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' -V:'J:-:';,-V - •• Wm rm : mi •*» ••• *r* iX : mmp LETTER FROM SENATOR BOR- LAND—AMERICA FOR AMERI CANS—THE RIGHTS OF THE SOUTH! Hon. Solon Borland, late United States Senator from Arkansas and Mr. Pierce’s Minister,to .Central America, is now the senior editor of the Little Rock Slate Gazetl ■ and Democrat. We have received intimations that he w’tSs with the American party in the great national movement which is broaden ing, deepening, and gathering strength from day to day throughout the Union ; but until the reception of his Inst paper, we had not seen a full exposition of his views. That number, however, sup plies the expected nnnjfestd, in the shape of a'mnnly, elhqtieiit arid perfectly convincing lender which we nppsnc. 1: is beyond doubt, one of the strongest documents we have yet seen. We ask all men of nil parties togivo it a candid perusal; but especially call upon the Democratic brethren of the able ex- Senatorlrt give him a fair hearing.— From thisnew development, °»r Ameri can friends everywhere will perceive ‘that the good cause continues to prosper and make substantial and valuable ac cessions. Senator Borland’ 15 influence ns powerful in Arkansas, and his name 'will be ‘ a whole team’ in the cause 'throughout the South and over the Union, The following document should ‘be republished by every American news paper in the South. Let the report of "this ** signal gun for ‘ 56”reveb era * e the .length and breadth of the land. “ 0;ie blast upon the bugle-ho^n Were worth a thousand mrn ! From ihf Little Rook Gazette an I De m osrat % Our Position.—Born and reared in the Democratic faith, and experienced in the duties it enjoins, we have aban doned none of its principles, but firmly adhere to them all. And that we have bpen faithful in the service we have rendered in support of thqse principles, we confidently appeal to till of whatever party, who have known us, from our first connection with public affairs, alike in individual, official, and editorial capacities; ns we are fully conscious of having been actuated, in all we have said or done, by a sense of public duty, and a sentiment of devotion to the wel fare of our country. We have not yielded to th’s convic tion hastily, or without regret. Indeed we resisted it long; and even obsinate-, ly ; for, with us, the ties of party asso ciations, which had bound us for a life time, were as strong as they could be with any one, and were given up with reluctance. But the signs of the times were passin<z daily before us, and facts were constan ly lorced upon our obser vation, whose existence could not be questioned, and whose portentous signi ficance could not be disregarded. The alternative presented to us was our at tachment to the traditions and organi- zations of a party, which had once been sound in principle, national in its scope, and efficient for good, but was so no long er,on the one hand,—and our duty to our country, on the other. Unlike a certain would-be politician, and at present a Democratic office holder in this State, we loved OUT country more than p.nrty; and in conformity with that sentiment, we gave up the latter and adhered to the firmer. But while we ardently 7 cherish and firmly maintain these principles, fact; have forced upon ns the conviction that the old party organization, called De mocratic, which was originally formed for their support, and for which, alone, we belonged to it, has so far changed its character as to be utterly incapable of answering that purpose—to maintain the constitutional rights of the several States, and thereby preserve the federal Union; indeed has not only become thus incapable of good, but, by th^ abandonment of principle, by schism in its ranks, and corruption in its practices, is fast degenerating into an engine of evil which, unless its career be speedily arrested, must end in the subversion of the Constitution and the ruin of the country. This is intended, not .as argument or illustration, hut merely as an an nouncement of our position, in respect to the political parties now befo-e the country. B it. as we alluded to the facts which have forced us into this position, it may not be inappropriate, even here, to mention some one nr two of them, which cannot be considered otherwise than of a leading signification and im portance. Among these, is the fact that, since the passage of the Katisas-Nebraska bill, in all the Northern States, especially in those called Democratic, where elec tions have been held, or legislation had. the nati nulity of the Democratic party ' is abandoned, and the sectional aboli tion, element is trow in the ascendant. For proof of this, look through all New England, (including even President Pierre's own New Hampshire.) wher*-, in 1852, titer.'were but two anti-Dcmo cratic States. What is their position ? Democratic still—O yes! Yet abolition to the core, and led on by Henry Wil son, Chas. Summer, and John P. Hale ! 1 hen look to Wisconsin, Iowa, and even to Mr. * Douglas’, own Illinnis!— Belonging to the Democratic party still —Oyes! and boasting of it; yet tho roughly abolitionized, and headed by such men as Durkce, II .rlaud, and Trumbull ! Aga.n, it is a fact, that the De:n crut- ic party, in its State organizations, in the North, so far as it has met in Con vention, announced its position, and put candidates in the field. Ins a bin doned its nationality, repudiated its. Id Constitutional principles, and in corpo- rated abolition as an ehonant in its creed. For p’oof of this, look to Oh o and Pennsylvania, heretofore re gar-led as the citadel of Democracy, in (North, where, in their recent Qenits itic Stute Conventions, the former and the latter, which merely recognized those States rights,'without which the soothers State could not exist in tbe Un ion, voted them down almo.-t unani mously. ■" *' Does ibis same Democratic organiza tion in he.pther Stated north of Mason’s and DiStm’s line, hold out any better promise, or encourag■> any better hope l If so we have been unable to discover it. For, even in New York, where once existed'the element:* and seemingly the disposition, for harmonious reor ganization of party upon national princi ples, certain malign influences, said to have emanated from Washington, have so brok-n it into fragments, and arrayed it into hostile factions, as to destroy ail hope of Union. Be ides tjvo other elements have been interpolated into the creed of the so- called Democratic party, which not only did not originally belong to it, but are repugnant to its principles, inconsistent with its legitimate purpose, and danger ous to the welfare of our community.— Yet these elements are recognized and proclaimed as part of the true faith, by those who occupy the position of leaders and teachers in that party organization. The objecti< nable elements we allude to, are, first—the advocacy of increase of foreign born population, and the encour agement of their growing importance, until they are making rapid strides, both morally jind politically, towards an influence, which cannot be otherwise tharr unwholesome an 1 dangerous, even if it should not become actually para mount in our country, unless firmly re sisted ; rn:l second—that the members of a Church essentially political in its organization, and owing civil allegiance to a foreign ecclesiastical Prince, should be entitled to equal rights and privileges, and should receive equal favor and en couragement in all the relations of lift*, public as well as private, with our own native born citizens, whose religion is between their God and themselves, and whose civil allegi :nce is given, undi vided to our government. Tollie.ve doctrines as part of our polit ic.tl creed, we could never essent, and we could not belong, for an hour to any party which admits them. But that they are admitted—and earnestly insi-led up on by the so-called Democratic party, no. one can question, who has read its re cognised organs within the last few months,’or observed the course of its high official leaders. Indeed, not only do all the nevvspap. r organs of that party proclaim these doctrines, but it might he legitim uely inferred, from the teeming contents oft heir columns/ ha they thought from the time of the revolution down to the present day, that virtue, patriotism, intelligence, usefulness as citizens, and piety as Christians, in our country, had belonged, almost exclusively, to foreign ers and Roman Catholics. Then what is more notorious—more the subject o. every day observation and experience, than that to ignore those doctrines is so grave a misdemeanor in federal office, that instant dismissal is tho uncondition al punishment. We have no prejudice against for- eigners, or eat holies—certainly not to tin* extent of doing them any injustice. We would 1 itoi exclude either from our coun try—we would not deprive any who are already here of any <>f the rights of privileges they have acquired under our Constitution and laws; vve would not withhold from those, of go.d character, who may hereafter come, any protection or privilege, which may be necessary, for their true interest and welfare, and at the same lime compatible with tin: safety of our institutions. But, while we admit- that the lime was when bur country needed and was benefit!e,d by the coming in of the foreign population, vve believe that time has pns-sJ, and we need it no more. Especially do vve believe that, instead ci'a benefit, it will prove an injury to our country, if vve continue to receive and admit to tbe rights of citizenship the hordes of half a million a year, a large proportion of which are cuimiuals and paupers, that it has now become the settled policy of several countries of Europe to pour out prisons and poor houses upon our shores. We believe this, as citizens of the United States at large, when we regard such a population in the twofold aspect of iYs character-moral and political. In its moral aspect, when we behold the masses of German iofidt-ls. ignoring all re’igton, who, with their anti-religious and agrarian organizations are begin- ing, already, to encumber tin social system, disturb the quiet, and threaten the safety of many large communities. In its political aspect, when we find that before many of them have learned our language, studied our constitution and laws, or become experienced in the working of ont* institutions, they are h'aifofed together?; clamorously demand ing changes—radical changes—in our form of government, vyhirh, if ever at tempted, would d stroy the harmony and benifi cnee of its operation, and throw, wii it is now the palladium of our liberties and happiness, into hopeless anarchy and ruin. But not only do we take this v iew of the case as national citizens. It is as citizens of the South as Southern men—that this immense immigration of foreigners into the Unit ed States, no matter from what countries they may come, nor what may be their religious belief, appears to us most objectionable, and is hreatening the most immediate and imminent danger. We know that, as a rule, this population does not come into the Southern States The bulk of it—perhaps in the propor tion of ten to one—settles, in some in stances actually colon ze, the new Northwestern territory, as last, almost as it can be brought into market Take this well known fact in connection with the open and bold avowals of the leading abolitionists, that in this foreign immi gration, which lb ?y zealously encourage lies the main hope of atiii-.-hivery, to | er and inerea-e the already fearfn rtion of the live over the ;es, and its hideous features of danger to the South, are at .once disclosed.— Who shall disregard them ? In view of the foregoing objectionable things, which we'find in the present creed of the so-called Democatie party, as now- organized, and which have been in terpolated among its original doctrine#, we can no longer consent »o be a mem ber of it, and do not hesitate to say so. But besides these grounds of positive objection to it, as a party, there arc other objections, of ^negative character, which, even in the absence of positive ones, would, in our opinion, leave it no longer necessary, in deed, absolutely worthless for the attainment of any good ends of u public nature. We hold it to be thus effete, for the reason, that while its prin ciples, as the foundation of all good government, are unquestionably sound and will ever remain valuable, ail tbe practical issues, of legislation, or of Ex ecutive administration, which, since its origin, have been in controversy between it and the only other party, its great antagonist, the old Whig party, have been settled and disposed of, and are no longer before tbe country. As a useful political organzation, therefore, it has answered all the good purposes it was capable of—its porper mission is ended ; and, like all other things which have fully performed their functions, and lived out their day, it will be continued only to encumber the ground, or be perverted to mischievous ends. And that it is thus very rapidly falling a prey to such perversions, we have already sufficiently indicated our belief. In the language of Daniel Webster, then, when he found his old party as sociations to be no longer a safe depo -i- tion for bis principles, we have looked about us and inquired. Where are w<* to go ? For an answer, we have looked in vain to our old antagonist, the old Whig party ; for, from them, even while they had up existence and an organiza tion, we differed widely and. now. as they themselves admit they have no longer ‘ - a local habitation or a name.” Where then are toe to go ? This inqui ry is answered by the American Party, which we find, though almost full grown, like Minerva when she leaped into life from the brain of Jove, yet y«»ung fresh from the people, vigorous and untainted with corruption; and, better than the rest, with a political creed, leaving out of view all the old issues which, having formerly divided preceding parties, were either, long since settled, or are effete, and presenting a platform of principles upon which every patriot may stand and feel that, in laboring for their establish ment, he is at the same time laboring for the moral, social, and political welfare o! bis country. Upon this platform have taken our stand. As this is intended only as the gener al announcement of oar position, in te- speet to the political organizations of the country, with the sketch as we have given it, of a mere outline of the con siderations which have induced us to assume that position ; and as this article has already extended to a much greater length than we intended for it, we shall not go into detail here as to what we h >ld to he the excellent features and high merits of tho American organiza tion, which have won oui con-eientou? approval, and will command our undivi ded support. Content with remarking, for the present, that while, for the whole Union, its principles, in respect to all practicul issues now before the country, whether moral, social, or political, are better than any which can be found else where ; they are, in reference to the great and vital question of slavery, truer to the constitution, and therefore better for the South than any other party, pretending to be national in its organiza tion, ever has put forth or ever will propose. Besides, it is the only organi zation which, in our opinion, now exist;, or can be formed, upon which it i# proba ble, or even practicable, lo tflt-ct that union of the Southern States, for the safety of the South, which is indispensa ble ; but which, once effected, as we be lieve it may,and will b?,tipon this foun dation, will command enough co-opera lion in the sensible portions of the North to s.vc our country from the dangers which are impending over it from the vandalism of Abolition. We cannot ask Whigs to become Democrats, or Demo ernts to become Whigs, front a feeling which all men will understand and ap pTeciate. But the appeal ought not to be vain, and, in our opinion, will not be, when we ask all to stand forward and together, as Americans. in disseminating here in Irelands LATER FROM EUROPE. The Pope has not a more efficient or free-handed institution at his beck than the Imperial Parliament of this United Kingdom, which spares no expense to furnish his holiness with zealous and well-informed agents for spreading his dominion over the face of the globe.— Does he require priests to establish and extend it wherever the English lan guage is spoken, the halls and dormito ries of Maynooth are enlarged and the larder abundantly replenished, to keep up a constant supply of young ecclesias tics for his service. Do these in turn send home a requisition for teasers to assist them in the work, the Chancellor of the Exchequer adds some'ttflttj^tf yearly estimate ior no-v n Ireland; and contin its of propagandists are in readiness to move in :he$all wherever Rome, Heir services. It is high thousands to; tiohal edu ua! rein for^ thus maint', obedience^ may neei time for American nation and peo ple, if tlre^lo not desire to see their institutions of learning transferred and subjected wholly to the jurisdiction of the Roman Pontiff, to reject such alien importations, and keep their schools under their own control and manage ment. ROMANISM—AN IRISHMANSPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE! The Dublin Evening Mail, one of the most powerful periodicals in the United Kingdom, does not think at all badly of the unwillingness of the American par ty of this country to elect Papal Roman Catholics to office; The following par agraph from the Evening Mail we find in the Dublin Warder, another paper of distinguished talent and influence : “ Know Nothings —The people of America, alarmed by the overweening assumptions of the Church of Rome and no doubt warned by tbe power she has acquired over popular education in Europe, are taking energetic proceed ings to exclude the influence of the priests from their national schooll throughout the Union. By the last mas! we learn that the “ School Trustees of Louisville Ky., have decided on dismis sing several teachers in the public schools, on account of their foreign birth and their attachment to the Cath olic faith.” The wisdom of this decis ion is apparent for the reasons assigned fur it. The fore’gu birth and Rom ish predilictions of the teachers thus dismissed are sufficient evidence that they have been imported into the United States by the Church of Rome, with a view to pervert the secular education of the country to purposes of proselytism They are, in fact, emissaries of the Col lege de Propagande Fide, and have been trained and qualified, no d >u’»t, ft the must part under our National Board of Education, to carry ont abroad thi principles which it has been so success- HEALTHOF CITIES. As a general rule, when 4%e body is examined after death, whether of a child or adalt, one or more organs are found in a ottafis of disease’; a fact which in duced a physician to state that he looked upon every adult which he met in the streets of London as a walking museum of morbid anatomy. Out of 49,039 people who died in London in the year 1840,22,275 were carried off before they reached the 15th year ; and only 2,241 died of old age, which Bo -r- havc stated to be the only disease natu ral to man. In addition to this, it must be known that out of the number of deaths thus mentioned, 14,368 were from diseases of the organs of respira tion, and the great source of the e dis eases was the respiration of impure air. One grand means to prevent such diseases is to have well ventilated hou- and to keep the air in motion, for in warm weather the always con tains a large quantity of animal and veg- table matter, in the form of the ova < r infusoria and the seeds of the lower vegetable organisms. The act of breath ing, too, is a great cause of rendering tho air impure. The air in the lungs is exposed to 170,009,000 of cells, hav ing n surface equal to thirty times that of the body ; so that during respiration the air is deprived of oxygen and be- " e comes loaded with deadly carbonic acid gas,.and is rendered totally unfit for a second respiration, being, in reality, no longer atmospheric air, but a poisonous gas. A second cause of the deteriora- on of the air, is the combustion of lamps, gas lights, candles. &c. A single ca-dlets nearly as injurious to the air as a human being ; two fourteen hole ar- gand burners consume as much air a? eleven men. A third source of atmos pheric impurity is the vapor, loaded with animal matter, given off from the lungs anc^the skin-; each of these parts pour out an ounce of fluid every hour; so that, in a church containing five hun dred people, twelve gallons of noxious fluid are given -off in two hours. A fourh source of bad air in towns is the large quantity ol decomposing animal matte left to give off its effluvia ; and the difficulty there is in the renewal of the air in towns by mean; of the wi ids, >n account of the vicious mode of their con- tract ion. and their large size. Certain diseases are traceable to the want oftfresh air; such as fiver, con sumption, scrofula, deafness, and the fer tile origin of numerous diseases the common ‘cold.’ In England and Wales 120,000 people die annually of consump tion, nnd the greater amount of case3 is among indoor laborers , and in the city of New York about 3300 die of con umption per annum, most of these being confined within doors. One grand means of promoting health would be the construction of better ventilated houses. No living, sleeping or working room should contain less than 144 superficial feet, nor be less than eight feet high, and it should have one window at least, opening at the top, “also an open fireplace to the chimney. Every building»in which gas is used, Itould have plans to carry off the pro ducts of combustion, and not to allow them to escape in the room and also to supply fresh air. Diseases that arise from want of veil tilntion, are a scourge to society.— Those who are merciful to animals, should not forget that they need plenty of fresh air likewise. This, we are sor ry to say is but little thought of by the maj rity; horses are housed most mis erably in our cities, and this is one great cause of a disease called the heaves, (the- Jiorse consumption.) The high rents for both dwelling houses among the poor, and for stables of our carmen, are, no doubt, the reasons of putting up with small apartments. What the reme dy of this evil i; we are not able to di vine, and a great and growing evil it is. Scientific American. i- ” ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER\ N imtlieni turn. WASHINGTON. EIDER« AND THE CONSTITUTION. SEBASTOPOL TAKEN. AUlliD LOSS THIRTY THOUSAND. '* —— The American steamer W ashington lias arrived. SebMStO[M>l was taken on the 8th, after three days bombardment a id six re- puls,-s.. Tile Allies lost thirty thousand. Tbe Russians evacuated the place af ter blowing up the defences, sinking the ships and firing the buildings. Five French Generals were killed, in cluding Bosquet. A large quantity of munitions of war were captured A large force of the Allies were marching along the coast for the purpose of cutting off the retreat of the Russians by land. It is reported that the Allies have or ders to demand the unconditional sur- render of all troops and military stores , an( * Thursday?, and defences, including those at Odessa. Another attempt had been made to assassinate Napoleon. The Cotton market is easier, owing to the advanced rates of interest. Breadstuff’s unchanged. ATHENS, GA. THU*9AT MORNING, 0€T 4, 1855. ST. TAMMANY BEATEN AT HIS OWN PRECINCT! IIIS OWN COUNTY AGAINST HIM ! Whatever may be the result else- where, there is one thing that affords u9 unalloyed pleasure—we mean the beat ing of the “Knight of St. Tammany’* at his own precinct and in his own county. A man’s own immediate neighbors are the best judges of his fit ness for office. A large majority of the unbought and unpurchasable voters of Clarke county—a large majority of fifr, Cobh’s immediate neighbors—regara- less alike of the anathemas of the “Ath ens Junta” and the thunders of the AGRICULTURAL LECTURES. The regular course of Lectures by Dr. Lee, will be resumed on Tuesday next. They are free to the public, and we hope our agricultural friends will j Vatican _ have solehmlv proclaimed his avaifehemsel ves of the opportunity thus unfilnesa to represent ihem in Congress, presented of gaining much usefulinfor- This rebuke to hU vanity wil |, we trust, mat.on in regard to the most important if he should be eIected> restrain him branch of human mdustry. ; f rom any further Wilmot votes, and These lecures ere delivered m the makehim eIer mi „ dfu | „ f the fact that old Presh,.er.an church on Tuesday, how „„ mucll his 0o „ ilituems maJ r0 . \ spect him in the social relations of life CORRECTION. We are informed by tbe postmaster at this place that we were wrong in stat ing last week that our papers were ways in the office on Wednesday night, as on one occasion he had to send for bt FURTHER PER WASHINGTON. All accounts concerning the fall of^ them'bn S Thursday morning. We thru Sebastopol contained in the Govern- we were right—as we know they are al- rnent despatches, generally concede , P ... that the allies bold the city proper and " a ^ s 11,1 y mai in S seems all fortifications therein; that the Rus- that the “ devil” neglected his duty one sians have retreated across the bay, and time. We make this correction cheer- now occupy the promontory and forts fully—but that one failure of the devil ^' gn north of the city. , „ ^ The Paris pap rs are discu-sinir the ^ ['° mta | 13 accounts, ot the almost in question whether Sebastopol will be var * ! tble failure of our paper to reach its tenable long, as the Russians, are mas- destination at offices within a hundred ters of the forts on the north side of the mii^ of this place. We know not who It is rumored in London that the Rus- '° ^ ,me » hut trust tln-re may be no sians are falling back on B iksha Serai ; c? ause complaint in future. but the French rumors s.iy the Russians —— • : will certainly hold the north side to the CLARKE COUN I’Y. last extremity. j Below we give an official statement the,r res,dence —where they are both —however much they may admire his talents—they will not consent to be bought and sold like sheep in the sham- bles—they Will not support the preten sions of those who barter away their rights for the sake of a national reputa tion. The result in Clarke demonstrates how easily Col. Franklin would have beaten him in the District had he taken the field at the beginning of the cam- Here he was as well known as Mr Cobb, and highly esteemed as any man, notwithstanding insinuations to the contrary. Nobly have the citizens of old Clarke responded to these vile insinuations, and whether successful in the District or not, our worthy and gal lant standard-bearer pjsses*es the proud consciousness ;that in the county of Loss on both sides upwards of thirty ofthevote of thig county on Monday best known—the people have nobly ousand. . j i ast . I sustained him, and covered the St. No news of the America yet. : _ I We cannot suffer this occasion to pass 1 anaman y. ‘^ag-Nicht cohorts with con Columbia, Sept. 28, p. ra. ; without a suitable commentary on the has arrived, extraordinary course pursued by the : leaders, whippers-in and minions of the The steamer America Mistake was made in Washington. fusion and defeat. We repeat, that whatever adverse news we may receive from other por- additional per America.^ Foreign Catholic party. Their conduct; ‘i 005 °f the District or Slate, the defeat Admiral Bruat telegraphs on .... ........ inst.. that he cannot, in his mind, form on the day of election was worthy of the j of the Tammany Knight in his own pre- an exact picture on the victory gained most zealous followers of Loyola. As by the Allies. The multiplicity of j we , ast weok advii3ed our ft . ien Js would works and defences, exceed bv far any-; . , ... thing seen in a history of the war. ! ,,e the case ’ the J resci nd to the lowest The capture of the Malakeff placed and Vilest trickery that has ever disgra- in the hands of the Allies a large amount j ced any party within our recollection, of materials. On the 12th; he says the Not onl did «. raean whUk » fli>w like Allies are hastening preparations to pre-; ’ . , J vent Gortschakoff from retreating in—j u a er ’ but brute f° rc ® was employed— land. timid voters were gathered by the lap- The Paris Moniteur says forty-five pels a:.d skirts of their coats, draped up hundred French were wounded and two 1 jq the ballot-box, and forced to vote, thousand killed. Th" English loss is two thousand killed and wounded. Gortsehakofl says five hundred 'RbsV sians were wounded in the attack, and with a>rear-guard of blackguards to pre- Vetat interference in these high-hand'-d measure*! Poor and ignorant one hundred killed in crossing the harbor j whose hearts tlirob T >ed f or America and The accounts are very indefinite. A Brussels paper, Du Nnrd, says j ber sons > a * ler being brutalized with that Sebastopol of the South is replac liquor, were bribed to vote the Foreign ed by Sebastopol of the North, a formi- j ticket! Some were promised land rent- dable position with innumerable guns U n _ som( , were which a compact Russian army will I henceforward defend. Gortschakoff, by a momentary sacri fice, avoided the useless effusion of blood, preserved bis army, and placed it in n situation enabling him to command the south si !e of Sebastopol. “ In carving a partridge,” says Sidney Smith, “I splashed Miss Markham from head tQ foot; and though I saw three distinct brown rills of animal juice trick ling down her cheek, she had the com plaisance to declare that not a drop had reached her. Such circumstances.are the triumphs of civilized life.” Indian Battle.—St Louis, Mon day 7 , Sept. 28.—Intelligence has been received here of a battle between Gen. Harney’s force and the Sioux Indian^ on the North Fork, of the Platte river, which lasted several hours. The-In dians were routed with the loss of 100 killed, nnd fifteen women and children prisoners. Harney had six killed and six wounded. fia TirtEN and Now.—‘When Solon Bort land was a prominent actor in a no- very creditable disturbance at Grey town, the Washington Union, was one of his sturdiest defenders. And, to avenge the insult of having a bottle threw- at his bead, (by mistake,) did not the Admin istration send off Com. Hoskins, to lay Greytown in ashes? All that was fifteen or eighteen months since. Borland, as it now appears, has man fully resolved on- atoning for past dere Actions, by repudiating sham Demo cracy,” and confessing the creed of the American party. The “ Union” yesterday, therefore, turns upon him and calls him all sortsof names—“ ingrate, 1 “ deserter,” &c., &c. Just like the Union!—AT. Y. Express. C^Europeans and Americans are accustomed to regardthe Chinese as novices in the arts and'science;, and yet tbe imperial canal is one of of tbe most gigantic works in the whole universe, dLplnyjng eminent practical engineering skill and genius in its construction. - Somebody says that our pastions are older than our rea-on, because passions are born with us, but reason don’t follow till a long time after. This is a slander upon all babies. When a baby is spanked, don’t he holler? Yes, and has’nt ho got a reason! year—some were promised quarters of fresh beef—others were of fered overseers’ places; and we heard of one poor lialf-witted fellow, (a resident of another county, at that,) who was hired to vote tbe entire Foreign ticket by the promise of a hat and coaH !! In spite of all this trickery, bribery sntl COtriiplicr., and a thousand other low devices too mean to mention, our Foreign enemies have met with a perfect Waterloo defeat in good old Clarke county, as the figures below will indi cate. Ordinarily we are not disposed to ex ult ovel the party opposed to us-w.e nave heretofore always found enough manli ness in political opponents to command our respect at least; but there is so lit tle of that element in the organization against which we have lately battled, that we can scarcely repress those jubi lant manifestations whicb such a victory achieved under such circumstances, is calculated to call forth. Let all the true sons and friends of America reverently return to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe their heart-felt thanks for their signal victory. ' Where now is the enemy’s proud boast of the 150 majority by which they predicted they would carry the county ? Where is the money they spent in treat ing—in paying taxes, and in bribing voters ? Gone—gone ! And above all, where is the money they have staked on the result of the election ? It is in their adversaries’ pockets ! cinct and his own county—where it was expected his personal popularity would effect wonders for him—will afford us unalloyed pleasure. OUR LEGISLATIVE TICKET. We specially congratulate our fellow-^ citizens upon the triumphant election \ of the entire American ticket in this ' county. Notwithstanding the three gentlemen are as worthy of the confi dence of the people as any others in the county, from their nomination to the closing of the polls on Monday evening, a systematic attack upon them, person ally , was kept up by the myrmidons of 4he Foreign party. No calumny, how ever base—no abusive epithets , how ever low an I contemptible—were spared during the canvass; and on the day of election, treating, brute force and bribe ry were resorted to, for the purpose of defeating them. But all—all—without avail! Most nobly have the free men: of old Clarke vindicated their CiHhcteM against the vindictive and envenomed slenders with which the pub lic mind was poisoned. Let our ad- rersaries learn in future to conduct them selves in a different manner. In the discharge of our duties as a. journalist and an advocate ofihe princi ples "of the American party, we have at times handled our adversaries wiihbut gloves—but we have never descended, and never shall, to personal attacks in our columns upon the private characters of their candidates for office. We have at nil times endeavored to treat them like gentlemen ; and in the exercise of that charity v»hich “ thinketh no evil,” we have never impugned their motives nor called in question their patriotism?. This was the course we marled out foi* our guidance at the beginning. How far we have been euabled to act in ac-r cordance wiih it, we leave an intelligent public to judge. One thing is certain. We would now,* or at any other time, prefer an honora ble defeat to the most overwhelming- victory, purchased by questionable means. Yes. and a mighty good reason, too. ■ ! In an obituary notice of a lad twelve years old, the writer says: “ Munroe was a very bright, proud, active boy ; he was very anxious to be a man— always wanted to wear a standing col lar.” CLARKE COUNTY OFFICIAL. > Sr* F* * “ 8*1 5 < tr An ingenious Londoner has taken out_ a patent for tipping cigars with an ig- nitable composition capable of being fired by friction, so that when a smoker wishes to light a cigar, he has only to rub the end of it against any jiart\ sub stance. Andrews, Johnson, Overby, Franklin, Cobb, •Peeples,- Billups, Carlton, ) Lowe, j Delony, > Dicken, j No removal, Ti> Atlanta, Scattering. 163 242 11 51 11 478 118 234 3 28 10 393 4i 97 14 4 7 162 205 291 18 55 17 586 117 269 5 25 8 424 1-81 287 20 52 14 554 132 248 3 25 12 420 191 SOS 20 53 14 586 183 256 19 53 "22 530 128 290 4 25 5 45-* 12g 221 825 5 376 244 13.6 10 71 16 477 7 94 15 Q 122 11 SENATOR BORLAND’S LETTER. Read attentively the letter of Ex- Senator Borlaud, of Arkansas. Always a prominent Democrat, we would particu larly commend it to the atten'ion of ttfose who still persist in calling, them selves by that once honored name, not withstanding they have departed from? the ancient principles of Democracy. NEWS;- In these election times, we trust our' readers will not expect any thing in the? shape of news, farther than election rc-' turns and the taking of Sebastopo?.-^-' Indeed, we have searched diligently ini our exchanges, and the result, ihougUl meagre, 13 r"^