Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

xrmm * HiiffBu urwr ir, p* " — *' * CutTUEVti.Ln, Miss. Oot, 16, lSi-S. Rev A. Ji. Lung street. LL. D.: .—I bnvr !f.rt fniSlflM, 1»\—iofj.utnltirti * v«toM disgrace liurhanity, tliey have -omelimcs, enquired whether A- B. and C , men of known wisdom ‘Hii'l- worth wouU> voluntary partner! in toe* iiifa- oonlliil v i’»y.?/ Su», .wt*re they Ip contemplate, This r>- will* complacency, the wisdom and moral re-1 worth of*many; of ili-ir member -, they Mr Dear Om» great rclucfat.ee ti with you before the pu hictance arises partly from the g—- -- . , — - - - sjHJCl in which you have held me for might he excused ; f >r I do not in the lead many year.-., aodJVqiWtbe fralpraal affos* j .h-preciate-yoto jus: claims - to citj»r of Initt- which l %ive, ftl'the, sune time, | th-se qmilidA#,'.whow*I /ay-Oheirtd^ms \i »o both are fully equal to yours. You ouy sot.sCjt yourself that because you do entertained for you; and p.irtly from a permission that-!, am no equal match fiw you with the pen. We, t >g liter,.\ not aim your thrust directly at these wise Inve warred strenuously against the and go<«d men you dd them no wrong in nialigti int tendencies of Abolition fana- vituperating the party to which they vol-. ticinm, and we suffered io$ret/ier, iu that | untarily belong. This is . convenient ruthless warfare. Tew things so endear men to eV.cn other as united resistance of a common foe; and the ardor ofihe attachment is usually in proportion to the fierceness of the struggle, -and to the amount of suffering it has involved. What wonder, then, that I feef reluctant to sum at your .breast, a single blow, naly°ur *hafw. easuistry enough. It will hardly .however be satisfactory Co. those whom you wound “by implication.in your denun ciations of the, party. The wise and good, in the American party, it is some consolation to believe, will probably urvive the glancing wqpnds inflicted by is Abolrtmtffsss -threw upon MatsJreliu- setta the harden of foreign Pauperism to which the New Organization was de"“ ■ds you think. toTeiieve*K&rr If Vd intend to class this organization among Abolition devices, you did it not mly without reason, intt directly in the eeth of your own’ conjectural account gin of this party, which you sre Foreigners ai- assachusetts because of their well known American tendencies': and would the Abolitionists organize a par ty to deprive themselves of aii increase of some One Hundred Thousand VoteS annually, by' prohibiting their Naturali zation 7 And this, too, among shrewd, calculating Yankees! The supposition is ridiculously * absurd. Every reading man knows that 7 Foreign Immigrants are, with very few exceptions, Abolition ists from Education—they are-so almost equally from interest. The only resource of most of them is their own labor.— matter how feeble or innoxious 1 Yet, under a strong persuasion that your ad Areas to '/The M. E. Church South/ In ypor conjectural account of the Origin of the Know Nothing Party-, you ascribe fur more importance to the de- ougbt to be animadverted on, and that sire to throw off the burden of foreign it ought to be done by an Old Methodist \ pauperism, than I have been able to de- Preacher, constrain me to stifle the sen-Jtect in the views of that party. True, •ibility that would withhold ine; and to this is one of the causes assigned for their brave that terrible fate, with which you menace the Allies of the Know Noth ings, who may place themselves - within the range of those " shaf,” which you evidently consider fatal where they •trike. I never have been, and do not expect ever to be, a member of the “ Ameri can party;” but, if I were as rabidly opposed to it as you rendered it abun dantly evident you are, I think I should consider your address to the M, E. Church South, in one particular alone, more abundantly, more worthy of cen sure tlnu anything in the Know Noth ing Organization. I allude to the fact that you h ive formerly addressed Church in its aggregate capacity, upon a political Question. If you had any rational purpose in making this address- and who that knows you, can doubt that you had—it must have been to array the Church against the American Party Could you succeed in this design, the very fountain of political !*> vver would Tie immediately poisoned, by a union of Church and State; and that too, >»t a point more efficient by far for ill th in iathe Halls of Legislation, or in Execu tive prerogative; • aad where responsi bility could never be brought home to those who preverted ikttl Union to un patriotic purposes. I defy you, my Brother, to specify anything in . Know ‘Netktagism of equal turpitude with this .attempt to enlist a Church organization, a crusade against a political party, desire to check the influx of foreigners into our country; but it is manifestly spoken of by them, as if regarded as vastly inferior, in importance and mflu ence to otltof causes by which they are actuated. That this could not be the chief cause why Massachusetts should get up a new political organization in the United States, is evident ' (rom the fact that she had the power, in the exer cise of her Slate’s Rights, to prohibit the en ranee of foreign paupers into he? Territory, or to send bark to the coun try whence they came. I believe she has exercised the Latter of these powers The machinery of an organized par*y in the United State*, was entirely too ponderous to be resorted to, by sagacious Yankees, in a case like this, where the remedy for the evil was so easy, and in their own hands. It seems to me, my Old Friend, that you are not apt at gues sing—tt least that you have grievously failed in guessing the • Origin of the American Party. As to driving away those foreigners, paupers or otherwise, who are already domiciled in the United States—I do not mean those who are npt naturalized,—the id-m, 1 suppose never entered the head of a Know Noth ing, or of any Yankee till you injected it. Why, then, the sneer “Shall she use the contribution of her confederates, and then cqt their acquaintance and drive them off?'’ It seems to me wholly gratuitous You are-very probably correct in one supposition, in this connection—That no matter what that party may be. My ihistory is an ample evidence that I cop-1 Foreigners, especially English and Irish j«ider it the right of Christians and Pre i- crowded into Massachusetts with a view «chers of the Gospel to ’ “ meddle with oolkics but, I do not believe that a Church organization has any such right; «o, pardon my frankness that any man man excite a Church to such a course without political delinquency which I mill not' characterize as I think it de- -serves. Had you addressed your re marks upon the American party gener •ally, leaving individual members of the M. E. Church South, to be influenced by your arguments or deferred by your menaces, in common Aura in the political interests of the fpnited Slates, I should have thought you were doing what you had a right to do, however I might differ with you as to the correctness of the views presented tiV that Address. If you did not feel constrained by a consciousness of the wrong you \\eTC doing in making such vn Address,’ l am surprised that your to “ sustain her in Her efforts to over throw tha -Government” of the United States, by the triumph of Abolitionism and that-they came with **the 6 iuipres sion that her feelings and sympathies were in unison with their own.” • All or very nearly all immigrants from Eu rope are, fr^o education, mid most of them, from ; interest, .-thorough-going Abolitionists. Well, then, might the Fanatics of Massachusetts calculate on the hearty cn operation of these.imini- grants, especially of those from Engl and Ireland, in their darling crusn< against Slavery! And, as well might these-inunigrants count on the burning zeal of their principals, in tins holy "war fare, whom they came prepared to aid in it, to maintain them, while unengag ed, and their poor also, and even .to wink hard on their fugitives from the justice of their native country. But, the evil t*W, ODII, A!tO THE Con^mT^K. 3— are requested to slate that there will be Divine service in the Metho dist Church to-day, at 10 o’clock Sermon by Dr. Brandy. Banish Slavery from the United States, and there would be an instant demand for the free labour of at least a Million. This is a fact which foreigners cau un derstand-however little they can under stand of Political Philosophy. This ap peal of interest, coming in aid of their Abolition education, renders almost eve ry naturalized foreigner there a certain ally of the Abolition parly. How soon, :f the process of Naturalizing foreigners continue, will the Abolitionists be able to modify the Constitution, to suit their own nefarious and incendiary purposes, .against the Slaveholding States ? Eve ry Southern man, .who advocates a con tinuance of the Naturalization of for eigners, appears-to me as with a drawn dagger, pressing the point, with more and still mo?e frenzy, upon the very vi tals of bis own interest and safety. Eve ry new voter, so made, may be regarded as another nail in the coffin of all that is valuable ini the peculiar lot of a South ernerl Respectfully and affectionately. Your old friend aqd Brother, . WILLIAM WINANS. ATHENS, GA. THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 29.M8M. knowledge of Methodists had not led you of pauperism, though feltlo be oppress to forbear. Nearly fifty years of pretty intimate and extensive acquaintance ive, 15 not, as I understand tho Know Nothings, as a drop in the bucket in with them, satisfies me, that there is no J their estimation, Compared with other evils which they apprehend ns morally [certain to the result to this whole-N.i- community of ineu who would shrink with more horror and disgust from an attempt to drill them into anything like t ion, and esp. cially to the South, from the immigration and naturalization of sncl^ sw arms of foreigners as are pour- » in from year to year. The utter incurable political ignorance of nine tenths of thes$ immigrants, their habito of ^hiqkuig, and feeling, in the nature ofilhi^gs adverse to the political institutions of enr country, and their vast and rapidly increasing numbers, it concert, u\,politiral ncti m. than they No mandamus of n Bishop—no influ ence of a Prc-iding Elder—no dogma tism, or dictation of learned Doctors, ftver can, I think, sv.ay them'from tbeir self-elected cour .e. Nay their jealousy, for their political independence, not un- frequently renders them deaf -even to the arguments of the le ading men in their Church. Be as-ured, l have ho fear of the influence of your. Address upon the course of the M. E. Church South ; but, I am -not without - fear that such an Address having been uttered by an Old Methodi't Preacher,, will beget ■ groundless jeqlousfy, in the public mind, of the liability of the M. E, Church South, to being drilled into concerted political action. It will be perfeetljr unto- raljp reason, that Dr. Longs! roet would •at bare made such An Address if his mowledge of his Church h.vl not j «d him to hope tliat ho could sway t;. oliective'y. If not. why J should he ad less them, and tu their collective ca- •city ? Whether, then, you sh ill or sail not have succeeded in arraying your .-hurchagainst (lie Know Nothings, you .ive io my opinion, by making such an tddress, done harm to the oxieui- of •*our inflo-mw, 1 grieve that it b so; • it/' To err is Iriunn.” especially where passion l».u biin led the intellect;so that even Rev.. Jud^e Ldigstr-set, L L D. may be found "Weak, and XU other men, when circumstances eoo»- j Nothing Party ; and that I now eou- •bin** again t him. i . “'* fft- You say • Of alHue £.uties--«»ercon jured up iu tliu country of- legerdemain. Ibis is theonly one that ever c*xact<-:l re-1 jecture that theentertnioaient of these vdnpK from its oppouentxhy renton of thfi I great National views, believed to be es- is believed by ihe American, pai’ty-, for thirty years, it has been believed by me, cause them to lie dangerous, alarm ingly dangerou- to the safety of our na tional Union, and the permanence ofnur glorious institution!, so long as the door of naturalization is left open to them. The rapid increase of foreign Roman ists, their blind-subserviency tothe Pope, and to the officials under bis anthority: and the recently adopted tone of bold and defiant annunciation of Papal supre- - icy, and ecfercioji in the conversion of reties, to -pBpaTdom mat ion, uttered by , * American Romanist writers, were view- o ent ‘ enien ed, before the Know Nothing organize tion existed, by sober and considerate Patriots nd’d Protestants, as rendering it dangerous to (he well being and. even safety of our country, to entrust -such RoiVnnists as conceded Sovereignity to the Pope, in civil as well as ecclesiasti cal matters, with offices of power and political influence. I assure you, my Dear JJrother', that' I entertained these views before I ever heard of a Know MESSRS. STEPHENS AND TOOMBS. It has been seen in our Milledgerille correspondence that these gentlemen participated in Hie proceedings of the so called “Democratic and Anti Know Nothing” meeting^held at Milledgeville last week. They were appointed ou the committee, to report matter for the. consideration of the meeting, and among the resolutiojQAreported ami adopted, was one to send delegates to the Democratic National* Convention nt Cincinnati, to nominate a Democratic candidate for the Presidency. Another one of the resolu tions binds the meeting and the party in Georgia, on certain plausible comlilion to abide by and support the nominee ol that Convention. The meeting, including Messrs. Stephens and Toombs, did not propose to send delegates to a “ Demo cratic and Anti Know Nothing” conven tion, bift to the Democratic convention called by Democratic authority and com pOsod of democratic partisan*. We are glad these gentlemen liar length.openly taken position with the Democratic party* Secrejly,they hav^ been doing all they could for some time past to advance its cause. Mr, Toombs, at the close of the recen*. canvass declar- 1 himself in favor u ; (joy. Johnson ; this r. Stephen failed or was afraid to do, pending the contest. Had he frankly given in his adhe ion to the Democratic party, last spring, in his first address to the people of tla-jEigbth drislrtct and be fore he had won the ear of his unsuspect ing victims, he would have been defeat ed by an overwhelming majority. His old political supporters were deceived ; they were made to believe it was a con test between himself and the American party and not between the American party and the Democracy . c He said noi a word for Johnson, yet all his blows inured to his benefit. What will thd old line whigs of the Seventh and Eighth districts say to Hie present position of Mr Stephens and Mr. Toombs 7 Did they agree by the sup port they gave them inlbe hit* contest, t-jfollow them itito the Democratic party? Did they bind themselves to go with them to Cincinnati, to uhite with the many col ored Democratic and Freesoil tribes from the North, the East, and the west that will be there; and thus to - abandon the friends and principles they r have cherished all their lives ? If they did so agree, then the bargain is consummated •* the pound of flesh ” is theirs. Bek if no such agreement jurat made, no such promise given, then U- does seem to us they owe it to themselves, to their conservative principles, to .their self-re spt-ct to come out from among . the heathen, and to purify their garments of all defilement. Let thorn think upon it. For the future, we shall regard Read attentively the able and in teresting letter of Dr. Winans, in reply to the balderdash of Judge Longstreet. “Baum de Vie.”—Some months ago i advertised a medicine of the above name, for the cure of dyspepsia and kin dred diseases, of the stomach. We were at the same time presented with a bottle of the preparation, which, upon trial, was'believed to be highly beneficial.— We are no; in the habit of puffing medi cal nostrums, but Untended to have said long age t^akwe- regarded the “ Baum de Vie’’ as a valuable preparation. It is prepared by a gentleman in & Caro lina, and can be h«d in any quantity by application to Wr G. Barrett, Esq. —^ We are indebted to the Hon Joseph Hehry Lumpkin for a eopy of the Report and Memorial of the Trus tees of the University of Georgia to the General Assembly of the State. We have read this document with much in terest, add shall either publish the whole of it, or make extracts from ft. ■ The memorialists pray such ‘an en dowment as to make the State Uni veri ty—which is only one in name—a-fJni versity in fact. To do this, an appro priation of at least half a million of do! lars will be necessary. sider them-as far more important than any which were ever mooted by the Whig and Locofoco parties. 1 con- -Ariae ftnd goo l tint belonged . to it 1 Yanr source of iufouu itiuu m iy be dig** l.sential to the perjnanence of our Nat ion- |al Institutions, and hot, as yon suppose, ent and totter Uitn- mine. BjI, so, f 4 |. *a mere desire’to throw offlhe burden of] .. * l■«u... I f ore ig n pauperi#m, led to the orgahiza- you ihlemied it to he I igs—hssjia fjail ilae | s I have read tbeir J of this «nl oilier.Par- _ , tli'u .censure, for ccn-i tion of-the American Party, whetaer In =*-* J ' ’’assachusetts qr elsewhere. I have no ns of guessing. The public must 'e between the claims of our sever- conjectures to reasonableness and pro bability. I a n at some loss to determine whetfcw you aoer.edu the-organization of this to the influence of Abol tion- otherwisj than [,trj p • •* - v •- 1 as Democrats; and as Demo crats, we shall treat them.—Savannah Republican. ■±r Tbe Will or Louis Nxpolror.— With his usual foresight, the y-Enaperor of France is looking*forward fS whatever oontigencies may yet mark his eventful career. We learn from a Paris corres pondent of ihe New York Post that the Emperor of France has made bis will, which* provides that in case of the death of tnecliild to which the Empress isshort- ly expected to give birth, or. in case of tiie death of Lonis Napoleon IIL with out any direct heir, France is again fo become a Republic under the Presidency of Prinee Napoleon. THANKSGIVING.* As will be seen by Executive procla mation, the Governor hsa appointed this day as a day of thanksgiving and prayer. We presume it will be observed as usual by our citizens—H bqjng custom ary to close all, places ot business on that day . Death of an Aged Citizen,-^Col Jour Cobb, one of the earliest settlers of this town, (and the father of Ex Gov. Cobb arid the able Reporter of the Su preme Court, T. R. R. Cobb, Esq.) de parted this lifitfta Thursday last, and on Friday his remains were followed to the tomb by a large procession of onr citi-' zens. The deceased was highly esteemed by all oiir citizens; and although spared to “ a green old age;’’ ‘his departure will be universally lamented. NEW COUNTY. One oY the clearest cases of oppres sive parlizan legislation ever attempted within our knowledge^ is the effort now being made f.o get the Legislature*to divide Clarke county, when it is well known here that at least two-thirds of •the people of the county are opposed to it—whilst we have no doubt that at least one-third of those who were se duced into signing the petition fpr divi sion, never would have dreamed of doing so had they known that tlie chief object of the prune -movers in this nefa rious attempt to increase the taxes of our citizens, is now, and for years past has been, to enable certain persons tp get office!! Our territory and population are both too small already t® make a respectable. county, and our taxes fully as high as poor people aro able to pay. So oppressive is the proposed move ment regarded, that we understand petition against it numerously signed by widows (some of the most respecta ble lacies in the county) has been for- ed to Milledgeville within -the past few days. We cannot—we will not—believe that the Legislature of Georgia—bad- as some of its material may be—will consent to perpetrate this great enormi ty against the rights and-interests ot our citizens, just to satisfy the insatiate lust for office of a few hungry place hungers. — — National Convention.—The Con necticut American State Council - voted not to send Delegates to tbe Cincinnati influence to postpone the National nomi nations to the summer of next year. Vir ginia also lias instructed her delegates to postpone the nominations to time between-June and the4th of July. —— Pathetic.—The young woman who was “driven to ” ' she will have to ftva.wti ) Political -Composition op next Hoesr of Representatives.—The New York Herald figures up the follow ing as the political composition of the next House of Representatives r Democrats /B1 Southern Whigs. -....9 Union Know Nothings • ••••> • • • 60 ~...v w v. u ».. u >ui Abolition Know-Nothings..........,15 Convention. The members will use their Fusion or Aboloition Republicans.. .68 Vacancies An Irish girl lost her certificate on her way across the sea, but her cousin supplied her with the following:— “ This certifies that Bridget .O Flsnne- had a good character when she left but she lost it on the ship, mg over 1’’ ^ CONGRESS. As this body will convene on Monday next, afjd as much apprehensfion is felt :,cc, / unt °f -a strong probability that great difficulty will be experienced in the organization of the House of Representatives, wp- copy the following particle from tbe New York Jerald, for the purpose iff giving our reaffers what light we can upon the subject: . * . ft From taeNcw Ywk Ilera’d. THE ORGANIZATION -OF THE House oe Representatives.—A Test Question.—.The next Cong re-s will he composed of what is termed the hard and soft democrats, the Know-Nothing or Americans* tbo whigs, the ablitioriistsor republicans, and pt^)iaps a few im- practicables ot vagrants. Its organiza tion wtH be a test which will show the assimilation of Hie respective members to tbe two radical extremes of these va rious parties. Those extremes are, on tbe one side,tbe strict noniniervenionists those who look upon the slavery question as having, in fact, been settled by the constitution—those who advocate popular sovereignty, who believe that the people directly interested in slavery are the only proper parties to decide the question of its existence op non existence in the States and in the Territories—those, in truth, who look upon the agitation of the subject as a mere (rick of trying, gamb ling politicians. On the other side are the black republican abolitionists, who .enter the field as bitter enemies of that institu tion, a; renters of these *wlio sustain it, and in avowed hostility to all Jaws and constitutions through whose histrument alities it is perpetuated^ .Thdy make an issue—they* form » party, they declare war open the question of American store?- ry, with a single purpose-of destroy inglt. They" declare it.to be “derogatory from the rights of human nature; and that no -human power can subvert those rights.” This is the soul of tlidlblack republican league as announced b%. Mr Seward at Buffalo. • % • Now it is obvious that within the ex tremes is to be found the other parties. The organization of the House of Repre sentatives will bring them out. It will be the crucible to try their metal, tbe chemical analy.-is of tbeir constituent parjs. The Americans, the softs and the whigs, thus sut-rounded by the na- llbnnl men in one directon and by tbo abolitionists In tbe other, each striving for. the mastery, wtH be compelled to choose between them. The Know Noth ings, who at Philadelphia, adhered to the twelth. section, it is clearly -understood, will promptly take ground against tbe republicans; and it is not easy to see what ground they can' take except the' one oecupicd by those who are strictly nonint^itentionists. We give the basis in extenso, upon .which the adherents of the twelfth section intend to be guided in the organization of the Mouse of Representatives^ It is a clear and explicit declaration, and com ing as it do>?s from the gr at body of the class of Americans who constitute in fact the soul of that party, we see no reason to doubt Its adopt ion by their representa tives in, Congress nnd -by the uational men of all parties. TLASTOR' ORGANIZING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—THIRTV FOURTH CONGRESS. J " To call a me ting oif all members of the American Order who support the resolutions adopted by the National Council at Philadelphia, F2th Jape, 1?55 \ ; This meeting shall prescribe obemence to those resolutions as the lest of eiigibili-. ty to any.office or appointment within tbe poWer-of Ae House of Representa tives. If a sufficient number, of national Americans Cannot be a sembled to effect an organization upon the above basis, a conference sliall be invited’with all mem bers favorable to an organization upon the basis of maintaining the existing tows upon the subject of slavery as a final And conclusive settlement of (hat subject. 1. That this conference shall refuse to support any nominee for any office within the appointment of the House, who will not take and subscribe the fol lowing depuration of principle and ac tion t—- ':■***' * - J. That he will obey and enforce, when called on so to do, all laws enacted by the Federal and State Government, as paramount to any otbef-' authority within their respective and appropriate jurisdictions. 2. That he will abide by and maintain the existing tows upon the subject of 9tovery as final and conclusive settlement of that suhjeot in spirit and m sub stance. 3. That he will abstain from and dis- CQurage'theagitation of the slavery ques- 4. That he will confer no subordinate appointment upon any one who will not make and subscribe the foregoing decla ration. ' II. That 4be organization thus effected shall be regarded as a patriotic truce for the purpose of preventing legislative anarchy, for carrying on the - govern ment in accordance with the forms of the constitution, and for the maintenance of the -public peace and -dignity against sectionni agitation. , - >111. .That every member who unites in this .plan of organization shall be free tu resume Mis political relations aad maintain fiL political opinions as hereto fore ; nor shall be be bonnd tq any alli ance beyond the act of putting the House of Representatives into legislative mo tion. IV. That a committee be appointed tq report a ticket, in conformity with the principles of this plan of organization, presenting tbe names of suitable nominees for the various offices within the appoint ment of the House of Representatives. It is fortunate that at sn early a day the various political, interests so recently developed by the peculiar*circumstances of our country, are to be compelled to show their hands. This plan, which is so obviously in the true srtrutfon—wh^^^efffia^tonil^^th th.; Union sentiment of the country-^.’ whiclr drives (be agitators and demago gues iiMn Kansas and Nebraska, if they would eff.-ct tbeir purpose even partially —which secures non-intervention, main tains popular rights, the integrity of the States and tire p^ace of tbe republic,? is sure to meet the cordial support of the national democrats and whigs. It is the only conceivable basis upon which the House caiHie organized. THE LEGISLATURE. Wo notice that the bill to curtail legis lation, by transferring the power to legitimate children, change names, &c. has passed its final reading in the House of Representatives by 9 large majority. We now begin to hope that it will be come the tow of the land, and pat an enJ to smalt-potato legislation. Judge Cone’s bill to reduce the ndm- ber of Senators and Representatives, and restore annual sessions, has "been made tha special order of the day for jiext Thursday, w-: believe. - Wa hope to see this measure also pass. Mr. McMillan has introduced t hill to extend State aid to. the Northeastern railroad,.(from this town to Clayton.) Should din Rabun Gap roadtoijuilt— whioh we do not regard as at all proba ble, as we believe South ^Garolina will abandon it—tbe interests of not only Northeastern 'Georgia^ kiiit the whole Sta ejtnperaiively deman^ the construc- 1ANK. tion of -this Road. What a glorious future it would open up to Athens'! more especially if th'j proposed road from this town to Madison, and from thence to Eatonton^-eonneMuis us directly with Savannah, by means hflhe Eatonton & Milledgeville, Mil- ledg^vilte & "Gordon, and Cvmral Rail roads, should be constructed t That all this is practicable, and that it will be done in case the Rabun Gap Road shall be completed, we do not question. Mr. Peeples has introduced a.bill to charter the Athens Gas Light Compa ny * ; * Dr. Phillips, of Habefnham ( has in troduced a bill providing for Jhe selec tion of a Superintendent of the State Hoad by the Governor, from three per sons nominated by the. Se late; said Superintendent to'appoint alt subordin ate officers—who, together with the Su- perinteudent, shall hold office for Hie term of six yean*, unless sufficient cause for removal can be shown to the Legis lature. The object of this is. no doubt, to remove tbe Road from the arena of party-politics. It would no doubt curtail the evil to some extent; but we con fess that we prefer the pious old negro’s notion of “ curtailing the influence of the devil, ’ when he suggested that he tail should to cut smack, smooth off!” This can only be done by selling the Road.to a private 'company. The bill of Mr. Prnitt, proposing to divide Franklin county, was finally lost. ELECTION OF S. C. JUDQE. The Legislature proceeded to the election of Supremo 'Court Judge on the-20th, and on the fourth ballot Gov. McDonald was elected. Below will be found the vote ; . . , The candidates' for -Judge, wore Messrs. Stark, Lyon, Hull, Chappell, and Jenkins; Ex-Governor McDonald was voted for iipmft the three fust to! lots without announcement. The vote stood— . 1st ballot. 2d A. H.,Chappell, 12 W. H. Half, . 26 0, J. Jenkins, 9ft X. R Starke, 85 R. F. Lyon, 27 C. J. McDonald, 23 J. Scljlcy, 10 3 withdrawn,. Some of the Foreign organs com plain of. bad faUh on the part of the antl-Know Nothing Whigs—one of whom- nominated Mr. Jenkins, and ail of whom voted for him. That’s right! give it to them! they deserve it all.— This comes of being caught in bad com pany/ Or the same day, Mr. Long, of Sa vannah, was elected Director ofihe THE NEW Bi The Milledgeville correspondents of our exchanges generally accord to our able Senator high praise for the zeal* and ability he haa manifested in the* contest with Messrs- Cone, Calhoun and’ others, who are sc bitterly opposing the chartering of a new bank at this place.- Although he has fearfnl odds against him, they all agree that be maintains' the contest gallantly. We cannot conceive why there is ; such inveterate opposition to this bank charter. It does not seek to give the new bank any greater privileges than are enjoyed by all* the- other banking institutions of the State f yet, notwiths tanding this, an effort is made to defeat' it by imposing upon the new institu-- tion more stringent conditions than have been exacted of any other bank ing establishment in the $tate. By way of justifying this course, it is argued that too much latitude has been granted heretofore—that the interests of the* people demand a sound currency. Ib doe<t-strike us as a little remarkable that* this discovery was not made soonep.-f» The last Legislature chartered a whole" litter of “ wild cats,” in other sections of the State, without any sort of difficulty; but now when an attempt is made to- charter a legitimate bank at Athens, it must be dogged with onerous provisoes! We db qdt wish to be understood as re flecting upon those members who oppose the new-bank, but upon the correspond ents of newspapers published in the towns where the “ wild cats” are in full blast They fcU oppose the new bank, we believe. * 10,000 AMERICANS IN COUNCIL! We learn that Ihe Hon. W. C. Daw son addressed a great mass meeting of tbe American patty at Holly Springs, Miss., the crowd in attendance, at which w»s estimated to number ten thousand souls! ... Thi* is right. : Let our friends hold nwnster mass meetings throughout the country. Let our orators set forth plain ly and; distinctly . the principles of the party, so that the masses can under stand them, and our word for it, the overwhelming majority of the American people will be with us. i.,*! 3d 4U« withdrawn. 18 8 III ltl HO -80 7 witfijn. . 26 16 “ . 41 95 .128 3 . witbdr tat©. There is but 3i\e other officer to be elected, we believe—Public Printer.— We suppose tbe usual scramble—bar gaining and corruption—will take place, anil that those who have rendered the most signal service in the crusadeof blackguardism of the American party which has forever .disgraced journalism at the South, 1 will have tbe spoils divided amongst them. ^ f For Ihe Southern Watchman. RULES FOR WRITING POETRY. Mr. Euitor: [ have never been able to find satisfactory rules for writing poetry, laid down in any hook, conse quently, I have concluded to suggest a few simple rule* whioh if properly re-, girded will enable the young, aspiraa to escape some of-the defects to which they are 6o liable. First, It must-'-be remembered that the English language is undulating, that the updutations in poetry mud be uni form, and: that two accented syllables should never come together, though two unaccented syllables may come together, and*in some kinds of poetry tins is necessary^ Second, If the first sylluble in a line is accented, the second should be mi- accented, and alV the succeeding lines must be governed by the same rule, qn- tess a change to qiade in the style of the poetry. Third, There must be uniformity in the number of syllables iu the corres ponding lines. Fourth, The sense and grammar of the composition should never be lost sight o?. And lastly, The rhyming- should be in good taste. 1 was Jed to make these and tbe.fok lowing remarks, from reading a piecee- of poetry in the Southern Watchman, of the 25th Oct., under “ Life is Real,’’ which f have r seen in several papers within the last five years, and which for its good sense deserves to be ofteix read, but which contains such a marked} disregard for uniformity in accentuation,^ lost. % ‘bat much of its .beauty is r* ** I first vers* .NftW York Elbctiqn.—Returns fsqm counties give the fallowing vote; for the candidates for Secretory of State? —Headley, American, l41,36£; King, Fusion, 183,773 ; Hatch, So6, 83,21(1; Ward, Hard, S3,048. Headley thus has a plurality of 17,596 over Kiug, and a majority of 5,011 over both divisions of the Democrats. Seven counties are yet to heat from, which will increase the American plurality. veyse, (which reads, very well till you come to the fourth, !ine.)nnd underscore the accented sylla-. b!es, and aiiy person with a taste for- music wtd harmony cannot but discover, the'discord iu tlie fourth tine. .Jell me not in mournful numbers. Life ia but an empty dream, For the ecut is dead that tlwnbcrs, A nd things are ma( mjkat they teem.. Now the first hand third syllables in, the fourth line may tot be accented, but all tho others , certainly are, and, 1 bust confos^fhat it trpuld puzzle me to preserve the sense of the writer, and: make good poetry The second and fourth syllable in tho, three firstlities are unaccented, while, he first and third are accefiled, but The Legislature of Alabama on Monday into last, went States of the The vote' stood the con- Prior. 45 forth© want of adhering t fourth line sounds on the ear.-