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ixttlr Smtiml ‘"COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPT. 21, 1853. FOR GOVERNOR: lIERSCHEL V. JOHNSON, OF BALDWIN. FOR CONGRESS: Ist. DISTRICT JAMES L. SEWARD. lid. DISTRICT A. H. COLQUITT. Hid. DISTRICT DAVID J. BAILEY. lVth. DISTRICT W. B. W. DENT. Vth. DISTRICT E. W. CHASTAIN. Vllth DISTRICT THUS. P. SAFFOLD. Vlllth DISTRICT J. J* JONES. MUSCOGEE COUNTY NOMINATIONS. FOR SENATE, JOSEPH STURGIS. FOR REPRESENTATIVE*, ALEXANDER McDOUGALD, MARTIN J. CRAWFORD. Mnj. A. H. Colquitt and the Field ot Buena Vista. In announcing the nomination of Maj. A. H. Col- ; quitt as the standard bearer of the Democracy in the • second Congressional Distriot, we said among other things, that “he had borne arms in defense of his ooun try, and gained an enviable reputation for gallantry, at Buena Vista, in the staff of General Taylor.” Such conduct as he exhibited on that victorious field, we regarded as meritorious, and were proud to give publicity to it; nor dreamed that even party malignity would dare to pluck a leaf from the crown which adorn ed the brow of the patriotic brave. In this, however, : we were sadly disappointed. Men have been found 1 in Georgia, malignant enough to attempt to rob him j of his well earned fame, and to cast ridicule upon his military services. In the Columbus Enquirer , of the ; 12th July, 1853, we find the following .paragraph : “More Monet than Blood. “Will our neighbor tell us how mauy miles Mr. Col quitt * * ever marched on loot with a musket on his shoulder during his term of service in the Mexican war! * * * * * He may have been in hearing, or perhaps in sight, of a portion of that battle; but if he fired a gun, or drew a sword, we never heard of it. We know that Paymasters and deputy Pay masters get pretty good pay, * * * but they don't belong to the fighting department of the army. They handle the money, not the musket. They draw more dollars than drops of blood. We do not say that Maj. Colquitt would not fight, if it were necessary ; we only say that as deputy Pay-master, he was not expected to fight. It was not his vocation. He was not sent to Mexico to fight, and he didn't, fight.” And again in the Columbus Enquirer t fof July 19th, 1853, we find the following paragraph : “If he, (Maj. Colquitt,) was at Buena Vista, and the Americans were so lew as ‘ Democrat’ represents them, he should have shouldered his musket, and stood by the side of the little baud ot struggling patriots.” Our readers will 6ee that the charge is insinuated in these extracts, that Maj. Colquitt was never on the field of Buena Vista. “He may,” says this reckless writer, “have been in hearing, or perhaps in sight , of a portion of that battle.” And again it is charged that “he was not sent to Mexico to fight, and he didn't fight.” We have in our possession the most irrefragible evi dence that the insinuation is false, and that the charge is false ; and that Maj. Colquitt was not only upon the field of Buena Vista, but was “actively engaged in peri lous positions, and always bearing himself as well be came an American.” It is proper to add, that Maj. Colquitt has never res ted his claims to the suffrages of his fellow citizens upon his conduct iu Mexico. His services at Buena Vista have never been alluded to by him in this connection. He stands upon the platform of Democracy, and with its saored banner in his hands and fluttering over his head, inscribed with its saered, time honored and completely victorious principles,he but leads the embattled hosts who gather under it to battle and to victory. If his mrdes ty, however, makes him underrate his military services, it is no reason \vhy his friends should be unmindful of them. Though in the sneering language of the En quirer, “he didn’t belong to the fighting department of the army, ’ he joined that department when fighting was to be doue ; though “ho was not sent to Mexico to fight,” he did fight, and shared the perils and will share the honors of Buena Vista, unless the American peo- ‘ pie have iost the heroic spirit of their fathers and are recreant to the memories of the men of the Revolution. The following letters we are allowed to publish iu vindication of the truth of our statements, and iu refu tation of charges as malignant as they are unfounded, which have been circulated not only in this District, but throughout the State, through the columns as well of the Enquirer, as of the Chronicle *s■ Sentinel. Letter from Maj. Gen. John E. Wool, U. S. A. Head Quarters, Eastern Division, ) Troy, 10th September. 1553. ) My Dear Sir :—ln reply to your inquiries, just re ceived, relating to the conduct of your gallant son, Maj. A:TI. Colquitt, Paymaster U. S. army, in the battle of Buena Vista, it affords me great pleasure to be enabled to say that I saw him in the battle field and in the midst of those trying scenes which never fail to make and un make men, gallantly sustaining the honor and glory of our common country. If my memory serves me correct ly, 1 believe he joined me at a most trying moment, when I availed myself of his services to rally those who were running away from the post of danger. His gallantry was equally conspicuous with those who, like himseit, were volunteer aids for the time being. Why he was not reported by Geueral Taylor wi th other officers of his staff lam unable to say. 1 presume the omission of his name was accidental. Had he belonged to my staff, I should have placed his name among those whom I re ported for their gallaut deeds and martial bearing. W ith considerations of the highest respect, I have the honor to be, Your Obt. Seryt. JOHN E. WOOL,* V. S. A. lo the Hon. W. T. Colquitt, Georgia. Letter from Col. Jeffersou Davis. Washington, Sept. 11th, 1853. My Dear Sir :—ln reply to your inquiry, it gives me pleasure to state that during the battle of Buena Vista, I saw you several times actively engaged in perilous posi tions, and always bearing yourself as well became an Annrican. Without having been informed in what ca pacity you were acting it was quite apparent to me that your duties were tin se of a staff officer bearing the or ders of a General, and I w;ts subsequently informed you were employed as an aid de Camp of the Commander, txen. Taybr. A our official duties did not require you to be upon the field, and no other promptings than those of gallantry and patriotism could have summoned \uu there. This posifiou so creditable to yourself accounts for the accidental omission of your name in tbe official report, of w i eh I had not been until now advised. a- ( 3tn £uly sorry to learn that file zeal of partisan con k could-render any one willing to rob you of the fame TV f° U * r K,nora^!e service upon t.Sat memorable field.— „ * an . le taJojigv not to yourself alone, but to your ry also, and especially to the State of Georgia, so ‘ ‘ • well represented in your person. Permit me to express the hope which, as the sou of a Georgian, I have a right to entertain that her people will not fail to rebuke so unbe coming an attempt by the means which they know so well how to employ. Very respectfully, and truly your friend, JEFFERSON DAVIS.f Maj. A. H. Colquitt, Columbus Georgia. Letter from J. H. Eaton, Brevt. Lt. Col. U. S. A. New York Citt, Sept. 10. Dear Sir :—ln answer to your request for a statement of your position and services at the Battle ot Buena \ is ta, I hasten to reply, that as an officer of the Army and an additional Pay-master, you served under General Taylor, and was unquestionably employed (though not by special appointment) in the capacity of a Staff Officer to convey his orders on the field, as was the case with every Officer of the Staff’, regular and volunteer, attach ed to his command. r Asa further evidence to your opponents I quote as fol lows from Major Carleton’s, Ist Dragoons, History of the battle of Buena Vista, well known as a remarkably well written and faithful statement of tho occurrences of the 22d and 23d days of February, 1847, viz.: “Major Dix, Major Coffee and Major Colquitt , of the j Pay-department, and Extra aids to the commanding General, were in a high degree conspicuous for their in* trepidity.” Page 140. In Col* Gardner’s late work “A Register of the Offi cers of the Army,” your name is found chronicled as fol lows nearly. Major A H. Colquitt , appointed additional Pay-mass ter Mexican war, June 1846, Extra aid-de-Camp to Maj. Gcn’l Taylor in the battle of Buena Vista Trusting that what I have thus written will convince and silence the most skeptical and hostile of your opp<> nents and that in your political wishes you may be victo rious, I remain very truly, Your Obedient Servant, J. 11. EATON,* B. Lt. Col. U. S. A. Maj. A. H. Colquitt, Columbus, Georgia. * Genl Wool was second in command at Bueua Vista. t Col. Davis was Colonel of the gallant Mississippi Regiment, which turned the tide of battle. t Col. Eaton was aid to General Taylor. Got. Cobb on the Stump—lndignation of the Conservative Press. i The Conservative press is very indignant that Howell i Cobb has taken the stump in advocacy of the claims of | H. V. Johnson. Who made Howell Cobb Governor • of Georgia? Unquestionably he got 18,000 Demo ! cratio votes, hut the rest of his tremendous majority ; was given him by the Whigs under the lead of the Conservative press, which is now crying out so lustily j against the creature of their own making. Thu Con servative party made him Governor, and if he is guilty of an ungubernatorial eonduot, let them take the blame j to themselves. But all this hue and erv is gammon. Suppose Howell Cobb had taken the stump for Jenkins, does any sane man suppose theso indignant presses would have blamed him for so doing ? Their cry of in : dignation would have been changed to beans of praise. : There is no doubt about it. When Jimmy Jones was Governor of Tennessee, and stumped the State making speeches for himself how loud their praise of his eloquence, j how profuse their eulogy of his course and character! ! Nay, Foote, the Conservative Governor of Mississippi, ; is even now stumping the State and mingling freely in I a contest in which his own claims to the Senate are the ; burthen of bis eloquence, and these deceitful presses I find nothing to biaim in his course. Foote is on their side. But why has not Cobb, Governor of Georgia, as j much right to discuss Georgia politics before the people j of Georgia, as has Robert Toombs the Senator of the iU. S. from Georgia ? The one is an officer of another J Government, and one which may in time be hostile to Georgia as he himself labors to prove in all his add : resses. The other is crowing on his own dung-hill. ! Isn’t Howell Cobb a citizen of Georgia identified by birth and interest, and by official position with Georgia, and j shall he be denied the privilege conceded to the mean est citizen of conferring with his fellow citizens upon , matters involving his own and the dearest rights of his State ? The Chronicle *jf- Sentinel says: “We, as Georgians, feel that the escutcheon of our noble State has been soi.ed, and that we have been humbled in the dust by a travelling politician whose lust lor office is such that he will stoop to any thing and any means to get it.” This is very severe language to be used against the chief magistrate of the State, and can only be justified by great moral delinquency on his part. -What has Governor Cobb done to merit this severe denunciation ? | It is confessed on all hands that he has made a good I Governor. lie has managed the finances of the State admirably ; the State road was never in better condition ; . all his appointments have given universal satisfaction. j What has he done wrong? Made speeches for John- j | son 1 Terrible malfeasance in office ! Surely he will be | ; impeached by the next Legislature if it happens, contra- j jry to all probability, to be Conservative. “Humbled in the dust” indeed ! The paragraph we have quoted is greater cause for humility than any thing Cobb has ; done since he was Governor. The truth is, Cobb’s speeches hurt, and, therefore, he !is abused for making them. He is following a prece ! dent set him by Whig Governors, and Whig presses j have no right to complain until they cau show that they ! condemned that in them which they condemn in him ; consistency thou art indeed a jewel ! Girard Railroad. We are pleased to see that tbe friends es this enter prise are sparing no exertions lo secure its early com pletion, and that success attends their efforts. We learn that Mr. Blackmon, of Cbunnenuggee, attended several Railroad meetings in Pike, at which the capitol stock was increased about $75,000, and that many of | the most influential citizens of the county, (among whom we recollect Mr. Solomon Siler,) have consented to act ; as local agents, and will probably increase the above amount to $150,000, which will secure the extension of the road from Union Springs to a point at, or near the line of Montgomery county, and about 45 miles i from Greenville. Wo thus see that the gap of 68 miles, j to be provided for, is being rapidly filled up. The University of Georgia. We publish to-day the reply of “Southron” to our j correspondent “H/’ We take no part in tbe discus | sion between the very accomplished parties to it. We j feel the liveliest interest in the success of Frankliu j College ; and if there i6 any deficiency in the library, | apparatus, or any of the other means and instruments sos imparting instruction, ihe only way to rectify it is jto point it out. Alumni frequently do their Afina • Mater serious injury by allowing a morbid reverence to ! ! palliate or conceal her detects. There is no institution j of learning in the South except, perhaps, the University ! j of Virginia, which is it all complete in the appliances of education. Under we last year urged the necessity of placing Franklin College upon a Universi ty foundation, so as to make it tho resort of the Alumni | of other Colleges in the State, instead of a competitor ; with them for the education of boys iu College routine, j We are sorry to add,that our appeal in this behalf was not ; even so much as alluded to by man, woman or child in Georgia ; still intent upon this idi-a, we admitted the j communication of “II” into our columns. His probe j has touched the quick, and now that attention is awaken- j ed to the subject, we hope efficient steps will be taken j to supply any deficiencies which may exist in the insti- j tution. While we appreciate the feelings of a “South- i ron,” we warn him against the error of a devotion j which may lead him to excuse defect when lie ought to aid j in reform. We beg leave also, to assure him that“H” is a true Southron, solely intent on elevating Franklin ; College, and not onjnjuring it. Proud of the South, he would make her equal to her destiny, Anew County—Misrepresentation Corrected. We are informed that Messrs. Wales, Thornton and | Wooldridge, the candidates of the Conservative party j of Muscogee for the Legislature, are pledged to the ad- i vocaoy of a bill, if elected, to erect anew county out of j portions of Muscogee, Stewart and Marion counties ; i and that an effort is being made to injure Messrs. Stur gis, McDougald and Crawford, the nominees of the | Democracy, by representing them as the opponents of j the measure. We are happy to have it in ourpporeru r er jto correct this misrepresentation. Messrs. Sturgis, Me | Dougnld and Crawford will give their cordial support i to the application of their fellow citizens for the forma tion of anew county. We refer our readers to tho fol j lowing card. A CARD. To correct misrepresentation the undersigned Candidates I : for Senator and Representatives of Muscogee county, take j this method of paying to the voters, that in the event of our election, we will give our cordial support to the application ■ to be.made at the approaching session of the Legislature j by a portion of the citizens of Muscogee, Marion and Stew- , art counties for the formation of anew county upon the j basis of the application. We have thought it necessary to ; do this inasmuch as some of the friends of the opposing i candidates, Messrs. Wales, Thornton and Wooldridge, : who profess to be friendly and are pledged to advocate this ; measure, have represented us to be otherwise. ; JOSEPH STURGIS, ALEX. McDOUGALD, Sept 19, 1853, M. J. CRAWFORD. [FOR THE TIMES AND SENTINEL.] The University oi Georgia—Reply lo 11. Messrs. Editors: After an absence of a short time ! ! from Athens, we found ou our return, that the students of S ! j Frankliu College were greatly enraged about a letter over ; the signature of “H.” in the Times and Sentinel, of tho j 1 16th ult., giving, as was alleged, a would-be critical account j ; of the recent Commencement exercises, and making inac- j ; curate statements, relative to the present condition of Geor gia University, &e. Before reading the communication referred to, we were i tearful that the “game was up,” with our beloved Alma Mater; and concluded that the College, its Trustees, its Faculty and its future prospects, were demolished, disgra : ced, and forever blasted. “He slashed the speakers right j and left—chawed Ward all to pieces—gave Dr. Church thunder—and raked the whole establishment fore and aft”— ! grated upon our ears from every quarter. With a beating i heart, trembling hand, and tear-bedimmed eye, we seized i the paper and began perusing the destruction-dealing | document! Line after line was read, and yet we could dis j cover no ruins; and we felt greatly relieved after finish* | ing the whole, to see nothing in it at all calculated to pro 'l duee the disastrous consequences our fears had depicted ; | nor could we imagine why it was so offensive to the stu ■ dents, unless ou account of some gross inistatements in ro ] gard to the condition of the College. These mistatements, i or more properly speaking, perhaps, erroneous conjectures, I we propose briefly to notice and correct, and beg the use of j your columns for the propose. : As for the classification of the Junior speakers, we have nothing t* say. The exhibitions are ail public, and every body has u right to criticise the performances. In this ease, we would remark, that the “order of merit” was merely “H’s” “private opinion publicly expressed,” and as far as we can see will neither make nor destroy the fortune of any : speaker. Nothing else coaid possibly he objected to, un til we come to the notice of Wednesday’s proceedings. Like those of their Junior brethren, the efforts of the Sen | ior’s received little praise -which indeed here grew “heauti j fully less.” However, this is nothing, and we suppose the ! youthful A B’s will never feel any the worse for having (in S “H’s” opinion) displayed no marked ability on the occasion iof their graduation. But the portion of the communica tion which we desire to consider more particularly, is that referring to the prospects of our University. Our only oo ject in doing so, is to correct errors into which your corres- i pondent has fallen, but which, at the same time, place our • State and her Institution in a very false position. “H” says: “But what is its (the college’s) present coudi \ lion ? A tolerably efficient “Faculty” no doubt, but what | ; material has this Faculty to operate with ? The Library ! | comprises only 10,000 volumes. The departments of Chem | istry and Natural Philosophy, afford at present but little I | advantages. The Apparatus is deplorable deficient.” In answer to this, we would first remark, that it is erroneous from beginning to end—every word of it. We have a very efficient Faculty, with a President, who for conscientious ness and firmness in the discharge of duty, comprehensive ness and candor in teaching, and true Christian piety, is un i surpassed, if equalled, in the Union. Loved, respected and | esteemed by every member of college, he is regarded in | the light rather of a kind father, than a mere instructor and ! governor ; and his interest iu the prosperity of the Institu ■ tion, and success and happiness of each student, amounts ! almost to a passion—apart and parcel of his very nature. | In acts of benevolence, he is a true Samaritan. Only a | few days since, his own feeble health caused his physician ;to enjoin him positively not to leave his room. But at the ; same time, a student is lying very ill in the college buildings. I While his family are, for a moment, absent from his bed* i side, the pale aud venerable President, tottering from dis j ease and age, quietly slips out —visits the feverish sufferer— walks nearly all over town in quest of a doctor—carries j the sick man in his own carriage to ptivate lodgings—and i returns to his house exhausted, scarcely able to speak above ; a whisper ! Nor does this instance of disinterested kind ness stand alone. Such acts deserve the highest praise, ; aud will receive their full reward only in another world. ! So might we take up each trait of his character aud each [ quality of his mind, and prove that Dr. Church cannot be ; surpassed as a presiding officer. True, the number of Pro j lessors might be increased, to the advantage both of the | college and themselves. Still in this respect, we compare ’ very iavorably with the mighty knowledge-dealing estab- I lishments up North. 01’ the 35 colleges reported as existing ; in the “New'-England and Middle States,” 22 of them have | fewer instructors than Franklin ; and of the 119 colleges iu ! the United States, 90 of them have fewer instructors than j Franklin ! And for superior mental endowment; long and untiring research, aud thorough preparation in their several j departments, our officers are as efficient, as those of any other college iu the country—aud we stand ready to prove it. Wherein then, are they only “a tolerably efficient j Faculty?” As to the material for them to operate with, j j the Library comprises nearly 12,000, which by addiug the i volumes belonging to the two Literary societies, swell to 16,000. This is probably less than should be, but, premis ing that Libraries are expensive thiugs, and are valued on account of the quality, rather than the quantity of the books they contain—let us look arouud the country a little. \ ale College, an Institution one hundred and fifty years old, with more than 6,000 Alumni and nearly 500 students in annual attendance, has a Library of 51,000 vo lumes. But how many Literary societies are there connec- j ted with tiie college, and how many volumes does each afford to this aggregate of books ? And again, in this Library—or more strictly speaking, these Libraries—how many duplicates are there? Will “H.” answer? In deed, if we merely count the volulimes of the different works, vve would find that the size of this Library would be smaller than is generally supposed ; and if vve would subtract from the remainder, the books belonging to the three or four societies, old Yale would boast of a Library not much larger than that of Franklin. But perhaps this does not suffice. Let us again refer to tho statistics given j in the American Almanac for 1853. There vve find, that, | “in the New-England and middle States”—of the thirty- j five colleges, twenty-eight have smaller Libraries than i ours ! —and of the one hundred and nineteen colleges in the United States, one hundred and seven of them have j smaller Libraries than ours! To satisfy curiosity, we will ! name a few of those in Nevv-England and the middle States, which have smaller Libraries than the University of Geor gia, viz., Waterville, University of Vermont, Middlebury, Norwich University, Williams, Trinity, Columbia, Union, Hamilton, University of New-York, University of Penn., Jefferson, Washington, Deleware, Sec. &c. “H.” is quite mistaken about the advantages here afforded, in the de partments of Chemistry and Natural Philosophy. They are equal, if not superior to those afforded by any other In- j stitution in the South, aud very little, if at all inferior to those enjoy ca at Northern colleges. The Apparatus is not • deplorably deficient, but on the contrary, is very complete far better, vve are told by men of science, who have exam- j ined, than what they have at Yale. The instruments were j purchased some twenty years since in Europe,by Dr. Hen ry Jackson, then Charge to Fiance, and Professor elect of the college. He had full authority to get whatever he thought proper, let it cost what it might, and on his return, he said “lie had got everything he wanted.” At that time, j it was a perfect selection, of the finest material and nicest workmanship. Since then,-the Professors have been allow ed to order everything they desired, without the slightest i restriction. And from time to time, such additions have been made as have been deemed by these “cramped men of science” to bo necessary. “ H’s.’ survey of theso departments was entirely too hurried and slight, and he hi;s done himself little credit in rsying what he has. The Professor to whose courtesy acknowi- edges himself indebted, informs us that l • scarcely had j a chance to show anything before “H.” left the room, i His stay was not more than ten minutes, aud Prof, j LeCont ein that time, had not ai opportunity to exhibit ; half the Apparatus, much less to explain their uses! : 1 By the way, the latter seemed quite necessary, as we are told, the “New-England and middle States” man did not positively know the difference between a common mirror and a Heliostat! He is indeed, a fit psrson to pronouuce j ! any Apparatus “deplorably deficient,” after examining it i but ten minutes. If he did but know it, those eases con- j I tained instruments three tiers deep—and in order to under- j | stand all about them, it would require an examination of ! several hours, for as complete and perfect and fine a set, will not, wethink.be found any where else in this country, unless at West Point. “The lecture rooms,” says the letter, “are mean,narrow, rough establishments, that would disgrace a respectable j backwoods school house.” This is t a mere assertion, a ! false assumption : for “II.” went into but one, that the ap- I paratus room, and remained in it only ten minutes. We | do advocate the establishment of a seperate building for i recitation and lecture rooms, but not because those we ! i have are what they are described to be above. It might be advisable, for the benefit of those who measure the val- j ; ue of Philosophical instruments by the area they occupy, j to make the apparatus room three or four times larger ! than it is at present. Then we might enjoy “unmitigated panegyrics” even from “H’s.” candid pen ! “Again, there is not the first element of a University.— | Many a respectable academy in the New England and Mid j die States, afford advantages equal to the University of the State of Georgia:’ This bit of information will be | fully appreciated, after reading what we have already said i about the most of the colleges of these States. Their “re j spectable academies” must afford advantages superior to : anything enjoyed at many of their Colleges and Universi ties. We have never been more than a degree north of this place, and cannot therefore from personal knowledge, of the way things are managed “up norrid.” but we we have seen people who have been “put clear ; through”—beheld tho elephant in hie most graceful at- ! titudes—and rubbed their backs against Yale as well as | “H.” though it may net be as generally known ! And they i say things are not so awfully much better up there ! In j our College the same course of study is pursued, as that j adopted by similar Institutions in our country with the ad- j vantage over many, of including also instruction in j the French, Spanish and German languages. We acknowl- i edge this is not properly speaking, a University. Had the ! provisions of the original charter, which give it the name, 1 been carried into effect, it would have been a University j far superior to anything in the United States. We agree, I that the support afforded by the State is pitiful, and should I bet rebled if necessary. The State is able to do more, and j the time has come when it should be done. All that is j necessary is, to carry into operation the glorious plan pro posed by the patriotic Legistors of 1785, and there will be no I cause for complaint afterwards. At the same time that we acknowledge our College is not what it might bo, we are proud of what it is and congratulate the State on possess ing so fine an Institution, so richly deserving support. If‘‘H” would wield his ready pen, in adrocating the claims of the Colloge upon the State lor aid and patronage ; in showing in their proper light, the actions of those who have exerted themselves to injure and defame her ; in arou sing the people to a sense of their duty to their State In- : stitution ; and in endeavoring to have established here, all I the elements of a University, he would perform a patriotic service ; and Franklin’s sons would ever love to honor him, whose boldness in exposing the rottenness of Yale would be equalled only by his magnanimity iu avowing and de fending the rights of their Alma Mater, i SOUTHRON. Athens, Sept. 3rd. Sentence of a Judge. | The lion. Jacob Flinn, Judge of one of the courts in Cincinnati, was tried in the Police Court there on the sth inst., and convicted of assault and battery upon the person of Mr. John Jolilfe. It appeared in evidence that the Judge knocked the complainant down, and struck him several times while he was on the ground. The police justice, before passing sentence, asked the prisoner what he had to say. Judge Flinn replied “l have very little to say. It is very true these things were done in open day; there was no advantage taken of the party, as was evidenced by the fact that I struck him with my open hand. “Fhe Courtis notin possession of the details 1 1 think in this case there is a view of self-presev j ation that opperates on the mind of every man | and I believe, in their Christian age, he may sub- I *nit to outrage upon outrage, until submission | becomes allied to disgracei It is said that the ! last grain of sand broke the camel’s back. I ! have submitted until it seemed to me that attacks were made upon me by the scullions on the S streets. I hope that while this arm has trei;th ; I will ever be able to defend my char; oter md ■my family. I was driven to desperation, ihese | are the facts—other considerations of a domestic ; character, which cannot be mentioned here, influence me. If I have infringed upon the law, | and broken it, I am willing to meet tbe penalty, j [Ho spoke this with much feeling, and sat down sobbing audibly. As he took his seat the crowd outside the bar applauded him loudly.]” He was then fined 830 and costs, upon pay. ; ment of which he was discharged. Judge Flinn’s decision in fugitive slave cases have rendered him obnoxioous to the abolitionists in Cincinnati, and he appears to be persecuted in every possi ble way. Caket Jfnfcl lirp'iux ARRIVAL OF THE NIAGARA. New York, Sept. 14. The Niagara has arrived at Halifax. She reached Liverpool on her h;Bt trip out, on the 28th, the Arctic on the 30th ult. The Niagara's accounts are ono day later than those received by the Franklin. By this last arrival, the news relates chiefly to the statu quo condition of the Eastern question. On the 31st ult. the Liverpool Cotton market was rather firmer, the sales 7 or 8000 bales, show a con ! Biderable advance over average sales of the three preceding days. The London money market was tighter. Consols were quoted at 97 3-4 a 7-8. Political. —Accounts front Constantinople of tho 19th ult., state that the Sultan had accepted the Vienna i note without modification. The Sultan will send an i Ambassador to St. Petersburg when the Principalities ! are evaluated by the Russian forces. From Bucharest we learn that the Russians will I leave the Principalities in September, when the French and English fleets will retire from Jfeetska Baj. The Cholera. —The CholertS**va* spreading in the north of Europe. Great activity prevailed in the Odessa grain market. Liverpool Cotton Market.— The sale 6 of cotton in the Liverpool Cotton Market for the week ending the 31st inclusive, comprised 37,000 bales. The following were the quotations at the close of the week : Fair Or leans 6 7-Bd.; Middling 6d.; Fair Upland 6 5-Bd.; Mid dling 5 l-2d. The demand during the week was mode rate. Fair and lower Qualities declined most. Specu lators took 3,000 and exporters 6,000. The stock of cotton in the Liverpool market is 760,000 bales. Den nestoun’s circular gives the following quotations: Fair Orleans 6 7-Bd.; Middling 6 1 Bd.; Fair Mobile and Uplands 6 5-Bd.; Middling Mobile 6d.; Middling Up lands 5 7-Bd. Rice. —There was a large business done in Rice at) advancing rates. Sales of the w f eek 600 tierces at 23 a 25 shillings. The Money market was falling. The bank of England had raised the rate of interest to 4 per oent. In the manufacturing districts business was generally dull. Prices were lower in consequence of the increas ed pressure on the money market. Latest from the East. —The Czar is likely to re ject the Sultan’s modification of the Vienna note. New York State Democratic Convention. —Ac- counts from Syracuse state that the Democratic Con vention of the State of New York, met at that place on the ] 3th, for the purpose of nominating a State ticket for the coming elections, and 60011 broke up in a row. The Hunkers seceded, organized, and nominated a full ticket; passed a resolution complimentary to Sena tor Dickinson, and adjourned sine die. The Soft Shells held a convention and adjourned till Wednesday in or der to give the Hunkers an opportunity to retrace their j steps. Movement of the Fishing Squadron. Boston, St pt. 13. The Fishing Squadron will rendezvous to-day. i report which had been put in circulation relative to ; the capture of seven American fishing vessels is denied. Further by the Niagara. New York, Sept. 16. | The export of breadstuff's have been general 1 } 7 pro j hibited by the European governments, except Belgium j owing to the high price of graiu. Thebes , in Egypt, has been nearly destroyed by an i earthquake. The Eastern Question. —Anew phase in the Eas | tern Question arises, from the war party in Turkey hav ; ing obtained the ascendency. Russia thus has another j excuse for postponing the adjustment of the difficulty.— i The Turks begin to accuse France and England of cow | ardice. The Sultan called out eighty thousand reserve j troops, ft is stated the Principalities will be foiced to as* j sutne the position of independent states under the protec • tion of other powers. Latkr from South America. —The latest accounts I from Montevideo state that General Urquiza had aban doned his troops and taken refuge on an American vessel. From China. —Later dates from China declare the failure of the Imperialists Their capture is regarded as | the decisive fate of the Empire. The Insurgent Army * had left Nankin for Pekin, but was subsequently recalled, j A Revolution had broken out in the Island of Formosa. New York Democratic Conventions. New York, Sept 16. > 1 Later accounts from Syracuse state that the soft she’/ * democrats have nominated a full state ticket, and passed | resolutions sustaining the administration aud the Balti more platform. They also adopted the same resolutions as the hard shells, and adjourned in high spirits. The § Albany Argus supports the hard shell nominations. Bibhof Doane’s Trial.— The Court of Bishops, re assembled at Camden on the 15th. Nothing officii known, but it is believed they had resolved to try Do; u- I To-day (16) the Corn •t in ses>ion again, it is rumored B Bishop Deane on Monday, admitted indiscreet con on B but denied dishonest purposes. It was rumored that to-- B presentors were about to enter a nolle prosequi. Bishop Duane had exculpated the presentors from un- ® worthy motives. The resuit of the session is unknown. THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. | Arrival of the Arctic. New York, Sept. * The American steamship Arctic, with Liverp'■ r | dates to Wednesday the 7th inst, has arrived, Hp three days later than the Niagara’s accounts. J Liverpool Cotton Market.—— The sales of L *” “ 1 in the Liverpool market sinoe the departure of the Y I agara on the 3d inst., comprise 14,000 bales, of B speculators took 1,000, and exporters 3,000 bales, I ing 10,000 bales of all descriptions for the ( Holders were pressing their stocks on the 171