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(Times anti SmlittfL t’OIiUMKOS. GjjQKwiT WEDNESDAY MORNING, ADO. 15. FOR GOVERNOR. iiers€jii:l. t. joii.\§os. TO R CONGRESS -Ist District— L. Seward, of Thomas. 2.|, • its. J* Crawford of Jlu'cogee. j 3j # *< James >l. Smith, of t'pson. 4h *• lliram Warner, of Meriwether. sth “ Jiio. H. Lum.kiu, f Floyd. Oh “ Howell Cobb, ol CMarke. 7ti • I.;nton S eph ns> of Hancock. 8:h “ A. 11. Stephen*, of Taliaferro. Riots at Loui-ville. We publish to day full aeouuts of the late election riots at Louisville, Ky. They are cf the most appall- j 0 g oharaetcr. Wo will not trust ourselves to comment at length upon them. The Democratic party being largely in the minority, strove, the day before the election, to prevail upon the Executive authorities of the Kimv Nothing Councils to join with them in the “adoptio. of measures to protect the right of suft’.age from ap prebend and interruption by the mob spirit which ha< prevailed tor inonthß past” in that devoted city. The Know Nothings declined to hold any conference on th subject. They chose to rely upon ‘‘an extra potie* force.’’ This proposition, the reasons given for making and declining it, and the anticipated results are detail ed in the following article : From the Louisville Democrat, August 4ib. The Louisville Biot- Our readers will remember that a committee of tw from each Ward in this city was appointed a tew d..y since, hy the Democracy, to* confer with the execu tive authorities ot the Know Nothing Councils in refer ence to the adoption of measures to protect the light ui sutiVagi from appreheuded iuteiruptiou by the mob sprit which has prevailed tor mouths past, it was believed that the appointment of a suitable number ot citzeus from each party, whose social position would command universal respect and confidence, would exero.se a morai influence on persons disposed to he disorderly, more po tent than any other means that could be adopted, and give sati-faction to all. We have understood truin gentlemen from New Orleans, that such a plan was adopted there with the happiest results in res raining the riotous and disorderly portion of their population. It is understoou that the Know Not liugs hav declined any uomereuce on the su jeot. We much regret to hear it, because we have no and >ubt that much, if uot all, of the violence and perhaps bloodshed, with which we are threatened, could be prevented by a conciliatojy and just arrangement be tween the parties. The reason assigned by the Know Nothings for rejecting all negotiation on the subject is, that the city au thorities have appointed an extra police torce, winch they detm amply suflicieut for the emergency, aad more cf feo ual tuau individuals selected tor their weight of char acter alone, having uo official authority. We think oth erwise. she presence ot sucli oil.z us at the polls, as representatives of the in iss ot ihe two parties, would in dicatc th.-ir desire and decerunua.iou io cause the laws to jo respected, and wou and no ooubt accomplish the ob ject here, as it has do e elsewhere. M ireover, it is Wvii known mat Louisville is under the offLial do niuion of Know Nothings in ail ihe depart ments, judicial and ex cutive, and that this power has not been exercised hitherto in such a manner us to commano the confidence ot their opponents. The tpr ug elections lor local officers Were attended with exnioitious of vio lence more atrocious than had ever before beeu witness ed in our city, and uumoets of th Be Know Nothing po lic; utfi icrs, vvnose duty it was to b.iVc preserved peact, wi re amoug the most active participants in those scenes oi disorder. Every b dy knows that some of the elections were de Cided o\ in o law L ttle or uo aUeiition h- 8 been paid to outrages of the most fl (grant uature perpetrated at at that time and since, and these guihy police officers aie still retained in commission. What encouragement is there to expect at the coinug election, especially when \ve have seen Judge Gudand appoint five-sixths ol the ju Igcs and other officers in charge of the polls from tht K tow Nothing ranks, iu defiance of the plainest die tausof jus.ice and right. With .-ueh ..rrangeini nts ns these showing a deter m:n Tion to take the election und r the ir own exclusivt c*n rol, a.id the demonstrations heretofore made of ih< uuei absence of all sense of duty on the part of the po lice officers, w.- think we h*ve uo reason o * xpect any thing out ;t repetition of s in-tar scenes ot and so-t< r, riot and bloodshed, to those wlucn occurred lat Spring, onl\ mao in r • aggr iv aed by the importance of the pend ing e <n est, and eouseq lenily increased cxeib incut. We sincerely lim nt this state of things, but if it is s* settled by th *se wh * have it in their power to order i* otherwise, it b conies our friends to and > the best they cun, but by all means to do nothing themselves to provoke just oft’euco from their opponents. It is a great pity, it seems to us that this proposition was uot accepted. In m iking it, the Democracy did all they could to ensure the publio peace. Upon the heads of the Know Nothing Councils then rested the responsibility of preserving order at the polls Mow w. II they succeeded the following harrowing narrative will show : [From the Louisville Courier, [Whig] Aug. 7. The Eleotion Biots in Louisville -Murder and Arson —Twenty Men Killed. We passed yesterday through .he forms of an election As provided for by s atute, the polls were opened and privilege granted 10 such as were “right upon the goose,’* with a tew exceptions, to ex rose their elective frmichis- . Never, perhaps, was a greater farce, or, as we should term it, tragedy, enacted. Hundred and thousands were deterred from voting by direct acts of intim dation, others through fear ot couse juem-es, and a multitude from the lack ot proper facilities. The city, indeed, was, din ing the day, in p of an armed m b, the b ase pas sions of which were infuriated to th highest pitch t-v the incendiary appeals of the newspaper organs and the popu iar leaders of the Know Nothing party. On Sunday night large detachments of men were sent to the First aud Second Wards to see that the polls were properly opened. These men, the American Executive C muiittce, were supplied with the rt-qu ‘nu&efreshment*, and, as may be imagined, they were in a very tit eondi~ lion on yesterday morning to see that the rights of free men were respected. Indeed, they discharged the impor tant trusts cominiued to them in such manner as to com* mend them forever to the admiration of outlaws. They opened the po.is ; tiny provided wajs and means for their own party to vote ; they bluffed and bullied aii who could Hot show the sign ; they, in fact, converted the election into a perfect farce, without one redeeming or qualifying phase. ° 1 * J s ! W e do not know when or how their plan of operati ns was devised. Indeed we do not care to know hen such a system of outrage, 8U -h perfidy, smh dastardy was con eeived, W e only blush for Kentucky that her soil was the scene of such outrages, and thai some of her sot s were participants in the ue arious swindle. It would be unpossihie to state when or how th s riot commenced By daybreak the polls were taken posses son of by the American party, aud. in pursuance of Uieh preconcerted game, they us* and every stratagem or dev JC n j to hinder the vote of every man who could not mrniifs I t the “guardians ot the poll#” his soundness on the K N I ques in. We were personally witness to the ptocetd-iV ot the pirtv in certain Wards, and of these we feel au thorised to speak v s ? citth Ward we discovered that for ihrce m ura in me . ots. t. tu the morning, it was impossible for tho not ‘p ate .” to vote, without the greatest difficulty, i U -' lQe ra? U ‘ Viirc * ** P ar ‘. v of bodies wire mast* rs of th j pooa. \> es iw two for igner driven from the polls. | Tfjr* ,*° r ;* u a beat unmercifully, -toned ands -aboci. In eqt c3a - of one fe.'iow, tuc Hou. tVrn. Thorn- * arson, formerly a member of Congress from this District, j nterfered, and whi e appealing to the maddened crowd to cease their acts of disorder and violence, Mr. Thomasson was struck from behind, and beat. His gray hairs, his long publio service,, bis manly presence and his thorough Americanism availed nothing with the crazed mob Other aud serious rights occurred in the Sixth Ward, of which we have no time to make mention now The more serious and and and sturbances occurred in the upper Wards. The vote cast was but a partial one, and nearly altogether on one side. No show was given to the frie&ite of Preston, who were largely in the majority, but who, ‘tit the face of cannon, and revolvers, could not, being an unarmed and quie’ popuiace. I confront the mad mob; so the vote was cast one way, and the result stands before the public. In the morning, ns we state elsewhere, George Berg, a carpenter, living on the corner of Ninth and Market ets , wh? killed near Hancock street. A German named Fr ii, formerly a p inner at the Galt House, waa severely, if not fatally beaten. In the afternoon a general row occurred on Shelby street, ex ending from Ms nto Broadway. \\ e are uu able to :iscertain the facts concerning the dsturbanoe.— Sorn - fourteen or fifiet n men were shot, including Officei Williams, Jv* Selvage and others. Two or three wer* | killed, and a number of houses, chiefly German coffee houses- - , broken into and pihaged. About 4 o’clock, when the vast crowd, augmented by accessions from every part of the oi f v, and armed with shot guns, muskets and r tDs, were preceding to attack the Catholic Church on Sheiby stnet, Mayor B.irboe arrested them with a speech, ard the rriob returned to the First Ward polls. In an houi ifterward the large brewery on J*fFerson street, near the junction of Green, was set on fire. In the b.wer part of the city the disturbances were ; eharaeWristd by a greater degree of bloody work. Late j in the afternoon three Irishmen going down Main streo.. near Eleventh, were attacked and one knocked down.— Then ensued a terrible scene, the Ir sh firing frvm the windows <if their houses on Main s reet repeated volleys. Mr. Rhodes, a river man, was shot and killed by one in the upper story, and Mr Graham met with a similar ia r e. An Irishman who fired a pistol at the ba< k of a man’s head, was shot aud then hung. He however survived both punishments. J >hn Hudson, a carpenter, was shot dead during the fracas. After dusk, a r w ot frame houses on Main street, be tween Tenth and Eleventh streets, the property of Mr. Qninn, a well known Irishman, were set on fire. The f! imes extended across the street, and twelve buildings were destroyed. These houses were chiifiy tenanted by Irish, and when any of the tenants ventured out to escape Tom the fi imes thev were immediately shot down. No idea could be formed of the number killed. We are ad vised that Jive men were roasted to death , having been so badly wounded by gun shot wounds that they could not escape from the burning buildings. Os all the enormities and outrages committed by the American party yesterday and last night, we have not now time to write. The mob, having satisfied its appetite for blood, repaired to Third street, and until midnight made demonstrations against The Times and Democrat offices. The furious crowd satisfied itself, however, with breaking a few wiudow panes aod burning the sign of The T mes office. At 1 o’clock this morning a large fire is raging in the upper part of the city. Upon the proceedings of yesterday and lact night we have no time nor heart now to comment. We are e-iek ened with the very thought of the men murdered and hou es burned and pillaged that signalized the American victory yesterday. Not iess than twenty corpses form the trophies of this woude.rful achievement. Every good man must deprecate these dreadful riots, be he Whig or Democrat, Know Nothing or Anti- Know Nothing. They strike a fatal blow at the public liberties, for if the people nre not suffered to govern the country peaceably at the ballot box, they will not make many sacrifices to p esorve the mere shell of Republican institutions. It will do no good to fix the blame of the Louisville riots upon any particular party. We think, however, that the account given of the riot by the Louisville Courier (Whig)will satisfy the publio that our j telegraphic advices were all false.Enough,however, upon j this point. Our object in referring to these disgrace- j ful scenes is not to gain a party advantage. Tho pwb ■ lie peace is of greater value than the triumph of any party. The success of our experiment in self govern ment is staked on th isaae. The right peaceably and quietly to vote, without ear of violence or hope of re ward, ia the foundation stone of our institutions. Thu outrages of the bully, and the bribery of the dema gogue at the polls are alike fatal to the publio liberties. We incline to believe that penitentiary punishment ought to be itfliettd upon both offVnots. Io the absence of such laws, the public condemnation may prov= ef fectual if the good men of all parties will unite in the maintenance of the unobstructed right to vote on the part of every citz n. If an ou’rage is perpetrated, every | to aid the officers of the law in anesting the offender. But if instead of this, the mob spirit iu appealed to and the class attacked to whom the offender belongs, riot, murder and are inevitable. To guard agaiust these dreadful evils is the object of this article and we earnestly hope that the press of the State will aid us in this effort, instead of appealing to the passions of the multitude to arouse them to civil war. Governor Johnson and the State Rond. The olearet illustration of the fable of the File and Serpent is given by the Know Nothings in their attacks upon the Governor for his management of the State [load. Last year, SSO,QUO were paid into tho Slate Tieasury by the Treasurer of the State Road. This is the first time the State R<>ad has paid the first cent into the State Treasury. The cry of the State Road here tofore has bt-eu that of the grave—‘‘give”—“give.’’ and it has already sunk five millions of the people's money in its fathomless maw. Last year, under Gov- j ernor Johnsons management, it has been forced to dis ; gorge $50,000, and we confidently anticipate that it will j be kept upon this regimen tor the next two years. ITp to a very recent p. riod, the opposition press | rung with the charge of excessively high freights on the State Road and Governor Johnson was urged t<> interfere, and was threatened with the anathemas of all Cherokee if he d;d not interfere and that right speedily, i Some two months ago tho Governor looked into th* i freight lists and reduced tho price on iron and wheat : Forthwith his enemies charge him with bribing Mark j I A. Cooper, Esq , of Etowah. ! At a mass meeting of tha Know Nothings held at Cartersville, Maj. Mark A. Cooper was permitted, through the courtesy of the C mmittee of arrangements | to occupy tho stand for the fi st half hour, in order \ that ho might contradict the charge, that his support of Gov. Johnson had been procured by tho money ot the people, in regulating hia freights upon the State Railroad. He said that lie bad been charged with re Ceiving six thousad dollars in cash, or in the reduction of freights, or in credits to that amount, and he took occasion then to pronounce it false and without founds lion. “Under th Soperintendency of Messrs. Wadley and Tenge he had, after considerable effort, procur.d from them, h slight reduction if his freights, upon principles well under* o>d by every wagoner, that less should be charged to a large shipper, than one who was not a regular customer, Ou the articles shipped by him, on which the reduction has been made, all other persons engaged in similar pursuits, were allow, and the same rates, aud the accusation that he alone, was to be bene fitted by the alteration in the rates was false, for ever) miller and Ton master in the country wore allowtd to ship at the ramo rates. ?Vhen Maj. James F. C>cpar t the prirem Superintendent, te-k charge of the Rwd, he, 8* he believed from a sense of duty, changed the freight* from the schedule of Messrs. W adley fcou YoDge, by which his burdens as a shipper had been increased to tho amount of six thousand dollars, annuel jy, at which he bad complained to the Superintendent, and to the friends of Gov. Johnson who voluntarily called upon him somtime in the early part of this year, and said that he had learned that he (Cooper) was dis- : satirfied with tho rates of freight cp<>a the Road, and J promised that he should be placed back upon the same rates which existed when he came into office. From j neglect or some other canse, this change had not been made until about two months since. He then weut into an argument to prove the correctness of the present rate of freights, and elos- and by stating that there were men in the community who had abused Gov. Johnson, and said that he ought to be beateD, if the change in the freights was not made, and these same persons, now that it had been made, were denouncing the Governor, and aecnsing him of having acted corruptly.” This reduction of freight upon iron was made oe oordanee with the recommendation of the last genera! assembly of the State of Georgia which is ns follows: Resolved, by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the Iron interest n Georgia is one of much value to the State, and deserves the hahftituai regard of the people. Th> t the Governor be and he is hereby request ed to stive such direction to the operations of the State R ad in it * transportation department as will sustain the Iron business and the Coal trade That the Superiu tendent of the Western and Atlantic Railroad is hereby au thorized to make such contracts for the supply of Iron tor said Road, as he may think be-t ca'culatea to advance t: e , interest of the Road, and the prosperity of the State; and to negotiate such terms as he mav deem expedient the-r- lo', Assented to January 25, 1852. The whci t interest of Georgia is quite as important as the iron interest, and the same policy which dictated ■ a reduction of freights on iron demands a reduction of frights on wheat, especially during these tight tisot-s | when both money and bread are scarce. This plain statement of facts will show the people that there is no foundation for the very gross and insulting charges that have been made against the Governor ot ; theSrate and the Superintendent of the State Road, and our old fellow citizen, Mark A. Cooper, by the eratora and press of the opposition. If the reduction of freight had taken place when the public mind waß freo from political frei.zy, it would not have elicited more than a passing congratulatory notice. Such events arc usual on every road. Democratic Nominations. Sumter Countv. —For the Senate, Wm. M. Brady ; for Representatives, Thomas J. Baisden and Thomas Daniel. Wilkinson Countv —For Senator, Mr.Rozar for Representative, James Tailor. Chattooga County. —For Senator, Wesley Shrop shire ; for Representative, L. W. Crook. Thom ts County. —At a Democratic Convention held at Th maaviiSe on Saturday, Jlth, William G. Ponder, Esq., receiv-d the nomination for the Senate, and J ‘hn C. Browning for the House of Representatives. They are both sound Democrats, aud among the moat popular citizens in the county. Extensive prepara tions ar® making for the reception of Gov. Johnson, on the 18th inst, at which time ho is to address tho De mocracy of Thomas county. Grand Rally ofthb Democracy atCartersvillb. ——The Democracy will hold a mass meeting at Car tersvi!!©, Cass county, Ga., on the 30th inst. A free barbaeue will be given. Distinguished speakers from all parts of the State will address the people on the oc casion. Governar_of Sans.” 3 Appointment by the President. —Wilson Shannoli, of Ohio, to be governor of the Territory of Kansas, in the place cf John L. Dawson, declined. We are quite certain that the announcement of the appointment by th-President of H m. Wilson Shannon to be Governor of the Territory of Kansas, in the place of Hon John L D nvson, whose declination was com municHled yesterday, will give genera! satisfaction. Governor Shannon’s attainments, his large experience so publichffiirs. State and national, his sound discretion, and his unquestioned integrity, eminently fit him for the d*licate and responsible position to which he has been oiiled. He is about 5$ years of aga, was by the choice of his fellow citizens a most acceptable (rover nor of that Siatc, and a fi'-m and able supporter of the Kan sas and Nebraska bill.— Washington Union. Hon. T. 0. Kant at Home. It is determind by the old-lino whigg and independent know nothings of the second Congressional District of Louisiana to repudiate the know-nothing nominee for Congress, Hon. T. G. Hunt, and to hold a convention to nominate a candidate in opposition. The Advocate says: “We see r.o reason why whigs and democrats should not unite against ao unreliable and unsafe a politician as Mr. Hunt, a member of Congress from Louisiana , who did not hesitate to vote and speak against the Ne i biaska bill, to denounce it as a violation of the M’ssou ri C mpromise, and as an act of perfidy to the North, and to receive the congratulations of free-sotlera for his sham less desertion of Southern interests and princi ples.” The Cat out of the Meal Tub. j “All experience has proved that, as a political element. I the foreign vote of this count;y is essentially one sided. | Arritmg in our country and t-ecur ng the rights of citizen ! shin, they naturally become radicals and rampant Demo crate. Courted, caressed, cajoled, hut never rebuked by the Democrade party, they become zealots in the cause and banded together by the endearing ties ot identity of opinion, they cast their votes aa one man in favor of that party.”— N.O Bee This is decidedly oool! Naturalized citizens must be j excluded from office, treated as Pariah s, denounced as j unworthy of respt-ot or confidence, beeaase, forsooth 1 | ; they prefer to stand upon the platform reared by the il j lustrious JeffV-rson rather than endorse tho political te- ; nets of the successors of the blue light Federalists.— j This is the head and front of their offending.— Mobile j Register. Garnett Andrew’s Letter in 1850.— W e have constant demand for Garnett Andrew s letter of Au~ gust, 1850. We have no copy of it. It was published •n the Columbus Enquirer, October. 1850, and about the same time in tbw Southern Recorder. Will not one or the other of those papers favor the public with a re-publication of this remarkable political document 1 It is the solitary act of statesmanship, so far as w* know, of their candidate for Governor. The people, -*bom they ask to vote for him, have a right to koow his political record. Know Nothing Honors Declined. —Y, L. G. Har rie, E>q , dt-chnts the Congressional nomination of the Know Nothings in the sixth district. Howell Cobb w;li probably be allowed to walk round the coerse. Flekinq’s Southern Hygienic Journal.—This lea j ne w monthly of respectable appearance, * devoted ex* elurmly to Human Health,” and edited by N; R.. I ■ —I Fleming, M. D., Atlanta, Ga, at $2 per annum. Kay, | Printer. We wish it every success. News from the canvass —Martin J. Crawford. Tho progress of oar candidate for Congress, among the people of the second district, has betn a no*t tri umphant one. A Demoorat from conviction, he has undoubted confidence in the capacity of the peop.o for j self government, and, in all his speeches, addresses j ni inself to tho sober sense of the people, with the most gratifying effect. We have heard from all has appoint •nentbs as far down as Americas. have assurances from reliable authority that wherever lie appears before the people, he makes votes for the good cause he aa vocatig la Chattahoochee county we have added several Whigs to our numbers and lost but two Demo crats, as far as known. This county is almost certain to give 150 majority for the advocates of civd and re ligious liberty. Let our friends stand together, and, after bringing out their best men for the Legislature, give to the whole ticket a zealous and undivided sup port. In Kinchafoones our prospects are most flatter ing. Our friends are all aotive and confident, and ex pect to gain largely on the vote two years ago. With* drawals from the order in this county are numerous Gov. Johnson addressed the people ol Marion, at Buena Vista on Friday, the 11th, with telling effect. Our cautious friends anticipated a reduction of the Know Nothiug vote in this strong hold, down to 50 majority, and the more | sanguine are confident of victory. We have no doubt of j this glorious result if our people do their whole duty, j There is nothing in the proscriptive principles ol Kuow j Nothingism that finds a response in a genuine American j heart. Even in Sumter the good cause is gaining ground, j The speeches of our candidate at Friendship and Ameri cus, produced the happiest results. Our friends in Sumter j have the character of being the best working men in tne i Diftiict. God speed them. Their cause is just—they have j nothing to fear. Give the people light and we do not de* ! spair of carrviug Sumter county. So far all is well. We are sorry we have no better news to send our friends trom Muscogee. But even in this strong hold of the enemy, we have made a breach in the walls. More than thirty good and tiuo men have left the order already in this cny, as we learn fiom those who know.— There is a brighter day coming. When the county candi dates take the field, look out for better news. The Know Nothing leaders have read ihe hand writing on the wall, in the events of the recent elections. Ihe hot sun of pop ! uiar condemnation is now scorching this Jonah’s gourd i party, and it is giving up the ghost—slowly but surely is it dying and will soon be dead. [From the Daily Sun.] Alabama Elections* We have received returns from 41 counties, Win* eton, in these counties, has 5902 majority. The re maining 11 counties (Baldwin, Choctaw, CofiVe, Cov iogton, Fayette, Lawrence, Morgan, Marshall, Marion, Walker, Washington and Hancock,) will give him 3000 majority more, making hia total majority in the State nearly 12000. Congressional : Walker, K N., hsa about 400 msjority. Shorter, D., has about 1900 majority. Dowdell, D., has 541 majority. Smith, K. N., has a very large majority. Houston, D, elected without opposition. Cobb. D., will beat Adams 1200. Harris, D., will have 1500 majority. Legislature : In the Senate —Anti Know Nothings 23 Know Nothing? 10 Majority 13 In the House—Anti-Know Nothings 60 Know Nothings 40 Majority 20 Majority on joint bollots, 33. The Know Nothings, although defeated beyond pre cedent, boast of what the Infant of eighteen months old , as they designate ‘•Sam,’’ has accomplished. We remind them that statistics show that most Infants that die, die before they attain their second year- that es peoially do monsters die early, and (glorious consola tion !) monsters never propgaate. Randolph County—Winston’s majority is 419 5 Harris 413 ; Wood and Smith aggregate 595. Jackson County.— Returns from Jackson county give Shortridge 87 votes, and Winatoa 1,900. Two precincts to hear from. Latest News. All but seven counties heard from and Winston, Democrat, leads his competitor, Shortridge, Know Nothing, 11,372 majority. Os 45 counties heard from Shoriridge carried but eleven. All the senatorial district have bean heard from ex cept one. Democrats and anti Know Nothing.* 22 Know Nothings 10, in the Senate. In the House the Democrats and anti Know Nothings havg 55 members—Know Nothiugs 4!. Four mem bers to bear from. Third Congressional District — Official. Dowdell. Watts. Autauga 698 579 Chambers 1232 867 Macon • 963 1265 Montgomery 949 1175 Russell . 1617 7(3 Tallapoosa 1168 .....1192 6327 5786 Dowdell’s majority 541. Mobile, August 10.—The offi-ial returns from the first Congressional District make Walker’s (Know Nothing) nn jority f-*r Congress, 583. Kentucky Elections* The first news from Keotuoy was that the Know Noihings had carrhd the S'ate by 10,000. More re cent r*-port6 say they have carried it, probably by 3,<’00. Clarke, the Democratic eand idate. gains largely in tfu country districts—gained ia one eounty over a thou sand From all that we have been abh- to gather, w hink the case a doubtful one—wouldn’t be surprised at all to hear that Clarke is elected —Daily Sun. North Carolina Election. Ralfigh. .lug. B—B o’clock, p. m. The western mail brings returns of Chagman'a elec* | tion by about one thoosand majority. ■ Tennessee Elections. All but two small Democratic eouoncv heard fr< m Johnson, dtm , is t'eoted Governor by over 1500 ma jority. It is alsu stated that tho Democracy have gain ed two members to Congress. Agricultural Convention. CoLUMS’A, August 8. The Convention to form an Agricultural Socety in this State met to-day, and l3ode!?gttes were present, rep re eeuti igtwenty-or.B Districts. Dr. -ames Ba ratt was choa.n President, ana peverai vice President were al*o elected. A committee of one from each Agncu] ural So ciety, and one frotn each District not having a Society were appointed to picpare business, and the co-vsntion then adjourned until to-morrow. For the Times & Sentinel. More Withdrawn!?, We, the undersigned citizens of Stewart conntv, hav : ng heretofore connected ourselves with the secret order called the American party, and being now convinced that the ten cency of this organization is for evil, and only * evil, and that continually, we feel it our duty, as patriotic and virtu ous citizens, to renounce our alliance with tho order. V\ o therefore take this means of informing our fellow citizens that we hare this day withdrawn from the great American party. Lumpkin, Gar, August Bth, 1355. C W Hart, Redin Ger^ling, Elisha Woodard, William Mathis, j John Reeves, Dn*l Barlett, HP Flower?, J G Meadows, Hod jab Elam, B W Yelving on, H H Hedges. M C Yelvington, G VV Mel .ley, Wright Yelvington, A J MeL roy, Zanders Yelvington, M J Fort>t, B L Collins, Tnonias Harden, Craven Whelley, Daniel Jones. , D M Dotson, ‘ 1-ahen Owens, L G Shipp, Robt H Sherman, J C Dunnaway, Gideon Massey, Timothy M Dunnaway, Henry Hurd, \Vm J Dunnaway, V\ J Mabry, j E Hardy. [For the Times & Sentinel 1 Congressional Canvass in Chattahoochee* Cusscta, Ga., Augu?t 9, 1855. Messrs. Editors: —I had the pleasure, on 1 ue-day luo 7th inst., of hearing the first political discussion between Hon. Martin J. Crawlord and Col. Willis A. Hawkins, the two candidates for Congress in tno Second Dbtrict. — According to previous appointmeir, a large number of the voters of Chattahoochee county assembled at this place, and at an early hourtiie meeting was or fe aniz-d by callng to the chair Hon. Isaac H. Web*,Col. A. W. Redding, and E. G. Raiford, E ? q The house being called to or er. Judge Crawford took the staid and in a speech of an hour and a half,chained tho attention of all.in a cairn, dispas sionate, but able and lucid manner, showed that the si; ve ry question and ihe admi.-sion of Ivansa' s , a* a stave were the only important political questions in w hich the Southern people are inteiesud. The Judge urged that tie Slavery question had been tne paramount political question between the North and the South from the beginning of tho Government, and that despite the efforts of paity politi cians to draw off the people upon questions of minor im portance, that this question had to be met, and no dodging. He then proceeded to take up Know Nothingism, and with a spirit of magnanimity and generosity, which characteri zes the truly great, did he prove to the candid, sober eec ond thought of every unprejudiced mind, the unjuslness, ! the uuholineep, and the micom’-u'* o r the creed* j and principles of Know Nothing': ‘. I. . } thought the [ Judge too generous. Nest in turn came Col. Hawkics, who, uni-ke his com- I petitor, burst forth upon the audience in a liaiangue cl tw p j hours, first upon a pleasing and exciting anecdote—eueo as j we have been accustomed to hear from tho t ye of “Log 1 Cabin” and “HaruCider” —and then down 1 the un- fortunate foreigners and Catholics. The Cos!, made a fine speech indeed; he told us, among many other things, that the Know Nothing Platform did not prohibit Catholic? and Foreigners from holding office,but the Col. forgot to tell ua that their Platform and their ‘'secret o&i .s” were two separate and distinct article?. I thought he should have told us that the oath of the second degree contradicted such assertions. The remaining half hour was occupied by Judge Crawford, in which he clearly showed the evil results of blending polities and r-.ligion, urging, at tho same time, that among the most important provisions of tho Constitution, was that of Religious freedom and Reli gious rolerance. R. Passmore Williams Indictee.- Philadelphia, Aug. 10. Passmore Williamson and six negroes hav® 1 ad true bill? found against them for their conduct in the matter of the liberation of Coi. Whet ler’s slaves. J heir trial will cc-me oil on the 27th of Augu.-t. Know Kothing Convention. Springfield, Mass , zlug. 6. The Amor‘can Convention was held here to-day, and the Committee reported that .shivery w.-.b sectional :nd .liberty national, denounced the Administration, and Aimed that ihey were in of natural-,: -d Protestants being admitted into the order. j Interesting from the Plains—Cholera at Fort Biley. St. Louis, Aug. iO. A correspondent of the Republican writing from Fort Laramie, under date of July 16th, says that ail was quiet in that region. Capt. Foot’s company ot infantry had ar i r i vp d. i Col Ilowe’s dragoons were met fifty miles oi f ott Kcur- I ney. The load was lined wi h trams and those ; Pending i them were all well. No Sioux Indians w: re -een on the j route. Cholera was pievailing with great fatality at Fort ! Riley. Major Ogden was among its victims. Several | companies of troops and a large number of met hanics wre there. Numbers had abandoned the lort and takeu to the hills. _ Mr. Dawton Decline* the Governorship of Kansas. Philadelphia, Aug 10. Mr. Dawson parsed through Pitttburg yesterday tn his way home, and ann ‘unct and to hi- friends his pmpo e to de cline the appointment tendered him oi Governor of Kansas, _ The Sixth District moving—Speeches of Gov Johnson and Gov Cobh —Last Friday. ’oth, as we leairi from the Athens Banner, was a glorious day in the Sixth District for those who are attached to the principles ot tieedom of speech, freedom of conscience and freedom ot the ballot box. At a free barbecue given in Jackson county on that day, the pecq 1*- turned out t- the number oi two thousand or more. It was the largest concourse of people tha: has been brought together in that Di-’rict since the campaign ot 1848. Tne oceasi n was the pre-er-ce ot Gov. Johnson and ex Gov. Cobb, whose speeches are repoited by the Banner, The Three Oaths. —We are pleased to see that the ;>?o ----j pie are giving their attention io the difference in the th ee • oaths of lh*i Know Nothings, and die m-idious manner ,n • winch they are arranged, so as to goo the members ot the j Third Degrt 9an advantage ov-r all ihe test ot their broth- I ren. in the “ mild hunt after office. ; This point has been presented to our readers heretofore, i We now quote an extract from a letter ot a citixen of i Lumpkin, Stewart county, ch-:*d August 7, who rend* an ! , T (ier tor Rxtras from this office. “As I am writing you on bt'.sinesa, ’ call your at tention to the difference ;n ■’ o.rn -o • voting ia I t ;e three C *gr es of Know X oWiveby Comparing them, that meniber- < jetonu degrees stand but little better chance oi gt < ffiec than an outsider.* — Scv. Nnrs A Meeting If to be held in Lowell, Mass., to in ■ dignaiion at the removal of Gov. Reeder by the President. A man In Maine, who had stolen a watch, r* a as an excuse, that he was unwell, and hb physician a-vised him o take something. Death of Morton.—Private letter® from Athens announce the death of young .Morton, who was shot by Cox at the Vindison Springs. Cox was in custody. Mainehusetts Know Nothings.—Toe propo-ition tt> alter the Constitution so as to admit ail Proteetcnt citizens if M&ssachuis’ te, which includes naturalised Protestant has been defeated. Married, On the 2d test., by the Rev Jos. S. Baker, Mr. Colurr tw A. Rose, ot Russeil, Ala., and Miss CafiiariES z, Janes, of Palmyra, G*