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(Times atttj Sentinel COLUMBUS, GEoRGL|! jT SATURDAY EVENING, SEPT:’ 1, 1855. f6r governor. v lir.RSCIiEL V. JOIL\SO!V. FOR CONGRESS* Ist Dt*trit!t—•James of Thoina*. “ M, J • Crawford of Muscogee, 3d. 44 James flf. Smith, of Upson. 4th *• Hiram Warner, of Meriwether. sth 44 Jtio. If. Lumpkin, of Floyd. nth 4 * Howell Cobh, ol Clarke. 71 h *• Cin ton of Hancock. ?*h 44 A, 11. Stephens, of Ta liaferro, Let the People Govern—Reply to Southerner. “Southerner’’ is mistaken when he addresses us ub the Author of the call for ibe meeting on the stli of September. The** name of one of the editors of this paper is signed to the call, but he does not claim to be >ts author or to be authorized to give an authoritative exposition of the meaning of its terms. We will, however, take great pleasure in answering the ques tions of “Southerner,” aud feel assured that the great body of the party-which we represent will eudorse and sanction the views we give of the very interesting sub* jects referred to'by him. Thy Democratic Party met in Convention at Mil ledgeyiilo in June last deeply impressed with the ne cessity of Southern union to protect Southern Rights, ana firmly resolved to do everything in their power to effect it. In thy preamble to their resolutions they as sert that the subjects of Finance and Taxation and ap propriations of money, and of Constitutional power in reference thereto, old whig and democratic issues, no longer afford ground lor continued separation and con flict between Southern Democrats and Whigs $ and that other questions of practical and paramount impor tance are pressing upon the earnest attention of South ern men, and are of such a nature as require cordial and tratcrual concert of action among all who concur iu sentiment upon these questions. In their Ist, Sind, 3d and 4th resolutions, they en dorsed the third and fourth resolutions of the Georgia Platform and the Nebraska Kaunas act. Their sth res olution is in these words: oth Resolved, That in accordance with the above re solution, whilst we are willing to act in party association with all sound and reliable meu iu every section of the Union, we are not willing to affiliate with any party that abalflioi recognize, approve aud carry out the principles and .provisions of the Nebraska Kansas act—and that the Democratic-party of Georgia will cut oft’ all party con nection with every man aud party at the North or else, where, that does dot come up fully and fairly to this line of action. * It will be seen that the Democratic Party of Geor gia is not committed to the National Democratic Par ty unless it shall carry out the principles and provisions of the Nebraska-Kansas act Indeed it is pledged to “cut off all party connection with every man and party at the North, or elsewhere, that does not come up fully and fairly, to this line of action. It will, therefore, be seen, that by making “an ap proval of the Platform of principles adopted by the Democratic Party at their- late State Convention” a prerequiste to admission into the “Democratic aridanii- Komv Nothing Nominating Convention’’ of Muscogee County, the signers of the call do not intend to require of all who attend the Convention an unconditional com mittal to the National Democratic Party. If, however, the next-,national Convention of the Party shall en dorse the principles of the Nebraska-Kansas act and nominate a candidate for President who is sound upou the slavery question, it is expected of all who attend the Muscogee convention, to support him. If, however, the Northern branch of the Democratic party shall re fuse to ooncede to their Southern brethren their just ! and Cbnstilutoual rights, the Georgia Democracy are pledged to cut off all affiliation with the National Do- i mocraey, and seek another organization for the eeouri ty of their rights. If, therefore,“Southerner” and bis friends approve the Platform of principles adopted by the Georgia I)e- ! mocracy, they will be most cordially welcomed by the \ Muscogee Democracy to their Convention, no matter j what may have been their previous party relations. If j lie and they, however, help us to nominate candidates j we shall expect them to help us elect them. In order to throw further light upon this subject, we will relate a scrap of the secret history of the Milledge ville Convention. Many of the leading members had nnder consideration the propriety, after adopting the Platform of principles, of adjourning the Convention and publishing mi invitation to all citizens of the State who had not participated in selecting delegates to the I Convention, and approved the Platform, to send up delegates to It adjourned Convention, for the purpose : of nominating a candidate for Governor. This propo- 1 sition was made by the Muscogee delegates, met with much favor .from the best men of the Convention, and j w;is not acted upflu only because we could give no writ ten assurances that it would be responded to heartily I nud in good faith by the opposition, If such assurau- I ces had been given, we are certain that the proposition i would have beeu adopted with great unanimity The Democracy of Muscogee are iu a more fortu nate position. ►‘‘Southerner’’ has come forward with the olive branch of Peace. iVe appreciate the liberal ity, fairness and patriotism of his advance. life meet him hall way. Ii he will give up Know Nothingism and endorse our Platform of Principles, we will give him the right hand of fellowship ; ii is God shall be our God. and his people, our people. The only concession we demand from our Whig friends is the right to attend tho next National Convention of the Democratic Party. Ii it places itselt upon a sound platform, we expect them to support its nominees. If jt fails to do this, we pledge cursives logo for any national party “that will do so. If such a party cannot be formed, we will go for a Southern Party. We now ask “Southerher” to examine the Platform <*f the Georgia Democracy in good faith. He will bud that it is eminently suited to the exigencies of the times, and contains nothing objectionable to any South ern man, who is willing to give up Know Nothingism. D whs designed to he broad enough to aaeommodate all ••.a-ses of Southern oitizAia wlfo regard slavery as the paramount i&suc. We hope he eau endorse it, and that we shall have the pleasure of seeing him and his friends in Convention. Tin Wilmington Gunpowder Explosion. • SSomo new facts of interest, concerning this f\pio hv* lveu public by Professor Oimstead. who mule particular inquiry for scientific purposes.—’ Iv will be recoilectod that tbe explosion was occasioned by fire Irorn the cigar of one of the teamsters whil* ‘be wagone loaded with powder were passiug through dmington. tvome of ha phenomena were surpri f ”>g. A splinter from h Venetian blind blow., ‘brough ru inch board, making ns Smooth a hole as j f pointed with 6teeJ. Mentis were often displaced. The shoes were torn off the horses feet, castors from the furniture, and hinges from doors, and a wfgon-tire was torn off and straightened, and one piece left on a liill a quarter of a mile oft’ Windows were destroyed for the distance of more than a mile. Those near the spot were burst in, those further off had the nearer windows biffst in, the others out ; those further oft’ were all burst out. A piano open near the spot was little injured : one closed, further oft', was burst open and nearly ruined. The effect on the animal system was to produce a sense of suffocation at first, aud after wards, soreness of the throat, or even hemoptysis.— Many were carried some feet and dropped erect. A >nau on horseback'vvaa lifted out of the saddle and drop ped into it a gain. Rut the most wondrous effect was exhibited by three depressions where the wagou had stood. The oue under the middle wagon was tcu feet by five, aud three feet deep. It appeared that the earth [Macadamized] had not been removed but con densed. Prof. Ol instead kuew of no instance of great er power,—even in the great explosion of Rtescia, where two millions of pounds of powder exploded, that equalled this. Iron water pipes were broken four or five feet under ground. Want of Nerve. The patriotic Know Nothings of the 6th and Sth Districts are in a deplorable plight, according to oue of their own organs, the Dahlonega Signal , “Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike.” Iu the 6th, they are “willing to nominate, but can find no man with nerve sufficient to meet Mr. Cobb.” In tlio Sth, “they dare not bring out a man, even when they know they can beat him,” (Mr. Stephens.) Oh, my country l The following is the language of the Signal: “The nominee of the American party for the Sixth Congressional District, Y. L. G. Harris, Esq., declines accepting the nomination. This leaves the American party in this District without a oaneidate for Congress. In the Eighth District, the American people are so much in fear of Mr. Stephens, that they dare not bring out a man, even when they know they can beat him. In tUp Sixth District the party is willing to nom inate, but cau find no man with nerve sufficient to meet Mr Cobb. What a dilemma the two Districts arc in. We are of the opinion that if Mr. Stephens is permit ted to be elected without opposition, the like compliment should be extended to Mr. Cobb. We shall, therefore, not join in nominating any person in this District un til after a nomiuatiou shall have been made in the Sth District, Error Corrected —The New Congress. The following article from the Chicago Times, a Democratic paper conducted with remarkable ability, makes an agreeable correction of an error. It is pro j per to add, however, that the table referred to did not ; originate with our respected cotemporary of the Free ] Press, but with au opposition journal, and was general ly believed to be an accurate estimate of the strength of parties in the next Congress : “A Little too Fast,. —The Detroit Free Press, in j classifying the next House of Representatives, with re ference to the election of President by that body in case of a failure to elect by the people, puts down six teen States for the oaudidate who may favor the Kansas j Nebraska act, fourteen States for the abolitionists, and one (Iowa) divided. -Among the fourteen Stales set down for the abolition candidate is Illinois, which is a most outrageous error. We have Woodworth, Wasli burne, Knox and Norton eleoted from this State by the fusionists; and Richardson, Harris, Allen, and Marshall by the democracy and in the other district (now vacant] a demoorat will be elected by at least four thousand majority. Illinois, therefore, will certainly |be Demociatic. We do not stop here. Mr. Wood | worth, the member from this district, was always a democrat until the fusion of last tail, when by joining that party he was elected to Congress. We think his fusion aud his abolitiou ardor all expired with his elec tion, and we will be very muoh surprised, if on all ques tions he does not aot with the democratic patty, partic ularly as the meu who elected him have already desig nated his successor.” “Rut the next eleotion of President will not go to Congress. The Democratic candidate will get the vote of every northern State except Massachusetts and Ver mont, and every Southern State except Kentucky.— The Hiss committees and the murderers of women and childreu will of course vote for the abolitiou eandi date.’’ For the Times & Sentinel. “Let the People Govern.” Messrs. Editors: —l desire to know what you mean by j the expression “Let’the People Govern,” used in couulu j ding a call lor the'meeting on the sth ‘of September. Am ! I to understand that this proposed meeting will be open to 1 all? That even those who are opposed to the National Democratic Party, as a political party, may take part in this meeting and assist in ‘shaping its course? Must every one who conies in pledge himself to support! tho Demo cratic candidates, and be considered a member of the Dem ocratic party? My reasons for asking these questions are simply these: I would act with any party that would a dopt such principles as all Southern meu can consistently support, i care but little what name such a party may take so as this distinctive quality may prevail—let it be Southern Union, Democratic or American. That the people of i Georgia should be united, is a tact so palpable that no ar | guinent can make it clearer; and that the people can never i be united on the Americau Ptatform, is equally obvious.— j A large class of our population are naturalized foreigners, i and it is tolly to suppose that they will support it. A still larger class of native born citizens are conscientiously op posed to the doctrines of that party, and oi course cannot act with it in good faith. Now I am not opposed to the principles ot the Americau party in the abstract, but as so many of my fellow cititizens are, and always will be, op posed to them, I think that my duty as a Southern man re quires that I should give up these principles ‘for the sake of harmony and Union. As I am willing to concede so much) and I am not alone in this concession, should not the Dem ocracy give up their objeetional principles rather than at tempt to force me, and all iwho [think with me, to adopt them? Would it not be strictly fair and honest for both sides to give up their disputed doctriues, and for all to unite upon a strictly Southern *Plitform'? If such liberality as this is shewn iu the meeting of the sth September, and-the ng-ht meu are selected, without regard'to politics, those ! men will, in all probability, be elected. But if this meeting is a “Democratic trick,” then 1 will have nothing to do with it hut will support tho -American parly until the time lor forming a Southern party arrives. By answering the questions I have put,fairly and with out reservation, vou will much oblige jl A SOUTHERNER. Health of Hew Or lease. New Orleans, August 28. There ere only fourteen deaths daily in the Hospital from Yellow lever. Attack upon the Elective Franchise—-Know Nothing Testimony. Messrs. Editors :—I have read your last article in re lation to the Louisville riots, and must commend you for v* * ] the sound and wholesome sentiments there expressed. I am glad you care too much for the peace and good order ol society, to attempt to use such things for political effect, or rather to hold the Georgia Know’ Nothings re sponsible for what the lawless Know Nothings of Louis ville, Kentucky, have done. Your remarks will bear a very favorable contrast with those of your neighbor of the Enquirer, where the edilbr in alluding to the same matter, attempts to throw the blame upon one party and affects to tear that 511,566 native born Americans in Georgia are in great danger ol being controlled, whipped, beaten and shot down, &,c., by 6/152 foreign born men, women and children , all told, in the State. (See Census 1850.) When I reflect that in 1850 and 1851, when our adopted citizens joined the editor and the writer in our efforts to preseve the Union, and they were abused by another, in the estimation of the editor ot the Enquirer, there were no class of citizens more harmless, more loyal, more true and patriotic, and more to be relied upon to preserve the rights of the South and Union, and to put down “anarchy and confusion,” &.C., than this class. When I reflect lhat they xvere then sustain ed by the editor as good and virtuous, and “law-abiding” citizens, and, now, without this class of citizens, having done the first tiling since in the way of disorder or dis loyalty to the laws, to lorfeit their “good name” then so freely accorded to them ; when Isee this same editor now attempting to array the prejudices and animosities of the men ot 1850 and 1851, against them, and insinuating that there is nothing too lawless, assassin-like and mean, that they would not do ; I turn in disgust from this exhibition of the lrailties ot human nature, and the question occurs to me, “what will not man do to accomplish his present pur pose And here I stop. I know not how to fondle and caress, and bespatter with praise, a small and weak class ol men one day, and then the next, without any cause on their part, or sin committed by them, denounce them as un worthy, &c., and attempt to excite the evil and bad pas sions ol a large crowd against them, that they may be per •ejcuteltl and injured beyond calculation. “Is thy servant a dog, that he should do this thing V* But I did not sit down to censure the Enquirer ; nor to say positively who did and who did not commence the riot at Louisville. The two auti-Know Nothing papers the Democrat and the Courier, whig, charge it upon the Know Nothings. On the other hand, the Louisville Jour nal, Know Nothing organ, charges it upon the anti-Know Nothings. Here are two witnesses against one, but I will not rely upon their statements, to give expression to the bias of my mind as to who was in fault. 1 will merely : take the statements aud admissions of the Louisville Jour ’ nal, the Know Nothing organ, and the election returns ; 1 and by them, 1 dont think any one, not even a real Know | Nothing, can be long iu determing in his own mind, whose rights were in the first place invaded, and who were the authors of this/'disgrace upon Louisville and the whole country. The Courier and the Democrat having averted that Col. Preston, the anti Know Nothing candidate tor Congress would have got a majority in the city had not the Know N olhings and their bullies taken possesion of the polls aa soou as they were opened, and kept most of the anti-Know Nothings from votiDg until evening, at which time they raised a riot and commenced shooting the Irish and Gor mans, to prevent further voting. The Louisville Journal thus replies: Some of the anti-Americal organs continue to reiterate the false and absurd statement that if a full vote had been polled in this city Col. Preston and the anti-American ticket would have received a majority. We have exposed the entire falsity ol this statement heretofore and now re fute it again. The largest vote ever cast in this city was considerably less than 6,000.. The American party at the last election polled 3,074 votes for Morehead and 3,008 for Marshall, excluding the vote of Portland, being more than a majority of any vote ever polled in this city. Alter 2 o’clock in the afternoon hardly any votes were giveu by either party, but up to this time the majority for the Ameri can party was steadily increasing, arid there can be rio doubt that if there had been no disturbances the vote of that party would have risen at least 3,500 or 3,600 votes; and by no possibility could the anti-American vote have exceeded 2,500 votes. The attempt of the anti-American organs here to magnify a minorty of at least one thousand votes into a majority is too impudent and barefaced for toleration. Jj the ballot box had been carried to every legal voter in Louisville on Monday last,the. majority for the American ticket would have been at least one thou sand volts. Here it will be seen that this Know Nothing editor ad • mits iliat if every legal voter had voted, that the anti-Know Nothings would have got 2500 votes in the city. It is reasonable to suppose that if a prejudiced, diseased and ex cited mind, in its efforts to justify its cause, would admit ■ -500 for his opponent, it is quite likely they were entitled | to many more, say 500 or 1000, in such a large voting popu ! lation (about 6500.) And the editor claims that tbe Know I Nothings were entitled to only 1000 majority. Let us ace i what the vote was—l take it from the Journal: i Morehead,K. N. 3074. Clarke, anti K. N. 1281. I*2Bl. Here is 1783 majority instead of 1000. And according to the Journal, Know Nothing, while I only about one half of the anti-Know Nothings were able to vote; six-sevenths (placing the number at the highest figure he claimed for his party,) of the whole Know Noth ing vote had been deposited by 2 o’clock P. M., at which time tho fighting commenced. Who ever before heard of an important election in any town, city or county, in a warm and excited political contest, and where both parties , were about equally balanced and equally sanguine of suc cess, where six-sevenths ol the voters of one side had voted by 2 o'clock T. M., while not one-half of the other had voted, it there was fair play. The Know Nothings, as the ; Journal admits, got a much larger vote at this election I than any party ever before got there at any previous elec- ! tion, and it seems they were all put in by 2 o’clock P. M., | while the opposite party had not been able to vote half its usual vote, and only about half of what the Journal ad mits that they had. Does not these admissions, the time that ! the fighting commenced, and the result of the election, look much like the whole thing was preconcerted and ar- | ranged before the day of the election ? And that the Know Nothings had determined to take possession of the polls, put in all their votes a a soon as they could, and then raise a riot and prevent the other party from voting ? ] ask any honest man, be he Know Nothing, Democrat, Whig or any thing else, if the liiets here exhibited, aud ail taken from the Louisville Journal, the Know Nothing organ, dont go very far, if theydont fully prove this to be the case. Here is the vote m 1852 and 1355 : 1832, 1853 Scott, Pierce, Morebcad, Clarke. Louisville ) ~. 0l r>?4 1281 j JeiKaoo Cos ( 563:1 3 -* KHI )U35 4IIT 5316 But these fact? above, without further explanation, dont show the extent oftiiis f u! play. In 1852 President Pierce earned the election iu Jefferson county*with Louisville city included, by 126 majority o\ er Scott, as w til be seen j above, is a total vote of 7,455 The county precincts and | city precincts are added up separately m the late election*, j as will be seen ; aud as al-o will be seen, Morehead beats Clarke iu the city 1793 votes. Admitting the relative strength of parties to have boeu the same in 1852, and it will be seen Piorce carried the city by 372 votes. 1 his would have given the Democrats about 3000 votes in the city in 1852. But in so large and prosperous, and growing a city as Louisvile, it must have increased at least 1200 voters in three years. Add the 1200 to the vote in 1852 in the county and it would show a vote of this year of 8,656 in the county, and of about 6,500 voters in the city.— Whereas in the Jatc election, there were only 6,733 votes polled in the whole county —and only 4,356 in the city, instead of 6,soo—showing that there were about, or little over, 2000 voters in the city kept from voting and ran off from the polls. But this is virtually admitted in the article above from the Journal, as will be seen by adding together the 1,219 votes, he admits the anti-Know Nothings would have got and the votes of 500 or 600 which he claimed his party may have got. The following letter, written by ono who signs himself “An Eye Witness,” accords so well with the facts above gathered from the Louisville Journal, I here append it. It was written to the Indianapolis Sentinel: Louisville, Aug. 7, 1855. Editors Sentinel : —lt is with feelings of deep mortifi cation tiiat I sit down to detail the horrible scenes of yes- ! terday. It what I witnessed is a fair specimen of “Ameri* ! cans ruling A meriea,” then the elective franchise is a mock- ‘ ery and liberty an empty delusion. The Know Nothing blacklegs and professional gamblers, who are all members of the Order , had bet largely on the result of the election. To win their bets by fraud and vio lence, hundreds of armed bullies were transported to the city. Their plans were concocted in the Know Nothing lodges. Their signs and signals were all understood, and during the terrible day they were faithfully and promptly executed. On Monday morning at 4 o’clocd the place of voting in the First and Eighth wards, which are the strong Demo cratic precincts, were taken possession of by the Know Nothings. A few of the old Democratic citizens in these wards were permitted to vote in the morning, but all others, who were unable to give the signs, were rudely thrust from the polls. This state of things prevailed to a greater or less extent in all the wards. If an Irishman or German attempt ed to approach the polls, he was driven back with bloody missiles. Native-born American citizens, who were unable to give tiie proper signs and signals, shared the same fate. To entitle a citizen to the privilege of a vote, -to use the Know Nothing slang, he had to be’ “right on the goose question!” By ten o'clock the city was under the control of a law less Know Nothing mob; neither life nor property was safe. At this crisis, Hon. Win. Thomasson, formerly a Whig member of Congress from the city, and a geutJeman of high character and standing, mounted the rostrum and implored them as good citizens to desist from such a course. He had, however, spoken but a few moments when the Know Nothing signal for blood was given, and ho was in stantly knocked down by a club, in the hands of some as sassin who approached him hi the rear. About this time Col. Preston, the anti-Know Nothing candidate for Con gress, appeared at the First, which is the largest Demo cratic ward, fcomposed chiefly of German natur alized citizens, and requested his fiiends not to attempt to vote. He stated to theta that the polls were in the hands of Know Nothing bullies, that his friends could not approach the polls in safety, and advised them to retire peaceably to their homes and submit to disfranchisement rather than endanger their lives. The result was that out of 6,500 votes in tne city, only 4,500 were polled. Two thousaud Democratic voters were by violence deprived of the right of sutlrage. In the afternoon, a fight occurred in the First ward, which ended iu the discharge offire arms, and the death of several persons. The Know Nothing mob then commenced tear ing down the business houses and private dwellings occu pied by German citizens. A rush was then made for the Catholic Church, and the cry, “fire their damned Popish den,” rang out. The Mayor appealed to them, and the mob desisted. They then made a rush for the large brewe ry owned by a German citizen, and after tearing out the inside and distributing the beer they filed the building, and it was burned to ashes. The Know Nothing fire compa nies appeared on the ground, but did nothing, except to carry oft the beer and ale casks. But the most terrible and heart-rending sceue occurred in the lower part of the city, where the Irish population principally reside. About 6 o’clock in the evening, the Know Nothing bul lies, armed to the teeth with muskets and a large brass can non, under the control of Capt. Stone, proceeded to that part ol the city. Every Irishman that made his appearance was assaulted and beaten. The groceries in that vicinity were broken in, their contents scattered over the streets, and the liquors divided among the thirsty crowd. A gene ral fight ensued, shots were fired from houses that were be ing stoned, and a number on both sides were Rilled and wounded. Let me repeat, Messrs. Editois, I am much pleased with j the character and tone of your article. Like you, Ido not j hold the Georgia Know Nothings responsible tor this at i tack upon the rights of American citizens to vote, and for : such brutality and lawlessness, as 1 am forced to believe the Louisville Know Nothings have been guilty of. lam I happy to feel that we have but few oi such natives as is I above discribed, in our State. But as others have shown a disposition, without investigation, to put the blame on the wrong ‘.shoulders; and as the above “facts and figures” taken from the Know’ Nothing organ are more to be relied upon than any assertions or affidavits of opposing parties; for the sake of truth and justice, and for a proper under standing of the matter, by all who desire to know’ the truth, I have been induced to write this article. Whatever dif ference of opinion there may be as to w’ho fired the first pistol or gun, there can be no contest with any one, (who reads the article of the Journal and looks to the election returns,) as to whose rights were in ttie first place most shamefully invaded, even before there was any fighting.— Comment is needless. SOBER SECOND THOUGHT, j P. S. The last Southern Recorder says: “The City Coucils have passed resolutions declaring that the foreign j population provoked the recent riots by deeds of violence and blood shed.” When it is known that the Louisville : City Councilmen are Know Nothings, these resolutious i can be accounted for. A criminal never confesses his crime ! so long as he can hope to escape by denying it and putting |it on somebody else. But the public can judge from the j above who is the guilty party. Railroad Accident. \ & Philadelphia, August 29. j The Philadelphia train when going up, near Burlington, ;N. J., heard the down train coming. The engine was re’ i versed, and while backing, ran into a horse and carriage, which threw the train from the track. Twenty persons ; were killed, and sixty wounded. Among the killed were Thomas J. Meiedith and John B. Hal iam, merchants of ; Baltimore ; the French Consul, and Capt. Boyce, ot the , Navy. No Southerners killed, but a full list of the wound ed had not been received. Additional from Mexico. New Orleans, August 28. The San Antonio Sentinel mentions the arrival of Col. j Biddle from the headquarters of the Revolutionists in north ern Mexico, lie says that Vidauri is willing to deliver up to the owmers all fugitive slaves escaping to Mexico, and is anxious to conclude a treaty to that effect. The Pestilence in Virginia. Norfolk, August 27, Mayor Woodis is dead. There have been (iff deaths: within the last 18 hours. The mortality in Portsmouth is fearfully increasing. Mobile, August 29. The Can’t Get Aw ay Club of this city will send five nurves and physicians to Norfolk and Portsmouth to mor* ow. Famine among the Mormons, Ac. Columbia, August 29. Salt Lake advices are to July let. The grasshoppers are destroying the crop?. Famine is imminent. The Kansas Herald, positively asserts that a proposition is on foot to annex PU’te couDty Missouri, to that territory About sso,QOUhbsve been raised for the relief of the Nor folk-.sufferers. * J - The Daniel Webster has arrived from San Juan W ith STOO.O#*) in specie. Tbeie wa3 a hurricane on the Musquito coast on 14th. The English sloop of war Wolverine became a tlota lose. Further by the Canada. Queen Victoria was in Paris on her visit to Louis Na poleon. Denmark is reported to have referred to France respect ing the payment of the Sound Dues. During the bombardment, Sweabourg took iTre, ami the conflagration lasted 45 hours. The magazines, stores and projectiles blew up. About 60 of the allies were wounded but none killed. Sweabourg, however, had not surrender* ed. Sixty thousand Russians attacked the lines ol the Allie On the Chernaya,’on the 16th inst., and fought five hours but lost 5000 killed aud 400 prisoners. They were in ful retreat when the French reserve came up. Omar l’aclia had been ordered to return to the Crim ea. A dispatch from St. Petersburg says that Prince Gurts chakoff iiad been ordered to burn the fiqet in the eveul of the fall of Sevastopol. Kars had been completely invested and communication with Erzeroum stopped. Fresh reinforcement's were going out to tin* Crimea fo r the Allies. The London Morning Post says that unexpected events may be looked for. It is supposed to reter to a secret ex pedition. Six ships of war escorted Queen Victoria to Boulogne. * LATER FROM EUROPE. ARRIVAL OF THE HERMAN. New York, Aug. 30. The Herman has arrived with later dates from Europe. Parliament lias been porogued, the Queen's speech bciug delivered by pioxy, as she was in Paris. She expresses her regret at the failure of the Vienna Conference, and declares that no alternative is now left but a vigorous prosecution of hostilities. The Revolution in Mexico - We copy from the Picayune a summary of the impor tant news received by the Orizaba from Vera Cruz.: It appears that Sauta Anna left the city of Mexico on the 9th inst. at the head of 1,-100-men, under the .pretext of quelling the revolution in the State of Vera Cruz. On arriving at the fortress of Perote he threw off the mask and unveiled his real design. He there issued a procla mation, depositing the Government in the bands of Ph voni, Vega and Salas, and immediately departed with all I speed to Vera Cruz, His last dayjjs march was from Pu | ente by circuitous routes fsay fourteeu leagues) and he ar j rived in Vera Cruz on the night of the 15th instant. I On the day alter his arrival, Santa Anna endeavored to ! go on board the Mexican war steamer ltltrbide, but being I prevented by the state-of the weather, he embarked on i die night of the 17th, and with his family, it is supposed, • proceeded to Havana. i In tho meantime, all Santa Anna’s ministers at tbecity |of Mexico took French leave;.and Gen. Carrera, at tho i head of the ouly troops leit in the city, say 700 men, pro* ! uounced for of Ayuulla, naming Carrera, Presi i dent pro tew.,jiiid Vega, commander-in-chief of the I trtwps, Iu \ era Croz, on the night of the IStlr, part of the Regiment of Ires \ irjax pronouuced and killed one of their officers, and then left the ity over the Walls to join La Liave, who was in the vicinity. Next morning tho remainder of the Regiment, say 200 men. were marched out of the* city by order of Gen. Corona, to prevent further disturbance. On the same day, Sunday, the Hhb, the city of Vera Cruz aud the troops pronounced in favor of the j plan of Ayuntla, Gov. Corona still retaining the command, : waiting for orders from the Provisional Government. I On the 20th, all was quiet iu Vova Cfuz, and no fur* ! liter disturbance was looked lor till the 22<J, the day La | Llave was expected to enter the city with bis prvnuncin dos t to which serious objections were raised, as his troops, ; it was feared, might create disorder. On the night of ’ the 21st, however, at hall-past 7, a disturbance occurred ; among the troops : the Regiment of Guides and the 2d ! were ordered out, and several shots were tired. The pro j pounced troops in Fort Concepcion fired the cannon I loaded with grape, and several of the Guides were killed. ; The Guides then took the fort by assault, after which nil became qiuct, and remained so until the sailing of the Orizaba. We F the departure of the Orizaba was ex i pected in Vera Cruz with anxiety, as some of the princi ! pal offenders were supposed to be going out in her, and j thus evading the vengeance the people might be disposed j to take on their persons. I Since the foregoing was written, we learn that Carrera was appointed Provisional President for six months. A quarreFfor the Presidency, it is said, is likely to en sue. The pleasure of Alvarez and Comflfuort is not known, and they will have a say in the matter. 1 OnTI ie night ol the 12th, the commission appointed bv : Santa Anna put at liberty the gentlemen that had beeii I imprisoned by Santa Anna, some sixty in number, and j were the principal agents in causing*the general adoption t of t lie plan of Aguttia. About the middle of the following day a meeting of the 1 populace took place in the Alameda, numbering front 8.- 00(J to 10,000. They finally confirmed the plan of Aga tha, with the addition of making a provision for the or ganization of the National Guard. From the Alameda they marched to the Palace Square and wanted to enter the palace to destroy the furniture of Santa Anna. Several shot's were fired and oue man was killed. The populace then went to the office of the Uni verbal ist newspaper and destroyed most of the paper, type, fix tures, furniture and presses. Thence they went to the house of the banker Lizard;, burned all his furniture, in cluding a large quantity of valuable papers, bonds, &c. ; The house of Senor Bonilla, late Minister of Finance, ; shared a similar fate including his very valuable library worth some $15,000. The whole damage done to bis | place is estimated at $40,000. The house of Seuora T< w : la, Santa Anna’s mother-in-law, was next attacked and everything in it destroyed, including three 1 lundsome car riages. r ihese were lirst filled with various articles, then set on fire, and dragged through the city like chariots of fire. I Ihe house of the banker Escaudon was also entered and some damage done to it—not more perhaps than s4,** ! 000 or $5,000 —before the military arrived and tired on the people, killmg four and wounding ten. Ihe other Ministers and objects of the popular veil gean.ee had taken the precaution to remove most of their property and secreting it in some place of safety. Besides those above mentioned some forty were killed and wounded by the military during the proceedings. On the following day the statue of Santa Anna iii the marKet place was thrown down trout its lofty jicdestal, and the people wanted tydrag jt though the street, but were prevented, and four persons were shot on this point. On the evening of the 15th, the new Govei rinieul s-nt, under Gen. \Yga, expresses to the various Governors.of the Departments or States, requesting them to pronounce and at the same time they sent to the Commanders of the liberal forces to inform them that every thing had been regulated according to their views, and to request them to come to the capital alone, Laying their-forces behind them, ‘or the purpose of electing ofhcets and arranging Mie Government.. ~ Privileged Mchibere.—' The State of Maine responsi ble for the following: jj| A gentlemoiL tfn a, visit to Washington one day very coolly opened tne door of the Senate chamber, and was about to pass ly, when the doorkeeper asked— “ Are you a privileged member ?” hat do you mean bv that ?” asked the stranger, t he reply was— “A Governor, an ex-Member of Congress, of,a Foreign Minister.” The stranger replied that he was a Minister. “From what court or country, if your phase arkrd the official. Verwgravely pointing up— ‘ From Heaven, sir!” To this the doorkeeper wagcishly replied ; This Government, at present, holds no intercom 6 w?’h that foreign power !*’ Steamboat Exploeioa, Philadelphia, Aug. 28. TANARUS!’ c . Coast Surveying Steamer Hetzel, has exploded in the Chesapeake, by w’bich five persons were killed and four wounded.