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Cimes Snrtitul. coTumbus, gkorgia. Friday morning, sept. 28, less. FOR GOVERNOR. IIERSCIIEL T. JOHNSON. FOR CONGRESS* Ist District—James JL. Seward, of Thomas. 2d, <* M. J- Crawford of Muscogee, *l,l # t James M* Smith, of l pson, 4fh • Hiram Warner, of Meriwether. 5 ,h “ Jno. 11. Lumpkin, of Floyd. (jili < Howell Cobb, ol Clarke. 7Hi ** Union Stephens, of Hancock. Bth “ A, 11. Stephens, of Taliaferro. MUSCOGEE COUNTY NOMINATIONS. FOR THE SEN/TE. ALEXANDER J. ROBISON. FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. JOHN B ’ D3ZIER. GEORGE J. PITTS. Desperate Nhi ft* of the Know Nothings. The hand writing is on the wall—Know Nothing ism has weighed and found wanting—its advocates in every part of the State, during the week preceding the i lection, abandoned the discussion ol the principles involved in the contest —persona! abuse and detraction connit'uted the staple of iheir speeches and editorials— so and every malignant passion of poor human nature has been app-aled to, to save a drowning cause, We notice a few of them. 1. Some miscreant placed cross ties on the South Western Railroad between Reynolds and Butler, on the morning after the Mass Meeting at Macon. Forthwith an article appears in the Journal tj- Messenger over the signature of Atticus chatging “the baffled dema gogues’’ alias the leaders of the’ Democratic Party with ‘‘inciting their dupes to deeds of secrecy appalling to a Christian community.’’ ‘‘They have,” in the lan gu igo .f the correspondent, “given a licence to their vfitvoorn janizari sos freedom to carry the works of their enemy, even at the cost of the lives of women and children.’’ We have no fear that the people of Georgia will be gulled by so barefaced a calumny and are therefore content to pass it by without further comment. No cit izen of Georgia can possibly believe that any party in the State could sanction such a cold bloodshed attempt at assassination, as that referred to by Atticus It doubtless vviis the work of some poor devils who could not fores e the terrible consequents which might re suit from this villainy. Is not a party reduced to dread ful straights when such charges find place in the col umns of respectable journals ? 2. Governor Johnson is charged by the Journal Messenger with attempting to control John H. How ard’s vote and influence by sailing him “old iron” for $22 50 per ton. Unfortunately for the credibility of this charge, John H. fluvvard has been the ardent supporter of Governor Johnson ever since the failure of the C dumbus Movement ; and was moreover pledg ed to advocate his nomination by the Bth August Con vention and would have done so, if that body had ever assembled. We are sorry to eeo that Superintendent Cooper’s letter upon this subject does not satisfy the Journal <s• Messenger. Wo have conversed with Mij Howard on the subject, and give his statement in brief : Some time since, Maj. Howard, as President ! of the Mobile & Girard Railroad, applied to Gover nor Johnson for the purchase of the iron about to be taken up from the State Road. Gov. Johnson refu sed to make any contract with him, but referred him to Mr. Cooper, the Superintendent. Maj. Howard then called on Mr. Cooper and offered $25 per ton for the old rails payable in city of Columbus bonds. The Superintendent accepted the bid, providtd Gov. John son would consent to it. Upon reference to the Gov ernor, he decided against the bonds. Maj. Howard the\i <if red $22 50 cash per ton for the iron. This was $4 50 more than *vas offered by Mr. J. F. Mims, who was understood to reprtsent the Thoinaston Com pany, and $2 50 more than was offered by T. R. Bloom. The bid of Maj. Howard was accepted, and the contract closed. Some time afterwaids, Mr. John D. Gray, a contractor on the Thomaston Read, offered S4O a ton, payable in what ? bonds of the Tho tnasion Railroad Company? We do not know, but are quite certain that the Thomaston Company tsever ex pected to pay the cash for the iron. Wa learn from Maj. Howard that it was the expectation of the Thom aston Company to apply to the next Legislature and get them to subscribe the iron to the Thomaston Road. If this be true, and we have no doubt of it, it will bo conceded ov< n by the Journal § Messenger that the b:i of Mij. Harvard was a better one thau tfiat of Jno. 1) Gray. It is further charged that the Thomaston Company h >d no noi ice .of the intention of the Superintendent to fed the old Ton. This is not true. Before M j How ard made the bid above rtf r'ed to, lie consul ed John 1) G ay as to the policy of buying ihe iron, and was advUeli by him that it was worthless. Jno. D. Gray, therefore, not only knew that the iron was to be sold, but, also, that M j. Howard contemplated bidding for R. The Journal <s• Messenger constantly refers to the Mobil-.- & Girard Railroad as an Alabama Road. This is done doubtless to exeie the prejudices of Georgians. True the Road las in Alabama, but it is a feeder to the Mufteogee Road, the South Western R<*ad and the Cen tral R ad. The city of Columbus has invested in . the M ibde & Girard Rtiiroad $300,1)00, and the citizens ot Columbus have also invested a very large amount in the Ro.d. It is to Columbus what the Central Road is to Savannah. In one sense, therefore, it is a Geor gia Road. 3. It is charged that under Gov. Johnson's admin istration many a.id large judgments have obtained against the State ot Georgia in Tennessee; that the oars, on the State Road-have been sold at a ruinous sa orifice to pay them $ and that “these judgments have g ven the pieties plaintiff, a deal of trouble, and eve ry oae collected by them has been at a discount” see M issing ale letter, partisan papers fail to in tot-ir readers that not one of these causes of ac tion aocrued-during G-v. Johnson’s administration : yet such is the fact. They publish, it is true, Mr. J. F. Cooper’s letter, in which he states that the care were not sacrificed, but bought in by an agent of the Slate ; Jvt they publish a letter from one Maseioga’e of Ten nesses denying the statement of Cooper, arid thereby attempt to’ prove that lie lied. Wo d-> not deem it nee tssary to defend the veracity of James F. Cooper.— is too well kl.' vi - vrj m Georgia to render such da f-noe necessary. His romeroo* friends in this part of the State at least will not this attempt to stub the eharater of one of the beat RA'S io Georgia. Bet the .most curious part of is that these judgments have been settled at a discount ; Nothing that the'Superintendent docs can please the opposition. If he pays SIOO,OOO into the State Treasury from the surplus earnings of the State Road, they grumble.lf he heads the judgment creditors of Tennessee and makes them come to an equitable settlement of their exhorbi tant claims, they are outraged. We had supposed that every citizen of Georgia, was indignant at the course of Tennessee aud Tennesseans towards the State Road ; that the law of Tennessee giving citizens of that Slate the right to sue the State Road in Tennessee Courts, was universally regarded as an outrage upon the State of Georgia ; and that these judgments recently obtained in Tennessee Courts by Tennesseans was regarded as little belter than snap judgmentand that the Superintendent would have been universally applauded by Georgians in all honora ble tflhrta to resist their payment. We find we are mistaken. Know Nothingiam is indignant because they were settled at a discount ! Have not we proven that Know Nothinisrn is redu ced to desperate shifts to hold its ground ? But its labor is vain—the thing ia dead. — fir , Frospec.s in Georgia* It is hazardous for an editor to foretell events, es pecially when the timo is so short when his propitesy wiM be put to the test of actual experiment: but 60 con fident are we of victory that we cannot forbear to aaticN pate event* The re-election of Governor Johnson is regarded as a fixed fact. With three candidates in the field, it is impossible to say what his majority will be but we are confident he will b*at Andrews by the whole number ol votes Overby will get and two thousand to boot. The Democratic aud Anti-Know Nothing candidates for Congress in the Ist, 2d, 4ih, stb, 6ih aud Bth Dis tricts will, it its believed, certainly be elected. The 3d and 7th are doubtful, but the prospects of Mr. Smith are bright, and Mr Linton Stephens’ friends entertain strong hopes of electing Li nr. The Legislature will be Democratic and Anti Know Nothing in both branches. It'these calculations are correct, and we are almost certain tiny arc, it will ba seen that Know Nothingism is dead in Georgia—stone dead—aud we are glad of it The public mind of Georgia has been too long diverted from the slavery agitat on, which all candid men must admit ia the paramount question of the day, to the : ephemeral issues raised by Know Nothingism, in which | the South has no earthly interest. Slavery in Kansas. The efforts of the Abolitionists to forestall the South in the settlement of Kansas having failed, they are now trying to excite their subservient tools to resist the laws of the Territory. To this end the} have advised them not to recognise the acts of the late Legislature as valid, and to proceed to elect a delegate to Congress at a time different from that appointed by the Lgislature of Kan sas. They are are also advised to arm themselves with pistols and bowie knives and prevent the “border ruf fians,” as they call the Missouri settlers, from participat ing in their elections. Ex-Governor Reeder, it is said, is their candidate aud, we presume, sanctions these ille gal proctedings. The object of these disturbers of the public peace is to complicate the affairs of Kansas, and prevent the em'gration of Southerners to that Territory; and, if they fail in this infamous design to give color to their fixed purpose to refuse to admit Kansas into the Union. Timely and energetic action on the part of the South will nip these treasonable designs in the bud. Let us raise money and men and send them to the Terti tory. “The Skies Bright and Brightening.” Every mail from the North brings encouraging proof that, the spirit of the National Democracy is reviving; and we cannot but hope that with the eo operation of such gallant spirits as the sterling Whig, Ex Senator Evans, of Maine, they will be able to crush abolitionism and its fraternal ally, Know Nothingism, even in their strong holds. An immense meeting was held at, Independence Square, Philadelphia, ou the night of the 16th inst., to celebrate the anniversary of the ratification of the Fede ral constitution, at which resolutions of the most conser vative character were adopted. We have room but for the following : Resolved, That we adhere with unshaken fidelity to the doctrine that State sovereignty, in all matters of purely in ternal and domestic concern, is and always has been a cardinal principle of the Democratic faith, which great i principle is endangered by the modes of reform in the mat ter of suffrage proposed by the Know Nothing party, arid 1 which proposed reforms we .pledge ourselves to re&ist, be i cause, by the true imepretation of the Federal Constitution, by tne debates and votes in the Convention which fiameu it, and by the actual practice of thtj States themselves, it is conclusively shown that the States have the absolute and ! exclusive control.of suffrage. j Resolved, That the perils which now threaten the integ ! rity and peace ot the confederacy, aiising troni the ascenden cy in most ot tie fee States, of a spirit ot sectional fanati cism, made succes.lul ana powerful by use aid o! the secret machinery ot Know Nothingism, cab upon all naiional men, whether Denioeials or V\ higs, to unit3 in one common or ganization, and to make common cause aghast their com mon toe and the„tue ol the Union, upon the platform tur i nisiied by the compromise of the Constitution in regard to j slavery, and upon tne principle of Congressional non inter vention, applicable alike to the States and Territories, j adopted by the united votes of Democrats aid Whigs, in | the passage ot the series ot rnea-nres in 1850, known a3the j Compromise Measures, and re-affirmed by their united votes in the passage of the Kansas and Nebraska act in 1853, which provides that its “true intent and meaning is not t< legislate slavery into any State or Territory, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof free to form and to regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, | subject only lo the Constitution of the United States hi and I to tnis end we heieby solemnly and earnestly renew the pledge of our devotion to the Democratic platform adopted in Baltimore in 1852, and as by that platform all uuo Democrat-* are bouud to abide by and adheie to a faithful execution of the Compromise Measures ol 1850, jo now we pfedge ourselves iu iike manner to abide by and adhere to a faithful execution of the Compromise Measures ot ’ 185 j, so now we pledge ourselves in like manner to abide hv and adhere to a taithiui execution ol the Kansas and Nebraska act, pas>ed in 1853, as a final settlement ot all sectional quest ons in regard to slavery in the Teiritcries ; and upon this platform, and under the Democratic organi zation, we tend* r the hand of cordial fellowship to ail Na t onal men, North, South, Ea t and West and invite them to co-operate with us in averting the perils which threaten our common U; ion. Resolv ’d, That the present distinguished position of the United State-* at home and abroad, results from an admin istration of its Government upon principles purely Consti tutionaj; and that President Pieice, having administered the Government upon those principles, enjoys the confidence of every true lover of the Constitution. Ti e immense masses asst-mbled were addressed by R chardson, of Minoia, and Nicholson, of Tennessee. The Day ot Blecuen. Every p; t i>tic citizen is interested in the press rva tion of the public pessa. We, therefore, advise all our political friends to go e&rly to the polls and vote calmly and quietly for the caud.dates of their choice. Avoid controversy of ali kinds.; bear and forbear ; abstain from liquor; be prudent, be conciliatory ; but finely exercise the rights of freetmn. llsalttt or Moaits,—o.pi lo there were £8 deaths in Mobile last week, 3 of wb ch were from yel few fever. - J New Advertlaenieatp. Oor merchants are daily receiving their large stocks of Fall and Winter gotds. For particulars consult our advertising columns. Messrs. Kyle offer great induce ments, particularly to the ladies. . Books are offered at -cost, for cash, by J. L. Howell. lie may be found at j the auction store of Harrison & McGehee. Our old ! patrons, J. 11. Daniel & Thomas have received a large j supply of fashionable clothing. The ladies will all soon ] be home from the Springs, and no time must be lost by j the young beaux in ordering a suit if they wish to shine 1 this winter. Mr. Saroni otters new and fashionable i music selected by himself, and is of course the ton. — ; Mr. Riddle is in fine trim to take Daguerreotypes.—- > Jonas Smeeton is on Lie way home from England. All the schools are about to open. We can't particularize: Doria it necessary, as every body knows the cream of a paper is in the advertising columns. Health of Montgomery, —Sept. 26.—The Board of Health report five cases of yellow fever, cue of which has terminated fatally. The Advertiser thinks the city is the healthiest spot in the county, notwithstanding the yellow fever. Crushed by thk Cars —A negro fellow, from Chat tahoochee county, had his head crushed by the train of cars on the Muscogee Road, cn the night of the 25th inst. He got drunk and lay down on the track. He was not dead at last accounts. Error Corrected. — We learn that Mr. Holmes who shot the boy, Ben, on the 25th inst., was not committed aa stated by us. The proof showed that the k.liing waß accidental. He was discharged. —mm *— Bock Keeping.—— Particular attention is called to the advertisement of Mr. E. T. Yauden Berg, who pro poses to open a school for instruction in Book Keeping. Ho is recommended as entirely competent. Give him a trial. From the Atlanta Intelligencer,2sth. “That Ruinous Mismanagement.” A check for another cool $50,000 left this place yea terclay, for the State Treasury, aa a fourth installment of the State Road earnings, making the ruinous sum of $150,000 paid since the first of January. Will the Know Nothing papers of the State, be so good as to in form Judge Andrews of this fine capital, as his time on the'mismanage ment of the State Road is very short. Chattanooga, Xenix , Sept. 20, 1855. To Maj. J. F. Cooper, Superin t. W. <jr A R. R. Dear Sir : —The papers of yom State have come to ua for the last few days, teeming with accounts of the awful condition of the affairs of the W. Sc A. R. R. in ! this State. Those papers have been sadly misinformed in re lation to the sacrifice of cars, the largo amount of judgments hanging Road, the Depot being ie vied upon, &c., &c. It is not true, that the depot is or ever has been le vied up n. It is not true, that any of the property of your State is under levy. It is not true, that there is a final judgment of a sin gle dollar outstanding in this State against the Road. It is not true, that the State has lost a single dollar by the sacrifice or sale of cars, .Judge Hook, Agent of the Nashville &. Chattanooga R R , bought in the cars at the Sheriff’s sale, for the State, at the request, of Maj. Welch and myself—we knowing that the sale was occasioned by the temporary absence from home o? the gentleman with whom you had made the arrangement to settle the claim of Toole, Pope & Cos. I might go further and add, that to the beat of my recollection no judgment, for any amount, has been re covered against the Road in this State, upon any cause of action originating since ycur appointment to the of fice of Superintendent. I do not wish to be considered as interfering in your State elections, but it seems to me that justice requires that the minds of the people of Geor gia should be disabused of the impressions which these reports, now so currently circulated, are calculated to make. Yours, respectfully, JNO. F. BURCH, AM’y. for W. & A. !*. R. Major Welch has this uay refunded me sixteen hun dred and twenty dollars, the amount I paid for the cars sold on the 3d inst., which purchase was made at his request, for benefit of Western & Atlantic R. R. (Signed ) R. M. HOOKE. Chattanoega, Sept. 7, 1855. For the Times &. Sentinel. Why Is the Office of Clerk of the Superior Court hit Vacant ? Messrs. Editors :—There is no right as important to the citizen as that the toheels of justice shall not be stopped for any cause whatever, and so vigilant are the people in the protection ot this right, that the Legislature has provided in every possible contingency, that justice shall not fail for the want of proper officers. To prevent this, they have ma ‘e provision-! to meet every possible event that may oc cur whereby to fill vacancies in any and all offices con nected with the administration of justice. Without a Clerk of the Court to perform clerical du ties, our Courts are closed to the citizens- writs cannot be issued, bills cannot be filed, witnesses cannot be subpoenied, commissions to take testimony cannot be obtained, regis ter cannot be examined. In short, no single step can be commenced or perfected for the establishment of a right cr redress of a wrong, while the office of the Clerk is vacant, and vet with all these evils pressing upon the people, the Clerkship of tin Superior Court of Muscogee county has been vacant by the death of the late Clerk, since Saturday 22d, and not a single step has been taken by the Justices of the Superior Court to fill said vacancy. “Why is this? Certainly not for the want of applicants, as the writer is informed that there are now six competent persons apply ing for the appointment, all Know Nothings. Then why is the vacancy not tilled ? Is it because the Justices of the Inferior Court, who are all members of the American party, are afraid that the appointment even of one of their own party before the first Monday in October, rnay create dis satisfaction in the ranks and pehaps lose a vote or two in the com ing election ? Row do they justify this utter disre gard of the act of 20th Dec., 1826; pagej2l2, Cobb’s Di gest, which they have sworn faithfully to execute, which r quires them to give twenty days notice of an election to fill the vacancy that has oceurrei, and that this notice should be posted at the Court House and three other public places in the co-nty. Why have the Justices of the Inferior Court failed' to! meet at the Court House “and appoint some fit and pn per person to dficharge the duties of said office until such va- j oancy may be fined” according to the provisions of the act r ferred to. Can it ts that the Justices of the Inferior Court ae • losing ih> temp’s of Justice to favor the interest of the anti Know Nothing pafy? Ihe writer trusts that such is not the esse,but vh:n the political complexion of he Ju ’ges i? considered iu eepceetierS with the fact ’hat the office is vacant, and that there are accomplished men j a ixioua to fill it, he cannot hesitate to say that the action of the Court has a decided squinting to party favoritism. The writer is quite indifferent as to who fills the office so long as he is.faithful in the discharge of his duties, but as a citizen of Muscogee county with rights pending on the vindication of which he is actually delayed for waht of a clerk to issue necessary papers, he demands as a right that the office be filled, aud that the appointment shall not b e postponed for purposes not contemplated by the law. It the Judges will refer to their oaths, they will find that they owe higher obligations to the people in the appointment of a clerk, than they cun possibly owe to any party, tnough bound to it by an oath of allegiance. MUSCOGEE. For the Times fe Scntiuel. Anti-Know Nothing Meeting in Hamilton, Ga. -—Speech of Mr. Dowdell—Old Harris Waking Up ! Messrs. Editors:— lt was my good fortune to be in Hamilton on the 22d inst. A respectable portion oi the citizens of Harris County assembled in the Court Houie j at 11 o’clock, A. M. Col. James M. Mobley, was called to the chair, and alter a few appropriate remarks introdu ced Hon. J. F. Dowdell, who commenced his speech by recurring to the happy days of his boyhood which were spent m Harris. The first inspirations of patriotism and love for his own native South were breathed here. It was pleasing for him to meet with his former fellow citizens — many of whom were friends aod associates of his youth ful days. A short time since two great parties contended f<r the mastery upon grounds of an economical bith striving to keep within the bounds of our sacred con stitution. The Whig party had lived and died, an illustri ous monument of greatness to the immortal spirits that framed, upheld and supported it through the many phases of its existence. But the Democratic was the party oI Washington, Jefferson iand the noble scions of heavenly birth—men with the noble Caihoun, who were not born to die. That party was now struggling with a monster with the malignity of a Cerberus, but with the club of Hercules and the strength of the same illustrious that monster wag about to bti divested ot his death-hke sting and be brought to the light of day. Mr. Dowdell took up the Philadelphia Piattorni ot the so-called American Parly aud riddled it to the filling.— There was not a feature in it but that exceptions might be taken by strong Southern Rights meu. The author of it was a Northern man. It was foisted upon the South, an ass in a lion’s skin, a wolf in sheep’s clothing, anything but a Southern Platform. It was Federalism of the rank est kind, a revival of thealieu and sedition laws; the ac knowledgement of a higher law principle; the submission ot disputed point3 to the decision of five men; a surrender into their keeping of the vital interests of the South. No higher law,than the constitution,stricilyenforced,would ever’ sway him so long as lie could raise his voice in opposition to the Know Nothing party—the most dangerous clique that ever emanated from any source, the Jacobiu clubs not excepted. Mr. Dowdell complimented Mr. Stephens, of Ga , by giving him all the praise that an illustrious man could claim as a meed for his distinguished exertions in behaif o the South. 1 must not forget to mention how he rapped the Know T Nothings for pretending to stand upon the Geor gia Platform and not battling for a single principle eneouch ed in it I have not time to give a full report or even synopsis of Mr. Dowdell’s speech,but I must say that it was every thing I could wish. It was excellent and no mistake The South has r mighty champion in the Hon. gentleman and Alabama should feel proud to boast of so gallant a son. After occupying the stand for more than two hours, he retired amidst prolonged applause, and Mr. Ramsey our candidate for State Senate, mounted the rostrum. He acquitted himself with much honor, and poured many hot shot into the ranks of the disaffected Know Nothings. As Mr. Ramsey’s brilliant efforts have been spoken of often during the present canvass, I forbear to mention anything further on that score, than that Harris on Monday next will give him an overwhelming majority over Col. D. F. Hill. The meeting was closed by a few well-timed remarks of Mr. Mobley, who is a horse in the cane brake too. lie knows “iiow to spread himself.” I take pleasure in stating that in my portion of the coun ty—l9th—thai fifty two members ot the Know Nothings have withdrawn from the order, and the cry is still they come! Hoping that Muscogee may corne off victor in this Olympiad, and that you may add one thousand more sub’ seribers to the list of your strong Southern Journal, I remain yours, withjrnuch respect, SOUTHERN RIGHTS. • Harris Cos. Ga., Sept. 24th, 1855. From the Constitutionalist and Republic. Letter from Mr, Toombs. Washington, Ga. Sept. 25,1855. Mr. F.diior: —I ask the favor to through your col umns to an article in the Chronicle Sentinel of the 22d inf-t. I should not havedone so for my personal defence,but the article referred to drags into the controversy eoliafeiai issues, with the intent to injure Governor Johnson in the approaching election. That paper alleges that 1 charged in substance- that “the columns of the Chronicle & ‘Senti i riel had teen opened to the lowest and vilest abuse of the i lion. A. H. Stephens.” 1 did make such a charge, and i that is the subst .nce of it, but I think it whs done in much I more forcible, emphatic and decided language; but as the | language given expresses the idea, 1 adopt it. In support | of that charge, 1 also did refer to the communication in | that paper, signed “Ivanlu e,” printed on the 18th in-tant.— j That article specifically charges Mr. with being I ;> “polygamist in principle,” “a Mormon missionary,” “a j licentious reprobate,” ‘‘an hideous deformity daman” ! “greatly wanting in the practice of moral decency,” and ■ “wanting in’ moral principle,” with many other epithets o’ i the same character. Such is the charge and such ine proof, i both taken from the columns of the Chronicle <fc Sentinel | Thus far, there is no issue made on any iact, and it simply i remains ioi the public to determine whether such language is properly designated by me as “low and vile abuse” of j Mr. Stephens. And let it be borne in mind, the Cbroneie ; and Sentinel opened its colums to this language against j one,of whom within about four months it had said, he ; was “acknowledged on ail hands, by men of all parties, to be the ablest man m Congress, a head and shoulders a-, bove any man in the House oi Representatives of the. Uni ted States,” and that “he was the only mania Congress who had given character to the State during the late Con i gress,” and that “his place could not be tilled by any man : in, tho State.” The conductors of this press; these hireling I scavengers of fatherless falsehoods, not only have no mor al consciousness of truth, but no intellectual perception of ii?; for, after stating the charge and referring to the proof, : they declare the charge Their defence to the charge I seems to be, that these conductors know nothing of the truth or falsehood ol theso allegations of their correspon dent “Ivanhoe,” and whether true or false, that their cor respondent is responsible for the statements made by him This defence has not the slightest re ! ation to the charge as made They elate that the,** opening the columns of the Chronicled. Sentinel to the lowest and vilest .abuse of Mr. Stephens.’* the charge is proven from their own columns, and the reply, both to the charge and proof is, that their correspondent is responsible for it! The question of who was responsible, or how, for this communication, did not concern me. and waa not enquired into, further than is *ta ted in the charge. If I had w.she-d to have forced a per sona! voucher for it, I certainly would not have gone to the conductors otkhe Chronicle and Sentinel to look for j him. The only osieusihie editor is exempted by his c eri ic il profession from any other responsibility except that of public opinion for thus prostituting his journal: before that tribunal J- dragged him end exposed Kim. The fiber edi tor estepee eves by the fathomless depth of bis infamy. He has long since been out of c f ite plummet. 59 1 But these miscreants being unable to produce a single fact or argument against the charge thus made ai,d proven before them, adopt the common device of detected crim inals, and attempt to taise false issues, and charge me w,’ i denouncing Gov. Johnson, last week, in the° strongest terms. While at Columbia Court iast week, I made speech to the people, in vvhieh 1 urged upon them the im portance of re-electing Governor Johnson in the present canvass; and in reply to the -charges made ngain-t him touching the mismanagement of the State Road, and sim ilar charges, I stated that I had not examined and I did not expect to do so; but if these charges were as tru>- ’as I believed them to be jalse, I would still vote tor him* That there wore great, lasting and paramount interests in volved in the contest—that upon these great and vital ques tions, Governor Johnson was with them, and it was j ar better that the State Raod should even suffer all the pecu niary injury complained of, than thatthe.se greater and more vital interests should be sacrificed, or even endtm geied by electing his opponent. I enforced tiiis view of the subject, with various illustrations in my speech; ur.d defen ded it in private conversations; and this is the whole foun dation of all the ‘‘filth and falsehood” upon this subject in the Chronicle and Sentinel: and it is untrue that I chaiged Gov. Johnson with any act of moral turpitude, baton the contrary on all occasions I defended him und commended him to the people for their next chief magistrate. Respectfully yours, &c. R. TOOMBS. Yellow Fever at Canton, Miss. We Darn from a despatch, under date of*September 19ih,from New Orleans, that one fourth of the population of Canton, Miss., ere down sick wf h the yellow i\vr, aai mw eases are occurring doily. Twenty-nine deaths are reported. The Fever at Norfolk. Columbia, Sept. 25. There is no decrease io the f ver at Norfolk and Ports mouth. Mr. Furguaon, President of the Howard Asso ciation, is deal. Southern nurses and ph)sioians are mu.h wanted. _ Fever at New Orleans. New Orleans, Sept 22. There were only forty-four deaths of yellow fever at the Hospital last week. The health of the city is in.proving rapidly. _ _ Fire on Coney Island. New York, Sept. 25. The New York Ocean House at Coney Island hue been consumed 1 y fire. The loss is heaVy. Defeat of the >ioux. Sr. Louis, Sept. 25, 1855. Intelligence has been received here of a battle having occurred between Gen. Ha'-ney and the Sioux on the north side ot the Piatte river. It lastvd several’ hours, but “the [udians were touted, leaving 100 killed and 50 women and children prisoners. GeD. llarney had only six men killed aud six wounded. Repeal of Tonnage Duties by Holland* Messrs Sehuchardt and Gebharg, bankers of the city ol New York, have received a letter from the President of the Nether'and trading association apprizing them that i the Legislature of Holland has repealed the tonnage duts i on all vessels visiting the sea ports of that Kingdom.— | This new and liberal act will come into force on the Ist of ; January, 1858. “Its material results will bo best ex plait) - | ed,” sa\s the writer, “by putting the case of a vessel of a determinate capacity, viz: 750 tuns, loading 2,000 bales of cotton. For such a vessel, the tonnage dues amounted to f, 381.37£ at it® inward, and to the tame figure at its outward clearance. By their repeal the ship owner es capes an expense off. 702.75, or upwards of S3UO. From Mexico. New York, Sept. 23. The Washington correspondent of the Herald states that the Provisional Government ol Mexico have bund documents relating to negotiations between Santa Anna and Gen. Gadsden for another Mexican Land Treaty.— The new Government repudiates the whole nutter, and Gen. Gadsden declares the repudiation a breach of na tional faith. Trouble in the Wigwam. The New York Times gives us an interesting peep into the K. N. Couueil of that city : The disaffection in the Council is daily becoming greater, and it now requires but some decisive action on the part |of iho corrupt minority to bt-inor matters to a crisis. Last week a disaffected member, who bad taken quite a promi nent part in K. N. politics, brought a series of charges a gainst Mr. James W. Barker for the purpose of expelling him fiom the Organization. The cargos were that be, Mr. Barker, being a member of the Templar Organization, was, of necessity, a traitor to the legitimate Order, and unworthy to be continued in his position. To this the Ex-Grand President replied in his ivmal rambling style but did not deny his connection with that new society known as the “Wheel within a wheel-” The meeting closed in noise and oon usion, and it was only the absen J of any exciting cause that prevented a general melee. The steamer Emma Watts struck a snag about one mile above Selina on Thursday evening, the 20ih inst., and sunk. The boat and cargo is said to be a total loss. No lives were lost. Geo. //. Doarte. —The Rev. Geo. Hobart Donne, an Episcopal clergyman, and sun of Bishop Doar.e, of N* vv Jerst-y, has joined the Roman Catholic Church', and been displaced from the ministry therefor by his own father. Senator Douglas. —Senator Douglas addressed a large meeting in St. Louis on Friday night last. He denoun* eed the fanaticism invoked bv the fugitive slave law, end Northern men who pronounced it uncunsfitutiohal Do di-cussed the Nebraska bill and said that C<>ngr*ss h*d no right to interfere in the local iaws of States or Ttsrikuits. The Know Nothings were bitterly denounced. ’ Richmond and the Ferer. —There have been fifteen j eases t>f yellow fever in the hospital of Riehmend, every ! one of which was imported from the infected ekes. Th*y were attended, says the Richmond Despatch, ry <a.r physician* and nursed by our nurs<s. not one of wfom has taken the disease. There have been some three chs*-h within the city of Richmond likewise imported, and in not a single case has the fever been communicated to any one. The alitor of the liu'F 1 • Etores* r.iv< he hi* s-en the contrivance by which tire author ot the Silver Lake snake B‘ory in the Republic **he-ied his imagination.” He merely says it “holds about a pint.” Democratic anti-Know Nothing Ticket in Forsyth County —For Judge*--J E. Brown; for Senator—ll. Strickland; for Representative©—G. 11. Julicn and M. E. Cunningham. Hall County.— Senate—Joseph Duunagan; Repres entative—John A. HeaJon. Brunswick and Florida Railroad. —We learn that a contract has been made for one hundred mdes of Iron for this road. The chief engineer. Col. Charles L. Schlatter, lea in ‘he Savann ili steamer of yesterday wuh itisirue do-is to start the work immediately.— N. Y. Journal of Commerce. Arkansas. —The Washington Democrat of the T:h, has Abe following: have had considerable rain since our last i"?ne, and the prospect is now favorable for more. Early navigation will be the consequence if this weather continues much longer. River News. —We find the following in the St. Louis Republican of the 15th; We have no change to report in any of the rim re. The Mississippi remains nearly st*a stand at tbs point, ands ©ported a; 7 feet to Cairo. Thf*- upper rivtis Jif-* all r* ‘ortod falling—the Illinois wi’h 3 feet seant on 3eards town bar. Toe weather yesterday wsa warm and showery. Arri va]s nujrieroas. receipts fair,’ and oufiaesa on ‘be Levee, bat fcMbs sain, would have beec brisk.