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E. BXiLXS Sl CO., Proprietors, Volume XVIIL HOWARD & WEEKS, ATTORN EYSATL Al, CRAWTOKD. ALA ROBERT N HOWARD. WALTER H* WEEMfi Crawford; %!a.,Juneß A. CLEADIAEa, attorney at i,a w. A AT) SOLICITOR IX CHAXCERY, V HUEY ILL fcL Hiiy County, Af.. July 20.J858. —wlv. GRICE & WALLACE, A? iLra* BUTLER, GEORGIA. LL rive prorojtt ftttenfcioiv to aH-bmfneee eu-i tr 'UeU-jd u> them. yt. t. au c; :. vv m. 3 . wai.la ok . December US—wtf ?■ J. G U N N, ATTORNEY AT LAW, j HAMILTON, GA. WILL attend prqpsplhr to uli busings entrusted j to fitm. January ‘2O, ISsß—wly. K . •>, ATTORNEY AT LAW,. V l! TII U CRT, lUiiuiOtpk t'uitty f ta, ; HAVING removuu Ifom toCutftbert, i Randolph c uirty, wll give prompt atten-j tion to all business entrusted to bis earo. ap27—wti. ” W. W3, ! ATTORNEY AT LAW, j PitESTOSr Vt tbster‘County, Ga. j \\l ILL practice in the counties of Clay, Chat* ! VV tahodchee, Webster, Early, Randolph, | Stewart and Sumter, riurticrilsr attention giv- J cn to collecting and remitting. January 27, 1857—wtl. ~ iTs STaFF£>RD~ ~ ATTORNEY AT LAV, BLAKKLY-, EARLY COUNTY, GA. j W. S, JOHNSON, ATT O RNEVAT LA W . C U S S E T A, Chattahoochee County, Ga. bx* outire ist tho pnichco ,ti Chat-! Uaiii*K-sieeaisl wtioloii t somite . as •■!— wl.w ly* wjlliam tavlok, ATTORNEY AT LA TANARUS, | I’mhberl, ihi!idei[)h Couu y, (icurgia* \y\7 ILL practice in the counties of Randolph J ** Calhoun, Terrell. E->rly, Clay, Baker,] Dougherty, Miller and Stewart. •PFERS TO A. Sloan, Attorneys st Law, C-'lhui!.U'. Georgia. All busajussv intrusted to his care wiil receive immediate attention. June fi. 1858—vvtw U .UAllliLN 1E ijIULN F, A TTOII Xi: Y A T L A IV, ! TALEOTTON. Talbot County, Ga •-* l*ertf4lh. leV>. wtwtf. ; BAUGK & 9LALS, ATTOKKSYS LAW, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. frp m o®r, over dank i-oimtitmiw n.rd St. i ftoRKKf EAiel! 3. J* iUM. Oolirtnt>'u.t. March 27 1P57. wtwtf ; ’ ~EL aTTTIiTe R, ATTOItNKY S A T LAW, J BUENA VX32A, MARION COUNTY, GA. \V , “,T.vwt i’aylor, ?;:•! Uiahc-ochee- and any 1 of tho a tfoirunc couotleo wLeU * hofrAeryic**sTi*v brequired. ‘ A-o in *he Oterrirt Oori.<-1 i&o Unhml ! Suit -a the Ls; ;irtct> of WM D. LLIM. TliADnei:# OLIVER. Sept cm her tC—w ts MOSES & LAW ES, ATTORNEY’S AT LAW, ! e OL.VMBIf§, GEORGIA. next door to tlie Post Oltlce.^S^ R..J MOSES, WILLIAM ALA WES. Sept. 2it— , ■ WM. M. Ci'.tMCiiKS. WM-M. ROBB-1 Si. J-A j Chambers, Eobbias & Bobbins, 1 ATTORNEYS.AT LAW, EUPAELA, ALABAMA. | WILL practice in the counties of Barbour, Pike, ; Henry, Coffee, Dale and Ru&scll. Jeb I—wlv Timber Cutters’ Bank, EX C IIA X(i E A T SI GH T ON j NEW TO H Iv, LONDON, PARIS. Priia kfart-on tht-Hata ; HA3IBCaG, liEKLLV, Btiß iiEN, cbo t For aaie &t this Sank In s‘Auj; to sits purcuii 1 J. 8. HCiPON, Lushjer. Savnuran, Sept. 6, [Bj*. r6jp. EOii IyALE. I WILL sell on the rtrslTuesday in next at the Court Huusc in Huoiio Vista. Marlon wmi tv, Ga . Eiefet hundred Ac rev cl m:i 6 1 west of Bu**u.a Vista, and elaht-ii.il s I tom Pond town, j Oothe pkusa a a first rate at;<l houses [ —also a first rate gin bourn-and screw. The place is j well watered and Pes between tbe wtiflafce auo Wat* ; ii y or*tks 1 will sell the p?e to s r.itiutchsse s. j Tei ms—one hfcl. cash ai:U the balance Yu twelve j month’ with approved notes. eeptiS—w3m ELIZA IVETR ADAMS, j FIRE-PiiOOF WAREHOUSE. | snbscriber? will contimn> theCommis | v -■ --^- u >n at the ~ld.tantl, ! G.eewwood naro:i\vy £*-•:. rariwrular Htlenliun will be given to the sale of Cotton. Cnsfi advances made. ” ttassine aj,dß>pe suppiiedat marltet rates Also, a heavy article of Cotton (l- ...iCot ton Krtpeand Mat’.rasse* ot the bee* quality We have on band a lew tot Gianger’e Mftc Corn and tn.b CM-liers, sos which we are aaeota. Ana 8 1857-v.lv Glt KEN ‘ - OOP ft. CO s2s REWARD. r\KaW AY on Augu • 27th, ray negro boy ftfS Alhert,3vy:&roid, oi yellow r- niplexmn, r,l oyc-s, u.iQk bushy *r, v%eigh6 -B*l lUr limp -al*-r av t > WiUug v s run \\S He rode off a .ray hose.vthH long tall, and paces aid was ir. a rr.’er. ! ;!, giv,- # ‘.Yre'-. ard ?<*r him in apy jai] so that l can gel him: and a re* >nabie rew rd for ti e b< rse Yn> into roation aboutt era vvijlib*-kii.cny rece:- Te <i. ■ JAM 18 il. nfffL. Alviny, fia.. Bept. X !B.v sct.7—lron ... . --- : . ■ OTJH CUSTOMERS WHO ‘dont like to be dunned ,” will p'eree Tt ~a u e ineni'elvrs the mortification nnd us the trouble nr and t-xpense,bv mvins up, or tee shall sue out oar claim*, and close all business corner - tions wuhaucii parties. We did hedeve your prowler Mow oelteve or* ... .__ KBDO, JOHN36N A-CO , Columbus, G.. Ana 7, 1553 wilijan din. | FOR SALE- Prick 84,5G0Jn two payments- Tiie j>iar.ta lion on wfcfcb tne subscriber reside*. b\lxtaA+ oji the south sid ■ ot Blue Creek, in the cmifity of Early, adjoining l.auds of Jadee Wolfe* H'tn. t<v k. tuc. Beni. Uoilivr, c>n*iasr so3acres It is weM Improv od. and has ad Wo bQildi* ge usual on & coWofi p au tattoo; aU new amMU K#>d order. T.u* crop wii ; be the belt evidence of its fertility, torn, I'iuMifit’oii ut. usiis, and stock of aii kinds cau be 1 uchased on *Aug!s#— iwlSt A.fl MfLAWS,Blakeley. BaeoiH Bacon! ’MTfi Lave new onhand and willhe cunstsplly rt rr Prime Tennessee’ Paeon —Hater, Sides and Shoulders, which we will sell at the lowes,Com mission House priet-e. Mariu—wktwlf E. BARNARD fc CO, ’ # .. v ■ “” *’ •“’ ‘^’’ u MUSCY Hi l <:E ii. AIL ROAD. I Change of Schedule. ON and after’!!:e 15tb tV.y, 1- - the livening .Call Train vr.. tea-., ‘'olatnnu. .ij.sr. M.aodu rive at Macfoit a* M.lB 1- A). I,nave Mau r. l: 9.15 A M. arrireaieolunabus al 3T.4.5 P V Vho Jlo?;iing Ms:! Train.will leave at 4.(:Q A. M. I Leave :T 3 con-at 11.45 S*. M. arriveat Go lam bus J. L: MUST 1A N'ySapt. Columbus, Ju'y 15—tw&.v.: CHANGE OF SC.H D;I.E. ! DOUBLE DAILY SEEYICE. fT ■’ T3 gsa xfz ra *&M&ksetaß SsL L NTGOoLuY AND WEST POINT it A! i. fiG tJJ COittl'ANY. AIONTGOoIEHY, Nov. li-*, Jc67. it-'” A | BCUED? Leave ! lii-urn-x-ff—Leiive vVeit Point fCJOa.m. r Leave. ‘ ♦>lumhu HMM)a m. Art v>."t ? v;. -tetr-ry 4-t Op. m. NIGHT T • A I N. -V ‘ ’ v'iT.mbu^.*^V.’.V.*.’.*.*'. .’. Lrma.’ra * [ a- ::o-riiag— Utu m, w est Point p. m. Leave-.JofusitU.:. 7.30 p.m. f Arrive :*.t toutiromery 2.30.a. ip j ThLYW^i/UGLe^cue beotOaircdtio Double Daily I C inoecticbisyto Atlanta an<l Nasnv*ile, ! ami daily connection* to Uur>vi!>. Memphis aLC KuorrtHe, S.G.JOVES Eng’r & Sup. FREIGHT ARRANGEMENT j BETWEEN ATLANTA & COLUMBUS. ! I> v Da arrangement L-ei-'ctn the Railroad Core* . 2 > panibe Bonjp ujing the two routes from Atlanta ; t;.-•3>#sumoiie,c.)iieH'.dcd al their Convention at. 6a j v.iiinuu on the lilh h agreed that the foßowing rates beHveeo Atlanta ayii Gulurabue I • all govern, taking effect in . ti e Aral day ot VIA WEST POINT. | Horn per busUeC He. Wheat 12. Oats 8. Bacon ! VVmskj Flour ixifijickajur barrels, per 100 lbs. 3.*c | Bagging, Hope Lard in cans orbbia., per 100 iba | 45c oal, Pig I rba, by car loud, per ton of 200<l I Wn.Rv, Floar'lu tiairts frilßlf’., |,or IlicTib*,44c’ i Bagging,Roj>e LaYd, Li cam or obi&.. per 10ij lbs i ..tl, p4g iron, by car ls*ad, per ton of J. Mi ~TI vN, j President and Sfyorint udcm Muevgcv R. V C > NV* A DADS,* SuperlnteiKieKi Souibweatern Railmd. DviEKSoN FiK/TE, Sup gluten.lent Mac oijaud Wei- ra Railroad. Atiaaia ami LuG.-angc ft.R. SAAJGJ-.L G. JON l 3, and buparlnlcudeni M.itW. P, Uallroau Mftjf 30,1837—w&twtl. MOBILE AJO) GIPvASD R. R. | ■ ‘zmmi i'HL. asaeuger &. fruigni Tram will leave Girard ai P, .v* Uily coMiuctm-j at sJiivei Kuu with ! a dally line < t to Villula, Gloimviilt L.xlaiila ! l or. -aiaes, and Alar .ann.t,Fla. And it Grteryi* l \ daily, w.tlui.e :• >r Dc:.*cOlivti. Luoa, * nun |uo Midway, Uardnv.ay, i*tro ai.u Lmot i l twins Guerylonay 4 A. M.. daily, the Gars will , ipi’.cete ieoeipts must Frelgh-. All freight must be paid before goods wil.bi i *.*,gh. le-i/ere/J at the Rupert before 4-o’clock ! Fii-'lis f-yr No. . <•’*. l vlitcheli,) and > b prebini. ! ,Vay r.. :.t tnaaUii ncu.n iv paid rw avakcc. 4 11U V\ AKi*, mffr2s lv-57''W&twtf. Eufftceei it 6”up. CSIAGE OF’ ECTIEDi JLE. SAVANNAH & CIIAKLEBION STEAM PACK ET LiS E. i HUNNINGiN CONNECTION WITH THE | TJcrth Eastera R. P.- of South Ga. _ ... nb'SPI.KKDIU AND I’AST BfJK .£-• JLfgi si tm ‘ btEA;.iHI! COKItOH,’ l . ior charleston every Sunday and ii cuntsit*y ajicmvov* Hi 3 o’ctock, amt connects at Charleston with the morning train of the North Fastens Railroad, going North. Returning leaves Charles ton every and Friday utgJil al 8 o’clock, (after the* arrival w the cat sou the N. E, R. j R.) and arrives at Savannah ea.ly next inornme-. i by this route passengers can obtain lb rough tick i ete to an J from Savannah,Ga. and VV ilmipgton. NC. ! H:ivinsf a through freight arra gement witA the ! Ceci ral K. and ,iU cauaections, all freights bc ‘ t voen Chatdestojrahdtlio luierior of Georgia, con* sign s<l, tot He agetxls of this lino, will be forwarded J. P. CR'./‘ 4 RB, A^ectSusaneah. L.LAFITTE 1. GO,- Ag’ts.Charleston. I Jan Y4—w&tYrij Valuable Plantation For o- ‘ i 8 ! QV authority of a d(-ae of the Probate Court i .o of Kurseii Cos., I will eel! tord.atiibution on j tisa.ishth 8; d>y of Out. next,.to the htatiest bid der, on a creqi’ ol 1 and 2 year?, with interest from the >a!e, at the Court Hcu e in the tovut oi ‘ ‘raw id rd, Kiis&it Cos , Ai-i .svetion? 7 and 18 in town ship 14 rr<2ft 20, embracing about 138tt aere?,'oi line of liie best eolton aud grain plantations in the State On this tract of lard are about 600 acres of open i fresh i:\ml well enclosed, and in a high stats of •euilteation, a good iramed bouse with 4 rooms, a i good kitchen, snKike” house, dairy, blacksn ith ] - hop, a tame tiew gin bouse, superior cotton screw, I hou-esior the aecoumiodatioa ol 60 cr 70 negroes, 1 #rge Ctibs attd staides and other out-hou-es all | new and substantial with a plenty oi water and j timber. i This land was selected by Joel Hurt, Esq ,of | Russi il county, when tlu county was f.esh, aid he had the country to choose Irotn. It lies on the itesd waters of Eiagee Creek, iu about 33 miles of Hun’s sltyuon on-the iflobtle <&. Girard Railroad, and is termed n. j.-t!y of creek bottom and ham iii ok lands, w ith -ufficieef pine laud attached lor a b-auti ul artd'Hcalthiu! re Idei ce. Til’splaiita.i m was .eieqted by Col Wellborn, as ih.l beat tw.it of land he could buy, for the cash, a’ ais wirly nit doubt, one of the most desirable ami valu blc planting estates in blast Alabama. ll will he shown to any person who shall wish to examine it, by Mr. Wm'E mynie. who re sides on tiie premises Sufficient security required- A. .MARTIN. Adm’r. of the estate ~t *. Sired Weiiborn, deebi. Columbus, Ga , S-p. 6, 1858. wtds Lands for Sale. Andrew S. Garr and others, 1 State of Rori vs. i da, Middle t ir- Lewu Curtis & Naib'l Thurs- J-cu tin L on Cos too, T-rus'ees of the Apalach;- I in chancery, cola Land Company and others J PURBU AMT to a Decree rendered! n this cause the ?. b criber will sc 1 by auc ion at the pla ces and times herein specified, ail the lands be longing to saki Company embraced in tbe"Foibes i’urchasa,” and lying m ibo counties ot Leon', ! Wakulla, Gadsden and Lbery via: H e lands I lying in die tirsttwo named count es will beso'u at ‘1 a lahace. on the seventh 17.1 t) day ot De cember, a :d those lying ;n the last two, will bo sold at Quincy, on the ioortcenth (14th) day ot December ueju. These lands, comprising bint a million ot acres,extended fiom ihe Si. Maiks to ih- A;ia l.chicola riers-th y exhibit , v-ry v.ni-ty ot timber, iudißittous io H-ai 1 untie including, of coir-e, live oak, cyprese, r/edtf end jitup-r: tbe soil, is adapted to the aryw h ~i g-ain,.cotton long and Slpwela-.de, tobacco, ad sugar cane. The waters abound in fish, and the forest with materials lor ship biiiidirg and naval stores. TERMS— Qae third of ibe purchase money to be paid iu cash, llic balance in one and two years ip equal installments, w.th eight per■. oat inter est Ir. m hate of purchase ; filler to be made by the Receiver when all the purchase money is P ‘i'ii a Bg je will be positive and without reserve, JOHN BEARD, Receiver, syc. Taliahassa, Aug. 28,1858. septS—w3m THE UNION OF THE STATES, AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATES. i TUESDAY. bEPXEM?-8 28 ! Persecution for P.eligious Opinions. The American party relst4 arsociation with the Catholics ami denied them a v ice in their councils—the Swedish Di ?i go n Mep jarUi r and hamah from the land ail converts to Romanism The policy sought to bo inaugurated by ibe one was regarded by the American jieopJe as subver sive of the gieat principle or religious liberty—a prineipiejustiy regarded as the foundation sione of our icslitutions and the v.sy essence of human jus tee; the iiiiberaiity of the decree of the j attvr, though deepolic in its features, is rustaiaed by tbe popular verdict as it preserves an oid traditional and. stationary tone ani tjs;em of religiou. The policy of religious persecution is opposed m the spirit of the aa’e, and cannot be tolerated in a free country. It is argued in Sweden that it preserves order—that u change of law will lead to a great deal of religious bustle, and agitation I hey itnovv too that a people will not adopt anew religion ia ilia faceofihe statutory prohibition thatcerltiiiuiecapiution was a great ch?tacle to the ’ persecution stopped the Relormsftion m haly and Spain—and heuee the law. Rut we rejoice that the spirit of a freopeop'e here will not allow re ligious intolerance in any shape or iGrni—that America utters her warning voice agamst it—that the brand of popular condemnation will be printed upon lhe forehead of that orgmiziiion w inch nn dvrtakis it—that the light of * ur examp’e will burn pyihapa yttio turn even Sweden 1. • mso des potic a policy as persecution fr tehgioMs opinion. Sweden may yei see theHeu • ol religious free dom—.-he.may ye I eh* id ibe moral dignify which it confers on a country—the avenues it pens to truth and ihe exposure it will bring on all false* hood and impos ure. The Steamship Florida sale it will baa matter of sincere rejoicing and thanksgiving to those persona in our community, who had hieuds and relations on board the Fieri ! da, to learn that this vessel still tl >a sand her preeious cargo of lives has been | reserved.— Knowing the harrowing apprehensions which were leli in our city, we issued an extra on venter day, upon i: e receipt, by telegraph, of the intelli gence. Our telegraphic column, this .morning, contains the announcement. Death of Janies Adger, Esq. The Charleston News ot the 24 h inst., says: “A private despatch received this forenoon from New Y*ik, communicates the melancholy intelli gence o*the death, in that city, early this morn ing, of James Adger Esq., after a *-lierr illaess, of Fneumooia. Mr A dg r was about 83 years of ago, and emigrated from Ireland to Charleston when a young man. having been a re- ide t there* of for f-5 years, in the capacity ol a merchant. It is unupcesseary almost to state in busines* relations his mercantile eminence was co exten sive with his probity, having largely contributed to elevate the standard ol commercial integ i?y m , ihis ciy. in ail the various du ies o! c vil and so cial life, the deceased was also an example of pub lic spirit arid of a kindly disposition, of which charity and philanthropic feeling formed leading elements/’ Cuban Politics in Madrid Dread of a revolution by American laborers Some sensation has been„caused in Madrid by the Leon Espanol having published an ariicle attacking the Governor-General bfCoba, G- narnl Jose de la Concha, lorhsving, by dote ot dio , 27th of June last, allowed the emigration of white laborer&and se-tlcr.* in the inland, Toe l.eon says this decree most nefessaii y facilitate tbe immi graiion of Nonh Americans, and it declares that he trene h! most have published it without eon* ulting the home Government, inasmuch as the latter, having most reluctantly consented to the introduction of Chinese laborers in 1831. woald i hardly h ve allowed, in 1858, so datjgerous a measure as the introduction of Americans Jn virtue of this decree s#oo Americans iMvo alrea dy entered the island, and it rctnaiks that tfe y arc ail Protestants, and that their religion alone, which they cannot be expected to chance, will prevent them from becoming faithful subjects to her Majesty. Moreover, it eays, these men are nearly ail unmarried, can be easily acclimated, aie accustomed to fatigue, and w 11 boa co statu dan ger to the island. They will, in fast-, it says, en deavor to colonize Cuba as they did T- xts, ami when a.l is ripefbr a revolution they will promote j one,nd finish by annexing the island to the Uni— j ted States. The Bark E A- Eawlins. 80.-fros, &yt, 23.—A vevsel has arrived here irom the coast ot Africa, which reports lhat liie bark E. A. Kavelins, from New Orleans, win- run away wuh on the 15th of July last by the mate and crew. The captain was left on shore. Robiksos’s Mills Tarrant Cos., Texas \ September 10th, 1358. £ Editors Columbus Times. Dear Sirs: Enclosed 1 hand you one dollar. You will please s ml me ynnr weekly issue, to the above arhtri->■-. G -hi dollars are rather scarce, even in his h rd currency State, or I would icimt the entile ; amouut of subscription in advance. I have but a (civ of these httie lelto-is now on hind, and I thought rt best to divide them around in this way among my favorites of the Press. I will forward the. balance tin as scon as F can get it in coin of the ri_rl>t denomination. I shall surr Iv endeavor to ! give currency to the sound Slates Rights vet constitutional decilitres e er espoused by vour journal, as well as to mere;,so its circulation in these frontier counties of- nr Slate. It may be that I shall ot'casionally {.traiuh you w illi f‘ *•*!••• il< ti, ri*il puns die watchword down the line of the De mocracy. Tins .is-a ue.w. post office. ‘ I subscribe mysldf vours respectfully, 11. NY. V. BarsswicK Items.—We clip the follow ing from the Brunswick Herald: At a meeting of she City Council, it was, on motion of Alderman Blain, resolved that tiie Quarantine laws of this port uo not extend to steamboats. Adopted. Information Wanted.—D niel Drvies, one of the proprietors Os the ‘-New Era and Commercial Advertiser,” Newbern, N. C. wants information of tire whereabouts of . his two sons, Edward T. and Daniel D., aged respectively 33 and 28 y ears. When last heard oi Edward T. was pub lishing two papers a i Santa Fe, New Mexi- j co. Daniel B. had lately removed to T,-xas ttherc. it is Believed, he is now residing. The Press will confer a favor on an .- ged ! father by assisting him to make the disc <- very. His sons ifdisoovered, can address him at Newbern, N. C. An Eventful Honeymoon —A cor res. pondentof the Arhefis H.itrtif r,Wf itlng from Laurensville, Gwinnett County, Sept. lSili, ■ says: Mr. John Roper, one of the South Caroli na chivalry, was married ab- ut two weeks ago; came to this county and on last Mon day, stole a negro from Nlr. A. G. Holmes, j was arrested and brought here yesterday; today he plead guilty, and was sentenced (o the penitentiary six years. An eventful j honeymoon, our n ailers will say. ilasays I he is from Pickens district, South Carolina, and claims to be connected with one.of tire most respectable families of Rabun ooanty. I COLUMBUS* GEORGIA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1858 Decisions at the Treasury. !)apartment The Secretary of the Treasury has af firmed the decisi on of the collector ol Bos ! ton in assessing a dirty of thirty per £ent on tamarinds preserved in sugar, inidef the classilicatton ol schedule B ot the tariff es 1857. The Secretary has overruled the deeis ■ ion of the collector at New York in charg ing a duty of 24 per cent, on co:ton sticks with dyed tons. The articles in question will be regarded us falling under the elas sification ot schedule E, and subject to duty at the rate of 15 per cent. The importa tion was composed wholly of cotton, and unbleached, q portion only of about half incirtn width around the top bring colored. This narrow stripe >.r band is understood *o be a “trademark” of t fie importers. For whom the rocks are matmlVclttred, itidiva ’ ting -the weight by its color; and the ques tlr>ri arose whether bv reason of this color ed stripe the articles in question should he considered ps “dyed ’ within the meaning of the provision in schedule C, to which tbev'.were referred. The tl.-p rtment is clearly, of the opir.iun that they shored not be so considered They are known in the trade as “’brown or tin: leached fc-Mery.” The slight portion colored', not as a finish nr ornairent, but as : mere litcre :tr;ln nnrk, car mo ta held s.* tn affect the character or quality of the ar: i c:.’ as to oonsti ttte lire h itry “dyed” with in the true intern and spirit of the law. The tree clary h ;s uDirin and tire decision of the c lector a New.York in assessing a duly of 15 percent, on German spring steel in bars. Why the Telegraph is Idle. We are at Is: t■.r ushed with n reason says :he N„ Y. Times, why tire Atlantic Cable i-not Working. The C irripany an-, pears to have been taken by surprise in the successful laving of the long wire, and to have omitted provision for a stouter and stronger strand required at either terminus, to save the lino from the dangers of .-hal low water. This heavy cable was only shivped the first of tins month. Hts in structions were 10 make the substitution at the Vab-ritio end forthwith, and then to proceed to Trinity Bay—a task require g j at lesst diree or four weeks in the tulti.l- j irient. Tie’ London morning papers of September Ist, announce accordingly, that at the end of three weeks the line would It'’ ready for public Use, and that the London celebration would b. reserved for that occa sion This is direct and comprehensible—de cidedly better than the apne.hryphal state- i moots in rega> dto conflicffng methods of telesr pity, with which the Press has been tr-fly supj‘l ‘d. And, bv the way, who fitrirished Mr. Gyros \V Field with the dispatch read at trie Crystal Palace,stating | tinder date of September 1, that the “Di- I rectors were eti their way tn Valentis, and | that the line was to he opened immediately?” The public has been imposed upon. Who is the impostor ? Tiie Slave Trade. A gent’cm m who left Sag Harbor on ‘ Monday nooning, has commurma-ed to the New Yoik Journal of Commerce thu fol low ing p. rn nlars. Las! Saturday morning, at nine o’c'o. k, j eight. Poring, se men came ashore, opp. sue j GoiridV, on Motttauk Pom", L 1, and hired .Mr. Gould to take them to Sag Harbour. They hurl a large am. uutol ireu ey, ail of 1 v Inch waa in doubloons and h-til'doubloons. They at first r; I used to answer any ques- ; nous; and b, tween S.-.turtlay night and | Sunday tttrniug seven of them left Sag Hartior One, b- ing >!■ k, was let beinnd. j He ilied yesterday (Monday ) moruing. at about 2 o'clock. A short tune before his d>mti. tr.-cimle.-seii toioivc betongerl to a sla'. ,-r brig, which hat! jur?- laiu.ieii a cargo ol slaves iu Cuba. A brig whs seen from j Long Island, early on Saturday morning, ] mi close ui shore that rt. vva- .-opposed she Wes inside the bar. T e boat in which they came --hot - was id-'ulilied;ns having b. eu built ;tL Htuniugt.ji;, and -he bud the builders name on her. The Cotton Crop. - There can be no question that the size ot the croc vviii tail greatly below the esii— names which were mat;, mx weeks ago There is considerable difference of opinion as to ihe extent of the falling ofLsonte think j ing that the crop wilt tail short of that of .last year, wtiile others in-tst that it will be larger. (Joe thins is very certain, tiie crop cannot be a large one. “The propor tion of tire crop which has been gathr red is altogether tun large, for a healthy crop.— The injury from the rust h .s been unive'r sal. This Cause l,as made tbe Crop open much earlier, and tire tail price which cot ton commands h-s induced planters to hurry their crops into run ki t. An exag gerat'd estimate ot the crop is tints e.vi i ted bv ihe targe receipts, which will not be sustained throughout the season. —Spirit of the Soulh. Possibly a ‘Case fib the Si.fkevie Court.—The r ase of Captain Townsend, o die s'ave brig Echo, is to come before United States Commissioner Luring. The on v witnesses in the case in addition to Liriitenr nt Nlaffii, are the officers and crew of the Dolphin. The principal quest on *ii ,v is that of jurisdiction. When Hie Dol phin reached Key West, the United Suites Judge (Marvin) was absent at Cambridge. The United States Commissioner was also srva*, and the Marshal declined to receive rile nrisni., rs without a warrant. Th.- <io ci.-nuw of the I uitL'd States Court have been, that a person brought in a prisoner must ue tried in the first district into which he is carried. This would indicate Key West as tire place of the trial of Captain Townsend, il the Commissioner decides that he has the jurisdictii n. the defendant will probably ap peal o Judges Clifford and Sprague, of :he United Slates Court, and dually the case may reach trie Supreme Court of the United Stales.— Washington States. Massachusetts De:.i,.ckacy.—We have read in the Bos'on Rost , ol the 21st inst., the proceedings ef< rte of the largest and most enthusiastic Democrat c rallies, which ever took place in the old Bay State. Whertl we notice such s er.ina’ political sentiments, such noble principles, and such devotion to the Constitution anti tire Union, and pro claimed at Bunker Hid city, we feel .that there must be “a good time coming” when Ma-sacha-etis and Georgia, and lire East and the South,can again unite in political eoriliali y and social confraternity. The meeting was addressed by Edward Rulilie, E. D. B ’ach, ('he Democratic noiii - nee fir Governor,) James Gardner, of Ge rr gia, T S. La;u.''"ri, <>f New York, Dr.'John B, L .ring, G, W. Warren, Dr. Hall, and others. - We will endeavor to find room, inn few days, for a portion of the proceedings cn j this occasion. —Augusta Constitutionalist Sept. -2Glh. :£SF“Tbe Charter Oak place, so celebrated I in tiie History of Conn., is being cut up and laid out into building lots. Ere long, the precise spot on which the old tree stood i may become a question of dispute. WfDNFSDAY, SBPTEMBt R 29. Health of Columbus- Reeapimiattos liter) ; there has b en during months ot July, August and September,—th>- n ost unhealthy, season o! every year—only thirty in- 1 ferments, alt told, in Cos umbes. Ti.king iruo consideration that the population ai the ei y is be tween mils and ten thousand inhnbi' ants, that more than half the deaths are confined to children, j thar ihe heat of the summer has been almost in- j to.'erable, tnd we ihiirk we present an extraur- i ditmry showing ol a healthy euy —Columbus tOu) | times. That’i“ showing- a pretty “clean bill,” and we ; aregraiitiadrhat.it is so. Co.umbus is almost as j healthy as Montgomery,the ciO-zentsof which, who want to “eliutile off this mortal coit” in a natural way,have to go to Mobile and New Orleans,this 3-arson.— Montgomert) Confederation*. We are indebted to oat cotempnrary of Mont gomery for this Mnd notice. We might have ad ded, that among tho thirty interments during three months in Coin mints, we know of several persons who died at a di-tanue, whose remains were in terred in the city. Wo are “ratified to hear Uiat Columbus shows a pretiy-‘clean hill” lot health; and would understand Pie compliment of our co temporary, who says it is “almost as healthy as vlmug >mery,” if he v.ould make a showing oi tho S.xton’-report ot rhai ci'y lor the last thiee rnoalhs \ Let os have it and let the q r -stion be detiisd! Hen, sv.ui ’ii and ctiiiJrec, black and wlute, for tinea month.-1 Death of Hoa. S. A. Wales, This difi hi gushed ci-izen depart ud ih s life yetterdby. He was b >rii in Connecti* cut and ra >ved luom thai Slate to Georgia at an eariy ge. He was admitted to the bar and prac • tired law in >ii !dle Georgia tony years ago.— He represented iiabirsham county in the Georgia Legislature when a young man, and Jasper and Putnam count e in the year 3517 In 18-5 he was the Senator tiom Aluscc g*e county. In i357, he was elected one ol the Judges of the Interior j Court of this county—which position he held at j the time ol his death- Asa man, Col. Walks j wts known lor his inkgsiiy and honor—as a oti zen, lor iiw public spirit—as a neighbor, lor his hospiiai! y—as a Irie id, lor his devotion. He liv ed io Ins sixtieth year, and leaves a family and a large circle o I acqi. in lances whuftu urn his loss. Peace to his ashes! News Summary. 1 h'3 burning ol the Siiip Austria and tho loss o | five or six hundred poisons at sea are the most j thrilling topics now of interest. The details ol j this sad catastrophe will soon be published and wo | will lay them before our readers From iha lei ! ©graphic intelligence in another column, it will he ! seen that no waste igerset-capfd the awful confla j grution south ol Richmond The steady advance of cotton by the last ! two Steamer’s news puts the price ol cotton up to ! a hiih figure. The backset it rcco ved by the I Persia’s dates is fully aompeheated by ttie ad- I vanced tone of lh j m irkr-t smeo that period The mi'k.'t having closed in Liverpool with an np j ward tendency, in all prob.ibiliiy the impetus given | j to the trade on this side ot the wavr will oi-pose t ! farmers to the ucid and policy or h Mmg back lor : hi her p ice Such, however, baa not been the j | c this writing as the receipts of the cotton lor : i trji.s Fioason will show. I The inteHigem-dby the telegraph in relation to ’ the working of the Atlantic cable ts ascertained ! to be prom ‘.me and :n tny doubt if an instrument 1 can be made that will ensure the sate trHusniiss i ion o? JN'eatiy a unm.th has elapsed since the signals ceased and in oil human prv hi* bib y die wire fr: k*n at som** point Hxp ri ! meats, however, are being made in England, ! thottgh n-s cies-lul to this period. The work | ttia.v yet bj accomplished by some Ya kee alter j ! the failure ol all the Haglish men ol science and j ! learning. : The yellow fever is still nn ep-domic in New i i Orleans, its deatn-?cy:he mowing down some liny , I persons a day—Mobile, Galv stoiv,Charleston and • | Savannah are also infected with the disease. The j I [alter place numb-rs only one or more deaths a day j from the comagion and no apprehensions are felt by the citizens as to its spreading or Decorning epi demic. There is no political excitement now in the Southern States. In New York, there are three j fhteets in the field—tho Republican—democratic J and American —Fremont carried the State by forty _ thousand votes at the last Presidential election over the Democrat.c party‘and twice forty over t lie American— Nothwithstaidmg tins Republican ui j urnpli, ilia believed iba: the roceut faifeire of the Republican and American-pa flies to coalesce will insure the succets ol liio democratic ticket* In Virginia, the democracy are tiiscuaeing the claims olditferent aspirants bo fore iheGuberaj.touul Con veptipn soon to assemtile. In Illinois, the fi _i*t has been a hard one, but j Douglas will be defeated, it is difficult to recon cile Administration Democrat to his late opposi tion to the Democruie party. The Cotton Crop Tfe* coming cotton crop may safely he e-oima ed ai 3 5JU.00) bales, the mi imu'n estimate, if! early and extensive Ir.ists are experienced-, being ; 3,^00/Mil) ha rd, tuid u it host bold - off ; as lat-.as last y-ar, being 3 800 030 b-ale% It is- | probable ihat sotii’e sections w.l! he fleeted by lirds , and therefore an estimate ol” 3,530,000 bil<ss is. peihips, as near and approvi n-uion as can be made at this lime —[Boston ‘/ rav. Where the writer of the above paragraph got the i ilormatinn upon which his estimates are based wo cannot imagine, it be from tne Lowell m nmfccturer. Tiia absolute unreliability of his information isapp rent to anyone upon tiie slightest r- fl e i >n. For instance, tho differ - ence is m ids to depend upon the time of i the advent of frost. Now it is a notorioii.N fact tiiftt Motion stopp ‘d ll<totnio>r at an earlier cJjite this season, than it has lor many yjara. The large allowance, then, that is .made lor the eff ct ofirost, must be based upon an ignorance ot this tact* 3vKJ,OOO bales would be an extravagant cal culation for ihal<ls9 which would result from a frost on the first of uexi month. The TV seller's j maximum estimate m*y be rcalizad (wo do not be* liev-A it wdi, by 630,030 bales;) but if it be correct, 3,510.003 of it are made now aid are beyond the reach of disaster from its hoary enemy. our pisted c temporary thinks that a ceriain amount of cotton will he made whether the plant blooms or n r. Such a conclusion would not be tray more ignorance than is c -nstantly displayed on this sul jeet by Northern }>nruals wnose“wish is la her to the thoaght ” 1 Money Plenty- The Coin : bus papers of the 24ih in*t., report the sals of 98) bales of cotton in that mar ket ihe day prevoius. The q inta’ions for the same day, ware HifSlH, or about 857 par bale, wniah would make little sum of 855,869 Think of it: i pwaidi of 855.0J0 lurni-d loose ii one dav in the streets of Columbus. No wonder ev. ty body has plenty of rryiney. Take erne that the hr ghi prospects ahead of U 9 ilon’t lura out Iliads and precipitate us into another t-ri-is. Money is aouig to be abundant, every branch ot busiofiss w.ll pay well, eve:y body will he impatient to ! make a fortune,speeuiaiion will be rite, and the • result in a tew year will be a gen’ ral crash. Let j usleatd wisdom from the pas:, live within our ; means, keep out of debt, and when the eul day comes we shall ba prepared for it (.Eafaula) Spirit of the South. Col Joseph B. Cobb, a native of Georgia, but for a number ol years a promiasnt citizen of Miss and author of “Leisure Labors’ and other essays, died in Columbus, Miss, on the 15th inst, Another Daily in Columbus. Columbus can now boast of three as neat and well filled daily sheets as any city id Georgia.— The uprightly little “Sun” was the tiam er, and we are pleased to learn that it has met with good ! Pieces-—it is a neutral paper. Ihe Times & Sentinel recently dropped the last “portion ol its name,and came out as ihe “Daily primes, M — and it 1> also meeting with good success—this is a Democratic organ, and is conducted with much | ability. This morning we had tbe pleasure of * receiving the first number of the “Enquirer,” got I up in daily form. It is a handsome sheet, well j olecte:! and ably edited; by our friend J. H. | Martin, who is aa old bachelor, and sometimes. ! haseoiiii amusing bouts with the ladies, but be ing a gallant adversary, manages geueraiiy to come oil second best. The Enquirer is the organ ot the opposition j and fe abiy conducted We wish them ail the success tfeew pubfee spirit so richly deserves —Avgusta Dispatch. Daily “Exquiker —We welcome to our ta ble the Daily Columbus Enquiior, the-first issue of which made fes appearance. Friday afternoon last. VVewi-h our friends every success with their new experiment. Columbus can now boast of three Daily papers, one more than die city of Savannah. “vV.ll they pay the printer?’ i- another question; which we hope may re solved uo tiie advantage ot our co* temporaries — Sac. Repu hcan. Another (’able—Tho Paris Presse speaks of ihe i which exists for France to lay down at legr ph to the United S ates, if sho wishes iomaintai u und minisired. her present comm rcial relations with tho American continent- It tJe clares France is now too dependent on England lor her communications with America. Letters from Ex President Pierce, da'ed Gene va, Sr* t. | .received at Concord, N. H., state tha alfe r vidting, Turin, Fh rence, &c., he would proceed to Rome, where he would spend the | winter. He was in eXcf!e .t health, while Mrs I Pierce was much better than when they left the ! United States. Tub Slavery Discussion.—Parson Brownlow gives notice, that the late slavery discussion be tween himself and Mr. Piyne, will ba out in book form, Irom the press of J B. Lippencott &. Cos., of Philadelphia, by the first of O. tober. Burning of the Austria- Halifax, Sep. 27.—The hark L tus brought to this port twelve of the passengers of the ill Mated steamship Austria, Tha vessel took fire on the afternoon of the 13 h mst. in tbe Peerage. The spe**d of the steamer was promptly choked, bu he (femes spread rap id y,and the mag zme exploded* It is supposed that the engiroais were sufiocated. ‘I he flames drove most i>! the first and second oabin passen gers to tho poop dock, b*tt a portion of the latter were suffocated in ihe cabin. T vr) b>ats were lowered; one of ibem was smashed, and iheotlserst* much crowded that it wa-i soon swamped, j Many of the jumped into the sea. j* At fivao’clock in the a!t muon ihe French bark i Maurice whs alorg-ide, and took forty per sons from the bow sprit ; and others from tbe vva ; ft, arid aivo, those she found in o eof the boats. ! The fi st anti second officers Were pickt, and up, and the I alter was shockingly barm. Only six female? v ere saved, and three oi nre dread-f )’y burnt. ‘there wa-a Norwegian be ik alongside the next morning, and may hve picked up a It w persons Tiie Lotus had no communication w ith her. The list of those saved has not been ofcta ned. Nicaraguan Alfairs I New Yt-Rife, Sej.t. 27.—The Time-* of this mom ! i-.e pobli.-hcs rite draft of a treaty b tween Giea I [lritain and Niearatiiia. Both Gr.v rnments up : prnvv of it, and Sir Wm. Oiislnv will shortly visit I Nicaragua to r-t t:fy it. In tho treaty, England gnatanfiostho neutrality ! of the Is’.hinus, and protection to passengers, by I force, if necessary. Ta: treaty secures important commercial privileges to both countries. What’s in tiie Wind in Cuba?—Our j advices from Cuba state that large pare has. los of powder ami arms had been re.-en ly I made in Havana, m a way not to attract ! the attention f the government, nrid that seditions circulars were being freely dis tributed among lift: free blacks. Ii is evi dent that matters are not so quiet in Cuba as they seen? upon the s irfafit: to he, and that trouble is brewing there for Spain.— Anv attempt to appeal to the blacks for the purpose of overthrowing the government is rtiosi repre 1 c’n.ibie, and cut only result in the ruin of the island. It is, however, i only following tho example set by the Sp.ini h rulers there, who have armed and drilled several bhft-k regiments, while they strictly prohibit the native whites from en tering she army or lei rn ng iho use ot arrn s . These new revolutionary movc :m tvs have a double headed connection ! in this conntiy, one headquarter Being in ; tliiscitv and itiiather in New Orleans. The i ftper.iij >ns of the conspirators will- give bleu, r Tussara, the Spani-h Minister at Washington, something to do,.and we ad vise him to keep Iris eyes open and his wits about him. Let him bevyare, however, of speculators who are ieidy to sell him b form iti’ non easy terms. The sharpers are out.,— .V, l r . Herald. Bv the Latest Dates irom Utah, it appra-s that the Mormon priesthood, feeling thin l : heir influence is on the wane, have seclu ded theutselves, hoping thereby to become inoro ruv.fsteriou ai<l powerful. The ffeol— ime of (be M*nnu*ns are eviffimly undergo ing a charge, i ur Hie ieadv-rs are still host le to the United Elates authorities, and throw -obstacles in tiie r w ay. They are algo en deavoring to raise an Indian war. Many of the Mormon people are in a wretched condition, and sure of the women are with out proper clothing. In relation to the reported departure of fe neral Wm, Walker for i\iea;agua, the Nashville Daily Sncs says: “Gen. Wm. Walker —lt has been re ported that this distinguished person had left the United • a’es for Panama. The report was without*found tion, as James Walker, E-q , hi- farther, received a dus patch yesterday, dated at Louisville, 23d, station that he is coming to Nashville-, by way of ihe Mammoth Cave, and will proha b!v arrive hereon Tuesday next, en route for Mobile. Death.—VVe iexra that James EI Mangham, E’sq , Oid nary of Spalding county, died in Gr flfin on F iduy last, and was buried oa Saturday with Masonic honors. Death of Wm L. Calh un —The Ai be viUe Banner counuuoicateH die mouinlul inie’iligencH of t e death of Wm. Lowndes, youngest.son ftll ‘ late Joh (’. Calhoun, j lie dmd on the 19 h inst , at his plantation, : in Abbeville Dfetriet. I It is now announced that a balloon as ! cension has been determined upon, between Monsieur Godard and Professor Steiner.— A challenge was recently given by the former and accepted by the latter. The ; place of starting is Cincinnati, and the two I balloons ate to be inflated at the same I time with the same quantity of gas, and to I start together. 1 HJHiDAY, siPfLMB Ig 3D. The American Party—lts Kecoid. The M icon Jonn a! and Messenger,say-: “ vVe congratulate our readers— ue conguaiulaie ourselves—.ve cong • i-l etveiybody who loves p diiicai honesty and fidelity, at the proud posi tion at present occupied, and die (air record pre sented by the American par v of Georgia/’ We do not know whether our cot* mpornry is in earnest or not in the above d‘*e!arak>n ! 11 so, we congratulate him on his belief —which is a failing on virtue’s side—while v o deplore his ig norance. The ‘hair record” of the American |party began by declaring ‘‘opposition to the Kan* ?as-Nebraska bill, hoeutity to the constitutional right of the South”—its “fidelity” to this “record” is shown by its present repudiation of this senti ment and its denunciation of the Kansas bill as a ‘wretched hobby/* Then, i ! s highest claims to preferment were its ndv ‘>cacy of this measure— “oppositioi/’ to its p inciples was “hostility” to the South ; now, its nj etion of this measure is a matter of ‘‘congratulation”— its antagonism to its own chosen doctrine is its gruate t pra se. B dure mo nomination of Mr FiHniorfe, the 12;h section io tho American National Platform was the c Is dinal doctrine of the American fatih—it xvns good onougii to be “pasted in the lids ol the bible”— alter the ronvenion ( wh n stricken our, there were few so ‘‘pour to do it reverence.” Before the convention, the American party oi* Georgia ‘ pledg'd” itself to support no candidate for the Presidency, who would not endor e their resolu tions in “spirit and in substance”—niter Mr. Fill more’, nomination, the resolutions ignored both by the convention and himself, he was supported with a blind zeal and a wild enthusiasm. • before tho nomination, the repeal of tho Missouri Com promise was a patriotic act,--after the nomination, it was the “Pandora’s b ‘x ‘from which isim-d the “evils that afflict the country.” Formerly, the main© features in the American platform were op position to foreigners and a rfepsai of association with Catholics —now, in the “honesty” of the American patty.they arc forgotten and. scattered to the winds. Formerly, tho American* party oc eup ed the “proud po?i ion” of claiming for itself pri uipies—now.ftiey are to he found only in the rubb shof old platforms. Formerly, the Demo cratic party met a party with priacipfes--now, they are abandoned and the Democratic party is opposed for opposition’* sake. So much for the. American party—its ”pr<.ud po ition”—its ‘‘po litical honesty”—its “fair record”—its* fidelity” to its principles. But. we forbear. Rashness. One of the strangest and most striking exhibitions of this quality is seen in tho conduct ol adventurers who Hook to ciries in times of the prevalence ol an epidemic One of our New Orleans exchanges, relates the curious circumstance of the arrival at hu port, a lew years ago, of a sli p load of la borers’ while death waved h s conqu- ri; g banner over that devoted ci’y. B to o their entrance into its doomed precinct*, th*y were met by a deputation from the city auih <riti. sand earnestly entrea’ed to chance their de-tinafion,as theywoufe mev tably coutr hute to swell ih’ ttain ot ihe de w troyer T ! >cy replied that tb. yw. uld accede i* the on conditi* n that the cuy ug eed t pay tliern what tl.e\ could r.: isonably tnpe to earn —iw. dollars ei;ch pur day. The propo-itiou was, of ecu se, rej c; and. M hey enter and and near ly all r-oou tena: t-d the narrow.house prj}>art and for ail the living. Tne saiue hallnci at ion now pos sesse-those who whether as strangers or denizen* w o lh * cm raceol flea h by a iramature vi?it o: eturn io any of our infected Southern cues bfech one, double-s, thinks Iris business canimt 1 ngr be in gVeted and fitndly slitters himei> t!i t, as scm<- must escape, ho will be arm ng die o hmate. He forgets that the insignia of health winch rife invigorating influence of a mountain atmosphere or a summer's relaxation displays, upon his. cheek presents a fairr mark or the un err ng aim of the deadly mark jn in, than thesufe low visage and wa led form ol him who could not leave home, and who has become inured to the heat and poisonous atmosphere ol a semi-tropical climate. How many promising young men, flush ed wirii hope and urged by a spirit of enterprise or ambition have .embarked upon the “perilous flood” and sunk beneath its gurgling waters?— How many men ol business, heads ot families, too eager in the race lor wealth, have paid the penalty and alb exacts tor t heir ru huess l It the experience of the past is worth a fig. it demonstrates that it is unsafe, nay, hazardous to visit a place afflicted with an epidemic scourge so long ae a veviigaof ii re mains. W have been kd to these reflections on see ng the laces of several of oar fiiends now among us who reside in our Southern seaports We hope they will tarry with us yet awhi’c, and not become the vie ins of their own impatience. ‘ 4 John A. Tucker’s Ineligibility. The Enquirer of’ th'e 27ih in., in allusion to the recent nomination*? by ihe D imocratic Con vention ot the Pa aula Judicial Circuit, aaya: * One of the Democratic nomine es for whom it (the Sun,} thusffDlists, “whoever may be his op* patients/* is moreover legally ineligible for the office f< r winch ii supports him, fe <1 has been nominated for a judici :! -'a iou hy u / h- /. cau cus—thus bringing politics in*o (’ rtais v- • par ty should In ver enter! The article containing th® above ex* ;: ‘■ ■ ped our notice, or we should , m vc g yea it au • tiifer consideration- Tiie gunrieman to wiioi r. rulereuce is therein made, fe the Hon. John -i. Tucker of Lumpkin, at present.a Senator iu the legislature ot this State from Stewart County. It would have been more sat ; sfacto;y and proper, vve think, il flu* Enquirer had given some autboii y for the fact or law which it ihu* declares without qualifica tion. We do not find it in the constitution, or the laws of the State, and, certainly, it cannot be classed among the sul j cis of iniu.itve knowl* i:di< 1 1 ro-tm up ui the nnk“d a -‘ft-*’ rrio nos our co temporary and, as it is a matter ol judgment and not of veracity, we will be p rdoued lor denying the truth of the statement and calling upon the Enquirer for the proof. Will it come? Postmaster-General Brown. This distinguished gentleman and his lam ly are now in our City. H ■ has received t-om men ol all parries tho most gratifying"assurances that his exeittous to increase ihe usemlntst of the Poet— office Department are tally appreciated, and his labors acknowledged and applauded. There is, not a mors iv.dugtrinu* devored public ofitc.’r in the Nation, than the present li’-ad I ibe I’ost-ot tice Department, and the confidence reposed in his judgment and dUcretion is well merited. Reansyivar.ittn. Baker County—STomination. We see -hat Hon. Allred H. Colquitt ha-beet) nominated hy till Dem. craqy us linker County to liil the unexpir'd orm of JL v. Mr Cumhis, who was cut offiu the new county of J!i ihe‘l. The noniinaiion was made by acclamation in IheCon vetnion and we undetstand there wiil he no oppo sition. It appears that Mr. Colquitt was r lucianl io bee me a candidate hut yielded the use ot lre> name to 4be pariy or.d leconeite the conliietmg claims of many good democrats to the po-itioii The place was not sought .We com mend him lor his devotion to his party. State Road Receipts. B r.j May Esq., the able and efficient Treas. itrer ol the Stare Road lorwatded Tuetdnv (Sept. SBth) twenty five thousand dollars to J> hn B Tripps, Treasurer ol’ the State—as the nett earn ings ofthe Road for tb9 month of Sept. This makes 31*5,000 paid into tha Treasury this year nett earnings ot the road. P£YTON H. COLaUIT., ( Pf! , tnr . JAMES W. Walk, N, S iCitors ’ Number 80 Trade. Though rod Sire and sil lor I ke an * fushliHied ’inus'cr-aranlftl” irom the number .1 wagons, carts, teams and v,h les to he w ”, yet irisvciy evident lb * tr i io is not so heavy m the and tLreni departments of the ci y as it was last week. The eotio i receipts a r e large but the trade in dry goods and groceries are no: so fuH. The receipt* of ihe d*y g-> and esiafiishmems in th s city for ill; pri gent month double ihe receipts for Sep tember in last year. Tni-is the case atone house iu the city—whore proprietors by-the-way adver tise liberally in the T.mes —and we suppose it is general This shows that *he season has com- • menced early and .that we may expect oon a de cline in tbe receipts of cotton. The present high price and favorable weather for picking, combined with tho early ripening of the cotton caused by the rust-has increased uoabtl. as the receipts at this market. There was.lrost yesterday morning, but it is rather late to injure ifo cotton. The weather is now tool at night and tires ar; pkasant. Resolutions of the Columbus Bar. Cfe lum bus, S ptem’ -er 29th, 1353, ) il o'clo k,A. m. The members of tiie Columbus bar, and olii era of the inferior Count, met at Me sis. Thomioa so Oa motion, Uoq. M. J. 1 raw lard w.ia cd ud to the Chair, and W. N. Hutch* i.it, H ccj , appointed secretary. Tne chair iniutly sta t-d tire object ci the n:e.it ifli!, vvlien Juufee Thcmvis moved ihe appointment o* a cominitied ol fiv to draft and report r k>]u tions vxpre-sivo or the seuse and object ot the meeting. ]’he chair appointed on that committee, Hon. G. E Thomas, C<>l J- -N Ramsey, U. fl. Col quiu, Esq., lion. A. G. Foster and Cui Porter Ing ram, who reported toe following preamble and resolutions: VV ii sheas t is made known to us, that our much esteemed fellow tuizen, the Honorable SAMUEL A. WALES, departed this life on the evening of yeeterday, af his icjajdunce near this city, we, theme nb rs ofthe Bar Sid the members and t fficeixs of ihe Inferior Court*of this county, have assembled this morning, before follow iug his reinaius to then* final testing: place this evening , offer to his memory and virtues, this public denion .-tratiou oi'respect, and to his afflicted family. this exnru.'si nos our sympathy on account of the mourn lui bereave tne r. t. This community has sustained a great loss J n tlie death of Judge Wales’. When iu life, for several years past, he was ardently devoted to tne promotion of the public interest,even at the sac lificeof personal inter*--stand* contort. Faith fully did he di'Charge 1 ho high* and responfeble , übhc trust of Senator Irom ilu- county, and up io Um.day of his death, ihe£;mme of justice of tbe Inferior CMurt, wa-worn by him with honor to himself and benefit to the community. Weall ememt er hiS urbanoy. to the Bur, and his cour tesy to his fellow associate Justices n the Bench. An afi.ciionate father, a kind neighbor, a hu nane master, a worthy spirited l llow ciiizen has Iven Cali-d away in the m d-tofiiis u and f.rne, by ilu , who.e prero.aeiiye it is to give tnd takv away as io him seemerh tess. Let not he lea>on be io-:. We too m-t de; ar.d the urn*? whett 1 there fe nmi > chi tell.” ‘1 herefere 1 Re <deed. T.iat iii the fe ariivf th * H n. 3 \ Vi Uci L A. WaL -3 the comm unity has lot i w *Ahy p ibl c triltze i; the Bar a w >nhy mem and t i * Kt-nch a i a de and epiiah’ Jna i e. 2 Resolved t hat as ack nos respect, we •will assemble at Ins r sidence thi-everting a* t *-o /cloc k V. M , for tha'-purpn<e ot acconi|>auy ng tis remains to the Methodisi .Church io afeud his fam-ral, and from the grave yrrd • ;r riic’r interment. 3 Rsolod, rhat we ‘sincere]y condole with i:> be eaved fam.lv in this mournful di>p -nsHlioo indthata copy of these resolutions be furnished r > h : a family, and be r q testei ( o be published in th i public gazettes ot this city. Judge Thomfe being Chairman of this Com mittee,in presenting the Preamb'e and Resolu tion;, made some eloquent arid touching re marks on the life ol the deceased.* The motion on the adoption of the report was unanimously carried. On motion, adjourned- MARTIN J. CRAWFORD, Ch*rn. W. N. Hutchins, Secretary. Health of Hacon. Though this c ty is proverbial fbr the general salubrity oi its climate, yet this year it has been unusually free from inniignaqt disease. * The foi lowjf g return ol burials I y fee sexton for Septem ber, (usually our most sickly mojfeh,) speaks for iteolf From Sept- 1, to Sept. 27 —-There were twelve deaths, white and colored —two inteim-ms of bodies brought from Savannah. —Macon i\iessen ger. -hcq 4m Twenty Days Later from Utah. The kj.iit L ike niaii, under conduct of Mr. B. Dupe, arrived in this ci'y yesterday, Mr. ltiipe came Unough in the usual time. H-* reports the best state of lei ling bi-twe n trie Mormons amt the autlioriie's. In his own laieilage., “Bnaham Youn.: a-ni Gov. Cumming run togrencr.” He had no dit !ioui:y with Indians, and .heard if none in my quarter. He met Mr. John Kerr, of ihis city, with hi* train at the Cri ssfiig of ttfis North Platte,getting along remarkably AeU. Mr. Rope saw a nan by the name of James Saunders, an oid mountaineer and Ind an trader, just from the gold regions, who reported that there was “plenty of ■>o!a.” He wrs a> one of the stations above Fort Laramie, and w.ts preparing to go hank. He reported that there were a great tnttfiv iti the mine#; more than tie (Saun ders; wanted to see. Mr. G. P Beauvais, who has a trading post of the sta lionn, informed it*- cnmritrretor tiiat J*e had -reen a miner tiie day before who confirmed the reports of gold. .Mr. Beauvais was of opinion that there are rich mines. This is the substance of ali Mr. Rope learned of rite gold regions We -lreli not prubablv have anything satisfacory from them until we hear from same oi the nuruenni- per s ns of this city and ire gliborhood who are preparing to iisit the miip-s. \\ 7 e have noth ng is jet which can be regarded as Miffieien! y reliable and ,eiicorfragiiig io in duce emigration.— St. Joseph Gazelle, Sep tember 18. *s3* Ail vires ftoiii Cnostantinople repre s nt that the Tntkis'i G rverment is so liaid ptislieil h r tnoie.y ilint it is foiturlate tlrat •lie biisiness'of building n ship here lor its navy was net ei .ten and open. liie mail robber, is eiu pa iv iml in warping joiner’s pbincs which are made in the C u.iiecticut State Prison. Tiie city of Pekin as described by “ ne wiio has been there.” i quite monop lized y the emperor, whose gardens and nalaees occupy two th rds of tho metropolis proper. # A frigWfu! accident occurred a‘ the State Fair ground, in Sandusky, Ohio, lately. Ail excited horse, bn exhimtion, in a contest for the prizes, broke through the aiena, dashed, in among the people, injur ing live persons so badly, that they died soon after the accident. The Pensacola custom house co=t the Government, to build it, about $60,000. The amount collected at it fur the fiscal vear ending June 30, 1858, was $487 To collect tiiis largs sum it cost Uncle Sam, for salaries, $3,012.