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THE GEORGIA TELEGRAPH . COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. REGULAR MEETING. Council Chamber, / Macon, Oft., October ft'tli. f Vrosent—A. U. Adams, Mayor, Flanders, Boatick, »■: 11i-, Kife Aid. Findlay, W Aba,- The 1 Aid. Ill iniuutm u i,;,' \l ! I! li: I! d I In, ) red t ■ublp. [ met Min were read, when aider that portion of the ■ to .1. A. Knlston's stairway. id ti i reconsider the resolution his Tax Hook on the 15th ember. i Clerk to ci ,’n\ -• i t"-r, and Insert L U hi, h was lost. „ , \nd in,, mimitos m> alter, d wire continued. i a ■ It; id...- Keeper reported tolls for the week, , .late, silo I i . , i Market reported fees for the w eek to lard 50. it bin two week; 1 side walk outside of encroachment bo allowed iusu Keeper reported fees for tbs i; | n: t he Committee to whom was referred the pitinnn of.l. L. Jones' to extend his front fence, re- • oilmen 1 that the application be granted on the payment, by Mr.Jones, into the Treasury, of the sum of two hundred and fltty dollars. \ i. i : d—Johns,,n. Ellis and Kife, Committee. I 1 ■•Finance Com aittie reported in favor of tho fo.low mg accounts, vix : A. l'ewell, s -) 00 : Kich. Iirinn, f68 43. i i Committee on Street Encroachment withdrew tln-ir report of last week for amendment. Then of ten 1 tie following: W-- ,*< oniim-nd that Mr. I lms. A. Ilrewer lie al ii . l toeneroach in front ol his lot on New Street, i i t, provided the owners of lota on tho same side ol the square interpose no objection and | : ovided he inak. a \ tho apace enclosed, and n him eii First Street. Adopted. tin motion ot Aid. Bloom, Resolved, That .1. A. Ralston be allowed twenty days 1. ivo iron stepo pnt up in tho place of wood- en ei.e-, now 'ii Cotton Avenue. Bussed. On motion Aid. Bloom, K. solred. That tin- nuisance so much complained of In- llie citizens in that part o! the City lying North Of--d Sir.-i ,11 a line ol Mulli. .TV Street to Spring Sir, ■ i- not caused by tho Sewer ot which so much complaint is made, bat from their own lots, caused by S’, ,i p i\e - in accordance with the ordi nances of the City. Ki solved, farther, That tho City Marshal examine tl. — privies, and report all that is not in aceordanco with Ine City ordinances. Passed. On motion of Aid. Bloom, Resolved, That the .Mayor he authorized to call upon any lawyer lie may think best to defend tho City ag mist tho suit now pending against it. 1‘aased. On motion of Aid. Johnson, I; solved, That J. .'I. B ardmnn, and others, bo allowed to pro; e. ,1 with the sewer commenced by them, under resolution passed by Council, in August la»t—pr,,\ ide.l tin- parties use the same for no other purpose than that stated and contemplated in the resolution, and provided also, that no water b pass ed into the Sewer, but that which already has its out let at the poiut of its destination. Passed. Sir. J. A. Wilburn's petition to let his wagon pass the SI aeon bridge for the balance of iho year at _a pro rain charge, received, and referred to the Ki lMuce Committee. Council then adjourned. R. CURD. C. C. ilACON.GA., Tuesday Morning, Nov. 3, 1857. Itleiingeric mid Circus. Next Thursday, with Eastern potnp and pa geantry, by the shrill blast of the trumpet and the clash of cymbals, the Elephants, the Mena gerie and the Circus, will be coming. AN hat a time for the little folks and darkies ! lints and Cups. Our friend Stone invites the liibb County Cavalry to come and get their military caps and while they arc at it, to examine his new and beautiful stock of head gear in general.— lie has a beautiful Store and completely new assortment of goods. lringrudvr’.s Patent Plough. AVe advertise to-day one of the few patented improvements from Georgia. To secure a patent now-a-davs is itself pretty conclusive evidence of an improvement, and here, we believe, is a very important one, affecting most advantageously the one great overshadowing interest of the State and the South. T. C. Nksiut, Esq., is, we think, en gaged in getting up these new ploughs. << O, lio I” Ac. “ The Campbells are coming,” this time, we arc assured, with large acquisitions to their attrnctivi ability. They number twelve artistes, and a little prodigy of wit and saltatory grace who carries all before him. The Campbells pronounce him their surest card, although they always hold a powerful hand. See advertisement. The Rochester Democrat publishes the fol lowing singular statement. What new thing under the sun is this ? “The I’x.ower Growing from a Tumefac tion.—Wc mentioned, n few days since, tho case of tho lnd Northrop, at Ithaca, upon whoso diseased limb there grew a singular formation, like to the passion flower. Dr. Hawley, formerly of Geneva College, has written n more detailed nccount of this case The lad is from thirteen to fourteen years old,I and has been subject to tenderness and disease of the liip-joint, which at two years of age re sulted in extensive tumefaction; three years later an abcess was formed, and finally the disease caused tho dislocation of the hip-joint. For four months tho patient has been unable to movo anjuch in bed; abscesses have formed in the abdomen, through which the foecal con tent* of his intestines were discharged; and his nervous sensitiveness lias been such that hs would allow no one to touch him or make an investigation, and careless walking across the floor has caused him to cry out with pain. The prolongation of his life was regarded as a miracle. On the 4th iust. there was projected from the right limb, which for a long time had bceu greatly swollen, a stem, on the inner aide, at the head of the gastronomies muscle, rising at right angles with it, more than seven laches in height, with a flower squarely set up on it, resembling tho Passion Flower or the China Aster. On Wednesday the boy felt an ooziug from what had been expected to be an abscess, and expressed great relief. lie did not permit any examination until Saturday afternoon, when a stein was seen arising at right angles with the limb, at about the height of three inches, crowned with pure white buds, resembliug tho white buds of the orange.' On being exposed to the light, the flower expan ded, and assumed the color of a beautiful grey ish purple.” Fall of Sugar. Do not be incredulous, reader, when wc in form you that on .Monday last, at the foot of Clear Lake, in this county, a shower of sugar caudy fell, covering n large tract of country. It covered everything—leaves of trees, rocks, and tho earth’s surface alike. When discov ered by the inhabitants the next morning, a part of it was of the consistency of syrup, and tho rest as perfectly crystalized as the candy ot‘the shop-. Its ta-te is precisely similar to th.it of untlavored candy. Mr. J. Hale, the .Clear Lake expressman, saw it while on the ground, and collected a box as samples which lie brought to us. There is no mistake about the matter, as t he public may learn for them selves by calling at our office. The specimens before us are generally irregularly crystalized, rounded at one end and irregular in form at the other, aa if broken off from some surface to which they adhered. They are from one- fourth to five-eighths of an inch in length, some pure white and others of a delicate, pink hue. 1 la ir general appearance is that of very small stalagmites, such as wc have often seen in eaves. A similar shower occur red at Suit Lake somo years since. Natural ists pretend to explain such phenomena by saying that such saccharine shower? arc of in sect origin : but their explanations seem even more improbable than the fact itself—the lat ter being well attested, and the former a mero tl.mry i.i excuse ignorance of Nature’s won- derous workings.—-Yia/xi Republican. TIiid' Hundred and Fifty Thou. SAND DOLLARS GIVEN AWAY! The Pastor’s & People’s Journal for No vernber is out, and will be delivered to City Subscribers somewhere about Thursday, we presume. This number presents an interest ing review of affairs in India—an article upon Church Government—upon the Bible revi sion question, and many others of interest.' Apply to Messrs. Richards. How long: will the Hard Times last! See the very interesting article in answer to this question upon tho first page, copied from the Richmond Examiner. The reader will come to his own conclusions, but we hope the Examiner has set his pegs too far by a good while. Asa Whitney, tho Pacific railway man talks of cramps and convulsions for eight years to come! That is worse yet. The N. Y. Herald, which claims to be a Solomon in finan cial matters is looking for a speedy abatement of the pressure. Fire. About 5 o’clock, on Sunday morning, a new frame dwelling, not qnite finished, in the western part of the city, belonging to II. P. Redding, Esq., was fired and consumed. The incendiary remains undiscovered. Insurance to the amount of $1200 bad been effected on the building. Well done, Baldwin County. Briscoe, Democrat, was elected Senator in Baldwin county at the special election, last Wednesday, to fill the vacancy occasioned by tho resignation of Gen. Sanford, Mr. Bris coe’s majority was eighteen. New Post Oilice. A new Post Office has recently been estab lished in Worth county, Georgia, on the route from Albany to Vienna, called ‘•Bloomfield,” and Wm. H. Lippitt, appointed P. M. Specie Paying Banks of Georgia. All the newspapers of Columbus have agreed to keep a standing list of the specie paying Banks of Georgia, both as an act of justice to Banks who thus continue to exhibit fidelity to their obligations in a time of almost univer sal defection, and for public information. This list is unfortunately very brief. It is as fol lows : Bank of Middle Georgia, Macon, ? paid in capital, ) $125,000 Bank of Colnmbus, “ “ 250,000 Commercial Bank of Brunswick, 75.000 Of the Bank of Middle Georgia, we have ipokcn. In reference to the two others, the Columbus papers point with pride to the fact that both are owned and managed by citizens of that place. The Commercial Bank has more specie on hand than circulation out—the Bank of Columbus within a mere trifle as much. To Colton Planters. The Steam Compressing Establishments in Savannah require that each bale of Cotton shall have six ropes around it, and when a bale is found with less than six, the owner or Fac tor who sells the Cotton, is required to pay eight cents for each missing rope. Hence it be comes necessary that Planters shonld sec that each bale packed by them has six ropes on it, even if they have to put two in the same place on the bale. Planters lose nothing by adding the extra rope, it being weighed and paid for with the cotton. Mr. Lt Lafourche xrifo havii few <1 was f posse «cnU wile, acted xvise a wealthy sugar planter of 1 recently without issue—his ceded him to the crave. His vu- appraised at about $700,000. A i\ s i-incc his will was opened, when it und that he had left the whole of his to be divided equally between two men of this city, one a nephew to his m l the other the broker who had trans- his business in this city, a man in no elated to him only in tho way of busi ness. To the astonishment of his friends, this hr k r, on finding that he had been made legatee to ball the old man’s estate, ($350,- (ibd) w.-ut before a Notary Public and rc- liminced tlie whole legacy, making it over to the relatives of the deceased in France, con sisting of nephews and nieces to the number of 2:1 or 33, and all humbly situated in life. The old man had recently made a will in which his French relatives were handsomely retnem- jut on returning from a visit to them ugt>, for some reason known otdy to ho tore the will to pieces and wrote a new one, leaving every tiling to his wife’s nephew, and broker, as above stated. J b came to this country when young, a poor hatter; but prospering in his business and finally marrying a lady of wealth, he went in to the sugar business, and progressed so well that a lew years more might have made him a millionaire. The broker who so magnum mously renounced his share of the estate gave his reason for so doing, that he was already as rich as he wished to be and felt so inde pendent that he did not wish it to be in the power of any one to say that any part of his fortune Wii| not his own making. ber not bin A down-east editor advises ids readers, if they wish to get teeth inserted gratis, to go and steal fruit where his watch dog is on guard. Two and a half million feet of pine lumber were used in making clocks in Connecticut last year Ferment in Baltimore. There is a reasonable prospect for a prodi gious row in Baltimore at tde State election. Tho Charter election three weeks ago amount ed to a farce—the price of a vote to a Demo crat being a broken bead. Gov. Ligon lias undertaken arrangements to preserve order, and for that purpose made a request for troops from the Government, which have been refus ed on reasons of law and general policy. He has, however, procured 3000 muskets from the Virginia State Arsenals and is organizing a militia force for the occasion. These move ments of tho Executive arc creating a great excitement among the turbulent population of the city. Government Finances. Nine millions eight hundred thousand dollars was the amount in tho U. S. Treasury, subject to draft, last Friday. Tho receipts of tho week were only $411,000! A committee of merchants wait ing on the Secretary of the Treasury, nssured him that i.o order for foreign goods had left New York within the last forty days, and that many goods now under bond would certainly be reshipped to Europe. In tbc face of such facts as these no cal culation can be bused on the customs revenue. The Georgian apologizes for lack of editorial and news matter on account of the pressure of ad vertisements. This is a sad condition for a news paper to be placed in, and wc have that spite against the Georgian, which leads ua to hope it may never get out of the “ fix.” The Legislature Organizes to-morrow. We hope all its de liberations will be characterized by candor, firmness, moderation and patriotism. To the Democracy', who must bear the responsibility of its sins and short comings, if any, we can give no better counsel than forbearance and conciliation. Large Legislative majorities are generally disastrous to any party'. The dan ger can be averted only by a determination on the part of every member to pursue a straight forward, open-handed, liberal and conciliatory course. A Fugitive froii) Justice. We find the following despatch in the Savannah Republican of yesterday : Important from Kansas. Nkw York, Oct. HI.—Private despatches from Knn.-uis state that Gov. Walker and Secretary Stanton have Hod to Benicia, in consequence of the threats of the ultra pro-slavery men. The peo ple of Lawrence have offered them u refuge and protection. , The l . S. Senatorial Flection. MESSRS. TOOMBS, McDONALD, Ac. “ Justice” exercises a modicum of that quuli when he leaves us a chance of escape from the n ponsibility of pretensions set up in our behalf b the Journal <1- Metsmycr / It will be time e to api tv such tests when we advance them for our selves. The Telegraph aspires to no “fiat.- stilted political organry, whatever. Tho conclu "ions of the democratic party we understand to 1 the appropriate work of primary meeting* and co i•ention*, and are quite content to promulge and defend these, ns such, so far as we are able. I pon questions in abeyance—undecided, we aim to give all opinions a fair chance, and to exercise only the same discretionary latitude taken by all our con temporaries in the State. Thus, pending the now ination for Governor, wc did not hesitate to avow a choice for Col. Lamar, nor did any other demo cratic paper in the State fail to signify its ow election between candidates, although all fell In at once with the ‘‘fiat’’of the party in Convention as sembled. During the whole of that long canvass of personal claims preceding the nomination, no word for any candidate was ever rejected by the'iele- graph, and wc have steadily proposed and practised an open, fair, full nnd free canvas of all men, mea sures and positions—giving all who desired a fair hearing, upon every matter arising for decision and action. If there is a better way we fail to per ceive it. And how does our correspondent who impugns the Telegraph for a mere independent expression of opinion, propose to illustrate hi* fidelity to tho party—hurtspect for its authority and decisions lie not only claims to exercise and to oxpress choice, but he does not intend to refer that choice to the party—lie means to carry it into effect, if necessary, against the will of a majority ef the party. lie inferentially impeaches in advance the integrity of the caucus to ascertain the will of that majority, and flouts the charges of “ cunning,” “juggling,” “wire-pulling,” Ac., in the face of the Democratic majority of the Legislature with a tone and spirit certainly far from complimentary to the personal and political character of tho gentlemen who compose it! Ilis choice, he says “ has been the choice of the party for years!” And how shown ? “ He ha* been nominated in caucus !' Then, Mr. Justice, do not discredit your own evi dence ! We profoundly regret to see propositions and views of this character coming front one of the most prominent and intelligent of Gov. McDonald’s friends ! They bode no good to him or to any body except the opposition. In respect to the Governor himself the only objection we have to his election os Senator at this time, is simply that cannot be effected without the loss of the public services of Mr. Toombs, whose large experience, extraordinary abilities and elevated position in the U. S. Senate, are, in our opinion, of great value to Georgia; and looking impartially at every interest of the party, the State and the United States, it is t in our judgment, impolitic to withdraw him from that body. If that opinion be treasonable, we will abide the consequences. If tho party do not concur in it, we defer to their better judgment.— If they prefer Gov. McDonald, it will be no person al disappointment to the Telegraph. Other Demo crats of reputation might also well claim the atten tion of a nominating body. Gov. IIersciiel Y. Johnson would step at once into a commanding po sition in the Senate. So would Absalom H. Chap pell. Our own Lamar, Lumpkin, Ward, Stiles, Gardner, and a score of others would do credit to the station. But with no personal interest whatever in the premises, we earnestly protest against any such factious course as that suggested by “Justice."— Let the Democracy meet in caucus—fairly ascer tain the will of the majority, and then manfully and generously carry it into effect—yielding per" sonal predilections to the general will and welfare. If the party is worth anything, its organization is practically scarcely inferior in value to its princi ples. The latter must be sacrificed with the for mer. Notwithstanding the position assumed by Justice," we will not permit ourselves to believe that Gov. McDonald will leave his elevated position at the head of the State Judiciary to “ represent the Democracy of Georgia,” except as the duly constituted choice of that Democracy ! He will be willing, like all the other public men of the par ty, to submit his claims to the arbitrament of the duly elected representatives of that Democracy, acting in good faith and honorable purpose for the united and harmonious discharge .of the high trust imposed upon them by the party and the State. Rhode Island Banks—Specie Basis, The Atlanta Intelligencer publishes the follow ing. It is a strong illustration of the fact that iu flush times” bank paper ceases to be in public estimation only a representative of money and be comes money itself: On the 12th October in this year (1857) the Banks of Rhode Island—55 in number, had a cir culation of one million nine hundred and thirty- nine thousand three hundred and forty-fire dollars —to one hundred and twenty thousand three hun dred and seventy dollars in specie—one of these Banks, the “Citizens’ Cumberland,” had a circula tion of $28,263, and to redeem it with, the sum of $412 in specie. The circulation of the “People’s Bank” was $46,889, and the nice little amount of $914 in coin in its vaults. The “Niantic” had just M- in specie for every $1,000 of its circulation ; and the “R. 1. Central Bank" had scattered forth among the people $386,702, and on inspection there was found in its seven fold iron safe secured by seven of Chubbs’ patent locks, the enormous sum of $7 ! Comment by us is needless, wc leave that to the reader. Gov. 'Walker nnd the Oxford Prc- CINCT—THE ADMINISTRATION. At length wc have in the St. Louis papers Walk er and Stanton’s proclamation, throwing out the Oxford precinct Like every thing emanating from this busy functionary, it is exceedingly ver bose, and os all the material alleged facts respect ing the vote given tally with the freesoil account elsewhere published, wc will not give space to the document. Tho Proclamation also alleges infor mality in the returns—first, in the omission of all evidence that the oath was taken by tho Judges of Election—second, that only one copy of the poll books was kept. He found Oxford, he says, to be only a “ village of six houses, including stores and without a tavern,” and tho people thereof were astounded at the magnitude of the return and treated it witli derision nnd indignation. Upon the receipt of news of this proclamation the administration at Washington sceincd at once to have taken ground against the legality of the rejection of these returns by Walker. A despatch in the Charleston and Savannah papers ruus asfol- lows : Gov. Walker and tlic Administra- TION. Washington, Oct. 30.—The Administration ut terly condemns Gov. Walker’s course in purging the polls in Oxford county, Kansas, contrary to specific instructions to not act as judge in this matter. There are the best reasons lor the belief that both Walker and Stanton will be recalled, un less they immediately resign. Secretary Stanton reached Washington on the 29th, and the Administration were therefore in possession of nil the facts. Selling Specie. . The New York Evening Post says : Those who hoarded the gold in the hope of speculating by a sale of it, find the premium entirely insufficient to pay for the risk. One or two per cent, appears to be the greatest difference between specie and current bank notes, and the difference promises to lessen instead of increasing. The large amount of silver change ill circulation not available in legal payment for sums of over five dollars, entirely does away with the necessity of pur chasing specie for common use, and the only use for gold is for tbc payment of duties at the Custom House. In u few days the bul ion operators will be glad to redeposite their gold in bank to aave the interest. Castus Yominations. The Telegraph of the 20th inst. took occa sion to make a few remarks upon party nom inations by members of the Legislature, which were so fortunate its to elicit the approbation of the Times ,V Sentinel and lim partial sanc tion of the Constitutionalist. The latter print, however, to the extent in which it disagreecs with tie Telegraph, has, we think, inadvert ently' poshed our article beyonditsown proper signification. That article did not assert “dis trust iff the integrity and loyalty of any demo crat” in the Legislature who might “refuse to go into caucus and support the caucus nomi nee," but of any democrat who might “join in unseemly coalition with the American party” and suffer “himself to be madeth: instrument and menus of dividing and distracting” the democracy. Undoubtedly, as the Constitutionalist de clares, a democratic member “may refuse go into caucus” and thereupon may refuse support a caucus nominee “without violating his party obligations.” To go or not to go “a question of expediency”—or better, a ques tion ofpropriety. If ho goes, the net implies a spirit of conciliation and compromise, upon which alone the unity of any human organiza tions can be maintained, lie goes desiring secure the nomination of his own favorites, but pledging himself tacitly to relinquish his ow personal choice if it cannot be secured. He goes willing to give as well as to take—sensi ble that conflicts of views nnd interests arc the rule and not the exception throughout the world, nnd that the price ot harmony it*, to the minority, concession. The integrity of his party is, iu his judgment, too important to his State and to his country to be endangered up on questions of mere personal promotion If he refuses to go, lie docs it in his own dis cretion and upon his own responsibility against the expressed judgment of both our able con temporaries, sustained also by all experience that there is no other way by which the will of the party can be ascertained and carried out, and united action secured! He does it at the sacrifice of the very first object of party asso ciation which is unity of action. He docs in a spirit of unfratcrnal distrust and suspicion —or in a disposition or willingness to see things accomplished which lie knows or fears would not be agreeable to the majority. He does it ordinarily in a spirit fatal to the exist ence and success of any party—or of concord and harmony anywhere; for it miat be obvious that, among numbers, every man’s will cannot be law. IIo does not necessarily violate party obligations in refusing to go, or to sustain party nomination, because all such movements and nominations arc subordinate to private judgment and good conscience, of which no man is at liberty to divest himself! But with in this scope, it is certainly the duty of every honest, patriotic, whole-souled member of party to comply with all its ordinary and ac cepted modes of action, and to contribute to settle and consolidate its counsels in a forbear- iug, fraternal and generous spirit. We hope to see this done in Mjiledgeville, The adversaries of the Democratic party, on the other hand, are fondly anticipating scenes of jealousy, discord, division and strife, dis graceful to the party and calamitous to its fu ture fortunes. The way to disappoint them is for the party to meet in council—ascertain by a fair poll the vote of the majority, (or of two- thirds, if that be tho rule) and patriotically carry it out. Rlount Vernon Fund. ADDRESS FROM A. H. H. DAWSON, Esq We have a letter from A. II. H. Dawson, Esq., Savannah, dated the 26th ult., iu which he says that within three weeks he will visit Macon, for the purpose of addressing our citi zens and raising contributions to the great Southern Fund for the patriotic purpose of purchasing the Home of Washington. A great movement is now in progress among the South ern Ladies to effect this object, and it will shortly be accomplished. They have enlisted in their service some of the highest talcut in the country. The genius and eloquence of Ed ward Everett has been almost exclusively de voted to it for some time past, and we see he will soon make a tour of the South in this be half. He is expected at Montgomery, Ala, during the State Fair on the 17th, 18th and 19th instant. Mr. Dawson, at the sacrifice of private in terests, has commenced a canvass of this State and so far with great success. He has been put to no charge for travelling or Hotel ex penses and all bis collections go to the fnnd His plan is to issue tickets for gentlemen to his lectures at 25 cts. each, and admit ladies free. As this is a movement springing origi nally from the Virginia Ladies and carried on almost entirely by the Ladies of the Southern States, he confidently hopes to enlist the La dies of Macon in tho general management of the matter and the procurement of subscrip tions. Success to him. Let Mount Vernon be bought and preserved as far as possible in its original condition as a priceless legacy to posterity through all corniug time. Sunday in New Orleans. The New Orleans correspondent of the Mo bile Herald & Tribune gives tbc following melancholy account of it: There is one institution peculiar to New Orleans, among American citizens, and that is New Orleans Sunday. Mobilians should thank their stars, that though their city is somewhat burdened with a rigid exercise of municipal authority, it is at the same time pre served from the curso of New Orleans Sundays. It is the chosen day of revel and amusement and license. Reeling bacchants defile the streets in every direction, nnd every base hnb- ’. and passion is indulged. Aside from its an- -religious aspect, the New Orleans Sunday is the stumbling block in tbc way of the city’s progress to order and general morality. It is the most immoral—not to say sinful, for that of course it is, ns all immorality, and even what not immorality, becomes sin when on Sun day—day of the seven. Those who have be come somewhat sobered down to notions of propriety during tho previous six days arc now wild anew by the general license of Sunday.— All places of public amusement are open, as ire all tho thousand drinking houses of the ci ty. It is the special oecasiou for military dis play, and all recreation, and is as utterly un- Hindnyficd as Sunday could possibly be.— Theatres run iu opposition to Churches,and it needless to say which wins in the contest here such claims come in conflict.” Tennessee U. s. Senator. Nashville, 0,-t. 28.—A. 0. P. Nicholson lias been elected U. S. Senator. lie will take the place of Mr.'Bell. A woman’s life was curiously preserved by' r husband in Staffordshire, lately, by’ the process of transfusion. She lay at the point of death, when, as a List resource, a vein was opened in her arm, and one in the arm of her husband, and as the Idood flowed from the latter, it was transmitted, by suitable appa- itus, to the Ytins of his wife. After seven- en ounces had been thus injected, the pulse became perceptible, and the colorless lips red ed. the glassy eye brightened, and the thankfully said, “1 am better.” The case has progressed very favorably, and the woman is recovering. Senator Dougins’ alleged position ON KANSAS. The following Editorial from the Chicago Times, the reputed home organ of Senator Douglas, is charged by the Northern papers to he the latest exposition of Senator Douglas’ position upon the Kansas Constitution. We doubt it. If true, he is justly obnoxious to the same charges which have lain against Walker. Whatever inferences politicians may draw, or affect to draw from the recent election, no man can truly say that the people of Kansas have decided the Slavery question one way or the other. It is yet an open question, and if this article is justly chargeable to Senator Douglas, lie is only', like Governor Walker, using his personal and official influence to pre determine it against the South! We doubt not Senator Douglas will relieve himself from this imputation:— “What that Convention will do, or what it will not do, we have not the means of know ing. But wc know that any attempt to force a pro-slavery constitution upon the people without the opportunity of voting it down at the polls, will be regarded, after the recent expression ofsentimeut, asso decidedly unjust, oppressive and unworthy of a free people, that the people of the United States will not sane- Senator Hunter and the Adminis- TRATION. The position of Senator Hunter of Virginia, in relation to the National administration, has lately been made the subject of a good deal of speculation and inquiry among the Virgi nia prints. That gentleman now publicly de fends himself in a letter to Shelton F. Leake, Esq., first published in the Charlottesville Jef fersonian. To Gov. Walker’s course in Kan sas he takes the same exceptions that the Tel egraph has taken—the same, moreover, which we understand the administration to take.— He disapproves of Walker’s attempt to influ ence the people in their decision of the slavery question, and of his dictum in regard to the submission of the Constitution, about to be framed, to the popular suffrage. Of the ab stract propriety of such submission he docs not feel called upon to speak—it is a matter, in his judgment, for the Convention to decide. In regard to the administration he says the im putation of his hostility to it, is founded up on nothing he has ever said or doue. lie wish es it success and it has principles of the Detnocri stood in Virginia, to command his cordial sup port. He will judge it in no unkind or cap- Democratic party has remained . principle of popular sovereb'ntv , has acted in good faith, abidin-, - i !i - instituted. No plausible obi,,(.ff iet *! to the admission of New M<-xi i<- " Territory, as a slave State ' v°’ * ist Will be restrained from the an 601 • population on the Territories hd 1: ' ■ : | tation of paid emigrants; and, T | grants from each section of t|J 0 Utltar !' - transport their own property i 0 ,’ ' 1 ' 1 '- stations, each to S?Sf S'v^ adapted for the purpose of peacefni - 1 he whole subject, so far a ,• the South are concerned, mav" stated ss a qucsti.n of expediency r- : | jonty of the people of Kama, at* 11 !t ' then it is certainly best for tl interest, that a pro-slavery Con,,;/ pro-st- slaveh t s titnti 0 be ratified by a popular vote tl , i ;: ' every question as to the validity, ^ stitution ami the mode of its «T • 1 majority of the people arc anti • Kansas must inevitably become And whether is it best that this r in" •- .| accomplished by means which ground of complaint toanti-sl av , • ^'i spite of an ineffectual resort to only to carry out the I Potion, which would faraUfc^N' atic party, as under- ^oundrf A tiou it. It would add thousands to the vote of tious spirit. How far Walker’s conduct may the republican party in every State of the Union, and give to that organization what it has nevci had yet—a show of justice and truth. To the Democratic members of that Convention the course is plain. The people have decided in favor of a free State—though affect his own course towards the administra tion, must depend upon the developemcut of the President’s views in the regular course. Wc quote: ‘What are the precise views of the Presi- ground of expediency, we can'eml, J H verdict from the enlightened judi' ,^ '- Southern people. J Kansas Election OXFORD PRECINCT. St. Lons, Oct. 26.—Dates L.* I ay that Gov. Walker has issued 1 say uiot uuv. v> amcr tias issued tion rejecting the returns of the}' have not voted on the naked issue of dent upon these questions, I know not; I await free State or slave State,” they have voted practically in favor of a free State. Two-thirds of the Democratic party in Kansas have voted with the free State party in Kansas at the re cent election, in order to make the popular de cision more emphatic. As Kansas must be a einct, in Johnson county, andmw B . ^*- of Election to the free State c£idid£% i: their development in the regular course. But should he differ with me upon these matters, I do not see how any practical issue can arise between hltn and those of his friends who en- ■ - , _ .ni I( tertaiu other opinions in regard to Governor |' ot ° i ° 1C Oxford I reemet is given in the Walker’s course. I M pro-slavery meu are greatly excited. We are curious to learn the facts , with this affair. The free soil s t ateai M 0 ** say, I do not see how any sas f’urrespondence ot tin- (.1; free State, even those persons in the Territory I practical issuecould arise out of this matter be- furious Black Republican print, and I who are known as pro-slavery men must re- tween the President and those who might dif- it for what it is worth : ' ° ^ cognize in the late election a decision which fer with him in regard to these things, because must not be slighted nor put at defiance. To that expression of the popular will there should be a graceful, if not a* cheerful submission.— Kansas is to be a free State! That fact being | ascertained, let the Convention frame a Con stitution to suit her best interests upon all oth er questions, and let the prohibition of slavery J be put into it, clearly and without quibble, plainly without disguise, explicitly, broadly and firmly. Let the Convention then submit | that constitution to the people. If it be adopt ed, Kansas will come into the Union at the | next session, and the republican party will ex pire for want of sustenance.’ Powers of the Kansas Constitution- | AL CONVENTION. The Times and Sentinel extracts tho follow- I ing from a recent speech of Hon. J. Glancy at Bloomsburg, Pa., with the remark that Jones, these are undoubtedly the views of the Presi-1 dent, as Mr. Jones is t known to be the inti mate and confidential friend of Mr. Buchanan. The construction now given to the Nebraska bill isbeing put to the test in Kansas, and I firmly be lieve it will work itself out to tne entire satisfaction of tho country. A convention composed of delegates elected by the people for that express purpose, has assembled to frame a constitution, preparatory to the admission of the State iuto the Union. Either this Convention is clothed with sovereign power or it I do not believe, for a moment, that he would aid iu an attempt to reject the State, if Kan sas should apply for admission, merely be cause its convention did not choose to submit the Constitution to the people for ratification. Upon such a question as this, in regard to the right of Congress to limit the power of a peo ple to form their State Constitution according i t ~ ** pg,i to their own pleasure, provided it be republi- „ r . dayg • , . a . w ? rra ” t f °f Or.:: I can in its character, Isftmld think there could |-^ be no division of opinion amongst the members of the Democratic party in any section of the Union. There conld not be, if they remain true to what I understand as their profession of faith.” “The fads are these : Oxford isonthe,-. I ern boundary of the Shawnee Kc^crp^ M quently next door to Jackson countv V*' n- You will not find it in any man V‘- H lished, but I am assured by peraona^^ teodto have 4w«n there, that it is to K ^ 1 and not in Missouri. My opinion «, t g ford is lying around loose. A «ni»Jlp^l Now we believe in his views of Walker’s course the Hon. Senator really differs in noth ing from the position of the administration, as we understand it, or as it is generally under stood. Thus the Washington correspondent of the Herald, writing on the 23d ult., says : The President, although rejoicing in the probable settlement of the Kansas agitation, by no means cordially endorses all of Gover nor Walker’s movements. On the contrary, he considers that Governor Walker exceeded his instructions in dictating to the Convention; and even threatening them unless they sub mitted the constitution to the people. They returned with the indorsemew esl. But the voting freaks of this D ’J-1 precinct are of the most astonishing Vnj „ 1 traordinary character. The election ^-t -■, as you are aware, on Monday, the 5th bf On Tuesday the returns were made Oxford, exhibiting 88 majority for thek- J very candidates all around. Countin/oZI at 88, which was about 80 more than the'-j ber of legal voters, the Republican mi ll in the District (Douglas and Johnson)*- certained to be 1,200. This was a loss tofi*| pro-slavery side of 3 members of Coondl I 8 of the House. With a judicious m»| ment of matters in the balance of the Ttn*| ry this loss could have been sustained*-' I throwing the Legislature out of the hands cl the Ruffians. But, singularly, the in,--I counties have almost unanimously returai I Republican members. The case was desperate. Presto• up coma an error! is annuity; if the former, then it fails exclusively I is a question over which the federal govern- I S/.X'ir.EliJiV IIILSDIIEB and/o*rt< : ,1 I “ent has no control, and Mr. Walker’s inter- | “ —not one free State vote on the list! M mark the effect of this return. It pro hi! tion, but to send it back to the people for ratification or not as they determine; and if they should submit it to the people, it is equally exclusively their pro ference in it is regarded as a grave mistake. The President, therefore, sympathises much vinco to say who are qualified to vote on it. Inter- more with the Georgia and Mississippi resolu- ference of unv funct.onarv of the General Govern- 1 tioMi in this connect ion than is generally sup posed.” The position of the administration and the essential doctrine of the Kansas bill we under- ference of any functionary of the General Govern ment within the lines of this jurisdiction would, in iny opinion, bo a violation of the very letter of the Nebraska bill. We may tako it for granted they will submit it to the people, hut it is for them, and them alone to decide.” Mr. Hunter, then, agrees with Mr. Jones and if Mr. Jones agrees with the President— they arc all agreed—the Enquirer to the con trary notwithstanding. Suvanuali Weekly Cottou Report, We copy so much from the Republican of Friday: Fridat, October 30, 1857. COTTON,—Arrived since the 2d inst., 2,682 bales Upland, (2,331 per liailroad ; 301 from Augusta and branches of the Legislature to the Ruffm, fell majority of one in each. It orerthron a republican vote of Douglas county, in j” Lawrence, Palmyra, Big Springs, situated, and subtracts three Coundlim af stand to bo that the bona fide people of a Ter- eight Representatives from the free State e ritory shall settle the slavery question for themselves, uninfluenced by any external in terference whatever. The isothermal theories of Gov. Walker and his instructions and threats to the Convention were, therefore, out of place. But upon the contingency that the Convention itself representing, as alleged, but a small minority of bona fide citizens of Ivan- L iniliugs ou the River.) and 43 do. Sea Islands. The I sas shall send a constitution to Congress with- expmrts for the same period amount to 2,619 bales Upland and 85 da. Sea Islands, viz : to Liverpool 2,- COO bales Upland; to New York, 14 bales Upland and SO do. Sea Island; to Charleston, 5 bales Upland and 5 do Sea Island; leaving on hand and on ship board not cleared, a stock of 7,147 bales Upland, and 913 do. Sea Island, against 34,214 bales Upland and ~ ,052 do Sea Island, at the same time last year. Since the issue of the last circular the transactions in cotton hare been very fair, when the small stocks are taken into consideration, and also the disposition of Factors to hold on. The receipts up to this time are exceedingly light, but as our banks have been supplying money to tho interior wo may expect that it will arrive more freely. In the city they are not expanding any. This does not arise from any inabil ity on their part to do so, but a want of confidence in northern houses upon whom bills would he drawn. The sales thus far have been made entirely for lor- eign account: nnd small as they seem to be, the market is kept bare by these purchases. Iu the irici-s there is no regularity, twelve cents being the lighest extreme. Of the lower grades but little has been offered. Planters generally have given their Factors the most positive orders to hold on to their crops as long as possible, and it is only when they are compelled to raise money that they will submit to the present prices. ' much trouble, as the; customers as far as it is in their power, and it is only at the last extremity that they will put their cottou out the impress of the popular sanction, the Enquirer takes a wide issue with Senator Hunter upon Democratic doctrine aud the duty of the President. That paper says : There is but one inducement which can cause the Convention in Kansas to withhold the Constitution from popular ratification, and that is a fear lest the Constitution may not be approved by a popular vote. Thus such an omission would indicate nothing less than an intention to wrest the Constitution-making power from a mojority of the people. And, without reservation, wc boldly denounce any such attempt as illegal and anti-republican. We are well aware that the calculation has been made by some, that although we might not fail to discern this unavoidable conclusion, we would still fear to assert it, under one phase in which the question may be present ed. Wc are opposed to the adoption even of things ; umn. These, added to the pro-slwtij e umn, exhibited: Council—Republicans, 6; Pro-Staten7.1 House—IL-puMiVuns, 19; Pro-SlarajJll There is no reason assigned as yet fori I marvelous “error.” Some p- | think the Shawnee tribe of In lions i rand rush at the polls on the day sue: .1 the election, and all voted ti;,- X I cratic Ticket in spite of the Judges oftheEre-I tion, who knew they had no vote, lilt unable to prevent it! Among oilier:;-I ries connected with this Oxfordbusi:.-- ■' I singular fact that the l.tij 1 n:u:;o I list, aud all three cf the signatures tf -I Judges ARE IN THE SAME HAXD1VK1TIS - So gross a fraud, of course, finds fews:i-| gists. Walker uud Stanton both decimal it is too palpable—that the people shtual I thus cheated. They will throw out theri | Precinct first, the So and all. We hire 1 ed to place no reliance on the pre these liars, bat will take care of our on*I tion, that no such swindle arrives to frtiii| in these parts, at this time.” Button-holes oil Both Sides. A gentleman in Charleston, who ec: I ed a good deal of company at dinner, f black as an attendant, who was a hi:. Africa, and never could be taught to u invariably to the left hand of theg^l Tiiis'h.i.s giv**u tin* Factors I a pro-slavery Constitution, iu opposition to I at the table. At length his mast' r tl. - I they desire to aeoommodate their | the wishes of a majority of the voters in Kan- an infallible expedient * ' sas. When such an issue is presented, we do the coats expedient to direct bun, were then w.-rn 1 I ni me nisi cjireuHijr iujt iiiuj win pur uiei* cuuuu i , • . . . 4 . ” I . A . • • on tho market. The receipts at tho different ports I pot hesitate to meet it iearlessly, and submit single-breasted, in the present (Jaakorn - are no indication or tho Crop, as it has been held it fairly to the honest judgment of the South- he told him always to hand the plate t- 1 : m-V yth0finanCi ^ mffiCUltle3andaai “ diSP0SUi ° n Crn pCOple * Au opposite course would dis- button hole side. Unfortunately, ! ' tVlhonowa brought by the Persia of Id. to Id. de- P' a 7 » want of foresight as well as of candor, for the poor fellow, on the dav after:. - _•* « a — al i a to. a.ii— I ivn poll flirt oftnnfinn At nni> ranrinm 4a .» «a I il... I - lcSSOTl t tDCrC W&5 I cone had no influence on the market, as it was fully We call the attention of our readers to a coin- received this 5 ingenious anticipated. The enquiry yesterday was good aud munication published in our issue of to-day, the guests at dinner a foreign gentleman sales readily made at as full prices as on any previ- an( y prcv iously referred to in our editorial of a double-breasted roat. end he was for a*- >fC •*>< The sales of the week foot up 1,697 bales at tho fol lowing particulars, viz; 8 at 10], at 21 at 13), 53 at 11} and 1545 bales at 12 cents, “Conlidciicc.” The following incident Is related of the lato run upon the Savings Bank of New York city: r\.t a sixpenny Savings Bank, a little news boy, without a jacket, and only one suspender, and that a string, confronted the teller on Monday, and demanded to know if "She was \ all right”—meaning the institution—because if she was lie did’nt mean to be scared, if every body else was. He had 42 cents salted down there, and all he wanted was his (the teller’s) word of honor that it would’nt spile. The telli'i' assured him that his money was ready I m ain iu force until a new Constitutional Con- Saturday last. Now, if it bo true, that the “Lump vote” of the Territory is anti-slavery and that the Convention has been elected by little more than one sixth of the people of Kan sas, (since it is asserted that less than one- third voted in the election of the delegates,) what possible benefit could result to the slave holding interest from an attempt on the part of the Convention, aided by Congress, to wrest the Constitution from the hands of the people ? Nothing is more evident than the fact that if a majority of the people of Kansas are unwilling to adopt a pro-slavery Constitution, it will be impossible for Congress to render Kansas a slave State. If admitted under a pro-slavery Constitution; that Constitution would onlv re- d oat, an-! '■■■' • _ completely at a stand. lie looked !.m • I side of the gentleman’s coat, tlu-n at it-:■■■■; I and finally quite contbimdi-.l at ti: I make of the stranger's garment. I paring look at his master, and exclainimgi* I loud voice, “Button-holes on i> n-' ■ I handed the plate right over tho -e- man’s head. for him at any moment. “ Nuff said, ’tween gen’l’men, hut I don’t want it,” rejoined the youth, and with a self-complacent, well satis fied air, walked out of the Bank. “Is she good ?” cried two or three more newsboys who ero awaiting the result at tho door steps. Ycssiree!” he replied, “us good as wheat —Ketch our Bauk to stop! Yous ought to see the gold I seed in der safe.” “How much as there ?” inquired a companion. “Morc’n house full!” was his prompt response.— An’ you don’t ketch dis ’ere child a rankin’ an old woman of hisself and drawin’ out his money, I ain’t so green—I ain’t!” Half Year of the American Tract SOCIETY. Statements at the meeting of the Executive Committee just held in New York show that the receipts for six months had been $151,536, or less by $11,0UU that in the same months ,t year. The sales by colporteurs, though some localities diminished, have ou the whole increased about $5,900, and the grants of iblications have increased nearly 1,000,000 pages. The Society’s operations have so far xceeded its receipts that notes given for print- paper will fall duo in November to the unount of $6,9.14,17, and in December $1,- 16,34 ; total due within six months $49,451,- Tiie Society is endeavoring by all proper ms to curtail expenses so far as consistent ith the efficient prosecution of its work, and speaks the early assistance of friends and itrons, especially such as have escaped linan- ll embarrassments. Reconciliation.—We perceive, from the Tallahassee Floridian, that a disturbance of iendly relations that has for some time sub sisted between Ex-Governor Brootne and D. 8. Walker, Esq., arising out of the late can vass, has been amicably adjusted by the friend ly intervention of the Hon. Mr. Vulee. vention could be convened in the State, its la bors completed, aud a new anti-slavery Con stitution adopted. This would not be the on ly result. A fierce Congressional struggle would be the means of imposing, for a few months only, a pro-slavery Constitution on an anti-slavery people, in which struggle it would be urged that the Democratic party and the whole South had united to disregard tho letter and spirit of the Kansas act, and the Black Republican party would wield the moral force attaching to the advocacy of the principle of popular sovereignty.—Agitation would rage ten fold fiercer than ever before. New menus for the transportation of emigrants would over flow the Territory of New Mexico, which now promise, fair to become a slave State, with Black Republican emissaries. It would be heralded far aud near that the great principle of the right of the people to decide the question of slavery for themselves, had been ignored by the Democratic party—that fraud bad been re sorted to, to shulile in a pro-slavery Constitution for Kansas. Counter efforts of force and fraud would prevail in each of our Territories, until it would become folly for a slaveholder, in a a Southern State, to remove Ins property from secure protection at home to a theatre of angry contention. Thus Southern interest, and all the prestige of Southern power would be sac rificed to make political capital for a few des truction ists, and abolitionism would receive a bountiful supply of that agitation upon which alone it subsists. Now look at the other picture. The ques tion of slavery is decided by a fairly taken vote of the people of Kansas. Is there a pro- slavery majority ! then a pro-slavery Consti tution will be adopted. If not, then an anti slavery Constitution will indeed be adopted —but adopted without a pretext of complaiut Tobacco for Wound'- . In the case of a snake biten nod - * quently applied as tobacco leaf or ; \ remember the circumstance of a tmb * been to the “timber” for a load of ■ in returning home stopped to driak spring, a few rods off the m t>u I rising was bitten in the leg hv an ( . ■ snake. The man’s leg soon swr-“' • and tin- pain mere i-'-l • : : - ' j application of some oil, which be pr a cabin a mile or two on the roa -- - 1 - 1 . lot of 1 co), well dumped danger pas cut and dry ” (the mest trashy and bound round fi led and his J eg ed to its natural size by the time ■- home late in tho night. Indeed, the medicine chest of the American ‘ ‘^ man may be said to contain but t . calomel for the stomach, aud tobaev-- skin. <n buSPBNSlOSS.- -A he failures and suspensions ■ e the 1st of August makes ti: ' Failures of the since..— ^ ber, according to the Baldnno lc _ p^,- :l,usc»s. J". " ! which 448 were in vania. J20 in Ma Kentucky, 3 in Indiana. 2 in 5 in Minnesota, 45 in Illinois, b 111 .. 21 in Iowa, 23 in Michigan, > ->|X " in New Jersey. 5 in Rlmde Li- 1 -’ 1 • j cousin, and 53 other Sta.t-'- R e liabilities of all these arc cstmu millions of dollars. Keep tlie Sabbat* 1 - j Be jealous on this point. M ■“ 1 iu town or country resolve no. to 1 1 ^ . Sabbath, or in the end you will rjV^ ; t ,j, , ing for your soul. Tho stops !,ond : '| this are regular. Begin "" 1 1 * God’s house; cease to honor G 00 ,: >■ by-and-by you will give ( ’ p . ’ ; t hn-’ ■'?’ Let any man lay tho foundation bath, and I am never surprised , g - — God. R - d with the top stone ot markable saying of Judg- Hale that; „ v -—r . | persons conv . - y without a Congressional contest, without re- was upon the bench, he fouui L ^ d agitation throughout the Union. Fanat- confess that they began , itself, will be obliged to admit that the I ed- ness by neglect of the bijoo' r-ieted of capital e ’ j newed icism