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. , • .•* - ^fl fir.' * —— Mfifirtffiii wiwN> l ^yii | wppi»! -; i- v ' ■■■«■* hrough which none but genuine Ameri can opinions ami sympathies shall, find expression in the functions of gover.;- •nent. We deari e to see the federal consti- ution faithfully administered in strict accordance with the views of its foanaers all usurpations of power checked, all en croachments upon the rights of the States rebuked, all forced constructions disavowed. The Araarictin party feels the respon sibility of the position it has assumed. It knows full well the keen opposition it has to encounter lrom the conglome rate of all fragments and factions, of the old effete democratic and whig par tics, with their alien allies, names that were once hallowed and had a meaning. Errors it may commit—inferior men may attain elevation (Torn its swelling •anks ; such matters are unavoidable in nil great popular movements and revo lutions; but they, are not its principles nor its high aims, and will be corrected. National in feeling, national in name American in all things, it claims as be longing to its brotherhood and entitled to all iu rights and privileges, any and . every true-hearted citizen, no matter to what party he may have belonged, no matter in what pursuit he may be engag ed, whether in subduing the forest, till ing the earth, levelling the monntai-s, filling up valleys, wielding our com merce, toiling amid the din and bustle of crowded cities, sailing on the ocean, digging in the mines, seizing on the idle •streams uiat flow from our mountain sides, and causing them to leap upon the water wheels and labor millions of spin dles into motion; or amidst the dust and whirl of bright machinery, he is in God’s appointed vocation, moulding and fashioning the rude materials of nature into forms of strength, usefulness and beauty. He*hns only to feel in his own heart that lie approves and adopts our principles, and that he is ready,, when fhe star-spangled banner is un furled, to stand under it and by it. True at is but a piece of bunting, a painted ' :rag—yet what hallowed annotations *chis:er round it ! It waved in glorious' triumph when Baindridge, Decatur, Perry, Hull, broke the charm ofBritish invincibility on the ocean; Stark had it at Bennington, Warren at Bunker Hill, Gate’s at Saratogt, Sumpter, Ma rion and Greene in the South, and Washington bore it aloft and stood un der its ample folds when he sealed our nation’s independence on the plains of Yorktowu. It is now, as it was then, .the emblem of our nationality and •power. Finally, and above all, we desire to see our Union preserved, strengthened apd perpetuated, as the bright links of a chain that has no end; and to this, be- •fore all the rest, we pledge our unalter able faith and the ..hole power of the .American party. resolutions. 1. Resolved, Thai the highest civic • duty of an American citizen is to pro >«note the prosperity of his own country; that to do this he should endeavor to preserve, strengthen and defend the principles of American republicanism, as .they were promulgated in the Revolu tion of 1776, and incorporated in the constitution of the United States. And to this end we hold itindispensa ble that every citizen who has the pri vilege of voting in elections should be acquainted with the constitution, both by a capacity to read and understand it in the language in which it;z written, and by such long and familiar intercoure with the country and its institutions as i* necessary to imbue his mind with the distinctive American perception of the nature of free government, and with that sentiment of attachment to it vs hieh shall render him at all times its effective friend and support r. *• That with this vi«,w of the qualifica tions'for citizen ship,-ave proclaim it to be a fundamental precept of our repub lican system; that America should be governed only by Americans. 2. Resolved, That while we have full confidence in the-strength ofour nation ality, as it is cherished and defended bj’ •onr native citizens, and, with scarcely ‘less attachment, maintained by numbers of citizens of foreign bin Ii. who by .Ion" domestication have been identified with our people, we are yet deeply impressed with a comvietion that, in the extraordi nary concourse of aliens which recent inducements have brought to our land : in tlui peculiar incompetency of many •of them, from education and habits of life to become thorough American citizens; dn the attraction which,both from tIHr •numbers and their facility to he misled, they offer to the ambition of demagogues, who have not scruple-’ \ 0 m ;iko use of them as nM’.cs to secure selfish ends ; in the frequent evidence they afford of their incapacity to appreciate the right of suf- fraje, when they have obtained it by the operation of our present system of na turalization, and to the manifold abu es to which this right is subject in their hands ; that the time 1ms come when it is .essential i<> the purity of our govern ment and iis wholesome administration, tint the laws regulating the admission of foreigners to citiz.-nship should be rc- v- vised, and that either a longer term for piVibhiion lor citizen-Uiip, and more rigid pro'isi.ms for conferring it, should be «*stuhlisbed, or that, iho naturalization laws should In; wholly repealed. •1 • Resolved, That we regard it to. be the interest, cad duty of our goverment and people to give to the honest and meritorious portion of the emigrants from foreign lands, w’o seek.an asylum in the United St iter, a friendly recep tion ; to extend io t iem protection «(pJ enedui-agement; to confer upon them every right necessary .to the security <;!' their welfare, in whatever lawful pur- ,**“ * tF * sinttbvy may employ, themselves; and to demonstrate to them, by . a liberal and considerate hospitality, that it i*.’ both and fundamental principle of free go vernment ; and we declare that we hold the right of conscience—by which we me'au especially the freedom of, opinion and the privilege of every man td wor ship God in such manner and Recording to such belief as his own convictions dictate—to be amongst the dearest and most sacred rights of freemen.; that we will defend these rights against all as saults, from whatever quarter ; and that in this determination we know no dis tinction of creed, nor sect, nor person, holding that the Stale should exercise no other control over these rights than that which may be necessary to guard the public morals against licentious abuse,ond to secure to every one the full and peaceful enjoyment of his religious opinion and worship. 5 Resolved. That, as necessary to religious toleration, and as indispensa ble to its healthful support, wo regard every attempt of any one sect, or deno mination, or church, to obtain an ascen dency over others in the State, by the demand of especial privilege or exemp tion of any kind, within the sphere of political rights and duties,and still more, any combination of the members of any denomination to obtain political power by concert of action,in the performance of civic government, to be dangerous to that equality of which should belong to all citizens, hostile to the order of society and conspicuously objectionable as a step towards the subjection of civil powei to ecclesiastical influence; that we therefore take our stand against all such attempt s, wherever we may find a disposition to make them. 6. Resolved, That we cherish, with the highest appreciation, the education of the youth of our country in schools provided by the State, believing such institutions to be the most valuable aux iliaries to enlightened and free govern ment. We look to these as the truest and best nurseries of republican senti ment and brotherhood; and regarding them as particulary adapted to the for mation of a vigorous national character, we hold that they should be common to all citizens, without distinction ol creed:; and to that end should be frecirom all influence or direction of religious zeal. And as we believe the Holy Bible to be the foundation and depository of the universal religious doctrine of our coun try, and the teacher of this profoundest wisdom to all men, we express our firm dissent and reproof against any and every attempt to exclude it from the course of school instruction! And, now,having announced the prin ciples of the party upon the chief and peculiar questions which have created the necessity for its organization, we deem it proper at the same time, to de clare the views l»j which it is governed, in reference to other important ques tions touching the administration ofpub lic affairs. It is therefore further 7. Resolved, That the American parly, holding the Union of the States to be the great distinctive and vital idea of permanent and comprehensive Ameri can republicanism, will devote its united power to the duty of sustaining and strengthening thatUnion against the at tacks, either open or secret, of whatever enemy may assail it. To that end, it will insist upon a strict construction of the constitution of the United Stales, in accordance with tho true intent and meaning of that instrument, as expound ed by its authors, and as sanctioned by the most approved opinion of the coun try. Upon the full acknowledgement and due preservation of the rights of the States, as expressed and reserved in the.- constitution ; and the careful avoidance, by the general government and by each of the States respectively,of interference with the rights of either, by legislative or executive action. Upon the faithful performance by the general government, by every State, and by every public functionary of each, of q'.J duties enjoined upon either by the constitution ot lhe United States. To the same extent the American party also pledges itself to suppress, as far as it has the power, all tendencies to politi cal division- founded on geographical position, to rebuke all agitation upon topics of dangerous import to the peace and harmony of the Union, to check the effort of selfish and designing politi cians to create dissensions by appeals to local interests or prejudices of class:— The purpose and desire of the party be ing to encourage and establish a broad and paramount sentiment of national loyalty thorough American „in charac ter, and sufficiently powerful to protect the Uuion against all sectional hostility. 8. Resolved, That the American par ty regard it as the policy of the Govern ment to exercise its power to secure the prosperity of every American in terest, and to give the most ample scope to the ingenuity and industry of Ameri can citizens in every lawful pursuit; that to accomplish this it is,its duty to give all aid, compatible with the power vested in it, to internal and. external commerce, by improving the navigation of rivers, by .adapting the national har bors, bath on the lakes and the sea coast, to the protection and convenience of shipping; and by promoting the con struction of national roads for intercom munication between the oceans which bound the territories of the Union. T6 encourage the development of Ameri can genius by due protection of inven tions, productions of art', and works of literature and science. To guard the industry of the country against the inju rious influence of the adverse policy <Jf foreign nations, and to secure, as fhr as the same may be done; in accordance with the powers conferred by the con stitution, the prosperity of the Ameri- can workman, by giving him; the pre- i ferenqe in the supply of the work re quired Hy the countrv. thing to wasteful extravagance, but all that is proper to the healthful develop ment and progress of a great nation. • And as the American party is aware that, in the duties * here enumerated, there will be different views honestly entertained, at different periods, and in different sections of the country, on the question of the best means of securing some of the ends proposed, we take the ground of Congressional independence ; that measures of temporary policy which, from their very nature are constantly and variously affected, by the changing condition and circumstances of the na tion, should be committed to the free decision of the people, to be made in ac cordance with their own sense of what, is best adapted to the wants of each section of the country,—untramelled by the influence of party dictation ; that the opinions of the constituency of each State, so far as Senators in Congress are concerned, or of each congressional District, so far as members of the House are concerned, are the best guides to the general estimateof what is most con ducive to the welfare of all ; and that the action of government should be con ducted in a spirit ofcompromise, direct ed to the establishment of that content which is essential to the general pros perity. We are especially induced to make this declaration, because we are hot wil ling that the efficiency and usefulness of our association in the prosecution of its great constitutional and reforming.pur poses, should be impaired by dissensions arising out of difference of opinion upon subjects in their nature transitory, and dependent upon the shifting condition of national expansion and growth of public interests, and upon the details of which entire unanimity of , views is scarcely possible. 9. Resolved, That \vc utterly condemn as odious and un-American,.the obvious abuse of Executive power and patronage, which for many years past lias more and more found favor in tiie administra tions of our governments, both Federal and State. , The whole system of re wards and punishments is unworthy of a free and independent people—We perceive in the practice to which it has U.d,the most unnatural and demoralizing influence upon our population. It pro scribes the high minded and indepen dent citizen, and puts the obedierit tool of power in his place.; it denounces the best men for a sincere love of their coun try ; it-often prefers the foreigner to the native citizen ; and it coriupts the pa triotism of the musses not less by des troying a genuine American sentiment of independence, than by stimulating Un people to abandon the pursuits of wholc- mE U. LAW, ORDER, AXD THE COMOTITLTIOX. 83rMr. William Dosier. of Atlanta, hour.au thorized Agent in Cherokee Georgia. jKP’Thi* paper is filed, and mayat all times b«' seen at the Heading Boom of Prof Hollow at, 5244 Strand, London The length of the .address of the “American party ’ to their countrymen, setting for,h the ends and aims of that organization—^occupies so much ofour space this week, that we are unable to give our usual variety. Let not. its length deter any one from reading it: SaP* The present i first volume pi the _ J-.-:' When, twelve months ago, we launched our unpretending barque and unfurled our banner to the breeze, croakers on every side predicted a short cruise and speedy abandonment of our - craft-. We premised our friends to “hold on’’ for at least twelve months,and endeavor to pre sent our subscribers withat least a reada ble paper. So far as “holding on” is concerned, no one can call that fact in question; while,if we are to judge from the accessions o our list, we may aafii- ly infer that the popular judgment has decided that our paper is readable—so that; we may confidently -claim that our promises have been fulfilled to the leiter. We cannot suffer this opportunity to pass'without tendering to such of our personal friends as have interested them selves in -extending the circulation of our paper, and to the public in general, our profoundest acknowledgements for comin a great ov ^he public, the the secrets of the Know-Nothings, have known all the time that it was an awfully bungling and ‘shocking affair, far as our personal observation extends, An exchange furnis! es.tthe following synopsis of the provisions of the late Bounty Land Act, which we intended for our last issue, but which was over looked. We have on hand, neatly and correct ly printed declarations, both for officers and soldiers, and for widows desiring to avail themselves of the benefits of this Act. Also, b'anks suited to the former Bounty Land Acts. Price - one dollar per quire. » We keep on -hand—and are always BOUNTY LANDS. In another column will be found a the very libera^ encouragement we have received. Our circulation not only realizes, hut far-exceeds the expecta tions we entertained when we began the enterprise. Although our paper has been in existence but. barely twelve months, we have now a much larger subscription list than any paper with which we have ever been connected - and -‘the cry is, still they come !’* at the rate of from fifty to seventy-five per week 1 In return for this mark of kindness orders. We shall Hext week take such notice of those of our cotemporaries who “ pitched into us * during our absence, as we may think they deserve. , ,- IS THE CZAR DEAD? This question cannot be satisfactorily answered until the next-steamer arrives, which is now past due. some industry fur the stake of the emolu ments of office. It has thus brought an element into political contests which, Un appealing to selfish motives, has proved itself sufficiently powerful to embroil the country in a perpetual strife for the be nefit of those who flatter and serve the appointing power, and who are impelled by cupidity more than by an honest ambition in the di charge of their dut\ ns citizens. We reject this principle and pratice, not only for the reasons wc have given, hut also because we deem it to be of dangerous influence in enlarging and strerightening the Executive power. We have bad too many occasions to observe this influence employed in making war upon honest, independent and capable mcri, who have been found not sufficient ly pliant to the executive will ; have seen ir too often exerted to control the auction of the Co-ordinate departments of government ; arid still oftener to enforce a servile submission, in all subordinates, to the worst designs of party leaders. We believe, therefore, that an up right administration of government de mands that honest, faithful and capable public.servants, .at home and abroad, should (ill places of honor, profit and trust—that they should not bo dismissed particulars in reference to the initiation partizan aspect—we speak in reference of the “American where Democracy in the ascendancy, claim that Whiggery revived,” and “a trap to catch green Democrats.” If this be so, it has signally failed in its object; So wo can safely say ,th at it has assumed no ready lo print to order, ol short notice. appreciatlr>n on lhe p „, of , he b oil kmds of le«al blanks. Send in your lio „ f our hllml ,| e clr .rt» to make our paper useful, we can but promise renew ed diligence on our part and an earnest- zealous persistence in our independent course in the honest advocacy of what we believe to be correct principles, and a constant endeavor to make onr paper a welcome visitor at the firesides of Us readers. • We trust we will be pardoned by those who are not interested in what we are about to say, for calling the attention WELL DONE, HALL"! of that portion of our readers who have We spent a portion of two days at neglected to pay up, to the fact that our Gainsville last week,and had the pleasure heavy expenses absolutely require of adding to our list the names of seven- prompt payments on the part of our fy-eigAf‘good men.and true.! If Court had subscribers. We trust this hint-will in- only “hold on” a little longer, there is I duce every one in arrears to “fork over” no telling how tnany more we might 1 at once, have added. We trust our friends in \ 1 Hall will not “weary in well doing,”!THE BLACK WARRIOR CASE but that those who have kindly consent- from employment for the exercise of a commendable independence, so long as by their conduct they shall not impair the of tlTeir Scffled. ed to present the matter to their neigh bors, will do as our friends in Wait* n, G ivianeit,Jackson, Madison, Clarke, and elsewhere, are doing—send, us in scores of nnc subscribers eccry week. SETTLED. Mr: Gnillardet, formerly editor of the Courier (les Etats Unis, writes from Paris to that paper as follows; “ The telegraph assures us that the Spanish Cabinet, has admitted tl\at the 1 two principal demands of the American We were pleased to observe in that! Government in the affair of the Black portion of the county which we saw, and to learn from reliable sources, that ! Hall to >, exhibits those evidences of Warrior were founded injustice : and that’punishment would be inflicted upon the agents at the port of Havana -who have violated lhe laws.” The correspondent of Galignani’s Messenger, writing from Madrid on the improvement which we have been re joiced to note is all the counties we have viaited during the spring ridiug.! same subject, says Roads which; when we were familiar j “ It appears that' the Spanish govern- with them,(say some seven years ago,); ™ent has decided on proclaiming tint the , ., ,, , , j,, ■ ~ „ . i authorises of Cuba exceeded their led for miles through trackless forests, ... - ~ , ,, r .. . °., j powers m the affair of the Black Warn arc now studded with handsome farm or ,^ s the two principal points of liou.-es, new plantations, and all .the • it—-the description of the carge and the evidences of material comfort which d'n-’allowed ibr the production of the are s » pleasing to the eye-of the travel ler ; and not only so, but School houses and Churches h.-fte been erected by the — . r - . wayside the one teaching men _ho\y to • sa-vs that-it has'reason 'to know - that the mtri.ouTd be ''exereUeJ^vithTcrepu ^charge their duties to society, and information is- correct.. From this we the oiher preparing them for the enjoy- of, new members, which we commend to the especial attention of the Banner If it does not think the matter of suffi cient moment to justify the issuing of an extra, it surely will publish it as a sort of “addenda” to the “revelations” which it appears nobody else in Georgia has been green enough to publish—as.every one knew it was a “ cock and bull sto ry” got up with the special view of influ encing the Virginia elections. ‘ Whenever any person exprer-ses, in the presence of a Know . Nothing, a stronc desire to become a member of the Order, he is privately informed that he must be at a oertaln corner at the hour of twelve, whistling Yankee Doodle out of one corner of bis mouth and Hail Columbia out of the other then he must have a copy of the Constitution of the United States in one of his boots, (or shoes, as the case may be!) and the De claration of Independence .in the other; that^vhen a person in a slouch hut passes him, whistling the S‘nr Spangled Ban ner” he (the candidate.) must follow. He will be led up a dark stairway-, into a dark room, he will then be sworn by some person's whom the darkness con ceals, never to reveal anything that he may-hear or see during the meeting. After taking this oath, a light suddenly illuminates the *rootn, and five men in masks approach the candidate, holding in their hands the American flag, made but of twelve hundred yards of Ameri can silk, which they roll about the can didate, completely encasing him, after the fashion of an Egyptian mummy. The five then shoulder the candidate and carry him into the lodge. Though he cannot see he can hear, and the Great Gran! Flum—the highest officer admin sters a terrible oath, swearing the caqdiilate never to reveal any- of the pakswords, signs, tokens,grips, principles, designs or private works of th - Order, on penalty cf being sent to title Peni tentiary or the State Legislature ! If the. case is not too aggravated, t lie viola tion would only be visited upon lhe viola tor by sendjng him to the Penitentiary, but the extremest penalty 'for violation is the Legislature. “ After this oath the candidate is roll ed around the room, this being the speedi est,way of unwinding the flag. lie sees the members standing him all masks.—> The five principles are then read to him, and after helias sworn to observe them . Ije is compelled to run a splinter—pre viously taken from a liberty pole—into the index finger of h‘s left hand, and with the splinter and his own blood, lie signs the Constitution and By Laws ot the Order. Thysicians-on being admit ted into the Order, are competed to take an additional oath, to the effect pliat they will mistake str.ycbrine for calomel in administering medicine to Dutch and Irish Catholics. Lawyers have to swear that they wflj abandon the''habit oilying and deception in dealing with native born American clients. Many Lawyers have left lhe Order.” ship’s manifest; In consequence, it disposed to accord a just indemnity.” . Commenting on this last letter the Washington Union, as it were -officially, ment snouta oe exercised with scrupu lous care to prevent the patronage of government from ever being brought in to conflict with the freedom of elections. And, finally, we believe that the dig nity and prosperity of government are most surely sustained and promoted by a "wise and kindly toleration of honest difference of opinion, and by the ac knowledgement of this right as the true national American feeling. 10. Resolved, That the American party, m recalling the government of the Union to the principles of its foun ders, revert with affectionate concern to the precepts of Washington, as the sa fest and wisest guide, both for onr foreign and domestic policy, and in con currence avith these, adopt his warning against all intervention in the affairs of foreign States, and especially in those °f European natiorisr—rebuking all de magogues of every class arid name, who would lower the standard of tried moral and intellectual training for the high places of trust in the public service; who would ba rter a vvajr their birth rights for the emoluments of office, or desecrate our flag by placing it in the hands of restless and demoralized propagandists, to plun der in the narah’of liberty ; preserving pure and uncorrupled" the public con- scicnde—-by confining ourselves to just and peaceful relations with all nations, as fSr as their conduct towards us will permit, but no further, and not refusing the expressiotf of that sympathy, which is natural to the historical'‘memories and_ hatiorial sentiments of our people.’ DESTituOrn Tbe town of Sandervsille was visited by a destructive fire on Saturday, last. A large amount ofjproperty was dest roy- ed, and uumbers of the citizens left The court house and jail, house! ment of that heaven fo which their-spirea point! These agencies—religion and education, aided by .the press, as the great disseminator of light—are the meana which, in the Providence ofGod, have done more for us as a.people than all other things combined. -Every hum ble school house, therefore, or unpre tending country church erected by the wayside, is a silent witness, bat bears unmistakeable evidence of the real ad vancement of a people. We expect to visit our friends in Habersham^ Franklin. Lumpkin and Forsyth—at their ‘respective Courts— and hope to be able to give a good acr count of them on onr return. may infer that tbe Government is in “osicssion C? advices that so far as pecu niary satisfaction goes full indemnity has been granted by the Spanish. Govern ment for the Black Warrior outrage. to old parties—that there are as many Democrats as Whigs in the movement, but that so far from being “green,” they are intelligent ,patriotic gentlemen-the green ones still remain with the office—* hunting squad 1 who with tho “green” Democrats and “green” Whigs they may pick up between this time and t he election can scarcely form a corporal’s guard in some of the counties. SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA. The ConstUutionilist informs us that Judge Starnes, whose term of office ex^ piresnext winter,will not be a candid ate for re-election. lie will resume his prac tice at the bar. Judge Lumpkin having been appointed one of the Commissioners of Claims, there will, of course, be two .vacancies in the Supreme Court to be filled at the next session of the Legisla ture. Wouid it be too much to hope, that for the honor of the State, Judge Berrien might be indneed to accept ths place of chief Justice ? If, by doubling the salary, his pre- eriiineiit legal abilities eould be secured on that bench there would be reason for rejoicing. We might then anticipate legal opinions, for which, as they find their way through the Union, Georgians would not have to blush with shame. We clip the above from the Savannah XAirnal and Courier, and take pleasure in according our entire and cordial ap proval of its suggestion. Judge Ber rien would give a character to the Geor gia Repor.s that would rank them among the first of American decisions. For the second vacancy we would suggest the Hon. Francis II. Cone, than whom no man in Georgia has higher qualifications for that important post.—Wilkes Rep. BANK ROBBERY. Thq branch- of the Bank of the State at Washington, Wilkes Co., was robbed of upwards of fifteen thousand dollars on Wednesday bif last week. The Tel ler, we lea m froth'the Wilkes Republi can, had deposited in a drawer in the counter, the amount which'he thought would be required for the day’s transac tions. When the hell rang for break fast, the robber, who was secreted near the premises, walked in at the f. ont door, which was usually kept locked un til after breakfast, but which, on this occasion, he had hired the negro‘boy whose duty it was to sweep, make fires 1 &c., to unlock. The bills stolen are all payable at the Branch at Washington A reward of one thousand dollars has been offered for the apprehension of the thief. ’ • The Know Nothings of Virginia have made the following nominations, which have beep -accepted : For Governor—ThotnaS S. Floor- noy—Whig. For Lieut. Governor—J. M. H, Beale—Democrat. For Attorney General—J. M- Pat ton—Democrat. DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. The Democratic press generally of this State advocate tiie lioWing.of a State Conventional Milledgeville on the 5th of June. Why Uwjs needless haste ? Are: ? ndlD :r V' Ralph Metcalf, Governor of New Hampshire, by the Know Nothings, is^a Democrat - -*isSr V^ 1 CONGRESSIONAL ASPIRANTS- We are likely to have a scrub race in several of our Congressional Districts, (says the Macon Citizen,) if the early announcement of numerous names is to be taken as an index of the .prevailing idea on the subject. In the first district Bartow, Hopkins and Seward have keen spoken of. In the 2d, Hawkins, Perkins, Colquitt, Moore, McDotigald and sundry- others. In the 3d, Parson Mosely,Ram sey, Green, Trippc, Poe, Warren and Bailey. Very clever gentlemen, one and all, we believe, but no one can tell, - at this early day, who will be the lucky fel lows that will win the prize.” In this District, wc understand it has been settled that there is to be a w scrub race”—the course perfectly free to all gentlemen who may wish to enter.. Some of our exchanges who have congratulated Mr. Cobb upon his eminent success In that difficult task of “ spelling up,” will perceive that their felicitations were ra- A SIGN ther premature. Now, we do not under- The .« American. Party” has carried take to say positively that the remnant *jf the municipal elections which have of the once powerful Democratic party in * ■' 5 ihi, District will not hold a Convention, ntajotitiea.- :*rba ten- r* mm PACIFIC REPUBLIC. The New York Herald says there is a. project on foot among certain malcon tents in California—“ ramshackle*we suppose—to dissolve their connection with Unele Sam and set up an indepen dent Republic of their own on the Pa cific. California, Oregon and Washing ton—each to be r divided into several States—together with the Sandwich Is lands, to constitute the new Republic. We know not whether the story is wor thy of credence. We have thought, however, that the people of-tha: remote region of our vast Republic might some day determine to “set up for thein- THE NEW BOUNTY LAND BILL. It is enacted, &c. That each of the surviving commissioned and non-com missioned officers, musicians aud pri- va:es, whether of regulars, v-duulecrs, rangers or militia, who were regubirly; mustered into the service of the United^ States, and every officer, commissioned and non-commissioned, seaman, marine, clerk and laudsman in the navy, in any of the wars in which this country has been engaged since 1790, and each of the survivors of the militia,or volunteers, or State troops of any State or Terri tory, called into military service, and rbg.ilarly mustered therein, and whose services h ive been paid by thje U. .States, shall be entitled to receive a certificate or warrant from the Department of the Interjor for-one hundred and sixty acres of land; and where any of these who have been so mustered into service and paid, shall have received a certificate of warrant* hr shall he entitled to a certi ficate or warrant for such quantity of land as will make, in the whole with what he has heretofore received, one hundred and sixty acres to each person having served as aforesaid ; Provided, the person so having been in service shall not receive said land warrant if it shall appear -by the muster-rolls of his regiimnt or corps that he resigned, or was dishonorably discharged from ser vie;. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That in case of the death of any person who if iiving, would be entitled to a cer tificate or warrant as aforesaid, under this act, leaving widow, or ifno widow, a minor child or children, such widow, or if no widow, such minor child or children shall' be entitled to receive a certificate or warrant fi»r the same quan tity that such deceased persons would be entitled to receive under the provi sions of this act, if now living ; Provid ed that a subsequent marriage shall not impair the right of any such warrant, if she be a widow at the time of making her application; and provided, further, that ttio<e shall be considered minors who are so at the time this act shall take effect. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That in no case shall any such certificate or warrant be issued for any service less than fourteen days, except where the person shall actually have been en gaged in batjle, and unless the party claiming such certificate or wai rant, shall establish his or her right thereto by recorded evidence of said service. ® EC - And.be it fur: her enacted, That said certificates or warrants may be assigned, transferred and located by the warrantees, their assignees or their hen s at law, according to the provisions of existing laws regulating the assign ment, transfer and location of bouuty land warrant--. It is annouuced in reeen t Paris letters immediately on the arrival of Ex Presi dent Van Bum* in Paris, from Italy, Jw ; invitation from tfw pay him a visit, and tho two Tiie Hon. Robeil sr' to China, t to Paris, it is su'd, with thQ ’airs.