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€xmes unir %mimd. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. FRIDAY MORNING, SEPT. 14, 1855. FOR GOVERNOR. IKERSCIIEL V. JOHi\SOX. FOR CONGRESS -Ist District—James L. Seward, of Thomas. a iii. j. Crawford of Muscogee. 3,1. a James M. Smith, of Upson. 4th • Iliram Warner, of Meriwether. sth “ Jno. 11. Lumpkin, of Floyd. (Hh “ Howell Cobb, of Clarke. 7th *• JLintongStephens, of Hancock. Hth “ A. H. Stephens, of Taliaferro. MUSCOGEE COUNTY NOMINATIONS. * FOR THE SENATE. ALEXANDER J. ROBISON. FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. JOHN P. DOZIER. GEORGE J. FITTS. The Know Nothings and the Kansas-Nebraska Act. We went a little too far the Know Noth ings ofGerorgia with hostility,as a party, to the Nebrasha- Kansas act. We are, however, fully satisfied that there are large numbers of the party in the State who cherish hostility to the act in secret. They affect to confine their opposition to the act to that clause which confers upon foreigners, who settle in Kansas and take the oath of intention and swear to support the constitution of the United States, the right to enter land, and the elective franchise. So hostile is the Georgia Citizen to this clause that it denounces the whole act as a fraud upon the South. The Southern Recorder is hardly behind the Georgia Citizen in hostility to the act. In Louisiana, however, a bolder game is being played. Col. T. G. Hunt is the candidate of the order for re election. He voted against the bill, because it would operate as a repeal of the Missouri Compromise ! It is, therefore, necessary for his friends to place his de fence upon other grounds than his hostility to foreign ers. Hear what the New Orleans Bee says in his de fence : Col.,Hunt's opposition to the Kwnsas-Nebraska bill was based on the soundest and most patriotic motives. He had seen and experienced the immense benefit conferred upon the country by the adoption ot the Missouri Compromise. It had silenced the intemperate outcries of faction, quieted agitation, and restored calmness and tranquility to the coun try. It had been accepted by both North and South, as a compact, whereby something was yielded by the two sec tions for the sake of restoring peace to a distracted Con gross, and repose to a deeply agitated and violently irrita ted community. It was a settlement of the slavery ques tion, was received as such, and operated as such for a quar ter of century, respected and faithfully observed by both sections. When, therefore, a Northern demagogue, with a view of catering fur popularity in the South, proposed to strike oik the Missouri Compromise from the Nebraka bill, a large number of able, honest, and patrotic members refused to acquiesce in a project which, with good reason, was deem ed fatal to the peace and harmony of the Union. They thought, and the result proves how truly, that the repeal of the Compromise would re open the flood gates of agitation, add vigor arid.energy to the cause of Abolition, engender violent sectional hostilities, and tend to create geographical parties. They believed that a question of abstract right should not be violently pressed in the face of paramount considerations dear to every friend of the Union. Some of those Southern members who reasoned thus, yielded finally to executive blandishments, and sustained the bill. Others acted with consistent manliness, and opposed it to the last. Among the later was Theodore G. Hunt, and instead of meriting reproach, he is entitled to the grateful remembrance of Ins constituents for his bold, upright and independent conduct. Had the repeal of the Missouri Compromise fail ed, we should now behold the gririy phantom of disunion looming in the distance. Are Georgians willing to sustain a party which thus makes war, in the South, upon that great measure of justice, the Nebiaska-Kansas act, by means of which Sautbern institutions have gained a foot hold in Kansas, and through which there is every probability that the South will regain her ascendency in the Union? It pains us to ask such a question. Two years ago tbe Nebraska-Kansas aot was brought before the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and a resolution was unanimously adopted denouncing all opposition to it as j treason to the South. Whigs and Democrats were un animous in their sanction of the principles of the mea sure. The honor of denouncing it is reserved to the Know Nothing order in Georgia. What better could be expected of a party which was elosited at Philadelphia for a week, with closed doors, with such recreant scoundrels as Wilson, of Mass., Ford, of Ohio, John ston, of Pa., and other worthy brethreu of the abolition crew ? Protestantism and Popery. Malignant Know Nothings have endeavored to break the force of Democratic arguments in favor of religious freedom by affecting to believe that the most distin guished advocates of this cause lean towards Popery, Tlte charge is absurd and ridiculous. The most emi nent q(‘ Protestant divines in all contries have been the most zealous advocates of religious freedom. It is be cause they are Protestant and Christian that they are so earnest in their opposition to proscription on account of religious belief. They would not give Popery the benefit of persection. In, an open field the truth can, will and always has conquered error. But if Protestant truth is cumbered with State, or part} aid, it will have ! achieved its last victory. This truth is attested by the history of the church in all ages. The zeal and purity of the Apostles and their successors found no enemy they could not overcome • they went forth conquering and to conquer, and in an incredibly short space of time, the mild precepts of the Gospel overran Europe, subdued Africa, and had penetrated into tho heart ol Asia. But no sooner was Christianity adopted as the religion of the Roman Em }ir° by Constantine, than its triumphs ceased : the clergy became corrupt; the people indifferent. So it was with the Reformation. So it was in Ireland. By tile Catholic test, the Know Nothings have iden tified 1 rotestantism with religious intolerance, and given I opery the advantage by identifying it with religious Ireedom. The association is unnatural and contrary to the spirit of Christianity, whose weapons are not carnal, according to St. Paul, but spiritual. True religion scorns the use of the ballot box as much as it does the use of the sword and battle,ax. These sentiments, have been endowed by all the great lights of the Protestant Church. ?Ve publish below the opinions of the distinguished Dr. Chalmers, the founder of the Free Church of Scotland, and the most eminent of the Presbyterian clergy ot this genera tion. They were uttered at Edenburg in 1829. upon the discussion of the policy of removing Catholic disabilities, in Ireland : PH. CHALMERS ON THE RELIGIOUS TEST. I he truth is, that the se disabilities have huug as a dead mr!, the IJr r lost J ant for more than a cen tuiy ihe> have enlisted m opposition to it some ot the moit uneonqueranlo piineiples of nature; leseptmeut be,’ cause ot mjurjf, and the pride ol adherence to a auSrin® <;du-e ny have transform *d the wlujje nature of the f oV e V ,nn ’ ‘ r <he?liave iWed and given- ten fo * cb,:nscv <’ nor. They have gnvn to mu side the hateful aspect of tyranny; while on theirs we behold a gencrous-and high-minded resistance to what they deem oppression. They have transformed a nation* of heretics into a nation of heroes. “It has ever since been met by the unyielding defiance of a people irritated, bqt not crushed, under a sense of indigni ty and this notable expedient tor keeping down the Popery of Ireland, has only compressed it into a firmness, and closed it into a phalanx, which till opened up by emanci pation, we s,hall find t ) be impenetrable. “ What have all the enactments of the Statute Book done for the cause of Protestantism in Ireland? and how is it, that when single-handed truth walked through our island with the might and prowess *of a conqueror, so soon as propped by the authority ot the State, tfic armor of intole rance was given to her, the brilliant career of her victories was ended 1 It was when she took up the carnal and laid down the spiritual weapon—it was then that strength went out o. her. She was struck with impotency on the instant that from a warfare ol principle it became a warfare of politics. “VVlieri truth and lalsehoad enter into collision upon equal terms, and do so with their appropriate weapons, the result is infallible. Magna est veritas etprevalebit. But il to strengthen the cause of truth you put the forces of the Statute Book under her command, there instantly starts up on the side of falsehood an auxiliary far more formidable. You may lay an incapacity on the persons, or you may put restraint and limitation on the property of Catholics ; but the Catholic mind becomes tenfold more impregnable than .before. We know the purpose of these disabilities. They were meant to serve as a barrier of defence for Protestants against the encroachments of Popery ; and they have turn ed out a barrier of defence for Papists against the encroach ments of Protestantism. “I am sensible of one advantage which our opponents have against us, and that is a certain command over the re ligious feeling ot the population ; and yet I am not aware oi any public topic on which the poplar and prevailing cry ever ran so counter as it does at present to the whole drift and spirit of Christianity. What other instruments do we read of in the New Testament lor the defence and propa gation ot the faith, hut the Word of God and the spirit of God ? How does the Apostle explain the principle of its triumphs in that age when the truth was so mighty to the pulling down of strongholds ? It was because the weapons ot his .warfare were not carnal. He confined himself to -tho use of spiritual weapons, the only ones by which to assail the stionghoids, either of Popery or paganism. The king dom of God, which is not of this world, refuses to be indebt ed lor its advancement to any oilier. Reason, and Scrip ture, and Prayer—these compose, or ought to compose, the whole army of Protestantism ; and it is by these alone that the battles of the faith can be successfully fought. It is since the admission of intolerance, that unseemly associate, within our camp, that the cause ot the Reformation has come down from its vantage ground ; and from the mo ment it wrested this engine from the hands of its adversa ries,and began to wield and brandish it itself, from that'mo ment it has been at a dead stand. We want to be disen cumbered of this weight, and to he restored thereby to our own. free and proper energies. We want truth and force to be dissevered from each other, the moral and spiritual to be no longer implicated with the grossly physical; for never shall we prosper, and never shall we prevail in Ireland, till our cause be delivered from the outrage and the contamina tion of so unholy an alliance. “It is not because I am indifferent to the good of Protes tantism, that I want to displace these artificial crutches from under her; but because i want that, freed from every symptom of decrepitude and decay, she Should stand forth in her own native strength, and make manifest to all men how firm a support she has on tne goodness of her cause, and on the basis ot her orderly and well laid arguments. It is becauseleount so much (and will any Protestant here say that I count too much*?)’ on her Bible, and her evidences, and the blessing'of God upon her Churches, and the force'of her resistless appeals to tho conscience and the understandings ot men, it is because of her strength and sufficiency in these that I would disclaim the aids of the Statute Book, and own no dependence ot obligation whatever on a system of intolerance. These were enough for her in the days of her suffering, and should be more than enough for her in the days of her comparative salety. It is not by our fears and our false alarms that we do honor to Protestantism. A far more befitting honor to the great cause is the homage of our confidence. “Give the Catholics of Ireland their emancipation ; give them a seat in the Parliament of their country ; give them a tree and-equal participation in the politics of the realm ;give them a place at the light ear of majesty, and a voice in his counsels ; and give me the circulation of the Bible, and with this mighty engine 1 will overthrow the tyranny of Antichrist, and establish the fair and original form of Chris tianity on its ruins.* “The polities of the question I have left to other and able Hands. I view it only in its religious bearings ; and I give it as my honest conviction, and I believe the conviction ot every true-hearted Protestant who knows wherein’it it that the great strength of his cause lies, ihut wo have every thing to hope from this proposed emancipation, and that we have nothing to iear.”+ * “The delivery of this splendid passage, which, was given with a prodigious force, elicited a burst of applause so deaf ening and enthusiastic, that the effect was altogether sub lime. The shouts and huzzas were thrice renewed, and it was with difficulty the speaker could proceed.” Caledonian Mercury, March, 1829. +“The conclusion of the Reverend Doctor’s speech was greeted with renewed shouts and huzzas, the whole audi ence standing and waving their hats in the air. This ed.several minutes, and it was not without difficulty that the tumult of admiration was allayed.”’ Caledonian Mercury, March, 1829. The Union Man of 1850: The American of 1855. At a meeting of the Know Nothing party of Decatur county, the following resolution was adopted : 3. Resolved, That we recognise the Hon. Garnett An drews as the true Union man of 1850, and the American of 1855 ; and,therefore, will give him our support: And that we have not forgotten the arch disunionist of 1850, and Anti-American of 1855, This party very properly nominated Richard Sims, Esq., as their candidate for Senator. In the State Convention of 1850, Mr. Sims voted to strike out the 4th resolution from the Georgia Platform. We beg leave to call the attention of Southern Rights men, who belong to the, so called, American party, to these portentous signs. Is this a proper time to raise the Uniou standard in the South, when every breeze that sweeps to us from the North is laden with the curses of aboition ? And every sign of the political sky portends, a fierce, and may be, bloody struggle between the Nortli aDd tlte South, in which all that the the South holds dear is at stake ? A firm and steady resistance on the part of the South may avert the coming flood. The time for uncomplaining submission is past. Such, at least, is the language of the Georgia Platform which all profess to reverence. Can it be that there is a party at the South in favor of a still further retreat before the threatening advance of Northern fanaticism ? Terrible Gas Explosion. We learn from the Savannah Republican that a ter rible gas explosion occurred in Savannah on tho 7th inst., in the basement of a house on the corner of Jones and Abercorn streets. The Republican gives the fol lowing account of the catastrophe : The basement of the house is used as a grocery store, and the upper rooms being occupied as sleeping apartments by the family. Mr. Daniels had been called in to examine the gas fixtures in the basement, and to stop a leak in the pipe passing under the lioor. Having taken up a plank and ascertained that the gas was escaping from a joint in thp pipe, he lighted a match for the purpose of soldering it anew, when the gas which had accumulated between the sleepers and under the floor exploded, tearing up the floor, overturning chairs and tables, and greatly damaging the goods in the store. i?o violent was the shock, that tire floor overhead and the side walls of the basement were forced from their places, and large nails driven half out of the ceiling and joists. • The damage to the groceries is estimat ed at §2,000, and to the house at §3OO. The store, after the explosion, presented a scene of the utmost confusion: fur niture, goods, shelves, planks, &e., having been tom from their places and tumbled about in every possible direction. Four persons, we regret to add, were seriously injured— viz: the wife, child* ar, d mother of Mr. Barbee, and Mr. James Daniels, of tlie firm of Headman &, Cos., gas litters. Anti-Know Nothing Meeting in Augusta. The Cohslitutiona'isf end Republic publishes a call /or a county convention, s : gnei by over one hundred names, to nominate oamidaus for the Legislature.— The call is headed by Alex. C, Walker, and in the list are the names of many and stinguished W’higs. R.EPLY T _) THE CoLUMJUs j^SOU’RIR. A reply to flie rejoinder of the Colunbvs Evquiier on tbe sub* ieot of “R whacks” has b crowded out by matter already in hand. It # wiH a/pear in our next issue. Aid lo Kansas from the South. We learn that Ih’rteen persons have pledged them selves to General James N. Bethune of the Corner Stone , to contribute SIOO each for the purpose of send ing men and slaves to Kansas. The Corner Stone , says this is a very important movement ; one which, taken hold of in the right spirit, would settle the ques tion as to the condition of Kansas upon slavery. Let the people of every County take hold of it, and the thing will soon be done. When one hundred n3mes are obtained, the company will be organized. Address Jas. N. Bethune, Columbus, Ga. War In tho Camp of the Enemy. We learn from the Chronicle Sentinel of the 12th inst., that the, so-calied, American Party of Ogle thorpe County, Ga., recently assembled in Convention and denounced as “unwise and unpatriotic” the nomi nation of LaFayette Lamar Esq., by the American Party, as a candidate for Congress in the Bth Congres sional District in opposition to Hon. Alexander 11. Ste phens. Re organization of the American Party. —The American Convention of the Bth Congressional Dis trict, which assembled at Augusta last week, adopted a resolution, approving of the action of the various coun cils in tbe State which had divested themselves of se crecy and rituals, and recommending the subordinate councils in the Eighth District to do the same. We observe that similar action has already been taken by the party in Jefferson, Hancock, Warren and Elbert counties, and in other counties in the Seventh and Eighth districts. In Jefferson, the party endorsed the Resolutions which were adopted some two weeks since by the sev eral councils in Savannah. The same thing is being done throughout the State. — Sav. Rep. 10 th. A New Political Order. —The New York Tri bune gives an extended account of the ‘Order of Tem plars,’ a side order of the K. N. Party. It was born in a stable in the Spring of 1854—the accoucher be ing a youth named Patten. On the 14th May last, there were 59 temples of the Order, in New York and King counties. The Order now numbers about 10,000 voters in these counties. The order is subordinate to James W. Barker. Its President is J. B. Bacon, (sal ary $1,000;) Vice President, John Bullock, (salary $860.) The other dignitaries are paid in nominations. This order has endorsed the Know Nothing County Ticket, headed Captain Toone, for Sheriff. The foun der of the order—an infinitessimal Loyola—has gone to California, to* start temples there. [For the Times & Sentinel.] TIIiM COTTON CROP. Henry County, Ala., Sept. 10, 1855. Messrs. Editors: —The period is at hand when the pub lic press is interested to collect reliable data as to the pros peets ol the cotton crop. This is our greatest of Southern interests, as connected with agriculture. The antecedent causes of injury to this crop would authorize the opinion, which actual results now establish, that in .this section of country, the yield will fall short fully’one third’below” last year’s. Several months diouth, previous to the 18th June, was unprecedented—but, commencing with a flooding rain on that date, we had continous rains for seven weeks. Therefore, imperfect stands of cotton, and a small weed, was the condition of the crop3 up to the 18th June; and, since that time the heavy incessant raius have produced a rank, luxuriant, but sap weed —full of forms up to the 15th ot August. After that date, warm, dry weather and the boll worm combined, have done the wortk of destruction. As these causes are natural and general throughout the cotton region, there can be no doubt at all, but that the crop will fall far short of last year’s. TANARUS, For the Times &, Sentinel. Hear one cf the People. Opelika, Sept. 10, 1855. Messrs. Editor: Someone lias sent me from your State 2 copies of the “Georgia Citizen Extra,” containing the “Platform of the American Party,” and tho Address of that Party “to the People of Georgia,” with the superscrip tion “read this Platform and give it a fair trial before you condemn it.” I know that Georgia is deservedly called the “Empire State of the South,” but this is one ’ subject on which we of Alabama have saved our Georgia friends the trouble of enlightening us. We have aready “read and condemned” this Philadelphia Platform, with all the rest of the Federal blue light doctrine ot this self-styled American party. As to giving it a trial, as my friend requests, that we never in intend to do. The very sheet that gives forth tiiig platform and address to the country, is a fraud on the Post Office laws. Primed, as it no doubt is, by a fund raised for that purpose, it goes forth under .the caption “Georgia Citizen Extra,” in order to swindle the country out of postage.— And who is this L. F. W. Andrews, whose name figures as editor?—himself a Universalist, if he possessed one spark of the manliness and independence of the only Universal ist editor in this State, he would scorn to give his support to a man who had decided that all who held his religious belief were not to be believed on oath. Alabama has‘read and condemned,’ and for once we say to Georgia “go and do likewise,” which we hope and be lieve she will. Yours, &c, N. For the Times & Sentinel. How tho People are Cheated. Hakdmoney, July 3d, 1855. Messrs. Editors: —It will be recollected that Gov. John son delivered an address to the citizens of this county on the 11th ol last month, and immediately after Dr. Twinney arose and proclaimed the Council of K. N. open for the reception of members, at which time might be seen nine assembled, in the form of Broxton’s and Prescott’s, around whom were gathered a few of the faithful old members hissing their doctrine (as they say) in their every ready ears’ and finally secured their membership by conferring upon them those oaths calculated and intended to open the grave if the South. But why was it that those very applicants were presented one month previous to this time and had not gained admittance before? Why, sir, they were held back, that they might boastingly talk, (as they have done) and assert that Gov. Johnson made nine know-nothings out ol his audience. But, sir, such falsity should be hissed down by men of respect. It is an assertion made only bv men ot small means, one would think. For a proof of it, 1 am a convert of Gov. Johnson's, . and am not afraid of publicly boasting of the facts and invincible arguments in hi? speech ol two hours. Crawford lias not as yet visited us, (but we hope he will shortly,Tyot his friends willsound aloud liis triumph in Kinohafdouce, in October next, by giving him about 100 majority or more. Yours, &c. H. C. Indiar. Bureau—Appointment of a Comm ssiomr. — Colonel William Garrett, of Bradford. Coosa eomty, AJ i ,bama, has been appointed commis.-icuer to eiiger ntend the rales of the Creek Indian reserved lands iu that State, ad vertised to take place in December and January n< xt. The Powers and Duties of Superintendents of Elections. (The following communication was voluntarily hand ed to us by a young lawyer of this city, who is a mem ber of the so-called, American Party. It is alike cred itable to his head and heart. —Ed. Times <fe Sentinel. Messrs. Editors. —As every one has the right to ex press an opinion as to subjects of general interest, I will take the liberty of handing you the following opin ion upon the subject mentioned in your note to Messrs. Johnson, Moses & Holt. The powers and duties of Managers of Elections are all prescribed by Statute, and must not be constru ed to extend beyond the provisions of the Statute.— They are briefly these : Ist. Where any doubt shall be suggested as to the legality of any vote offered at any Election it is the duty of the Managers, before receiving such vote, to administer to the person offering it, the prescribed oaths. 2nd. When the Managers have reason to believe that any vote offered is illegal it is their duty, before receiv ing such vote to administer the prescribed oaths to the person offering it, although no doubt has been sug gested. 3d. That in every case, after the oath has been ta ken as required, it is the duty of the Managers to re ceive the vote, and mark it “sworn.” I do not believe that the Mangers have any authority to refuse a vote in any case after the oath has been ta ken, and my reasons are • Ist. That no such authority is give by Statute. 2nd. Because the Statute provides a remedy against illegal voting, but none for persons who have been re fused the privilege of voting. These opinions may not have much weight but still they are the opinions of • A Young Lawyer. From Texas. We have later Texas papers, the dates being to the 7th inst. The recepts of cotton at Galveston from the new crop had been quite large, amounting to 7.519 bales during the week, and summing up 9,286 bales against 211 bales to the corresponding date last year. Galveston has thus far been perfectly healthy. There have been two deaths from lever of transient persons, who ar rived sick, in the hospital, but not a single case in town practice. Dr. Baker informs the editor of the Columbia Democrat that twenty or twenty-five thousand dollars have been sub scribed to Austin College, in Brazoria county. The Electric Telegraph is now working from Galveston to Houston, and ouly some trifling interruption beyond that point prevents connection with New Orleans. We understand that Gen. Rusk will visit Austin in Nov ember, when the Legislature will bem in session. lie will urge the acceptance of the Texas debt bill, as a prelimina ry step to the construction of the Pacific Railroad. The Galveston Civilian notices the revival of the sugar business in Texas. Four new mills have been recently built in Galveston. Late advices refute the rumor of the arrest of Captain Henry and command. There was a misunderstanding be tween some of the party and the Mexicans concerning a horse, which was adjusted, and the Captain continued his march for General Vidauri’s camp. A gentleman, who reached Au-tin on the22d ult. reports everything as peaceful. The Indians on the reserve were faithfully laboring in the fields, and behaving thems9l:es well. Borne thefts had been committed of a petty charac ter by the Northern Camanches who have not yet come in A letter from Nueces Valley, dated Fort Mclntosh, on the Bi.li instant, says the Indians crossed the liver 9 miles above the Fort. They killed one Mexican and wounded another, on this bank of the river. A party of Hoops were sent after the Indians', but there was no expectation that they would be caught. There is a little that is new concerning elections. Ihe majority ol Pease is now a little over 5000, and will be 6000; Bell’s majority will be fully 5000; Runriells is i ow about 2000 ahead and may reach 3000; Fields is iow about 2000 ahead of Crosby, and we think he is elec ed, but his majority wdi be reduced consideiably. The ‘ ote between Ward and Evans, in the east, is so close, that per haps the official vote will have to be counted to detenu ine The Battle of Tehernaya. The battle of the Tehernaya, fought by the Russians and the French and the Sardinians, on the 16th ult., is in many respects the most important engagement that has taken place since the commencement ol the war.— Prince Gortscakuif took command of the army in the field, and, exposed fearfully to the fire of the French, led them where victory was almost impossible. Nothing but the hope to escape famine, even by death, could have warranted such a step. The Russians left nearly four thousand men dead on the field, (three thousand three hundred and twenty-nine bodies had been counted on the second day of the armistice] and had 8,000 wounded and 600 taken prisoners. The loss of the French and Sardinians was limited to a few hundred men. Every deserter from Sevastopol agrees in stating that the soldiers are dying daily by hundreds of starvation, and that the siege cannot much longer be sustained. It is for this reason that the bombardment is delayed, as General Pellisier is of opinion that famine is doing the work far more effectually than the cannon can do. The allied Generals had agreed to renew the assault on the morning of the 17th, and General Simpson notified his government to that effect, but suddenly the plan was al tered, and the allies contente*d themselves with renewing the fire of the artillery. As the French are now within sixty yards of the Malakoff, the attack cannot, however, be long delayed, and it is not improbable that ere this let ter reaches you, the Southern portion of Sevastopol or its ruins, may be given up to the allies. letter from Mr. Overby. Jefferson, 28th Aug. 1855. Gentlemen: —Yours of the 24th instant is before me. I was absent at the time it reached Atlanta which will ac count for the delay of the answer. In that letter you pro pounded the interrogatory: “We wish to know of you distinctly, if you will stand to and abide, the fourth resolu tion of the Georgia Platform.” I unhesitatingly answer yes! And whether elected or not, I will exert, to the ut most of my ability, the power which I now, or may hereaf ter have, to eniorce and sustain all the rights of the South. In effect, I thought I had said that much antecedent to the ‘garhled extracts’ which yousaw of my address at Waynes boro’. Yoursverv respectfully, B.H. OVERBY. To Messrs. Thomas Turner, and others. The Democracy of New York City. The democracy of the city of New York repudiate, by large and decided majorities, the action of the democratic Soft’ State Convention of the 29th on the subject ol the Nebraska Bill. The Young Men’s Democratic General Committee have declared as follows: Resolved, That we hereby reaffirm our attachment to the principles ol the Kansas-Nebraska bill, guarantying, as it does, to the people of the Territories of the United States, the right to regulate their own domestic affairs in their own way, and the right to adopt or disavow slavery according to their own conclusions of right or wrong. And on Friday evening the general committtee at ram many Hall passed resolutions fully endorsing the Nebras~ ka bill, and emphatically disapproving of Mr. >an Puren’s amendment to the resolution ol the .State Convention on the subject of the domestic institutions of the Sopth. The democracy of the city of New York have always been sound and true on great constitutional principles. A New Political Order. The New Yark Tribune gives an extended account of the -.‘Order of Templars,” a side order of the Know Nothin r party. It was born in a stable in the Spring of 1855—the accoucher being a youth named Patten. On the ] 4;b of May last, there were 59 temples of the Or. der. in New York and Kings Counties. The. order is subordinate to Jas. W. Barker. Its President is J. B. Bicon, (salary f 1.00(H) Vice President, John Bullock, [salary sßoo.] The other dignitaries are paid ia nomina tions. This order has endorsed the K. N. County tick et. headed Captain Toone, for Sheriff. The founder of the Order—an iofinitessimsi Loyola—has gone to Cali ;fornia, to start temples there. [From the Daily Sud-1 SIX DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. ARRIVAL 0F THK STEAMSHIP AFRICA. Columbia, Sept. 11,6. 15, r. m. The stamship Africa has arrived at Halifax, with ad vices six days later fiom Liverpool. Cotton was stitfer, but not* higher, *and closed firm on the 30th ult. Sales of the week, 51,000 bales. Breadstufls dull—prices unchanged. Corn had decliued one shilling ; some Circulars quote a slight advance. Provisions unchanged. Consols 91. The war news is unimportant. Details of the battle of tehernaya show that tho Allies have gained a dicided vie* tory. The Russians were preparing for the offensive —an at tack was expected to take place near the Cemetery. Omar Pasha has taken ‘command of the troopa in Asia. Further by the Africa. Tho Very Latest. Liverpool, Sept. 1. £ The circular of Messrs. Bigland & Cos., reports ihe weather as being favorable for the harvest. Cotton was dull and unchanged. Breadstufls had slightly declined—Wheat 3d. in four days—Flour 2s. 6d. per bbl. and Corn Is. per quarter. Corn, however, closed steady. Bacon had advanced Is. per cwt. General News. Generals Simpson and Pellissier report that the aG tack of the Russians on the position of the Allies on the Tehernay3 was a deliberate effort to raise the siege. The Russian force was estimated at 55,000 infantry, 6,000 cavalry and 150 guns. The Allies had only 17,000 men, four field batteries, and 12# guns. The Russians fought most bravely, and were repulsed three times. The loss of the French was 17 officers killed, and 50 wounded, and 1500 killed, missing or wounded. The Russians bad nearly 12,600 killed, wounded and. made prisoners. Private letters say that 2000 Rus sians were killed. Prinoe Gortschakoff telegraphed on the 27th ult., that the fire of the Allies was occa sionally very strong. General Simpson says that ihe bombardment commenced on the 17th ult., with as much effect as had been anticipated. The Allies were preparing to cross the Tehernaya. The batteries at Sweaborg were uninjured. Senator Toombs. The lion. Robert Toombs passed through our city yes terday, on his return front his European tour. He is hastening on to Elberton, where he has an appointment to address his fellow-citizens on the political issues of tho present canvas l -'. lie comes in fine lteabh and spirits, pre pared to give the full weight of his great talents and in* fiuenee, in behalf ot the Constitution and civil and relig-* ions liberty, and against the Kuow Nothing organization, lie comes in time to deal this pestilent heresy some heavy and effective blows before the close of the canvass, and will do much to swell the proud triumph that soon will crown the anti-Know Nothing banners.— Con. f- Rep. 12M. Governor Johnson. Our able standard bearer made a powerful! and effec tive speech loan immense auditory, at th City Hall last night. We will give a notice of it more at length in our next issue.— Con. Rep ., 12/4. Habeas Corpus Refused—Highly Important. The Supreme (State) court have refused the application of Passmore Williamson for a writ of habeas corpus , by four to one, thus sustaining the decision of Chief Justice Lewis. We understand the court stood as follows: Lewis, Black, Woodward and Lowrie against, and Knox iu favor of granting the writ. Ihe opinion of the court was delivered yesterday by Hon. Jeremiah S. Black, and from his high lame as a jurist and a scholar a poweiful production may be ex pected. — Withdrawals in Carroll and Coweta. Tlie following gentlemen publish their cards of with drawal from the Know Nothing Order, in the Ncwnan Banner, with their reasons, which we have not space to insert. Bowdon, Sept. 2, 1855. Wm L Hilton, VVm Smith, John M Burt, D J Alex ander, J R Turner, W W Robinsun, J W Brew, Wm J Skinner, J II Johnson, Richard Aurn, Wm R Burt. L W Miliias. Haralson, Sept. 3, 1855. Alfred Hancock, John Cuthbertson, C M Blalock, S A Cruee, Wm L Mayo, Mieal Garrison, R J Chappell, Jor dan Spivey, E M Culpeper, Josiah Allen. Great Keeting in Griffin. The friends o f the “Constitution as it is” held a glori ous meeting at Grilfin Ga., on the 6th inst. ‘iliere were 4,000 persons present. The meeting was addressed by Hon. A. 11. Stephens, Hon. J. M. Smith, lion. C. J. McDonald, Hon. John E. Ward and lion. Wm. If. Stiles, ft was a glorious meetiug, and presages the certain elec tion of our nominees for Congress iu the 3d and 4tli Dis tricts. Board of Health. Mobile, Sept. 8. Since the last report by the Board of Health (4th instO there has been hut one new case of yellow fever in tins city. Geo. E. Redwood, M. I)., Secretary pro tern., Board of Health. Terrible Accounts from Norfolk—Yellow Fever and Small Pox. Columbia, Sept. 10. The intelligence from Norfolk is awful. The deaths on Friday amounted to 40. Oh Saturday up to noon, 25 had died. The fever was spreading into the souitoutid ing country. It is reported that the Small Pox hod afto made its appearance, and that there were 10 eases on Saturday. Columbia, Sept. 11. The deaths from yellow fever at Norfolk on Sunday, were 40. it is sad that the number of new cases is de creasing. Eight physicians have died. The disease has appeared at Suffolk, and the people are Hying from the place. Aid for Norfolk. Columbia, Sept. 11. The City Council yesterday Subscribed SI,OOO for the relief of Norfolk and Portsmouth. A committee “lias also been appointed to solicit aid horn the citizens. Yellow Fever at Cooper’s’ Wells. The Picayune has a despatch.dated Vicksburg, 4th met., which stites that all the visitors at Cooper’s Wells have left the place in coutequenco of yellow fever, which nu de its appearance iheve some days previously. Dr. Pugh, who was one of the first to take the disease, is dead There were seveu deaths fn in yellow Ever in Vicks bug last week. Macon and Western Railroad, otal receipt# by th e 1 oadforthe season, 61,67/ bales. Total receipts Irst jear, 44,088 —increase th s season, 17 589 bales.