Cuthbert reporter. (Cuthbert, Ga.) 1856-????, October 07, 1856, Image 2

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Opinions of Fillmore and iiuch- Bnnu. We give below, the opinion* of these f ntlemen ns teported by their respeftrve litends, drawn out in personal ronviraa tion. The letter from Mr. Fillmore’s ftit nd was publi-ljcd in the Son several T:, v ago; nnd we republish it now to show •If similarity cl their sentiments on one ot the great questions of tlip day. The l I' t'er relating to Mr. Hurhiinsn, is ftom a irentlemnfi of North Alabama, addressed ’ ‘hr Huntsville Advocate —Columbus Sun.. Mempiu*, Sent. 12 IfcftG. Vd J- P Pryor : DearS.r:—Yout tio'e ri this inaiact, a-iting, for publication, the -itb.- lane® of a conversation between the lion. Millard Fillmore at <1 myself, upon •he mibjor l of * Squatter.’’ Tnr/ jlorial Soreretgnty, has just been hand. ’ trie.— 1 cheerfully comply with your request, a -1 was placed in no restraint by him in ref *ir nee to. the matter. Upon my return home from Ihe North 1 crlh’il to see Mr. Fillmore at his house in Di.fT.ily, N. Y., on the <lifi instant Dur/rtg our conversation, I asked him ” bat he jhoyght of‘Sqnat'er Sovereignty.’ and in reply, he entered in'o a fee and unreieived expression of hi* views. He said he was decidedly opposed to tl/u doc trine, as advocated by Cuss Douglass, Bciisnan. Van Ruren and others; lie be -1 eved that a Territory, until it* inhabi tant* were sufficiently ntnneiou* to au'h.ir itn the formation of a State Constitution, ■preparatory to admk-ion into the Union as a Slate could • nly be regarded as in a condition of pupilage, possetsing no sov ereignty whatever, and referred to the Ulan anil New Mexico bills, ranclioncd by him, as a correct indication of his o pinion*. I was gratified to find that Mr Fillmore occupied the same position upon this question which is maintained by the A merman par'y in the South, and bv th< w hole band of national Aupiican- at the Noith, headed by such nun as Ful'er, of Pennsylvania. Haven, ol New York, and others and I fold him I would like to he at liberty to speak of the explanation re cpirerl from him- He replied, he had ex pressed the same view* to others, and that I could make such use of them as I thought proper. Yours truly, JOSEPHS WILLIAMS Philadelphia Aug. G, 1856 My Dear Sir 1 spent two hours with Mr., Buchanan yesterday at Wheatland.— Ilis grounds are beautifully and tastefully airanged.buthfshou.se is plain and un* pielending in the extreme—everything Ins the air of unostentatious democracy - But the man himself is the very imperso. na'ion of unaffected republicanism. 1 w is never more agreeably disappointed in iny lite. He gavo us a cordial and frank reception, and talked with us with the freedom of an old acquaintance. I really felt as il I had known him all my life. He said the issue involved in this election W’ns the Union of these States as. equals. That the South has submitted to Ihe aggressions of the abolitionists with a patience that might well challenge the admiration of the world, and, considering the (unseating propensities, was difficult to understand. He tidiculed the doctrine of Squatter Sovereignity, and said that the South had now for the first time in the history of the country obtained from the government the concession of the true principles, viz': that the people of a territory have the right, when they come to form a State Constitution, lo.aay whether they would or would not have slavery. That by this legislation Congress had admitted lb at the power was with the people and not in Congre-s, and the only iule was. that thi couht be < xercispd by tin people only when they came to form Slate Govern menl, prep rateiy to admission into the Union. I give almost Ins very words He said it he should be electee!., he Its 11 sati-fi-d the slavery question Wii •• be finally settled pi -vided lie could car ry a pm turn of the New England “Star.- * *or the N • Yoik. ><li. r, word-it Pe were, elected by an no: o vote what he would do in th>- piemises would have a national support tlie strength ol Fiesotlisin, winch is sectional, w ould be dispersed. The truth is Buchanan is as sound on tl.u question as was Mr. Calhoun, and the Northern Democracy are better South mii nvu to dav than many Democrats e v, nat ihi Si 11. Wha’-ver they may > ;r-a and in- lie tofoi’e, ii.vw they meet ih qretion boldly, and the tout u tion oi s.avnv with a fearlessness tu-t *• might do well to imitaie They do not even apolog ze fur it on ground th it i i recognized in the Constitution ; they srv that it is ligdii—ihat Gad himself establish ed it, and that it lias the Bible lor its foun dation. If we do not sustain these men in defence ol our institutions, we deserve sternal infamy. The contest is obviously between Buchanan and Fremont,Fillmore is nut in the race. No man here pretends to say that he is. A. correspondent of the N. York Tribune quotes e inter Slidell’s remark, “ tba; in ca-i- Fremont ie elected, nob *dy at f.c South will tike office un ler im, ami thereupon ex ilts great, over the prospects of the increased spoils w -. oh will f ,’i to the lot of the fr -o nigger pin tv. lie says: •• Hwrratr, hoys; this makes 18,000 mre offices f-r us SVell, w’o’ll ‘alee them, and what is mory, exe cute the duties of them.” . The result may prove like the man who put his hand into to grab a rabbit, and found a wiid-cat. Ihe grab bing was the other way. THE REPORTER. CtTTHBERT, GA , OCTOBER 7~ 1355. “jo HN WHITrTHOMAS, Editor. The Lun of Newspaper*. 1. Sukicribrr* who do not give express notice to U*e Contrary, are coiiidercd a* wishing to, Voniiuiro their subscript ion. SZ. If.aubicribet* order tho disconliminnce of their .neWpHpers, the publisher may continue tn ariul them iituil nil arrenrogi; are paid. 3 If sntserp ers neglect nr refuse to tako their i?rw*papera from die ofliee* to which they ora directed, tb y me held responsible un it they have nettled the till,lt arid ordered their* discori tied. ’ ■ 4. If subreritmr* remove to other plne.e*.with ont informing the publishers, and the iiewepnpors ar.o sent to tho farmer direction, they arc held responsible. f. The t'oilfls have decided that refusing to lalro newspaper* from the iit tire, or m moving and leaving them undslled for, is pinna facia ev idenco of intentional fraud. 6. The Uifitcd Stale* Court* have also re peatedly decided, that a Poatmnster who lie gleet* to perform hi* duly of givins reasonable notice, ns- required by tho Pn*t Offico Depart OKl'I. of the neglucl of a persmi to take from tho oflico newpiipHTK attire ***•<! to him. rendori the liat>i to th {Htbliaher tor il*e nulmci’ipl'p pri<-. . Public Spciikiutf* The Hon. B. 11. Hill nud Hon. W. H. Crawford ‘will address the citizens of Hardmoney on Wednesday, 15th inst, nt Cuthbert on Thursday, 16th, at Fort Gaines on Friday, 17th, and at Blakely on Saturday, 18th inst * the Law Card of W. A Byrd, in another column. {jrs Tosdny, the 14th, will be the last return day for Randolph Superior Court. Blank Declarations can be had at this office at Columbns prices. e are informed that at the late Muss Meeting in Eatonton, the man— whose name we did not learn--who wa* sent up to legulate the flag upon the American Liberty Pole, fell to the ground and was crushed by the'f ill A subscrip tion for the b nefit of his wife was taken up, on the ground, and the amount of two thousand dollars collected- Tobacco Crop- AH tlw papers from the tobacco grow ing country come to us with mournful facC3 —all crying the same, that the to bacco crop is very short. Throughout Virginia, Ihe crop was originally poor, then came the tobacco worm,’ the grass hoppers, and lastly, *.ho unexpected frost. The Richmond Dispatch and Danville Re publican devote quite lengthy articles to the causes and effects which will make the supply far short of thedemand. A small lot sold, in Richmond on the 23d ult for $250 per cwt. A Western editor says that the grasshoppers have swept the to bacco fields, and ure now sitting upon the J fence corners, begging every person that passes along, to ‘■ give ‘em a chaw.'’ Georgia Molasses Richard Peters, of Atlanta, Ga., has * discovered that a most excellent and su - J perior article of molasses can be made of the ‘H hihose Sogar Cane,” or otherwise J tho Sugar Millet, or what we commonly ; call Chicken Corn. From the experi ! ments already ma le, he averages 320 gal lons of syrup to the acre, and says, if rightly cultivated, it will produce fiom 4 Ito 500 gallons pir acre. He deserves miich credit for this enterprise, especially for bringing it before the people at this par iCuJar time. Molasses, or eymp, is j now selling at 1( emts |>er gallon, and frmn the sugar-growing sections the price !z;au.uot come do ‘n this season We call I the “titn ion of farmers to this—it is within he r on of all. In this cane you havq tuo toddei ami seen extra. From the report which wo have before us, this is no humbug ; aud if the plan is tarr ed out, there is no doubt but our farmets could soon begin to export in great quan tities, instead of having to import it at high prices. Declixk in Price of Negroes.— The Warreuton, Fauquier, V'a Flag notices a decline iu the price of negroes, and says that several sold to the highest bidder at prices ranging several hundred dollars below snms paid for the same desciiption of servants a few weeks ago. The mechanics and working men of Now York, have nominated John N. Gen in, the Hatter, as their candidate for May or so much for Geuiu’s investment in the onoice seat at Jenny Lind’s concert. <fc> E!t - mortal tickets have been form mi in ad States for Mr Buchanan; for Mr F llunire iit all except Michigan, lc wii, Wisconsin', Maine and New Hamp shire ; amLMr Fremont iu all the uon slavchojdtng States except Pensylvania; also in* Maryland, Kentucky, Virginia and Missouri South Carolina appoints i by Legislature. Kundolpli in a Blaze—-A test Vote taken. According to a notice which bad been given out by the citizens of Randolph in terested in forming an exact estimate of the votes, and the way they wonld be. cast in November, there assembled a large and enthusiastic crowd in the T own Hall, consisting of Three small hoys and a town loafer. This proving to be most too email a room for the crowd that was an ticipated, they adjourned tint che to a drinking saloon hard by where whiskey smashes can he had at ten cents a drink, sugar nnd nutmeg included. Here the crowd was found to be gathering fast; after due attention and respect being paid to the bar. the meeting was called to order, and Major Cornelius Dow called to the Chair, and Henderson Grovo, act ing Secretary. The Chairman then arose amid a thunder of applause, (at this mm rnent there wa an awful crash in the cor ner of the room, canaed by the fulling through of a crowd of boya who had been placed upon the heads of empty barrels, to imitate the applause in the galleries,j order being restored, attention was direct ed to the Chair—as perched upon an empty champagne basket, in shape and gesture proudly eminent—stood like a tower; but, his face Jeop scars of thumicr had entrenched, and care sat on his cheek —his nose glowing with scarlet, but un der brows of dauntless courage lie pulled off his coat and slowly tied his snspenders round his waist, he said : “ Fellow Citi zens of Randolph, and Cuthbert in par ticular; I came hero to occupy tho posi tion of a silent spectator; but being plac ed by the high estimation of my personal qualifications, I cannot quench the desire of reflecting honor upon this Chair by remaining silent- [cries of go on.] Mem bers of the Voting Club: Gen. Washing ton you know was opposed to the tariff on Family Groceries, and vetoed the Maine liquor law. [cries of yes, yes.] Gen. Jatksou, revolutionized the tub treasury scheme, and the E/ilunbus banking sys tem. lie vetoed the Algerine law which cut off the head of Charles J. Jenkins, and he is of the hard shell faith, [thunder ing applause,] Members of the Club, this is no time for arguing constitutional prop ositions—'Y came not here to bury Cajsai, lint to drink to his success ” (at this re mark sixteen big tough fellows stepped up and said they’d take sugar in their’u,) t— [uote by the Reporter.] Tho town district being fully represent ed, was called for from every part of tho house. I hero was a considerable jug gling, for several of the town boys want ed to lit off. It was once thought that the house would have to and vide, and have two Spfukers as one was a Fillmore and the other a Bui lianun man, but tho chair ruled that no personal politics could come in, but that should be left to the voting. Thus, Col Warren Anderson came for ward. At his appearance, the excitement was intense. His personal appearance was very imposing ; having just returned from the- 6th District, where lie had labor ed arduously upon a case in Justice’s Court, his face was marked by deep thougirt and mental debility. He woio a blue sky colored shirt and wide check ed cravat, tied with negligee, over which a wide collar was turned, displaying a manly chest, over which was spread a luxuriant growth of hair. Iu one hand he held the journal of the last Congress mid tho Cuthbert Reporter —in the other B - iton’s speech upon, the Pacific Rail Road, the proceedings of the Democratic Mass Vi eating in Kentucky, the New York gathering and a small sized bottle of Radway’s Ready Relief. [Which can be had at tire Drug Store ) He apoke at length upon the air liuo Rail Road by this place, and proved to the satisfaction of every Know Nothing, that tho track would be suspended in the air, aud by this means one engine could poll enough ears, so that it wonld take one train fouri hours to pass a given point—Whiskey coul Ibe lad down boro, at half pijjto— (great sensation and stir,) And also prov ed that voters could bo carried from Fort Harrison to Camp Bell so quick that that they wold never know they had changed holes—at this remark ho bronght his foot down upon the top of the barrel on which ho was stationed with such force, the hoops gave way and in went the Col. up to his bowels in lamp oil. Tho convincing arguments brought forth by the Colonel, had a telling effect, for on close inspection, the chair was found to be in a profound slumber At j this momeut, the strains of martial music I fell upon the car—all was silent—the delegation was coming ! They came in ma:s. Upon the banner was conspicu ously inscribed that sentiment which al ways lead men to victory— ” w.. i* kins to the orderof th* cibng*nd h*r.” • hey came in at foil speed, running eight abreast as hard as they could tear Tfiecri wa°, “to the voting Convention ” flie rush was so great, that no man could wink safely or swallow with comfort. — One unfortunate individual, who at an early stage of the proceeding bad inad vertently raised his arm abovo his head, remained with it immutibly fixed in that position. Thetrowd being so dense, the Secretary was suddenly attacked with the hydrophobia, and before the by-atanders could afford him relief, he expired, hav ing barely time to take from hi3 pocket • his purse, and say, ‘‘give this to Sam. Hurd ; it will buy one of those beautiful black silks, for nty wife to mourn in, and tho balanee will pay for the hoops which she bought to wear to Church last Sun day It was soon seen that the test vote could not be tuken in the house, and they moved for the Square Here each class of voters was to form into a company, and at the word of command, march up and be counted by the chair, who had planted himself in front, witii his loQg red hair streaming in every direction, aud holding a piece of rhurcoal in his hand, so that lie could m.irk down the number of votes on a wagon body, which was stand inii dose by, lie gave the order : Fremont men, March I This order fell like •* the blast of the robber’s horn,” and there were two who looked like they wished to move. At this, “ methought I snuffed treason in the tainted gale ” Next, Fill more men, March! At this, a few old time-worn veterans marched out with a firm and steady tread', each holding the resolutions of the old line Whig Conven tion, and stepping to the air of the ‘‘Star Spangled Banner,” they passed on The last command, Buchanan men, March! and out they marched ; everything was in commotion ; the chairman immediately employed sixteen men to count for him. The crowd was so thick that our report er, with another unfortuuaic man, got their ears rubbed smooth off. When tbis < hit| pened our report closed j but the majority was then 750 clear light. We understand the Canal question was also afgued. O Wo copy the lollowtng from the Richmond Whig as appheable to our-! selves : j Wo havo a number of eommimk’ations on hand, and most of them have an a-d ----dem am of tlii-purpa t, “wcuse mistakes nnd bad wilting.” \ c wisn we t-oukl ; | but this is i he last sort of request that eor - respondents should make of un editor; ‘they write at leisutc, and have a bund janco of time to lie careful of their matter and ehirograpliy If they write one word tor another uu editor ran not correct it ; and if they employ hieroglyphics, an edi tor cannot decipher them ; or if be can, neither lie nor the compositor has time to devote to such a purpose. Newspapers are now put through with steam, and no body has time to correct mistakes or ex cuse bad writing. Correspondents will please taka notice. A Severe Rcdcke.—Ye-terday on tho occasion of the celebration of the surren der of Mexico, Gen Quitman, of Mississ ippi, wished to have an introduction to the remnant of the New York Volunteers individually. Sergts. Peel and Farrei declined an introduction, on tho ground that they did not wish an acquaintance with any nmu that publicly extolled “bully’’ Brooks for bis cowardly assault on ihc Honorable Charles Sumner. i he above is from an Abolition print in New York We suppose it will bo re collected that the “New York Volunteers’ skulked at tho battle of Cburnbusio, and that the Palmetto Kogimeirt, in which Col Brooks commauded a company, had to take tho position vacated by their cow ardice. Serg’ts. Peel and Farrell, there fore, are very adpropriate sympathisers with the cowardly Senator.— Charleston Mercury. The Mobile Affair.— The New York News says that Mr. Stricklind of the firm of Strickland & Upsou, booksellers at Mo bile, who was expelled from there for keeping aud selling incendiary publica tions, acknowledges uaw that their con duct was at least exceedingly indiscreet Strickland admits that he gave away not less than fifty copies of Uncle Tom’s Cab in-; sold misehevions works of Fred Boug lass, and kept others on baud of a similar inciting character, and ofton sold novels calculated to offend a sensitive population From tbeir own statement of efforts made calcucatcd to iucite the slave population to insurrection, they deserve all they re ceived. Washington, Sept. 80.—It is ascer tahied-tbatr- tho Government. jn_ accord ance with the facts detailed in the report of. A B. Corwin, Esq., Commissioner,- will demand redress from the Govern ment of New Grenada for the riots aud consequent iujuries to American citizens and property at Panama. Democratic Meeting In Miller. Colqcit, Ga.. Oct. 3d, 1850. According to previous notice, a large and respectable crowd of the citizens of Miller county, assembled at Colquit, in said Couuty to day, for the purpose of holding a Democratic Meeting. When, on motion, the Hon. Isaac Bush, was called to the Chair, und Thomas Floyd appointed Secretary. A good old fash ioned Democratic barbecue was prepared for the people—the ladies having been cordially invited, many of them were pres ent with their beauty and smiles, to.cheer on the gallant Democracy. John.l. Hales Esq., of Bainbridge, was the first speaker introduced, who addressed the audience for two and a hnlf hours. He touched upon almost every issue involved in the present contest, nnd showed from the re cord, that Mr. Fillmore has proved him self unworthy of Southern confidence.— : After Mr Hales had concluded, J. F. M. Caldwell, [formerly of Randolph,) was introduced, and spoke for one hoar. His speech wu full of wit and humor. Ilis arguments on the slavery question, and the reason why poor men at the Sonth, abqfre all others, ongbt to be enlisted mi dor the banuer of Southern Rights, were convincing. At the conclusion of Mr. C's. speech, the audience repaired to the table and partook of a good and substan- 1 tiul barbecued dinner, after which, they reassembled at the stand, when Stephen | W. Parker Esq.,(late of ChntahoocheeJ i addressed them in a speech for more than 1 au hour, Mr. I’, reviewed nt length the position occupied by the seveial caudi- i dates for tiie Presidency, and showed cons j elusively that \I. Buchanan, is the only safe and reliable man for the South, and the Union. Upon the whole, it ms a great day for the Democracy of htlle Mil ler. At the conclusion of M Parker’s speech, the following gentlemen were ap pointed to represent Miller county, in the Mass Meeting to be held at Atlanta, on the 17th, and 18th lust’s. Stephen W. Parker, J F. M. Cakhvell, Bui well Roberts. John C. Sheffield, B. R Spence T. li Sheffield, Guilford Boykin, Will am Weaver, J. Kimbrcll and Michael Cook On motion, Hon. Isaac Rush was added On motion, the ‘Times & Sentinel, - 1 ‘Al bany Patriot,’ Cutlibcrt Reporter,’ and ‘Bainbridge Argus’ are requested to pub lish the proceedings of this meeting* On motion the meeting then adjourned. Isaac Bosh, Ch mn. Tnos S. Fj.oyd, Sec’ y. I'aeitication of Kansas, The St Lou s papers of the 22d ult* contain later intelligence from Kansas, by which it appears that all parties in that Territory acknowledge the authority i of the new Governor, and that tho -irm*! o<l companies from Missouri are disband : ing nnd returning to their homes. We extract the following .’ The steamier David Trftnm’ arrived j here yesterday afternoon from St. Joseph t She left that port on Wednesday last. 1 At Kansas she took on board about 350; citizens of Mis.-win, who, in obedience to tho proclamation of Gov Geary, had given up their military organization mid returned to Missouri Lmfencewis in pnsses-ion of the U. S. troops, by whom nino y of Lane s men had been made p;i soners. Lane fled from Lawrence with the remainder of his man, and wao at Ne bra ska. The train 4 front Jefferson City last eve ning, brought down several gentlemen | direct from Kansas They were pssen gers on the Anbfy, and bring tho latest I news. From one es them we lea n that the whole of Gen. Reid’s force had been disband'd, and returned to their homes j Gov. Geary was at Lecompton with 1000 j United States troops, and determined to 1 maintain the po-ico and execute the law j Under his orders ninety men had been j taken prisoners at Lawrence. The re port of Lane and hB men having fled to ! Nebraska is confirmed, j It is very gratifying to hear these tid i ings, and to know that the violence which j has so long prevailed in Kansas is at an end. Gov. Geary began right, and a like i firm purpose to preserve order, and to | punish all offenders against it, will soon i make life and property as secure in Kan sas as in any State of the Union. California. Tho latest news from California (of which the mail accounts hive reached us) is of some interest. The three political parties had begun to organize for the Presidential and State elections, but it was manifest that the Fremont party was contemptibly weak in the State, and would hardly be felt in the contest. Only one newspaper in the’ State, it is report ed, sustained Fremont. The American paity has fully organized, with much spi rit and great confidence Its Prt'siden tial Electors are Hon. Baiib.e Peyton, I L. Pilzer, R N. Wood, and 0. 0. Hall. Its candidates for Congress. B. C. Whit man, of Solano, and A B. Dibble) of Ne vada. The Demo’ racy had not comple ted cither their Mate or Electoral ticket. Petitions were in ci culation, and were generally -igued by afl parties, requesting the Hon. P. I'. Herbert never to return; to California nor to resume his seat in Congress. The Supreme Court of the Mate met again on the 26tb of August, Chief Jus tice Murray and Associate Justice Terry upon the bench- A uumber of cases were decided - . -i The Republican State Convention was held in Sacramento bn -Uie.27th aud 28th ol August. Nominations were made for, a full State ticket. The sail Duel nt Charleston. We find in the Charleston Courier of the 2d inst., a statement of the origin snd ’ termination of the late duel near Char leston, made by the friends of the parties ’ engaged. A. G. Magrath, Esq., was a candidate for Congress, and a communi cation appeared iu the Mercury (of which Mr. W. R. Tuber was one of the editors) which lie regarded us making “unprovok ed charges anil aspersions’’ against his character. Without the knowledge of A G. Magrath, however, his brother, E. 1 Magrath, Esq., sent a note to the two ! editors of the Mercury, charging them with having “after repeated threatening* and with deliberation, published and cir culated insulting and libelious attacks up on his brother;” anil, without inquiring for the author of the communication, he demanded satisfaction “ severally” of the two editors. Mr Taber replied, deny* j fog that tho Mercury had made any threatg to publish the communication or endorsed it, repelling E. Magrath’s inter ference as an intrusion and an “outrage on the liberty of the press,” &e, ; but nev ier hcless consemiiig to meet him. The meeting took place mar Charleston on the 30th ult.—we.ipoiiß pistols, distance 1 ten paces After an ineffectual exchange of shots, an effort was made by the sce- I onds anil other friends to adjust the dif ficulty, without success. We copv ns foi -1 lows from the statement made by tlie ec :conds{ j “Col, Cunningham (friend of Mr. Ta : her) offered in writing the following set ; tleuicnt. “ The following are the terms of adjust ment between Mr. K. Magrath and W. R. Taber, Jr., after an exchange of two ; shots f “Air. Taber disclaims, as ftn editor of the Mercury, that in publishing the arti cles, signed “ A Nullified,” he intended un attack :i pon the private character of Judge A. G.Magrath.” “ Mr. Edward Mugrafh disclaims that in his note of challenge to Mr. Taber, lie designed to use offensive and derogatory language to him,” Mr Conner assented to their adop tion, if tlie follow g w. uld be admitted in addition: —“ I Imt Mr.- Tuber regrets the publication in tlie Mercury of what ever in those nFlicles is pers'ind ” Also “Mr. Magrath regrets any thing in tlie cartel that is offen. ive.” Col Cunningham declined the'addition al teqiiistitfi) upon Mr Taber j whi-renp a third exchange of shots ensiled Mr. labor fell mortaby wounded it. tlie tipper pan of the head. After the fi! of Mr. Tubs ( Mr. S'. Champlain, the acting second of Mr. ; fkv.f , no’iliccl Mr. < otvier of his pres j enen, and his icadine.-s to answer tlie dr* I maud ni Iv Mngrati.i, Esq., for sati-fac j t i"n; wlic enroll Mr. tonuicr replied that ] tlmy had iiofsj-t er demand to muSr* Mr. Conner’ then, in company with hi* ’ pri icipnl, t-lien retired from the field. 1’ Idle these proceed rigs Were in prog ! ress Mr. Edmund Rhett. ji\, informed a, G, Al.igr.ith, Esq,, tint he whs the at'ith -1 or of the art ch s n qh-sijo- , and -ignifi j ed Ids readiness i> meet ‘-fogr.itli if -:at:s ----1 action was demanded. Air. Magrath j replied that Rhotl’s note gave him tho ; hr t intimation of the pending difficulties, land lie should act according to his own j sense of propriety, after advice with hi* : friends, as to demanding satisfaction in person from Rhett. Since the bloody termination of the du el. -A. G Magrath, Esq., has withdrawn from the field as a candidate for Con gress Flliltr WITH THE C'BYENfVE IftTIANS 1 We find the following tn tho S'. Louis Republican of tlie ifith inst, The Indians will have to be chastised. ’ 1 hey are becoming exceedingly annoying. Very recently they committed ko gross an 1 outrage, that C’apt Stewart, with forty men, was ordered out from Fort Riley to 1 chastise them They Were pursued, and encountered at some distance on the Platte—tho dragoons being piloted by* 1 two of the Indians who'havc so tong been J confined at Fort Kearney. Capt. Stew .art’s party took up an advantageous po * s t on, and in the fight which followed 1 killed some ten of the enemy, and wound ed some fifteen others. Ihe same tribe of Indians, it is ascer tained, killed a_ family of Mormons, cotiv j. sisting of two or three persons, and took the mother iut > captivity. This news j was brought to Fort Riley by the Oraa , has, and a party of troops despatched to ( overtake them, but the murder had been j committed too long previous, aud they | were not. found. At the close of the ITon Howell Cobb’s speech at the Democratic meeting in Bedford, Pa., on Monday evening, be was presented with a magnificent wreath of flowers by the ladies of Twenty-third Ward, of whom over 300 were in attend ance. Col. T. W Duffield tendered the compliment to tlie ex Governor, of Geor gia, on behalf of the ladies, and the recip ient made a brief reply. I A London editor says: “Experience r shows that whether we have a good or j had harvest, we must have large supplies from abroad to insure moderate prices at home. The British consumer is now as mueh interested in the state of t'nc crops on the banks of- the Danube or on those ■ f the Mississippi, as he is in those of his uative country. ‘1 he St. Louis Democrat says It is estimated that the wheat crop of Wiscon sin, the present year, will not fall short of [ fourteen millions of bushels.