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(Ml eel *ln (L'onstiiutionulist. BY JAMES GARDNER. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2. Commercial Bank of Brunswick. The Savannah Jttpnttieai t, of SOth inst., says: "The Commercial Bank of Brunswick closed doors and wound up its existence on the 25th inst. We learn that the notes of the bank will be redeemed at the Bank of Savannah, and also by G. Fried lander A Co , m Brunswick, the latter having been appointed special nzents for that purpose.” November Elections. Elections will take plmte, during the first ten days of November, in the States of New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Maryland, Delaware, and Louisiana— in the last on the Ist of November; in Maryland on the 3d ; in Wisconsin on the 4th ; in Delaware on th£9th ; and in the other States mentioned on the 2d. All of these States, at these elections, will choose tbeir for the next Congress, except Maryland and Louisiana, where Congres sional elections will not be held untii text year. The result in New York and Illinois-will be ex pected with great interest, as it will probably de termine the complexion of the House of Represen tatives of the next Congress. Hon. John Milledge. A correspondent of the Athens Jiarwfr sug gests that the Democratic party “ cannot make a better step to sustain ,thtm selves in the general opinion of the State, for tbeir courtesy, and for their catholicity of feeling,” than to offer the posi tion of Speaker of the House of Representatives to Coi. John Miti-KiitiE, one of the American Repre sentatives from this county, i/'Speaker Underwood resigns it and Mr. Irwin, of Wilkes, does not want it. Enffer From Gov. Wise. Gov. Wise, 6t Virginia, hrving been requested to address the people of Illinois, during the pen dency of the present exeitliig canvass in that State, declines the invitation in a letter to the Chairman of tiieDemocre.tic S'ttie Committee of Illinois, which we p üblish in another column. A- J. B. Flail’s Copying Press. Dn our first page we leferred to ft patent recent ly obtained by Edwin Platt and Jacob B. Platt, for an improved copying press. The paragraph states that these gentlemen are from Clarke coun ty. Some of the papers sent on to Washington for the patent were written out and certified to in Clarke county, but Mr. Edwin- Platt resides in Oglethorpe county, and Mr. J. B. Platt is a resi dent of Augusta. The jpfess is a very simple, neat and well de signed portable apparatus fur copying letters. It is taken to pieces and put together without moving a screw, peg, or any article of confine ment, It can be packed in a space about the sic of that required (or an ordinary law book, and being light, can be carried very readily in a carpet bag with clothes or other light articles. In a few words, it is just such a press as persona traveling will find very convenient, ladies will be anxious to have, and the public generally be anxious to obtain. • Fatal Affray at Thompson. We learn that an affiuy took place at Thompson on Thursday afternoon, between James Bert and Levi Filbricut. The repost is, that Bckt, after knocking down FuLawortT, jumped uponund stamped him so severely, that he died in a Short time. We give the statement as we received it; and as Burt has been *rrested, the facts in relation to the affray will be brought out on his trial. As usual in such cases, the principals in this affray were not practical temperance men. Cevttriil Railroad. The HuTiinnr.ti Republican of the 28tH inst. sxy -: “Theveeancy in the office of Superintendent •es" tlais road, caused by the death of the lamented .AiiMEEsoN Fwdte, has been offered to Mr. George Adams, nvw of the South-western road, and by him accmited. We congratulate the Company upon the *ditiori of so worthy and efficient a man to theirnorps of officers ” jgf Ur. J. Haywood Jones, of Limestone coun ty, A!*-, has ahog on his plantation which weighs 1033 pounds. _ yy ’ Ttie British steam frigate Valorous, whioii accompanied the Niagara in laying the Atlantic teiwjraph wire, has been in New York harbor for natfe than two months, and departed for Central America, via Jamaica, on Wednesday last. Sir WM. €tC.’E Ol sley, the recently appointed British Min ister to Nicaragua and the other Central States,' started in the Valorous to the scene of his ministerial functions. Itis very probable that ■within thirty days matters •"will transpire in Central America which will give -active employment to the diplomatic ttaff of England and America. We sliall see. r*r We publish this morniDg an article from the Richmond South, tn reference to Dor-.LAS and the Administration, to which we would invite the attention of owr readers. The South, as this arti cle indicates, has disapproved the coarse of Judge Douglas upon 4he Kansas question in the last ses sion of Congress, and has been classed among the aoti-UotiGLAS Democratic organs of the South. This fact will give additional weight to its severe strictures, in the article which we copy, upon the coarse which :bas been pursued towards Judge Douglas, by the Administration, siace the ad journment of Congress. Clergymen Deceased. — The New Orleans Pic ayune announces the death of the Roc. C. W. W bit all, of the Episcopal church, at Biloxi, and Past-Grand Buster of the Odd Fellows of Louisi ana. Rev". La Mercies Du Vubsnay, a Catholic priest, died es yellow fever in New Orleans on the 30th instant. _ A Good Mot e.—The Mayor of Portsmouth, Va., (has determined to put a stop to the habit of ewear wSg’on the streets, for which indecency he has al ready fio-d a great many pewoor, without respect lo rank or condition. itECßtnsu of Fopclation in Dnat ore. — The Dn- Amquc iisui' sayz that by a recent census of that «it7, made by the District Board o l Dirctors, co der tke provision of theecbool law,ft appears the total j».pul'atioo of Dubuque is six hundred usd Sevan tf-eigi'it less then last year. Minnesa Ta Legislature.— TfceSt. P&.J Pioneer. of the 2dtir inst., says toe next Legislators of Min nesota will probably staid thuv. Senate—Demo crats tweu«y-t-he, Republican* sixteen. House— Demoorata thirty-eight, Repablicacs forty-two. Democratic majority on joint ballot one, A Oeobcya Gold Placer.— Week before last, says the Dahlonega Signal, Os the 23rd, four per goaK, with band mortars, at mine, made two thousand three hundred and ninety peony- j weights of gold is two davs and a half, from one j ►tat " ' I BY TELEGRAPH. Indian Wars in Oregon. Hartford, Conn., Oct. 30.—A letter has been received in this city from an officer of the army,in which it is stated that there had been severe and prolonged fighting in Oregon between the troops and the Indians. The iudians are now clamorous for peace, and it is believed the war is about over. Central American Affairs. S Washington, Oct. SO. —Private intelligence re ceived here states that Geo. Lauar has succeeded in geying suitable acknowledgments from Costa Rica, in relation to vexed questions which have been pending. The steamers which were destined for Lake Nicaragua have gone up the river unmolested. The Kentucky and Indiana Imbroglio. Louisville, Oct. 30.—The difficulty growing oaf of the arrest of Horace Bell, at New Albany, Ind., has been amicably settled, by the assurance ou the par: of the Bradenbergers that Bell could be re leased on bail. A General Rain. Washington, Oct. 30.—1 t rained here all day yesterday, and was either cloudy or rainy in all places heard from. New phase of Nicaragua Affairs. Washington, Oct. 30.— Ybisari, In view of Gen. Walker’s expedition, gives notice to all persons landing in Nicaragua, to be provided with pass ports. , Gen. Faez and Our Government. Washington. Oct, 3b. —Gen. Paez hud a formal interview with lift President and Secretary of Slate on yesterday. As an evidence of the high opinion in which he is held by our Government, he will return to Venezuela in one of our national vessels. Market Reports. Charleston, Oct. 30 —1 o’clock, P. M.—Udders of Cotton this morning were anxious to sell at a concession. The sales reached 2,T00 bales, at prices ranging from 10% to 11%' cents."’ New York, Oct. 80.—The sale 3 of Cotton ou yesterday were 1,200 bales, with a quiet market. Sales of Flour 11,000 barrels; Southern $5 a $5 35. Wheat firm; sales 80,000 bushels; white $1 43. Corn firm; sales 41,b00 bushels; mixed 71 cents. Coffee firm; 10,000 sacks sold; Java brought 13% a 14 cents. Spirits of Turpentine was firm at 52 a 53 cents. Rosin was steady, with sales of 4,000 barrels. Rice was quiet. From the -Veto J'/rA Swung Post, Ooi. *». ] Horrible Tragedy in Thirtiethditreet—A , Whole Family Hulchered by a Sou. ] One of the most bloody and horrible tragedies ] which ever look place in this city, was enacted at j 217 West Thirtieth street, last night. Francis A. Gouldy, a young man twenty years old, literally , butchered the family, undoubtedly killing his , fatheraud otic servant girl, inflicting injuries which may prove fatal to his step-moiher, two brothers , atitjt <,gojper servant girlrat-.d crow tumble crime with rell-murder. The family consisted of Francis UoulJj, Jane A., his second wife ; three sorts, Francis, a., the homicide: Nathan, fourteen years o’.U; Charles Wesley, live years old ; a daughter, Mary Eliza, fifteen ; two small children, two and four years old, and two servant girls, Elizabeth Carr, and Jo annah Murphy. It appears that the young man Frauds had con tracted some habits which displeased his father. He was out too late nights and wanted too much money. His father refused to give him a night kev, but would get up and let him in when he cairie borne of nights, and, perhaps, rebuke him for his unseasonable hours. It is staled, also, that Frank, as he was called, yesterday took a bank book from his father’s drawer, which the old gen tleman pronounced no better than stealing. Whatever the provocation or cause, Frank went home about ten o'clock list nigbt. The family bad Tewred, with the exception of the father, who was -sitting in a front room on the second floor. His wife was in bed i-r. the room adjoining in the rear, and the two strati children were in a crib in ihe room with their mother. Mrs. Gouldy says that as Frank came in, she was just retiring, and he said to her, “ Why, mother, are you vp yet?” “ Yes, Frank,” was the reply, “ I inn up yet.” He then passed into the room where Mr. Gouldy was. and she beard some unpleasant words pass between the two, and final ly heard a heavy fall on the floor. She hud just got into bedj and t.iought to herself, “Is it possi ble trank has struck his lather?” and at that mo ment Frank Tame into her room, partially raised the netting from around the bed, and dealt her u heavy blow on the head with a hatchet. She screamed and sprang up, und he repeated the blow twice, whvn she felt heavily to the floor, breaking down the netting as she fell. The murderer then passed through the hall bed room where his two bruthers slept. They had both gotten up, hearing the noise, and he struck each a murderous blow on the bead with the same hatchet he had used upon his father and mother. He lett them both prostrate and covered with blood, and passed on to the stairs and ascended to the third floor. The apartments on the third floor were occupied by himself, his sister Mary and the two servants. The servants had heard the noise and were in tbe hall of the upper floor as he -went up stairs. He immediately attacked them with the sume fatal hatchet, prostrating each with a frightful blow upon tbe head. Mary, bearing the struggle .and screams of tbe servants, opened her door, end looking out, saw the girls covered with blood, but did not reeuguise ber brother. Believing it to be a burglar, she locked her door and remained in her room. Had she known it was her brother she would have rushed out, in which case she would probably hare been murdered. Aftercommiting this series of atrocious crimes, it is believed the homieideweut down stairs, pulled off his boots and coat, and donned slippers and morning gown, in which costume he returned to b!3 room. But Mary, meantime, had not been idle, fihe laid raised her window and cried “murder !” And officers Morehouse and Hall of the 20th Word Police, who were standing on tbecornerof tbetdtb avenue and 31st steeet, heard hor cries, her room being in the rear of tbe bouse. ,r hey immediately went to the house, but the dear was locked, which delayed tivjir entrance for seme time; but they succeeded with some labor in forcing the door. 2t is probable that Frank beard them and found that he was detected. Be this as K may, before they found him he took a three-sfeooter, which was heavily loaded, and, placing tbe muzzle to his head, fired. The bail entered above-the ngbt ear ana passed out just over the left eve, causing iu stactane us death. The alarm having been given, the neighbors rushed to the spot, and beheld a scene of blood and horror too painful to d- scribe. The father lav upon the floor entire! r uncon scious, with hi* face and head bathed in blood 1° the flext room the mother bur helpless, and in tbebs# bedroom the two boys were prostrate and one of them senseless, and in the upper hail the two servants lay, also covered with blood one of them tewing ber arms in delirium; while' the author of ihe appalling tragedy lay lifeless oo tbe floor of his owntoem, still grassing the fatal om tol in bis fight hand. ! Tbe two small children and Mary were the only ones unharmed. As the affrighted passed through /be room in which tbe crib , tbe little girl, two years old, sprung up and said’ t pleasantly, “ I ans pot hurt.” Tbe carpetaand farm - tire in every mr>u| through j I which the murderer bpdpsesed.Twrpetffiasi'wtth J t blood. , * ■ } j AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1858. I)r. John G. Sewall, of 234 West Thirtieth street, was called in, with some other physicians, whose names we did not learn. He examined the wounds,: and this morning kindly furnished our paper with a verbal statement of the several cases, os follows i Mr. Gocldy, the father, was struck upon the left side of his skull, in two places, the axe entering, into the substance of the brain. A large piece of bone, nearly as large as the paita of one s hand, was detached by the surgeon, and with.it came portions of the substance of the brain. The wound was partially closed, a sufficient opening being left for the passage of fluids. The case is considered hopeless. The patient is wholly un conscious, and in all probability cannot recover. Mrs. Gonldy, the mother, who is eneknte, re ceived three wounds upon the bead, two .of which were scalp wounds, from one to two inches in length. The third wound penetrated the sub stance of the brain about two inches above the right ear. Three small pieces of bone were re moved, and the wounds closed. In addition to these, she received two punctured blows upon her right arm, causing severe ooutusioqs. The pa tient complains of more pain from the wounds upon her arm than from those on her bend. Hopes arc entertained of her recovery, as she is compara tively comfortable, but her condition is extremely critical and her injuries very dangerous. The boy Nathan received a blow on the right side of the head, cutting up the ?«alp for three iuchee, and detaching a large piece of the temporal bone, with portions of the pariSAH bone, "--vern pieces of which were removed, mis condition 1* also extremely critical. Consciousness, however, is nerfect, . Charlie, the boy of five, received a blow about an inch-and-a-half from tbe median line neßr the vertex, which communicated with the substance of the brain. The edges of the wound were, brought together, and the condition of the patient is cotnfot labio but dangerous. The servants were taken to the Hospital imme diately, in a carriage, where Joanna Murphy died of her injuries this morning. The girl. Elizabeth Carr, was dungeroualv wounded, and probably cannot recover, Indeed, the condition of all the yictims of this unnatural crime is extremcl® critical, and it would not be a matter of surprise if none of them should recover. Frank, the homicide, shot himself, the a 11 entered about two inches above the right ear, making a frightful wound, and fracturing the skull in various directions. From the wounds the brains Unwed freely and lodged on the floor, mingled with chitted blood. Mr. Gonldy is about fifty years of age. He is a trustee ill the Methodist church, of which Rev. MY Craw ford, the man who was shot at in his pulpit by an insane man a week ago last Sunday even ing, is pastor. lie was formerly a lumber mer chant, and had retired from business with an am ple fortune. He was esteemed by his church us un exemplary Christian, and by all who knew him as an upright and honorable citizen. His wife and daughter, we believe, are members of the same church. Frank, the muiderer, was awakened by thfe re vival last winter, and joined the chureli on proba tion, or “on trial,” as il is more generally called. But he soop apparently lost all interest in religion, and returned to the habits which his father hoped he had renounced forever. It is said his father has urged him to attend family prayer in the even ing, but that he has of late refused to do so. About nine o'clock last night, Mr. Campb;-Vt, who lives next door to the scene '„f ,ne Murder, saw him at the corner of Thirtieth street and Eighth avenue, apparently much excited, carrying something jp-his hand wrapped in paper, ana going I mrrltaly towards his home, lie believes it to have been the hatchet. Subsequent to Ibis, however, he was seen iu Sbowler’s oyster saloon, No. 855 Eighth uveune, where ho took refreshments, and conversed plea sant iv. He was in company with a son of the late t)r. Doane and Mr. Horn, a nephew of Mayor Tiemann. He made an appointment while there to meet an acquaintance to-day. The hatchet which he used in the execution of his murderous designs is dull, and has the ap pearance of having been used for opening boxes. The knife is an ugly weapon—a butcher’s knife— with an inch and a half blade, six inches tong and four-inch handle. It looks like a new weapon, and has lately been made very sharp. It is, of course, impossible to conceive any ade quate motive for this wholesale and horrid butch ery. Two theories Ifro presented; one, that he killed hit fa; her for tha fancied injuries he had re ceived at his hands, and, frenzied by the bloody deed, killed all that came in his way. Another is that he intended to leave no witnesses to his crime and no heirs to bis father’s fortune; and, finding that he had not succeeded either in destroying the whole family or in concealing the evidences of his guilt, killed himself as soon as he beard the officers enter. From the liichmornl Smith, OH. 25. Judge Douglas and the Administration. It is reported, without contradiction, that the President has guillotined a number of Democratic officials in Illinois, in partial execution of an avow ed purpose to employ all the agency of the Feder al Government for the defeat of Senator Doug4aa. If this rumor be true, we apprehend the Admin istration are pushing the principle of retaliation beyond the sympathies of the State Rights Demo cracy. When Mr. Douglas so far lapsed from the line of duty as to co-operate with the opposition in an tagonism to the settled policy of the party, the Ad ministration were bound to exert every effort to overcome his resistance. Hence, in the crisis of the Kansas controversy, southern Senators admin istered a sharp rebuke to theii refractory associate. For ourselves, we declared our disapprobation of Mr. Douglas’ conduct in terms of at least sufficient severity; and we believe the Democracy of the Mouth unanimously sustained the Administration in the attempt to subdue his insubordination. At oue moment, bis position was so equivocal that many persons apprehended his defection to the Black Republican ranks. We were of the num ber ; and it was because of tbe suspicion of bis i good faith that we were reluctant to extend him any indulgence. . Tbe passage of the Conference bill was profclaim ed a final settlement of tbe Kansas controversy, i not only in tbe sense that It operated a baaish . ment of the issue fr om tbe theatre of Federal pol iiics, but in its more important effect as involving a reconciliation of tbe feuds ivbicti had broken tbe peace and the power i f the Democratic party. With th : s promise the measure propitiated a great many people who could not approve all its provi sions. In this spirit it was accepted by tbe Demo cracy of Virginia. We at once discarded tbe Kan sas question as an “ extinct issue,” and proposed a truce with the opponents of tbe Lecumpton Con stitution. If it be affirmed that Mr. Douglas first violated the conditions of the armistice, we w ill not under take to deny tbe accusuiion- When he returned to his consituenu with an appeal for their support, nothing was more natural than that he should at tempt a justification of bis eourse. Nay, if in tbe . excitement of a canvass in which quarier was neither asked nor given, be was betrayed into u • reflection upon bis adversaries, surely tbe indis cretion is not without apology. On the other band, , U was a point of honor with tbe «d»oc»»e» of the Lecompton Constitution to repel his attacks and to protest against tbe error of hie doctrine. The ad herents of ihe administration, too, were clearly justifiable in defending tbe Executive policy; and. the cnlv mat'er of debate is, whether they have notetrried the war upon Douglas to »n extreme which is equally incompatible with sound princi ple and mimical to the interests of tbe party. In respect to the latier point of the ioquiry, we presume there are not two opinions among tbe Democracy. The result of tbe recent elec nuns in the North attests the folly of tbe fend between Judge Douglas and the Administration The un certainty <7 the issue in Kcw York and Illinois warrants aw apprehension that the iwihirluoate controversy is still pregnant with disaster to the Democracy. The apologist* of tbe Admiaisira tion, however, may comeno that Mr. Douglas ahull bear an equal proportion of blame fur the continu ance at the sehiem Jt *a possible that Mr. Buchanan had 'be appro b*’vm of tbe parly up. o Ibis point 10 fii* coutro* reray with Ir.ueeo-. Bui, whsn be resnlred ! B> employ she immense machinery of Iba Jjgpe»tf *e 1 patronage to crush a solitary individual, he ven tured upon an experiment which could not fail to shock the sensibilities of the public and to excite tbs popular sympathies in behalf of his adversary. In contemplating the inequality of tiie contest, the merits of the cause were forgotten ; and the gen erous impulses of tbe people were propitiated by the heroic exertions of a gallant spirit struggling against overwhelming odds. But this may be thought a mere matter of expe diency, which affects only the interests of the Administration. In another and more important aspect the indiscretion of the President will be admitted to involve a dangerous usurpation on the rights of the State. The election of Senator is the highest exercise of State sovereignty in its relation to the fed eral government. It is an exertion of power which attests its independence as a political com munity ; and if it be coerced or corrupted in its action, its integritv is attacked in its most vital quarter. The function of Senator is of the high est responsibility. In respect of the State he is representative of its sovereignty, and the es {.; ztal guardian of its rights and interests. In re spect of the federal government he stands on an equal elevation with the Executive. If the Presi dent may veto his legislation, on the other hand he may veto the a resident's treaties and appoint ments! In theory, if not in fact, he is the impar tial adviser of the Executive in its relations with foreign nations, and tbe jealous opponent of its encroachmants on the prerogatives of the States. In contemplation of the Constitution he is invested with the awful responsibility and the ma|estic dignity of bis Roman prototype. With this Conception of the Senatorial function and character, w 6 may appreciate the enormity of the usurpation involved in un attempt of the fed eral Executive to dictate the selection of Senator. If the effort be successful, the State is impaired in the -essential point of its sovereignty, and deprived of the main pillar of its independence. Every obstacle to the aggrandisement of federal power Is swept away, and the States have become help •w* dependencies of th“ vesirs! government. No wonder, therefore, that the State Rights Be- | mocracv of the South have heard with surprise apprehension that Mr. Buchanan is employ ing ftio patronage of the Federal Government to daterjnine the election of Senator in Illinois Nor is their repugnance to the policy mitigated by an imposing recital of Mr. Douglas’ delinquencies. If htjwpre worse even than his enemies represent, his punishment would not compensate the violation of un essential principle. Mr. Buchanan may only intend the public good, but some usurper nrtiy avail himsclt of the pretext ami the precedent to Compasß his ambitious projects. There may bo those who will applaud the intervention in the particular case before us; but have they any guarantee that Iheir own Slate will not be made to choose a Senator at the dictation of the Federal Executive? If we permit Illinois to be subjuga ted, what security have we for the indepeutence of other Commonwealth* ? The next attempt may be made upon Virginia, and then her people will appreciate un aggression which impresses them feebly by distant example. We have recorded an emphatic protc.il again* 1 . Judge Douglas’ theory of tarritor.j sovereignty! We would not discharge our dmy to the Staffs Rights Democ.aey if we '.,egU*ct.d to remonstrate against the no leas innovations of his adversaries. The Vice-President for Douglas. MU. SKKCKINKIDGx’s I.KTTKK. VsKSsiLLta, Kv., Oct. 4, 1858. Dear Sir: I received this morning your letters of 28th and'2Bth ult., written aschairiuuii tf.s the dhstmocmtic state committee ofsTMttrowg one from Mr. V. Uickox, who informs me that he j is a member of the same committee. M v absence from home will account for tbe delay of this uu swer. In these letters it is said that I am reported to have expressed a desire that Mr. Douglas shall de feat Mr. Lincoln in their contest lnr a seat in the Senate of the United States, und a willingness to visit Illinois and make public speeches in aid ol such result; and if these reports am true, lam invited to deliver addresses at certain points in the Stnte. The rumor of my readiness to visit Illinois and address the people iu the present cuuvuss is with out foundation. I do not propose to leave Ken tucky for the purpose of mingling in the political discussions in other Hiates. The two or three speeches which 1 delivered recently in this State rested on peculiar grounds, which I need not now discuss. The other rumor to which you refer i« true. I have often, in conversation, expressed tbe wish that Mr. Douglas may succeed ov<r his Republican competitor. But it is due to candor to say, that j tills preference is not founded on his course at the lute seseioD of Congress, and would not exist if I supposed it would he construed usuu indorsement j of the attitude which he then chose to assume to wards his party, or of all the positions lie has ta ken in the present canvass. It is uot accessary to enlarge on these things. I will only add, that my prefereuce rests mainly on these considerations : that the Kansas question is practioally ended— that Mr. Douglas, in recent speeches, has explicit ly declared his adherence to the regular Demo cratic party orgunixation—that he seems to be the candidate of tbe Illinois Democracy, and the most formidable opponent lin.tbat State of the Republi can party, and that on more than one occasion during his public life he has defended the Union ot tbe States and the rights of the States with fidel ity, courage and great ability. ‘1 have not desired to say anything upon this or any other subject about which a difference umy be supposed to exist iu our political family, but I did not feel at liberty to decline an answer to the cour , teous letter of your committee. With cordial wishes for the harmony of tbe Illi nois Democracy, and the hope that your great and : growing State, which has never yet given a sec tional vote, may continue true to our constitution al Union, I am, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, 1 John C. Brkokinkiduk. 1 Hob. John Moors, Chairman of the Committee. From the Louierille (Ky. ) Courier, Oct. 17. - Farther About the Bell Affair— An Exjie , dition Against Brandenburg. The arrest of Horace Bell continues to excite • greut feeling in New Albany. It forms the entire : subject of town talk. Happily, the first passionate ' outburst of the populace has been soppres-ed, and there is an indication of calmer counsels pre- I railing. On Monday night, a party of one himdred and | twenty-five seized the ferry boat Adelaide, und proceeded to Brandenburg. They were well equipped for a hostile campaign, each man being armed with a revolver, bowie knife and gun A six pounder, also, formed part of the armament of tbe expedition. It was expected that a pat ty of two hundred men would unite with the Albanians at some point in Harrison county. We presume that these men reached Br ndenburg yesterday, where there was not much excitement prevailing, though on Monday there was to be seen about the town an onuxual number of *hot gun*. Major ' Isaac P. Smith and John B. Carmen, with maov ' other gentlemen of respectability, accompanied ' the ferry boat expedition. The evainita.rtoo of tbe officers of the ferry, charged with being accessory to the abduction of Bell, was not bad yesterday, the case bavtng been sent before tbe grand jury, which is in session. It is tliegeneral opinion in New Albany that no one connected with the lei ry was privy to tbe arrest ‘ ol Bell, and onlv aided in bringing him across the ‘ river when threatened. Tbe grand jury of Flovd ( county, we understand, yes'erdsv indicted John Rogers, Sylvester Desbon, Jerrv sod Tom Anile, and Joe Swpiney as tbe kidnappers of Horace . Beil. Tbe next step in the case will be ar qu.si non from Governor Willard upon Governor More bead for these men. If arrested, they will have to be tried for felony in New Albany. It is said that some of them ere already heartily dirgusied with there action is r tie matt. r. Horace Kelt Aea* token from Brandenburg on I Sunday afternoon, to some safe and secluded I place in Meade c-unry, where he still be io tbe I custody of ibe Sheriff’ Th* citizens of Draedeqborg I promptly paid tbe reward of five hnno-ed dollata i i offered for Ibe arresi nt Bel l. The oflf.-ere wM> j ! a-sdc the arrest :b Jtew Alfessy seM their *>“'• I 1 (for two bundled dot tyr», I i>om t&* IT r <uhi»gton Union. Letter from Governor Wise. r, ... Richmond, (Va.) October 13, 1858. lttirSir: I cannot, express to yon the emotions or my bosom, excited by vonr appeal to me for aid m the warm contest which your noble Democracy is waging with abolitionism. Every impulse prompts me torush to yoor side. Your position is I a grand one and m some respects unexampled. In (the taco of doubt and distrust attemped to be | thrown upon your Democracy and its gallant lead | er by the pretext of pretenders that yon were giv- I wgatd and comfort to the arch euemy of onr coun try s peace and safetv and our party integrity I see you standing alone, isolated by a tyrannical proscription, which would, alike foolishly and wickedly, lop off one of the most vigorous' limbs ol natioual Democracy—the limb of glorious Illi nois ! I see you, m spite of this imputatiou, lirmlv fronting the foe, and battling to maintain conservative nationality against embittered and implacable sectionalism ; constitutional rights, operating proprio vionro, and every way against ali unequal and unjust Federal or Territorial legisla tion. The right of the people to govern themselves against all force or fraud; The right of tbe sovereign people to look at the “returns” and behind’the “ returns” of all their representative bodies, agents, trustees, or ser vants; Tbe responsibility of all governors, representa tives, trustees, ageuts, und servants to tbeir prim ] cipals, the people, who are “ the governed” and tbe source of uil political power; Utter opposition to the detestable doctrine of the absolutism of conventions to prescribe and proclaim fundamental forms of government, at their will, without submission to the sovereign people—a doctrine fit only for slaves, and claimed only by legitimists and despots of the Old World ; Powers of any sort not expressly delegated to any man or body of men are expressly “reserved to tbe jieupip No oltolvU or dictatorial authority in represen tative bodies; The representative principle as claiming sub mission und obedience to the will of the consti tuents ; The sovereignty of the organised people, su preme above all mere tepieseutauve bodies, con ventions or legislatures, to decide, vote upon, and determine what shall be their supreme law ; Justice and equality between BtltM and their cilizeus, und between voters to elect their ugeots and representatives, and to rattfy or reject any proposed system of government; Submission to the Constitution and laws of the Federal Union, and strict observance of all the rights of ths States and their citizens, but resist ance to the dictation or bribes of Congress or sm other power to yield the inalienable right of self government; Protection in the Territories and every whereto all rights ot person* and of property, in accordance with tits rights of the States, and with the Consti tution ar.u lawß of the Union ; F;,uity and uniformity in the mode of admiring new States into the Uuhm, making the same rules uud ratios to apply to all alike ; The rejection of all compromises, conditions, or terms which would discriminate between forms of republican Constitutions, admiting one with one number of population and requiring three times that number for Another torm equally republican; The great law of settlement of tbe public do- » main of the Uuited Suites, free, equal, and just, i never to bo “ temporised” or “ localised” by tem- < porai yor partial expedients, but to be adjusted by I jagnmneut, uniform, and universal rules of right these and the like principles, I i de-m them to lie tbe aim of the struggle of the I derided Democracy in this signal contest! and so understanding them, I glory in their declaration and defense. I would sacrifice much und go far to uphold your arms in this battle. I would most gladly visit your people, address them, and invoke mem to stand fast by the standard of their faith and freedom, and never to let go the truths for which thev contend, for they are vital and cardi nal and essential, ami can never be yielded with out yielding liberty itself. But, sir, f am like ji tied'man, bound to roy duties here; and if any office would allow me to loave it, ! could uot de part from the bedside of illness in my family which would probably recall me before I could resell i Illinois; and my own slate ot health admonishes i tno that I ought not to undertake a campaign as l arduous as that yon propose. I know what the < labors of the slump are, and am not yet done suf fering bodily from mv efforts for Democracy in I 1858. For these reasons, 1 cannot obey your call; i but, permit me to add. tight on ! tight on ! light t ou ! Never yield but in death or victory! And, I oli I (hat I was unbound, and conld do more than look ou, throbbing with every pulse of your glnri- i ous sliuggle—with Its every blow and breath— i cheered with its hopes, anil chafed by its doubts, i You ligvc tny prayers, uud 1 am yours, truly, i Unsay A. iVis*. ' Hon. John Mookh, Chairman, Ac. IbrokTAtvr Decisions in Ttssessxi;.—Tbe Su preme Court, now iu session, has just decided, in the case of Cate v*. the State, that the use in yqhli* of a single oath is tin indictable offence. Iu the c ise of the State vs. the Planter*’ bank, which was a bill filed in the Chancery Court at Athens to declare the charter of the Plante: a’ bank forfeited for a suspension of specie payment, and to ahich bill tha counsel of the hank demurred, on the ground that the bill"could not he filed against the branch bank at Athens, and which demurrer the Chancellor sustained, the Supreme Court af firmed the decision of the Chancellor and dismiss ed the hill, though without prejudice to the right of the State to institute other proceedings to de . clare the charter of the bank forfeited. I Iu the case of a bet upon tbe Presidential elec . tlon, consisting of nine sereral h .zards, but all to . be taken together, the Court decided but one indictment would lie, us it was but one transac tion. In tiie case of Day vs. the Stale, ft was decided that it is no excuse in law for drawing a bowie knife, lhaf it was drawn to be used in self-defense; that tbo act of 1537-8 meant to totally abolish tbe use of this weajion for any purpose, and that it is, therefore, a felony to draw a bowie knife upon another, to awe or intimidate him, so as to prevent him from making an attack. The case of John Good and other Commisatonere of the Common School, Ac., of Polk county, vs, I the Tennessee Mining Company—the Court held that the Slate of Tennessee and itsOommoo School Commissioner* were simnly trustees of the lands set apart by the set of Congress for educational purposes; tnat tbe sale of the lands, and lease of tbein by the Common School Commissioner*, were, ■ therefore, unauthorised and void. This case in volves a valuable copper mine in Polk county, said to be worth from three hundred thousand to HVe hundred thousand dollars. All this valuable pro perty is to be restored by this decision to the use . of common school*. —Southern Citizen. Tichkjcal Wohos.—ln reading, we frequently t come uernsa words with which we are uoacquamt- I ed, and which are necessary to give us a full idea of the subject. To obviate this difficulty, we give t a definition of some of tbe more common words: I A firkin of batter.sß lbs. | A truss of bay. .58 lbs. c A sack of coats 2z i ibs. i A bash w> bus. i A truss of straw.lb*. 1 A kilderkin.. .-..18 gal. « A stave of bemp. .82 Ibe. I A barre1........85 gal A sack of flour. .280 Iba. I A hogshead.. ..JI4 gal. « A qu ntal ...*.. .!(X) Iba. I A puncheon.. ..84 gal. s A niggot of steel. 12n Iba. j t English prices current often speak of tbe price p of wheat per quarter. To reduce this to barrels, ti multiply the price by seven and divide by twelve, a sod it will give the price, at the same rate, by the u barrel. Thus: If wheat is quoted at fifty-aix shij- t lings a quarter, multiply tilty-six by seven and di- c vide by iwelve, and it gives the price -thirty.two v hillings and eight peace a barrel Ohio Farmer. * A Mmoinisr MiNtsTKa Shot.—Tbe Rev. P. E. Green, the murtabw in charge of the Warren coun- I ty eirouit. Mis-., w»« shot at Montslbon, on Tuesday I morions, the £Riti lost., by a man named Fisher, t Fistier 100- fled. Tbe Vwksborg Whig says the t aeuse ol tile shooting was, that Fisher’s wife bad 1 joined ilo> otoireh lately ; and Ftsber, meeting Mr. fi, . bused bin* terribly, and finally mills* ual * pistol arnJ shot bun. — Exchange. t ! VOL. 37-NO. 45. ~ The Senatorial Contest iu Illinois. The Illinois correspondent of the £eening Pott, in speculating upon the result of the contest in that State between Lincoln and Douglas, says: Os the Senators who hold over i thirteen in cam ber), live are Republicans and eight Democrats; seven of these eight are said to be for Douglas and one for breeze, or some other Buchanan man; though it is believed that the entire eight will vote for Douglas, should their votes be necessary to de feat Lincoln. We have twelve new Senators to eUct, and the Republicans must get eight of these to iusurc a majority in that body. Os the Senators to be elected we feel pretty sure of seven, and I shall not be much surprised if we elect nine. But ’•’* possible we tnav have to put up with seven. Should we carry the Rouse by a decided majority, which we feel certain of doing, and the Democrats should have the Senate, thev witl undoubtedly re fuse to go into joint ballot for the election of a Senator; and also refuse to pass anv apportion ment bill increasing the chances of the Republi cans in the legislature of ISBO. So that you may see that not only the present but the future success of the Republican party In this State, depends much upon our being able to carry the eighth Senator on the second day of November noxt. In tht'dieition of the Democratic parti/, / think at leatt eeten-eighthe, tale the Mutt through, are with. Dtmglae. In a few, a very few counties, the friends of Uuchanau may have a majority, but the great muss are with Douglas. Indent, / do not believe •the Buriutnan men can elect a Angle member of the legietature. The Albany Patriot of the 2slh inst., refering to State aid to railroads as one of the subjects which will engage the attention of the Legislature at its approaching session, says : “ The roud from Macon to Warrenton is not less important. The State by all moans should land its aid in the construction of this great link, a link Which would connect an almost unbroken chain from New York to New Orleans. We need a direct outlet to the Charleston port, and an oppo sition , lice i> the Central road for already the burthen* of the latter aro felt by the people, and our merchants are daily complaining of the delay in forwarding their goods and merchandise from the depot at. Suvanttah, We are informed by muiv, that goods have been received at the fiaranituh depot brought by vessels, and the same • vessels have returned to New York, re-loaded, re turned to Savannah, ai'd found its former cargo remaining at the depot. Such delays are intolera ble and overbearing, anil we can oijer for them no reasonable excuse. With such a state of things, we enn but regard an opposition line a* absolutely imperative. The increasing trade and the pro gress of tho times demand it, und ns our citizens of .sputh-Wcsteru Ceorgia arc directi'- interested in (his measure, we trust they will matte an active and energetio defeuse for aid in Us construction. There are other road* of merit wo could hero apeak of, but the whole matter will no rtmrot b|> properly brought before the Legislature and fairef discussed.” Manifesto Against Fillit»ufcter«-.lmpor tunt .Notice from the Nicaragua Mlulster. LEGATION or NtCAUAOI'A, I Ilnooxi.TN, Oct. 27, 18.08. j The Republic of Nicaragua being threatened by a new invasion of ttllibueters, who are endeavor ing to enter that country under the disguise of colonists. and under other pertext*, the public arc hereby informed that all person-, whatever may be their nationality, going t<> sni.i Republic, to any port or place within It* territory, wiUbe anbjeot to the following regulation*:— 1. AH persona, whatever may be their nationali ty, arriving at any port or place of aaid Republic, will be obliged, before entering of landing, to pre sent themselves to file local publie authority, with u passport signed as follows f If going from any of the Kpaniah-.vtuerican States, by the Minister or Secretary of Foreign Relation*! it going from the United States of America, or from uny other countries, by the Minister Plenipotentiary, Miuis | ter Resident, or Charge d 'A It wires; and in dstiault of these, by thb Consul (feneral of Nicaragua, in such countries respectfully. 2. l'as-engers going for the purpose of passing through, without stopping longer iban may be absolutely neeessarv to make the transit fro in one oceuu to the other, and embarking immediately for California or any other foreign port, arc ex empl from the obligation of presenting passports. 8. Persons atteniptlog.to enter the country or to lurid therein without a passport, in ths cases in which it is required, will be stopped, and shall bm compelled to leturn by the eapie conveyance that took them to the country. 4. Persons arriving for the purpose of passing through to foreign countries, and who may un necessarily stop or Isrry in the Republic, shall b» considered as suspected individuals, and shall be subjected to such measure* us the laws of the country have established or rr.ey hereafter estab lish for'the -preservn’ion of the public peace, ex cepting, however, cases of sickness or otherphyal cal im|M>#stbility. 5. All persons arriving at any place uv the Re public in any ships or vessols-'not belonging to the company having the right of transit, or who mav attempt to enler the country, being in either case more than ten in number; and who shall not immediately proceed on (lieir way to a foreign country, shall by these facts alone be subjected, ss suspected individuals, to (he measures now ex . isting and which may hereafter be adopted for the preservation of the public peace, excepting, how ever, the caso of sickness or othep physical im possibility., ' 8, All persons not passing through to foreign countries shall immediately ou landing declare 6e ' fore the local public authority what business (if any) takes them to ihe Republic, or what art, ’ trade or profession (if any ) they intend to carry ' on therein, and also the place in which they re spectively intend to reside. 7. The public authority before which the bearer of the passport shall first present himself shall sub scribe the same aDd write at the foot thereof, "The bearer goes to inserting the name of the place mentioned"by the bearer, who shall presejtt himself with bis passport, certified as aforcsafd, before the public authority of the place in which he may have decided to reside • and the two afore said public authorities shall immediately give no tice to the Minister or Secretary of Foreign Rela tions that sueh person has »ppeared as required. 8. The Consular Agent at San Juan Norte and the Commandant of the port of San Juan del Bur shall insert in a book, to be respectively kept by them for that pnrpose, the names of the persons arriving with passports by every ship or vessel at each ot said ports respectively, getting forth the places to which they are going, and shall also im mediately give to the Minister of Foreign Relations notice or fell persons who have landed from the ship or vesaei. 8. All foreigners attempting to enter the Repub lic without a passport m the cases iawhiehßis required, shall be considered as suspected individ uals, and may he compelled to leave the Territory of tho Republic by the same place and in the same . ship or vessel in which they arrive: In. dtiip* or vessels arriving with passengers at Kan Juan del Norte, or at any other ports of the Republic, shall receive on board the agent or offi cer that may be appointed bv the govyrnmenajpjr tiie purpose « eniorctng the'faithful pertormtUKSt of these regulations. 11. Pbe public safety of the Republic requiring, under present circumstances, that all tts ports shall not be opened for the transit of passengers to California and other foreign places, nor for the purpose of receiving colonists or emigrants, such transit and the introduction of colonists or emi grants can only take place by the ports of San Joan del Norte and Han Juan Del Sur, until new regula tions or orders are made on the subject; and such colonists or emigrants shall not be allowed to take With them arms of any kind that may be used in war. . A. J. Ob Vkisarbi. Loouvinu, Kt„ Oct. 27. —The foil returns from Kansas of the jate election for members of the legislature are received, with the exception of one district. The Legislature stands: House—Demo crate thirty-nine, Republicans forty. Senate — Democrats Ureoty-onepJterpnbKcans fifteen. An Ssgit-hsss’s Lnsch - A slice of ’a”, I heggs, and a quart of hale.