••,VEDN'ESDlA Y ............JULY 16, 1856.

ieFbttEVXik TWOit 'f A'tTANDARD ISHEET."BY L. DLL&asD & Co.

Olre.. Center f Texas and Edwards sreets,OPPOSITE HICHO( 3 'S LIVERaY STABLE.

WEDNESDAY ................. JtLY 16, 1856.FOI PRESIDEBMr.

XILLABD FILLWIoE, of Saw York.FOR VICE PRESIDENT

ANDREW JACEBOX D0NELSDN, of Tennessee.AGENTS FOR THE O8UTH-WESTERN:

Cot. T. W. BLEsoE, FPimore, Bossier pariah.Mejsrs. J. M. 4k J.C. My ,t'n-, Jeferson, Texas.Mr. WARE BEXrE, Bonhafm, Fannin County, Texas.Mr. JAxYs B. LIaExs, Htendersos, Ruk Co., Texas.Mr. CLAnu ABAxa, Plagaqmine, and Iberville Parish.W. H. McDonsal, 102 Nassau street, New York.

,&V Those of our town subscribers who donrit receive their papers regularly, will pleasesend word to the office.

/*' Ooa JOB Orncz.-iHaving receivedour spring stock of fine paper, cards, and print-ing materials, including every variety, we areprepared to accommodate our patrons on theshortest notice. Bill-heads, bills of lading,cotton receipts, wagon receipts, blanks, circu- tiIars, pamphlets, cards, handbills, and every t(description of plain and ornamental printing 0executed in a style unequaled by any office in sthe State, out of New Orleans. in

The river is down to low water mark, and g

we fear navigation will be suspended. The mCamden is the only arrival since our last. tb

t-The stages and horses belonging to Messrs. t:

Rceside & Co., reached this place on Thursday, bsand we are informed that hereafter there will unno delay in transporting the mails betweense,Natchitoches and Shreveport.

We continue to receive complaints of thesorry appearance of the crops. If we do nolhave heavy rains within the next ten or twelvedays, both corn and cotton will be in a hopelesscondition.

The examination of the pupils of Mr. Ford'sFemale High School will commence this morn-ing, and a concert will be given by the youngladies, in the school room, at 8 o'clock this ev-evening. To-morrow, Mr. Ashton will deliveran appropriate address in the Presbyterianchurch. Parents and guardians should attend,and by their presence demonstrate to the princi-pal, his accomplished assistants, and lovely pu-pils, how deep an interest they take in the causeof education, the development of the youthfulmind, and the prosperity of "home institutions."

We call the attention of parents to the pro-spectus of professor Bernard. Such an institu-tion as he contemplates opening has been longneeded in this place, and ashe is a gentlemanof learning, and an experienced teacher, he willundoubtedly receive a liberal support. Histerms are unusually moderate.

Those wishing to spend a short time in the icountry, for the purpose of enjoying pure airand getting rid of the dust and heat, are re-ferred to the advertisement of Mr. Taintor.-His house is pleasantly situated, and in additionto all the comforts of a home guests will find a 'sulphur spring on the premises, the virtues ofwhich are highly extolled.

The citizens of DeSoto have subscribedtwelve thousanddollarsfor the purpose of build-ing a steamboat to run in Bayou Pierre river.

Mr. Hunsicker requests us to state that allunpaid letters dropped in the letter-box will be aplaced in the front window of the post-office.

Thanks to Mr. A. A. Barnes, clerk of theCamden, for late New Orleans papers. We pare also indebted to Mr. John P. Alban for like tifavors.

By the arrival at Quebec of the steamer North toAmerica from Liverpool, we have a few days tlater advices from Europe. The only news of slimportance brought by her, is the announce- ement made in parliament by lord Palmerston Sithat the British government had no intention of lesuspending the diplomatic relations existing sIwith the United States, on account of the lat- Ster having dismissed Mr. Crampton. The an- ofnouncement caused a rise in funds and an ad- chvance of id. in cotton. vi,

The Picayune is boasting of the "pleasant gsummer weather" with which the denizens ofI thNew Orleans are blessed. We would like to B1"swop" a few of the summerdays now enjoyed ) min Shreveport for a portion of the Picayune's opleasant weather. Our stock of sunshine and phheat is altogether too large for the wants of the ancommunity. The market being overstocked. { in

At a meeting of the old line whigs, held inWashington, on the 21st nIt., resolutions were exadopted recommending thepostponement of the in=convention proposed by the whigs of Kentucky tio

until the last Wednesday in July, and that all poasections should send delegates. The majority ty'of those present were members of the Ameri- ratcan party.

The Nicaraguan correspondent of the N. O BBee in his last letter says, an election for pres- i sibident of this republic was held a few days since, iecbut full returns have not yet been received.-- •hThe meatptoininent candidates were general meWalkerand don Patricio Rivas, the present in- Icumbent. In the departmeat of Cbantales an or1armed banditti took possession of the polls and ` recbroke up the election, and made an attack up- Mon a small party of Americans, among whom Incwere colonel J: W. Fabens, and also murdereda young man."g

delThe last Galveston News says that a getle- mt

man, who lhad just arrived in that city from RedRiver, having traveled entirdly through the in- peterior of Texas, reports that during tihe forty Tdays of lIisjourney be experienced not a drop heof rain, till heapproached thesea-shore. From nydali ueowts, the News states that, it js fearedthe corn eropof Texas may be a fainlare to avery alWami4 extent. of

Dispatcheadfroma Washington annoancs theprevalege orSa-nrspr in that city to the effect gIthatgeierathr x$ E.Si 5 r obeypppislg 1 tbhgiveinoar of Iaao inl paee of Shausiop, xc- *a

declares hiap m We ft it 1ledmust be pect autVen e-. to hcat* forlI

Then Io# Be Ieaa does notappear wto give unalloyed satisai theS southern democracy, notwit n g th fusome encomiums bestowed ihim by theorgans of the party; and sympnmsofdiscontentalready manifest themselves. =The Delta,whichwas recently bought up by the~.New Orleansdemocracy, and is now viewed as the officialexponent of 'Young Ameri*a," takes exceptionto the position assumed by Mr. Buchanan,on theslavery question, in his letter accepting the nom-ination of the Cincinnati convention, and de-clares it "equally inadmissible and repugnantfto the south," and that, too, even while it fa-vors his election to the presidency. But we

ts, will let the Delta speak for itself:L "What is squatter sovereignty" and how will

it affect the rights and interests of the south?This question, so mooted in the Cass canvass of

85 1848, has been revived in consequence of somepregnant expressions in Mr. Buchanan's pecu-liar and not very. lucid letter accepting the nom-ination of the Cincinnati convention. If he hadsimply accepted the nomination and subscribed Ito the platform without adding marginal notesand commentaries of his own, t)e question, andthe difficulties and embarrassments it involves,would not have necessarily arisen. For the

rh., platiform disposes of the question satisfactorilyfor .he south by declaring that-

i "We recognise the right of the people of allease the territories, including Kansas and Nebraska,

acting through the fairly expressed will of the tmajority of actual residents; and whenever,te the

ived number of their inhabitants justifies it, to form orint- a constitution with or without slavery, and be

are admitted upon terms of perfect equality withthe the other States." iq

ing, This is a clear and comprehensive declara- I

ceu- tion, and while admitting that the people of a fo'ery territory may rightfully exercise the discretion sting of recognising or prohibiting slavery in the con- iin stitution adopted as a preliminary step to ad- ca

mission into the Union as a State, yet, by logical foimplication at least, excludes that other dan- inend gerous and mischievous doctrine, that they cii

,he may assert the same sovereign authority over cathe subject of slavery, at any peiiod of their Iterritorial existence. Such is the substance of reirs. the Nebraska-Kansas principle as interpreted th(

Sby the Cincinnati convention, and there is no in,pill staterights man in the south, however strict and whiunyielding in his views, but will cordially as- Mi

en, sent to it.But Mr. Buchanan seems not to have been fre

content to let well-enough alone; he adds a reshe word too much at an unlucky moment; and vot

ot one word too much at a critical time in politics, beve especially upon the delicate and vital subject M

s which lihe chose for hisgratuitous commentary,may have a world ofmeaning and consequence. IndBut he has said it, and we, as southern jour- Thi

's nalists, have to comment on his commentary. "urReferring to the Nebraska-Kansas bill, he says: can

"The recent legislation of cong•ress respect-g ing domestic slavery, diived as it has been I n

- from the original and pure fountain of legiti- bee!r mate political power, the will of the majority, crat

n promises ere long to allay the dangerous ex- Percitement. This legislation is founded upon prin- willciples as ancient as free government itself, andin accordance with them, has simply declared triu

that the peo le of a Territory. LIKE THOSE OF A hea'e STATE, shall decide for themselves, whether an iislavery shall or shall not exist within their pectlimits."

Now, if he hpd said that the people of a ter- docritory, like those of a State, when they come doeto adopt a constitution, shall decide for them- dayselves whether slavery shall or shall not exist boltiin theirlimits, as a Stale, his commentary would part'have been in harmony with the text of the plat- ernform which he says he' endorses, and wouldhave been as unexceptionable as appropriate. leadtBut he chose not so to limit the expression of freeshis'views relative to "squatter sovereignty," A;and but too distinctly lays clown the doctrine lowimthat the people of a territory may "decide for officithemselves, whether slavery shall or shall notexist in their (territorial) limits!" This pro- istralposition is iequally inadmissible and repugnant ananto the sonth. We flatly reject it. We deny blackthat it is either sound or just; and, with all de- cionference for Mr. Buchanan's shrewdness and ex-perience, and all due consideration for the exi- gent need he may have felt of placing himself crsatiin a favorable and ad-captandum attitude before said othe north on the question of "squatter sover-lation

eignty," we are compelled to regard his exegre- papersis as uncalled for and not justified by the text. S uPPOWe hold that the government of a territorly is platfoa creature of congress; that the people of a ter- nois fritory, through the legislative branch of thatsgovernment, cannot exercise a power which Wehas not been confrerred on it by congress; and the P<as congress cannot constitutionally establish or "'Ttprohibit slavery in a territory, so neither, a for- sandtiori, can a territory exercise any such a nowcr. dar*aA territory is the common property of all theStates; the constitution extends over it to pro-th tect the persons and property of all its inhabi-

ts tants. whether they be from the north or south,slaveholders or non-slaveholders; and it is on-ly when the people of a territory form a gov-ernment of their own, with the consent of theStates given through congress, that they can)f legitimately "decide for themselves, whetherslavery shall or shall not exist in their limits."Such we conceive to have been the views ofCalhoun, who stigmatized the other doctrineof "squatter sovereignty" as odious and mis-chievous in the highest degree, and the sameviews have been expressed, from time to time,by Davis, Quitma'n, Soule, and other distin-'t guished staterights men of the south. How

f l these gentlemen will stand affected towards Mr.o Buchanan, after kiiowing.the views he has pro-j mulgated in regard to "squatter sovereignty,"

we will not renture to say. For it is gettings to be "all a muddle" in politics. The atmos-phere of Coketown was not more heavy, dense,and dingy. The small-fry politicians have beenin the ascendant, and, like cuttle-fish, they havemade the way dark which they traveled.

Of course the organs of Mr. Buchanan willexert all their exegetical ingenuity in explain-ing Mr. Buchanan's explanation to the satisfac-tion of all sections of the country, but they can-not alter his attitude to the south, or make his 1position on the question of "squatter sovereign-ty" different from what we have stated it--orrather he himself lias made it.

According to the showing of the Delta, Mr.Buchanan does not stand upon the democraticplatform, but has assumed a position "inadmis-sible and repugnant to the south" on the sub-ject of slavery. As the senior proprietor of

I the Delta was, editor of the Baton Rouge De-i mocratic Advocate-one of the most prominentorgans of the party in Louisiana-during therecent State canvass, and as his partners,Messrs. Sigur and Corcoran, have recently heldlucrative offices under the State and federalgovernments, that journal is surely competent todefine democratic doctrines, and most assuredlymust be good authority in respect to the-princi-ples at this time professed by Mr. Buchanan.The Delta says, "we flatly reject" the positionhe has taken in regard to slavery, and "we de-ny that it is either sound or just." What willscothern democrats now say of the "Mentor" Iof democracy?

The New York Herald says: "Many of our'hopeful democratic citizens affect to believe thatthere will hardly be a fight; that Mr. Buchanan,*ll~ ey shoat bo of tesistanee, will walk

Pvit e eu~

a se IWseai oily tosay, looking

yefor r The whole , .field.. that ;fl ii

to have forgotten tisatthe democracy are 0asfor bragging.

u not The muti, in the democratic camip, occathe I sioned by the disaffection of its "natural allies,"fnli- the foreign forces, appears to berapidly spread-Sthe j ing, notwithstanding the efiorts made by the

ntent "great leaders" to heal the breach,-and restore;hich order and iscipline. The NdW York Eveningleans Post-the oldest as well as the ablest rmocraticicial paper in the Union, edited by the veteran Bry-ption j ant-devotes a lengthy leader to the subject,n the and undertakes to explain the position now oc-

tom- cupied by the Germans in the northern States

de- in regard to the presidency. It states that therenant seems to be a prevailing disposition among the

:t fa- German voters to join the black republicanwe ranks in the approaching campaign, and that the

"Germans poll a formidable vote in New York,will Pennsylvania, and especially in Ohio, Wiscon-

th sin, Missouri and other western States, and this

me large vote has heretofore been invariably castecu- for the nominees of the democratic party; but

om- will in November next be given in favor of thehad black republican ticket." The very first paper

which advocated the repudiation of the regularndi democratic nominee for the presidency, and"es, came out in favor of running Fremont, was thethe St. Charles Demokrat, a German sheet publish-

rily ed in Missouri. Der Anzeiger des Westens--

all the organ of the Germans of St. Louis-imme-

ka, F diately followed suit,an ts course has been imi- Jthe tated by Der Courier, of Pittsburg, Der Staatsthe Demokrat, Der Abend-Zeitung, and Pioneer, t

rm of New York-all prominent German papers,

th and all of them ultra-democratic. The Post iquotes largely from these papers to prove that c

a- "the German vote will be given almost en masse pa F for Fremont;" and states that they will now be ion still more inclined to sustain the black republi- b

S'can ticket, since the last resolution of thed lat- u

al form put forth by the freesoil convention, in tn- imitation of its democratic predecessor at Cin- at

Y cinnati, contains a fling at the principles advo- car cated by the American party. Of course, the St

o remarks of the Post are in no wtf applicable to! brd the Germans residing at the south-it is speak- at

0 ing only of the terman vote in the free States, md where the black republican ticket will be run- er

iMissouri being the only slave State in which a pefreesoil vote will be cast. The Washington cor- pr

a respondent of the N. O. Bee, writes that the inlvotes given by the Germans to Fremont will sa,be a serious substraction from the strength of de

SMr. Buchanan in New York, Ohio, Michigan, anIndiana, Illinois,Wisconsin, Missouri-and Iowa.There can be no doubt of this, and without the fol"unterrified" speedily reclaim the truants, hecannot carry either one of the States named.-;MIn all previous contests the German vote hasbeen given almost unanimously to the demo- whcratic nominee. The German vote carriedPennsylvania for Polk, in 1844, and combinedwith the Irish vote enabled the same ticket to Britriumph in New York. The reversion of thisheavy vote to the black republicans will make taan irreparable crevasse in Mr. Buchanan's pros- notpects, and take all the strength out of the de-. Imocracy. The writer adds, "Mr. Buchanandoes not appear to be gaining ground. Everyday we hear of desertions from his ranks-the settbolters usually going into the black republican bet)party." It looks as if the rank and file of north-'ern democracy intended to follow their ancient oleaders, Blair, Van Buren & Co., and join the popfreesoil forces. dist

S.... . .. ..... sistSi As a "sign of the times" we extract the fol-ne lowing from the New York Daily News, theort official organ in that city of the Pierce admin-ot -

ro- istration, and an ardent supporter of Mr. Buch-ant anan. In reporting the proceedings of the

ny! black republican convention, after the nomina-le- tion of Fremont, it says:

Mi- "Mr. Schneider, editor of a German demo'f cratic paper in Chicago, obtained the floor and

said he could pledge the whole German popu-e lation of the west for the ticket. Most of theire_ papers had already declared -their intention tot. support Frt:mont. The platform teas a German

is platform-in favor of protecting free labor againstr slave labor! [Cheers.] He could pledge Illi-

t nois for 20,000 majority. [Cheers.]"

h: We will apse wi the following item fromid the Poughkeepsie (N. Y.) Eagle:

S "Ten German editors, issuiang seventy thou--sand papers weekly, met at Cincinnati on Mon-

r daydast, (16t• June,) and resolved to act withc the republican party against the extension of

i slavery."Such is the present condition of the "harmo-

nious democracy" at the north.

REPUDIATINa "OLD BucK."-The Buffalo0I Republic, one of the leading organs of Pierce's

r New York softshell democracy, repudiates the'nomination of Buchanan, and concludes a long I

f article on the subject as follows: "But we havee neither leisure nor space to pursue this subject I

to-day. Enough, that we now declare that,under no circumstances (although always act-

- ing with the democratic organisation, and ar-dently attached to it by a life-long association,)can we support the nominees of the Cincinnati vconvention upon the platform which that bodyhas adopted." The most singular part of the -business is, that Mr. Welch, the editor of theRepublic, was a delegate to the Cincinnati con-vention, and was in attendance during its wholesession. Has he, too, gone over to the black

I republicans?ANOTHER.--The Chicago Democrat, edited g

by the hebn. John Wentworth, formerly a demo- tccratic member of congress, repudiates Buchan- inan and comes out in favor of Fremont for thepresidency, and declares that Illinois will give pa large majority for the black republicans.

PENNSYLVANIA.-The Pittsburg Gazette, the noldest newspaper published west of the Alle- regheny mountains, declares that in Pennsylva- fonia, his native State, "Mr. Buchanan possesses sl:no strength that may be called formidable. Hisnomination merely keeps those in the party who iotherwise would have been driven from it, but elit brings no outside aid. We have not seen or aheard of one American, .old-line whig, or re-publican: who will vote for him; and we knowthere are hundreds of democrats in this county thwho voted for Pierce, who will not, under any decircumstances vote for Buchanan. In '52 Pierce icarried Pennsylvania by an immense majority, tiland he obtained sweeping majorities in Greene, TIFayette, Westmoreland, Clarion, Armstrong, shVenango, Butler, Potter, Mercer, Crawford,Warren, McKean, Bradford, Susquehanna andTioga counties. It was by means of these edcounties that he carried the State. In 185f wEnearly all these counties will give heavy major- wlities against Buchanan, and the few that will infnot do so, will be ableto give but nominal ma- bujorities for him." •-- :

H- HAn HrrI.-In reply to a remark by a de-miocratie paper that, .Benedict Arnold was a

nvow nothing," the Whitibester Appeal point-edlyremarks;: "Probably he was-buthe twitk- or

q Afrq, .wik c apartyi an wlent over to ealtae fsrnue party, very .annih afteathe mode$rn offashion of the anti-A merieans generally." pet

> -in our last we publishid a paragraph to theies," effect that a number•fsdatherners held a meet-

.ead- i ing, on the 19th ult, in Washington, to takethe into consideration the formation of a commer-store cial association. A constitution; requiring the

ning members to pledge themselves to give prefer-ratic ence in the bestowal of their business patronageBry- to those at the .north who respect the rightsject, guarantied to the south by the constitution and

roc- laws of the United States, and to withholdsates from the freesoilers and abolitionists, as ene-here mies to the best interests of our country, as far

the as practicable, the influence which a lucrativeican commerce always bestows, was adopted. Itisthe proposed to establish a business office in Nework, York before the opening of the fall trade, the

:on- agent to devise such measures as will effect the

this design of the publication of a periodical. It iseast likewise contemplated to issue circulars soon,

but to be sent throughout the south, inviting thethe i cooperation of the planters and business men.per l The subject will be brought before the south-iar ern commercial convention, to be held at Sa-wnd vannah. This programme has been submitted

the to the northern, as well as the southern, con-sh- gressmen for their consideration. The propo--- sition for southerners to give the preference inne- all business transactions at the north to thoseni- wholly untainted with abolitionism, is worthy x

ats of serious consideration, and we "would rejoice

er, to hear of its being immediately carried into ef- F

rs, fect. But the idea of establishing a journal at)st New York, is ridiculous. Southern interests dat can never be advanced by New York newspa- ptse pers, and the money invested in such enterprises e

be would ouly be squandered on mercenary scrib- tili- blers. Let southerners bestow their patronage at- upon home journals, and by that means strive|Sl

in to build up a respectable southern literature, ce1- and enable us to do without northern periodi- r

-cals. The proposed southern convention, at Be Savannah, will, we fear, be a repetition of the re

:0 broad farces played during the last four years as

"- at Memphis, Charleston, N. Orleans and Rich-mond. " outhern convention" is now consid- ar- ered to be synonymous with humbug, and the rtna people are weary of the subject. They demand I

prompt ation, and, do not want long, ranting' I the inflammatory harangues, composed of nothing ,i

i save bombast, self-importance and "gas." The sof delegates to these assembles have never done b

anything to advance southern interests.

The New Orleans Bulletin enumerates the th

following, among other good, reasons why the im

people of the south will oppose the elevation of OfMr. Buchanan to the presidency: Ur

He has been out of the country during the ter

whole of the Kansas fight, and has come home tioa little infected with the prejudices against slave-ry which pervade the aristocratic circles of the LA:

British metropolis. peThat he has not taken any of the blows in the tee

talk-battle for southern institutions, and he is tenot entitled to carry off the rewards of victory. Orl

His diplomatic career has been a failure, hav- last

ing never initiated orconsummated any import- rcor

ant public measure during his whole life. He sosettled no one of the vexed questions pending agabetween this country and England, and havinga Metonly.succeeded in rendering himself very un- I pastpopular by his obvious and constant efforts to don

disturb the friendly feelings which ought to sub- lansist between the two countries. ty's

He has never during the whole course of his 4 cabilife given, the slightest evidence of entertaining quita friendly feeling towards the south, and has ismhever been an anti-slavery man. eral'

a- We published last week a telegraphic dis-patch, dated Easton, Pa., Jdne 11, announcing

o* that ex-governor Reeder had been spending twoad days with the hon. James Buchanan. The an-

ur nouncement excited suspicions in the mind ofGreeley, of "bargain and intrigue" between theon "Mentor" of democracy and Reeder, and thezst Tribune gives vent to its suspicions in the fol-

li- lowing characteristic style:

"Possibly, he (Reeder) has been induced tom such a course by private pledges given him by

Mr. Buchanan, to the effect that he is really as. heartily opposed to the extension of slavery as

any northern man can desire. At any rate, Mr.h Reedeowes it to himselfand the public to havef no concealment in a matter of such a nature.

If Buchanan has given such pledges, let usknow it, in order that the people may judge ofltheir value, and determine for themselves what ithey really mean. If men who really desire toto rescue Kansas from the clutch of the borderruffians are going for Buchanan, it is certains that either the north or south is to be cheated,

e and we are resolved that it shall not be theg north. No underhand play, gentlemen!"

e Poor Greeley! how very suspicious he must:t have grown to doubt the fidelity of Reeder.-t, The ex-governor denies having paid a visit to

t- Mr. Buchanan.

"Ion," the Washington correspondent of theBaltimore Sun, says, there is much, and notwholly unnecessary, alarm as to the conditionof our relations with England. The recognition

e of the Rivas-Walker government will be con-e sidered as a discourteous act, and in connexion

with the dismissal of the minister and consulse will probably be made the subject of much com-plaint. The British government will, it is sug-i gested, ask an explanation of the policy of tlheUnited States in giving aid and encouragement

-to filibusterism, especially as Mr. Marcy hadinformed Mr. Crampton, in a conversation re- tported by the latter, that this government woufdendeavor to put a stop to Walker's aggression. '

In reply to this forthcoming demand for expia-nations, it will be sufficient for Mr. Marcy to Irefer to the latter portion of the Cincinnati plat- fform. The administration have worked theship of state into a perilous position.

The whigs of Beaufort, North Carolina, haveendorsed the nomination of Fillmore and Don- o

{ elson-the first, "because they know him to be tl

a true statesman, without sectional feelings andwithout false promises, and one whoif elected, nwe believe will stand by the constitution andthe Union-and the second as a conservative ndemocrat, whose early political education has dimbued him with a love of the Union, and hos- eitility to fanaticism, nullification and secession." hThis is a ticket which every true southerner nshould rally around. i

The Cincinnati Commercial has been inform- v,ed by one of the most extensisvdistlllers in the wwest, that the increase in the: manufacture of twhiskey, within fifty-five mil of that city, dur- d4ing the last four .mont' is equal to 15,000bushels of corn per ,4or near fifty thousand Ygallons of whiskey! Wouider if the approach-ing presidential ele ot has any thing to dowith this enormou irease of distilleries.

Thomas F. FI ig , `the ltish, patriot and atorator," has joi the bklak- republicans,aztd diealisted bisne t hheespra in themase foiof thatobo tiaon atiss. Weut ticpected better thi of Mr. Meagher. m.

3 the T TrcHii Ior$ur TaE PLATFORM.-Theneet- Charleston Mercury--tfte leading democratic

statk ghts organ the south-acee$ theake n ati no ttitns, but rejects th Pit-

mer- form This is rather a sarcastic commebntrythe on t1 democratic doctrine of "Principles, notfer- men The qrder is reversed by the t. s-

nae cendintly fastidious South Qarolina journal,

h~ which insists on supporting a ticket and oppo-Ssing pricples which it represents. The com-Sand mon ~iind recoils from the attempt to explain

hold how this extraordinary feat of metaphysics canene- be pe fon1ined. The Monroe doetrtrie, asserteds far in th•iplatform, is especiallyobnoxious to the

|Mercuiy. It says:Iive "The Monroe doctrine. as now interpreted,Itis is a purk figment of political demagogues atndNew filibusters. It assumes that no nation butthe

the United ,ates has the right, under any cir-,the cumstances whatever, of making a territorial

t is acquisition'in the whole continent of North andIt is South America. If'the declaration of presi-

xon, !dent Monrde were intended to lay down anythe Isuch principle as this, it could, in no manner,ien. i bind the United States, and it could be defend-th- j ed upon no principle of international law.

Sa- "All that we want is a free passage acrossSa- theisthmus; and, for this object, all that weted need and ought to,ask is, not "preponderance"on- but equality-ands this no European nation ispo- disposed to deny us. This equality is the true

in foundation of peace between the nations of theearth, and it is the claim, open or covert, ofpre-ose ponderance, that has caused two-thirds of the

thy wars of civilised Europe. Are the democratic

ice party prepared to drive abeir ship upon suchef- perilous rocks as these? -And when they (theat Cincinnati nominees) come•ito power, will they

so abuse it as to jeopardisetby this wild andsts desperate game, the nationg character anda- peace of the country; and thi' too, when ev-es cry object really of any value t~s in the mat-ib- ter, can be obtained quietly and winbout bluster

or violence? The truth is, these filibisterin np o-ge positions were adopted as grateful to Ial)ssve spirit which pervades so mahy quarter' of the 1re, country, before which conservatism ad theii- rights of other nations are of no consequuce.

at But, as we have already stated, our hope ri inthe character of the nominations, and in thbirSrestraining influence over fanaticism at home

"rs and aggression abroad.Ii- The Mercury appears to forget that Mr.Buch-d- anan has endorsed the doctrine which it desig- r

nates as "wild and desperate." In conclusionit says:

Id "The United States have a great country oftheir own-much greater, indeed, than they h

gknow how to govern well. They have narea- he son to afflict themselves, in 'his violent way, n

about the condition and safety of their neigh-be ors."

Such are the openly avowed sentiments ofthe great organ of southern rights democracy iSin respect to the platform put forth by the de-e mocratic national convention at Cincinnati.-)f Of course, the southern democracy, and the

United States must "draw in their horns" af-e ter this! How very "harmonious" and "na- at

tional" the democracy appear to be just now! re

ANOTHER CAUSE FOR A QUARREL WITH ExNO- fLAND.-The British officials in this country arepeculiarly unfortunate about this time. The Atelegraph reports received at Natchez, from Sgentlemen belonging to that place, announce inthe ludicrous fact, that the British consul at N. stOrleans, on board the steamer Niagara, on her stilast passage from that city to Louisville, had a thFrench lady under his charge. The "entente ,icordiale" between the two nationalities became heso extreme that the lady passengers on the Ni- suagara declai-ed to the captain, in the vicinity ofjMemphis, that they could no longer be fellow topassengers with the French Helen, who will bedoubtless be the cause of a ten years Tro. tiejan war between the United States and Eng- tialand. Captain Spotts privately told her majes- orsty's consul the state of feeling in the ladies' anycabin, and advised that he and the lady should bex

"quietly disembark at Memphis, when nothing ta,more would be said. It was then that the Brit- ceiish lion roared--denouncing yankeedom gen-i erally, and refused to leave the boat. The cap-tain, however, disembarked the exemplary pairat a woodyard, nearRandolph,it is said-from quswhich place it is reported that he telegraphed couto N. Orleans to have his consular flag struck. andWe repeat, with the True Delta, "if war-with weFrance and England should unfortunately in rgrow out of this, though men of peace, we say, cowlet it come." This little affair will afford Louis shoNapoleon, lord Clarendon and secretary Marcy banan opportunity to discuss at length the rights pealand privileges of foreign consuls on board of bothMississippi steamers.Oe

)Y ENGLAND AND THE U. STATES.-The Londonas Times, of the 7th June, received by the Amer-as ica, thus closes an article upon the U. States,

'" in which it blames the wealthy and exclusivere classes here for not taking more interest in thee. government:

8s It matters little to us on the brink of a war,fi and already insulted and defied, that there areAt i people in the States who feel more with us thanto with their own goverpment. Of course we.r shall have to assert our own honor. We shall

n have to defend those whom we stand obligedl, to protect; and if the United States dismiss.e our minister, we can no longer tolerate theptr esence of Mr. Dallas. How much farther,t miatters will go no man can tell, nor is it a mat-

- ter for our speculation. But if there are, aso we belive, these respectable classes in the U.States-if they have a sense of j•tice andhonor-if the feeling which makes thfm des-pise office themselves should have any founda-tion in patriotism, now is the time for them tot come forward and avert, from two worlds then vast horrors of war. Should any disaster hap-I pen to their country they will be the first andthe principal sufferers, and will have meritedall they have to suffer.

The Kingston Journal gives a list of the Brit-ish ships of war now on the West India station,from which we learn that the British govern-ment have a powerful naval force at this timeimmediately off the southern coast of the Unitedt States. The list embraces the following ships:

I Her majesty's ship Boscawen, (72 guns)the flag ship of rear admiral Fanshawe; thePowerful,(84 guns) captain Massie: Penbroke,(60) captain Seymour; Cornwalis, (60) captainWellesly; Medea,(6 guns) commander Pierce;Arab, (12 guns) captain G. Ogle; steamshipBuzzard, (6 guns) commander Dobbie; shipArackne, (18) commander Inglefield; ship'Vestal, (26) captain Thompson; screw steamfrigate Termagant (24) commodore H. Kellet.- Her majesty's screw steam frigate Amphion.

(36 guns) captain H. Chads, left Plymouth'on the 9th June for Bermuda, to join the flagof rear admiral Fanshawe, C. B. Her majes- tty's screw steam frigate Euryalus, (51 guns)captain G. Ramsay, C. B., was to leave Ports-mouth on the 17th June for the West Indies. a

On the resolution adopted by the Gincin- snati convention admitting the hard or national tldemocracy of New York, and giving them an fiequal division of votes with the freesoil wing(the most liberal proposition offered for the ahards) the States of North and South Caroli- ina, Mississippi and Florida voted unanimously ,against it; Georgia gave .4 votes for the reso-lution and 6 against it; Virginia and Louisianavoted unanimously for it. The entire south! s-was about equally divided on the question and cithe north gave a majority for itl Thus, in or-ider to secure the vote of New York undividedfor Pierce, these southern delegates were very iswilling to cut the national democracy of New aiYork and fraternize with the free-soilerslt

The friends of Mr. Fillmore (says the NewOrleans Picayune) in this city last evening fir-ed a salute of fifty guns in honor of his arrivalat New York, as announced in the telegraphicdispatches received thence yesterday. The ccfoot of Canal street was a point of greattt c- a bction and no little enthusiasm during the cere- atmoav.

'he It i C c i o anc of especial note, that theitic a elem as never at any timeassum-the ateninA t tde, except when inflamed

at- as led by d Previous to 1848, thatry party as ne•er a to poll a hundred thou-sot arid votes in thhe- ole Union. It was a fac-as- : o as cotemptri for number as detestable

al, for principles ' But in that year, when the oldro- democratic president, Martin Van Buren, en-m- tered the ring, and sounded fiisbugle, and ral-

tin lied his clans, the whole prospect was changed.

an He polled upwards of 100,000 votes in theed t State of New York, arit actually beat the'regu-he lardemocratic candidate (general Cass) in the

stronghold of democracy. He and his friends,d, now constitute the Pierce democracy of Newbd York, ready to rally to the black republicanhe standard, as soon as it is unfurled, and their, treasury pap is exhausted. They have beenial anticipated in this course by many old demo-

id cratic leaders of high repute and wide renown-si- who have only gone ahead to make the path

ly smooth. Blair, general Jackson's long trusted,r, and well-beloved editor, las broken ground.-d- He was the president of the late black repub-

lican convention at Pittsburg. Benton, Pres-ss ton King, John M. Niles, of Connecticut, Abi-re jah Mann, Cambreling, speaker Banks, Sum-

" ner, Dix, Chase, Wilmot and hosts of othersis of the same stripe-veteran democrats-and

ie nothing but democrats all their lives, haveie joined the black republican phalank. Thesee- men, if they have any followers, have themie among the democracy. They cannot draw aic man frotm the whig or American party. Their

h whole influence is limited to their old party-ie the party with which they have fought andy bled in many a hard fight. They will now ral-

d ly their followers around the black republicand flag-leaving the democracy naked and pow-

erless in all the northern States. The only ap-- prehension we entertain is lest they should make

r such an entire sweep of the democracy as tomake it a single-handedglit with the Ameri-s cans, and thereby defeat' us in some States,e which otherwise we might carry. d Whig.

e [Bichmond Whig.

BLA•uoIN TaE LotISIANA DaroaETIoN.-The tMississippian, speaking of the nominations atr Cincinnati, says:

'"But for the unlooked for and extraordinarySurse of the majority of the Louisiana delega-tibe, general Quitman would have undoubtedly b

received the nomination for the vice presidency. aWhen the eloquent and gallant Harris, of Ill.,in behalf of his delegation, placed him in nom-ination, shout after shout went up from the vast Ehall in token of the estimation in which the hhonored hero of Chapultepec is held by the de-mocracy of the Union. But contrary to the ex- bpectations of all, our neighboring State, Louis- Aiana, placed another in nomination, and the de- tmonstration from that quarter was not without ?its effect. The result is known."

The Mississippian is the special organ of se-, secretary Jeff. Davis. jg

ARREST.-A man who registered his name aat the Planters' hotel as G. Moore, but whosereal name is said to be J. W. Smith, was ar- Birested in this place on Friday, the 4th inst., by prfour men from the town of Trinity, Catahoulaparish, La., whose names were given as Messrs.A. Hooper, J. B. Paul, Isaac Baker, and EliSplann. Smith had a negro man and a mule acin his possession, which it was alleged he had foustolen. The parties who arrested Smith here, astated that he was a desperate, bad man, butthat up to the time he had committed the theft, ofwith which he was charged, had been reputed th,honest. Our citizens lent the gentlemen in pur- thosuit of Smith, every assistance. Without wait- 281ing for a requisition from the governor, theytook him out of jail and carried him off. It will thibe recollected, that the man who stole Mr. Lit- detie's negroes, and who was sent to the peniten- sintiary from this place, stated that there was an eveorganised band of thieves throughout Texas aand north Louisiana, and that they had their areheadquarters at Harrisonburg, on the Ouachi- ofta, where there were persons stationed to re-ceive and sell stolen property.

[MarshallIRepublican. bert:ap-pair On Monday, the 7th inst., our ordinarily

om quiet village was disturbed by a personal ren-bed counter between Mr. T. Ruddle, of this place,ck. and Mr. Eaton, of this county. The difficulty,with we understand, originated from an old grudge

ely in regard to the settlement of an estate, theay, combatants being brothers-in-law. Several

uis shots were passed. Mr. Eaton using a doublercy barrel shot gun and repeater, Mr. Ruddle a re-hts peater. Mr. Ruddle was severely woundrd in

of both hands, a number of shot taking effect.-One ball passed through his hat, slightly in-juring the scalp. He likewise received several

on contusions on the head, Eaton breaking his pis-tr- tol in giving the strokes. Mr. Eaton escapeds, unhurt. [Henderson Flag.he We see by the Galveston News, that a por-

tion of the Galveston, Houston and Red Riverir, railroad, lying between Houston and Galveston,

re is making its way rapidly to liarrisburg. Wetn believe it is all graded but tflv myiles. Thte hands ,ve are all busy at work. The iron and cars arell forthcomiing, antd the road, we have reason to"

,d believe, will be lidahed, and the cars flyingss from Iiarri burg to •ilrveston in the time speci-ie fied. It is tnodless to repeat that the Hous- i

,r tonians are going ahead on'the same road, as It- it runs from Ityou City to the north-west.-, The cars oro rutunning out fifteen miles. The Ii. business done already in the way of carrying a

d freight and passengers is very considerable on .this road. Our tap-road is doing very well

. also. About a mile of the road has the railso laid upon it, and the grading is completed save tU

e about half a mile. We see that there are five. Pfreight cars already on this end of the road. :d [Houston Telegraph. a

A letter to the Corpus Christi Advertiser, idated Brownsville, June 13, says: dd,You may confidently look for a little bowie

knife and six-shooter news from this quarterbe- hfore long, as the authorities have taken uponthemselves a very unpleasant task of late-that ISofridding the place of rowdies, ruffians, thieves,and such like unnecessary spirits. A vigilance mcommittee has been organised, to act in con- d,junction with the authorities. Every man notknown to be of reliability, found walking the festreets at an unseasonable hour, is to be ar- dirested. Look out for breakers.

Many, very many murders, and some Indian frikilling have recently occurred about a hundredmiles above this place, on eitherside of the river, th

The New York Times learns, from authorityin which it places the most implicit reliance, dethat the president has been earnestly urged by StDouglas, Cobb, and other prominent leaders, Kto quiet the Kansas excitement at any haz- ?ard, because it is damaging the democrat- atic prospects. In accordance with this advice, Soit is not improbable that governor Shannon, T,and other federal officers in Kansas, will be cen-esured or sacrificed by the president, and thatthe threatened arrest of ex-governor Reederl $for treason will not be made. 1

eleIntelligence from Mexico indicates that much mn

alarm is felt by the government respecting the beSpanish expedition, and foreshadows an appli- tracation for the protection of the United States. onSouthern members of congress suggest the amgranting of protection on the condition of a ees-sion to us of the Tehuantepec .route,~wil the : ho,circumjacent territory. on

~ ~posThe Frontier Patriot reports that newwheat

is selling in Lamar county,Texas, at fity cents rivand even for less, per bushel. On the 28th nit. tenwheat freely commanded in New Orleansf$1I 17@8i 35 V bushel. This ought toteach hasthe farmers of Texas how deeply they are inter- fr"ested in the constraction of railroads. by

The Texas Republican gives a gloomny so-Jcount of the corn crop in Harrison county.. hAshas been the case in Caddo parish, thlshesjand drogt have ruined the crops, Aeceu* s •from DeSoto are more cheering. the,

e w YORK Generae~i

xm- NEW Yosa, June 30 h 8e N ce.hat rived at Quebee with fourh

A ihat rope. Cotton had advan d ler•.•, o!ou- two last days 17,000 baled. d 1 " 'ac- dling Orleans 6.

•d. air uil q _

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ble The political news by the -'portant, inasmuch as it. - e t a n,

old of our difficulties with glesaep • r .•en- It is now conceded ta'a

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ral- dismissed, and that all diffl aed. soinamicably adjusted ies Willtlthe Derby, in the house of lrendo ni

t- ention of the government toad-•• t al-the pend diplomatic relations with tel rl • -'th The announcement was oudl, the o i;ri rids Lord Derby expressed his dy satise -

ew regarded the course of the govero-ttatio0 ,.an edgoment of error and hu miiatioseat t

the Clarendon appealed to the huo Itik4rten dropped.

o- In consequence of this phase of trose. o•f•tth Tohe New York Herald says thated tion is being formed here, and inSfor purpose of aiding the Mfexica . a.no e

- lALi.ax, July 3.--The Cunard g!0 5'•ib- has arrived here, with intelliaenc••d i PC .

is the21st nit., three days later ethan 0r~ h•ijP- the screw steamship iNorth eri •st t "eshb a week later than that brouglt er IQc.a[i- The circulars of the Liverpo.i t Ih

ers ceived by the Canada, report busia~ maitnd changed since last regular advices.

gnilyThe sales for the week arereve 66,000 bales. The quotation re ort•e

se •d. er pound, for middling .rpm Pound, o ,,• 63.S Ra No change is reported in the state, - • lchester, or in the manufacturing distri adh •

ir The political news brought by the ,-not without interest, comprises no•.a 'ad tance. o th ili- The excitement on the question as to theties between Great Britain and the oin had quite subsided.v- It is rumored that the British

appoint a successor to Mr. Crampto. -ere retirement of air. Pierce from the presidentNo w YORx, July 6.--The Collin te.has arrived here with the foreign mail

i- pool of the 25th June.s, The general tone of the circulars of toef.

cotton market, brought by the Baltic,it was slightly firmer in feeling but 'it~g. ciable change in quotations. lThe sales for the last three days since t

e ture of the Canada had amounted to a 2•dep,t of which 8,000, bales had been taker ,and for export.

The British parliament had reaserd.Y house of lords, the bill which hadpassemi:dh- of commons, amending the oath rpeuired toblby by members before being admitted to their

r, as to allow of its being taken by J lheirdt

jected by a majority of 32. e''hadrThere had been no further dicussion in.ment with respect to the state of •a f inh .

it Britain and the U. States, and even .i bh eswee had ceased to be an exciting and prominenth

The Daily News asserts, on wpat itretPuieperfectly reliable authority, that th5e ,raubeing made in the British naval forces e

o1te1r

- Amesican and West Indian stations i rtown, whither a competent squadros h5adbe Gryed to proceed. The other vessels Which eing for the stations mentioned, it add,, ••~et -,intended to replace those returning • •haetil-service. In addition to this, it says ther

I gent instructions have been given to the Bt.ehSmirals and other officers of the fleets, •,,"toavoid every thing in the least degre ca 5luatprovoke a collision. to

It is stated that 60,000 French troops, and llBritish troops are to remain in Constatiaoplef

Spain has agreed to accept the mediationo(Ffor the settlement of her difficulties wi'h 3Mia ,A new cabinet has been formed in RunssiaWASHINGTON, Jupe 26th.-In the senate tda,

act permitting vessels laden with foreign gar cfor seed to proceed to any point on the nariguwaters of Louisiana, without breakingthe, br-passed.

A bill appropriating $300,000 for the constrctiaof a military road to California was also passed inthe senate.A joint resolution also passed thesenateby whithe day fixed for the adjournmentof congress istls

28th of July.A large American meeting was held last nightiathis city. Mr. Crictenden was amoug the speake.During the evening mayor Magruder, whileen-deavoring to suppress disturbances, was attacked,struck with a brick and slung shot. He is nat,hlo.

ever, seriously hurt.It is reported the committee of ways and means,are about to report a tariff bill, which will matksortae very important modifications in the tarilf ivof th• United States.

re- JUv 28.--James A. Peden, of Florida, has beenj confirmed by the senate as resident minister frmthis countryu* Buenos Ayres; as alsohas Mr.ottcan. bert Fitzpatrick, of Texas, ak secretary of let.tion there.

rily The death of the hon. Thomas H. Bayly, memberren- of congress from Virginia. was announced in theace, house of representatives to-day, on which thehous

aty, as usual on such occasions, adjourned.The case of the hon. P. S. Brooks, of South Caradge lina, for the assault on Mr. senator Summer, of Mast,the is to be taken up on Monday.eral - JUNE 30th-in the senate, to-day, Mr. De•glasre

ble ported anew bill, having for its object the pacifica.tion of Kansas. It provides for the taking of acen-. sus of the population, and for a new constitutionalin convention, looking to the future admission of theterritory as a State. Mr. Douglas gave noticethet

in_ he should press the measure to a voteon Wednedaynext, the 3d inst.

ral In the house, to-day, the bill providirg for theadis- mission of Kansas as a State, under the I opeka crn

ed stitution was rejected by a majority of one.The grand jury have indicted the hon. Preston 8.ig. Brooks, for assault and battery.Was•usmeros, July 1.-In thle houseof represents>r tives to-day, Mr Barclay, who had yesterday voted

or for the rejetion of the bill providillg for the admie.sion of Kansas into the uu•on, with the Tupeza 05;-Ye stitution moved for a reconsidiration of the question.

s Before the vote was taken, the report of the com-mission appointed to inquire into the state of afairsre in the territory was presented and read.

to Theprobabiity is that this bill will now be passed.Integligence has been received here to day thatg gov. Stevens, of Washington territory, has declared

martial law in the territory, for the purpose of trys inicertain influential white persons for treason inLs having incited the Indians to hostilities against theauthorities of the territory and of the United States.

Waasseros, July 3

.t-In the senate, to day, Mr.to glas' bill providing for the pacification Ko an.Ssas, and its admission as a State, waspassed at 8 A.

M., by a majority of 33 to 12.11 In the house of representatives, to day, the billpro•ding for the immediate admission of Kansas, n-der the Topeka constitution, was reconsidered ande then passed by a majority of 99 to97. [Aother dia-

e. patch which we have received states that the majori.i ty was three-Pic.]

! Mr. Herbert, member of cog im California,against whom the grand jury ihare found a true billon the charge f having murdered Keating,is now injail, and is to be tried on the indictment on Wednes-day next.e C erai. AxB IcAr -Intefligencehas been receivedhere to the effect that the feeling against Walker isincreasing very much;, and that between the severaladjacent States an invasion of Nicaragua will short-

t ly bemade with forces 9000 strong.Calcaoo, June 30.-A mob of border pro-slavery

e men entered a methodist church at Rochester, Mo.,during the sitting of the annual eonference and tookthe presiding officer and tarred and feathered him,no one interfering to pre-ent the.outrage. The con-ference had been ordered to leave the State, but had-disregarded it.

Camucoo, July 1.-A cr•spany of forty-four menfrom Worcester, Mass., en route for Kansas, were dis-armed at Waverley, Missouri, by two hundred south-erners, who announced their intention of detainingthem as prisoners.

It is reported that a company from Ottawa, 11.,was treated in the same manner.

The people of the towns of the Missouri river aredetermined that no more emnigrants from the northernStates shall be allowed togo to Kansrs.

Sr. Lotus, June 2kth.--•'he Chicago company ofKansas emigrants, on the steamer Adinburg, arrivedat Weston, but isr nt back to Alton unr guard.

JULY .-- The.sto~mers St. Clair, J. M. Stockwell,Southerner, Paul Anderson, Saranack, and GrandTurk, have been burnt to the water's edge.

ILouisvu.x, J uly I.-The river is rig, with threefeet three inches water in the canaL

1 urCOc ara, July 1st.-Sales of flour at $5 10 to$5 15; wlhiskey 2c. to 25c.

loaaor.x, J --p 2th.-The American party hereelected their i~l pal ticket, by about one hundredmajority.

Baryo Sasa, July 1.--A destructive fire brokeouthere about 2o'clock this morning, anngd oar fleet oftrading boats lying at the levee. Themfi originatedon the boat belonging toMeYsrs. Whiteman d hlath.and rapidly spread to that of Messrs. Leet & Irvine.Both boats, with their valuable cargoes of groceries,were entirely consumed. 7 he books and papers,however, were saved. The lass isestiamated at•6000U,on which there is no insuriace. The fire is sunpposed to have been the result haccident.

CnAREsatoN, June 28.--The steamer Isabel has ar-rived from Havanawith dateto Juiie 25th. Oholeraand -yellow fever are prevailing to amtensiderable ex-tent in Havana,SNaw Oat.aauas, June 2--The steaimship Granada,has arrived, with late and important intelligenoafrom California

The bodyof Mr.Jamaa King, who was marderedPby Casey, was buriedon the 22d of May with imppsrng-SeemoiUea

On the amne day Casey and Cora, the murdeers •aoenter Richardro•, were both hung by the vigi-

mecommmttee.. The married women tof m taole have petitionedfor the suppressimo of the theatr and cireases; onthe ground that they keep heir husbands out at ni.ht.