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THE CONSTITUTIONS LIST. ! JAM ES_G A R ONER, JR. TEEMS. Daily. per ann im............... ..... HO fri-VV eekly, If paid !-> •» V->nce ...5 00 VV ,— »;v .uuunt, ii paid in advance....! G) 1 lie < 'ttio arc ottered to new subscribers and all old subscnoer* *rV. pay np all arrearage?. in ao case will the weekly paper be sent at wu'ess the mouey accompanies the order. In no case will u be sent at £2,00 to an old sub scriber in arrears. tL/ - VVlieu tne year paid for at expires, the p <per, if not discontinued, or paid for in advance, w:il be sent on me old terms, £2,50 if paid at tha otiice within tna year, or £3,00 if paid after the a xpiratioa of iheyear. O*Postage mast be paid on ail communications and letters of business. [From the Washington Republic, ofiOlh ins(.] The French Minister and the U. States- In consequence of the rumors and state ments that have gone abroad, in reference to en alleged difficulty between Mr, Poussin and the government of the United States, it be comes necessary to present a narration of facts that might otherwise have been withheld. An attempt has been made to create the impres sion that the circumstances to which we refer establish of necessity unfriendly relations be tween this country and France. This is not the case. Every nation is at liberty to dis miss any foreign minister, at its pleasure, on the occurrence of anything which is offensive jo its dignity or character —of which it is itself, of course, to be the sole judge. No nation has ever undertaken to resent such a step as a hos tile or unfriendly act. The apprehensions,there fore, which seem to have prevailed on this subject, are quite uncalled for; as some ulterior action on the part of France will be necessary to interupt the amicablere lations which exist between her and the United States. On the 7th day of February last, Mr. Poussin, in a note to Mr. Buchanan, then Secretary of State, alleged that he was charged by the French government with the prosecution of a claim against the government of the United States, brought by a Frenchman named A. Port, established in Mexico, for indemnifica tion for damages sustainad by him from the acts of certain agents of the army of the U. States. His application was in the nature ot au appeal from the sentence of a military court of inquiry at Puebla, which had made a decis sion unfavorable to the claim. No answer was sent by Mr. Buchanan to this communication. When it was brought to the attention ol the present Secretary of State, Mr. Clayton promptly devoted himself to its in vestigation, with the view of gratifying M. Poussin by a speedy decision. Within ten days from the time it was presented to him, Mr. Clayton announced to Mr. Poussin that he had arrived at the conclusion that Mr. Fort had no just cause to be dissatisfied with the award of the military court of inquiry. This award, we may add, which rejected Mr. Pori’s claim, had been regularly sanctioned and approved by Gen. Scott, the commander-in-chief. Dissatisfied with this decision, Mr. Poussin, on the 13th of March, addressed a note to the Secretary of State, in which he reviewed the supposed grounds ot the decision, and ani madverted with some severity on the testimony of a distinguished offier of the American army in Mexico, who had been a witness before the court at Puebla. It is obvious that at this point Mr. Clayton might have declined any further correspondence on the subject; but, out of res pect, ou the 10th of April he replied to Mr. Poussin’s communication, assigning reasons for his decision, and respectfully controverting the positions of the minister. On the 18th ot April, Mr. Clayton received another from Mr. Poussin, in which the minister indulged in a strain of invective evidently intended to be highly offensive to the American government. The correspondence was immediately submit ted by the Secretary of State to the President, who directed him to lose no time in reques ting Mr. Poussian to repair to Washington without unnecessary delay’. The offensive note was dated at Washing ton, while Mr. Poussin was absent in New York, upwards of t.vo hundred miles distant from this city. Bearing on its face an insult to the American government, deliberately giv en in the very capital ol the U. States, which, if not satisfactorily explained or retracted, would have required that all correspondence with him as a minister should terminate without delay, it was made important to himself and government that he should lose no time in re pairing to Washington. One offensive passage was the following: “The government of the U. States must be convinced that it is more honorable to acquit, fairly, a debt contracted during war, under the pressuie of necessity, than to evade its payment by endeavoring to brand the character of and honest man.” The •a ue note comained an attack upon a high military officer, charging him, in effect, with perjury before the military court; and an at tack upon the distinguished officers composing the court, who were charged with permitting that officer “to carry out, without interrup tion, his string of calumnies incredible.” It closed with an insinuation that the State De partment had become the organ of a criminal accusation, without proofs, against Mr. Port. It was in reply to this communication, that un the 21st of April Mr. Clayton addressed Mr. Poussin the following note; Department op State, Washington, April 21, 1849. fain: On the afternoon of the 18th instant, a communication from you, dated Washington, April—, 1849. (without showing the day on which it was written, ) was received at this of fice, relative to the claim of Mr. Port on the government of the U. States, and having just had occasion to address you a private note, 1 learn, through the messenger -who was des patched to deliver it, that you have been, for the last two weeks, absent from Washington, and that the period of your return hither from New York was quite uncertain. Under these circumstances, after a perusal of your note, which was laid before me this morning, I lose not a moment in requesting you to repair to this city without unnecessary delay. I have the honor to be, very respectfully', sir, your obedient servant, JOHN M. CLAYTON. Mr. William Tell Poussin. In the interview between Mr. Clayton and Mr. Poussin which followed this note, the lat ter gentleman was informed that his letter was highly offensive, and contained language which our government could not admit, and that he was permitted to withdraw the offen sive expressions. The letter was accordingly withdrawn, and on the following day return ed, expurgated of the most offensive matter. Anxious to maintain friendly relations with the minister, the President here permitted the matter to drop, and the correspondence with regard to the claim of Mr. Port terminated. It was hoped that there would be no further eause of complaint. On the 12tn day of May, however, Mr. Poussin, in a diplomatic note, to the State Department that “Mr. Carpender, the commander ot the American war steamer Iris, after hastening to the assistance of the French ship Eugenie, of Havre, W hich had struck ou th# bank of Riao, neat the anchorage ""■■■L - —■—B— ■ iiii—— | of Anton Lizardo, advanced claims, wholly f inadmissible, ou account of remuneration for his services, and, to secure their acquittal, de • tained the Eugenie for two or three days. In consequence of the energetic remonstrances of M. Lavallee, and the honorable intervention of the consul of the United States at Vera Cruz, Commander Carpender desisted from his pretensions.” Mr. Poussin proceeded to say , that “the Minister of Foreign Affairs of France requested him to address to the cabinet of Washington the most serious observations on the abuse of authority committed by this of ficer, in illegally detaining the ship Eugenie. He concluded his note with the following re mark: “You will easily comprehend, Mr. 1 Secretary of State, how important it is that ! 1 such occurrences should not be repeated, and that severe blame, at least, should be laid on those who thus considered themselves em powered to substitute arbitrary measures for ; justice; and I doubt not that you will, with ■ out delay, give satisfaction to the just com plaints of the French republic.” This note, unaccompanied as it was by any testimony to justify the charge against Commander Carpen der, was promptly referred to the Navy De partment, for the purpose of ascertaining the facts on which his condemnation was demand j ed. On the 24th May the Secretary of the Navy, in reply, transmitted to this department i all the evidence in his possession, which con ! sisted only of two letters from Commander I Carpender himself, dated, the one New’ Or leans, the 16th November, 1848; the other New York, the 19th May, 1849. In the absence of any evidence of conflicting facts, the President thought that the character of that officer made it incumbent on him to submit to the French minister the explanation given by Commander Carpender, and to express, at the same time, the hope “that they would remove any mis apprehension which might exist on the part of the French government relative to his conduct on the occasion in question.” Tuis note was respectful to the minister, i The explanation which accompanied it show ed that the commander, seeing the French barque Eugenie and her crew in imminent : peril, high up on the rocks of Anton Lizardo, 1 and being appealed to for succor, hastened to i her assistance, with seamen from the Iris ; and i that the captain of the French barque gave up | the charge of his vessel ©n the reef, in order i that the American officer might take the com mand, to save her. At a moment when no 1 other aid could be procured, and when a i norther, so formidable to seamen on that I coast, w as expected, the American commander 1 labored all night with his sailors, got the French barque off the rock, and anchored | her in safety alongside the Iris. The com mander asked for compensation, in the na- I tuie of salvage, for his men who had saved | the barque and her crew from destruction. — jHe was entitled to compensation. So it was i declared by Mr. Clifford, our Minister to Mexico, (date Attorney General of the United i States,) when the matter was referred to him. ! Such, also, we understand, is the opinion of Mr. Johnson, our present Attorney General. But although he had asked and expected to receive salvage, yet (to use his own words) “thirty hours having elapsed without receiv ing an answer, he had already resolved to let the captain resume his charge of her, when he received a note from the consignee saying that he could not act in the matter, as the vessel was not yet in port; and, at the same moment, the captain of the Eugenie coining on board, he returned the vessel to him.” It was under i these circumstances that Mr. Poussin wrote the note of the 28th of May last, which fol | lows: Legation of Fhancf., Washington, May 30, 1849, j Sir ; I received on the 28th of May, the note which you did me the honor to ad i dress to me on the same day, in answer to j mine calling upon the government of the Uni ted States to disavow the conduct of Comman der Carpender, of the American steamship Iris, towards the French ship Eugenie, of Havre, which had run upon the bank of Kiso, near the anchorage of Anton Lizardo. The explanations given by Commander Car pender are not of a nature, Mr. Secretary of ; State, such as to dispel the discontent which his proceedings have caused to my govern ment. He considered, as he says, and he still con siders, that the case was one of salvage; that the rights acquired by him as the saver of the vessel empowered him to keep posses- j sion of her until his extravagant pretensions were fully satisfied; his opinions have little interest in our eyes, when we have oc- 1 casiou to condemn his conduct. I called on the cabinet, at Washington, Mr. Secretary of State, in the name of the French j government, to address a severe reproof to that officer of the American navy, in order that the error which he has committed, on a point involving the dignity of your national marine, might not be repeated hereafter. From your answer, Mr. Secretary of State, I am unfortunately induced to believe that , your government subscribes to the strange i i doctrines professed by Commander Carpen der, of the war steamer Iris ; and I have only to protest, in the name of my government, j against those doctrines. I have the honor to be. with distinguished consideration, vour most obtdient servant. GUILLAUME TELL POUSSIN. I Hon. J. M. Clayton, Secretary of State. There had been, in fact, no doctrine ad vanced in regard to the case of Commander | Carpender, nor was there any indication of | an opinion on the subject of salvage. Mr. Poussin, as if to make out a case for denuncia- ! tion, assumed that “ strange doctrines” had I been adopted by the Executive, which com- j promised the “ dignity of our national marine.” | In his note of May 30th, the French minis- j ter speaks of his previous communication [da ted 12th of May ] in relation to this subject, as i one merely calling upon the government of i the United States to disavow the conduct of I j Commander Carpender. In point of fact, his 1 note of the 12th of May not only demanded j such a disavowal, but insisted that “ severe blame, at least, should be laid on those who I thus considered themselves empowered to 1 substitute arbitrary measures for justice.”— The government might jhave accompanied a disavowal of Commander C rpender’s conduct with a severe censure, but a disavowal of the 1 principle of salvage, or his right to it, would j i not of necessity have implied a severe censure, j Mr, Poussin’s note of the 12th of May was j j not understood, nor could it be interpeted, as ! i demanding merely a disavowal of the lawun- I I der which Commander Carpender claimed j salvage for his crew. To a demand upon the i President to disavow a law of the land, and r the usages of nations under the law of nations, it would have been a sufficient answer to have 1 replied, that it is not the province of the Exe cutive to make or repeal laws it is his duty |to execute them as they actually exist. Mr. i Poussin’s w’as construed to charge Comman i der Carpender with abuse of authority in il | legally detaining the French vessel. It will be observed that the defence of Com , mander Carpender was placed in the hands of 1 the French minister with the expectation of their being forwarded to the French govern ment, and with the hope, expressed by the President, that an inspection of the papers would remove the misunderstanding which existed in regard to his conduct. Mr. Pous sin did not give the cabinet of France an op portunity of deciding the case in its new as pect, but immediately denounced the com mander, without considering his defence which he regarded as matter of Kttle interest in ■ his eyes wlu-u he had occasion tacoudcmu the conduct of an offi -er of the United States. — An imperious refusal to permit uu American officer to be heard in his defence by the gov ernment which a cased, was not made more palatable to the Executive by the contemptu ous sneer that accompanied it. The United . j States government had asked,as an act of com mon justice to a meritorious and faithful offi cer, that he be heard in a matter affecting his ! private and official character; and it was aa i tural to suppose that his conduct in saving a French shr , and abandoning his claim to sal- i vage, would exempt him from censure, though it miglv fail to re the approbation of the ; ; French government. It was felt to be due to | | Commander Carp order that he should not be ; condemned svlth"Ut evidence or a hearing; and a refusal of > common aright was deep ly felt, as unje- t, insolent, and rude. Mr. Mason, the late Secretary of the Navy, in a letter to C'~ ma.:Jer Carpender, dated Nov. 28, 1818, had officially approved his course in this very m.; cr; there was no evidence adduco<' against Mm, and yet Mr. Poussin de cides that he had committed an act which derogated from “ the dignity of the national marine," and proceeds to implicate the Ame rican government in the discreditable conduct of its officer. He protests against the action of the American Executive in the name of the French government, thus presenting himself before the President and his cabinet as having been commissioned to lecture them upon what concerns the dignity and honor of our nation al marine. On the receipt of this extraordinary letter the Presiden'determined to submit Mr. Pous sin’s correspondence to the French govern ment, without assuming to prescribe the course which that government should adopt under such peculiar circumstances towards a friendly power; and Mr. Poussin, was duly advised of this determination. In coming j to the decision, the President was actuated by a profound reg :rd for the existing friendly j relations with a sister republic, and a sincere ! desire that those relations should continue i undisturbed. Accordingly, the whole cor respondence was communicated to his excel i lency,the Min Foreign'Affairs of France, 1 on the Bth of July, by Mr. Kush. At length, finding it apparent that the French government wholly refused to redress the wrong inflicted by the French minister, the President felt himself constrained to ter minate Mr. Poussin’s official intercourse with this government, and thus preclude an oppor-. tunity which might be again abused. The '-elation* thus terminated between the minister of France and the American govern ment do not imply or necessarily lead to a cold cr hostile intercommunication between the two governments. In the case of Mr. i Jackson, minister of Great Britain, whose re : lations w ; th this government were terminated I by Mr. Madison in 1809, in a more perempto ! ry manner, and for less pointed insult, no dif ficuity arose between this country and Eng i land. At another time we may refer to that misunderstanding more at lengih: but suffice it to say for the present, that, unless Francois , emulous of a difficulty with this country—of ! which we have no evidence in anything that | has hitherto transpired—no disturbance of the | friendly relations between this and that coun i try can possibly occur. In putting an end to the official relations of | Mr. Poussin with the United States, the Exe ; cutive has informed both the government of 1 France and the Lite minister of France, that | any communication through any other chan l nel will be respectfully received and consider | ed> {Telegraphed for the Baltimore Arrival of the Steamer Cambria. ONE WEEK LATER FROM EUROPE. RAVAGES OF THE CHOLERA IN ENG LAND, IRELAND, FRANCE, sc. S\D NEWS FROM HUNGARY. The Hungarian Loaders Captured. m PARDON TO GEORGEY. AFFAIRS OF FRANCE. Condition of the Markets, Sec. We received at 12 o'clock last night, the fol lowing telegraphic dispatch from our express i agent at St. John, N. B. St. John, Sept. 20 —6 P. M. The steamer Cambria, Captain Leitch, arriv ed at Halifax lasc evening, at 6 o’clock, bring -1 ing dates from Liverpool to the Bth inst., and London tr tne 7th. The overland express from Il.ili ix reached here this afternoon, bringing London and Liverpool papers, from which I -aako up the following summary of the intelligence brought by her. The Cholera in Europe. The Chole a is greatly on the increase throughout England. The deaths in London for the week ending on the Bth was 7,793, of which 1,033 wore of cholera. The deaths in i Liverpool are still greater, in proportion to the number of inh: atents, for the week. It |is also on the increase in Dublin. Several distinguished persons have died with it in j Paris and othir pari* of France. Vienna and j Berlin are suffering more than in Paris. In j Berlin the deaths are more than 40 per day. The mark.oss are dull and without change. The weather for harvesting continues fine i throughout Great Britain. Trade is active in all departments, and era | ployraent in the manufacturing districts abun j dant. ! The royal family are still sojourning in Scot i land, but were to return to London on the ! 13th. Austria and Hungary. Comorn and Peterwarden still hold out | against the Imperial forces; the former com- 1 manded by Klapka and the latter by Riel.— The Russian General Berg had a long inter view with Riel, on the 23d ultimo, which re j suited in the Hungarian General going to Haynau to arrange terms foi capitulation.— i i The impregnable position of Comorn induces i Klapka to demand good conditions. A letter received from Vienna, of the 31st ' ultimo, states that several Magyar chiefs had i been executed, among them an Ex-Minister of j Austria, who had proved recreant to his coun j try, and that one General had been hung and : another shot. Kossuth’s mother and his 1 children, and the wives ar-1 children of seve ral Magyar chiefs, had arrived as prisoners at Press burg. The greater portion of the Russian army was marching towards Qallicia, but General Rumeger’s corps is to icmain at Nichola.— Grosswarden, Budah and Pesth, are to have each a garrison of 3000 men. The Hungarian corps of Perezel entered Cnova, bu f the Turkish authorities refuse! to receive them until they had laid down their arms. Qporgey’s surrender was known at Comorn | on the 18th, and a summons was sent to the garrison by the imperialists either to follow the example of Georgey or offer terms of capit- i ulation. Kiapka, and those members of the late Hungarian diet, who had declared that the i house of Hapsburg had forfeited all claim to the throne of Hungary, were conveyed to Pesth. A letter from Vienna states that the Empe- ; ror of Austria had pardoned Georgey, who ha ; f departed for Styris, where he intended to re- ( . side. The Imperialist forces entered Vienna on the 27th. Prussia and Austria. The German question seems about to be settled. There is to be a directory to govern the confederation, the members of which are to be provided by the Vienna and Munich cabinets, and will labor for the common inte rests of the whole of Germany. The presi dency of the directory will be chosen alter nately by Austria and Prussia. The Austrian Government is endeavoring to persuade the Arch Duke John to resign his I position as Vicar of the Empire. | The Frankfort correspondent of a London paper writes on the 31st, that there is little doubt that a Congress will be held there the j ensuing week for the purpose of finally arrang ing the German question. The Committee of the Chamber of Olden burg have unanimously decided to reject the 1 proposition to join the confederation proposed j | by Prussia, Saxony and Hanover. France. | The Paris Moniteur publishes a decree, re | instating seventy-one Lieutenant Generals and j fourteen Major Generals, who were placed on | the retired list by the Provisional Government ; j of the February revolution. The French Government continues to re | fuse passports to the German refugees, who were passing through France en route for America. Gen. Oudinot is expected to arrive at Paris on the 20th. The appointment of Lucien Murat, as Am bassador to Madrid, is considered an act of conciliation to the two parties in the Cabinet. Rome. Savelli, the Pope’s Minister of the Interior, has arrived and installed himself head of the police and entirely under control of the French authorities. His first decree is concerning the paper money, and guarantees the notes of the State for their declared value, and imposes tine and imprisonment on all who refuse to take them. A military commission has been established for re-orgamzing the Roman troops. All pro motions since November are annulled until a commission shall have reported on the con duct of each man. The Triumverites and Cardinals have substituted a commission for the purpose of prosecuting the authors of the outrages committed against religion during the revolutionary period. Rostolan, the successor of Oudinot, has as sumed the command of the French army of occupation, A Te Deum has been sung in all the churches of Russia, in honor of the triumphs in Hungary. The Emperor of Russia was at Warsaw on the 20th. The Aus'rians have evacuated Medina, the last place they occupied in the Piedmontese territory. Commercial Summary. Liverpool, Sept. Bth.—ln the early part of the week the market for cotton was inactive, yielding slightly in favor of buyers in the middling and lower classes of American, but without change in the better glades. In oth er descriptions more activity prevails. The sales of the week amount to 36,280 bales, of which speculators took 8,540 American, and f exporters 6,070 bales. To-day the sales amounted to 7,000 bales of all kinds. Up lands range at 4$ a 5Jd; New Orleans 4| for middling and lower classes; Alabama 5 a 5|J. The imports of the week were 6,093 bales.— The demand was brisk on the day the steam er sailed, and the market closed firm. Breadstupps.—The trade at the Corn Ex change has been dull, with but little altera tion in prices. Wheat and corn are taken sparingly. [Our correspondent here has, from some cause or other, omitted giving the quo tations of flour and wheat.] There has been a more favorable feeling towards Indian corn. The best round yellow Is worth 265, and flat 25s 6d, and white 28s per quarter of 480 pounds. Provisions.—Bacon is in better request; Prime Mess Pork sells freely at 35 a 38s; new 455, for fair quality. Beef is in better demand \ without any change in prices. American prime Butter 35a a very | dull at a slight decline. The money market, beyond the fact of its | continued firmness, admits of no further re | mark. Consuls 92i a 925. FURTHER BY STEAMER CAMBRIA. We have a few additional items of intelli gence by the steamer Cambria, with the ex ception of a more detailed account of the mar kets : Italy. Th* Surrender op Venice. —Venice was taken possession of by the Imperialists on the 27th. The Gazette of the 26th publishes an order ' of the Government regulating the departure | by sea of persons who intend to avail them- j | selves of the articles of capitulation. Those I who desire to proceed to Corfu, Patmos, or Alexandria, in Egypt, will be conveyed at the i expense of the Austrian Government. For ail other places the expense of the voyage . must be defrayed by the parties themselves. The Political Refugees. Os the 10,000 political refugees that were in i Switzerland, only 8,000 remain there. The Cholera in England. The number of deaths in London for the j week ending on the Blh inst., was but 2,796, i ' instead of 7,79 6, as reported yesterday, of which 1,663 were of cholera. Markets and Harvest. The markets are dull, without much change. The weather for harvesting was fine in all Great Britain, j The Liverpool Journal of the Bth says ; The I harvest has been nearly safely housed, and is j | pronounced abundant, as the potato isredun- | dant, and is so far exempt from rot. Trade is active, if not lucrative, and em ployment in the manufacturing districts a waits all who desire it. Bills drawn by the Spanish Government on j a town in Italy, for half a million of rials, for : the payment of the troops forming the Span | ish expedition, have been returned protested. Lord Elgin has been created a Baron, The Markets. Liverpool Cotton Market, Sept. Bth. 1 The early part of the week presented a dull and inactive market, 3'ielding rather in favor of buyers of the middle and lower classes of j American, but without change in the better ■ grades, which have been taken very freely for ; export. In other descriptions more activity ; prevails. On Thursday and this morning our ; holders are firmer, showing less disposition to j operate, and we close with our quotations the j same as on Friday last—the sales of the day j being several thousand bales of all kinds. Speculators have taken 8540 b iles of Arne i rican, 1690 of other lots, and exporters 6070 of American, 1300 Peruvian, 40 Egyptain.and 1 660 Surat. The trade taken only 18,189 bales this week. The imports this week are 6600 bales, and the sales reach 36,280 bales, viz: I 620 bales Sea Island a IS; 40 stained do. a 7; 860 Upland 4i a SJ; 14,020 New Or leans 4| a 7; 6,120 Alabama 5 a 61.47 Q Per- I nambuco 6\ a 6s, 330 Maranbam a SJ; 50 i | West India 5 Smyrna ss; 650 Egyptain 6 a 84, 4880 Madras a 4|, Imports to this date. 1849. 593,830. i Latrst Cotton Marks?, Sept. B.—There 1 | was a brisk demand this morning, with the ■ market steady and prices firm, from I 6000 to 7000 bales, of which 2000 wore lor ; exportation at full prices. Liverpool Corn* Exchange, Sept. Bth* The trade this morning was dull, but there was little alteration in the value of any arti cle. Wheat and Flour were taken sparingly, j and there was little chance of good fresh qualities. w London Money Market, Friday, Sept, 7th. —Beyond the fact of continued firmness there is nothing to remark upon in connection with the market. Consols remain at to 92|; the reduced three per cents 93J to 94J; bank stock has been firm at 200; Exchequer bills have been marked 39s to 42s prem., and India bonds 73s to 78s prem. Money is rather on the advance. It has j been worth 3 per cent. In the stock market the best bills are now discounted at 2£ per | cent, whilst 3 per cent is required for others, through also good papers, and 2 per cent is readily paid for it on call, i A tresh panic seems to have seised the rail : way market, and prices again declined se : riously. | TH ir®S! IT UTKIN A LIST. (Georgia. TUESDAY MORNING, SEPT. 25. DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION. FOR GOVERNOR, I GEORGE W. TOWNS. FOR REPRESENTATIVES, gen. valentine walker. JOHN PHINIZV, JR. Democratic Nominations for the Senate Ist. Dig. THOMAS PURSE, of Chatham. 4th “ Dr. THOS. R. DUNHAM, of Camden. sth “ WILLIAM JONES, of Lowndes. 7th - W. H. R AWLS, ol Bulloch. 1 Bth “ GEO. W. BOSTON, of Effingham. 10th “ ROBERT HIGDEN, of Laurens. 12th “ CHAS. I. MI’NNERLVN, of Decatur. 13th “ RICHARD H. CLARK, of Baker. 17th “ WM. B. BRYANT, of Houston. ; 18th “ Maj J. W. G. SMITH, of Talbot. 20th “ SAM’L.T. BAILEY, of Bibb. :21st “ R K. DICKSON, of Jefferson. ! 25th “ ALBERT O. MOSELEY, of Putnam. '26th “ ALLEN COCHRAN, of Monroe. 2£th “ IRA E. SMITH, of Coweta. 31st “ JOHN D. STELL, of Fayette, i 32d “ DAVID J. BAILEY,of Butts. 39th “ CHAS. MURPHY, of DeKalb. 41st “ JOSEPH E. BROWN, of Cherokee. 42d “ Coi. IRA R. FOSTER, of Forsyth. 143 d “ W. B. WOFFORD, of Habersham. 44th •' WM. WOOD, of Lumpkin, j 47th •' JAS. M. SPURLOCK, of Floyd. 49th “ Col. E. CHISOLM, of Paulding. Rail Road Convention- We w.mld remind our citizens that the Con vention which recently assembled in Macon, adjourned to meet in this city on the fourth Wednesday of this month, (26th inst.) From ; a letter received in this city, we learn that the ! Macon Delegation has been authorized, on the j part of her citizens, to subscribe $50,000 to ! wards the contemplated Road, with certain | conditions, which, with the sum taken by J. I D. Gray & Co. will reach about $200,000 from | Bibb county. Putnam county we learn, has raised about SIOO,OO0 —Jones county not heard 1 from. This looks like a very favorable start, and with unanimity of feeling on the part of the Convention, is almost a guarantee for the ear j ly completion of the Road. Tho French Difficulty. We give in this raornmg’s paper, from the , Washington Republic (den. Taylor’s organ) | the official account of the causes that induced I the administration to refuse to recognise long er M. Poussin, as the Representative of France j to the United States. We have no room this morning for remarks, but will leave our readers to form their own 1 opinions. Since writing the above, the mall of last , evening brings us the following in the Nution , al Intelligencer of the 21st inst. one day later i than the Republic. “The French avEsxio.v —In consequence of the general interest, mingled with some anxiety, excited by the conflicting reports that have been spread over the country in advance of the mails, of the misunderstanding which has led to the termination of the diplomatic intercourse between the government of the U. States and M. Poussin, the minister of France —and to prevent the exaggeration of the cir i cumstance by public rumor—the President has been induced to consent to the publication of the papers which comprise the official history of the case. The papers are placed at our dis position for the purpose, and will occupy a large space in our paper of to morrow." The National Intelligencer makes no allusion to the exposition of the Republic, and takes no notice of it. The following are the new officers for the ensuing year of the Grand Lodge of the In dependent Order of Odd Fellows of the Uni | ted States, now in session at Baltimore, who were duly installed on Tuesday morning last; P. G. M. Robert IT. Griffin, of Georgia, Grand Sire; P. G. M. A. S. Kellogg, of Michigan, Deputy Grand Sire; P. G, M. James L, Ridg ley, of Maryland, Grand Recording Secretary ; P. M. G. Andrew E. Warner, of Maryland Grand Treasurer. They will coninue iu sqs sion about one week, having the difficulty among their brethren of New York to dispose of in gome way. Maine Election.—The Augusta Age con tains returns tor Governor from 353 townships and 47 plantations, with the following re- ■ suits, vij|. Hubbard, Detn., 36,023 ; Hamlin, W., 27,734; Talbot (Soil) and scattering, 7741. Hubbard is elected, by a majority of about 1200 all others. Compared with the Presidential vote last November, the Democrats have last, in tho above townships and plantation*, 2313; the Whigs, 6728; tho Free Soilers 4071, or more than one-third of their capital. Nineteen townships and 29 plantations to be hoard from. Senate. —Fourteen Democratic and 12 Whig [ Senators are elected. Five vacancies, which 1 will be fill*} hjr witU D3mo . j >—»—j—"l™— — 11 f crats. So the full Senate will stand, ] r,; i crats and 12 Whigs. House. —Eighty-seven Democrat-. v ,, ( Whigs and Free Soilers, are elected i members to be heard from. I Joint Ballot, —A Democratic ma orii y „ j tween 30 and 40, which secures the e U of a Democratic XJ. S. Senator, in p\ Hannibal Hamlin, of the same f, lin.s v term of service expires on the 4th of | 1851. 'i Southern Whiff Anti-Slavery Seati^. i The Southern whig press is very * .. : “ | in its appeals for Southern support f r I: Taylor, because Northern free-sellers v him with being favorable to the ester . ■ the slave power. They allege that tb x ern democrats and free-soilers a:- v.: . oppose him and his administration r, I ground, and that this is the basis of th -- tion. These deceitful appeals harej.,^, 1 cious little effect so far upon the people, judging from the election- he’ * 1 the “no-party, proscription hating" p res ; and his Wilmot Proviso and Abolition r. net were installed. The Southern whig presses tell t! eu , )V , this story to catch Southern votes. \V ‘- the Northern whig journals say- T, their readers that there : s not a word in the allegation. They assert that r s( . ni , Taylor and his administration are r.>t f. hie to the extension of the Slave pou >■. assert that opposition to the extension of j slave power is the very soul of That the whig party is the original frpc-. 5 party. The Northern whig presses ever , lish declarations made by Gen. IV he is utterly poised to the further e tens slavery, as he considers slavery a gv t :: r . and political evil. Here is what a Northern whig L-iu : are the opinions Gen. Taylor exj ; North. The editor of the Butler county f J a .) \u , ■ states that during the recent visit of G, n i lor to Pittsburg, in response to cert; n n, ~ gallons on the subject, the President r in substance as follows: “ Although a slaveholder himself', he ,-. .. , very as a o real moral arid political evil, and w infinitely rejoiced if it t cere utterly e.rtin L ii s , u, did not believe that Congress possessed the «m, tional right to interfere with slavery m the t \ . wherein it now exists: but it had the r> t hould exercise it. to prevent its extension dr i lory nowfree. Since he had left Washing: i, received a letter informing him that not,r -, , , given to the government that the people of ( were about to form n State constiluti n, the slavery prohibition, and would apt sion into the Union at an early day. He , t his gratification at this, and declared (,■ •! I receive his cordial sanction, as HE iv A SITTER | LY HOSTILE TO THE IXTRODH 7 o or SLA VERY INTO THE AE it 7 ; iu = TORIES.” The editor says that this report of hi-; ie - marks is given by n prominent frits. ;jCL . • Taylor at Pittsburg. 1 Now' this Northern whig editor is probe 1 quite as respectable and us worthy oi be.-*fs. 5 any whig editor iu Georgia. So probub.v - the distinguished Pittsburg whig who report: ‘ the remarks to the editor. 1 We quote the above to uhow two thin-, • Ist. That if the Northern democrats and free 1 soilers do charge Gen. Taylor with being it 5 vorable to the extension of the slave p w«r, ‘ the Northern whigs deny the charge as un true, and have good reasons for the denial. I 2d. That the Northern whigs supper Qtn. ; Taylor because he is opposed to tho b uthei > ■ policy on the slave question, and sidos with the North on the Wilmot Proviso. We offset the assertions of the Northern op ponents as to Gen. Taylor’a/awnny the South* ern policy on slavery extension, l>3’ the a<*ser tions of his Northern supporters, that be ; opposed to that extension. We back the Ist ; ■ ter by Gen. Taylor’s declarations. In conclusion, we would ask, Does the Hoc Edward \. Hill, the whig candidate for Go* ’ ernor of Georgia, coincide with Gen, Taylor in the sentiments expressed by birr, at Pitts t j b ur g? The people of Georgia are entitled to i know what are the opinions us candidates .os .! s 0 bigh an office. The sentiments expressol ■ by Gen. T aylor are the sentiments of a larg« . number of whigs in Georgia. Is Judge Hill on of them f He has refused to answer the que 3 tions of the Jones and Putnam Committee -1 s he afraid to let his opinions be known I 11.I 1 . ( locks so. His silence is an insult to the peo pie. It is a violation of the principle thattL : people have a right to know the opinions o. . those who seek office at their hands. Jud*-- j Hill cannot trifle with that sacred principle, c-r , ; play Mi’M with impunity upon questions oi ■ consequence to every slave-holding State • I A New Fsbnck Minister.—The New Y A | Tribune is informed that M. Poussin's mil. . has been decided on by the French Gore/n j meat, independent with his difficulty with th« | | Cabinet at Washington. M. de Montholon, the son of Gen. Montholon, is said to b<- j named his successor. It will be seen (says t! i Baltimore Sun) that the information given f one ol our Washington correspondents cov . ; firm this statement. Methouisx Church r-KoPEntr.—-Re v j s , H- B. Bascom, A.L. P. Green and C. R p ara ot; i formally give notice in the N as’nvlile C’ 1 J tian Advocate, on behalf Q f the * Church South, that, “'UVider the rnanagemeni oi abxe counsoi, suLg Lave been brought 'theLnited States Circuit Courts, for Nev» York, Pennsylvania and Ohio, in view of » fair and final adjustment of the property ques j tion, ao long in controversy between the Nor I and Southern Methodist Churches.' Citt Mortality . —ln Baltimore dunag ti s : week ending on Saturday last, there were 111 deaths, of which number 65 were children under 10 years of age. In New York the deaths last week number ; ed 378, of wflich 36 were by cholera, 65 by dysentery, 21 by diarrhoia, inflammation oi bowels 10, cholera infantum 23—total 155. In Boston the deaths were 160, of which 44 were cholera, dysentery 21, diarrhoea 3, chol era Infantum 6, disease of bowels 21—total ■ 95. i In Philadelphia the deaths were 207, of | which 4 were by cholera, 28 dysentery, 8 di- I arrboia.
