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(From the Manchester {N. II) Daily Mirror, Aug. 15.] The Manchester Suicide. At about eight o’clock !sst evening, (Sunday, August 14,) two young ladies, operatives in the mill, committed suicide by drowning ; the particu lars ol'which, so far as we have been able to gather, are as follows: One of them was Miss Catharine B. Cotton, of Pownal, Maine, aged twenty-two ; the other, Miss Clara C. Cochran, aged nineteen, a native of New Boston, but who lately had a home with a brother at Hopkinton. They roomed together at No. 20, Manchester Corjmration, in this city, and have fre quently expressed a purpose to drown themselves ; but their friends had no apprehension that such was their design. For a few days previous they had talked freely of so doing, aud communicated their intention to a room-mate; but still without creating any alarm. As they left their boatduig-house late in the evening, however, the lady rooming with them followed and watched them. They proceed ed hand-ir.-haod, and with great apparent cheerful ness, to the bridge crossing the upper canal, lead ing to the Manchester mills—stoppcdtogeiher upon the stsne wall of the canal just above the br : dge, and together leaped into the water. The act was seen by one or two persons ami the alarm was in stantly given, though ton minutes escaped before ether was taken out. In that time the bony ol Miss Colton was recovered—that of Miss Cochtan having floated down the canal, was not recovered for some lime after. All efforts to resuscitate them failed. Miss Cochran, for some days previous, had been very much depresse! and low-spirited. Their whole proceedings were marked by great coolness and deliberation. Both of them left letters to theii friends announcing iheir purpose, and giv ing directions in regard to the settlement of their affairs and the disposal of their effects. Miss Coch ran, we understand, was to come into possession of several thousand dollars at twcnly-one years of age. Various rumors are afloat in regard to the cause of this rash act. From all we can learn it is to be ascribed in both cases to the grief ofdisappoin ted love. Below we insert the letter of Miss Cochran to her sister at Hopkinton, written just before her un timely decease, and carefully placed in her trunk : “Manchester, Aug. 14, 1853. “Dear Sister : —I received your letter last Wednes day, and contrary to your custom, answered it tti first opportunity. Though I knew it was haying time, and of course you would have n great deal to do, still I felt provoked at your silence. You and aunt Aehsali are my only regular correspondents, but I now and then answer one of the many letters lhat I receive. It is only 6 o’clock a. m., and I have begun in good season, so as to write to you and to Jesse to-day. I am glad to hear that Louisa is with you, for a iittle help is better than none. As for visiting you, I probably never shall meet you again in life; ere you receive this I shall be in the silent realms of the dead ! Start not, dear Annie, nor shudder, for what use can there be in dragging out a wearisome life, deprived ol all enjoyment^— I am only a burden to myself and every one else who interest themselves in my welfare. Give my Jove lo Joseph, to Martha, and to all who care for me, or protend to. Bury me in Vermont, by ihe side of my mother, and I have money enough to pay all funeral expenses. 1 owe Mrs. Maria Foss, my room-matg, $3 ; Mrs. Jacobs, $1 25 ; and $4 lor my board, and there is over s:i due me at the Ainos keag counting-room. If there is any thing left of my money alter paying my funeral expenses, which I want to be as cheap as possible, and paying my debts, send it, together with his tellers, (which you will find in my pocket,) to John H. Sherwin, No. 140 Fulton street., New York. “Jesse and Joseph ate probably well enough off already ; and, if I could aid John by a few dollars, it might do some good. A copy of Shakspeare, which I have lent John Jacobs, I should like to haveJ.H. S. have ; the test, tny clothes and other things, you may divide us you see fit, “And now,good hve ; mourn not for me, friends ; tell Jesse I would like to see him once more before I die, but that cannot be. “Farewell forever, CL AftA C. COCHRAN “To Mrs. Anna M, Cochran, Hopkinton, N. H. “Forward quickly, for it tells of death.” The following was written upon the opposite sheet of the letter by Miss Cochran, and evidently intended for the eye of her lover: “And now, dearest, I must write you a few lines, though ere you receive them the hand that penned them will he cold in death. Do not think of me with regret, for ‘tis belter that it should be so. ‘Onemore untortunate, weary ofbreath, Rashly importunate, gone to her death. “1 forgive all who have injured me, and crave for forgiveness of you, if 1 have erred, and 1 know I have. Be happy and forget me not. Even if you ever marry, still ’twill not be wicked to casta thoughton me, and no one would love you the less for it. I shall, I hope, be buried in Vermont, by the side of my mother. Farewell.” She also enclosed in her letter scraps ol poetry, which no doubt expressed her feelings at the time of writing. The body of Miss Cochran was placed on ltoartl the ears this forenoon and conveyed to her friends. The friends of Miss Cotton have not yet arrived, and her remains have been deposited in the city tomb. She also left letters, which we arejnot now at liberty to publish, but shall do so as soon as we are enabled to obtain them. A man restored to Life after Burial for Ten Months. The subjoined extract is translated from the Par is Journal of Magnetism, which quotes a.s its au thority a very remarkable book published by Mr. Osborne, an English officer, on his return from the court of Runjesting, in India. We must also add that General Ventura, who was one of the w itness es ol this extraordinary transaction, testified to the correctness of the statement, when lie subsequent ly visited Paris. Mr. Osborne says, “On the 6th ol J tine, 1838, the monotony of our life in camp was agreeably inter rupted by the arrival of an individual who had ac quired great celebrity in the Pemijab. The na t ves regarded him w.th great veneration, on account of the facility he posssessed of remaining buried under ground as long as he pleased, and then revi ving agaiu. Such extraordinary tacts were related in the country concerning this man, and so many re spectable persons testified their authenticity, that we were extremely desirous of seeing him; for instance, Capt. Wade, of Lodhiana, informed me that he had himself been present at the resurrection of this Fa kir, in the presence of General Ventura, the Rajah, and several men of distinction among the natives, and that alter his intermeut had lasted several months.” The following are the details which were given him ot the interment and those that he added on his own authority of the examination. “At the end of some preparations which had las ted several days, and which would be too tedious to enumerate, the Fakir declared himself ready for the experiment ; the witnesses i. el around a'tninli of mason-work, constructed expressly to receive him. Before their eyes the Fakir closed with wax (with exception of his month) the apertures of his body through which air might be admitted ; then he stripped off all hisclothing. He was then en closed in a linen ling, and by his direction his tongue was turned back so as to enclose the entrance n‘ his throat; immediately after tins operation, the Fakir fell into a lethargic state. The bag- which contain ed him was then closed, and sealed by the Rajah. This sack was then placed in a wooden box. w hich was locked with a padlock and sealed. The box was lowered into the tomb, over which was thrown a great quantity ot earth, which was trampled down and then sown with barley ; finally, sentinels were set to watch it day and night. Notwithstanding all these precautions, the Rajah still was suspicious; he came twice during the ten rnorths that the Fakir remained buried, and caused the tomb to be exam ined ; he found the Fakir precisely as they had left him, and perfectly cold and inanimate. “The tee months having expired, they proceeded to the final examination. General Ventura and Captain Wade saw the padlock opened, the seals broken and the chest raised from the tomb. The Fakir was removed : there were no indications of the heart or pulse. In the top of his head there re mained some slight sensation of heat. After first placing his tongue in a natural position, and then pouring warm water over his body, he began to evince some signs of life. After two hours he was quite restored and walked about. This wonderful man is about thirty years of age, his figure is un’ pleasant, and his countenance has a cunning ex pression. “He says that he had delicious dreams during his interment, and that restoration is very painful to him.” California —Chinese Language.— The ninth section of an act passed by the California legislature for the collection of the foreign mi ners’ tax has been printed in the Chinese lan guage. Tong’k Achich, a Chinaman, certifies that the translation is “faithful and good.” There are more than thirty thousand Chinese in California, and “still they come.” (Times nub Brniinel. OOLI'MBUS, GKORGIA. TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 30, 1853. FOR GOVERNOR: HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON, OF BALDWIN. FOR CONGRESS: Ist. DISTRICT JAMES L. SEWARD. I Id. DISTRICT A. If. COLQUITT. Hid. DISTRICT DAVID J. HAILEY. IVth. DISTRICT W. 11. W. DENT. Vth. DISTRICT E. W. CHASTAIN. Deth of Lock Weeing, Kgq. We announce with profound sorrow the sudden death of our much esteemed friend and townsman, Lock Wkems, Esqr. lie died at his residence in Wynn ton at 12 o’clock on the night of the 25th inst., after an illness of thirteen days, in the 50th year of his age. He was born on the 25th July, 1804, at Port Tobac co, Maryland, and removed to Georgia in eaily life. — At an early age he connected hiinse.f with the church and his life has been an exemplification of the virtues and charities of the holv religion which he pro fessed. lie was an honest man, and a just one. Mis fortune never appealed to him in vain. His mild disposi tion, gentle manners, and sound practical sense, won the love and commanded the confidence of his fellow-cit izens. In all the relations o life he was true to himself, to his country and to his G*d. The community in which he has so long lived and blessed by his unostentatious virtues commit him to the tomb with the deepest grief, and mingle their tears with those of his orphaned chil dren over the bier of the fellow citizen and friend. The death of such a man in the prime of his life and in the midst of his usefulness is an inscrutable Providence which human foresight strives in vain to fathom. We can but submit to the stern decree, which we have no power to avert, in the confident assurance that the All wise Being who inflicted the blow, chastises with mer cy, and will overrule his mysterious providences to the good of those upon whom he lays his hand. News from the Canvass. We have heard from Buena Vista, the first appoint ment of our gallant candidate for Congress in this Dis trict. Maj. A. 11. Colquitt, wc regret to learn, was prevented from attending by the continued illness of his family. Ilis place, however, was filled by Waltek T. Colquitt, who, by the way, is always found where the battle rages fiercest. He opened the discussion with a temperate address, in which he showed the ne cessity of a cordial union of the Democracy in support of our noble President’s Administration, and very fully and satisfactorily defended Mr. Pierce from the ground less slanders of his and our old enemies, the Conserva tive Whigs. His speech was received with euthusiasm and it is the opinion of persons present that its effect was fully equal to the most ardent anticipations of his friends. Harmony was restored and enthusiasm exci ted in our ranks. He was followed by Mr. James Johnson, the Demo cratic Conservative Whig candidate of the party which has more names than principles, in a tolerably good speech, better perhaps than his ordinary efforts. We are told that as soon as he concluded, many of his friends , left.—they had not courage to face the hot shot which they knew were to follow, nfid acting upon the old saw, that discretion is the better part of valor, fled from the field. We are informed that Judge Colquitt’s reply was overwhelming. Defied to a justification of his own course by the assault of his imprudent opponent, he not only did so to the entire satisfaction of his audience, but turned upon the Hon. James Johnson with such a fire of argument, sarcasm, ridicule and fun, that he stormed the feeble fortifications of his adversary, and loft him dead upon the field. We cannot resist the temptation to transfer to our columns one of his happy hits, though its keen edge will be blunted in our hands. Mr. Johnson had told a conversation lie had with a Demo crat, in which he asked him, what he lad done in Congress to justify opposition. The old farmer replied, “you have done nothing and that, said Mr. Johnson, j is the reason why he desired to beat me ; “and that,” replied Mr. Colquitt, “is the reason why we all de sire to beat you—you have been two years in Congress and done, nothing. The South wants Representatives who w ill do something; men not only of brains but will—men devoted to the country, who will lose no op- j portunity of insisting upon her rights, and resisting the \ encroachments of her enemies. Mr. Johnson can do nothing at home.” He then went on to illustrate his position by reference to the anecdote of the boy who met his father crying in the evening, and when asked what he was blubbering about, replied, “1 am afraid you’ll whip me.” “Whip you for what ?” said the old man. “Nothing,” said the urchin. “Go to bed then,’’ said the old man, “anc hush your mouth •, 1 will not whip you for nothing.” Shortly afterwards the old man came rushing into the little fellow’s room with a hand ful] of switches and commenced frailing him smartly, saying, “you lazy little rascal, didn’t I tell you to hoe the potatoes ?” “Yes, sir,” said the boy, “but you said you wouldn’t whip me for doing nothing.” The ap plication was too palpable, and judging from the storm of applause which followed, it would seem that the au dience concurred with the old man in thinking that Mr. Johnson, like the lazy boy, ought to be beat for do ing nothing. The discussion is said to have resulted in the complete triumph of our champion. We doubt not but that this will be the ease whenever the parties meet. The cause of Mr. Johnson is indefensible. He is a professed De mocrat running on the Whig ticket. He cannot pro tend with Toombs and Stephens, that the South is “in imminent peril” from the Abolition appointments of President Pierce. We believe he has never .been charged and indeed never professed to be over sensitive on the subject of slavery. We are gratified to announce that our prospects are fair for carrying both Stewart and Marion ; and that it is the opinion of Maj. Colquitt that he will distance his competitor if Muscogee will do her duty. What say you, friends ? Can we carry Muscogee? We have no doubt of it, if every man will put his shoulder to the wheel. We are gratified to know that our prospects here are daily improving. The right spirit is prevail ing. and in a week or two we hope to have the pleasure of announcing a ticket for our county which no effort on the part of our adversaries can beat. Hear the other Side. While the air is burthened at the South with the wail of Toombs and Stephens over the alleged appointment of Freeeoileis to office by President Pierce, j quite a different cry sweeps across the Sierra Nevada, i It is charged by the Freesoilers of California, that near- j lv every office in that State has been given to pro slavery men. Hear what one of them says through j the columns of the N. Y. Tribune : California Politics. San Francisco, July 15, 1853. j I presume that considerable dissatisfaction is expressed I in certain quarters in the Atlantic States in regard to the appointments of President Pierce, it being charged that many of the best offices have been given to the most bit ter opponents of the Compromise measures, including Freesoilers and Secessionists. Whatever may be the cause there, it is the fact here, that the appointments o the President have been most miserable, both for giving strength to his party, and for the promotion of domestic quiet and harmony. The appointments here have been almost entirely from that wing of the Democratic party, which were at the time dissatisfied with the Compromise, and have ever since been engaged in concocting some scheme for getting cheap labor in California. California was admitted as a Free State, as a part of the Compromise measures, yet we have an abundance of political hacks here professing the strongest approval of them, who are nevertheless at work, and have been for years, in trying to effect a division of the State, for the purpose of making the lower portion of it slave territory. This would be in direct violation of the Compromise, vet has nearly all the Government patronage been given by the President to that wing of the party which is most fa vorable to these designs. This wing of the party is, as I shall show', ridiculous from its arrogance as well as contemptible from its weak ness. It embraces but a miserable faction of Southern politicians, who to effect their objects are willing to coa lesce with Whigs or any body else, and so that they can get this dear blessiug of Slavery on the Pacific coast they care not how it is effected or by the aid of what tion or party. It is reported that Col. Benton's friends in Missouri are already preparing to bring him out for the Presi dency in 1856, against all parties and all Conventions. Address to tlie People of Georgia. We find in the Chronicle <f- Sentinel an Address tc the People of Georgia from A. 11. Stephens and others, a committee appointed for that purpose by the convention which nominated Charles J. Jenkins for Governor. It occupies four columns of that paper, and is therefore too long for insertion in ours. Otherwise, we would take pleasure in laying it before our readers. It will, however, be found in all the Jenkins papers, to which we refer such of our readers as care to wade through it. It is not an interesting paper, and is chiefly devoted to a history of the compromise measures, with which the whole country is very familiar. It ob | jeets to the appointment of Abolitionists, to the extrava- I gant expenditure of the public money, to Internal Im ; provements by the Government, to the construction of the Pacific Railroad by the Government, and to Foreign Intervention in the wars and quarrels of other nations. On all these issues they concur with the Democracy of Georgia and have come upon our platform. We feel quite at home there—we are the first occupants, and claim title to it by right of immemorial possession. If they can feel at home w ith us, we are sure they shall receive at our hands a cordial welcome. But as they have just arrived there, we hope they will behave with becoming modesty, and not try to dispossess us of our lawful possessions. Our platform is large enough to hold us all, and we hope, instead of bickering and strife, we will all strive to get the balance of the Whig par ty to get on it also, and that in future, the complicated affairs of the good people will he conducted on Demo cratic principles. We congratulate the country upon the conversion of the Whigs of Georgia to the Demo cratic faith, and propose that they be sent as missionaries to their brethren in the other States who yet lie in the thick darkness of old Federal Whiggery. But though the committee give good evidence of a thorough conversion to Democracy, they are very bit ter against Democrats who hold or are candidates for office. They want them themselves. This is a leaven of the old Adam of Whiggery which we hope to see eradi cated by the time they have gone through a pro bationary state. It is true, it is unseemly for these eleventh hour workers to claim precedence over those veteran Democrats who have borne the heat and burthen of the day. They will, it is hoped, after a w'hile be content to take lower seats and spell up. We wonder they do not see at once that it is preposterous for them to claim the lead so soon after they have professed principles which they have all their life long con demned. With the general principles, therefore, assserted in the Address we cordially agree. They are time honor ed Democratic principles. We will not, therefore, desert them because Messrs. Toombs and Stephens have adopted them. They never embraced them until the principles of the Whig party to which they belonged were repudiated by the people ; while we have stood by them for years, and by our zealous advocacy have made them popular. The attack upon President Pierce is very fierce, very unfair, and very unfounded. The Address says: In the selection of his constitutional advisers, he did not call to his cabinet a single person who had been identified with the compromise, either from the North or the South, nor one whose fidelity to these measures could not be justly questioned. Well, suppose he did not, what then ? He called to his cabinet several persons who had been identified with the South, both from the North and South, and several whose fidelity to the South cannot he questioned by Mr. Stephens himself. When we would like to know, did devotion to the compromise become the test of or thodoxy among Southern politicians? The Georgia Platform Convention submitted to it with a threat. Now it seems to he the design of the conservatives of Geor gia to make it the square by which devotion to the South shall be measured. This is but another evidence of the of the South to back as the North en croaches upon her rights. But the Address mistakes the facts. Messrs. Marct, Campbell and Cushing from the North, and Guthrie and Dobbin from the South, were advocates of the compromise. If Cushing ever opposed the compromise, it was upon the distinct ground that it robbed the South of her rights—and surely, no honest Southern man will object to the selection of a Northern man for a cabinet officer because he is too zealous a defender of Southern Rights. Again the Address charges: His (Pierce’s) policy has been just such as we might have e.\f>eeted from his cabinet. Hostility to the friends of the compromise has been its leading characteristic. The only office conferred upon a Georgian of any consequence, was given to Henry R. Jackson, a Union man and very near relative of How ell Cobb, who him self, it ia said, has been tendered the Mission to France, and not Dix, as the Address insinuates. James Buch anan is Minister to England ; the Collectorship at New York was tendered to Dickinson, who refused it, and then given to Bronson. Downs is Collector at New Orleans. These are all Union men, and if time per mitted, we might indefinitely extend this list. But this charge is too ridiculous to merit further notice. The Address asks with an air, whether the Democ racy of Georgia “are the advocates of this wild and reckless project of a Government Railroad to the Pa cific?” and asserts untruly, that “upon this point they are silent,” and affect to believe that they are the ad vocates of it. Our own press, the Savannah Georgian , the Marietta Advocate, and every other Democratic paper in the State which has referred to this scheme, have emphatically condemned it, while the Whig press ! generally in the United States, led by the National In j telligenrer , have highly commended it. It is more of a Whig than a Democratic measure. We do not be lieve Mr. Pierce is in favor of it: and we are morally certain Mr. H. V. Johnson is opposed to it. This part of the Address, therefore, is a harmless shot if it was aimed at the Georgia Democracy, and will only do execution by rebounding in the faces of the late colleagues of the gentlemen who aimed it—the Federal Whigs of the United States. They are the friends of the Pacific Read. And we are sure there are very many Whigs j in Georgia who ardently advocate it, and among the j number is, if we are not mistaken, Ww. Crosby Daw son, late Senator from this State. We wonder if this j blow was aimed at him ? The Address throws the blame of lavish expenditure j of the public money for the last four years upon the 1 Democracy, because they had a majority in Congress, j It admits that Fillmore, whom its authors supported, “did not use his official position to arrest the evil,” but j extenuates his conduct by the assertion that he “never j expended a single dollar which was not appropriated by ! Congress.” They forget that the Galphin and other chains were paid without the sanction of Congress ; that Fillmore consumed twice as much money as was need ed in the Capitol extension ; and that he contracted debts for the removal and support of the army n the West without authority of Congress, and thus forced the Democracy either to repudiate or pay them. But is anything more unfair, than to charge lavish expenditures upon the Democracy, because they had a majority in Congress, when it is known that the body of the Whig party voted for them while the body of the Democracy voted against them ? We are ainared that honest men will stoop to so great unfairness, even to hold up a bad cause. But we are giving more space to this Address than it deserves. Its inordinate length will destroy its ef fect. Busy men have no time to search through a ! bushel of chaff’ for a few grains of wheat. Tlie Pacific Railroad—Position of the Democ racy. While the effort is being made in the South to com- j mit the Administration to the Pacific Railroad, by the Conservative party, a directly opposite course is being pursued at the North by their co-laborers. Hear what the N. Y. Tribune says: Such a wjrk must necessarily encounter local jealous ies and deadly hostility. To be completed within the life time of the present generation, it must be powerfully aided by the National Government; and it is not to be denied nor disguised that the great party now ruling the country is, by its essential genius as well as by its formal declara tions, naturally opposed to the National prosecution of works of internal improvement. The pressure oflocal in erest or of uumistakable public sentiment may constrain it o forego this opposition in a particular ease; but the spirit of hostility, however smothered, will be sure to make it self felt. The leaders may acquiesce and the locally bene fited may urge ; but the party as a party will oppose the railroad so far as it dare. That is an element in the calculation which cannot be safely overlooked. Whoso ever arrays himself spontaneously and heartily on the side of the railroad, will be marked by the Virginia Gracchi and Cincinnati as of dubious and fishy Democratic ortho doxy. Indiana. —The Rev. Wm. Dailey, of Madison, has been elected President of the State University at Bloomington. Congressional Election in the Second District of Alabama. The Macon Republican and the Alabama Journal will neither of them accept our explanation of the caus es which led to the defeat of Clopton and the election of Abercrombie in the 2d. District. We may as well say here, that, in our opiuit>, the lukewarm support, or rather quasi opposition, of those two Journals to Cap tain Abercrombie contributed very much to the result of the election. It drove off’ the Scott Whigs from him, and confirmed the Southern Rights Democrats in their purpose of supporting him. This by the way. In confirmation of our opinion that Captain Aber crombie owes his election t> the coalition of the Web ster Whigs and the Southern Rights Democrats, we submit the following facts. In Barbour county, Cochran, the Southern Rights candidate for Congress, beat Abercrombie 456 votes, two years ago. Abercrombie carried the county this year against Clorton by 105 votes. Here then is a gain on Abercrombie's part of 561 votes. Where did they come from ? It is well known that the leading Whigs in the county went for Clopton ; and that Messrs. Pugii, Bullock, Colby, and many other “Dis unionists,” voted for Abercrombie. In Henry county, Cochran’s majority two years ago over Abercrombie, was 130, while Abercrombie’s majority over Clopton was 427, showing a gain in this Disunion county of 557 votes—given of course by “Disunionists.” In Dale county, Abercrombie got only 11 majori ty in 1851 ; he eariied the county against Clopton by 488. In Coffee county, Cochiian beat Abercrombie 37 votes in 1851 ; in 1853, Abercrombie beat Clopton 79 votes. In these last mentioned counties, Aber crombie evidently received the votes of 593 “Dis unionists.” So m Montgomery county, Tucker’s Store gave Abercrombie 120 majority, and Pine Level gave him 70 majority. These were both “Disunion” beats in 1851. But in Montgomery city, a strong Whig pre cinct, Clopton beat Abercrombie 112 votes. Wc have already referred to Macon county —the Whig banner county —where there was a change of about 1000 agaiust Abercrombie. These facts speak for themselves. They conclusively show that Capt. Abercrombie’s election is to be attri buted to the votes of the Fire Eaters. If they had voted for Clopton the defection in the Whig ranks in Macon alone would have ensured his election. We are not a little amused at the efforts ot the Jour nal to show, after the election of Capt. Abercrombie, that he was elevated to his high office by Whig votes, when it showed so little zeal before the election to bring up the Whig column to his support when the canvass was progressing. If the gallant Captain had been beaten, how different would have been the style of its editorials! The fact is, the Captain has triumph ed over his own party; he holds its destiny in his hands; and hence the labored efforts of the Journal to conciliate him by the assurance that he owes his elec tion to the Whig party. The Journal does not understand the term “Scott Whigs.” They are commonly known in the second district of Alabama as the Montgomery clique; they are Whigs who supported Winfield Scott for Presi dent of the United States, notwithstanding he was de nounced by the leaders of the Southern Whigs as the nominee of the Abolition wing of the Whig party.— They are now particularly engaged in denouncing the Abolition and Freesoil appointments of Pierce, though their own candidate announced in his letter of accep tance, that he would confer office upon ;my body who supported him, be fie pro-slavery or anti-slavery, free soiler or abolitionist. Free Negroes—The rale ol’ increase among them. The average decennial increase of white persons in the United States has been 35,67 per cent., nearly one third part of which has arisen from the immigrat ion of foreigners into the country. This w ill make the natural increase of the w’hite population average 25 per cent, in every ten years since 1790. Very different are the statistics of the increase of tlie free colored population. Up to 1840 there was a very large increase of free negroes, arising from the man umission of slaves by kind hearted masters at the South. Since .1840 manumission has almost entirely censed, except in a few of the border states. We must therefore look to the decade between 1840 and 1850 to ascertain the rate of increase among the free colored population. In the free Slates, the increase has amounted during this time to only 12,94 per cent.; and 10,11 per cent, in the slave holding States—averaging 11,23 per cent . in the United States. There is no means of ascertaining ac curately the accession to the free colored population from the ranks of the slaves. The estimated loss to the slave Slates for the decade between 1840 and 1850 by manumission aud escapes exceeds the increase of the free colored in the slave holding States by nearly three thousand, and their increase in tlie free States 2.675, and reduces the increase of free negroes in the United States to less than 5 per cent. The above statistics are taken from De Bow’s Re view, and may therefore be regarded reliable. Here then is developed the astounding fact that while the while race increases naturally at the rate of 25 per cent . iu every 10 years, the free colored popu lation increases only at the rate of 5 per cent, during tlie same time. When white laborers become more abundant, and the pressure is increased by competition, there can be no doubt but that the increase of the free colored pop ulation will continue to decrease until the number of births w ill he less than the number of deaths among them, and that free negroes will disappear from the United States This is a very singular state of things, but is very easily explained. It is well known that free negroes are generally mongrel, and that mongrel races arc not as prolific as pure blooded people. But the chief cause of their dc?eline is the vicious habits in which they in dulge, their extreme destitution, and lamentable igno rance. It is generally conceded by the Northern press that the free blacks are the most depraved, corrupt and abandoned class in all their cities. And there is no fact better established than that vice is inconsistent with increase of population. This then is the end of Abolition—the total exter mination of the colored race. Well may these edious fanatics be called the fiends of politics. They indulge in fiendish hate to the humane master, they en deavor to develope fiendish passions in the breasts of the slave towards their best and only friends, and the boon they tender them in exchange is—annihilation as a peo ple. Contrast with this picture the condition of the slave. From 1800 to 1810 the increase of slaves in the United States was 35,79 fyer cent. During the last forty years the decennial increase has been 33,42 per cent. The discrepancy in the two periods is explained by the existence of the slave trade up to ISOS. For the last forty years the increase has been by births alone; and show’s an excess of 8 per cent, over their masters. As far, therefore, as the physical condition of a race may be gathered from an increase of population, and there is no surer test, the slaves are better off than their masters. Mr. James Gardner. We are happy to learn that this gentleman has re turned from the North, and will in a few days resume his editorial chair. Another Incendiary Attempt. On Wednesday night last, an attempt was made to set fire to an out house in the rear of Mr. Durr’s Store, but was fortunately discovered in time to prevent dam age. Capt . Gibson's Case . —Capt. Gibson, the recently liberated prisoner of the Dutch authorities at Java, is said to be engaged at Washington making out a brief of his case for presentation to the President at the next Cabinet meeting. Mr. Belmont, it is asserted, has al ready been instructed to make the case a matter of in quiry at the Hague, and it is probable will receive ad ditional instructions looking to positive action. Capt. Gibson, according to the statement of a Washington correspondent, desires the enforcement of his claim for .'5)82,1 00 damages awarded him by the Dutch Court. When this point is disposed of, he will ask to be sus tained in his right to grant made him, by one of the Dutch East Indian Princes, of a large and valuable coal region, from which, he says, he can supply a supe rior quality of fuel at four dollars per ton.— Baltimore American. T. lb King. This gentleman lias published a letter in the N. Y. Times , denying the charge that he was indebted to the Government as collector at San Francisco. He says his accounts were thoroughly examined by Mr. Secreta ry Corwin, and fully approved. Without pretending to decide upon the guilt or innocence of Mr. King, we may be allowed to add that the eves of the present cabi net are much sharper than those of their predecessors. Jno. M. llerrien. This honored statesman has addressed a letter to tlie Georgia Citizen , requesting the editor to withdraw his name as a candidate for Governor. He is a personal friend and relation, we believe, of Mr. Jenkins. The Judge also denies that Jenkins is “the Toombs candi date.” For all that, the Citizen will not support him. It says, “The disaffected Scott Whigs—the justly indig nant Scott Whigs—the unjustly spit upon Scott Whigs, who have any personal self-respect left inside their cuticles, will let him alone severely Dr. Jno. W. Lewis, This gentleman has withdrawn his name as a candi date for Congress in the sth District. He will, we pre sume, give his cordial support to the Democratic nomi nee. This intelligence is particularly gratifying at this time, as it is another evidence that the party in Chero kee Georgia has been thoroughly harmonised.— When Cherokee does her duty, the Democratic ban ner always waves over a victorious field. Texas Election. The returns are not complete. It is, however, pro bable that Pkasf. is elected Governor, Dickson Lieut. Governor, and Bell, Representative in Congress from the Galveston District. They are all, we believe, Democrats. Health of Texas. —The Galveston News says, the health of the city is unusually good. [From the Baltimore Times.] Washington Rumors. Washington, Aug. 19. The President and Cabinet are in trouble about the French Mission. The President has undoubtedly promised it to Dix, who, it is confidently alleged, will not exonerate the President. A Committee of New Yorkers has been here pressing George Bancroft for France, but this finds little favor at the White House. Caleb Cushing is named for the same position. The President is strongly inclined to appoint Robert M. McLane, as Minister resident at Constantinople, but in fluential Marylanders warmly oppose it. Me Lane is now in Paris. Judge Young, of Illinois, former IT. S. Senator, and once Clerk of the House of Representa tives, lias been appointed to visit Mincsota and investi gate, with Gov. Gorman, the alleged Indian frauds.— This office was tendered by the President to Harry M. Walters, ofTenn., and declined by him. John Talliafer ro—aged about 85, and twenty odd years Member of Congress from Virginia, and for the last three years Librarian of the Treasury Department—died at his residence in Virginia. He was a most amiable and pa triotic gentleman. The Secretary of the Treasury was waited on to-day by a distinguished person, represent ing the wishes of the merchants of New York. This gentleman stated that the money market was extreme ly stringent, and requested the Secretary to part with funds from the Sub-Treasury on hypothecated stocks. The Secretary was not to be moved, but remained in exorable. G. W. Manypenny, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and Colonel Clements, have been appointed to visit and negotiate with the Nebraska Indians. The party left this evening. Major Bryant, the New Marshal of Missouri, accompanies them as far as St. Louis. George Saunders has not yet been coimnis sioned. Henry T. Stanton, Blair Laurie, and Wm. A. Richardson, clerks in the Third Auditor’s office, have been removed for absence without leave. Efforts are making to create the impression that the Pacific Railroad is an Administration measure, but the better opinion is, lhat the views put forth by Davis and Guth rie will be maintained. Major Mordeeai, of the Gar diner Mine Commission, is expected to return to-morrow. The report will be adverse to Gardiner. No trace of the mines eould be found. This is the accredited Vicksburg , Shreveport and Texas Railroad. —The Shreveport Democrat , of Thursday last, says : We are informed by Mr. Tournadre that he is pro ceeding with the final location of the railroad track be tween Shreveport and the Texas line. Several of his hands have been sick ; otherwise, the location by this time would have been completed. We are happy to learn that there is no difficulty in getting the right of way from our planters. In about two weeks, contracts for clearing and grubbing will be let out, and immedi ately thereafter advertisements will be inserted in tin* papers inviting proposals for grading, &c. ‘Hie cost of the track will not exceed the original estimate.— Responsible parties near the line of the road have al ready made known their wish to undertake heavy con tracts. W e now regard the success of this great work be yond a reasonable doubt. Subscriptions to a large amount have already been obtained, and still they are daily increasing on the whole line from Vicksburg to Texas. Health of Macon. —We are informed by our medi cal friends that Macon never was healthier than at present —there being no epidemic of any character in the city, and very little, if any fever. While our friends in New York have been sweltered to death with the intense heat, and sometimes sixty a day of her citizens destroyed by sun stroke, we have been luxuriating un der a gentle temperature of 80 to 85° at the highest. We respectfully suggest to our Northern friends the propriety of making the city of Macon their summer resort in future.— Macon Telegraph. Rains and Crops. —The abundant rains we have had during the past month have so completely brought out our previously unpromising corn crop, as to banish all farof a scarcity. Although our farmers will pro bably nt realize an average crop, yet with their large quantity of old corn still in the State, there must he an abundant supply for all necessary purposes. The In dian Hirn crop in Tennessee, Kentucky and other in States, we learn, is an immense one. This, with the piomising yield of peas, sweet potatoes, and other minor crops, and our rapidly increasing railroad connection with the West, must make com rule at very moderate prices this fall and winter.— Macon Telegraph. More Trouble Expected in St. Domingo. The good understanding that has long subsisted between Gen. Santa Ana, President of the Dominican Republic, and Ex-President Baez, it is said, has been suddenly interrupted, by a decree of the former. Baez is de clared guilty of treason agaiust the Republic, and exiled from its territory. No particulars of the alleged of fence for which this sentence has been passed upon the Ex-President are given, but it is feared that tlie quar rel likely to result between the partis ins of Santa Ana and Baez, will endanger the peace and independence of Dominica. Tennessee Election. —Full returns of the late elec tion in Tennessee show that five Whigs and four Democrats have been elected to Congress. Johnson, the Democratic candidate for Governor, has a majori ty of 2,216 votes. The State Senate stands thirteen Democrats and twelve Whigs, and the House forty-four Whigs and thirty-one Democrats. OTy” John J. Gi Ist rap is announced in the Atlanta Republican as a candidate to represent the 4th Con gressional District in the next Congress of the United States. Two ships arrived at Baltimore on the Bth inst., with full cargoes of guano, which is much in request in that part of the country. Another Guano Island. —It is stated that a large supply of guano has been found on an island in the In dian Ocean, between Mauritius and Calcutta, and that some of the samples arc of a superior quality. The island is stated to be twenty mile* long and several broad, and covered in every part. Should the expec tations thus raised be fulfilled, it will be a serious mat ter fc* Peru. Relief for the Sufferers. The Committee appointed to collect money for the reliel of the sufferers in New Orleans, by the Mayor ol Savannah, have reported as in hand, the sum of 51,624 75. There are several Sub-committees to hear from. From Charleston, S. C., 51,784 50 have been sent to the relief of the sufferers through the. office of the Charleston Courier. Escape of the Lady Suffolk. —It is stated that the slave ship, the Lady Suffolk, alias Eclipse, alias Mary, lias escaped from the hands of the Cuban authorities at Laguna de Terminos, and is again at large on the ocean to carry on the pursuits of her owner, i. e. to en gage again in the English “apprentice system.*’ A Washington dispatch says it is understood that Mr. T. Butler King, who is now in that city, has failed to satisfy Secretary Guthrie in relation to the charges re cently published concerning his administration of the San Francisco collectorship. Gov. Cobb has appointed the Hon. W. W. Holt, Judge of the Superior Court of the Middle Circuit, vice the lion. A. J. Miller, resigned. Hopkins Holsey, Esq., is announced as a candidate for Congress in the Sixth Congressional District. This makes live candidates in that District. Cumberland, Md., Aug. 19. Tlie Cholera has broken out at Cumberland, Md. The deaths on Wednesday last numbered 14. It is now subsiding. Four editors in New Orleans have died victims to the yellow fever—two of the Picayune, one of the Delta, and one of the Crescent. Gen. Lamar. —We are proud to learn that the report circulated some days ago of the death of Gen. Lamar, ot Texas, is not correct. A letter, from him, has been received in this city, dated on the 3d of Au gust, which is subsequent to tlie date of the report of his death.— Telegraph. North Carolina Election. —The delegation in the next Congress will stand as follows: Ist District, H. M. Shaw, Dein. 2d “ Thos. Ruffin, “ 3d “ W. S. Ashe, “ 4th “ Sion 11. Rogers, Whig, sth “ John Kerr, “ 6th “ R. C. Puryear, “ 7th “ Burton Craigo, Dem. Bth “ Thos. L. Clingman, Dem. T. 11. Kmg ? s Accounts. in a letter to the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Frank Ward exposes the conduct of T. B. King, Mr. Fillmore’s Collector at San Francisco, and concludes his developments with the following statement, which, if true, will indelibly disgrace him : The next is the Lighterage Account, upon which you have asked for information. As regards these accounts, I must state that the former storekeeper, Col. Worth, would not sign them, and they were paid without his signature. This was told me a short time after my receiv ing the appointment as storekeeper. 1 then examined each account, and found that there were some goods whose lighterage had been charged over aud over again even in the same account; and I also found that one account had been extended several pages, by having the oath taken off, and the amount carried lor ward. These accounts were not in the custom house when I left San Fran< isoo. 1 beg to give you a copy of the amounts paid and tlie amounts collected, and due to this account, and l must also say that when I sent to Mr. Saffarans to ac count for the overcharge ol $74,000, lhat hesent his young man to my office, who told me that Mr. Saffarans had not received the money, and that Mr. King would not make any complaint against Mr S. I told this to Mr. King and there was an cud to all complaint against Mr. S. There was also a charge made by Mr. Sanders against Mr. Green, Deputy Collector, for taking from the custom house export bonds, which caused Mr. Sanders lo remove Mi*. Green; and as this corresponds nee was sent to the late Secretary of the Treasury, 1 should be pleased if you were to read it. 1 have tlie honor to remain, with much respect, your obedient servant, FRANK WARD. Hon. James GuthHie, Secretary of the Treasury, Washington. AMOUNTS PAID FOR LIGHTERAGE TO SHEI.I)EN AND SAFFARANS. 0 Quarter ending March 31, 1851 $5,077 21 “ June 30, “ 35,677 00 “ Sept. 30, “ 39,500 OO “ Dec. 31, “ 26,600 00 “ March 31,1852 5'901 00 “ June 30, “ 5,670 00 Total $118,425 21 AMOUNTS COLLECTED FOR LIGHFERAGK. From April 1,1851, to June 30, 1852, $21,935 Burned in fire, May 3d and 4th, 1851, 9,500 Unclaimed goods sold 10,600 “ “ unsold 303 Seized goods unsold 1,631 Amount overpaid $74,396 21 [FOR THE TIMES AND SENTINEL.] Montgomery and Union Springs Rail Road. In the Alabama Journal of the 19th inst., we notice an article from the pen of A. A. Dextf.r, Esq., in the shape of a letter to some of the prominent citizens of Montgomery, the object of which seemed to be rather to persuade tlie citizens of Mobile to apply their means to the benefit of Montgomery, than to secure the Union Springs road. And ibis i< to be attained by an application of the Mobile sub scription to the Mobile and Montgomery Railroad; after which, we suppose, the Union Springs connection will be made. Now the entire weight ot the article depends upon the completion of the link from Union Springs to Montgome ry, which, wc think, will never be completed, for the fol lowing reasons: The distance by location of the Girard Rail Road from Columbus to Union Springs is about 50 miles, while the distance on an air line from that point to Montgomery is 33} miles, and by Rail Road it would be at least 45 miles A connection of the two roads at Union Springs is imprac ticable in consequence of the difficulty in ascending the Ghunnenuggee Ridge, the general elevation ol which from 250 to 300 feet above the streams on the North and West making into the Alabama and Tallapoosa rivers, and which is higher at Union Springs than any other point, if the water courses or the eye be a correct indication. The Conecuh river, rising seven or eight miles to the East of Union Springs, flows westwardly until it reaches this point where it turns abruptly to the South, thus indicating the greater elevation of the country; and this indication is con firmed by an examination of tlie ground, which presents a steep bluff', with no ridge making up to the Springs of suffi cient elevation to sustain a rail road line. There are only two points on the western side of the ridge from Chunne- Huggee to a point below Greenville at which the ascent could be made with easy grades ; one is near Sandy Ridge P. O. in Lowndes county on tlie line of the Pensa cola and Montgomery Railroad, and another at Fort Dale in Butler upon the line of a road from Montgomery to Mo bile. We may then suppose that a calculation upon an air line in such a country would fall lar short of the actual dis tance by Railroad, and tlie difference in distances would probably he 25 miles against the Montgomery connection of 15, as Mr. Dexter supposes. Furthermore, the probability is very remote that Montgomery,even ifsbe were in earnest in tlie matter, could now reach Union Springs far ahead of Columbus, and save the forty thousand bags of cotton which are annually booked at that city. In addition to the natural obstacles to the speedy com pletion of this road, we presume others equally as formida ble would present themselves. The construction of 25 miles of Railroad would connect Union Springs with Montgomery by a branch from the West Point road, and this is the route by which the con nection will be made, if made at all. The necessity for the Columbus and Montgomery roads entering Union Springs upon the same level would not then exist, for the two roads differ several inches in the width of track and the engines and cars of one could not be run upon the other. This branch road would secure the interest of the West Point Railroad company, comprising many of the wealth iest and most influential citizens of the city and county ot Montgomery, who would certainly oppose a parallel road, the construction of which would dry up effectually their resources by taking off three-iourths of the way business and by shortening the through distance from four to ten miles over a better track. A subscription from Savannah, tlie Central, South Wes tern and Muscogee Railroads to the Girard Railroad equal in amount to that which the city of Montgomery alone must make to the Union Springs Railroad would ensure its completion in three years from the Gulf to the Chattahoo chee. We believe that the parties in interest will not allow an indirect connection to be made to their prejudice where the use of their credit alone would prevent it. The only argument in favor of the divergence by Montgomery, is the insufficiency of means to supply the link from Union Springs to Greenville; “it is the first step only which costs’ and the rich cotton lands of Pike, the lower part of Mont gomery, Lowndes, and tlie eastern part of Butler will con tribute equally with the oilier counties to swell tlie freight list of the Girard and Mobile Railroad. If the short sight ed policy ol the connection by Montgomery were adopted, there is wealth enough in these counties and their necessi ties would force them to supply the link from Union Springs to Greenville,thereby giving Mobile a larger trade by de veloping the resources of a country now not thickly settled but lar from unproductive, which would he left in its pres ent inaccessible condition by Mr. Dexter’s plan, while she would retain all which the Alabama river now brings to her wharves ; the navigation of the Alabama not befhg af lected in the least by the construction of the Girard Railroad on the direct line. The determined purpose which already has secured 50 miles of the Girard Road will complete the pr< ject. and that in good time. The violent opposition with which it meets is the surest proof of the strength of its position to command trade and travel. When the Guard road was getting under way, wo were told that plank roads to Union Springs and Greenville were superior to Railroads. Would not a plank road supnly the present necessity ? H. Practice of Shoeing Horses. Mr. Charles Percival, Veterinary Surgeon of the Royal Artillery, furnishes the following communi cation to one ol the Dublin papers: 1 have lately been devoting much attention tu shoeing, and flatter myself that the horses under my care are as well shed ns any in her Majesty’., service. , Th3 shoe 1 found in use here was made concave next to the footand flat on the ground surface,than which, in my opinion, nothing could be w rse. This shoe I have had reversed, making the latter as concave as the foot will possibly admit of, leavinir only sufficient room between the shoe and the foot for the pricker to pass freely round to remove dirt, Ac. To the heels of the shoe I have given tin in clined planeoutwardfon tlie foot surface, with three nails on the inside, and four on the outside. The heels instead of being cut off straight are well slo ped, and about tlie same thickness as the toe. Tlie shoe one-third as thick at the heel as the toe, re commended by the late professor, the majority of our lurses could not travel in. There are many pernicious practices which smiths in general, if left to themselves, tall into, viz.: 1. Mutilating the frogs by improper cutting, have at length got my farriers to understand that the only part of the frog which ever requires cut ting, unless ragged, is the point, to prevent the sensible frog being bruised between it and the eof fin bene. 2. Inflicting serious injury to the crust by an im proper use of the rasp, but especially tlie coarse side of it. 3. In fitting the shoes, by cutting too much out of the crust at the toe to admit the clip. The shoe is consequently set too far back, inst ad of being fit ted full to the crust, and afterwards rasping away the crust, making the foot, in fact, to fit the shoe instead of the shoe to fit the foot. This is a faulty practice, and vety seriously so, which smiths in general are very apt to fall into ; one, too, which renders the crust shelly, for that part into which the nails a’ e driven from time to time, is in this way rendered weak. 4. In turning shoes, smiths in general do not at tend sufficiently to beveling or sloping the edge of the shoe from the foot to the ground surface, which I consider of great importance, especially if horses are given to cut or interfere m ti-eir action. 5. Cutting the heels of the shoe off straight. This is also a very bad practice. If well sloped, like a shoe for hunting, to which there cannot he any objections, they are less liable to Le pulled off by the hind shoes catching in them and con tribute more to the safety of both horse and rider. 6. Leaving the inner edge of the hind shoes at the toe sharp, which if rounded will in a great measure prevent over-reaches, as well a.s render the sere shoes less liable to be pulled off by their catching in the heels of theformei. Squaring the toe of the hind shoes for horses that forge or “car ry the hammer and pincers,” as it is termed, leav ing the horn projecting over the shoe, is, in my opinion,good as a general rule, not only preventing that unpleasant noise, but rendering horses less li able to over-reach, and pull off their fore slices, provided, however, intention bo paid to rounding he inner edge. 7. In rasping the under part of the clinches, far riers ate very apt to apply the edge of the rasp im properly to the crust, forming a deep groove round the same, which cannot but be injurious to the foot, and together with taking away too much of the crust in finishing off” the foot, must have a ten dency lo render it shelly. Curving the shoo at the tee, after the French fashion, where horses go near the ground, 1 am very fond of, but I cannot see any advantage in it as a general practice. Let the Tariff be Lowered. The National Intelligencer, a few days s-nec, contain ed the following paragraph : Tim Overflow of thk TaEASuav. — There is now a surplus of within a fraction of .-522,00(1,000 in the Treasu ry, notwithstanding the Secretary is redeeming 13. S. .Stocks and otherwise paying the public debt as lar as the law will allow him. Thus it appears that the Govern ment's revenues tiro increasing so l-npidiy as that the pub lic debt is being fast extinguished without materially de creasing the amount of c-asb on band. What will Con gress do with this surplus? Will it not be a very bane to the real interests of the .States ? The fear is that it will be regarded merely ns so much plunder, to be squabbled lor by a horde of sharp men, each of whom will keep a tree doggery here next winter to aid their operations on the members. L'pon which the New York Evening Coat thus speaks - As surely as breaking tlie neck brings death, so surely will an exeessof revenue in tlie treasury beget corruption. We are glad that the Intelligencer sees the evil in such extent us it has stated it, and perceiving it, we hope that journal will join with us in demanding the antidote. The only one which the case admits, is to diminish the reve nue annually collected, to staunch the sources of this | overflow, which the Intelligencer finds so pernicious.— The rev nue laws must be taken to anew draught- the burdens borne by the people must be lightened; we must take off the duties from all articles which there is any convenience in admitting free, and ruluce them on all the remainder. That is the true remedy for the evil; who is prepared to apply it with a firm and un shrinking hand ? There is a considerable party here ready for this reform ; there is a large party tit the west; there is—at least, there was, and we hope t here is now a strong party at the South. We believe that weean very confidently say that, were the question now- opened, there would very soon be found at the South a stronger party in favor of a reduction of the Tariff of 184 G, than existed among us seven years since in favor of tlie reduction of that of 1842. Among Southern Democrats we imagine that there would lie heard scarcely a dissenting voice. Not but that they ful ly appreciate the great reform brought about bv Mr. folk’s administration. The ad valorem principle embo died in that bill will make the Tariff of ‘4O one of the most memorable acts ever placed upon our statute hooks. But the good work was only commenced b. Messrs. I’olk anil Walkcr. They did whai was proper to be done sever, years since. Were they now in the position which they then held, none, we believe, would be more anxious than tliey to take another step in the direction of free trade. We have spoken ol Southern Democrats. Hut we shall not be surprised to find the great body of the Whigs ol the South the advocates of a lower tariff, whenever -the question tomes up for discussion. Not a few- of them were formerly Nullifiers, and of course free trade men. They have no affection for the Tariff of'46, because it was a Democratic measure ; consequently feel no dispo sition to defend and maintain it. They will, probably enough, fall back upon their own principles, and aid any movement which promises to carry them out. Let not, then, the next Congress adjourn without an effort to stay the flood of corruption which threat ens destruction to the morals of the country, by lessening the revenues of the government. Diminish the supplies by lowering the people’s taxes. It is their money with which the treasury is overflowing. It is due to them that as less is needed, less should be collected, than they now pay. Months since we took our position ‘in favor of a reduction of the Tariff. The voters of the country, whose interests are at stake, should demand it of their representatives. —Mobile Register. The Custom-house Frauds at Sax Fkanvisc o. —Amongst the documents ordered to be printed by tlie Senate at its special session was the report of (lilbert Hodman, Esq., who was sent to San Fran cisco by Mr. Meredith as special agent to investi gate the frauds alleged to have been committed by the late collector, James Collier, Esq. This report discloses a series ot the most astounding violations of law in the fraudulent appropriations of the public money by the collector at San Francisco that hare ever been brought lo light. Front Mr. Rodman’s first letter, dated August loth, 1850, we are enabled to make the following statements: In mosr of the cases of seizures if French ves sels and their cargoes for alleged violations of the navigat o i act of 1817, the vessels had been restored in obedience to instructions from the department; but the cargoes had been sold, mostly at private sale, by Mr. Collier, prior to tlie reception of in structions lor the restoration of cargoes. The books ot Mr. Collier showed no account of these sales, and he failed to furnish any to Mr. Rodman, attaches to his report a sworn statement by J. IS. Euckei, from which it appears that he purchased from Herman 11. Green, the known agent in behalf of the collector, ad the seized and unclaimed goods and merchandise in the custody ufihe said codec tor as aforesaid, and that lie aftet wards joined with him in the purchase one Edward Byrne ; tlu-y were to get the goods at the lowest market price, anti the said Herman H Green teas to receive on-- third of the profits made on said giods ; that the said Byrne aftetwards bought out the in erest of said Green at eight thousand dollars in cash : that the amount paid by Ruckel and Byrne forthegoods was $21,0(30, ami lhat upon the sale of them they realized a profit of about $20,000. From all liic’h it appears that the collector, through his agent, Mr. Green, pocketed eight thousand dollars as his share of the speculation, jn addition to the $21,000 paid for the goods by Messrs. Ruckel and Byr-ie. These tacts are also verified by the siatetnnm of Mr. Byrne, which is also attached to Mr. Rodman’s rc poit. Mr. Byrne says that he knows that the pro ceeds of said goods, amounting to $21,000, “went into the use and possession of James Collier.”