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dimes flits) Smtiitel. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPT, 26. FOR GOVERNOR. IIEIIBCIIEL V. JOHNSON. . I FOR CONGRESS, District—James JLi. Seward, r of Thomas, ‘id, “ M. J-Crawlortl/of Muscogee. 3d. 44 James 31. Smith, of Upson. 4th | *• Hiram Warner, of Meriwether. sth 44 Jno. 11. Lumpkin,'of Floyd. Oth 44 Howell Cobb, oi Clarke. 7tli ** Lintongstephens, of Hancock. Bth 44 A. H. Stephens, Jof Taliaferro. MUSCOGEE COUNTY NOMINATIONS. FOR THE SENATE. ALEXANDER J. ROBISON. FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. JOHN B. DOZIER. GEORGE J. FITTS. Public education by the State Alone—Prof. Sasnelt. XII. The education oi the youth of our country in schools provided by the Stale, which schools shall be common to all. without distinction ofereed or party, and free from any influence of a denominational or partisan character. Iu the hurly burly of the campaign, we have neglect* ed to notice this article of the Know Nothing creed. The foregoing is the twelfth article of the Philadelphia Platform* At first sight, it seems to be a very humane and liberal provision for the elevation and enlighten ment of the people ; but a closer inspection will satisfy the enquiring mind that it is an attack upon Denomi national Education. During the last twenty years all denominations of Christians in this country have made the most strenuous efforts to educate, at least, their own youth, so as to impress upon their plastic minds the great truths of the gospel and bring them up iu the nurture and admoni tion of the Lord. The necessities of the country arid the paucity of the means of instruction afforded by the State, were controlling motives with the religious part of the community in their great and laudable efforts to estab lish schools and endow colleges in almost every part of our country ; but other and higher motives mingled with and gave vitality to these common place conside rations jhe great and good tneu of the church per ceived that the education imparted, in many instances, by State institutions “free from any influence of .a de nominational character” was lamentably deficient in re ligious oulture. The sons of pious parents came home jvith a perfect knowledge of the Gods of Greece and Rome, but totally ignorant of Him “in whom they lived aiid moved and had their being.” To cure this defect in State education, every denomination of ehristians in the United-States set about the good work of elect ing denominational colleges which should be under de nominational influence. The Christian sects of Georgia were foremost in this good work. The Methodists have their “Emory,’’ the Presbyterians their “Oglethorpe,” the Baptists their “Mercer’’college. These flourishing institutions of learning were erected and endowed after much labor and expenditure of large sums of money. Their “chairs” have been fill.d by learned and pious men who have made large sacrifices to sustain these in stitutions in order that they might be instrumental in bringing up the youth of the land under the hallowed and hallowing influences of a pure and vital Christianity. Their self sacrificing labors have been crowned with abundant success, and there are hundreds of noble citi zens in every part of the State who point with pride and gratitude to these denominational “schools’’ as their Alma Mater. It turns out, however, according to the Know Nothing confession of faith, that the pious and learned men who endowed these colleges and made such sacrifices to sus tain them, have committed a most egregious error.— The church, it seems, has no business to meddle with the education of the people : It is the business of the State ! So thought Stephen Girard, and to be sure that his college should be “free from any influence of a denomi national character,” he provided in .Lis will that no Preacher of the gospel should ever be elected to a Profes sorship in it. We presume the, so called, American party will hardly go so far but they had as well do so, as they declare that their schools “provided by the State ’ shall be “free from any influence of a denomi national character” and thereby effectually shut out the clergy from them. In opposition to these views ot the Know Nothing par ty upon the subject of educa tion, we take the liberty of quoting a few passages from a book* recently published by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, whose author is Professor - Sasnett, of Emory college, Ga. “But while it is generally admitted that it is due to society that eduation should thus be universally dispens ed, the popular idea is, that its provision is a function of the State rather than of the Church. * * * Indeed, so prevailing has been this idea—so overwhel ming its influence upon the general mind—that even the most of those the steadiest in their conviction of the propriety of making education, in its most advanced de partments, the function of the church, yet concede that these provisions of it for the masses are properly the business of the State. “Now it must be admitted, that since our Government repudiates all connection of church and State, it is im possible to give to common school education by the Spate such a positively religious character and direction as are necessary to make it a positively religious agency, and yet that this department of the educational func tion is susceptible, perhaps above all other, if properly employed by the church, of.being made’trrbutary to the advancement of the religious interests of society. * * Hence, it is incumbent upon the church that she should not thus be blind to her own responsi bilities, and allow an.agency to pass into other hands and perhaps become an antagonism to her own interests which, under a Ireer and fuller development of her own j system, site might make in a powerful degree condu- , cise to her own advancement. ■***=*•* * But waving this objection, and putting the question i.t Stale agency in behalf ol common school education < 0 ihe ground ouly of its efficiency as compared with “Jk. agencies ot a spontaneous or voluntary character, rOi.i still it will be condemned as an inferi or and objee tfinable method. * * * * ¥ * * But we take still higher ground. We maintain that the provision of education fo* tbo people is in no wise B e husiners of the Government, and in so lar as if assumes >ueh provision, it transcend* t> true design a id h-gitimate sphere of action. “G •r.rnmeot must necessarily h ive is li nit?, . l*e it Vkogrlss : Coma tiered w th j aruc ilar referen- e to the .'lethodii>tEpiseQpalCiiurch,S >utu. fiy tl e Rev.W jiliamJ. j of Kir-oty College. Edited Hv T. O. S, mmere. J-V D Fubli-hcd by E Stevenson and F. A. Owen, Agents Msthodfct Publishing House, Nashville, ‘Penn., becomes a power of unlimited use, and consequently of abuse. The true Republican idea is, that Government exists for protection—the protection of each individual against all others, and of community generally against the encroachments of foreign power. The sphere of | Republican Govenment, therefore, is essentially nega- ! tive,iwith only so much of the positive element as may j be necessary to maintain its character. Republicanism adheres to this idea, because it alone is compatible with the largest liberty, and because it is the only distinct and practicable limit. If a step further is advanced, and government is invested with positive functions, neces sarily the principle of mere expediency is introduced, and the guaranties of liberty are virtually lost. The idea, therefore, that government has so universal a re- : lation to all the positive interests of society as to ni ike their management a part of its own legitimate operations, belongs to Monarch'cal andDespotic,but not toßepublican Governments. Under these latter, the State, so far from being all comprehending and absorbing, has its own distinct sphere, aDd that sphere is limited to the übjeet of the mere protection of the people, leaving them unrestricted and untrammelled by any interference I of its own, to work out their own fortunes.” I These meagre extracts will give our readers some I idea of the views of the learned and pious author on ; the policy of educating “tho jouth of the country in j schools provided by the State and free from any influ ; enee of a denominational character,” as taught, by ! Know Nothingism. It is but proper to add that; the ! work was published before the Philadelphia Platform j saw the light, and was written with no view of attacking Know Nothingism, though it hits it on the head a Run ning blow. We particularly commend the work to our readers as eminently worthy of attention at this junc ture in our political affairs when men are leaving all the old landmarks whether in politics or religion, and are wisely engaged iu hewing out broken cisterns that can hold no water. Will of Edward F. Powers, late of Coltimubuft, Georgia, 1. To the Female Orphan Asylum, Columbus, Ga., sio,oao. 2. To the town of Bernardstown, Mass., for the purpose of education, SIO,OOO. 3. To Adaline Ann Williams, SI,OOO per annum during her natural life. 4. To Edward Powers Allen, son of Lewis C. Al len, of New Ilaven, Ct., provided he shall lake the \ name of Edward Allen Powers, | 5. To Edward Powers Peabody, son of Charles A. i Peabody, of Russell county, Ala., $50,000, provided he I shall take the name of Edward Peabody Powers. 6. The balance of liis estate remains in the hands of the Executors until the death of his iieico, Adaline Ann Williams, when it is to be equally divided between Mrs. Joanna Evans, N. Y., Mrs. Afla Maria Wells, ; Savannah, Ga., Mrs. Emily Naotna Pitman, N. Y., ; Sami. Cotton Gray, Cal., Mrs. Mary Joanna Davis, Columbus, Ga., Rev. Edward Powers Gray, Jefferson | Warren Williams, Ohio, Jane Gray Lucas, N. Y., Frauds Harriet Peabody, Ala., and Mary Hoyt Allen, Ct. These are the principle items. Messrs. Henry T. Morgan, New York city, and Henry W. Cushman, Bernardstown, Mass., are appointed Executors. The bequest to the Orphan Asylum, Columbus, Ga., is pay able in twelve months after the decease of the Testator. I Fire in Nlw Orleans.— A destructive fire occurr< d | at New Orleans on the 20th inst., destroying arnoi g | other property the Bee printing office. Two merrtbeis of ths Fire Companies were seriously injured by ti e ! falling of a wall. Yellow Fever in Mobile. —A despatch from Mo bile of the 24th inst., announces that there were three deaths from yellow fever during the preceeding week. There were no new cases. Health of Montgomery. —There is a report in cir ! dilation in this city that there were three oases of yel I low fever in Montgomery, Ala., on the 24th inst.— j We mention the rumor so that it may be corrected if | unfounded. j Russell Recorder —Mr. L. F. McCoy has retired j from the editorial chair of the Russell Recorder. He ; is succeeded by J. S. Perry. Death ot David J. Barber. j We regret to announce the death of David J. Bar j ber, Clerk of Superior Court of Muscogee county, lie died on Saturday evening, 22d inst., after a short but painful illness, and was buried on Sunday evening with Masonic and Military honors. Local News. Homicide. —A negro boy, Ben, belonging to the es tate of Walter T. Colquitt deceased, was shot in this , city on the 25th inst., by a young man named llolmes and instantly killed. Holmes was immediately arrested and committed to prison. Drowned. — A negro boy named Bob, th<? property of Bass & Cleghorn, was drowned in an attempt to swim from an island in the river to the shore, near the Railroad bridge in the north commons in this city, ob the *2sth inst. Dr.A. J. Robison. — We do not know that we ought to say a word about candidates for office fia Georgia ; but we will venture a line or two in praise of our old and steadfast friend. Dr. Alexander J. Robison, who is a candidate for the Senate in Muscogee county. lie is a Democrat “pure and undeiiled,” and is one of the best men we ever knew. It seems to us impossible that he should be beaten. Every Democrat is obliged to vote for him on account of his long and consistent devotion tuour cause; and Know Nothings, or Whigs, who kuow him, will have to commit a trespass upon j their consciences iu casting a b allot against him. Sue- j cess to the old Doctor ! say we, most heartily.—Mont gomery Advertiser. A Regular Smash. The up train on the West Point Road, last Friday > night, ran over a bull, lying across the track, between , Auburn an Opelika. The nose of the cow- atcher was’ depressed by the collision and tore up the track lot : some distance, and one of the two passenger cars and the baggage car were very considerably damaged. We ! suppose that nothing but the solidity of our home made cars (which far excel the Northern work id strength.) prevented their being knocked into fragments. As it was, the passengers though considerably “shocked” were not bruised or otherwise injured. The. engine* ran if tig, over the cross tics, on the top of the embank* tneiit —which is there ”20 feet high umd pitched into a stock gap. .4 passenger found it to be 77 steps from the body of the defunct bull to the end of the hindmost ear i which ran over hswi. it was a descend ng grade and the -train was running at pretty fair speed, ilte dam;ge to the company must be several dollars— bs’skles paying for the buV It is said that sever;;* of the sam.* a speotfcs have been killed near this same spot. We hops hev’ii got thinned ou\ after a whi I -Mo ntgcrnWy Moil 17 th ‘ - j Prospects in Palaski. llawkinsville, Sept. 20. M K6BR3. Editors. — lt may be gratifying to you and your readers to know that the prospects of the Democratic party in this county are brightening every day. Union, and Southern Rights Democrats, and many independent Whigs arc now upon the Demo cratic platform as adopted in June last, and their uni ted efforts will, on the first Monday in October, result in a handsome majority for Johnson, Crawford and our County candidates. On Wednesday, the 19th inst., Messrs. Hawkins and Crawford were with us, but ow ing to the fact of Col. Hawkins having failed to inform the committee that invited him here,that Judge Crawford would also address the meeting, there were but few Anti-Know Nothings present to laugh at the puerile efforts of the Know Nothing champion. Crawlord spoke first for one hour ; his speech was replete with sound argument, sound patriotism and sound sense. He unmasked the hard swearing party by reading the oaths aud ritual of the order, which I Hawkins dared not deny, and by arguments showed ; Know Nothingistn and Abolitionism at the North, to j be one and the same thing. Though interrupted by the son of the father who repeatedly interrupted him ! when with us on a former occasion, Judge C. proved the party to be of mushroom origin and of mushroom length of days. Col. Hawkins in reply answered the arguments of his opponent by stating that he comrnenc- j ed life an uneducated boy, almost shirtless, and if w# j except a shirt collar and a suit of professional black, he offered no further evidence that he is not now, where he oomnieneed. His acquirements are certainly limited, his language in violation of all grammatical rule and propriety, his figures as bad as his rhetoric, and his speech altogether mere common place rhapsody. The “bias of jurisprudence” has so warped bis judgment that his arguments dwindle into the sophistry of a third rate pettifogger. He never once touched an argu ment of his opponent relative to the constitutionality of the objects, ends aud aims of Know Notliingisrn. If his party in the Second Congressional District are satis fied that he should represent them in the Congress of the United States, we :.re forced to the conclusion that they are the easiest people pleased in the Southern States, nor do we wonder that they should be so sensi tive about being called a third rate man, if he is their biggest gun. He interlarded his labored speech with a few stale anecdotes, irrelevant to the issues, and after having beat the air for an hour and a half ho took his seat in a fine perspiration. Crawford then administered .such whole some logic to him aud his party as they will not forget soon. W hile Hawkins had the crowd, Crawford had the best of the argument, and if the former bas not acquitted himself elsewhere better than he did here, his friends may expect to find him next vviuler considera bly up Salt River instead of iirKVashington City. On the 20th (to-day) they speak # at Gum Swamp, where Hawkius will need all the sympathy that was gratuit ously offered to his opponent on yesterday. BLUFF CREEK. WHAT GOV. JOHNSON HAS DONE WITH THE STATE ROAD. Under his administration the earnings of the Western & Atlantic R. R. have increased, for ten months business, $488,718 61 To 527,297 92 Under Johnson, tne gross earnings of the Road for 1855 will reach $700,000 In July last, besides a world of other freights, we passed through more than.lo,ooo bushels ofwheat for every work ing day in that month. And in August 326,253 bushels ! But to do this John son’s boys were obliged to run much of the time seventeen trains a day, and depot hands woiked often till midnight. Under Johnson the Road has paid for construction incur red previous to 1854, tne sum of $249,208 06 Under; Johnson, the State Road has been worked with such admirable system and perseverence, with a rolling stock more disproportioned to her business than that of any other road in Georgia, we have, nevertheless, blocked up all the Roads in the State fed by ours. Since, then, including 1,600 of new heavy rail, $200,411 61 Under Johnson we, have had paid into the State Trea sury by the Road, SIOO,OOO In one month more we will get another installment of. $50,000 Under. Johnson wej have replaced the old rotten bridge at Etowah with a'superb structure and embankment 1900 feet long, and made the Road from Dalton to Atlanta, the pride and admiration of all in Georgia—-of course except ing Know Nothings. And we may go further and say, that under Johnson, j before the close]of 1857, the earnings of the State Road I will reach the enormous sum of. .. $1,000,000 WHAT THE STATE ROAD HAS NOT DONE UNDER GOVERNOR JOHNSON. It has not lost one dollar from a delaulter, as the rule is that all hands once a week must come up to the “cap’ns office and settle.” It has not caused the loss of a single life in two years from a collision or “run off.” It has hardly lost a single mail in the same length of time. . # * ’ It has not oppressed or proscribed, as has been falsely stated,, but has retained a large proportion of active, working and bitter political opposition in service on the Road. It has never delayed payment to the poor,as Garnett An drews falsely states, but “the Friday after.the 15th of each month” th epay roll is cleared of! and every man who will have his pay gets it. And lastly, there has not been a judgment rendered against the State Road to the amount of oue dollar for any cause of action arising under Governor Johnson’s ad ministration. * More Withdrawals. Hannaiiatchee, Stewart Cos., Ga. Sept. 20. Writ. H. Crossman, Jambs L. Wimberly, Wm. A. Rawson. — Gentlemen. —You will please present my petition to the Council for a withdrawal from the se* eret Order knowu as the American Party. Thankful to you and your associates, for the many courtesies extended to me, I withdraw from your Order gentlemen, cherishing sentiments of esteem for you and a recollection of many favors at your hands. A devotion to Republican principles impel me to this course. I am. gentlemen, Yours truly, .James IL Armstrong, Columbus, Ga., Sept. 24. A Card.—This ie to notify the Know Nothing or American Party, that they may consider me turionger belonging to the Order. I can't preserve. s m3D for his h rth p!a’ e nor religion. JAMES PRESTON HOOD. Stewart Cos., Ga.,, Sept. 2§. The undersigned, citizens of Union and vicinity, take ocoasion to state to tha public that we were indu ced by incidious appeals to join the K. N. organization. We were informed that there was nothing in the Or derwhich wouldinterfere with our principles and that its objects and tendency were to advance sound, and conservative principles, and to put down demagogue ism. A fair trial of the Order has satisfied us that no man who claims to be a freeman can be a Know Nothing without a surrender of his rights and privile ges. Know Notbingism is at war with the spirit of Republicanism and virtually destroys the use of the ballot box. We have, for these reasons, withdrawn from the Order and earnestly warn our friends against being caught in a snare so dangerous to social and re ligious liberty. Many of us have been denounced for withdrawing from the association, but we do not care for it j we intend to be freemen and do our duty as such. George Pope F/ R. Forester, William Hadin W. J. Chesnut William Jones J. N. Jones* (.From the Constitutionalist & Republic ] Carterbville, Ga., Sept.;l7, 1855. Mr. Gardner — Dear Sir: In the Cronicle tf* Sen* tinel of the 7th inst., I notice an article, headed “The Cowart Appointment and Cooper Arrangement,” mast of which article is copied from the Savannah Republican.— I wish to make some comments oil a part of the article of the Savannah Republican , for the reason that some of the statements, made ‘‘upon good authority,” (as stated by the Republican ,) I know to bo erroneous. The Savannah Republican is quoted to say, ‘‘indeed we learn from good authority, that the freights at Etowah, not belonging to Mr. Cooper, would hardly average a ton per annum.” Haviug been a pretty large shipper myself for several years from that point, I know that the Savannah Repub lican, as to the “ton per annum,” spoke on bad authority. 1 have, therefore, sent to the agent at that depot, and obtained from him a certificate of amount of tonnage to aud from that point, for other persons than Major Cooper. That certificate 1 herewith send, and needs no comment, so far as the “ton per annnm” is concerned. It shows, though, at the same time, that the Etowah Depot is not “a private Depot.” Suppose though it was a private Depot, built for Maj. Cooper's freights only, what then ? Why it would show that one man was producing freights sufiicient to make it an object for the carrier to incur the expense of furnishing a Depot for the reception of his freights ; aud taking the view of a statesman on the subject, regarding the kind o( freights that this one ?nan produced, it would show a vast .accession of State wealth, brought into requisition by the development of the earths hidden treasures, by his skill, energy and perseverance ; „and more than this, it would show in the development of the mineral resources of t lie country, a source of State wealth, 1 admitting of State taxa tion, for all coming time. Putting this whole matter, though, on the ground of making the most money in the shortest time by the Road, l think 1 speak advisedly when 1 say that, in my judg ment, there is no Depot which pays better than the Etowah Depot. I think so for these reasons : Most of the Weighting is safe freighting, much of it safe from burning, all safe (or nearly so), from breaking, aud much from stealing. A iarge portion is done on open cars, load ed mainly at the shipper’s expense, (a heavy item), and ■suilly loaded both ways—in addition to this, it is a busi ness all the time. This “arrangement,” though will all be right after a little, the laws which govern the moral world have decreed it—time will execute it. Very respectfully, Tour obedient servant, John W. Lewis. Accompanying the foregoing is a “tabular statement of Freights, from Etowah, by other persons than M. A. Cooper, for twelve months, from Sept. Ist, 1854, to Aug. 31t, 1855,” amounting to 146,439 pounds, (not includ ing eighty bags of Cotton) on which the payments of freight were $479.60. Also, Statements of Freights re ceived at Etowah Depot, from Sept. Ist, 1854, to Aug. 31st, 1855, by other persons than M. A. Cooper, on which the charges were $912 12. These tabular statements be ing written on both sides of a large sheet of paper, we are unable to copy in to-day’s paper. Appended to the first is the following certificate: I do hereby certify that the above is a true statement of freights shipped from this station, from the Ist day of Sep_ tember, 1854, up to the 31st day of August, 1855, by other persons than M. A. Cooper, and the freights charg ed in the above statement are the same rates as charged upon all articles shipped by M. A. Cooper. Given under my hand, this Ist day of September, 1855. J. T. Rukham, Ag’t. W. A. R. R., Etowah Depot. The following’certificate is annexed to the second : I do hereby certify that the abave is a correct state ment, as taken from my books, for freights shipped to this depot from other points, by persons other than M. A. Cooper, and charged at the same rate as are charged on the same articles shipped to M. A. Cooper, from the Ist day of September, 1854, to the 31st day of August, 1855. Given under my hand, this, Ist day of September, 1855. J. T. Rukham, Ag’t. W. & A. R. R., Etowah Depot. Civil War in Kansas. New York, Sept. 13. The Freesoi! papers of the North, and especially of this city, discuss the Kansas question in a spirit of unre strained violence. The Tribune, Times, and Evening Post, openly advise a resort of force and arms by those they are pleased to call the peaceful people of Kansas in resistance to the rule of the “Border Ruffians,” and the acts of the Kansas Legislature. The Post declares there are thousands of young men at the North,with little to do, and eager for adventure, who burn to distinguish themselves in some shape before the world, and this mild literary journal with its poet editor points them to Kan. sas as the theatre of glory where they may “flesh their maiden swords” in the cause of liberty, lie thinks the liberation of Cuba a small affair to excite youthful military ardor, in comparison with the huge wrongs to avenged in Kansas. These amiable counsellors make the impor tant mistake of taking for granted that the Freesoilers j constitute the people of Kansas. My information is dif ferent, and I take it the Legislature and Government of j the Territory wholly in the hands favorable to slavery, ! are true exponents of the sentiments and feelings of the | people of the Territory. I allude to this as one of the signs of the times all pointing to the same result—a sec tional issue on the slavery question.— Mobile Register. Overby ,a Know Nothing. Recollect if you vote for Overby you vote for a Know Nothing. He entered the Lodge in those days when people were sworn in. He took their oaths, and was voted for in the secret Macon Convention, as a candidate for Governor. You may not like to go with the Democ* racy, or with Know Nothings, and so vote on the Tem perance Question for Overby ; i ut, if you beli ve in the great doctrine of ci/il and religous liberty—throw not your vote away on this Know Nothing. He < annot be elected, and if you are a Democrat why lose \our vote that Andrews may come one nearer to Govern* r .John son. Let the victory be such that Sam will never come under any more Northern disguise into Georgia.—Ath ens Banner. Harris Superior Court —Thn Comt for our * ouuty close! its session on Saturdav|!ast,His Hen r.Judge Wor rill, presiding. This was Judge Worn IPs first appearance on our bench ; and it can tru’y te siid. that no Judge ever received greater prise from th'people, or more unanimous laudat ons foreourtesy, aff.bility, and perse verance than did His Honor. There were but few criminal cases, and they of tnino- im}o t. The civil Po ke (with the exception of the Appeal,) which had ac cumulated for two or three yearn, in consequence of a murder case, was swept c ean. Should Judge Worrill be spared and remain on ! e Bench, after another term, ‘wo or three days will, un h übt dly. suffice for the C.im in Harris loonty. Solicto* Gen. Brown, is the same old shilling, • ways bright and ebbing in discharge of his duty.— Tk* Organ , 19. Correspondece of the Constitutionalist Republic. Mass Meeting at Macon. Macon, Sept. 19, 1850. James Gardner— Dear Sir:—The great Know Nothing mass meeting at this place has met and proved a splendid failure. There are not more than one thousand strangers in the place excluding citizens of this county. Os that number 1 eounted the arrivals at the hotels for yesterday and today, and there are just two hundred and sixty sev en, including through passengers, mail agents and all oth ers. I,visited the stand and listened to one of the dryest and most insipid speeches from Judge Andrews it lias ever been my lot to listen to from anv person who makes any pretension to public speaking.* It was one of the coldest looking crowds, considering the heat of the weather, I ev er saw. Judge Andrews was followed by Belser, of Montgomery, Alabama, in another dry, wishy-washy speech of one hour and a halt. The crowd has now ad journed for dinner. In haste, yours, Senator Douglas on ’Slavery. Senator Douglas has written a short letter, in answer to an invitation to deliver a lecture on slavery in Boston du ring the next winter, which states with admirable brevity and comprehensiveness the duty which rests on all north ern men in regard to the discussion ot the subject of slave ry. If his example could be followed by all northern states men, the peace and harmony ot the country could be im mediately and permanently restored. The following is Judge Douglas’s letter: Chicago, Sept. 11, 1855. Gentlemen: —l have the honor to acknowledge the.re ceipt of your polite invitation to deliver a lecture on the subject of slavery at the Tremont Temple, in Boston, on the 7th of Febtuary next, or at such time during the next winter as my convenience will permit. Regarding slavery as a domestic regulation, which derives its existence and sup port from the local laws of the several States, where it pre vails, and with which neither the federal gdVefnment nor the citizens or authorities of other States have any right to interfere, except to perform their constitutional obligations in reference to.the rendition of fugitives, I have never deem ed it my duty as a citizen ot a non-slaveholding State to discuss the supposed advantages or evils, with the view ot sustaining or destroying the domestic institutions ot sister States, with which, unoer the constitution and laws ot the land, I have no right to interfere, and tor the consequences of which l am in no wise responsible. You will, therefore, permit me to say, with all due re spect, that neither my tastes nor my public duties will per mit me to accept vour polite invitation. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, S. A. DOUGLASS. Messrs. Dr. Jas. W. Stone, and others Committee. Resignation of Prof. LeConte. Athens, Sept. 19, 1855. Mr. Editor: —Prof. John LeConte, of this place, has been elected Professor of Chemistry in the New York Col lege ol Physicians and Surgeons;and consequently tendered a resignation ot his Professorship to the Trustees ot the University. His having been selected to till the place long held by Torrey, is but a just tribute to the merit of Dr. LeConte. As the duties of this new K pos* require his time but four months in the year, (some two of which occur in the winter vacation of this College,) it is earnestly hoped that strenuous efforts will be made to retain him m con nection with this institution.— Aug. Chron. S( Bc n. Speech of Hon. John M- Rotts | The New Hampshire Agricultural Fair was held at Manchester last week. It clostd with addresses from sev eral gentlemen, among them the Hon John M. Botts of Virginia, whose theme was politics. He denounced the Nebraska bill, but said there was no probability of the res toration of the Missouri Compromise, as the North would not do it it the South willed it. He spoke, he said, as a Irieud of the Union and the Constitution. A Boston paper says: Mr. Botts discussed the Nebraska bill and the Fugitive Slave bill, as the two great questions calculated to destroy the peace and harmony of the Union. The fugitive slave bill he said must be executed, and he was in favor of a force hill against the North, to enforce its execution, it need be. Speaking of the Maine Liquor Law, he said j there was one tiling in it that was a strong recommendation jto hint. He had invariably found better liquor in the I States where the law had been passed, than betoro its pas ! sage. The Plague-Strickon Cities. Norfolk, Sept. 20. There is no perciptible abatement of the pestilence.— 11. B. Ferguson, Lsq., President ot tire i toward Asso ciation, is very sick, lu Norfolk on Wednesday, there were thirty deaths, and in Portsmouth twelve. Tar is constantly burnt iu Loth cities. The Yellow Fever. New Orleans, Sept. 20. The fever is increasing at all points on the Mississippi, Ouachita and Black livers. Houston County Senator. The Democracy of Houston county nominated, by ae i clamation,on Thursday last, Dr. E. J. McGehee for bena ! tor, in place of Dr. West, deceased. Vermont. It would seem that the abolitionists and know nothings were consderablv short of lire mark in claiming an over : whelming victory in Vermont, firmly as that State is sup i posed to be joined to her present idols. The Burlington i Sentinel of the 13th inst. says : I “The fusionists have no special grounds for exulting j over the general result. Last year R yc-e’s vote was about | 28,000, with 15,000 east against him. This year his vote : is about 25,000, with nearly 17,000 cost against him.— j Fusionism is on the waue, and, like every other ism, must go down. These one-idea politicians succeed only as loDg | as they are able to keep the minds of the people up at fe- Iver heat. j “The democrats have elected about the same number j of representatives this, as last year, notwithstanding they | been compelled to fight two isms (combined) instead of j one.” Naval Retired List. —Washington, Sept. 19. —The Washington Union intimates that none of die Naval licts yet published are correct. Gale on the Lakes. —There was a disastrous gale on the Northern Lakes the 18th ins:., which disabled sever al sailing vessels. Premium Alabama Plow. —The Chambers Tribune states that the Patent Iron Plow, invented by Mr. Noah Warleek, of that county, took the premium at the late Georgia Agricultural State Fair. Heavy Theft. —The heaviest theft perhaps on record since tlie world began, is recorded in the papers from the west. At Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, two men wue arraigned for stealing four hundred tons of railroad iron. The plain tiffs in the ca?e are the Pennsylvania Central and tile Singe Portage Railroads. The stolen property was old railroad iron, and the proof against the rascals was so strong that they were committed in default of bail. Jhe value of the stealings is estimated at $16,000. ! Hear Young Carroll. —John Carroll, Esq., the great grandson of Charles Carroii, ol Carrollton, who is now j running on the Democratic Anti-Know Nothing ticket in Howard county, Maryland, made his first speech on Sat- I urdav iast at a meeting of both parties. After speaking of 1 the position of parties in the Stale and the country, helie clated to the Know Nothings: j “ I aru a Catholic ; but if you must properil*c, do not , commence upon so humble an individual a- myself Go i back to the past, and erase from the record of the Decla ration of Independence the name of my ancestor, and the Companion of vour forefathers, Charles Carroll, of Car rollton.” * ! Anecdote of Governor Wise. —Before his election, the Know Nothing papers were fund of publishing anecdotes ; to show how Y\ ise was “put down” Hpon the stump, by ; interruptions from “Sam,” in the vast assemblages which j were wont to gather around the hustings of the orator of J coo mao. Atone of these meetings in Western \ irgin ! i - *; two of “Samuel’s” fastest joung ftteii bad been mire than usually noisy and insolent toward the speaker, and th.eir intert options were plainly intended to annoy and in* suit him. Wise j aus/d in b s speech, him! taruing to these “bloode,” pouted his long, skyrny finger, ala Ran dolph, at the ofltndi rs, and said : “Young men, I am to be your neikt Goverro? ; you will probably be >n the Pen* ifentiary, ard yeti m.<y depend upoa if, you will have t> serve out y ou r firm.'” He waen'c inturroptel ; geiu D that quarter.