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nrmocriitlc I’latroi in Jidoptcd at Cincinnati, June, 1856. Resolved, That itie American Dentucra rv place llieir iruir in ilie intelligence, the patriotism and the disrritniuutii gj indie of itte American people. Unsolved, That we regard this as a dis tinctive feature of our need w I ich we are, proud to in lintain before the world as a great moral element in a form of gnvorn- : mem springing from noil upheld hy the pop ularwill; and we I'nntrast it w ith the men mid practice of Fedcrati-m. under w hatever ‘ name or form, which seeks to p day the vole of the eotiititueiil. and which conceit es no imposture too inmi-iruii* lor the popular crudclity. Resolved, therefore. That entertaining there views, the democratic party of the Union, through their delegates assembled in general convention of the Stales, con* veiling together in a spirit of concord, ol devotion to the doctrines and faith of a free i representative government, and appealing to their fellow citizens lor tho recti'ude id their intentions, renew nod reassert before tho American people the declarations of principles avowed by them, when, on form er occasions, in general con vein ion, they presented t heir candidates for the popular suffrages, I. That the federal governriKn’ is one of limited powers, derived solely from the Constitution, and the grants of powers made therein ought to lie strictly construed hy all the departments and agents of the govern* rnent; and that it is inexpedient and danger* ous to exorcise doubtful constitutional pow ers. S. 3 hat the Constitution does not confer npun the general government the power to commence and carry on a general system of internal improvements. 15. That the constitution does not confer authority upon the fedctal government, di rectly or indirectly, to assume the debts of the several States, contracted for local in ternal improvements, or other State pur poses ; no 1 would sui It assumption he just sir expedient. 4 ‘l’liat justice ansi sound policy forbid the federal governm-m to foster one branch of industry to the detriment of any other, or to cherish the interests ol one portion to the injury of another portion of our com mon country ; that every citiy. u and every section of ihe country has a tight to demand and insist upon an equality of rights and privilege* and a complete and ample pro tection of persons and property from domes tic violence and foreign aggression. 5. That it is tho duty of every branch of the Government to enforce mid practice th> rnot rigid economy in conducting our public affairs, and that no more revenue ought to ho raised than is required to defray tho necessui y expenses of the Government, and for the gradual hut certaiu extinction cf the public debt. 6. That Congress Ins no power to char ter a National Hank ; that we brlieve such an institution one of deadly hostility to the best interest of our country, dangerous to “ttr republican institutions, and the liber ties of the people, an I calculated m place the business of the country within the con. trol of a concentrated money power, and n bove the laws and will of the people, and thr the results of the Democratic leg. •station in this and other financial measures upon which issues have been made between the two political parties of tho country, have demonstrated to practical men of nil parties thrir soundness, safety and utility iu all business pursuits. 7. That the separation of the moneys of the Government Irom all hanking institu tions is indispensable for the safety of the G vernm-nt nnd the rights of the people. , 8. 1 hat tho liberal principles embodied bv Jefferson in the Declaration of Indepen dence. ami sanctioned in the Constitution. ” hicli makes outs the land wf liberty, and tiu asylum of the oppressed of evciy uti tion, have ever been cardinal principles in the Democratic faith; and every attempt to abridge the ptivib go of becoming citi zuus and owners of soil aiming us ought to bo resisted w ith the same spirit which swept tite alien anti sedition laws from out statnte book. 1) That Congress has no power under tho constitution to interfere with or control the domestic institutions of tho several ft tales, and that all such Sta'es are the solo mi I proper judges of everything vppet tabl ing to their own ufl .its not prohibited by the constitution; that all effmtsof tho abo litionists or others mad* ip induce Congress to interfere with questions of slavery, or to Vtke incipient steps in relation thereto, ore calculated to lead to the most alarming and dangerous con-equeuces. and that such charts have-an inevitable tendency to diini hish the happiness oftho people andendan gtr the stability and permanency of the l nion, and ought not to be countenanced by any friend of our'political institutions. Resolved, That tho foregoing proposi tion covers and was intended to embrace the whole subject of slavery agitation in < ‘o: grass, and theres re the Democratic part* *f the U uiou. standing on this naiiou ! nfatform, will abide hy and aiihcro to a faithful exocu ion of the arts known us the eompnmi-e measures, settled bv Congress, the act Sir reclaiming fugitive* from service or I tbor included; which act being dc-igu ed to carry out an express provision of the constitution, cannot, w ith fidelity thereto, be repealed, or so changed as to destroy or impair its efficiency. Resolved, That the and i>eratir paity will lesist all attempts at renewing in Con gress, or out of it, the agitation of the slave ry qucs'itm under whatever shape u: color the attempt may be made, Re-olvcd, That the proceeds of public lands nagbt to bo sacredly applied to thi national o jects specified-in the ciinstrtuiion nnd that we are. opposed to any law for the distribution of such proceeds am>n K the Slates, as alike inexpedient in policy and repognent to the constitution. Resolved, That we are decidedly oppos_ ed to taking from, the Presideut the quail. Bed Veto power, hy which he is enabled, under restricii -ns sun responsibilities amply snfi dent to guard the public interests, to su-pctid the passage ot a bdl whose merits c i in n secure tho approval of two-thirds of he Senate and I lease of Ropre-entiitives until the judgment of the people can be ob tained thereon, and which his saved the American people from the corrupt and tv rauai-al doaiiaiau of ;h3 B*uk of :h Uni ted States, sod font a eorrup ing system of general Internal Impi ovemenlr. Resolved. That the democratic party w ill faithfully abide by and uphold the princi pies laid down in the Kentucky and Virgi nia resolutions of 1792 and 1793. and in the report of Madison to the Virginia Lrgisla ture in 1799—that it adopts those principles as constituting ono of the inein foundations nf its political creed, and is re>olved io car ry them out in their obvious meaning and import. That in view of the rondiiintf of the pop ular insinuations in the Uld World, a high and sacred duly is involved with increased responsibility upon the Democracy of this country, as the party of the people, to up hold and maintain the rights of every State, and thereby the union of the States —and to sustain and advance among them constitu tional liberty, by continuing to resist all monopolies and exclusive legislation for ihe benefit of the few, at the expense of the many, and hy a vigilant and constant adhe rence to those principles and compromises of the Constitution—which ire broad enough and strong enough to embrace and uphold the Uniqp as it is. and the Union as it should b|cfc.i'> the full expansion of the en ergies nnd capacity of >his great and pro gressive people, And Whereas, Since the foregoing de claration was uniformly adopted by our predecessor- in National Conventions an adverse political religious test has been se cretly organized by a party claiming to be exclusively Americans, and it is proper that the American Democracy should clearly define its relations thereto; therefore. Resolved, Th it the foundation of this union of States having heen laid in its pros perity, expansion and pre-eininenl exam ples iu free government, built upon entire freedom in matters of religious ronctrn. and no respect of persons in regard to rank or place of birth, no parly can justly be deem ed national, constitutional, or in accordance with American principles which bases its exclusive organization upon religious opi nions and accidental birth-place. That we reiterate with renewed energy of purpose tho well considered declarations of former conventions upon sectional issue of domestic slavery and concerning the re served lights of the States; and that we may more distinctly meet the issue on w hicli a sectional party subsisting exclusively on on slavery agitation, now re Hex to test the fidelity of the people, North and South, to the Constitution and the Union —• Resolved. That claiming fellowship with and desiripg the co-operation of all who re gard the preservation of the Union under the constitution ns the paramount issue, and repudiating all sertional parlies and plat forms coneerui g domestic slavery, which seek to embroil the States and incite to treason and armed resistenee to law in the Territories, and whose avowed purposes, it consummated must end in civil wur and disunion, tho American democracy recog nize and adopt tho principles contained in the organic laws estnhlistiing the Terrilor es of Kansas and Nebraska, a* embodying the only sound an I safe solution of the slavery question upon which the preat national idea of the people or this whole country can re pose in its determined conservatism of the Union ; non-interference by Congress with slavery in States and Territories : that ibis tvas the bitsib of tho compromises of 1800, confirmed by both the democratic and whig parties in uati mill conventions, ratified by the people in the election of 1852.and right ly applied to ihe organization of Territories uno’ ihe admis-ion of new S'ates. wither without domestic slavery, as they may elect the equal rights of all the States will he preserved intact, the original compacts of the constitution m lintained inviolate, and the perpetuation anil expansion ol this U nion ensured to its utmost capacity of em bracing. iu haunony. every future Amor - tan State that may lie constituted or annex ed with a republican lori of government. Resolved, That we recognize tlte right of the people of all the Territories, includ ing Kansas and Nebraska, aetieg through the fairly expressed will of the majority of actual residents. and whenever the number of their inhabitants justifies it, to form a I'oustilution, w ith or w ilhout slavery, and be admitted into the Union upon terms of perfect t quality with the other Slates. THE ruREION POLICY Os THE OuVEHNWENT. Resolved, finally. That by the condition nf tlie popular institutions of the old world, and the dangerous tendency of sectional agitation, combined with the attempt to en force civil and religious disabilities against the right of acquit ing citix-en-hip in our own land, the high and sacred duly is devolved with increa ed respntmbiltv upon the Dem ocratic party of this conn tty. as the party of the Union, to uphold and maintain the right of every State, and thereby the IJamti of the Slates; and sustain and advance a inong us constitutional liberty by continuing to resist all monopolies and exclusive legis latino for the benefit of the few. at the ca penseuif the many—and by the vigilant adherence to these principles and the com promises of the constitution, which are broad and strong enough’ to embrace and’ uphold the Union as it was. and the Uuion ns it is—tltii Union ns it shall he in the full expansion ol the energies and capacities of the great progressive people- Fitst—Resolved, That the question con nected with the foreign policy of the coun try ieinforior to uo domestic question what ever. Tlte titue has come for the people of the United States todsclare themselves in favor of free seas and progressive free trade throughout the world. And. hy solcinu m tnilestations to place their moral influ ence hy the tud of their successive e.iam bic. Second—Resolved, That our geographi cal and political position with reference to the ether States of the continent, no less than the interest of our commerce and the development of our grow ing power, requires that we hold to the sacred principles involv, ed in the Monroe doctrine. Their bearing uud import admit of no miscnnsttuction. and should be applied with unbending rigidity. Thirdly—Resolved, 1 bat tbegreat high way which uature as well as the assent of the States most t mined lately interested in its maintenance has marked out (or the free coimminicaiina between toe Atlan tic and the Puiiflc oceans, constitutes one of the most important nuhievraeots to be realiz- and by the spirit of moderation, in tlte unconquerable energy of our people, and .that result iliouij Le secured by a time!}’ nnd efficieut exertion of the control which Vvc have a right to claim over it. And no power on earth should be suffered to impede or clog its progress bv any interference with relatiors that it may suit our policy to estab lish with the government of the States w i 'hin whose dominion it lies ; nnd we can. under no cirrumstanres, surrender our pre ponderance in the adjustment of all ques tions atising out of it. Fourthly—Resolved. That in view of so ci mmnDding an interest the people of the United States cannot but sympathize with the efforts which are being made by the people of Central America to regenerate that poition of the Continent which covers the passage amiss the oceanic Isthmus. Fifthly—Resolved. That the Democratic party will expect from the next Administra tion every proper effort to be made to in sure our ascendancy in the Gulf of Mexico and maintain a permanent protection of the great outlets tlitough w hich areemptied ii.to its waters the products raised on the soil, and the commodities created by the iudus try of the people of our Western valleys and the Uuion at large. AMERICAN PLATFORM. Adopted at iht Session of the Motional Council, Fib. 21s/, 1856. Ist. An humble acknowledgement so the Supreme Being, lor his protecting care vourhsaled to our lathers in their success ful Revolutionary struggle, and hitherto manifested to us. their descendants, in the preservation ol the liberties, the in dependence and Ihe union of these S'ates 2d The perpetuation of th Federal Unton, as the palladium of ourctviland ft ligious libetries, anti the only lure bul wark of American Independence. 3d. Americans must rnlt America. and lo this end native born citizens should be selected sot all State, Federal, and municipal offices or government employ mfnt, io preference to all others; neve ihrless, 4th- Persons born of American parents residing temporarily abtoad should be en titled lo all the rights ol native-born citi zens ; hot sih. No person should he selected hr po litical station, (wethei of native or foreign birth.) who recognises any allegiante or obligation of any desciiption to any fur eigu prince, potentate or power or who refuses to recognise the Federal and Slate constitutions (each within its spheie) as paramount to all other lawt, as rules of political action. O li. The nonqualified recognition and maintenance of the reserved tights of the several S ates, and Ihe cultivation of har mony and fraternal good \vi 1, between Ihe Citizens of the several Slates, to this end, non ioterlerence by Congress with questions appeitaining solely to the indi vidual States, and non-intevention by each Stale with lltg affbiisol any othe, State. 7th. The recognition of ihe right of the native born and naturalized citizens of the United States, permanently tesiding in any Teiritoiy thereof, to frame their constitution and laws, and to regulate Itieii domestic and social affairs in their own mode, subject only lo the ptovisions of the Federal Constitution, with the piivilege of admission into the Union w henever they have the requisite |xjpu lution for one Repiesentative in Congress. Provided always, that none but those w ho are citizens ol the United States, under the constitution and laws thereof and who have a fixed residence in any such Terri tory ought lo participate in the formation of the constitution, or in the enactment of laws for said Territory or State. Bth. An enforcement of the principle that no State or Territory ought to admit other* l ban citizens of t he United States to the light of suffrage, or holding political office. 9h. A change in the laws of naturali zation, making a continued residence of twenty-one years, of all not bermbefore piovided lor, an indispensable requisite lor citizenship hereafter, and excluding all paupers, and poisons convicted of ctinte, ftom landing upon ouc shores ; but no interference with the vested nghis ol foreigners 10th. Opposition foany union between Church and State ; no interference w ith religous faith or worship, and uo rest oaths for office. 11th. Free and thorough investigrtion into any and ail alleged abuses of public functionaries, and a stiict economy io public expenditures. I2'h. The maintenance and enforce ment of all laws constitutionally enacted, untiJ said laws shall be repealed, or shall be declared null aod void by competent judicial authority. 13th. Opposition to the reckless and unwise policy of the present adminisira tion in the general management of our national affairs, and mote especially as shown in removing “Americans’’ (by des ignation) and conservatives in pitnciple, Irom office, and placing foreigners and ultraists in their places : as shown in a truckling subserviency to the stronger, and an insolent and cowardly bravado towards the weaker powers ; as shown in reope ning sectional agitation, by the repeal of the Missouri Compromise ; as shown in granting to unnaturalized foreieners the light ot suffiage in Kansas and Nebraska; as shown in its vacillating course on Ihe Kansas and Nebraska question ; as shown iu the corruptions which pervade some of the departments of government ; as shown in dtsgiacing meritorious naval officers through prejudice or caprice; and as shown in the blundt rsng mismanage ment of our foreign relations. 14th. Therefore, to remedy existing ev ils, and prevent the disastrous coosp queuces otherwise mulling thettkim, we would build up Ihe ‘American party’ upon the principles hereinbefore stated. 15th. That each State Council shall have authority to amend their several con stitutions, so as to abolish the several de grees, and institute a pledge of honor, in stead ol other obligations tor fellowship and admission into the party. 16 th A free and open discussion of all political principles embraced in our plat form THE REPORTER. CUTHBERT, GA , SEPTEMBER 6. JOH N W ifItTtHO M A The Law of Newspapers. 1. Subscribers who do not give expres- notice to the contrary, are considered as wishing lo continue their snbscrip'ion. 2. If subscribers order the discontinuance nf their newspapers, ihe publisher ni iy continue to send them unlil all arrearages are paid. 3. If subscribers neglect nr refuse to take their newspapers fmm ih,: offices to which they are directed, they are held responsible un il they have settled the bills and ordered theirs discon ued. 4. If subscribers remove to other plaees with out informing the publishers, and ihe newspapers are eent to the former direction, they are held responsible. 5. The Courts hive decided that refusing tn take newspapers from the ofiice, or removing and Icayirig them uncalled for, is puma f.icia ev idence nf intentional fraud. 6 The United Slates Courts have also re peatedly decided, that a Postmaster who ne gleets to perforin his duty of giving reasoiioble notice, as required by the Post Office Depart ment, of the neglect of a person to take from the office nowpapers address'd to him, renders the Postmaster liublo lo the publisher for the subscript!!) price. “ Hitialdo’ will appear next week. magistrate's Summons. We have just printed a lot of Magis trate’s Summons, which will be sold at Columbus prices. Persons at a distance having busi ness with the editor, will please address “The Editor. Cuthbert Reporter.” I hose having business connected with the Of fice, will address “ The Reporter Office,” Cuthbert. Mass Mecfittg. The M uss Meeting of the American Parly, which was aunonneed in our last, has been postponed from the 6th to the ! 3th inst. From flic land nf Ifnni. Attention is called to tlte advertise ment of Messrs Smith & Lennard, who have just received a large and most choice lot of No. 1 Tennessee Daeott and Flour of the best brand. These articles have been selected by Cant Smith who has just returned from the land where provisions are plenty. those who are, or will he com pelled to purchase Coffins for departed friends, we refer to the adveitiscment of J M. K. ( limn, who has just received a new lot of those world renowned Metalic Burial Cases. $5- At the August drawing of the Havana Plan Lottery, in the city of Macon, there was drawn a capital prize of $15,000 by a gentleman of Charleston, No. of the Ticket being 6861. We see that our townsman. It Brake, is a regu lar authorized agent for this Lottery, and keeps constantly on hand a large supply of tickets. Tickets which at previous drawings have proved to be the lucky ones, have remained here for a month without finding a purchaser. Then we say to all who wish to gointo this scheme, to call on the Colonel and give him a chance to make you happy. - S We are informed by a subscriber, that a rumor is abroad concerning the health of this place, which is far from being true. Some of our citizens being off on visits hearing this report, have hur ried home, expecting to find their family and friends either sick or dying. We congratulate them upon their return home and their agreeable disappointment. We cannot s.eefrom what source such a report could have sprung—for we most emphati cally deny that such is the case, but on the contrary, the health of Cuthbert is better than any point in South Western Geor gia To those abroad, who wish to visit our town, or who desire to patronize our Colleges, we say you need not fear to come, or to risk the health of your daugh ters among the cool and pleasant hills of Cuthbert. Terrell Court. His Honor, David Kiddo, accompanied by the legal fraternity of this place, left for Dawson on Monday last, for the pur pose of holding Court in Terrell, but was compelled to return home, after getting well swamped. The abutment of the bridge over Itchawaynotchaway Creek has been swept away. Directions were sent to the Clerk to adjourn Court until the 3d —the Creeks remaining impassable up to that time, his Honor has adjourned , Court ever to the next regular terca. The two IMatloi ms. There will be found in to-day’s issue, the National Platforms. We know very well that they have been published sep arately time and again, by the different party organs throughout the land ; but we do not uow remember to have seen them placed before the peepie side by side. We dare say, there are men even among the readers of our paper, wlto have not as yet carefully read and digested, with an unbiased mind, the principles which are set forth in these Platforms. These are the principles which, sepa rately, are either to sustain or defeat the man who has endorsed them. These are the principles with which either tlte Dem ocratic or the American party are to place their candidate in the Executive Chair. The time is not far distant whew this decision by the sovereign people of the United States will be made, and among the people of the South, this se lection will be either Buchanan or Fill more. ’Tis true there is another candi date before a portion of the country Fremont, with his blink platform of abo litionism. This party has at last wheel ed broad front to the South. There il stands —its design and intention no lon ger smuggled beneath that mantle of in sidious hypocrisy which has enveloped it from its embryo, to within a short time past. Like a great Upas tree it stai ds, emitting from every pore, poison—poison which would collapse the lungs of a true man, and strike instant death to a nation al heart. But to sectional fanatics, it is their very vitality ; duty breathe it—they live upon it. There they now stand, like a man filled with exhilirating gas, w ith distorted eyes, swearing eternal ven geance against the Constitution and tlte rights of the South. We call npon every Southern man to look well and examine closely the position he is occupying in the present contest If there still continue among us party contention and discord, when tribulations come thick and directly upon us, where are we to look for succor? Truly, then, will our enemies langh at our calamities, and mock when out fear eometh. Then let not the intrigues and deceptions of party leaders throw a mist over our eyes, or fetter our better judgments. If this laud is ever to see a day, when, from the graves of its slumbering patri ots there is to rise a warning voice, that day, wc believe, is now upon us, and the warnings of that voice are to you —to lay aside those long-seated and much-loved party prejudices which have been hugged to your bosoms, rolled beneath your tongues, and nurtured by you—even though they may have been instilled in.o you through the precepts and example of a father, and throughout a long lile have rejoiced only when those preferences pre vailed, and always mourned when they were in the minority. We then advocate that these should be uprooted, and tite mind left clear to make a calm and impartial decision. No South ern man should occupy a silent—a blank position. Forbearance is no longer a vir tue. The sentinels on the borders have sounded the alarm, and the watchmen up on your towers cry aloud, that “ all’s not well.” It is not our province to dictate. In dependently, we try to place before you the facts as they are. There is one thing we would say, “ choose ye this day whom ye wII serve, 5 and in making this decision, let no sordid influence cause you to waver, but “ Let all the ends thou aimest at be thy Country’s, thy God’s and I ruths.” Beecher Stowe, ol “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” notoriety, is beginning to create another star among the Boston pa pers, by the announcement of another new nigger novel, culled Died, a tale of the Dismal Swamp. We suppose Miss Harriet has been weeping over Tom Moore’s ballad of the Dismal Swamp, which caused her to go in search of the remains of the loving youth who peri-bed in the Swamp, looking for his sweetheart. Not finding his remains, she meets with a runaway nigger, falls dred fully iu love with him—the passion is mutual—a white man is seen approach ing with a jack ’o lantern in his hand— the loving couple flee ; at the last report they were seen going northward, with a colored individual supporting a torch light for Miss Harriet to paddle her black cauoe. Fremont is already making up his Cabinet. George Law is to be Secreta ry of the Navy; Seward Secretary of State ; Giddings, of Ohio, Secretary of the Treasury, and Bennett of the Herald, Minister tc th: Court of St. James. Tlie Stoi m. We have again beeu visited by the Au gust storm, which has for the last five years been making an annual sweep of destruction through this section of tho country. On Friday, the 30th ult., the wind began to blow moderately from the South, causing quite a change in the temperature of the atmosphere, nnd lie clouding the sky with a heavy mist. Tnis continued, gradually increasing until Sat urday night, about 12 oVlock, when the wind shifted to the north-east, and com menced blowing a terrific gale, accompa nied with ruin, which fell in perfect sheets. Iu a short time, our whole town was flooded with water. The storm continu ed to rage without the slightest abate ment, uutil Sunday evening, about 5 o’- clock. We have made a tour around and about our towu, and are glad to find that the damage, though considerable, is not so great as we expected. Ihe injuries are confined principally to chimneys and shade trees. Some of the latge oaks which stood on the Square were blown d^wn— a great number of yard trees were t.v sl ed off aud broken down. Where tite chimneys were blown down, there lias been considerable damage to the houses, as the lain beat in and caused the plas tering to fall, leaving houses greatly de faced. As to tlie effects of the storm through out tlie county, from the best information we can gather. has a been very destructive to the planters. Ihe cotton crop, with out a doubt, hits been cut off almost a third. The weather preceding the storm having been very warm, caused the cotton to open rapidly, and all which was open ed in the fields lias been blown and beat en into tlie ground. Tlte cotton general ly, has beeu very umch thrashed afiout, and lying in such a position as will cause a great portion of the boils, wit eh are yet to open, to injure. Corn has been blown down to a eous.derablc extent The wa ter courses arc yet very high. M e have received a letter from the up per portion of the State, bearing date, Hamilton, Aug. 31, which says : “On Saturday night, we were visited by a storm of wind and vain, mixed with hail, which has eaused great h .voc The wind blew a perfect gale. Houses wete un tooled, fences blown away, shade trees, and even the timber of the forest were swept to the ground. Such a general scene of destruction I have never beheld. It makes the heart sick to look upon ir. Such a storm has never heen witnessed! by the ‘oldest inhabitant’ of the country. The II arris eatup meeting w as in session, aud a very large concourse of people were assembled. As yet, I hate nut heard from them.” We have seen planters from Clay and Calhoun counties. Ihe effects are about the same as in Randolph. The northern mails were delayed, but have now come to hand \\ e find nothing t f special note in our exchanges as to the effects of the storm ; we therefore judge that tlie fur ther we go from the sea coast, the more mild it must have been. Since writing the above, we received the follow ing ; .Montgomery, Jlhi. —l hero was much rain and wind in this city on Saturday and Sunday last. Great damage, it is feared, has resulted to the cotton crop. Eujaula. —\Y e were visited on Satur day night with a heavy ,-t rut. Toe town was strew ed with prostrate trees aud fen ces. The brick sto.es occup.ed by Dr W L. Cowan, Mes.-r . Lany &. Daw kins, and Wtu. L. S hwartz, all sustained seri ous injury by the fall of a portion of the rear walls. The end of the Masonic Lodge was blown ofl. The damages are greater here than occasioned by the storm iu 1852. Macon. —Great damage to trees, fen ces, walls, &c. The crops about here are almost entirely ruined. The river is very full. Savannah —Considerable damage to trees and the roofing throughout the city. Bice crop is cut off’ five per cent, of the whole yield. Jlugusta.— Rain very heavy—wind tre mendous. All the Railroad trains behind time, and it is feared the road is much in jured. John T. Jenkins, a merchant of this place, has just arrived home from New He, with a large number of pas sengers, came out upon the steamer Au gusta. The gale struck them when off Cape Hatteras ; it blew a perfect hurri cane ; all hopes of ever reaching land agaiu was given np, and the vessel was dashed about almost at the mercy of the waves After thus being tossed about for twenty-four hours, they were enabled to put into port.