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THU AM Hi Hi CAN pi ON. “utireu ws r.%vi— tunem we mu “ v I. I'll V HrMls* ■*! •*ra|l trial. I, l- ICRtt., *Mll I P.ilUm. M—WI'U” L “!-■ 1 ■'. -■■■-. J “ ’ I Snow Hothingira Exposed. That ntr rtadrrs iwav la> u* well posted up apnn the subject ..f Know Noihingisiu a* llicir nriflilt i* we give Ulnwwh.it purjv.irf* to lx* nit ifiwllhiu of the obligation* i.| ahe first. second inti third degiecs of the order ‘I lip initial* <1 will . I uMe to judge nf the pnrrrcln s* of ilie exp si lem, wbilv outsider* will |*ml My find nothing very WUputriotic wherewith to condemn (he Know N4llUl|t*, If they should Incline to swnllow what ithteihd In inference to them a* Gospel truth : From the lemtsnllt J >umaJ■ lthiltTlxTKnrTiNG Docimint ir flrni isr. Wo httee often stated. upon the nnthority of In ftdWmUon whieh w helieve to le entirely nuthen tic. thin (he Know Nothing or American party ol t!i country d’ pto lni *ure* few month* ego in it* National Cooneil for e*thlifliing n<l socu ling it* own nationality of character everywhere tlOMglMt the Union We have not known how ever, whether wc should Imre an opporlifnity Inlay before the tropin of the nution tin- proof which we folly helirrcd to le in etiotenee. The nppur | twoiiy **• at length offi-ra I n<—that I*, if an enemy nf the Knew Nothing* i* to bo !>clit ved, und we gladly avail raiiwlve* of it The eilitor of the I‘ittaLurg fl.itelte. who i* an enemy of the American party. ha*. lie *.iy*. got p**ea>im> of one of the 1-a.k* in whieh the tile* of thn order are eon tamed, und publishes what he asserts to lat “the genuine It it >• I ol the Firrt. 8 corn! and ’'liinl Degrees a* rmw udiiimitcrid in the seyorul eouneila.” lie doe* not ti ll how lie name into it*scs*ion of the Kitunl, lait another I’itlahug editor etatea that it wua among the eon j tent* of a loat isa-kit lsk whieh the Under took to the eilitor of the (Jaxette. who ahatrarteil the and ..mn nt therefrom and laid it he ,ire the public Whether the alsornetion of a document from n loat pis-kct laaik for snail a pnrpoae ia an art of theft or of honesty. and whether the liocument, no pnhiiahed. ia a forgery or a genuine |>a[>er. wo pro tend not to d"eidc. hut we do* v tl at. naauining tli* Aiewmetlt to I* perfectly authentic unit genu ine, it afford* the nm*t ev. rwhidming nationality of the American |wrty that could possibly lie pro eented to men * min i* If ‘the evidence hith rto giren an* not wholly mti*factory. the desideratum i* now supplied hy an enmy. !.et u see what thi* • Ritual “ o called, ia The oilier obligation imp wed on members of the Kirst and S>in'l Dog crn ts. aoc'inhng t*> tin* publication in tlie I'lttahurg p iper !;> support im tive-htim Am"rirtin citixonn for nil offices iif honor, trust or jiinflt in the gift of the |ie ‘pie. to the exciu ■ion of foreigners it'i’t aliens, Umn in ( at holies in particular, nud without regard to party prcddoo tionn. ii'nl to dicin'oo rnrcigO"rn mi l lloinin Catli olion from office when the power to do *n in pos •"**cd Irjr thorn taking the obligation Ihit it in •o the Kitii'il of tin! Third Degree. on here given to the world, that wo pirtieiilirly desire to coll th( public iittrntion mill to invite the pnldir eeru tiny The wlmlo country will noe on rending it. th.it it onilenlinn whether genuine or not the •tro'igent nnd m int solemn ant'* Northern nholition ohligitionn iind the strongest mid most eoleinn anti Hoiithern ni'i'i'*sion obligations llmt rniild In’ ndmininter and •in tlm pr>*neni'e of Mm glity (Iml All .eh id I,” tu"mhi>m of the Anierii'uii order : *n could lie driven mil from it hy n distinct on n mnooinent of mem mid undying oppoMiion to the denignn mid purjawen of the Ahnlitintibtn und | Free*m|or< inu-t if thin piiMint on ■ true, hove abandoned if nm ithn ego lor wrdn onnM not preee a more deterin ned opposition to aneli den gon nn I piirn-wn than in cX’Hvsnod ill tlnn obligation of thn I bird Itogre - n'nl in the i l"<|u iit and ini premie'charge that follow< it Fellow ciiuenn yon know wh it liu n n I| itur-’ in an I limy nmnt men regard the awful Silrmnitii'n or an iiith. and. if nny editor of any iiilly undertaken ti tell you th it tl> manner of I lion.’ men. wlionuv’ taken ■uuh an obligati ai an we are a out to lay iM-fore ; yon from the I'itt-hurg (taper. arc vbolitionintn, or th it th'r fivor tlm denignn of thcYrcesoilor*. or that they are the eneoiirugern of ngitnlion upon | the nuhj’ ot nf slavery. you utiv a ell treat the an •ertiiai W'tll the room mid eon eulpt due to men daC'ty and calumny Whatever may lie the er ror* of heK nor Not Jugs. the manses are at leant j national in tle ir p rpnsns. as they are even me miM lining their witness leniod ion ti<ainhty hy tic* tout the boldest in.in would tremble to never or disregard. Herein the document of which ft hare hern rking, anal we n”eal not invite to it the nttcii of the Amerieuii party a friendn or the Aine rio*n party a enumien! It in a clincher -a paru lj*-*r of anti-American tongues -a *h utter up of oaff-Niolitn mouths: RltlUL # TIIE Tllinra fIEOREE Ttittn Degree Cop mil -The I'renident nd miniatcrv to the candid iten elect the following O>UC ITIOK*. You and ettoh of you. of your own free will ami •coord, in the prenoncc of Almi hiv (bid and tliene wihnrmn with your liiitidn juineil in token of that fraternal affection which nltoold ever hind toget> or Wi* KUttW of tin* Union. lorining a ring, in token of your determination that, mi far an your efforts M avail, this Union ahull have no end. do sol •wMity and ainoerely ewear (or affirm ) that you wiU MM undue any circumstances. dim-lone in any tanner, nor aoffer it to lie done by olhera if ill for power to prevent it. the name, nigun. pan* ! WUrda or other thin Degree, exeept to thaiirjluwhfrpt you atar'pruve ,m trial to he brie tfuruof tiu MUM Deg! I'O. or in o|nn council ‘or ; (hut you do hereby WHHy declare yNkM and. union to the Union iif then* ■'-tats* ; thut in tlW^jyhni gn|JlWr duly •a American uitix n* yH wH! •ad tHWid it; that you will discourage and din | •••nMltance a y attempt eoniing from any ami quarter, wnicli you ludieve to b” designed or •JowUt dto destroy; nr auhvert it. or to weaken Hthtnfi; anil that you will um> your influence. a* in your power, in en learn” ng to procure M>|niaaMa and eqnitahle adjustment if alt po|it ttHMMffinta or Uifferetteen. wliieh may threaten ilt’iiliHrllMtf *' ll^ll V"U do fui titer promise ~ yT': * ’vV.i\l',Bfe*J,'m)\ I ',Bfe*J , 'm) ~," t wII m l f.,r uny Tpjtt's f honor. nr profit, nr trust, of ttfW. whom you know it Mir re PWWfe Ilw Union of tbeer (Mm. nr ywyluee Ural re •wit; that you f>Kwi] office# tnnWr Union OsKno^Hpßl *We order in preference to ,i|t iff U wmj be (lone consist! ntly with the Constitution |*Mir of the land. you will when elected or 1 ■lipuiati and In uny official station, which may confer! •you tlie power to ilo so, reniore from offi.-o or ■MM. all persons whom you know or believe to Is* j la favor of a dissolution of the Union, or who ure endeavoring In produce that result: and that you •I# la no ease appoint such persons to uny polit-! Iml tffitoe ur plioe whatever. All thi* you prom ‘ iMaa4 swear (or affirm) unon your'honor as A user loan oitix'iix and friends of the American, Union, to sustain anil abide hy without uny hesi-i Mdan ur mental ro.ervmi. ii whatever Vou als"! praMint and swear <■ affirm) tint this, and all 1 (A# uWifili'Si* which you hare prevent ly tolt n 1 fc> ffirf# Clrd-v. shall ever Ist kepi sier and and Wvio hit. To all thi* yu pledge your lives, your for- 1 tMN and vuar iwnl honors. Si lodp you G<*l ** steadfast. | t ich one shull answer, After the candidate* have I teen instrneteil in tlio J MMWiIm of this third degree of tin* 1 >nlrr. thef MMMriag oh trgn isgiv-n by the IWident: . Saar If CM: Mia with irr -at pleasure that I com 1 MMhts von op *n v ur advancement to the Th rtl 1 MpH *t our • trl’T. TJie nopsuiliiiitjis you ftaae auw assumed are inoro o.ioas uud weighty ! than tlmsc which preceded, und ore committed to *nch t niy a* have la-cn tried und found worthy Gur obligation* ere intended a* solemn avowal* of our duty to the land that gave ne birth ; to the. ■ncmoiie* ol our fiitlier*; und to the happiness] and welfare of our children. t oneerating toyour; country n spirit unselfish und a fidelity like that which distinguished the pntriote iif the Involu tion. you have pli-ilged yiair aid in cmienling the ) I*.ml* ol a I’nion whitli we trut will endure for- j ever. Your ileporiiio nl rince your initiation hna’ | nitrated your devotion to the principle* we denirej to establish and li ,* itiKpired a confidence in your patriotism. of wli ch we can’ give no higher proof thun your riccption here. I’lied ingi ra wliicli tlireaten American l.ilierty arises from ha;” without, and from i-nemie* w ithin j The lirt Ilegrci- pointed out the source and nature > of our moat imminent |H-ril. and indicated the fir*t j measure of a.ifely The aecoin! degree denned the j i next me ilia l>y which in coming time. *ueli awaiilt* 1 may l< rendered liarmleaa The third degree, j winch you have juat received, not only reiterate*’ the [caaon of the oilier two. hut it ia intended to j avoid anl provide for u more remote hut mi lemj terrible danger from domcntic eticmle* tanur free inalllull ii- * Our object i* briefly thia: TANARUS perfect an organ ixati n. uoaiolerl alter that of the Constitution of the I'nited Mate*, und eoextenaive with the con federacy It* object mol principle* in nil mutter* i of national concern, to he uniform nod identical, whilat in all local matter*, the component partaj ahull remain independent and sovereign within their respective limit* Ihe great result to lie ohtnined—the only one which n secure a perfect guaranty u* to oar fa- ! ture —ia Inion . permanent, endurin.', fraternal j Union! Allow me then tn impress upon your minds and memories the touching sentiments of the Fa ther • f liis country m his farewell address : -Tiioi Unity of Governin'nt which constitutes you one people.” say* Washington. • is justly dear to you. i'or it ia the main pillar in the edifice of your real j ntdiqandcnce the support of your tranquility at home, of your peace ahroitd. of your safety. | nmr prosperity, even that liberty you so justly pr zo * * It i* ofiiifinito moment tlmt you should properly estimate the immense value of vour Nu | tionul Union, to your collective and individual, happiness. You -hoiitd cherish ti cordial. linhitu-! al. and iinuioviihlo iitlnchmeot to it, to think nod j speak o| it as the palfa ‘uni of your political sife ty, und prosperity : watching for it* preservation j with jealous anxiety ; di-count* •mincing whatever j may suggest evenjy suspicion tlniLvt-ratn—hi liny | c *• ti I tic. Tui rnluind! and indignantly Irowning op | on the first downing of evciy attempt to alienate! any portion of our country jroip the rest, or to en- j feeble the aucred lies which now hind together the j various part* ‘ Let ttiese word* of paternal advice and warning j from the greatest niun that ever lived, sink dorp; into your hciirts ! ( licrisl, tlum ami teach your; i hiliircii to reverence then, us you cherish und re | vcrcncc the iiicoory **f Washington hiinself ‘I lie Union of these States i< I lie great conservator of| liisrty so d-ar to the A hot call heart Without it. our greatness. ~’ u nution, would disupis'iir mi I our Imusirit s< If government proven signal) failuio ihe very name oi ■ ilierty. and the hopes i of struggling freedom throughout the world, must j perish in the wreck of this Union ! Ih-vote your ; self, tluui to its maiiifaiinim'e. us our fathers did! to the cniisc of iinlependeiiee . consecrnting to its| support, a- you have svv,.rn to do. your lives, your i fortunes and your s.icre*) honor! Krothcrs ! Iterallifyg ti I your mi fids the solemn ! ohligationa which, you have severally taken in this; ami tin’ untiflrd t<> nil tin* h ot UK'iiilrfMttltip in orgiiiiiE-ition . nn>l r.ik • | h in informing you tlmt you aru now The Na>!ivillu lhmmr of tin* Bth inst, oopiod ! tho fnrogoiiis artiilo from tlio Louisville Jounml and tlie- next (lay tlie'Jtli, the Banner had the fid j lowing iii tide : VVc republished yesterday prefaced hy an editori al eommentary of the l.oii.svillu Jniirn il. extracts from certain il'iciitmhls recently patdislicd in the I‘ittsbnrg Gnx"tte, vvlueLitUat p ipor all edged were truly Copied from one of the hooksoi the Jiiierioan party and which constitiiti and “the genuine Ritual i ;of the First. Seen and and lliird Degrees no v ad ministered in the se crnl Councilsl Inin thi* ■ Rilu and of tho I bird D< gree. ’ n* published hy the tin-tie. nothing could'e more national. Well j might the Journal pronounce it *• highly interest ing document, if genuine ” \\ ell might the Jour nal proclaim it. if genuine, a ** timelier -n pu nly xer of anti American tongues ‘ The question therefore, ol it* genuine nr**, is one of the deepest interest and highest importance. The Gazette, a strong Free-oil anti Know* Nothing paper insist* that it i* genuine, and tells how it c.imc into it* possession. . •—■ —-——— -l National Washington Mommknt—The Board, of Manager* of tho Tund have issued an addrews in which they make tin* following appeal for means to complete the Monument : Anew lamed of Manager* have now l>eon ap pointed. Wo como info office under favorable j auspice*, and with well founded hope* of moans to j pro ecu to tho work Since our election, on the 22d ol February last, wo have not Imon idle Oar j arrangements have l**en began, and arc in progress . We appeal to tlir people. Wo wish no legislative ; aid We haik to tVe. l hearts : ,we cull upon till. 1 not the liberal and tho generous alone. We'call | upon each limn who thin diy walk* erect in all the punnpoly of Irtcdom in this hriaul land, who! i* not dead to tho eouinuui impulses of Immunity. | who is worthy in the lea-t degree of the count) *s and diversified blessing* by which lie i* surround- ! ed. w c call upon men cv ryw hore to contribute caul* Ilia mite A great and mighty people of -twenty #• million* cannot l>e no dead to the son •ouafi* which an* innate in ovary breast nt the bare miming of suck a benefactor as to refuse or neglect to give their aid in sueli a cause l-et every man. then, wlm feel* lii* heart heat with American pulsation-, und every man who re i vere* the name of rt nshington. singly or in com panion, enmmunitiute directly with our .Verotary and itend in hi* contidhution to our Treasurer, or suggest a mode for its collection. Grand Jmv I’ueskntnknt or the Know Nothin os — The Grand Jury ul Monroe Countv. after an investigation held by direction of the Unrt, have presented all aitcrel combination’ nction, laU*#anmraa illemlan.l wgiiilbilioiy 111 i jhanmi’M■ in *tlfl)lfeM | l.ili |, ii of the statute in j relation the law was designed to protect ami every elector in a free ami] voluntary clmiiv in easting his hnllol, and to ul- 1 low every citizen. otherwise wortln, to lie a prop- 1 it stihjeel of sneli suffrage. Five of the Grand Jury make a dissenting report, stating that after investigation ot the doings am! savings of secret | mlitie.il organizations, they have iiot lieeli aide to find that any of them had stifled or suppressed ■ •ree speech and liberal diseussion, or violated the election laws, i | End or tiikiQitimvn KxesnirtoN.—lt is stat l ed that at a meeting of the Cuban Junta, held at New Orleans on the 20th till.. General John A.! ■Quitman handed in his resignation ax eomuian- i der in ehiefof the expedition which has been sol i long organized against Cuba. All of the Atner- ] j ican officers who held commission* in this Quit- ‘ Lilian army have also resigned, am) the Jnn'a il | self hits lieeli formally dissolved Thus ends 1 the, Quitman expedition and the Cabanexccutlvel c oineil, nn end vvhielr. it is idlcdgx| thev, allrib-1 u’e to the determined opjsisitioii of l'rcujileut Pierce and his cabiucl. j GRIFFIN, GEORGIA. SATURDAY MORKIJTG. MAY 19, 1855. • Brn * Bi **,•’ r.T it —We cannot permit the ] ; reflection upon our gallantry, contained in “Boccu j BungaV note to the Kditor. to pas* iinretaliatcd.. i Her implied suspicion Unit our lip* are not her- j | metieully sealed ujsm the confidences of female , correspondent*, ran only be atoned for hy u prompt compliance with ll,e rule. We would not lav ini portunatr, hut ‘ Becca ’ must Is* conscious of owing ns atonement, uml we trust she will lift tier veil lout. The delay of another week, whieh the ’ crowded state of our column* enforces, will giie her nn opfsirtunity to make the nrurwie h ninttililr. 1 , There are oilier communications which vve nre j compelled to lay over until next week. Mr. Stephens’ Letter. Our Democratic friends of Uriflin having conde- | ! cendinglv 1 oluntecred to read for their follow eiti xrn*. ournelf among the nutnhey, the letter of lion j A 11. Stephen* against Know Nothingism. we presume it is expeeted that we will ni'khowledge ; the courtesy hy no elaborate exposition of our , opinion of it. Such, however, is not our design, j , Wc arc happy in the belief that .Mr Stephens will, i once nt lenst, have justice done him by bis politi- j [ cnl enemies, nod thut the Democratic press will so ! ! overdo the part of eu ogista. aa to leave nothing ‘ • for hi* party frienila t*i say MV have too long es- | i teemed Mr Stephens a head a,nd shoulders above I any man in the Democratic ranks, to quarrel with | ! him now for forcing them to admit the fact, even though we cannot concur in all of his opinions | i To us i*. is a triumph to see Democracy bend the | knee nf homage to Ai.i:\ vmii.u II Si kiuikxs—j 1 the man against whom they have literally waged | a war to the boi/r. To find i e r ring- lenders plan j I ning from liohind a “masked battery'’ (for tiny ! timi have their secrets') the propagation of “l.itt e • I Aleck s ‘ political views among the rank and file | of the Unterrified.’ ia ind-'ed somethitn; for Whigs to be proud of We appreciate the embarrassment [ of a position which tenders it necessity for tln-m to make nscof catspavv Whig* at first, as a s.lvo j to the pride of Democracy, and pu li them fnrwuid , in a scheme for S'rplu'ni -1 the anti-StepVieiiites. i The masses of the party, retaining a faint rvcollec- ‘ tion * f the vituperative abuse heaped upon .Mr Step lien* hy the very press and lenders who are now about to become his most obsequious eulogists, i will need a little drilling before they can he per- i suaded to link their judgment to the train of his ! political opinion*. They must not he surprised , even to find those of their own party’ leaders, who i not only ‘ approved'’ hut were “highly delighted ‘ with “ Mr Pierce's appointments, now commend ing the letter of Mr. Stephens, which unerpiivo rally condemns those appointments; f. r he at- 1 tributes as tending to aid the Kpovv Nothing movement, “the appointment, of so many foreign- j ers, who/hi unfit, not only to minor offices at home. | hut turepresent our country as Ministers abroad “ lie also asserts that “great frauds and great aims- ! i es ntteml the present udmihistiation of-ourii.ititral i ixation laws,” and assumes that they * nujit to he J 1 corrected. '’ ■ Surely if Democracy can applaud this censure of \ its own administration. Whig* and Know Noth- ] ; ings may well ..fford to treat leniently any differ- j cnee of opinion which may exist between them and Mr. Stephens. The Whigs, as a class, arc ! proverbially tenacious of their own opinion*, and j ultln ugh they have been characterised as --man j worshippers,’ it is will known that they follow! the h-ad of no mail whose opinions are essentially jat v irieocirwftli their own. While they have re- j quently deferred to the judgment of men in whom ] pliiCTtl implicit oimft lenc*', upon matters nf j pnlitifii] (‘ipcdiuncy, tlny never liuv** Leon nr : | never wiil Le hlvcn to the opinion of mere party | lemler*. Much us they admire Mr. St*p!iens 1 tin y will not follow him one step further than the ! ; <liuU4e* of their own shall prompt. If j . they In-lievr. ns doubtless many of them do. und as Mr Stephens l imits, that the American move ! meat ha* resulted from the prevalence of pa- ; litieal abuses and and is necessary ! to their reform, t ey will give it their hear- ] ty approval Os the pnrpises of the new par ] 1 ty they are ns competent to judge as Mr Stephens i ; is. for its platform of principles has heen present- I ;ed to the public, ns will he any modifications or ; ! additions w hich the interests, of the American jwo- I f |de may seem to demand Mr. Stephen* has act- : ed and sympathized with the Whigs too long not ] i to understand that noble trait in their character which prompts them to investigate all new ques- i I tions affecting the public interest, and accept or 1 ’ reject them, according to the dictates of their own judgment. It he can. without a sacrifice of piio ; eiple. agree with them, lie will do so. Indeed, we 1 h ive an indirect assurance of his co-operation even ! I with the American party of the South, in the fob , lowing possugo from his letter, with which we ; i slmll close for the present : , “VVlint our Georgia friends, whether Whig* or | Democrats, wlm have gone into this “New Order.” i nre really after, or wlutt they intend to do. I can- I not imagine. Thuve of them whom 1 know have I nssured me that their object is reform, both in onr . State und Federal Administrations—to put better j und truer men in the places of those who now i wield nnthority - tlmt thej have no sympathies ns ! party men or otherwise with that class I speaK of nt the North—that they are lor sustaining the ! Union platform of our Btute of 1850 and that tlm > mask of seorecy will stsm lie removed when all will lie made public. If these he their ohj. .-t*. und also to check the frauds and correct tin- nbuses in j the existing natural aation laws, which I have mentioned without the indiaorimimitc proscription i of pny class of citisensun account of their hii th place or .religion, then they will have my on ; ! “peranfm #*yl bare told BitM-Ai every projatr and legitimate wtyr. to uffeefiTMeh s rctm ina- I (ion” ,<■; ; ’•Tkmptation. or Httins sty J. Frederick Smith, uutlrhr of Stanfield Hall. Amy Lawrence. Minnie fTn>, &c Garrett & Cos . IS Ann street. ,V V . ptildiobm We are indehted to the politeness of tiiTptrtfllsh ; ers for a copy of the iilmve work and when wesny that, vvitli our laittor judgment arrayed against that branch of literature which snltscrvcs no prac tical! useful end. we have read it through with i unusual interest, we pay it a compliment which j the habitual novel reader will appreciate. “How. ever questionable the morality of any .work which aims no higher then the gratification of a morbid appetite for the ideal, we do not feel called upon to attempt a reform of pnblie taste in that partic ular. “Temptation'’ onco commenced will be read through with deep intercat. The book will be found at the Book Stdre of Messrs Richards fit Brothers, Hill street j - - l IT— Tjh 1 The Hightower (hobor.--The new Bridge acme* the Hightower river is now in a condition to permit the train# of the State Railroad to pass over without danger. Southern Baptist ConTextion* Wc are indebted to the politene*of Rev J. H. Cvxpaxu for file*of the Montgomery papers, con taining the daily proceedings of the Southern Bap ! tist Convention in that city. Our space will not ! [*•_£ mit a detailed statement of the transactions of i that body. The Convention commenced its es -1 sion on Friday the 11th inst . Rev. R B. C. How ! ell. D D . of Virginia. President, and adjourned Tuesday evening, the 15th. The fol owlng States j were represented ; Maryland. District of Colum hiu. V rginia. North Carolina! Fouth Carolina., ! (Jeorgia, Al. Inina, Mississippi, Tennessee, Ken-J tucky, laruiaiann and Horivl*. The business id the first dav was limited to the reception of dele gates, appoindng committees, reading repoits. &c On Saturday, the Southern Baptist Publication Nrcicty was in session. Among the transactions of Monday, wc find the following : Rev. W C. Crane moved the adoption of the ! following resolution, whieh was adopted ; Resolved, that a committee of one from each I State he appointed to draft u memorial to the President and Senate ol the United States, prny ; ing that the same religious liberty shall be gutir. ! nntoed by the treaties existing between this and ; Foreign Naiions, and hy treaties hereafter formed ; to American citixens residing in Foreign lands. under the flag of our country which is guaranteed , to all foreigners residing on American soil Messrs Burrows, Foster. Bennett. Williams. Io ; hey, Waller. Holmes, Farrar. Sanvlidge, Duncan and Mercer, were appointed on said committee Os the last day's proceedings, (Tuesday) we have only time to give the following nominations; Fohkign Mission Boakh. Kislimond. Va Rev. .1. It. .liter, D. D. Prc-udent ; Rev James B Tuy i lor. and A M Poindexter, Corresponding Secreta ries : A Thomas, Treasurer. DoMKSTir Mission Boakd. Million. Ala—Rev. J II De Votie, President ; Rev J Walker, Cor responding Secretary: W llornhuckle. Treasurer. llibi.k Bo.viit). Nashville. Tenn Rev. W. 11. Bay less, Presi-amt. Rev. A. Dayton. Correspond , ing Secretary ; (.’ A Fuller. Treasurer. The Convention adjourned to meet nt Louisville. Ky , on the 21 Friday in May, 1857. ■ - ..... Sam's Strength. There seen a to lie a diffi uiice of opinion as to the relative strength of the American and an ti American parties.at the meeting in this city in Monday evening last. Many have inf* rmed us, and “iir ow n impression was that Sam's folks num bered the strongest, the stairway being entirely h|..okcd up with them, besides the large number that were outside of the court room bur. TlieOc jtuber elections will probably test the matter. In the mean time, let patriotic Americans stand firm at their posts, strong in the integrity of tl.eir pur poses and purity of motives. Let thens meet tiie II suiny of ehe present day as their ancestors (lid j those of the Revolution, and the result wi 1 he, as then! an American triumph. DriT.t.Nf.s -“Col. (J. J. tirecn has a letter in the last “Umpire State, ‘ declining to run as a candi date for Congress from the Third Congressional District. We presume lie is still bo ore the Ladies, however, for l ew suffrages, and we hold to our promise of endorsing him New Firm.- By their card in another column it will he seen that the old firm of Woodruff & (recn lias been dissolved, and that our fellow townsman. Wm. L Gordon h is gone into the Car riage business with W. \V. Woodruff. We hope the public will give the new firm the liberal pat ronage it deserves. Cm ; r of Cl. vims.—President Pierce has ap pointed Judge Scar burg. Law Professor of William and Mary College, Virginia, to the place upon the Bench of the Court of Claim*, wo ich was declined hy Judge Lumpkin, of this State. Jrncr. Loaisi; Governor Gardiner has refused to sign the bill of the Massachusetts Legislature removing Judge Lnring from office. The Cover -1 nor of Massachusetts has hut discharged a duty in refusing his santinn to the high-lmnded meas ures of a fanatical Legislature, lint he is ncvcrthc , le.-s entitled to praise for the hold manner with : which lie has confronted the prejudices of large ; numbers of his immediate fellow citixens Blasphemous. We are astonished that u paper making preten sion* to respectability, should have permitted the ! following Mu-phcmnus article to appear in its ! column* without a word of censure. Surely such ; profanity can subserve no good political end. and | our friends of the Savannah Georgian must have j been in a strait for argn icnt against Know Noth ingism when they condescended to use so contempt ible an effort at vulgar wit, as fcflvidenced in the • Prayer ‘ below. Wc republish it with these com ; meats, in the hope to deter others from perverting lady things to base purposes : • Know Nothing Pksvf.ii —A fiend says the Americas News, lias handed u* the following •prayer.’ which was really offered up u few days ago lie a good old Know frothing brother, down in tie- dark corner of Clinch : O Lord, send thy power down with a mighty rn-li like a pack of Hounds after an old Cat an'd take me home to heaven or some other happyplacc. for I he and -d if we have tiny money down here. <* Loidy. do send down copious showers of ruin, so that vve can make large curs of corn and none of your and —d nubbins!* O l.only deliver es from nil evils, from the Spaniard*, from the Fillibusters. and Nitan, but more especially the Know Nothing party. O Lonly we offer you ns a propitiation for our sin* our son. (jfani) ah! Lord take him hy the eye brows and shake him over hell until he bleats like a Calf; hut 0 lairdy, don't let him-tjraj> in.” Tired of the Drill. It seems that the editor of the Dalton Ttmrs ] ins come under the ban of a portion of his party, for daring to exercise a little independence of . thought. Although a Democrat, and heretofore j active in promoting the came of Democracy, he oppose# ttyr rc noitilnatjotv of Got*. Johnson, and, a* we Utjfik. for good and sufficient fsesons Ala recent meeting of the unterrified in Whitfield county, the Times and its editor was pretty rough ■ ly handled hy sonic of the wire-workers, upon which the editor lets slip the dogs of war and throws hot shot into camp alter the full -wing fashion : I The erimo we hnve committed in the eye of the democracy is. that we have had the presumption i to tlunk for ourselves, a* all men ought to do and i not.suffer themselves dictate I so by political dmi-1 gogues. who care no more for the common voter, than the do for the Flat Head Indian, only so far ns they can mako him subserve their interest, by crying out.—- Nomination ’ You are no democrat unless yon go for the man that your leaders shall say must be the man.” Now, we hold, that the poorest eitisen in the government has just ns much right to lewd, and to exwreise hi# npinrm in matter# of govern m- nt, a# the tallest nabob in the land, notwithstanding he mas lie clothed in purple and fine linen, and may fivre sumptuously every day Party leaders wifi destroy any party, if the party wilf follow impli ] citly. whithersoever they may land. The time hae wluie. ai>d the old of SSL (iTwhoin there'are about a down in every countv) huve met together and brought out tin. candidates, and the voters Imve n to vote for them, under pemit'J <>f being ‘?•!{£ the hull of excovnmon Cation : hut wc believe tht , time has now come, when the voters w. l exeom-1 municate the leaders, and read them out of tin r respective parties, unless they acknowledge the ! sovereignty of the voter, and his right to think and j act for himself, independent of the threats of party i leaders. - , I When, in tho history of conventions, have the voters been icpreseated in them ? Demagogue* and office seek, r- have been represented there, and it is (or their benefit that conventions haveailvvavs l,een held, and unit, ascertain who is the best qualified to represent the interest# of the largest number of voters The inquiry is, who would he the strongest man. without regard to his qualifica tions. or his moral worth : and it will he so. as long as the people suffer themselves humbugged l)yciucuscsmiii conventions! ... So far as wc understand the principles of the American party, one of their cardinal doctrines is. to put down demagogues and office seekers II this he their aim, we bid them God speed, in so noble an undertaking. If this be one of their objects, no wonder there is such opposition among party leaders to their organization. This 0| posi tion is in our opinion, otic of the strongest argu ments in its favor The leaders want to do the secret work in t:\ing up candidates, them-elves They have so long monopolized th s branch of politics, that they have conic to the conclusion that they ought t.'i have a patent right for the con-; corn, and that it i* not proper for others to meet j secretly, and presumptuously infringe the rights | of party leaders. Lv fixing up their own candidates | indeed, a few have so long • zeroised the right of j meeting -ocretly. and making nominations, that it j lias iilmo-t become a law : not quite, however : for : vve think that the memory of man iuns hack to a ; time in the history of this government, when there: was an su h thing as party c .ileuses and nnminn- i tions. and when presidents were elected without | having liven nifininated hy a convention But in | these davs of political p ogre.-sioii. (when otir. country is filled up with sages aid orators, who are both able to plan with trie wisdom of a Solomon, and to sway the masses with the eloquence of a Cicero.) it is criminal in any one to attempt to set op his own opinions in opposition to those “t our political rules When these speak, in their ail ■ tlioritativc manner, through a convention, the vn . ters “f the parly mu-tfall down and worship the j image which the convention lias set up. or. like, Simdraoh Meslutc •• and Ahi-dnego. they must be: cast into the furnace of political condemnation : but like them, they shall pass through the li rv J ordeal unharmed Then shall Conventions he , forced to cry out. “Blessed he the man who did; not take part in conventions!’ T Mr. Stephens and the Macon Resolution. We invite attention to the following com ■ ■Dents of the Journal <t* JilisWiiijir upon Mr. | Stephens* objection In the la solution ]>:issed hv j the Slate Council of the Anieiicaii I‘aity at Ma- j con : Mr. Stephens is already too fast in declaring j against the Older in this Suite, on I lie hi lint 1 of its Nm them nfliiiatiolis, or its position upon; the subject of slavery, and alined her wrong in assuming that the Resolution which lie criticise-! completely defines their position. ‘I he recent ! Stale Coiiimil held in this city, as vve are inform- | oil, assembled in pnr-iiaiice of a ptovi-imi of the Constitution of the Order to transact* the regular j routine business of the State Council not to! nominate candidates, or to avliqit a platio.im up- | oil vvhieli to enter the Gubernatorial canvass.— A part of such regular business at the .'inntial i meetings of Stale Councils, as vve have i’ a-''il t“i heliev e. is to provide tor their repieseiitatioii in i tlie National Council, vvhieli, for the present 1 year will be held in June, in the city of l’liila ! delphia. The resolutionwhich lie tidicides as j the product of alt incphatioii of three days, al though with the lights before him lie does not know and cannot say that it occupied the atten tion of the .Connell one lionr, was probably pass-, ed in vievy of this meeting of tlit; National Conn-1 oil, and designed as a notification to the Ordoi j throughout the United States, of the position of j the Order in this State upon questions which j will lie made between the Ninth and the South, j hy the continued agitation of the subject of I slavery. It may be .simply declaratory of that! aliout which there is no conflict of opinion,! among men South of Mason's and lLxon's Line, j and at the same time, such a declaration may ! be lieeessaty. and may be decidedly sii/nijicnnl : to men north of Mason's and Dixon's Line, It"J tile National Council at Philadelphia refuses to adopt the policy of non intervention upon the subject of slavery, or if it attempts to ignore this whole sill (jert, in the face of the fact, that the Know Nothing organization in several of the Free Stales is wedded against the South, South ern delegates cannot and will not remain there. We regard the Resolution of the Council of this State as all evidence, although it does not express it in terms, oi the determination of Georgia Know Nothing* at least, to affiliate with no Council ! in any northern State which will make war up- ■ on the Smith, or refuse it its rights in the Ter-! ritories of the Union. Time will determine] whether ourliope or XI r. Stephens’ fear upon this; [mint is better founded. Hut Mr. Stephens objects particularly, to that portion of the Resolution which declares that the right to establish Slave institutions’ “in the or ganization ot State Government.*, belongs to na tive and naturalized citizens,” which excludes foreigners who have declared their intention to become citizens, but have not been whilst by the provision of the Kansas-Nebraska act, this class of jajrsons are entitled to vote in tli<>3e territories. This lie denounces ns “an iu siditoiis attack” upon the principles of the Kan sas Nebraska Bill, and says that under this Res olution, when Kansas applies for admission into the Union as a Slave Stale, a Southern Know Nothing can unite with his brethren at the North, in voting against it upon the ground that some of the inhabitants of that Territory have voted for n Constitution recognizing slavery, who had not been “naturalized,” tail had oiily%*c!r ed their intention ! in fact, that it has opened the door for the rejection of Kansan hpon k pre text I I* it possible that MIF Stephens t hiuk* so meanly of any class of hfs felhiw citizens bT Georgia! Is it pomible Unit lie designs to charge ! upon the framers of this resolution a delils-rato intention to sup/jest to the North a pretext upon ‘ Wliieli to oppose the admission of Kansas ? Is] it possible tlmt he can believe that Southern! men. u/x>n such a bald and naked pretext, trill [collude with Northern fanatics to cheat the | South ofits rights ! lie dins not believe it;’ I yet lit* intimates that it “can” be done. Don’t! he know that it never will he ilone ? This dec- ] laratioti of theßesolution, tlmt the right to fix] and determine the character of the iiisTitqtioiis of j a State in the organization of it* State Govern-1 ment, belongs to “the native and nat ralizwl cit-l izen of our Territories, is a simple declaration of opinion. It has no reference to Kansas or Ne braska. True it is in conflict with tlmt provis ion of the hill organizing these Territories which gores the right of voting to foreigner* who Imre declared their intention. But tlmt bill lias been passed—it t* the law of the land—and Mr. Sto phens ninst not think that the Know Nothi of Georgia, design to attack or nullify R, they have expressed an opinion which amoom* to a disapptoval upon policy or upon princinl* of one of its provisions. Mr. Stephens may j*’ clare an opinion which amounts to a <li**pn eo J 1 j of some provision of the fundamental la* of in’ Stale, lait is that dedal at ion any intimation th * 1 he designs to disregard the laws of the land * a ito assert a higher law of individual opir,’j o| ?y ; His language upon this Resolution, is, lo zayil/ j lenst of it, unfortunate and will prevent, to * j great extent, the effect which hfi designed h* letter to produce. * ’* We have thus objected to a portion of the U n r of Mr. Stephens. We may conclude, how! ever, with the expression of our earnest hone” that no circumstances or conflict of opinion amon us, may deprive us of the benefit of his etnineuf services in the House of Representatives. From the Colutubus Fnquirer. Democracy the Author* of Know Nothin*. The Petersburg Intelligencer —which hv th e way is a troublesome thorn in the side of the Democratic opponents of the American party j n the old Dominion — itia late issue introduces to their consideration the preamble and resolution a copy of which vve subjoin, prefaced by some pertinent coiTmietits. Although intended f or the latitude of Virginia, we think it not jn*p. phipriate further South, and would particularly | commend it to the notice of our contemporary |of the Times & Sentinel. Here ns. in Virgin!* ; vve find the opponents if (lie new party denoune-’ ing the older and their principles as Anti-Ameri can, anti-lb-publican, anti-Dcmocratic. They call upon their Democratic friends to “con* i out from among them and lie seperate,” to‘touch not, taste not. handle not the unclean thing.’ ut j terlv oblivions,or apparently so, of the pregnant I fad that the Democratic party, the friend of the | foreigner /uir excdl nce , are in fact the origin*. I tors or first promulgators of the odious doctrine against which they declaim with such pious zeal. Hut we will let the Intelligencer speak for it s-If. It says: We believe that the Virginia Legislature of j 1799 wa* distinguished for its ardent zeal in I the Vaunted old Jcfi'ersonian Repblican cause. ! Ihe Resolutions ol 08 and ‘OO, commonly so I called, are of themselves, sufficient evidence of I the spii it and temper of that body. These U i moils Resolutions have in fact immortalized it. (Well. IRe \ iigmia Junta Democracy have j worshipped at the shrine (if these old political i deities until their knees have been nearly worn lout, and surely tha/ will not fail to embrace and t honor with enthusiastic i-uiotioiis whatever was ] said and done by the Legislature which passed ! the Resolutions'‘of.'9B and ‘9O. These Resolu tions u hidi have been idolatrously called, or j considered, by the Virgini,, Democracy, a second ; Lotist.ittition of the I nited States, were passed ‘""-I't her, 1798. On the Kith of the i toll"” ing January vve find the following PRE AMIILh and lII*.S< LU 1 1< >N, passed hv the j same body, and duly entered upon the record, jli which We extract them. It is to this Pre amble and Resolution, w hich seem to have had | a prophetic reference to the future in whose j womb laid, as then* authors thought, the veiv (.event winch now constitutes the leading topic !“• universal. dismission in our lam], that we in j voke the special and careful attention of the peo | l':ect Virginia. I hey will here see declared : hi the most s,.!,.|||[| form, and under the highest ; sai n*'inn far hack as the Legislative session of j 1798- 99. the identical doctiiue and (iiineiplcs } regarding torcigu influence, with the striking i ami important dill'crcnce—that the Preamble i and resolution in tpn-tion advocateil a Constitu tional amendment hv which “no foreigner who iii i . ; sslirii) not have aei|iiireii rights under the i liitioiinn.l laws .it the time of making the amend ’ “I.” sli-'ll he KLltilliLE to the larinos offi j res specified. The American party of the pres- I cut day <!<> tint dispute or deny the eligibility of j toieigneis to hold office if they Oa'i get voles ‘ onoiiol, t,, cleet them. i I‘rtomhle ami Ihsolution passed by the Ltq j istuture of Virginia on the \6th of January, 1 j [from Henning's Statutes at large, vol 2 (new aerien,) | P 19T] I lint the (letieral Asseinhly nevertheless con j I'tirritig in optnioti with the Legislature of Mas- I saelitiM'its, that every Cotistitutimal harritr slioti and lie (ipposi-il t,, tlm iiitroiluetion of foreign influence into ottr NaltoiuiT Councils t “Restilrut, licit the Coiistituiion ought to l>o ■m amended that no toieigner who shall not have •nipiifeil rights under the Constitution and l.aus, at the time id making this amendment, shall tliereatter be eligible to the office of Sell*’ toror lieptesi nta'ive in the Congress of l he Unit ed States, nor to any office in the Judiciary or ; e.veetttive Departinents. ! “Agreed to by the Senate January 16tb, 1700. • | ScnMt "r “ ilsvn said, in a lecture at Taunton. > j ‘ ew evenings sHiee, that if the Know Nothing par I t\ commit ed. the error of ignoring the slavery ‘piestion. • in that day it would surely begin to die; and hy the h es-ing of God, he would do what he could to mtike it die.'’ Our friend of th Savannah Georgian, from w ieh we clip the above, should have added, that lie stands shoulder to shoulder with the Aholttum >h Wilson, in hiseflorts to kill the Know Nothing party! Nkw okk Know Nothing Convkntion.— Aew l ork, Map 11.—The New York Times has a <:orres|Hiiident at Syracuse, who profeMes to give the proceedings of the Know Nothing Convention, hrastus Brooks was in the Chair, and one member had been expelled for attempt ing anti-slavery views. The Know Nothing# in New York met in State CiHineiCat Syr acne* laat week. According lo the He|li%neM harmony prmiM. The question war ,|„ Nation alCoumtiFwin,•li'vttiaaaid, PlirlaMeliia The aceordingtoTH He.ald s correspondent, was le-affinned by the Conned. If.seems to la* t| lo impression,. tlmt ], “ a, " r “ 11x0,1 °t Massaehnsets” would have to j ka '‘‘ ‘ IlL ‘ °f* ler ;° account of liis fanthml eowrse, ! a, "l tllat l,le Know Nolhinga of Massachusetts were disced to retrace their steiisaud return to j common sense. I Is it So^? The Atl.inia Examiner aavs, the Lhronn/e <£• Sentinel is now “the open enemy” jol the Know Nothings. Is it so f i i Salk. Dr. Win. S. Jones, proprietor of i the Chronicled: Sentinel office. Augusta, wishing to retire from the Lusiness, offers the establish ment for sale. Col. Bkstox Mi lcted fob Slakdcb.—Advi ces from St. Louis state that the slander anit of Birch vs. Benton has resulted in a verdict of M,- 000 damsgea for plaintiff. The case will be car ried by B id ton to the Supreme Court.