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t *p- THE WATCHMAN, i. 11. CHRISTY. EDITOR. years t haSlvCi of20 per cen pulationoFlb .From tlx Columbus *» I HAVN‘T sold my cotton The obove is become a. most fami phrase among oar people, and is consid ered a sufficient reply to all demands for A Settlement of existing liabilities be tween’1hc planter and those to whom he may bo indebted ; and organized ns the qusinesa of this country is, to relation to the subject of credit, which looks to up adjustment of affairs of the current year at or about Christmas, or during the cotton selling season, the sale of Cotton is the great lever upon Which the whole mattor turns r and as long as the planter's crop remains in his gin house •or stored in the warehouse, it is not to Leexpeoted that the owner can respond to the demands of his creditors. Very grave questions may however arise as to what extent the planter is justified— on the score of policy, or in view of his liabilities incurred on the strength of the anticipated sale of his crop and re alization of the proceeds at the usual tine— in indefinitely postponing, from month to month, the conversion of his cotton into available means todischargc the debts for which it is impliedly pledg ed ; how far he ought to or can consist- _ . ently speculate upon the uncertainties . * ers ^de with the foreign influence, and “THE PRICE OP LIBERTY IS ETERNAL ^VIGILANCE." The increase of the while population of the United States for the las* decennial period has been at. the rate of about 33 cent per annum. . For the last ’ fom s, s influx of foreigners ualIy*or at the rate! r annum to the whole po-; r —ur.try. Npw the census of 1850 shows the number of births within the year to be 5451,835 and deaths 271,890. The actual increase by births over deaths being 370,945, or 13 per cent per annum. This statement which cannot be controverted, shows the in crease of population of this country by foreign accessions is 7 per cent for each year over that of native born. In other words for every 13 natives added to the population .of the country we have 20 foreigners. This statement presents a much more .alarming aspect when we take into the account that of natives thus born it takes 21 yeors for them to be come citizens, while the great bulk of foreigners who come to this country are not only males, but of age, and admitted to the elective franchise in some states in a few days and in othtrs from 1 to 7 yearn. So it is clear that the increase of foreign voters over native is greater than that of the whole population When with all this it is taken into the account that many of our native vo- JCrMr. William Dusts*, of Atlanta, is our au- thorized'Agent in Cbarokee Georgia, of the cotton market. So far ns the risk concerns himself only, the question is without difficulty beyond mere consid erations of policy : but when tne inter est, the credit,and the solvency of others are involved with them, and all the loss with none of the gain falls to the share of the latter, the case in its moral as pects becomes more complicated. We are at this time in the midst of a are as completely averse to the re ligious freedom of this country, we ask if it is not time for us to be on the alert, lest the days of the Jacobines and the hellish Illuminati of the old world break upon us like a clap of thunder in a clear sky. Nor in all this must we be con strued in intimating that all foreigners are classed in the above sweeping dec larations. There are honorable excep- trying cris's. The great scarcity of i tions, among them, we have seen and money is a subject of universal com-, conversed with them, and they are wilder plaint. Collections are said to amount ■ * rue interests of this coun- tolittle or nothing, and pecuniary dis- j tr y on g reat question than natives tress prevails throughout the country, i generally are, For they know that the The cotton statements from the various elements which more than once cities show large flocks on hand, of kindled volcanic fires amid the govern- which, in the inland towns particularly, j ments 9^ Europe, and threatened a large proportion is stored for account j ^ er crumbling dynasties with immediate II LAW„ OBDEII, *SD THE COWTITCVIOB. ATHENS, GA. THURSDAY MORNING, JAN- 25. 1855, JttrTbif paper is died, and may stall times be seen l the Heading Room of Prof Hqllowat, 04+Strand, London of planters—thus locking up in the warehouses a vast amount of means which would otherwise have been in Ciroalftian. Much of this cotton has been stored at 8 cents, some at more destruction, when belched forth upon these hospitable shores, will be elements of danger to the liberit'es of the coun try whenever by emmulation, they ac quire sufficient force, to begin in good some at less; but it is conceded on afl earnest to do the work given them by bands that the proceeds, even at the t ' ie ‘ r leaders.— Central Georgian. present prices, would materially relieve the difficulties under which we at pre sent labor. The questions we now make are these: Are notour planters Wm. B. Hodgeox, Esq,—Wc are giatified to announce that his Excellen cy, Gov. Johnson, has appointed this eminently public spirited citizen of wrong in all cases in failing to sell when J»°hc spirueu citizen oi their cotton will bring * remunerating \ , Sa l ann " h ’ Comm.ss.oner from Georg.a price and the proceed." are due to their! tQ Wo i: ,d ? Fa,r ’ ,ie,d ,n creditors; and sec. ndly-IIaving failed 1May—Of the qualifications of Mr. to do so, are they not now called upon I ?,°^ son f ‘ r the , P ost > and . ? f th , e “ al > by the exigencies of the times to sell a fid ^y> and ^thus.asm with which he portion oflheir crops at least, even at! ™ !1 d 'f iar f ,ts dut \f > nothing need present prices, tl.atthe process may to! ^sa.d to those who know theelemenls some extent relieve the pressing necessi- character. We learn ties which have in a great degree been ! ‘ hat Mr ’ H ' J* 11 cheerfully receive and consequent upon their failure to do so i forward,-at his expense, specimens of heretofore? Is it right that our mer ., the ^cultural and m.uera products of chants and others, who have looked to ? u, . S,ate ' , Aa the 13 ^ort^aHwho the proceeds of this cotton to protect | fe . e] P r ‘ > ^ r , interes / n fhffemiA of Geor- their liabilities, should be forced to the! should promptly come .envard with necessity of raising money for this pur- f uc , h contributions as will fond to illus- pot*e from outside sources, at ruinous 1 trate the greatness, and exhibit the re rates of interest-or in default of this, I p u . rces °[ ol ’ r renowned commonweaUh. to suffer in credit or end in bankrupt^ i ® ut we sha1 ' ® ore ™ this raatter ' —because, forsooth, the planter consid- i W f m '?>' ad f’ tha , Mr - Hodgson proposes ers 8c. or 7c. or 6c. too Uttfefor his ■ ^ bear the expen^. of Uanspor- cctton, or in his opinion prices will be‘ tat . , . on Savannah ° *** but better inthespring? We are ever dis-' r " llro . ad cha ^ es " n »>« ■ «W*des-ent to posed to counsel forbearance and pa-1 1S Clt ^‘ v ‘ ouricr. tience on thepartof creditors j butsome- j A Vermont editor gives thiTadvice to thing is due from debtors, thnt forbear- 1 . , .. • 6 , ance may not cease to be a virtue, or' t ie adies: When you have got a man patience become a fault. '■ We speak to tbe sticking point—that i*, when he as unto wise men ; judge ye.” J proposes—don’t turn away your head, fct^VVe are indebted to our distin guished Senator, the Hon William C. Dawson, for valuable public documents. Mr. Barry, of the House, will also ac cept our thanks for a copy of his excel lent speech. PHRENOLOGY. CT-We are requested to state that Prof. D. McMullen, the blind Phrenolo gist, will deliver a lecture on Phrenolo gy at the Town Hall, this evening. From our acquaintance with Prof. M. we can safely promise a treat to those who attend—as he evidently understands the science thoroughly . A HINT TO CORRESPONDENTS. We trust that our contributors will in future write on but one side of a sheet, and write plainly and legibly. We have not time to transcribe their manuscripts, and nine-tenths of mankind, more or less, write so badly, that few compositors can catch their ideas from the “hop, skip and jump” of their pens, which only oc casionally touch the paper, and leave it looking more like a spider bedaubed with ink h/id been crawling over it, than any thing else. Will our friends do us the favor to exercise a little more care in future ? "NEW PAPER. *•* The Southern Statesman,” is the title of a new and handsome sheet, the first number of which has just reached us, published at Calhoun, Ga , by Col. Dodd, formerly of the Rome Southern er. The Statesman is a handsomely printed and ably conducted paper. By the way, are not the monkeys somewhat crowded in Cherokee ? New papers and newspapers are as “ thick as hops” in that region of the State. Temperance Banner.—By an.unac countable oversight, we have failed no ticing (as we ought to have done ere this) that this oldest temperance paper in the United States passed into new hands at the beginning of the new year. ‘‘Uncle Ben,” as the temperance folks familiarly called its late editor and proprietor, (the venerable Mr. Brantly) closed his editorial career at the end of the past year, and sold the paper to Messrs. Blain & Seals, the latter of whom is now sole editor of it. We wish the now firm abundant success. or affect a blush, or refer him to pa, or TrsrK ° s y°\T n f ri r ks t FEBRUARY 1855 j understood now; but just look him right At a highly re putable Prohibition i in , the f;ice > S ive b '»n a harty smack, and Convontion held in Atlanta on the26th te ‘ l him to go and order the furniture.” day of October, 1854, the following: The Killing!y (Ct.) Telegraph, al- fesolutton was adopted, viz : . , , , lL , * ’. , «Resolved, That the friends of Pro- ! ,udes t " th « death of a P^sonm the ne.gh- hibitory Legislation in each County of borbood of that town, by drinking ex- Georgi i, be requested to scud Delegates cessively of essence of peppermint. He to a Convention to be held in Atlanta, | ja d bi cn n moderate drinker of spiritu- .»tie 1655, „ us i- but llU Hes bVmT ‘ ff for the purpose of nominating a suitable ; , _ 1 *• person for Governor at the next elec- j ' ae Maine Law, he re3orteu to pep- ' perinint, and it killed him. tion. The undersigned having been appoint-, „ eda Board cf Directors for the Prohi* 1 Starvation in New York.—The bition alliance at the aforesaid Conven- j laborers and mechanics out of employ, tion, deem it proper to call attention I ! n . ? w are ®' most desperate, an d onew to this important subject The 1 ,l ,s "r Rred that scrious consequences friends of Prohibition, in some Counties, \ ful,0 ' v - b ' ome 0 » ac ‘ u,,H y without are appointing their Delegates to this: !l‘® n ecessary means of subsistence. Convention; and it is very desirable i , commi f tee j'PPoibled by the late nnd important that no County in the' meeting taienil to petition the State shall fail to be represented. In liA-1 9° in " ,on t Ca,, " c, ‘ for { ‘ n nppropriation of teen States n.,1 one Territory, North, «'*-• hundred thousand dollars, for the ■” •- J immediate improvement of the public laud and. lots, for the purpose of giving employment to the,poor now in want of bread. A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. Judge Robert V. , Hardeman was thrown from bis buggy’ on Saturday last in Jones county, and: so seriously injured, that for a time be was thought to be in a very critical condition. We are much gratified to hear that- his in juries are not as serious as they were at first supposed to be, and that lie was so much better on yesterday morning, that the physicians considered- him out of danger. The Judge has a ho--t of friends in this community who have manifested very great concern .about bis condition, and who.will be very much relieved By this information.—Hacon Messenger. West and Sou h of us, the issue of Pror hibitioti has hern made and carried; and, as none that have fairly- made the issue before the people, have fuiled to carry it, it is confidently believed, from this and other considerations, that a large majority of the people of Georgia are also in favor o« Prohibitory Legisla tion—and require only a fair opportunity to make their wishes known. Compli ance with .he request contained in the foregoing resolution will lead to such an opportunity. In reminding the public of this occasion, we but discharge'a pleasant duty, which appears to be re quired of us by a highly respectable body of our fellow-citizens; and we earnestly hope that the recommendation will not fail to meet with a hearty re sponse from the friends, of Temperance of every class and condition ju the State. Jjpdkename of the Contention of the sr, we most respectfully re- ~tive Newspapers of the lilicity to this Card- -w->- - $}■:***%&* » Lcjsobi. Dkan, Atlanta, J#uum-y 10, 1855 Tito number of languages spoken in tlx world, amounts'to three and sixty-four. The iuhabitar globe profess m THE WEATHER. We have had all sorts of weather, and plenty of it, since -our hist publicaticn The latter part of last week was bright and beautiful, and temperature quite mild. Sunday morning cloudy—in the afternoon, a real summer storm of rain, lightning and thunder—at night the wind blowing a “hurricane blast ’ from the North. Monday morning ‘ cold as bla zes”—which continued all day. Tues day morning, weather somewhat moder ated, though still cold; and now while we write, (Tuesday noon) it is snowing “right smartlyHow many more chan ges we may be favored with before the week expires, “this deponent saith not.” RUN HERE, EVERY BODY ! We have been requested to call the attention of our up-country friends “and the rest of mankind” to the fact that corn * is now selling here at one dollar a bushel, oats at sixtv cents, and otter things in proportion. Let those who have grain to sell, and wish a high price for it, rush it along at once. It will be down in the spring: — »■ “RAMSHACKLES.” Certain Democratic papers arc mak ing merry over the name which they say Mr. Stephens bestowed upon the Know-Nothings.. Now, Mr. Stephens did no such thing, hut adopted the lan guage of the old man m North Carolina, who. said the Administration had been defeated by “the Ramskackles,” thereby meaning that it was done by a.combina tion of all the elements opposed to it. This, wc are aware, is a matter of small moment; hut «e wish,^ “vindicate the truth and majesty of history. 1 ’ BP' - ' 1 WHO WILL BE OUR NEXT GO VERNOR? This question is now beginning to attract some attention .in this State.— Several of the Democratic papers have declared their preference f or the present incumbent, Hou. H. V. Johnson. This preference, however, does not seem to he universal, by any means. The At lanta Intelligencer, thoroughly Demo cratic, “ speaks out iq meelin” as fo! lows, ag&insl a re-nomination of his Ex cellency : “The Augusta ComtHuiionali-t of Tuesday, alluding to the agitation of the question of the succession, without- expressing an opinion as to who will, be the Democratic candidate, predicts that Hon. VVm. C, Dawson will be the opponent of the Democratic nominee for Governor, and says that rumor alrea dy connects his name with the Know- Nothings. Whoever may be the Can dida: e for the opposition, it is of the b igh- est importance that the Democracy should bring out their strongest and best map for,the contest. Who lie is we shall not at this time undertake to say. It is to be hoped, however, for the- good of the party, that no serious effort will be made to confer the nomination for re- election upon the present incumbent, as we are well satisfied that his nomination would result in the utter defeat of the Democratic party in. Georgia. Nomi nated in 1853, under the most favorable auspices, with the two wings of the par ty generally united—with the prestige of the recent National Democratic tri umphs in his favor—with the most zeal ous, energetic and persevering efforts on the part of his political adherents, while his opponent, Mr. Jenkins, headed the forlorn hope of the Whig party, seri ously disorganized by internal dissen sions, and bearing the whole weight of the Aigcrinc Law on his shoulders, with all these advantages in our favor, the Democratic candidate was elected by a bare majority of five hundred and ten votes. Has he gained strength since his term of office commenced ? We think not On the contrary, we believe and we are by no means alone in the opinion, that he is weaker by at least five thousand votes, in the State than he was on the day of his inauguration While his public policy has been such as to secure to him no increased popu larity,his acts in other respects have been of a character to alienate from him many of the strongest and most influential Democrats in the State—men who were among the warmest of his supporters men without whose aid in the hour of trial his defeat would have been inevi table. Moreover, facts are in existence which it is not our purpose to allude to here, the publicity of which, in case of his nomination, would tend seriously to the disorganization of the party and ?v the same time render his defeat a mat ter of absolute certainty. “ We make these remarks through no. disposition to dictate or throw em- barrasssments in the way of our political friends, but are prompted to them solely by a consideration and anxiety for the jntere ts and success of the Democratic party.” The Macon Journal & Messengei 1 , last week, contains the following sensi ble remarks in reference to the next Gu bernatorial contest . dom, and thus, baulk the amiable design which the, people^cherijh to signalise the inauguration of t|eir rule, by sacrificing him as the most i&veratg and intolerant Phrtizan in the State,and giving thr< htiin, a^final^and^decisive. blow to that policy of Party which gives office to Partizans. Thes e are our only ‘ in connection with the next Gub torial canvass Gov; Johnson under stands and appreciates as well-as any one else, the position of the Democratic Party of this State. He sees that it is. utterly disorganized and demoralised, that influences which can not be guard ed against, are sapping the very founda tions upon which it rests—that it is tot tering to its fall, and that those who at tempt tosustnin it will be buried beneath its ruins. He sees all this, and .will pro- bably peremptorily refuse to be a can didate for re-election, thus relieving his friends from all embarrassment upon this point and disappointing all those, who, Jike ourselves, have been anxiously awaiting the opportunity to test his strength upon fair issues before the peo ple. If he does we shall admire his discretion, and content ourselves with a victory over somebody else, without the zest of a revenge. The names of several individuals in the opposition of the State and Federal Administrations, have been suggested in connection with a nomination for the office of Governor. Fortunately, there are many of them competent to discharge the duties of the office, and with claims sufficient to authorise their friends to urge them. Fortunately too, in the pre sent position of parties and politics, in this State, no management can forestall public opinion in this matter, or secure an election for any one who has no claims but a nomination by the Convention of a Party. The election is yet too distant for us to suggest the policy which our friends should pursue. We only know, that in the present tetpper of t^e public mind, the people will not brook the dic tation of political intriguers, or of i he caucuses and Conventions they may control, and that the endorsement of a candidate by any such bodies, would be worse than useless. The opposition to the Administration, and to its candidate, Mr. Wise, in Virginia, is composed as in Georgia, of different elements, and the Whig press of that State have pro nounced against the assembling of a Whig State Convention, to nominate a candidate for the office of Governor We may profit by their example, and leaving the different elements of opposi tion to the rule of any party, disorganiz ed, denationalised and demoralised as is the Democratic Party of this Union, to work their effeef upon the popular mind, unrestrained fora time by organ ization of any kind, combine them alto gether in the next Gubernatorial canvass to give the control of the political p.uver of the State to tho people. In a ground swell of the people, the political parties which, without unity of principle, or- of policy, are attempting to perpetuate themselves by the interested selfishness of their adherents, must be overwhelm ed. If this result, which we have labor ed to effect, is accomplished, it will be a matter of infinitely small importance who the individual is, provided he is competent and honc;t, who is taken from the mass of his fellow-citizens and elevated to the office of Governor. nhabitants of the £*:.* '** 8 are ' brfeg. to light extensive mines of ooal Kx*<jov«roor MorehemLiof Kentucky, • r * ^ j amf * rifchev minerals. * For agricultural died at.his residence in Covington on the purposes, these lands arc not surpassed.’ 28tfi ult., aged 57 years, Wno SHALL BE OUR KEXT GOVER NOR.—This question is already agitated by the public press, although it is yet several months before the Gubernatorial canvass can,be fairly opened, or candi dates presented fur the suffrages of the people. A few Democratic journals have en dorsed the claims of the incumbent of the office, to a nomination for re-elec tion, and we most sincerely desire that he may ba the nominee of the Demo cratic Party, although his Excellency has little disposition to attempt another race, and the Party little inclination to commit its fortunes again, to one so de cidedly slow. , Judge Jolinson has made a very good Governor. Ho has performed the usual routine duties of lii-s office, such as sign ing the Commissions of Justices of the Peace to the very great satisfaction of (he people—and has given us a very smooth and quiet Administration, signalized by nothing except itsdecided pat tizan char acter, in the employment of the, little patronage at its disposal—which has surprised nobody—and by a single at tempt at financiering to show a balance in the Treasury from the earnings of the State Rbad, which has deceived cobody. Judge Johnson we repeat, has made a very good Governor, and if there is no thing in his official acts to give him eclat, there is very little to furnish capital to his political opponents. But outside of his official acts, in the discharge of the ordinary routine duties of the Governor of the State, we can find nothing what ever, in his character as a public man to commend—but every thing, to condemn -^-everything to oppose ns to the idea of his re-eledtion to an office,, in which ' re- election is not only an endorsement of his capacity, but of the principles he professes and the Party he represents The. Russian papers remark, that the lay of the disembarkation of the Allies in the Crimea, (the 11th of September) cT waspceoisely the anniversary of the arri- val oF tha ^rcncii nt Moscow in 131^ The deductions thev -hnibl ™ iK„ cJ It is only tp be feared that the D'emocra- tercourse with the authorities, fie reneiy- ,• / ■ * act tic Party in its disorgahization, wilfhot ed the most marked attention that >asy to comprehend. have thedesperate hardihood to ndmir - i_* nate it njsuriwho has no strength but that of his party, or that his Excellency wm obstinately refuse.to be a candidate Mr re-election; reject the honors of martjrr- SLAYERY IN CALIFORNIA. The Jackson (Miss.) Democrat says that slavery must inevitably become a permanent institution in California. Soon after the organization of the State, the Legislature passed a law allowing twelve months for the disposal of slaves carried there before the adoption of the consti tution ; and no arrangements having been made for taking them out of the State, the law was extended at the last session Public opinion has Jn the mean time, undergone a groat change. Men of capital are beginning to find how pro fitable slave labor would be, applied to raining. The Democrat adds : “They know how rapidly fortunes, can be ac cumulated by tire possession of slaves as a portion of their capital, and the im mense advantage they will possess over those who employ white laborers, in consequence of the exorbitant price of the latter, and from these considerations will seek the possession of the whole machinery, as well the area, for wor- king.the precious metals. There is no doubt but capitalists in California are now taking th*s view of the matter, ;iRd, by a combination of capital power, the object is easy of accomplishment. It is a known fact that a strong and healthy negro man can earn from fifreen hundred to two thousand dollars per annum, by working in the mines; nnd will not this fact, within itself, be a sufficient, cause for negroes to be sent there, if only for one or two years ? Negroes are now be ing sent daily from Virginia, North and South Carolina, and in a great many in stances even from Alabama and Missis sippi, where Slavery is much more pro fitable than in the former mentioned States, A riegrq population is bound to concentrate there, and the combined efforts of the Abolitionists cannot pre- vent it.” " RETURN OF MR SOULE. Mr. Soule, our Minister to 'Spain has resigned, and is oh his way home It is said he wUs Chilled into his resignh- tion—tbijt although in all his official in tercourse with the authorities, he reuciv- ARRESTING A “ JUGGLER We heard a story. to'd not long since a? the expense of nur.frieud and former her, Tom G>. who, a few y ited a little market town noi Juid miles from where we write, ha wagon-loud oi jugs, which^n wished to selL It srajiappened that the worshipful board of town wardens had then recently published their ordinances, and just elected a verdant specimen of humanity from “ the green istr of the- oceau” to the highly responsible office of marshal. Paddy, who swaggered about with an air of great consequence, and constantly carried a copy of the afore said “ ordinances” in hj$ pocket, which, among other things, provided that “ any juggler who neglected to obtain license from the council should be fined the sum of ten dollars,” chanced, on the day referred to, to meet our friend Toil! in his peregrinations. Walking up to him and gently tappin^^m on the shoulder, the consequential marshal re quested a peep at his license. “ Li cense 1" thundered Tom, “ what in the do I want with license ?” ** Oh, by the poivers,” said Paddy, “ I have caught ye in the very act, and ye’ll he afther going wid. me before his honor the marc," Tom protested he had done nothing, but nil in vain. The official told him he was. obliged to discharge his duty. Our friend, finding there was ncj chance to get off from the dignitary, determined, rather than have a‘-scene ” in the street, to go with him ; and leav ing his team in the care of a friend, set out for the store of “ uncle Johnny R ,” who held the important office of Intendant of the town, or mare efthe city of M* . When Tom and the Irishman arrived, the old gentleman was very much engaged with his customers. The first moment, however, that Pat was enabled to catch his eye, he assumed an air of profound gravity, and an nounced his business by saying, “ May itpleaso your honor, Thave arrested a juggler who has no license ?” “ Arrest- a juggler ?” queried uncle Johnny, plosely scanning the countenance of the prisouer, who he at once recognized' as one of his customers—“ oh, no, he’s no more a juggler than you or l”—apd he laughed immoderately. Pat, some what nettled by being laughed at, gave vent to an oath or two, and then in an indignant tone of injured innocence proceeded to relate to “ his honor” the circumstances of the arrest, and,wound up by assuring him that if he would walk with him a short distance dowu the street, lie would furnish occular demonstration of the truth of the charge, “ for* by the powers,” said lie, “ hasn’t he got a whole wagon load of them there, on the Main street, and in bread day light at that?” “ A vvagon load of what?” asked uncle Johnny. ‘“ Why, jugs, of cour.se,” said the dignitary; “andI read here in this bit of paper, (exhibit ing the ordinance) that it is my duty to arrest jugglers when they have noli cense from your honor—.and nint this spalpeen n juggler if he sells jugs ?*’ This was asockdologer which upset tlic gravity of Uncle Johnny and all the speciators. Tom, of course, was instant ly discharged, but the incident has fas tened upon him the soubriquet of “ The Juggler,” which he will probably carry with him to the grave. PAY YOUR BILLS. We took : oc<i%iuij some weeks ago, in importance small, to be accom- fiv?e ,do)lapjt>iH. used in caking on ' thfe same sub- Baltim'We Patriot of a late date, relates the following suggestive incident, which will better elucidate our mean ing than any thing we have said : Pay Your Bills—An Incentive.— Some years ago, a farmer in Frederick county, Md. owed a, neighbor of his $53, and as soon as he could realize the sum he promptly, paid it- -The morning he called to pay it, his friend appeared to be thankful, remarking that he was also in debt to another person who needed the money, and he would at once take it to him. This remark started a train of thoughts in Alio mind-of the first person, who said to himself—Why here is $103 paid with $53.,* I will at, once follo w up this matter-and see where > it will end. He then followed, up the payments of debts by this one note of ■ S^QteUntil ,he traced it to the large L amount off3,75 ! when it get ^ut of ' hiSrgBflcih. •‘NowfJtf! el? WF moral: A a bill, which, if he pays promptly, will be paid by B to C, and so on through ffie whole alphabet, and, it will be sur prising to every one, what a small amount is necessary to pay off hundreds of thousands by keeping the tf eagles on the wing.” Now, when tha money market is so tight and the banks are- unable to discount all the paper offered, let persons begin to pay their bills, and by’dohig this' they themselves will be paid back in turn. It is a machine which feeds itself, nnd propels, by its own offal, the execu tion of great exploits. As a word to the wise is over sufficient, we think it only necessary to give this hint to our business men, who will be able, at once, to see the vast amount of good the pay ment of even a small bill will accom plish in the community.” Commenting on the above the Chroni cle &. Sentinel makes the following re marks, which we, and we presume eve ry publisher in these “ tight times,” can heartily endorse : “ It, may not be out of place to say to those indebted to us, that money is not very abundant with us, not one hun dredth part so much so, as it would be if you would pay us what you owe ; and as our necessities are becoming very urgent, the duty will devolve o» us of giving to each and all ofyou a little “plain lalJcj” unless you pay your bills promptly. Weare .no: disposed to la bor for any of you without compensa tion—prompt pay. and we desire each "anrl all of you to understand it. The Dalilonega Signal has placed the name of the Hon. Howell Cobb at its masthead, ns the Democratic candi date for Congress in this District. Well, there is uo accounting for tates, as the old woman sail.” The Signal sometime since boldly announced that it was in favor of the Know-Nothing principles. Now, if there is an indi vidual in ibis'District more bitterly op posed to them than any body else, it is his ex-Excell.eucy—-judging from the tone cf his organ in this place. How the Signal proposes to get over this “very slight, jamall, lectlc diffic-ulty,” we arc not advised. That Mr. Cobb will be a candidate, if not the candidate, we believe is pretty well settled.- The present incumbent and-his friends, therefore, had belter “look out for the engine,when the whistle blows / ’ KNOW-NOTHING DEFEAT. At the municipal election in Atlanta last week, where between eight and nine hundred votes were polled, the Know-Nothings were beaten fourteen Vdtes. They succeeded, however, in electing c ne member of- council. It is charged bv the K. N’s that this defeat was o\ving entirely to illegal .voting-— many non-residents and unnaturalized foreigners having been permitted to vote the so-called “ ciiizens’s ticket.”— Of the truth of this allegation we know nothing, whatever ; but- think, it likely that in exciting elections—and this was “ one of’em”—illegal votes are frequent ly polled on both sides. We observe by our Atlanta exchanges that a propo sition was made to purge the ballot-box, but the new qouncil refused^ to enter tain it for a moment. This looks sus picious. If satisfied that every thing was fairly conducted on their side, why refuse an investigation ? ; That Bridge.—We make it a point never to grow “weary in well-doing,’ and how that we have our band in, on the subject of inprovements, vye would respectfully inquire if our Town Authori ties and Inferior Cpdrt have dona any 'Ai id Uiingy«L*t in reference lb the lawer^riilgc. paper from basswood. He says tl If they inteivi ev.ery body to ford is confident. that lie .cuaVriq&ko > 'thorough * politeness could dictate, yet himself and family, both as regarded thb; officials and the leaders of. fashion in to the public that. tlujy should have no- Madrid, were socially isolated. tice of the fact. SOUTHERN CENTRAL AGRICULTU RAL SOCIETY. The Executive Committee of the “ Southern Central Agricultural Socie ty” met in Atlanta bn the 16th inst, for the purpose of amending and improving the Premium List for the ptesent year, locating the next Fair, &c. The List of Prizes was very carefully re vised, and in many respects much im- .prpyeidT It is not yet ready for publica tion, but our reporter wifi furnish one of the most important portions of it (the Field Crtps) for our paper of to-mor row. The location of the Fair is not yet determined. It is now wavering be tween Augusta, Atlanta, Macon and Columbus. The adjourned ‘ meeting of the Committee trill be held ,in this city, on Thesday, the 6th of March, for the express purpose < f determining this mat- j ter, and ifthe people of Augusta Intend j taking any action upon, jt .there is no time to ba.lost. We have the grounds, buildings and fixtures hefeeSsriry for the •exhibition,^!*^ only $ sjnall appropri ation of-funds will .be; necessary to se cure it,-we would’ suggest-the propriety of a prompt ar.d effie’enf movement on the part of.our .citizens and agthorities. — C/tron. & Sent. , ^ MrvBeardsley, of A%inyy N. Y. succeeded; in,0(Su)Qfacturusg goqd ;oew»- ;• that he beitir seems to inaugurate a 1 laaiHifacuiruaml. price of paper.