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iCnniitinmanaliat fc JUpblir. JAMES GARDNER, JR., ) and > Editor*. JAMES M. SMTTHE, ) Caban Nrw«. The U. S. Mail Steamship Empire City, ar rived at H-w-Orleans. Saturday night, from Ha vana, which she left on the night of the 17th.— All was quiet in Cuba. Among the papers re ceived by this arrival, is the following circular issued, at the instance of the American prison ers. 1 7 Mr. John Thrasher, editor of the Faro Industna' giving a true statement of their situ ation, names, &c. We .jJ;o append two cards issued by the pris qp*» themselves, in reference to the treatment ti**,. ;ve received. The e documents possess intense interest. Caban Circular. Havana, Sept. 11th, 1851. iJtving been requested by a very large portion oftbe prisoners of the Cuba Expedition to write to t. <eir friends informing them of their situation and good health, I have thought it best to throw my observations, which must necessarily be 'general in their principal features, into the form of a circular, and I have now the honor to address you this at the request of all the prisoners. The prisoners were brought to this city in Srfferent lots, and as last as they arrived were shaved of their hair, chained two together, and placed all in one long saloon in the prison. Dur ing the first few days it was exceedingly diffi cult to obtain permission to visit them. The British Consul, Joseph T. Crawford, Esq., did so on the first day, and accompanied by his Secreta ry, Mr. W. Sidney Smith, who has never ceased in his exertions in their behalf, gave them the first cheering words. On the next day. Mr. Allen F. Owen, the American consul, asked for, and obtained permission, and, as I was subse quently informed by the prisoners, told them that " the President had proclaimed them without the pale of the law, and he could do nothing for them.” During several days our only means of contributing to the amelioration of their condi tion was through Mr. Smith, who continued to visit them twice daily, taking them small com forts, and speaking in their behalf, by which means he improved in a very great degree their situation, lie took up a subscription among the English residents tor the purpose of providing extra clothing for those who were British sub jects, and the Secretary of the German Society, in consequence of receiving a letter from Capt. Schlicht, went to see them and subsequently provided for the Germans in the same manner that the English Consul had provided for his countrymen. 1 was not able to obtain permission to see them until Friday Oth inst., at noon, when I found that twenty-five had that morning been sent to the hospital, and that some few of the others had had their chains taken off, for what reason 1 could not learn. The Americans, and some others, I found very much dispirited, in consequence of the language Mr. Owen had held to them, and from seeing others so much better cared lor, and I did what I could te cheer them, assuring them I would do my utmost to have them as well provided for as their more fortunate companions had been. On leaving the prison I spoke to several of my friends about raising funds tor the prisoners, and so great was the interest shown in their behalf that our efforts were crowned with the utmost success. 11 >ke this occasion to pay a just tribute to those Cuban gentleman who so generously provided me with funds, without which my ef lorts would have been barren, and also to many American friends who contributed not only money, but personal efforts; I would gladly mention names, but the impossibility of naming all would render the particularising of a few ap parently invidious, and l will therefore cite but two, who are connected with the press; these are Mr. White, of the N. Y. Courier and Enqui rer, and Mr. Callahan, of the N. O. Picayune ; to these gentlemen, in company with many otheis, much praise is due. On Saturday the prisoners received several visits and a sum of money wherewith to pur chase bread. Mr. Smith also took to them se gars anil other comforts. On Sunday morning their chains were taken off, they were allowed to bathe, and I was enabled to send them their extra clothing. They were in excellent spirits, and as many of their countrymen had obtained permission to visit them, and they found that they were not abandoned by their friends, they were quite gay. Writing materials were to-day allowed them at the request of Mr. Smith, and many of them wrote to their homes. They all received a small sum of money to purchase such trilles as they might limey ; on this day they re ceived information that Com. Parker was not altowed to see them, which they regretted ex ceedingly, and during the afternoon they had a short visit from Mr. Owen. On Monday, as they were to embark early-, Mr. Smith, Mr. Callahan and myself visited them before d ty; they had coffee and bread be fore going on board. Besides what they receiv ed irotn the Government, each man had a pea jacket, a woollen shirt, a pair of pants, a pair of stockings, and a tin pot; and on board ship were placed for their use, 825 lb. chocolate, two boxes tobacco, two barrels vinegar, and some small stores, and the sum of $735 was placed in the hands of Capt. Ortiz of the Primera de Guate mala, for general distribution on their arrival at the port of destination. Besides this the Ger man Society gave Capt. Ortiz $136 for the Ger mans and several persons left sums lor individu als. They embarked in high spirits and excel lent health, all desiring a most affectionate fare well to be sent to their friends with assurances of their high hopes fora speedy release. Those who remain here awaiting ship will follow their companions in a few days. Those who are in the hospital are all doing well, and are very well cared for by every one around them. They also have been allowed writing materials and their friends will probably receive letters from them as early as they may receive this. The Captain-General has been very considerate aud kind in his orders, relative to both sick and well, and their attendants ap.d jailors have treated them with much considera tion. In regard to exertions for their liberation, I would suggest to you some prompt effort in their behalf, through the American Minister at Mad rid, for the reason that the proximate accouche ment of the Queen will afford a most advanta geous opportunity to grant them all a free par don, and the liberation of three here, would in duce us to suppose that a like boon might be ob tained for all. I have the honor to be, respectfully, Your very ob’t. serv ; t, J. S. THRASHER. List of prisoners brought to Havana from the late Cuban Expedition under the command of Gen. Narciso Lopez, and final disposition of them as far as known, viz: Sent to Spain by the tteamer Itabel la Catolica. Charles A Downer. Mobile, J St Levy. Quebec. JD Hughes. New Orleans. F D Hough. New Albany, Ind. Sow to Spain by the ship Vent us. Louis Scblessinger. Hunearv. R H McDonald. Mobile. J Norris 3. Mobile. D E DeWolf. Mobile. H J Thomason. Mobile. A R Wier. Mobile. Sent to Spain by thip Primera de Guatemala. Joaquin Casanova, New Orleans. Wm H McKinsey, Bardstown, Ky. Daniel Seay, New Orleans. J D Baker, do. Louis Bauder, Germany. Benj F Hanna, Baltimore. J G Dwin, New Orleans. D Q Rousseau, do. OabanNsws. WmH Craft, Memphis, Tenn. J G Bush, New Orleans. T A Simpson, Philadelphia. W W Inslee, New Orleans. J T Pruitt, Alabama. Thos Hilton, Washington, D. C. W L Wilkinson, Mobile. M Mullen, St Louis. P Lacoste, New Orleans. Patrick Coleman, do. M L Hefron, New York. James Brady, Galena, 111., Henry Schmidt, New Orleans. George Foster, do. Jas Chapman, Charleston. C Cook, Alabama. C Noll, Berlin. Henry B Hart, Petersburg, Va. Jacob Faust, St Louis. Patrick McGrath, New Orleans. Charles J Daily, do. S H Purnell, do. Conrad Tailor, Berlin. Thos Denton, New Orleans. C A McMurray, Baltimore Antonio Hernandez, Havana. Elias J Otis, Depotville, New York. Bernard Allen, St. Louis. Julio Chassagne, Havana. Thos H Lee, New Orleans. George Metcalf, Ireland. H B Metcalf, do Robt M Grider, New Orleans. M K Scott, Kentucky. Geo R Wilson, Philadelphia. William H Vaughn, Kentucky. William H Cameron, Jeff. County, Va. Peter McMullen, Ireland. John Denton, New York. Franklin P Boyd, do. ThosßMunroe, Mississippi. Edward Weiss, Germany. Robt Schutz, Prussia. C Sckneck, Baden. Geo Holdship, St. Louis. Jas H Hearsey, New Orleans. Luke Scully, do. William Wilson, do. Thos Daily, do. Jas M Wilson, do. Henry Saile, Liverpool. Wm K Hurd, New Orleans. G Bontila, Hungary. Slezinger, do. Radnitz, do. Curmeli, do. Petrie, do. Kercker, do. Vioag, do. Ngikos, do. Aidelar, do. Michaol Biro, Austria. David Winborn, Mississippi. Thos Hudnall, New Orleans. H Von Schlicht, Berlin. J B Gunst, New Orleans. Timothy K Henry, Natchez. Howard Purnell, John McKinnie, E Q Bell, New Orleans. John Carter, Bernard McCabe, Ireland. John Murphy, do. Hiram West, Spring Valley, Ohio. C Sebring, Jas Hatpin, Benj Gilman, Cincinnati, Ohio. Edward Crissy, Jas Smith, Hudson Nelson, A R Ludwig, New Orleans. Charles Harrison, do. Victor Duprat, do. Henry Stanmyre, do. George Quick, Philadelphia. Henry McHenry, New Orleans. Jas D Donnelly, PotUville, Pa. Chas Giblin, Cincinnati, Ohio. John Murtigh, Philadelphia. Thos McClelland, Ireland. John McKneiss, Pittsburg. Pedro M Lopez, Venezuela. Pedro Velazco, Cuba, servent of Lopez. Manuel Fleury, Cuba. Jacob Harbele, Germany. Louis Hackel, Swiss. Manuel Martinez, Havana. F A Laine, Cuba. F C Mahan, Danville. Ky. John Boswell, Baltimore. W L Constantine, Canada. Wm Cousans, Lincoln, Eng. H Schmidt, Saxony. Conrad Bechtold, Prussia. Jas Oglevie, New Orleans. Harvey Williams, do. John Cooper; Jas B Fagin, Ohio. Waiting thip at Havana. C J Duffy, New Orleans. Thos Little, Mobile. Michael Geiger, New Orleans. JohuD Brown, George S Berry, Cincinnati, Ohio. Asher J. Phillips, New Orleans. Jacob Jessert, Thos Bryan, John Bachilder, New Orleans. John Brown, In the Hospital, all doing tveil. A L Alfonso, Cuba, arm. Manuel Aragon leg. J B Ruvira, Galicia, leg. Preston Essex, St Louis, leg slight. Robt H Ellis, Washington, D C. left hand. John Cline, N Orleans, thigh, slight. N. Port, Prussia, finger, slight. John N Davis, N Orleans, shoulder, slight. James Fiddes, Malta, both legs. J G Porter, Dublin, breast and arm, slight. G. Richardson, N Orleans, arm, slight. F Curvia, Havana, arm. M J Keenan, Mobile, finger, slight. John Talbot, N Orleans, hand, slight. Jose Douvren, Cuba, side, slight. Wilson A Rieves, Miss, leg, slight. Wm Losner, Saxony, finger. Thos McNeil, Lumpkin Co. Ga., sick. Henry Jasper, Saxony, foot, slight. L Palanka, Hungary, grazed slight. Wm Miller, Northampton Eng. finger slight, J B Weymouth, Nashville, Tenn. hand slight John Robinson, England, side, slight. Geo Edgerton, Natchez, sick. N Lopez, executed; P. S. Van Vechten, deliv ered to Capt. Platte; Andrae Gonzalez, in prison; Somers, N Orleans, pardoned: Capt. Lopez, in prison; Julio Herren, detained here; J. A. Kelly, and H S Haynes, liberated. Havana City Prison, September 7, 1851. We, the undersigned officers and men, now in carcerated in the City Prison of Havana, on ac count of our participation in the late expedition against the island of Cuba, under command of General Lopez, being about to embark for Spain, cannot refrain from expressing our heartfelt gratitude to Mr. Joseph T. Crawford, Consul- General o fHer Britannic Majesty,and to Mr. W. Sidney Smith, British Consulate at this place. To Mr. J. S. Thrasher, and to the American and British citizens of Havana generally, we also owe a debt of deep and lasting gratitude. To them we owe all, for by their kindness and generosity we have been able to overcome many of the dif ficulties and sufferings we should have other wise undergone. To them we owe a debt of gratitude we would willingly express by words, but language fails us; hoping, however, that should we be spared to return to our homes, we may have the opportunity of repaying, in part, the debt we owe. Should such not be the case, we sincerely pray that God, the ruler of the universe and lover of good acts, may repay them, by bestowing upon them in this world all the blessings a divine providence can bestow, and, after death, [sgned] by a reward more lasting still—life eternal. Captain Robt. H. Ellis, Lieutenant E. H. Me- J Donald, Lieutenant David Winborn, Major Louis Slessinger, Captain R. H. Grider, Lieutenant J. D. Baker, and one hundred and thirty-three others. Havana City Prison, Sept. 7, 1851. We, the undersigned, prisoners incarcerated in the city prison of Havana, on acccount of our connection with the late Cuban expedition, un der the command of Gen. Lopez, cannot with hold an expression of our feelings towards the American Consul—Mr. Allen Owen, of Georgia —now at this place, t ince our arrival at this place, he has honored us once with his presence, but since that time, although repeatedly solicited, has always steadily refused to revisit us, either in his private or official capacity. Placed as we are, we feel an act of this kind far more deeply than if otherwise circumstanced. How to account for it we know not, but can only as cribe it to that wrost of all feelings—inhumanity —or that more degrading still—cowardice. We write this so that our fellow-countrymen at home may know what kind of a man is placed at the head of their afTairs at this place. [Signed,] Robert M. Grider, Capt. Com. Company B.; Edmund H. McDonald, First Lieut. Company A.: Charles A. Downer, Peter Lacoste, Michael Geiger, and others. (From the Colum/rut Timet.] Correspondence. Columbus, Sept. 17th, 1851. Mr. Forsyth: Dear Sir: You will please publish the fol lowing correspondence between Mr. S. W. Flour noy and myself, which will fully explain it self. Very respectfully. J. T. FLEWELLEN. Columbus, Sept. 16th, 1851. Mr. S. W. Flournoy: Dear Sir: I have just read your article upon Mr. Johnson in this morning’s Enquirer, stat ing, “that conversations which have been retail ed in regard to his positions are not only untrue, but have no foundation in fact .” 1 desire to know if you have any reference to the statements made by myself, and published in the Colum bus Times of 13th inst. Yours, respectfully, J. T. FLEWELLEN. Columbus, Sept. 16th, 1851. Mr. Jas. T. Flewellln: Dear Sir: I received, this morning, your note by the hands of Mr. Echols, desiring to know if I had reference to the statements made by yourself in the Columbus Times of the 13th inst., in an article in the Enquirer to-day. I can only reply that up to this time 1 have read no statements published by you in reference to Mr. Johnson, and am not apprised of what you may have said of his opinions or positions. Respectfully, yours, SAMUEL W. FLOURNOY. (From the Columbus Ent/uirrr.) Columbus, Sept. 16th, 1851. Samuel W. Flournoy, Esq.: Sir: I desire to know from you, explicitly, whether you intended, in the editorial article which appeared in the Columbus Enquirer of this morning, underthe head “Jas. Johnson, Esq.” to cast the slightest imputation upon the veraci ty of my statement of the political opinions ex pressed by Mr. Johnson in conversation with me, as set forth in a communication dated 9th inst., addressed to Capt. Forsyth, and published in the Columbus Times of the 12th inst. I am, sir, &c.. PAUL J. SEMMES. Columbus, Sept. 16th, 1851. Paul J. Semmes, Esq.: Your note by the hands of Capt. Davis, has been received, and, in answer to it, I can only say, that previous to the publication of the ar ticle in the Enquirer, to which you allude. I had not read, nor have I yet seen, what you publish ed in reference to the opinions or positions of Mr. Johnson. So far, then, as 1 am concerned, there can be no question ot varacity between you and myself. 1 am, &c., SAMUEL W. FLOURNOY. Columbus, Sept. 17th, 1851. Samuel W. Flournoy, Esq.: Sir: Your note of yesterday, in which you disclaim any allusion in your editorial of that day, to the statement made by myself and pub lished in the Times of the 12th inst., is reciv ed. It now only remains for me to request, that you will give the exculpation publicly in your paper, through which I deemed (before the re ception of your note,) an imputation on my veracity was designed to be cast. I am, sir, &c., PAUL J. SEMMES. Columbus, Sept. 17th, 1851, Paul J. Semmes, Esq.: Sir: Your note ot this morning has been re ceived. The exculpation will be given, by pub lisliiug the correspondence between us. Yours, respectfully, SAMUEL W. FLOURNOY. We find in the New York Journal of Com merce, copied from the London Times, the fol lowing letter addressed to that paper by the Hon. Ashbel Smith, of Texas, now in Europe. Dr. Smith has studied the subject with much at tention, and is able to sustain the views which he presents, with a strong array of argument. To the Editor of the Times. Sir : The true cause and origin of the whole movement in Cuba appears to be as little under stood on this side of the Atlantic, as the rumors about Caban affairs are uncertain and unintelli gible. I beg permission to state a few facts which may perhaps throw some light on this subject. The movement now in progress, having for its object a change in the political relations of Cu be, originated in that island, and exclusively with the Creole population of Spanish origin ; and all of the eariy steps of that movement, such as the pubiisation of certain articles in Ameri can newspapers, the purchase of arms and muni tions, and the enlisting of volunteers in different parts of the United States for the purpose of car rying into effect the revolutionary attempts, were paid for by moneys raised in Cuba, and con tributed for this very purpose by the Creole Spaniards. As to any money that may have been recently collected, as well as expressions of sympathy, and other acts of co-operation on thel part of American citizens since the Cuban con vulsion has assumed its present magnitude, al these, I say, have, in point of fact, nothing to do with the origin of the movement. The inquiry, then, naturally arises, what were the motives and objects of the Cubans ?—and the inquiry become the more curious as the Spanish-American populations are supposed to entertain no extravagant liking for their neigh bors of a different race and religion. The main cause of the Cuban movement is the uncertainty of their property and the insecuiity of their social and political condition, and even of their lives, arising from the mischievous inter meddling of British abolitionists with the slave institutions of Cuba. These individuals have continued their mischievous practices, tamper ing with the slaves and poisoning and infuriating their tempers against their masters, from a period antecedent to the open outrages of Mr. Consul Turnbull, down to the present moment. And it is believed by the Cubans that this unwarranta ble conduct is largely approved of in England, and winked at by this Government. Os the cor rectne: sos this opinion, I have nothing to say; I merely state the belief of the most intelligent Creoles of Cuba. They know, too, that they are “ dependant on a power of declining rank and feeble resources;” and they strongly apprehend that in the event of an European war, especially if involving an v great State of the west of Eu rope, they would fall under the protectorate of an European Government of gigantic power by sea and land, and of vast resources. This apprehen sion is a fixed idea in the Cuban mind. They know, too, that such protectorate would insure a speedy change in the social institutions of the island, with the total ruin of their property. — Under these circumstances, it will not appear strange if the Cubans should desire to become an integral and co-equal member of “ one of the most vigorous States of the world,” though it be deemed also “ one of the most aggressive a State'that possesses the power and would have the will, to defend Cuba against all aggressions what ever, and to secure its citizens, whether of Span ish or Anglo-American origin, in the possession of their property, and against all changes in or even meddling with their internal status, except what they should themselves freely and sponta neously adopt. It is this mischievous intermeddling of English in Cuban affairs, with a knowledge of the weakness of the metropolitan power, and an apprehension of thejconsequences of any war in Western Europe, impressing on the Creoles a sense of their insecurity, which has led them to cast about for support in other quarters. And it is a conviction of the truth of this charge of in termeddling, that has roused the sympathy ani enlisted the co-operation of numerous American citizens. The Cubans dislike the Americans, but they fear British protection and British sympathy more. I have mentioned the main cause and the origin of the Cuban movement; I beg to call your attention to a minor, though not unimpor tant source of dissatisfaction. And this leads me to intimate that you have, perhaps, overrated the revenues of Cuba, in stating them at $20,- 000,000. I have no means at hand of obtaining accurate information, but I believe $13,000,000 will be found a large estimate. Os this sum about $8,000,000 are appropriated to the expenses of the internal administration of the island, and , M,000,000 are withdrawn to supply the fisc (/Spain. Now, you will not be surprised if the : Creoles of Cuba make significant comparison be tween $13,000,000, paid in taxes by themselves, a population of only two-thirds of a million, all told, black and white, and the sum only three times as large, paid by the 25,000,000 souls of the American Confederacy. Moreover, $5,000,000 of the 13,000,000 are withdrawn from the island, while their neighbors expend all their revenues among themselves. At your estimate of $20,- i 000,000, the burden appears still more oppres sive. Besides, the Creoles are excluded from all high offices—these form a precious stock of places in the gift of the metropolitan Govern ; ment to natives of Spain, who affect to regard i the Creoles with supercilious contempt, i You will have seen that this letter of mine has been suggested by your article on Cuba in this morning's Times. I beg, in conclusion, to make a remark or two relative to your intimation that “the hereditary rights ot the Spanish Crown are guaranteed bv Powers which would be bound to their duties by private interests no less than by treaty obligations.” With most of my fellow citizens I sincerely desire that Cuba may pre serve its present political relations, but with a ' Government more liberal,considerably ameliorat ed, and less extortionate on the part of Spain. Most of us believe the acquisition of Cuba by us to be in no degree desirable for American inter t ests, unless circumstances force us to take pos i session of it. 1 trust that the American Govern ment will never lack the good taste and sense to receive, with respect, the friendly counsels of other Powers; but 1 feel in my own mind that 1 speak the determination of my country, in de claring that we will not permit the “Powers” al luded to, to interfere by force of arms in the affairs of Cuba, or in any other home matter of the i American continent beyond their own colonial possessions; nor will we suffer the institutions of Cuba to be destroyed by secret fraud or open violence. The attempt to do so by the first means is the true cause and origin of the present • convulsion in Cuba; the attempt to accomplish it by the last means would insure the incorpora tion of Cuba into the American Union. Spain has been counseled to abolish slavery in Cuba, in a certain event; —taking advice and acts of hasty relinquishment have not hitherto been traits in the Spanish character. Per haps, too, the American people would not con sider themselves bound to carry into effect an edsri of abolition, such as has been counseled. It might be equally advisable, too, in framing such an edict, to in lude a decree for the abolition of serfdom in Russia, and the relation of the affairs of the Nizam. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, Your most obedient servant, ASHBEL SMITH, of Texas. London, Sept. 3. Our Consul at Havana. —The Washington Republic has received the following letter from Allen F. Owen, Esq. our Consul at Havana I which it submits without comment to the con sideration of his countrymen. Consulate ok the United States, 1 Havana, Sept. 16, 1851. J To the Editor of the Republic: Sir: In your weekly issue of the 28th ult. you do me the justice to object to my condemnation without a hearing, and to say that I am probably able to explain, to the satisfact ion of my coun trymen, my omission to act relative to the exe cution ot the prisoners who were shot here on the 16 th ult. I do not doubt that I shall satisfy every im partial mind that I am undeserving censure, and that I had no opportunity of doing any thing in behalf of the unfortunate men who met so sad a fate. I reside about four miles from this place: andi not being well on the morning of the 1 6th, did not reach my office till some time after ten o’clock, where, for the first time, I heard of the capture ol about fifty of the men who had come with Lopez to this island in the steamer Pam pero. 1 at the same time heard that the prisoners had been tried, iound guilty, condemned, ordered to be executed, the order for their execution sent forward, and that they were about being remov ed from the horbor, where they were, to the place of execution. Shortly afterwards, the American residing here, who, it is said, called on me, came and men tioned the subject to me, when I said to him that it was too late, and that I could do nothing— that I should not have time to get permission and see the prisoners. Os this I felt perfectly satisfied at the time, and I have since been con firmed in this opinion by the highest authority in the island, who informed me that the execu tion, which had already been ordered before I reached the city, would not have been postponed fer me to have an interview with the prisoners inasmuch as all I could have asked to be per mitted to do had already been done by a gentle man known to some of the prisoners, for whom they had sent. Soon after the American referred to left my office, I received the information that a gentle man known to some of the prisoners had been sent for by them, and to him thev had delivered the articles and messages they desired to be con veyed to their friends. It was but a short time afterwards that I sent to the palace of the gov ernor and captaift general, and heard that the 1 prisoners had then been executed. You will thus see that I had no time to act and that it was not in my power to do any thing for the unfortunate men who had been induced to invade Cuba with the expectation that they would find the whole island in a state of revolu tion, and that they would be received with open arms by the whole native population at least. ' The charge of indifferenee to the dreadful con- 1 dition of such a number of men. the bitterest 1 enemy I have on earth will not believe; and all f must believe it a base falsehood and an unsound- l ed calumny. If it were allowable on such an occasion I * would most solemnly declare before God that in ] m y judgment, at the time and under the cir- < eumstances, it was not in my power either to have an interview with the prisoners, or to have done any thing in their behalf. s I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. F. OWEN. i AUGUSTA, GA. SUNDAY MORNING, SEPT. 28: THE LARGEST CIRCULATION THE STATi For Governor. CHARLES J. MCDONALD. [ District For Congress. I.—JOS. W. JACKSON, of Chatham. 2 HENRY L. BENNING, of Muscogee. 3 DAVID J. BAILEY, of Butt*. i 4—JOHN D. STELL, of Fayette. * S.—WILLIAM H. STILES, of Cass. 1 6— THOMAS P. JONES, of Newton. [ 7—DAVID W. LEWIS, of Hancock. > B—ROBERT MeMILLAN, of Elbert, t Representatives for Richmond County. 1 WILLIAM R. FLEMING, i WM. SCHLEY. T The Campbell’s are Coining, r We see by the Charleston papers, that West and Peel open in that city on Monday evening. I We hope they will favor us with a visit. * Ventriloquism, Ac. | It has been sometime since our citizeus have been favored with any thing in the way of y amusements. They will, on Monday evening, ) have an opportunity of witnessing the perform -1 ances of Mr. Lee, at Concert Hall, who will give J a specimen of bis art in Magic and Ventrilo c quism. Chatham County. The Hon. Thos. Purse has been nominated by l the Southern Rights Party of Chatham county, i as their candidate for the Senate; and G. P. Har -8 rison and Dr. J. P. Scriven for the House. The Constitutional Union Party have nomi -5 nated J. W. Anderson for the Senate, and Judge ■ Henry and F. S. Bartow, for the House, j Very Little. f “ The anticipated pleasure was, however, in . some degree disappointed by the non-ap|iear- I ance of those speakers of the opposition, who bad been invited, and who it was fondly hoped , would be present, to participate in the discussion. , None of them came, however, nor were they , heard from, except, Col. McMillan, the disunion ■ candidate tor Congress, who sent to the Com . mittee a certificate of his physician, that he was \ unable to attend. j “ Whether the distinguished gentleman (!) r imagined that it was a grand court of inquiry, to . pass upon his sins of commission or omission t during the canvass, and deemed a certificate ne . cessary to excuse his non-appearance, we know not, certain it is, however, the certificate was , produced and read. Rather an unfortunate se . quel to the boasted desire of the disunionists in . this city, to enter into the list of free discussion.” The above paragraphs we clip from the Chroni > c/e of Saturday morning, noticing the Barbacue ‘ given to Mr. Toombs on Friday last. Our readers are well acquainted with the fact, . that Col. McMillan recents met with a serious ac > cident, (having been thrown from his buggy) j which has confined him at home. He was writ s ten to by one ot the editors of this paper, re questing his attendance at the above meeting, t and the letter referred to by the Chronicle, (not ' a certificate) was from his attending physician . in answer, with a request that the cause of his absence would be communicated to the Chair i man of the Committee on Invitations of the Con | stitutional Union party, which was done. The slur thrown out by the Chronicle, is in keep ing with the general tone of that paper, and we 1 are willing to let it go for what it is worth.— That paper it in the habit of throwing stones, and f its editor is noted as a good dodger when stones i are throw in return. Those who heard Col. McMillan's address on his recent visit to this countv, will do him the justice to say that he is able to cope, in argument, with any speaker on the opposite side. He has met Messrs. Cobbi Toombs and Stephens, three of their great guns’ on the stump, and these gentlemen, we feel assur ed, will do him the justice to say, that he is a foe whose abilities are not to be treated lightly in debate, and whose deportment has al ways been gentlemanly and courteous. This, we think, is more than can be said of the editor of the Chronicle, by its readers. Stop Thief! Stop Thief!! i We can scarcely pick up a Constitutional Union paper but we find, in glaring letters, a caution to their readers to look out for spurious , documents just before the election. This cry is only to be found in Constitutional Union papers, and our advice to our friends is, whenever you find a chap ahead of the crowd, hallooing Stop Thief! lay your hands on him. He is the man. Mr. Oobb and the Central Bank. The following letter, from a gentleman in Milledgeville, in relation to Mr. Cobb’s indebt edness to the Central Bank, we lay before our readers, this morning, without further remark than ho say it is from a reliable source, and we hopeill silence those Constitutional Union pa pers, in this State, which have raised a cry against McDonald, for the mismanagement of the above institution while in office. Many such custom ers, as Mr. Cobb is proved to have been to that institution, would break or cripple the best bank ing institutions in the State. Mr. Cobb has the means, and should have long ere this have set tled his indebtedness to the Central Bank whether as principal or security. It comes with a bad grace, from his friends, to charge Governor McDonald with mismanagement, while Mr. Cobb stands in his present relation to the Cen tral Bank. Millkdgeville, Sept. 25, 1851. Dear Sir : — Your favor of yesterday is before me. I here give you the facts, minutely, in re lation to Mr. Cobh’s indebtedness to the Central Bank. The execution against Mr. Cobb, as j security for Maj. Jackson, returned to the Bank i no property, ’ amounts, in principal and inter est, to about six hundred and twenty-six dollars, * sixty cents. This debt has been lying open j since 1842, and remains unpaid, after having 1 been placed in the hands of a second Attorney. 1 After Mr. Cobb was nominated for Governor, * Col. Campbell, supposing Mr. Cobb had over- j looked the matter, and knowing that the debt would be used against him, politically, wrote to 1 him soliciting a settlement. Mr. Cobb wrote . back to Col. C., that if Maj. Jackson did not * settle it before, he would do so in November, f Maj. Jackson’s insolvency has always precluded c every hope of a settlement through him, and the * Bar k always looked to Mr. Cobb, as the fiist * endorser, for payment of the debt, and he has, b until this day, nearly nine years, refused to re- 1 spond. * The execution of $1,200, for which Mr. Cobh 1 was principal, was returned, many years ago, to 1 the Bank, “no property.” It was afterward. • placed in the hands of a second Attorney, who could do nothing with it. A contract was sub sequently made by John S. Thomas, Director, with a third Attorney, with the understanding that he (the Attorney) was to receive one half of all he could recover. This Attorney effected a compromise with Mr. Cobb's Trustee, by which about $1,500 were obtained on the debt. The claim, at the time the compromise and set* • tlement was made, amounted to about SI,BOO. The Bank realized about $750 of the whole claim. These are briefly the facts, obtained from the Record. Col. C. is absent. You may rely per fectly on this statement. Mr. Cobb, in his letter to the Chronicle , tells the truth, but not a very important part of the whole truth. . Hoping this may reach you in good season, I remain Yours, truly, &c. James Gardner, Jr., Augusta, Ga. ——->—— Mails for New Mexico. The Postmaster General has directed contracts to be made with Mr. Henry Skillman, of El Paso, Texas, for the regular conveyance of the * mails from Santa Fe, New Mexico, by Albequer- que, Socorra, Don Ana, Frontaro, El Paso, San ” Elizario and Leona to San Antonio, a distance of 990 miles. This service is to be performed e once a month as far as San Elizario. and once in two months the residue, and to be governed by the following schedcle: Leave Santa Fe on the first of each month at >’ BA. M.; arrive at San Elizario by the 11th, at - 12 M. Leave San Elizario on the 12th of every other month at 8 A. M.; arrive at San Antonio by 5 ’ P. M. of the last day of the same month. 1 Leave San Antonio on the first of every other month, at BA. M., arrive at San Elizario by 12 M. of the 19th. 1 \ Leave San Elizario on the 20th of each month, j at 8 A. M.; arrive at Santa Fe by SP.M. of the 1 last day of the same month. . This introduction of regular mail facilities in r to the copper mining regions of the new ceun -1 try cannot fail to be highly advantageous to the i numerous settlers who have correspondence with “the States,” as well as to our troops who 1 are garrisoned along that extensive route. * Mr. Skillman, we learn, comes highly recom . mended to the Government as an experienced r and intrepid traveller in NewJMexico. He was s a| member of Doniphan's command; has frequent [ ly acted as a guide to our soldiers, and recently > accomplished a journey of 900 miles in fourteen . days, on mules. The arrangement will go into , operation on the Ist of November. The Hungarian Emigrants.—lt is stated > that the amount very generously given by Mr ■ Corcoran, of Washington city, for the purpose of paying the passage ot certain Hungarian emi grants to lowa, has been declined by the steam * boat and railroad companies on the route, which i have offered to convey these emigrants free, and : the amount will therefore be appropriated, ac -1 cording to Mr. Corcoran's de.-ire, to the pur -1 chase of agricultural tools and provisions for the ■ journey. Statement of Toll on Hamburg and Edgefield Plank Road Company, exclusive of Lumber and Wood Wagons, States, and Wagons in employ of ■ the Company, from May 10, 1851, to Sept. 20, . 1851. . 579 Road Wagons. 169 Two and three Horse Wagons, i 330 One Horse. do. . 368 One Horse Carriages and Buggies. , 307 Two Horse. do. do. 362 Horseback Travelers, s i 2012 , Six and a half miles of the road is completed. We would advise those coming down the Mar tintown Road to turn off to the lett so as to inter " sect the Plank Road at Dr. Geigers old place, ; they will thereby save their horses the wrost i part of the Road.— Hamburg Republican, 25th 1 inst. The exports of Sugar and Molasses from the s ports of Havana and Matanzas from the Ist January to the end of August, 1851, were—from Havana, 733,454 boxes Sugar and 37,843 hhds. I Molasses. From Matanzas, 329,757 boxes Sugar , and 73,077 hhds. Molasses. The exports of , Molasses from Cardenas for the same period | were 85,064 hhds. Total, 1,063,211 boxes Su gar, 195,984 hhds. Molasses. The exports for the same period in 1850, were 938,571 boxes , Sugar, and 165,586 hhds. Molasses. . Checks for various amounts have been forged by Herman F. Tewksbury, acting Ceik for Lieut. Hazard, Quartermaster of Fort Washing • ton. A resolution has passed the Common Council of New York, and referred to the Committee on Finance, to select from the unappropriated lands belonging to the city, a suitable site for the erec tion of a U. S. Mint, to be tendered by the Mayor on the part of the Corporation to the General Government for that purpose. [From the N. Y. Herald, 4th ins/.] Further by the Africa. The British mail steamship Africa, Capt. Ry rie, arrived at her wharf at half-past seven o’clock this morning. She left Liverpool at twenty minutes past twelve o’clock on Saturday after noon the 13th inst. She has therefore made the passage in ten days, nineteen hours and ten min utes. The A. passed the steamship Canada, Capt. Harrison, at a quarter past 4 o’clock on the after noon of the 13th inst. The C. left Boston at noon on the 3d inst., and would reach Liverpool at half-past seven o’clock on the evening of the 13th, making the passage in ten days, seven hours and thirty minutes. Advices from Berlin state, that since the 4th inst., the police inspection of travellers at the railway stations, which has been in force since 1848, has been suspended, and passports are now only demanded on arriving at a hotel. Accounts also state that the treaty of commerce between the Zollverein and the Stuerverein, of which Hanover is the representative, was concluded on the Bth inst. The treaty comes into operation on the Ist January, 1854. The Madrid papers state that the Cortes will be convoked for the beginning of November. The report of the appearance of the yellow fever at Oporto is contradicted. In consequence of the great influx of foreigners into France, the Prefect of Police has published an ordinance requiring the observance of certain formalities from all foreigners residing in that country, and every person not complying with the injunctions specified will be expelled from the French territory. Advices from Paris state that instructions have been sent by the government to the commandant of the French squadron at the Antilles, to assist the Cuban government in repelling the aggression of the American pirates. The accounts received from the Brazils, by the Teviot, state that hostilities between the Brazils