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2 mts avfo Sm tired. I COLUMBUS, GEOKGII TUESDAY MORNING, SEPT. 20, 1853. FOR GOVERNOR: HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON, OF BALDWIN. FOR CONGRESS: Ist. DISTRICT JAIIES L. SEWARD. lid. DISTRICT A. H. COLQUITT. Hid. DISTRICT DAVID J. DAILEY. IVth. DISTRICT W. R W DENT. Vth. DISTRICT E. W. CHASTAIN. Vllth DISTRICT ..THOS. P. SAFFOLD. Vlllth DISTRICT J. J. JONES. MU SCCGEE COUNTY NOMINATIONS. FOR SENATE, JOSEPH STURGIS. FOR REPRESENTATIVES, ALEXANDER MeDOUGALD, MARTIN J. CRAWFORD. DEMOCRATIC MEETING. Maj. A. H. COLQUITT WILL ADDRESS HIS FELLOW-CITIZENS AT TEMPERANCE HALL, ON THIS (Tuesday) EVENING,2Oth inst. Address by the lion. 11. V. Johnson before the Wesleyan Female College, with particular reference to its nnscriptnrainess. We are indebted to R. A. S. Atkinson, Esq., for a copy of this celebrated Address, for which kindness he will please accept our sincere thanks. We have read it carefully, dispassionately and in quisitively. We have tried to discover its faults. We were astounded when a respectable editor, who had the honor of being one of the board of visitors to the College before whom this address was delivered, charged that it held forth unscriptural views upon some important subject. We repelled the charge by showing the high estimate which was placed upon the Address by men eminent for piety and learning, and now by proudly pointing to the Address itself published by the very board of which the said editor was a member for the enlightenment of the pious mothers and lovely daugh ters of Georgia. If Judge Johnson has uttered unscrip tural views, the Board of Trustees, composed of the very front rank men of the Methodist church in Georgia, in learning and piety, have become particeps critninis by issuing it to the world with the distinct endorsement, “that its general circulation will materially subserve the cause of Female Education.” With these preliminaries, we present to our readers the entire passage to which Mr. Knowles objects as un seriptural. Its elegance, purity and beauty, will make atonement for its length. THE RELATION OF WIFE AND MOTHER. The relation of wife and mother is the consequence of marriage, which is. at once, the foundation of the social state and the image of Heaven reflected to earth. Hence, its true nature and its resulting duties should constitute a leading feature in female education. Parents expect their daughters to marry : and the young ladies would plead guilty to the ‘soft impeachment,’ if I were to insin uate that they indulged the same expectation. But, if we were allowed to judge from observation, it must he admitted, that few parents and still fewer daughters seem to comprehend the true character and responsibilities of the conjugal bond. The highest notion of marriage that generally obtains, at the present day, is, that it is a con** tract between the-parties, professedly founded upon the consideration of mutual love, and solemnized by the Priest or Magistrate. Thus regarded, it is a mere personal un ion, formed to promote natural and temporal pleasures, rather than spiritual happiness and Heavenly bliss. Thus regarded, it contemplates the distinctions of sex, as foun ded alone in differences of physical organization, and therefore, that marriage, being only for the accommodation of such distinctions and their consequent dependencies, has reference only to the present 1 fe. Society and gov ernment treat it as a civil contract, and we fall far below its high claims, if, by dignifying it, as a religious institu tion, we simply mean that it is of Divine appointment.— True marriage exists prior toaml is independent of its public solemnization. The Hymeneal vow, the ceremony and tiic nuptial feast, are but the outward forms of an inward union. The distinctions of sex do not consist in differ ences of natural organization only, but they art. the re sults of real pre-existent distinctions of mind. They are spiritual as well as natural ; psychical as well as physical The body is but the form and incarnation of the spirit—- the body o: a man, that of a male, and the body of a wo man, that of a, female spirit. True marriage is the con junction of two such spirits, brought together by the at traction of that Heavenly affinity, “ which binds In union sweet according minds.” Such being the nature of true marriage, it is impossible for it to be a mere temporal transitory connection. Noth ing can dissolve it but a course of life by either party, which superinduces such a dissimilarity of moral state, as renders it impossible for them to be united in the spiritu al world. Death cannot destroy the sexuality of their spirits, nor the affinities that cemented their union. “How swilt the Heavenly course they run, Whose hearts, whose faith, whose hopes are one ! Age shall not cool the -acred fire, Nor shall the flame with death expire. But brighter burn in Heaven above, A Heaven of Joy because of love.” Viewed in this light, how exalted, how holy and how pure is marriage! Viewed in this light, there is beautv in its emblematic signification, of the union of our Lord with his Church. Viewed in this light, it is the well spring of unutterable happiness to the wedded pair, not only imparting delight to their employments and associa tions here, but furnishing a foretaste of celestial joys.— O ! if our children, especially our daughters, wa re edu cated to these exalted views of the conjugal relation, it Would soon transform the face of society. O ! how they would discard, with loathing and disgust, those selfish and sordid considerations which too often lead toils formation. That conjugal alliances are often induced by mere worldly policy, all must admit. It is a growing evil.— How frequently do we see the blooming bride led to the altar, under circumstances which negate the possibility of happiness ! Ambitious of rank or position in society, she links her destiny with the unmitigated worldling, who never lclt the holy tenderness of love, and whose habits, pursuits, arid aims unfit him for the delights and endearments of domestic life. The prodigal of a thou sand moral obliquities, if he is dashing, handsome, and rich, or the middle aged gent! man, if he has rank or po litical distinction, even without desert, or the miser, whose he irtis just as hard and as small as a silver dollar, wins bis way to the citadel of woman’s affections, more gallant ly, than the virtuous, if obscure, or meritorious, if poor Irrespective of similarity of age aud congeniality of tastes and sentiments, she consents to bo his bride and thus becomes the victim of his vices, or the cowed slave of his oppression. The maxim is, “ Quarenda peeunia primum Virtue pod nvmmoß , “ Hor. “Get money, money still, And then let virtue follow if she will.”—Pope. There are two ideas in this splendid passage which are above the range of common thought and are there fore pronounced unscriptural. The one is the philo sophical deduction from the differences of physical de velopment ouservable in the male and female formations, that “the distinctions of sex do not%insist in differences of natural organization only, but they are the results of real pro existent distinct ons of mind.” True, this doctrine is not taught in scripture, but it is not there fore unsetiptural. It was this foolish dogma, that whatever was not taught in scripture, was linscriptural, which induced the church of Romo to deny that the earth revolved around the sun, and thus drew upon its councils the derision of all philosophers. Os the posi tion of Judge Johnson we have no question. We know that the character of the spirit of a man is indelibly stamped upon bis features. Harsh features accompany harsh tempers : smooth and regularly rounded features are the sure index of a sweet disposition *, and so uni form is this rule, that Clavorhouse. Duke of Dundee, is a wonder as well in the pages of history as in those of fiction. Upon the same principle, and upon no other, can we explain the phenomenon that we always find in the female form gentle f.nd feminine tastes and quali ties. A masculine spirit, in the form of woman is a monstrosity shocking to good taste and the order of nature. Strip Judge Johnson’s idea of its ornate and metaphoric adornment, and it is simply the announce ment of the familiar truism, that the spirit of woman is gentle, sympathetic and charitable ; while that of man is bold, hard and selfish. The one is the spirit of wo man, the other is the spirit of man. The sex of the one spirit is f m ile, while that of the other is male. The i ther idea in the passage, which is alike origi nal and beautiful, is that “true marriage is the con junction of two such spirits, brought together by the at traction of that Heavenly affinity,” “ which binds In union sweet according minds,” and that “death cannot destroy the sexuality of their spirits, nor the affinities that cemented their union.” True, Christ teaches (Mat. 2*2, 30.) that “in the res urrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in Heaven.” Judge Johnson does not hold au opposite doctrine. He does, however, hold that the holy affinities which are formed on earth are perpetuated in Heaven, unless a “dissimi larity of moral state renders it imposible for them to bo united in the spiritual world,” a doctrine in accordance with the holiest yearnings of humanity and palpably taught by Christ in the parable of Dives and Lazarus The rich man implored Lazarus, whom he had fed, and uot another, to cool his tongue, and Abraham, by the endearing epithet of “sun,” recognises his earthly re lation to the outcast. And shall these distant earthly associations be recollected in the spiritual world, and the divine union by which “twain are made one flesh’’ be forgotten ? Shame on such a philosophy ! which would rob Heav cn of half its glories and divest marriage of its divinest attributes. No, no, it cannot be true. The widowed heart would break under the blow which severs the marriage tie, were it not for the di vine hope that the disembodied spirit of the loved and lost hovered above our pathway to the tomb, and will again meet us at the portal ot death and bear us upon its golden wings to the “house not made with hands eternal in the Heavens.” We are Astonished that any one should believe that in the spiritual world, the nice and beautiful distinctions of male and female spirits are obliterated, and that the varieties of character which they superinduce, and which lend so fascinating a charm to earthly associations, are all merged in the dead levt-1 of uniformity and veri similitude in that undiscovered country where every source of enjoyment here is infinitely enlarged, and where the Bible expressly teaches that there are angels and arch-angels, and principalities and powers Whether our readers will agree with Judge Johnson in these truly beautiful and original ideas we know not. They will, however, find by reference to his Address, that the Book of Books is the source of his inspiration and his chief reliance in every system of education. He sayß : * * * “Whatever books may be omitted, in fe male education, there is one that cannot be; whatever ought to be studied, there is one that must be ; and that book is the Bible. It describes and enforces every duty,: it mirrors forth every gradation of character ; it sounds every depth of being; it scales the hieghta of immortality ; it spans the infinitude of endless duration : it unfolds every sanction of eternal retribution. “Most wondrous book ! bright candle of the Lord ! Star of eternity ! the onlv star By which the >ark of man can navigate The sea of hi'*-, and gain the coast of bliss Securely : only . iar which shines on time, And, on dn;k and troubled billows, still, As generation drifting swiftly by Succeeds generations, doth throw a ray Os Heaven’s own light, and to the hills of God, The eternal hills, doth point the sinner’s eye. This book, this holy book’s on every line, Marked with the seal of high divinity, On every leaf’s bedewed with drops of love Divine, and with eternal heraldry And signature of God Almighty stamped From first to last.” We have occupied so much space in the discussion of these truly original and touching points of faith, that we have no room for further remark upon the Address. It is alike creditable to his head and heart, and indeli bly stamps him as a finished scholar, a true gentleman, and an humble and sincere Christian. Ilis perception of the true position and real duties of woman is so vivid, his picture of home life, where woman fills her right place, is so beautiful, his appreciation of female excellence so just, that we are led to the conclusion that he moves in a family circle adorned by a true wo man, whose mind is stored with all useful knowledge, whose heart is filled with generous impulses, and whose hands are active in every noble charity. We commend the Address to every father and mother in Georgia. They may uot like Judge Johnson’s politics, but they will be charmed and benefited by his luminous Address on Female Education. -ion. James Johnson. Our neighbor of the Times and Sentinel has been ran sacking the journals ot Congress and detailing the acts of our late Representative as a member of that body. ’This is legitimate and proper, and we hope the investigation will be pursued, and the result duly chronicled, in order that the voters of the district may learn, even from the opponents of Mr. Johnson, that he was faithful, able and honest in all that concerned the interests of his country or his immediate constituents. He tears no such scrutiny, and his friends are ready to meet it. We find the above extract in the last issue of the Columbus Enquirer. Though our labors are appre ciated by the Enquirer , it is somewhat singular that the record with which it professes to be so much pleas ed is not transferred to its columns. No doubt but that the contrast between the high claims of the Hon. James Johnson, as made in the Enquirer, and the mea gre record of his services, as detailed in our columns, was too striking even for its hardened effrontery. We proceed to “pursue tho investigation.” The Enquirer exultingly asks : Did .Mr. Johnson do an act or give a vote, duriug his re cent service in Congress, which compromited the interests of his country or his constituents ? Did lie leave undone any thing in his power to accomplish, which a due regard to the honor of his State and the rights of his district required at his hands ? Did iie neglect the business of any single indi vidual, however high or low, that was entrusted to his management ? Bring up the record, and answer. We answer—The resolutions adopted by the conven tion of “Republican citizens,” which recently assembled in Milledgeville, asserted that “we consider the rights of the Southern States as in.great and imminent danger * * by any political party, whatever may be its name, which recognises abolitionists and freesoilers as worthy of public honors and public emoluments,” and the strong point made by Mr. Johnson against the Democratic party is, that their President lias appointed abolitionists and freesoilers to office. Now it is conceded on all hands that freesoilers filled many, if not the larger portion, of the important offices of the Government during Mr. Fillmore’s administration. The rights of the Southern States were, therefore, in great and imminent danger during the whole of Mr. James Johnson’s term in Congress. We charged in our last issue, and now repeat the charge, that the Honorable member never so much as alluded to this subject during his whole term—that he maintained a studied silence on the subject, and in that “left undone” something “in his power to accomplish which a due regard to the hon or of his State and the rights of his district required at his hands.” “The lights of his section in great and im minent danger!” Could he not denounce the adminis tration which had had it in peril ? Or, if his sympathies for the Whig President and the whig party were too strong for this bold measure, could he not have warned his constituents on the floor of Congress of the ruin which was impending over them ? Or, if he was afraid of making that “once illustrious body the laughing stock of enlightened statesmen all over the civilized world” by “always speaking,” could be not have written to his constituents through the columns of the Enquirer , and thus at least have notified them of their danger ? We specifically charge that lie did neither of these things, and thereby showed himself unworthy of the trust reposed in him. \\ ill the Enquirer relieve its pet from this damning proof of his delinquency? But this is not the only instance in which the Hon orable gentleman “left undone those things which he ought to have done.” It is known to the public that the last week of the session is the most important of them all. More bills are usually passed during this short period than during 1 the whole session besides. Immense appropriations are ! then made of lauds and money ; and fraud and cor- j ruption then stalk openly through the Halls of Congress, and, taking advantage of the confusion incident to the breaking up of Congress, accomplish tlieir bad designs. Os all other weeks this is the week when Southern Representatives are most needed in their seats. Now will it not strike our readers with surprise to learn, after the triumphant boasts of the Enquirer , that its exemplary candidate, who ‘‘did not neglect the busi ness of any single individual” during his whole term, was iu Columbus, Ga. at this time, and when expostu lated with by a good Democrat, replied, “the Democ racy are responsible—they have the majority V’ Well, so bo it, and let the people then send a Democrat to j Congress to take his place and share the responsibility, j These are sins of omission. We now come to sins of commission, and begin with his support of Bennett’s Land Bill —a schema of public plunder unexampled in the records of Legislation. But the subject is too im portant to be lugged in at tho end of a long article. We reserve its consideration fora separate article, in which we expect to show that the Hon. James Johnson gave hi support to a measure whose direct tendency was t > undermine State Rights by making them the beneficiaries of Federal bounty, and commit the Govern ment to the most stupendous scheme of internal im provement ever proposed to the country, and before which the Pacific Rail Road scheme dwindles down into utter insignificance. Does the Enquirer still hope “the investigation will be pursued ?” A Conservative gun spiked—. John A. Dix’s Letter. In all the assaults of the Conservative press of Geor gia upon President Pit ice’s appointments, the name of John A. Dix, of New York, has always occupied the front rank. lie was, they said, an abolitionist—a free toiler—an enemy of the South—not only the South, but the Union, was endangered by the appointment of such a traitor to office. Indeed,bis appointment drove Mr. Toombs into opposition to the administration, and was, we verily believe, the pretext for organizing the Conservative party in Georgia. His ability was not de nied : his integrity was not impeached ; his fitness for the office he filled was not questioned. Ilia damning sin was that he was an abolitionist. Under these cir cumstances Dr. Garvin, of Augusta, Ga., addressed him a letter, and below we give his reply. New York, Aug. 31st, 1853. Dr. I. P. Garvin—Dear Sir: I have just received your favor of the *26th inst., stating that I am represented by Whig presses and itinerant orators in Georgia as an Abolition ist, &c., and 1 thank you for the opportunity you have af forded me of saying, in reply : Ist. That I am not, and never have been an Abolitionist, in any sense of that term. On the contrary, I have been an open and uniform opponent of all abolition movements in tins State, and elsewhere, since thty commenced in 1835, to the present time. White in the Senate of the United States, I opposed the extension of slavery to free Territory— a question entirely distinct from interference w ith slavery ! where it already exists. In the latter case. I have steadily opposed all external interference with it. *2d. That 1 have on all occasions, public and private, since the Fugitive Slave Law passed, declared myself in favor of carrying it into execution in good faith, like every other law of the land. 3d. That I was in favor of the union of the Democracy of this State, which was consummated in 1850, continued in 1851 on the basis of the Compromise Measures, and in j 1852 on the basis of the Baltimore Platform. 4th. That i have, since tin* Baltimore Convention, in June, 1852, repeatedly given my public assent to its pro ceedings and acquiesced in its declarations, as an adjust ment of disturbing questions, by which 1 was willing to abide. On these points, l may write you more fully in a few days; and in the meantime you are at liberty to use this brief reply to your note, as you may think proper. I am, dear sir, very respectfully, yours, JOHN A. DIX. It is only necessary to add that Mr. Dix voted for the admission of Texas into the Union, and thereby gave his assent to the extension of the slave power in the Union over a scope of country nearly as large as one third of tlm slaveholding States, to show that he is in finitely more favorable to the South than Daniel Web ster, the Conservative candidate for President of the United States. If, therefore, Mr. Pierce has put the | Union in danger and jeoparded the highest interests of j the South by the appointment of Dix to office, and there by forfeited the confidence of the Southern people, i much more guilty of these damning sins are -Jenkins j and Toombs, who voted for Daniel Webster for Presi dent, and would, if they had the power, have appointed him to the highest office iu the gift of the American people. Daniel Webster opposed the annexation of Texas simply because it was a slaveholding State, and it was his boast, even to the hour of his death, that he never bad and never would consent to the addition of one inch of slaveholding territory to the United States, j We are very anxious to hear further from John A- Dix. We have the best reasons for believing that he occupies the ground that Congress has no power to in- | terfere with slavery in the territories ; that that is a ! question to be determined by the people who inhabit the j territory. The proof now furnished conclusively proves that he is not only not an abolitionist, but that he is not even a ! lreesoiler. The existence of slavery in a country is no j objection to its admission into the Union with him. lie j lias voted for the admission of such a territory into the ! Union. He is, therefore, a slavery propagandist. He I has aided in extending slave territory and slave power ! in the Union. T We take it upon ourselves further to assert, that there ! is not a whig north of Mason and Dixon’s line who j has as clean a record on the subject of slavery as John ! A. Dix. We defy the Conservative press to point out the man. They cannot find him. What then will the people think of the sin cerity of the Conservative party? Will they not join with us in denouncing them as an unprincipled faction, j resolved on personal aggrandizement, utterly reck- ! less as to the means they use to accomplish their pur- ; poses, abandon them to their fate, and stand by the Democracy and the country ? The Savannah Republican Answered. The Savannah Republican , in its notice of the extract j from the Washington Union , to which we called its at tention last week, very complacently alludes to the j controversy which grew out of its unfounded assertion ; that we had apologised for the appointment of Aboli- j tionista to office, and untruly asserts that a “repetition j of the facts” “silenced the battery of the Times for full J one month.” Well, we have no disposition to disturb the Rcpub - ; lican in its good opinion of its own editorials. We will j not even say what our own opinion is upon the merits j of the controversy —we prefer to leave that decision j to the public—and we are only surprised that gentle manly reserve did not induce the Republican to pur sue the same course. But de gustibus non disputandis. If the Republican is not offended with its own egotism, we are sure we have no disposition to be querulous upon the subject. We allude to this subject to correct a misstatement of facts into which we presume the Republican has in- I advertently fallen. It says : “This silenced the batte- i ry of the Times ($* Sentinel) for full one month.” ! Now this is not true. We replied to the article of the j Republican by a leader of some length, in which we showed, at least to our own satisfaction, that the charge of the Republican was untrue, and the Republican's j guns were silenced and not ours. We certainly fired j the last shot, and supposed we were masters of the field until this report of small arms reached our ears, more j than a month after the battle was ended. We are very sorry to be tinder the necessity of cor recting the Republican's facts whenever we are involv ed in a controversy with it. We must conclude that i either it is a most careless observer, or has a shocking j bad memory, or is, as the Georgian charges, unscru pulous We will accept either of the first explanations ; before we will receive the last. The Republican asks us to “point out the applica- i tion” of lue strong language of the Union to it. Why, my dear sir, you republished the charges j which the Union denounces as false; and as we said i before, “if our memory does not fail us, with commen datory comments.” But even the republication of j charges which you must have known were false in- ! eludes you in the guilt of the original author of them. ’ If you read the Union at all, you must have known j that it shows no quarter to Abolitionists and Abolition- \ ism, and is sedulously occupied in repelling charges of a similar sort which a reckless press hurls against the j Administration—nay, more—that it has recently de- j uounciu two leading Northern journals as Abolition I journals, and for that cause alone ostracised them from ! the fellowship of the Democracy. How then could j you give currency to baseless charges which you knew, i 1 or at least ought to have known, to be false, and not j feel your cheek tingle with shame when the charges | were denounced us false, and the brand of falsehood stamped with a hot iron upon the brows of the base men who originated them ? We had no disposition to make the application of the Union's denunciation to the Savannah Republican; but when we are tauntingly asked to do so, our cour tesy so far triumphs over our good nature as to induce us reluctantly to comply with the request. We hope the Republican is answered. P. S. Tins article was prepared several days ago, but was excluded by a press of more important matter. i Macon County Nominations.— The Democracy have • nominated Win. B. Hill for the Senate, and Judge Osburu Wiggins for the House of Representatives. Bibb County* Nominations.—The Democracy of the Banner county have nominated Janies Dean for the Senate, and Dr. H. K. Green and Stephen Slooumb for the House of Representatives. M,tj. A. H. Colquitt and the Field of Bueua Vista. In announcing the nomination of Maj. A. H. Col quitt as the standard bearer of the Democracy in the second Congressional District, we said among other things, that “he had borne arm?’ in de euse of his coun t y, and gained an enviable reputation for gallantry, at Buena Visui, in the staff’ of Geo mi fayiuiv’ Such conduct as he exhibited on that victorious field, j we regarded as meritorious, and were proud to give j publicity to it; nor dreamed that even party malignity ! would dare to pluck a leaf from the crown which adorn- i ed the brow of the patriotic brave. In this, however, j we were sadly disappointed. Men have been found i iu Georgia, malignant enough to attempt to rob him of his well earned fame, and to cast ridicule upon his j military services. In the Columbus Enquirer , of the j 12th July, ibo3, we find the following paragraph : “More Money than Blood. “Will our neighbor tell us how many miles Mr. Col-i quitt * * ever marched on loot with a ‘musket on his | shoulder during his term of service in the Mexican war ’ * j * * * * He may have been in hearing, or perhaps in \ sight, of a portion of that battle: but if he fired a gun, or drew , a sword, we never heard of it. We know that Pay masters , and deputy Pay masters get pretty good pay, * * * but they } don't belong to the fighting department of the army. They ! handle the money, not the musket. They draw more dollars | than drops of blood. We do not say that Maj. Colquitt; would not tight, if it were necessary ; we only say that as ! deputy Pay-master, he was not expected to fight, it was j not his vocation. He was not sent to Mexico to fight, and [ he didn't fight.” And again in the Columbus Enquirer , of July 19th, | 1853, we find tho following paragraph : “If he, (Maj. Colquitt,) was at Buena Vista, and the j Americans were so lew as * Democrat’ represents them, he : should have shouldered his musket, and stood by tho side of j the little band ol struggling patriots.” Our readers will see that the charge is insinuated I in these extracts, that Maj. Colquitt was never on the ! field of Buena Vista. “Ho may,” says this rockless j writer, “have been in hearing , or perhaps in sight, of a i I portion of that battle.” And again it is charged that i “he was not sent to Mexico to fight, and he didn't fight.” J j Wo have in our possession the most irrefrsgible evi- | j dence that the insinuation is false, and that the charge j is false ; and that Maj. Colquitt Was not only upon the field of Buena Vista, but was “actively engaged in peri lous positions, and always bearing hirnseif as well be came an American.” It is proper to add, that Maj. Colquitt has never res ted hiß claims to the suffrages of his fellow citizens upon his conduct in Mexico. Ilis services at Buena Vista have never been alluded to by him in this connection. ] He stands upon the platform of Democracy, and with its j saored banner in his hands and fluttering over his head, ; inscribed with its saered, time honored and completely ! victorious principles,be but leads the embattled hosts who j gather under it to battle and to victory. If his nr des j ty, however, makes him underrate his military services, j | it is no reason why his friends should be unmindful of ! j them. Though in the sneering language of tho En- ; j quircr, “he didn’t belong to the fighting department of I j the slimy, ’’ he joined that department when fighting! j was to be doue; though “he was not sent to Mexico to j ! fight,” he did fight, and shared the perils and will share i I the honors of Buena Vista, unless the American pen - j pie have lost the heroic spirit of their fathers and are j recreant to the memories of the men of tho Revolution, j The following letters we are allowed to publish in j vindication of the truth of our statements, and in refu tation of charges as malignant as they are unfounded, which have been circulated not only in this District, but throughout the State, through the columns as well j of the Enquirer , as of the Chronicle <J- Sentinel. | Letter from Maj. Gen. John E. Wool, U. S. A. Head Quarters, Eastern Division. ) Trov. lOtli September, 1853. ) | My Dear Sir ;—ln reply to your inquiries, just re ceived, relating to the conduct of your gallant sen, Maj. ! A. H. Colquitt, Paymaster U. S. army, in the battle of ! Buena Vista. it a fiords me great pleasure to be enabled ! j to say that I saw him in the battle field and in the midst j of those trying scenes which never fail to make and un j make men, gallantly sustaining the honor and glory of j our common country. If my memory serves me correct j ly. 1 believe he joined me at a most trying inomen •, when j 1 availed jpyself of bis services to rally those who were ! rI W : 2? away from the post of danger. His gallantry conspicuous with those who, like himseli, j | were volunteer ai-ls lor the time being. Why ife wan not reported by General Taylor with other officers of his staff lam unable to say. 1 presume the omission of his name was accidental. Had he belonged to my staff', I should have placed bis name among those whom l re i ported for their gallant deeds and martial bearing. With considerations of the highest respect, 1 have the j j honor to be, Your Obt. Servt. JOHN E. WOOL,* U. S. A. j | To the lion. W. T. Colquitt, Georgia. Letter from Col. Jefferson Davis. Washington, Sept. 11th, 1853. : My Dear Sir :—ln reply to your inquiry, it gives me ! pleasure to state that during the battle of Buena Vista, I saw you several times actively engaged in perilous posi j lions, and always bearing yourself as well became ari | American. Without having been informed in what ea i pacity you were acting it was quite apparent to me that; ; vour duties were th. se of a staff officer bearing the or- \ j dors of a General, and I was subsequently informed you ; ! were employed as an aid de Camp of the Commander, ; j Gen. Taybr. V our official duties did not require you to j ( be upon the field, and no other promptings than those of I j gallantry and patriotism could have summoned you there, i j This position so creditable to yourself accounts for the ; ‘ accidental omission of your name in the official report, of ! i which 1 had not been until now advised. ! lam truly sorry to learn that the zeal of partisan con- j ; flict could render any one willing to rob you of the fame I :of youi honorable service upon that memorable field.— j i That fame belongs not to yourself alone, but to your i 1 country also, and especially to the State of Georgia, so I well represented in your person. Permit me to express | the hope which, as the sou of a Georgian, I have a right i I to entertain that her people will not fail to rebuke so unbe- I coming an attempt by the means which they know so well ! ! how to employ. Very respectfully, and truly your friend, JEFFERSON DAVIS.f I j Maj. A. H. Colquitt, Columbus Georgia. i Letter from J. H. Eaton, Brcvt. Lt. Col. U. S. A. ‘ New Y'ork City, Sept. 10. Dear Sir : —ln answer to your request for a statement j , of your position and services at the Battle of Buena Vis- j ! ta, I hasten to reply, that as an officer of the Army and ! i an additional Paymaster, you served under General ‘ j Taylor, and was unquestionably employed (though not | | by special appointment) in the capacity of a Staff’ Officer i ! to convey his orders on the field, as was the case with j j every Officer of the Staff', regular and volunteer, attach- ! j ed to his command. j Asa further evidence to your opponents I quote as fol | lows from Major Carleton's, Ist Dragoons, History of the j i battle of Buena Vista, well known as a remarkably well i written and faithful statement of the occurrences of the ; 2‘2d and 23d days of February, 1847, viz.: “Major Dix, Major Coffee and Major Colquitt , of tho ! Pay-department, and Extra aids to the commanding j General, were in a high degree conspicuous for their in° j trepiditv.” Page 140. i In Col. Gardner’s late work “A Register of the Offi ; cersof the Army,” your name is found chronicled as fol i lows nearly. Major A. 11. Colquitt , appointed additional Pay-masb j ter Mexican war, June 1846, Extra ai4-de-Camp to Maj. I Gen’l Taylor in the batrie of Buena Vista : Trusting that what I have thus written will convince j and silence the most skeptical and hostile of your nppo* i ; nents and that iu your political wishes you may be victo rious, 1 remain very truly, Your Obedient Servant, J. 11. EATON,4 B. Lt. Col. U. S. A. Maj. A. n. Colquitt, Columoue, Georgia. ; * Genl Wool was second in command at Buena Vista. t Cel. Davis was Colonel of the gallant Mississippi I Regiment, which turned the tide of battle. ; t Col. Eaton was aid to General Taylor. The Conservative Ticket in Muscogee. The Enquirer boasts that the ticket has not been se- j lected to represent the various phases of its party. We concur with it in the opinion. But will it please \ inform us which phase it does represent? the Soott i phase or the Webster phase ? the whig phase or the j Conservaiive phase ? the Union saving phase or the j South saving phase ? It is very evident, that if only one of these phases is represented, it will “come tear- j ing out behind !” The Enquirer spells the word “plases ;” and if by j that it means places , we entirely agree with it in the j assertion, that they represent but one place r and that one is the place beaten men generally occupy—the one out of office. We acknowledge we were proven an untrue prophet in the Abercrombie race. We predicted upon the in formation of others. We greatly desire to regain our credit in this line, and therefore take this occasion to put our skill to the test by predicting that Sturgis will beat Wnlea 100 votes. Stick a pin ther* Anew County-->li.srepreseiitation Corrected. j We are informed that Messrs. Wales, Thornton anti Wooldridge, the candidates of the Conservative party i us Muscogee for the Legislature, are pledged to the ad : vocacy of a bill, if elected, to erect anew county out of portions of Muscogee, Stewart and Marion counties; and that an effort is being made to injure Messrs. Stur | gis, McDougald and Crawford, the nominees of tho i Democracy, by representing them as the opponents of ! the measure. We are happy to have it in our power to correct this misrepresentation. Messrs. Sturgis, Me | Dougald and Crawford will give their cordial support to the application of their fellow citizens for the forma • tion of anew county. We refer our readers, to the fol lowing card. A CARD. | To correct misrepresentation the undersigned Candidates j I for Senator and Representatives of Muscogee county, take ! J this method of saying to the voters, that in the event of our j i election, we will give our cordial support to the application I i to be made at the approaching session ot the Legislature I ! by portion of the citizens of Muscogee. Marion and Stow- i art counties tor the formation of anew county upon the ! basis of the application. We have thought it necessary to ! do this inasmuch as some of the friends of the opposing | candidates, Messrs. Wales, Thornton and Wooldridge, j who profess to be friendly and are pledged to advocate this I measure, have represented ns to be otherwise. JOSEPH STURGIS, ALEX. MeDOUGALD, I | Sept 19, 1853. M. J. CRAWFORD. ill ass Meeting at Kingston. The Mass meeting at Kingston, we learn, was not ! as large a9 was anticipated, owing to the very heavy ! rain which fell on the day. Still there was a large as semblage of the Cherokee Democracy in attendance, 1 and the very best feeding prevailed. Messrs. 11. V. ’ Johnson, McDonald, Cobb, Chappell, Wellborn and | many other distinguished Democrats were preseut 1 i and addressed the assemblage in able, eloquent and \ , | -.effective speeches. It i3 thought that 11. V. Johnson ! J ®vill cross the Chattahoochee with a majority of 5,000 j j votes, which the patriotic freemen of the balance of i ! the State will take care to increase. Heavy Rain—The Crops—The Mai,K | On Friday and Saturday, 9th and lOtli inst., we were ! i visited by a heavy and continuous rain. The river j j rose rapidly, and on Sunday was nearly as high as it j ’ was in the spring when the Factory basin was destrov ! ed. We are pleased to see that the new works put i I up by Mr. Wm. Brooks have stood firm. No damage ) j has been done by the freshet in this city. The crops j must suffer considerably by the high wind which ao | companied the rain. One half the cotton crop was j open, it is estimated, and in the fields. Since. Monday i the mails have entirely failed beyond Macon, Ga. and j Montgomery, Ala. This will account for the scarcity ! I of news in our columns to-day. We understand that j ! the Central Rail Road is badly injured in two or more j | places. We hear of no damage to the Muscogee Road, j Charles J. Jenkins not upon the Georgia Platform. ■ j * There is in our eyes no particular merit in standing j j upon the Georgia Platform. We have always believ< and 1 that it was a rickety concern, and would break down , whenever it became necessary to rally the South upon it. We occupy higher ground, as do the great body of ; the Southern Democracy. Still wo can but regard him i as an unsafe politician who occupies a lower position than the Georgia Platform. Now, though it F raid that Mr. Jenkins built the Georgia Platform, there is j the strongest evidence that he is not and cannot net on : it. We find the following paragraph in the Constitu - i tionalist 4’ Republic : The fourth resolution was so worded in Committee as ! t<* embrace abolition of slavery in the District of Colum | bid hy Congress an among i he causes which would justi., j fv ‘■'disruption.” Mr Jenkins strenuously opposed, in Committee, the incorporation of this contingency among these causes He contended that Congress had the consti tutional power to abolish slavery in the District, and would probably, sooner or later, exercise it, and objected to the ! State being committed to resistance, even to disruption, for any such cause. He urns overruled , and the fourth , resolution, with this contingency embraced in it, was re . ported by the Committee. If, therefore, Mr. Jenkins believes that Congress has the Constitutional power to abolish slavery in the I)is- ! trict of Columbia, ho cannot resist the exercise of this pow -1 er; as an honest man, he must oppose resistance ; ivt there- j, fore insist that tho people of Georgia cannot consistent- | lv invest him with the office of Governor. If Mr. j Toombs’ predictions are true, the South will very soon j be called on to resist the encroachments of Federal usur- 1 patios. Georgia is placed in the van in this hazardous j | enterprise by the Georgia Platform. We must have u ; j firm man in the executive chair in such a crisis. The i State of Georgia must not be baulked in her high re ! j solves by the doubts and scruples of her Governor, j Mr. Jenkins is clearly unfitted for the high position, i i 11. V. Johnson is the man. He has nerve, lie is firm, I ! he is troubled by no Constitutional doubts. He ae- j j knowledges primary allegiance to Georgia, and whatev ! er her gallant people may resolve upon as tho safest j j and best, he will carry out at all hazards. He is clear | ly the man for the crisis. Murders at the South. : Francis King, while in a state of furious intoxication, | killed his sister-in-law at New Orleans on the 12th inst. : . j On the 23d ult., Jno. G. Pascal was killed in Arkan- I sas, by Wm. V. Wilson, and bis body thrown into | River. Wilson was arrested and lodged in jail at Lew - | • ishurg, where he was shot on the night of the 26th ult. I Some weeks since, a large box was placed on board ! | the Bayou Sara packet at New Orleans, and the boat ; | had hardly got under way, when a horrible stench eaus- ; j ed it to bo opened, when a man’s body was found en- j I closed. No clue has yet been obtained to identify the \ j corpse or the murderer. ■ On the sth inst., in Memphis, a man named J. M. | Marks was shot by Meredith Yates, while attempting to force his way into a house of ill-fame, and was in j stantly killed. Yates has surrendered himself to the I officers of the law. | The Missouri River has opened for itself anew I outlet into the Mississippi. On Saturday week it suc ceeded in cutting anew mouth, or debouch, into the j Mississippi, across the point of land lying about half a ; mile above where it has run of late years. It now | strikes the Mississippi in a direction which is likely to j prevent the washing of the Illinois or eastern shores to j any injurious extent. At the last accounts two steam ers had passed through the new chute, and this may now be i garbed as the main channel of the Missouri. Terrible Accident upon the Gentral Railroad. An unfortunate man, by the name of Donohoe, came to his death on the Central Railroad, on last Saturdav night, under the following painful circumstances : In consequence of the late heavy rains, one of the abut ments of the Bridge, crossing Walnut Creek, had be come very insecure, and at the first pressure of tho engine, sunk from eight to ten inches. The engine be ing thus thrown off’ the track, drew the train along the timbers of the bridge, several of which penetrated the cars, and one of them crushed Donohoe in a most hor rible manner. His hips, thighs and spine, were aw- I fully mangled—so terribly, that though he survived the accident about two hours, ho is said to have experienced | little if any pain. The unfortunate man was an Irish man by birth, and was on his road to Macon, for the | purpose of taking the place of head waiter at the Lanier House. He was buried iu this city on Sunday after noon with the ceremonies of the Roman Catholic Church. [Georgia Telegraph, Sept. 13. Letters Opened at Havana. —lt is stated that official letters,addressed to Mr. Clayton, U. S. Consul at Hn vana, and to Col Robertson, Vice Consul, from the j State Department at Washington, have recently been detained in the Spanish Post office at Havana, and there ; cut open for examination before they were delivered. They were in this condition when received by Messrs. ’ Clayton and Robertson, and the letters addressed to | commercial houses were cut open and examined too. New Music School.—Wc are pleased to learn that j Prof. Vanderberg, late of Savannah, Ga., has determiu- ! ed to remove to this city, and will open a music school | ! here early in October, Prof. V. conics to us highly j recommended as a marilbf high character and a thorough master of his profession. We commend him to the favorable consideration of the community. New Firm.—We respectfully call the attention our renders to the advertisement of Messrs. Brooks o, ! Chapman, Druggists. They are young gentlemen wel I known and highly appreciated in this community, and have a large experience in tho business. N ew Books and New Music,—Messrs. Pease ,Y Trttax advertise iu to-day’s paper several interesting books, i and have on hand a large assortment of new and sash- j ionable music ; and the lovers of song will find at their ! store a Piano Forte, of a tone and finish so excellent that none but the most ivory lingers and swc-est pieces are I worth',’ of it. Call aril see .t. ■, ‘ | Aid to New Orleans and Mobile.—The City ; Council of Columbus have appropriated SSOO for the j relief of the sufferers in New Orleans. T!ie City Council of Macon have appropriated SSOO j for the same purpose ; and the citizens have raised ; the sum of SS74 50 by private subscription. SSOO of j which will be to Mobile. {CORRESPONDENCE OF THE TIMES AND SENTINEL .j \ Mobile, Sept. 8, 1853. j Since my last letter, the epidemic has made alarming j progress. The deaths for the first week of tne present I ! month, ending yesterday, are2ll, oi which 196 are report ’ ed yellow fever. This is a terrible mortality, considering ; I the population of the city, diminished as it is, by the great •; number of citizens who have been attracted to tho North by j the unusual attractions of the Crystal Palace, &c., and the ; greater number who have fled the city on the appearance ; of the dreaded yellow jacket. The “Battle House,” the | fine new hotel opened for the first time last fall, has been • { closed, on account of the impossibility of getting the ne- I cessary aid of clerks and servants to keep it open. The ser- ; vanta of the house, numbering an hundred, were brought J out from the North last season, were unaccfimated.and the • fever has made dreadful havoc among them. H. Barney, Esq., for eighteen years a citizen ol Mobile, j fell a victim this. week. He was a son of Col. John Barney, i of Baltimore, a successful merchant, and a man of decided j and masculine character, i notice among the deaths of : the week, the name of Wm. 11. Talltnan, tor a time fore- | man of the Times office. I regret to see in the New Or leans papers a notice of the death of Mr. ’A in. G. Kim brough, cf Columbus. Every thing like business is suspended in this city. In- | ■ deed, there are few stores or counting rooms where suffi- : j cient force is left to transact business. A lady sent, a few \ i days since, to a dry good store tor some article, and there { I was no one to fill the order—the complement ot the estab- j j iishment in 12 clerks. In truth, the city is converted into a j vast hospital, and the great and only business is nursing j the sick and burying the dead. To the honor of human I I nature and of this people, this business is faithfully attended to. The “Carrt-Get-Away Club” and the “Samaritan” ! Society have each opened hospitals for the reception and j care or the indigent Bick. They have relief committees in | every ward, whose duty it is to seek out daily for sufferers j and place them under ihc care of these benignaut societies. . I The members ol these associations tend the sick personally, j sit up with them at night, furnish medical advice andmedi i cine, and bury the dead, and all at the cost of the societies. | These heroic charities save Mobile from the frightful scenes > which so often are exhibited in communities visited by pes \ tilence—where the well fly, and thesiek are left to die, of ten by blood relations. 1 have been compelled to suspend my business operations, i My overseer and Engineer have been obliged to leave their j posts to nurse their families, in one of which every member i was down and on ■ dead. My first watchman is dead, a I second discharged sick, and two white sawyers gone on ihc 1 same account. ! lam happy r.* peiceive dial the Epidemic, after having; swept away 7,000 persons in New Orleans, is abating. The daily deaths have been reduced to 50. It will probably | graaua.ly subside there, presided new material is not turn- ‘ | ished it in the arrival of strangers. The New Orleans pa- t pers have been discussing with great ingenuity ot specula- I j tion. a question on which science has cast scarcely a ray j ot light, to wit: the origin and communicability of yellow ! j lever. They all agree, 1 believe, that they know very little . about it, and each, writer winds up his theory with the ad- i mission that he is prepared to hear and weigh arguments j j against it. I cannot give in to the idea that it is contagious, 1 because I have never known the disease* to be taken from a ! place where it prevailed, into a pure atmosphere and there ! spread. For instance, it twenty persons were to carry with I them from New Orleans to the Meriwether hills,the seeds { of disease in tlieir systems, and they should exhibit them- ; selves in decided cases of yellow fever, I cannot be made j to believe that the lever would spread, among the popuia- ! tion of ti • o invigorating hills. I think, like the cholera, | j the causes of yellow fever must be local and atmospheric— j i with the difference that cholera is almost übiquitous, while | ! the fever is confined to low southern latitudes. F. j ) The Central Railroad.—We learn from the Jour - , j nal ij- Messenger that though this Road has been in ’ j operation over ten years, Donohoe is the first person i j who has ever been killed upon its cars. Incendiaries in Mobile.—The house of G. M. Par ker, on Claiborne St., was set on fire and consumed j i Saturday, 10th inst.; loss s3soo—lnsurance $2300. j i On Sunday, 1 Ith, an attempt was made to burn a i , house on the corner of Stone and Franklin Sts., but the | lire was fortunately discovered by a negro and extin- I guished. Progress of the Epidemic. Montgomery, Sept. 10. i Two cases arrived in the city dhvot from New Or- > pans, Aug. 12. Since then there have been 13 cneo, j i 9 ot which were from New Orleans, Mobile and Pensa- j j cola; the remaining 4 cases occurred in a family of i I Irish laborers near the river ; of the 15 eases G died, ! i 4 recovered and 5 are under treatment with fair pros- i i peels of recovery. September 12. j Two more eases were brought to the city from Mo- I J bile. No case lias originated in the city since the re- J I port of the lOtli, and no deaths have since occurred | | from tho fever. Mobile, —Wo refer our readers to the letter of our | j Mobile Correspondent for information in respect to the I j fever in this city. This beautiful c-ity is stricken ; and j | the deaths there are quite as numerous in proportion j ■ to population as New Orleans, and the destitution of the | poor is equally great, and appeals strongly to tho sym- i ! pathy of the humane. She is entitled to a share of the I i noble charities which art* pouring in upon New Or- i leans. We are glad to see that Montgomery has set a j ( noble example by sending to the destitute the sum of j $749 54. C. C. Langdon is the Mayor of the city, j j and will receive tho donations of the charitable. New Ok leans, Kept. 10. j | Tho fever has greatly abated in this city. Total j deaths for the lOtli were only 80, of which 61 were from : j yellow Cover. Philadelphia, Sept. 5. In the Whig City and County Convention this morn ing, one of the defeated candidates charged that three of the delegates from Spring Garden had been bribed j to vote for his opponent. A committee of investigation j was appointed, who reported this afternoon that the j delegates had received bribes from both candidates, | and had voted for the one paying the most. The dele- j gates were thereupon expelled almost unanimously. j Board of Health, / Montgomery, Sept. 35, 1853. ) J No case of yellow fever has been reported to the Board of Health since the cases from the Octavia on j Sunday last. No case has originated here within the last nine days. W. P. VanDkvekr, Secretary B. H. Yellow Fever in Mobile. Mobile. Sept. 11. \ Report of interments in the city of Mobile for the twenty-four hours ending G o'clock p.m. this day. Os yellow fever 28 j Os other diseases G Total 34 j Nobile, Sept. 13. | Report of interments in the city of Mobile for the j twenty-four hours ending G o’clock p. in. this day. J Yellow fever 25 ‘ Other diseases f* I Total j ;n j - Yellow Fever m Net’ Orleans. The deaths in New Orleans on Sunday, 11th, were j 68—43 from yellow fever. In the Charity Hospital for/the week ending Satur- ! day, there were 223 admissions. 127 discharges, and 72 deaths. By yellow fever 56. ( Earthquake at Biloxi. At about 5 o'clock on Sunday evening a violent shock of an earthquake was]felt at Biloxi. It came j rolling and rumbling on frail the east, shaking trees, houses, and every thing els* which happened to be in the vicinity of its subterranean course, and, at the same time, communicated a violent palpitation to the hearts of “elderly ladies of both setes.” It appears to have been more violent at Biloxi, than at any other of the | Lake shore watering places. Dobra flew open and | trembled as if shaken b y some spiritual agency ; plates and platters danced in thep* cupboards, and bottles ar.d | | decanters leaped from their hiding places, and waltzed i ; about tlie floors, occasionally knockrig against each other, • ! and mingling, without stint, tlieir spirituous contents. ; Some houses, even, rocked so tint it was feared that they would tumble over, and no ebubt they would have j done so, had uot the undergrounl railroad train passed 1 j on so suddenly that the danger wis over almost before ■it was known to exist. We vit for further details. [Trie Delia , Sept. 13. Late from Thibodanx. j We are indebted to the Assistant Pqstinaster for | copy of the following entry on Way Bill, whieh came j with the mail from Thibodaux: “Yellow Fever still raging; two hundred sick ; I seventy deaths up to this morning, the 9th. Hardly i enough of us well to take care of sick. ‘•II. W. X., Dep. P M.” Seventy deaths iu Thibodaux would be equal to ! eight thousand in New Orleans, and yet the fev er ! lias barely commenced there.— Delta. Rain. —For the last three days, we have had an a!- ; most uninterrupted fall of rain, and, according to our .. . i vices, the flood had extended very generally tbrou ! ■ ’ the State. From Atlanta to Macon, and from Macon Brunswick, we have positive information of frequent me, I heavy showers. The Central Road is reported to 1 aV e sustained serious damages, and'our Savannah and New York mails have suffered n dettnlion upon the route.— 1 The River at this place has experienced an unusual rise. I and great fears are entertained for the safety of eroi* j n ’ 1 this vicinity. Th* swamp lands are pretty genera.:! .’ over flowed, and we are told that the corn growing along fl lt ! Tobesof kee is ail under water. The sky is still threat ening, and unless we have a speedy interregnum not ‘■ only the corn crop, but th.- cotton crop, tiiso, may suffer serious detriment.— Gen. Tel. Sept. 13 th. ARRIVAL OF THE NIAGARA. New York. Sept. 14. The Niagara has arrived at Halifax. She reached I Liverpool on her last trip out, on the 28th, the Arctic on the 30th ult. The Niagara’s accounts are one day later than those received by the Franklin. By this last arrival, the news relates chiefly to the statu quo condition of the Eastern question. Oil the diet ult. the Liverpool Cotton market was ratnor firmer, the sales 7 or SOOO bales, show a eon ! siderable advance over the average sales of the three ! preceding days. The London money market was tighter, Consols were quoted at 97 3-4 a 7-8. Political.—Accounts from Constantinople of tho 19th ult., state that the Sultan had accepted the Vienua note without modification. The Snltan Will send an Ambassador to St. Petersburg when the Principalities are evacuated by the Russian forces. From Bucharest wo learn that tho Russians will 1 leave the Principalities in September, when the French and Knglish fleets will retire from Bretska Bay. Tiie Cholera. —The Cholera was spreading in the north of Europe. Great activity prevailed in the Odessa grain market, Liverpool Cotton Market.—The sales of cotton in j the Liverpool Cotton Market for the week ending the 31st inclusive, comprised 31,000 bales. The following were the quotations at the close of the week : Fair Or leans (i 7-Bd.; Middling Go.; Fair Upland 6 5-Sd ; Mid dling 5 1 -2d. The demand during the week was mode rate. Fair and lower Qualities declined most. Spevu i lators took 3.000 and exporters G.OOO. The stock of I cotton in the Liverpool ‘•market is 780,000 bales. Den | nesteun’s circular gives the following quotations : Fair Orleans fi 7-Bd.; Middling 6 1 Bd.; Fair Mobile and j Uplands 6 5 Bd.; Middling Mobile Gd.; Middling Up ! lands 5 7-Sd. Rice —There was a large business done in Rice at \ advancing rates. Sales of the week GOO tierces at 23 a |25 shillings. The Money market was falling. The bank of England had raised tho rate of interest to 4 per ; cent. | In the manufacturing districts business was generally I dull. Prices were lower in consequence of the increas | ed pressure on the money market. Latest from the East. —The Czar is likely to re ! ject the Sultan’s modification of the Vienna note. New York State Democratic Convention.—Ac counts from Syracuse state that tho Democratic Con vention of the State of New York, met at that place on the 3 3th, for the purpose of nominating a State ticket j for the coming elections, and soon broke up in a row. The Hunkers seceded, organized, and nominated ! a full ticket; passed a resolution complimentary to Sena j tor Dickinson, and adjourned sine die. The Soft Shells | held a convention and adjourned till Wednesday in or | der to give the Hunkers an opportunity to retrace their steps. Movement of the Fishing Squadron. Huston, Sept. 13. ! The Fishing Squadron will rendezvous to-day. The ; report which had been put in circulation relative to the capture of seven American fishing vessels is denied. § IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO. Movements of Santa Anna. ; FOUR STATES PRONOUNCED AGAINST HIM. The San Antonio Tcxian o! the 25th, contains the ! following important news from Mexico : The inhabitants of the entire country east of the Sier ra Mcaire are openly expressing their dissatisfaction with j the rule of Santa Ante. This tyrant of a President has | imposed a monthly tax of one real (12j cents.) on every : man, woman and child in the country. A monthly tax ’ of one hundred dollars is levied upon every merchant, | and mechanics are taxed agreeably to the proceeds of i their respective vocations, estimated by the Collecting ofo | He also requires from each State a certain num- I her of men for the augmentation of his army. \ Military rule is instituted in all the States', much to the ; discomfiture and dissatisfaction of the people. Many of those living near the Rio Grande, are eontinuailv cress j ing to this side to avoid conscription. Parents are send ; rng their sons over, aiding them, as far ns lies in their I power, with the means to gain a livelihood in their vol j untaiy exile. The Mexican people regard war with the United States j ;w inevitable. Many even go so far as to desire war as } the only means of obtaining relief from the oppression now suffered ; while others deprecate au event, which will go far to destroy the nationality of their “much be loved country. j here are also those who suffer under the delusion, that anew edition of hostilities with this j country will result in the redemption of their lost fame as <t military people. A company of sixty men, raised at Aguas Calientesixn | der the levy above mentioned, while on their way to a | rendezvous in Durango, turned upon their officers, who j were forced to yield to them. They were, however, re j turned and ordered to he shot. Another body of men was ordered fiom Zacatecas to pursue a body of two ! hundred Indians, who had plundered a hacienda near I that City. They refused to obey the order ; whereupon ! die Governor ordered out his own troops and had the reb els (!) shot. At a town on the Presidio del Rio Grande a consen ting officer attempted to muster the farced volunteers, hullo! they wore missing almost to a man. If they re turn they are subject to six years’ service in the Federal army. It was reported that tile States of Guanajuato, Gua j dalajara and Morelia, had pr mounced against Santa An i nn. It was believed that Chihuahua and several of the ; neighboring .States would follow the example, i No provision is made for the mail service. The. crtl ! zens ot the different towns were compelled to carry the 1 mail from place to place, until it reached its final desti i nation. | Corn was yielding a plentiful harvest. Cotton looks : w :!. There had been no want of rain during the I mson. THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE, ARRIVAL OF TIIK ASIA. Aew York. Sept 8. Tite steamer Asia has arrived bringing Liveijs-oi dates ! of the 27th ult. • General News. —The general intelligence is devoid of | interest. The Eastern question was in statu quo , but I was regarded generally as settled. ; Mr. Soule was at Paris, where he would remain a few i days previous to proceeding to Madrid. [ The screw steamer Taurus sailed from Liverpool on [ Wednesday for New York, via Boston, i Markets.—Liverpool , Aug. 27.—The Cotton market | is quiet at no quotable decline. Lower grades would how ever be difficult to sell without some concession. The market closed quiet. Sales ol ‘.He week 31,710 bales, of which Speculators took 4.240, and Exporters 4,880 bales. Stock, 802,509 bales, includings4o,os3 bales American. The quotations were Fair Orleans 7d., Middling OCt Fair Upland and Mobile 6Jd., Middling Upland 5 15-lGi. Breadstuff's continued excited, owing to unreasonable weather, and prices had still further advanced For the week the advance in Wheat had been 4d.a Sd. per bush el, and in l'iour Is. a Is. Gd. a 2s. per barrel. Corn was in demand at Gd. a Is. per quarter advanced. Rice was very active at 21s. Gd. a 245. for Carolina. ARRIVAL OF THE FRANKLIN. State of the Cotton Market. New York, Sept. 14. The steamship Frankliu lias arrived, bringing Liver pool and Havre dates to the 31st uit. The .Hales ot cot ton in Liverpool market for the three days previous to the 31st. reached 10,000 hales, of which speculators took 1,090 and exporters 3,000 bales. The demand was mod erate and priets were in favor of buyers, thougii quota tions remained unchanged. The Manchester trade had slightlj declined in goods of ail qualities. Flour had slightly advanced. Canal brunds was sel ang at 29s Sd. Coax.—The demand was good, and pries* had ml vis cod 6d. Yellow was selling st 3'is 9d.