to the cotton crop in this section—that it must be unusually short. The lateness of the planting season, the worm and the present wet spells have combined to cause, in many instan ces, almost absolute failures. We have heard of but few who will realize a usual cron; but west of us, we heard of one farmer who would not make a hundred upon one hundred acres, and of another who proposes to give his entire crop to any one who will prepare his land for the next season. These are extreme cases, but the gen eral prospect is bad.— Eulaw \ Whig, 21th ult. In Louisiana. —A correspondent, writing from Black River to the Concordia Intelligen cer, in a letter dated 13th ultimo, says: During the past month of August we had our full share of rain, and sometimes quite a storm. Rain iell in this vicinity on thirteen days. In consequence of these rains there has been very little fodder gathered. The opening of the cot ton is retarded and much rust and rot have ap peared. Picking has been checked a good deal by the rains. Later from Mexica. By the arrival of the steasship Texas yester day from Vera Cruz, we are placed in posses sion of papers from that place to the 22J inst., and from the city of Mexico to the 17th. The Siglo XIX, of the 12th, and five subse quent days, is issued with the usual typographi cal symbols of mourning, in consequence of the death of Gen. Don Jose Maria Tornel y Mendivil, who held the office of Minister of War and Ma rine in the Mexican Cabinet. He died at 10 o’clock on the morning of the 14th inst., at Ta cubaya, from an apoplectic attack. The Siglo deplores the loss of Gen. Tornel in the warmest terms of sympathy and esteem. His great ex perience, expansive capacity, vast information, his intimate connection with the whole country, and above all, his sincere friendship to Santa Anna as well in adversity as in prosperity, leave a vacancy in the Cabinet, which, says our co temporary, no member of the actuil Adminis tration, could completely fill. The Siglo then proceeds to give a sketch of the chief incidents in the life of the deceased, which we have at present neither time nor room to publish. The highest funeral honors were paid to the deceased statesman, whose remains were deposited in their final resting place in the Cathedral at Gua dalupe, on the afternoon of the 15th. A gener al mourning to his momory for nine days had been decreed. Senor Don Juan Suarez y Navarro was charg ed with the portfolio of the Minister of War and Marine, and the Siglo XIX says it appealed probable that he would continue to be so, al though many names were reported as those of candidates to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senor Tornel. Among them, our co temporary gives, those of Generals Don Igna cia Mora y Villamil, Don Francisco Pacheco, Don Mariano Salas, Don Romulo Diaz de la Vega, Don Manuel Lombardini, and Don Lino Alcorta. D. Luis M. Del Valle has been appointed Con sul for Mexico in San Francisco. The cholera, we regret continues to ravage Oaxaca, notwithstanding the authorities exert themselves with the utmost zeal to minister to the wants of all attacked, in every possible way, Don Jose Tavoli, the second in command in Oaxaca, succumbed to the disease on the night of the Bth instant. Don Luis Ramirez, and Don Cesareo Morales, Secretary of the Cen tral Prefecture, had also died from the same disease. In Orizava and Tehuacam, we are glad to perceive that it had altogether disap peared. The Siglo XIX, of the 13th, contains a lengthy report on a proposition for a commercial treaty between Guatemala and Mexico. Telegraphic commuication was established on the 7th inst., between Irapuato and Guanaju ato. Three days’ rains with the swelling of the torrents on the hills of Terreo, had caused a se rious inundation of the town of Tizapam el Alto, in Jalisco, on the 16th ult. Reyes Baltazar, Juan de los Reyes and Jose Albino had been executed for being concerned in some of the numerous robberies committed of late. Mateo Gonzales, who, with the last nam ed, for the robbery and assault of the travelers in the Toluca stage, had also been sentenced to death, had his life spared in conssequence of his youth and some other circumstances in his favor, The Indians still continue their ravages in Durango and Chihuahua. Seventy odd beasts were taken from three by a justice of the peace, who pursued them with a few neighbors. They themselves escaped. On the 19th, 20th, 21st and 22d ult., eighty or a hundred attacked the mines of Panuca, killing Don Bartolo Sifuentes, Migue Situentes and an other, and robbing the hacienda ot Chorro. On t-ae 24th eleven robbed eighteen houses and made off for Las Varas. Near Cuercame two servants on the road to the hacienda of Tetillas were attacked,one of them killed.and *he sum of $612 and two mules taken from them. Twelve armed men pursued the robbers the next day and caught them at Potrero, when one of them was killed and another wounded. If there were others, they escaped. The mules were recov ered, but none of the money. The Indians were afterwards seen near the hacienda, and had the impudence to steal some horses tied up at a door in Noria del Banoso. A desperate Indian rob ber named Antonio, on whose head a price had been set, had been captured in Chihuahua and taken to Duranga We regret to learn lrom recent proceedings that the Rev. Thomas Smyth, D. D., now at Newport, R. 1., has felt constrained, by his con tinued ill-health, to dissolve the relation which has existed between himself and the Second Presbyterian Church of our city for twenty-one yeais. At a meeting of the corporation ot that church on Sunday, 25th inst., the letter of Dr. Smyth was read, and elicited appropriate re marks and resolutions, tendering the sympathies and condolence of the congregation, and express ing the hope that their esteemed and cherished pastor would yet be restored to a measure ot health that would justify the resumption of pas torial duties. We need not add that many of our community, not ot that congregation, and not ot the denomination, even, ot the learned and well-known Divine, join heartily in the same wish.— Ch. Courier , 3 0th ult, AUGUSTA, GA. SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 2. FOR GOVERNOR, HON. 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 Eutts. 4W. B. W. DENT, of Coweta. SE. W. CHASTAIN, of Gilmer. 7 THOMAS P. SAPFOLD, of Madison. 8— JOHN J. JONES, of Burke. For Judge of the Northern Circuit, COL. RICHARD M. JOHNSON. Facing the Music. We take pleasure in ,thus publicly notifying “ M.” that SI,OOO of his proposed bets are al ready taken. We fully expect that by sundown to-morrow, the remaining $4,000 will also be in a fail way of being transferred to the pockets of Pierce and Johnson men. Protection to Foreigners. Every American citizen, whether native or naturalized, who is not too much wedded to aristocratic forms of government, and do not sym pathise with power and place against popular rights, must rejoice in the noble stand taken by President Pierce in behalf of the rights of for eigners claiming the protection of the American flag. It is already announced that the Ad ministration will vindicate the claim of the Hungarian patriot, Kosta, to the sheltering care of the American government against the lawless ruffianism of despotic Austria. The out lines of the manifesto about to be issued by Se cretary Marcy, as embodying the sentiments of the Administration, and at the same time of the American Democracy, have already been dis closed to the public. It distinctly recognizes ever, foreigner who, fleeing from the storms of oppression, lands among us to share in our liber ties, and declares his intention to become an American citizen,as from that moment, sacred from the polluting touch of despotism’s myrmi dons. It proclaims the stern will of the Ameri can people that not a hair of the head of Martin Kosta shall be touched by the Austrian despot, and it demands, in the majestic name of Demo cratic America, that he be placed back under the protection of the neutral flag from beneath whose folds lie was lawlessly torn. Well done ! General Pierce! All honor to thy chivalric soul—to thy great American heart, that beats so warmly in unison with thy liberty loving, tyranny-hating countrymen. Nobly hast thou spoken out, and nobly wilt thou be sus tained by the American people. A grand demonstration of pnblic sentiment no this great question took place on the 20th September at Metropolitan Hall in New York. Many distinguished gentlemen were invited, who responded in person or by letter. Thou sands of citizens came up to that gathering of freemen, warmed with a generous spirit of ad miration tor the gallantry with which Captain Ingraham, of the United States sloop of war Sfc. Louis, demanded the surrender of Kosta by the Austrian kidnappers. Among the letters read on the occasion, was one from Robert J. Walker, of which the fol lowing is an extract. It breathes the true Ame rican spirit: “The brutal seizure of Kosta by an Austrian officer, on the soil of a neutral and friendly pow er, was a clear violation of law and justice. That seizure was also an outrage upon our rights, in the person of one whose initiatory oath and declaration entitled him to become a citizen of the United States. By that act Kosta had placed himself upon the platform of the constitution, and justly claim all the pro tection that should be extend#d to an American citizen. In many of the States he would have enjoyed the right of suffrage, and in a foreign land he was covered by the flag of the Union. He had committed no offence, save that of hav ing nobly contended for the liberty of his coun try, and the oath accepted by our government by which he abjured allegiance to Austria, and bound himself to become a citizen of the United States, induced the corresponding obligation of protection upon our part. “Let it then now be proclaimed, henceforth and torever, that the exile, whose oath we have received, abjuring allegiance to any foreign pow er, and whose pledge we have accepted to be come an American citizen, shall be protected as such upon the banks of the Neva or the Danube, or upbn any other soil, against all combinations, at any and every hazard, and at any and every expense of blood and treasure/’ These are the sentiments of the American people; especially are they the sentiments of the American Democracy, and firmly will they be sustained by our Demoeratie President. But what is the spirit in which the Whigs of this country as a party view this demonstration ? In what spirit do they respond to this stirring appeal to American magnaminity, pride, and sympathy for the oppressed foreigner ? Listen to the sneering comments of the National Intelligen cer.the Metropolitan organ of the Whigs at Wash ington. How contemptously it speaks of this gathering of the people in a cause as holy as ever called freemen together ? Babel in Council.— Out of the tents of thou sands ol emigrants from all parts of the earth who form so large * portion of the population, tran sient or permanent, of the American Babel, some four or five thousand assembled at Metropolitan Hall on Thursday night last, for the purpose of approving Capt. Ingraham’s conduct in the Kosta affair, and voting to that officer the com pliment of a gold medal. The Washington Union describes it as an immense meeting of French Italian, German, Hungarian, Swiss, and Cuban exiles, marshaled under their respective revo lutionary banners, with “speeches in French, Spanish, German, and Sclavonian. An Ameri can, the editor of the National Democrat , presided, and byway of variety, but not much, we pre sume, to the edification of his auditory, the Hon. John P. Hale made a speech in English. It may have been “ Babel in Council.” But the confusion of tongues such councils wlil bring about, will be visited upon the sym pathizing among us with foreign despotism —the opponents of the present truly American Administration—the opponents and revilers of Gen. Pierce. Citizens, whether native or foreign born, are you ready to turn your back on the President, and join his enemies ? If not, vote for the tick et that sustains his Administration. Citizens of Richmond county ! if you sustain Gen. Pierce, vote for the ticket which has on it the names of his friends. Among the passengers who left New York on Saturday last in the stermer for Europe we. ob serve the name of the Hon. Lewis Cass, Jr., who nas been on a short and uielancholly visit home, and now, we are glad to see, returns to a post which he has filled with so much honor to j himselt and advantageous to his country and countrymen on several occasions, which requir ed character, judgement and firmness. Ihe General Post Office, on the 22d instan t transmitted to the Post Office at Bremen 6,901 dead letters for the several German States. These letters were duly received here, and placed for delivery in our respective post offices, then regu larly advertised ; but from the absence of the persons the letters were intended for, their omis sion to apply for them, or other causes, have failed to reach the parties superscribed, they are now returned to the place from whence they came. Letters received in the closed mails from Prussia are now being mailed. About 475 bush els of dead letters, American, have been opened in the office dujing the present quarter. The value of the business transacted by the Butchers’ Hide and Melting Association, of New York, during the years 1851-52, amounted to nearly $750,000; but as the business has been considerably extended the past year, by a large accession of new members, the present value cannot be far short of $1,000,000. In the years 1851-52 the number of hides cured amounted to 57,349, weighed 4,811,697 pounds. The tallow melted last year weighed 6,292,250 pounds. The number of horns was 114,998, which at $8.25 per hundred, brought the sum of $9,462.65. The tufts of hair numbered 57,349, which at $3.75 per hundred, amounted to $1,734.83. Fire in Selma.— We learn from the Sentinel that a fire occurred in Selma on Friday night 23d ult. Stone's Hotel, the house occupied as a saddlery shop, by N. Smith, and a large por tion of the brick store of Mr. Frederick Voege lin, and several smaller houses, were entirely destroyed. The most of the furniture of the hotel was saved, though much of it in a broken and injured condition, it having to be removed in so hurried a manner. Much damage was also done to the stock of goods of Mr. Voegelin. in taking them out. Mr. Smith, we learn, saved the largest portion of his stock, tools, &c. [communicated.] Independent Yoters of Richmond County. For the first time, in a series of years, ihe in dependent self-thinking and self-acting constit uency of this county, is in a situation to cast its suffrage according to the dictates of sound so ber judgement, without compromising any of those principfes which have heretofore operat ed in political associations. What is the present state of political parties in Georgia, with reference to old issues? There is really nothing to divide or distract the people. We are all American citizens, striving to emu late each other in support of the honor and in tegrity of the Nation, and the equality of the South in its counsels; and aided as we are, by the wise, and influential administration of the present National Executive, and his honest and talented Cabinet, we have no fears as to na tional affairs—they are in good keeping, and will be administered with that firmness and in dependent impartiality which becomes a great Republic. As to local parties, and their affinities with tomrer National organizations, as far as one of the great divisions is concerned, especially in this State—l allude to the Whig party, it is dead, having neither vitality nor organization.— Its lormer adherents do not profess to claim for it any controlling influence, for the rally of its members in support of any measure. For Governor, the Whigs have no candidate, as such, in the field. So they rally around the Honorable Charles J. Jenkins, their standard bearer. As a Whig? No. lie is held forth as the champion of the Conservative Republican Citizens’ Tarty—not a Whig. The very appel lation ot Whig has been studeously avoided, seemingly as though the very name would con taminate the candidate and his supporters. This plainly indicates that whig principles are either obsolete, or that with its influential members they are considered unpopular with the people. There is no Whig nominee for the Legislature in this county. For Governor the Democracy have in their standard bearer a worthy champion in [the field ; but for the Legislature that party has made no nomination ; nor has any party brought out candidates on old issues. Under these circumstances, I repeat, the peo ple are left free to exercise the elective franchise, as far as members of the Legislature are con cerned, openly and independently, without com promising any of those principles which have heretofore influenced them, and may act inde pendently ; casting their votes according to the best dictates of reason end sober judgment, un trammelled by that secret dictation and intrigue of long ruling tyranical juntos; thinking and voting for themselves, and not for those held forth as the friends of the people, but in reality the advocates and promoters of the private ends and views of those who bring them forward. Not being called on, then, in the present in stance, to sacrifice any principle in voting in dependently, there being no Whig or Democratic nominees before you, it is a fitting time to ex hibit your disapproval and determined reproba tion of the authority of cliques and cabals, in con doling your own choice of Representitives,which has had too frequently heretofore improperly controled public opinion. By so doing you will but establish a precedent, which will tell in its future influence in the independent elective franchise of Richmond county. In an election of Representatives, the considera tion should be, are they capable and worthy ? and not, have they been put in nomination, by thisi that or the other clique of politicians ? Richmond County has heretofore been politi cally ridden and pressed to the utmost verge of independent forbearance; but now we have be fore us men who have had the manly firmness to come forward at the call of the people, and suf fer their names used, not only without, but in the face of, and in opposition to, regular nomi nations—and to them there is something due from the independent voters. Should you be lieve John Milledge and Henry Johnson suitably qualified to represent you, it is your duty to sup port them. And without any disparagement to the regular nominees, it may be safely asserted that these gentlemen will fully compare with the nominees in all the essential requisites of capa ble and faithful representatives. One on each ticket has heretofore been tried, and one on | each is for the first time in the field. As to Col. Milledge, he was well tried during the last session of the Legislature. He was there the watchful champion of your rights, al ways on the alert, willingly and with ability advocating such measures as were for the general good, and the promotion of your local prosperity. During the past session, he deservedly attained a position for ability and industry which will tell with effect in his future duties, should you return him to his former post. As for Mr. Henry Johnson, you know him as a plain, practical, unassuming man, possessed of that capacity and energy of character peculiarly fitting him for an honest and independent repre sentative. Judge between them and their oppo nents. But remember that there is something due to that manly firmness which has con strained Milledge and Johnson to obey the call of the people in opposition to that of a clique of politicians sailing not under true colors, but as suming those considered more popular. I say Whigs, you are not in anywise bound by by your party principles to support the nominees of the Conservative Republican Citizens. This nomination is an insult to you as Whigs, and a ruse for the catching of Union Democrats. Come out and support the Independent Candi dates, Milledge and Johnson. Richmond. The Weather.— For the past two or three days we have had quite cool evenings and morn- . ings, while the middle of the day was extremely j hot. We are glad to learn, however, that under ( this condition of the weather, there are very few g cases ot sickness occurring. But we do not con sider it yet safe for absentees to return. —Mobile c Tribune, 21th ult. i [communicated.] Mu. Editor : I see a Card in your paper of , this morning (intended, I suppose, as the “/as* Card, ") offering bets on the election, which are very much mixed up, and hard to be understood. Now, I will offer a plain one. I will take bets to the amount of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, in any sums that may be placed in your bands on or before Mon day, 3d instant, at sun down, that CHARLES J. JENKINS will be elected Governor. I hope some of your friends will make “use of the telegraph wires” from different parts of the State, and take it up on Monday. Perhaps I may double the amount. M. Augusta, October 1,1853. Mr. John A. Dix, late U. S. Senator from New York, has sent a letter to the Richmond Va. Enquirer, denying that he ever made an ab olition speech, either in the Senate or out of it, and particularly denying that he ever made use of the rhetorical flourish of “a cordon of free States surrounding the South, and compelling Slavery, like a scorpion encircled by sue, to sting itself to death.” [From the Rome Southerner .] Calhoun, Sept. 25, 1852. Dear Sir : On yesterday Governor Cobb made one of the most eloquent speeches I have ever had the pleasure of listening to. He dwelt long and eloquently upon the unwavering fideli ty of our Northern Democratic brethren to the constitutional rights of the South. He concur red with Mr. Jenkins in the opinion that the National Whig party was “unsound, rotten to the core, and unworthy the confidence and sup port of Southern men.” He proved to the au dience clearly and forcibly the truth that the ultimate destiny of the “Conservative party of Georgia would be a coalition with the National Whig party,” that party which the conseiva tives themselves denounced as “unworthy the confidence and support of Southern men.” He defended the administration of General Pierce, to the entire satisfaction of all present, and tri umphantly dispelled every calumnious charge which the Whigs made against our worthy Chief Magistrate. He closed his speech with a feeling and masterly appeal to the Union Demo crats of Cherokee, to forget past differences and unite as one man in sustaining those long cher ished principles which have brought our com mon country, despite the efforts of the Federal ists, through many a hard fought struggle, to her present glorious and happy condition. Take Mr. Cobb’s speech all in all, it was cer tainly a most masterly, feeling, and convincing speech—suffice it to say, it was unanswerable. After Mr. Cobb concluded, Mr. Cow’art, of Cherokee, being lodly called for, took the stand, and in his usual happy style, made an excellent speech. These speeches, Mr. Editor, convinced the 1 wavering, and strengthened the weak, and upon the first Monday in October next, Gordon will 1 give a good account of herself. Young America. We find the following amusing paragraph in i the Boston correspondence of the New York Herald: Gov. Brown, of Florida, and Gov. Wright, of [ Indiana, and (but lam not sure of this last be ing so,) Gov. Gilmer, of Georgia, are in town, having come on here to attend Andrew Jack son Allen’s “ Convention of Governors to pro , mote American Industry.” These gentlemen have been completely “sold,” as if they were but common men. As the story goes, they an swered Mr. Allen’s letter with a gravity and a circumstance quite as imposing as those of the illustrious gentleman himself. Allen is the Old Man of the Sea come to life, and is gifted with , a power of boring such as never before was pos sessed any two-legged animal. The Governors do not admit their having been victimized, but every body happens to be acquainted with the fact. They had "business” here. Os course they had, for they are too well bred to go where they have “no business.” Two correspondents of the Charleston Courier are out in very severe strictures upon Mr. San ford, our charge at Paris, for obeying the late circular of Secretary Marcy in regard to Cos tume. One writer, who subscribes a star to his article, says: With your correspondent Nerva in Tuesday’s Courier, we are inclined to question the taste and propriety of the late instructions. The de tails and formulae of dress are naturally settled by the lex loci, and many of the journals that are now loudest in praising the Sarforial regulations of our premier, would be among the first to cen sure any foreign minister who would violate or disregard the usages and requirements establish ed by the official etiquette of Washington. If any one is disposed at first to regard the matter as one of slight importance, let him but look around and observe how we—boasting as we do, our republican simplicity—are smitten by pa geantry and show.” We were not aware that there were any “ re quirements established by the official etiquette of Washington.” At the President 1 s levee, the President and his Cabinet, and the highest offi cials of the nation, appear in the plain and sim ple dress of the American gentleman. On such occasions, the subjects of foreign princes appear in their gaudy livery, with their orders and de corations if they please, without giving offence or exciting the ridicule, which a few of the po pinjays of the French court, according to the Courier’s correspondent, saw lit to direct against the American charge. The writer should not confound the sensible portion of the American people with the snobs among us, who are “ smit ten with pageantry and show.” We think we are safe in assuming that he and they are in the minority.— Sav. News. 30th ult. [Correspondence of the Mobile Tribune .] Tuscaloosa, Sept. 22. Since I last wrote you, I have been up as high ias Fulton, Itawamba county. I hear all along : through that county and Monroe, the same com j plaint in regard to the cotton crop as in Sum- I ter, Noxubee and Lowndes. The worm has : destroyed nearly the whole of the top crop, and : the wet weather was rotting very rapidly the | lower bolls. About Aberdeen, they say that the seed were sprouting in the boll, and considerable apprehension was manifested lor fear they would not have seed enough another year. From the crops I looked at, I am of the opinion that under ! the most favorable circumstances, they will not make more than half as much as last year on all J the black lands west of the Bigby river, through j which I passed. I I left Columbus day before yesterday, and ! came through Pickens and a portion of this county. I hear some complaint in these coun ties, yet I think they are making very good crops, and if they be a sample of what the sandy lands are doing, notwithstanding the failure in the black lands, I think we shall have cotton enough. Florida Products. —Besides the lemons, the products of a key near Key West, which were sent us by our courteous correspondent at the latter place, as a specimen of what can be done in raising that fruit in South Florida, we also received a bag of Florida arrow root. Our cor respondent says it makes a most excellent jelly, pudding, or gruel, and is considered at Key West to be equal to the best article from Ber muda. The lemons are large, fine colored, and well flavored, and, to use a strong phrase, are ‘‘some lemons.” The arrow root we have not yet tried, but if such useful articles can be produced in abundance in our own territory, and so near this city, we have another excellent opening in the trade which the steamship line between New Orleans, Florida, and the Keys, is fast binding to this port and fast increasing. MARRIED. On the 15th ult., by tho Rov M. P. Brown, Mr. M. L. Swan, of Knoxvillo Tenn., to MissjMAßy Morrison, daughter of Dr. John A; Morrison, of Bellefonte, Ala. On tho 27th ult., in Vanna Valley, Floyd coun ty, Georgia, by Judge J. W. M. Berrien, Mr. Phil lips R Duprest, to Mrs. Eliza R. Hughes. DIED. On tho 22d ult., at tho residence of her son, Col. L. M. Harris Walker, in Dallas Co., Ala., Mrs. Ann Matha Walker, aged 71 years, widow and relict of the late Hon. Robert Walker, of Augusta, Geor- < ;ia. i In Scriven county, on tho 12th Sept, at the resi lenoe of Thomas R. Smilio, Miss Flitter Smiue, l n the 29th year of her age, j r BY telegraph^ Transmitted to the -n BATEirKROM^Kor'* ARRIVAL AMERICA. rp, . . . CIIAR BKSTON, Oct 1 Ihe steamer America arrived at Hali*’ Friday, bringing later European advices. ** ° n Liverpool Cotton Market The the week reach thirty thousand bales*'** Orleans quoted at 6J, Middling 6 ■ Fair it , r 6t, Middling 5j.. Bp**** bales, and exporters 5000. uuu Trade in the manufacturing districts had l ar » B ly declined. r ß e - Havre MARKET.-Sales of the week arm. bale, For Rice there is a good demand at ter prices. Money is tighter and the rates of interest b advanced. Consols had declined to ninety one quarter to three eights theß:ir rw,balth ' T " ikstad^ Breadstuff’s had largely advanced. [Telegraphed to the Charleston Courier | Baltimore, Sept. 30.- The Kosta Secrctry Marcus Letter— The Washinotonfr" publishes the letter of the Chevalier Hnl Ll “° n The Union says that the French CabinentW expressed its disapprobation of the proceed ot Austria m the matter, but that { 2 ? mained neutral. s w re fVlTh^CfeValierHulfeumann takes ,he ground that Kosta was seized by virtue oft, -tiesVli ing between Turkey and Austria, and that7 satisfactory evidence has been produced of being an American citizen, and therefore claim him as an Austrian subject, and demands rel? tion for the conduct of Commandei In»raham Secretary Marcy in reply maintains'the right of any subject to dispatriate himselt, and claim that Kosta was without the jurisdiction of Au! tria, and that therefore the seizure of that indi vidual was unlawful, as he denies the existence of any treaties between Austria and Turkey bv the authority of which it could have been J fected. Mr. Marcy then proceeds to show that Kosta possesses the national character of an American be having by virtue of his domicile in the Uni’ ted States, and his sworn declaration, become a citizen, and holding a letter of protection as an American citizen, granted him by the United States’ Consul at Constantinople. . Mr - Marcy having disposed of these points justifies the conduct of Commander Ingraham’ and concludes by declining to comply with the demands made in the letter of the Chevalier Hulsemann, and expressing his expectation that the Emperor of Austria, will iake measures to restore Kosta to the same condition he was in , when arrested. Catmncrrtal. SAVANNAH, Sept, 30— Cotton. —Arrived since the 22d ins'-., 3,215 bales Upland (213 per railroad, and 1,131 from Augusta and landingson the river,) and 43 do. Sea Islands. The exports for the same period amount to 1,084 bales Upland, and 23 do. Sea Island, viz; To New York ];JS7 bales Upland 23 do. S. 1.; To Philadelphia bales Upland, and to Charleston 37 bales Upland —leaving on hand and on shipboard not cleared, a stock of 4,904 bales Upland, and 192 do. Sea Island; against 3,245 do. Upland, and 91 do. Sea Island, at the same time last year. Just after our last weekly remarks were in type we received telegraphic advices of the arrival ot the Africa, with Liverpool dates to the 10th inst. The cotton market remained unchanged, Fair Orleans being quoted at 6g and Mobile and Uplands, 6£. The sa T es of the week had been 33,000 bales, of which speculators took 2,000 ami exporters, *5,000. There was not much animation in trade generally, and no political news of great importance. Our market has been quiet all the week with moderate sales. The weather has been quite cool, and it is reported that frost was seen in tho north ern part of this State and in South Carolina. The week has been favorablo for picking cotton, no rain having fallen in this region. We hear that the worms have attacked the cotton in some pla ces, in Alabama and Mississippi, but no great dam age has yet been reported. The sales on Friday amounted to 114 bales. On Saturday no traneactions were reported; on Mon day 164 bales changed hands; on Tuesday 191;on Wednesday 124, and yesterday 71 bales. The market closes quiet at tlie following quotations: Middling to Good Middling 10J a 10‘ Middling Fair 10J a 10“ Fair, (nominal.) —a 11 Tho particulars of the transactions for the week, amounting to 791 bales, areas follows; 18 at 9 43 at 9|; 227 at 10; 10 at 10 J; 80 at 10J; 131 at ll>i; 12S at 10 9-16; 73 at lOf, and 81 at 10“ cents. Sea Island. —The sales of the week are 42bales -24 at 36 cents and 18 at prices not made public. Nice. —There has been very little done in this article —the sales only amount to 220 casks; 130 at $3,75 and 100 at $3,87 per 100 lbs. Corn. —The stock of this article is ample for the demand. Wo hear of the sales of 3,000 bushelsk lots at 75 aBO cents. We quote wholesale 70 ai> cents. Hay. —Since our last 160 bales Northern have been sold from wharf at $1,65 per 100 lbs Flour. —The stock of this article coatinuesligh- Small lots have changed hands at s6} a $W\" Large lots would not bring more than al' l '. per bbl. Bacon. —The market has been very quiet this week, and sales have been confined to the re® l trade; Sides are worth 8J a 9c. Bagging.- -We hear of the sa’o of a lot ny Cloth, hut the prices wero not male kno* l. We quoto 112 a 12 cents. Rope. —The demand is confined to tho filling J small orders. Wo quote 9 a 9Jc. , Lime. —This article is dull, and tin supply gc® One cargo sold this week at $1,20 a $1,25. Lumber — , 8. Sawed, refuse per m. f,.. 8 90all Merchantable per m. ft.. 11 9i)ab River Lumber,refuse per m. ft.. 9 OOal® Merchantable to prime.. per w. ft. 14 Hanging do., for export...per m.lt.. 9 OOaW Mil* Ranging. per m. ft.. 10 00>13 White Pine, clear per m. ft.. 30 OOaW Merchantable per m. ft-lS OOa-o Cypress Shingles per m- 4 ()Ua Sawod Sypress Shingles, .per m.. 16 00a Rod Oak Staves. per m-12 f White do. pipe per do. do. hhd per m " 25 S do. do. bbl per m.. 20 g Molasses. —There is not much demanu article. 109 hhds. were sold but the price; not made public. . „ *,i Freights.— To New York jc. for Cotton, 87J cents pe cask for Rice. To Boston jc- u ton. To Baltimore Jc. for Cotton. _ a j Exchange.— Sterling is quoted nommaJ-7 a93 per ct. premium. Domestic.—lke p 1 ‘ so'.liag Sight Checks on the_ Northern cr per cent, prern.; and purchasing Sight d j jV 30 dav Bills at |a J per cent discount, j,, Bills, 1J a IJ per cent discount; 90 day 2 per cent discount. SAVANNAH EXPORTS-Sept Per bark Prospect, for New 1 ork ’ L Per brig Velasco, for Boston— l93,ooo feet Lu ber. ino oOl) * Per brig Waverly, for Boston- Lumber. S'ilijipiitg Jntfliiptt-, ARRIVALS FROM CHARLESTON’- Barque Como, Smith, Boston. Brig Carolina, Harding, Boston. Brig Caroline, Patten, Portland. CLEARED FOR CHARLESTON. Barque Carolina, Sherwood, at Now lo Brig Monica, Loud, at New iork. LOADING FOR CHARLESTON* The Undine, , at Liverpool. Ur FOR CHARLESTON. Ship Fairfield, Loveland, at New ior*. Skip Alliance Tinkhain, at Brooklyn, « • CHARLESTON, Oct. I.—Arrived, skip way, Breck, Chincoila Islands. , ij,;*. Clearod, sehr Cherokee, Gandy, ‘ p] Wentto sea, schr E. A. Henning, * West and Havana. . u r pis® SAVANNAH, Sept. 30.—Arrived,Jf dome, Brown, from Now York; sokr hoc * from Philadelphia. v*,* Vo^* Cleared, bark Prospect; Brown, brigs Valasco, Cozzons, for Boston; rot, for Boston*