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ONE BOIL 111 PER ANNIE!, IN ADVANCE YOL. 2 THE DOLL H NEWS. PUBLISHED IN SAVANNAH EVERY SATURDAY EVENING BY WILLIAM T. THOMPSON. TERMS OP THE NEWS. “Dollar News (Weekly) One dollar per annum, iu advance. Daily Morning News (Morning and Evening edi tions) Five dollars per annum, balf-yearlyjn ad vance. Tri-Weekly Morning News (Morning and even ing editions) Three dollars per annum, iu advance Uliatliam County Election. The following is the result of the election held in this county on'Monday for Governor, Representative in Congress and members of the Legislature. We will only remark that the election was conducted with the most perlect order throughout the day, not a single disturbance occurring at the polls or in the city. It will be seen that the contest was a very close one aud resulted in the election of the entire Dem ocratic ticket. The following is the vote. For Governor. Herschel V. Johnson, (Dein.) 097 Garnett Andrews, (American) 921 B. 11. Overby, (Temperance) 28 Scattering. 1 Johnson’s majority 47. For Congress. James L. Seward, (Dem.) 089 S. M. Varnadoe, (American; 920 Seward’s majority 69 For Senator. James P. Screven, (Dem.) 967 Edward C. Anderson, (American) 931 Screven’s majority 36 For Representatives. Wra. H. Stiles, (Dem.) 972 Alexander U. Lawton, (Dem.) 96,7 C. A. L. Lamar, (American; 924 Francis S. Bartow, (American) 921 Stiles’ majority over Lamar 48 Lawton’s maj.over Bartow 46. The vote for no-removal was 1607 ; for re moval to Macon, 97 ; to Savannah, 87 ; to At lanta 38, and to blank and scattering 33. REPORTS FROM OTHER COUNTIES. We learn by passengers and the Express Agent on the eleven o’clock train last night, that Johnson’s majority in Waynesboro’ is 67. At station No. 1, C. It. It., Overby is re ported to have received 18 votes out of 100. In Eiiingham County there was a tie vote for Senator aud Governor—the Democratic Representatives were elected. Passengers who came through last night from Augusta, report that at all ihe stations on the road the accounts were in favor of the Democratic candidate for Governor. From Macon. A despatch from Macon says: The Amer ican majority iu Bibb County is from 100 to 150, notwithstanding a fraud of 100 against us in the Warrior District. The majorities in the adjoining counties are as follows: In Spaulding 33 for Andrews, and 54 for Trippe ; in Monroe, 275 to 300 for the Amer ican candidates; in Taylor, 80, in three pre cincts, 48 for Andrews, and 54 for Hawkins ; iu Fort Valley precinct, in Houston, 43 for Andrews and 75 for Trippe. No majority for Johnson. Later trout Maun. A later despatch from Macon says: In Bibb County the American ticket is elected by a small majority. Monroe County gives 275 majority for the Americans. In Pike and Taylor Counties there have been large gains on the same side. The American majority in Fort Valley is 75. Spaulding County gives 75 majority for Andrews. From Augusta. A despatch from the Augusta Constitution alist says: The vote in Richmond Couuty is, for Andrews, 1,070; for Johnson, 720; for Overby 66. Lamar’s majority over Stephens is 176. We have reports of large gains for Johnson in Columbia, Burke, and Jefferson Counties. From Atlanta. A despatch from Atlanta says : 1291 votes were polled in Atlanta. 839 had been count ed out at the date of the despatch. Andrews was then 7 votes ahead of Johnson and Over by. 452 votes yet to be counted. The entire American ticket for the Legislature is elected by 200 majority. Improvement in tlie Hugucrrean Art. In no department of art has greater ad vancement been made, or American genius achieved greater perfection than iu the art of photography, for the discovery of the first principles of which the world is indebted to M. Daguerre, of the French academy.— Among the more recently discovered pro cesses, is one called Ambrctyping, by which the most beautiful and perfect pictures are produced, We learn from a friend that Mr. Cary', who has been long and favorably known iu Savannah, as amoug'the most ac complished Daguerrian artists in the country has, during his present visit to the Northern cities made arrangements for introducing this and other improved modes of taking pictured in his Daguerrean establishment in this city, which will be re-opened on his return, in the course of a few days. The Wreck of the Mrtallak. —The brig Zenobia, which arrived at New York from this port on Tuesday last, reports ; Sept. 21, off Cape Henry, 30 miles, saw wreck of brig Metallak, (of Bath) from Savannah, waterlogged and abandoned, with mainmast gone ; saw a steamer a few hours previously steering in her direction ; supposed she took off the crew. £t will be recollected that the steamship Knoxville, which arrived on the 22d, reported having passed this wreck on the 20th, at 2 I*. M. We have heard nothing since in relation to the safety of the crew. Loss of the Brig Montag a letter j from a correspondent at lills, Fla., i we learn that the brig Mofitague, from a j Northern port, bound to St. Mary’s, went j ashore about twenty miles south of St. j John’s bar on the night of the 25th September, j The vessel will prove a total wreck. No I goods on boards. Unmitigated Scoundrelism. —We learn ( that the rooms of the Needlewoman’s Friend ; Society on Drayton street, were broken into j sometime between Saturday night and Mon- j day morning, and robbed of a small amount of change that was iu the drawer and thirty or forty shirts, besides some other ar ticles beloAiug to the Society. It is to be hpped thatpie villain who is base enough to “plunder a benevolent society will be discov ered aud punished according to bis deserts. “ That Ruinous Mismanagemnt.”— The At -1 anta Intelligencer of the 21st says,a check for another cool $5£,000 left this place yester day, for the State Treasury, as a fourth in stalment of tho State Road earnings, making the ruinous sum of $150,000 paid since the first of January. Tlie Atlanta Bank. The Augusta Constitutionalist, es Saturday, says: There was a rumor in town vesterday that the Atlanta Bank had failed. We understand two gentlemen passed through this city on Wednesday, on their return to Chicago. They had taken to Atlanta aud Griffin about one hundred thousand dollars of the notes issued j by the banks in both cities. The amount on j the Bank of Grillin was promptly redeemed in specie. But a small portion of the Atlanta Bank bills were redeemed, and they'left the remainder, under protest, in the hands of an attorney. -• | Since the refusal of the Chicago baukers to | take Georgia money, it has been coming back uppon the banks for redemption. The Chi- J cage Tribune, of the 22d, notices the depar- I ture from that city of a geutleuian with $178,- I 000 of Georgia Wild Cat notes, for which he would demand the specie at the banks, and within a few weeks there have been present ed at the Atlanta Bank, and the Interior Bank of Griffin, over sf> >.600 of their re demption. Tlit i omiiml capital of these I?wo banks is SBOO,OOO, of which $787,000 is owned by George Smith. Their aggregate circula tion was $1,877,845. The principle on which these banks have been doing business—that of issuing a large amount of notes, with only a fictitious capital to sustain them, is one which, sooner or later, must inevitabitv end iu failure. It is a course which is universally condemned iu all well regulated financial communities ; and it is rendered still more obnoxious in the present case, where the notes of these institutions are sent hundreds of miles away from the place of issue and entirely out of the course of trade of this section. The people of the northwest seem at last to have awakened to the great danger attending this description of bank notes, backed by no capi tal or security except the responsibility of a single individual, whose estate, however am ple, in case of his death would not be held lia ble. Acting up >u this view of the uncertain ty attending these bank notes, they have de termined to drive home this circulation, even at a loss to themselves. The result is shown in the failure of one of the principal of the Wild Cat banks, the first one established in this State. The Bank of Milledgeville, the Cherokee Insurance and Banking Cos., and the Atlanta Bank, have thus yielded to the inevitable fate of such corporations.— There are still four of these institutions in our State, the Merchants’ Bank, at Macon ; the Bank of the Interior, at Griffin; the Plan ters’ aud Mechanics’ Bank, at Dalton, and the La Grange Bank, at La Grange. This war between the Chicago bankers and George Smith has occasioned large drafts of specie from the New York banks, one of which sent $50,000 in Specie to Atlanta and Griffin on Wednesday last. Such a state | of things could not long continue, as Mr. j Smith would find it very difficult to force his ! circulation among the farmers and merchants 1 of the West after the principal bankers j there had refused to tuko it. Dcuth of Mrs. Barbee, i We are pained to record the death of Mrs. J. V. Barbee, which took place a little after 12 o’clock on Friday night. Our readers will remember that by an explorstob ui’go about three weeks since, this unfortunate lady re ceived a severe injury, while her child about two vearsold,was so shockingly mangled that it died a few hours after the accident. Mrs. Barbee, who was near her accouchmeut, had her ankle crushed in a most shocking man ner, besides receiving other severe injuries. After weeks of suffering and ‘peril, her case gave promise of a favorable termination, when on Saturday night last, symptoms of tetanus made their appearance, aud resisting all medical remedies, resulted in her death last night. This melancholy case has excited the deepest sympathies of many in our com munity. We learn that her infant child is doing well. From Norfolk. A letter from Dr. Read, received in this city yesterday, dated Norfolk, September 22, says— “ The fever is still raging without abate ment. Last night was the black-night of the season—there were nineteen deaths between sunset and sunrise. Four of them were prominent men. Twenty-five died in Ports mouth yesterday. We are all tired and worn out and will leave for home us soon as the pestilence here will permit. 1 shall come home by New York. I send the negroes back in charge of Mr. Skinner, by Railroad. He will scarcely get off before the fourth or fifth of October. We are all well at pre sent.” John Forsyth, Esq., the able editor of the Mobile Register at present on a visit North, writes to his paper from New York : What I have seen here has all been calcula ted to make me calm, thoughtful and serious. I find all parties (especially the Know No things, or rather what is left of it) thoroughly Abolitionized, and the only living elemeut of fidelity to the Constitution and to the South residing in the Democracy. If the Demo cratic principle of faith does not save the Union, it will not be saved. I care not for names, and when I say Democratic, I mean the Democratic principle of construction of Constitutional obligations between the United States and the States. TnE Union. —According to the Journal of Commerce, a “Senator of one of the Southern States, lately said to us, that if the solid peo pie of both sections did not speedily agree to something that would quiet excitement on the subject of slavery, the ill feeling now gen erated by agitators on both sides would pro duce so much alienation, that it would be im possible to apply a remedy. He hoped that j the shock would come early, so that there j might be some fraternal feeling to which pa- I triotism could appeal.” ! Sudden Death.— Henry Willard, M. D., of | Boston, died suddenly on Wednesday night, j at about eight o’clock, at a political meeting | of the American party, in Redmond Hall.— i Dr. W. was a delegate to the Worcester Con i vention, and had given some account of that meeting, when, upon concluding, he resumed I his seat, and in a minute or two swooned I away, and apparently fainted. lie wdMhi : mediately laid down, and all possible elmrts i made by his friends to revive him, but he ex pired iu a few’ moments. The doctor had long beeu troubled w'ith a difficult respiration, when walking or exerting himself, and had often spoken of his complaint, to his medical friends. He was aot at all excited in his re marks. He w'as invariably a culm man, mod erate and sedate in all liis movements, and never more so than in his last remarks. “Foreign” Military Companies. —Gov. Minor, of Connecticut, has ordered .the dis banding of all military companies iii the State composed of making an exception in lavor of company of New Haven. The Adjutant General, however, has refused to promulgate the order, so it falls to the ground. V \ \ggV te-1 1 fl. / / a? Ay TnnjTl—• -I- • :• 5 j ?•'•*’ ; ; "Tr SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER (>, 1555.. Fall of Sebastopol. The news of the capture of Sebastopol by the Allies, which reached this city by tele graph about five o’clock on Thursday even ing, produced quite a sensation among all classes of our community, and it was not un til the receipt of the fuller accounts, late at night, that general credence was given to the report. The accounts by the previous steam er had not prepared the public mind for such ati event, and the meagreuess and unsatisfac tory character of the first dispatch left much room for doubt as to the reliability of the news. There was, too, an evident un willingness in the minds of many to believe that the resolute, heroic and long en during defence of the Russians had resulted in so sudden and disastrous a catastrophe.— But the subsequent dispatches giving the details of the conflict on the Bth, establish the fact that the combined armies,if they have not in reality taken the town ugainbt which tuen-utmost i*ui easing fire has been directed for nearly a ytar, have at least gained an im portant advantage over their obdurate and unyielding foe. This advantage however, has been achieved by an immense loss of life, and by the most desperate valor. Whether the victory is worth the blood it has cost, and whether it brings them any nearer to the accomplishment of the great object for which they have so persistently and heroically con tended—the destruction of Russian pow'er iu the Crimea—remains to be seen. A few weeks will show whether the allied troops are in a better position iu possession of the Southern ruins of Sebastopol, than they were in their entrenched camp. The accounts we have received are from the French and English side; but even from their showing, it is, perhaps, too much to say that Sebastopol bus fallen, or that Gortscua koff has been defeated. The Southern cir cuit of defences has beeu destroyed, and the “ blood-stained ruins” arc in the posses sion of the Allies, but the Russians still hold the Northern fortresses, which command the bay aud the ruins they have left. They are still strong in numerical force; and if the Northern heights are as strougly fortified us we are told they are by the American writer whose interesting letter we publish in an. other columu to-day, their dislodgement from their new position will be as difficult as has been their expulsion from the MulukofT and the Redan. But all this, time will show, and all prog nostics aud speculations on the subject, as well us upon the proable course of events to ibilow, are idle and unprofitable. Mighty as are the powers that are involved iu this great struggle, neither of them are capable to con trol the events in which they are but actors, nor to foresee the great political and moral results to which they tend. A mightier than Kings or Emperors directs the progress of events to the certain accomplishment of His own inscrutable purposes. These, time will reveal. Since the above was in type we have re. ceived further telegraphic advices which fully confirm us iu the opiui n that tlis Allies have gained very little if any advantage by the cap ture of the Southern defences of Sebastopol, u twtwsa t. doned the battle-worn and almost untenable fortifications of the South ouly to place him self in a stronger position ou the North side of the city. It is highly probable that the Russians have been preparing for this move ment iu anticipation of the attack of the Al lies. Kansas Emigration and the Slavery Question. —The committee appointed by the late Lexington (Missouri) Convention have issued an address to the people ol the United States, denouncing the sending of emigrants to Kansas by societies in the free States, as dangerous and calculated to circumscribe slavery to its present limits, and defeat the true intention of the Nebraska bill. The ad dress also declares that the rejection of Kan sas as a slave State would be a gross insult to the South ; an assertion that slavery is in compatible with the republicanism, and an equivocal step towards disunion. The docu ment is signed by J. A. Naptonjate Supreme Judge ; Sterling Price, the present Governor of Missouri, and Mordecai Oliver, a member of Congress from that State. Nothing, says an English paper, could exceed the attention of Louis Napoleon to his royal guest. On leaving Boulogne, the Queen suddenly perceived she had left be hind a favorite lap-dog, and expressed her very great regret thereat. No notice was takeu apparently beyond sympathy, but elec tricity and steam wore made to perform their most impossible feats, and when the Qneeu entered her boudoir at St. Cloud, the first thing she saw was her lap-dog, that jumped forward to meet her. A Small Business.— We observe says the New York Sun that six companies of militia, composed chiefly of persons of Irish birth, are to be disbanded in Connecticut. No cause except their being thus composed, is assigned for this step, as far as we have yet learned. If no other cause exists, the disbanding is a small business. These men are free to own arms, form volunteer companies, aud learn military drill, und we do not sue that great wisdom is shown in casting suspicion ou their loyalty to the State or to the Republic. Hartford, Sept. 25.—Governor Miner re moved, to day, Adjutant General Hodge, on the ground that he refused to obey the Gov ernor’s order, disbanding the liish compa nies. Cupt. J. D. Williams of this city, has received the appointment, and has issued the order disbanding the six Irish companies of the State. Freedom of the Press.— The Rochester American thinks young ladies should never object to being kissed by editors ; they should make every allowance for the freedom of the press! Atseena Otie, East Florida, ) September 21, 1855. Mr. Wm. T. Thompson, Editor of the Dollar News—Dear Sir :—1 am so well pleased with your paper I send yon two dol lars to renew my subscription, which I find has run out. The crops here, owing to ihe recent wet summer, have not turned out ex tra, the Cotton particularly, and your market will find purchasers for Corn notwithstanding you have heard such glowing accounts from Florida. I will need none from abroad, owing to tho fact that I planted tho article largely. 1 am sorry to say that not many of our planters heeded the teachings of last year. They did not plant as they should have done for a sur plus, those who move ou this year might-have hud it near them. New set tlers will find a scarcity of Corn, as next spring will show. The crops of Cotton, too, will be light,—no increase on last, year if it is as good,—and last year was a failure with many iu Florida. 1 shall do better, but I charge it to favorableuess of situation, luck and hard work, Yours, Ac., J. T. T. Interesting from Syria. —A correspond ent of the Journal of Commerce, writing from Beirut, says that the massive gate of Niueveh - and other monuments, obtained by Mr. Place, the French Consul, had all safely reached Bassora, the port ou the Persian Gulf from whence they were to be shipped to Havre.— The day on which they were put on board the rafts at Mosul was made a holiday by the in habitants, und *he whole city turrted out to behold the sight aud render any necessary as sistance. Between Bagdad and Bassora the men who accompanied the rafts were robbed by the Arabs, and when they reached Basso ra they had not a shirt to their backs. A let ter from Mosul states that the excavation at Korsabad and Niairoud had been discon tinued, and will “not be resumed. All the French and English scientific explorers had left the country. The writer that Dr. Duff of Calcutta had spent, af r '>'iAys at. Beirut. Ilis health had received ’benefit irbm his lust winter’s sojourn i:„ the south of France, aud still more from his stay under the hot skies of Syria. His nervous system seemed to be intensely excited, and his rich, eloquent conversation flowed as freely as ever. The commerce of Beirut has been large be yond precedent the past season. Steamers and large vessels have always been in port for Constantinople, to be freighted with wheat and barley for tlie- seat of war. Prices of provisions were high at Beirut. Neverthe less fruits were abuudant and low. Some of our readers doubtless would love to pass their summers in a country where half a dozen pounds of the most delicious grupes can be bought for two cents, and as many figs from the trees for three cents. Within a few years the potato has beeu cultivated in thq island of Cyprus. They grow to a good size there aud are fair and sound Beyond a doubt the potato will soon become an impor tant article of food in Syria. The price at present is but forty cents a bushel. The Whigs of Bojton.— Tee Whig Meeting held iu Boston ou Wednesday evening was, from all accounts, quite enthusiastic. The Pressident, in taking the chair, said the Fu sion party, conscious that they cannot suc ceed alone, ask the Whig party to abdicate in favor of the new party*, based on the single idea of opposition to the extension of slavery. The Whig party huve always been opposed to the extension of slavery—but opposition has always beeu inside tne Constitution. The Whig party cannot act then with those who are not content to abide by the limits of the Constitution, with those who have placed on the statute-book of Massachusetts the rankest nullification, or with those who do not offer to remove that stain ; who have repudiated nobody aud nothing connected with the pre sent State administration except Governor Gardner, who wls the only man that stood between the legislature and the rankest trea son and corruption. These sentiments, says the Advertiser, were endorsed by the meet ing, with a protra ted burst of enthusiasm.— After the appointment of delegates to attend the Convetiou at Worcester, among whom are enumerated Robert C. Winthrop, Rufus .Choate, Appleton, Charles Warren, aim o. - - . ■ . • offered the,following resolutions, which he prefaced by a brief speech, in which he urged that the Fusion Convention nominated Mr. Rockwell iu preference to Mr. Gardner, be cause the latter, by his veto of the personal liberty bill, and refused to remove Judge Loriug—uctiou iu which he iss sustained by the conservative and law-abiding people of the State—had shown he was unwilling to go to the full lengths expected iu the anti-slavery path. Resolved, That in view of the many objects and interests which demand the care ami at tention of the State administration, the Whig Convention at Worcester ought not to put in nomination any man who is wiliiug to plant himself upon the single issue presented by the late Fusion convention. This resolution was unanimously adopted. Public Feeling Respecting tic Fall of Sebastopol. GREAT REJOICINGS IN CANADA. Buffalo, Sept. 27, 1855.—The people in all the towns in this vicinity are celebrating the receipt of the steamer’s news with much en thusiasm. At Toronto bonfires were lighted, guns fired, rockets set off, and the greatest excite ment existed. At Stratford, the Court of Assizes was in session when the news was received. It was handed to the judge on the bench, aud read by him amidst loud cheers. Some time elapsed before businesas could be resumed. Hags were flying everywhere throughout the town. At Londou there was a general exultation. Bells were rung, guns tired, and firemen pa raded the streets with bands of music. the feeling in boston. Boston, Sept. 27, 1855.—The news of the full of Sebastopol created great excitement and surprise iu this city. Many received the news with expressions of regret. The news of the fall of Sebastopol took New York city by surprise ou Thursday, aud spread with the greatest rapidity—and espe cially among the Freuch and English resi dents of the city, who were greatly excited and rejoiced. At one place, in the vicinity of Wall street, where the news w’as publicly read out to a promiscuous crowd of mer chants, including some English and French business men, three hearty cheers were given for the fid] of Sebastopol. Ou ’Change the great event formed the principal theme of, conversation, and many mutual congratula tions were exchanged. In the eveniug the usual resorts of the French citizens, including Dclmonice’s and several other restaurants, were crowded, aud the greutest hilarity dis played, enhanced by the free use of cham pagne and other wines, which was kept up until a late hour of the uight. JggT The Lynchburg’ ! ,Virgiuian reoords the sale of a portion of Henry Webster’s tobacco crop there at SBO per cwt. From Norfolk. The following is the latest intelligence re ceived from Norfolk and Portsmouth : Howard Hospital, Norfolk, ) September 27,1855. ) Since our last, we have little to say. Last night the heads of the different delegations, held a meeting at the National Hotel, and it was unanimously resolved that as the dis ease had so far abated, the services of the young students and apothecaries could be dispensed with; and that on Monday, those who were ready, were at liberty to leave Nor folk. Wo understand most of the young men are going. Norfolk will bo quite dismal without them. The total number of deaths in Norfolk four, iu Portsmouth 8; ten new cases iu the latter place—twelve iu our city. September 28, 6 A. M.—The Charleston, S. C., and Savannah, Ga., delegations will will pass through Richmond ou Tuesday, en route for k home. H. M. A dispatch to the Petersburg Democrat, dated at Weldon, Sept2B, says; Three or four deaths reported in Norfolk yesterday,and only one death in Portsmouth. Scarcely ftuy new case# in either place. [COMMUNICATED. 1’ Political Meeting in Eftin&liam Cos. . j Springfield, Sept. 28tb, 1855. Mr. Editor—Dear Sir:—' This haying been a day of considerable interest to the people of our County, permit me to give you a hasty account of the proceedings that engaged our attention. Mr. Varnadoe, the Know Nothing candi date for the first Congressional District, was here, and addressed the people in an energetic and, doubtless, well meant speech of con siderable length, in which he set forth with much earnestness tho principles and political features of the party of which he is the cham pion, in this District,, and to say the truth 1 think the genfkmtvn did very well, when we consider bow unfortunately bad is the cause which he espouses, and how much fatigue the effort of speaking must have cost him. The audience, who were of respectable number and consisted of a large majority of auti-Know Nothings, listened with respect ful n*f<-ntion until Mr. Yurnl<*e lu<| closed his address. A proposition was then made to the Chairman of the ’meeting that Hun. Solomon Cohen, who w’as present by invita tion, be heard 111 reply. But immediate op position was uuttTe to this motion by certain of the leading Know Nothings—they claim ing that it was their nseetiug aud that we had no right to thrust oar speaker upon them. But, Sir, we were of opinion that Mr. Var nadoe had come here to address the people of Effingham County and not the Know Noth ings only, and that the people had the right to’ reply if they desired it, and I think we are correct in the opinion; but though Mr. Cohen as one of the voters of this dis trict, claimed this right, it wus denied him, and denied us through him who was our guest on this occasion. \Vo proposed to Mr. V. that Ue reply if he thought proper, when Mr. Cohen had concluded ; hut strange to say, he •not only denied the courtesy thus offered him, not only refused the guuutlet that was hurled bis feet, not only shrunk, now that an antagonist was nigh, from defending those principle!* he lately advocated with so much confident zea, but lie absolutely quit the field, and would not so much as sit and listen while Cohen subsequently addressed the people.** In explanation, and 1 suppose exten uation of his refusal, Mr. V. said something about discussing only with Seward ; but, Sir, it strikes me that if the principles of a party be correct, the champion of those principles should be ready and willing to defend them wherever and whenever assailed. The meeting having adjourned, we organ ized by electing a Chairman and Secretary, upon which, Mr. Cohen, being presented to the meeting, proceeded to meet the points in Mr. V.’s speech, in one of the most powerful, convincing, and at the same time gentlemanly arguments to which it has ever been our privilege to iisteu. In his opening remarks he said it was the first time in all his hie that he had seen a candidate turn his back upon a discussion of the principles he advocated. Calmly and* dispassionately did he examine all the points of the Know Nothing party,and clearly proved to every unprejudiced mind, the utter absurdity of their boasted positions. I would that I had time and capacity to an alyze his address. Suffice it to suy that at tentive silence, broken only by frequent out bursts ol” cheering, bespoke the impression his remarks made upon the minds of Lis hear ers. With a vote of thunks for his ready re sponse to our call, and his very able effort in our behalf, the meetiug adjourned. River Swami*. Later f om Mexico. The steamship Orizaba arrived at New Or leans on the 25th from Vera Cruz, which pojjt she left ou the 22d September. The from Vera Cruz, and to the 19th from the city of Mexico. We take the following summary of news from the New Orleans papers. The Mexican papers mention the fall of Gen. Carrera, and the appointment of a coun cil representing the garrison, which has un conditionally adopted the plan of Ayutla, thus abolishing all fears of a collision between the army and the civilians. Still no gov ernment exists, and grc.it tears prevail that anarchy may spring up betore it can be es tablished. Alvarez was expected at Cuerna vaca in a few days, and Comonfort in a short time. Hostilities have broken out between Haro y Tamariz and Gurza. The former is in no favor in the capital. Yucatan, Carmen, aud other places, are reported to have declared for the revolution. Lazcauo’s brigade, about 1,000 strong, h..s beeu compelled to surrender at discretion to the new national forces. Marquez’s brigade is near Leon, some say with tlie view ot opposing Comoulort, others with that of joining Degallado, aud others reported that he had ottered to join General Vega. Ueu. Blanco, Santa Anna’s late Minister of War, having been given guarantees by Gen. Dablabo, had retired to his residence 1 ; but this is protested against, and La Revolution says that Blanco is one of those over whom the sword of justice hangs at the instance of the nation. Veu. Vidauri has published anew liberal tariff. Geueral Llave has issued a decree for the re-orguuiz.itiou of the army iu Vera Cruz, reducing its expenses and the proportion of officers. Over live hundred National Guards have been enrolled and addressed by Gen. Llave, who continues making reforms, tilling offices, &c. General Vidauri has addressed General Comonfort, telling him, iu allusion to the plan of San Luis, that he would not treat on the subject of the formation of the new government with any chiefs but those who had contributed to the overthrow of Santa Anna. Gen. Juau Jose de la Garza having granted an armistice to Haro y Tamariz, Gen. Tuuzua expresse t his regret to Gen. Vidauri lest it be a means of enabling liaro to increase his forces. The Kestaurador de la Libertad of Monte rey publishes a semi-official article respect ing the views of the Vidauri party: The widest liberty and the sovereignty of the peo ple may be said to be the sum of tho objects declared. 4 Don Joze Lopez de Santa Anna, son of the ’ “ex- President, has been apprehended, aud is denounced iu the severest terms for Neronic cruelties. From Kansas. —We hear from Kansas, that Perkins, who was started as an Administra tion candidate lor Congress iu opposition to Gen. Whitfield, has withdrawn from the race. The pro-slavery men, ulthough there was no candidate in opposition, were still active, and would give a full vote. Gov. Shanuou recently made a visit to Le compton, the new seat of government, in company with the Secretary ol the Territory, ouo of the Commissioners, and others, for the purpose of selecting a site for tlie capitol.— Returning, he passed through Lawrence ou a day when a revolutionary meeting had been held, and the people were greatly excited by the incendiary harangues to which they had listened. He was iuvited to stay iu Lawrence all night, but ho dechued doing*so ; aud then the orderly, law-abidiug aud decent citizens of that town manifested theii reject for the office and the man, by with groans and shouts of derision wWe left the town. A Bitter Satire.--- Bynmt, the poet, now in the East, writes in one of his letters, us an evidence that the Muhommedaos are fast be coming Europeanised : “ They are becoming cureless of the marriage vow, get drunk, beut their Yvives, bruise their children, associate with the infidels, and in fact ure getting to be almost like the Christians.” The Washington Star has a letter from tho Came Expedition to Tunis, which states that storeship Supply has reached Tu nis, aud the officers have been presented to the Bey,who bus presented the United States with a pair of camels. The Supply took on board a beautiful block of marble from tbo ruins of Carthage for tho Washington mourn incut. SIX rOPIES FOR FIVE DOLT. \IIS. [For the Dally Morning News.] Mr. Thompson—Dear Sir :—l have copied the following simple and touching story from an old number of ihe American Courier, feel ing coidulent that it must be road with inter est b}’ all, and in. tho hope that many a little “fatherless child” “who wante to do some thing to Kelp his mother,” seeing it, “ may take heart again. ” Respectfully, yours. A i*oocl llecomineiiilnilon. “ [’lease, sir, doiv’t you want a cabin boy V” “ 1 do want a caWnboy, my lad, but what’s that 4o you? A little chap like you ain’t tit for the berth.” “ Oh, sir, I’rti real strong, l can do a great deal of work, if I ain’t so very old.” “But what are you here for V You dou’t look like a city boy. Run away from home, hey V” “Oh, no indeed, sir, niy father died, and my mother is very poor and l want to do something to help her. She let me come.” “ Well, Sonny, where are your letters of recommendation. Can’t take any boy with out these.** , * Here wjjs a damper. Willie had never thought of its being necessary to have letters from his minister or his teachers or from some proper person to prove to st.ruugvrrt that he was a honest and good boy. Now what should he do? IE- stood m deep thought, the captain, meanwhile, curiously noting the working of his expressive face. At length he put his hand into his bosom, drew out bis little Bible, and without one word put it into the Captain’* hand. Thy Captain opened to the blank page amt read : “ \Villre Graham ; presented as a reward for regular and punctual irtteudauce at Sab bath school, and his for blameless conduct theft), and elsewhere. From his Sunday School Teacher.” Captain McLeod was not a pious man, hut he could not consider the case before him with a hear b unmoved- The little father loss child, stanuiug humbly before him, re ferring him to the testimony of his Sunday school teacher, aji it was given in his little Bible, touched ir tSilder spot in the breast of the noble seaman, and clapping Willie hearti ly ou the shoulder, he said : “ You ure the boy for me ; you shall sail with me; and if j'ou are as good a lad ifs 1 think you are, your pockets shan’t be ei?i-|>ty when you go back to your good mother.” Kansas Meeting. —A meeting was held in Henry County, ou the 25th ult., which was addressed by Col. Cargile. The following re solutions were proposed. Whereas, The Government of the Uuited States haviug left the question of slavery to be decided by the people of the Territory of Kansas, aud whereas the Northern States are forming Emigrant Ai<l Associations for the purpose of .seliding Abolitionists and Free sqilcrs to said territory, with the avowed de sign of making said territory a free State; be it therefore Resolved, That the people of the Southern States Lake some measures that will counter act the influence of Northern abolitionism and free-soilism, by the formation of Emi grant Aid Associations throughout theboirth, to assist in seudiug emigrants to Kansas Ter ritory. Resolved, That steps be taken to form an “ Emigrant Aid Association” tor the comity ol” Henry, and wo invite a general faceting of the citizens of the county at McDonough on 15th of October. <J|| How a Cuilkxo Can Die.—A convicted culprit, named Scbado, was recently executed at Sonora, Cal. He addressed the spectators in Spanish from the gallows as follows : He said if he had been an American he would not have been molested, and he advised all Spaniards, whenever they met a man with him up to tin tuft, lie coii'ipfahie.V'tfmcTi T injustice, but he would now show the people how a Chileno could die. He insisted upon having a woman brought scaffold to play the harp for him to dance his way out of the world, otherwise he wou.d die unhap py. In conclusion, he said if any one present desired to send word or money to their fiieuds, where he wui going, he was just the man to take it. Abatement of the Epidemic in the Vir ginia Cities.— The Richmond Dispatch of Saturday says: This morning we have the most joyful news from the cities of Norfolk aud Portsmouth.— On Thursday there were only live deaths in the former and one in the latter city, and hardly anew ease iu either. We hope and trust that the plague which has afflicted those cities in a manner that never were cities af flicted before iu this country, is now about tinally to cease. We think there is good reason to believe tins. The same paper states that the Savannah Delegation of Physicians were expected to psss through that city on their return to-day Cotton Crop — Corn — Health— From all that we have been able to learn from perSo nal enquiry, the cotton crop of this, as well as other sections of the State, will be short of last year’s crop, aud short of an average of Vj UiJtj. This result has been chiefly caused by heavy rains in the early part of Septem ber, which produced rot, worm, and falling of fruit. The weather is now very fine for pick ing. The corn crop is being gathered, and turns out well—corn selling at 50e. per bushel. The country is very healthy for the season. [Albany (Geo.) Dafrivt. News from New Mexico.— St Louis,Sept. 20, 1855.—We have received dates f"om Santa Fe to the Ist inst., but there is no news of special interest. The mail party saw but few Indiaus, and they all appeared friendly. The Indian rela tions iu New Mexico were assuming a better aspect. Treaties had been formed with the Messcalves, Navuges and Cupate Utahs, and other tribes haduppoiuted a meetiug with the Governor. Some United S4 aU s recruits arrived at Fort Union on tlw f7th July. A tire at Little Arkansas had nearly des troyed the camp/ Captains Bowen and Whittlesey and Lieut. Davidson left on the 6th for the States. i Col. Sunnier left Fort Leavenworth on the 20th inst., for the plains, with aeveu oompu- ! nlu * A Sad Scene Indeed.- A writer from Nor- j folk to the Charleston Courier gives the ‘ heart-touching scene below: “ I have witnessed some few sad scenes i since I came here. 1 saw a boy of six years old breathing his last in ihe same lilood staiued pillow whereon his little brother had expired in his presence a tew hours be fore, wnilst the unconscious father lay at the point of death in the next room, and the poor broken-hearted mother ministering t their last moments,uearly uncouscious of what she was doing. The boy said to his mother a few moments before his death, ‘Mother, weep not, ; I know I am dying, and my little brother has 1 gone before me; it will be all the same in a few years hence. We have to part here uow, to meet in heaven in the presence of that Great Man. who will reward us for what we -uffor in this world.’ Many such affecting scenes as the above have transpired assure you, and many a tale of woe will be told for months to come.” Agricultural Division or the Patent Office.— The following p®w method of strik mg fig cuttings inn* been received by this office from Monsieur Viimorin, of Paris, “The grouud In ing well prepared, we make a narrow trench from an inch to an inch and a half deep, and then drive into the ground the cutting to the depth of about seven inches. The upper part of the cuttiug is beut down in the trench and covered with earth to the level of the ground; tho top of the cutting, how ever, must be bent upwardi again and stand out of the ground. We thefi make around the top of the cutting a small excavation, whiuh we fill up with straw, in order to keep soiljn a gfbod condition of moisture. Plautcd iu this way. the cuttings will strike root ’ promptly and vegetate thriftily.” NO 12 LFrorn the New York Herald J The -News Horn Furopc— SThtr Fall of Sebastopol. At last, it seems, French .valor and English courage have prevailed over Russian endu rance, and alter a siege of eleven months, has fallou into the hands of the ene my. There can be no Tartar in the case, this time. On the 9th and tOth September the telegraph wires were, constantly charged with messages of victory, and multiplied despatch es from the military and naval leaders ou both sides leave not the smallest room for incredulity. It appears that ou the sth the expected bombardment, commenced on a scale oUrunpivaedeiitcd magnitude. After three days’ incessant fire, the assault was made on the B.th—the French directing their efforts as before against the Malukoff, the English aiming at the Redan. From the brief des patches which have been received, we gather that the Freuch were repulsed six tinus, and suffered a loss which has beeu estimated at 15,<hK) men : they succeeded in the end, however, in establishing themselves in tho Malakofi', on the night of the Bth. Mean while [the English had fared differently on their left. The Redan was carried with com parative ease. But, after planting their flag on its walls, the British were aft,ieked**t>y it tyreo of with such inipetU'liity that they were tbi ced to vacate the workk— W hen toe French took the Malakofi',and main tained themseves there, the other fortifica tions of the Karabelnaia suburb became un tenable. Accordingly, during the nights of the s th, Bf.li, and on tin.- morning of the loth, Prince Gortachakoff blew up all tho public buildings and ships, set tire to every House that would burn, and crossed over! as be says, with a very small loss, to the north slue. Tho Allied troops, though occupying the line of defences from Careening Bav to the Redan, had not ventured, it seems, to enter the suburb when the lust account left; as the whole city was ruined, and every build ing was either iu flames, or iu ashes. it is yet too soon to say, us some of the allied journals have done, that the Sebastopol drama is played out. We have yet to learn how the Russians will avail themselves of their position on the north side. It will be remembered that for some time we have heard of preparations being made for a re treat of the Russian army to the Star Fort, showing that GortschakofF was not blind to the possibility of the capture of Karabelnaia, and indicating that, in tlie opinion of the Rus sian chieis, its lull would not involve tho nun of the army. It is possible that the north fort may yet for some time defy the victorious Allies. But tne warmest friend of the Russian cause cannot deny to the Allies,and especially to the French—to such men as Bosquet ana their comrades—a tribute of applause for the achievement wo this day record. Eleven months have they been encamped on those heights—sufl’erii.'g every ill that can alllict humanity, disease, cold, privation and dis couragement, besides the ordinary contingen cies ot the battlefield ; the whole world ha3 derided their efforts, and cheered on the gal lant Todlebco and the men who fought for their homes and their native soil; ua ives as well as foreigners have urged the abandon ment of the euterprize, aud attributed its commencement to overweening vanity and ignorance on the paw of the allied chiefs ; general after general has given it up in des pair, and gone afvay to die or been recalled ; over a hundred thousand good men, English and French, have laid their beaus under tho Crimea sod ; yet, in spite of all, Napoleon and his Allies have persevered, and the con sequence is that Sebastopol exists no-more.— In a historical point of view tlie event has no parallel. There have been sieges where the valor of the besieged has availed to defend the place for a longer period of time—but there never was one at which so much human or so much scientific skill were displayed; stance of soTnahyMujpiun 11 ves L L ; C*rng'&rt:HD in war with in so siffall a compass of ground. As long us this wojld lasts Sebastopol—or the site where it ’stood—will be classic ground. So far as the war is concerned, it must not be supposed that tho lull ot Sebastopol im plies the submission of Russia and the estab lishnient of peace. So long as Crousuidt de fies the strongest fleet the Allies can equip, Russia, it may confidently be asserted, will hold out. The fall of Sebastopol does not even decide the fate of the Crimea. It has dealt a fatal blow at Russian prestige; it. has destroyed Russian supremacy in the Black Sea ; it has cost the Czar more money than teu years of peace can make up; but n does uot # reduce the Empire to that humiliating position iu which, as Uortschakoff said at Vienna it would be bound to accept the terms dictated by the Allies. The Treasure Chest of the Atlanti . The New Haven Journal contains an inter esting letter from Port Dover, C. W., rela ting the discovery hv Green, the celebrated diver,of the ill.fated Atlantic s treasure chest, from which wo extract the following: You no doubt have heard of the many un successful attempts to obtain the money chest lost with the steamship Atlantic three >ears ago, said to contain $60,000. The statute, I believe, limits the claim of ownership of pro perty thus lost, to three years. In this case the time limited expired on the 20th iust.,and Green the celebrated submarine diver, reach ed here on the 21st., iu the canal boot schoon er York town, Cupt. Patterson, on his way to the wreck, _5 miles distant. They returned yesterday, and being well acquainted with Captain I’uttcrson, 1 obtained the following account from him: “About 10 o’clock (says Cupt. P.) on the 24th, all being ready,Qreeu descended by means of a line, which, hav.ng a grapple on the end, became attached to sometlmig below. lie was dressed with three pair of flannel drawers, three shirts, also flannel, three pairs of woolen pauts.three coats, and three pairs of woolen stockings, surmounted by his submarine armor; on his feet he had a pair of stogy shoes, with lead .sole }■ > or %of an inch thick, and a ibelt of 80 lbs. of shot around his body, to sink him (and the breast piece cannot weigh less than 50 lbs.) Taking hold of the line he des cended, finding it perfectly so that he could see all around him to the depth Os * sixty feet when it grew dark, and tor the balance of his fearful juurney amid the cav ! erns of the deep, he was guided solely by the ; line, uutil at the depth ot 140 feet, when ho struck bottom or something which ho soon made out to be the wheel-house of the ill-fated I boat ; groping along, he slid on the hurricuno j deck, from thence to the guards of the boat; I by poking around be discovered the precise I position of the boat aud found himself not far from the sought for office, and made fast tho j end of.the line which ho carried down with : him, to a stanchion near the gaug way, and giving the signal he ascended, carrying with him a piece of the wheel house which he had secured, (a piece of which, about eight iu ches loug, four inches wide, and one and a quarter inches thick, was sawed off’ aud pre sented to me by the captain of the Yorktown.) He had gone down, m all, 152 feet, aud re mained just 4o minutes. After resting ho again descended, having just partaken of a hearty meal without, removing his dress, save I tho head piece. His excitement was intensb at his great success thus far, aud when he de scended the second time he was quite hot, (the day was intensely hot.) Descending by his second line he soon stood on the deck.— Feeling his way along he soon reached tho “ third” window, which being unbroken ho shattered it, jmd reaching in hi 9 hand at last laid it upon the fcuch coveted safe, just iu ihe position it hud been described to him. Not being able to readSifar enough to make this line fast heagaia for a hook to hook through the handlel; reaching the deck ho made known his rtqSy-enu ut, and as uo hook was ready sat down until one could be se cured to a line. AW'.Hioy were about ready he rolled paying lie \\ as sick. They stripped him and did 11 in their power for him, but were fraally oblige! to buoy the lines and makofli for tli.s place for medical attendance^ E=£T* “ Huum, my boy.” said a tender iethl •r to hia son,./'you must be more careful of . ourself. You have not the constitution ©fsoraeJ? “ Don’t you believe it, dad; I’ve got tho ooulfiMtioa of • home. Daug if l don't be hove I’ve got the Constitution of tho Uuit#4