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Interesting from China —The Ameii-1 can Treaty. The “Friend of China” gives the follow ing as the principal provisions ol the Ame rican treaty, signed on.llie Bth of June, at Tien-sen, by Mr. Reed, on the one part, and by Kwelliang and Hwasbana on the other: The treaty comprises twenty-nine arti cles, some of whien repeat the stipulations of the old treaty. Ariicle 1. Provides for general peace, and a stipulation for good offices ot the United States in case of difSeully with other powers. Art. 2. Provides for the deposit and re cord of the treaty at Peliin and Washing ton. t . Art. 3. The official publication ol Hit treaty ai Pekin and in the provinces by im perial authority. Art. 4. Direct correspondence (with ob ligation to acknowledge and answer) of the minister of the United States with the Privy Council or Prime Minister at Pekin. Art. 5. Right of annual visit am) sojourn at his own uleasure as to time, of the Uni ted States minister afPekin ;-journey either to be by the Peiho,or overland from Shang hae, and to be provided lor by Chinese gov ernment, as well as with the official resi dence at the capital. H s suite not to con - sist of more than twenty, exclusive ot Chi nese attendants. His official intercourse to be with the Privy Council, or one of its members deputed for that purpose. Art. 6. Permanent residence at t ckin. i! the same privilege is conceded to other powers. Art. 7. Equality of rank in official cor respondence. Art. 8. Interviews of ministers with Gov ernor General, Governors, &c., always to be at official residences. Interviews never to be denied. Art. 9. Interviews on terms of equality of naval commanders with officials ot high est rank. Suppression of piracy. Art. 13. Right to lease property without any intervention of officials. Designation of open ports, new ones being fcwatuw and Taiwan in Formosa, and any other granted to English, French or Russians. Clandes tine arid contraband trade prohibited Opium to be prohibited or allowed accord ing to Chinese laws. Art. 14. United States never to pay higher duties than the “most favored na- tion.” Art. 15. Tonnage duties not higher than, imposed on the most favored nation; double tonnage duties abolished. Prospec tive application of tonnage dues to beacons, light houses, &c. Art- 16. Regulation of pilots, Art.2o. Time of paying duties ;to be paid in Sycee or foreign money: consuls not to give up papers betore duties are paid. Art. 24. Immunity of national flag and obligation of neutrality. Art. 25. Apprehension of mutineers and deserters, and punishment of criminals. Art. 26. Exclusive jurist! ction of United States authorities over rights and inter course of its citizens. Art. 27. Mutual appeals to public officers with complaints. Art. 28. Recognition and absolute tol eration of Christianity, and protection of Chinese converts. Art. 29 Comprehensive provision that all rights, privileges,and powers granted to any nation, its merchants or subjects, whether political, mercantile, or otherwise, shall at once inure to the benefit of the United States, its public functionaries, nier-> chants, or citizens. Treaty to be ratified within a year by the United States, and by the Emperor forth with. The claims of pecuniary indemnity, eith er for English, American or French losses, neither admitted nor denied, but referred to Canton. Permanent legation of the United States minister, after settlement of pending ques tion at Canton, understood to be hereailer at Shangbae. Political. Full returns of the Vermont election give to one of the opposition. The Legislature— Senate : 30 Republicans, no opposition.— House : 199 Republicans, 30 Democrats. In the twenty-first Congressional dis trict of Ohio, Gen. Eckley, Republican, has announced himself an independent candi date for Congress, against John A Bing ham, who is the regular nominee. The Republican Convention for the twen ty-second district of New York met at Sy racuse on the Bth instant, and nominated M Lindley Lee, of Fulton, Osw ego county, for Congress on the first ballot. The anti-Lecompton menofßuffalo have called a Union Convention for members of Congress on the 27th of September. The Democrats ot the fifth district of Massachusetts have ‘nominated the Hon. John T. Heard for Congress. Foreign Items. It is stated that Capt. Preedy,of the Aga memnon, and Mr. Bright, are to be honor ed with knighthood for their services in laying the cable. A submarine telegraph cable about 300 miles long, to connect the colony of Victoria with Tasmania, was being manufactured in England. The steam-frigate Voyageur de la Mer , from Boston and Gibraltar, a present from the Americans to his Holiness the Pasha of Egypt, and having on board Col. Green, Yenam Effendi, and Mr. Stone, arrived a! Malta on the 24th of August, and left on the 25th for Alexandria. In the course of November next, a gen eral meeting is to beheld in Paris, for the purpose of establishing a company for fin ally carrying out the project of the Isthmus of Suez Canal. The £8,000,000 of capital is said to be nearly all subscribed, and £400,000 of it is set down for the United States. Threats of death to the Christians had been made at Tripoli, and tire consul of France at Beyrout had proceeded there to insist on measures of precaution being ta ken. Hard on Douglas.— On the Bth instant Spalding & Rogers’ Circus Company per formed in Carlinville. 111., and on the same day was held the Democratic meeting for the reception of Senator Douglas. The ecf one'aßove the other. Some wag where I the bills occupied a most conspicuous pos ition, by a little cutting out and repasting, made them read as follows: The forty horse wagon, Largest traveling show in the world, Ground and lofty tumbling by The Hon- Stephen A. Douglas, The only man who performs everything on the bills. Health or Augusta.—We do not know what reports may be cnculated by the ma licious and inconsiderate, as to the health of Augusta. We assert positively that no case of yellow fever has originated this sea son in this city. We are told by Mr. Robinson, the land lord of the Planters’ Hotel, that some per son has reported in the up-country that a case of yellow fever is at his house. Mr. Robitispn authorises and requests us to state that the report is false, and that there is not case of sickness of any sort in his house, nor has there been for many weeks past* — Augusta Constitutionalists. From Oregon and Washington Terri- Tories. —Our dates from Oregon are to the I2th August. No decisive Indiau hostilities had taken place, but the savages seemed to be preparing for war. Some rich gold dis coveries had been made on the Wenatcha and Natchess rivers—feeders of the Colum bia. There were said to be about 1,400 mi ners at work on these streams, making good j wages. Much trouble, however, was ex- I peeled from the Indians in those regions. • FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24. Return of Mr. Forsyth, Minister to Mexico. A goodfeeal of speculation has appeared in the pub'ic press, for tl.e last two months, in relation to ihe return of our Mexican Minister to the Bulled Slates, and the causes and circumstsnces of his withdrawal Iroin the Mexican Court. It has been sometimes asserted, that his recognition of the Zaioaoa Government of Mexico, was disapproved by the President ol the U. S. and that he was re called on that account. It has again been said that, having himrelf suspended his diplomatic re lations with the Mexican authorities, his conduct had not met the approval of ins own Government, and that he was ordered home, in consequence. We hare it in our power, from an authentic Bouree, to contradict both siatements. The recognition of the authority aud Government ol Zuloaga.as President ot Mexico, by Mr. Forsyth, was ap proved by lire Administration at Washington, aud ihit Government was recognized by our own in all the forms of diplomatic intercourse. Nor ha- the conduct of Mr. Forsyth, in protesting against the forced loan imposed by Zuloaga upon Ani rican citizens resident in Mexico,and the sus i pension of his ministerial functions by him, in con sequence of the arbitraiy and tyrannical enforce ment of that and cree, been either condemned, dis avowed or disapproved by the President of the U. S. On the contrary, Mr. Forsyth’s conduct has been approved by our Government, and he has been directed to speak to the Mexican authorities the determination of the United Slates to protect its citizens against the unjust, illegal and arbitrary exactions of Mexico. Intending a national vessel tocoDduct Mr. Forsyth to the United States, our Government ha- given a public manifestation of its regard for the firm and truly American conduct of our Minister under the critical circumstances in which he was placed. It is true that many persons both rn the United States and Mexico, believe and assert that lliis“approbation” and this ship ot war are all sham—a clever piece of diplomatic finesse, to recall an unacceptable Minister without giving him and his iriends offence. Why, they ask, it ihe United States Government is really, cflended with Mexico, and is determined so take effective measures oi redress ; why was net our Minister instructed to present an ultimatum and then with draw, if it failed i Aud why withdraw its legation from Mexico and yet permit the Mexican Minis ter, Gen. Robles, to remain at Washington ! Why does it not send him home at the same lime it re calls ourown Minister? We confess that there is something mysterious in the action of our Government in this matter; nevertheless, we cannot suppose that the Admin istration has resorted to a trick to get rid of a Minister who, if distasteful to it in any respect, ought to have been recalled in an open and man ly manner. We shall be very slow to believe that Mr. Buchanan, or Gen. Cass, has lent himself to an intrigue to make Mr. Forsyth a victim to the malevolence and spite of other parlies. We” know that it has been currently reported, for more than a year,that certain parties, high in the esti mation and confidence of the P esident, have been moving heaven and errth to obtain the recall and disarace of Mr. Forsyth. They Irava had and, p-ihaps, yet have important ends to effect in Mexico, and may not have found the present Minister as pliant to their purposes as was neces sary or desirable. It was natural that they should be anxious for a change and the substitution of one more manageable and favorable to their views. If these things bs so, (for“ which, however, we do not vouch—we only give the current rumors of the day,) doubtless, efforts, and it may be repeat ed and constant efforts have been made to preju dice Mr. Buchanan against Mr. Forsy h and induce the President to remove him and fill the vacancy with a Minister whu may be more com pliant to their will. At present, however, we have no reason to believe that ti e President has been influenced by any such unworthy molive in recall ing Mr. Forsyth. We feel confident that the step taken, whilst it deprives the United States of tire services ot an able, honest and faithful repre sentative, was deemed necessary to vindicate the rights and honor and promote the interests of the country. We are informed, irom reliable authority, that Mr. Forsyth will return to the United States in October,and that his numerous friends, in this cily, will have the pleasure of giving him a hearty welcome in a eommunky of which he was once The Cotton Crop. The Senior editor of the Montgomery Mail, who is now rusticating in Macon county, Ala., for the benefit of his health, in writing to his paper from Tuskegce, say?:—"Planters who come in from the surrounding country, toil me that the crops of the county—the cotton crop, I mean—is on the whole a good deal better than last year’s. It is not, however, a full one. The stormy rains of the last day or two will, 1 suppose, materially dam age all the open cotton, of which there is a vast quantity, though planters are pushing to get out and crowd it to market as much as early as pos sible. “Twelve cents” is the cry!” Health of Columbus. There are few cities in the Union ofrhe size of Columbus, that one so free from disease and sick ness. VVe have taken seme pains ro ascertain the number of deaths in this city during the present uuhealthy period from our Sexton, Mr. Nix, with a view oi speaking ex,cathedra upon this subject. The record shows that during the entire month of July, there were only six interments among the whites and two among the blacks. In Aug. there were eight deaths among the whites and four among the blacks. During the present month, which is near closed, only four deaths have occuried among the whites and six among the blacks. Recapiiulaiing then ; there has been during the months of fuly, August and Sepiember—the most unhealthy season of every year—only thirty inter ments, all told, in Columbus. Taking into con sideration that the population ofthe City rs between nine and ten thousand inhabitants, that more than half the deaths a:e confined to children, that the heat of the summer has been almost intolerable and we think we present an extraordinary show ing of a heathy city. The Cable—Once More. Our telegraphic column contains the announce-* ment that the Cable has recovered from its long indisposition and resumed its proper functions.— We forbear any intemperate expression of joy at the event, fiist, for the reason that our exultation could have no possible effect upon the stability of its fortunes, and secondly, because we might si on have to exchange our gratulations for regrets That it should be struck dumb with astonishment however, by the wonders of the mighty deep, is not at all remarkable. Such, we are sure, would be our conduct under the same circumstances. In his fpeecli delivered at Bellville, Illinois, on the 10ih inst., Judge Douglas, speaking of the in evitable expansion of the Union,said: “When we get Cuba, (and get it we must, sooner or later,) I am willing to allow her people to say whether they will have slavery or not; and J have no doubt what their decision will be, since they will never turn loose a million free negroes to deso late that beautiful island “ The Hon. Henry G. Lamar presents his name to the voters of the Macon Judicial District as a candidate for election to the office of Judge, which h) now holds. T. W. Monitor!, Esq , the Solicitor General of the Circuit, is a candidate for re-election. The Africans. —The captured Africans, taken on board the Niagara, to be delivered in Liberia, numbered two hundred and seventy one, showing a mortality since tlieii arrival at this port of thirty five instead ol twenty-five, as previously stated— the original number being three hundred and six. The negroes were all, apparently, in good condi tion. They gave evidence of being exceedingly well pleased with their manner of transportation from the Clinch to the Niagara, and also with ‘he arrangements that had been made for their comfort on board the frigate, particulaily with that portion of them which appertained to the cooking department. It is expected that the frig ate will sail to-day.— Char. Courier. £3?” The comet now visible will be of most striking brightness during the first week of Octo oer, possibly the largest of the century, and at that time will be sepn near Arcturus. John A. Tucker’s Letter of Acceptance. Below will be found the letter oi this genii man signifying his acceptance of the nomination for Judge of the Pataula Circuit tendt-n and to him by the la e judicial Convention al Culhbert. Me have before expressed our satisfaction at this se lection. Mr. Tucker is a man of commanding talents, eminent juridical attainments and unim peachable integrity, and, if elected, will preserve the ermine unspotted. Americus, Ga.. Sept. 16. Gentlemen : Yours ofthe 14th inst., noti fying me of my nomination as a candidate for the office of Judge ot the Pataula Circuit and requesting me to accept the nomina tion, was received at this place to-day. Knowing the important and responsible duties ot the offi ;e, l accept the nomination with some diffidence and hesitation. But” if the action of.the Convention should be ratified by the people, it will be my con stant purpose to discharge with fidelity and to the best of ruy ability, all the duties ol the office. With grateful acknowledgements to the Convention for the confidence reposed in, and the honor conferred upon me, and with assurances of esteem and regard for you personally, gentlemen, I remain verv respectfully. JOHN A TUCKER, Messrs. S. S. Stafford, I. W. Stokes, S. P. Burnett. cruel flogging of schoolchildren has become epidemic in Cincinnati. Some ofthe edi tors there are beginning to call attention to this evil, and hope to convince the people that children deserve some consideration as well as pigs. Ab the children in this case are white, we doubt the success of any efforts at indigoation. Washington, Sept. 17, 1858. It is said thatMr. Appleton intends to re sign the place of Assistant Secretaty of S.ate. The, cause as stated, is the inad equacy of the salary and the routine of diudgeryoi a subordinate office present ing no fluid of ambition for the future. From the friendship ol the President, and from his experience, he will probabiv obtain a foreign mission, and not unlikely that }o Spain. Gov. Denver, of Kansas, who has resign- ! ed Ins commission, to take effect on the Ist of October, will resume his position as Commissioner ol Indian Afla’rs! The Secretary ofthe Navy has ordered Surgeon Henderson to the Purism • utli Na vy Yard, vice Delaney, detached : Comman der Stedman to the brig Dolphin, at Bos ton, lor tlie Paragua expedition; Comman der Stellwagen, Lighthouse Inspector for the Fourth district; Lieut J Pembroke Jones has been detached from ordnance duty at the Washington Yard, and ordered as Light house Inspector ol the Stxth district, vice Education. A number of our cotemporaries have re vived this subject, and are laboring assid ously to excite public interest in it. Ii is astonishing how much wind work is re quired belore any great measure of public utility can be brought to a practical deter mination at the South. The press and a tew patriotic men,in our state have, for j eats, striven to impress the minds ofthe people and their legislators with the importance ol some more extended and useful system of j education, and yet, nothing has been done. Teachers’ Associations have been formed, convened a lew times, and died out, with out accomplishing anything. The State Legislature has had the matter under con- : sideration for years without coming to any definite conclusion. Y’et there i- not a man or woman of ordinary intelligence in the country, but recoguides the advantages that would accrue to our section, socially, mor al! and politically, from a more general dis semination of knowledge. Argument upon this subject is wasted—none is needed to convince the people of a self-evident truih, and the only question that can arise, it seems to us, is, what plan of education can be made practicable that will prove most effi cacious for general good. We have no sug gestion to make ourself, but have copied an ariicle upon the subject from the Columbus Times, whose editor favors a State Univer tional wants ot tne times. * ‘ What we most deplore, in connection with this subject, (and indeed with all sub jects of great public utility,) is the necessity for so much talking and writing in advance of any action by either the people or their legislators. It is fair to infer, that wbat any other people have done, our people can do. In other sections of the country there are facilities for popular education far superior to any thing at the South, and it is a dis paraging reflection’ that we should linger behind in the high and holy work. There has already been too much time consumed in discussing plans, in reiterating argu ments, in speculating upon effects. Action is what we need. Perhaps it would be well for the Governor to invite the opinions of some of our most eminent teachers and scholars as to the most feasible plan for ac complishing a system of general education throughout the State, those opinions to be embodied in a report to the next Legisla ture, with a request for its immediate con sideration of the same, preparatory to def inite action. We throw out the suggestion I for what it is worth. —Griffin Independent j South. Mr. Douglas’ Squatter Sovereign*, tv. —Ina recent discussion at Freeport, Illinois. Mr. Lincoln (Black Republican) propounded the following question to Mr. Douglas : “Can the people of a United Stales Ter ritory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from its limits prior to the forma tion ofa State Constitution ?” Mr. Douglas replied as follows which is a most delicious crumb for the Northern VVhaie: “I answer emphatically, as Mr. Lincoln has heard me answer a hundred times from every stump in Illinois, that is my opinion the people of a territory can, by lawful means, exclude slavery from their limits prior to the formaiion of a State Conetilu* lion.” Commander Hunter; Lieut. Law to the Na val Acaderay;Commander H. H. Bell,'Light house Inspector of the third district; Sur geon James'Cormick, Fleet Surgeon ofthe home squadron, to joan tiie Roanoke at San Juan del Norte. , —. _ ........cn,. ouu nunter, have recei ved preparatory orders to command vessels for ‘he Paraguay expedition. Lieut. D. R. Lambert has een bordered to the Cyane, vice Lieut. A. McLaughlin. —V Y. Herald ‘ ‘ UaiF”Government having abandoned the attempt to improve Red river, two boats with the tackel which cost $30,000, having been sold for $1,465. ° An old Dutch farmer, just arrived at the dignity of a justice of the peace, had his first marriage case. He did it up in this way. He first said to the man: “Veil, youvantstobe marrit, to you? Veil, you lovesh dis voman so gnot as any voman you have ever seen ?” “Yes,” answered the man. Then to the woman: “Veil, do you love dis man so better as any man you have ever seen?” She hesitated a little, and he repeated : “Veil, veil, do you like him so veil as to be his vise ?” “Yes, yes,” she answered. “Veil, dat ish all any reasonable man can expect. So you are marrit;! pronounce you man and vise.” The man asked thejustice what was to pay. j all, noting at all ; you are vel come to it if will do you any good.” Bank of Columbus. —’this sterling in stitution has appointed Mr. John M. Potter i its agent at t this place. Our merchants will now have facilities to purchase cotton at all times. Bainbridgo is the best cotton market in this section of the country—Albany and Tallahassee not excepted. —Bainbridge Georgian. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, Things about Town. Our reporter visited evety part of the city yes teiday for news, so anxious was he to have au ar ticle that would interest our city readers. He complains bitterly of our long editorials upon poli ties or abstruse questions,and says they are never read except by men who have nothing else to do— that business folks like light articles, that wil! please tile tancy, and short ones at that- We are not disposed to disregard the words of our friend, and promise our readers to keep a watch-oat for every item of local news, that will interest them or gain a subscriber, without descending to matters unworthy the dignity ol a respectable Journal. Yesterday was a groat day for wagons loaded witii cotton and* produce. ladeed, so far as the appearance ol business is concerned it was the day of the season. Broad street was jammed with wagons, and while the receipts ot cotton might be lighter than at former periods, we are sure our merchants, grocery-men and bank-men were well pleased with the profits of the day. Ihe termer’s debts are always postponed until thoir cotton is sold, when they lay in a supply of groce ries, et cet. Now is the looked-for time and many a long lace has been changed as by a magicians wand into a gladsome and merry countenance. Still all are not happy. The extravagant youth finds the constable close at his heels and the too liberal provider is dunned at every corner by troublesome lawyers. Upon the whole, however, money matters are easy and everybody is getting on at a respectable rate. The river continues low and as a mattet ol course our boats are tied up. 7 his state ot things causes much cotton to come to Columbus, that would otherwise go to Apalachicola, while it re tards its shipment- We heard yesterday oi farm ers from the lower part of Stewart aud near Florence making this city their market. This may arise from the good bargains, which they are able to m ke in purchasing their winter supply ot ar ticles, or the price offered for their cotton. The Eagle and Howard Factories are in op eration, notwithstanding the low water, and are doing a heavy business. The Coweta Fails I ac tory, which has been closed tor some years, is now being refitted and will soon be ready for operation. The Carter Factory has never been used for the purpose of manufacturing goods. 7 hough rearing up six or seven stories high, it is used solely as a rope manufactory. The Gin Factories, Iron Foundries, and Variety works are all in opera tion with prospects of success. The pine blights are still observed in the groves near the city. It has been suggested, if the trees were ihined out it would be beneficial. Our reporter still has faith in the completion of the new bridge by the good people in the upper part of the city. He thinks the merchants and warehousemen know their interest too well to be indifferent about it and not finish it. It is now, we believe, the most plsaaant promenading ground in the city, and a place where the young and old congregate in the afternoon. The weather is mild and delightful, and with the exception ol the dust, we are well satisfied. Death of Dred Scott. This distinguished colored individual departed this life at St. Louis, Mo, on the 17th inst. For the last lour years he has enjoyed a notoriety unequaled, perhaps by any number of his race- His demand of, and effort to obtain his freedom, formed the subject of that great deci-ion by the | Supreme Court of the United States, v\ hich declar ed the political equality of the South, and the North, and their equal right to enjoy with their peculiar pi operty, the territories of the Union—re pudiating the doctrino of “squatter sovereignly” | or the power of a territorial legislature to affect I the slaveholder in his right of property or in the i security of its enjoyment. For this judicial guar | ante©, although fanaticism is oot likely to regard j it, we are indebted to the case ot Dred Scott. We i are, therefore, glad that lie has lived. Yellow Fever. The yellow fever has been in progress in New j Orleans for twelve weeks. During that time the 1 report of the Sexton shows that 4,583 deaths oc j curred, of this number 2,669 (resulted from yellow 7 i fever. From the first week of the lever to the pres ! ent, it has increased. For the week ending Sept, j 19th, there were 474 deaths, the largest number re | corded during the summer,. JibMfi&'tfdHiriSe ffie I commencement of the fever. In Charleston there were 103 deaths week belore last of the disease, and 128 last week. Savannah has only suffered from the epidemic for a week or ten days. Last week, there were forty deaths in Savannah, twen ty of which died of yellow fever. During tha present week the disease has abated, if it has not disappeared altogether. Galveston has been also a victim to this terrible epidemic. Interments for the Week. The official report, says the Savannah Sews, of the Board of Health of the interments for the week ending on Tuesday evening, the 21st inst., will be found in another column. It shows an increase of five over the report of last week, in cluding 20 deaths by yellow fever. YVe have before staled that ihe verv bad weather previous to Wednesdy, the 15th inst., had been productive of much sickness- Most of tiie deaths recorded in the present report are of persons who were at | tacked during the previons week For several | days past we have heard of very few new cases of j fever, and if the present favorabie weather contin ues wo Ehail confidently expect a still greater i abatement of the sickness and mortality. On Tuesday there weresix interment in the two : cemeteries—only one death being from yellow ■ fever. On yesterday there were five interments in Laurel Grove Cemetery—three whites and two black children—and one in the Cathedral Ceme tery, none of which were from yellow fever. Delegates- South-Western Circuit. The following delegates have been appoin tod to attend the Democratic Convention at Al bany on the 12th proximo; to nominate a candi date for Judge and Solicitor in the South-Western Circuit. Sumter County.—F M Furlow, A. S. Cutts, L. B Dorman, W A Hawkins, and Dr. Wynn. Calhoun County.—James M Dickey, L D xYlun roe, John Cauley. Baker County,—lke Welsh, Seth C Stevens, C D Hammond, RDlvoy. D-catur County.—H H McElony, J M Wilson, and B F Breetoo. We have heretofore published the delegates <rom other counties in the D strict in the Daily Times. Albany Cotton Market. Owing toihejreport oi a lew casesof.Sg’Vremand** in vein reduction in prices, but little cotton was sold the past week. The lever excitement is however, abating, ar,d yesterday someone hundred bales were sold at from 10 1-2 ot 11 l-Bc-latter for strictly middling to good mid dling. Sales the last week about three hundred bales. Stock on hand 16th Sept 992 bales. Receipts since, .....1241 “ c, 2233 Shipped last week 626 “ Stock in Warehouses 1607 “ Bridge at Albany. i Our enterprising fellow townsman, Col. N. i Tift, has just concluded a contract with Dr. A. J. Robinson, of Columbus, for the erection of a first class Bridge to span Flint River at the foot of Broad street in this city. Horace King, the cele brated bridge builder, will superintend the work The covered lattice portion of the Bridge will be 350 feet long, resting on three piers, to be subsequently filled with masonry, and will be about 40 feet above high water. The trestle ; bridging will be about 530 feet long, making a to- I tal length of 930 feet. If no unforeseen occurrence should prevent, the Bridge will be opened for crossing on the Rrst of December, and will be completed !?y the first day of February next.— Al’ briny Patriot. Ratified. —The Kentucky Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church at their recent ses sion, ratified by a vote of 36 against 24, the action of the General Conference in Nashville, in ex punging the rule against the “buying and selling of men, women and children,” Diversion of Traps bv Quarantine Exac tions. —The New York Herald says: “We learn from a large importing house in this city, in the West India trade, that they had sto ped the ship ment of sugars from Porto Rico direct to this port, and had sent cargoes to New Haven, and were | at present receiving them in New York bv schoon ers navigating Long Island Sound, with a mate ria! saving of expense. B@~A large meeting of the “Solid men” ot Richmond County, New Y"ork, was held at the town of Richmond on the 20:h Sept. inst. at which -resolutions wore passed commending the conduct ofthe mob in the late Staten Island tragedy. In flammatory speechos were delivered denouncing in unmeasured term? the conduct ol Gov. King in relation thereto. Crops, Weather and Politics- Dougherty.Co., Sept. 23d. Messrs. Editors- —lt is agreed on all sides that the cotton crop .his year wil not be a full one.— The boll-worm and rust and bad weather have disappointed the hopes of the most sanguine of a large yield. The weather is uow cool and pleasant and the cotton is being picked out rapidly. The article will be sold at present prices and not stored. The counties in this Judicial Circuit are nomi nating delegates to the convenrion. lu Baker, a candidate was nominated by the Democratic Con vention to fill the unexpired term ot the Represen tative in the Legislature, Rev. Mr. Cumbie, who was cut off in the new County of Mitchell. The democracy would have no one else than Hon Alfred 11. Colquitt, ex.member of Congress from this District. Though retired from public life—having declined a re-election to Congress after a splendid victory—and living in quiet upon his farm, his services were called into requisition by his oid constituents in o flattering a manner that he could not ignore heir wishes. Bosides the har mony restored and reconciliation of conflicting claims effected in the Democratic ranks by the use of his name, Maj. Colquitt could not be unmind fnl ot the enthusiasm of old Baker for hiselection to Congress and the unprecedented majority ot six hundred voteS she gave him in that race. All honor to Baker for her selection I We believe in the plan of sending our best rnen to the Legisla ture to make laws for us. Santa Anna Revolutionizing St. Do mingo. New York, Sept. 20.—The steamship Black Warrior has arrived at this port with dates from Havana of the 15th inst. Advices from St. Domingo had been re ceived, stating that Santa Anna had attack ed and taken Santiago Fort. The fort was taken on ‘he first of Sept, upon which Val® verde and the Collector of Santiago fled to Monte Christo, abandoning ihe government of St. Domingo. All business is suspended, and the stores in the city are closed. • All paper money is repudiated as worth less. _ Later from Utah- St. Louis, Sept. 18th.—Leavenworth ad vices of the 15th inst., are received. A number of officers from Utah, arrived there on that day, among them Col. Alexander | and Lieut. Gover and Manadier, of the 10th Infantry, and Capt. Marcy, of the sth In fantry. The general impression was that further trouble was to be expected from the Mor mons, that the difficulties had only been postponed not settled. A train of twenty wagons leave here to morrow for Pikes Park, and Mr. H. Rus seli will Biart a train of forty wagons in a few days. Gentlemen are also here from Leavenworth and Wyandotte, outfitting for the companies in these places. Tri-Weekly Southern Recorder- The Editors of the Southern Recorder propose to publish during the session ofthe Legislature, a Tri-Weeklv paper under the above name, of medium size, to contain a synopsis ofthe debates, bills and all other matters of importance that shall come before the Legirlature—thus affording an-early, impartial and complete account of the pro ceedings of that body. 7’o effect this in a keep good Reporters, with a ready pen, in each branch of the Legislature, to give mat ters as they come up. This and other things will be attended with no little ex pense, but if a sufficient number of subscri bers shall send us their names by the 20th of October next, the paper will be issued, and on the receipt of the first No. the sub scription, one dollar, will have to be paid. Strict attention will be given to the latest Telegraphic, Cotton and other news. R. M. ORME & CO. Milledgeville, Sept. 10, 1858. The Case of the Slave Brig Putnam. —Boston, Sept. 20th, 1858.—The second examination of Townsend, the alleged mas ter of the slave brig Putnam is assigned for to-morrow before U. S. Commissioner Loring. It is rumored that the defence will be that Townsend was only a passen ger, and that the real captain of the brig is a Spaniard, now imprisoned as one of the crew in Charleston. Mrs. Townsend has visited her husband in jail, and it is said that several well known parties in New Y’ork have been anxious to have an inter view with him. Office of the Board of Health, ) Sept. 19th, 6 o’clock, f. m. } The Board reports eight deaths from yel low fever for the twenty-four hours end ing 6 o’clock this day (Saturday.) D. Herndon, M. D. Secretary Board or Health. Moeile, Sept. 20th, ’sß.—The Board re port seven deaths from yellow fever, with in the last twenty.four hours, ending at 6 o’clock, this day. D. Herndon, M. D., Sec’y. Weather—Health—Crops.—7’he past week we have had cool nights,and pleasant during the day-the weather dry-health and crops continue good, and our streets pres ent a business like appearance. —Albany Patriot. Pataula Circuit —Hon. J. A. Tucker, of Lumpkin, has received the Democratic nomination for Judge of this Circuit. Asa Lawyer and a man, Col. Tucker has high office, to wYncn'Wications to cm ) Citizen. The Weather. We are glad to learn tha t the weather is highly lavorable to the crops, but should an accident hap - pen in the shape of violent storms, blight, or some noxiousinsecr, our hopes would be blasted. There is no insector blighting accident likely to reach so hrmly established an institution as the Lottery of b Swan {( Cos, of Augusta, Georgia. If you mail them $lO, $5, or s2i, and obtain a ticket, it may chance to pay you an enormous profit in the shape of a prize. That they are a favorite “crop” to cultivate is obvious, from the great popularity of their establishment. It— B6. USF“The Texas papers are still dispu ting about the result of the election for As sociate Judge, and it seems that only the official returns will show whether Buckley or Bell has been chosen. The Mazzina organ, Italia del Popolo, published at Genoa, had ceased to appear. During the last three months all its princi pal writers spent more time in jail than at their office. The Emperor of Russia had emancipated the 200,000 serfs belonging to the imperial domain. A powder magazine at Astrakan, on the Caspian, containing, it is said, 200,000 pounds of gunpowder, had exploded, de stroying half the town and killing half the inhabitants. The loss of shipping was also fearful. JsiF"ln New Orleans a man was fined I twenty five dollars for beating a slave man and attempting to pass through a funeral procession of colored persons. MONDAY, S-PTEMBER 27 The Legislature- The Legislature of Georgia convenes in five or - six weeks. There are many questions, which will be brought before that body ot great interest to the people. It is right that we should speak of them that they may have a voice in the matter. The first question that will require legislative action is that of granting aid to Railroads Ihe friends oi this policy do uot ask a loan oi the State s money , but its credit. They say the State is developing her resources without any danger ot loss that the and ffererit roads asking assistance secure the State in granting its credit—that it is a false economy to hold down the doors ofthe Treasury for an enter prise so worthy the consideration of Georgians. It would seem that a Legislator was unmindful ofthe interest of the people to refuse his vote -for ihe endorsement of the bonds of ‘a Railroad by the State, when the whole road is mort gaged to secure it against loss and protect its credit. But these are points that require the closest examination and study. Will not the road in the event of a iailure be thrown back upon the State and will it pay ? Is not the whole question attendant with difficulties that may prostrate the State’s credit! How discriminate between the claims otthe numerous roads applying lor aid 1— Will not a road be built by private enterprise, where it is actually wantod aud where it will be profitable ! These and kindred questions will arise which require mature deliberation and reflection on the part ofthe Legislator to decide in a manner that time will approve. Another question is looked ovo- by the Leg- islature in its hurry to pass a lew local bills. It is the re-organization ofthe Supreme Court. — This is recommended at every session, but a few old fogy members are always opposed to a change. They forget that the bill organizing that tribunal was passed with great difficulty, and is not perfect. They forget that they opposed so wise a measure as the granting of a Charter simply to build tho Central road—that their notions of change and the progress of the age are widely apart as the poles— Notwithstanding this element of opposition in the Legislature, we believe that the Supreme Court will hereafter by legislative enactment sit at only one place and this itinerant, saddie-bag system, so unfair for the Judges wil! be abolished. We mean by no means to cast censure in these remarks upon the two Judges, whose decision upon the Bank question has lately been submitted to and in terpreted by the people. Allowing lor others an honest difference of opinion, we say for ourselves as far as we have been enabled to understand the question, the law has been decided as it is written and does not overrule a former decision. The equi ty or justice of it is altogether another question. But ihe Court should be re organized and that too by the present Legislature. We have given our views upon the subject of University education. We will not repeat them, fieieafter we will pursue this subject and discuss the propriety of the passage of such measures as we think important to ihe interest ofthe people. The East India Company,—Deposed. The first day ofthe present month was signaliz ed in Great Britain by the forma! resumption on the part of that Government of the power which, fora long period of lime, had been committed in trust, or for plunder, to the East India Company. For more than a century and a half, this band ol robbers have been invested wilh the forms and essence of Sovereignty, and have exerted the pre rogative of absolute dominion in wasting the sub stance and crushing the energies of that benighted people. Once, in the history of their crimes, their severe and intolerable exactions alarmed the tears and disturbed the conscience of even British cu pidity. Once, “The loudciy of trampled Hindostan Arose to heaven, ia her appeal to man.” In tile year 1787, Edmund Buike, who had de voted long years to the investigation of English oppressions in India, and whose great heart did ever beat iu unison with the pulsa ions of human freedom, came forward iu the British Commons for the impeachment of Warren Hastings. That functionary was, then .Governor-General oflndia, and his terrible exactions had become a reproach to the English name. Assisted by the genius oi Sheridan, Mr. Butke succeeded before the House ol Commons—hut failed on the trial before the House of Lords, aud India was left to suffer from the rapacity oi her uaurino.inled rnfors. From that uay until two years past, their extortionate de mands have beon endured with various degrees of discontent, when tho volcano, whose wrath had long been suppressed, hurst forth in the recent re bellion. It is an admirable and beneficent ar rangement ia the order of Providence, that, when a sense of justice imposes no restraint upon the inordinate demands of power, the philosophy of self-interest compels some regard to right with a force of logic which may not be resisted. Tha fortunes ot the recent war in British India—the enormous expense at which it has been maintain ed, have, doubtless, conducted the Government of Great Britain to the conclusion that its adminis tration in that distant dependency was not so pa ternal as it might have been, and that some re spect to the rights of the governed must be observ ed, in order to preserve the integrity of itsempi’ft. Accordingly, that hoary despot—the East India Company—lias been dethroned, and degraded from a sovereign to a mere trader. Its reign will not soon be forgotten ; for the dark impression of its ravages will endure for ages on the fortunes ot the Hindoo. Henceforth its lights, powers and titles are the possession ofthe Crown of Great Britain, and nothing remains, to tell ol its former great ness, but a history of revolting crime The Yellow Fever. The Fever Returns (says the Delta,) show anything but a decline. For the thirty hoursend ing Monday'noon, as reported by the Board of Healih, the deaths by yellow lever throughout the city numbered 107, This is tiie largest thirty hours’ mortality yet reported. Howard Association.— The following is the report of the Howard Association for the week ending Sept. 20: Cases on hand at last report 560 Received since 406 Total ... 1,056 Died 99 Discharged 307 Balance on hand 650 Total cases treated 1,958 New Orleans, Sept. 23.-The deaths by yellow fever in this city on yesterday were 50. Charleston, Sept. 24, P. M—7’he Rev, Reuben Post, ihe venerable and esteemed pastor of the Circular Church (Second Presbyterian), died in this city this afternoon at 6 o’clock, of yellow fe- I I oimg Men's Christian Association. The following is the report ofthe Relief Com mittee of the Chris;iau Association : N umb’r of cases under treatment at last rep’rt .269 New cases received Wed., Sept. 15 G 4 “ Thursday,” 16 73 “ Friday, “ 17 46 “ Saturday “ 18 26 “ Sunday, “ 19 23 “ Monday, “ 20 45 “ Tuesday, “ 21 48 Discharged cured of lever since last report... .111 “ other diseases “ 32 Died of yellow fever “ 88 “ other diseases 3 Cases of destitu.e suffering relieved “ 40 “ now under treatment 355 Total number of cases treated from Aug. 27 to Sept. 14,7 P. M 992 N. U. Delta. Death of an old Citizen- Michael N. Clarke, Esq., an old lind much re spected citizen of Columbus, died Satimlay. He has resided ia thiscity since its first settlement and has held positions in the county, which he filled with credit. He was a Lieutenant in the Cadet Riflemen commauded by Capt. T. C. Evans in the Florida war in 1836, and bore himself as a soldier during that campaign. He was buried by the Masons, as he was a bright and shining light in that fratornity. C fy ’ 1 here were three deaths from yellow fe ver in Savannah on Friday—Oscar Enzmunu, 26 years, Germany—John O’DonneiJ, 27 years, jre.and—-Elizabeth Beckett 3 years, Savannah. The Daily Enquirer Our neighbor ofthe Erquirer-has doffed itstri weekly apparel, and now appears in tire new dress of a Daily. We heartily wi-h our cotemporary success— We b.-lieve in competition and do hot retard flu prosperity of the Enquirer as antagonistic to our own. We have now three Dailies in Columbus. Ihe “Sun” which has been shining for some time, iis rays directed by J. W. Gauidmg, Esq.,—the En quirer, under the editorial management of Mr. J [I. Martin, and this Journal under the guidance ol our own feeble ability. The community abroad will thus observe the prosperity of Columbus, aud admire the geoero.*i-y of its citizens in supporting the printer and reading every day the latest news in the country. Fire in Weston, Mo St. Lotus, Sept. 20.—A destructive fire occur red at Weston, Missouri, on the night ot 13th met. burning the furniiure warehouses, of John Deity and Shaw and Newhouse, the grocery of F Kauf man, the Court-house, and one or two other build ings. The loss is estimated at 835,(X).), on which there is about $12,0C0 insurance. New York Quarantine— Removal of Re strictions. —At a meeting of the health com in is rioi.erson the2oih inst..it was resolved to reduce tire term of detention of New Orleans and Charles ton vessels arriving at quuraniino with sickness on board to eight days, and those without sickness to four days, thus shortening the detention over one half, The restrictions upon loading New Or leans and Charleston vessels at quarantine were also thrown off, and steamers from New Orleans were allowed stream permits Vessels from Sa vannah were exempted from quarantine. Later from Santa Fe- St. Louis, Sept. 20, 1858. A dispatch from Independence, dated yesterday, says that lire Santa I e mail, with dates to the 30th ult, has arrived there. The iaiest dates from Fort Defiance were to the 18th of August, at which time no hostile movement had been made against the Navajo Indians, at the earnest solici tation of an influential chief. The officers had given him ten days to raise his people to go in search of the murderer oi tire ser vant of Major Brooks. Three companies of rifles, under the command ot Captains Lindsay and Elliott, and Lieut. Howland ; one company ol the third Infantry under Lieutenant Hott, and a company of spies and guides under Bias Lucero, had been or dered to be in readiness in the event of war with the Indians. Some political excitement exsisted in re gard to the election ofthe representatives to the next Legislature, there being two sets of candidates, both claiming to be the Simon Pure Democracy. The United States District Court was in session, but no business of importance bad been transacted when the mad party left. Movements of Cyrus W• Field- Burlington, Cyrus W. Field, Esq., and family, arrived here at 11 o’clock this evening, and was es corted to the residence of Mr. D. D. How ard amid ihe cheers of an immense multi tude and the firing of cannon. The office j ofthe American Telegraph Company and j several private residences were brilliantly j illuminated. The party will leave to-mor row morning, at 11 o’clock for New York ; via Lake Champlain and Saratoga. Personal. Capt. I. Rynders, marshal of New York city,an'! Col. Thomas Fomit'eroy, United j Siates Army, are a! Brown's Hotel. Hon. Fernando Wood, of New York, Hon E B Hart, of New Y oi k, and the Ism John M Bolts, of Virginia, are at tin- National Hotel. Madame LeVert and Mrs. Anna Cora Richie have declined the public demonstra lion of a matinee or soiree, with which sev eral papers have announced they were to be complimented. Thomas Carlyle has recently set out for Berlin, whence he nroceods to Saxony and Silesia, ifi order to survey the battle-fields ofthe seven years’ war. in relation with his forthcoming “History of the Great Fred erick.” We learn that the diploma of honorary membership in the British Geographical Society has been forwarded through the Department of Slate, to Professor A D Bache, the distinguished Superintendent of the Coast Survey of the United States, Letters from Madrid speak of a rumor current amongst aristocratic circles that the marriage of the Duke ot MalakofF with the daughter ofthe Marquis of Paniega, has been definitely arranged. The bride is about twenty, six years of age, surpassingly grace ful; and tiie very type of an Andalusian gentlewoman. During a visit to Frankfort-on-tbe-Main, Prince Mettertiich,called aside .the host of the “Roman Emperor” hotel, at which he was stopping, stated that on that day (the 23d of Aug.) it was just eighty years since he; then a lad of five years, had first set foot in that house, in the retinue of ihe Emperor Joseph 11. of Austria. Political. Charles B Sedgwick, Esq., has been nom inated as the Republican candidate for Congress for the twenty-fourth district, oi New York in place of the Hon. A. P. Gran ger. Hon. Alfred YVeils, has been nominated for Congress for the district composed ol Tioga, Chemung, Schuyler and Tompkins counties, and the Repuolicans of the thirti eth Congressional district of New York, comprising Genesee, Wyoming and Alle ghany counties, have nominated Mr. Au gustus Frank, of Wyoming county, as their candidate for Congress. The negroes, at their Convention in Troy N. Y., have resolved to vote “the Republi can” ticket. They claim git ven thousand votes in the State. . Judge McKean has been nominated as ihe Republican candidate fur Congress in the fifteenth district ot New York. In a speech delivered atNew Albany,lnd., the Hon. Wm. H. English, author ot the Kansas bill, repudiates one of its provisions, I’ by declaring that he will vote for the adinis sefFwit?! a “con stil'u fi o fl y” 7o°-m ed and approved by the people of the territory. So we go. The Knoxville Citizen says the charges on a bushel of wheat from that place lo Sa vannah 500 miles, are one cent less than from Knoxville to Lynchburg only 334 miles Miss Mary E. Keen has retired from the editorial department of the Bainbridge Argus. Miss Annie R Hlomit, the well known “ Jennie Woodbne, ” will continue the presiding divinity over tilt; “Ladies’ Bureau ” of that pap^r. Health of Albany.—lt is gratify’it gto us that we are able to state that this city was never more he.iithy than it has been during the past twelve months—and even the summer months, which has been regard ed as the sickliest, has passed without re cording a dozen cases of mortality.—.l/- bani/ Patriot, Sept. 93. I’ensacoi.a Rail Road.—The Gazette, of the 18th inst., says : We aru pleased to witness the steady progress of our Railroad at the Pensacola end. Ten miles of the track are now com pleted, with freight and passenger trains making semi-daily trips. Anew era has dawned upon the old city of Pensacola— The snort of the iron horse has waked up our heretofore slumbering population, and an active business aspect has been impart ed to the city never witnessed before. Since 1830, nearly 27,000 miles of rail road have been built in the United States, which have cost, on an average, about $35,000 per mile, or $945,000,000, TELEGRAMS OFTIIEIEEK ~REPORTED FOR THE DAILY TIMEsT OFFICIAL.— Yellow I-cm in Savannah—Gone Savannah, Sept. 20:h.— No death to-day fr om yellow’ lever. No new csss reported, and all ap. prehension oi the spread of ihe epidemic entirely allayed. The weather continues cool and avor able. Augusta, cept. 20tb, 1858. The number of deaths frem yellow lever in Charleston for the week er.dingthe 19ih inst.,wore one hundred and twenty eight. The city of Au gusta continues exempt and “no fears are eniertain, ed ot the disease • ARRIVAL OF.THE Steamship North Britain. COTTON ADVANCED. CABLE SIGNALS GLASED. Quebsc.—The Steamship North Britain he.? arrivtd wiih Liverpool dates to tfleßibinst. Liverpool Cotton Market.—Aii quaii■ i,-s ol cotton had advanced* 1-lfid. State of Trade. —Accounts iron; die manu facturing districts are favorable. London Money Market. —Consols quoted at 961 CABLE NEWS. Signals through the Atlantic Cabie have emirs ly ceased. ’ MOVEMENTS OF GEN WALKER. New York. Sept. 21 —Gen. Wid;un l .\ ./ -r has sided for Aspiawaii. It is reported that he Will stop at Panama, for tire purpose of procuring men and arms, and will proceed thenc toNica j ragua. Additional by the North Briton. Quebec, Sept. 22. —A siaver brigantine the el , Andrews, had beau captured on the coast of Af rica and arrived at Si. Helena on the 30tlt oi July. This vessel hailed from Charle-H-n, 16- C. Liverpool Cotton Market. — lie salts oi cot ton for the week 23,000 bales, a! which Specula tors took 6,000 at an advance of 1-lCj m some instances. Further Cable News. Professor VV hiteliouse is at Valencia and has great confidence in being able to restore the Cabie to working order. . New Y'ork, Sepi. 21 - The honorary directors oi the Atlantic Telegraph Company’ have to day received a dispatch from the New I midland Su perintendent, in which it is stated that the elec tricians have been unable to communicate with Valencia since the first day of September. Elec trical manifestations, however, indicate that the difficulty is at or near the Valencia otiiee. This inteiligtnee seems to confirm the news received by tl.e North Briioti, in which it was stated that it was believed the’ interruption or de rangement to the cable was near the shore al encia office, and that the cause was probably remediable. THE PRESIDENT RETURNED. Washington, Sept. 21.—The President re turned to this city to-day. Moeile, Sept. 21.—Arthur P. Bagby, Ex-Gov ernor and Ex Senator of Alabama, died in this | city to day, of yellow fever. The President at Wheatland. I Lancaster, Pa., Sept. 17.—President Buchanan | arrived quietly at Wheatland last evening. He i came in a private carriage from Columbia. Ii is I his first visit at herns since his election. He has 1 not yet visited the city, and is engaged on his ewa | ptivaio affairs. The Cable Itself Again. I New York, Sept., 23—A dispatch from Trinity : Bay, New Fuundland, this morning, states that the Atlantic Cable is again at work, as perfectly i rs ever. Second Disfatch. New York,Sept. 23,8 PM. . A Second Dispatch from Trinity Bay confirms | oui first iu relation to the perfection oi tire aigi als | through the cable, adding that thev have been, passing for the lastthrer days. Gen- Walker not sailed. Cim.ixnatti. Sept,23—General William Wal ker, who wasreported to have left for As;,inwall, in the Star of the West, passed through this city yesterday, incog, en route for L uisville. Additional by the Niagara- Halifax. Sept. 22.—'The quanriiy of c itton ta ken by speculators in Liverpool, during the we k, . was4sCo, and by exporter?9ooo bales. The mar ket closed with an advancing tendency. The au thorized quotations were, for Fair Orleans.. 7 3-4 Fair Mobiles 7 7-16 Fair Uplauos 7 5-16 Middling Orleaa* 7 3-10 “ Mobiles 7 1-* “ Uplands 7 The stock on hand was 618,000 of which 529,- 000 were American. The Sales on Friday were 12,009 bales and the market closed with an upward tendency. Spec . ulators and exporters tcok 3000 bales, j Manchester advices were favorabie and prices i were advancing. The Havre Cotton Market had slightly improv ed. Orleans tres Ordinaire was quoted a: IC9 francs. The sales for the week were 13,000 bales. The stock was 89,000 bales. The weather had been favorable for crops throughout Europe, but it had no effect on the Market. The Liverpool Broker’s circular reports an ad vance 6d to Is in flour. Sugar was quiet, at a de ciine of 6d to Is. Rice was steady. Rosin sieady at 4? Id for common and 19? for ihe finest grades- Spirits of Turpentine was steady at 26s a 38?. The London Money Market was unchanged. Consols quoted at 97 1.8 for account. The bul lion in trie Bank of England had increased X 212,000. A collision had occurred at the mouih of the river Mersey between tha American ship J. J. Hawthorn and the brig Margaret. The latter was sunk and all lost except the Captain and the pilot Tiro London Times says that the condition ot j the Atlantic Cable is unchanged. Signals con tinue to be received, but they are too faint to be intellitihie. It suv- the experiments--indicate that the defect is probably within three miles us land. The Liverpool Post says that the defect is 240 miles from shore. The doubts wiil probably be removed in a short time. Morphy i.v Pari* by Harrow***; iu virtuosi, The Chinese treaty stipulates that protection will be extended to Missionaries of a!! religious denominations by the Chinese. Diplomatic agents are to permanently reside at Pekin. Several new ports are to be opened and other faciliiies extended to trade, A dreadful powder mill explosion had taken place near St Petersburg, and about 100 parsons killed. There, has been a great firo at .Moscow, hun dreds of houses were burnt, and the forests were set on site. fellow Fever.—The steamship Florida still out. Augusta, Sunday Evening 9 P.M. Sept. 25. 1 lie Board of Health reports four inter meets in annah for the *24 hours ending Saturday. One death occurred from yellow fever. (?) The steamship Florida which sailed from New \oik for Savannah, and was du3 the latter place on Friday the 21fh inst. has not arrived to this date. Fears are entertained of h-r safety. (We ui hat the Florida has some 90 passengers, and probably some residents of Colum bus are among the number.— Eds. Times,) Augusta, Sept. 26, Deaths in Charleston the past week from yellow fever eighty one. Sales of i otton in New Y r ork on Saturday was i2do bales, with prices firm at Friday’s quota tions. 1 he Steamship Austria, from Hamburg burnt at sea. Among the passengers was J. Royal and wife ol New Orleans. iu .u l j , *° o’eiock P. M. Nothing heard lrom steamship Florida from any quarter,