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[From the Gorman of Johann Martin Miller.]
THE CONTENTED MAN.
“Was frag leh viel nach gold und gut V
Why need I strive and sigh for wealth ?
It is enough for me
That Heaven hath sent me strength and health,
A pirit glad and free.
Grateful these blessings to receive,
I sing my hymn at morn and eve.
On some, what floods of riches flow !
House, herds, and gold have they ;
Yet life’’ best joys they never know,
But fret their hours away.
The mote they have, they seek increase ;
Complaints and craving never cease.
A vale of tears this world they call,
To me it seems so far ;
It countless pleasures hath for all,
And none denied a -hare.
The little birds on new fledged wing,
And insects, revel in the spring.
For love of ns, hills, woods, and plains
In beauteous hues are clad ;
And biids sing far and near sweet strains,
Caught up by echoes glad.
“Rise,” sings the lark, “your tasks to ply
The nightingale sings “lullaby.”
And when the golden sun goes forth,
And all like gold appears,
When bloom o’erspreads the glowing earth,
And fields have ripening ears,
I think these gloiies that I see,
My kind Creator made for me.
Then !<ud I thank the Lord above,
And -ay in joyful mood,
His love, indeed, is Father’s love,
He wills to all men good.
Then let rne ever grateful live,
Enjoying all He deigns to give.
[From the Georgia Telegraph J
Views of a Union Democrat.
Sir ; —I regret to discover, that a portion of
the Union Democrats are permitting themselves
to i deceived by the tricks of the enemy. A
Union Democrat myself,l have never hesitated
before giving my humble support to the Demo
cratic candidates, and I am fully convinced that
such is the position of all who have a true un
derstanding of the political condition of Geor
gia
I did not become a Whig when I united with
the Union organization, and Ido not see why I
should support the new party of Mr. ‘Toombs,
simply because I defended the Compromise. I
was born a Democrat, and a Democrat I in
tend to die. When I considered the Union in
danger, I abandoned my party —but in a period
of profound peace and quiet when the issues
of 1850 are extinct, and our safety in no jeo
pardy whatever, nothing shall seduce me into
the support of my old Federal antagonists.—
The Union party isdead, and I for one, am not
willing to chain myself to the carcass at the bid
ding of the Whigs. Many months ago, Mr.
Jenkins publicly proclaimed that the Union or
ganization was disbanded, and he openly rejoi
ced at the result. He not only did that, but he
announced himself as good a Whig as ever.
He avowed that he was not democral.icized in the
slightest particular, and he advised the Union
Democrats to return totheiroid party organiza
tion. I intend to take his advice. I have faith
in the Democracy,and no personal feeling shall
make me an instrument in the hands of Mr.
Toombs. Upon what pretext can Uuion Demo
crats support Mr. Jenkins ? Not as a member of
the Union patty, for he himself has declared it
disband- and. Not as a Democrat, for he has
asserted himself .a Whig. Not as a supporter
of the present Administration, for his partisans
are denouncing the President. Not as a friend
to the people, for he was the advocate of a law,
iiciking one. thousand dollars the price of suff
rage. Upon what principle, I ask again, are
Union Democrats to support him? It his posi
tion differs at all from that which he occupied
in 1844, I have yet to discover it. He is neither
a Democrat, nor a Union man. The con'entioi:
which nominated him was not a Union Conven
tion, and no sane man supposes that it was
Demociatic. Mr Jenkins is a Whig—a bitter,
coiKsisient, uncomp.omising Whig—and as
such, I consider it my duty, and the duty of
those Democrats who acted with me in 1850,
to oppose him to the last.
lam told that the Union Democrats have
been proscribed in thedivi-ion of the offices-
Sir. this may be a good argument for those who
are demociats for the sake of spoils and plunder,
but to men who are Democrats from conviction
such reasoning conveys an insult. lam not a
Democrat because I want office for myself or
my friends, but because l believe the Democrat
ic creed. It would not affect my position if all
the offices in the State had been appropriated as
alleged Men may deprive me of political hon
ors, hut they caun 4 deprive me of my faith. To
that faith. ! intend to stand under every contin
gency. When I know that Johnson and Col- j
quin are Detnt ernts to-day and when 1 remem j
lt-r that they were Democrats long before the |
issue of L 350 came into existence, 1 am satis- j
fied iam • ore than satisfied when 1 compare
thorn with Mr. Jenkins, who has been a bitter
Whig from my ea liest memory, and with James
John on, who has become a renegade and a
Whig for the sake of political* emolument.
lam not singular n dieso opinions. They j
are shared by many Uuion Democrats, whose
views are worthy of attention. They are the;
sentiments of Col Chappell, the President of i
the last Union Convention—of Mr. Chastain,
and Mr.Hillyer both Union Democratic members
of Congress, and as I believe, of all Union Dem
ocrats who have studied the position of parties.
‘To my mind, the path of duty seems very clear
Others may do as they please but 1 will never sup
port the mail who declared the Union party no
longer necessary, and at the same time denied
that he was in any w r ay a convert to Democ
racy. “ PULASKI.
An Irishman-'—\ merchant, who died sud
denly, left in his desk a letter written to one of
his correspondents. Ilis clerk, a son of Erin,
seeing it necessary to send the letter, wrote at
the bottom : “Since writiug the above, I have
died.”
dimts tmb BmiintL
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
FRIDAY NORNING, SEPT. 2, 1853.
FOR GOVERNOR:
IIEIISCHEL V. JOHNSON,
OF BALDWIN.
FOR CONGRESS:
Ist. DISTRICT JAMES L. SEWARD.
lid. DISTRICT A. H. C OLQUITT.
Illd. DISTRICT DAVID J. BAILEY.
iVth. DISTKICT W. B. W. DENT.
Vth. DISTRICT E. W. CHASTAIN.
The Conservative Candidate for Congress.
“Ye God?, it doth amaze me,
A man ot such a feeble temper should
So set the start of the maje tic world,
And bear the palm alone.”
Such was the exelnmati. n wh ch arose to our lips on
reading the bombastic platitudes in which the Enqui
rer indulges in eulogy of the candidate of the Conser
vative* party for Congress in this district —the Hon.
James .Johnson, of Muscogee.
“Now* in the names of all the Gods at once,
Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed,
That he is grown so great 1”
No doubt Mr. Johnson is a clever enough man, as
the world goes; is a respectable lawyer; and makes a
passable speech on the Stump. But. phear ! accord
ing to the Enquirer , “he doth bestride the narrow
world like a colossus, ” and such petty men us Col
quitt, Chappell Cole, Howard and othe s,
‘Walk under his huge legs, and peep about
To find themselves dishonorable graves.”
Hear him :
“In Congress experience and age may hive given to some
other members advantages of position and influei ee which
experience in public life alone can give; but in that
str< ngth of mind, clearness of intellect, power to grasp
and judgment to determine the great- qufstiens which,
from time to time, present themselves in that, deliberative
assembly, he has found and will find few sup rots.”
Did you, dear reader, ever read the fable of the frog
who tried to swell his little bulk to the grand propor
tions of the huge ox ? Well, here is another effort of
the same kind, and unless the bellows blowers of the
Enquirej stay their hand, we fear this attempt will
result as the former, in an explosion.
What a pity it is that Congress has its proceedings
recorded ! We have turned to them irt vain to find
the proof of the huge proportions accorded t> the R- p
resentative of the 2d Congressional district of Ge< rg a.
If he made a riffle upon the surface of Congressional
debate, it has escape-1 our notice. He made a speech
upon the claim of Watson’s heirs to compensation for
losses in the Creek war; and once or twice dropped a
few sent- nces on some other subjects. lie headed no
committee, he made no report, he created no stir, his
absence would have hardly been noticed either by his
coil-agues or his constituents, and we are not aware
that his influence was felt either in the passage or defeat
of a single measure which came before Congress. He
made but one-remark which is remembered, and that
■tuck in the public mind rather on account of its want
of dignity than for any merit it possessed. Someone
inquired to what party he belonged, and he replied :
“l am an independent outsider.” That was his most
famous speech, and got his name in the newspapers—
otherwise, he would have passed two year* in Congress
and have been forgotten as soon as his face disappeared
from the floor, lie did one other thing while a mem
ber, but. not as a member, which created some little
talk He signed a letter with eight other Whigs, in
which he pledged himself not to vote for Winfield
Scott, and the only reason why any body ever attend
ed to this part of his public life was to enquire what he,
James Johnson, who had been elected to Congress as
a Uuion Democrat, had to do with the nomination of a
Whig candidate for President. We believe that en
quiry ha never been answered.
People who live in glass houses had better not throw
stones.
Now this is a kind of editorial which we write with
reluctance. Our pen is not used to depreciation. We
had rather praise than blame. But what other reply
can a man in. ke to such a ridiculous mass of bombast
as is heaped up in the article above referred to? We
follow an illustrious predecessor. Hear what the En
quirer says of the eloquent Colquitt, the clear head
ed Chappell, the practical Cole, and the polished
candidate of our party in this District :
“ Chappell , with his stately bearing and bombas’es
furioso address— Cole , with his sanctimonious unmean
ing phiz and his dull slugg.sh rnind, where a grain of
wheat to a bushel of chaff would be a remarkable discov
ery— Judge Colquitt, with his harum st arum harangues
and slab-, worn-out, vulgar anecdotes, and others of lesser
note, with some of no note at all, are advertised to m ike
the tremendous onslaught. W h*.t part the younger C< 1-
quilt is to pi y in this insulting assault on the intelligence
and political integrity of the people in that p.rt of the
district, is not stated. He perhaps will leave the brunt of
the battle to older and abler soldiers, content to wear the
honors of v etory, it perchance victory should unexpec
tedly declare in his favor.”
We give the extract that our readers may see that
the praise of the Enquirer is not fame, nor its deprecia
tion any disgrace.
Exempting Slaves from Execution.
There is much excitement on tlii subject in Alabama.
The pr<-position is to exempt one or more slave* trom
execution, upon the same principle that a horse, wag
on, cart, so many bushel* of corn, so many pounds of
meat, a certain quantity of land, &c., are by the exist
ing law reserved to each family; but the object is df
ferent. In the other cases specified, the exemption is
made for the b- rnfit of the family of poor and insolvent
men, 60 that they may under all circumstances have in
hand the means of living. In the ease under conside
ration, the object is to interest the body of the people in
the institution o? slavery ; and thereby effectually coun
termine the efforts -f the Abolitionist* to infect the
poorer classes of the South with th.-ir fanaticism. It
is thought by the advocates of the law, that if one or
more slaves were exempted from execution, that poor
men would strive to accumulate enough money to pur
chase this species of property, as it would be a sure re
source for their families in the event of misfortune hap
pening to them. There is much plausibility i the ar
gument, and upon the first flush of the subject we in
cline to favor the policy of the law.
We know that the policy of the law is advocated by
many wise and patriotic men in our sister state ; and
so far as we are able to ascertain public sentiment from
the opinions of the press, there is very little doubt but
that there is a very general acquiescence in the mea
sure.
The ouly objections we can see to the law, are that
it will encourage idleness and interfere with the colleo
tion of debts. We think these objections are rather
plausible than sound. A man who has industry
enough to accumulate money sufficient to buy a negro
oy his own labor will hardly fail to increase in energy
wheu he has a fair prospect of adding to his wealth by
•he joint labor of himßelf and his slave, indeed, the
greatest incentive to idleness is the hopelessness of
more than a competency. Furthermore, ne law can
fcs passed interfering with the lien of pre-existing debts
The Legislature would not fail, therefore, to limit the
operation of the exemption to debts, to be contrac
ted after its passage. In that event, no hardships could
result from the law, as credit could not be obtained up
on the property exempt from execution.
There are many reasons which could be adduced to
show the policy of passing a similar law in Georgia.
It is well known that slave holders are a very small
class in Georgia. The great, bcly of the people, there
fore, are not interested directly and personally. Any
plan, therefore, which would increase the number ol
slave holders, would unquestionably strengthen the in
stitution of slavery in the State. We do not at all
question the sound patriotism of non-slave ho’ders in
Georgia. We believe they would be the first t- take
up arms in defense of the rights of their neighbors. We
would, however, bind our people still closer together by
the strong bonds of a common, interest by the passage
of a law which would probably induce 8 lOtlis of th<
population to invest money in slaves.
It is also w II known that the slave holding interest
is much stronger in Middle and Southern Georgia,
than it is in the mountains. No evil consequences
have 8 yet arisen from this disproportion Is it not, how
ever, sound policy to break down all barriers which
might by possibility create sectional differences in the
State and make our entire population homogeneous '!
We think so, and therefore urge the consideration ot
this subject upon the attention of the Georgia press
at this time. L t us hear from you, gentlemen.
Washington News.
The Messrs. Gideon & Cos. have sold their interest
in the Republic to Messrs. Win. Burwell & Cos.,
who will discontinue the daily issue, and commence
a weekly on the 15th October, The new proprietors
propose to advocate the rights of the Stat-s, the restric
tion of the Federal Government within constitutional
limits, the maintenance of the compromise laws as a
final settlement of the slavery questions, the acquisition
of foreign territory by honest purchase, and the main
tenance of slavery institutions in them without the in
terference of the Federal Government, the maintenance
of a foreign policy which will protect the national honor
and individual rights, and the developement of the
South.
it is now sr id to be certain that Mr. Dix will not
be appointed Minister to France; and it is thought
that B. F. Cutting, of New York, will get the office:
: he is a distinguished lawyer and a member elect to the
! next Congress.
The Abolitionists again Defrated. —Three slaves,
who, witn their owners, from Virginia, were going
South, arrived at Cincinnati on Saturday, and were
brought by a writ of Habeas Corpus , before Judge
Flynn, who remanded them to the custody of their
owners.
I T We understand that at a meeting of the Agricul
tural Association of the planting or slaveholding States,
held in Montgomery, Alabama, on the 12th inst , Pro
fessor F. S. Holmes, of the College of Charleston,
was appointed to address the Association at the next
annual meeting, to be Held in Columbia, S. C., on the
Ist of December next. The subject, “Soils.”
Warrenton, Milledgeville and Macon Railroad. —
Mm. G. Bonner, Civil Engineer, has beem employed
to make the survey for this road in the most direct and
practical route, via Sparta and Milledgeville, to Macon.
He commences the survey forthwith.
Important Decision.— —The Secretary of the Interior
has decided that the war between the United States
and Mexico terminated on the 3(’th of May, 1848, when
the ratified treaty of peace was exchanged between the
two countries. Therefore, those persons who enlisted
into the army of the United States subsequent to that
date, are not entitled to bounty land.
_____
Arrest of Col. Collier. —On the 16th instant, at
Steubenville, Ohio, U. S. Marshal Fitch arrested Col.
James Collier, late Collector at San Francisco, on a
writ ordering him to be taken to that city. The Cleve
land Herald says :
Instantly upon the arrest, a habeas corpus was issued,
1 and Col. Collier being brought before Judge Jewett,
i the hearing was postponed til! Sept. 27th. The bail
was fixed at $5,000 and a hundred persons rose in court
to offer themselves as security.
Alabama. — lhe Rev. J. W. Hardin, President of
LaGrange College, North Alabama, died on the 14th
instant.
Cur office.
Mr. Charles H. Brady, who has had charge of the press
room ot the Delta, tor tome time past, died of the prevailing
epidemic, alter a short illness, on Thursday the 25ih. Air.
Brady was an energetic, industrious, and intelligent young
man. His age is twenty-iour.
1 his swells the number ti victims, of the fever in our
office, to five— to-wit: three compositors, one reporter,
and one pressman We have several others who are now
down with the lever and several who have recovered.
One ot our associate’ in the editorial department, (Mr.
Joseph tirenau,) after passing safely through the lever, has
beet, ever since afflicted witfi oltndutss—tor some day.-, to
tal ; but quite itcei.tly he has experienced a iuvo.able
change and we hope, with the aid of countiy air, will be
abie . oon to resume his post.
Ot our other associates, one, after bravely battling the
epiuenuc during its severest ravages, has oecn called away
by otnei duties ; whilst our senior, Major fiei-s. left a lew
days ago to procure type and machinery at the North lor
the coming season.—iV. O. Delta.
“It's Me. —Passing a neat little martine box of a hou*e
last evening, we happened to see a man waiting at the
door for admittance. At the instant a green blind above
just opened a httie way, and by the gas light we caught a
glimpse of a pair of b.iiliant eye-,aud a nutter of some- j
thing white, and a nird toned voice sottly said, “Who’s
there !” ‘'n’s me,” was the hi ief response. ‘1 he eyes and j
the flatter disappeaied trom the window, like star- in a j
cloud, and we almost lancied, as we pissed on, we coaid
hear the pattering ol two little leet upon the stairs, winged j
with welcome.
It was a trifle ; it all happened in an instant, but it
haunted us ior an nour. Its me .’ Amid the jar ot the
g>eai city those words tell upon the quick, ear aluit and met ;
a glad response.
It’s me : And who was “me ?” The pride of a heart’s
life, uo doubt; the tree a vine was clinging to ; the “De
tender ot the Faithful,” in the best sense of the world.
It's me / Many there are who would give hall their
hearts, and more than half the hope in them for one such
recognition in this “ w’ide, wide woild.” On ’Change, lu
the Directory, at the Post Office, he was known as A. B.
0., Esq., out on that threshhold, and w tthin those wails it’s
ffl( i a nd nothing more ; and what more is there one would
love to be ?
of all the hearts that beat so wildly, warmly, sadly,
®' ow ly, can recognize a true soul amid the din and dark
ness oi the world, in that simple but eloquent it’s me. As
it he had said,
Now I atn nothing to all the world,
For i’m all the woild to thee.
Cooper once slurred a certain Governor by
attributing the disease in the potatoes to the
“mortification” they felt at seeing so small a
member of their family in the gubernatorial
chair!
The Pacific Railroad- Letter from General Busk.
The Marshall (Texas) Republican publishes a
letter from General Rusk, dated Nacogdoches,
July 28,1853, addressed to the Hon. W. T.
Scott, from which we make the annexed extract.
Gen. Rusk is of opinion that the action of the
legislature of Texas, at the next session, will
have a very material effect in determining the
question of the route of the contemplated rail*
road to the Pacific. He says :
I believe it will be in the power of the Leg
islature, at the next session, to determine the
question of the route of the Pacific road. None
ofthe surveys authorized by Congress having
been ordered south of the 35th degree of north
latitude, it will devolve upon Texas to present
her own route, and its advantages, independent
of the aid of General Government, which if ne
cessary, can be better obtained perhaps after the
route is selected than before. The friends of
all the other routes are active, and it therefore
becomes absolutely necessary for Texas to be
likewise. We have the best route by far, and a
large amount of vacant land; and with these
advantages it will be our own fault it we lose
the road. Gen. Clarke is now spending a few
days with me, and will in a short time return to
New York. He examined the country for2Bo
miles west of Fort Graham, rn the line ot 32.
He saw Neighbors and Shaw, and several
others who have examined the country from that
point to El Paso, and become perfectly satisfied
ofthe practicability ofthe route, and are highly
pleased with the great resouiees of our State.
Mr. Greely became satisfied also, and has re
turned. Gov. Paine, as you are aware, and as 1
very much regret, died at Waco. Gen. Clarke
has some business at Houston or he wouid come
through your section of the country. He has
had a slight attack of fever, which delayed him,
or 1 should have prevailed upon him to come up
to Marshall. 1 have received some very satis
factory letters from Arkansas, El Paso, Sail
Diego, and other Points, and 1 entertained but
little doubt of being able to biing about the ac
tive co-operation of Memphis, Vicksburg, Arkan
sas, N. (3i leans and California, in favor of our
route; and if so, and Texas stands up to her
largest interests, 1 feel sanguine that we shall
secure the Pacific Railroad, and its completion
at an early day.
The Yellow Fever at Natchez.—-’The Free
Trader,of Wednesday last, says:
The yellow fever is now prevailing in Natchez
as an epidemic, and has been certainly so since
Friday last. On Saturday there were six inter
ments ;on Sunday’s; Monday 3 and on yes
terday 3—equal, in proportion to present pop
oulation, to one hundred a day in New Orleans.
The disease, however, seems to prove fatal al
most entirely among foreigners and others un
acclimated, but chiefly among the former, though
several of our oldest citizens have been seized
with it Everybody has left town that could,
! and but very few are left. Business is at a dead
i stand. But two dry good stores were open on
| Main street yesterday ; most of the merchants
| have sought temporary locations in the country
| and neighboring
A greater panic never occurred before, from a
similar cause, among any people. Our streets
look desolate, indeed. You may walk for an
hour, sometimes, and meet a dozen persons.—
Ihe disease, however, the physicians unite in
saying, is mauageble when prompt measures
| are taken.
The Grasshopper Scourge.
| We have recentl y traversed in various direc
| tions the County of Chautauque, which, with a
j good part of the interior of our State, has suffer
j ed considerably from drought during June and
; July. Chautauque is a grazing County, and
| rapidly becoming an extensive producer of But
j ter and Cheese. Nine tenths ofthe soil clear
! ed of the primitive forest is already laid down to
| Grass and dotted by fine herds of Cattle* The
S Hay-crop was fair, though shortened by heat
: and drought, but it was nearly secured before the
! Grasshoppers began to devour all before them,
i hey took hold ol the Wheat before it ripened,
trimmed it of leaves, and lopped some of the
; heads, but there was probably some two thirds
j ot a crop, nevertheless. The Pastures and
| Meadows they hnve since so thoioughly de
j voured that they show scarcely a speck of green,
i and many Cattle are all but tarnishing for food.
The Dairy product will be greatly diminished i
inconsequence. The Oats were next attacked, !
and have been neaily annihilated. One fiiend 1
who sowed forty bushels will not harvest twen
ty ; even the straw is near ly shorn of leaves and
often eaten through. The earliest sown were
relatively tough and dry when the ’hoppers be
gan to ravage in earnest, and for that reason
have mainly escaped. Peas enjoyed a likeiin- j
munity, while Beans are devoured almost to the
root. We „ saw acres that would not yield a ,
peck. Turnips will be nowhere. One friend
has sowed an acre and a half twice, and not one
plant was allowed to form the second leaf. Cab- j
bages, and indeed gaiden vegetables generally,
aiu likewise annihilated; and when we left on
1 uesday the Indian Corn was being charged
most ruthlessly. Acres together have been strip
lied of their tassels, then of their silk, and final j
ly eaten through and through the growing ears, !
stq that not uthiid ol a third ol a crop can be •
expected.
Heavy and cold rains may stay the plague, :
but the crop is nearly ruined and there will be
a great deficiency of Grain throughout the j
County, as there is already of Feed. Half the j
growing Stock must be from sheer ina- !
bility to keep it, though the County is none too ;
well supplied. Potatoes have been trimmed up
somewhat, but they are not essentially injured
Even the elders and other shrubs and weeds in
the roads are stripped to the bark, and often be
low it.
I lie ravage is in good part confined to the up.
lands; the deep valleys ot the streams are near
ly tree from it ; so is the Lake shore. Still, the
loss in that County alone must amount to hun
dreds oi thousands ot dollars, while Erie Coun
ty* a, an( l some others are equally scourged. -
£>°, we understand, are Jefferson, Lewis and
perhaps some other Counties at the North Will
any coi respondent tell us what is the cheapest
v J* ur X? L of destroying Grasshoppers ?-
N. i. Tribune.
A Serious Affair.— We regret to state that a
serious and probably fatal affray occurred last
night between Mr. Hall, one of the editors of the
Crescent, and Mr. Haughton, a lawyer of this
city, in which the latter was dangerously woun
ded. He was lying in a very critical situation
at last accounts, but little hopes being enter
tained of his recovery.
The cause of the difficulty, we understand, was
a paragraph which appeared in the local col
umns of the Crescent, yesterday morning, and
at which Mr. Haughton took offence. He,
Haughton, as we have been informed, accom
panied by a friend or friends, visited the Cres
cent office last night, and after ascertaining from
Mr. Hall that he was responsible for the offen
sive paragraph, attacked him with a cane. The
parties grappled with each other, when Hall
drew a knife and inflicted the wound which is
likely to prove serious.
Affrays of this kind are deeply to be deplo
red. One thing is certain, however, that he who
visits the domicil of another, and paiticularly
the editorial domicil, for the purpose of commit
ting an act of personal violence, must expect to
hold his life by a very slight tenure. This we
think is a well settled principle in this region.—
True Delta,Aug. 28th.
Yellow Fever in Vicksburg. —The Vicksburg
Whig, of Tuesday last, refers to reports spread
throughout the country in relation to the health
of that city, and says :
It is true that the physicians report cases of
yellow fever in our midst, but as yet it has not
become prevalent, nor are the cases numerous.
The fever is not general enough in its character
to pronounce it epidemic, ami we sincerely trust
that by proper observance of sanitary regula
tions, it will not become so.
The Whig adds that it is difficult for those af
flicted with the fever, in town, to obtain proper
nursing, and suggests that it would he well lor
those who are willing to nurse the sick, to form
themselves into a quasi association, that they
may be better able to render service where it
is mostly needed.
SEVEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF T HE STEAMER
EUROPA.
Gotten Declined—Political News Unimportant—Ea*-
tern Question Unsettled.
New York, Aug. 30.
The British mail steamship Europa has arrived
bringing Liverpool dates to Saturday the 2oth iust.
Liverpool Cotton Market.
The cotton market was dull, and the fine qualities
were a shade lower. There is a decline of 18to 1 4d.
on the lower grades. The sales fur the week com
prise 39,000 bales, of which speculators took 3.600
and exporters 5,800 bales, leaving 29,600 bales of all
descriptions to the trado* The quotations are as fol
lows: Fair Orleans 7d ; Middling Orleans 6 1 8d ; Mo
bile Uplands Fair 6d ; Middling Uplands 5 7-Bd.
The London Monet Market.— There was an in
\ creased pressure in the money market. Consols closed
V '--'4lavre Cotton Market.
Havre f,,r 1 ‘ h °
week were 4,000 bale,. *'” I0 ' SCO We ’-
The ealc* were made at .lightly lo'SSf ralc3<
Political,
The aspect of the affaire in the East remained un
changed. Every tiling had been quiet since the an
nouncement that the Porte had accepted the arrange
ment proposed by the four powers. The Moldavian
Divan had been convoked, and the flospards had been
solicited to remain in the principalities The Czar hed
given them permission to remain or to go to Con
stantinople.
The debate in the English Parliament, ou the Ease
i tern question, is regarded by Russia as unsatisfac
| tory.
! The Mosquito Question. — Lord John Russell had
• stated, in the course of debate that the Mosquito ques
tion was iu negotiation, with a fair prospect of a satisfac
tory result.
Redschied Pascha had notified the Austrian Minister
| that the occupation by Austria of Servia, would be re
| garded as a declaration of war. The Porte, in the
j meantime, undertakes to preserve order in the pt°’
i vinces.
Reported Arrest of the Murderer of Mr. James
New York, Aug. v.
I Telegraphic dispatches from Buffalo, state that a
serious riot occurred at Niagara Falls on Saturday, ow
ing to the arrest of a negro named Watson, who i3
charged with the murder of Mr. Jones, in Savannah,
about three years ago. Three hundred negroes rescued
Watson from the officers, who called to their assistance
some Irish laborers, when a dtsptrale fight ensued, in
which the negroes were deftated, Watson recaptured,
and is now on his way south. —Daily Savannah Morn
ing News.
The special Washington correspondent of the New
York Herald , reiterates the report that the mission to
France has been tendered to, and is now awaiting the
acceptance of Gov. Howell Cobb. It i understood thu‘
had there been any probability that Gen. Gass would
have accepted the important post, the President would,
most assuredly, have offered it to him.
Free Soil Convention.
Walk borough, X. 11., Aug. 25.
The New Hampshire Free Soil State Convention met
here yesterday, there being a large number of persons
in attendance. lion. Arnos Tuck was choseu President,
and Hon. John P. Hale and others spoke, denouncing
the Fugitive Slave Law. Much enthusiasm prevailed!
New Orleans Markets and Shipping Intelligence.
New Orleans, Aug. 28.
The Now 0. leans markets in consequence of the
prevalence of the epidemic are stagnant. The sales of
cotton during the week have comprised 800 bales, and
the receipts 600. The stock on hand consists ot 10.-
OUO bales.
Ti.e U. fe. mail steamship Falcon arrived at New
Otleanson Saturday, but her California advices are no
later than thoso previously received.
Contributions in Charleston.
Charleston, Aug. 26.
The amount of money so far subscribed, in the Cour
ier Office of this city, for the relief of the sufferers in
New Orleans, is SSOOO.