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. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
TUESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 16, 1853.
FOR GOVERNOR:
11ERSC11EL V. JOHNSON,
OF BALDWIN.
FOR CONGRESS:
let DISTRICT JAMES L. SEWARD.
lid. DISTRICT A. 11. < ITT.
Hid. DISTRICT DAVID J. BAILEY.
IVih. DISTRICT W. B. W. DENT.
Vih. DISTRICT E. W. CH \STAIN,
The History of the Conservative Party ol
Georgia— ihe Present Canvass.
We have no doubt but that the object of the Con
servative party of Georgia, in its assumption of a South
ern lace at this time, is to play toe part of Judas. This
is no new game with tile politicians of this reboot. Ii
is their trick in the game of polities—one peculiar to
them—at which they have practised incessantly, and
1 ave acquir. and an cxpertm ss in its performance which
will command the applause of professional rneu.
\t hile they belonged to the \\ hig party, and follow
ed the lead ot Clay, they jocontinently swore that they
were n< ither Bank mcu, nor Tariff men, nor Internal
Improvi ment nan, but straight-laced Republicans ot
the Sta e Rights school. Many good men were gulled
by the fi. rce asseverations of Toombs and the oily per
suasiveness of Stephens, and were so blinded by the
prejudices they cherished in th.ir bosoms that they
BeVer eliseov. n and lli.-ir error, even when Clay was the
candidate of their party for President—Clay, the em
bodiment ol the American system, and the fieiccst and
greatest enemy of State Rights and Southern Rights
which tiiis generation has produced.
w hen the discussion comm* need upon the applica
tion of the VVilmot Proviso to the Mexican territories,
by which slavery would be forever excluded from them,
no men in the South were more zealous in their denun
ciations of this odious measure than the leaders of the
Conservative party. Even Mr. Calhoun was accused
by* them of lack of zeal in the cause of the South, and
they joined the Free Soilers in defeating the Clayton
compromise, in which the whole question* was referred
to the Supremo Court of the United States, preferring,
they said, to keep the subject in their own hands, mid
pledging themselves to the country, by the most solemn
asseverations, never to consent to the erection of Gov
ernments in the Terri ories until the Mexican law abol
ishing slavery was repealed. They thus took upon
themselves a heavy .rtsponsibility. They defeated a
compromise approved by the great leaders of Southern
Opinion with the aid of I ret- Soil votes. The irritating
question was kept open for another year. The country
was shaken to its centre by the fierce conflicts which
ensued bet wet n the North and the South. The times
were perilous, and good men trembled in anticipation
of a civil war, the dissolution of the Union, and the loss
of our lib. rties. Ttien these sticklers for the rights of
the South quite forgot their pledges to the South, join
ed the Union party, passed the Clay Compromise,
lift the Mexican law abolishing slavery in full force, de
graded and insulted the South by deserting her in her
utmost need, consented to tile exclusion of her brave
citizens front the soil they had won by their valor, and
gave the North a certain fixed and controlling majority
in the Federal Government.
Th.se arc the men who now, under the name of
Conservatives, profess to be the peculiar ftiends of the
South. Judas! Judas! They betray with a kiss.;
they smil., and stab under the fifili rib. They arc prc
paring for a repetition of their tr ek. Beware!
We are astonished at the recklessness with which
they sport with the best int. r.sts of the country. We
cannot b. lieve they would knowingly imperil the public
liberties or sacrifice the South to their sedish purposes ;
but the record shows that they will hazard both t,’
gratify their political animosities and keep themselves in
high station. \Y hat other explanation can tin \ give of
th. ir adhesion to the Whig party for twelve years,
when they publicly repudiated most of the cardiual
principles of the Whig party ? What other excuse can
they giv. for their opposition to the Clayton Compro
mi e, When they greedily swallowed the Clay Compro
mise ? How shall u-e account for their zealous sup
port of \Y eustkr, the life long enemy of the South and
tin- father of Free Soilism, and their frantic war upon
I ieucr, wlu. has never flinched from a bold and fe„r
less deli use of Southern Bights ? They must aud will
have power, nt any and every sacrifice.
‘I lie g one they are now playing is of a piece with
th.ir antecedent history, and though the hazard of the
South is not so great, it is imminent enough to excite
the liveliest apprehensions. We have a sound North
ern na n in the Pr. sidmtiu) chair, uho has given al
most all his important offices to Southern men, and is
straining every nerve to build up „ sound party at the
North. All lire Consetvati.e men o! his party at the
North have rallied to his support. There is a fair
prospect of succ.sk. Ui administration is eminently
popular. Even the fiercest of the Fire-eaters tire well
a filters of Presidt nt Pierce. Ihe hopes of Southern
pat,it, ts have revived-they look with hop- to the lu
lute; the harsh cry of disunion is stifled in the laud • !
tiie how of promise hangs bright and prophetic of peace 1
upon the politic; at ; Free Sutlers are recanting
their errors and coming back under the national stand
aid ; the power of the Abolitionists is partially broken ■
there is nothing needed now hut a firm and unbroken
front at the South in support of the Administration, lo
guarantee the Irian,pliant success of sound principles in
tin- Federal Administration. But alas.’ Ephraim is
joined to his idols—the glory of the victory will not set
tie upon the heads of Toombs and Stephens—-they have
gained no laurels in the war, and, like Jeroboam, the i
sen ot Nebat, they cry. “To your tents, O Israel I - ’ I
‘■the South is in danger !”-and they have erected an
other standard, and their unthinking legions bristle for
1 1. war. And pray, where do they hope for recruits {
The national Democracy, in which is congregated .he
conservatism of the North, will not join them. Their
recruits must be.from the Whig ranks-tlm Free Soil
VVhtg ranks of the North ; and even if they succeed in
the fight, a victory with such allies musl be a defeat.
We religiously believe that the safety of the South is
suspended upon the triumph of the national Democracy, j
Our only f, i. nds are in its ranks Let us, then, go up
gallantly to the fight, and let our watchword be, “ (iod
and our native land.” and may the Father of Lightß ii
lunune the public mind, and bring the contest to a happy
issue!
News from the Mountains,
C<J. John C- llier lias bet-u nominated as tlu, can
didate of the Coiisr-rvutive party of Decatur for the
Legislature. Cos) Collier was a Union Democrat,
and the C. nservativ. s thought by tins trick to cheat
unsophisticated Democrats into the support of Jenkins
fop Governor. But Col. Collier trumped their trick.
He dec!hied the nomination, and comes out in a very
el.v.r letter in defence of I’ierck and the Democratic
party.
M.ssrs R. F. Daniel, Wm. P. Hammond. James
McConnell. L M Cook, Wm Ward, John H. Wood
and John H. Gregory, of Cherokee County, have
c. ni oai in a very able letter in favor of Pierce and
the National Democracy. They wete all Union Whigs
James M. Caliiocn. the Conservative candidate for
Congress against Dent, has been denouncing the
Pr.ndent of the United States as ” that monster.’
Pierce.”
IJerschel V. Johnson and Walter T. Colquitt
wire to address the eitiz -ns of Atlanta on the J Ith
inst. 3o .mbs and Stephens were there on the 10th.
Westminster Review.
The July numb, ris on our table. The following is
the Table of Contents:
L John Knox; 2 Over-Legislation; 3. Pedigree
Iler.Jdry; 4. Seets and Secular Education-. 5
you, g Criminals - 6. Life of Moore ; 7. India and its
Finance; 8. Rulzae opd Ids Writings; 9 The Turkish
j” pi-e ; 111, 11,12. 13. Contemporary Literature of
Kijglund, A.H-Nt*{i, Germany and France.
.Montgomery, Ala.
The Artesian well in Montgomery is now about 6*o
f*et deep, and throws out 20 gallous of waur per
minute.
A Short Keply.
Wo are astonished at the tenacity with which many
of oup cotemporarie* cling to the charge that we have
apologized ‘or the appointment of Free Soilers to
office, and can only account for it upon the supposition
that, having done so themselves while Fillmore was
President, they are anxious to shield themselves from
public condemnation by implicating us.
In the extract from our columns adduced by them as
proof of the charge made against us, we do not even ad
mil that Pierce had appointed Free Soilers to office, but
simply set forth a state of facts existing in some com
munities at the north, which might render the appoint
ment ot Free Soilers to local offices unavoidable. Now,
is it not apparent to the dullest comprehension, that
until we admit that the President had appointed Fret*
Soilers to office, it is preposterous to charge us with
apologising for such appointments? and that what is
unavoidable is not subject matter for apology. An
apology implies error. YVe have never admitted the
error, and could not, therefore, apologise for it.
We arc the more earnest in this matter, as we arc
the deadly enemy of these creatures, desire no fellow
ship with them, and will co-operate with no party which
warms them in its bosom. This is indeed one great
cause of our hostility to the Southern Whig or Conser
vative party. It not only supported a party which re
cognised Free Soilers as members in full connection and
fellowship, but actually chose them out of the array of
its great men. and voted for them for President and
Vice-President of the United States, knowing them to
be such. The editors of the Conservative journals
ou<iht to be ashamed to bring the charge against Gen.
Pierce of appointing Free Soilers to office. They
ihemselves would have made a Free Soiler President
of the United States. Uis useless to allege that Web
ster voted for the Compromise, and thereby gave evi
dence of his recantation of 1 is Free Soil doctrines. Jlt
avowed in his speeches in defence of the Compromise,
both before and after its passage, that if there ever wak
any danger of slavery going into New Mexico and T tali, j
that he would exclude it by act of Congress, and only j
forbore to do so then b< cause the VVilmot Proviso was j
written by the finger of God upon every mountain and j
valley in the territories.
It would be no defence to President Pierce to say j
and prove, as there would be no difficulty in doing, that ;
Fillmore appointed Free Soilers to office. We scorn i
such a defence. It is, however, a matter of reproach |
to Southern journalists that they gave their support to j
such an Administration, and now seek to undermine j
President Pierce for following in his footsteps, as they
charge, but fail to prove.
Keply to the Chronicle Ar Sentinel.
The evidence that the Buffalo Republic has been
repudiated by the President, is found in the columns of
the Washington Union , the organ of the Administra
tion, where it is done without equivocation by the or
gan grinder in hia editoria columns. As to the ad- |
vertising patronage received by the paper, we know
nothing about it, but presume no respectable paper j
would publish the advertisement for the pay offered for j
it by the last Congress. We have had similar patron- j
age offered to us by Fillmore’s Administration. Poes !
ihis prove that Fillmore’s Administration was Demo- j
erotic ?
The evidence that Dix A Cos. have repudiated their j
Buffalo hetesies is found first in the fact that they .
voted for Franklin Pierce, the bitterest and most
proscriptive enemy in the Northern States of the Bus- ■
falo politicians. Does the Chronicle £ ntincl for- j
get that he organised opposition to Atwood, the Demo
cratic nominee for Governor of New Hampshire, upon
the ground that lie was a Buffalo politician, and suc
ceeded in defeating his election ? The second ground
of proof that they have repudiated their Buffalo here
sies, is found in tljc fact that they have been appointed
to office by Franklin Pierce, the fiercest and bitterest
enemy of Buffalo heresies in the North rn States. The
third piece of evidence that th*y have repudiated their
Buffalo heresies is found in the fact that they are re
tained in office by Franklin Pierce, who is pledged
before the country to turn out of office every appointee j
who will not repudiate the Buffalo heresies, aud we
believe Franklin Pierce is an honest man and will
stand up to his word. As to Brown, lie never was a
Freezer.
Now will the Chronicle Sentinel honestly an
swer us a few questions? Did you not vote for a
i Freesoiler for President? Did not Mr. Jenkins do
| the same? How then can you honestly blame Pikuck
! for appointing Freesoilers to insignificant offices ? I
- every Foreign Mission of the grade of Charge, but
, one, filled by men who are opposed to both Abolitionism
j and Freesoilism ? Plain answers to these few ques-
I tions will, it is believed, show the hypocrisy of the Con-
I st rvative party and commend the Administration of
j’ President PiKRCB to the confidence of the Southern
j People.
Capt. Abercrombies Election—The use made
of if.
YVe find in the Chronicle $• Sentinel , a letter from
Cniumbus, Geo., which attempts to make a very un
fair use of Capt. Abercrombie’s election in the 2d Con
gressional District of Ala. The writer says:
‘‘Well ihuif, Democrats of the 2d Congressional Dis*
trict in Alabama. Ami is not tins election encouraging
to our cause ? YY'ill the Union and Conservative Dem -
j erats in Georgia be behind their rethren across tiie river,
i in Alabama.in thusstandingnptothe principles of thcSouth
and of the Union ? YY’ill the Union and Conservative
! Democrats in Georgia, who have been ‘kicked and cuff
ed about,’ rode r-rngh-shod over, (seo YVarner, Murphy.
Turnlm and others,) and who have been made to stand
aside for their ‘betters.’ or for their Fire eating or Dis
union brethren among the ‘re* united.’will they cring
ing ly bow the knee to their would-be masters—t'K.sc
who th;nk themselves ‘better’ than tin y ? And will
not the great body of them ‘come out from among’ j
D sunionists and supporters ot Fiee-soil and Abo
lition appointments, and stand by the Georgia
Platform as they and we did in 1851, when we elected
| Cobh, who then professed great devotion to it ? I cannot
I but believe t hey will. 1 place a higher estimate upon them
i than their Fir -eating brethren or Mr. Cobb either ; for I
j do not think they belong to Mr. Cobb and can be trans
ferred and sold to Disuuionists like sheep and cattle, or
other stock in trade, by any bargain he can make for his
own individual benefit.* Km tbe first Tuesday in October
Will tell.”
This will he very astonishing news to many of Capt.
Abercrombie’s supporters, and make them bite their
lips with rage. Many of his best and most influ- ntial
friends in the election were Fire-eating Democrats—
disunionists of the first water—men who voted for
Troup and Quitman in the last election, and hold the
whole Union party in utter contempt. The county of
Barbour , which the writer in another place designates
as “the Democratic county of Barbour,*’ “which j
brought up the rear in a handsome manner,” was
originally a Whig county by from 2 to 300, and gave
the “Disunionist Cochran, near 400 majority in his
race with Abercrombie in 1851. It is all gammon
therefore for “A Conservative Observer” to pretend to
believe that the L nion Democrats gave Abercrombie
bis majority. He owes his election to the influence of
the Disunion’- politicians of Kulnula, who went for him
in a body. The great body of the Union Democrats
went for Clop ton, and stood by the Administration of
1 ierce. YY ellborn, a Union jL/emocrat, in “the
Democratic county of Barbour,” was beaten by a
Fire-eating Democrat, and two other Fire-eating
YY higs who ran on the Soothers. Sights ticket, and a
like result happened in other instances in the canvas,
lu plain English, Capt. Abercrombie owes election
to a coalition between the YY ebster Whigs and the
“Disunion” Democracy— and any man uho strives to i
make a different impression, is either grossly ignorant
of the facts he comments upon or designedly misrepre- ,
sente them. The Scott Whigs went against him ;i> a*
body. He lost about 1000 YVhig votes in Macon coun
ty alone.
Georgia Items.
Wilkinson County.—The Democrats of YVilkinsc n
have nominated Col. A. E. Cochran, for the Senate
and James Taylor, Esq., for the House.
Crawford County.—The Democracy of Crawford
have nominated Charles Walker, E>q., for the Sefi
ate, and Washington C. Cleveland, for the House.
Stewart County.-s-Bfnj. May has been nominated
for i he Seuate, and Horace M. Jenkins, and .Jam| s
P. Lowe, for the House, by the Democracy of Stew
art.
; * **• ‘ ■- ’ • -
Pensacola Koad.
The corps of Engineers left Montgomery on Satur
day of last week, and have already extended their sur
vey 16 miles in nearly an air line.
The Pacific Railroad*
The immense importance of this great work to the :
commerce cf the country, to the Unioo of the Atlantic j
States with those which lie west of the Rooky Moun
tains, and to the protection of the Patdfie coast in time j
of war, is calculated to blind the eyes of politicians, and :
efface from their minds all recollection of State Rights, j
Y\ r e lake it for granted-that the Road will be buHt; the ;
interests involved are too large to leave any doubt upon j
this point. Bui how shall it be built? That is the |
only question which interests politicians. Shall it be built
by the Federal Government ? or by a company incor
porated by the Federal Government ? or by corpora
te ns chartered by the States and Territories through j
which it passes, with aid in land from the Federal !
Government as a land owner and not as a Government ? I
These are tbe issues, jib no politician or party is silly i
enough to commit itself or himself against bo great and !
useful and popular an enterprise.
We have no hesitation in opposing the first proposi- :
tion. The Federal Government is the most extrava
gant contractor in America; it never can get any work
done under treble its value; and it is very generally
conceded every where and by every body that Uncle
Sam pays more and gets less in return than any other
capitalist in the new world. Furthermore, if the Gov
ernment once sets to work to build so grtat a Road,
the power and patronage of the President will be inde- ;
finitely increased ; the game of j olitics will consequent- i
ly become still more desperate and corrupting, princi- j
pies will be lost sight of, the rights of the States neg- j
Fend and forgotten, and the demoralization of th>- peo
ple and centralization of the Government will be com pie- !
led before the work is finished. No sacrifice of pr nciple is I
even now considered too great by many politicians to gain j
the disposition of the present revenue of the Govern ment; !
what will not men do when this revenue will be doubled j
to meet the exigencies of this stupendous undertaking? j
nd again, if the Federal Government once enters upon i
the work <f Internal Improvcim ms, where will it slop '! |
Other stupendous enterprises will spring up, too great !
! apparently for private enterprise, and necessary in the j
j eyes of politicians, who reap from them a golden har
j vest, for the defense of the country ; and when once
this line of policy is entered upon, the people will be- !
1 come the almoneis of the Government, personal inde- j
{ pendetice will he undermined, and there will be no |
limit to public expenditure but the capacity of greedy ;
I cormorants to devour it. There is no safety but in a !
| stern and unflinching denial of t he constitutional power j
| of Congress to make Internal Improvements. Upon this |
rock wo stand and are willing to risk the people upon i
the issue.
And if it be unconstitutional for Congress to build j
the Road, much more will it be unconstitutional for |
Congress to incorporate a company to build it. The j
power to grant charters of incorporation was expressly j
denied to Congress by the convention which framed it,
and even if Congress had this power, it would be unsafe I
ito exercise it. St;.*h a company would build up a mo- j
] nopoly so gn at and overshadowing as to be dangerous i
Ito liberty As compared to the Bank of the United ,
| States it would be as an elephant to a mouse.
There is then hut one way to build a Road to Cali
j forma which is free from objections. The several i
Status which desire a connection with the golden west, s
j can charter companies with ample powers to hold real j
j .-statesout of their limits for Railroad purposes; the
i Government of the United blades can give suchcornpa
| ilies the right of way through tin- Territories and such
I other contributions in land for an equivalent in mail and i
i other governmental finalities ; may ho d< tined expedi j
tnt; and thus tecun the building of several Roads j
to California in a very tew year-. YVe believe one is ;
already in process of construction from St. Louis, another j
is in embryo in New < Mentis, and still another in Mem
phis. So that time can he no doubt but that by a lit
tle patience we will bee California in contact |
with YY T ashington in a very few years, and the Gov- .
eminent and people be preserved from the eontamina- i
ting influences which will follow in the wake of an at- :
tempt to build a Road from iho Atlantic to the Pacific j
by the Government.
VV> confess our inability to appreciate the full force j
of the argument drawn from the exposed situation of ‘
California in time of war. There is no prospect of a
war, and in a Very few years the Pacific will swarrq
with * pnpirhitirm ns gfwit, frt*o nod as oipatd** o‘
self-protection as we are on the Atlantic, And as we
have before hinted, private enterprise will build the
Road in quite as short time as Government possibly
can ;
The subject is so vast, that wo have only room to
state propositions in respect to it, and not to argue them.
This our readers wil! do, each for himself.
If the immense numbers of persons who are favorable j
to the Pacific Road could harmonise upon a route, we !
would have no hope of defeating this great scheme of |
plunder ; but by uniting with each by turn, we can j
defeat the other, and by ;; delay of a few years, wo are
sure we can defeat the bill oil its merits Before then,
private enterprise will push the steam car under the .
base of tbe Rocky Mountains.
Mr. Davis and the Pacific Railroad.
YVe publish to-day an approved copy of Mr. Davis’s i
address upon tho Pacific Railroad. YY T e do not under- |
stand the eloquent speaker as having committed him- {
self to the policy of building the road out of the funds ‘
in the Treasury. Tic admits the necessity of the road
for the defence of our Pacific possessions, but pledges
himself and the Administration to oppose the building j
of it bv the Federal Government, if any other means ‘
can be devised to attain the same end. To this posi
tion wo have no objection, as we are sure private en- I
terprise is competent to the task, and will achieve it j
long before Government can do so. YY’e arc surprised
i that no allusion is made to this view of the subject by
tin Secretary of’War, and hope that when he reviews j
the ground he wil! concur with us in opinion. The !
Savannah Georgian is sound upon this as on every i
other question affecting State Rights, and contains an j
able article iu opposition to the Government’s building i
the Road. The Democratic party is by no means com
mitted to the Pacific Road. Wait till you hear from j
Pierce. YY'e confide in his soundness upon this and
every other question which will conic before him.
Talbot County Nominations.
The Conservative party of Talbot County have norni- j
nated lion. Robt. 11. Dixon* for the Senate, and John i
11 YY* alton and Y'incf.nt Maxwell for the House. |
The Scott Whigs have brought out in opposition j
Gen. Bush lor the Seriate, and Frank Reese and Da
vid Russell for the Mouse,
Congressional*
Col. Sellers, of Calvert County, has been nomi
nated by the YVhig party of the First District in Mary
land as a candidate for Congress. Bowie, the late
Representative, was run before the Convention.
Alabama Election—t ongres.*.
Lockwood's majorities. 1 Phillips’ majorities.
Butler alO j Mobile 237
Monroe 195 | Wilcox 205
j Baldwin 27 Clarke 275
Conecuh 70 Marengo 12G
I YY r ashinglon 76
802
Phillips 919
Lockwood 802
Phillips’ majority 117
Progress ot Disease in New Orleans*
According to the True Delta, the number of inter
ments iu New Orleans for the week ending Saturday
■ evening were 1134, of which 1004 were from yellow j
; fever. The da.ly record is as follows :
Yellow Fever Total j
, tl hours ending 6 a. m., 31 July 137 157 j
1 Aug.
“ ” “ 2 “ Ul 135
“ “ “ 3 4< 129 146
“ w “ 4 “ 151 166 ;
“ “ “ 5 “ 139 150
“ “ “ 6 “ 208 238
1004 1134
This terrible mortality furnishes an aggregate al
most as large as that of London, whose population ex
ceeds two millions.
New York Herald for Sale. —The N. Y. Day Book
says : “Swain, of the Philadelphia Ledger, is negoti
ating for the Herald. Lasv Friday he offered $400,000,
cash, for the whole concern, Hudson and all, or $70,-
000 per annum, in perpetuo. Neither proposition has
been definitely accepted.”
U* The steamship Florida, from Savanctah, arrived
in New York on the 2d inst. She made the trip in
57 hours. We believe there were over forty persona
from this oity on board- j
Candidates for the Legislature.
As numerous candidates have been brought out for
j the Legislature already and more will shortly bring
j themselves out, we publish the following model ad-
I dress for their imitation, if any of them are disposed to
j appear in priut as well as upon the stump.
1 a “young American” candidate fob thf.
i TEXAS LEGISLATURE.
To the Voters of Galveston County.
I have been strongly urged by my numerous friends
(who are all A. No. 1) to become a candidate to rep
resent you in the next Legislature. Like a true pa
triot, 1 have consented to sacrifice my private interests
jto the public good. YY’ithut vanity, I may say, all
who know me will admit, that if elected, 1 will origin
| ate and execute many acts in Austin, that no one of th*
j candidates before you will attempt. I pledge myself
that I will keep a watchful eye over the morals of legis
j lation and legislators. No one who knows me will
! doubt, if I choose to exercise the power, that members
| w.ll be compelled to observe the rules of propriety, in
stead of indulging, as I fear is too often the case, in
1 nocturnal revels, at improper places and unseemly
| hours. Reform is necessary. I am the man to effect
; it—in fact, the only man that can and will do it.
lam a Jeffersonian Jackson Democrat. In truth, I
was so born.
lam a progressive. I may say a fast one.
I go for the greatest good to the greatest number.
I am in favor of giving homes to tlu- homeless, and
l houses to the houseless.
I advocate the education of the masses, by a tax
j upon wealth.
I believe that earth, air and water, is a gift of the
j good God to all. That all are entitled to as much as
is necessary for their use. More than this is a mo
! nopoly, and I oppose all monopolies.
I am in favor of Banks, if a plan can be invented to
i establish ne io loan non**y . i... srwl.ißjri.ms.
1 honest man, without security.
I atn a ‘ Young American.” I adopt their bounda
; ry—east by the rising and west by the setting sun—
I north by the Arctic expedition, and south—as far as we
■ please. This is a great country, and less than this
| would not suit our purposes. I abhor old fogies,
1 whether as politicians, warriors, husband” or lovers. I
! wish this distinctly understood.
I I disavow the creed of “all things unto ail men,” but
| adopt it decidedly as regards the ladies,
j lam for woman’s rights on the largest scale. If we
! do not yield them equality, l tear they will refuse to
I multiply and replenish the earth, as they have threaten
ed to do. And every unprejudiced mind must admit
j that they become our wives not to pleasure themselves
j but us. lam too modest to enumerate all my good
i qualities and qualifications for office. I leave all self
j praise to my competitors. I think, however, without
| vanity. 1 may say that, if i-3 elec, I will be more dis
| tineuished than any representative you have had. You
! will be proud of me. My name will be familiar to all,
; and daily seen in the public prints.
; lam an old Texan, one of the founders of Halves- j
■ ton. 1 have shed much blood for the good of the peo- |
; pie. I have done the State some service. I ask in re- j
| turn, your votes. I will sec most of you before the !
| election, and will address you before the public,
i lam opposed to the practice if treating, but when j
’ invited will be happy to take a glass with any one. In j
j this particular I make no distinction in politics.
Jack Mills. i
P. S. I forgot to say that 1 am in favor of the next :
j war.
The Alabama Legislature.
Senate.
1. Mobile—T. B. Bethea.
j 2. Baldwin, Monroe and Clarke —J. S. Dickinson.
| 3. Colic , Covington and Conecuh—Jones.
1. Dale and Henry—Searcy.
5. Barbour— Peterson.
• fi Pike —Harrel Hobdy.
j 7 Russel — D. H Baker.
• 8. Macon—A’. //. Clanton.
! 9. Montgomery and Autauga— Thos.Jl. Watts.
10. Dallas and Wilcox—S R. Blake
11 Sumter, Choctaw and YVa.-hington—Woodward.
! 12. Greet)e and Marengo— J. D. Webb.
j 13 Perry and Bibb— Cocke.
14. Lowndes ami Butler— Crenshaw.
15. Coosa—J. R. Powell. y
IG. Tallapoosa— Kimbal.
17 Chambers— O'has. McJLc.morc.
18 Randolph—(Fay.
19. Talladega—Bradford.
20. Benton —Martin.
21. Jefferson and Shelby—Moses Kelly.
22. Robert Jem:son, jr.
23. Pickens— Lee.
21. Marion ami Fayette—Jones.
25. Franklin—Jones..
26 Lawrence, Hancock and Walker—Hew lot.
27. Blount and St. Clair—Jßoihwell.
j 28 Cherokee—Hendtix.
j 29 Marshall and DeKalb—Lamar,
j 30. Jackson—Frazier.
31. Madison—Acklen.
; 32 Limestone and Morgan—Malone.
33 Laudeidale— Patton.
YVhige in Italic; Democrats in Roman.
House of Representatives.
! Autauga—Billing Hall.
laldwi n— Wil k ins.
j Baibour—Cochran,* Corner,* McCall.*
Benton—Wills, Davis, YVhatley.
j Bibb —Davi--, Findley
j Blount—Aldridge, St. John.
, Butler—Burnett, Yeldell.
; Chambers— Roberson. Hill, Todd.
i Cherokee —Clifton, Lawrence, Sanford.
| Choctaw— McCall.
< larke—Thornton.
I Coflee—Yelverton.
; Conecuh— Jay.
; Coosa —Garrett, YVeaver.
Covington— Holley.
Dale- Ward.
Da 1 las— Hatcher, Phillips.
1 k-Kalb—Murphy, Newman.
Fayette—A. Reynold-, Edwards.
Franklin—Lindsay. Carroll, Watkins.
G reenc —Be n net s, Jnge .
I lancpcli—Lawrence.
Henry— Odum, Hays.
Jackson— H. C Cowan, R. T. Scott, J. M. Greene.
Jefferson—Camp.
Lauderdale—L. I*. Walker, Rhodes.
Lawrence—
Limestone—Allen, Hanserd.
Lowndes— Webb, Cook.
Macon— Rutherford, Abercrombie , Payne.
Madison—Laugh in ghouse, 1 iumphries.
Marengo— Foscue, Crefjgh.
Marion—
Marshall—G fro relh. Fletcher.
Mobile—Meek, Bell, Walker, Owen.
Monroe—Agee
Montgomery— Belser, Judge.
Morgan—
Furry—Talbert, Cole.
Pickens— Johnson, Henry.
Pike—Mcßrvde, Farrior, Horne..
Randolph —Newell, Goodin.
Russell— Nelson, Calhoun.
Shelby—Sterritt, Lawrence.
St. Clair — Foreman.
Sumter—Whitsitt, Portis.
Talladega—Curry, Bishop, Shelley.
Tallapoosa— Gibson. Gillam, Holley.
Tuscaloosa—Martin, Brown.
YY’aiker—lrwin.
YVashington—E. H. Gordy.
Wilcox—Fox, Ervin.
Whigs in Italic; Democrats in Roman.
Rights. .
It will bo seen that om table of the names of the State
Senators is complete, and that according to that table,
which wo believe to be correct, there are twenty-one I
Democratic Senators, and twelve YY’higs.
Our table of the members of the House is not yet
complete. The counties of Lawrence, Hancock, and
Marion, are yet to hear from, the first being entitled to j
j two nii mbers, the other two to one each. Os these
| four, the Democrats have no doubt el* cted three.— i
i This calculation gives fourteen Democratic majority i
! over all others in the House—they have a majority of {
I nine in the Senate—twenty-three on joint ballot,
i Some of the members put down in our lists as Whigs, 1
; we understand repudiate the name, and say they are !
i Union men, and*ran and were elected as such. This
; is the case in the Russell representation, and in the
one member from Talladega. They are all old Whigs,,
however, and will probably act with that party in the
I Legislature. —Advertiser tj- Gazette.
Money*
The amount of money in active circulation in the
United States is estimated, in the Merchants’ Maga
zine, at $295,4 77,257, which, reckoning the population
at 25,000,000, would make SIS per head. It was sll
in 1816 and 1836, when there was an enormous paper
currency afloat, and but $5 50 in IS3O. One-third of
the present currency is gold.
Anew bank, galled the Farmers and Exchange
Bank of Charleston, commences business in that city
to-day. Its capital is one million of dollars, of which
the first and* second instalments have been paid . in,
amounting to $600,000. The Courier says, 300 shares
were sold last week nt sl6 50 per share, being $1,50
per bare ott the oraoeot paid is.
Personal Intelligence.
Arrivals at New York on the 6th just., in the steam
ship Alabama from Savannah ;
Col RHD Lovell, Mr Checver, M Smith, lady and in
fant, D P Landerline, Judge Wellborn, .1 Brostero, J Hous
inan, M Barnstem, Miss M Shackelford, Miss M Hurt,
Miss E Hurt, Miss Flewellen. A V La Roche, D Venvor,
E Heaton, C D Stewart, Dr H Flewellen, John Roser?, J
C Phillips, J Pruett, B S Hamer, Mrs Post and two daugh
ters, Miss Menrs, Mrs Seymour, Miss A Bard well and
servant, Mrs Bard well, Alex Harris, John Campbell. R
Schwartz, J Avet, A R Hairison, H r Connery, Geo Ru
ney, A G Richards and servant, S M Heisham. P D Mum
ford, Miss Julia Hurt, Miss Rebecca Hurt, J E Hurt and
lady, Miss H Stewart, Miss M Fontaine, Miss B B Harda
way, Miss Virginia Hudson, Miss L Hud-on, Miss C
Toombs. H YV YY'illiHms, D F Prout, M Marsh, C T
Hatch. Mrs E T Dorsey, Miss L C Johnson, R W Bonner,
ad lady, J A Strother and lady, James Roger- and lady,
Major R S Hardaway, Robt Flournoy, Master Chas Short
er, J B Smith, A Diftenhoeffer, T McKenna, Mr. Van
Dyck, Mr A (is, Thomas Gilbert, Esq , YV YV Austin. C R
Haywood, T II Davis, YV F Berry, Miss Barry Miss Brad
ley, Mrs Howland, J YV Thompson, and 20 in the steerage.
The Steamers Florida and Wrn. Gaston. —Our
readers will remember that some months since the
steamer Florida, of Charleston, and the steamer William
Gaston, of this city, came in collision near the St. John’s
bar, during which the William Gaston sustained con
siderable injury. At that time different versions of the
affair were published in the papers, and from them the
public were unable to decide which steamer was in the
wrong. The matter was brought before tho United
States District Court for this district, and we are informed
that on yesterday hia Honor Judge Nicbol gave ade-
I cision against the Florida, and awarding to the William
Gaston about 1200 dollars damages. —Sac News. i
.4 Stranger of Note. —An Arab of pure blood, a high
ly cultivated man, was among the pure celebrities at
Faneuil Hall. His name is Murad. He is a native of
the renowned city of Bethlelum, in Palestine. IL
eonverst s freely in seven different languages, including i
i<* Rncffah, in which he is quite fluent, lie accom- j
panied Dr. J. V. C. Smith as guide and interpreter,!
through Jerusalem to the river Jordan and the Rod Sea. j
Murad appeared in the full costume of his country, \
which presented a striking contrast to all about him. j
He was to have addressed the company present, hut I
time did not permit. —Boston Bee.
YY’e see it stated in the Charleston Courier that a !
line of packets has been established to run regularly /
bet a ecu that city and Newport, Fla., via St. Marks, j
Tampa Bay, and Cedar Keys. The lino will consist j
of four first class schooners, commanded by oxpcricnc :
ed navigators, and will leave Charleston on or about !
the first and fifteenth of each month, commencing on j
the Ist of October. Transportation u iil alto be pro* j
vided with certainty and regular ly on the Suwannee
river, for aii produce destined for and coming from \
Charleston. The rates of freight will be reasonable. !
Mississippi Union Bank Bunds. —The Bulletin j
learns from a correspondent at Jackson, that the High ;
Court of Errors and Appeals—the Supreme Judicial |
; tribunal in Mississippi—has decided (the Judges being ]
j unanimous in opinion) that tho Slate is legally bound to i
j pay the Union Bank Bonds, and that no act of the Le- i
j gisdature or vote of the people can affect the question, j
i This is, indeed, an important decision.
Death in Liberia. —The New York Commercial has •
| letters from Monrovia, up to June, which anuounee
j the death of the Hon. IJ. Teage. This will be a great j
j loss to the Republic of Liberia. Mr. Teage was, with- j
j out doubt, one of tho ablest and best l ead men in Li
boria. He was tbe editor and proprietor of the Liberia I
Herald , and had filled several of the highest offices in !
the gift of the people.
Greeriough's Statuary.— The brig Uttar Gull liasi
arrived at the Washington navy yard, bringing from j
Italy (Jre-enough's group of statuary, representing a
scene in American frontier life—a white settler res- |
cuing Ids wife from the assault of a merciless savage.
It is to be pbu-.ed on the east portico of the Capitol, op \
posito to the figures of Columbus and the Indian ;
; maiden.
Death of Elisha Riggs. —This gentleman, long one j
j of tho most, eminent bankers of this country, died in ;
| New York, on YVednesday of last, week, aged about To •
i years. Mr. It, was a native of Maryland, and laid the]
i foundation of his ample fortune in Baltimore, where he ’
j wub a member *f the old house of Peabody, Riggs &
1 Co.—the first named gentleman, Mr. Georg* p. -d -i v,
, being now of London.
o
j More Frond* upon the Government .—A YY i- 1
j ington d.'hpatch says —It is rumored that Secretary ]
] McCii land’s visit to New York has reference to an i
; aatouuding scheme of gigantic frauds which have iust |
‘ been discovered, and are kept a profound secret by the !
j Government. He cannot well return before Saturday j
night. Secretary Cushing has returned.
f£T The Washington Union alluding To the Smyr
na affair say-. : “It resulted in the giving up of Costa j
to the French Consul, to await the conclusion of tho j
negotiations going on in regard to the whole matter, j
This case may grow into still more consequence, but at j
all hazards the honor of our fag will be. maintained.”
O* The amount received for admissions to the X.
Y. Crystal Palace, from the day of its opening vi ‘.]
Friday evening sth inst., was 52f,222,75.
The Contributions deposited in the box placed in the j
Palace by the agent of tho YVashingtou National Mon I
ument Association, amount in the aggregate to £947,73. !
Marriage of Alboni. —The Paris correspondent of j
the Boston Atlas says: ‘‘l have two marriages toan-j
uounce. Mile. Mario Alboni has returned (.* Paris, >
and is living in her pewly purchased house, (’ours la !
Ueiue, No. 220 Champs Elysees, and her bans have !
been published. She is to marry Count Pcpoli. Mile.
Miolan, of the Theatre Comique, is about to many M.
Carvalho, the pianist.”
(LT Philadelphia is believed to be sound on the slave
Question. Her wretched negro quarter, full of squalid
misery and crime, teaches her that slavery, its a gene
ral rule, is the best condition for negroes in our land—
beT f.>r the whites, and best for the blacks.
UN 11 rvard College conferred the degree of LL.
D. up -. Non. Nathan Hale, editor of the Boston]
Daily \ h elisrr, before Union College conferred the j
shi.: *:••*!• upon VY\ C. Bryant, editor of the New I
York Lretting Post.
Yale College. —Wm. H. Seward, of New York,
has been selected as the orator before the Phi Beta
Kappa Society of Y'alc College, for 1854, and James
Russel Lowell, poet.
Living (giraffes. —A pair of living giraffes, of the
most extraordinary size, arrived at New York on
Thursday, by tho steamship Washington, from Bre
men. A pair of ‘hese tall and graceful creatures
were imported in 1836, at an expense ol #IO.OOO ;
but they did not live long, and we have had no gi
raffes iu Ameiica since that time. Herr Hartman,
who owns the present couple, and has laid out
$-5,000 to get them here from Egypt, hopes to
| have these survive for some time, even in this cli
mate. One giraffe is 17 feet and the other 15 feet
iiu height, and both therefore are not only handsome
but stupendous wonders.
New Cotton. —The first bale of tho new crop of
j cotton arrived on Sunday last p#r steamer Azile.—
It is from the plantatmu of G. Brei'iing, E<q., near
Demopolis, and was eons gned to YV. YV. Allen &
Cos. It is clean and well ginned, has a light creamy’
; color and classes good middling. The first bale last
year came from Montgomery and was received here
on the l9Ji of August.— Mobile Tribune , Avgg. 9. ;
The New Cu. tom House .—As an indication that
the building of tire New Custom House at this
place is soon to be commenced, it may be stated*
that the Collector of the Port has been made the
disbursing agent aud Capt. D. L *dbetter, of U. S.
Engineers, the superintendent of its ’’construction,
[ Register•
Death oh the Railroad. -On Sunday last as the
up passenger irain was passing the 45 mile station,
the engii>e and cars passed over a negro man named
Boston, tbe property of Mr. Matthew Lufburrow,
of this city, injuring him so seriously that he has
since died. The negro was intoxicated aud bad lain
down ou the track. — Sav. .News,
The western newspapers announce*the
marriage at BoonviPe, Team, of R H. Tarr and
Jane Fea hers. This is th© first time we have
heard of carrying tar and feathers to th© veiy altar,
[FOR THE TIMES AND SENTINEL.]
franklin Col lege—Commencement.
Mr. Editor: —Having attended tho commencement excr
cisesat our State University, I cannot forego the pleasure ot
giving you a hasty sketch of the proceedings, with some
remarks upon the position the institution now holds, and
what it behooves the State to do in the present onward march
she is making in material and mental development.
I did not reach Athens in time for the first day’s proceed
ing—which consisted of a Prize Declamation by members
of the Sophomore class. If I may judge, howover, from
the opinions expressed by tha-e assembled, Monday’s exer
cises weic by no means the least attractive of tho week On
Tuesday, the Junior exhibition came off , which was quite
creditable ; ndfrmore than four of the speakers, however,
reached beyond a respectable exhibition of talent or train
ing. These I should place in the order ot merit, as T. B.
Cabaniss, of Forsyth; Subject—“ Genius of Milton.” J. B
Cummin, of Augusta, ‘Chatham and Clay.” G. A. Bull,
of Lagrange, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” This subject, a deli
cate one for such an occa-ion, was admirably- treated, al
most faultless in style and sentiment. The speaker was
interrupted by frequent aoplause, which was well merited.
J H. Hull, of Athens, “Burko and Webster.” This young
gentleman has studied Burke but little, as he by no means
did nim justice ; yet, his manner was animated, and com
position good. The morning exercises were concluded by
an addre-s to the Sophomore Prize Declaimers and pre
sentation of Medals by Hon. Herschel V. Johnson. Tho
fortunate candidates were A. Law, of Savannah, and G.
W. Callaway, of Lagrange. The address was admirably
suited to the occasion. The Hon. gentleman dwelt elo
quently upon tlie mission of eloquence, portrayed its power
in the pulpit, whore he gave its noblest fio and and most use-
ful exercise. He spoke of its uses and abur-es, drew a most
vivid picture of the contests of the Olympic games and
physical prowess contrasted with the efforts of genius and
meutal acquirements. He presented 6oinc useful thoughts
upon the culture of oratory, which showed that ho bad
himself paid no little attention to its avails. Hio manner
and matter was highly applauded by every one. In the
afternoon, Judge Campbell, of Mobile, delivered an address,
bt fore the Society of the Yluinni. His subject was tiie
‘•Duties of an American Citizen.” I would that every one
in this broad land could read and study it. He began with
a fV-eiing allusion to the past—to the great men ot Georgia
with whom it had been his good pleasure to have met ou a
similar occasion 27 yearsrincc—among those he particular
ly designated the venerable Troup, who then, as the speak
er fc-aid, was in the meridian of his glory, who had but just
emerged from a contest with the general government a
’ victorjn a cause which lias since made his name the embodi
! ment of a principle. There was uo need for rhetorical dis
; play, no room for flashes of wit nor ldlo dalliance with
> the graces. Eloquence was inherent in his argument;
i with a master power he elucidated clearly and logi
cally the position of an Amoricau Citizen, his allegiance,
i his obligations, his rights, his independence. The people,
I ho placed paramount to all other source of power. The
| Constitution ruled legislatures, tho people ruled the Con- j
i stitution. Ilis address was eminently philosophical— not j
; us was asserted by many,metaphysical. His promisee were :
i facts, his deductions principles; such a combination ot’logi- :
j cal force, analytical truth and practical application, so dis
j tinctly and clearly condensed as to give effect to one ruling
> converging idea—tho duty of an American citizen—l will
j venture to say has never been equalled by an American
mind. YV*ere Judge Campbell a metaphysician, I would
; place him with Cousin—were ho a philosophical histo
rian. I would rank him with Guizot, i wish space allowed
1 me to go farther | into a synopsis of this great effort. The
i distinctions between .the governments of Europe, the rights
! of Roman citizenship and those t four own—these were no
1 common place illustrations, no more glancing at the out
j line- < >t history, but a profound philosophical investigation
| of principles. The address will of course be printed, and
j I hope to sec it copied into every newspaper in tho country,
i YVednesday was commencement day. The Senior Class
j were about to appear lor the last time, and bid adieu to
i scenes hallowed by so many recollections, and endeared by
j so many interests. The orations were creditable, without
| any marked ability being displayed by any. The Yraledic
i lory, by Cooper, was delivered as usual. The Presi
j dent concluded the exercises of the day with a practical
! address of advice and instruction to tho class, which I sup
; pose they carried with them about as far as the dinner table.
However earnest and well disposed such an address may
! be, I very much question its propriety or advantage. Ad
; vice is always cheap. To be sure, coming from such a
! source as in tho present instance, it ought to be valuable ;
j but after long exercises, when every one is anxious to re
tire, for tnc President to read overseveral pages of sage and
• serious matter “ lor guidance in future life,” is time, wasted.
; Besides, young men having attained maturity, if they have
j eyes to seo and cars to hear and minds to understand will
| loam for themselves how lo pursue the right and eschew
! the wrong—those who have not, all tbe advice of sages,
: from Solomon dawn, will not. at ail affect them. Thirty
■j live were graduated. The degree oi Doctor of Divinity !
i was conferred upon Rev J. Shannon, and Doctor ol I
I Laws upon Judge Campbell.
On Thursday, J. E. Ward, Esq , of Savannah, delivered j
an address before the Literary Societies ; subject—Life, j
; A boundless theme, and treated in a very discursive manner. ‘
• His stylo was entirely illustrative, skimming over the sur- i
; face of history for an instance, here and there, of battles;
j won and difficulties o’ereome. Some practical hints were
j thrown out, and a happily turned expression now and then
j elicited applause. The speaker very properly dwelt upon
• the will as the great governor ol action, and the only sure
i lever of success, and occasionally wo were indulged with a
i flower—but it was a common one—the rich fragrance of
1 rare exotics greeted es not at all—we strolled through a
j garden but pt.rt’uri in its culture, hardly stopping to admire
: a single plant. Tho exercis* n worn now closed, and the
: crowd dispersed, all, doubtless, glad to get away from the
| city, for tho weather was hot, and the hotel aceonunoda
; lions (?) execrable.
A word, now, as-to the present condition and prospects
j ot our University, and the claiips.it has upon the State Gov
! eminent. lam told that tho institution U now in a better
i condition than ever heretofore, a larger patronage i ex
; tended, and a stronger interest is being manifested in i's
; progress. This is, so far, gratifying. But what is its
! ent condition ! A tolerably efficient “ Faculty,” no doubt,
but what material has this Faculty to operate with 1 The
j Library comprises only 10,000 volumes.* Tho departments
! of Chemistry and Natural Philosophy afford at present but
! little advantages. The apparatus is deplorably deficient.
] The lecture rooms aro mean, narrow, rough establishments
| that would disgrace a respectable back woods school house.
( Prof. I>a Compt, to whose courtesy lam indebted for a
; survey of those departments, feels acutely the disadvantages
j under which he labors, and indeed it is discouraging for a
! man of science to b*-. thus cramped Again, there is not the
! first element of n University. Many a respectable academy
in the New England and Middle States affords advantages
. equal to the University of the State of Georgia. It is in
: comprehensible to me how a Board of Trustee.* can find it
: in their hearts to make annual reports of the flourishing con
! dition of the institution with such facts staring them in the
! face at every turn. Tho State furnishes the pitiful sum of
! $9,000 to sustain tho College ; the remainder must be se
j cured by patronage, and this patronage reduced by the half
Ia score of sectarian schools, called colleges, springing up
j in all parts of the State, and one incessant system of beg
ging is carried on by almost every one of them. Georgia
is called the “ Empire State of the South,” and her people
love to repeat the phrase, but sho is wofblly deficient in
educational systems. There are numbers of academies and
colleges, but hot one that can claim a liigfa rank. She has
progressed and is progressing in physical development, but i
wo require some attention to her mental progress
1 have written candidly what 1 believe to bo tho true state
I of the case as regards our University. I could not content
mytu’f with the unmitigated panegyrics with which the
newspapers abound in their reports of commencements, ed
ucational prospects, &c. &e. By such means tho people
oi the State are kupt in ignorance of the true condition of
affairs, and even many of those who are constant attend
ants and observers, but who have never enjoyed the oppor- !
tuuity of contrasting ours with other institutions, are induced i
to believe that they really hold a high position. Let the ]
Htate become aroused to a souse of her duty, and make I
Franklin College equal to any in the Union.
Marietta, Aug. S, 1853. H.
The Great. Victory. —The Nashville Daily Union of
the lUtli inst. says: “ YY’e have returns but from about
two-thirds of the vole of the St&e, yet enough to know j
that Andrew Johnson has been chosen Governor of j
Tennessee by a majority of more than three thousand!
the largest majority any candidate has received for the
offico in ton years. lie has achieved this unparalleled ;
victory over tho most splendid orator and most popular I
man of his opponents, against the combined assaults of |
tho Whig press and the Whig speakers, and with but j
a lukewarm support from many of his own political as- ;
eoeiates. Never were the Whigs more confident of ‘
suooess, while the Democracy, disheartened by a sue- j
cession of defeats, looked upon the contest as almost j
hopeless.”
Kentucky Election.
New York, August 4.
A private dispatch to the New York Tribune to-day,
states that the following Congressmen are almost cer
tainly chosen :
Ist District—Linn Boyd, Dem.
2d u Benj. Edwards Grey, Wh : g.
3d “ Presley Ewing, Whig.
4th “ Chrisman, Dem.
-sth “ Clement S. Hill, Whig, (gain.)
6th “ Elliott, Dem.
7th “ Wm. Preston, Whig.
Bth u John C. Breckenridge, Dem.
9th “ Lender M. Cox, Whig, (gain.)
10th “ Stanton, Dem.
The Whigs have carried both brauohes of the Legis
lature by increased majorities.
Congressional Elections.
St Louts, Aug. 4.
It is almost certain that both Findley and Caruthers,
Whigs, have been elected to Congress from Missouri.
Two Democrats have been elected to Congress from
Arkansas.
Horth Carolina Election.
Charleston, August 9.
Asho and Ruffin, pCmoorets, have been elected to
Congress in North Carolina. The vote in Outlaw's
j District is close. .Venable is defeated.
Tennessee and Kentucky Elections.
New Xokk. Aug. 9.
Later accounts now atate that Hon, Andrew Johnson,
Democrat, has been elected Governor of Tennessee.
The Whigs have a majority in the Legislature.
The Kentucky Delegation in tho, next Congress will
consist of five Whigs and five Democrats.
A inau can find nowhere as good a savings bank* M by
emptying bis puree into bis bead-
NEWS FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL ° F THE STB AMEit
NIAGARA.
Baltimork. August 4,1853.
The British Mail Steamship Niaeara has arrived at
Halifax, N. S., from Liverpool, which port she left oa
the 23d ult.
Tits LivEßrooL Mabkkts.—The Baltic’s advices bad
a favorable effect on the cotton market, and at! qualities
had slightly advanced, fair and middling from a sir
teenth to an eighth of a penny. The quotations were
as follows: Fair Orleans 7d. ; Middling Orleans 8 1 8d
a 8 3-i6d. ; Fair Mobile 6 3 4d.; Middling Mobile 8.1. a
6 l-Sci.; Fair Uplands 6 3 Id., and Middling Uplands g
1 Bd. An extensive business had been transacted at firt
prices, the demand from the home trade and specula!
having been large. The salesou the 2’2d nit., were ) 1,.
000 bales, making an aggregate for the week of 86,000
bales, of which speculators took 13,500 and exporters
7,300 bales, leaving 65,200 bales to the trade. Th
estimated stock of Cotton in Liverpool was 850,00n
bales.
Rico was firm and active, and 90 tierces changed
hands at 255. per cwt.
State of Trade.—The Manchester market was firm.
The Havre Cotton Market during the beginning of
tho week ending on Tuesday, tho 19th ult., was heavy
but improved at the close ; prices having advanced from
a half to one franc, aud the sales having comprised
5.500 bales. Trcs Ordinaire Orleans was quoted at
93 francs, and Uplands at 83 francs and 2 0 centimes
The Rice market was firm.
The London Money Market was easy at previous
rates. American securities were unchanged in every
respect, and a moderate business had been transacted
at previous rates.
The Paris Bourse,—French three per cents were
quoted at from 77 a 80,
Tiie Turkish Question. —There is no longer any
apprehension of a war between Russia aud Turkey, as
the difficulties have been nearly adjusted.
Additional Foreign Hews by the Niagara.
New York, August 7.
A telegraphic dispatch from Berlin, ou the 20th
ult., stated that the Czar had accepted the propositi .a
of France and England. The negotiations would b.
completed when tho consent of Austria, which was said
to be on the way to bt. I’ctersburg, had been obtained.
The English and French funds had improved.
Tho house of the London Times correspondent at
Vienna had been visited by the Austrian police, the
result of which was several arrests neing made
Tiie Empress of France is enciente.
The Austriau police were 6n the track of the pro
jectors of the Milan insurrection.
It was reported in Paris that the American Minister
at Constantinople addressed a note to the Porte, stat
ing that tho United States would support the integrity
of the Ottoman Empire, and henceforth would claim to
have a voice in the affairs of Europe.
The Swiss frontier was still blockaded by the Aus
trian troops.
FOUR DAYS LATER.
Arrival of the Steamer Baltic.
Cotton Unchanged—European News pacific.
New York. Aug. 9.
The American steamship Baltic, Captain Corns! k
I arrived at New York on Sunday, bringing Liverpool
; dates to Wednesday, tbe 27th ult-, four days later than
! those brought by the Niagara.
! The Baltic brings 167 passengers, among whom arc
Bishop Mcllvaine and Thomas Butler King.
I The steamship Africa arrived out on the 24tli.
Liverpool Cotton Market. —The Eaies of Cotton ir
‘ the Liverpool market, for the three days since th<
sailing of the Niagara, on the 23d, comprise 25,001
| bales. The quotations are ns follows : Fair Orleans
7d.; Middling Orleans, barely 6 l-4d.; Fair Uplands
. G 3-4d.: and Middling Uplands, 6 l-16d. The demand
1 1 was good from the trade, which was freely met b;
holders. Speculators took 1000, and exporters 6(K
bales, leaving 18,000 bales for the trade,
McHenry quotes Cotton freely supplied, aud pr,.
fully sustained,
i The trade in the manufacturing districts was active
but prices had undergone no change since the sailing o!
the Niagara,
Havre Cotton Market. —The latest accounts from Ha
vre are to Sunday, the 24th ult. Cotton had advanced
one franc. The sales of the week amout to 14,000
bales. Tres ordinaire Orleans is quoted at 95f. and
i Upland at 90f.
Political. —Tho Turkish difficulty is considered -
tied. The Czar’s assent to the proposition cf Frani
ii and England is confidentially expected.
It is rumored that tho Americans arc negotiating
for the purchase of Porto Mauringo.
The Kosta affair remains uttchanged. The St. Lot::
had left Smyrna, and two Anstrian frigates had arrived
’ at that place.
Reported Acceptance of tho Austrian Mediation by the
Russian Emperor.
[Telegraphic from London to Liverpool.]
j (We have received the following dispatch from Bos! ■:
which will pass for what it is worth. It looks to us as ii 1
might have been meant to aflect the markets. Lord John
Russell, who is described as speaking in the House ot
Lords, must have got his peerage sooner than he expect'd.
—E>h. ;Y. r. Excniw; Post.]
Russia.
Paris, Friday Evening, July 22.
A report was current on tho Bourse this afternoon, that
tho project drawn up by Baron Brack, the Austrian Ambas
sador, and which was agreed to by the representatives ot
the foor powers at Constantinople, for a settlement of the
difficulties between Russia and Turkey, had been presented
to the Czar and accepted by him.
The funds, which were dull at the opening, experienced
; general rise on this statement being circulated.
Advices from St. Petersburg!! to the 18th report freigh -
, as still advancing, and that eaies wore already double the
| usual charges.
Farther Telegraphic Items by the Baltic.
! The ship J. Z., from New York for Liverpool, was
- burned at sea July 7, lat. 42, ion. 62. Capt. Spench and
i ail hands saved by the ship Ebenezer, at Liverpool. Th
| ship Robert Kelly slso went to her assistance. The cans
! of the fire was spontaneous combustion.
Christina of Spain is in Paris, intriguing, they say, t ■
marry her daughter to Prince Napoleon, and to set the
j young couple up as Kiug and Queen ot Mexico, or of any
! Booth American State that will accept them.
! The grape disease is feared in Portugal.
Ekoland —Tiie crops in England and Ireland were gen
erally good. There was no potato rot.
| It is reported that England is negotiating with Denmark
! to obtain command of the entrance of the Baltic in case oi
| a war with Russia.
i France.—lt is stated tiiat the opening of the French
i ports to the import of breadstuff?, is more to quiet the anxi
! ety than from any fact of a scarcity.
The news concerning the crops in the south of France
is favorable, particularly for com, olives and figs. The
same ia the ease in Cher and Normandy.
The funds are steady. The three per cents, closed a’
78f. 20c. Four and a Halves 103f. sc.
India and China. —The India Mail bad arrived at Tri
este with Hong Kong datos of June 7, Calcutta 16. and
Bombay of tho 20th.
The Chinese Empire had been divided, and Nankin de
clared independent of the Tartar dynasty. At Canton
great anxiety was ielt and apprehensions entertaini-d of a
rising of tiie people.
Trade in India was dull.
The Briti.h had made no advance on Ava.
’ The steamer Laurington was lost on her passage from
Shanghai to Hong Kong. Her crew aud passengers wen
saved.
ArsTRU.—A dispatch from Vienna of the 22d, statue that
a conspiracy had just been discovered, and 47 person;-, in
cluding several students, bad been arrested.
The difiercncee between Austria and Switzerland had
been nearly settled.
From Texas.
New Orleans. Angus’ 8
We have an arrival from the Rt° Grande. The
Psmoetttt* were ahead,