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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.