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Grand Indian Council. THE CAMANCHES AND CREEKS. The Fort Smith Herald of the 22ci ult., has the following account of a grand Indian council : I arrived at the grand council ground on the 19ih of June, with a party of fourteen Shawnces. VVe journeyed above the waters ol Little river, and found the council shed near the bank of the north fork of Canadian river, in the middle of a small grove, where was a cold spring. The Indians had their respective camps in various directions around, at a distance of three or lour miles. The Camanches encamped seven miles off, suspecting an attack from the Creeks—perhaps fearing more that their slaves, of whom they had many, would be stolen from them. These slaves are mostly Spanish, but, I regret to say, some Americans. I stopped at the Cherokee camp near which the ShawDees encamped, and went with them to the ground, some two miles, in the morning. Ten or twelve tribes were represented ; of these ty far the greater portion were Camam hes and Creeks, about five hundred of each, only small delegations of other tribe 9 being present. In fact, the matters to be ne gotiated were principally between these two tribes. The Creeks made a formidable show ; all their warriors are very large, with fine countenances and dignified carriage. They are plainly dressed, and sit awaiting the arrival of the Camanches with stoical patieuce. The Cherokee delegation was tolerably large; apart of hem are half breeds, which lessened their interest to one seeking Indian novelties. The Kee-chies are here ; a needy set, with w inder strained eyes. The Camanches are coming in a large line over the ptairie, marching in pomp and savage pagean try—rien, (they are all warriors,) women,children, mules and dogs, waving plumes and flashing orna. ments. The Camanches dismounted, and their horses were immediately tnkenmehargo by i he boys, some not more than two or three years of age, some few richly dressed in their way, some entirely naked, who got on the horses and sat on them, or rode them around until the return of the party. As soon as the Shawnees appealed on the ground they recognized some horses taken from them a year or two ago by the Camanches, and immediate, ly took possession ot them. The Camanches com plained in council, and the Creeps disapproved of this summary mode, to which ihe Shawnces replied they did not care for the Creeks, Camanches, or anybody else, but were going to have their horses. These Indians employed several days in making eternal peace, in shaking hands, passing round the belt of wampum beads and tobacco—the emblems of treaty—and smoking the long, flat-stemmed pipe of peace. The lrlsl day of the council, presents were given by the Creeks to the Camanches, which were delivered to the chiefs for division. As the grand council was breaking up, a Seneca chief said : “We have made friends and brothers ; we have shaken hands the whole length of the arm ; we have spoken from the heart, and as we have thus spoken, let us remain brothers forever.” “Yes,” replied the Camanche chief, “if any of you are (rav elling in our country, and his hor.e gives out, lie can walk on home without being molested.” Lord Kllcsmere a Plllibuster. This distinguished nobleman has been preaching some very decidedly Fiilibustcrian doctrine to the good people of Boston. Hear the peroration of his speech at iheßosion School celebration : “The history, the language, the intellectual feats, of my country shall survive bevond the Atlantic. As 1 look round this room, lam reminded of some lines which one of our minor poets has put into the mouth ol,a young husband ad dressing his bride, yet in the bloom of her charms, when, not shrinking from the future, he telis her— ‘And when wnh envy time transported Shall think to rob us of our joys, You’ll in your girls again be courted, And I’ll go wooing in my boys.’ “Yes, gentlemen, I’ll go wooing in my boys, and the bride will be fame and empire, and the dower will be the waste reclaimed from savage beasts or man more savage, and the issue will be freedom and civilization, freedom tempered bv a willing sunmission to legally constituted au thority, and civilization founded on the great test book of true civilization, the revealed word of God to man.” Lord Ellesmege ‘S a man of great distinction in science and literal lire. It is quite remarkable that so many prominent literary men should be all in - dining to the Filibuster or Expansion doctrine.— There is Edward Ev retl,who, in his letter relative to the intervention of England and Fram e in Cu ban affairs, admitting in ils broadest sense the po tency and the inevitableness of the manifest destiny, and the right of the Un led Suites to extend its ter ritory by acquisitions. Next, Caleb Cushing comes out Ihe most decided of all the filibusters. Here are three strong men all st.nding on the broad ground of the necessity of widening uui limit* and gathering other people and countries under the great banner of Freedom and Republicanism. Lord Ellesmere advises the Baton Boys to set to work and tedeein and reclaim lands from savage beasts. That means Cuba, —and we hope his Lordship will, from his large resources, lend ilie Junta a help ing hand. The Recent South Carolina Duel. We published a telegraphic dispatch some days since, announcing a fatal duel at Charleston, the papers of which city have been silent as to the na ture of the difficulty. The Washing-toil Star of Saturday, however, gives the.loilowiug particulars: “Mr. Legare was engaged” to a young lady in Columbia. Her friends inquired of Donovant u hut was the character of L. ? This coming to his ears, he inquired of D. what lie had answered ; and found that he had spoken favorably of him. But not satisfied with a verbal statement, he demanded it in writing, which was refused. Legate challenged on this refusal. The distance was twelve paces. Legare fired at the word “one,”and missed: l)ono vant fired at the word “two,” and killed his antag onist. The survivor was wholly unskilled in the use of the pistol, having never before had anything to do with a duel. Legare, on the contiary, was notoriously a crack shot, having, a few days before the affair came off, (in prac ising,) placed lorty eight out of filly bulls in a card at the word. He became very nervous on starting for the ground, and remarked that he felt a presentiment iliat he would fall, notwithstanding his skill with the ps tol. He was formerly in the Navy as a Midship man, from which he was dismissed, it is said, for running a sword through a marine.” Tlie Embassy to England The New York Evening Post denounces the ap pointment of Air. Daniel E. Sickles to be secretary ot the American Legation in London, as having created some surprise, and that journal speaks of Sickles as notoriously profligate, and says his per sonal character is such that “the appointment is a serious disgrace to the administration that makes it.” But let us listen to the opinion expressed by one ot the leading whig newspapers respecting the qual ifications and tharactqj of this same Daniel E. Sick les. The Philadelphia Inquirer i- the favorite jour nal of the whig party throughout Pennsylvania somewhat bigoted in its sentiments on political matters, and never very willing to bestow the meed of just praise upon any one opposed to its dogmas. That journal speaks thus of the Secretary of Le gation and of the Alinister to the English Court. This commemlaiin is clear, brief and to the point. Every one will recoguize the eu'ogium upon .Mr. Buchanan as being justly deserved, Mr. Sickles is not so well known. To have his portrait painted on the same canvass with Mr, Buchanan is praise enough to satisfy the ambition of any one. The artist would not have placed them side by side had he supposed that the picture would in the slightest degree he spoiled by contrast The Mission to London. “It is rumored that Daniel E. Sickles, Esq , has been appointed Secretary of Legation to England. In him our distinguished Minister, the Horn Air Buchanan, will have a most accomplished assistant. Mr. Sickles is an elegant scholar, a line lingnisi, a sound lawyer, and a finished gentleman. It gives us much pleasure to find the English in ss.un so emin ent in its qualification, both as to Alinister and Secretary. “A better appointed embassy lias never within our recollection been assigned to any foreign court by our government. It is true Air, Buchanan does not belong to our party, yet hisgieat qualifications and acknowledged probity arc conceded bv ihe whole couutiy. The nation at large is deeply in terested in the appointment of experienced plenipo tentiaries. They are oar courtry’s representatives abroad. When they are of the"right mental sta ture, and eminently fit ed for their posts, it is our duty to say so.”— Hitila. Inquirer. We infer from the tenor of most of the lucubra tions of a political nature that appear in thecol unids of the Evening Post, that its ire against Mr. Sickies owes its origin tothe fact that he isa staunch supporter of the constitution, the fugitive law, aid the rights of the southern Slates, and firm in his opposition to the wild vagaries and wicked designs of the abolitionists. - Lou. Courier. A man attempted to seize a favorable opportunity, a feu days since, but his hold slipped, and he tell to the ground, considerably injured. (limes avfo Bmtxml. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 23, 1853. FOR GOVERNOR: 11ERSC11EL V. JOHNSON, OK BALDWIN’. FOR CONGRESS: Ist. DISTRICT JAMES L. SEWARD. lid. DISTRICT A. H. I OIAJIIITT. Hid DISTRICT DAVID J. DAILEY. IVth. DISTRICT AV. 11. W. DENT. Vth. DISTRICT E. AV. CHASTAIN. The Congressional Canvass. A. 11. Colquitt, the Democratic candidate for Con gress in the second Congressional district, will address his fellow-citizens at the times and places following: Buena Vista, Wednesday 24th August 5 Oglethorpe, Thursday 25th, “ Other distinguished Democrats will be present and participate in the discussion, among whom are Ihomas C. Howard, Esq., and Hon. Walter T. Colquitt. Our Foreign Relations—Protection to Ameri can Citizens abroad It was a matter of remark, shortly after the Inauguration of President Pierce, that he looked firmly in the eyes of President Fillmore when he announced that memorable sentence in his address—‘‘lie (the Ameri can citizen) must realize that upon every sea, and on every soil, where our enterprise may rightfully seek the protection of our flag, American citizenship is an inviolable panoply for the security of American rights. ,, The contrast between the bold Americanism of the Democratic President, and the feeble and timed Con servatism of the W T hig President, caused men to regard, what wa9 intended merely as ail honest and frank dec laration of a principle inherent in the faith of every Democrat, as a reproof of the conduct of the preceding x\dministration. W T e were never the apologists of Lo j*ez and his unfortunate but gallant comrades. The enterprise was lawless, and their fate the necessary result of their crimes. But after their array was bro ken, their leader captured, their men in chains, our hearts rebelled against the decree of the ruthless des potism which consigned them to a felon’s grave, with out the form of a legal trial, secured as it was too by the faith of treaties between America and Spain, and without one word of remonstrance from Fillmore or his cabiuet. Where was “Old Hickory” then? If he had then filled the Presidential chair, the eombiued power of our army and navy would have been sunk be neath the walls of Moro castle, or the blood of Critten den would have been avenged. But we forbear. It is not our intention now to comment upon the pusillanimi ty of the past Administration but to exult in the iron nerve of our present chief magistrate. W T e have published heretofore the astounding intelli gence that Spain had accepted the guarantee of Bug land, that she shall hold the Island of Cuba against the world, provided she will consent to the abolition of sla very within the space of fifty years. VVe incline to the opinion that it is true. Though it is as clear as the 110011-day, that England must eventually rely upon the United States of America, to aid her in the struggle with the power of Russia, which eventually awaits her, unless she shall consent to become the vassal of the Czar, it is unfortunately true that this proud empire looks with jealousy upon our rising greatness, and lets no opportunity slip of curbing our high career. x\t any rate, we are informed by the Washington corres pondent of the Republic, that this report is credited by the cabinet of President Pierce, and has been referred to Davis and Dobbin for consideration, and we are as sured that as soon as these gentlemen have communi cated the result of their deliberation to the President that he will make a decision, “and that it is the inten tion of the executive, should any emergency arise, to maintain at all hazards the interests of his Southern friendß. ,, That, gentlemen, is the language of our Northern President, whom the Conservatives of Georgia are abusing as the enemy of the South and her institutions ! Not only has he given us the amplest assurances in his Inaugural that the provisions of the constitution and the laws based thereon in favor of the South shall be rigidly enforced, but he pledges himself “to maintain at all hazards the interests of his Southern friends. What say the Conservative press of Georgia now in respect to the abolition affinities of President Pierce? M ill they not have the manliness to retract the charge as a slander upon our worthy Chief Magistrate and join with us in giving his Administration a cordial support ? If the foregoing facts are true, they will array against him the whole force of Northern sentiment and opinion, and Abolitionism will commence an attack upon his | Administration which for bitterness will be unparalleled 1 in the party annals of the country. Let the South then rally around his standard to a man, and uphold their champion, lie is fighting our battles, and we cannot desert him without treason to our native land. Another occurrence has taken place in the waters ofthe-Egean worthy of mention along with the heroic achievements of Greece in her palmiest hour. Kosta, an aid of Kossuth, and one of the heroic band who rushed upon the serried array of Austrian despotism in defense of his native land and was crushed along with his country and his country’s liberties by the iron tread of the Czar, was ruthlessly torn from the protection of Turkish laws and thrown bound in chains into the hold of an Austrian ship in the port of Smyrna. An exile from home, a wanderer upon the face of the earth, he had sought the protection of our Hag, he had trod the soil of our country, he had declared his intention to be come a citizen of the United States. This was enough. Our Commodore in that far off’ sea had read the declara tion of our patriotic President in his Inaugural, before referred to, and like a gallant son of South Carolina as he is, he unfurled the bannered stars and with cannon fill ed to the muz-zle with messengers of death, he straight way bearded the minion of despotism in his den, and demanded the release of an American citizen. He knew he was backed by the Commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States, and that though he might be crushed, his heroic daring would illumine one of the brightest pages in our country’s annals, and his blood oe avenged. He was strong in his confidence iu the man who had the courage to declare that “upon every sea, and on every soil, where our enterprise may rightfully seek the protection of our flag, American citizenship is an inviolable panoply for the security of American rights.” We glory iu such achievements. It fires our Ameri can blood. Proud of our country, we would have her flag respected on evety sea and her citizens secure in every clime. It is said of England, that her subjects walk unharmed through the arid sands of Arabia, and that the wild Tartars at the Antipodes tremble at the roar of the British lion. W e would have the name of American citizen dearer to the hearts of our citizens aud more terrible at the ends of the earth than any other name uj,ider heaven. With such Presents as Pierce, and such Commodores as Ingraham, that time will soon arrive. County Nominations. The Democracy of DeKalb county have nominated John Collier for the Senate and Messrs. George R. Smith and Greenville Henderson for the House of Rep resentatives. John Collier is the Union Democrat who recently declined the nomination of the Conservative Party for the Legislature. He £ould not be bought by an office. In this respect he is somewhat different from some Democratic gentlemen in our neigh* or hood. They have in some instances sold out for an office, and in oth ers quit their party because they could not get office. We bid all such time servers farewell with joy, and hope we shall not be troubled with them any more. One such man as Collier is worth a regiment of Hes sians. Georgia Items. The oth District — We are assured by the Rome Southerner that H. Y. Johnson’s majority in this dis trict will be at Joast 3,000. Wilkes county. —The Democrats of this county have nominated Col, C. L. Bolton for the Senate, and Lucius J. Gartrell and James Harris for the House. The Cabinet—Foreign Ministers—How many Free Soilers are in the List ? The attack of the leaders of the Conservative party is directed to the Foreign appointments of President Pierce. For a long time the telegraphic reporters would have it that Dix was Minister to France. The wish, no doubt, was father to the thought. Presi dent Pierce, however, refused to gratify the malevo lence of his revilers. Mr. Dix is still at home. This appointment which was never made, has nevertheless rounded the periods of many of the Conservative orators, and was one of the great points in Mr. Toombs’ speech in this city. That gun is for the present spiked. We have before us a list of the Foreign Missions and the appointees-of the President. Eleven full missions have been filled by Mr. Pierce. They are as follows: Minister to England, James Buchanan, of Pa. Minister to Russia, Thos. 11. Seymour, of Conn. Minister to Spain, Pierre Soule, of La. Minister to Prussia, Peter D. Vroom, of N. J. Minister to Switzerland, Theodore S. Fay, of Md. Minister to China, R'bt. -J. Walker, of Miss. Minister to Mexico, James Gadsden, of S. C. Minister to Central America, Solon Borland, of Arkansas. Minister to Brazil, Wm. Trousdale, ofTenn. Minister to Chili, Samuel Mf.dary, of Ohio. Minister to Peru, John R. Clay, of Ky. No man who respects his own character, can charge Soule, Fay, Walker, Gadsden, Borland, Trousdale, or Clay, with want of devotion to the South. They are Southern men, and only err, if they err at all, in 1 their too ardent zeal for Southern Institutions. Seven then, at least, out of the eleven are above reproach. And on the other hand, Buchanan, Seymour and Me dary, have made themselves odious at the North by their zeal in the advocacy of the constitutional rights of the South, and belong to that noble school of Northern Democrats, at the head of which stands the President of the United States, who have waged incessaia war upon Abolitionism for 25 years. They neither voted nor spoke m favor of Freesoil, but were always willing to divide our Mexican acquisitions betwen the North and the South by running the Missouri line to the Pacific Ocean. We defy any of our cotemporaries to bring the first particle of testimony to show that either of thera ever, under any circumstances, gave the slightest countenance to Abolitionism or Freesoilism. They are all above reproach. Ten, then, of our ministers are above suspicion. Seven of them are Southern men 5 three are Northern men, who stood firmly by the South and constitution amid the storm of obloquy and reproach before which many of the proudest and best intellects of the North bowed their heads to the idol of Nor thern fanaticism. There is then but one left. Poor Peter D. Vroom has raised all this storm of opposi tion against Pierce's Administration. Well, what has Peter done ? VVe candidly confess our ignorance on this subject. A New York Freesoil paper said he was a Freesoiler—the Southern papers have echoed the chaige, and that’s the sum and substance of the matter. No particle of proof bas ever been adduced to establish the charge. Now, if Peter was ever a Freesoiler, we have no doubt he has long since repudiated his error and come back to his original faith. Are our conser vative friends so hard hearted as not to allow poor Pe ter room for repentance, though he seeks it with tears ? Remember, his great namesake once denied his lord and master under very trying circumstances, yet he repented, held fast to the faith, and actually endured crucifixion in confirmation ot the truth he once denied. So it may be with our Peter. VVe have great hopes in Peter, The following are the Charges d’Affairs appointed by the President : J. J. Seibels, of Ala., Brussels. A. Belmont, of N. Y., Hague. 11. Bkdenger, of Va., Copenhagen. 11. R. Jackson, of Ga., Vienna. R. D. Owen, of laid., Naples. D. L. Gregg, of S. C., Honolulu. J. S. Green, of Mo., Bogota. P. White, of Ohio, Quito. Wm. 11. Bissell, 111., Buenos Ayres. The rights of the South are surely safe in the hands of j Seibels, Bedinger, Jackson, Gregg. andGßEEN. They are all Southern men. Belmont, we presume, is a Jew, and we defy our enemies to show any Jew in any part of the w orld who is an Abolitionist. This is enough about Mr. Belmont. Robert Dale Owen may be guil ty of heterodoxy in religion, but he never was charg ed with it in politics. He has always been true to the South; and is, by the way, one of the ablest and kindest hearted gentlemen in America. White we know’ but little of, but we are sure he is no Freesoiler. Bissell was Colonel of the Indiana Regiment in Mexico, and once got into a fieree controversy with Jeff. Davis about the respective mer its of Northern and Southern soldiers, but he is con ceded on all hands to have borne himself gallantly at Ruenn Vista, and was on this account no doubt reward ed with a chargeship hv our patriotic President, who shows a commendable partiality for soldiers and editors. | If he ever was a Freesoiler we do not know it Here then are twenty appointments to the highest offices in the gift of the President, given to sound men in every instance but one; and yet we are to believe that“the South is in imminent peril” because important offices aro given to Freesoilers. The charge is absurd. The Government is in safe hands. The South is more largely represented than we had any right to hope she would be ; in every department her truest men are in the highest places. We feel safe, we feel hopeful. And instead ol blaming President Pierce for his appoint ments, we think he is peculiarly entitled to our thanks and gratitude for the confidence he has reposed in our | great Southern leaders. VVe verily believe there is j not another Northern man in America who would have i chosen Davis for his Secretary of VV'ar, and filled his most important missions with Soule, Walker, Gads- j den, Borland and Trousdale. When such men control ; the destinies of this great country we feel secure. The j North may have just cause of complaint against the President, for he has passed by many of her greatest j men and given the South the preference, but the South has surely got moro than her share. This detail has been tedious to us and may be so to our readers 5 but the people ought to know the facts. We give them in full and rely confidently upon their decision. The Late Elections—The Democracy Triumphant. The whig press have exulted no little over the late elections, and have made the impression upon their readers, that their party had gained in every State. Fuller returns have no doubt satisfied them that they crewed too soon—and mistook a moon beam for “the sweet approach of morn.” They have been beaten and badly beaten when they anticipated crowning vic tories. Tennessee was one of the four States which voted for Scott ; yet in Tennessee, Andrew Johnson, the Democratic nominee for Governor, has beaten his whig opponent by two to three thousand votes, Kentucky has been whig for many years, and was supposed to be the willing victim of whig delusions ; but even in Kentucky the Democrats have gained one member to Congress, and the delegation now stands five to five. In Alabama, Winston, the Democratic candidate for Governor, has been elected by a large majority over the heads of his opponents. The entire delegation to Congress is Democratic except Abercrombie, and he was elected as an opponent of whig re-organization, by democratic votes. The Senate is democratic by 20 J to 13 ; and the House by 69 to 40 of all others, includ- j ing u higs, union mm, and Southern Rights men. Thus the American peo.de have endorsed President Pierce and the Democracy in every State in the Union but in Massachusetts and Vermont. Will Georgia fall into column with these Federal States ? Hardly. O* The first bale of new Cotton brought to Columbus market this season was raised by A. 11. Rowell, Russel county, Ala. Sold at auction by John Quin, Auction eer, on 18th inst., at 11 cts. It is of the Prolific Pome granate variety. Weight of bale 507 lbs. Stored at the Warehouse of Ruse, Patteu & Cos., and shipped same day by Muscogee Railroad, consigned to Wells & Durr, Savannah. Peaches, We are indebted to Mr. Sladf. for a couple of peach es which, in size, surpass any we have seen in our mar ket this season. They are well flavored, but are not so juicy as Moses’ best varieties. They are cultivated by Mr. Virgin, of Vineville, and are of the Tinley spe cies—a soft clear stone, of the Pace or Columbian kind. The Cabinet—Foreign Ministers—How many Free Soilers are in the List ? Mr. Toombs, the leader of the Conservative party, bases his opposition to the administration upon the charge that the Presidmt has appointed free soilers to important offices. He does not blame him for confer ring some local offices upon these heretics, because he admits, as every liberal minded and just man must, that the appointment of such persons is a matter of necessi ty in some localities at the North, from the fact that entire communities are infected with the heresy. The able Senator does not therefore stoop to this disingenu ous mode of attack—he is above it—but leaves this little patch to the exclusive occupancy of those men who are too small to engage in heavier work. He charges that the important offices in the gift of the President have been conferred upon freesoilers. Here we join issue with him, and call him to the trial, and upon the result we are willing to stand or fall before the Ameri can people. We desire that there shall be no dodging. Let the truth and the whole truth be spread out before the public. The important offices in the gift of the President, are the cabinet appointments and the foreign missions. Who fill these offices aud what are their political affinities? This is the issue. The cabinet offices are— * 1. Secretary of State. —This office was offered to R M. T. Hunter, of Va., one of the ablest and most ul tra of the State Rights school of Southern statesmen ; was by him declined, and was then offered to and ac cepted by Wm. L. Marcy, of N. Y., who wrs Secre ! tary of War during the whole of Polk’s administra tion, had his entire confidence, conducted his high of fice with eminent ability during a period of great emer gency. and did as much as any other man in America to bring the Mexican war to a happy issue. He never was charged with free soilism •, lie never gave a vote or made a speech in favor of the heresy in his long and eventful public life. 2. Secretary of War. —This office is filled by Jef ferson Davis, of Mississippi — the brave soldier, the accomplished scholar, and the fast friend of the South. Where he leads 110 true man need fear to follow. 3. Secretary of the Navy. —This high office is filled by Jas. C. Dobbin, of N. Carolina. The place of his birth is a guarantee of his soundness. No son of N. Carolina has ever betrayed the South, and Mr. Dobbin is one of her truest and ablest. 4. Secretary of the Treasury. —Jas. R. Guthrie, of Ivy., bears upon his broad shoulders the burthens of this high position. The Institutions of the South have no truer friend than he. lie has spent his life in op posing the schemes of the Clays, by which they hoped to abolish slavery in Kentucky, and though a man of eminent ability, he has all his life long been kept in a private station because of his devotion to the South. 5. Secretary of the Interior. —This office is filled by Robt. McClelland, of Michigan. He is a politician of the Cass school. He supported the compromise and endorses the Baltimore Platform, in which all free soil heresies are condemned, and thereby gives evidence of his recantation of them, if indeed he ever entertain ed them. He was appointed to his office, it is said, at the earn est solicitation of Mr. Cass. 6. Post Master General. —Mr. J. Campbell, of Pa., and the political and personal friend of James Buch anan, has charge of the mails. He has never been charged with free soilism, we believe, and, like his illus | trious friend, was in favor of running the Missouri line to the Pacific ocean, and thus making a fair and equitable division of the Mexican acquisitions between the North and the South. This was all the South asked, and much more than she got by the compromise. 7. Attorney General. —No truer friend of the South lives at the North, than Caleb Cushing. He too is a soldier and a scholar, and is politically a follow er of John C. Calhoun. So far then as the cabinet is concerned, the South has all she could reasonably demand. These great Ex ecutive offices are in the hands of her friends, six of them are in the hands of men who have opposed abo lition in all its forms, and one only is under the control of a man of doubtful polities. Now compare this list with that of Mr. Fillmore’s cabinet : Daniel Webster, of Mass., Secretary of State. Thomas Corwin, of Ohio, Secretary of the Treasury. Nathan K. Hall, of N. Y., Postmaster General. A. 11. 11. Stuart, of Va., Secretary of Interior. Jno. P. Kennedy, of Md., Secretary of the Navy. Charles M. Conrad, of La., Secretary of War. J. J. Crittenden, of Ivy., Attorney General, j The three first are known and recognised free soil ! ers, all of whom far surpassed Mr. McClelland in • their zeal for free soil and in their hostility to the iusti ! tutions of the South. The four last are Southern men 1 who have always contented themselves with a very j moderate assertion of Southern Rights and a remarka | ble facility in accepting compromises by which, in the strong language of Mr. Webster, “the South gets what the North loses—nothing.” Yet Mr. Fillmore’s | administration is commended by the conservative party j of Georgia, as a model administration eminently favora j ble to the South, while Mr. Pierce's is eminently dan gerous because he has appointed free soilers to office ! Are we to blame if we denounce such conduct as in sincere and hypocritical ? And call upon Southern freemen to rebuke the reckless profligacy of a party which stultifies itself in a foolish attempt to gull the people ? In our next number, we will take up the Foreign Missions. The exposure of conservative insincerity will be as glaring in this field as it is in the one we have just travelled over. Native Americanism Revived. Wo see in the Herald that this odious faction has been revived. They very recently held a meeting in Philadelphia and published an address to the world, in which they denounced President Pierce for many things, but first and foremost, because he has appoint ed Foreigners to office, and concluded by saying, “ei ther the American born or Foreign born must rule America.” It is hardly necessary to remark that the Democrat ic party has steadily upheld the right of the Foreigner to a fufl and free participation in all the rights and I privileges of American citizenship. This was a well j known article of the Democratic creed. It is absurd, j therefore, for the native Americans of Philadelphia, or | of Georgia, to denounce our Democratic President fur I carrying out a Democratic principle by giving offices I alike to Foreign or native born citizens. He would | have been recreant to the faith that is in him, if he had ‘ done otherwise. Nor do we object to the vigorous ■ measures of Commodore Ingraham before Smyrna, by which Kosta, a gallant Hungarian, but an American I citizen, was rescued from the hangmen of the Austrian despotism. To the native and foreigner who a're true to j our flag and the principles upon which our liberties rest, we extend the hand of a brother and welcome them to all the immunities of freemen. This is the sin charged upon Franklin Pierce. Will the Foreigner stand by un moved when friendship to him is made a ground of reproach to our noble hearted President ? 31 r. Toombs in Harris. On Saturday 13th, this perambulating politician ad dressed the people of Harris, at Hamilton. We learn from reliable authority that his audience did not exceed one hundred and fifty persons, all teld, and that his speech inspired no enthusiasm. We presume he could command larger and more enthusiastic audiences nearer home. He was very successfully answered by Mr. Ramsay, of Harris, the very spirited and brilliant candi date of the Democracy for the Legislature of Georgia. Hon. If. R. Jackson. —The Paris correspondent of the National Intelligencer takes occasion to say : In the meantime the unlucky Kosta affair at Smyrna has entered upon anew phase, and promises, from pres ent appearances, to furnish, a prompt te st of the diplo matic ability of our new Charge to Vienna, Mr. 11. R. Jackson. The Savannah Georgian says: “The friends of Judge Jackson have not the slightest fear but that he will be found equal to the duties of his post. He has the ability, and he has the nerve to meet any difficul ties which he may be called upon to encounter. There is no man in the Union into whose hands American rights and American honor can be moro safely entrus ted. We look with entire confidence to the future to justify this high compliment.” Louisiana. —The Whigs of the third district, in Con vention at Baton Rouge, have nominated Preston Pond, Jr., of West Feliciana, for Congress. Fires. There can be no doubt but that incendiaries are in town. On Friday night, a stable on the river bank was consumed. It was used by Pitts & Hatcher as a fodder house. On Saturday night, an out house in the rear of Mr. J. B. Strupper’s was consumed. On Sunday night, another stable on the river bank was set on fire and burnt. The object of the incendiaries, it seems, is not to do damage so much as to call public attention away to a particular point so that they may carry out some hidden scheme. We are told that all the inner prison doors were found open one day last week. Let the city watch keep a sharp look out. — Thero is some villainy in the wind. (p* We regret to state that Mr. A. 11. Colquitt has been temporarily Culled out of the district, by the serious indisposition of Mrs. Colquitt. It is, however, hoped that this affliction will be temporary and will not interfere with bis appointments. In any event his place will be filled with distinguished and able speakers, who will do ample justice to the cause and the occasion. Let our friends rally around our gallant champion. His prospects are flattering. All we need to ensure his triumphant election is harmony, concert of action, and a determination to succeed. 3laj, A. 11. Colquitt. We find in the Albany Patriot , the following high but justeulogium upon the character of the Democratic candidate for Congress in the 2d district ; The principles of Mr. Colquitt are those embodied in the Baltimore Platform ; they are impregnable. His per sonal qualities are lofty and attractive. An eloquent speaker, an accomplished man. lie is not and has never been disgraced by that immature and immodest desire to exhibit himself, so common to youth : but is distin guished by modesty, gravity, and mature thought. We are glad to say too that he possesses other merits, more estimable even than these, and still less often to be found in the young men of any day—a name unstained by li centiousness, a character free from taint of suspicion, and a life unblemished by vice. These are proud distinctions, and nobler than can be conferred by the possession of of fice, but will adorn and dignify any position. Montgomery, Mobile and New Orleans Mails. The irregularity and delays in the arrival of the Wes tern Mail is a subject of much just complaint in this com munity. Two days in succession, yesterday and the day before, our New Orleans, Mobile mid Montgomery ex changes failed to reach us. Yet passengers from these j points find no difficulty in getting through promptly. A | considerable number arrived yesterday morning and went North by the Savannah and Philadelphia steamship.— Passengers come on—the mail is left behind. The ques tion which we would like to have answered is, to whose negligence arc these constantly recurring mail failures to be attributed? The Republican says the Montgomery and West Point Railroad. We “ guess ” the Opelika and.G4unibus Stage line. We are informed that the Stages on that line, though having seven hours in which to run twenty-nine miles, over good roads, not unfrequent ly fail to make the connection with the cars. At other times (as was, we presume, the case as regards the p ss n gers who arrived here yesterday morning) the mail hags are probably thrown overboard to make room for travellers. Mobile and New Orleans papers ought to reach Savannah, and sometimes do, the former in three and the latter in four days. The Mobile Advertiser of last Friday, and the New Orleans Delta and Picayune of Thursday, all arrived here the ensuing Monday morning. Since Mon day we have had nothing—but passengers—from either • of those points. Will not our friends in Columbus and Montgomery make some inquiry into this matter? Will not the Co* lurnbus Times inform us and the Postmastcr-G*. neral whether the Stages running to Opelika are or are not to blame for these irregularities ? Will the editors of the Advertiser and of the Journal vindicate the agents of the Montgomery and West Point Company if they be indeed guiltless ? Savannah Georgian. We are unable to account satisfactorily for the fre quency of mail failures between this point and Mont gomery. Once we were informed by a passenger that the stages were overloaded; twice the cars rati off the track between Montgomery and Opelika ; and not unfrequently the stages reach Columbus just as the signal of departure is given at the Rail-Road depot. On the 16th inst., the mail was not turned over ts the stages at Opelika. We fully concur with our ex changes, in pronouncing these failures a horrible nui sance, and hope the proper authorities will take the matter in hand and abate it at once. It is a serious injury to our Rail-Road, and a cause of just complaint to passengers who pay their money upon an implied promise that all connections will’ be punctually made. The Crops. Wo are pleased to learn that the cotton crop is an unusually good one on the Chattahoochee. The late heavy and frequent rains, however, have caused a too rapid growth of the weed; and we understand thaj the 801 l worm has made its appearance on some plan tations. This crop can never be counted op as certain before October, and notwithstanding the fair promise now shown, there may still be a short crop. Acknowledgments. We are indebted to Hon. W. C. Dawson, for a copy ! of Col. Graham’s Report upon the Mexican Boundary. Home made Ink. We are indebted to Mr. John K. Lamar, of Musco gee county, for a bottle of Ink of his own manufacture. It is a good article, and we take pleasure in commending it to the public. HTAn Italian was arrested on the 15tli inst., in this city, and committed to jail, charged with having robbed the store of Mr. Kivlin a few nights before. Health of Columbus. The city never was healthier, and those of our citi zens who are absent at the North, need have no fear of returning. The weather, too, is unusuJly cool and pleasant. The Pacific|Rail Road. The last Albany Patriot contains a very able arti cle against the constitutionality of building this Road by the Government. South-Western Rail-Road Extension• The Board of Directors of this road at a late meet ing resolved to extend it to a point in Baker county, about forty miles beyond Americas. Terrible. The dead lie unburied in the Cemeteries in New- Orleans, and decompose in their coffins. Laborers can no: he procured for this work, though they receive five dollars per hour. Spain, not Italy. TANARUS! • individual arrested for robbing Mr. Kivlin’s stor- is named Dias, and is a Spaniard, and not an Italian, as announced heretofore in our columns. Relief for New Orleans. At a late meeting in Washington city, called by the Mayor, to raise funds for the relief of the sufferers at New Orleans,- Franklin Pierce contributed the sum of fifty dollars. 3liscellaneous Items. Maj. Thos. S. Bryant, editor of the Lexington (Mis souri) Chronicle , has been appointed Marshal of Mis souri. He is a strong anti-Benton man. A. O. P. Nicholson is the author of the leading articles in the Union for some time past. Col. J. W. Forney has at length completed his ar rangements for taking charge of the New Y r ork Nation al Democrat. jNoble Charities. Matthew Morgan, of New York, has contributed 1000 dollars to relieve the sufferings of the poor at New Orleans. Mobile has contributed 2000 for the same purpose. Daily American v rimes. This is the name of anew paper just started in Balti more, by C. G. Baylor <fc Cos. It is furnished daily at $5 ; tri-weekly at $3; semi-weekly at $2, and weekly at sl. Our Foreign Relations. The cabinet are busily engaged in considering the foreign relations of the Government. The question of English interference in the affairs of Cuba, has been turn ed over to Messrs. Davis and Dobbin. A correspon dent of the Republic says ; When the views of- these southern members of the Cabinet are communicated to the President and their col leagues in Cabinet council, then the whole matter will be discussed and a decision made. There. seem 9to me to be an evident, a peculiar propriety in committing this delicate subject, one so closely connected with the ‘‘ peculiar institu tion” of the States lying South of “Mason and Dixon’s line,” to the careful consideration of the Secretaries of War and Navy. The President is believed to entertain an ele vated opinion of the talents, the judgment, and patriotism of the Hon. Jefferson Davis; and it is said, moreover, that it is the intention of the Executive, should an emergency arise, to maintain at all hazards the interests of his southern friends. Hostilities between Honduras and Guatemala. — Advices from Central America, extending up to the 15th of July, state that hostilities have at last comment ed between the two republics of Honduras and Guate* mala, and that the troops of the former, commanded by President Cabanas in person, were repulsed in their incursion to Chiquimula, one of the frontier towns, and suffered a complete rout. It is said Honduras has since accepted the mediation tendered by Guatemala. The Post Office Department have recently decided that under the law of 1852, a subscriber residing in the county in which a paper may be printed and published, is entitled to receive it through the mails free of post age from the postoffice within the de’ivery of which he may reside, even though that office may be situated without the limits of the county aforesaid. Lieut. Dudley Davenport. —We learn that Lieut. Dudley Davenport, of the U. S. Revenue Service, has obtained leave of absence, and will accompany Judge Jackson on his mission to Austria. Lieut. D. depart ed yesterday for New York, where he will sail for Europe on the 20th inst., as an attache ot the mission. Dr. S. Henry Dickson. —We learn from a private source that the degree of LL. D. was conferred upon Prof. S. 11. Dickson, of this city, by the Council of the University of the city of New York, a: a meeting held June 29th.— Charleston Mercury. Mr. Waldo, who has been nominated by the Whigs as a candidate for Governor in California, was born in Western Virginia—afterwards removed 10 Missouri— whence, in 1549, he went by land to California. Gen. Almonte, Mexican Minister to the United States, and suite , passed through this city on Wednesday nigh; last, en route for Washington city.— Savannah Repub lican, 19 th inst. Bird's Case. —The Supreme Couit, in session at De catur last week, in the ease of Elijah Bird, convicted of ihe murder of Dr. Hilburn, confirmed the judgment of the Superior Court and refused to grant anew trial. Brunsioick and Florida Railroad. —We learn (says the Macon Journal cj- Messenger) by a private letter from Brunswick, of the arrival at that port on the 11th inst., of the brig Northman, 24 days from Boston, with an engine and several cars for the Brunswick and Florida Railroad Company. Arkansas Election. —The Wittsburg Messenger sa)s that Judge A. B. Greenwood, the democratic can didate for Congress in the first district, was elected without opposition. The Postmaster General has established a Post office at Lake Creek in the county of Polk, Georgia, and appointed Abner Darden, Postmaster. The Trainer and O'Donohue duel case was called up in Boston on the 12th, when no one appearing to prosecute, the ease was discharged. Friendly relations have been established between the two parties. General Paez has taken up his residence permanently in New York. OO” Marysville (California) has carried off the prize for folly. A vocalist, Ella Bruce, went thither recent ly to sing. The tickets were put up at auction, and the first one sold, brought the enormous price of SI7OO ! Emanuel Vitaiis Scherb, late Professor in the Uni versity of Alabama, has been elected to the Chair of Modern Languages and Literature, in Franklin Col lege, University of Georgia. The Tennessee Election —lt is unnecessary for us ; to elaborate on the partial returns. Suffice it to say that j Johnson’s majority will be some 2500 or 3,000 votes. We shall give the official. — Advertiser. Our new Charges to Austria and the Netherlands. Messrs. Jackson, of Georgia, and Belmont, of New York, leave for their respective posts by the steamer of the 20th. The latter will be accompanied by his : family. j Judge Todd, of Jefferson county, is a Scott Whig j candidate for Congress in the Bth District. Alabama Congressmen. ; Ist District, P. Phillips. 2nd. “ James Abercrombie, i 3rd. “ Samson W. Harris, i 4th. “ William R. Smith. ! sth. “ GeorgeS. Houston. 6th. “ W. R. W. Cobb. 7th. “ J. F. Dowdell. | The above are all Democrats, except Mr. \bercrombie, who, though formerly a Whig, opposed the election of Scott, ran as an independent candidate, and was elected by i Democratic votes. [FOR THE TIMES AND SENTINEL.] j Mr. Editor :As the time is approaching for the choice { ot candidates for this county lor a Senator and two llepre j sentatives, we would place before the people for Senator | Col. VAN LEONARD, tor Representatives the names of TILMON D. WEST and EARLY HURT ; they are all men well known to the voters of this county. MANY VOTERS. [COMMUNICATED.] A Burglar Arrested. On Friday night the 12th inst., the store of Jas. Kiv lin was entered by the back door ; which was effected by boring several holes with an auger, and forcing from the pannel a piece large enough to admit the hand of the burglar, for the purpose of unlocking the door, the key being in the lock. Monday afternoon, a young man by the name of Ramon Dias, a native of Old Spain, a Cigar-maker , recently from Savannah and Charleston, was arrested, and most of the stolen property found in his trunk. He was taken before a magistrate, and in default of bail was sent to prison to await Us trial before the Superior Court. What a Triumph! —Never has the Democracy east of the Mountains ac hieved so decided a victory as in the late election. In face of the immense efforts of the Athens Post , the influences of its 1< ng, lank editorials seem rather to have retarded than helped the Whig cause. We feel sorry that such is the ease, for we expected to see a grand majority rolled up for Henry and Van Dyke in the neigh borhood of its circulation. It must be deeply humiliating for it to learn the result, and no doubt it will make more commendable efforts on another trial. Sam’l A. Smith is our Congressman elect by about 1500 majority. We never expected more than 500, and have been agreeably disappointed. Wm. M. Church well, of the second district, is elected also, with 600 to 800 majority. Report also says that B. Campbell, of the first district, has beaten both Taylor and Watkins. This is unexpected. In the Memphis district, a passenger stated that Stanton was defeated by 18 votes -we know not how reliable this is; also that Andrew Johnson had gained over a thousand in Middle and West Tennessee. If this be true, the gain of between 2000 and 2500 in East Tennessee has elected him. This is certainly good news and will come unexpected to many. [Chattanooga ( Ten a.) Advertiser. Baths. —Every family in Matagorda can have a salt water bath on their own premises if they will it. Under the city of Matagorda, at the depth of about 8 feet, is a stratum or vein of saline water, quite cool and clear as rock-crystal. The citizens this summer are just beginning to appre ciate and appropriate its benefits; almost every house* holder has dug a well, inserted a chain pump and erected a small bath house in his own garden; the expenditure is quite inconsiderable, and the advantages of a saline cold water bath in these sultry months are incalculable. Thus can our citizens enjoy at home all the luxuries of sea side bathing without enduring the intolerable annoyance of musquitoes so prevalent at the watering places on the Gulf.— Colorado Tribune. Appointment by the Governor. —We learn that Gov. Cobb has appointed Hon. Jos. W. Jackson Judge of the Eastern District of Georgia, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation -of Judge Henry li. Jackson. We un derstand that this appointment was unsolicited by Col. Jackson, who only accepts it for the nnexpired term, ad hering to his resolution not to be a candidate for the judgeship at the coming electron in October. Washington City, Aug. 11. * A private dispatch received to-night from Nashville, Tennessee, states that .Johnson is elected Governor by three thousand majority ; and it seems quite certain Chuichwell, Gardeuhire, Smith. Campbell, Pavatt, and Jones, all Democrats, are elected. Stanton is defeated by seven votes. The Legislature is undoubtedly Whig. Private dispatches from St. Louis say it is now sure “Old Rullion” is the only Bentonite in the next Congres sional delegation. The remaining members elect arc four W bigs to two Democrats. Reported Death of den. Lamar. The San An tonio Ledger , of the 28th ult., has the following paragraph : “A report is in town that Gen. L unar is no more. His name has been identified with the history of Texas from its first settlement by the Americans to the present time. As President of the late Re public he was by turns the subject of inordinate praise and indiscriminate censure.” We trust that this report may he without foun dation. Gen. Lamar’s residence is at Richmond, Texas, some distance from San Antonio, and near er to Galveston, in the papers of which city up to the sth instant, no mention is made of his death.- Besides, a letter has just been received from him, by a friend in Mobile, mailed ihe 23d ult., at which time he was at home and well. We therefore trust that the report may be untrue. Should it prove true, however, we can safely and sincerely say that a nobler spirit—intellectual and moral—a mo e gal lant soldier, a puier patriot, a more thorough gen tleman, and a more tasteful lover of letters, has sel dom gone to the silence of the tomb*— Mobile Register. Ecclesiastical Turnpikes. —“ Aye, John,” —said a country preacher to one of his flock, whom he had missed fora good many Sundays from the Free Church —“aye, John, so I’m told you’ve begun to think that we are not in the right road and that you are going back to the Establishment 1” “WVel, sir,” was the reply. “I anna deny that I ha’e been ganging that gate ; and I canna just say that I’ve ony serious thought o’ turning back in the meantime. But dinna think, minister, that I ha'e ony fault to find wi’ your road—it’s a braw road, doubtless, and a safe road—but, eh, Sir, the tolls are awful dear !”— Courant • Premium Cottons. —The Augusta Constitution alist of the 17th inst. says: The committee who have in charge the arrange ments for the next Annual Fair, have been at work, and have all their contracts made for the necessary buildings, &c. The Lafayette Course has been selected, and a more appropriate spot of ground cannot be found in the State. The best of premi ums offeted by the Society, will induce competition, anti we look for a large attendance. In addition to the premiums offered by the committee, it will be seen by this morning’s paper, that our spirited Warehousemen have made up four different pre miums for cotton, viz..: For five best bales of Upland, a silver eup. $>lCO 44 44 second best 75 44 14 third 50 44 44 best 3 bales Jethro Cotton 50 These are liberal offers, and the small planter has as good a showing as the large. dhner Forever, World without End. —We have been shown a letter written to a friend of this town from the county of Gilmer, which said, “that Chas tain and Johnson wouid carry the county by one thousand votes or more.” This intelligence, we have no doubt, is correct as advance calculations can make it, for the reason, we had an interview with an old sensible and intelligent friend of ours who stated he was immediately from Giitner, after a week’s transaction of business, and he was confi dent that Johnson would carry the county by fifteen hundred votes. Aud further, that there was no settled opposition to Judge Johnson, and his embar rassment arose fioin the multitude of Democratic candidates. We put the fifth district for Johnson at five thousand votes. Every leading Whig in the Cherokee country, saymg J udge Trippe, is out for Judge Johnson. Dr. Miller, Judge Wright, Col, Mil liter, and Col. Underwood, all able champions ol “equal rights and free suffrage.” —Griffin Jef fersonian. Rum Drops. —The New York Times comments in severe but just terms rtf censure upon anew form of eonfectioenry calculated to cheat the young and unsuspecting into acquiring a taste for intoxi cating liquors. The disguised emissary of the fiend is a.sugar preparation of alcohol in the shape f drops of lozenges, and which might be more ap propriately named “Rum Pills.” They are manu factured by confectioners not as pepper-mint and oth er essential oil drops are prepared by combination, but the brandy, rum, or gin is enclosed in the sweet globules. In this firm the diops are sold at the most respectable saloons. Ladies and young girl*-, who would shrink from the touch of the in toxicating euj) as they would from pollution, do not hesitate to swallow in this form the disguised and sugar coated poison, which is made doubly danger ous by the form in which it is presented to the palate. ‘The Alabama Legislature. —We give a complete table of the members elected to the next Legisla ture. It is a little uncertain whether Mr. Ashley, whig, or Mr. Jones, democrat, is elected from the district composed of Conecuh, Covington and Col fee, though most of our exchanges say that the former is. If so the Senate will stand 20 Demo crats to 13 Whigs. In the House cf Representatives there are 69 Democrats, to 40 of all others, including, besides Whigs Union Men and Southern Rights Men, most of whom will act with the Democracy. The Democratic majority on joint ballot will not be less than 23—which insures the election of two true and faithful Democrais to the United States Senate. Apalachicola. —At the municipal election in Apa lachicola, on the 4*h inst., S. Benezet, Esq., was elected Mayor by 86 votes, against 68 polled for his opponent, J. L. Wyman, Esq. F. Arnon, Esq., was elected Harbormaster by 82 to 59 votes, his opponent being Mr. William Harri son. Mail Robbery./—We learn that the mail be tween Atlanta, Georgia, and Montgomery, Alabama, lias been robbed of several packages of letters in tended for this city, New Orleans and Montgomery. The hags apnear to have been opened on several occasions about or since the Ist of July. From $20,000 to $50,000 have been thus abstracted. “Doctor,” said a waggish parishioner of good old Parson F— to him one day, 4 *i think that 1 musi have a pew nearer the desk than where I now sit.” “Why,” says the Parson, “can’t you hear well where you are 1” “Oh,yes,” was the reply, “but that ain’t it. The fact is, there are so many people between me and the pulpit, that by the time what you say gets back to where I am, it is as flat as dish-water /” An old Dutch lady at a religious meeting, became very much concerned for her soul, and went about sighing and sobbing, and would not be comforted. Upon being asked by the minister what the matter was, she replied, “that she couldn’t pray in English, and she was afraid the Lord couldn’t understand Dutch.” Captain Ingraham. —The Buffalo Commercial Adver tiser says : “Captain Ingraham, whose spirited conduct at Smyrna has excited such a general feeling of satisfaction through out the country, holds the rank of commander in the navy. We find, on reference to the Navy Register, that he isa South Carolinian—that he entered the service as a mid shipman in 1812, and was made a commander in 1841. The St. Louis, the vessel of which he is now in command, is a sloop-of-war of the largest class, mounting twenty guns. She was built at the Washington yard in 18*28, and was fitted out for her present cruise at Norfolk in 1851. She is a staunch, fine ship, capable of giving a good account of herself, in case the Austrians pro\oke a collision with her. We have no knowledge of the fessional accomplishments of Ingraham. He has only been some twelve years at sea, out of his forty-one of service; hut he is evidently a gallant and determined man, and knows how to fight his ship as well a to sail her. Solar Eclipse in 1854.—0n Friday, the 26th of May next, there will be an eclipse of the sun, which will be more or less visible in all parts of the United States and Canada, and in a portion of both will be annular. Its commencement in the city of Wash ington will he at 4h. 20m. in the afternoon, its greatest obscuration at sh. 18m., and-its end at 6h. 27m. As the apparent diameter of the moon will be a little less than the sun, the eclipse cannot be total any where. Truth Spoken by Accident.— Colonel , writes “R. J.,” was appointed by General Harri son minister to Russia. The colonel spoke abominable French, with a worse Kentucky ac cent. Believing French to be his forte, he would answer in that language, with all the air of a diplomat, every question asked him in Eng lish. One day, at a grand levee at the winter palace, one of the empress’s ladies-in-waiting asked him in English how long he had been in Europe? He replied in English: “I was an ass in Paris, part an ass in London, almost an ass in Germany, and lam two asses here !’’ “And you will be an ass wherever you go,” said the maid of honor in French. The words year and ass, in French, are pronounced almost the same. The above l heard from a Russian who was present, and who assured me that it was “founded.”