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LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.
The American Party Triumphant!
Nkw Dhikun, Oct. 15.
The steamship Philadelphia ha* arrived al
this port from Havana.
_Thf duXi* frnin Havana an; tn th® t2lti instT
No new* of importance.
. By ihie arrival xiffe have the California mail*
of the 20lli Scpteinlier.
The Know Nothing* have carried llio Slate
by three to five thousand majority. They al*o
have a majority in troth branches of the laigis
lature. The prohibitory Liquor Law ha* been
defeated.
Destructive fires have occurred at Weavcraville
and Oraa* Valley. The aggregate lo§ i* estima
ted at SOOO,OOO.
From Panama. —The United State* Uonaul
at Panama hit* siruck hi* ll 10. on account of an
insult said to have been ulfcred him by the Gov
eminent.
Latkk from Nicahaoi'a. —Xcw York, Oct.
15.—The Kteamhi|i Northern Light ha* ar
rived, with dates from California to 20th Sept.
* She bring* $400,000 in specie.
Iti* reported that Col. Kinney has resigned
bis office of Governor <>f Nicaragua.
Safety of Dr. Kane —His safe arrival at New
York.
New Yoiik, Oct. 11.
Dr. Kane, the American navigator, who left
the United Slate* for the Arctic Ocean some
three yearn since in search of Sir John Franklin,
and forhwoae safety aerion* apprehension* were
felt, has arrived, lie was found on Dticns l*lun
by Lieut, llartsteine. Hi* vessel whs lust in
the ice and three of his party perished.
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Return of Dr. Kane.
The steamer Union, from Havre, which arriv
ed at New Volk last evening, reports having
spoken yesterday morning, sixty miles south of
Bamly liook, a steamer under omniii thd of Lieut.
Hahtstknk, who had on liuunl Di. Kask and hi*
party of Arctic explorers.
l)r. Ka xk sailed from New York on I lie 31st
of May, 1853, for the Polar Seas, in search of Sir
J din Franklin and his companions, taking with
him a variety of i latruiiieul* for scientific purpos
es, and a supply of provisions sufficient for a three
Years’ cruise. 11 1* entil e slop's company consist
ed of seventeen persona, viz:
Elisha M. Kane, Surgeon in the U. S. Navy,
cominanding the expedition : .1. Wall Wilson,
v , first mate ; Henry Brooks, second mate; Amos
Itronaell, third mate; James McGoary, fourth
mate; Christopher* Hilxen, carpenter;.l,.l. Ilayes,
surgeon; Augustus Soiling, astronomer ; Hen
ry Ooodfellow, naturalist ; (leorgo Stephenson,
Jefferson T. Parker, George .1. YN’ hit toll. Win. K.
Godfrey, Geo. Reilly, ami C. Blake, seamen;
‘William Morton, steward; Peter Shoppaid,
cook. ■ ,
Lieut. 1I vrtstk.su commanded the expedition
fitted out for the relief of 1 >r. Kme, pursuant to
Rn Ret ol’Uungress, which sailed from New York
on the 4lh of June last. This expedition consist
ml of two vessels, the propeller Arctic ami the
barviM Release, which were ollieored as follows ;
Officer* of the Release. — Henry J. Ilartsteno,
Lieut, cominanding ; William L. Lovell, acting
master ; Joseph P. Fvffe, passed midsliidman ;
Elisha li. Kane, assistant surgeon ; Van Benss-j
laer Hale, boatswain.
Officer* of the Arctic. —Charles C. Simms, Lit.
oonimauditig: Watson Smith, acting mas
ter; Harman Newell, engineer; Samuel Whit
ing, acting boatswain.
The following telegraphic despatch, received
after tho above was written, annoumas tlm safe
arrival at New York ot Lieut, ilartstene'a com
mand ami gives a luief account of his cruise and
discovery of Dr. Kano’s party, who appear not to :
have escaped tho hardships which were to have
been apprehended from llio perilous nature of
their enterprise :
Arrival of Dr. Kane mol his party.
Nrw V ouk, October 11.—The propeller Arc
tic and tho barque Release have arrived here,
having on board Dr. Kank and his party.
These vessels made llieir way notlli in Smith's
Hound up to latitude 71) deg. 30 min., when they
were stopped by the ice. While working their
way in toward shore they discovered an Indian
village, at which they learned that Dr. Kane
and his party had gone south. They then re
turned to Driscoe’a Island, where they Ibuud the
objects of their search.
Dr, Kank pushed his vessel (tho Rescue) as
far north ns 81 deg., where she was frozen in.—
lie remained by Iter all winter, sending to the
Indian village for provisions. In tlm spiing he
abandoned the ship ami made hi* way southward
in,sledges to Uiqiei'imvik, from whence lie was
conveyed in a Danish vessel to I *ri*coe' Island,
and was there found by tlm expedition of Lt.
Uartbtksk.
Three of Dr. Kane’s party have died, viz:
Chribtoi'Hek Oiilhkn, carpenter: I V.tku Siiki>-
y*M>, cook : and Jkpfkkson T. I’aukku, sea
man. The remainder were more or less frostbit
ten.
On the 4tb of September the barque Rescue
narrowly escaped shipwreck by coming in con
tact with nn iceberg, which stovetn-hcr bulwarks
and carried away her boats.
The last winter was unusally severe in the
Arctic regions, and many of ibe natives perished
from exposure and starvation.
No I races whatever were discovered of Sir John
Franklin's party. —Motional fntclliyencrr.
Ool.Kinnkv. We published mmiio dny* since
(say a the New York Courier & Enquirer,) the
mi bet mice of nn (tern trot of the orgmiizntiun of
anew Central American GoverniiK-ut nl Sun Ju
an, with Coi. Kinney at its heat). The account
was contained in the Central Aineiican— p..-
per just issued st Sail Juhii ns the organ of Col.
Kinney, and of course the proceedings nml pros
pect* of the Col. were represented in glowing
color*. The Washington Sun of Monday even
ing however publishes a letter received by its edi
tor, which pot* a different face on Kinney's af
fair*. It say* that the meeting by which Col.
Kinney wa* elected civil and military Governor
of Sao Juan, was attended only by three real res
idents and property holders of the town, and
somo Jamaeia negroe*. The Spanish residents
did not attend, and have protested against tie*
authority of Kinney. The English Consul, and
al*o the Capt. of 11. M., chip EuryJioe, at anchor
in the port of San. Juan, refused to acknowledge ■
the new government. Marlin was absent at the
time, but ha* since returned, and states that he
a’lalUtifl exercise tliejurisdictiongiven him some
- time ago, as ho holds that it has not yet been
annulled. Kinney’* force, tho letter slates, i
ragged and hungry, and no ru rnits tielonging
at San Juan have joined him.
Later from Mexico.
Nbw Orleans, Oet. 12th.
Intelligence has been received from Orizaba,
Mexico, to the sth inst. ‘ .
Alvurct has been elected I’resident by the (Col
lege st Cuernavaca The military power, it is
thought, will deify him entrance into the capital,
and hard fighting is expected. General Vega ha*
overthrown the civil power, and refused to obey
the orders of Alvsret to arrest the fugitive minis
ter of Santa Anna. The National Guard, under
Minion, who were supposed to have to repaired to
Alvarez, returned with orders U> resume the civil
supremacy.
From Texes.
Nkw t >rlkanh, Oct. 10. Dates have been re
ceived from Galveston, up to tlm 14th ittst., which
state that Capt. Callahan, of the Texas Rangers,
had a battle at Eagle l’ass on the 4lli inst. with,
seven hundred Mexicans and Indians. Four
Rangers and forty of the enemy killed. The Int
ter retreated.
Capt. Callahan calls on Texas for assistance to
exterminate the Indians, who say they are deter
mined to kill as they go. Callahan expects anoth
er Hltack.
Texas Cotton Crop.
Tlm Galvestan News, of the oth inst., in an ar
ticle on the wholesale trade, thus speaks of the
state of things in Texas :
In Texas our great staple cotton, doc* not pro
mise very favorably. Drought first stunted it,
and then'excessive trains, nttemleii by the rot and
the worm, have done it serious injury. A large
portion of last year's crop laid over, and the new
cotton and the old have I men coming to market
together. But will all, when forwnrd to market,
be .sufficient to extinguish past indebtedness? —
\Yc think n >t ; and such, we believe, has been
tb/i opinion of Texas merchants, and they have
made their purchases al the North as light as
possible. There will lie a general curtailment of
credit throughout our State, and, in fact, this
: limitation has been going-on for some time. The
accounts of consumers will at least, be reduced,
ami the end of tliu hchhoii w ill see business in n
milch healthier condition than it lias been here
tofore.
The same paper ha* the following parargiwphs :
Tho Telegraph says cotton continues to come
into Houston freely, and much of the article is of
.excellent quality. There is plenty of cotton
[ 1 early 011 the plantations to lie forwarded to mar
ket, and although we cannot believe that we will
have low river* two years in succession, yet the
planters will not tely upon them to the extent
they did last year, hut will avail themselves of
wagon transportation a* soon a* possible. The
fate* tiTlmuling are however, quite high.
The worm is in full operation upon the most
of our farms, says tire Central Texan, and in a
few days our cotton plantations will be entirely
denuded of their leaves, and present the appear
unco of mid winter. Tho damage must he very
heavy, a* in many instances, indued very gener
ally, our farmers failed to procure early stands in
consequence of the weather.
The Tiinity Advortiscr speak* tlespondingly of
the crop in that portion of llio valley of llio Trin
ity. Several planters have lost nearly llieii
w hole crop.
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Recall of Mr. Crampton.
\V Asm noton, Tuesday, ( >ct. 1).
Mr. Buchanan has hecn instructed to request
tho recall of Mr. Orampton, the British Minister
mi account of Ins alleged connection with the ef
forts to enlist recruits in this country for the For
eign Legion.
Late instruction* to Mr. Buchanan embrace the
entire application of the Motitrine nnd refer par
ticularly to Dominica, Grey town, Cuba and tin
Bay Islands.
In commenting on the first of these announce
ments, tho financial editor of tho New York Times,
says:
Tlm offence of Mr. Crainpton might have beei
pnnloii'-d if ho had only succeeded in furn sh”
the succor referred to. lie would then I ave
stood on equal trailing with somn of our own
people who did succeed,and in equal violatu-. 01
neutral faith, in giving largo nuLaudcomfort ti
tha ATtieiTin tho shape of supplies contraband 1 1
war. For now that tho transaction is of the past
and Sevastopol lias falleu, by tho combined mean
of French and English valor and Yankee powdei
wo presume wo violate no confidence in statin
from well-authenticated rumor that two or thro*
thousand tons of American made l’owder, fron
(ho most approved mills of Delaware and Con
necticut, have been shippo&froii) this port to the
order of British official Agents, to tho G imea.—
Tho Russian Government may las somewhat sur
prised al the magnitude of tho supply, but wil
scarcely make it the ground of diplomatic re
monstrance, know ing that partial shipments ol
tho same sort were inado to Antwerp or Ham
Imrg, to he sent overland through Germany so.
Russian use.
Nkw York, Oct. 15.—Cotton is quiet. Floin
is lirm, and Southern is worth #9 37$ per bbl
Wheat is heavy. Southern White command
:#2. 12, and Ked #2.05 per bbl. Corn has a down
I ward tendency, ami Mixed is quoted at 94$ cts.
i |>er bushel. Freights are steady. Exchange on
j London is dull.
U'<tthiii;/tvn, Oct. 11. —Tlio n>port that a gov
ernment messengee had been seut to Denmark
with despatches to our Keprcsentnlive there di
reeling him to enter anew into negiations in re
gard to the sound dues, is not correct. The Ad
ministration still maintains its original position
in regard to this question.
The New York Jonrnal of Commerce, in speak
ing of the largo sales of breadstuff*- recently
made in that cit.v, says :
‘AUnit half of tho sales aro for future delivery
chiefly in November and December. Much in
terest has been felt to know fer what market tin
largest purchases were made. It is now gener
ally understood that the British and French
Governments aro interested in llie transactions,
nml it is said that part of the flour will go to the
transport fleet nt Constantinople. These large
sales are calculated to create excitement through
out the interior ; but it appears to us that those
who refuse, inconsequence, to sell nt the present
high rates may hold on longer arid fare worse.’
Cotton and Oars Hcunt.— We lesrn that
five cars, containing from 190 to 175 bales of
cotton, and attached to a freight train on the Cen
tral Railroad, took fire yesterday afternoon, about
twenty six mile* above the city, and, with their
contents, were entirely consumed. The fire is
supposed to have been communicated bv a spark
from the ascending passenger train.— Sav. Re
jmbiitan 13 ins',.
Broke Jail. —Augusta* C. Swain, imprisoned
am} awaiting his trial for the murder of William
Karwick, escaped from the Mil of this county on
tho night of the 4th inst. The escape u affeot
cd by means of false keys and oateide assistance
furnished the pisoner. Rewards, amounting to the
sum of #6OO. are offered for hi* arrest and delivery
to tho Sheriff of Thomas county —[Tbomasville
Watchman
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA.
SATURDAY MORNING, OCT. 20, 1855.
FOR SALE.
HAVING been tnnsged in tbs jiublioation <if tbit pa
per for ten yrsrs, sn.l •l.slrin* toms rest, ss well s time
to wiml up the liuiini-M ronnerted with the establish
ment, I will sell st low price the entire office ol the
•’ American Gains,” together with the line.in* in which
the office 1, kept. I would like to sell so us to give pos
session at tho close ot the present volume, which will ho
shout the middle of November. Tho office has now a
good run of custom and very fair subscription list for a
country paper. With good attention aid a spirited edi
tor, money can be made by it Any She desiring to en
gage in sucli a business, could not du better thnn buy the
office. Gome op, gentlemen, and give us a hid.
I will also sell my PLANTATION, two miles cast of
Griffin ll contains a full lot of land, (202|facrf*,) well
timbered, about forty-lire acres cleared and in good or
der for cultivation ; alt fresh, with about ten acres of
-good .‘Swamp, well ditched, a good framed Dwelling
House, with four chimneys, and all necessary outbuild
ings. Any one desiring a comfortable residence near
< iriffin, would do well to call and examine It.
Griffin, Sept. 2, I HAS. A. G. MURRAY.
r Kditors with whom we exchange will confer a fa
vor tty calling attention to the proposed calc of the
“ American /. imm” i ifllce.
Griffin Cotton Market
Owing to the Atlantic* nows of a further de
cline of- our market has dropped a fraction be
low the prices of tho early part of tho week, and
we quote tho ruling extremes yesterday, 7J to 7j
cents.
Tho Minutes of tho Flint River Baptist
Association are ot this office, rcudy for delivery.
To Gorreipondenta.
The parties to the Bloodworth controversy must
excuse the absence from our columns of their lust
articles. No general good can bo effected by a
continuance ol the discussion, ami uur paper is
not a proper medium for tho perpetuation of pri
vate feuds. The parties must settle the dispute
among themselves. The whole mutter seems to
have resolved itself into a contention for the hist
word. Take our advice and drop the subject; the
game has at no time been worth the candles, and
if played out would not compensate the winner
for his trouble. Our friends can eflcct no more thro’
the papers. Defeat Mr. Bloodworth's political
aspirations, if you wish to mortify him.
The Final Result.
Wo complete to-duy our election tables from
the figures of tho Southern Recorder, whose edit
ors say, their returns are taken from tho Execu
tive Department. The whole number of votes
[tolled is 104,443. Gov. Johnson received 54.461.
Judge Andrews. 43,721, and Mr. Overby 6,201.
Johnson's majority over Andrews 10.737, over
Andrews and Overby 4,470. The Senate is com
posed of 38 Americans nnd 73 Anti Americans ;
the House, 61 Americins, l independent Whig,
87 Anti-Americans. Majority of Antics on joint
ballot 61. The number of votes cast on tho remo
val question is 83.110, as follows, No Removal
18,707; to Atlanta 20,347; to Macon 3,436; Mil
ledgeville over Atlanta and Macon 15,024 : over
Atlanta 19,260.
Outrage.
Tlioophili* Pierre, a grocery keeper rs t place, wnn.
•irreHted oil Tlmraday night hint, for shooting through
the window of tho of Jericho Hull at the
ii the anti-room. Tlio fflNFn from the broken window
rovered the body of the (iunrd, but he was not bit by
he shot from the gun. Pierce is undergoing an iuvesti.
Ration before a magistrate'!* court.
New Book
“ Aspiration; an atobiocrapiiv ok Girlhood—
hy Mrs. Manners ’’ —This is the title of anew
book, from the pres* of Sheldon, L.import, &
Jlakcman, 115 Nassau street, New 5 ork, placed
1 pun our table through the politeness of the pub
lishers. In the absence of a critical notice of the
work, only a few pages of which we have had the
•pportunity to read, we append the author’s pri
facj, which from a cursory glance into the body
of the look, we think truly foreshadows its pur
pise. Independent of the moral lessons inculcated,
t ie narrative will he found highly entertaining,
a id we think we risk nothing in recommending
this Autobiography to the consideration of our
iterary friends. The authoress says :
I have written the following pages with an ear
leust purpose which it would pain me to have
nisapprcliended: and this result I cannot hut
fear, because I know that I have hut imperfectly
levelopud that purpose in tho course of the narru
■ivo.
It was my hope that I might appeal to all
thoughtful single-minded School-girls, hy this
fiithtul story of a School girls experience; that
I might show them the quicksand in their path,
ihe false lights which delude them, and lead them
prayerfully to -tho Satisfying One,"whose “holy
lier testings for all requirements,” can alono meet
Llieir needs.
The undefind dissatisfaction which creeps into
(he sous, as it makes advances in all earthly knowl
■dge, and the unconscious reaching out for the
Divine Ideal, which marks an earnest nature, is
thO-un written history of every thoughtful student
lo teach such that no wealth, nor position, nor
ntellectual elevation, nor friendship, nor love,
•an dispel this dissatisfaction, is the aim of my
look. I have tried to lie faithful to the soul, ad ’
vanning into a cultivated maturity of womanhood. 1
For sale at the Hook Store of Messrs. Richars
& Bito., Hill street, Griffin, Ga.
Well Done, California!
California, the yougest State in the I'nion, has
nobly vindicated tho American doctrine. The
American party has carried the election trium
phantly. Governor elected by from three to fivo
thousand mnjority, and both brunches of the legis
lature. Well done, California! Muy you over
enjoy the blessings which devoted patriotism mer
it. We do not envy yoa yoor precious ores, but
your pure American heart* are sadly needed in
the older States.
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The New Yoek National Democrat. — We sre in re
ceipt of a copy of the above named jisjier, published by
Mclntire It Parsons 129 Nassau street, N. Y , and edited
by Gideon J. Tucker. It represents the political inter
ests of the •• Hard ” or Dickinson wing of the New York
Democracy,contains a general weekly summary of News,
polities, and the markets, and is furnished at the low
price of #1.89 yer year.
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- Proscription.
We are ersdiMy informed that Judge Warner, in a
speech at GrecaviUc,siuce the election, was vetjr bitter
in his denunciation of ihe American l’arty, and advised
the anties to have no business intercourse with its mem
bers: neither to trade with them, employ their profes
sional services, attend upon their ministry, or patronise
their school*. Jadge Warner, we believe, professes (or
did before the elevtion) to abhor what he was pleased to
term the proscription of the American policy. If he can
show any thing in that policy bordering on the proscrip
tivenesa of bis ewi sentiments, as characterised above,
w will admit that it is th* most anti-republican, anti
liberal, and anti-intelligent platform ever adopted bv *
political parly of tM* country, and worthy only the ap
prove! of those who entertain sentiments similar to those
advanced by the Judge htmu/f. Alas! how have the
mightyfallen ’ Tueaoti-provcriptionH eu'-proo-rlbing
rip( iou itself
I Georgia Money in lUinote.
The immense quantity of Georgia bills lately
1 in circulation in illinow. has aroused the jealousy
of its own bank* and bakers, and to some extent
excited public suspicion Measure, arc being ta
ken to prevent their future circulation, and ar-
I rangements made for returning them to the banks
of their issuance for redemption. The entire
i hanking interest of Chicago has combined to put
i down Geo. Smith fc Cos., nnd we notice a rcsolu- ,
tion refusing in future to receive Georgia hills at
1 their counters What will be the result we are j
’ not prepared to say. From what we • Warn, ,
the currency ol the State of Illinois has heretofore j
! hern inadequate to the want* of her citizens, and .
i if there is any blame attaching to the introduction j
of foreign hills, it is attributable to those citizens |
of Illinois, who, having the means, failed to em- j
ploy them in behalf of the commercial interests of
their State. Goo. Smith & Cos. have furnished
money accommodations not before attainable, and
are entitled to their profit therefor. Every State
should have a good und sufficient currency of its
own; failing that, its citizens arc dependent on
the banks of neighboring States, and must either
submit to restricted commerce, or consent to use
bills redeemable at a distance What will bo the
result of this new combination to destroy the cred
it of the Atlanta and Interior Bunks of this State,
time alone can determine. A correspondent of
the Chicago “ Daily Tribune,” speaking of the re
cent runs upon these two banks, says ■
” Those engagrd in the run do not wish to in-j
jure the credit of George Smith & Cos , hut they
do want to prevent them or any other parties
from issuing in this State such wild--ah as have
formed the circulating medium of this city tor
some time past.”
Now it strikes us that Chicago must have been de
plorably deficient in good State currency, or “ wild
cat” bills could never have attained to the im
portance of a “ circulating medium,” for so great
a commercial city. We have no interest in this
war between hanks and hankers, further than to
post the people np in reference to the matter, leav
ing them to bo their own judges of whatever con
cerns their pecuniary welfare. All bunks are
conducted with a view to speculation, and the ac
commodation which they afford to the people is
proportioned to the profits accruing to themselves.
‘J ake self interest away and we would not become
sponsor for the best of them. V\ e don t advise
any one to take their bills, wbo can do better!
We find the following despatch in the Chicago
Tribune
Mh.wai kie, Oct. 5.
At the close of the State Fair today, farmers
passed very strong resolutions,'condemning all
Georgia money and pledging themselves not to
take it.
Judge of the Supreme Court.
Among the duties that will devolve upon the
members of the nest Legislature, will he that o*
the election of a Judge of the Supreme Court. It
requires no very acute observation to discover
that even in this matter politic il wire-working is
being resorted to. We trust the Legislature Wifi
not lend itself to any such disgraceful proceedings.
God knows that the people ol this State have suf
fered enough from the corruptions of party, with
out introducing its proscriptions, its favoritism,
and its prejudices into the judicial department of
government.. We liave heard that an arrange
ment lias already been made fur the elevation of
one of our fellow townsmen to the and
responsible post of Judge of the Supreme Court.
However much we might he influenced by consid
erations of personal friendship and local propin
quity to favor the official aspirations of an imme
diate fellow citizen, we can not in so important a
matter, overlook the (aet that, the very ablest jurist
of the State is alone‘qualified for Judge of the Su
preme Court. It is very obvious that the legal
rights of minorities will he endangered hy the in
trodurtion of political influences in the election of
Judges of our Courts. Indeed it is, to a certain
extent objected to now. that bench decisions bear
the bias of party prejudice. F’or the honor of our
State, and the happiness of her people, we hope
the Legislature will not favor such a suspicion hy
lending itself to the tricks of politicians in the se
lection of a Judge of the Supieme Court. Let the
best qualified man he elected, without reference to
political opinions. Our representatives cannot he
ignorant of the fact that all who aspire to the im
portant post are not qual lied to discharge its du
ties, and they would he recreant to duty were
they, for a moment, to listen to the claims of any
man whom they do not consciensciouslv believe
would reflect credit upon the station and exalt
the reputation of our State Judiciary.
“ A Glance at the Past ” and the Future.
Asa public journalist wo have ever deprecated
that bitterness of feeling which has of lute years
characterised the political contests of our people.
\Ye have thought that with the growth of intelli
gence and the advancement of Christianity, a free
people should accord to their fellow citizens per
fect freedom of opinion and liberty to follow the
dictates of their own judgments, exempt from
abuse and untrammelled by proscription. The
elections of this State being over, we have no in
clination to indulge in bitter political recrimina
tion, but it becomes us as a friend of the Ameri
can Party and an honest believer in the truth of
its principles, to repel the slanderous imputations
that are even yet cast upon them. The stale and
repeatedly contradicted charge of religious pro
scription is adhered to by our opponents with a
pertinacity which stamps their hypocritical pro
testations el a desire to “heal the breaches which
have been made in society ” with insincerity. It
is not true that the American party is responsible
for the existence of “ strife and dissensions among
the citizens of our State. - ’ It is not true that “ hy
poericy and deception ” have been practiced by
that party. It is not true that the American par
ty has been the voluntary instrument of discord,
either in the church or in society ; but on the con
trary the proscriptions of the one and the estrange
ments of the other have been the result of a spirit
of intolerance of opinion on the part of our ene
mies. The American party started with the
purpose ol nvoiding all bitter and exciting al
tercation. It designed combatting political cor
ruptions nt the ballot-box, quietly and unobtru
sively. It purposed allaying the storm of fan
aticism by the avoidance of exciting sectional
topic*. Appealing to the patriotism and love of
country of th* true, conservative men of all sec
tions of the I’nion, it proposed quietly, but effectu
ally, to check the daageroa* tendencies of a vast
and unregulated foreign influence. The best men
of the i*outh were identified with the movement,
and some of the soundest men of the North. We
hoped (how vain the sequel has proven) to do
these things quietly We were denounced for our
“ secrecy,” notwithstanding our purpoeee were
published to the world. Every opprobriou. epi
thet that the invention of viciou* minds & madden
ed politicians could command was spit upon us,
because we would not come out and gratify their
howling propensity and stir u> diffllte and strife.
Finally, we were fotced ih eds deftnee, to abandon
our quiet policy and join in heated debate. Wlmt
then ? Were we met with argument upon the
merits of our principles'? Not at all
sophistry, and disgraceful billingsgate, were re.
sorted to to scare us from a course approved by
our judgment.. Men were proscribed in their
business, schools went down, and individual animos
ity was stimulated, because the advocates of Ame
rican doctrine would not tamely submit to yield
their principles and subject their judgments to
those who could assign no sufficient reason for
their doing so. It is unnecessary to recapitulate
the aggressions of the Anti-American pnrty; they
are fresh in the memory of every one. But, as if
not satisfied with what they hate already done to
create the state of feeling which they now profess
to deplore, they r.oW add ihjflry to insult and
charge the American Barty with the authorship
of whatever of evil has grown out of this canvass.
It requites more Christian fortitude than we can
lay claim to, tamely to submit to such gross per
version of facts. f
As to the future, so far as the American principles
arc concerned, we cheerfully assume the“rcsponsi
bility’’of any evil consequences that may grow
out of them ; hut for the social disorders conse
quent upon the maintainance of those principles,
we neither recognise their necessity, nor claim
their paternity. The futuro happiness and har
mony ot society must depend entirely upon the
disposition of the Anti-American party to accord
to their brethren ol the American party the right
of enjoying their own political opinions unproscri
bed and unabused. and if after all, there should
he a want of sincerity in those who arrogate to
themselves the merit of healing the “ breaches
of society, hut merely a design upon the unsus
pecting for political purposes, upon Tiir.w let the
“responsibility” justly rest. We are willing to
he at peace, hut it must be on eqi ai. terms. Na J
more, we are willing to let the conscience ol each
party he the judge of its parity of motive. We
would have onr political friends forgive those who
have trespassed against them, but not make con
cessions of principle unconvinced by argument
We repeat wlmt we said last week —American*
have nothing to reproach themselves with. Let
THEM STAND FIRM.
. * Funny.
It is nt often that the “ Empire State’’ treat?
its readers to a funny editorial, bat having done
so in its last issue we, as chroniclers of novel events,
ha?ten to notice the fact. It seems that some
writer in the “Chronicle & Sentinel has had the
presumption to suggest Clinics J. Jenkins as wor
thy the office of Judge of the Supremo Court;
whereupon the editor of the “ F.inpire State ’ per
petrates the following pieec of pleasantry.
We never before had the least idea that Mr
Jenkins, or his immediate personal and political j
friends, entertained the opinion that he was emi- j
nenthj qualified to rill any important judicial sta
tion. But it appears that in this opinion we were
mistaken. Mr. Jenkins, lor the last thirty years
has been looked upon as a leading po utcian in
Georgia. True, he lias during thatlii.no. occupied
a respectable position as a practicing lawyer, hut
as to his being pre-eminent as a junst during that
time, we have yet to find the first man who has !
set up any pretensions for him.
So! Mr. Jenkins has “occupied a respectable posi- j
tion as a practicing lawyer . ’ that is to say. we 1
presume, that in a hare case of debt, he might be ;
trusted to obtain judgment for the plaintiff. Noth- j
ing more! We believe all lawyers who do not j
disgrace their profession, are. per courtesy, con
ceded to occupy a V respectable position.” The :
friends and admirers of Mr. Jenkins will please ]
credit the “Empire State’’ for the concession j
that he is not an exception to the general respect- j
ability of practicing lawyers! But he is neither j
“ eminently “ nor “ pre-eminently ’’ qualified., for ;
the position of Judge of the Supreme Court—why ?
Because he “ has prima facia remained an idle j
spectator” of the political contest which has just j
been going on ! Os course our readers will- see j
the funny point in the Empire's argument. But j
the cream of the joke is to come. “ Judge Stark. 1
of the Flint Circuit, is a candidate for the same,
office to which Mr. Jenkins’ friends (llio writer in
the Chronicle & Sentinel; wish to elevate him,”
says the “ Empire State.” And Judge Stark is—
what ? “ A strictly lenal man. This is peculiar
ly his great forte !” He is “the profound jurist
and anti-Know .\iithini',” the latter qualification
constituting the great desideratum for a seat upon
the Supreme Court Bench ! There you have it,
reader. Mr Jenkins did not meddle with polities
in the late canvass, and is therefore incompetent l
for t'.ie office ol Judge of the Supreme Court. Judge j
Stark has written himself down as hostile to the
Nothing,” or American party, and used
his influence against it—thereby attesting his
“ legal ‘ qualifications for the highest judicial
post in the State!
We have characterised the “ Empire’s ’’ article
as “ funny,” if it is not that, we are at a loss to
find a name for it. It is not an argument—for
we will not do the editor the discourtesy to sup
pose he could seriously entertain tho opinion ei
ther that a man's political views were evidence
of his capacity for judicial station, or that Charles
J Jenkins ranks as second to James H. Stark in
legal information. The whole thing must be a
piece of fun. nnd in that light we presume it will
be viewed by intelligent men.
The American Party of Meriwether.
Our friends of Meriwether are all right. By
reference to the proceedings of an American meet
ing in Grecnvile, in another column, it will be
seen that Judge VV’arner * speech recommending
proscription has failed to intimidate the indepen
dentcitizensofhisowncounty. The American boys
of Meriwether are ol too stern stuff to be fright
ened by the threats of his Ex-Honor. They re-en.
dorse the principles of the Philadelphia and Ma
! eon Platforms, throw away all secresy, and deter
mine to organize efficiently for the next elections.
That is the right spirit. Will not our friends of
Spalding follow their example f The wires are
already pulling on the opposite side, and it be
comes the noble Americans of Spalding to stand
by their principles. Let us respond to the cheer
ing voice of our brethren of Meriwether and other
counties who-have resolved to abide by their prin
ciples.
Newspaper Changes.
The Atlanta Discipline and Itepublican have united un
der the name of Republican Ji Discipline, and commenced
a daily as well as weekly publication.
| The Southern Statesman, at Albany, Ga., hits passed
•from the bands of Mr. A. Duval to those of Mr. Jones.
Mr. Burke has retired from the CassviUc Standard.
nd Messr- Smith & Bennett take hi* place ('apt/
, Wofford takes the editorial charge ■>;’ the itauileid-r
( A Base Slander.
We publish the following article sintpj. I
the party in whose behalf it is written
held accountable far the slander. The induf/'l
author of it is too contemptible for notice * v I
leave him to that infamy to which an enlighm/I
and right-thinking community cannot fail to I
sign an unmitigated slanderer. In society!
would shun the man as we would a moral 1
tilcnce. We cannot compromise the self *** ■
of the American party of Griffin by
him as be deserves. Let him smother j,|
stench of his own cess pool! **• I
Is there NOT a Cause for it ? —There ii
significant fact connected with the eleetir* °* ! I
huve just passed through that is worthy 0 f I
tion. With the sole exception of Savannzh , I
city and large town in the State has given m.’-*' l !
ities for the Know-Nothings. This has beenl
casein Augusta, Milledgeville, Macon, Colurni/ 1 ’ I
Griffin and Athens, but particularly ig it the * I
in Atlanta. It is well for every man to exaiif I
this subject nnd to ponder upon it, for there i,’; 0 ’ I
struction in it. In every one of these cities n!i I
towns there is a large class of men Btronglv tin’ I
Hired with Abolitionism, and these, so far as I
know, all voted for the Know Nothings. Let tk I
people in all these cities look around them u ! I
they can easily discover how and why the Kno I
Nothing ticket succeeded. When you find n I
■ very much opposed to negro Mechanics and theii I
masters yuO will find nine out of ten of these I
are Kow Nothings. Men tinctured with Abo!= I
tlonism are as prone to be Know Nothings u the I
Smoke.is to fly upwards. There is another clan I
that are very much opposed to German and J ev I
Merchants; these too are all I
These two classes in combination with the bigots I
fanatics and demagognes have defeated ns i„ t|, e I
cities and large towns. All of these men are sup
ported and sustained by the planting interest, auj
it would be well for the planters to keep an eye to
these men; and not cherish a swarm of vipers j 0
their midst ready and willing to sting them to
death. —Federal Union, 19/A inst.
Is it Ignorance or Baseness ?
The Atlanta Examiner, speaking of the Ohio
elections says : ,
The “ Americsn Pnrty ” there, leagued with
Freesoilcrs and Abolitionists, will, we fear, tri
umph over our friends, hot few eodnties, have.ss
yet. been heard-from, and these indicate the see
t-ess of the notoriows abolitionist, Hale, who tuns
as a** liefiuldiran ’’ candidate. God help the conn
try, when such “ Republicans'’ tritmiph; when
such “ Uejiuloicans''’ rule!
Is the man i fool? or is lie knave enough
to believe that he can pnlra of soch false state
ments without detection ? The “ American “ can
didate for Governor, tti Ohio. wTrimsi.e. the “Re.
publican “ eandidale isCfixst, and the “ Democrat
ic” candidate is Mr.moL. “ Hale ”is not among
them! Trimble, the American candidate is beat
while Chase, the Krpvfdiean or Ft sion candidate.
’ has through the agency of Dr MoeaATir and Whig
1 abolition votes, been elected. “The Amcritati
Party “had nothing to do with it, nnd if thtj*
were a particle of shame about the Examiner it
‘■ would blush for iU falsehoods The scullions of
Forcignism are every where bespattering with
’ their tilth the American Party, simply because
they envy its purity and hate its nationality.
He Denies lb® “Soft Impeachment”
l Alter all the palaver about Gov. Shannon he
ing u ‘ pro-sliver ” man, it seems that liis Et
. celfeney repud.i.ttes 4 the liottor. The following
1 letter from bis own worthy self, sets the matter
| right, and relieves President t’ieree from the
: embarrassing imputation of having made an ap-
pointment that funked towards favoring S< utli
| ern interests. Freesoitistn trray yet trust Frank
• | liii Pierce —he is true to the instincts of his and
■ ] their “natrotraf Democracy.”
Executive Office, Shuwuft Mission, K. TANARUS., )
Wednesday, Sept. 20, 1852. )
My Dear Sus:—! have this moment m-.eiv
i'll information that they ale cirenlatinj; a chaise
against me that 1 made a pro-slavery speech at
Westport, iti Missouri, on nry way here. There
is not a word of truth it: this charge—it iswhol
Iv false. In the few lemaiks 1 made at West
port in reply to the welcome they gave me, I
said nothing on the subject of slavery; on the
contrary, I remarked that that was a question I
would not discuss. Since 1 came here, on all
occasions, 1 have left that question where the
Kansas bill leaves it—to the people to determine
for themselves—and I have on all occasions so
stated. This report, no douht, is put in circula
tion to a fleet the elections intthioandelsewhere.
I hope you will give it, as coming from me, a
prompt contradiction.
The Kansas Herald of the 22d,a strong pro
slavery paper, notices this charge and sets me
tight, representing me tiuly on this question. —
1 will sfml you a copy if I can get one.
Your friend, Wilson Siianox.
Col. Samvel Meuarv.
Texas Western Railroad.
An important movement has recently been irorde
in Southern Railroading A Company organized
under a recent act of the Legislature of Texas, to
run a road from their eastern boundary to El Pa
so on the Rio Grande, near 800 miles, have con
tracted for their first hundred miles beginning
near Shreveport in Louisiana, and running neatly
due west through some of the best settled country
of Texas to near the Trinity river. This Compa
ny will receive a bonus from the State of 10.240
acres to the mile, ‘i his route runs along the 32d
Parallel, and w ill be an extension of it line us roads
Iroin New York. Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charles
ton and Savannah, Georgia, West, to Montgomery
Alabama. Thence continoeing to Brandon, Mis
sissippi This latter portion is unt nished, but all
under & ntruct and progressing. Thence it is fin
ished to Vicksburg, where it crosses the Mississip
pi, and continues due westerly to Shcrveport, and
thence to the Eastern boundary of Texas. From
Vicksburg to Sherveport, the road is in very rapid
progress having $1,200,000 from the State of La.
Here we have a continuous line of road from Sa
vannah to the Trinity river, pointing westward, to
San Francisco, with brandies to San Diego and
San Pedro, in California. This road has now been
shown not only practical bnt comparatively easy
to build, by a recent survey of Col. A. B. Gray,
made for this company— Journal us Commerce.
”
Shocking Affair at St. Louis. —A man natn
ed Wm. Ebberling, a shoemaker by trade, in St.
Louis, has for a long time, it is stated, lived unhap
pily with his wife. On Thursday last, the Demo
crat of that eity says:
He was seated on his bench, working at his trade
i when a dispute arose between them, and he made
; a sudden spring upon her, catching her by the
i throat, and inflicted five wounds upon her with a
sharp pointed shoe knife, which he had in his hand
nt the time, any one of which was sufficient to
have caesed death. She is not dead yet, but the
physicians in attendance pronounce her recovery
impossible. He then fled from the house, follow
ed by a large Newfoundland dog. belonging to him
and proceeded to the river and jumped in for the
purpose of drowning himself. He was dragged
out, however, by the dog, before he had accom
plished his purpose. He then caught the dog, and
with the same knife with whieh he had stabbed
his wife, and which he had never let go, dcliber
i ately cut his throat, and again jumped into the
! river, and succeeded in accomplishing what the
mnr nuMe brute had ore vented him trom doing**
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