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(Times Sentinel. “COLOMBO!}, GEORGIA. SATURDAY EVENING, AUG. 18, 1855- FOR GOVERNOR. HKHSt lli:!. V. JOHNSON. KOR CONGRESS. lt District—James L. Seward, of Thomas. 2<l, *• M. J * Crawford of Muscogee, ;jU. *• James M. Smith, of llpson. 4th “ Hiram Warner, of Meriwether, sth “ Jno. H. Lumpkm, of Floyil, Oth “ Howell Cobb, ol Clarke. 7th *• Linton Stephens, of Hancock. Slh 44 A. H. Stephens, of Taliaferro. Facts lorgthe People. Who can read the following facts and then deny that Northern Democrats are Abolitionists, enemies to the South, the Federal Union and the Constitution : Is it a Fact. —That the Democrats in the Free State* have elected none but Abolitiouists and Freevoilers to the Congress of the United States. It is a Fact. —That the Administration papers of the South are unable to designate a representative elected to the Congress or Senate of the United States, in any of the tree States by the Democrats, who is not an Abolitionist or Freesoiler. It is n i'<nrl.—That every representative from the Free Staten in the Congress or Senate of the United Stales, that the Democrats have elected or assisted to elect since the parage of the Nebraska Hill, is in favor ol its repeal and the repeal or modification ol the fugitive slave law. — Rome t. owner. We clip the foregoing mendacious paragraph from the Rome Courier, h Know Nothing sheet published ai Home, Geo,, in order that our readers may see to what desperate shifts the American party resorts to sustain a sinking cause. It is Imruly necessary to add that each one of its t facts i a deliberate falsehood. The editore of the Rome Courier may justify themselves for attempting to palm oft’ upon the poblio as facts, what they know to be willful misstatements, upon the ground that the article in which they appear is not embraoed in their editorial columns, hut we see very little difference between selecting for publication, and writing for publication, wlial the editors know to be untruo. We will notice in this article only the last charge. Our readers will remember that we published last week, a list, furnished by the C’erk of. the House of Representatives, of the Northern Democrats who voted fur the NebraskaMvausas bill and the names and party affinities of their successors. Twenty-six of these sound Northern Democrats weie beaten by Kreesoilers who were the candidates of the Know Nothings; fourteen of them were re-elected or were succeeded by sound National Democrats. Their names arc -John Kelly, of N, Y., Geo, Vail, of N. J., Titos. 8. Florence, J. Cad wallader, J, Glanoey .Tones aud Asa Packer, of Pa., bimth Miller and Wni, II English, of Indiana, Win. A. Richardson, James C Allen and S. A. Marshall, of Illinois; Augustus Hall, of lowa, J. TV. Denver and F. 11. Thibart, of Californio. All these good and true men are tlie zealous and intrepid adcates of the Nebraska-Ivaoeus bill and of the Fugitive Slave law. These measures were the issues made against them in the canvass. They met them like men and were elected upon them, lot the Rome. Courier has the hardihood to charge that “every rep resentative from the free States in the Congress or the Heuate of the United States, that the Democrats have elected or assisted to elect, since the passage of the Ne braska bill, is iu favor of its repeal and the repeal or modification oflbe Fugitive Slave laws!” We could not have believed that there was a press in Georgia so reckless ot truth, as the Rome Courier has proven it self to be, it wo had not seen the proof of its mendacity in its own columns. There is but one excuse for the untruthfulness of the Rome Courier , aud that is not creditable to the intelligence of its editors. They may have been imposed upon by some reckless partisan. If tins is the case they will correct their misstatements. We shall see. The Catholic Church and the Holy Scriptures. Those persona who had the mortification to hear E A. Nisbet’s epeeeh at the recent Know Nothing Bar becue, in this city, will remember that he asserted rouudly that the Catholic Church forbade its member ship from reading the Holy Bible, and charged directly that those who assertod the contrary were ignorant of history or willingly falsified it. We were amazed at the unblushiug effrontery of this assertion. We can not, believe that Judge Nisbet would assert what he knew to be untrue. And yet it is very difficult for us to account for his strange ignorance of facts known to intelligent men everywhere. We have on our fable, open to the inspection of the world, a Catholic Bible, in the English language containing all the books of the Old and New Testa ment, published at 138 Market St., Baltimore, Mary land, by Yielding Lucas jr., with the approbation of the Provincial Council in the following words . “We hereby reooinmeud to the faithful of the Uni ted'States, the uew edition of the Downy Bible, about tube printed by Fieldiug Lucas, jr., Baltimore, under the inspection of a Clergyman, appointed bv the most Rev. Archbishop.’’ Given at Baltimore. 22d day of April 1837 and signed bv the Archbishop of Balti more, and the Bishops of Charleston, St. Louis, Boston, A rath Cincinnati, Bolivia, V incenues, Ohio and New Orleans. On a fly leaf of this Bible, we find a letter from Pope Pius the sixth, dated at Rome, on the Mends of April, 1,78, directed to Anthony Martini, afterwards Archbishop of Florence, on the event of bis transla tion of the Holy Bible into iuiiau, from which we make the following extracts : ‘.At a time that a vast number of bad books, which most grossly attack the Catholic religion are circulated even among the unlearned, to the great destruction of souls, you judge exceedingly well, that the faithful should be excited to the reading of the Holy Scriptures • 1 lor these are the most abundant sources winch ou d.’ to be left open to every one, to draw from them purity of mors,s and of doctrims, to eradicate the error! which are so widely disseminated in those corrupt times 1 his you have seasonably effected, as you declare by country, suitable u, W ry , We nhun you and „ fc.rrt, that K , vo a , UeJ B> . j pUuatorv n0... wbteh W„^„ r , wtt j , r „„, JMv a, 1,0... proolodo own /' U 0 l, “ ■"lfl'ge of t |„ Pop, Os Romo, lh,l *\* f . niooMer of iniquity, who. according to Know ‘ , .‘ U ® Ola^or! ’ *D>] presses, burns (be Bible and for bids Ms use to the people. If any of oar Know Nothing friends feel any rt •uotanc® in calling in the Times *f- Sentinel otii,. c i-> can gratify their auiit*?y loseo a Catholic Bihle bv i eafi ug°u any respectable Catholic family m town who j wili take great plaasoro m showing it u> them. Th*,- - tc ‘ !£K ”' ,V h! traoiV.ioD of Km* -I.irn, i •■ -M th.y oil! iuMl, 1, *hh f, (| v.olp ,i„ i After this, we hope we shall hear no more of Cath olics burning the Bible. It is a disgrace to the intelli gence of the age. Protestants prefer their translation : Catholics prefer their translation. It is not a matter to quarrel about. If those who make the most noise about the Catholic Church, would diligently read the Catholic Bible and follow’ its ‘teachings, they would be belter ehristiuus and better citizens. We especially commend to their notice the following quotation from the Doway Bible. “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.’’— Exodus xx. Iff. Tennessee. The majarity for Gov. Johnson is reported at about 1,500. The Congressional Districts wore Gerrymandered \ by a Whig Legislature with a view to the exclusion, if possible, of every Democratic representative. Ow ing to local and personal considerations, however, a de cided Democrat (Churchwell) was returned to the hut ! Congress from the Knoxville District, which was, aud i is, overwhelmingly anti-Deinocratic in politics. Frum some cause or other, Mr. Stanton (Democrat) was also elected from the Memphis District with heavy • political charges against hint. Thus favored by fortune, our party, succeeded in carrying four of the ten members of the delegation. In the present election, neither Mr. Stanton nor Mr. Churchwell was a candidate, and each one is succeeded, as wo had every reason to expect, by a political oppo I nent. W have, however, gained a member in place of General Cullom, and very probably another in place !of Mr. Bugg. If so, the delegation will stand as in i the last Ouugres— four Democrats and six Know Noth ings Avery satisfactory result, under the eircumstan* ! CCS. The defeat of General Cullom in the Coffee District, J i by Mr. isavag is net the least of the gratifying results lof the Tennessee election. General Cullom opposed the Nebraska hill in the last Congress, and has done but littlle during hit? political career to commend him to the favor of his District. The election of Samuel A. Smith, in tho Hamilton District, affords much satisfaction to our ftuti-lvuow < Noitiiug friends throughout the country. His Anti ! Know Nothing speech in the last Congress was exten sively circulated, and with tho most favorable results. ( Ue is is unquestionably a member of useful talents. Every true friend of economy in the public expendi tures, every opponent of special class legislation, will rejoice to bear of the re-election, by an immense ma jority, of George W. Jones in the Lincoln District. Tho Legislature is In doubt—both parties claiming a small majority on joint ballot.—-Ado. *V Gazette, .!- gust Iff. Mr Overby ud the Georgia Platform.- Mr Overby, having been interrogated at Waynesboro, as to what he would do if he were elected Governer, if Congress should refuse to admit Kansas into the Union, because she was a Slave State he said: “He had not. thought much about the matter before but it he were elected Governor, and this contingency Were to happen, he. would try and do the eery best he could under all the circumstances. Ho would pray to God for assistance —he would consult the oid men of both parties—ho would not consult young nun ; and by the liirht of the counsel which he should receive, he would eudeavnr to do the best lie could.” Prayer, says the Constitutionalist, is a good tiling in its place, and is very appropriate in a timo of political peril. But the contingency above suggested would in* yoke a state of facte pest praying for. At least the peo ple of Georgia will need a Governor who has some defi nite opinions, and will bo prepared for sumo course of action. It will be a lime when the counsel and services of the young men, as well as the old, will be desirable. An Interesting Question Settled. —-It has been always supposed that the mean height of the Pacific oeean is greater than that of the Atlantic—the differ ence at the Isthmus of Panama being between three and four feet. This is found to be an error. “It ha* been lately decided by Gul Totten, after a series of care ful tidal observations taken at the city of Panama and in Aspinwali (Navy Bay,) and connected by accurate levels along the line of railroad, that the mean height of the two oceans, is exactly tho same, although, ow ing to the difference of tho rise of tide at both places, there are of course times when one of the oceans is higher or lower than the other, but their meau level, that is to say, their height at half tide, is now proveu to be exactly the same.” Naturalization in Great Britain , —The naturalize - laws in England arc not as stringent as is generally tup posed. The acquisition of citizenship is nut so much a process of delay, as of routine and expense, which is very heavy in the way of lees, as is any thing dee in which the officers of the government have any agency. The provisions of the law are on the whole very liber al. In the statute 7 and .8 Victoria, c GO, entitled ‘‘an act to aiuendjthe lavys relating to aliens,” it is directed that the applicant must send to the Home .Secretary a memorial praying for the grant, and setting forth the name, age and profession of the applicant .whether mar ried or single—if any children or not—of what friendly State a native and j| he intends to reside in the Uni ted Kingdom. This memorial must be substantiated by an affidavit of the petitioner, and the declaration of t householders of good repute, affinimtory of Ins respec tability and loyalty. A certificate of naturalization is then issued, which entities the person to whom ills granted to the right to vote, hold freehold property, and ah other immunities and privileges of n British subject-, except that of a seat in the Legislature or the Privy Council. The cost of procuring this certificate amounts to nearly thirty dollars. —New Oi lcans Bulletin ihe Contest in the Third IMstricG Vlnhanm. Bui tor the Wlfishners of a disappointed partisan in the third district, it is believed the Anieneans would have suc ceeded there likewise.— Savannah Republican. Plus will be news in tho third ditrict. IV ho ;s the “disappointed partisan” alluded to by the Republican ? It surely cannot refer to Cupt. Abercrombie, B. 11. Bi ker, or Chat-leu Mcßemorc. They worked hard for the Know Nothing candidates. Hhois it l Do it!!, „ J une Fruit. —We are indebted R. J. .Moses, E*iq., for specimens of seedling poaches, raised by him, Os a very large size aud agreeable fl vor. Col. .1. A. L. Bet’ will also accept our thanks for a mess of peaches, raised by him at h:s plantation in this county, which arc hard to beat n any country. Charles A. Peabody has also placed us under obligations by depositing upon our ta ble a monster citron raised from seed,brought from Cal ifornia, by C<>!. B. It. Bonn- r. Anti Know Nothing Victory in St. Louis.—An election fur County Assessor and for Assistant Circuit Vttorncy, was held in the city and county of ?>!. Louis on Monday, the nth ins?. Ibe Anti Know Nothing candidate*- succeeded by about la'ht majority. Ihe newspapers bring uv the first report of tho result—-the managers of the telegraph extend mg from * Lotus U> -h- East doming it impolitic, w feuppeie, to tid iivv> by their linn Mont, Ad,-. For the Times Sentinel. THE CANVASS. The .Second Congressional District. Messrs. Editors: —l always like to take a hand in a tight when l cau find any body of my own size. I think my tune has oume. 1 see a great many little “poodle ’ dogs snapping at the heels of our gallant can didate for Congress, Martin J. Crawford, HMI yuu give a chance at this small fry ! I tliiuk I am their match, lu the meau time you can set your lance against knighis mure worthy of your steel. 1 see in the Columbus Knyuirer of the 16th, an ar ticle dated “Chattahoochee county, August, ffih 1855.” The author o’s this smart piece has got no name and we will call him, therefore, No-Name. This will suit pretty well as he is a veritable No Nothing. He io one of my men j so clear the ring aud let me have a snap at him. No-Name begins by saying; “I will not set down aught in malice, nor will I misrepresent Judge Craw ford intentially , but will give you a simple, unvarnished story of his effort. Now Mr, Editor did I not tell you No-Name was aNo Nothing Do you know what intentially means ? SS ebster has no such word. I presume it is one of the secret pass-words of the order. But to proceed. My honored competitor next says: Judge Crawford declared, “so far as the foreign question was concerned he was with Hawkins, aud if elected, would vote as stringent laws as lie or any one else.’’ Now, 51 r. Editor, you know Judge Crawford said no such tiling. lie said he would vote as stringent laws against th importation of eliminate and paupers into the l'tilled States, as Col. Hawkins or any one else wanted, but he does not advocate the exclusion of honest and industrious foreigners from the United Slates who come to our shores to avoid the tyranny of the old world aud to enjoy the freedom of the new ; neither does he advocate a change of the naturalization laws. Yet No-Name says he will not set down aught iu malice nor ‘‘intentially” misrepresent Judge Craw ford. ‘What do you think of rny Know Nothing friend now ! Is he not n smail dog ? Makes a niisMiek the first pass, and gets a thump on his muzzle for his pains. No-Name closes with this prediction ’. “my predic tion is that he (Crawford) will cease to go round with Hawkins, und meet him face to face, or he will give it up altogether.’Well brag is the game. You re member that night in Temperanoe Hall when Hawkins spoke iu Columbus, a young man mounted the rostrum and said ; “Fellow citizens; I hold a dispatch in my lmnde which gives the gratifying intelligence that the good old State of Tennessee has gone for the American party. If we gain throughout the balance of the Stale as we have gained in the couuties heard from, Gentry’s majority will be not less than 15, and pro bably vote.” Well, one of the some sort of boys is on the stump again, and you need not be surprised at bow big a—report he puts in circulation. Martin J. Crawford abashed at the genius of W illis A. Hawkins 1 The Democracy shrink from a contest with Know Notbiugisin j Well, that is rich. No-Name lias not Vet heard from Yirgiuia, or Tennesse, or North Caro lina, or Alabama, or Texas. He is decidedly a Know Nothing. You may hear again from, affectionately yours, SHARP STICK. For the Times 6c Sentinel. Sharp SHck alter another ol ‘{'hem. Messrs. Editors : —I had Hardly finished my last, article before I came across another of rny particular friends. He is called “It. IT. T.” aud does his bark ing in the Sumter Republican. Tie is more rabid than Mr. No name, bt hue belongs to the same breed of dogs. 1 think lam his match also and will, at least, try his mettle. Its a sure sign that a cause is desperate when its ad vocates are compelled to resort to misrepresentation to sustain it. “U, IT. T.” is some at this game. lie is either unable to comprehend .Judge Crawford and is indeed a Know Nothing, or he designedly misunder stands him in order to attack him. If this latter sup position is the true one, then is “R. IT, T.” inexcusa ble. lie says “Judge Crawford is a bold, fearless arid honest man and honesty is marked upon every sentence he utters.” Such an enemy should command the re spect of even a Know Nothing. But‘ll. IT. T.’ being a natural member of the order must be treated with leniency. Ilia intelligence is not equal to his zeal. He save “Judge Crawford declared that he would vote for as stringent naturalization laws as Col. Hawkins, or any other American/’ H e think it probable R. IT. T. is a little weak in the upper story and is not able to comprehend what a sensible man says. Now, Judge Crawford, and every other Democrat and anti-Know Nothing iu the District, is in favor of the most strin gent laws to prevent paupers and criminals from being shipped into the United Stales by European Govern ment; but we imagine sensible people will see a very great difference between this class of laws, and those which provide for tho naturalization of good and true men who, fleeing from the despotism of the old world, seek an asylum in the new. Judge Crawford is in fa vor of giving to such men a warm and cordial welcome, and would cheerfully extend to them all the rights of citizenship after a five years residence in the country : and a compliance with the other just and proper pro visions of the laws for the naturalization of foreigners. Wry different is the position of Col. Hawking. Hr is not only in favor of excluding paupers and criminals from the country, but a!so*ol denying to all foreigners, who may hereafter come into the country, the privilege of citizenship, until they have been .here 21 years, and also of excluding from office all adopted oitizeus, no mat ter how bright may \m their intellects, how pure their characters, how- eminent their services. Judge Craw ford utterly loatha this proscriptive policy, as 11. IV. TANARUS, well knows, and he willfully or ignorantly misrepresents him when ho affects to believe that lie and Col. Hawkins occupy the same posh ion on the naturalization question. But hear R IV. T. again : “lie (Crawford) acknowl edges that the American party hu* as good a negro platform as they”—the Democracy have. Now. R. IV.T. knows that Judge Crawford made no such admls ed -ti. He spits upon the l’hiladelphia platform. J{ litter will comment to “pretermit any expression of opin ion se to ‘he power of Congress to legislate upon the subject of slavery in the Territories” and he would rather die than acknowledge that the Supreme Court i- the only tribunal to interpret the constitution iu all doubtful or disputed points, as tho Ku>*w Nothing plut form does. No, no, Mr. R, IV. TANARUS., Judge Crawford stands square footed on the lth resolution of the Geor gia platform, which denies to Congress all power over : slavery iu tb< Territories and acknowledges the £tste ! <>t Georg*a as the only pow er on earth which i% eompe- i tent to decide on doubtful or disputed points of const! tutiona! law for citizens of Georgia. Mr. Crawfords; negro platform is made of Georgia live oak. Mr. Haw. kius is constructed of Penneylvania pine. But’ H. IV. T.“ not only misrepresents Judge Craw fora, but he- loudly dee* the ter tic* for Marshall J UVllboru. Hear him t “Judge TVcilborn then to! Jewed m a brkf speooh iy whih {.eddied that Con 6 Utf lad She fight to paed Uniform naiantli*ati6n laws. paying that this must he left to tho States respectively.” Now, every body in this district knows that Judge W ellborn never said any such thing. Judge W tllborn is a constitutional lawyer and knows that the constitu tion confers upon Congress, by express grant, the power to pass uniform laws upon the subject of naturalization. Judge Wellborn holds, as does every other constitu tional lawyer, that Congress has no power to prescribe the qualification of voters j and that each Stale has full power over this subject. This simple truism our poor Know Nothing friend 11. IV. T. confounds with the 1 power to pass uniform laws on the subject of naturali zation. Like master like man. Col. Hawkins, we learn, holds that under our present naturalization laws a foreigner is required to reside six years in the United States before be can be naturalized. It is also charged that he believes and asserts that old John Adams’ law requiring fourteen years residence, as a pre-requisite to naturalization, was passed during the administration of Washington. If the knight makes such gross mistakes, we must charitably indulge his squire in like privileges, otherwise the setvant would shame the master. But we are not yet done with It. IF. T. W'e reserve the choicest wine for the conclusion of the feast. Hoar him agaiu. 7/esays: “And we learn that the i/on. gentleman is goiug to abandon the canvass with Col. //awkins, as he is aware that his principles wilt not bear the scrutiuy of such a debater as Col //awkins has proveu himself to be.’’ This is the old story of our Chaltahooche friend. It is getting rather stale. W'e presume the wish a; father to the thought. Judge Crawford will hardly leave Col. 7/awkius until the Ist Monday in August next, and then he will only part j company because the Colonel will come “tearing out be hind.” Col. //. now takes the whip and spur, aud is badly blowu. W e are afraid he will let down before the race is half run. The Virginia quarter stretch was a little too heavy for his muscle ; the Tennessee fiolf mile hurt his wind ; lie bogged badly in the Alabama mud •, tho North Carolina pine bareus wore hard for him to go through ; be gained a little on the Kentucky back stretch, but he fell behind sadly on the Texas prai ries, and by the time he reaches tho red hilla of Geor gia we fear he will “let down.” //is backers, It. W. T. and others, are dead weight ; how can the poor horse do justice to himself with such riders. Affectionately Your?, S7/ARP STICK. The Yellow Fever at Porthsmouih, Ya. Baltimore, August I’G. The Yellow Fever is still on the increase in Norfolk.— Commodore Barron is thought to be dying.— The Mayor and other prominent citizens are very ill, and many have died. In New York, to day, tho merchants on the Corn Exchange appointed a committee tor the relief of I lie sufferers in Gosport, and ..similar meetings have been litddin Philadelphia and this city. Cholera at Fort Leavenworth and Fort fcvr. Louts, Aug- 11. At Furl Leavenworth, in persona have died of cho lera. Among its victims are Major Armstead and wife. Further accounts from Fort Riley confirm the death of Major Ogden, of cholera, Major Woods, his wife and four children have alo died of it. Dr. Simmons aud the ladies of the garrison have left. The chap lain is thy only officer now remaining there. The dis ease is of thy very worst character, and very fatal. The workmen are endeavoring to get the public funds. Lecompte and party have lull Fort Leavenworth for Fort Riley. Reinforcement for the Kinney Expedition.. New York, Aug, *l. The steamship Ocean Bird sailed yesterday with more forces, to join Col. Kinuey’s expedition to Nica ragua. 1? is rumored that Costa Rica has agreed to raise an army of 5,000 men to sustain Col. Walker, New Orleans Flections. New Ohj.eanh, Aug. 14. The Know Nothing have elected their candidate for .Judge for the Second District Court, by eleven hun dred and fifty-five majority. North Carolina Election. Washimjton, August 12. Ills now definitely ascertained that tho Congression al delegation from North Carolina will stand three lv. ‘ Nothings and five Democrats, including Mr. Clingmuu, whose majority is about 1,000. Baltimore, Aug. 13. I’uryear, lv. N., is ejected to Cougteas from the oth District, North Carolina, by 300 majority, and Cling- : man, Democrat, in the Eighth by six hundred majo rity. From Washington* Washington, Aug. 13. Col. Steploe, instead of being at Carson vailey, as the newspapers have recently stated, awaiting the reply of the President to his proposed conditional acceptance of the Governorship of Utah, was on the ItJlh of July at Cenioia, California, with his command. Wilson Shannon has accepted the Governorship of Kansas, and will depart forthwith f -r that territory. Mobile Tribune. —Mr. McGuire, who has been con nected \v:ib this paper about nine years as one of He pro prietors, has disposed of bis interest to Mr. L. A. Miudleto'n, late of the Mobile Register. Mr. Middleton lsoue of the founders of the Tribune. The Yellow Fever at Norfolk. Columbia, Aug. I T The vdlow serer is increasing at Norfolk, and the town is nearly depopulated. A panic has seized the citi zen:? and many hundreds from the infected district have arrived in Washington city. Several cases and two deaths have occur!ed among those who buddy arrived at that city. . Schooner Struck by a Water Spout. Philadelphia, Aug. 14. The 8- hooiier M ulton, from Boston, bound to Doboy Ham,. Georgia, lias put into ibis port, in distress, the was struck by a water spout on the bth iod. Railrord Accident. Philadelphia, Aug. 14. .1 dispatch from Albany, New \ ork, slate-* that Mr. f>. 1 aft, of Charleston, S. C., lost an arm “bile iu the cars on the Boston pail road. Foss of Life Falla. PtnLADCL.rujA, Aug. 14 A diypat’Ti fiorn Bufßdo, New York, states that fne unknown persons paused over Niagara Talb and that all f, f them perished. Clingntan's Majority —The Asheville ‘fen? of the ‘alb instant, gives the official return of the votes m the 9th ( i’orces: ns-1 Distriat, by which it appears ‘h it Mr ClinpnifinC mTmidy. wn* 1 .;•.**. Ono th araml more ilit-:i \mv ever Inform giveh T *vwewaa? in tins - tio*. LATER FROM EUROPE. ARRIVAL OI ’ TUB STEAMSHIP AMERICA. Halifax, N. S., August 15. Tire British and North American Royal Mail Steamship America arrived here .this afternoon from Liverpool ’with advices to the ttii hist. Com mere ih I Intelligence. The Liver tool Cotton Markets. — 1 lie Circular ot Messrs. Denistoun & Cos., of the 3d inst., quotes Cotton l-l6©l-Bd. lower, but stales that it “closed .steady. The sales during the week ending the 2d instant coiJpriced 3a,- 000 bales, of winch speculators took 3uOO aud exporters tOOO bales—leaving 2?,u00 bales of all descriptions to tho trade. Fair Orleans and Fair Uplands were quoted at Old and Middling Uplands at 6d. per lb. The Liverpool Breadstufls Market was generally un changed, although prices were easier but not quotably low er. White Wheat was worth from ID. 9d to 12s. 2d. and Red 11s. 3d. per 70 lbs. Western Canal Flour quo ted at from 10s. to 10s. 6d., aud Ohio at Ironi 4&I. to 435. fid. per barrel. White Corn commanded Its., aud Mixed from 3Sa. to 335. fid. per Go lbe. There had been heavy rains, but the crop accounts were favorable. The Liverpool Provision Market was generally unchan ged. , The Loudon Money Market was more rtiingen*. Con sols fur money were quoted at 91U The Bullion in tbs Bank of England had decreased -C ,‘50,0°0 Bh rling. General Intelligence* Advices from before Sebastopol, dated the 20th ultimo, state that everything was being prepared for a general ac tion within fifteen days. I'he Rue a out bad ueceededm establishing Rifle Pittc in front of the French Sappers.— Advices to the 23th ult. state that the preparations lor the grand expedition were being continued, and that all the vessels’of the allied Heels had assembled in Kamiescb Bay. It was reported in Paris that the French Government had received official notification of the resumption of tho bombardment ot the Malakoffaud Redan fortifications,and jot the preparations making for the assault. The Viceroy of Egypt was also negdeiating with the Bedouins to ‘serve ; in the Crimea. A telegraphic despatch, however, from ; London dated at noon on Saturday, lire 4th instant, aud i received in Liverpool juot prior to the departure of the ! America, states that ihcseigwol Sevastopol was about to be raised, and that communications had been received bv i the Western Powers from Germany of startling interest. The fortifications in ihe sea of Azov were progressing. Accounts from Constantinople slate that Bchamyl had descended from the mountain-, .and was threatening the rear of the Russians, who wore retreating. No alterations hud uccui red in the p*?itiou of the Baltic Squadron. The (jueen of England bad scut a me: age to Parliament asking additional supplies tor the pro:coution of the war, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer had proposed an i-a rue of $7,000,0(0 in Exchequer Bill’s. Lord Palmerston, in reply to a question touching the British enlistments m the U. States, stated that in order to prevent ihe possibili ty of a difiicuity with America, the British Government had stopped the enlismcnt ot recruits at Halifax. There was a rumor—of doubtful authenticity however— that Spain would send a contingent to tlm Crimea, on the condition that she received ateiriiorial guaranty including Cuba. Private advices from Lombardy and Venice indicated that important events were nearly ripe in Italy for develop* meut. Governor Shannon Accepts.- —lntelligence from Wash ington states that Hun. Wilson Shannon, accepts the Governorship of Kails; s. lie w,II leave forthwith ior the territory. Winter's Mills. — But a marvellous short time has passed since the old mills were destroyed, aud yet them is nearly finished, not indeed upon ilicir site, hut in their stead, a building’ tar more striking and commodious.— l'he new mills a?-e three stories above a lofty and well ventilated basement, huill of brick, in a most substantial style, and upon a neat and thoroughly convenient design. They will be a monument to the enterprise of their owner, and an ornament to the city.— Mont. Adc. t js/A. Surrey of lhr. liny and Harbor of >/. Marks. — We lealll that the Government of ihe t luted i-datt-s has de* termined to cause a regular survey r f the Bay and Har bor of St. Marks, and of the Bt. -Marks River at least a* high as the Railroad terminus, during the year ending July J, 1 $56. Democratic and Anti-Know Nothing I’nnUi* dates for the Legislature. Bibb— -Senate, Leroy Napier j House, N. Bass and T. W. Brantley. Uutfs—iSvuHie, David J. Bailey ; House, B. F. Ward. Charlton. —Senate, Thomas Hilliard ; I louse, Joe. Thompson. Coweta —Senate, Buchanan ; House, Mm. Amis and G. O. Wynn. Cherokee— Senate, M. J. Camden , House, Lawton Fields and Liltleberry Holcomb. Chattooga —Senate, Wedey Shropbhire ; Houre, L. W. Crook. day— Senate, I)r, B, F. Adorns; House, D, M. Bruner. Dougherty- Senate, W. J. Lawton, House, A. F„ Harris. Floyd— Senate, Francis Irwin ; House, M. 11. Hay. nie and W. B. Terhune. Fulton.—Senate, John Collier j llmm, Aliton Nelson. . Harris —Senate, J. K. Ramsay , House, Iltnry More© and Dr. Trainel. Henry —Senate, Dr. L. M. Tye ; House, A. A. Lem ons and S. C. Masters. Houston —Senate, Dr. Chat*. West; House, M. Mar shall and F. A. Hill. Kine,ho founce —Senate, D. B. Herrtd; ; Ifouse, V. E, Rev lore. : Liberty —Senate, A bid Winn’; House, ’WiMiain Hughes, jr. Mcrriwethcr -Senate, J. 11. Gaston; House, I, 0. ’ Nichoils and P. M. Martin, Tike —Senate, O. C. Gibson ;* Hoin-c, J. J. r a ;j. W’t 11. f'ulaski-Sm ate, Thus. B. HmvtJl; House, W. \V. Harrell. Stewart— Senate, A. Phillip* ; Tlcopc, B. L. Kim brough and ,T. A. Fort. Sumter Senate, Win. M, Brady ; House T. J. Bai den and 1 hos. i )nid. Spoltfing -Senate, G. J, Green; House, Thomas Thrower, Talbot— >so nate, L. B. Smith ; House, J. L. KrU. dale and ,T. t’ rler. i emus Senate, M . G, Loader, House, J, 0, Brow mug. Wathinglon-. Senate, J W. Rudisill , H- use, F- L. ■’ tin.l H. A Joiner H Hkinten~~ donate, u T. , ti Jatnn W. Taj 1, r.