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purtnj. The Honrs. RY WILLIAM C. BRYANT. The hours are viewless angels, And still go gliding by ; Aad bear each moment s record up To him who sits on high. The poison or the nectar. Our hearts' deep flower-cups yield ; A sample still they gather switt, And leave us in the field And some fly by on pinions Os gorgeous gold and blue, And some fly on with drooping wing Os sorrow's darker hue. And as we speed each minute That God to ns hath given. The deeds are known before his throne — The tale is told in Heaven. And wo who talk among them. As one by one departs. Think not that they are hovering Forever round our hearts. - Like summer bees that hover Around the idle flowers, They gather every act and thought. These viewless angel hours. And still they steal the record. And bear it tar away . Th’S mission flight, by day or night. No magic power can stay. So teach mo. Heavenly Father, To spend each flying hour. That, as they go. they may not show My heart a poison flower. Htallnnrm. j From Me SaiumiwiA JJ.yuNnan.] Savannah the Best Abused Town in Christendom. We rind in the Charleston Courier of yester day. a communication over the signature ot Ga- Ze». in regard to the health of this place, w hich m.y thing, in the .way uLs.'ar.di -r «e have esei seen in print. The writer publishes • the following note, which he says lie “received from a physician” in Savannah : Savannah, Oct. 6. 1852. 3 o'clock. A. M. I hasten to inform you of the rapid increase ol yellow fever in this city. Fifteen casesand twelve deaths, in the last thirty hours. Make what useot this letter yeu think proper. It is bard, very hard, for one to preserve his temper when be sees such a vile slander as this in a respectable newspaper. We shall not trust ourselves to speak of it in the terms it deserves, but will simply say there is not one word ot truth in the note purporting to be from this place—We furthermore call upon the writer ot it to come forth, if indeed it was written in Sa vannah, and make good his libel. Will the wri ter come forward ’ Will Galen the correspond ent of the Courier date to give up his name .' It is a conspiracy to defame, to injure, and to slan der this community. We regret to say that the Charleston Courier is particeps criminis. Ihe editor has suffered his paper to be madethe me dium for uttering what he ought to have know n was destitute of all truth. We trust that the “physician** wi.o conceived the slander GuZen who communicated it to the Courier—and the Courier which communicated it to the public, will step forward and make a clean breast ot it. They ere all concerned in the publication, and it is for each to relieve himseltof his complicity in the matter. Will they do it ? We pn .Let that the note in question will turn out to be a forgery. The poison has already reached Augusta. The Courier was received there yesterday afternoon, and at 7 o’clock last evening, one of the editors of this paper received the following private dis patch irom a friend in that place: AUGUSTA, Oct. 7. It is reported here that there have been twelve deaths in the last thirty hours from yellow fever in Tour city.—ls this a fact ? We replied, ot course, that it was not a lact, but a falsehood. There has not been a single death or case of vellow fever in Savannah in the time here indicated. The members of the Board of Health as well as ourselves, were diligent in [ making inquiries all day yesterday, to ascertain if any new case had occurred. Not one case could be heard of anyw here. This is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. It will be seen, by reference to our adverti sing columns, that a meeting oft! e Physicians of the city has been called at noon to-day. We are giad they have acted thus promptly, and trust they will not stop in their investigations until they ascertain clearly the author or authors of t lis wicked and infamous outrage. If there be a wolf in sheep's clothing among them, let him ce dragged to the light. We repeat, how ever, our beliefthat the whole thing is a for gery. —Since the above was in type, we have re ceived the following report: Georgia Medical Society. At a meeting of the Georgia Medical Society, on the evening of the "th inst.. Dr. Arnold of fered the following preamble and resolutions, ■which were unanimously carried; li’Aor.rs, Many false and malicious reports have been ciicuiauef ruspecung Ibe erusteace oi , epidemic Yellow Fever in our city, during this R. soloed, That this Society hereby assures the public, that ad the cases of Yellow Fever, which have occurred this fall, so far as the}’ are aware, (except a case which came direct from Charles ton. about the middle ot August, and which was carried to the City Hospital.) were reported to the Board of Health, at its regular meeting, on the 6th October instant, which amounted to on ly three ; and that there is no tendency to such disea e amongst us; and that, believing, if that | disea-e should appear in an epidemic form,it would be our duty to inform our fellow citizens of it. we will report fully and candidly to the Board of Health, any and all deaths which may occur from it in our practice. j Resolved, That the foregoing be published in the public gazettes or this city. and in the C barles ton Courier and Mercury. JOHN F. POSEY’’, President. J. Ganahl, Secretary. The Charleston Courier, and Mercury will please publish the above, and send accounts to J. Ganahl, Secretary. (From the Charleston Coutier, Dth inst] Savannah and Charleston. —The Savannah papers of yesterday teem with reflections, not only on the conduct of our correspondent Galen, but on our own, in admitting his communications into our columns. Our Savannah contempora ries, however, now that the war has been carried into their own camp, have suddenly become ob livious to the fact that Savannah alone has to an swer for the result at which they are now so in dignant. We ask them to look at the past and answer candidly whether the course pursued towards this city in her misfortune has been what it should have been ? Have not the Press of. Sa vannah, with one or tA'o honorable exceptions, eagerly grasped at the slightest rumor to aggra vate the extent ot our epidemic and to throw suspicion on the integrity of that gentleman,who without fear or affection in a strict performance of his duty daily proclaims to the world what the state of the health of our City really is ? Are the citizens ot Savannah, either, blameless in this matter ’—lndeed, we have heard, and for the honor of the State ot Georgia trust that we have been misinformed, that so far has the ma levolence to Charleston been carried, that pla cards even have been posted in sew-York warn ing travellers from taking passage to this port, in order to divert the trade ot our City to Savan nah. We, however, under whose eye the most ex aggerated reports of the extent of the disease prevailing in our city daily, fell, did not reply, deeming a controversy relative to a dispensation of the Almighty gimproper to say the least of it, and believing that the slanders would ultimate- j ly recod on Hue inicriealon ot tisom. Ihe perse- , cution. however, to which our City was sub jected became so intolerable that gentlemen of high standing in our community, asked for the use of our columns to refute on their personal ■ responsibility the rumors circulating so freely to | the prejudice of Charleston, and to show that '^ry^dtrimf-r- tWtfown efftiairy as dangerous. This request we could not refuse, and the first article on the subject appeared from the pen ol Dr. J. L. Dawson, our highly respect ed City Register, appended to one ol his repoits. Os course this shot created considerable confu -,on and after some fluttering, a sort of explana tion was published by some of our Savannah contemporaries, although strange to say none ventured to publish Dr. Wragg's cornmunica mra/enro Wuy ? we cannot say, Galen, a Physician ol repute and high char acter, next availed himself of our permission, and his first essay told so effectually, that the able editors of the Savannah Georgian seeing the justice of some of his remarks, actually indited a few days since an excellent article ridiculing the reports of their bills of mortality, and calling upon the Board of Health of their city, to have them prepared in a more intelligible form. But Galen had proved himself a foe of no or dinary metal, and to silence him if possible, a communication bearing the Savannah fiostmaik, was sent to a physician of this city, and as doubt less the writer expected, Galen had the use of it, snd accordingly incorporated it in the article we published over that signature, on Thursday morning. When we first read it on Wednesday evening the great discrepancy between the ac counts published by the Savannah Press, and the statement contained therein certainly struck us, and we requested to seethe original, to which we perceived the signature of S S. Crawford, M. D.. attached, andon discovering that as far as he was aware, the gentleman to whom it was addressed, did not know any physician of that name in Savannah, we immediately telegraphed to a friend in Savannah as follows: [Confidential. | “ Have you a Physician in Savannah named S. S. Crawford ? Is he in good standing ? An- To which we received the following reply : “ Dr. 8. S. Crawford, young Physician from Columbia, S. C., has been here 6 or 8 months— know nothing of his standing.” Satisfied from the above, that the letter was authentic, as we did not for a moment dream that any one could be so heartless as to act so diabolically, we inserted Galen’s article ; and we now, as also does Galen in another column, ex press our regret that such a miscreant should ex ist, and that our columns should have been the means of promulgating the slander. In conclusion, we would refer to the proceed ings of the Georgia Medical Society, which we publish elsewhere in our columns this morning, and in justice to Dr. Ci auford. subjoin his card relative to the matter.and in answer to his pri vate communication, received yesterday, beg to state that we have obtained the forged litter, and have fowarded it to him by this morning's mail. To the Public. —Understanding that a rumor is in circulation that the letter published in the Charleston Courier of yesterday, purpotting to be fiom a Physician of this city, and giving a most ridiculously false report of deaths by yellow fever here, is attributed to me : I take this op portunity to deny, most emphatically and un equivocally, all knowledge of such letter. No such letter was ever written by me to any per son in Charleston, or elsewhere nor have I writ ten any other letter in which I have stated ’ existence of yellow fever in Savannah. lithe letter published in the Courier is m the posses sion of the editor, and bears my name, 1 pro nounce it a base forgery. b. b. Ci;At ford. Democratic Association. Dalton, Oct. 2, 1852. a cording to previous notice, a portion of the citizens of Whitfield, met at the court hou*e. on ’ this day. Wm. H. Stancell President ot the Democratic association, presiding; and IS. I . Tyler, acting as Secretary. D. J. Johnson, Esq-, offered the tollowing pre- I amble and resolutions, which were unanimously I adopted. , ... , i Whereas, we are in the midst ot an exciting political campaign ; and whereas it is expedient I that the people shonld be called together, en I ,« u w and whereas, we have a vigilant and wily i adversary, who is flooding the country with spu- ■ rious documents: and in as much as our oppo , nents have had a mass meeting in this place, and whereas the democratic principles, where prop erly understood, are invariably earned out, and tor i much as the judgment of the people should be addressed: therefore, 1. Resolved. That we will hold a mass meet ' ing in this place on Saturday, the 30th inst.; at , which time and place there will be a free Barbe- I cue given. I 2.'A«soZ !•<•<?. That his Excellency, Gov. Cobb, I Ex-Gov. Mel onuld; Ex-Gov. A. \. Brown, A. O. P. Nicholson, Esq., mid Hon. Andrew Johnson of Tenn., Hon. Wm. L. Yancy ot Ala. Hon. James Buchanan, and Hon. Chas. Biown of Pennsylvania. Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, ot —bflinois: Hon. A. S. Venable, ot North Carolina, each of our Electors lor the state ; and other dis tinguished individuals, be invited to attend said I meeting. On motion of B. C. Tyler, a committee oi ’ three were appointed, consisting oi Wm. H. ' Stancell, Thomas F. Gordon, and D. J. Johnson, ■ F.sqrs.. to confer with the democratic friends ol i the adjacent counties, to unite with us. On motion, a committe was appointed, to be denominated a committee of arrangements, with plenary powers to appoint a committee o! invi tation, and all persons who they may desire ; said committee consisting of B. C. Tyler, Judge John W Groves. Maj. C. Hibberts. Wm. P- Chester, Esq , Wm. Gordon, Esq., Win. B. Cone, Esq., Jas. T. Sutton, Esq.. T. S. Switt, Esq., Judge G- H Kenan, W. J. Underwood Esq , Smith tread well, Esq., Judge William Hammond, Harrison, Rogers, Esq , S. R. McCamy, Esq., Col. T. T. Christian, E. J. Tarver, Esq., Judge E. 11. Ed wards, and Hon. J. U. Wright. The committe appointed, met and selected the following gentlemen as a committee ot invita tion. B. C. Tyler, T. S. Swift, Wm. H. Stancell, Wm. B. Cone, Wm. Gordon, O. H. Kenan, E H. Edwards, and W. J. Underwood, Esqts. On motion the proceedings of the meeting be published in the “ Dalton Times,” with the re quest that the Federal Union, Milledgevile, Ga. Telegraph, Macon, Southerner, Rome, Constitu tionalist & Republic. Augusta, Intelligencer, At lanta, Times, Columbus, Georgian, Savannah, Tennessee papers friendly to the cause, and all the democratic papers will please copy. WM. H STANCELL, Pres * B. C. Tyler, Sec'y. Committe have appointed, James T. Sitton, Grand Marshall, M. L. Roberts, J. E. Hargrove, Timothy Ford, Drury R. Smith, Wm. G. Me- Carson, A. L. Fleming, assistants. (Telegraphed for the Baltimore Sun.) Arrival of Steamer Atlantic. New York, Oct. 2, Si, p. m. The American steamship Atlantic,Capt. West, with Liverpool dates to the 22d ult., being four days later than the previous advices, has just reached her dock, at the foot of Canal street. She brings 120 passengess. On the 22d, off Liver pool bar, she passed the ship Shenandoah. On the 25th. in lat. 5125, she passed the Arctic, and on the 29th, off Cape Race, she passed the Humboldt. England.—The ship Blunthore, bound from Liverpool to N. Orleans, with 485 Irish emi grants, was wrecked near Wexford, on the night of the 17th. and five persons drowned. The rest were saved. The Londen Times of the 22d, has a long leader relative to Cuba and American affairs. Tbe Ministers of France, Netherlands and Turkey, had returned favorable answers to the memorial of the cheap postage association. The remains of the Duke of Wellington were still at Walmer Castle. It was uncertain when the funeral would take place. It would, hoiyev- . er, be a public one. He will be bur.ed aU St. Paul's Cathedral. The Duke left a will dated back as far as 1818. tmounu tne trepartmentt. He is - where on his journey with much enthusiasm. It is believed that the proclamation ot the Em pire is not far distant. The 4J per cents, closed at lOlf. 25c. Belgium.—A change has occurred in the Bel gian Cabinet. M. Orban, Ministei of Finance has resigned, and M. Leidtz accepted the office, provisionally. Germany and ike Continent.—Destructive floods had occurred on the Rhine, near Stras bourg. . . A Jewish riot had occurred at Stockholm, which was easily suppressed. It is announced that Prussia will not treat with the coalition States. The cholera had slightly abated. ; Tieherny Scheff, lor twenty-live years the Russian Minister of War, has been superseded by Dolgouroulii. Spain.—The advices from Cuba, received at , Madrid, report the island quiet. The Spanish government has ordered that British vessels shall be received in the ports of Spain, and treated in all respects as Spanish ves j seis. ' India, etc. —The English had taken the city of Prome, in Burmah, without resistance. The rebellion in China was unchecked. Great gales had occuired in the Indian Sea. The ship Osceola, from San Francisco for Hong Kong, had been lost on the China coast. The crew were saved. The U. S. ship Saratoga got ashore on a reef in the harbor of Amoy, and threw overboard her guns. They were afterwards recovered un injured. The Susquehanna was at Amoy. The Ply mouth was on a cruise. Mining accounts from Australia to July Ist were favorable. Gold 655. per ounce. Great floods had occurred at Sydney. The Markets. Liverpool, Sept. 22.—The Liverpool Cotton market was quiet, and prices drooping. There is no change in the quotations current at the sail ing of the last steamer. The sales for the last tour days amounted to 26,000 bales, of which 7.000 were taken on speculation and for export, Imports. 1.500 bales. Wright 8c Gandy quote . fair Orleans Gs a GBd. : middling sjd. ; a sjd.j fair Mobile 6 a GJd.; middling 5J a ssd. ; fair Uplands 6d. ; middling 54 a ssd. i Flour and Corn at Liverpool were firmer, without any material variation in prices. Wheat i was steady, at rates per Canada. Canadian fa : vorite brands of Flour were scarce, and com ; manded extreme rates. Inferior descriptions were neglected. For cargoes ot Corn to arrive a j slight advance had been paid. Money market unchanged. Consols closed at 1004 a 100 J. ' Trade at Manchester was quiet but steady, at remunerative prices. (Telegraphed for the Baltimore Jlmtrican.) Arrival of the Asia. New Yok.il, Oct. li. The steamer Asia, with 121 passengersand Liverpool dates of the 25th ult , has arrived. She passed the America on the 25ih. 1 T/r.. , Sept. 25.—Cotton is unchanged. Sales of the last three days, 18,000 bales. Sales of the week, 40,430 bales, of which speculators took 8,500,and exporters 3,130 bales. Imports of the week 26,750 bales, of which only 6,350 bales were American. Stock, 650,000 bales.— The quotations are Fair (Jileans, 6Jd; Middling, 5} a 5 11-164; Fair Mobile, 61; Middling, 5Jd; Fair Uplands, 6d; Middling, SJ; Inferior Orleans, 4} a sjd. The market closed firm Trade in the Manufacturing Districts had im proved. Commercial advices from India’are favorable. England.—Lord Harding has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in place of the late Duke of Wellington. The imports of gold from Australia during the past week amounted to over $330,000. The Eail of Derby intimates that the funeral ol the Duke of Wellington will take place as soon as possible after the meeting of Parliament. He will be buried by the side of Lord Nelson, in St. Paul’s. The distribution of the honors and offices of the Duke has commenced. In addition to the appointment of Lord Hardinge as Commander in-Chief, Cord Fitzroy Somerset has been ap pointed Master General of Ordinance; and Prince Albert as Colonel of the Grenadier Guards. The steamer Panama had arrived at South ampton from Chagres, with $1,500,000. arid the ship Swift was on her way with $1,000,000. Advertisements fora joint stock company to work in the goldmines of Virginia appears in the London papers. I* rance.—Napoleon, whilst on a visit to Ly ons, in responding to the cry ofthe people, is re ported to have said— “l he cry of ‘Vive L’Empereur’ affects my heart more than my pride. lam the servant of the country, and have but one object in view, which is to re-establish her in glory and prosperi ty. It is difficult for me to know under what name I can best act. If, however, the humble title of President will enable me to accomplish this desirable result, 1 do not want it changed to that of Emperor.” Miscellaneous Items.—The French ship Grenowille has been plundered by the natives of Madagascar, the vessel burnt, and the captain and part of the crew murdered. The King of Holland, in his speech to the Chambers, says that he has accepted the invita tion of the Government of the United States to join in an effort to open negotiations with Japan. Advices from St. Helena state that the Ameri can brig Mary Adeline got into the river Con- go and was attacked by 3000 natives. The English brig Dolphin went to her assistance and poured a tire of shot and shell on the assail ants, who fled, and the brig was thus reescued. A terrible inundation had taken place on the Rhine, entirely submerging seven villages. Havre Sept. 22.—The sales of Cotton during the last three days are 1200 bales at stiffer rates. Sales ol the week 7700 bales. Further Foreign Nows by the Asia. We have annexed further intelligence by the Asia, at New York, from Liverpool the 25th ult. England.— An advertisement appeared in the Li ndon papers for the formation of a joint stock company, for working gold mines in Virginia. France.— The carriage in which the Prince Napoleon sat, as he passed through Nevers, was inundated with flowers, amongst which happen ed to be a magnificent crown. It was necessary to stop the cortege; the crowd and the masses of flowers prevented the horses from proceeding. If we may credit the reports which are sent by the officials at Paris, the revolutionary city of Lyons, the very hothed of socialism, has poured forth all its population, and received with accla mations of joy the would-be Emperor, who is about as modest in his demeanor and language as Ca-sar himself, when “thrice he did refuse the kingly crown.” On the 9th instant a brigade of gendarmerie sent by the government took possession of the domain of the chateau of Lepaud, belonging to the Orleans family. The person in charge ol it protested against the act. At Marseilles, the 20th, the fire-woiks for the fete for the Prince President were destroyed by the accidental explosion of a bomb, and the building nearly shattered to pieces. Several persons were seriously injured. The director of the manufactory, Mr. Camoins, is not expected to survive. The difficulty between France and Belgium with regard to the tariff is becoming serious. Spain.—A loyal decree, dated the 10th instant, was published at Madrid, by w hich the duties on hardwares and other miscellaneous articles, and also on ilax, linen thread, Saxon wool, wool lens cloths, and on mules are ordered to be re duced. Germany.— Some capital executions at Mu nich and Dresden have excited great disgust— some of‘‘the ladies” having ascended the mur derer's scatfold, and sat down inutile seat of blood” to see‘‘how they looked in it.” Italy.— The discovery of a Murat plot at both Naples and Palerma has led to mjfiy arrests. The Government of France has seized two Marseilles merchants, both Italians, accused of having acted as agents tor transmitting arms, &c. Sweden. — A Malmo (Sweden) paper states that Madame Jenny Lind Goldschmidt has de posited a sum of 400,000 rix, thalers in the hands of Provost Thomander and Dr. Weiselgren, of the Cathedral, for the purpose of founding girl's schools in Sweden. Severe Gale.—Early on Sat’dy a fresh breeze sprung up from South-east, which continued du ring most of the day, accompanied with cloudy weather, and the Barometer falling rapidly in the afternoon induced many persons to believe . that we were about to have heavy weather. , Between 11 and 12 o'clock P. M. it commenced blowing strongly from South South-east, at which point it blew a gale for several hours, hauling South about 2 o'clock, A. M., from which quarter it blew with increased violence, until about 4 A. M., when it backed to the west, ward and moderated. The wind having fortu nately hauled to the westward, prevented the shipping in the harbor from sustaining any very serious damage, the following being the princi pal injuries so far as we have been able to ascer- J tain. The schr. Heyward, which was at anchor offSmi.h's wharf, was driven ashore on Town Creek marsh. The ship Arlington, at Atlantic wharves, parted her bow last, but was fortunate ly secured before receiving any injury. The brig Mela, at the same wharves, parted her fasts, and was driven on the ship Noemie, the brig car rying her jib-boom, and the ship’s mooring bolt having been drawn out by the force of the col lision, she was driven astern, but was soon se- j cured without sustaining any injury. The ship : John Rutledge, lying at A'anderhorst's wharf, ; drew out the wharf post to which her bow chain was secured, causing the ship to fall over on Ad ger’s wharf, chafing off some of her copper against the wharf, and getting a hole punched through her bulwarks by coming in contact with the discharging shed at the head of Adger’s wharf, j which also received some injury from the collis- j ion. The steamer Florida, lying at Southern wharves parted her fastsand went broadside on I to the steamer Gen. Clinch, both vessels receiv ing some injury. The steamer Etiwan also lying at Southern I wharves, parted her lines and got foul of the . schr. Sabina, doing considerable injury to the : starboard side of the schooner, and the steamer : also receiving slight damage. Several small : schooners lying at the lower wharves have re ceived slight injuries, and Vanderhorst's Yacht I which was anchored in Ashley river, dragged ashore on Chisolm’s Causeway, and has received some damage. A large number of small boats lying along South Bay have been either seriously injured or totally ruined. The shipping in Ash- • ley river has escaped with but trifling injury,: The British ship Courier, from Calcutta, at anchor off the bar, nobly rode out the gala in safetv, though in a very exposed position, and a u—...-mtliniajn. , The steamer Gov. Dudley, from tv rlmmgton, J (N. C.) with the Northern Mail, did no) arrive : at her wharf until after one o'clock yesterday I afternoon. She took the gale from S. S. E. between nine and ten o’clock on Saturday hight, it hauling South about four o’clock yesterday morning, and S. S. W. at about six ; not moder ating until about eight. There was a heavy sea on all the time, which caused her to pitch so badly as to carry away her smoke pipe. She was compelled to lay to for several hours du ring the heaviest portion of the gale. ,4>he did not leave for Wilmington yesterday afternoon, in eonsequence of the loss ot her smoke pipe. The steamer Metamora, for Savannah, was also detained in port yesterday, in consequence ot the heavy weather at sea. In the city the gale was severely felt, but the extent of the damage caused by it, was confined, we believe, piincipally to the loss of many slates from various houses, and the destrucrion of sun dry' fences. The Battery, from its exposed situa tion, was also somewhat cut up. The cotton on the neighboring plantations, we fear, has suffer ed severely, but there has not been time as yet to learn what damage has been sustained. A number of the Telegraph posts both North and South, we believe, have been blown down, but due notice was promptly given by the chief ope rator at the office in this city, to the several con tractors. and we are assured that no diligence will be spared to have the line in working order with the least delay possible.— Charleston Cou rier, 1 ith inst. Humor of the Contest. Pierce and Scott—A Contrast.—A corres pondent of the Charleston Mercury asked Sena tor Douglas how he proposed to carry on the war against Gen. Scott, the military candidate of the whigs. “ Furnish him liberally with sta tionary,” was the prompt reply. A good Hrr.—John Van Buren, in his speech at Newburgh, New York, among other things, said that after November next Gen. Scott would j be delivered of all apprehension of a “ lire in the : rear,” which had been the nightmare of his life because then he would be so far behind that there would be nobody behind to fire at him. “ FEi.Low-CiTrzENs: When I say fellow-cit izens I mean native and adopted citizens, as well i as all who intend to become citizens of this great and glorious country.”— Gen. Scott at Cleveland. Al.must a Fight.—We heard an amusing an , ecdote yesterday. A zealous Kentucky whig, over in Covington, was expressing great confi dence in the election of Scott. • You won’t bet on the general result,” said a democrat. “ Yes, I will,” said the whig. “ D—d if you will,” said the democrat. “ I)—d if I won’t,” said the whig. “ Then cover that,” sung out the democrat, handing SIOO to a gentieman standing by. “Agreed,” said the whig, handing over the I rags. 1 “-Now,” said he, “as you challenge me to bet .. ,»rt. in i.,r. viKiic: iz i wi.-.. T bet, w hy I bet to win.” Whereupon, the democrat took liis money .and I talke<l nrettv.snncv abp"*'“•Lie tri«;..g | -lo thinking men,” says the intelligent edi- tor of a whig paper in Michigan, in an earnest j appeal on behalf of his candidates, “it will only : be necessary to name the men on the respective : ticket. The democrats offer us Pierce and King —names unknown to fame; while the whigs ; propose the veteian Scott, the conqueror of Mex ico, and Graham, no less widely celebrated in the art of peace as the inventor of the world-famous Graham bread.” Ciiloroform as a Motive Power.—A year or two ago, M. Du Tremblay, a French civil engineer, exhibited at the Novelty Works, in New York, an engine in which the vapor ot ether in combination with steam was used as a motive power. Considerable interest was exci ted by this invention, but more particularly in France, and the French government ordered an engine to be built on M. Du Tremblay’s princi ple. It was found to work admirably, and a saving of fuel equel to 50 percent, was expected to be realized, when a discovery of the highly inflammable nature of the ether employed, ren dered its adoption on steam vessels inexpedient. This difficulty, however, has been removed through the instrumentality of M. La Fond, a French naval officer of high scientific attain ments, who propose to make Du Tremblay’s invention available for marine purposes by sub stituting chloroform for ether. The French gov ernment has ordered two engines, of 60 horse power, to be built, and placed on board the Gali lee. a man-of-war, constructed expressly for the purpose. Two other vessels have also been or dered to be fitted with engines upon the same principle. It appears from the report ofthe United States Commissioner to whom was referred the Metho dist Episcopal Church case, to ascertain and re port the value of the funds and property in the Book Concern at New York, before the division of the church into North and South, that, on the first of January, 1852, the aggregate value of the property amounted to $608,413,24J. The annual profits of the establishment, since the year 1815, will apear from the following table : Annual Profits from 1845 down to Ist January, 1852. For the year 1845 to Jan. 1, 1846, $32,013 47 “ 1846 “ 1847, 23,462 80 “ 1547 “ 1848, 26,900 76 » 1848 “ 1849, 37,583 52 » 1849 “ 1850, 17,733 50 « 1850 “ 1851, 47,911 42 “ 1851 “ 1852, 68,656 14 Total > > < >5255,101 61 Letter of Ex-Governor Troup, accepting the Sout» ern Rights Nomination for the Presidency. . Valdosta, Laurens Co., Ga.. Sept. Gentlemen:—l am now 72 years old,and fc ! the last twenty or thirty years if the President had been offered spontaneously by the people® the United States, I would not: have accept* it, because ol rny physical disqualification toe J cute the duties of the office. At no period wit' in that time could 1, as an honest man. h® done so. Not many yeas ago the State Rigfe party of Georgia were pleased to make tb nomination, and my acquiescence was placed! the footing that the acceptance would fulfil t object ol the demand, viz : that otherwise, f party which had very strong claims on me at native and citizen of Georgia, and could not de scientiously vote for any other candidate W had a fair prospect of success, were at liberty vote for me, while other persons had none. , It was the partiality of friendship which S gested a similar movement on t he part of disf guished citizens of South-Carolina, on anoP occasion, and which 1 discountenanced for sir lar reasons. Your decided nomination on the present ol sion leaves me no alternative but to submit self cheerfully to the will of the State Ri| s Convention of Alabama, recently assemble!t Montgomery, in that State, but for the sole U pose of organizing that party. It, as well trs+ State Rights party of any portion of the Unit States, may rightl .illy demand that which it b only asked because in my day and generatiri have labored to contribute my mite, according my humble abilities, to sustain its princijJ, They are the only principles worth anythin® the Southern conn ry, and as long as a part?! two or three can be gather ed together for such purpose, the contribution of my name is r | least 1 could think of making—at least for P purpose ol merely organizing that party, Jt for that purpose only. The increasing pressure of disease fore wllf> me that 1 have but a short breathing spell,i* I hasten to my conclusion- iJ 1 would vote for Pierce and King. Mußflg is a most excellent man, and I have not fleet ed ever to be able to vote for a Northeniman so pure and distniterested as Mr. Pierce, and you may never have such another opporsnity. But you may use tuv name, as for orgrrnizing-thr-StateS Kights parly, a'73Sain taining and consecrating its principles. ft is honorable to have sueh an as^tiste—iu the nomination as Gen. Quitman. He deserves, and would adorn any office. George ALTRorri’. To Messrs Tiros. Williams, J. A. Emote, G. B. DuValg, Montgomery, Ala. [F'/oui ZZre A T . O. Delta, Ith inst.] Arrival of the Orescent City. The United States mail steamship Crescent City, Lieut. D. D. Porter, commander arrived from New York, via Havana, in eight diys, with IGO passengers (65 being for Havana) ad mails. The Crescent City brings all the Havpa pas sengers and Havana mails, owing to theiuthor ities not permitting any communication/uid or dering the ship to sea, with the mails aid pas sengers on board, in consequence, it is pnsumed, of Mr. Smith, the purser of the Crescent City, being on board. As the Crescent City apjroach ed the port, the Captain of the Port met,her at the mouth ol the harbor, arid made notiots not 4o enter the port, which order was iisrejarded by the Captain, and he stood in. Tte Captain of the Port then ordered him, verbal!', to heave to at the mouth of the harbor, which <rder Capt. Porter refused to obey, as it was bloving half a gale of wind at the time ; and, moisover, not having any intention of remaining mtside the harbor, he thought it a useless waste of time. The Crescent < ity accordingly preceded to her anchorage, having refused to take t pilot, the wind blowing too hard to stop the ship After the vessel was anchored, the Captain ot the Port came alongside and demandel why the Crescent City had not stopped outsde ot the harbor when he had given the order. The Cap tain informed him that it was not a piiper place to stop a ship under the circumstance, and he would be risking his ship by so doing; he had accordingly refused to obey the order. Captain Porter was then asked for the ship's abides, and when the Captain ol the Port ascerfiined that Mr. Smith’s name was on them, te told the Captain that the Captain-General’sorder was for the Crescent City to go to sea intnediately, which order Captain Porter refused t< obey un til his mail and passengers were larded, or the responsibility of not landing them Mas fixed on the Spanish authorities. He was told by the Captain of the Port that ti-.e passengers would have to go to soi with the ship. But the officer of the post-ofihe said he would take the mails, when the Captiin refused to deliver them until it was settled wiether the ship was to proceed to sea or not. Cattaire Por ter informed the Captain of the Port that he would not move his anchor until he hid made a formal protest against such conduct before the Captain-General, which protest the Captain ot the Port consented to take on shore tc the Cap tain-General. in the space of half an hour it was returned. The Captain-General refused to receive any communication direct from Capt. Pertejr, but would receive it through the Consul. ThJe pro- j test was accordingly sei;t tp the acting Cjonsul, Mi. from I shore and thooHbiul bo.it- "aniF'in formed Capt. Poner that as the protest had do be sent some distance to the Consul, it was too late to answer it that night, and that the sLip vias ordered to proceed to sea. “You refuse then to receive the mails and passen gers 1 ” said the Captain. “No communication of any kind allowed,” said the Captain of the Port. Capt. Porter having done all that was necessary on the occasion, and finding no pros pect of getting rid of his passengers, having laid his protest to the Government, and left with them the responsibility of this outragepus pro ceeding, put to sea. The Government sent him a jtlot, which he refused to receive, and at 7 o’clock the ship passed the Moro. ThtfSpanish officer who conducted the business of sending the Crescent City to sea, Pon GiiiliamoClnspon, behaved throughout with great courtesy and po liteness, exhibiting no feeling on the occasion, but evidently showing that he had an unpleas ant duty to perform. There was no feeling or rudeness exhibited on either side, and on that score no complaint is made against the authori ties of Cuba. The matter is on- which now con cerns the Government of the United States, and with which companies and individuals have nothing to do. Interesting from Cuba. We find, in the New Orleans Crescent, the following interesting letter brought from Ha vana, by the Black Warrior. It shows more fully and connectedly the condition ot the things in that island, than any other account we have seen : Havana, Oct. 1,1853. By the last steamer (Empire City) for New Orleans, two passengers left this, of whom it would be well for your community to be placed on the yui vine. Juaquise and Jose Ortega, bro thers, and Creoles of Cuba, are employed by this Government to visit the United States, making head-quarters at New Orleans, to mine gle with the expatriated Cubans —join in any i and all of their projects—obtain initiation in such | secret associations as may exist, and if there are I nonesuch, to aid in their instant creation ; to ; win the confidence of the friends of Cuban in dependence, wherever they may be found, and to report all—names and facts—to the Govern, ment here. In their movements and places they are to receive the advice and instructions of the Spanish public agents in the United States —the publishers of the Spanish organ in your city, and the two alphabet correspondents of the “Diario de la Mariano.'’ The oldest, J uaquise, is a bad son—disobedient and criminal in his home relations —so much so that his own father had to I petition Gen. Concha that lie might be banish ed from Cuba, in apprehension of his own life. ! or of a disreputable termination of his career, it permitted to go on unchecked. Such are the men, that barter their souls for the price of ; blood—that sell their birth-right for the length | of iniquity. I The American bark Cornelia Ward, of and for ■ New York, was stopped on her way out d this i harbor on l.ho ■■ '<!, auil w«» compelled tO aRf hor, I two passengers taken Horn her and put in jtison, her letter-bags taken on shore to of th., c..plain uvuemi auu demolished Ti-G-xes sel was detained one day, and usurpation oj pow er brought to bear upon her, not justifieiMtiy any precedent or warranted by any criminal action on the part of the officers or owners of the ves sel. The week previous the bark Childe Har old, Olmsted, ol and from New York, was search ing throughout her cabin on her entrance—the officers engaged in the dirty work behaving like so many pirates or com non street thieves. They took all the papers, which the captain had purchased for the use ol himself and the officers of his ship—not intended for distribution in Ha vana—having just as much right to take his ta ble-cloths, napkins, or any other property ot the vessel, as these papers. If the Captain was per mitting them to be passed on shore, they would have had the right of seizure—not otherwise. This vessel has been in the hands of the police— taken foicible possession of by order of General Canedo. Messrs. Drake & Co. received bills of lading of 21 cases, mark M., of castings for ma chinery, but not knowing the parties shipping the articles, they denounced the goods to the Government under the fear that the castings might be small arms! They have made im mense wealth out of American commerce and trade, and yet, at a moment of alarm, witbeut any justifiable cause of apprehension for them selves or their business, they put in jeopardy the interests of their friends, under the paltry plea that they did not know the shippers. The rival house ol D. & Co. (S. C. B. & Co.) more American in name, but not in principle, would have done the same, perhaps for less cause- they would fear to maintain a principle against the Government, although by so doing, they might protect the commerce of their country against unusual and unnecessary restrictions and exac tions, which arc not attempted to be enforced upon the vessels of other nations. Those who desire protection for their business, should avoid the two mammoth monopolists ol American and European trade at the Havana, who, in the inl ine..sity of their piles, forget from what industry they were derived The Police-General, has not found any thing exceptionable in the twen ty-one cases condemned by the cowardly denun ciation ol Mr. Morales, the head ol the house of Drake & Co., and from the 25th, the vessel bus been permitted to discharge as customary, but with the burthen ol several secret police official', and privates of the “Civil Guard,” the vessel still remaining, in fact in the hands of the Gov ernment. The balk Elizabeth .1. entered trorn Philadelphia on the 22d, on being visited by the Government boats, was treated with the same disgusting rudeness by the police officials—the dirty clothes bags ol the officers of the vessel eX- amined—the books tumbled upon the floors, and : the private lockers and chests overhauled —all j the loose newspapers seized and thrown into the I boarding boat. j On the 24th, Sr. Dr. Francisco de Frias Conde de Pozodnlce, and his brother Don Jose Frias, were ariested mid placed in - confinement in the Moro Castle ; their offence, that they were dis tinguished gentlemen, probably, and suspected ol liberal sentiment, —connected by marriage, I believe with the late Gen. Narciso Lopez. Young Facciolo passed the gurole the morning of the 28th, at 7 o’clock. Stories had been cir culated that he would be pardoned by Canedo, and believed upto the last moment, and he was in Heaven, while another life settles upon the soul of the Chief. This death was looked upon by all as an exceeding piece of barbarity—not an execution of justice, but the perpetuation of ma lignity by demon friends. The sausage story was too much for “Brandy and Water.” The Captain General has put himself in har ness against Trutte and Reaven —as the light ot the one he may as well shut out from Cuba, as clip the iiradiating beams of intelligence dissem inated by the press, to prevent them touching and influencing the destiny ol the oppressed. We had your papers of the 25th and 26th ult., as soon as the Government officers received theirs on board of the steamer Empire City—although they are prohibited—and if all other means fail we can buy them of those who are connected with the secret police, or the more exalted bran ches oi the Government. It is a very pure and beautifully ordered Government and I like it, but I am going down to the Isthmus it I can get a chance and take there iny traps. Young Facciolo, it is reported, gave his last thought and sigh for Cuba, as waving his cross | to the multitude, he uttered, give your prayers Ito my country.” The beautiful and truthful Spanish illustration of Northern and New Or- I leans society—the coffee-house where there is no I coffee.” G. S. M. de V., or Don Eusalia Go- j mez, Spanish Consul at Key West, now in New Orleans, gives his accustomed slanders in« his letter of the 25th September, to the Diaro <Zr-" Za Manana, which you will receive herewith. | Mr. A. B. C. Padre Gomes is the assistant de- | nunciation of this worthy. The slanders of this i Spanish Consul upon Capt. Porter and Mr. Smith he may have an opportunity of verifying, : should they b 4 able to find his not in Hitting haste for Mobile, as upon a previ ous occasion. We have nothing new to-day, save that the mother of Facciolo died last night of broken heart. This information comes from Regia this morning. She has been induced to the belief that her son would be pardoned, and the shock was too much for her—reason fled and she died. The Black Warrior arrived this morning at 7 o’clock. The Crescent City will be ordered out of port if Mr. Smith is retained on board as pur ser of the ship. So we do not know when we shall have another opportunity of writing. We i have no Consul, we have no tnen-of-war here, ■ and there is one continued purpose of imposition on the part of the Government upon commer cial intercourse with the United States. The j health of Havana is improving, and there is less i disease among the shipping, but in crime there is [ no abatement. Your friend, JOSE. (From the Savannah News, 1 llh inst.) Severe Gale. A strong wind from the South-East prevailed here during Saturday, which increased in vio lence in the evening, until at about nine o’clock it blew a perfect gale. During the day it was unpleasant to be in the street, and the dry sand was in many places drifted upon our side-walks in considerable banks. Early in the evening the sky was overcast with clouds, which ren dered the night very dark, though very little rain fell until after eleven o’clock. At that hour the wind was at its height, and judging from the terrific force with which it broke against the walls of the houses, and the heavy swelling roar with which it swept over the city, we expected yesterday morning to witness a scene of destruc tion even more extensive than that occasioned by the gale with which we were visited in Au gust of last year. We have taken considerable pains to ascertain the extent ot the damage, and are gratified to find that it is not so great as we had reason to apprehend. Fortunately the wind storm was unaccompanied by rain when at its height. A heavy fall of rain would have added great Ito its force, and much injury would have been done to property in the city. We fear that the shipping on our coast has suffered, and we shall look with interest for reports from outside. We give below the most important incidents of the gale. We may add that a great number of trees in various portions of the city have been blown down: The work-shed of H. Willink’s ship-yard was j blown down and completely destroyed. A portion of the parapet-wall in front of Mr. R. Hutchinson’s Warehouse, on the Bay, was blovvn into the street. A large portion of the sheet iron roofing was blown off Baldwin’s cotton-shed, and large pieces of it carried a distance of some fifty yards. The chimney of Millar’s foundry was blown down. The top of the cupola of the Lutheran Church was blown off, and carried across State street, and over the brick building occupied by Mrs. Webb, and in its course struck the back chimney of the house, breaking it off even with the roof, and finally lodged in Mrs. Webb’s yard. Uaiiiifh hvl _a. con the northern slope of its roof. j That portion ol the carriage factory of J. C. Thornton, corner of West-Broad and Bay streets, ■ occupied as a w#ito shop, had the tin stripped I from the roof. i A large tree Mrs. Dr. Rich- ardsone’s house, on ’West-Broad street, was blown over on the iron ratling which surrounds I the house, and damaged it slightly. j Much damage was supposed to be done to the ' j new buildings now in course of erection in thp western pare ol the city—the scene of the late : tire in that neighborhood—but we are happy to : state no damage has been sustained by them.— : We are the more gratified at this, because these ' houses are intended to supply a deficiency in ! dwellings among that portion of cur population who have but few resources in such emergen cies. In the neighborhood ol the Railroad Depot, we noticed the demolition of a small frame build- I Tn the Depot yard a newly erected car shed was blown down, involving, however, no other damage than its own destruction. The tin was blown Irom the roofs ol several cars. A portion of the brick wall of engine house—lately des troyed by fire, was blown over on some engines, standing underneath, completely filling their smokestocks with bricks and mortar. One ot j the engines was to have gone out witn the train ' in the morning, but owing to the accident an i other had to be substituted, which however caused no delay to the regular starting ot the train. We .were pleased to learn irom gentlemen connected with the Railroad cilice, that the cars arrived on Sunday morning at the regular hour, from w hich we infer that no obstruction to tra vel on the road has resulted Irom the storm. We hear of telegraph posts being blowp down, and of breakages in the wiles along tbe line ot the Central Railroad. The interruption of com munication from these causes will soon be re medied, as ail the appliances for their repair were taken up by the cars yesterday morning. A row of small buildings, belonging, as we earn, to J. M. Millen, Esq., and Dr. Martin, and : situate on South Common, was completely dis | robed of their tin covering. From what we learn, the storm must have been felt with greater force up the river than it was experienced in this city. The steam tow boat Eliza, in coming down the river, on Satur day night, had her wheel-house blown over board about 12 o’clock. She had in tow two I flats laden with wood, one of which she had to I cut loose from, owing to the violence of the j storm. The detached flat was soon blown against ■ the bank, when it keeled over and sunk. When the Eliza had reached Race Hall, about five miles about the city, her anchor was cast, in order that she might maintain her position, as further advance against the wind was impos sible. This, however, did not avail her much, as she was driven back to the mouth of Broad river, a distance of two miles—dragging her an chur the entire wuy. We learn that the steamer Calhoun, for CLtule-x"*.*, mu noi leave till 8 o’clock Sunday I morning Also, that the Alabama put back to Venus’ Point, a short distance down the river, till the storm subsided. Upon inquiry, we learn that no injury was sustained by the shipping in our port. A Mammoth Balloon. —M. Petin will make an ascension at Springfield,Mass., during the pre sent week, with a balloon twenty-seven times j la'ger than was ever previously raised in the U. States. It is 10S feet high, 70 feet in diameter, and contains six miles of seams. I'he silk of which it is made was manufactured by order of Louis Napoleon, for flags, and having been in spected by him, was condemned on account of its color. The whole cost $1,500. Work from Gilmore Simms.—Under the head of literary intelligence, the New York Zfo ald says: Mr. William Gilmore Simms, of South Caro lina, has in preparation a work which will be apt to attract a great deal of attention in the North, on the part which the Southern States sustained in the Revolutionary war. It will be a counterblast against Yankee historians. The same paper has the following : While the’late Judge Woodbury was antici pating a nomination for the Presidency—a nom ination which was very likely prevented only by his death —he prepared for the press, and su perintended until near its completion, the stereo typing of a collection of his political, judicial and miscellaneous writings, in three large octavo vol umes. The work has at length been finished, under the direction of the son of the distinguish ed author, who has added a pretty full political and personal biography, and it will be published in a lew days, in Boston, in the style of the edi tion of Webster. Boston, Oct. 8. Stormaud disasters, Ire. — Halifax papers, ofthe sth, give the particulars of a gale on Cape Bre ton,’on the 29th, during which four English barques and a brig and a schooner were lost. A sailboat was also upset, and two persons drowned. [n some localities in the lower part of the pro vince, the potatoa rot has caused great havoc, whilst in others it has appeared in a milder form. Boston, Oct. 8. Steamboat Collision.— The steamer Admiral, from St. Johns, was run into last night, near Fort Independence, by the steamer Eastern State and considerably damaged. She was run upon the fiats at East Boston to prevent her sinking. Tne Eastern State sustained no dam age. No lives were lost. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 13. FOR PRESIDENT, Gen. FRANK. PIERCE, OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. FOR VICE PRELIDENT, LION. WILLIAM R. KING, OF ALABAMA ELECTION, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2. ELECTORS. FOR THE STATE AT LARGE. Hon. H. V. JOHNSON, of Baldwin. Hon. WILSON LUMPKIN, of Clarke. FOR THE DISTRICTS. 1. THOS. M. FOREMAN, of Mclntosh. 2. RICHARD H. CLARK, of Baker. 3. Hon. HENRY G. LAMAR, of Bibb. 4—Hon. HU. A. HARALSON, of Troup. 5. JOSEPH E. BROWN, of Cherokee. 6. WILLIAM L. MITCHELL, of Clarke. 7. R. W. FLOURNOY, of Washington. 8. Hon. WM. SCHLEY, of Richmond. Constitutionalist & Republic FOR THE CAMPAIGN. TERMS REDUCED. With a view to place our paper at a price which will enable its friends to circulate it -Tlireuiih every paction zcC-the State during the., present canvass, we offer the Weekly CoWSti tvtionalist & Republic as follows, for Cash, in advance: i One copy • $ ”0 Seven copies 2 00 Fifteen copies 4 00 Thirty copies 7 00 Fifty copies 10 00 The last number will contain the result of the l Presidential Election. : [Yz“ Subscribers writing to request their pa ' pers changed to another Post-office, will please : be particular to state the office to which the I paper is now sent. St. Mary's Money. The change bills of John G. Winter, on the Bank of St. Mary’s, are still taken at par, in the payment of dues, at this oflioe. ELECTION TICKETS. We are striking off a large number of Elec tion Tickets, and are prepared to fill orders as they are received. We recommend our friends to send their orders in promptly, so as to have ample time to distribute them among the people. Second Southern Gun for Fierce. The election of Reid, the Democratic candi date for Governor in the Whig State of North Carolina, in August last, by the decisive majori ty of 5,491 votes, was the first significant indi cation that the Southern allies of Seward, Gree ley & Co., are doomed to defeat in every South ern State. We have now returns from Florida, another Southern Whig State, which though partial, give sufficient indication of the same fact. The probability is that the Democratic candidates for Governor and for Congress, are elected by a decisive majority. The defeat of Mr. Cabell, the hitherto popular I and invincible representative, is a just rebuke to I ! the selfishness and unmanly shrinking from ' duty which characterize his present attitude. He j was one among the distinguished whig Southern members of Congress who, after the nomination of Gen. Scott, protested against it as a triumph of the free-soil wing of the Whig party, over the Conservatives, and over the South, and depre cated his election as dangerous to the rights and security of the South and the peace of the Union; yet, after this, Mr. Cabell consented to run as the candidate of the Scott party in Florida, He thus placed a muzzle on his own mouth which should have been actively employed to proclaim his oninions first uttered as tbtheua- ■ —---—-»■■>> IO jiacj.u-ui.y, ■' ' t- , convince the people oi r ior.ud ul the declarations made by him in Congress. The foilowing is an extract from a speech of j Mr. Cabell: “ Mr. Chairman, the organization to which General Scott would owe his election, would be the same as that which could now, and may in 1856, elect Mr. Seward, and would control the administration of both or eithei. The election ofthe Senator from New York, and of General Scott by such an organization, would lead to pre cisely tbe same results, and the former would fol low as the necessary consequence of the la ter, if the Union held together till 1856. The effect would be to open wide the flood-gates of aboli tion agitation, and to prostrate every constitu tional compromise Whig at the North, all of whom will be proscribed, and treated as “ out side barbarians.” Far better will it be for the national men of our party that a conservative Democrat be elected. In his appointments, General Scott must look to the men to whom he owes his election. In ma king his selections from New York, it is not ex travagant to suppose the notorious Mr. Kellogg, removed from office by Mr. Fillmore, will be restored for his faithful service ; and that some anti-compromise and anti-fugitive slave law man, in Seward's interest, will represent the Empire State in the Cabinet. And who would more graces ully and more probably represent the Penn sylvania wing of the Free-Soil organization in the Cabinet than Governor Johnson, who pock eted the law passed by the Pennsylvania Legis lature to give efficiency to the fugitive slave law ! Owing his election to these men, they will be his counsellors, and the influence of his administration must be given to them. * * General Scott’s election, under present circum stances, would, in my opinion, continue the Gov ernment in the hands ofthe Free-soil party, till their fanaticism dissolved the Union.” When impartial Whigs think thus, the course which patriotism and duty point out is, for them to advocate the election of a Conserva tive Democrat for the Presidency, when the alternative is as in the present instance, to do this or aid in the election of Gen. Scott. This appears to be the view taken by many patriotic Whigs in Florida, for the result of this election cannot be claimed as a strictly Demo cratic victory. It is a victory which could not have been achieved without Whig votes. It is a sure sign of public sentiment in the South, and may be looked upon as the death knell to the hopes of the “ higher law” demagogues, of elect ing their candidate to the Presidency. To-day the State elections take place in Penn sylvania and Ohio. They may be looked to as fair tests of the relative chances of Scott and of Pierce for Hie votee of fhoeo States, nlthouirli we anticipate that General Pierce will, in Ntr vemeber next, run ahead of his party vote. Con servative Whigs of those States will be found voting for him by thousands. Unless General Scott gets both of those States his election is hopeless. Even with them his prospects would still be tar from brilliant. The editor of the Savannah Republican thus comments on the result in Florida : Florida Election.—We have partial returns from two leading Whig counties in Florida— Duval and Leon. In the former Jacksonville is situated—in the latter, Tallahassee, the State capital. In Duval, there lias been a slight loss, as shown by the returns published by us Thurs day. In Leon, we regret to say, the Whigs, to use the words ofthe Tallahassee Sentinel, “have sustained a most tremendous and unexpected de feat.” They have elected but one member to the legislature, and that only by nine majority. The loss in the Whig vote in that county is about 100, which is very considerable, when we re member the small vote of the State and the small majority by which the Whigs have heretofore carried it. The Democrats have elected three out ot four ot the members of the House from Leon, and carried their senator by a majority of 42. The vote of Leon for Governor and member of Congress is equally disastrous. Broome, (Dem.) beats Ward (Whig) for Governor, 31 ; and Max well (Dem.) beats Cabell (Whig) 64. In 1848, Gen. Taylor’s majority in Florida was 1,300. The same year Gov. Brown beat his opponent between five and six hundred votes. In 1850 Mr. Cabell was re-elected to Congress by a majority of 468. If the returns, therefore, from Duval and Leon foreshadow the vote in the remaining counties, we fear the general result will be disastrous to the Whig cause. In other words, the indication ; are that the State has gone for the Democrats. Our friends may yet right themselves by No vember, if they will go manfully to work. Their position in the canvass just closed was an awk ward one. Their columns were not well formed, and their ranks were not tree from delection. All this has now passed. There is no longer any obstruction to a united and determined etlbrt. Let them go forward then, and they may yet redeem the State from Democratic rule. The Republican was one of the whig papers that considered the nomination of Scott over the heads of Fillmore and Webster an indignity to the South, and refused to co-operate with Sew ard, Greely and others of the “ higher law” gen try in advocating his claims to the Presidency. But it will be perceived by the above that it talks of the defeat of the party in Florida which does support the Seward candidate as a disaster, and expresses the hope that the Scottites may re trieve the State by the Ides of November. V ain hope. There is not the first cheering ray in the political sky for the whigs of Floiida, or rather for that portion of them that support (reneral Scott. In every Southern State the whigs are divided into Scott whigs and anti-Scott whigs. The vote of Gen. Scott will be less than the whig vote proper. It is highly probable that many anti-Scott whigs voted for Waid and Cabell, be lieving them not to be under the influence of Seward and his freesoil co-adjutors. The River. We now have a good boating river, the water running over what are termed the mudsills of the lower bridge, and still rising. We under- . stand very heavy rains fell in the interior on , Thursday and Friday last. We may look for a further rise, and a good boating river the remain der of the season. Even Handed Justice. We extract the following from the last issue of the Constitutional Union, the editor of which is the gentleman to whom Judge Jackson address ed his letter in vindication of himself and his Democratic friends, from the coarse, unmanner ly, and vindictive assault of that paper. “The Editor of the Constitutionalist will, how ever. perceive that our light is not totally extin guished. Will he publish the reply to Judge Jackson’s letter. It is not halt so long as that letter, and he will excuse us for saying, that it contains a great deal more pith and substance. But will he let his readers judge of tins, w m he submit to them both sides of the not understand us to ask you to do !t. We are simply presenting the hypothesis whether oi not you are a friend to even handed justice. This editor who talks of “Even Handed Jus tice,” devotes more than two columns of com m3mr?»*rnpon .letter, but did, not publish the letter. If he will do 80, W erivilbp'jb’ lish his reply to that letter. That is what we call even handed justice. We present the hypotheses. Bv publishing both sides, the readers of his paper can decide which contains the most “peth and substance. Will he publish the letter ? A Shooting Affair. We understand a man by the name of Kasper Myers, shot another by the. name of Henry Keener, on Sunday last, through the neck. It took place in a Grocery in the upper part of the City. Myers had a hearing on Sunday after noon before Justices Philip and Green, and was bound over in the sum of SIOOO, to appear before the next Superior Court. Keener’s wound is not considered dangerous, if mortification does not take place. From the- report of the City Auditor of Boston it appears that the corporation expenses of that city during the last financial year amounted to 51.643,412 67, one fifth of the whole amount being paid for the maintenance of public schools, and one eighth for the support of paupers, crimi nals, &c. The police cost $50,000; the watch 95,000; and the fire department $77,000. Os the entire income of the city 5i,301 150 was raised by taxation; and the remainder from market and water rents, public institutions, &c. The city debt, exclusive of the water loan, is $1,901,456, and it owns property worth many times the amount of all its debt, among which is 447,763 feet of saleable land. The entire cost ofthe water works has been $5,187,671 GG. The Hanoverian Consul at Baltimore has re ceived information of the arrest, in Hanover, of a man named Frederick Nolecke, recently re turned there from this country, and having in his possession $2,000 in American coin, a large gold medal and a quantity of valuable jewelry, the manner of acquiring which he would give no satisfactory account of. He was an old con vict in Hanover, and whilst in this country was arrested several times. He resided principally in Philadelphia aud Baltimore. It is thought he may have been concerned in the Portsmouth, Va , Bank robbery ; and that the medal in his possession may be the celebrated Clay medal, which was stolen in New York. Hon. James Whitcomb, U. S. Senator from Indiana, who died in New York on Monday, ar rived in that city about two weeks ago, in order to undergo a surgical operation. He was a gen 4 tieman oi fine talents u-nd of much popularity in, - - r 5 - x■ < 1 ; c f- rn j- -Hou b<held the office of Land Commissioner.-- In 1843 he was elected Governor of Indiana by the democratic paity, and was re-elected to that office in 1846, and near the close of his term was chosen a Senator to fill the vacancy occasioned by the appointment of Mr. Haiiegan as Minister to Austria. He was a member of the Metho dist Episcopal Chuich, and one of the vice-pre sidents of the American Bible Society. Bank ov Montgomery.—The Montgomery Advertiser, of Thursday’, says, “this institution, established under the free banking law, went in to operation yesterday—all the provisions of the law having been complied with—William Foe, President, P. K. Smith,Cashier. It will be seen from the notice of the Comptroller that the bills of this bank will, under the law, be receivable for taxes and other dues to the State. Our busi ness men have long contended that our city stood in great need of a bank ; we hope the present one will, in a great measure,answer their necessities in this respect. It is the first insti tution established under the free banking law, and we hope it will do credit to that law and to the founders of the Bank. Indeed, the charac ter of those engaged in it, gives a sure guarantee that it will be well and safely conducted.” Good Interest.—Some months since, a lady residing in Boston loaned a man the sum of thirty-two dollars, to assist him to go to Califor nia. A few days since, the lady received from tbe gentleman a letter, informing her that he was doing finely, and enclosing SSOO. A fine return that for kindnessand accommodation. The Peruvian Consul at Panama gives public notice that vessels either touching at, or attempt ing to load, on any of the Guano Islands, on the coast of Peru, without being charted by the Government’s agents,and not furnished with pro per license from the Financial Department, and legally despatched by the directors of the cus tom house, will be liable to seizure to the laws of that country. Mr. Webster, the Boston Courier says, <K 1 ill ( receive a larger ( number of votes in that city than either Gen. Scott or Gen. Pierce ; and that if the towns do as well as the city,his vote in the State will be 25,000 or 30,000, if not more. The Cou rier is a warm advocate for Mr. Webster, and of course in looking at its calculations, due alow an?e must be made for its zeal. Another Veteran in the Field.—Hon. William Allen, is on the stump in Ohio, for Pierce and King. Mr. Allen served with both of our candidates in Congress, and no one knows better their high character and states manship than the distinguished senator of Ohio. With such [men advocating our noble nominees, there can be nothing else before us but victory. An Immense Work.—We see by the Cincin nati papers that their great tunnel is advertised for letting. The hills on the north side of the city rise about 200 leet above the upper plain of the town, obstructing, except in one direction, the free access of railways to the upper part of the town. A company has been formed to tun nel the hill, for the benefit of all the railways approaching from the Ohio side, aud, doubtless, will be immensely useful. This tunnel will be 6,000 feet in length, and will have 2,000 feet of side cuttings. It is intended to lay it with four tracks, and thus provide free and safe entrance into the city for six or eight different railways, who will each contribute to its receipts, and thus mgke it very profitable stock. As Lewis C. Leven, the native candidate for Congress in the Ist district of Pennsylvania, was coming through Moyamensing, Philadelphia, on Thursday night in a carriage, he was shot at in 10th street, by some unknown ruffian. He escaped unhurt, though the ball passed through his carriage. Report of the Board of Health.—The Sa vannah News of the 7th inst.,says: “ In anoth er column will be found the the report of the Board of Health, in which a faithful and reliable record of the deaths for the week ending on Tuesday, the sth inst., is given. It will be seen that three cases of yellow fever are reported. The last of the deaths by this disease was on Sun day last. The patient was taken some eight days previous, since which time no new cases have occurred. The three cases are regarded by our physicians as sporatic, such as not uncom monly occur in Southern latitudes at this season of the year, and are often confounded with high bilious fever. No new cases have occurred, and in the absence of any local cause to engender epidemic, no apprehension is felt by our citizens, nor need be felt by our citizens abroad. Our correspondent An Old W hig ’presents a fair and common sense view of the 1 oss am Fogg affidavite, and the parallel drawn from. an indent in the poHtical « otoMr. Jenk. is to the point and comports with the facts. Hi. report of Mr. Jenkins’ remarks in his speech in 1849 is substantially correct. Our correspondent is a respectable man--has been a zealous whig, and his statement may be fully relied on as to the manner in winch he has voted hitherto. He is one of the thousands oi Pierce whigs in Georgia. Fire. The Savannah News of the Bth inst. says “ Precisely at 10 o’clock last night, the steam saw mill situated on the Eastern extremity ol the city, and known as Quantock’s Mil), was discovered to be on fire. We reached the scene soon after the alarm was given, and found the I Mill completely enveloped in flames. The fire j had also communicated to several piles of lum ber in the immediate vicinity. “The brig Rollerson, of Boston, which had cleared at the Custom House yesterday for Bos ton loaded with cotton and lumber, was lying at the wharf aground. The flames, which set right upon her. soon communicated with tbe cotton on deck, and it was feared, at one time, she would be completely destro/ei Our firemen were promptly on the groun , their efforts could avail nothing towards saving ' the mill or tbe offices attached to it. ; “ Since writing the above, we learn that two (engines have been placed on board a flat and her will be little more than the loss of her i.g Uganda portion of the Cotton on deck The loss by the destruction of the mi l and lum ber destroyed, we bear estimated between fil teen and twenty thousand dollars, regret to learn, will fall ent.rely on «' e as there was no insurance effected on the prop er! y-” - _ - . - !-; iw ObjcctionsTo The following three by one of Greeley's correspondents, why he will vote for Scott in preference to Pierce. They are three reasons which should be conclusive with any Southern man—any oppponent to Slavery agita tion—Abolitionism, Communism —and all their kindred isms— to prove that he should vote for Gen. Pierce. Morris, N. J., Wednesday, Sept. 25,1852. “I am a Democrat, and always voted that ticket, except at town meetings, and then, of course, I had a choice independent of politics ; but I shall not vote for Pierce, first because I am not a Free Trade man, but a Tariff man ; and second, be cause I am a Land Reformer, and not a Land Monopolist; thirdly. lam opposed to the Fugi tive Slave Law, and that is reason enough lor me for not casting my vote for Franklin Pierce. I could mention the names of seven Democrats in my school district who will vote for Scott and that is a good proportion, seeing there are but twelve in it. A Converted Loco Foco. Attbntion every Body I —The Postmaster of the city of Baltimore calls attention to the fact that the new postage law for newspapers, circu lars and periodicals, has gone into effect, and that persons in placing stamps on such matter to be mailed may save money by bearing in mind the reduced rates. The Buffalo Courier says, “ We saw on Satur day, a gentleman from Western Virginia—a for mer resident of this vicinity—who was on his. way home, accompanied by a slave who ran away about two years since, but had, on meet ing his master in Rochester, begged the privi lege of returning. He was an active, intelligent appearing boy, about 25 years old. The New York and Erie Rail Road Company have arrievd and at sea, 22,000 tons of iron rails for their second track. It is stated that the same Company have commenced widening the track of the’ Ramapo road, so as to run their wide equipage to Paterson. It is proposed to lay down a third rail on the Paterson, so as to accommodate both the Erie equipage, as well as that of the Pat erson, and thus the Erie trains, before winter sets in, could run directly from Dunkirk on the Lake to Jersey City,opposite the city of New York. It this should be done, it will, it is said, be the only instance in the United States of a track capable of accommodating both nanow and wideguage equipage. Catherine Hayes is now in Boston, making purchases aud completing her arrangements for California. Shi visits Irauistan next, week, and there tiji th® 19th inst., ami Wifi oe pre sent at nuytia.-.-Arawv. n —eldest daughter, which takes place on that day. Miss Hayes and party, including her motherr, Herr Mcngis, Signor Herold and others, leave for California the next day, 20th inst., per steamer Illinois. Ingenious Advertisement. We are often diverted with the clever manner in which advertisements are put forth in Northern papers to catch the eye of the reader as it roves in search of news and gossip items and fasten the attention. The following is from a late number of the N. Y Herald. Singular Discovery—A Husband Caught. —ln 1812, a wealthy merchant of Aberdeen, Scotland, deserted his wife and child, and eloped to America (as was supposed, in company with a young widow of Perth, whose attractions en tirely overcame his conjugal fidelity. The next year his wile came here in search of him, and travelled hundreds of miles on bis tiack in this country, but he got notice of her movements, changed his style of dress, and shaving, &c., put on spectacles and in that disguise passed and re passed her time and again without exciting sus picion ; in fact, they both lived in the saw e block tn Bleecher street for several mo»*' ns Early last winter the lady noticed a r ' I ctuie which seemed to exhibit a familiar like' aiK | on closer inspection, she found that was that of her truant husband, the fact bvir o proved by the appearance of a small seat P., the corner of the right eye, a mark wlffek tb e spectacles were designed to hide. Ot course, she lost no time in letting her husband kw.*- that he was caught, and then there was at» me. But it turned out that the widow had came with him, hav ing stopped at Glasgow in a fit of remorse. Re pentance and forgiveness followed, and a few’ days afterward, tbe reunited couple (having se cured the wondeuul picture) started tor Missou ri, where they are now living, happy in every thing except their lost child, who died a few months alter the lather’s absconding. If this man had not got his picture at Root’s, No. 363 Broadway—the perfection of whose woi kis so astonishing—this happy re-union would never have occurred, since ie would sooner have died than broken the ice. So much for having a ‘picture as is a picture.’’ More Cotton from Africa.—Mr. Thomas Bootham, Secretary of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, recently received through a gen tleman in London, a sample of some cotton groiA by an Englishman on a plantation at Winnebsah. Gold-Coast, West Africa. Accom panying the sample was a memorandum to the effect that the grower had 30,000 plants in bear ing; and that, in addition, he and his brother had cleared 300 acres of land preparatory to planting. The sample has been inspected by Mr. T. Bazely, President of the Chamber, who> considers it of a good and useful kind, and worth in the maiket 7d. to 7 l-2d. per lb. Orson Pratt, one of the Mormon prophets, has put forth a proclamation to the Spanish Ameri cans in California and elsewhere, inviting them to look into the mysteries of the “new revela tion,” and assuring them that they are the des cendants of the original Mormons, Nephi and Laman, two brothers who emigrated from Jeru salem two thousand four hundred years ago, and settled upon the American continent. The Railroad Journal expresses t'.ie opinion that the work of construcing a tunnel under the Hudson River at Albany will soon be com menced The proposition is, to excavate a trench in the bed ofthe river of sufficient depth to ad mit of the construction of an arch, of a capacity to allow the passage of railroad trains. The wa ter is to be kept out of the trench while the work is in progress, by the use of coffer dams.— It is believed that there are no serious obstacles to the execution of the proposed work, and that it can be completed at moderate expense. State Census.—The Milledgeville Recorder says it has been requested to call the attention of the persons apjiointed to take the Census, to the section in the Act which requires them to depos it their returns with the Clerks of the Superior Courts, for the different counties, to be certified, to, under their hands and seals, before sent to the Executive Department. They should also be. consolidated, showing the different aggregates. Cause of the Whig DisrßAcriON.--The New York Herald says that “ W. H. Seward in duced the Whigs to go into the water one warin day in June, and while they were Sporting in the waves, he stole their clothes, and scampered off with them, leaving Webster and Fillmore, and all the rest of them, in a state of terrible consternation, every one running about in ev ry direction in search for his breeches. Unfortu nately they have not found them up to the pres ent hour, and it is said Seward has now worn them so much himself, that it is impossible to swear to their identity.”