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R. BLUB 8c ©oe, Proprietors. Volume XVIII. THE COLOMBIA DAILY TIMES Is published every morning (Sundays excepted.) at Six Dollars per annum, in advance. Sev en Dollars if not paid before the expiration of the s'ear. THE COLUMBUS WEEKLY TIMES Is published every TUESDAY MORMiVU. at Two Dollars per annum,strictly in advance. OJJice on Randolph Street, opposite the Post Office. ADVERTISING RATES. Advertisements of live lines or less in either the Daily or Weekly Times, will he inserted at 50 cents for the first insertion and 25 cents f r each subsequent insertion. Advertisements exceeding five lines will be charged 10 cents for the first, and five cents -per line for each subsequent insertion. Displayed advertisements will be charged for the space they occupy. The following are the contracting rates change able at pleasure. - WEEKLY H#TKri. m 11 a” I *® ! I 84 i ® 1 B So. ol 0 = 2323 = = o o c o sqra. a- §. 5 1 5 2 H 1 2 50 -1 00 5 5!) 10 00 15 00 20 00 2 500 800 11 0 20 00 25 00 30 00 3 7 5011 00 1i 50 25 00 35 00 40 00 4 10 00 15 00 19 00 30 00 40 00 50 00 5 12 00 17 00 20 ft, 40 00 50 00 GO 00 G.... 15 00 20 00 25 Oft 50 00 60 00 70 00 7 17 00 25 00 30 00 GO 00 70 00 SO 00 8 20 003d 00 40 00 70 00 80 00 SO (10 10 25 00 40 00 50 00 80 00 99 00 100 Oo DAILY RATES. No, Os £ a g ! a 33 §§■l § § § sqrs. g r 5 s 5 ST 1 5 oo: 700 900 13 00 17 00 j>: 00 2 ; 9 0.1 12 Oft 11 00 18 00 25 00 30 (K) 3 i 12 00 15 00 18 00 25 00 33 00 to 00 4. . 15 00 T 9 0 22 00 30 00 40 0. 50 00 5 IS 00 25 00 30 00 40 00 50 00 GO OO G.... 20 00 28 00 35 00 50 00 60 00 70 00 7 25 00 33 00 41 00 60 00 70 00 Bt> 00 8 30 00 38 00 46 00 70 00 SO 00 90 00 10 [4OOO 50 Iril GO 1,-. v> on po 00 100 00 Sales of Laud and Negroes, by Adminisira tors, Lxecutors and Guardians, are required by law to be held on the first Tuesday in the month between the hours of ten in forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the Court House inthecomity in which the property is situate. Notices of these sales mu t be given in a public gazette forty days previous totheday of sale. Notice for thesale of Personal property must be given at least ten days previous to the day of sale. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must he nublished forty days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Lana or Ne groes, must be published week ly for two mouths. Citations to r Lettersof Administration must be published thirty days—for Dismission from Ad ministration, monmly six months—for Dismission from Guardianship, forty days. Rules for Foreclosure of Mortgage must be published monthly lor four months—for estab lishing lost papers for :he lull space ot three months—tor compelling titles from Executors or Administrators, where a bond has been givjn by the deceased, the full space of three months. Publications will always be continued ac cording to these,toe logal requirements, unless otherwise ordered. J'i “Q)S)] : \ cO©Lii PRINTING OFFICE, Randolph Street. Co’umbas, Georgia. ) RAVING in suecp-sfnl operation one of IIOE &CO’S CYLINDER PRESSES RUNNING BY STEAM, We are prepared toexecute, at short notice, every description of BOOK AND JOB PRINTING, in unsurpassed style, as cheaply as can be done anywhere in the South. We have on hand a large variety ot N E VV JOB TYPE, and shall keep a constant sup ply of PLAIN AND FANCY PAPER, CARDS, &c. Our iacilities for turning off this kind of work, wi’h promptness and despatch, will make it great ly to the interest of persons in want of POSTERS, HANDBILLS, CIRCULARS, PAMPHLETS. DEEDS, BONDS, DECLARATIONS, BANK CHECKS, BILLS OF LADING, LETTER HEADS, BILL HEADS, DRAY RECEIPTS, BLANK NOTES, CATALOGUES, LABELS, WAYBILLS, Blanks of every description, &c, &e. Also RAILROAD AND STEAMBOAT Blanks. Give us a call. This Department of our office ia under the su perintendence of Mr- D. S. Porter, whose Ion*? experience and acknowledged reputation as a Job Printer,are a sufficient suarantee that all work entrusted to his care will be executed wither.rgy and faithfulness. We have now in connection with the office a complete ‘ BOOK BXTOKHY, and having recently secured the services of Mr.E. AI. Clark (lateof Philadelphia,) in this branch of our business, we pledge ourselves to give the most perfect satisfaction in the manufacture of Ledgers, Account Books, court RecoiCs. ateamDoai ana Rail Road Blank Books, &c, We intend not to be outdone in the style ami finish of our work, in either department, by any establishment South, and that we maybe ab:e to make our prices satisfactory, we have adopted “iAMiI.S?™ .. s*.-. WILLIAM TAYLOR, attorney at law, Cnthbert, Randolph County, Georgia. mrILL practice in tiie counties ot Randolph, VV Calhoun, Terrell, Early, Clay, Baaer, Dougherty, Miller and Stewart. REFERS TO Wellborn, Johnson & Sloan, Attorneys at Law, Columbus, Georgia. All business intrusted to his care will receive immediate attention. June 6, 1858—wtw U MARION BETHUNE, A TT ORX E Y A T L. 4 W, \ TALBOTTOI f, Talbot County. Ga. i letober ‘24th. 1856. w * BAUGH & SLADE, ATTOR ; ‘ AT LAW, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. WILL nracticc law In Moecogee and the adjoin- Ine counties of Georgia and Alabama. Office over Bauk of Columbus, Broad ht. ROBERT BAUGH■ J * J ’ 6L * D^;. Columbus,Ga March “7 1857. wtwtf EL A,M & OLIVE R, attorneys at law. BUENA VISTA. MARION COUNTY, GA. WILL practice in the countlesof Marion Ma con, ewart, Taylor, Chattahoochee.jmdany of the adjoining counties when be required. Also In the District Court ot the L mted States lertbe District of Georgia. WM.D. ELAS. THADBIOS OLIVER. September Id—wtf ’ * “ • s@ HOWARD fc WEEMS, ATTOBNEYSATI AW, CRAWFORD. ALA, ROBERT X. HOWARD. WALTER H- WEEMS. Crawford, Ala., June B—wtwtfi JAMES A. CLEK BENIN, A T T O R N E Y AT LA W. AND SOLICITOR IX CUAXCERY, DfIEVILLE, H nry County, Ala. July 20,1858.—w1v. GRICE & WALLACE, MTOIBiSSirS AT ILAWs, BUTLER, GEORGIA. VYTILL give prompt attention to all business en ?’ trusted io them. v- l. jrh;i-:. vvm.s. Wallace. December IB —wti T- J.GUNN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, HAMILTON, GA. WILL attend promptly to all busineessentrusted to him. January 26,1853—w1y. R. A. TURNIPSEED, VTTOII NE Y A T LA W , C V TUBE II TANARUS, Randolph County,Ga. HAVING removed from Cusseta, to Cnthbert, Randolph county, will give prompt atten tion to all business entrusted to his care. ap27—v^tl. ra©£ElM Wo ©O3BI, ATTORNEY AT LAW, PRESTOS, \Vebstci 1 County, Ga. \7TTILL practice in the counties of Clay, Chat* j ? tahoochee, Webster, Early, Randolph, Stewart and Sumter. Particular attention giv* en to collecting and remitting. January 27, 1857—wtf. S. 5~ STAFFORD” ATTORNEY AT LAN', BLAKELY, EARLY COUNTY, GA. A’2 - wtf. W. S, JOHNSON, AT T O RNT E Y A T LA W . CUSS E T A, Chattahoochee County, On. ‘7‘ves hibentire attention to the practice in Chat* ttahoocheeami Ndjoining counties. ai>26—wtwlj* | a* CANDY MANUFACTORY, Ou Randolph Street, near the Post Office, COLUMNS S, GA. ESTABLISHED IN 1846 . Where is kept constantly ton hand and for sale all kioOsot <.'ONFL;.'THiNF.IIY, such asplain and fancy Candles, Syrups, ( ordiats, Preserves Cakes, Wines, Nuts, Fruits, Behais, Fire|Works, &c., he. Avery liberal discount made for cash orders. Septlii—wtilfirst jau Timber Cutters* Bank. ENCII AN G E A T SIG II T O N SEW YORK, LONDON, PARIS, Fniakfort-on the-3lnin IfAMISURG, BERLIN, BRE:'iEX,&c &c “ “ •L S *nUTTON,'Casti'er. Pavanr.an. Sept, fi, 185S. wCm. FOR SALE; I WILL sell on the first Tuesday in November next at the Court House in .Buena Vista,Marion conn ly, Ga., Eight Hundred Acres; of Land lying six miles west of Buena Vista, and eight miles from Poudtown. On the place is afirst rate dwelling and negro houses —also a first rate gin house and screw. The place is well watered and lies between the Muekalee and YVat :cy creeks I will sell the place to suit purchasers. Terms —one half cash and the balance in twelve months with approved notes. sept!s—w3m ELIZABETH ADAMS. FIRE-PROOF WAREHOUSE. KqYsSxTh 8 subscribers will continue the Commis ——Hr-son Business at theoldstand of Greenwood Hardaway & Cos. Particular attention will be given to the sale of Cotton. Gash advances made. Bagging and Rope supplied at market rates.— Also, a heavy article of Cotton Osnaburgs, Cot ton Rope and Mattrasses of the best quality. We have on hand a tew lot Gtanger’s Magic Corn and Fob Crushers, for which we are agents. Auc.B. 1857-wlv GREEN >V OOP & CO. $25 REWARD. fit AN A WAY on August 27th, my negro boy Albert, 35 years old, of yellow complexion, large hazel eyes, thick bushy hair, weighs 180 lbs. limp* a littlo when walking, is rup tured. He rode off a gray horse, with a long tail, and paces, and was In good order. I will give $25 reward for him in any jail so that 1 can get him: and a reronable rew rd for tne horse. Any information about them will be kindly recei ved. JAMES 11. HILL. Albany, Ga., Sept. 3, 1858. sep7—lmw Valuable Plantation For BY authority of a decree of the Prohate Court of Russell Cos., 1 will sell for distribution on the eighth (8) day of Oct. next, to the highest bid der, on a credit of 1 and 2 years, with interest from the sale, at the Court House in the town of Craw ford, Russell Cos., Ala.,sections 7 and 18 in town ship 14, range 20, embracing about 1280 acres, ol one of the best cotton and grain plantations in the State On this tract of land are about 600 acres of open fresh land well enclosed, and in a high state of cultiuation, a good framed house with 4 rooms, a kitchen, smoke house, dairy, blacksmith shop, a large new gin house, superior cotton screw, houses for the accommodation ot 60 or 70 negroes, ‘arse cribs and stables and other out-houses all new and substantial with a plenty of water and timber. This land was selected by Joel Hurt, Esq., ol Russell county, when the county was fresh, and he had the country to choose from. It lies on the hear! waters of*Kiagee Creek, in about 33 [tides of Hurt’s station on the Mottle Oc Girard Railroad, and is formed mostly ot creek bottom and ham mock lands, with sufficient pine iand attached tor a beautiful and hoalthlul residence. This plantation was selected by Col. Wellborn, as the best tract of land he could buy, for the cash, and is without doubt, one ot the most desirable and valuable planting estates in East Alabama. It Vi ill be shown to any person who shall wish to examine it, by Mr. Wm. E. Haynte, who re sides on the premises. Sufficient security required- A. MARTIN, Adm’r. of the estate of Alfred Wellborn, dec’d. Columbus, Ga., Sep. 6,1858. wtds Lands for Sale. Andrew S.Garrand others, 1 State of Flori V.,. | da, Middle Cir- Lewis Curtis &Nath'l Thurs- J-cuit in Leon Cos. ton, Trustees of the Apalachi- I In Chancery. cola Land Company and others J PURSUANT to a Decree rendered! n thisjeause the subscriber will sell by auction at the pla ces and times herein specified, all the lands be longing to said Company embraced in the b orbes Purchase,” and lying in the counties of Leon, Wakulla, Gadsden and Liberty, viz: the lands Kira in the first two named counties will be sold at Tailabassee, on the seventh (,th) day.of De cember, and those lying in the last two, will be sold at Quincy, on the fourteenth (14tli) day ot December next, f These lands, comprising about a million ot acres,extended from the St. Marks to the Apa lachicola rivers—they exhibit every variety ot timber indiginous to that latitude, including, ot course, live oak,evpress, cedar and juniper; the soil is adapted to the growth of grain, cotton— long and short staple, tobacco, and sugar cane. The waters abound in fish, and the forest with materials for ship building and naval stores. TERMS One third of the purchase money to be paid- in cash, the balance in one and two years in equal installments, with eight per cent inter est Irom date oi purchase ; titles to he made by the Receiver when all the purchase money is IJa The sale will be positive and without reserve. JOHN BEARD, Receiver. 4sc. Tallalwssa, Aug. 38, 1858. sept3-w3m THE UNION UF THE STATES, AMI THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATES^ COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1858. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 21 General Items. The most interesting topic of conversation with a majority of our readers at this season ot the year is the slate of the cotton market. Its rise or fall afiects in a more or lesss degree the interest of the whole community. It would be impossible to speculate with any degree of certainty as to the price of this staple if the future is to be a counter part of the past. Never did a market open with so much activity and briskness and with such prospects of a ready sale on the part of the pro ducer Every omen was favorable and every gale that swept from the east brought ou its wings the joyful tidings of a steady advance in the article The cotton was readily shipped for sale and near ly all the markets were in advance of cotton re ceipts at this period last year- Alas, however, for human hopes and prophecy ! Scarcely a week has passed away and the cotton has declined near ly one cent without any apparent good reason. — The yellow fever may embarrass a little the trade near our homo ports, but cannot affect it abroad— N otwithetanding the treaty of peace with China and the settlement of the India difficulties, the Persia’s news—the latest up to this date, (Sept. 21st) —brings us a decline on all the grades-of cot, ton. With such fluctuations in the opening of the season, it is not probable that our buyers will fall before the insatiate and insatiable Moloch of ex travagant speculation, any hi'ire than our farmers will refuse to sell but store their cotton, when it is bringing so lair a price as ten to twelve cents.— The prospect of a targe yield of cotton has long since faded away, the rust having injured it to an extent not yet fully ascertained. Then in view of all these circumstances—the shortness of the crop —the peace over the waters—the present market price—it would be well for formers no longer to hold back their crops for better and more favora ble moments. That dreadful scourge, the yellow fever, has vis ited some of our Southern Cities and still contin ues its ravages. New Orleans is the most infected. The mortality in that city, since the commence ment of the disease, has averaged about fifty or sixty persona a day—Galveston lias not escaped, but has also been visited by the fever—Mobile and Savannah have also had a touch of the disease. The former to the extent of an epidemic, the latter confined to a few sporadic cases. There, is little interest in the political world.— The election in Illinois will soon take place and we will hear no more of the polities of a State with which we have intermeddled, as well as others, more than was necessary. Judge Brecso has writ ten a letter in which he demands ihe authority of ihe Editor, who announced his declension from the Senatorial race and professes allegiance to the time-honored principles of the Democratic party and not the political fortunes of one man. State affairs are moving on well with Governor Brown at the head. The Western and Atlantic Rail Road still continues to pay dividends beyond the most sanguine expectations of the best finan cier. The question of popular education is attrac ting some attention throughout the State and it is mote than probable, that the next Legislature will give it that .attention which its importance merits. Before it, the Railroad schemes, which are proper in their place, sink into ins gnificance The endowment of a University is also discussed and is worth the highest consideration of the Leg islature. Jefferson could not die until old Vir ginia placed her name at tho head of the list for a thorough university education. The school now lives nf ,-t.tnh t,„ io t,„ f-fho. numbering over six hundred students and is a monument to fits wis dom and greatness—other matters of minor inter est are being discussed in the State which will be developed at tho meeting of tho Legislature. Un til then, we wait with patience the settlement of the Main Trunk Railroad difficulties, the Su preme Court decision, and other questions to be submitted to that body. Colored Men’s State Convention. Troy, N. Y., Sept. 14.—A Colored Men’s State Convention is in session in this city. Wm. Rich is President, and about forty delegates are present. Resolutions were introduced to-day, supporting the Republican State ticket, but have not been acted upon. The New York Evening I’osl.s ays: A significant item in the annua! statistics of the cotton trade is the large increase this year—33l,- 000 bales—in the exports of Great Britain, while our own spinners have taken only 452,185 bales, which is 213,533 bales less than the previous year. A significant question is being forced on our attention by the Quarantine charges at New York. Is it necessary that cotton destined for the English spinners should be exported via New York f Charleston Courier. There is not the slightest necessity for any such tiling. There is an utility in it, however, to the New York commission merchant and the Yankee ship-owner, and, under a very reasonable idea, that the charges which they manage to tack on the raw material impart to it an additional value. Wo do not look for any change in our practice. The theory, that everything we export shall go through New York, seems, indeed, to follow from the proposition that every thing we import shall come the same way. Thus we go, Hurrah for New York! TmT J. G. Baldwin, Esq., author of “Flush Times of Alabama,’’ has been nominated by the LeeomptoWites of California, for Judge of the Su preme Court of that State. [FOR TUE DAILY TIMES.] To Memory. Be still sad heart! Why weep the past? Can’st thou restore thy sunken treasure ? ’Tis Hope’s fond art, When clouds o’ercast, If youth’s fair stream Flash golden beam, On its course to the unknown river. Weave not the dream That its onward gleam Mirrors morning skies forever. The Russians and Americans in China. One of Lt Habersham’s letters from China, speaking of the fraternization of the Rus sians anti Americans, says; No sooner had the Allies thus established themselves at Tein-sein, than our able rep resentative, Mr. Win B Reed, left his large cabin on board of the Minnesota ; pulled on board of the Russian steamer of war Amer ica, hoisted the American flag at her fore, alongside of the Russian eagic, and was steamed up toward Tein-Sein. Then was seen a strange sight—an unnatural one al most —despotism and freedom walking hand in hand. On the quarter deck of the Russian steamer of war America, walked Count Poutaltme Mr Wmß. Reed, in earh est conversation ; below, in the mess, Rus sian and American officers drinking cham pagne and fraternizing; and at the Ameri ca’s foremost head waved the flags of Rus sia and U. S. side by side. This is no new tiling, this “ feeling” between Russia and United Slates. It first became apparent during the Crimean war, and has since de monstrated itself in a thousand difierent ways. Rumor save, indeed, that the Rus sians have orders to/raternize with us; and it certainly looks like it. Health of. Augusta.—There were only seven interments in Augusta during the I week ending on the 16th inst. But one I adult, who died in Aiken, S. C. Yellow Fever—Galveston. Thefollowing we believe lobe a correct report ofall the deaths from yellow fever up to this date : [Sunday, the sth.—Alfonse Buschee, a Frenchman ; Catherine Calhoun, in the employ of Airs. Walker. Monday, the 6th.—Leopoldina Foster, a young woman in the employ of Mr. Hin keldev, German. Monday night.—Dr. C. Neuman, Ger man. Tuesday, the 7th.—C. Kirsaly, of Ger many ; Wm. L, Hannay, American; Mrs. Walker, dress-maker. Wednesday, the Bth.—H. Hughes, Ame rican; T. N. Blackmar, American; John Keller, American ; Wm. Webber, German. There was but one death last night— that of Mrs. Wright—but this was not a c ise of yellow fever. There have been no deaths, that we can hear of to-day. There were two or three deaths reported in our Tuesday’s paper, as yellow fever, but were not; therefore, the above is cor rect. Up to this time all the cases are report ed doing well, except one. We have consulted vvijh the Howard Association committees for the several Wards, and can hear of but two new cases to-day, and these not considered bad. But two cases have been known in the first Ward, and no deaths. The above deaths took place in the second and third Wards, and most of them in Trornont street. Upon inquiry we find that about half of those who have died have recently come from New Orleans. The Howard Association have supplied pursers and all necessaries to all who stand in need of assistance; and we hear of two or three families who were entirely desti tute when first visited by the Howards. We are glad to be able to report that all our physicians have generously tendered their services for all charity cases, without chaige. The present indications afford encourage ment to hope that the disease will not extend much further. The continued hea vy rains, from time to time, attended with thunder, and some pretty heavy winds, may perhaps have-had the effect to remove the infection.— Galveston News, Se.pt. 9 th. The National Horse Exhibition at Springfield. Sj’kinnfied, Mass., Tuesday, Sept I t. The third National Exhibition of horses in this city opened to-day with the most gratifying prospects of success. ‘The weath er and all things are propitious to the occa sion, and tlie attendance anti proceedings of the day have most fully realized the antici pations of those interested. The display embraces a large number of the most celebrated horses in the country, the whole numbering about five hundred. The general calvaeadeoi horses entered tor the exhibition made the circuit of the grounds this morning several times, pre -1 ssentint one of the most magnificent eques traiu spectacles ever witnessed here. In the Park grounds the remainder of the day was mostly occupied with the exhibi tion of various classes of horses, whose trials of speed and display of the superior quaiitie's attracted enthusiastic admiration. This evening a public reception took glace jin the CityJJall, at, which spirited ad- Dr. Chaffee, of this city : Solon Robinson, ot New Y'ork; Richard 11. Yeadon, of Charleston, S. C.; Air. Ladd, tate President of the Ohio Agricultural Society,and Alayor Lewis, of Worcester. The floor of the hall was occupied by citizens aud guests from abroad, and thegalleriesby a brilliant assem blage of ladies. The reception throughout was a very pleasant and enthusiastic affair. A large number of people are arriving from vari us parts of the country, and the attendance during the remaining days of the exhibition will be very great. Among those that have arrived this even ing are Gov. Battles and staff and N. P. Willis. The exhibition opens to-morrow with a very interesting trial of speed, with stallions of 8 years and upward, and among the competitors will appear the celebrated hor ses Ethan Allen. Hiram Dreic, and other notables of the Turf.— Y. Y. Times. Kissing.— Hardly any two females kiss alike. There is as much variety in the manner of doing it, as in the faces of the sex. Some delicate, little creatures merely give a slight rub of the lip. This is a sad aggravation. We seem about to “have a good time,” but actually get nothing.— Others go into us like a hungry man into a beefsteak, and seem to chew up our coun tenances. This, which is not a common case, is too much like Cannibal Islands, and soon drives away a delicate lover. Others struggle like hens while burying themselves in dry dirt. The kiss is won by great ex ertions, and is not worth as much as the trouble it costs. Now, we are in favor of a certain shyness when a kiss is propoposed, but it should not be continued too long; and when the fair one gives in, let her adminis ter the kiss with warmth and energy. Let there be a soul in it. If she closes her eyes, and sighs deeply immediately after it, the effect is greater. She should be care ful not to “spread” the kiss, but give it as a humming bird runs his bill into a honey suckle, deep but delicately. There is much virtue in a kiss when well delivered. We have had the memory of one we received last . New York Politics. —The different do tlicir'ticTu’fSlCff'l’liti'Tvhvriiifeer election, as follows: DEMOCRATIC. For Gov., —Amasa J. Parker of Albany. Lieut. Gov.—John J. Taylor, ol Tioga. Caual Commissioners, —Sherburne B. Pi per, of Niagara. State Prison Inspector,—Edward T. Don nelly, of New York. AMERICAN. For Gov.—Loienzo Burrows. Lieut. Gov.—N. S. Benton. Canal Commissioner, —J. R. Thompson. Stale Prison Inspector, —W. A. Russell. REPUBLICAN. For Gov E. D. Morgan. Lieut. Gov.—Robert Campbell. Canal Commissioner,—Hiram Garner. State Prison Inspector Everest. The Epidemic.— This fearful malady con tinues on the increase, and we can for the present entertain no well founded hope ot any immediate abatement. Contrary to all precedents since 1847, and including that year, its progress up to this late date has been continuous, sometimes fluctuating from day to day, but the weekly reports showing a gradual increase. The returns for the week ending last Sunday morning at'six o’clock summed up four hundred and seventy two, an increase of twenty three over the preceding week. The yellow fever interments for the cor responding week in 1853, were 290; in 1847 they were 243; in 1854 they were 284; in 1855 they were 255. It will thus be seen that the mortality at this present time is far greater than at any previous time since and .including 1847.— New Orleans Bul letin- Judge Breese on the Illinois Eletcion. Carlyle, Sept. 7, 1858. Rev. W. F. Boyakin, Ed. Bdlvilte Hem. Dear Sir : —1 demand, as a right, to know who requested you to say, as you have said in an editorial of your paper, on the 4t h inst., that “Judge Breese is not, nor will he be, a candidate for the United .States Senate in opposition to Air. Douglas ; and all that has been said ia reference to his stumping the State against the Democratic party, is without any foundation what ever.” The article is artfully prepared, but it will not deceive, if such was its object. It never has been said in any paper, or elsewhere, by anybody, that I intended to stump the State against the Democratic party; hence your disclaimer was wholly unnecessary. You might have sworn on your friend Casper Th ell’s bible, that T never would be found in opposition to the great Democratic party of the nation, whose hardest battles I have helped to fight and win, for more than a quarter of a century. Yon might take your oath ot that without fear. But I think, friend Boyakin, your ideas ofDemocraey and mine differ most essen tially. Y'ou will pardon me for saying that yours seem to be concentrated in one man, while mine embrace great principles.— Y’ours scent to tend to the disruption aud debauchery of that great party ; mine, to its conservatism and purity. Yours, if carried out, will annihilate it; mine will restore it to its prestine vigor. What position [ may consider it my duty to assume in this contest, now so fiercely waged against the Democracy ot the na tion, its cherished and time-honored princi ples, and fiercer still against him to whom that portion of the nation has committed the power, will depend on circumstances. One thing you may be assured, and mv past life is the guarantee, that I wiil not be silent nor inactive when 1 see, or think I see, that great party in danger from con spirators within its own bosom, or from foes without. The last are least to be dreaded, as their attacks are open in sunlight, ar.d manly. The conspirator deals his blows secretly ; lie gefe up false issues for the oc casion, under the cover of which he makes his attack. The species of warfare is now in progress, and 1 am surprised you do not see it. They may destroy tho citadel, but the foundations will remain; they are ever lasting ; “the eternal years of God are hers,” and on them the national edifice will be re-buih, attracting the masses by the beauty of its design, the solidity of its structure, and by the pure purposes to which it will be again dedicated. It will afford us shelter from selfish and intractibie ambition, and around its altars will be found none but true and faithful worshippers. Lend a helping hand to save the present from the assaults of the destroyer, to which you c.nnot and ought not to bo insensible. Thus shall you be honored of men. Thus shall you become a bright light and a safe guide for our people. Thus only can you preserve the principles you claim to rev erence. I hope you will publish this letter and send me the name of the persons who gave the authority you have exercised in regard to me and my name. Very truly and respectfully, v ""’ Os Interest to R. R. Passengers. The following table shows the proportion of deaths and wounding, in the principal railroad countries of the world : Prussia, one to every 3,294,075. Belgium, one to every 1,611,137. France, one to every 375,095. England, one to every 311,345. U. States, one to every 188,459. Morse has been decorated by the French. Emperor with the Legion of Honor. The Diplomatic Convention, which had under consideration the recompense Hue by the governments ot Europe to the Professor for the use of his invention, met on the 23d ult. It is generally supposed that the affair is terminated, and that the sum of 400,000 francs was agreed to. The Quickest Ocean Passage. —The last passage of the Persia to England, out strips every previous one by some hours, as verified by the Asia’s news. On the 18th ult., at 1.05, P. M., Lord Napier left the deck of the Persia, then lying in the stream; at 1.15 she got under way and gave her farewell salute ; steamed on to St. John’s, N. F., against a strong head wind; took on board the mails and passen gers of the crippled steamer Europa— thereby causing a deviation from her course of 23 hours; sailed for Liverpool, which port she reached by 6, A. M., of the 28th. Deduct 23 hours deviation, and 4.45 differ ence of time, and the Persia has made the passage in eight days thirteen hours. Dodging tiie Question, —Sixty-five “young men of color” in Boston applied the other day to the Governor’s Council for authority to form a military company under the laws of Massachusetts. They were refused on the ground that the whole num ber of malitia authorised by the State was enrolled. The committee to whom the mat ter was referred, refused to go into the mer its of the case. A good way. to dodge an issue. The Rice Harvest.— Although the wea the past uTcsh extremely unfavorable for been steadily pursued and good piugfeso made. The crop, if not overtaken by un foreseen disaster, promises to be a heavy one. The weather, however, at present wears a heavy and stormy aspect, which causes the planters many fearfulforebodings of the future morrow’. —Georgetown Times. Plutarch speaks ol the long white beard of an old Laconian, who, being asked why he let it grow to such a length, replied, ‘-It “is that, having my white beard continually before my eyes, I may do nothing unworthy its whiteness.” At a bar dinner Mr. Sam Ewing, a law yer and a great punster, was calfed upon for a song, and while hesitating Judge Hop kins observed that at the best it would be but Sam (psalm) singing. “Well,” replied Ewing,” even that would do better than him (hymn) singing.” Logic. A writer'in the Westminster Review once took the position that alcohol is food, and offered the following logic in proof of it. “Food is force, Alcohol is force, Therefore alcohol is food*’ Dr. Mussey gives a formula equally legit imate and conclusive, namely : “Horse feed is force, Whipping a horse is force, Therefore whipping a horse is horse feed.” Good logic tolerably; equal to : “A horse has legs, So has a man, Therefore a man is a horse.” WEDNESDAY, SEFTEMBi- R 22. R. J. Walker and the Administration. —The i-ouisville Journal says that when Robert J. Walker was in the United States Senate, he was the leader of the Democracy ot that body. From the Senate Mr. Walker went into .Mr. Polk’ Cabinet as Secretary of the Taeasury, and, in that capacity, made himsell the idol of the Democracy everywhere When the Buchanan Administra tion appointed him Governor of Kansas, the whole Democratic party hailed his selection as the best that could possibly have been made from the en tire Union, and he was greeted with ten thousand enthusiastic expressions of Democratic gratitude tor the devotion manifested by him to the inter ests of the Democratic party in condescending to accept an office that might not be deemed fully worthy ol his transcendant ability. And now the Washington “Union,” the mouth piece of the Administration, denounces Robert J. Walker as ''a traitor and swindler.'’ Well, asks the “Journal” if traitors and swindlers are thus henored and trusted and lauded and idolized by the Democracy of the Union, what is Demoratie honor or trust or laudation or idolatry worth ‘! The editor of the Louisville Journal has the reputation of a very shrewd and sagacious indi vidual—a reputation which was never won and can not be sustained by the perpetration of such paragraphs as the foregoing. He employs the fact of antagonism between the pastand present conduct of the Democracy towards Mr. Walker as a mat ter of reproach to that party, and assumes thereby that the inconsistency is due to it. This position involves a petitio principii, so manifestly that any school boy may detect it. When Robt. J. Walker was a member of the United States Sen ate, and subsequently, of Mr. Polk's Cabinet, he was considered a true friend to the Constitution and trie South, iliseminent services in behalf of tho annexation ot Texas, especially endeared him to the Southern Democracy. The statement made by the Journal, then, is true, that his appointment as Governor of Kansas was hailed with satisfaction by his whole party. But what has this to do with his political “treason” or tho question of the pro priety of the sentence pronounced against him. Does the Journal intend to say, that having once approved, weean never condemn. Such.indeed, would not’be a far-fetched inference from the ar ticle we have quoted. Under the administralion of that rule, by what penance can history ever atone for the injustice she has done to Arnold and his compeers in evety age, whose names have been inscribed upon the roll of infamy ? We will not infill the intelligence of our readers with an at tempt to prove Walker’s desertion of the South during his administration in Kansas. That is one point on which all parties here are united. The motive ofhis defection, also, is too plain to re quire comment Our cotemporary is doubtles. impelled to his oblique commendation of this quondam Kansas functionary by the considera tion that his partv has gained what the Democracy has discarded. It is quite natural thus to magnify the importance of our own acquisitions ; but it is not, under a'l circumstance, praise-worthy. The virtuous sentiment of the world has applauded the peoplo ot Great Britain for the contempt and ab horrence with'which they regarded Arnold—the traitor. Judicial Convention,—Chattahoochee. We have received the Cuthbert Reporter con taining an account of the Democratic Judicial Convention, which assembled at Cuthbert. We have given our readers the proceedings of the Con vention, and it is unnecessary to re-print them. Col. David B. Harrell of Webster, was the per manent Chairman, and Messrs. T. L. Guerry and L. B. Standifer, Secretaries. In addition to what we have given i(l a previ ous issue, wo find the followin'? resolution .Ann- Eesolved, That the members of the Legislature from the counties composing the l’ataula Circuit be requested to oppose the annexation of Chatta hoochee county to the Chattahoochee Circuit. We promise oar friend. Col. Raiford ot Chatta chee, the mover of this resolution, that we will not force Chattahoochoe county (old Muscogee) into this Circuit against the will of the citizens. We have great respect for our old friends and would be pleased to form an alliance with them were it not so unpleasant Truth compels ns to say, how ever, as one of tho Representatives of this Cireuitt in the Legislature, that we have never heard of the proposition. Interestino to Newspaper Proprietors.— One of the courts of the State of Indiana recently made a decision which is of interest to all news paper proprietors throughout the Union. A con troversy existed relative to a charge for advertis ing between the Commissioners of Hamilton coun ty and the Patriot newspaper. It was held by the Judge that “the published terms of newspapers constitute a eonti act. If work is given tq news paper publishers, without a special contract con travening the published terms, the publisher can charge and receive according to the terms so pub lished It is not necessary to prove what the work cost or was worth ; the publishers have a right to fix the estimate value ol their columns, and if so fixed, no other question need be asked, but the price thus charged can be recovered.” Cable Signals Ceased! As will be seen from our telegraphic dispatch es, the signals through the great Atlantic Cable have ceased The ominous silence of the opera tors as to the cause of the interception of mes sagas have prepared the public mind for this rev elation. The men of science may now exhaust the resources of their prolific minds to solve the mystery, if it is not soon ascertained that tho foil ure arises from a parting oi the cable. The exper iment, however, is tried sufficiently to test the practicability of so great an enterprise and the cel ebration in New York and the bonfires and illu minations in honor of the achievement will only serve as a stimulus to nobler exertions in the fu ture. The end will yet he attained and another cable will yet be laid, which will unite together these two mighty nations of the eayh. Deaf and Dumb Asylum. of the above institution, Mr. O. I'. ranniD, i*t> been removed by the Board of Commissioners. A meeting was held by a portion of the citizens of Cave-bpring. Floyd County,—where the Institu tion is situated—expressive of the high apprecia tion in’which Mr. Fannin is held and regretting the summary manner of his removal and the secta rian spirit which prompted it We know nothing of the merits of the controversy, but learn from the resolutions passed at the meeting, that the Legislature will be memorialized to retain Mr Fan nin, The Yellow Fever. For the twenty four hours ending Friday noon, (Sept. 17) there were sixty three deaths reported by the Board of Health of New Orleans. In Mo bile, there were four deaths on Saturday (the 18th inst. The disease lias abated in Savannah and the quarantine laws are no longer enforced. The First Overland California Mail. The first overland California mail via. Jefler son City and Springfield, Mo.,Fort Smith, Ark., and Preston, Texas, took its departure from the St. Louis Post Office this morning. It goes by the Pacific Railway to Tipton, Mo., thence by coaches and spring wagons to San f rancisco. Fare from St. Louts to San Francisco, S2OO. Bishop Geo. F. Pierce —This gifted son of Georgia preached last night at St. Johns’ Metho dist Church, to a large congregation. iNotwith standim’ be was laboring under much indisposition, he preached an interesting and eloquent sermon from 2d chap. 4th verse Romans. “Or depisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and long-suffering ; not knowing that the good ness ot God leadeth thee to repentance V'—Ang, Dispatch. Washington Items. Commander Charles Steedman has been appointed Light-house Inspector of Phila delphia district, vice Commander Yard, de tached. Lieutenat Alercomh lias been transferred from the Navy-Yard, New York, to the re ceiving ship North Carolina. Lieut, James AI. Duncan lias been order ed to the New York Navy-Yard. The revenue is so much improving that the Treasury Department does not antici pate the necessity of asking any more loans. The President is personally paying at tention to the military expedition to be sent under Gen. Harney against the Indians in Washington and Oregon Territories, and to the expedition preparing against Para guay. Several of the Secretaries were sent for to the White House, Saturday. Gen. Harney will sail for the Pacific on the 20th inst, He will have a force of about three thousand men when all the contingents arrive. He expects to make short work of this new Indian war. Air. Westervelt, of New York, was at the Navy Department to-day, and says he will have the Brooklyn sloop-of-war finished and ready for her trial trip within two months. The overland mail routes to the Pacific side of the Continent, which Postmaster General Brown lias been so indefatigable in maturing, are all arranged, and will com mence service next month. Dr. Thomas Rainey, of New Y ork, has been appointed by the President special Agent to accompany the re-captured Afri cans and deliver them to the authorities of j Liberia. He is well known in connection ! with the enterprise for establishing a line ; of steamers between the United States and Brazil, which he will continue to press at the next session of Congress. Louisiana Intelligence. The Mount Lebanon Baptist ol the 9th inst., has the following : ft is still very dry, and has been warm j for a week past, but windy, and conse- j quently not so oppressive, it has been fav- ! orable to health. The cotton crop, it is now clear, will be j short in North Louisiana. The bottom may yield well, but the drought lias cutoff the hill crops. Everybody now concedes that the average crop form North to Middle ■ Louisiana will boa short one, and if so, it j must he thtough the entire State, and also ! from Arkansas and Texas, as the drought j has prevailed throughout the Southwest, j This country is wonderfully infested with j caterprillars at this time. The hickory and gum trees are almost covered with their white webs. Many trees have not a leaf! left. YVe never saw the like before. They I scarcely touch any tree but a hickory or j sweet gum. The Caddo Gazette of the 11th says: The weather has been warns and sultry I during the week. \\ r e hate been visited ! with occasional showers which laid the dust \ and cooled the atmosphere. Nothing pan j save the cotton crop on the hills; only a half crop will bo made and fully half of that j is now open. From the Chicago Times, Sept. 13. The Grain Trade of Chicago -33,852 bushels oats, making 813,480 bush- | els of grain. The Iota! teceipts of the season | are now 313,058 barrels Hour, 7,372,859 j bushei wheat, 6,784,977 bushels corn, and j 1,820,763 bpshels oats, making a total of j over seventeen millions of bushels of grain j —namely, 17,543,889 bushels. The ship ments during the last . week have been 10,475 barrels flour, 170,- \ 868 bushels of grain. The total shipments of the season are now 249,167 barrels flour, 6,702,916 bushels wheat, 6,138,318 bushels corn, and 1,192, 090 bushels oats, making a total of over fifteen millioubushels of grain j namely, 15,279,152 bushels. The price of wheat has been declining all j the week, and, although it recovered yester- j day morning under the influence of the news hy the steamer Vanderbuilt, yet it fell J again in the afternoon, and closing prices ; are: for white winter, §1 15; No. 1 red j winter, $1 07 a $1 08, and No. 2 spring, j 70 a 72 cents—all in store. Corn holds its own well, and the best sells at 62 a 63 cents on hoard. Live hogs sold yesterday at $3 a $4 per 100 pounds, live weight, equal to $3 75 a $5 nett ; the average selling price being $3 50 a @3 75. From Utah and Kansas. St. Louis, Sept. 16.—The Salt I.3ke mail, with advices to the 21st, has arrived at St. Joseph’s. Brigham Y’oung keeps concealed, fearing the vengeance of the Alormon*, on account of numerous frauds which ate charged against hint. Independence, AIo., Sept. 15-—Captain AfcLean, of the U. S. Army, reached Santa Fe on the 29th ult., with the report that a battle had, without doubt, taken place be tween Major Brooks’ command and the Navajos. The lattler had offered Major Brooks several thousand sheep and a thou sand poneys as indemnification for the loss of his negro. Leavenworth, Sept. 15. —The Pike’s Peak gold excitement has increased to a perfect mania, and large numbers are con stantly setting out for the new El Do rado. A stage line is being organized thence llon. L. Q. C. Lamar. —T he gallant Rep resentative from the first district addressed an immense concourse of the citizens of Tippah at theG’ourt House on Monday last. His speech replete with wisdom and sound logic, gave great satisfaction to his audi ence as was manifested from the repeated rounds of applause which often interrupted his most eloquent passages. We have reason to be proud of our Rep resentative —Tippah is satisfied with him and his services. He has no superior in Congress from Mississippi.— Ripley Adver tiser. Boston Post and Prentice. —Vve only have to say to a writer in the Boston Post, that whenever he undertakes to perpetrate a joke upon us, either in prose or verse, he has no business to steal our wit to do it with; it has generally been supposed that the eagle wasn’t very well pleased at being shot with an arrow fitted with a feather from his own wing.—Prentice. OLD HU.NCKS VS. PRENTICE. The jackdaw, with many a flutter and flop, Showedihatthe arrow had stuck in his crop ! And said lie-“Frieud, how shabby a thing To feather your shaft trom the eagle’s own wing! 1 see my own plume, and it doubles the sting!” “A fig”—grinned Old liuncks—“for your plume and your peck ! Now don’t come the eagle—you’re shot in the ck!” Someone speaking of a celebrated bass singersaid, “Heled a very abandoned life.” “ Oh,yes,” replied Sealey, “ the whole tenor of ais life has been base.” PEYTON H. COLQUITT, ( Ed - t JAMES W. WARREN, l ’ Number 38 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23. The Musccgee Railroad. The Stockholders of this company, apd ourcit ’ izens generally will be pleased to learn that the l present season has opened under circumstances highly encouraging to the business of the Road. The past year has been one ol disaster to all j branches of industry and trade- To this general fact railroad operations have not formed an ex j eeption. The last crop being a short one, especial ly in the region contiguous to Columbus, there j wasa largediminujiou of eastward freights; and our merchants, exercising a wise caution were less ex travagant in their purchases and, hence, there was a marked decrease in westward freight. The same ! cause operating upon the travelling public induced a general curtailment of expenditure, and a falling j ofi in passenger receipts was the consequepce.— VV ith the assured prospect of better times every thing leaps forward. Men are bustling to and tro in the greedy race for profit. Depots are crowd | cd with boxes ot merchandise “just received.”— Cotton goods find a good demand at remunera- I ting prices, and the Staple, caught up by eager purchasers at satisfactory figures, moves on to the manufacturer. The common carrier trans ports the cotton, the merchandise, the traveller and thus is beneiitted by the great business revival. The Muscogee Railroad has been in operation six j years, and during that time, has foiled to declare | only two rferni-annual dividends. For tiie past six months, embracing the period of disaster to , which we have alluded, the earnings of the road fell short only a few thousand dollars of the amount necessary to make a dividend this fall. The President aud Board of Directors wisely, we l think, determined not to embarrass the road, un der any contingency, and kept this amount still to . the credit of the company. YVe have obtained from the President, Mr. Jno. L. Mustiau, the following comparative statement of receipts since the Ist of August to the 20th Sep tember 1858 and the coirespouding period ot last year. Receipts for Aug. 1858. 1857. $10,340 14 7,927 01, First 20 days Sept. 10,163 51 6,841 65, Total, 20,503 65 14,768 66, 11,768 66 • Balance for 50 days. 5,731 99 In favor of 1858 from this exhibit it is hardly probable that an-, other dividend will be passed over soon, aud we sec no reason why tits Stock should not rapidly appreciate. Geii l William Walker’s Return. This gentlemao of Nicaraguan fame, as was published in yesterday’s dispatches, has left New Y ork lor tho home ol his adoption. He sails via Aspinwall and takes troops on board with him at Panama. Never in the political history of any Country have we seen such an exhibition of in domitable energy and iuvariablenoss of purpose as displayed by this man. The Americanization of Nicaragua is the aim of iiis life—the soul ofhisex istence No matter what may he said of Ins per sonal ambition—no,matter liowgreat hfspropen sity to title—no matter how treated by his own government, the great enterprise commands the sympathy ot tho Southern people, and moves on ward in spite of hinderances and obstacles. It is no adulation of one man that causes the heart ot the South to vibrate in unison with every throb of leelinir f„r n: ... happy people—planting the standard of republi — restitutions upon Nicaraguan shores—breath ing into her vitals the life-restoring principles of freedom that swells with joyous emotions the bosom of American freeman. And the day may not be far distant, when William Walker—abused, ill-treated and hunted down as he is—will be Presi dent of the Nicaraguan Republic--the Costa Ricans r.o longer groaning under the yoke of a foreign tyranny, the fields yielding the rich fruits of negro labor, her soil inviting repose for the oppressed of every nation. II the American people from Gen. Cass down to the humblest peasant could glory in the suc cess of Walker w hen the star of his destiny shone with almost meredian brightness, now that it is rising from the dark clouds of adversity and mis fottune which lias overshadowed it for the last six or eight months,it should he hailed with the same joy and delight. May itneverset in eternal dark ness or gloom! Fort Gaines,—Daily Mail. We are gratified to lay before our readers in Clay county the following letter from the Post Office Department, which gives them mail facili ties and privileges never before en joyed. It will be seen by the contraSt proposed, that the citizens ot Fort Gaines will have a daily four-horse coach mail, instead of a little hack as heretofore. This places Columbus and Fort Gaines in close conti guity and gives the enterprising ponple of the latter place an opportunity of receiving the latest tele graphic intelligence the morning after its publica tion in Columbus. Too much credit cannot be given to our immediate Repreeentative, Mr. Craw ford, for this change, lie has been untiring in his exertions to give his constituents every mail facility within his power. May we not expect from this arrangement a large list of subscribers so our Daily, which will give the people of Fort Gaines the latest news twelve hours in advance of the mails from other points? Here is the letter: Post Office Department, Contrrct Office/ September, 17th, 1858. J Sir: In answer to yours of the 13ih inst., I have the honor to state that the Postmaster General has issued an order to the contractors on Route 7208, from Seal’s Station, Ala., to Cuthbert, Ga., to carry a branch mail from Georgetown, by Pomaria, to Fort Gaines, and back daily, in four* horse coaches, at prorata pay, amounting to $1,908 additional per annum if they decline, the postmaster at r"ort names win do instructed to a —Ay— a.iitftKle oerson to perform the Very respectfully, WM. H. DUNDAS, Second Assistant Post Master General. Hon. M. J. Crawford, Columbus, Ga- Cotton Receipts. —Seldom has the history of the Cotton market of this city exhibited so large receipts for the month of September as now. The cotton is flowing in from all directions, running up the daily receipts frequently to a thousand bales. This may be owing to the fine prices paid by the buyers, the rust ripening the cotton, the fine weather for pickiug or the large quantity made this year. From our exchanges, however, we gather that the crop is a short one, and the largo receipts are owing to the other causes above men tioned. We cannot tell how long the market will continuo to present inducements for the farmer to sell. Certain it is there is no good reason for storing his cotton, when it is commanding the pre 3entprices. ‘he ‘23rd inst., has been selected by the City Council of Charleston as a day for supplication and prayer to Almighty God for an alleviation of the afflictions caused by the pesti lence. Albany, ~ept. 16. — Four hundred guns were fired in different sections of the city this noon by the Democracy on the reception ol the nomina tions. _ _ An Indiana paper refuses to publish eu logies gratis, but adds: VVe will publish the simple announcement of the death ol any of Qttr friends with pleasure.