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4 -fc. C|e ^tatoirir. S. R. VIKLE, Editor. -rr CAS8V11LE, GEO. Wednesday Morning, AUGUST 16. I860. the Standard will be pub lished on Tfcarsday morning instead of Wednesday morning. This change will suit the country mails better, and also our own convenience. HT^e are requested by one or the Committee to State that the Hon. David W. Lewis, of Hancock County, willdeliv- -er the address before the Cass Co unty Ag ricultural Society, at the Pair Grounds, in 'September. BP" We are in receipt of another com- -tnnmnkatienfrom “Tar Heel Democrat,” had as it te tolerably lengthy we are una ble to give it a place in our celumns this week. Our Explanation. The Editor of the Cartersville Express -aiks us to “ c*pfcrtn” a number of ques tions ; and says that enr statement “that re considered Douglas and Johnson the alar democratic nominees” is news to He wants to know how and why f. Douglas is the regular nominee of the atic party. This is an easy task, >bbt Doctor, its no use—“a man convinc ed against his will,” See. But for your ■** satis'action" we will give the reason why ■we consider Douglas and Johnson the regular nominees ef the Democratic party, :in a vary few words. The Convention at 'Cincinnati in 185ft, selected Charleston as the place, and April 18th, 1860, as the ’time for holding the next National Demo cratic Convention. In accordance with r the usage of the party, every State in the Union appointed delegates to that Con vention. They met, and because that 1 Convention adopted the platform of the 'Cincinnati Convention, a majority of the ■■hlyiwi from eight States seceded, and 'Organised a separate Convention, and ad journed to meet at Richmond in June.— In the meantime, the regular Convention ^proceeded te ballot for a cendidste for Presidentbut failing to make a nomina- tioa, they adjourned to meet at Baltimore •on the 18th of June, and requested those •States whose delegates had created vacan- -cies by their secession, to fill such vacan- •eies. A Convention was held in this State :as well as in some other Stales whose del egates had seceded, and delegates appoint ed to go to Richmond, but take no action, and go from there to Baltimore, and par ticipate in the proceedings of that Con- veation, and if they foiled to have their den and* acceded to, then to return to jtiduaond, and assist in nominating a can didate there. But they did neither. They, ■with other seceding delegates, set up an independent Convention at Baltimore—a Convention not contemplated by the par ty in any State in the Union, so far as we ■ and believe.-^The regular Conven- i&£5r* 1 in many localities, is ba ted upon JM subject of nape In Texas they ara carried «a to an afarmiiig extent, and bad not tbe deep laid and AabaKealpiet been dm- covered, there ia no telling what the ap palling ceneeqnenCea weald have been.— i A Urge portion of that State would prob ably have been devastated by murders, traaand rapine. But its timely detection it is to be hoped, will quell any further disturbance there, end bring the instiga tors of this hellish deed to a speedy and just punishment There has been an in surrection brewing for some time in the Cherokee Nation on the borders of Arkan sas^ incited by abolitionists who have been amongst the Indians, bat this too, will be suppressed, and the guilty parties proper ly punished. We copy an article to-day from the Rome Courier which gives an account of three negroes in the upper part of Floyd County, who were overheard concocting a plan to raise an insurrection. In this state of affairs, the proper authorities in every county, where there are a con.side rablc number of slaves, should see to it, that the patrol laws were strictly carried out. We publish to-day a communication an this subject, and we hope the sugges tions made by the writer, (who is one of our best citixens) will be duly considered. It has been our opinion, for some time, that the slavery question was improperly discussed in the hearing of negroes, and by the press. Many negroes about cities and towns can rand, and they are taught to believe that there is a Urge party at the North who are disposed to free them.— This delusion has doubtless had a bad ef fect upon many negroes. But the worst influence over the negro is mean white men, from the North, who, in many sec tions, travel for the ostensible purpose of pursuing some legitimate business, but whose real objects are of an incendiary character. A vigilant eye should be kept on all such characters. President and Fitzpatrick for Vice Presi dent The secedecs—Conventionnomina- tod Breckinridge andJLane. This is our reason, Doctor, for considering Douglas tha regular nominee for President He eras nominated by the regular Democratic Butyou want to know how “Gov. John son happened to obtain his enviable posi tion.” lie obtained it in the same way Aat Mr. Dallas obtained the nomination for Vica President in 1844, when Silas Wright declined to accept the nomination for that post After Fitxpetriek declined, Gov. J. was nominated to fill his place the ticket Ton seem to insinuate that we have charebed many of the leading We made no sneh intimation, or ir to make any such, in oar article toby you. Doctor you are surely pokii ton at oar extreme modesty. We inten ded to read no one out of tha party. If iisr voluntarily go out, we cant hdpit, bat can only regret it You claim the President, a majority of Democratic Sana- torn and Representatives for Breckinridge. • It is true, that nearly all tha office holders and office seekers axe with theseeaders, and it Douglas should not get a thousand veftes In tim whole Union, we would still - nonfood, that, according to party usage, beam toe regular nominee of the Demo- mutie party. Yon are right ia saying that we supported Buchanan four years ago. And why * Because he was the regular Pease era tic nominee, placed upon the Cin cinnati platform, and that is the resign we now anfparf Judge? Douglas, we ooaoider him toe tegular nominee ontoeaeme plat- fonetoat Bnchanon was on. Thfe in the row*'why-we WM you give ns y*w m n I?*"to nn^11^1 MmlM gyWilmee seeeived a number of the Dliy ^ffibMBaieamatt” a new paper pub lished fo Augusta, bjKennickeU, Taylor. 5 **Co. James X. gmytoe Editor. Cassville Female College. ' IfrshouM be borne in mind by those who contemplate patronizing this institu tion, that the exercises for the Fall Term will be resumed on Monday, 20th inst.— The next term will be commenced with more flattering auspices than ever before. The new President, Mr. Arbogast, comes with a high reputation as a scholar, gen tleman and experienced teacher. Prof. A. G. Johnson, teacher of Ancient Lan guages, stands high as a ripe scholar, and has had much experience in his depart ment. The other departments will be fill ed by the most proficient Professors that can be procured. Whilst the facilities of this College to afford a thorough educa tion are equal to any other, it recommends itself to the public on the score of econo my, a moral and refined community, and a locality unsurpassed for health. It is to bo hoped that the next term will be commenced with. a larger number of students than at any former period in the history of the College. Savannah Medical College. We call attention to the advertisement of tliis institution to be found in our ad vertising columns to-day. It can pro bably boast of as able a faculty as any similar institution in this country. To those who purpose attending a Medical College the ensuing winter, we would say that they could not find a more delightful climate than Savannah affords during the winter months. The Faculty say in their annual Announcement, that they have ex pended over forty thousand dollars in buil ding and for apparatus to demonstrate the various brandies in medical science.— They say that “their object was to create a school of medicine which should elevate The Presidential Vote. The Chronicle A Sentinel has made an estimate of the popular vote in the next Presidential election, as follows: Lincoln 1,275,000; Douglas 1,380,000; Bell 902,000; Breckinridge 580,000. “ The Air Line Eagle.” We have received the first number of this sprightly sheet, published at Gaines ville, Georgia. Its Editor, Mr. W. H. Mitchell, is a gentleman of some titerary pretension, and will, doubtless, do honor to the profession. It pnrposes to be neu tral in the great political questions of the day. Success to the “ Air Line Eagle.” [COXNUNICATED.] Mr. Editor:—The spirit of insubordi nation manifested recently in a neighbor ing county, together with the more fiend ish incendiaryistn prevalent in Texas, bnt admonish the citizens of Cassville and Cass county, to boon the alert We know not who lurks within our midst, to incite our slaves to similar deeds of darkness.— I know of no Town, where such an enter prize could be easier effected. We have no patrol, and but a nominal police. The laxity in regard to our servants going where they please on the Sabbath, atten ding negro meetings. I have ever been opposed to negro preachers, unless under the most rigid restraint. I noticed a few Sabbaths ago, two colored clergymen hoi ding forth in the Methodist Chiuch, and if there was one white man present I hare it to learn. The great passion amongst the negroes to attend a colored assemblage is too manifest, and requires at this junc ture to be put down. There-has been several strange feces, of a suspicious mien coming in and going out of Cassville for the last twelve months, and who knows but every negro in Cass county is medita ting the chances for immediate freedom. Such is the gullability of the negro on the subject of liberty, that one would be as tonished at the facility with which most of them can be brought into conclusions that promise something novel, if no more. I am opposed and astonished to sec ne groes hiring buggies and horses, and go ing any and everywhere on the Sabbath day. Where will this indulgence end?— Is it not sure to ho abused—taken advan tage of to our injury. The' time to dam up the stream is when it is small. I am no alarmist, but wish to be circumspect and strike at the proper time and place. While we make so much ado about com ing political calamities, we overlook pres ent dangers. I trust every patriot will keep his negroes at home, and aid in ma king others do likewise. CITIZEN. Electoral Vote of the States. As a mannar of convenient reference, we publish below a statement of the Elec toral vote of each State in 1860, together with the popular vote in 1856: States. El. Vote. Buch. From. Fill. Maine. 8 88,035 65,014 8,233 N. Hampshire.5 32,567 38,158 414 Vermont 5 10,577 89,561 511 MasRachus’ts.13 39,240-108,100 19,676 Rhode Island..4 6,680 11,467 1,675 Connecticut. ..6 31,995 42,710 2,615 New York. . 35 195,878 274,755 124604 New Jersey. ..7 46,943 28,851 24,115 Pennsylvania 27 230,151 147,350 82,178 8,103 306 6,178 39,115 281 47,461 89,875 291 60,039 48,346 .... 38,886 ptocnwdod to nominate Douglas for the high standard of medical education. Hence they have disdained to offer to stu dents any other inducements to attend their Lectures, than the excellent oppor tunity afforded by the situation ef Savan nah, as the principle seaport of Georgia, to study a variety of diseases; the advan tages of a large, well organised hospital, the determination on the part of the Fac ulty to leave no effort untried to do their duty ss instructors.” They have a large connected with the College, is well supplied with anatomical Breckinridge and Lane Electors. The following named gentlemen com pose the electoral ticket, nominated by the Breckinridge Convention which assembled at MilledgeviBe on the 8th inst For the State at large—Col Henry R.j Jackson, Hon. Charles J. McDonald; Al ternates, Hen. A. H, Colquitt, W. H. Dab ney. 1st District—Gen. Peter Cone; Alter nate, Young J. Anderson. 2nd—W. M Slaughter; Alternate, C. A. Evans. 3d—O. C. Gibson; Alternate, J. M. Smith. 4th—Hugh Buchanan; Alternate, G. A. Bull. 5 th—OaL Lewis Tomlin; Alternate, W. K. Moerr^^~~~ 6th—Hardy Strickland; Alternate. C. H. Sutton. Ttfo—W. A. Lofton; Alternate, & L. Wsrthso. 8th—W. M. McIntosh; Alternate, W. J. Vasou. ■T We make the fcHnwiug extract from a psis ate letter, received from a high ly " * Delaware 3 Maryland ... .8 Virginia 14 N. Carolina. .11 ♦S. Carolina. .8 Georgia 10 Florida. 3 Alabama 9 Louisiana ....6 Mississippi ... 7 Texas 4 Arkansas 4 Missouri 9 Tennessee... 12 Kentucky ... 12 56,617 .... 42,373 6,385 .... 4,843 46,817 .... 28,557 22,169 .... 20,709 35,665 .... 24,490 28,575 .... 15,244 21,908 .... 10,826 68,164 .... 49,524 73,638 * .... 66,178 72,917 360 65,822 Ohio 23 170,874 187,479 28,125 Indiana 11 118,672 94*816 28,386 ntinois 11 104,279 96,280 27,451 Michigan 6 52,139 71,762 1,560 Wisconsin.... 5 52,867 66,092 579 Iowa 4 36,241 44,127 9,444 Minnessota .. .4 California ... .4 42,460 16,731 28,327 Oregon 3 303 1850960 1334553865960 ♦By Legislature. t any Conner period May God defend foe A Lucxt Escape for the Fair Betroth ed.—Some months ago John Wilson ar rived in Detroit, quite a stranger. After obtaining employment in a respectable mercantile house, he gained the affections of a yeang lady, and the wedding day was fixed and all the necessary preparations made. The day, the hour, the clergyman and tile company arrived according to ap pointment. The bride was therein all her beauty, bat the bridegroom was not That afternoon he had stolen a nmfo and ridden off with a splendid watch, laden with diamonds and rubies, which he had borrowed to wear at his wedding, and oth er trifles, and things, which ha had collec ted of his too confiding acquaintances.— The mule led to bis arrest, aad in a fort night he was brought back to Detroit a y A man who had committed a for ty, near Elwood, Nebraska Territory, recently, was caught by tha Vigilance Committee of that place, who, to alarm until he was nearly strangled, when they lowered him. Fancying that his ei»d • the terrified rogue «poa receiv ing his powers of spec*; nrofeanad that mmittod by hiss, and tbit he was rawed in the landed over te the, stnuMBt u Texas. We oopy the Statement below from the New (Means Trm Delta, of the 4th tat, hong the. latest accounts received from, the infected abolition districts of Texas: The eaoitment consequent upon the late abolition disturbances has not entire ly died out. A meeting of slave owners was held in the town of Anderson, on the 26th. A vigilance committee Was organ ized and resolutions adopted recommend ing the expulsion ef all white persons suspected of entertaining abolition senti ments, reprobating the practice of giving general passes, and selling liquor and arms to slaves. A meeting, with a similar object in view was held in Hempstead on the same day at which precautionary measures were ta ken. In Wood county a public meeting was held on the 19th, and a vigilance commit tee was appointed, as well as a watch for the town of Quitman. It has been ascertained that the negroes of Grimes county have held secret meet ings, and many of them are supplied with arms. A mass meeting ofthe citizens of Lamar county was held at Paris on the 28th ult., for the purpose of taking steps to ferret out persons suspected of abolitionism in that vicinity. In Fayette county, a band of runaways was thought to have been organized, their destination being Mexico. The Gilmer Tribune reports the arrest of three negroes in that town on the 19th. They had in their prosession passes, pa pers and various documents way-bills to the Indian Nation, pistols, powder caps and writing materials. They said they were from Henderson county. The Houston Telegraph thinks the late diabolical plot was only perfected in two places—Dallas and Denton—but had it not been discovered, it would soon have extended to half the counties in the State. Explanation of the Troubles in Syria. The Rev. Wm. M. Thompson, Mission ary of the American Board in Syria, has written a letter to the New York Observer in which he attributes the late cruel mas sacres of the Christians to the decision of the European powers not to interfere with the governmental operations of Turkey, by which the Consuls of all nations have been paralyzed in arresting the late infer nal work, and to the bigotry of the Pasha of Beirut, who has been stirring up the hatred of the Druses against the Chris- ns, for the purpose of accomplishing their destruction. The Turkish govern ment he says, everywhere assisted the Druses. Mr. Thompson says he has read through the entire history of Lebanon since the Arabs have resided on it, and it contains nothing that can compare with the late cold blooded butchery of unarmed men, of women, of priests, monks and nuns, not to speak of conflagrations of towns, villages, hamlets, churches and convents. He is of opinion that Russia and France will act separately from Eng land, Austria and Prussia, and the down- fell of the Turkish Umpire may be looked for. In other quarters, the opinion is ex pressed that England and Prussia will n- nite-with the other powers in remedying the disorders of the sick man. If the Eu ropean governments could agree among themselves upon a fair distribution of his effects, there would be short work with the troubles in Turkey.—Richmond Dis patch. The Chicagoans have blundered upon a discovery of considerable impor tance to that city. The prairie stone, which exists in large quantities in the im mediate vicinity, was supposed to contain oil similar to that found in Canal CoeL— An experiment was made to test the the ory, and though the chemist foiled to find oH, he found a better illuminator. Obser ving a vapor to issue from the neck ofthe retort he applied a match and found that it burnt with all the brilliancy of the best coal gas. Farther experiments establish ed the feet that the stone yields as hurgea per cent of gas as the best gss coal, and leaves fifty per cent of saltpetre and a res- idum of exeellent lime. The company who own these extensive stone quarries, find themselves on the direct road to fab ulous wealth, and there is likely to be as great an excitement about the prairie stone as there is in Western Pennsylvania about Seneca oil Ciahiag. We tad tha ftHowiar interesting pirn- jjggg ^ Humphrey Marshall to graph in the telegraphic correspootence ^ W1#will& from the ofthe New York Horrid ofthe 34th ult their The following, from the Little le new rorx nnw u. — Gazette,, ventilates Hum- Gin. Cushing isaeain here, and teems defection, and shows that there somewhat nervous regarding the Supreme Unen BronT ,d that needed water Bench vacancy. His friends aver that it ^ That paper says: was promised him as a reward for his ef- ^ ^ Qwn knowledge we can say that forts to prevent the nomination of Doug- ^ Marshall endeavored to convince las at Charleston, or by the united Demo- men)bere 0 f ^ Union convention which cntic party, and that the President is in- ^ ^ Mtiinore> that they ought to nomi- dined to appoint him if he can be assured Douglas for the Presidency and ig- that the Senate will confirm him. Judge nore such Union men as Mr. Bell and Gen. Black is bis chief competitor; but it is Houston _ s ,yi ng the while not one word said, as be cannot hope to get the votes of « Breckinridge. Since our Beecxinridoe Repudiated nr his own Hoke.—The NichoUsville (Ky.) Demo crat, published in Mr. Breckinridge’s dis trict, hoists the flag of Douglas and John- n. The editor says: It has ever been, and is now, oar fixed and determined purpose to support the man for President who fairly and justly obtained the nomination. While we ad mire and love Mr. Breckinridge, we cannot forsake the modicum of nationality that yet remains to the Draoocncy (©promote his interest to the detriment of tbit party whose recent ruptare has cast such a gloom over our land and nation. We love the Union. We will never knowingly take a position which wifl array one sec tion ofthe Union against the other. Mr. Breckinridge did not receive the vote of Kentucky in Convention, aad he will not receive it in November next Ifbe accepts the nomination from the haadfol of dele gatee who seceded at Bsltimnro, it will militate against the success of Mr. Dour est A time like the present, when the greatest harmony is needed to insure ness, it is suicidal to attempt a victory with a divided front” Douglas, Pugh, Nicholson and Brown, nor p< „ nrn)t ;- friends have won the elephant any Republican strength, he is out of the ^ ^ wejtnj willing that they should qoratkm. Cushing on the other hand, _ but wo beg them not to say again believes he can convince Senator Wilson, l ^ h;m from Mr Bell, and perhaps a few more Republicans, that — 1 his services in breaking np the Democrat ic part j will be but lightly remunerated ^ uutlAlo uomraerci** - —— by a sufficient number of votes to place thus degcribes t i, e last performance of the him in possession of a seat for life on the — • .* v.ii. Supreme Bench. It is clear that Douglas and his friends can hare no greater love for Cushing than for Black. If Me gets the seat, therefore, it must be through Repub lican aid.” little French acrobat at Niagara Falls. In a few minutes the little man was seen coming toward America, attached to a heavy lumbering chair. When about a third of the way out he placed the chair ——— upon the rope and seated himself thereon Gen. Gushing was requested by the se- crossc( j his legs and gazed around with ji a* A A UaUlmAM fn m-nnePD < TI~ tl.nn <• ncton ceders convention at Baltimore to prepare an address to the “ Democracy of the U nited States.” That address has not yet semtc j himself. Coming nearer to his shanties, and once gone into the work will he vigorously prosecuted. Hurrah for the Polk Quarry.—Marietta Sales man, 27th. The census returns from Illinois, already received at Washington, indicate the to tal population of that State to be 1,800,- 000 in 1860. On the basis of one Con gressman to every 120,000 inhabitants, it wfll now he entitled to fifteen members of Congress instead of nine. The laneey urec*iurro B c — — 4 . ' . , . the American shore, he again stopped and seated himself; and then got up and stood in the chair. When we consider that this is done on a single cable stretched at a height of more than two hnndred feet over one of the most fearful chasm aud torrents in the world, it seems absolutely miracu lous. made its appearance. Does it not look as if the distinguised Attorney General wan ted to bo paid in advance ?— Washington States. Insurrectionary. We learn that on last week in the up per part of this county three negroes, be longing respectively to Dr. Chaney, Mr. Sledge and another gentleman, whose name wc do not know, where overheard con certing a plan to rise and destroy the whites in that settlement One of them was afterwards whipped by his master and confessed the truth and on Tuesday the neighbors met and brought the negroes before them, and they corroborated the statments ofthe other. Mr- Sledge’s boy, whose name is Green, and is a notoriously bad character, divulged the whole plot, which seems to have been about this:— They had determined to instigate an insur rection between now and Christmas, and had approached several negroes on the subject some of whom consented to join them and others refused. Their fii st point of attack was to have been on a meeting soon to be held at a Baptist Church on Armuchce creek. The people were on the eve of hanging the boy Green, who seems to have been the ring-leader, but they let him off upon condition that he should be sent out of the State. There is no evidence that white men arc implicated, though such is doubt less the case, as there are several suspici ous individuals prowling about in the county. The people cannot be too vigil ant in watching such fellows. They might find proof to justify them in making an example of one or more of them that would be a wholesome lesson to the rest.—Rome Courier. A Vigilance Committee Needed in and chastised a party of Kiowas, killin two and taking sixteen of them prisoners, mempms. Many outrages by the Kiowas and Catnan- The Memphis Avalanche states that the cbeg on Arkansas are reported.” city is over run with scoundrels, and there is no place in the Union where lawless- Kidxappeus ix Kaxsas.—It is stated ness, murder and villainies are carried on that an organized band of kidnappers is at with a higher hand, and where law is less the present time keeping the colored pop- efficacious in reaching perpetrators of ulation of Kansas in constant alarm.— crime. Their victims are selected principally from The latest outrage is that committed by among the Arkansas exiles, who a few a party of twenty five or thirty scoundrels years since were driven from that State who visited the premises of Rev. Samuel and took up their al>odc in Kansas. Their Watson, editor of the Christian Advocate, free papers, it is alleged are taken from on Sunday night, tearing down fences, them by the kidnappers and they arc then and destroying every thing they could lay coerced into the admission that they are hold o£ They fired a pistol at an old ne- runaway slaves, when they are taken into gro the only protector of the place, Missouri and sold for a more southern (Mr. Watson being absent,) and discharg- market.' ed several pistols at Mrs. Watson, and re turned to the city after faying waste all Murder and Lvxcnixo.-The Dispatch thev could. learns that a negro boy who had killed a white man was burned at the Stake at Groukd Broee.—Ground will be, wa Station No 11, on the South Western Rail- understand, brok e upon the Polk Slate r oad on Friday fast. Twelve persons took Quarry Railroad on Monday next, if not hj m from the Sheriff’s custody, giving before. John R. Winters, one of the con- bonds for his re-delivery, after which they tractors, has already commenced erecting tried sentenced and executed the murder- man can go and purchase pure Uquon of any kind or description. We do not to* tend to give an elaborate description of Mr. Wolfe’s extensive warehouse, or the of his enormous busineea, although it will well repay any stranger in town to visit Noe. 18, 20 A 22 Beaver afreet— There we saw Liquors and Wi*ea tequaa- tites quite startling. A stock offemdju, pure end choice, valued at ($150,000) sue hundred and fifty thousand doHare.— Wines of all the choicest vintage, Port, Maderia, Sherry, valued at ($130,000) one hundred and thirty thousand dollara, im ported by by Mr. Wolfe direct from Ma deria, Portugal and Spain, and also from the London docks. Mr. Wolfe is now do ing in Wines and Liqnors, what be ban been doing in Gin for several yean past Blondin’i Last Performance. His Schimppa business has ^ Advertiser « ££*2 of bottles of Schnapps annually. In five years he will be equally euceeasftil with his Brandies and Wines. Heaven pant it may be so, fcr he isdeuif 'aTw^i^C, good. How many thousand of OUT teoat clever men are cut off annually by the poisonous bad liquors! How many thou sands of valuable lives would have been saved, had Mr. Wolfe commenced inpor- tmg and bottling pure Liquors and Wines years ago ? But it is not too fate now.— His business merits the patronage of every lover of his species. If he only succeeds in preventiug the sale of one-tenth of the bad liquors now sold, by replacing it with his pure importations, he will deserve the gret- itute of mankind.—A 7 cm Tori Courier. apparent unconcern. He then adjusted two legs of the chair on the cable and Garibaldi and ms Work.—A Florence correspondent of the Providence .Journal says: Gen. Garibaldi is steadily doing his work. With characteristic energy he is going straight forward to the accomplish ment ofthe ends which he at first proposed. He has just concluded a bargain with Col. Colt for 100,000 of the best arms which arc produced by that manufacturer. To his resources of all sorts there are constantly coming in the most liberal contributions. Baron Rica«oli has just made him a pres ent of 000 stand of arms, and others Are giving in a similar proportion. Gov. Johnson the Democratic nominee for the Vice Presidency, addressed his fel low-citizens last evening at Concert Ilall. Notwithstanding the heat and the rain and notwithstanding a great 'many of our citi zens arc out of town, he was greeted with quite a large and enthusiastic crowd. The Governor made one of his ablest ef forts and was rapturously throughout, that it is impossible for us to make any extended remarks at this time.—Citron <f- Sentinel: TnE Txdiax Troubles ox the Plaixs.— The Leavenworth Times has the following intelligence from the plains: “Lieutenant Stewart, with a portion of Sedgwick’s command, on the 11th of July, pursued A Man FallsTwoMit.es is aParactii-te. —Prof. Sterner, aerona ut, has been aston ishing the people of St. Lawrence county, N. Y., by his feats. . He mode an ascension last week in company with another, and when at the height of two miles, Steiner took aparachut and descended to the earth. The spectators were thrilled at the sight and stood breathless as the daring aeronaut was descending. He landed safely how ever. This has long been a favorite feat with the English and French aeronauts. A parrachut is made chifly of silk or can vass, in the form of an umbrella, so as to gather in the air in its descent, and there fore fall steadly with its weight suspended underneath. It contains no gas, and the aeronaut has no control over it except that his weight keeps it steady and right side up in its descent. Another 14 Dkkd Scott” Case.—The Shelby (Ky.) News states that a suit has been instituted in the Shelby Circuit Couri, involving the question of slavery applauded in tlie northwestern territory, as effected But wc go to press so early by the ordinance of 1787. The plaintiff asserts that his master became a perma nent resident oflllinois, and took the plan- tiff to tliat State, and there kept him du ring the period of his residence therein. — The Pfantiff claims that by virtue of the ordinance of J 787, and the Constitution and laws oflllinois, this residence libera ted him from slavery. pTThree Southern States hold elec tion daring the month of August—Missoa- and Arkansas on the 6th, North Caro lina on the 2d. Full tickets are in the field for State offices in each, but only in Missouri is the line of demarkation drawn between the friends of Breckinridge and Douglas. Leaving the Secsdees.—Hon. A. M. Gibson, a Breckinridge and Lane sub- Hector in Blount county, Alabama, has declared for the Douglas. So also have Mr. Slaton, Senator, and Mr. Aldridge, Representative and colleague of Mr. Gib son, from the same county. J^ieqve a ■hiking ship- jggr A correspondent of the Memphis Appeal, writing from Galloway, Tennes see, says: “Thotmaple are for Dou^ m the counties of Ftyatte, Tipton and Shelby, where I am camramant, there ara twauty Douglas to «H»e Breckinridge roan. CThe people are mooing. The banner of the yeat gtetmman of Illinois is floating proudly from the carte of er, returning his ashes to the officer.- Chronicle & Sent. Judge Taset for Douglas.—We learn from reliable authority that Chief Justice Taney ofthe Supreme Court ofthe Unitea States is a warm advocate for Mr. Doug las’ election. So says the Rochester Un ion, a Douglas organ. It is not strange that this should be the position of Judge Taney, as he is an ardent Roman Catholic —Cincinnaili Gazette. Ex-Governor Drew, of Arkansas, has taken the stump in that State for Douglas and Johnson. He addressed the people at Van Buren on the 3d inst, at which a large Douglas club was formed. We learn that Hon. Joseph Henry. Lumpkin has declined the Presidency of Franklin College, recently tendered him by the Board iff Trustees, and President at Tuskegee (Ala.) Female College has been chosen ia his place. Prof. Wood- row of Oglethorpe, in the department of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Natural Sciences—has -also been unani mously elected. ' * A Novel Birr.—The publishers of the La Crosse Union and Democrat challenged the proprietors of the La Cross Repuhli- erm to bet—office against office, each valu ed at from $3,000 to $4,000—that Doug las would carry the States oflllinois and Wiscosin. and also $2,500 worth* of real estate that Douglas would be the next President These bets have been prompt ly accepted by the proprietors of the Re publican, and they futheP offer to deposit $5000 in cash to go with the printing of fice. “SAVAXXAn Evening Express.”—The type, presses and other materials of this paper were sold yesterday at Sheriff* sale, and knocked down to Mr. R- R. Lawson, at the sum of $1000. We hear that the Express will resume operations immediately, under the flag of Douglas and Johnson.—Savannah Republican. Close Together.—Major Culbertson, who has just come from the Rocky Moun tains, says that the bead waters of the Missouri and Columbia rivers aie so near together, that he at one time drank from the Missouri, on the east side ofthe Rotky Mountains, and a half hoar afterwards from the Colombia on the Pacific. Friends that are worth having are net made, but “grow,” like Tops? in the ndvei. An old man give this advice to his sons, on his acatllb^—“Never try to make a friend, Enemies com* tael enough without cultivating the crop; and frieOO*. __ who are brought forward by botj|j^My and author of the “Dred Scott Decision. •*P e dients,"«re xpCto are fairly ripened. Ten Democratic papers in California have declared for Douglas and six lor elumn. Breckinridge. The leaders of the party Qfat - there decline taking sides. there decline taking aides. The beg cholera is said to be rag ing fatally in Henry county, Indiana.— One farmer-has already last sixty hng. and many others more or less. Census Returns or the Crops.—Accor ding to the returns already received at the Census Bureau at Washington, the crops in all the Northwestern States are immensely heavy this year. In Pennsyl vania they are represented to be nearly if not quite double those of fast year, and in ether States they will probably be corres pondingly heavy. The Drought in Kansas.—The Butler (Mo.) Herald says that almost daily,wagons are passing through that place, carrying families and their effects from Kanss* Territory. They say the Southern prt of Kansos is literally parching up. Tb«7 have had no rein during the swpmer, » nd cannot possibly raise anything. People, in consequense, are abandoning tbeir claims, and moving away to avoid starvs- . nf" Grain in large quantities. *■’*•**' vedat this part by river, for transport*' • , by railroad to Georgia. Paring Jj* oaths, the receipts for ofthe South, foot up 13,«» u&gufrer.