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QLxmts mtfr SgntitwL COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. - . I SATURDAY EVENING, OCT. 13, 1855. The Sale of the State Kond. We are very happy to find that there is a gene ral disposition manifested by the press of the State to urge upon the consideration of the next Legi lature the policy of selling at least two * *hs o, the S'nte Road. We are in favor of selling the whole concern. The State never was designed to be a Railroad corporation. I Reasons of State may justify a State in building a Railroad. The work may be so great as to be beyond the capacity of individuals and yet so important to the development of the resources of the State as to justify the powers that be in undertaking it. But all experience has proven that a State cannot manage a woik of inter nal improvement to advantage after it is completed.— No matter how competent government offio-ri may be, they lack the stimulant of self-interest to prompt them to the discharge of their duties, and the result invariably has been that all public works are badly managed. In proof of this position, we point with confidence so every railroad ane canal that has yet been built by a State and managed by State officers. We have not the sta tistics before us, but we venture the assertion, and we ore quite sure the facts will sustain us in it, that no publio work has ever yet paid lawful interest upon the cost of construction. The history cf the Western and Atlantic Railroad we know will suetain us in this po sition. Until the administration of the Road passed into the hands of the present able Superintendent, it was a constant drain upon the State Treasury. Things have improved upon the Road within the last two years, and the nett earnings have been pretty large, but no one will contend that they have been near so large as o’.her Roads in the State which are in the hands of pri vate companies. We attach no blame to the administration of Gover nor Johnson for its inability to nuke the State Road pay a living profit upon the investment. We believe they have done all in their power to make the Road pay without imposing too htavy burthens upon freights and passengers. The fault is inherent in the system. The State never was designed to be a Railroad com pany, and must necessarily fail to manage its affairs profitably, no matter who is Governor or Superinten dent. The reason is that in the appointment of officers, other considerations than the ability of the ap pointees will govern. There is no use to deny or cavil about it; it springs from l:,e frailty of our poor human nature and is inevitable. The failure of the Road to pay “dividends” may be regarded as a very small matter by the people along the line of the Road. But in this they are mistaken. A well managed Road, upon which there a*re no losses from incapacity, negligence or mismanagement, is ible to reduce charges just in proportion to tho amount saved. We especially commend this view of the sub ject to tho consideration of our Cherokee friends. Another reason why the State Road should be sold, is that the money locked up in it is needed to develope other portions of the State which are in pretty much the same condition Cherokee was in before the State Road was built. We can see no reason why Cherokee should be the only portion of the State which receives the nursing care of the State. In the north-eastern portion of the State are great and undeveloped resour ces. Southern Georgia is an .almost undeveloped wil derness of rich and fertile lands. Why not uie the dead capital invested in the State Road in bringing these neglected portions of the State within the magic sphere of Railroad influences ? But still another and controlling reason for the sale of the State Road, is that it is used as an engine t > con trol popular elections. We all remember with regret and shame the thousand and one charges aga’nst Gov* ernor .Johnson, originating in alledged mismanagement of the State State Road, with which the Know Nothing press teemed during the late contest. It matters noth ing, so far as this argument is concerned, whether these charges were true or false ; the very existence of them in an exciting election In which great principles were involved, shows that the Road is used as a politi cal engine to control elections, and is relied upon by one party at least to influence the votes of the people. If the oharges were as true as we believe them to be false, there is an end of the argument. Our proposi* > tion would be established. And if they were fa'se, so much the greiter necessity of removing from corrupt men the temptation to resort to unfair means to bring an honest public servant into disgrace with the people. llereatter we may discuss the besj mode of sel'ing the State Road ; und the disposition to be made of the prooeeds. We may as well State now, however, that we are opposed to involving the State again in the con struction of Railroads. The better policy is, it seems to us, to gi\e aid to corporations and hold them responsible for a faithful application of the subscription of the State. The Organization ot the .Legislature. The press in different parts of the State is speculat ing upon the olaimsof the variousanernbers of the next Legislature to the responsible of President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Represent, tires. We do not care to take part in this controversy. The members of the two Houses are fully competent to the task of chosing their own presiding officers and to them we prefer to leave the solution of the matter. There is certainly no want ot very many proper persons out of whom to make the selection. Tu the Seriate, for in stance, are Bailey, of Butts, Lawson, of Burke, Cone, o( Bullock, Screven, of Chatham, Murphy, of DeKalb, Lawton, of Dougherty, Dabney, of Gordon, Spalding, of Mclntosh, Wingfild, of Putnam, Guerry, of Randolph, and several others who have ability as well ns parlia mentary experience enough to fill with credit the Presi dent’s chair. In the House are Stiles, of Chatham, Phillips, of Habersham, Irwin, of VFiikt's, and some others whom we recognize as gentlemen qualified to fill the Speaker’s chair with abihty. We, however, think it more than probable tbat’the eminent qualifications of Bailey, of Lutts, and Stiles, of Chatham, for the post of presiding officers of their respective Houses, will be generally con ceded by the members, and that they will be elected without opposition. Celebration of the Victory. ; ° a \ lnends Atlanta, Augusta, Macon, Milledge viile, Savariah and other cities and towns in the State have held jollification meetings over tho reeont victory. JVe in this part of ihe State have been content to ful low the advice of Washington at Yorktown : “W hen the enemy lay down the r arms, do not cry buzzah-—Posterity will huzzah for yo 1.” Health of Savannah.— Tne Boird of Health report ]A deathe for the week end pg y stead ay, 7 of wb< m we.e under 4 years of ag y -rßepufean, m*. Election of Judges. The election for Judges of ths Superior Court has resulted in the select on of the following gentle men, all* of whom are believed to be opponents of Know Nothingism : Northern Circti t. —James Thomas, of Hanoock. Coweta Cit nit.—o. A. Bull of Troup. South Western Circuit. —A. A. Allen of Decatur. Blue Ridge Girt nit.— L E. Brown of Cherokee. Macon Circuit. — A P jwers, of Bibb. New M We are indebted to Professor 11. S. Saroni, for the following pieces of new and fashionable music : Remembrance of Thee. —Written by Miss Celia M. Burr, and composed by Francis H. Brown. With Rapture Glowing.—Written by E. Fitzball and composed by Wm. Vincent Wallace. ) Dinah is the Girl for Me. —By W. Raphaelson. During tho last winter Professor Saroni contributed much to the amusement and gratification of the com munity by a series of ooncerts, and we hope he will re organize his society and make it a part of his regular employment, the cultivation of a publio taste for this divine science. The Sound Dues Question. Washington, Oct. 11. I It is stated here, that a messenger has been sent by the government to Copenhagen with dispatches to the American Minister, that will prevent any trouble with Denmark. Ohio Election. Washington, Oct. 11. Trimble the K. N. candidate for Governor, has received a much larger vote than w;.s expected. The contest between Chase, (Republican) and Medill, (Dem.) is close, though the chances are in favor of the former. Washington Items. Washington, Oct. 9. There is little or no doubt that Santa Anna has been in this city several days privately quartered in the house of General Almonte. It is probable that a 6ucctssor will be appointed in the pjace of Mr. Worrall, the Uuited St.-tti Consul at Matanzas. Pennsylvania Election PiIILADFLPtiII, Oot. 10. Philadelphia city has gone Demooiatio by one to two thousand majority 5 Bueks County by 4,( 0) and Sobuyl kill County by a large majority. The returns so far reoeived indicate that th j Demo* crats have carried the State. Foreign Immigration. On this subjeot, in allusion to the measures proposed by the Know Nothing party, tho Charleston Mercury very truly says : “But, for our part, we put no faith in the potency ol such measures to rescue the South from her pressing perils. Her dangers, her insults, her aggressions, her foes are native, not foreign. They germinate and issue forth, not from the loathsome holds of emigrunt ships, but from native cradles, native pulpits, and native colle ges—from the refined sentimentalities of Boston, and the palaces of Fifth Avenue—from all parties which bid for power at the North—nowhere, however, more mark ed and intense, than in the ranks of the very party at the North which now calls upon the South to join in the crusade against foreigners. No, it is by no such petty and weak expedients that our deliverance is to be achiev ed. Let the South make the native North respect her rights, and she need have no fears of foreigners. ’* Georgia Election. —Returns have been reoeived from 111 counties In these, tie vote for Governor stands as fallows : Majority for Johnson over Andrews. 10,54 J Vote ot Overby 5,901 i Johnson’s majority over both Overby and Andrews, 4,64] Coffee and Irwin counties remain to be heard from, Irwin county, two years ago, gave Johnson 243 m jority, Coffee is anew county. Hon, Martin J. Crawford. —The lion. Martin .1, Crawford, of the Second Distriot, is less known to the people of the State than either of the above named having been before the public only in a judicial capacity and that for a brief period, as Judge of the Superiot Court of the Chattahoochee Circuit. But that shori time of service has been, in all respects, oreditable tc him as a man of intellect and a sound jurist. Judgt Crawford is destined to be a man of some mark in Con gress. A gentleman of pleasing address and polishee manners, an agreeable speaker, and of fine personal ap> pearanee, he will propitiate favor for himself from the beginning, and will confirm and strengthen it by the so lidity of his argument and the force of his logic when ever he addresses the House, — Constitutionalist Republican , KM. Oglethorpe University. —We are pleised to learr from the Milledgeville Recorder that this meritorious institution opened on Tuesday with encouraging prospects, having an accession of twenty-five new stu dents. Inauguration Ball. —The Federal Union says the Inauguration Ball will be given at Contort Hall, in Milledgeville, on Wednesday the 7th of November. Hon, Lir.ton Stephens. —By the published official returns in this paper, it will be seen th it our noble standard bearer in the 7th District, has been defeated by the meagre majority of 200. Nobly his he b./rne himself in this contest. If ever a man deserved to succeed he did. He has reduoed a majority against him of 1,400, to 200. This is equal to the proudest triumph. Though our gallant staudard is de feated, he can find in the popular verdict much to con sole and comfort him in his retirement. Defeat in a good cause, is more to be desired than success in an un worthy one. Col. Foster’s brag of 1,200 majority— where is it ? He is the Representative elect from the 7th District, “by the 6kin of h s teeth.”— Federal Union. Speaker of the Huuse. —A writer in the Federal Union over the signature of “Middle Georgia” urges the pre-eminent qualifi atiors of Hon. Wm. 11. Stiles, for Speaker of the House of Representatives. The writer says ‘: “This gentleman's taot and talent and great experi ence in deliberative bodies, present strong claims for the post. His familiarity with Parliamentary Ijaw must be conceded, and on all these accounts, in addition to hb personal worth, his name is resj ectfully submitted to our friends, without the slighted jrtentio i to dispar age the claims of any other gentleman.” For Iho Times and Sentinel. The Presidency* Know Nothingism is dead. Nothing remains but the funeral service. The Southern Democrary, aided by the sound,republican,Southern Rights elements of the late whig party, has conquered this peace. The Southern Democra cy is entitled to nominate the next President. He ought to be a Southern man. The incumbent is a Northern man. He,owes his elevation to the Southern Democracy They yielded somewhat of party, somewhat of sectional feelings to secure his triumph and the triumph’ of the Na tional Democracy. Virginia nominated General Pierce in the Balttmore Convention. The Southern Democracy had been opposed to the Compromise of 1350-51. Gen. Pierce was a Union man, a Compromise man, a republi- | can —sound on the general question—a patriot soldier. We waived our sectionalism, and,* to a man, came up to his support. We have little to object to in his administration. Some things have doubtless not been lor the best. Old Mr.'Marcy has not quite realized our hopes in the matter of Spanish American Diplomacy. Cuban affairs are not es sentially changed; aqd Mr. Soule, instead of having the weight of the administration on our side, in his attempt to acquire Cuba, has been victimized to preserve Mr. Marcy’s conservative position. Then Mr. Guthrie lias made a sad job of reconciling the factions of New York, ‘and the Reeder affair has worked unfortunately. We are doing nothing in Mexico, where there isajj empire to be lost or won. Nothing in Europe to control the alliance of Eng land and France, which leans down on our American in terests with the united weight of both empires. Altogeth er, the Democracy was vanquished— not the Democracy but the Administration—and at this precise point of time, when a feather would have turned the scale against it, the mountain of Know Nothingism was thrown upon itssink ing fortunes. Who came to the’rescue! Certainly many noble men of high resolve; patriots and statesmen did their whole duty to their country—strove fearfully in “the im mnent deadly breach” and tell, battle-axe in hand, by the altars of the ‘Constitution. Doubtless re-action at the North has commenced, and even Massachusetts will again stand erect, with her conscience purified from the thousand perjuries with which she has blotted the statute book, and souls of her fanatical people. Where did the re-action be gin? Who rescued the sinking fortunes of the Administra trion? of the Democracy? of the Constitution? of the coun try! History has no partialities; Virgiuia Jed the way; the Southern States followed. H. A. WISE, of Accomac.is the true hero of the most magnificent Democratic triumph that has ever emblazoned our history. Rush ing iuto the midst of the factions, he seized the prostrate banner of tho country, and waving it on the sea board, he flew to the mountains. An ‘earthquake followed in his path. His voice thundered louder than the tempests of the monntains —roblimer than the roar of the ocean. The spirits of the nvghty dead mingled in the fight. He waved that banner am mg the stars, and its radiant folds revealed in the light ot heaven, the glowing pictures of justice, truth, wisdom an 1 liberty. And now the question is, shall the Democracy pay its debt of gratitude by honoring the HERO orator of tho age, a id assert its own high claims to the reverence of the tru3 he irts on earth that cling to truth and justice? Or shall we yield to the miserable suggestions of a canting conser vatism, and instead of reasserting the great principles of American liberty and the American constitution, as we may do by electing Henry A. Wise to the Presidency shall we elect to compromize the glorious dignity ot our position and descend to the small work of sitting up a party puppet upon the rickety timbers of a party platform A. Wise has won the victory— shall he wear the laurel ? The blaze of his battle blade lighted the path ot the De mocracy through fog and night and storm to our presen t triumphant position. Now shall ,we sacrifice him to ap pease the ghost of a blear-eyed expediency. He is Southern enough ;he is national enough. He is the blind idolater of no petty god of faction. He is the old Huddiesford oak th it has out warred the tempest. •“Henry A. Wise and’s6.’ saps the people so say we. would carry evety Southern State but Kentucky. Free as he i9 from all com plicity with factions and party names, can it be teasonably doubted that he would carry more Northern States than aiy Northern man ? He has “stolen the hearts of the peo ple,” and it will be in vain for party machinery to be put in req tisitic n to displace him from the throne of the popular affection-'. “Henry A. Wise and ’56!” is the spell to con jure with ! the battle cry that will arouse the Democratic hosts. No one name will do as well, no other man has done a9 well. Ills election would celebrate anew era of good leeling. The North would love us that she had done us justice ; we should love the North that she has the mag nanimity to do us justice. If our Northern brethren of the National Democratic party are sincere in their protestations of friendship, and certaiuly we do not doubt it, they will be willing to strengthen our alliance by yielding us the man this time. It is our time, aud besides we have won the distinction. If their protestations are shallow and hypocritical pretensions only, intended to secure the Presi dency and the Federal offices, which our enemies assert— are we willing to be dupes ? The crisis demands a Southern man. One word to the political managers and I have done. It is a word ot ear* nest warning. The popular heart is full of generous in stincts- it is now’ with you. Strike down the man of its choice, attempt to force its sympathies, and you are DE fiEATED ! ZENO. ( Office Board of Heait.ii, > Oct. 12,1855—6 o’clock, p. m. $ The Board report no new case of yellow’ fever and no deaths, for the last 24 hours —marking 46 cases and 17 deaths, from the first report on the 25th ult. to date. The Father of Sam. — At a meeting of the Know Nothings in Independence Square, Philadelphia, on ; Fiiday night, the sth inst., the notorious Ned Buntline was introduced to the meeting as the “Father of Sam,” and the crowd shouted with great joy. University of Alabama. — We learn from the Tusca loosa Observer that our State University resumed its exercises on the Ist inst., under the auspices of Dr. ! L. C. Garland, who succeeds Dr. Manly in the Presi dency. A number of students had already arrived, and more were expected. As the Institution is endow ed with a Faculty inferior to none in the Southern country, we wish and confidently predict for it a bright future. —Mobile Register. Spanish Minister. On Monday lst,Senor Don Alfonso Escalante present ed his credentials to the President, and was received as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of her Catholic Majesty to the United States. The usual cere monies took place on the occasion. War News.— The Allies attacked the Russian Infantry on the 25th ult., and the latter retreated. On the 22d, thirty-three thousand of the Allies debauched from Eupato ria, and occupied the neighboring villages on the left flank of the Russians. On the 16th the Russians commenced throwing up forti fications. The French were advancing towards Bakshi. The Allies are determined to raze Sebastopol and fill up the basin, VOTE FOR GOVERNOR 1855. First District. ~ Q <T” |?? i l a 5 - - o Appling 85~ 102 , 13~ 289 TO6 Bryan ! 127 134 4 128 133 Bullock 446 ‘ 49 I 13 447 49 Camden j 181 j 27 1 181 23 Charlton 117 31 7 i Chatham 1 997 921 28 ‘ 989 920 Clinch ; 250 116 243 107 Coffee | Effingham 138 174 ! 44 198 204 Emanuel 38 L 250 ; 29 391 268 Glynn 67 101 16 92 104 Irwin Laurens........ 51 : 509 1 37 76 522 Liberty j 206 j 161 71 ! 247 181 Lowndes j 665 335 18 247 181 Mclntosh 155 50 5 147 56 Montgomery. .; 27 294 7 27 301 Tatnall j 234 229 51 j 259 254 Telfair 133 189 ! 138 187 Thomas j 578 432 j- 9 563 395 Ware ! 325 128 329 127 Wayne j 151 55 l 5 152 56 Second District. —cr— £ ; q r ~Q~T~ *r and < 2 p 5 o. 2 5 < “ 33- ; 2L : pr § Ii w ; s - 00 i a j ® Baker 501 190~ i: ~ 207 Chattahoochee.. 387 239 13 404 240 Clay 280 225 3 276 228 Calhoun 276 79 , 7 284 84 Decatur 411 ! 497 8 417 499 Dooly 524 . 385 5 520 336 Dougherty 283 207 15 ! 285 215 Early 365 ! 141 ; 2 j 373 i 138 Ktnchafoonee.. 228 i 298 29 213 319 Lee | 294 397 27 300 ! 413 Muscogee i 545 ! 865 i 71 649 816 Macon I 271 465 [ 41 ,279 487 Marion 512 494 24 i 519 511 Pulaski 455 298 1 ; 448 294 Randolph j 835 776 19 | 841 789 Stewart j 550 632 1 39 | 562 646 Sumter j 660 702 97 646 794 Worth ! 239 80 4 234 87 Total. > 7616 ) 6970 1 415 7746 7153 Third District. —gj- - - p - h’ zr 3 i < 3 2. a ® S’ g . X 3 cr 3” X? o*! “ $ ” ™ j B bb 761 826“’ 34“!"734~ 7W~ Butts.... 368 339 ‘ 12 359 314 Crawford 379 314 6 390 316 {Jams. 523 742 | 22 536 718 Houston 508 502 I 51 510 531 Monroe 511 749 } 20 j 504 767 Spalding 445 446 57 ; 443 465 Jalbot. 449 632 2 1 457 632 P |k e 671 536 j 12 665 541 Upson 295 705 | 317 6H4 - 1 5216~ ,6T12~ Fourth District. 1 $l t ? fI i I §; 8- s s = a o s g 3 < - r* i j * w Campbell • 553 \~~474~ i IW” 587 i~555~ Cobb 1000 i 726 j 309 1187 | 808 Coweta 839 j 585 134 881 I 645 DeKalb 581 i 448 46 623 441 Fayette 714 I 396 96 752 442 Fulton 553 795 311 595 i 974 Heard 479 I 412 57 487 I 441 Henry 663 . 746 127 690 828 Mernwether ... 665 ; 726 45 635 730 Troup _ 355 Total. 641271 6270 1 1304 6883 ~ 6913~ Fifth District. - T o I g- J O | n h~T~^ §■ I* iI 1 ii I :gI : E p ■ -i 3 i-i“ ‘ i- ! Carroll 1245 176 425 j 1212 544 33 Cass j 929 j 1035 144 i 896 1153 Catoosa j 351 ! 454 12 i 351 1 452 1 Chattooga ‘ 522 j 404 13 529 398 ! Cherokee 1024 j 725 213 1154 1765 13 Dade 233 ! 173 3 230 191 Fannin 550 j 238 , 13 549 269 , Floyd 826 | 799 50 863 790 ! 6 Gordon 766 696 70 790 ! 702 Gilmer 830 205 30 837 ! 226 , Murray 632 148 173 687 251 38 Polk 361 344 104 374 377 j Paulding 750 190 93 803 I 243 Pickens% 491 225 36 Walker 790 617 33 797 628 Whiifield 698 713 46 698 ‘721 ! ! i I , Sixth Distnet. r 1 > o i o x- and -5 o - i b a. 2 cr £ il% ? £ * ip Glarke 478~ 162~ “424“ - sd6 _ *racklin 949 217 105 j 985 284 Gwinnett....;. 992 688 £7 I 998 735 Habersham 861 221 8’ . ! 865 277 H a| l 813 489 5‘ 1812 516 Hart 587 60 12’ j 571 184 Jackson 752 368 i I3t 756 490 Lumpkin 730 483 3i 742 • 472 Madison 441 215 22 447 - 218 R abun | 48 1 81 36 397 I 60 Union \ 748 330 16 728 339 Walton ..; 743 410 106 712 460 Seventh District. o* 1 > 1 o S* 3 < £ o gift.® 1 tc w i S ; cr sr i a o I I ! 2 s g ! Baldwin j” 283 j 401 5~ !~274 396^ Greene j 177 | 552 ! 156 245 I 606 Hancock j 329 j 452 i 80 i 372 j 423 •| ae P er ; 391 405 20 409 i 403 •' onfS i 387 ; 314 13 i 390 320 Morgan ! 224 i 370 49 I 246 363 i 695 722 j 116 1 741 757 P ,;tnam 349 297 j 23 359 293 iT'W \ i 381 j 244 5 ; 375 ! 246 Washington. ..j 589 ! 520 j 144 | 612 j 620 Wilkinson : 535 j 347 48 j 557 365 Total. ; 4340 j 4524 609 4580 4792~ Eighth District. I . q Y'to r’p*” f I ! | 1! i j 1 3 !? ji. Burke 476-; go~ 223 “755 88“ Columbia i 404 365 26 459 340 Elbert j 472 I 351 91 663 236 Jefferson j 261 i 276 145 425 287 Lincoln ! 188 193 16 208 190 Oglethorpe j 415 239 145 611 153 Richmond 720 | JO7O i 67 837 1013 5creven........; 2 75 246 | 38 307 250 Taliaferro 257 : 123 32 342 84 Warren 723 : 217 41 j 772 214 Wi1ke5........ 286 349 34 | 459 223 Total, j 4174 j 3519 J 858 5808 3078~‘ Kossuth on the Fall of Sevastopol. —Kossuth has addressed a letter to the New York Times io which he says that the Allies are much in the condition of the man who won an elephant in a raflle—they will not know what to do with the fortress now that they have got it. He gives it as his “decided opinion that the prospects,of peace are rather lessened than otherwise by the fall of the south of the town,” and still insists upon the belief that it “was a great mistake that the allies chose that point for an attack upon Russia.” ,4fter alluding to the fall of Se vastopol he says : “What, tl en, is next to come ? In my opinion, for the next winter, the campaign will proba bly be restricted to the Ciimea, and neat year it will pro bably still be continued there : while, on the other hand the naval in the Baltic will be resumed with augmented foret6, and on a more effective Beale. > * FURTHER BY THE CANADA. Liverpool;Markets. The following are the quotations of Cotton : Fair Orleans 6rd. Middling Orleans 61. Fair Uplands 61. Middling Uplands 51. Breadstuff —White Wheat 12s. (ft 12j. Gd ; Red, llg. 0 lls. 9d. Canal Flour, 39 ®42s; Ohio Flour, 425. 0 44*. Yellow Corn, 40 0 41s. Later from the War. The Allies attacked the Russian infantry on the 22d, and the latter retreated. On the2sth a force of 33,000 allies debouched from Eu p3toria and occupied the neighboring villages on the left flank of the Russians. Advices from Sebastopol under date of Sept. 16, state that the Russians were throwing up new fortifications.— The French were advancing their troops towards Bakshi Serai. The Allies had determined to raze Sebastopol and fill up the basin. j On the 17ih the Allies v ore concentrating troops between Tchernaya and Balaklava, a .J were constantly reconnoit eiing the left wing of the Russians. 100 deserters, mostly Poles, had arrived at the camp of the allies. They report that after the taking of Sebastopol, the demoralization of the Russian army was complete, such was the confusion after the evacuation of the South side.— The soldiers were exhausted by fatigue, and had Jain 24 hours without food. The Russian loss is estimated at 18,000. The Russins are firing shells into the city from the North side. There is a report at Berlin that Gortschakoff will shortly evacuate the North port; but the Russians are making ex tensive pteparations for the winter campaign. The Turks at Kars are short of provisions, and have bjen obliged to eat horses. Austria is said to be still desirous of mediating. Another Caban Fuss. The Pbayune’s summary of news by a late arrival from Havana has the following : We have paperß from Havana to the Ist in6t., by the Cahawba. We notice nothing new from Cuba, except a difficulty which had occurred between Dr. Worral, U. S. Consul at Matanzas, and the Spanish officials of that place. It appears that an Americuu citizen died recently at that place, and a dispute arose as to who should take oharge of his effvets ; the Consul asserted his right, aa did also the official. The acts of the latter having been sustained by the higher powers of the island, Dr. Worral demanded and received his passports and left his consulate. He pinceeded to New York by the Black Warrior, on the 28th ult. Brunsioick cf- Florida Rc'lroad. —We have seen a letter from D. It. Martin, E.-q , President of the Ocean Bank, New York, to Judge Hansell,dated 21st Sept., in which lie says, “1 have lmd a steady eye through the past year to the great work, with various interviews, &c., and no very encouraging sign presented itself until within the past ten days. And now I say, and you can announce it to whom you please, that the roud will be built, and out to the Satilln river this corning winter. The iron has been purchased—many tilings have been shipped, and the Engineer with some hands have gone on, and within 20 or 30 days at farthest, this gloat neglected work, will have life and vigor infused into it.” Cheer them forward with a helping hand, and South and Southwestern Geor gia will assume a different aspect in a few years.— Thom. Enterprise. Railroad Accident. —The trains due in this city at 11 O’clock on Tuesday nii'ht, and at S, and hnll-puet 1 yoctor day, did not arrive until a late hour yesterday atternoon.— The delay was caused by a chapter of accidents. A run off of two freight trains at Station No. 13, and one at Mil ieu, delayed the passenger trains for several hours. Alter getting under way again, the down passenger train came in collision with a lumber train. 17 miles from the city. Both engines and trains were considerably damaged, and the engineer of the passenger train injured seiiousiy, and it is feared fatally. One or two other persons were somewhat injured.— Sav. News, 11/A. From the Montgomery Mail, 9/A iust. A Sad Record —Death of Wm. B. Mobb. It the epidemic of the present season has been limited in respect to number of deaths through its agency, its rav ages have made a mournful epoch for Montgomery, in the destruction of the loved, the excellent and the gifted. The record of the last fortnight is one to sink the heart of our city in sadness. The first infliction which struck us as a community, was the decease of N. Ilarrris, Esq , a man with all the elements of the qualities which command es teem—long known and well beloved. Next our noble hearted friend, Wood tuff) an admirable man of business,fill ing a useful sphere in our community, frank and geniai as the day, was snatched front his family and friends. Then again, the spoiler came, and striking at a “shining mark,” and a lady whose name was the syrionyme of womanly excellence and practical benevolence, a ‘ministering angel’ to the bruised heart —Mrs. Glaekmeyer—was summoned to the tomb. Still the wings of the destroying angel brooded over us—and young John Duncan, the ’brother in-law and law partner of Mr. Harris, fell a victim, in the first flush of his early vouth.in the first dawn of his prom ise. Truly the cup seemed almost full; but to day we are called to announce the decease of another whose name was already well know’ ■ and w'ho in the vigor of a fine intellect, strong in youth ..nd hope and fhends, bade fair to enroll hi sown among tl names, •‘Tiiat were not b 1 licit VVm. B. Moss, Esq., departed this life last night, after an illness of about a week, oi yellow fever. He leaves a young and interesting lamily and numerous friends to de plore his untimely end. Few men had more than he in life’s expectancy. Endowed with talents of a very high order, cultivated in mind, rising in his profession as a law yer, and rapid y making a reputation as a brilliant and successful oralpr, Fame and Fortune were before him, and easily within his reach. Blessedin his domestic relations, surrounded by an host of friends, there was no aspiration which he might not have fulfilled, no ambition which he might not have gratified. Alas! that an early grave should be the end of all this bright, this golden promise! May the God ol the Fatherless and the Widow take into His keeping those whom this dispensation has bereaved! From the Charleston Mercury. The Georgia Election. Wejarenow able to state with reasonable certaißty the general results. Governor H. V. Johnson is re-elected by from six to eight thousand majority over Andrew’s, the Know Nothing candidate, and at least two thousand ma jority over the vote of the Know Nothing and Temper ance candidates combined; and, counting the vote of the latter against both Johnson and Overby, the Know Noth ings have fallen at least fourteen thousand short of carry ing the State of Georgia. The Legislature is decidedly anti-Know Nothing, and the Congressional Delegation, as tar as we can ascertain, is six anti-Know Nothings to two Know Nothings. vV e feel an especial encouragement in this result of the ? r ?> a Election. Governor Johnson, whom the Savan nah Republican pronounces to be the most objectionable Democrat in the State, is triumphantly returned to his hih office, as we believe for the very reason that the Republi can denounces him as the most exceptionable Democrat of the State, —that he is recognized as a true Georgian, who will stand by the banner of that State, and will only allow it to be trampled in the dust, over his body. We vety much rejoice in his election He is a man of high abilities, of large experience, and of well known princi ples He is one of our men —one of the men who have their heart and centre in the South'; and we suppose this is what the Savanpah Republican means when it calls him one of the most objectionable Uemocrats in the State. There is another point of congratulation in the Georgia election, and that is in the return of the Hon. A. H. Ste phens to Congress, by a majority approaching to 3,000 votes. Under any circumstances, except the most impro bable—as that a superior man, having equal claims to our respect, should have opposed him—we eliouidliave regaid ed the retirement of Mr. Stephens from public life as a great calam/ty to the South. He was not only one of the first men ot Georgia—he was one o* the firpt men c>t the South,—dne of the few masterspirits of the House ot Rep*