Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-08-22
THE FosrERYILLE DISTRICT.

The Democrats in the Fostervilie district think
that iuiustiee has been done them by report pub
lished in the Nashville UNION which attributes the
defeat of Major Woods to detection ameng them.
Intelligent and reliable Democrats in that district
assure us that the writer Of that report is mistaken
They say not Democrat in the district who voted
for Buchanan failed in the late election to vote the
Democratic ticket and that two men who voted for
Fillmore last November voted the Democratic ticket
at the last election. Democrats, they say, have
moved out of the district since the Presidential cleo
ton, many of them voted at other precincts, and
some Know Nothings from other precincts voted in
the last election at Fostervlle but there is no de-
lection nor has there been any detection there. They
have fought long, they have fought fahfullys when
others have faltered they have stood firm, and while
other districts have lost they have continued to gain
and they say all their brethren in other parts of
the county, do your duty as we viii do ours and at
the close of the next election, Rutherford will be
Democratic by ahaudsome majority.
Every Democratic candidate received at the Fos-.
terville district the same number of Votes except
DR.. Steele who fell behind only two votes.
The Democracy of Fostervlle are true firm and
consistent, and are not willing to rest under sus
picon of having been the cause Of losing the county
by about dozen votes, by not doing their duty
They expected to have done better than they did,
because some who had nearly up to the day Of cleo
ton openly declared their purpose to vote the Demo-
cratic ticket voted as in former elections against
lection to Democratic principles, the Democrat
ic party. and only desire fair opportunity to show
their fidelity and their strength. Those who we're
Democrats are Democrats still, and will remain
such, true to their principles and party-MuJrees-
boro' Negs. ..
SEBAsToPoL AS IT IS Nova letter from Sebas-
tOpol gives account of the details of the pres
ent state of that port and points out what has really
been effected with regard to getting up the sunken
vessels:
cit is well known that in order to prevent the
entry of the allied feet into Sebastopo the Russian
commander-in-ehief sunk in succession three lines
of vessels one behind the other, and that in the
night which followed the capture of the Malakoff
and the town Of Sebastopol the Russians sunk all
the other vessels which happened to be in the port
certain number which were anchored near the
shore and in rather shallow water, were grounded
rather than sunk, and received but very trifing
damage. These the vessels which were taken
up, and which have been repaired at Nicolateff
Among them the Pruth, the Cherscnese the
REM, the Danube, the Etoile du Nord, the Silatch
and the 0rninanetz, all small steamers As to the
line Of battle ships frgates and other vessels etL
er steamers or sailing ones, which were sunk 10
form the three lines alluded to, it has been found
impossible to move them They are deeply imbed-
ded in the sand, above the bridge, and are heavily
laden with stones and other articles, which were
their places. As their masts and rigging have been
removed, they do not in any way impede the navi-
CATION, which is confined to merchant vessels, since
according to the terms of the treaty of Paris YES
sells of war are excluded from the~Blaek Sea- with
the exception of a certain number of small ones At
the time of the destruction of the Russian feet it
only comprised thirty steamers among which were
the frgate Vladmier, of $50 horse power; two cor
vettes the Bessarabia and GromOnosez of 26O horse
power, and the steam gunbOat the Argonaut; the
remainder were all small, from 60 to 100 horse pow
er. All these have been or may be got up with
more or less success; but to the Others they
would not be worth the expense incurred in the OPP
GRAFTON. As to the reconstruction of the land and
forts formerly defending Sebastopol, which has
been mentioned by several foreign journals, the
statement is pure invention. The port of Sebas-
tOpol is now almost entirely abandoned by naviga-
tion as it is less advantageous for commerce than
that of hamiesch, and is only frequented by few
fishermen, who sell their cargoes the people who
hawk fish about the interior of the country. The
point to which the Russian government now directs
all its efforts is Theodosa Katie, an excellent
port situated more to the south, which is to be one
of the heads of the line of railway and is likely to
become great maritime and commercial point