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(Times mtfr Smtitwl. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. FRIDAY MORNIN G, MARCH 23, 1855. The Charleston Mercury on Southern Union. Tbo Charleston Mercury , of a late date, contains two long and carefully written articles in reply to our suggestions in favor of another Southern Convention, and dissenting from our views. W e reciprocate the kind feelings of the Mercury , and regret to find that we differ with our able and patriotic cotemporary. The sad experience of 1850 convinced us that with out union at the South thure is no hope of effectual re sistance to Northern encroachments upon our rights. Leonidas and his Spartans may die at Thermopylae, but cannot rave Greece. Unless, therefore, we cau unite the South and present an unbroken front to the foe, it iB useless to think of further rc-sistanoe. In all our past contests with the North we have waged a Guerrilla warfare. Our partisans have displayed cour age, skill and patriotic devotion ; now and then they have gained an advantage; but the mareh of the fanatic host has not been arrested ; its advance has beeu steadily onward for 30 years But very different would be the result, if the whole South could be brought in solid column against the common enemy. The question, therefore, for Southern Statesmen to consider and settle, is “how can the South be brought together upon a esmmon platform ?” The first great step in this work is to put an end | to partisan warfaro among the Southern people by unit- ! ing them in the support of the same candidates for the j higher offices in ttie gift of the people. The Meicury , is mistaken in the assertion that “the Southern people j have less and less enthusiasm about the Presidency.”’ It is the pivot upon which the politics of the whole country revolves. It makes and unmakes parties, platforms, and principles. Ia one short Presidential contest in 1840 the whole States Rights party of Geor gia was converted into Federalists, and they have, until vtry recently, been uncompromising advocates of pro tective tariffs, internal improvements by the Federal Government, and a National Bank. Does not the Mercury know that all congressional action is controlled by its probable effect upon the next Presidential election ; that treaties are formed with reference to it; that peace or war turn upon it ; that throughout the whole country, out of South Carolina, it enters, more or less, as a controlling element into every election, from that of Governor down to that of Constable? Now, until this strife ceases at the South there can be no union. To effect this we proposed another Southern Convention to assemble before the great party conventions met to nominate candidate# for the Presidency. If we wait until this apple of discord is again thrown among us, there will be an ©ud of Southern utiicn until after the next Presidential eleotiou and we will enter upon the new cycle with feelings as embittered, with councils as divided, with antipathies as violent as heretofore, and will fall an easy pray to our Northern enemies. The times are eminently favorable for Southern union. Old parties are in a state of disintegration. New or ganizations are forming. The unthinking ud violent mnalieism of the North has alarmed the prudent men of the South, and there is a very geueral feeling among all classes that something must be done right speedily to protect Southern interests. The most earnest advo cates of this policy are members of the lata Union par ty. Now if this tendency in the public mind is directed aright by the leaders of public sentiment, and all parties, cliques and factions would agree to oome together in general convention, and, after a careful comparison of views, a platform of principles were adopted, upon which all cs*uld and would staud, who are interested in the preservation of Southern institutions, we think very great good would result. Every thing of course would depend upon the adaptation of the platform adopted to the feelings, prejudicies and interests of the great mass of Southern people. We would, therefore, have it u very low platform ; and to this end we would exclude from it all doubtful principles, and assert offiy those which are deemed essential to the preservation of the rights of the South under the constitution. Armed with such a panoply we might safely enter into the Presidential contest and come out unscathed. Nay, though the South were divided iu the fray, no harm would come to her weakest soldier. At the sound of the trumpet every scattered legion could be summoned to defend the beartstoues of their native land. But a we now are, we aro like a demoralized army ; we have no common signals, no common watchwords, no rallying war cry. Our swords are more frequently plunged into the hearts of our friends than in those of our enemies. Our hands drip with fraternal blood. Suspicion scatters our ranks on tho eve of every battle. Dues not the Mercury now see that its quessions as to what we propose to do in the future have no point ? We propose to do nothing but hug our chains until the South is united. This man, nor that man, nor a thousand men can do nothing until we uuitedly agree upon what we demand, what we will submit to, when we will stand by our arms. The fighting line must first be drawn before we summon our forces to the field. If weoould follow our own impulses, the South would long since have had her rights, full measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, or have been a deso lation. This is the lesson of the revolution. But what can one man do? What can a divided people do? Look at Poland ; look at Ireland ; remember the con test of 1850. Union we want; Union we must have ; a Union of all heads to plan, of all hearts to feel, of ali hands to strike for the country’s g>od. We do not eare upon what level that Union is formed. The en croachments of an insolent fanaticism will reach us there. All that we want is the assurance in our hearts that then it will be met and rolled back by a united people, j We hope that the principles upon which such a Union could be formed would find favor with a party at the North large enough with our aid to control the Gov ernment and preserve our liberties in the Union. We do not share in the views of tho Mercury as to the im potency of ti e Northern Democracy. They have been truer to us than we have been to ourselves. We make no question that if the South were united upon a com mon platform that the Northern Democracy would rally to our standard. But, asks the Mercury , what dots the Times cs* Sentinel propose, if the national candidates do not adopt our platform? Wowou!d,in that event, advise the selection of a sound man as ocr candidate, irrespec tive of old party associations. Jf we failed in electing him to the Presidency and the fanaticism of the North should dare, in the face of Southern union, to put our institutions in peril, then, we presume, there would be no difficulty in adopting that ‘line of policy which honor and safety dictate. The Mercury is justly proud of the coarse pursued by South Caiolitiu through all these trying acenes. i W would tmt pluck htsrel (row her brov. I Urf Ssndavv h&f \mtty tf kaf WeUifiatfSry ! fam*. But do not the Mercury eee that. by hvr tz clusivenw, Sooth Caroline haa loat her influence over her aiater States f United in a common danger and dea tiny, the must curb her high spirit, and by cordial co operation aid in roooldiDg public aentiment t# meet the exigencies of the times. New Hampshire. We apprised our readers yesterday of the results of the New Hampshire Election. The oln Granite Stave, which in past lima has been daamed the Gibraltar of Domoeraoy, which has ever been distinguished for its fealty of State Rights doctrines and to its constitutional obligations, has at length succumbed to Whiggery and Abolition, aided by their new ally, Know Nothingistu. That same combination of tbo enemies of the South, which last autumn swept the almost entire North and North west, aud among whose results are the ©lection of Seward and Wilson to the Senate of tbo United States, has also triumphed in New Hampshire, and tbs seats which were sdcs filled by Woodbury and Ather ton, will now be oocupied by Know Nothing Abolition ists, among whom John P. Hale stands conspicuous as a leader. That there may be no mistake as to the character of those who have triumphed over the New Hampshire Democracy in the recent contest, we append the following authoritative documents, which wsfind in j the New York Evening Post ■."-‘Charleston Mercury. Governor Metcalfs Record. The election of Ralph Metcalf to the office of Governor of New Hampshire by the American party, organized in distinct hostility to the administration, gives historical im portance to the following communications. The first was written by Mr. Metcalf to a committee appointed by the American party convention to inform him of his nomina tion for ths office of Governor : NewroßT, Feb. 8, 1555. To'Anthony Colby , Paul R. George and Ruel Dur • kee .* My Dear Sirs : Your favor of the 3d inst., was duly received, wherein you inform me that 1 have been put in nomination by a convention of delegates of the American party, as a candidate for Governor at the next election. 1 tell grateful to the convention for the honor thus con ferred upon me, and the confidence reposed in me, and to you, also, gentlemen, for the kind and cordial manner, in which you have conveyed to me the notice of my nomina tion, aud of your personal desire that I should accept it. The party uomiuating me I believe to be truly Ameri can, based upon American principles, to be carried out aud sustained by Americans alone; and that the time baa come when it is inexpedient and oveu dasgerous to en trust the control of, or evan a participation iu, the admin istration of our national or local governments to those of foreign birth, who must necessarily be ignorant, in a great degree, of the nature aud character of our republican in stitutions, aud who mostly profess a religion at the bead of which stands a foreign potentate, and tha spirit and in fluence of which is wholly incompatible with them. The facilities with whioh foreigners may become na turalized by our laws, and with which frauds may be com mitted seem to render a revisiou of them necessary. Believeing suoh views to be in full aeeordsnae with those of the American party, I accept th# nomination thus tendered me, aud will give my aid in sustaining and pro j moling its principles, whenever and wborevor I cau do j so. I am well awaro that there are other questions of iru ! portanoe now agitatiDg the public mind, upon which it i may not be improper for me. on this occasion to express !my opinion. I allude, in particular, to the subject of j slavery and the cause of temperance. lain decidedly opposed to the further extension of slave ry. I deem the Missouri Compromise, so called to huv© been a solemn compuct between tho freo and ths siars holding States, and as solemnly and morally binding upon both, as treaties aro binding upon foreign nations ; and that the passage ot tho Kansas Nebraska biil, so far as it repeals that compromise, wus a violation of tho compact, and u great wrong upon the frss State*, and that thoy will be fully justified iu uot yielding an acquiescence therein, and insisting upon its unconditional restoration. In relation to the temperance question, I &m convinced that some more eflioiont law than we now have for th© suppression of tbo unlicensed sale of spirituous liquors is necessary, and at all times I would most readily co-opc rate with the friends of such a nuasure in ths passage of any law, (constitutional of course,] that would promote so salutary an object. I have tb© pleasure to be, geutlamsa, with great re spect, your friend aud servant, FUura Mvrcxis. The second is from Anthony Colby, formerly whig Governor of Vermont : Nzw London, Feb. H. Dear Sir: Yours of th® sth is received, and before this will reach you, you will have read Metcalfs letter of acceptance, and I have no doubut it will be acceptable to you. He is stronger on the and temperance questions than he has written ; that he is as strong against slavery as any of us, aud has found hard work to keen along with his party for several years ; he says he has never been in Javor of the Nebraska raseal ity, and he should uot bo disappointed if the same old parly should go for opening the slave trade. It eeemed best to put up a democrat tor the effioe ot governor, hav ing all the candidates for Congress of the right stamp. 1 think, on tbo whole, the nomination is a good one and he will be elected. You and I agree in all these matters; we could have carried on tho old issues without th® new j order of things, but with the tide rolling in upon us, there i was do other way to save the Slate but th© same which bus been taken, and now there is no way that I can see . lor the old Loco party to save themselves from dastrac i tiou. Should th© eleetiou go, as we believe it will, there will l be matters to follow after , which must be seen to with j care. ] As you justly remark, we must have good and true j men for our public servants. Very respectfully, yours, Anthon't Colbt. Lexington and Lecompte are to meet at the Metairie j Jockey Club Races for the puree—four raiie heats— with au inside stake, SSOOO each, on Saturday the 14th of April. i Sir Moses Montefiore has left Paris for Jerusalem, with the object of founding a hospital in that city. ll# | has obtaiued funds front the Jews of London sad the Jews of Australia. Tide of Trade . —The Columbus Enquirer states in a paragraph under the above head, “that a consign ment of 250 bales cotton reaehed our eiiy on Monday the 12th, from Montgomery. Verily, the## Railroad* are a wonderful institution.’’ To the above item of important uews, we add that Messrs. Ruse, Dari# dr Long of this ciiy, received yes day 30# bales of cotton from Montgomery, via the Opelika, Muscogee, South-Western sod Central Rail roads, and we believe thia is the first eolton ever re ceived here, direct from Montgomery.— Savannah Re publican, nth. Know Nethingism is below par in Arkansas. The legislature of that state had passed reee utions denounc ing the order by 91 to 6. This bears repetition. Militeiy end Political Memoirs. —The whole eeußtry, we feel assured, will be gratified te learn that Gen. Jesup, of the Un.ted States Army, is preparing tor publication “Memoirs of Forty-fire Years in the Army, in which will be given numerous letters, military and peiiticai, ralatmf to the organization of the army, and the defences of the country, plana of campaigns, military administration#, the Texas and Oregon questions, Ac, Ac- Washington Union. la August*. (*&., Mi* Eliza Ji*>s** nude euak a hit thhi plantar present se*i?*d to prevent her uifck a Uvtie *ef T ANARUS b of, wjriek #b* devlliwdi—£■ iVVsr#. Theatre at Caaeert Halt. Mr. Crisp’s admirable company eoaiiaaas to delight ; tha Colsusbsa poblie with theatrical entertainments at 1 Coaeert Hall. Miss Logan, whose engagement we an ucaused in ear last issue, hae added to her already greet reputation os a Tragedienne by her delineations of Bianca in the play ot Pazie, of Mrs. Haller ia the Stranger, end of the Lady of Lyons in Bnlwsr’e play of that name. Her engagement will el®*© with the week, and all those who deaire to tea one of the fore most women upou the Americas boards would do well to embrace th© opportunity sow offered. She will appear to night ae Evadae in the play of Evadae. It ia oat of her favorite impereonatiose. Tli® full foroe of the company will auatain her, acd the amusements of the evening will he diversified with the usual attraction*. Mobil* Kaos*—Fibs? Day. —Matoh race, S3OOO a side, half forfeit, mile heats. T. B. Golosby’e br, o. Brown Dick. Mr. Sprague’s b. f. by Sovereign. Brown Disk galloped round th© course sod took the purse, Mr. Spiegu® paying forfeit. Second race, sweepstakes for 3 year elds. $250 eo traae®, SIOO forfeit—mile beats. W. J. Minor’s oh. o. Vandyke, 1 l John Campbell’s cb. f. imp Gienoee, 2 2 S. Hunter’s cb. t by Margrave, pd. ft. Time 1.53—1.52. Volcanic Rspsatixo Pistol. —We have scan Smith & Wesson's patent of this fire arm. It is stated, and we believe it, that 30 charges can be loaded and dis charged in 50 seconds, and that for safety in handling and in rapidity, certainty, aud precision iu firing, tbs j pistol exceeds ©very other in use. The iotd is oonuiacd j in the boll and is water proof. D. B. Thompson dfc C., of this city, are the sole agents for the sals of it in Co lumbus. Harndsn’s Expubss.— We are indebted to Mr. Hill, the energetic agent of this company, in Columbus, for New York advices, for which he will accept our thanks. llirroaiCAL Collections ots G*©bu.—Th© author of this work, we are pleased to announce, has arrived in this city for ths purpose of bringing his work to th© notion of our citizens. Th© work is handsomely bound, illustrated with fin© steel engravings of th© lead ingiug citizens of th© Slat©, and contains a large collec tion of facts bearing upon the early history of Georgia. Ths article on Mussoge© is highly iutsreating and con tains wood outs of ths Eagls Factory and of Lover’s Leap. We. Whit© will remain in Columbus a few days and may be found at ths Ferry Home, where he will be happy to ©so his friend®. <att earn Yellow Fever. —W notice in La Cronica, a &pm ish journal published iu New York, that Dr. Win. L. Humboldt has discovered a means to prevent yellow fever by inoculation, Th© Govarnment es Cuba, as La Crorrica is informed, has directed th© iuooolation of the major part —suioßßtiog to oae thousand-- of th© newly arrived troops, which has resulted in the great ©at success, since none have been attackd by th* terri ble disease, which generally decimals® th© foreiga popu lation shortly after their arrival. Ths operation is simi lar to vaccination, by inserting th® viras discovered by Dr. Humboldt, generally in both sums. A few hours after this Uifiing operation, the symptoms <4 a minia ture yellow fcvr commence, and all th© patbclogiwfl eecasqssEsea follow rapidly and slightly, rarely ©acced ing 4$ hours in duration, and with nothing were th*u a slight feverish action. Later from California. Tha stearaar Prometheus arrived af New Orleans on the 17th, with California dates to 2&th oU. Senatorial Convention, —This body assumed on : the 16th oh., sine die , by e vet© of S3 te without ©leotiug a XJ. S. Senator. i Fires.—Qn th© 18th elc., the tit, Charles and Hill man’s Hotels at Saa Frsueisso, w©r# destroyed by fire ; I loss about $50,000. Extensive fires have also tsksn i place at Stockton asd Nevada, dsctroyiag 25 houses is | one place aad 10 in the other. Indian Outrages. —Two w*ks later news from I Klamath reports tan whites and seventy Indians killed. Tb# timely arrival of Cspt Judah and 20 soldiers at th* seen© of disturbance, prevented an indiscriminate mas sacre of th© ludiena. New Viggigns.~~Tb new mines o E*n liter are , very profitable, and miner* working in tbem average , $lO to S2O per day. Gold has also been found near San Gabriel. Miscellaneous t —Tha Northern Light left San Juan on th© 24th elt. with 200 pasaangars and $200,000 on freight. E vary thing is quiet at Groytowa. Tb# Isthmus is perfectly bexltb. Tha facilities for eroding is now un surpassed both for comfort and speed. The land tran sit can be easily mads in one bosr sod a half, and the river is iu ib© beat navigable order. J Neats from Granada.—ln the intense “the table* | have turned’’ with the hostile parties. Cboiaorro’s proa ’ psets are somewhat brighter than one month ago, when, ; h will be reeolleeted, he was hemmed in within the | eity of Granada by the Revolationiete. Sinee then be ! I be* made suecessfei aalliee upon Costilioa and diiven ’ him baek, and in torn has become the besieger of the revolutionary party. Added to ibie, he has of late regain ed possession of eli tko&eutbernDepartments es the State, j Chotnorio’a health, though, it rapidly failing him, and i oa this and on foieiga assisUnoe only eta Costilloa’s ! party build their hope*. Many atrccior-s orseities are j reported to have taken plane among these troops.— j Their contests have been more sanguinary than usual. ! Their troops have bten more than deeixsated since this I iuUstine war commenced. Several Americas# taken •b arm* in the Cestiiiou party have had their throats eat. Raia la Tennessee. Athens, Tena. March 1$ Jamss Gasdnss, Esq Augusta, Ga.—Dear Sir.— .We have had flee rain, and the Tennessee River this morning, is seven feet above common water at London, and continues to rise. Tbe Trader#, Mere hints, and Farmers, of Lest Tennessee, will new be able te send forward their produce, and year people may look for good sepplies of “Pionr, Wbest, Bacon, A*., Ae., if there is no detention at Etowah Bridge, wbieh I have ro idea Sslaj. Ceoper will allow. This will be a matter of great convenience jest now te the eifizea# es Georgia, aad work a wonderful relief to our people aad banks. We eheJ! cross the Teoaeest* by efeena to-morrow, end hereafter reu*six mil* nearer te Knoxville, ai which plaoe we expeet to c*t with the ears by let July, ard wii! ewteialy do so if we have bo farther detention tr the trswportefion of iren Re*p*e? fitly Yes*#. _ _ C. W*LLACX Mr. Paleana in out in a ea*d, stating that the sale cf j his tnagaam* is cot an absolute intssfer. lie stiij retains i i sufficient iutrre*; in it te ntimnktf renewed exe.t'oß* 1 on hit p*ft tn i* vk&rutUf std rnUis. Interesting from Washington. The Kinney Expedition—The way it was got vp, sad j the way it fell to pieees—the facts in the Case. Washington, Mareh 17,1835. j The Kinney Expedition has collapsed—gone to smash —and Messrs. Cooper aud Cost Johuson, like old Micaw ber, are waiting for “something to turn up.“ You know that the deed to the land—©tract about equal j in size to the Stats of New York- originally deriW by i some Grey town Merchants from the late MusquitoKiag in exchange for whiskey and other necessaries, was bought up . oq speculation by Mr. Senator Cooper,Cost Johnson,and \ a company of Wall street kite-flyers. Their plan was to j turn thi3 land into cash. This could uever be done with ! the alow native*; but if Yankees could be brought in. it would pay prodigiously. The plan, then, was Yankee > colonization; grants to actual settlers, &c., holding the i copper and coal, and best timber lands, subject to rent or j to sale. The British Minister, Crxmpton, was sounded on | the peace policy dodge—he had no objection. Th© com- j piny was organized, and Joe White was made President. I lis connection with the Transit Company bad given him the necessary political and commercial knowledge of Cen tral American affairs. The next thing was the active man to oraanize a company of settlers. Colonel Kinney, of Texas, was hit upon as the very man for the businef?. He was providentially in Washington—he was ready for it— ti# accepted. Then there appeared iu the Union and Star several articles, thrown out as feelers. They worktd well. The plot was good; and s® the next move was a meeting ot the directors aud stockholders ia New York, in view of aetive operations. They met at the Metropolitan Hotel, Cel. Kinney cock of the walk. White suggested the necessity ot conciliate t iug Nicaragua and Costa Rica—a special ambassador with t vouchers from Crumpton and Marcy would do it. But he ! would requite scuir money—a tew thousand dollars cash, i including a douceur, perhaps, to the chiefs of the aforesaid i governments of • icaragua aud Costa Rica. Good idea, i ut the company had vo money. Could’nt Mr. White ad vance a few thousands? Cooper A C<>., had given him a 1 good lot of their land scrip; they could give him more of it; but they had uo cash to spare. White said oo The : poverty of the company disgusted While, and thus their New York conference dissolved. i Cooper,Cost Johnson and Kinney returned to Washington and resolved to dispense with negotiations with Nicaragua : and Costa Rica. II they demurred, a Yankee colony of a thousand men could whip them all out, Good. Look at Texas. Just a* well have anew Anglo-American repub lic as uot. White heard of this, and resigned his office and his scrip. Thereupon, Col. Kinney aud Cooper elec ted Cost Johnson, president ; and Cooper aud Johnson elected Kinney as lieutenant-general of the new propagan dist expedition. But White saw- at a giauce that such au expedition wo .fid break up the Nicaragua Transit Company, aud ruin their business. So he hurried on here, aud posted up Marcy aud Crampton on iheopen filibustering charac ter which this project had assumed. “What next ? Marcy sent instructions all along the coast to the United States Marshals to keep a sharp look for the sailing of Kinney's vessels and to stop them ; and Cramp ton eeut orders to Admiral Fans’nawe of the British West India squadron, to stop Col. Kinney's ships should they at tempt an entrance into the waters of the Musquito coast Marey followed up hie instructions with a proclamation, White returned to New York as quietly as h© came. The result ia that the scheme is broken up, and Kinney retires the loser ; Cooper, Johnson, and company have their j 35,000,000 of acres awaitiug orders. As soon as they can j raise a few thousand dollars, they will probably fall back j upon the original plan of White—a treaty, of peace with j Nicaragua and Costa Rica. It is, most probably, too Ist© i for this, aud the company are likely to continue one of the : richest landed companies in th© world, on paper, without ! th© ability of raising a single dollar, even amoag thegreen ? home of Wall street, upon all their vast possessions. It : was a little South Sea bubbi©—nothing jinof*.-—J\f. y, ; IleraUL \Bth. | New Jersey Legislature, Report on the Bribery Cace, etc. j Tbknto.v, March 14,1855. f The senate Bribery Committee, to whom was referred i certain charges based upon alleged attempts to control the ; votes of Senators, reported this jmwrnitg the evidence ad i duced before them. It appears th© ©from that offers were ‘ made t© the Senator from Middlesex, of sum 9 of various i amounts to induce him to vote against th© Newark Plank j lio&d Bridge Biil; that he rescaled the offers, but at times \ treated them lightly. I The names ofjthe parties profkrring the money are given, j Thy are prominent and respectable men, and there are s those who doubt it they really attempted to purchase the ! *ovireignty of the Senate, it is said that other disclosures j still more palpable have been made since the report ot the committee. ‘I he committee was continued. The bank men have had a meeting to day, and agreed | to take the stockholder Jiabilty amendment*- offered ia the L House, finding the bill could not pass without it. All the j special bank bills have beeu recommitted for the purpose | ol engrafting the amendments. i The South Jersey Central Air Line Bill passed tb© house f to day, by a vote of 31 to 21. ] Still Later from Havana—U. S. Consul Arrested. New Obleans, Mareh 20. | The Black Warrior bes arrived, with Havana dales to > th® 17th. Ths state of siege continues. The sentence of j Pinto to death will probubly tie remitted. Mr. Thompson, the United States Vice Consul at Xagua, ■ ha* been arrested, and brought to Havana. I t [Referring to ear map, we find Xagua is located on the ■: Southern side ot” the Eland tiear Trinidad. It was here, ; that during the Isle conspiracy, th© greatest commotions war© manifested j —Sac. Geo Tuq feioutlx Carolina Collage. As it is always a grateful task with us to not© th© i® vorafele eooditieu ©nd prt specd# of this deservedly cherish i *d isalituliou, we take this occasion of caking aueutica to I it, | Th whol© number of *!ud*te w© find stated to be 195 I —th*ir being on© resident graduate, and ths remainder | under graduates, distributed s follows —Seniors 69; Ju ; niors 47; Sophomores 44, end Freshmen 37. The num ! her of those who left Collage through the ptst year for t.l causes is 27. | The pres#ut Senior class is reported to be a© promising | in many respects as it is large and imposing in number, ; aud will perhaps turn oat © great or number of Buvcaiau rentes than hav# issued at any one ©oniruenoeaient. tQpm laa Thirdj^Dlstmt. lh Hon. David J, B&ilev, our “constitutional vigil,’* Laving declined to be a candidate for ree’eetioa to Con- i gross, several gentlemen have been suggested us proper peisons to recivethe nomination of the Democratic Party of this District. The Organ published at Hamilton, Har ris county, declares that the nomine© ought to be ’taken from the western ponirm of the District, and suggests the ’ nan •es Col. James N. Rainesy, of Harris. The Tele- 1 graph publishes communications urging upon the &tten„ : t:on of the nominating Cocvvutioa, th© claims of Col. Gil- j pin J. Green, aud of ibe Hon. and R*r. YVta. Measly j both of Spalding county. ’ : i State Democratic Convention.— The Columbus Times | & hentiuel in its issue of the 9th ii2at., suggested T*uss [ ‘}*7, is, : May, us a suitable time for holding tbe Democratic Convention to nominate a candidate ib/Gov ercor. The Federal Union thinks that dsy too early, and pro poses Tuesday, the sth of June. TL* Atlanta Examiner Savannah Georgian end the Csssvilie f-t ndard acquiesce in tbo 1-aet proposition. The Times & SeutinvJ, also #- cedes to it. We think the Convent ion might be postpo ned without disadvantage to a later day, but wv t*oi ao and spositiou to oppose what may sr. in to he tbs genera] v>iah of those who expect to take au active internet in the matter. W# are cf opinioc, however, that these Convention# have usually been called earlier than uses* • atry for a full canvas#, and in placing eatdldntea beiore the people so long in advance cf the ele.tioa, an unjust t*x upon the time, and fatiguing labor i imposed on tfem *ud their friends. Thie remark applies as well ir ■ o. fi of candidates for C<ngrees and the Legtslatere as f<>r the office of Governor.— Conn. sf Rep. President? Pierce and the Nett Hampshire Eire t f; * a - —The following extract from a private letter of Prr#- 1 ’i’ent Pierce, written a few days before the election to a ; \t ead in Coaeord, ;e thereughiy oitarreterislic of the i tv an—high-toned, firm in conviction, aad uaeompromr j s,cg in principle : Gcb. Pierce e*y : “I trn r!*tu*-a’ y eaxioa* slwut the 1 of the elect-fin in New Hampshire. Rot u-11 mr that if, after a e*Bt*#t conr’neted with the ab.iuv. f ?rn “ r * n ’ courage with wh ch this hs ben, we are dt-- fe tvd, sti‘ h eUfcat, under stieh c reumstanees, will never and: turb me for a moment. If you could hare carried the S'r.te With the hid of any one of the isms, by a rmjoritv of 20,000, and v.-onM have consented t (In in, f should, ife my feelings, hart- sounded the depths of huinii &OeiK Aa iv isj ttsnfcpreta §.-** For the Times &. Sent nel. STANZAS. There'* many a lichen on the roof, And many a vine about the door; f I he lattice porch with many a knot Ol ivy wreaths is clustered o’er, And many a feartul change is mad© Since first I left that spot to roam. And many a flower hathblomed and died Since I have seen my childhood’s home. ’Tis sad to think of what hath been. The hour* es joy my life had known, All silent like th© withered leaves By fitful gusts of autum blowu : ‘Tis sar'der still to ask the heart Os those it knew in other years, And tee! it start to grief alone And count their quiet grave© in tears. O, pause,my heart ©’re yet I turn To greet agaiu my native land ; What strugling hopes ol ether years Lie stricken by th© spoiler’s hand. How can I f ee that silent home, Where once the dream of life was fair, But now, alas ! so desolate ; Aud death and ruin linger ther*. m But yet again, one earnest gaze, My heart would fondly give to thee, Aud dream a dream of other days, Wheo thou art all the world to me, And then to bid a last adieu, Aud drown the memories of the past, And wear a dry and stubborn eye Where Tr my future lot be cast. SALVATOR. Later From Taliforiiia. New- Orleans, March 17. The steamship Prometheus hasjuat arrived, with Cali, iorniu dates to the 20th oil. Business generally v. ns in a prostra,® condition owing to the suspension of Tage & Bacon, A dama & Cos., Hell* & Fargo, Robertson & Cos. and Wright’s Miner’s dspot. ’ tl,lrth f argo /? e expcct * d to re -“ Urll e payments on the Adam® <fc Cos , not for 60 days; P a? J& Bacon would resume in a tew days-they have large assets. fher* have beep destructive fires at Shasta, Stockton ana bau Jhrauc eco. i he Legislature had failed to elect a Senator to Confroa. Ihe joint convention had adjourned. Heavy rain* had sat iu. The Legislature of Washington Territory had selected Olympia ns a capita!. Advices from Sydney, Australia had bec-n received, &© late ae Dee. 20th. The riets at Ballarat were owing to the refusal of th® i roiner * 10 l 1 *)’ their taxes. Twelve miners and twenty l soldier© were killed. LATER FROM HAVANA. ? Nxw York, Marofc 19. aho steamship Cahuwbo has arrived from Havana , which port ©he loft on th© ]4:h inst. I into, Cadeizo and Pouct® have been sentenced to * da h. | Concha refused to receive the Consul’s application for | oUmeccy. Business in Havana is reviving. The Northern L : ght lias arrived with $200,000 in j £'Td, but brings no later news from Culitoruia. Revolution ia Australia—Disastrous Shipwrecks. The London Morning Herald, of the Ist March, had | the following dispatch from Trieste: I Dispathea from Ceyiou, ot the Ist February, announce ! th** people of Australia have risen and declared their | independence. Some troupe were sent to put down the j iasu*-reoti<>ri, and sanguinary engagements had been : fought. Melbourne was in &*#‘ate ofsitge.” i Sil'hs Paris Constitutionnoi says it has received a confir [ mation of the ad new# which has been rumored about > Paii *- The frigate lost in the Strait? of Bonifacio is the • Semiiaatc, which recently left Toulon with 400 soldiers on i b°©id- ihe vessel struck on one of th© reefs iu that pas ; sags and immediately filled. The crew and passengers j making together 700 men, all perished. No other di tail. have y#t been received of this catastrophe. The loss has I created th© most painful sensation iu Pitris; 700 men have perished together with u vast quantity of cannon, i mortars, sht.-;.s, gunpowder and ©hot. Nothing was.sav ■ ed—not a shred. All that has been wt-shtd ashore, ab iar as i* known to th® government, are two pair of tious *fS. Th© ScmUaot© was going to the east. Tho Seciprccity Treaty. Boston, March 16, 1855. By twlcgraphjfiom Washington, w© learn the President vr,!l la-morrow issue a proclamation, carrying into effect the Reciprocity Treaty with the British Provinces. Xntu*ky Democratic State Convention. Louisville, March 16,1855. *1 Stale Convention met at Frankfort yesterday, and nominated Beverly L. Clar k for Governor, aud Bfci'iah for Lieutcriuuit* Groveruor. ihe convention parsed resolution® ©trongiy denouncing the Koow Nothings. Ths Danish |Sgund Dues. Washington, March 16, 1855. The Intelligencer of this morning says that the Senate, in executive session, before the close of Congress, passed t resolution advising the President to give notice to Dtn rnark o? the termination of the simulation of the payment of Sound dues, anu tbat said notice has been already trans mitted. COMMERCIAL. J COTTON STATEMENTS^ i OFIVCI^F !|§'||||'| : r fl'it 1g j band ®. I . 5 —i this i Sr, a. . >■ r !. v March 18. 1 U hi da> ‘ Marchil7 43 864 6255 51477 533810129 16:)5. 277 J 720 56782 CG3I3 2670 Columbus, March 22. COTTON—The market Las been active and full prices maintained, there being more buyers than sellers- We quote (J Bs. Severn] crop parcels sold at 8 cts. | , Montgomkrt, March 19. T he-utmand for Cotton during the past week coiß'uued good, and prices were iu favor of sellers. Saturday, after .i.eicceipts of the Africa’s advice*, quite a lively demand sprasg up, aad 400 to 500 biles changed hands at \ ad fo-dsy, ao far, there is ncihiag doing, quota Middling#, Low to Strict, 7} 3 8 cents. Stock on hand 1#: September j o Rt •ceived past week 1 3OS lUcuived previously 61,462—62.770 Shipped pa*t week .3550 65 482 Ship; #d previously 44,535—48,355 Stock on hand March 19. 1855 17,127 Charleston, Jlsreh 20. t ntt? ai* excited. Sa!er 5 200 bnles, at 7t s cent*. market ahou* an adrarc.ng t t uency. Good Mobiles 9 to 9g eenfs. New Orlkasl, March 20. Gdtton i firm. g J sup to noon to-cay were SOOO Sugar hav* adw.#s4 i. Ti>- tvUgiapli h’ipf f