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.tsKNTINEL vi i -s (jEORGIA. ___ raaasDAY evening, auu. 12 1858 Our Agent. The services of Mr. B. R F-leom, have been secured to the Times <& Sentinel office for one year. He is autho rized to receive subscriptions, advertisements, &c.,and receipt for the same. Our friends will oblige us by re sponding to his call. The Supreme CO r t nd the Press. The recent decision of the Supreme Court, pronounced at Macon, in the case of Robinson ve. Beall, has called forth many ilj-advised remarks and harsh reflections, from various papers in this State, against that tribunal. We understand that decision to have been, that at the expira tion of the charter of a corporation, all debts and liabili ties due to or fr<m, and all suits by or against said corpo ral ion, eo instanti, become extinct. Now, ifthis be law } and we shall assume that it is, we think an inviting oppor tunity is presented for legislative action- It is wrong and should be changed. In the natural course of things, it is obliged to work injustice ; for under its administration, a'l that a corporation has to do is to contract a large indebted ness, refuse to pay, stand suit, keep the case in litigation by fanciful quibbles and captious exceptions, till the char ter expire j , when the law mercifully comes to its relief and the plaintiff’ pockets his costs and waiks home. Now it will be admitted, that this is a temptation too great foi or” dinary human virtue ; at least, it is against public policy, to subject it to such a trial. The matter should be reme died, but how ? Some of our editorial brethren who have much more resentment than modesty, have suffered them selves to declare that the Supreme Court ought to be abol ished. But hold! In the absence of legislative enactment cases are generally decided upon authority—in conformity to the decisions of other tribunals upon the same or similar subjects. Have these gentlemen taken the trouble to ex. mine the reasons given by the Court for its recent decis ion, or have they compared arid weighed the authority s upon which that decision was based ? We know some thing of the labors of an editor, and feel authorized to answer for them, ihat they have not. They have been guilty ot the error, and, it maybe, injustice to the Court of assuming that what ought to be, is, and have expended their denunciations accordingly. Now. we submit that the investigation to which we have referred, should precede such severe and wholesale cen sure. J’he m mbers of the Court are entitled to the bene fi of their reputation for virtue, integrity and truth, which each of them has hiilierlo blameles.-ly maintained. This credit sh >u]d, at least, be accorded to them until a more di igent and sear-hint inquiry is made into ihe merits of tn-q lesuou wht-n ii is possible, our censorious friends may find ihat the arrows of invective which they have let fly in such hoi hasre, have been misdirected, and, finding no ‘mm- ai-road, have resumed, by a circuitous, but much frequented route, to wound the band that discharged them- It nas been objected to this decision, also, that it overrules a decision of the same Court, pronounced in the case of Sm ley vs. The Directors of the Commercial Bank of Macon, reported in 16th Georgia Reports. Taking the >c or ‘rant. and. we cannot admit the force or propriety o h john. uiles< it can he demonstrated that the decis I- nun and, is according to law. This our cotemp-ra r ■ ‘ <>’ fs axed <> do • he -r .1 dw rk of ihe objection is evidently an assump non ot one or the o'her of the following propositions: that h ‘ ‘ * r is infallible or that error should be permanent i’ht, tore-.-i 0,1 mu abundantly contradicted by the fact o’ the i versa I assumed ihe latter, we are sure, our intel. I gent “aieiiip rarv of the elegraph will not accept. It l! ha o. e f/ouri -houJd make a decision which a i her wouid have, to reverse; but it is not unusual and cannot be stiange so long as men aie judges. It is even more unforiunate if the reversal be wrong; but that the commission of an error is an apology for its continuance, we apprehend, no one will contend. Had that doctrine t revail.*d, our law books would now exhibit little else than a batch of antiquated errors. Jurisprudence, like every other sciepce which bears upon human life, should be made to conform to the standard of truth. First Bale iu Charleston. The Charleston Courier of the 9th inst announces the ar rival in that city of the bale of cotton whose receipt at this place was noticed about a week ago. The Courier says ; “It is the first bale ot new cotton received in Charleston this season. It is, however, considerably in advance of the first new bale last year, which was received on the 27th of August. Descent on Sonora Apprehended. St. Louis, Aug. 10.—An arrival here from Albuquerque announces that three hundred and seventy-five men were met at the Pawnee Fork, on their way to join Walker in Sonora. They understood that Walker would be at the Pass wiih eight hundred mounted men, armed with Minnie rifles, and eight cannon. Ball at Indian Springs. We learn from the Macon papers that a grand ball will be given at the Indian Springs on the 25th inst. Ihe Tel egraph says it is expected to be a grand affair the like of which has not been seen in that region for many a day. Appointments. —The Washington correspondent ot the New York Times says that Mr. Yancey of Georgia, has received his instructions, and will leave in a few days as Minister to Venezuela. Also that a New Yorker who hails from Indiana, a special friend of Senator Bright’s, receives the appointment to the Argentine Republic. in the Cotton Crop.—A correspondent of the Eufaula Native says: “1 have been traveling through the cotton-growing region of this county, aud from what I could hear and see, I am satisfied the cotton crop will tall short of last year. The r and rust, one of the most destruc tive diseases to which the cotton plant is heir, set in early in the season, and continued its ravages slowly up to the first of July, at which time, it spread more rapidly. de>troy ing as it went both leaf and form. The caterpillar is also said to have commenced its ravages upon some of the river plantations.” Death and SicKNtss from Eating Diseased Beef. —A gentleman just from the lower counties, says the Savannah Georgian, informed us that one or two deaths had occur red in two families in Pierce coun'y, from eating the mear and milk of cattle afflicted with the murrain or black ton gue—and several other members of the same families are sick and likely to die from the same cause. A Year of Abundance.— The Providence Journal with which we agree, thinks there is high promise of a year of abundant food. In the regions to which ihe civil ized world mainly look for the supply of food, the pros pects are of large returns to the labors of agriculture. In England, where the supply of food is so important, that the effects of abundance or of scarcity extend to all ihe com m-ncial cun tries, the harvest has begun earlier than usual aud with lavorabie weather. In France, where the peace of Europe depends largely upon a good crop, the sam e favorable appearances prevail; and in this country th e yield promises to be enormous. The vine, that has suf fered so severely all over the country, is now flourishing to a degree that ‘eaves no doubt that the vintage of 1858 promises fo take its plane amonsr the great years ofquan ‘ ity and quality. !he disease that has so long afflicted it has been mastered mai ly, we believe, by the application of sulphur.” Good News from Missouri—Defeat of F. P. Blair, Jr. The telegraph has proclaimed the gratifying result of the election of Hon. J. R. Barrett, over F. P. Blair, in the St. Louis District. The former is a good and worthy demo crat, the latter a Black Republican of the first water —the more loathsome and abhorrent, because he was the repre sentative of a Souihern constituency. To the disgrace of Missouri, he has represented her in the National Legisla ture, and though his abilities have assigned him no higher rank than that of an artful, intrigueing demagogue, his po. s tion has emasculated the moral force of Southern opinion and his revilement of the institution of slavery has been nore hurtful than all the venom manufactured by North •rn abolitionism. The election of such a man was a hope ul indication to the abolitionists, that their principles were advancing southward, and were gradually compelling the isseutof the Southern mind. We confess that we regard ed it as the evidence of a tendency towards the abolition o slavery in Missouri, and nothing short of the political os tracism of this infamous reviler of the South, could have eured the belief. The result is a sign which gives hope ol better things, and we honor the District for the atonement th made for its past conduct. Un v r yot the South- We hav - been remiss in not before noticing an exceed ingly neat specimen of pamphlet typography from the, press of Barrett &, Wimbish, Montgomery, entitled “Pro ceedings o( the Board of Trustees of the University of the -outh, at this session, held at Beersheba, Gunby county Term., July 4th, 1855.” We gather from the pamphlet hat this im-titution is fully resolved upon ; that the charter, from the State of Tennessee, which is said io be all tha* can be desired, has been accepted; and that the various committees necessary to carry forward the project, have been appointed, and are about to enter upon their work. The noble conduct of our sister State of Alabama, in these preliminary proceedings, is what we always expect frem her. Our fellow citizens, the Rev. Mr. Hawks and Daniel Griffin, Esq., are among the Trustees. The large-heartedness of this whole scheme; the char acters of the men engaged in it ; and the object to be at tained, cannot but commend it to the warmest sympa thies of every well-wisher of our common country, Wo bid the project a cheerful God speed- Government Loan. —Washington, July 9.—The ap plications lor ten millions loan were opened to day, and awarded at an average premium of five per cent. Yellow Fever — Within five days says the N O. Crescent ot the 6th, there have peen 52 deaths by yellow fever at the Charity Hospital. How the disease progres ses in private practice we have no means of ascertaining definitely ; but from what we hear, the next weekly returns will show a considerable increase in the mortality from this source With a few exceptions the disease is con fined io the poor, unacclimated population, particularly in the Third District. [communicated.] Rust in Cotton. Messrs. Editors : The rust in the Cotton crop is threat ening in this (Stewart) county. On my farm of 225 acres in cot ton, some 10 or 15 acres have been pretty well de stroyed- I hear it is making its appearance in small patch es, all over the crop. If it should stop with its present rav ages, tho damage would not be so serious, but the proba bilities are egianst its stopping. It made its appearance about a month ago, during wet weather, a short dry spell followed without checking it. Amidst all kinds of sea sons it has steadily advanced in its work of destruction. My present belief, after close watching and a recent inspec tion is, that it will continue to spread until it will pretty well sweep over my crop. If it does, my crop will not be more than half of an average one. The condition of my crop is but a fair representation Of multitudes of others in this county—others again, up to this time, have escaped almost entirely. From other counties, intelligence reaches me. In less than 30 days you will hear but few brags about a heavy crop. Yours. THE OCEAN TELEGRAPH. Trinity Bay, Aug. 10. — Everything iu connection with the Atlantic cable is progressing satisfactorily. The Queen and President’s Messages. Trinity Bay, Aug. 11. — -the electricians of the cable report that it is probable they will transmh the Queen and President’s messages early to-day. Telegraph Cable, Speaking of the successful laying down of the Atlantic Telegraph, the New York Herald of the 6th instant,says: “The grand event of the age is consummated. The great problem of the present generation is solved. ThesavaDts ofto-day may now exclaim, with greater reason than the philosopher of old, “Eureka!” The Old and the New Worlds are connected by that most mysterious and won derful of all agencies—electricity. Past failures have on** ly intensified the public joy at the present success. The ships of the third expedition, which left Queenstown on the 17th of July, and which started from mid-ocean on the 29th tom ke the fourth attempt to lay the cable, ar rived at their respective destinations, Trinity Bay, New Foundland, and Valentia Bay. Ireland, on Wednesday evening, and yesterday the two continents were in connec tion with each other. No verbal communications, we be lieve, have yet passed, the rule being that the electricians should only test the continuity until all the arrangements for the transmission of messages are made. Those will be completed to day, we presume, and the European news of to-day will probably be published in the Herald of to morrow. The first message that is to be conveyed through these mysterious wires, now coiled in the ocean’s depths, is to be a greeting from Queen Victoria to President Buchanan ” - Trinity Bay, Aug. 7 —The following are ex tracts from the journal of Mr Field in relation to the Atlantic telegraph expedition: Saturday, July 17.—this morning the telegraph fleet sailed from Queenstown, Ireland, as follows: The Valorous and Gordon at 12 A. M., the Ni agara at 7:30 P. M., and the Agamemnon a few hours later. All the steamers to use as little coal as possiole in getting to the rendezvous. The Niagara arrived at the rendezvous, latitude 52 5, longitude 33 40, at 8.30 P. M., on Friday, July 23d. Sunday, July 25.—The Valorous arrived at the rendtzvous at 4 o’clock A. M., weather calm • hazy and cloudy atmosphere. Capt. Oldham, of the Valorous, came on board of the Niagara. Tuesday, July 27.—Calm weather; hazy atmos phere. The Gordon arrived at the rendezvous at 5 P. M. Wednesday, July 28—Light north north-west wind ; blue sky and hazy atmosphere. The Aga memnon arrived at the reaezvous at 5 P. M. Thursday, July 29.—Latitude 52 59 north, longi tude 32 27 west. Telegraph fleet al ! in sight; -ea smooth ; light wind from south-coast to south ‘"tt'h-east; cloudy. Splice made itt the cable at one, P. M., signals through the whole leng to of the cable on boad both -hips perfect. Depth of water fifteen hundred and fifty fathoms. Distance to the entrance of Valentia harbor ight hundred and thirteen nautical miles, and from there to the telegraph house the shore end of >f the cable is laid. Distance to the entrance of Trinity 1 Bay. N. F. eight hundred and twenty-two nautica miles, and, I from there to the telegraph house, at head of Bay of Bull’s Arm, sixty miles —making in all eight hundred and eighty-two nautical miles. The Niagara has sixty-nine miles farther to run than the Agamemnon. The Niagara and Agamemnon have each eleven hundred nautical miles of cable on board, about the same quantity as last year. ‘ Thursday, Aug. s.—At 1.45 A. M., the Niagara anchored. Total amount of cable paid out since the splice was made, one thousand and sixteen miles six hundred fathoms. Total distance run 882 miles. Amount of cable paid out over dis tanerun. 134 miles and 600 fathoms, being a sur plus of about 15 per cent. At 2 A. M.. went ashore in a small boat, and informed the persons in charge of the telegraph house —half a mile from the landing—that the telegraph Fleet had arrived, and were ready to land the end of the cable. At 2:45 A. M., received a signal from the Agamem non that she had paid out 1010 miles of the cable. At 5:15 A. M. the cable was landed. At 6A. M. the shore end of the cable was carried into the Telegraph House, and a strong current of electrici ty received through the whole cable from the oth er side of the Atlantic. Capt. Hudson then read prayers, and made some remarks. At 1 P. M., H. M. steamer Gorgon fired a Royal salute of twenty-one guns, and all the day was discharging the cargo belonging to the Telegraph company. Friday, Aug. 6th, 1858. —Have been receiving all day strong electric signals from the Telegraph House in Yalentia. Note.—We landed here in the woods. Until the telegraph instruments are already and per fectly adjusted, communications cannot pass be tween the two Continents, but the electric cur rents are received freely. You shall have the earliest intimation when all is ready, but it may be some days before everything is perfected. The first telegraph message between Europe and Ameri ca, will be from the Queen of England to the President of the United Slates, and the second, his reply. Cyrus W. Field. The wags must have their fun on all oc casions, whether at a jolly gathering, or in the mournful train of a funeral. The suspense caused in perfecting the arrangements necessary for telegraphing by the cable, and the delay in receiv ing and transmiting messages from the Queen of England and President of the United States, have induced the wags to con out some fun for the public entertainment—hence the following: “Windsor Casxee, August 6,1858. “President Buchanan— Dear ISir : As you will not permit me to “visit” you, will you allow me to drop you a line ? Faithfully yours, ‘‘Victoria Regina.” REPLY OF PRESIDENT BUCHANAN TO THE QUEEN. “Washington August 6, 1858. “ My Dear Madam: It is my impression that you have dropped enough of your line already, and that you are running the thing into the ground. Yours, faithfully, “James Buchanan.” The Army and Navy. A correspondent calls our attention to an appa” rent misapprehension liable to be drawn from the letter descriptive of the delivery of a letter to the Chinese officials on the Pei-ho river, by certain na val officers, as published in the Union of the sth instant. The party was under the command of the master of the Mississippi, Geo. Bacon, and consist ed of Midshipmen Kelly, Mills, and Pritcheft, and Engineers Freeman, Bartleman, and Williams, with three petty officers and one apprentice boy.— Passed Assistant Surgeon D. B. Phillips, and As sistant Surgeon P. S. Wales and First Lieut, Jacob Reed, of the marines, accompanied Mr. Bacon by invitation. A perusal ot the letter will explain fully the part taken by Hr. Phillips, in offering sug gestions to Mr. Bacon in accomplishing his pur pose to deliver the letter. Dr. P. is a son of Col. Win. F. Phillips, late Sixth Auditor of the Treas sury, and is spoken of by our correspondent as “a gallant officer—an ornament alike to the navy and to the medical profession.” Commodore Stewart, of the navy, completed his 80th year of age on the 28th ult., and, we are hap. py to add, is still in the enjoyment of good health vigor, and activity. He entered the navy a Lieut’ 60 years ago last March. Gen. Harney reached Fort Leavenworth on the 2d instant. The following is an extract of a letter from an officer on board the U. S. steamer Germantown, dated Whampoa, China, May 17: “We are now anchored in Whampoa harbor, twelve miles from Canton, having arrived here from Hong-Kong. Our boats are all out, armed, provisioned, and otherwise prepared for an out break, which is momerntarily expected in the last named city. The English are momentarily expec ting an attack; and, in that event, the German town and her officers are all ready to protect the lives and property of American citizens doing busi ness there. “The Powhatan will relieve the steam-frigate San Jacinto, which sailed for New York, via. Ba tavia and the Cape of Good Hope on the 14th. “The flag of Commodore Tatnall was transfer* red to to the Powhatan on the 13th, when the usual salutes were fired. This fine ship, which has been constantly on the move for the past five months, will leave as soon as she completes load ing. Her destination is supposed to be the northern coast of China.” Hon. Jefferson Davis made a Doctor. We see it stated that, at the recent commence ment of Bowdoin College, Maine, the degree of L. L. D. was conferred on the Hon. Wm. Pitt Fessen den, Senator from Maine, and on the Hon. Jeffer son Davis, senator from Mississippi in the Congress of the United States. Mr. Fessenden has been for many years one of the leading Abolitionists of Maine. That Mr. Davis should be honored by this association of his name with Mr. Fessenden’s, in the honor conferred by a college crammed full with Abolitionists, is undoubtedly attributable to his late Union speech at sea. An inveterate Union man in the South may be a far more useful ally of North ern Abolitionism than Abolitionists themselves.— “You hold, and I skin.” —Charleston Mer cury. Murder by Slaves— The Trinity Independent says that George W. Hackler, employed by H. D. ( Mandeville, as overseer on his plantation, near that f place, was found dead on the morning of the Ist ult., under circumstances which rendered it highly probable that he had been murdered. A post mortem examination of his body was made by a physician of the neighborhood, but no traces of poison were detected nor auything noticed that had been used. After waiting the developments of time, suspicion became strong that Hackler had been murdered by a combination of a number ot slaves on the plantation. The suspected parties were arrested and ques tioned separately and apart from each other. Two negro men made a full confession of their guilt, and without the possibility of concert, gave the same statement of*facts in relation to the murder. Death was produced by suffocation. A snffi cient number of the conspirators entered the house ot the deceased in the night and perpetrated the horrid act. The two slaves who confessed their participation in the murder were to be tried on the 28th ult.—[iV; O. Delta. From the Mobile Register. Giddlngs View of tine Crittenden Amend ment. The following is an extract from an address is sued to his constituents on his return from Wash ington by the noted abolition congressman, Gid dings, of Ohio. “The proposed amendment denied in the most unmistakeable language that Kansas was a slave State, as the President had officially asserted; it placed him on the records of our country a falsi fier of truth, and constituted an unqualified repu diation of h:s avow r ed policy. Nor could we dis guise the conviction that the friends of the Presi dent in the Senate would never agree to the bill when thus amended. They could only accept it by an abandonment of the President, and of his long cherished policy. All were conscious that both the Executive and Democratic party were under the control ot the slave power; and that power demanded the unconditional admission of Kansas as a slave State, and that several States and many politicians were pledged to dissolve the Union unless Kansas was unconditionally admitted with her Lecompton Constitution. It was there fore morally certain that adherence to the amend ed bill by the House would constitute a defeat ot the Executive and his party, and would prevent the enactment of the Lecompton Constitution into a law. “All clearly foresaw that every triend of the President in the House and in Senate wouli vote against the amended bill, and as we sup posed, all who voted for the bill were solemn ly pledged to adhere to it. We all saw that to make Kansas a free State we must first defeat the President’s efforts to make it a slave State.— His project was before us, was forced upon us for decision, and must be met and disposed of before we could take the first step towards making Kan sas free. And I speak not for myself, but I think for nearly the entire Republican party in the House of Representatives, when I say that our object and design in voting for the amendment was to defeat the Senate bill; to defeat the Executive and slave power in their efforts to make Kansas a slave State. To avoid the defeat, every follower of the President, both in the House and in the Senate, vo ted against the amendment. Such is the testimony of the veteran and uncom promising Abolitionist leader as to the merits and character of the Crittenden Amendment. And this proposition, so zealously supported by the Black Republicans, and shown to be so entirely acceptable to the most ultra Abolitionist, is the theme of the most extravagant eulogy with Sena tor Douglas in his speeches in Illinois, whilst the Conference act is equally the subject of his un measured denunciation. From the Washington Evening Star. The Duty of the Lawyer, It is the received doctrine in this country, of late years, we regret to have to write, that a lawyer may honorably do and say things in defense or ad vocacy of his client’s cause, which as a gentleman he would scorn to do. Perhaps the pernicious sen timents uttered by Lord Brougham on the subject have done more than aught else to establish the as cendancy of that reprehensible doctrint. Mr. Jus tice-Coleridge, who lately took leave ot the Court, (English) ot Queen’s Bench, whereof he occupied a seat for more than forty years, in his valedictory address held up the atrocity of the doctrine of Brougham in this connection in so glaring a light as to lead to the hope that his antidote may ac complish something, at least, in the way of correc ting the effect of the moral poison, which being based on the unsound idea that the end justifies the means, operates not only to make lawyers, but all others who come under the influence of their teachings, insincere and really untrustworthy men. We may not be understood as thus stigmatising them ourself, but rather as urging that if it be true that the lawyer may with propriety seek for the benefit of his client, to make what he knows to be the worse, appear to be the better cause, any other man may, with like propriety, seek to deceive and cheat in the prosecution of his business. Said Mr, Justice Coleridge oti the occasion referred to above: “These are not your severest trials,” refering to the more familiar difficulties of the profession, they are those which.are most insidious; which be set injthe ordinary path of your daily duty ; those which spring from the excitement of contest, from the love of intellectual display, and even from an exaggerated sense of duty t o your clients. “Gentlemen, especially my younger friends suf fer me, without offence, to put you on your guard against these. We can well afford to bear tradi tional pleasantries upon us from without, but we cannot afford that underlying these there should exist among thoughtful persons the feeling that our professional standard of honor is questionable —that we, as advocates, will say. and do in court what we, as gentlemen, would scorn to do in the common walks of life. Sometimes, I confess, it seems to me that we lend support to such a feeling by the lightness with which we impute ungener ous conduct or practices to each other. Surely no case is so sacred, no client so dear, that ever an advocate should be called upon to barter his own self-respect. If that be our duty, our great and glorious profession is no calling for a gentle man. The Weather and Crops. Truly hath a wise man said, no one knows what a day may bring forth. Until within a few days of the late wheat harvest, the prospect tor an abun dant crop in this State was unprecedentedly good. In all parts of Virginia the greatest apprehension of the farmer seemed to be that in consequence of the unusual over production of the article,he would not be able to get anything for his wheat. This was the general apprehension till about the first of June, when it was removed from his mind by the simultaneons appearance of rust in almost every field from the Atlantic to the Ohio. The disastrous story may he told in few words: 7'he wheat crop of Virginia this year is a failure as compared with the expectations in which the farmers indulged early in the season. The quantity is reduced more than one-half, and the quality is generally infe rior. A similar disappointment, we greatly fear, awaits the corn-planters of Virginia this season. Until very recently the corn crop promised a super-abun dant yield, but the present prospect is that it will be cut short one half if not two-thirds. The present drought is excessive, and its effects are already disastrous on the corn. Without rain in a few days, the crop must be a failure except on low grounds. All summer vegetation is suffering great ly from the drought.— Richmond Examiner. North Carolina Election. The returns, so far as received, indicate the elec tion of John W. Ellis, as Governor, by a majority of from fifteen to twenty thousand. The Demo cratic majority for Governor Bragg, in 1856, was twelve thousand five hundred and ninety-four. The Vote in” Kansas, St. Louis, August B. —We have returns from Leavenworth to the 4th inst. So far as heard from, the majority against the English bill is 4700. It is generally believed that the majority will reach 9000. No returns, however, have been re ceived from the southwestern counties. Sale of Scrap Iron on the Railroad—Loss to the State of $25,000. It will be remembered, that some time ago, the present Superintendent of the State Railroad, sold the old Iron which had been, worn, broken, or oth erwise become unfit for use at prices varying from $22 to S2B per ton, according to our recollection, which makes an average of, ?ay $25 per ton. , Now, the fact that this Iron could have been re rolled by the mills in Atlanta, at a cost of 15 to S2O per ton, and that in the process of re-rolling, the Joss in weight would not have been very great —perhaps not more than one'tenth, if so much.— And that when re-rolled, it would be perhaps bet ter than it ever was, and. worth to the road at least $75 per ton. The price which the State has been, ipaying for Iron being made known to the people it will be seen that this Scrap Iron, as it is called was worth more to the State than fifty dollats per ton; and that it has been sold for about one half of its true value; and that the loss is as much as the sum for which the Iron was sold. This is a specimen of the able and faithful finan ciering of the present Superiniendent.” The above, which we copy from the Cartersville Express of the 14th inst., is a fair sample of that opposition which is now being waged by this pa per to the administration £of Gov, Brow n and the management of the W. & A. R. R., by Dr. Lewis. If the calculations of the writer were supported by facts, the people might conclude that there was manifest weakness in the act of selling the worn out iron of the road, and, therefore, might, with some justice,visit upon the Governor and Super intendent, the charge of ignorance and folly. But since an investigation of the facts shows beyond doubt, that it is the editor of the Express who is ignorant, and neither the Governor nor Superin tendent, we hope this gentleman will be sufficient ly magnanimous to plead guilty and cease his un just assaults. He says that the iron was sold at an average of $25 per ton; that it could have been re-rolled at from 15 to S2O per ton; that in the process of re-rolling, it would not have lost more than ten per cent, and that by the addition of from 15 to S2O per ton, this iron might have been rendered of the value of $75 per ton to the State. He also states that when the price that the State has been paying for iron is made known to the people, this scrap iron, as it is called, will appear to have been worth more than SSO perlon. There fore he concludes that it was sold for one-half ils value. - We admit tha the average price of iron sold was $25 per ton, of 2,000 lbs., but so far from its costing lrom 15 to S2O to have it re-rolled in At lanta, the average price for this is S3O per ton.— The estimated loss or waste during the process of re-rolling is 15 per cent. These estimates are cor rect and will be sustained by ar,y 4 one who has the proper knowledge of the subject. Now let us see how the Cartersville Express and our calculations agree. Average rate of sale per ton of 2000 lbs $25,00 “ cost of re-*rolling, per ton, 35,00 $50,00 Average loss per ton, at 15 percent, 8,25 Total, $63,25 Instead, therefore, of its having cost but $49,50 after being re-rolled as the Express supposes, it would have cost $63 25 as shown by our esti mate. Now the Express states that for 49,50 per ton, including the price for which the old iron was sold, it would have been increased to the value of $75.00 to the State. At present new, English iron can be purchased in New York, at 42 per ton; with freight to Atlanta; which is $9 per ton—we have the total cost— ssl,oo. The ton purchased thus contains 2240, making a difference of 248 lbs., between each ton of New York, and those sold by the Superintend ent. The difference is the result of a positive and special contract between Dr. Lewis and Col Coop er, the purchaser of the old Iron. If we subtract the price of 240 pounds, from the price per ton of 2240 lbs laid down in Atlanta from New York, we have 5,00. leaving the cost of 2000 lbs laid down in Atlanta 46,00. Taking „the estimate of the Express as correct it would cost the State three dollars less to buy new iron than it would have cost to have re-rolled the old iron, and taking ours as correct, it gwould have cost seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents less per ton. We are credibly informed that at the time when this sale of scrap iron was made, the rolling mill at Atlanta, had suspended operations, and therefore the process of re-rolling at that point was utterly out of the question. The sale was not effected until due notice had been given; the same having not only been pub lished at home, but in the Eastern cities, where purchasers might most likely be found. A gen tleman from Philadelphia was present on the day of sale, end run the iron up to the price which it brought. Now if it waa sold at half price it is quite strange that this gentleman who came all the way from Philadelphia to make the purchase, did 1 not bid more for it. Surely twelve thousand, five hundred dollars would have been quite a hand some profit, and this he could have realized after purchasing at thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, if the estimate of the Cartersville Express be correct.— North Georgia Times, July 3 0th i 1858. Then and Now. When Gov. Walker saw fit to recommend the submission of the Kansas Constitution to a vote of the whole people, there was heard along the whole column of the ‘•American” forces, one loud long howl of agony —as if the demon ’of destruc tion had put a knife into the very bowels of the South—bemoaning most piteously the fate of Southern Rights, and alternating with fierce and fiery denunciation of the Democracy and the President for not hurling Walker from dan gerous position. All that happened but a year ago. How is it now ? Mr Douglas, a Senator from the State of Illinois; and Mr. Crittenden, a Sena tor from the State of Kentucky, have advo cated a policy in reference to Kansas more objec tionable than that of Gov. Walker; and what do we hear from the “American” Press ? Any “howl of agony? Any fiery denunciation of either of these gentlemen ? No ! not a whisper. All is calm and peaceful with [them now. Why is it thus? Why was Walker such a villain, and why is Crit tenden such a saint ? The answer is plain. Crit tenden is a Know-Nothing, and Walker was a Democrat. Know Nothings have sworn to defend and support Know Nothings, at all times |and un der all circumstances; and doubtless have taken another oath to denounce Democrats at all times, and under all circumstances. —Federal Union. First New Cotton in Tallahassee. —Two bales of new cotton were received in the Talla hassee market on Thursday, from the plantation Gen. Robert Butler, of this county. This is the first new cotton of the present crop that has been brought to market. The quality was middling fair. The two bales were bought by H. L. Rutgers, Esq., Commission Merchant, at 11 cents, — Floridian , Ith ult. That’s So. —A distinguished wag about town says, the head covering the ladies wear nowadays, are hare-facedfalse-hoods. The perpetrator of this is still at large. **