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The Affair at Niagara Falls. Quite an excitement prevailed at Niagara Falls yesterday, in consequence of the arrest of a person employed as a waiter at the Cataract House, on a charge of murder, by Deputy Mar shal J. K. Tyler and officer Boyington, of this city. We give the facts of the case as vve received them fiom the officers who made the capture of the supposed criminal. A few days since Mr. Tyler received a newspaper and a letter through the post office from Saratoga, the paper being the Savannah Courier, and contain ing notices of various rewards offered for the j apprehension of the murderer of Mr. James M. Jones, on the (*>th of July, 1849 ; and the letter being addressed by the brother ol the murdered l man to the deputy marshal of thedistrict,and con- i veving information that the offender was suppo sed to be acting in tbe capacity of a waiter at the Cataract House at the Fails. The first notice of reward is dated July 6, 1849, and is offered by tbe Mayor of Savannah, the sum being S2OO, and tbe murderers at that time being unknown. The next is $12,000, of fered by Malcolm D. Jones, a relative of the deceased, fur the apprehension and conviction of the offenders ; anti the thiid of S3OO, offered by Alfred E. Jones, for tbe arrest of Patrick Sneed, he being then discovered to have been the murderer. Some weeks since, a citizen of Savannah, being at the Falls, discoveied in the person of one of the waiters the man Patrick Sneed, and communicated the fact to Mr. A. E. Jones, whom he subsequently met at Saratoga,— Hence Mr. Jones’ information to the deputy marshal. Upon enquiry at tlie Falls, Messrs. Tyler and Boyington discoveied that the man Sneed was passing at the Cataract House by the name of Jos. Watson, and had been employed there about two years. His appearance left no doubt in the minds of the officers as to identity with Patrick Sneed, the murderer of Mr. Jones, and they therefore proceeded on Sunday to make the arrest. Having applied to the proprietors of the house for their assistance, which however they declined to give, although desirous of offering no obstruction to tbe law, the officers alter dinner instructed a boy to call their man from the room, on pretence of being desirous of re numerating him for his attendance upon them while at dinner. The ruse succeeded, and Sneed or Watson came into the hall. He was immediately ad dressed by tbe name of “Patiick” by Officer Tyler, and told that be w as arrested on a charge of murder. Mr. Boyington then clapped a handcuff upon one of bis wrists, but before be could fasten it on the other the fellow shouted lustily for assistance, and some seventy to a hun dred negroes came pouting out of the door of the dining room into tbe ball. By this time the officers had got their prison er to the front piazza, hut he was speedily clutched by the waiters and dragged back into the dining hall, the officers following, without lelinquishiug their grasp. In the hall he was tom from their hands, nearly every vestige of clothing being stripped from bis person. The doors at the end of the hall were then shut and barred, a number of the waiters remaining outside and obstructing the passage of tbe two officers who endeavored to fight their way through the crowd. At this time, a gentleman in the hotel called upon the guests to assist the officers, but all was confusion and uproar, and none appeared anx ious to interfere; the gentleman himself was struck at by a negro, who was armed with a hatchet, but he warded off the blow’ and knock ed bis assailant down with a chair. He then shouted for his pistols, and his wife, who was am'-ng the outside crowd, quickly brought them down. They were not, however, used. Finding their efforts to reach the door fruit less, Boyington drew a revolver, and placing it to one man's head pulled the trigger. The cap nibsed tire, thus saving ihe man’s life, but tbe act occasioned a stampede, and tbe officers for ced in tbe door. By this time the man had been got out at the back of tbe premises and was bun ied down the steps to the ferry and placed in a boat. The ferryman, however, after getting into the middle of the stream, returned to shore in the other boat, leaving his cargo in charge of some of his companions, in order to ascertain with what offence the man was charged. Upon learning the truth he signified to the officers that he would drop down the river and land their n an at the steamboat landing above the suspension bridge. Tyler and Boyington quick ly started for tins point, but they were prece ded and followed by troops of negroes, some two hundred and fifty of whom arrived at the landing before them. Finding a band of Irish laborers, some three hundred in number, near the spot, the officers requested their assistance, which was willingly given, and the newly found allies set to work in earnest, strewing the ground with negroes, knocking down all who opposed them, and pursuing the refugees with stones and yells. Ihe blackguards showed fight for a few min- j utes, but soot, they left the field in possession i ot the assailants, who seemed to enjoy the sport ! and to live Donnybrooke fairly over again. The officers having now a clear field, landed their prisoner, placed him in a carriage, drove some distance until they reached the Lock port rail road, when they took the cars for Buffalo. The accused was safely lodged in jail, and will be conveyed to Savannah as soon as the necessary papers can be obtained. We learn that the man arrested has no negro blood in his veins. He is by trade a eoopei\ is about 5 teet 7 inches high, has red hair and is sl'ghtly freckled. The description in the Sa vannah papers fr.s him exactly. Our officers displayed much promptness and courage, and deserve the highest praise for their conduct du ring the exciting scene. The hearts ot two such men would not quail before a whole army of lawless desperadoes nor would any consideration of personal safety deter them from doing their whole duty in car the i*"—Buffalo Commercial, of Monday Evening. J Simes nni) Sottimi. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. FRIDAY HORNING, SEPT 9, 1853. FOR GOVERNOR: 11ERSC11EL V. JOHNSON, OF BALDWIN. FOR CONGRESS: Ist. DISTRICT JAMES L. SEWARD. lid. DISTRICT A. H. COLQUITT. Illd. DISTRICT DAVID J. HAILEY. IVth. DISTRICT W. B. W. DENT. Vth. DISTRICT E. W. CHASTAIN. Vlith DISTRICT THUS. P. SAI FOLD. Vllith DISTRICT J. J. JONES. MUSCOGEE COUNTY NOMINATIONS. FOR SENATE, JOSEPH STURGIS. FOR REPRESENTATIVES, ALEXANDER MoDOUGALD, MARTIN J. CRAWFORD. Hon. James Johnson’s Congressional Career. FIRST SESSION THIRiT SECOND CONGRESS. On page 7, vol. 24, his name is recorded as a Rep resentative of the State of Georgia. He presented, page 120, the petitions of James M. Smith and A. FI. Shepherd, for indemnification for loss es by Cre> k Indians in 183(1, and submitted a motion i to refer the petition of Moses Matthews for iridemnifica : tion for losses in the Revolutionary War, to the commit j tee on Revolutionary Claims. j He moved, page 354, to reconsider a vote of the ! House, calling for information in reterence to our re : lations with Mexico. He moved, page 404, to withdraw the memorial of James Pitman from the files of the House. He moved, page 685, that the House adjourn from Friday to Monday, and withdrew his own motion when the yeas and nays were called. He asked, page 753, a question of Mr. Phillips. He answered, page 800, to his name on the call of the House, moved to excuse Mr, Bailey for absence, and moved to lay on the table a motion to recommit the Deficiency Bil to the committee of Ways and Means, i lie called for a separate vote, page 900, on an amendment to the Deficiency Bill, and voted twice against amendments of the same bill. lie objected to any special order, page 1015, and called for the regular order of business. He called for the yeas and nays, page 1049, which i were not ordered, and voted against an amendment of t the Senate to the Capitol Extension Bill, allowing the architect to examine the claims of the workmen engag ed on the Capitol to indemnity for loss of time during the suspension of the work for want of an appropria tion by Congress to carry it on. He presented, paste 1054, the memorial and petition of the Georgia Legislature for a depot at the Sand Hills. He called for the yeas and nays, page 1535, on a hill making appropriations for the construction of certain Ro; ds in Minnesota. lie moved, page 1536, to lay an appeal from the de cision of the Speaker upon the table. He demanded the yeas and nays, page 159’ , on a mo tion to reconsider the vote of the House on the Penn sylvania Contested Elect'on. Mr. Davis moved, page 1 654, to postpone for two ! weeks, a Bill appropriating certain lands, and giving j the right of way to a Ra'lroad in Indiana and Illinois, I when Mr. Johnson objected, called for the yeas and t nays, on a motion to lay said Bill on the table, and voted to lay it on the table. He objected, page 1743, to taking up a Bill for j detpening the Mississippi river. i An amendment was before the House, page 1754, providing ti at no extra pay should be given to Officers of the Government unless the amount to be paid and the Officer to whom it was to be paid were specifically i mentioned, when Mr. Johnson moved to strike out the ; amendment on the ground that this was already law. His motion was lost. He insisted, p.ige 1764, on taking up the regular or der of business. He asked, page 1830, a question of Mr. Johnson of Arkansas, about some money due the Chickasaw In dians. lie moved, page 1850, for a call of the House. He asked the Speaker, page 18S4, if an amendment was in order, and was told it was not. lie again rose, page 1901, to a question of order and was set right by the Speaker. He moved, page 2051, to lay on the table a resolu tion to engrave certain maps, which was carried, lie also objected to closing the debate on the Civil and Di plomatic Bill, as he wished to make an exposition of his views on the Presidential election, whereupon Mr. Stevens, of Pa., moved to lay Mr. Johnson’s motion on the table, and Mr. Orr, ofS. C., called for the yeas and nays, that “'.he country rnig.it see who it was, who wished to waste time and delay public business,” and Mr. Johnson, we are sorry to say, voted to “waste I time.” lie objected, page 2240, to the previous question on the Bill declaring the Wheeling bridge a lawful struc ture, as he desired to speak on it; but he objected to healing two other gentlemen on the same subject. On page 869, vol. 25, we again find the name of Mr. Johnson. Tie asked Mr. Stuart a question about Mr. Polk’s veto of the River and Harbor Bill. This is his first and only appearance in vol. 25, though it contains 112 pages. He made, page 1679, a few remarks upon the Boun dary between the United States and Mexico, and moved unsuccessfully, to amend an amendment in relation thereto. lie moved, page 1 730, to substitute Trieste for Liv erpool, as the Eastern terminus of the Collins Line of Steamships, made a very short speech in favor of his motion, and sat down amid the laughter of the House. The speaker could not see the pertinency of his remarks, and a member called him to order. He moved to strike out the clause in the River and Harbor Bill, page 1904, appropriating money out of the Treasury to pay for the improvements, and moved to insert a clause to allow the States to impose tonnage du ti s to pay for the same, and supported his motion in a sound Sensible speech of five minutes, which did him credit. Unfortunately his motion was iost. In this connection, he delivered that famous speech heretofore commended in our columns. The following are the circumstances which gave r se to it: Mr. Johnson. In party to which I recently be longed (the Democratic) there is as much latitudinous construction as in any other. Mr. Stanley. The party to which you recently be longed ! what party does the gentleman belong to now ? Mr. Johnson. I now belong to the independent or der of outsiders. (Laughter.) We understand Mr. Johnson has professed to be a Democrat since the opening of the canvass. We would like to know specifically, whether he has quit the “out- Mde!■s, ,, ; si for whateause. Mr Johnson, page 1930, moved to amend an Inter nal Improvement Bill, by inserting an appropriation ol $25,000 for a survey of the Flint and Chattahoochee Rivers, and supported it in a speech of a few minutes, in which he very candidly told the House that if his amendment was adopted, he would still vote against the Bill. It is hardly necessary to add that his amend ment was lost. lie moved to strike out an appropriation of $50,000 to improve the navigation of the Hudson river, and sup ported fiis motion in a five minute speech against In ternal Improvements. He called for tellers on his mo tion, which was nevertheless lost. He made another five minute speech against an ap propriation, page 1971, to repair a dam on the Ohio river, and offered a motion to spend the amount appropriated in removing the darn, and contended that the removal of the cam would more surely facilitate navigation than its repair—a position which Mr. Gray clearly showed was wrong. His met on was not adopted. lie made a short speech, page 2U50, against en gravmg some maps. He opposed, in a few remarks, a motion to appro priate $50,000 dollars to the relief of some Indians who were said to be in a starving condition. The appro priation was not made. The above is a full and faithful record of Mr. John son’s Congressional career in the First Session of the Thirty-second Congress, which lasted 274 days, and for which he received the handsome sum of about $2,192, besides mile ageand other perquisites. Pretty high pay for the work done ! If his name occurs another time on the record, we have not been aide to find it with the aid of an all embracing Index. And what now is the summing up ? lie presented a few petitions, he had the roil called a few times, a motion was laid on the table at his instance; he offered a few amendments to bills pending, all of which, of any worth, were lost ; he made a few five minute speeches in favor of motions and amendments of his own, which couldn’t secure the passage of any one es them except to defeat the ap propriation of a small sum to relieve starving Indians, he pocketed his pay, came home, and is now held up as the great statesman of South-Western Georgia, before whose transcendent genius the brightest lights of the Democracy pale their ineffectual fires. There is an old adage about glass houses, which we commend to t!ie Conservative party. Upon such a record crow ing is simply ridiculous. Now we give Mr. Johnson all proper praise for his undeviating opposition to Internal Improvements by the Federal Government. Ilis intentions in this respect were no doubt good. Our only objection is that his merit consists only in intentions. In his own emphatic language, he did “nothing;” he tried, it is true, but invariably failed to do any good. There is, however, one serious omission in his en deavors, which we cannot pass unnoticed. It i3 well known that many of the highest offices in the gift of Mr. Fillmore were in the hands of Ereesoilers. Yet our Representative never so much as alluded to this fact duiing this whole Session. The rights of the South were certainly in “eminent peril” on account of such Freesoil appointments, yet the watchman whom we placed on the wall kept silent. Indeed he never so much as alluded to the subject in a five minutes speech ! Isn’t this too bad ? We have not yet had the pleasure of seeing a copy of the Congressional Globe for the Second Session of the Thirty-second Congress. If we get one before the election, we will take great pleasure in laying before our readers the balance of Mr. James Johnson's Con gressional record, and have no doubt it will prove quite as interesting as the portion we have gone over. We now only remember that he made a speech in favor of the claims of Watson’s heirs, and voted for Ben net’s Land Destribution Bill. This last measure shall cer tainly claim our attention before the canvass is ended. The Muscogee Railroad. By reference to our advertising columns it will be seen that freight on cotton to Savannah has been redu ced to fifty cents a hundred pounds. This will secure a very large freight business this winter to the Road.— w e are pleased to learn that the business of the Road is now very heavy, and that the stream of travel which flows over it is constantly inor< asing. It may be of interest to travellers to know that an express train leaves Savannah every week on the arri val of the steamer Asia, and that the. connection is con tinuous to Montgomery, Ala. This is therefore the quickest and cheapest route of travel from New York to New Orleans. The Railroad to Eufauia. At a meeting of the Town Council of the city of Columbus held in the Council Chamb.r Sept. 7th inst., the following resolution was offered by Alderman Robi son and unanimous'y adopted : Resolved , That the Mayor be instructed to call a meet ing of the citiz ns of Columbus, for the purpose of con sidering the propriety of making a subscription to the Eufauia Railroad, at such time in the month of October as he may deem suitable ; and that he take such steps as are necessary to secure a full meeting. It is proper to state, for the information of the citizens of Eufauia, that a large number of our business men are now absent from the city and will not probably return j until October ; on that account the meeting is called in i October. There is a very general feeling in this city, ; in favor of a railroad connection with Eufauia, and we have not a shadow of a doubt but that the Council will subscribe fifty thousand dollars i! there is a reasonable ! probability that that amount will guarantee the Road | We will give notice of the time agreed on for the meet- j ing and we shall be pleased to see the triends oi the Road at Eufauia and elsewhere at the meeting. Come | up, gentlemen, and let us hear from you. (gjT A Great Pacific Railroad Company, at the i head of which, it is said, are Eiastus Corning, Simeon j Draper and other capitalists, is organizing m New iurk. The object .s to provide a substantial six tee. gauge > ro ad from New York to the Pacific Ocean, running through St. Louis, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Nortliein Mex : co and California. The estimated cost is SIOO,- 000,000, which is to be the capital of the Company.— It is said that thirteen of the most responsible contractors of the United States have offered to build one hundred miles each on the route above described, and to take in payment fifty per cent, cash, twenty-five percent, in the bonds of the Company, and twenty-five per cent, in its stock. The girls think of hymen, and can’t help sigh ing. When their lovers forsake them, they can’t help crying; they sit at the window and can’t help s r ying : they screw up their corsets, bring on consumption, and can’t help dying. Lfor the times and sentinel.] Letter from Jlr. Ellis, of Stewart County. Messrs. Editors: Having been requested by many of my fellow citizens of Stewart county, to set forth the reasons tor my political po-ition, and request their publication in your paper, yet it has been with reluctance, and not until I have been charged with political inconsia •. .cy as a Union Democrat for taking my place in the ranks of the great National Democratic Party of the United States, that I have been able to obtain my consent to comply. When \he late Whig administration of the general government was drawing to a close the two contending national parties (Whig and Democratic) owing to the several questions aris ing out ol the slavery agitation at the North and the newly acquired territories were found temporarily divided into several distinct parties. The necessity of national organiza tions arose out of the fact that anew President was to be elected. Accordingly a call was made upon all the wings of the Democratic party to assemble at Baltimore in June, 1852, to agree upon a common platform and re-unite the party. The convention met, the Democratic party was re-united by re-affirming the time-houored resolutions of the party as had been repeatedly published before, with the single addition of acquiescence in the compromise measures of 1850, and a pledge to carry them out in all their bear ings. Franklin Pierce was nominated and placed upon it as the democratic candidate for the Presidency, who in his ietter of acceptance asserted that they met the approbation of his judgment. It seemed to me that there was now no longer any cause for local divisions in the party. Accord ingly I voted for the regular Pierce and King ticket, and thereby brought myself under obligation to support the ad ministration so long as it carried out the principles upon which it was brougiit into existence, and to regard all as democrats who did the same, no matter from what party they came, North or South, so long as they continued to support the same principles. Here I might, as a Union democrat, close this letter, but for the fact, that anew organization has arisen in Georgia, claiming my support as a union man. I therefore beg your indulgence while I ’examine some of its component ele ments. Ist. It is not the union party of 1850, because that party was virtually dissolved in 1852. For authority, I re fer to a letter written by Air. Jenkins, the present candidate for Governor and published, about June 1852, in which he stated that the Union party had accomplished all the ob jects of its creation, and that the members might then con sistently fall back into the whig and democratic parties. 2d. Because the recently organized party repudiated the name of Constitutional Union party, and substituted some thing or nothing else in its stead. 3d. Because they have adopted resolutions in relation to the administrative policy of the General Government, which was unknown to the Union party and which every individual has the right to approve or disapprove. 4th. Because the leaders of that party array themselves against the present administration and its head, who is pledged to carry out all the provisions I of the compromise of 1850, and which challenges any i proof of having in one instance departed from or failed to •arry out the said pledge ; and it is well known that acqui | escenee in the compromise was the sole issue made by the ! Union party against any other party whatever. From these and other reasons, I cannot see how any man who is a democrat in principle and in fact, can give his support to a j party organized in opposition to his principles. But still | they claim the support of the Union democrats, because ; they say that the former Southern Rights wing of the par | ty being in the ascendency in Georgia, have not given them |an equal share oi offices and nominations. This, if true, i (which I do not admit,) is an ap P%l to our passions rather | than our principles, ami whenever a man falls out with a party j and gives his support to its enemies, merely because some j one else has been preferred before him, for some office to which he may have aspired, is a demagogue and unfit |to trust any where. But they further assert that “the rights : of the Southern S tales are in great and imminent danger, ! and the principles of the Georgia Conv. ,tion are greatly jeoparded by any political party which recognises the ap* ! pointinent of free soilers as worthy of public honors and | emoluments.” In a subsequent resolution they declare that “both tho old paitie3 (meaning the whig and democratic have been faithless to their oft repeated pledges,) &c.” Thus to all intents and purp ses, they are a sectional and Southern Rights party, not known out ot the Stated Georgia, subject to all the objections ; yea, more, that they themselves urg ed against the Southern Rights party of 1850, because there were then issues before the country upon which such a par ty could exist; but now there is none. But it is argued that President Pierce has appointed some men who had been free soilers to office, and this charge is made with as much emphasis as if these men were not pledged to the demo cratic platform of 1852 I confess that this charge would have come with much better grace from some other quarter than the Fillmore and Webster vvhigs of Georgia, for it will not be seriously denied any where, that these men were free soilers of the deepest dye ; for Webster declared and never recalled i., “that he never would give his sane tion to the extension of slavery one inch beyond the limits of the old thirteen States.” And Fillmore retained in his cabinet to the la-t, the notorious Torn Corwin, an aboli tionist of the deepest dye, yet these men were sate to trust as President’s, and the rights of the South would have been safe in the opinion of these politicians in their hands, while it is in great and imminent danger in the hands oi the pre sent Executive, because he has appointed a few men who ! once belonged to the free soil wing of the democratic party j to office. O consistency, where art thou l But our pas- j sions are further appealed to, because a Union democrat was not nominated upon the present democratic ticket for this county. I therefore feel it my duty to state, that this was not the fault of Southern Rights men, for I know it j was the desire of all that I conversed with, both before and j on the day of nomination, that a Union democrat be placed on the ticket. The nomination was tendered to me, but it was impossible for rne to accept; others were named with ; similar success,until at last, Col. Lowe was placed on the j ticket at my suggestion, as the man most acceptable to the Union democrats, that I knew of. Thus I have briefly noticed some of the most prominent positions taken by the opponents of General Pierce’s ad ministration, from all of which I cannot see how any man who is a democrat in principle and in fact, can give, to the present Conservativepartv of Georgia his support; for sure ly any man would subject himself to the charge of the most flagrant inconsistency, to vote to bang an adminis tration into existence and then affiliate himself with its ene mies, in an effort to break it down. Respectfully, JAMES P. ELLIS. CO- The New Orleans Picayune says *‘We don’t think our Savannah exchanges are completely valueless. They sometimes bring us the Savannah News.” Yes, hut it is a picay une business not to give proper credit for Sav annah News when you receive it. [We always do, and are glad to say that the bove transcendent specimen of wit is from the Savannah Republican.— Eds. Pic. J Democratic Nominations. A meeting of delegates of tho Democratic party from the several districts of Muscogee county convened this day in the Court House in Columbus. The convention organized by calling Tilman D. West, Esq., to the Chair and appointing A. B. Ragan, Secret;.ty! A letter from General Charles J. Williams was read tic dining a nomination, as circumstances entirely beyond his control rendered ihisstep now necessary ; and expressing his best wishes for the success of the nominees whoever they might be. Col. Ragan offered the/ollowing resolutions, which were unanimously afopted : Resolvt-d Ist. That this convention ought to nominate a ticke; for the Legislature for this county upon the basis of the of the Baltimore Convention which nomi nated Pierce and King, and of the Inaugural Addiess of P.esident Pierce. Resolved 2d. That all who stand upon that ba-is, wheth er they be Union Democrats, Whigs or oth> rs, should have a voice in forming that ticket, and if possible a repre sentative of their own free choice upon it. Resolved 3rd. That this conventicn now proceed to nominate a candidate for Senator and two candidates for Representatives for this county in the next Legislature of Georgia, in accordance with these principles. 4he convention then proceeded to nominate, and tho * name of the Hon JOSEPH STURGIS being proposed, he was by acclamation nominated as the candidate lor Sen ator. The convention then balloted for candidates for Repre sentatives, and on the first ballot Major MARTIN J. CRAWFORD and Col. ALEXANDER McDOUGALD having received two-thirds of the votes, were, on motion, declared unanimousfy nominated. On motion of B. V. Iverson, Esq., a committee of five consisting of B V. Iverson, CoJ. John Quin, James A. Redding, Robert C. Patterson and Ezekiel Waters were appointed,to which Tiiman D. West, Esq. wa- added ,to notify Messrs. Sturgis,Crawford at.d McDougald,severally, of their nominations, and request their acceptance. On motion of B. V. Iverson, Esq., it was Resolved, That said committee have tower to fill any vacancy which may occur in the ticket by reason of non acceptance, or otherw i-e On motion the convention then adjourned. TILMAN D. WEST, Chairman. A. B. Ragan, Secretary. Columbus, Sept. 6, 1853. GalvMion and Red River Railroad. —We are authorized to announce that the President and Directors of the Galveston and Red River Rail road Company perfected a contract with Gen. Orville Clarke, on Saturday, the 29th inst., to construct the first section of tho railroad extend ing from Houston, sixty-seven miles, to a poij| east of the Brazos, to he hwtafter designated by the Company. The General has contracted to complete the road, furnishing all the materi als, cars, engines, &c., for nineteen thousand dollars a mile. The read is to be similar to the first class railroads in New York, and the rails are not to weigh less than sixty pounds to the yard. The whole extent of sixty .-seven miles is to he completed within one year, and a section of forty miles, in the direction of Warren, will, it is expected, be completed by the first of May next. We understand that the company intend to extend the main trunk of the road, agreeably to the provisions of the charter, about one hun dred or one hundred and twenty miles, in a northerly direction, w ith the view of ultimately connecting it with the great Pacific road, which will in all probability extend through ‘1 exas on or near the parallel of 32 degrees. [Houston (Texas) Telegraph 1 O* An old toper being questioned as to a cM -1 ton gin, replied that it “was very good, but not 1 equal, in bis estimation, to pure Holland gin.” 5 ■ ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC. 1 : Baltimore, Sept. 3. ’ J Tho U. S. mail steamship Atlantic, Capt. West, ar : rived at New Yolk on Saturday, from Liverpool, which port she left on Wednesday, the 24th ult. The Liverpool Markets -—-The dtrnand for cotton * since the departue of the Europa on the SOth ult., Lad been moderate and prices in favor of buyers. The * sales during the three days had comprised only 15.( 00 ’ bales, of which speculators took 1000, and exporters ! 3000 bales. j Rice was in active demand at previous rates.— | Breadstufls had largely advanced, j The London Money Market was tighter. The Bank j of England, hovvtver, had made no change in the rale ;of interest. Consols were quoted at from 98 1-4 a | 98 3 8. I The Havre Cotton Market had declined. | Affi ay in (inciniati. j Baltimore, Sept. 2—A dispatch from Cincinnati states that James Hall, Esq., the President of tho Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, was last night attacked in the street by Dr. Ames, a returned Californian, who shot Mr. Hall in the abdomen. It isfeaied that the wound * is fatal. Large Bobbery. New York , Sept. 2.—The messenger of the Bank ! of Newport, Rhode Island, was robbed on board ihe j steamboat Perry, last evening, of a package containing forty thousand dollars in bank notes. New York Market. New York , Sept. 2.—-Flour is in fair request here, with sales of State brands at $5 62 1-2 a $5 75, and of Southern at $5 87 1-2 per bbl. Impeachment of Judge Flina. Cincinnati, Sept. 2.—A meeting of the citizens of this place was held last night, to take measures for the | impeachment of Judge Flinn. Resolutions were intro duced and unanimously passed, declaring it to be the opinion of the meeting that Flirn should be impeached, and a committee of citizens were appointed to bring the subject before the next Legislature. Yellow Fever in Mobile. Mobile , Sept. 3.—The interments here last 24 hours, have been 27, including yellow fever 22. , Closing of the Battle House. Mobile, Sept . 3.—The Battle House in this city is to j be closed after to-morrow. Augusta, September 7. Cotton. —There is little or nothing doing in old Cot ton. Ot the new crop about 120 bales have come to hand, the bulk of which has been disposed of at prices ranging from 9 1 2 to 11 cents —principally at 10 1-4 for Middling Fair. Progress of the Epidemic in New Orleans and Kobile. New Orl*anß, S pt 4. 110 interments of persons who had died ot yellow fe ver took place on Friday at New Orleans. The inter ments during the week comprised 955, including S* 4 from yellow fever. The decrease is over 600 as compa red with the previous week. In Mobile the yellow ye* ver is on the increase and 37 deaths occurred Friday. Columbus, Sept, 6. Cotton. —The new crop comes in slowly. Price? range from 9 1-2 a 9 3-4. Principal sales 9 5-8.