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CHRONICLfe &, S-rINTINEL
DAILY \.\f> rUMVKEKI.V.
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WHOLERiLK /,ND RETAIL DRUGGIBT*
PK:ir;'*T* ay, *.,; , .V,r :' ’ An V#AN : V
AKTICL ' • . . * • ia pcrv« , v;ltb the
gr«»iu* are/ eat!**! • --• ■ ’ • ■; and Manefacto
rl-;ain -,uu‘. y t n ' - e.for oualitr and cheapoeM
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twenty iiv r : ’ ' ; : /« • v *> ,* no; pi an os.
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a apply in ; ;raac4 t w... . iires* D. L -DMOJS b }
rr jjgtfi
flvM feet ten iach-a high, of medium site, has a*UL }
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nplirm. 11. U .VI i-. woil iu oTn Ms trlende of 00-1
1 lum ia, •n1 *• Oj .« j nn % that he con i 'tea
the pr'iotn-o of DKNTtL ;t i: <V ina.lu branches
All coni'-uni-fti n-ion t--»f- ; .n-. hu «in. si,; dJrewed to
me at Wrlghtaburo’, wiij receive pro. j>» atUntijn.
T Vy:IV otiv!*'
■” - • ,l1 ," ‘S ur ‘-J' *"> «•:»•
▼eol«*nt to i> *■ If- on *lf pot. If
Comforts of h,i i;ue l , :><! m i- r- it worthy the pstr .n
age of hi* fr - : ' .■ fl 1 .. trs’ bin;? pu'i e House
g
meat. M •.« nay be • uir,*d that their fi-*rvante we
have*- y n • -.v nt« r?■ o roy7-wlv
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t:ry: ■ \ ] yny-\y;\,yy^K
copper c lor, v? ;li a '.r *‘G * branded on his left
hr cart. Prom r ,vr.m • • < ?N 1 hrv c go. d • *ona to
thiokti. • h vw*:-i.y -"K- by ? 00 white man.
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mflg H i- r ‘ - ’l oIT th f>r -a»e ; ght hun-l ed
1 of P : ; ».AN \ri u . <1 w thin six tai ea of Au-
L ;;3;;ISSS
mV.) 1 - • I.V to ‘ ’ JO. t P.i fc. BGKOU.
A TTH'* *" HAT I.\%V, *r f a, Oa , will prac-
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Mci»r»- MO •». . r-*». A** Mints. HILI,
11.1 nr , H o -:.t whi-’l V' *• imlsow Mm
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d. B>y-'. p..r!r cMt Uc Hlchmcnd Mactory
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e. • s.! v d • BUM • .1 •' > i»:i t» Me.irO.cg to th
•i in-s .t d stni v’.t-. The pirp.-rt. will be resay
£mlS-r "‘N : •’;• !- ‘ t »<u ‘’':Tyit,'mv/hr“'*V>i
of 5...-J lejti'or. . ■ pi- • pr.n :i f eir . Uinu in the
Omwfor-, !!. V: •,* :-kv ‘ "mtVrtm
Tu iax \ : / : e:o *3 ur i.u»ctJUi, j
T HIILI.K-r-rp. ■ \ r b e the lit or June,
J. writ t▼ ry h -■ .v co-up e*e or or, to Kftnd all the I
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V. : fl ’May a, lh». k ropnetor.
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WILMINUrON, DENAWAAK.
Misrr-aO.aad E. GR-MMI AW aadA.H. GRIMSHAW,
| % this -r- -tnt-oa Yo.V‘ ‘ i \dU- ’ recetye n •abrtauMai
he .» . T-." h v !* i hi,' -e an \co v nic it and situated in
the m-wtW.ih* ivirto'iofcart m. Wilmi gi u offers
pecnM r .•*. ;• ai r- ,on .*; o-b'ire vu send th
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by »r.v .w m this Acad. • y The house is wartaed
ahu a-- au-i v. i j rovi -o-i with hut and cold hatha,
HN ‘T tie,*3>. D., Wilmingtrn,
;i *,i. 1. v'hevcs, Oo> ? . JL>. J. M. Cord, Coluji--
my. c ; . ".a Ejq.. Ir.
Jvx* gi ! n , ;v.- r. fora, N t. Cansy-Vt‘, Eaq., Dr. L.
t,-c a*«tarax*«»* y suusxon maci?
rfiy., - ■. ~e hereto, it
vs**™?
Noc f y ; : o?s/
(i dV i MAOi! ' ; ,cT . i
i «',(erPus'tn’ja*i;.:lU3l ItU-LS to tttselila V
• •Vi.
AUcrisiiprcoritlyaUet.. ;Se
-.3oaism«,
e: rvir,.-%;■ tr.c.rc. .. raer*Wig»a*
C-KE PUS'S WHITE WHEAT.
T |1■ ry . •' ' ■ ;; WHi'ATt'lt I
icwdn AfVih-cMt." .. ~ i iMf .j'.ilwUpuge
Depot la g - M‘ n; ■ j e- . u agtet mow th« .B.
bu«-» . able** .■r.ir eo. nor Ice th.e i.-.t”, tr.rked nr .1
the cm. ot ihe jar. - ' ani p .ce o. etve y. Th.i
ft mN *U *m
bc-n h! isil.arjir r-st > .vn, *• J uo' Uir.cd
ec'-» t ~ N'h 1 r eaiagntiivc Dot. .rsp-r r »h«L
flsr.- S e,St.v!6,l:». P.H.6AEVSE.
BASK ECBBESY!—SIOOO K'”7ASDM
rv' »'*» r- ... -I ~. • ..-eb, I'SS, the French
Vs 1 .Ok . V... cf t- Stole of
Go-'g - . w... v •.* :\-2: ir. * is pHjra l< at »his
place. Fort - wvpr.he o roNer.mt proof to
K ,4«i-.-.Aor»eee'n. 'er nj *T»"
wJ.i e, t , I u o f I vut a . -ts > r th»> KCOWJ
***’* j . * at W aiiiicgioa.
BCCK.'Y EA: D' ; • 0 Lli r AGAIEST
Y TA\!3i(. foTr-r-i ac-.-rir.e . - n re' able parties i®
A-X •*- -’ ‘ Cy. i n w prepared to roeecate
CLAIM' 'fcdcu rt t-*3' :it:- v e.uib bed
bytr. s. cl o .or r -‘> I ’d, Pets tor.#, Beroio.
Hocary •
ter*, Patest Cast*, Ac.
JHy art cert a.t of cosgrtr?, every ran who has s erred
14 da > s ia nay of the waxs since 1T& bestuled t.-- Boun
ty JLaCJ. J. C. B aRNBIT,
Aucraey at I at.
Uadi cn, M ■'r£an <*r\. fa. May 8,1555. a 2SMy
LAND 10S EAIE.
AVALtiFL*. ' nr, abmtSi'O acres wei.
the O.C'. a Suiru.d, fwm. -yo- l d if |- In.nricce
B i: • . . . Js c! • iiwJ. i— ard and Jare* L.
Carci.n’ 1. • ..her.., f.r lu: her p-r-ka rr.-rIJIJ
c.tJi .n. C. T»C**BiUX}I.
L"C!I ■ i.EB GIJOTXS,
Ari tX aanrlßHaU to ).
K ' ■:■■• . r.- o ec>._
y Users’ line K.dii.i PKiiß. -,ec,v. J I y
!. rit CUi.kl I KOYAL.
-(Jf 4l**M AMO OKMn.A'—cdVbVVribuKiMlOß icISJt
I I 1. Jbbak t.lai.a.ie CKiUtt-T. ter ude by
(bP— tow AAIAS A jacSMtJSD
Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel.
ILE«
I.ASD AND M LS FOB bAiE
TF'AT vataable J’I.ANrATI'dN nf it’ acres ts go-d
J. , with w i ani out birid'ngt complete,
I for ■ rly wee J by D&rid li *-, decea«-d, situatc-d in
j Pul *-.» C U -y, oj, t eOc ;ver, and in the vicinity
• r sale, on ex
!< »• ngly 1 ben*? t -rr On the preen** there is ar od
j > uri .g-. Grist and r M1 in yc* drur. ng order, With
*i r P', errs c rcity .o propei Machinery to the
j tv above n.-nt' . d Ta xable pr'''pe”tj is rot sold
j da- ,-g tli :ex Ire- r.ontha r wi'lbe ex; o*ed to public
•u . ■ u da-pf ALG bT next, at tie Goo r;*
j Fu tf.-.r • > -ma- on c* b obt .ined by *pp»ica*ion to
O»N . C' ! '■ r HA' L, Au u v- D . JOHN WiNG-
I i j. ii n (ii.; o -m Nr. JOHN GORTRIGHT, near
the premise . apitft-w»d
FIE LAMD SALE.
! 'pH «ub i r:t. roS re at private sale that tract of
... n Richmond coun-2C
- and within two • r
j -c ilea of the Gee rg-r'. Railroad-known as the Han
" ree, more or le?s, and
ad James, cimon
...... e p. Hay: e ar.d others. If not disposed of
i'efrtT- iavin Nov mber next. I will offer it
*k outcry on that day, a. the Lower Market Hons*
y r. -■! Nrir.gto rtr fact, wil please ap
ply to Wm. A Wa o .. ,r; a irrtta
•-vtf " ' REBBOCA CAMFIELD.
7GE BALE.
. sno-jcriW* tfirWor sale the tract of
o' wh et I. *T*;«de«, cs.naaining Eight llundredTE
I f y A- rel, rm re wrNeos', iyrog two mile* east of the
N' v aa* n: J, f -‘ -j .“Wether county, Ga. There is
’• -»ti .raw huu'S/rd of cieaseo Land, of which one
t - 'r<tJ fj-» is rich b r-nj i a . 1. ol
•: scree
' ijeaviiy UmbcACd and and two hundred
0/ sie 6F...r >p J-exi i, wlso well timbered.
I ere .« a wood orchard of p; ho ice Fruit Trees, a cODaf°rt
- ie i Wf-llTny, and *ipiea4i<*<3n-Foaae and new Bcrew
b bed j • n ■ : i a*' Hmoae-hoose and
K tchen, and a 1 oth r boiling* necessary fern farm. In
t’ <* yard/ «-twe* r tUe Kitchen and dwelling, and conve
rt to both,is a eh ft good pure water. The place hat
t. ' birarter wfoeirg exceedingly healthy, A .jy person
d '.j ; 'oua of pur chaajii , will always find the subscriber
tyc~ w. Ulnr tne Lapu. ,
Evrß sale,
'‘pilE VARIf ca’led “ and known aaJR
x-. the r h drijtof Col Thomas M. Berri- n,
tn : g ig i undr fed *r. . Fifty Acrys, mostly creek
acres cleaned.
»t is s . i <-! ft /.- r.les fr m Kn. ston, on the Western
quarters of a mi.e frtm
m» Roiroad. 1 4 re Idcace >•
■ : ir t>ol e oft; e moat bi-au dul, arrest, and purest
MA BERRJLKV,
, la., or apply to JAMES M.
mh2B 6m
VALUABLE FIAHTATIOM FOE SALE.
a waluaMe PLANTA
iritutodflk miles east
i, more or less. There
id between 4
nd: >acr.-s of woodland In the tract, it is improved
e and such out-houses as art
bi with a fine
y for health and
cod water is Burp ui-ed by no place in the county The
-of the n lor hood in g od, and supp.iedwith
rouß of purchasing will please
ddiees the undersigned at exinglon.
nis-JT _ Z. P. LANDRUM.
PLANTATION FOE SALE.
pHJB sabsoiberoff*ji for sale the plantation od
l vhich he rcsi ,In Oglethorpe county,on the A’heis
-ranoh of the G orgia Railroad, 12 miles above Union
oint It contains S 0 acre. , more or less; about 2to
land. The plane is Id
d w th water; a comfortable
y oat-buildings, and perfectly
I tee to MO acras. which can be
run:, aed 100 of *hM> are well timbered. Any person
i-.nri ..1 of purchasing, w find me on the premi
se, or address me at U teft P* 0., Oglethorpe county,
[dlQ-wtfJ * W. MOGDEY,
FOE SALS>
1 I.AHWM and convenl.rni URICK STORE, situated
£A. in the centre of business, in the city of Rome, now
)ccuple<! by Robtßat:y, Druggist. This store wahfltted
-» ‘rr.:- Store,with- -tregard to any reasonableex
use,and with a little alteration cfeuld be convertedintc
' raged DryGooasStore. Theaituationfor
the.s.i lof Drug*,, Dry Goods,or Groceries can hardly be
.-quallcdiD theuity. Termseasy. Apply to
GEOKGF. BATTY,M.D.
.prfi-tf
FOE SALE.
I NOW OFFhlt for sale my entire River I’LANTA
wL TION, 2S or •!umbus,Ga.,in Bar*
.*• -Lahou* liee river,con-
Laining 24(M» Acres ; some 1200 acres in a fine state ofcul
tlvai ion and srood repair, a good water Gin-ahd Ferry
across the Chattahoochee river. The above will be for
<ale at any time until .old and possession »iver». Termsto
’ A : HEW AVgRETTE.
FCE SALE
subscriber oCcrn f>r sale THREE PLANT
4. TIONS in tl e2d diet, of D. ugherty county,
s open la.r , with pood
all D c h ;?r. build n • s for Plantation pur
• 1,4fi0 acf’es—6oo acres open
I ry out buildings
The u. Uoa'Hi!.iDg 60 ac ts u. i proved. The above 1
La. ds i-re am r*; r th* choicest t;«,:ton Lands ia Dougherty
p 1 • d Boutb
\ cU ; a Railroad. The two first Plantation jo u, and
will be sold s< pa: atcly or togethwr, as maybe desired.
JAM ! 8 BOND.
• t fer to tv .W. Cheever, Albany, Geo., or Joseph Bond, 1
M.ictir.jGeo. dIU-wfim
FOE SALE,
|M£K FARM known ast'e li awes place-, 9 mile* above
X Angnsta on the Washington Road, conaming 215
a r*s, will be sold at a fair price and on time. Apply at
Augusta to i-EON P. DUGArt,
Trustee for 8 rah Ann Dixon.
CHEEOKE2 COUNTED,
A VALUABLE LOT OF LAND FOR SALE.
■: ill! subscriber -fijra for sale very attractive Agja
X .-til valuable lot of LAND, -ataated between three
»nd ft ur mlitn'rom th< (Jouri.... 1 .ng .ity of Rome, Ga. The
. ct e mtains Three Hundred and Twenty Acres of g..od
- -di \ .. t; d to thp (jrowth of all the small
■ ! trasses, such
Me for Fruit Growing,
a above the reach ol
r r .1 pund or Lakelet, of
h<- i rest water, occupies the centre of the Tract. The
aa: ao ' in Lak-'et afford* one of the moßt attractive sites
I - ■ ■ con- ry • t-, as the supply of wa
;er 1 ver dinu > .d ia o: great depth and Clearness.
1 ■ • . p*-,et pubie
i tract is heavily timbtnd. with Oak,
ts an abnndanoe of Pino, and is
r nf'wo good Baw Mills. It &.S0
"«»nt;-. • inexhau i.ble quarry of superior Limestone,
do for Agricultural and
• entfe consist of a very
-a well of good
ia cultivation.
Raisers, and all
les ii ous of a delightfuls<tuation in a saiubriocsand healthy
Sty, is particu-
Forten - :riber, or to Col. J. \V.
- r.e, * a., who will take pleasure in
pointing out the laud. D. REDMOND,
au2S-dtwawtf Augusts, Ga.
MOVXVALX 6PEIK S,
BLOUNT OOUNI Y, 'i :. LSRSES.
r, Knoxville, has
.he *b»T. ci’el.rjieJ Springs, and will open
pub ic oa h- I j t of
ug a residsat phffiailii
of th? W .ile Sulphur H. riu.-t* o' * irg nia, and author of an
1 srs g morally, h is w it
ten an able art 1 • er. h • medic nal qualities of the Mont
vaie -at ere—copies m which can be obtained at the Plan
ters’ Hite , with utcharge
hil - every atLnt. n will be paid to the inval d who
msy seek the health restoring water: of Mouivale, the
oprietor ea If tb exertion shall he want
ing to render Montvaie attractive acd entertaining to the
pie tsure.seoker.
A ■* 1> iueo'Post-Coacb. b will run f rom the Co’exuan
okswill w ys be In rmdlness
w ithout e tra * h.. gt. A r'ai mall has been established
ifording visitors every possible
p >* a' convenience. Vt M. B. COLEMaN,
Ct lrm in Homo. R; . xvihe, Tenn.
HEW AMD L MACHINE.
WILLIAM bTODDAKD, PATENTEE.
K Bohscn'ber having purchased the Right of the
j| .0 of vicorgia inthe only MAOHINK now in
v-.-t- t, for RiF f! NG AND SHAVING SHINGLES, BAR
to sell the Bight of fin.
Countie*,or single Machines, at prices sulficieatly low to
make it an Inducement for put chasers.
ns‘ruction, and is act
ng and shav
ng TWO THOUSAND SHINGLES PER HOUR, better
than mad \>ortablc,ar‘' Jr,,T * be worked by
tree or steam power. Ten to fifteen days work of
Ugh bhinglea to pay the price
askedfor a single one.
IS wishingtopur
cl the Machine!
cau be «eeu in operation in this City.
T. P. STOVALF
ktfer to the following persons for any information in
Machine: —Wm.H. D’Antignac, s.-r »:i
--rorth, Mmpson A
Gardner, M. P. Stovall, Beall A Stovall,L. Hepkins,and
E. 1), Robert -n.
E BLLIiNG, i’ATENT EiVETED
STRETCHED AND CEMENTED.
t \AH Tanned BELTING, of our own manufacture
\7 through ut;
IIet: lock Tanned BELTING, on consignment, quality
guar at; 'ad. A heavy-stork, all sises, Ito 24 inches, al
ways on han h aud fo' sail h*w at the Saddlery W 7 arthouse
of SIirIBMAN, JKSSCP A CO ,
ha late V .N e is A 00.
THE PECTORAL ELIXIR.
For Coihih** CWu'a, A-dAw? *, arui all l>i»eaM qf the
Lun+> aud Throcit.
r rM!!S Compound cannot be too highly rec'mmended
X for Pectoral Dieeates. Its effect ia prompt, relieving
almost always in th- first dose. In Cases of Croup, it
a:ts cost powerfully, ass rding relief *n a very short time.
T> c-se who are t out led with toughs, Bronchitis, Asthma,
A-., may rely upon with the utmost confidence. For sale
by WM H. TUTT, Augusta,
dl9-d*wtf TUTT A PEL ETIER, Hamburg.
OXFORD HOTEL—HEWTON COUNTY, GEO.
rpiiK 8l BFrBIBBR begsleave to inform the
1 panoas of Emory College, and the public gene- Jjf \
rally,taM v '.e has taken charge ofthe above Hotel, and he
aoks,ard an ardent de
-1 s re on h 3 part to render ? s Hou:e second 10 none in the
patronage. Persons ox
Fitrir.:. wishing to speed a season in one ofthe most
b ac.ifu l and healthy rural villages in Middle Georgia
w.l b * accommodated with rooms, Ac. He is also con*
t rcct necomm.'dlousStables,which will be attended ry
s. x to suit the times. His
m t. willbe, “loses that none ga a ay ussatisfled.”
•><l w. W. COOKSEY.
PUBLIC NOTICE
HBr.KMAK.TI.ABRK A CO.*B (U** BrsHTOM,
t'Laax A 10.,) Genu :;e COD LIVER OIL, for Con
•umpton, -rr *fu’a, Ac TheUtefi'ia of Rushton, Clark
A 00. bei .'g hi-<Mved by the eahof W. L Rushton, (the
ted with the ftm) th-Mr Genuine
COD LIVER OIL will in ftr.ure be prepared only by HKGS
MAN, CLARKE A CO., surviving partusrs and sole sue
e- jor*. Be partici-iar :n ordering vo specify Be«»tman,
C ark A Co., (or Kushton, Chirk A Co-.) as it was Mr.
O’ark, and not Rushton. who for the past seven yean has
superinte; ded its mancfactcre, and it the on y Drugg tt
who ever went from the Uriteo tates to Newteund*and
for that purpose, s>n s nee M- Rd hton*s death there has
been an art. .e called Ru>‘ t'uh* Oil introduced, which is
in no way conneetea with Bus-ton,Clark A Co.—or Hege
tan, C art A• *0 as aurccss in its use cepends upon
:ts purity, t o much care annot be taken to get toe gen
u-ae. Thousands who had been taking the Oil of other
make** «n hoc. suoorss, have been restored to health by
the pure Oil of our manuf*..:u e.
BEG EM AN, CLARKE A CO^
Chen, t: a d Druggists, New-Yofk
gOid by HAVILAND, aIfiLEY A Co.,
A cents for Augusta, and by Drugcist* generally.
rrhlTdAwly
KOVEB, UAKKB * CO S SKT/.Sti MaCHUIK*
Vlihsh Mac! ne .having received the highest pre-
X m am* at aL the e idiac Fairs throughout thiscoun
trv and Europe, an 3 nowju«ly admitted to be superior to
a*i others m us?, a-eoffere to the public at prices which
bring the* within the reach of aH. For simplicity, dura
blli’j and ceriaiaty of operation, no other mashine can
stand in comparison; whi-ein ‘.he strength and
permanency rs work executed by them, they surpass
alike :.nytMnc heretofore done by machinery.
They can be teen tn • pejauon daily at Mrs. Mitchell's
Bocuvt opposite U. b. Hotel, where specimens of
work done by them are exhibited.
ihe»< are the c iy Macnma adapted to planution use,
and can be managed by servants. Exclusive rights for
districts, or si: g’.e llach.ncs, or sale by
THOS. P. STOVALL A GO.
jxs-dAw2m
SPIilKu AKD t CiIMKK GOODS FOB 1864.
1 rXT, l °. r^' :?t ‘ >f 4 cfl ’ ' « 0.-fc of ve-y fln« B!k.
r..l .: i ■ OT “ : ‘- Ca - MiKiTl-K, DRAP O’ltTlt,
L NtN- Whi « «<* Colored?
•od fredVo as ..YJS L*" n ? us ’ whieh * re
• it. a J e^h.L* a « o .rV , f* ,u)T “ A i)* gakmfnt*
eaaortmmt of BHI RTS
C . LA-L', LKa\Al >, At VBP, k HSJfeK >n*4 VNTV
. a.~. a t baw^!*c.
: t, mti-t of it. bfiqualuy, ga.renn-i u
s.nttd in ad cases, and «o.d|: the lowest prices.
, . . oo J - A - VaS w
lAuf?rta. Apn 22, ISvO. - ap'i :-u
X> AI.K iiUPkt.-jiwi COiis prime Hemp ROPE, in Mil
D coils, for sale by HAND, WILLIAMS A 00.
fll
WEEKLY
CHRONICLE i SENTINEL
For tie Chrmiele dt Seruirai.
Columbia and t-'rln,
BY ■iXiaeEKTßCni BUOHSXaB, S jEMgfcLY KAiU Qi.Blf.Zlti
KTLB.
The follow mg extract* are from the above named
Poem. They are well calculated to awaken the pa
triotism both of Americans and Irishmen. This
poem forms one of a volume of Poetry soon to be
published by the gifted Authoreee ;
Once, o’er Columbia’s favored land,
Oppression’! cloud in darkness hung,
While Tyranny's ensanguined band
Aroond her sons s'rong fetters flung;
Beauteous as now looked Nature's t row
Beneath young Bpring’s half-opened floe era,
As brightly beamed the sunny glow
Tnat warmed her cheek in Sommer hours;
As ri:h the tints that Autumn wove
To deck her *mid the fading grove,
As pure the smoky robe that lay
Around her form in Winter’s day
As grandly free Niagara swept
Hi! waters o’er the rooks’ dread side,
Ah fair the “Thousand Islands” slept
On broad St. Laurence’s tranquil tide ;
As Queanlike fay far famed Champlain
Em be tome i ’mid her moo tains va£t,
Ai fairy like rip t Music’s stran
O’er Seneca’s calm bosom past;
As proudly Mirs'ssppi rushed
Right onward to h i ocean bed ;
As sweetly dewy Morning blushed,
Where Hudson his blue waters spread ;
Yes ! beauteous was our much-loved land,
From Plymouth’s rock to gable’s strand.
But to the eye where lurks the glow,
Beneath oppretsion’s mandates dire,
What matter if the eun looks bright
Upon a thousand beautie j round ?
Dimmed it the pare, the peerless light,
In f ibbety’s high Temple found ;
And round its sacred altar stand
Where every knee should freely bow—
The red ranks of a foreign land,
Guarding its faint, expiring glow,
With wrathful looks, aa if they fear
Some dauntless hand will yet draw nigh,
To light anew the fl ame so dear,
Or by its waning eplendor die.
And fee! b?h nd the altar kneeling,
Where day’s declining beam is stealing,
Like eagle cow’ring ’neath the storm
Which hi* bold wing ne more can brave,
Fair Freedom’s seif—her sinkiDg form,
Is eeen beside an open grave,
Dug by th* Invaders awerds to hide
Her glory in its voiceless gloom,
When Tyranny, with mocking pride,
Should seal her fated children’s doom.
Crushed is her amaranthine crown,
And dinmed the lustre of that eye,
Whose light led Roman Biutus on,
Fearless to cotujuer or to die.
Ah, Freedom ! ia this mighty land,
ThegTAH wrested from the night of ages
By him whose high, heroic hand,
Enrolled its name on Time’s vast pages,
Ih:u once didst fondly hope to raise
A Temple, whose foundation sure
(Os every age the boast and praise,)
ghou’d to earth’B latest hour endure.
Vain hope 1 for even in this clime,
Over whose virgin, daxzling brow,
So lightly moved the wiig of Time,
It seemed as if its beauty now,
F.esh from creatlo ’s fingers burst,
Nor felt, aa yet, earth's deem accurst.
Even here the Oppressoi’s voic is heard,
Even here is felt his withering sway—
Whi e the soul s deepest founts are stirred.
And maddecinx p-laes wiid’y play
Beneath the galling chains that rest,
Disgraceful on the.A«-&om breast.
*****
The next extract, gives us the origin ot our
“Stripes and btars.” Ot course the “dauntless
hand” of Washington lights anew the expiring
flame on the Altar of Liberty, drives, though not
without bloodshed, the invader over the threshold
ot her sacred tompie, aud while, at the head of
hissmallbut heroio baud, he turns to pursue flying
foa, the goddess, enraptured with her Champion,
presents him with the “Flag of Columbia” which
she forms in the following very poetical manner,
and thus we have—
THE ORIGIN OF THE AMERICAN BANNER.
“ Wait, wait,” the enraptured Goddess crie?,
weave for you a banner bright,
Whose 'olds beneath Columbia’s skies
• hall ever prove a Beacon Light
To aU t whose struggling, sinking bark —
Is wil dy tossed upon that sea,
Whose treacherous waters c ill and dark,
Bear tne fell name of T)/ranay
To guide them e’er its whelmirg wave.
Where Tgranny ha found a grave
In this unrivalled, glorious Land.”
With kindling eye and eager hand
Her altar’s spotlers drapery
She took, and )n her bended knee
Bbe dipped it iu her children’s gore,—
Her flowing Veil in *• Strip«s” she tore,
And from the dazzling crown she wore,
She caught each “Star Gkm” flashing bright—
Then from the rich braids of her hair
(As bright as morning sunbeams are)
She plucked seme threads of purest gold,
And wove hem both in its crimsoned fold.
“ This is Columbia’s Fiau of Lioirr,”
She eried in loud, exulting tone,
And thine ohl peer'ess Washington,
Thine is the hand this F ag to hold—
For thine the soul to guard its fold
In tho following lines of deep pathos we have a
melancholy contrast to the glowing picture of
Americau liberty, in the moving description of
Ireland’s present desolation—the sad trait of ages
of wrong and oppression—but, at the same time,
the authoress does dot leave unsung tho ancient
glory of tho land of her birth.
Ah! once in Erin’s lovely Isle
Fair Freedom’s Temp’e reared its head,
While streaming from the s z ere pile—
IU source her ever-radiant smile—
A brilliant light was shed
Over those suony vales that lie,
Beneath Hibernia’s weeping sky;
Ard warmed by that en not mg light
Prcui Science oped his wonderous page.
Y si when the cl'ads of mental niglit
Hrng o'er the world, Hibernia’s sage
Its seorets scanned with kindlirg eys,
And waved ain't the torch whose gleam,
Bright as the sun god’s noonday beam,
Can ne wr, tterer die.
But nov that Tempi e prostr <te lies,
And the lone night*wind's fitful s ; ghs
Around the broken altars stealing,
Awakes the Patriot’s saddest feeling.
But, oh 1 wl hi n those ruins dark,
Amid that deso’ation dire,
Glows yet a faint but living spark
Os Liberty’s oeleetial fire ;
And by that pale and trembling light,
Hibernia her sad watch has kept,
Whi’e age on age, in rapid flight,
Has o’er her beauteous island swept;
And still be.'ide that sacred fire,
Heart-rick she yet her vigil keeps,
While o’er the chords of her sweet lyre,
Her hand in fitful fancy sweeps,
And wakes such tender,.burning strains,
That floating o’er the enerald plains,
They reach the aouita it. most cells.
While high the patriot fervor swells.
Female Education. —We take it that the f 1-
lowlDg description of Female School?, taken frem
an English paper, is not wholly inapplicable in
some other countries :
“ Expensive, mindless, unpraotical and useless,
our schools turn out accomplished machines,
whose minds are, like Chinese feet, cramped out
of all symmetry, power and natural nse. A little
music, which is merely manual dexterity ; a little
drawing, which is only distorted imitation of dis
torted copies—for neither art is ever taught in the
breadth and significance belonging to it; a little
h : atory, which is but a parrot’s roll-call; some ge
ography, which means a dotted outline on a sheet
of paper but which includes neither the natural
history, nor the ethnology, nor yet the industry
of foreign countries; needlework, which leads to
everything but usefulness; modern languages,
which when “finished** reveal neither the liter
ature nor the people, and are equally unservicea
ble for reading and for conversation—these, as ali
the world knows, make up the list of English
school-girls’ accomplish met ts; and few parents
dream if a more useful or more intellectual edu
cation for them.’*
Ejtkcttve Milt art Fobcxb Engaged n» Dieter
xn*t Wars —The following statement ot the eflec
tive military force engaged in the different wars,
the Union says, has oeen prepared with great care
at the office of the Adjutant General;
WarandFrort’rDiiturb’cs. Com min’d Men. Agre*t
Officers.
Late war withG. Frr tain, 1819..81,510 440,418 471,639
Seminole war, 1817-5 418
Black Ha* k war, V B9 491 45 0 5,611
F. ida war, ISS6 to IS4’ 1,621 98,833 29,913
Creek disturbances, 1536-7 794 11,659 12,45*
8. W. frontier disturoarc a 1586.. 161 2,612 2,8*33
Cherokee country, 1686-7 BS6 3.69 » 8,985
N. Y. frontier di*turfc’n*alSSß-f.. 115 1,618 1, 23
Agregate Ss,< 41 497,816 582 817
Mexican wax, 1546 to 184a S.lSt 70,199 78,260
Grand aggre: ate 88,178 567,945 606,117
Large Cargo axdvluicx Wore.— The slip Ellen
Austin, Captain Jos. Tucker, was cleared recently
for Liverpool by E. Molyneux, Esq., with 5,555
bales cotton, weighing 1,897,817 lbs., and valued
at $223,279.19. This is the largest cargo of CGltcn
in one vessel ever shipped from any Atlantic port.
The ship was loaded entirely at Tybee, and the
cotton taken on board in twenty working days.—
bar. Georgian. _
Columbus Bcildibg Association-. —The seventh
monthly meeting of this Association was held on
Saturday evening last, when the sum of $2500 was
sold for SSOOO in notes, as follows: $-000 at 47 per
cent, premium . SSOO at 50; $2500 at 61; and S4OO
at 513% per ct.—
The Postmaster General has contracted for daily
mail service between Cairo, Illinois, and New Or
leans, La. —distance nine hundred miles—to be
performed in safe and suitable steamboats, and by
reguiar time schedules. This wiil secure to the
respective communities concerned not only valua
ble facilities in the tran. mission of their corres
pondence, but additional advantages to the trade
and travel of that important section of our ooun
try.
Engineer-in-chief Martin, U. 8. N., has just re
turned to Washington from a tour of inspection of
the steam machine work in progress for all new
s-eamere ordered by Government. He reports
everything gomg on as well and as rapidly ac can
be wished. Tne Merrimac, being built at Boston,
will be ready for sea as early as the last of Se: tem
ber. The Minnesota, being built in the Washing
ton navy yard, will be the next one JUiiahtd*
For the Chronicle <fr Sentinel.
Review of Mr. Stephens’ Letter. *
No. 1.
The letter ofthe Hon. A. H. Stephens, giving
hi*» views of “Know Nothingism,” as he terms it,
is founded on a misconception of the objects of
the American party, and calls for a review, which
I shall proceed to give in a aeries of numbers, as
leisure may permit. His views are set forth with
his usual ability, and in an ad captandum vein,
which is more calculated to excite partisan feel
ings, than to inform the judgment and convince
the understanding.
In the outset of his remarks, he says: “And in
giving my views of ‘Know Nothingism, 1 I ought,
perhaps, to premise by saying, and most truly,
that I really ‘know nothing 1 about the principles,
aims, or objects of the party I am about to speak
of; they are all kept secret—they are held in the
dark; being communicated and made known only
to the initiated, aud not to those, until after being
tint duly pledged and sworn.”
Here he ought to have stopped; for if it is “most
true,” to use his own language, that he “knows
nothing” about the principles, aims, or objec’s of
the party, he ought to have said “nothing and
thereby he would have avoided the many errors
into which he has fallen. And such a course
would have been eminently proper, from the fact
that as he never, according to his professions,
‘carries his principles in his pocket,” but is ever
ready to proclaim aud vindicate them—so he ought,
in the same spirit of candor, never to dißcass the
principles of others without knowing what they
are; and more especially should candor have re
strained him from making injurious imputations
against his friends and former political associates,
on unfounded assumptions. He has not been un
and who have on all oocaaiona given him a hearty
support. He has inflicted upon them as heavy
blows ts it wai in hie power to give. He may
Barely expect hi» blows to be warded off, and let
him not be surprised if he receives blows in return.
One great objection whioh Mr. Stephens urges
to the American party, is, the secrecy with which
it carries on its operations. He has been en
gaged in polities long enough to know that all
part es have their secrets, secret agents and secret
operations; no party could successfully oompete
for power without them. The Democratic party
hold secret consultations, to deviß* means to be
used secretly, to secure success, and they bat ex
ercise the priviiige of freemen in so doing; no
one has a right to complain of it, or to seek to
know their socrels. And so also of the Whig
party. T ie American party claim for themselves the
like privilege—and being a new party jnst spring
ing into being, there was, and ie, an indiapensible
neoeosity lor observing tocreoy. The organixation
is composed of men from both the old parties—
men who have had to break loose from the tram
mels of party. Ho one knows better than Mr.
Stephens the binding force of paity drill, and how
hard it is for men to dissolve old political associa
tions; but few have the moral oourage to do it
openly and publicly. If the American party bad
been an open, public organization from its incep
tion, but lew would have loft the ranks of the
other parlies to have joined it.
There are thousands of men in the country—
Whigs aud Democrats—who honestly feel and
believe tl at both the old parties have become oor
rupt, and nuworthy of preservation; that tbe only
distinctive difference between them now ia, who
shall be in office, and who out, and their contests
are not for principles, but have beeome mere
scrambles for place and power; and to so great an
extent bas this evil grown, that to seek for office
is to become au open mouth, brawling demagogue
of the first water. No one else is considered
available, and parlies seek no other qualification
in their candidates than availability. Hence, the
country, through the operation of party tactics
is in the hands and under the control and domina
tion of demagogues. This state of things is unde
niably true iu relation to both Federal and State
Governments, aud the people—that is, the massed,
irrespective of old party lines, believing it to be
so, leel the nemssily of forming au organization,
with nobler objects in view, than the gratification
of office seekers; an organization which will wrest
■he country from the domination of demagogues—
put down party leaders—purify the ballot box,
and restore our government to its pristine purity.
This is the work in whioh the American party ia
engaged, and it has brought on a conflict, not
merely with foreigners, but with native born dem
agogues, who control foreign voters, as mere loolb
to elevate themselves to office. It is a mistake to
suppose that onr efforts are directed against
foreigners alone—we are striking over them at the
demagogues woo rule them. Indeed, that is the
grand reason for endeavoring to exclude foreigners
from the ballot box; it is to deprive demagogues
of the means by which they now climb to power—
hence this wsr is waged not alone and entirely
with the foreign voter, but first and foremost with
parly leaders aud demagogues, who are unwilling
to yield np without a struggle such potent and
pliant instruments as they have found foreign vo
ters to be in carrying oat their objects; and hence,
the determined opposition which we meet from
those who are dependent upon the “a ! d and com
fort'’ which foreigners bring them lor success in
their struggles for power and office. Take from
them these votes, or render these votes unavailing
in elections by a combination sufficiently strong to
overcome them, and their “occupation ’a gone.”—
The deteat of foreign voters is their defeat. And
here 1 beg to disolaim making any application of
these remarks to the Honorable Gentleman whose
letter lam reviewing. I acquit him of ever hav
ing played the demagogue to court the votes of
foreigners. Indeed I have reason to believe and
do verily believe t hat he has felt as keenly the
mortification of defeat, which was inflicted on the
purty with which he acted, by the aid of foreign
votes as any one among us, and I am only sur
prised that be is not now one of ut.
1 have made these remarks to show that our
contest is not merely with foreigners, as such, but
it is with tbe demagogues who rule them; we wish
to strike this instiument of power for ruin and
mischief from their hands, and by the help of
God we intend to do it.
To do this we have to separate from loaders
whom we have heretofore followed. Now, no one
is willing to enter into an open contest with party
loaders with whom he has acted for years. The
separation must be made secretly or not at all.—
We ignore both the old party organisations—we
have Bbaken off their control and influence, and
will have no more of their dictation; and that we
may do this uninterrupted by them, we meet in
secret, transact our business in secret, keep our
names secret, lest we might be importuned too
strongly to return to the old fold ; and the sum of
the whole matter is, we do what every party does,
ae keep our own ttcrelt. We make such arrange
ments as we think will best snbeerve our own
purposes, without letting our opponents know
what they are, and let no one be alarmed at that.
We plot no treason and shall erect no guillotine,
only one, to cut off, not the heads, but the power
of demagogues. Our object ia not to subvert, but
to preserve our government as originally formed;
not to destroy, bnt to save the Constitution; not
to dissolve, but to perpetuate the Union—the
Union which was formed by Washington and Ma
dison and their compatriots. We have a right to
meet in secret, make our arrangemeute in secret,
aud vote for whom we please without letting any
one else know it; and for this we have high au
thority. Wo claim that we are exercising not on
ly a natnral right, bnt are carrying out the policy
established by the legislative power of our own
State.
We have a law upon our statute book, which
requires all managers of elections, whether the;
be freeholders, Justices of the Inferior Court, or
ustices of the Peace, to take and subscribe an
oath not to divulge lor whom any vote is cast, un
less called under the law to do so; and further,
they are required to cause the number annexed to
the name of the voter to be entered upon his
ticket, and on counting out the tiokets, not to
suffer them to be examined by the bystanders, but
carefully to preserve them and Beal them in a
strong envelope, and return them to the Clerk of
the Superior Court in each county to be preserved
by him for sixty days, and if there be no oontest
about the election, they are to be burned without
being examined by him or any one else. Here is
secrecy—secrecy in voting, and our secret ballot is
guarded by the sanction of an oath. Now, when
we meet together in private rooms, from which
none are excluded, who, from honeat motives, are
willing to unite with ns, it is not to plot treason
against our government, nor to send men to the
guillotine, by orders passed in our oeuneils, but
simply to concert measures and make arrangements
to ensure the success of the tickets which we may
run to carry out our objects. This is what every
party does, and though the machinery of all may
not be the same, yet all partiea have their secrete,
and their secret meetings, and seoret operations.
It were useless to deny it; all who haye had any
correction with politics, know it to be so ; and
why ours should be singled out and denounced as
tending to anarchy, revolution and bloodshed, ia
utterly incomprehensible. It is an insinuation
uncalled for, and if I were disposed to retort, 1
might ask. if it is not the ebullition of a spirit,
which feels the slight of not having been consulted
in this movement, and begins to chafe in anticipa
tion of the less of party control; but I forbear
makiog the insinuation, and will grant that the
gentleman was not under the influence of such a
feeling; but I must be permitted to add, that
whatever may have prompted the inuendo, it ia
unworthy the souroe whence it oomes, and ia re
pelled, as a libel upon the party, to which an ap
plication of it ia attempted to be made.
So much for the charge of secrecy—other parts
of the letter will claim attention as convenience
may permit. Smifir.
Enow Nothing Nominations ni lianiim.—
The Enow Nothings, it is stated, have nominated
Gen. t'onntaine, of Ponotoc, for Governor of Mis
sissippi. He is of the Quitman school of polities
—ultra state rights. For Secretary of State, A. G.
Horn of Clark county, and editor of the Quitman
Intelligencer—formerly a whig. For Auditor of
Public Accounts, F L. Swan of Hinda oouDty —a
Union democrat. For B'ate Treasurer, Colonel,
Smith of Marshall—a fieniy Clay Whig. For
Judge of the High Court of Error and Appeals,
C. P. Smi h, of Watkinson eennty—a Union dem
ocrat. For Clerk of the Superior Court of Chan
eery, J. C. Carpenter, of Hinds aounty—a Union
democrat.
For Congress the same party has nominated for
the first district, B. D. Nabers ; third, Lockhart
g. Houston; fourth, W. A. Lake; and for the
fifth, Hiram Cassidy. All are democrats, except
Mi. Lake.
AUGUSTA, GA.. WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1855.
For the Chronicle & Sentinel.
Reply to the Letter of Mr. Stephen!.
Mb. Editor : Bome days sinoo you published s
letter from the Hon. A. H. Stephens, intended es
an erpoeition of hie views of the Know Nothing
movement. We had hoped that some one better
calculated to repel so viiulent an attack upon the
principle®, motives and object* of the Order,
would have replied to it; but, aa they have not,
we have determined to essay tb* task, relying up
on the justice of onr oaxxse rather than our own
strength, for the hope of Bucoesaj
Mr. Stephens opens his fierce onslaught against
the American party by stating in effect that no
thing ia known of their principles or objects by
any but thoee who have been initiated, and not
by them until they have been duly sworn, dec.,
albeit, a little lower down in the same column, he
admits that they claim for one of their principles,
at least, that “ Americans shall rule America,”
and he devotes several columns of his letter to
disprove, (we quote his own language,) “ the two
leading ideas of their principles as published, viz:
the exclusion of Catholioa and foreigners from of
flee.” He also seems to have learned, that as a
party, they are in favor of an abrogation of the
naturalisation laws, or the extension of tha period
to a term at least equal to that which is required
of the native population. We must coulees that
to ua it seems a very unfortunate waste of time,
not to say thought, to devote three columns, out
of four and-a-hslf, to the demolition of a man of
straw—the subversion of tbe principles of a par
ty who have none, or if they have, keep them in
hiding places or Becret coverts, the natural re
sorts of error. •
We then deny, unequivocally, that the princi
ples or objects of Ihe A v**- uarty are kept
concealed. They ha*, o b\Tt pV*':.»! u rough
their various organs, and acknowledged by many
of their adherents throughout the length snd
breadth of tbe land. They have been announoed
from the stamp, the < ditorial chair and the torua
in every nook and corner of the Union ; they are
known and read of all men; the secrets, then, ot
the Order do not embrsee tbeir principles, these
sny person has a right to know before be is obli
gated—they only serve a s protection to the per
sons and rights of the munbent snd the interests
of the Order aa a political parly. They differ from
tha secret political juntas of other parties, (in
some of which Mr. Stephens himaslf has often
held prominent position!-,) only in being better
organised, for the simpU reason that they have
to contend with a concealed foe on the one hand
in the shape of Jesnitioal organizations through
out the land, and with demagogues
and political aspirants cc the other, whose hold
upon the Amerioan people is sotdnacious that no
thing but the most solimn obligations, binding
them to the support ol a great prinoiple, oould
unloose it.
The Bignal failure of the Native American par
ty, whioh originated in Philadelphia in 1842, in
attempting to overoometbe oombination of dema
gogues and foreigners, ianght them a lesson. They
saw that while thousand throughout the land were
with them in sentiment, many sf them could not
break loose from the shackles of party, and others,
particularly the poorer clasees in communities
where foreign influenoi prevailed to a considera
ble extent, were afraid to speak ont. Hence, the
organisation of a secret American party which
oould bind them by stronger obligations than old
party leaders, and enable them to keep secret their
connection with an order, which, ifkoown, might
subject them to be turned out of employment, or
knocked down by the first Irish bully they might
meet. Yes, as much as we boas; of our freedom,
and the right of independent speech and action,
the time has come iu many parti of the country,
where the Priest and the Jesnit ixists, that native
born Americans are afraid to sa,7 any thing against
Catholics or foreigners, nnder tie apprehension of
being injured, either in tneir person or property.
They see existing in their very nidst a seoret ma
lign power, at work for the subversion of the prin
ciples of onr government, andthep know that to at
tack such a foe in open day light, having all their
party plans and purposes exposed, would be as fu
tile as to attempt any other impossible thing.—
They know it would lead to tuibilent outbreaks
of tbe people, if not to midnight essaaeinations in
many places; hence a great necewity has urged
them to do what they have a right to do; and no
politioal aspirant bas any right to call theirmotivee
in question, or compare them tc the Jaoobins of
France, because, forsooth, he did not originate
their order, or has not been initiated into their se
cret counsels.
But what of the Jacobins ? Mr. Stephens has
oertainly overshot himself when he has attempted
to contrast Native Americana with the Jaoobins of
the old world, the very men they are organized
against. For Jacobinism was au o&hoi, of Jeaulb
ism, combining political with socleßiastical intrigue,
and embracing in its hellish folds the Catholic and
tbe Atheißt. We can pass by, as of no great mo
ment, the historical error he commits in saying
they first called themselvee Friend* ofthe Conetitu
tion, when, indeed, their first self-sty led cognomen
was Friendt of the Revolution, But can we paas un
noticed the charge of treachery to onroountryf All
that we lack of being the same men, are the Bame
circumstances, and if we get into power we will do
for Americans what the Jacobins did for France.
Was ever Bnoh an insult offered by any man to
any party in this country! Who were the Jaoo
bins ? According to Mr. Stephens’ historian, they
“ were men, who treated with equal scorn the sen
timents of religion and the feelings of humanity—
who attempted to decree God out of the Universe;
for the first item in the principles of their Order
was, that there is no God.” Another historian
says, that they nnited rare energy with exeoreble
vice, and politioal madness with outrageous cruel
ty. Their prime object was revolution, and
having no virtue or integrity when the revo
lution came, anarchy, tyranny and bloodshed
came with it. These ere the men with whom
the Native Americans are contrasted, although
it ia utterly Impossible for either of tbe class-
es of which the Jacobinß wore composed vis:
Catholics or Atheists, ever to enter their por
tals. We ask Mr. Stephens, in all candor, if hs
believes there are sny Bimilar elements in this
country, out of wbiob to form such an organiza
tion. Do tbe Protestant patriots of the land
affiliate with traitors, murderers, apostate priests
snd Atheists, or are there auy principles at work
by which they can possibly be thus metamor
phosed! Can he compare, for a moment, the
present oondition of Protestant Amerioa with that
of Catholic Franoe, prior to the Reign of Terror I
Upon what then does he base the assertion I Why
is the American party more likely to ruin the
country than any other» For he says “if that
party carries the election, State and Federal, the
oountry will go by the board ; it will go as France
did.” The only response to all this is, they keep
tbeir own srerets, therefore they osnnot be trust
ed. Does Mr. Stephens helieve that France oould
have been rained by a hundred Becret orders if
tbe public virtue had been as elevated as it is in
America ! Ie it possible bo to oontort reason and
common sense to our wishes, as to believe that
the enlightened, the pious, the oonsoionoious and
the patriotic Protestants of Amerios, eould be
prostituted to the dirty Jesuitical work of the
prostituted to tbs dirty Jesnitioal work of the
French Jacobins! Could suoh s work be wrought
without tbe handiwork of Jesuits aud Atheists
who are forever excluded from the Order! In
looking at the patriotic and Christian prineiples
upon which the Native American party is based
and the men of which it is composed, well may we
ask with the poet, in reference to them—
“ Breathes there a man to shame ao dead.
Who sever to himself hath said.
This is my cws my native land <”
We can answer lor a host, that there is no such
man among them, and all are pledged for religion
freedom to every Church, be it Catholic or Protea
tant. The preemption is not against a religions
but a political enemy. The Romish Church being
as much a political party as the Abolitionist are,
far more dangerons because more powerful. We
go for proscribing them as Mr. Stephens does 'he
Abolitionists and the Demoorata, that is by voting
for better man and pushing them out of office.
But Mr. Btephep makes a fall swipe at tha aeoret
organisations of this country. He has no sec re!»
and will nut affiliate with those who have. “Their
hiding pilose and secret covarte are the natural re
sorta of error.” Because the Jacobins helped to
ruin Franoe and the Jaoobins were a secret Order,
therefore all secret Orders are Jaoobins, and will
ruin the oountriee in wbioh they exist This is
hi« argument—the veriest sophistry in the world,
and may be turned with great effect against him.
History ia fall of secret Ordera pud combina
tions which have saved tee lives and liberties
of thousands, and without which each salva
tion oould no. have oome. The first seoret politi
cal movement of which we have any aooount
originated with Moses, sanctioned by God him
self, and was designed to rescue Israel from
Egyptian bondage. Next, we have David with hie
ed he rente hiding from the firoe anger of a tyrant.
By secret organisation* of hie countrymen, feign
ing the simple habits of the shepherh, Alfred the
Great, rescued his country from the domination of
the Danse. And Samuel Adams and others form
ed e secret Gique, habited themselves like Indians,
and on the 6th of March, 1776, struck the tret blow
for American liberty—the very liberty the Know
Nothing monument ia designed to perpetuate.—
We might add that it wes partly by a aeoret order
oalled the oonapirators of St. Andrews, that Scot
land was freed from the curse of Catholicism.—
And even our Sevioua and hia disciples had to be
secret in their movements, for fear of the Jaws,
and more than onoe, out of motives of policy, he
commanded them in reference to oertain things—
“ See thou tell no men.” Bat in none of tbeee
does Mr. Stephens find a vindication for secrecy,
or i parallel for the American movement. It’e Ja
cobinism, and nothing else witk him, becuaee their
meetings ere kept secret from the world. Under
the same ban may be placed the Masons, Odd Fal
lows and Temperance Associations, throughout
tha laud. However much they may have aided
in elevating the pubtio virtue, end inouleating the
pure prineiplae of patriotism and benevolence,
they held their meeting* til “Qm natural reaorta of
•rror,” and Mr. Stephens knows as little of them
as of the others. The same charges have made
against them again and again ; but yet tbe coun
try has not baan ruined by them, but we verily
believe its principles have been strengthened, and
its existence perpetuated by these secret ofders
For they are oomposed of good men and patriots,
and so well convinced ia the old Pope, that he
cannot succeed where they flourish—that he has
more than once issued his bulls against them,
especially the Masons, and forbidden all the true
subjects of tbe Papal crown in every land to h: vo
anything to do with them. This is a singular co
incidence, truly.
But the gentleman is too much of a day-light
man to have auy secrets, and yet he has ofiln par
ticipated in the secret sessions of Congress—a
body hardly more virtuous than any Know Noth
ing counoil in the land—at any rate, we would just
as soon trust our political destinies in the bauds
ofthe National Counoil of K. N’s. as the Congress
of the United States. There would be quito as
many Freesoilers and Disanionists among the lat
ter. By the way, we wonder how Mr. Stepheus
can bring himsolf up to tbe point, to sit in seoret
these freesoilers of Congress afier
he hac washed hie hands so clean of tho Kuow
Nothings, because they have traitore ot this class
among them. And what national party has not !
But the honorable gentleman has no p litical se
crets, and yet he has been known to mingle in
secret party oaucases again and again, aud to hold
secret political juntas with leading men of his par
ty, (not only dating the Cobb dynasty, but before
and since,) for the purpose of manufacturing
its dogmas, guiding its dostinies and dividing its
offices. This was exactly tbe way the Jacobins of
France did their work. They were at Amt a lite
rary club, then a politioal oattouf, and fnally a
secret order of demagogues and political aspirants.
In this they differ essentially from the Native
American party, who want no ambitious dema
gogues among them, and have pnrpoaeiy kept
them ont for fear of their baleful influence. We
leave it to the American people to dacide which is
most likely to prove Jaoobinical, tho secret juntas
of politioal demagogues, or the councils of the
Native Americans, who are seeking to establish
the great principle that “Americans shall rule
America.”
We are disposed, however, to do Mr. Stophens
and his compeers in secrecy more justice than he
has done the Know Nothings. Wo do not accuse
them of Jacobinical tendencies ; altbough their
motives are selfish, yet they have too much patriot
ism to ruin the country if they cou'd, and Mr.
Stephens knows as much of tho Protestant or Na
tive American party, wi ether he says it or not.
He knows that the only Jacobins that are in this
country, or likely to be, are sent out by the propa
ganda of Kome to direct tbe crude elements of
Catholic emigration—the very elements which en
gendered Jacobinism in France, and against which
the seoret thunders of Know Nothingism are di
rected. But in this connection Mr. Stephens aeks,
“Is history of no nse!” We will tell him its uses
in few words. History teaches us that Jacobinism
is an offshoot of Komanism, never of Protestant
ism. That they held tbeir first meetings in s
monastery, and one of their leading men (Chabot)
was a Romish priest. It teaches farther, that the
great and good Lafayette united with them, bnt
finding ont their nefarious designs, be abandoned
them and subsequently declared, “that if ever the
liberties of this country were destroyed it would be
by Romish priests.” History teaches that they
have destroyed the liberties of every country
where they have gained the ascendency, and that
the blood of Protestants from' he Wsidenßes dowu
to the recent Italian Inquisitions, has been made
to flow like water, wherovor they lei! into their
hands. History also tells of a secret order which
infests every country where they can gain admis
sion, existing as an independent monarchy iu the
bosom of other governments float they havo a
General who lives at Rome under tho wing of tbe
Pope, who ie in fact their king ; his word is law,
and they are bound by the most solemn oaths to
do whatever he tells them, end all other oaths ot
allegiance are subordinate to this. They never
rest till they get the reinß of government in their
own hands, if possible. Kings have been assas
sinated by them, snd they have for their nefarions
political interferences been expelled from overy
country in Europe. Even the Pope abolished
tbe order at one time because il brought Ca
thoiocism into disrepute, but il, August 1814
Pope Pius Til issued a bull, restoring them to
their former privileges, and calling upon Catholic
prinoes to afford them protection and encourage
ment. They have several colleges in this country
already, and out of 187 Popish teachers, 102 aro
professed Jesuits. They are bound to make a
monthly report to their General, of all tho religious
and political movements in tbe and to tut in
reference to them just as be says, though it should
be to assassinate the President or any man who
might be in the way of their success. Perjury, to
them, ia no sin, if tbe ebjoct of it be to spread Cath
olicism, or aeqairo political influence in n country.
History teaches all this, ami much more than we
have Bpaoe to mention. No one knows, or possibly
can know tbe extent of their influence in this
oountry. One of them may eat at your table, in
struct your children, and profrss to be a good
Protestant, and you never suspect thorn. Their
great aim now ia to make tbeir mark in America.
The Pope holds his powor in Europe by a leeblo
tenure, aDd ia doubtlos3 looking to tha time when
enough of hie foreign vassals will be transported to
thU country to carry its elections. They alrc dy
hold tbe kalanoe of power, and God on y knows
how long, nnder tho present naturalization law» |
ere they shall be in the ascendant; and then, faro
well to liberty of Bpeech and relgious toleration I
Already this old serpent is winding himself with
deadly ooil about the pillars of the government,
and if not arrested, the genius of America will he
throttled in the oradle of liberty, tbe glaring eye of
inquisitorial torture be seen, and tho hiss of Popish
contempt for Proteßtant freedom be hoard ;□ the
last citadel of our strength,
These are the men with whom Mr. Stephens
now proposes to affiliate, and to fi-ht side by Bide
against Native Americans, and whom ho places
ahead of all other denominations in this country,
for their love of its institutions and adherence to
the Constitution. Prohpudor ! Mr. Stephens, “is
history of no use !” Hear nim: “But I think, of
all the Christian denominations in tho United
States, tha Catholics are tbe last that Southern
people ahouid join iu attempting to put under the
ban of civil proscription.” To reverse tho sent
ence, bat not to change tbe sense, the gentleman
thinks that if the Know Nothings should havo or
ganized against the Methodist Episoopal Church
South, or Southern Baplist Churoh, it would be
more tolerable, and better to bis liking than it is;
and se of the Presbyterian, Episcopalian, aud other
ohurehes in the United States, who have never
separated. This is mauling Protestantism with a
vengeance; and in away not likely to be forgotten
by those denominations who have already sacri
ficed so much for the institution of slavery.
We are not surprised at the terrible array of
Northern aggressions made by the honorable gen
tleman just at this juncture. We can easily pene
t-ate the thin veil which hides the purpose from
the public gaze. The object is to denationalize
the party, to bo magnify a sectional question, as to
lead the minds of the people from the great na
tional object they have in view. The Know Noth
ings, according to Mr. Stephens, must answer for
all the sins of abolitionism, although tha State
Conncil of New York has recently expelled a mem
ber for having made an anti-slavery speech, (a
bolder and nobler act than has ever been achieved
by any political party of the country,)—and al
tbough the Know Nothing Governor of Massachu-
setts has retained Judge Loring in office despite
the fanatioiam of the Legislature, and a salute of
thirty one gqna have been fired on Boston Com
mon in honor of the deed—and notwithstanding
several leading abolition prints at Boston and oth
er places, have changed their colors and become
nationalised nnder Know Nothing influences, and
Drs. Lord and Adams, twp of the famous three
thousand, have acknowledged their error and
written pro-slavery books. We would appeal to
the common sense of the gentleman to know what
better plan could be originated to kill off aboli
tionism than tha formation of a great national
brotherhood, engaged in fighting a common ene
my, and pledged to the faithful support of thi
Constitution and the Union. For curselves, we
feel assured that it is the last hope of the country;
that if the American patty is deieated, their ranks
broken down, apd their hosts scattered, no power
o! man oan save this Union. Let the foreign ele
ment get complete ascendancy at the North, and
slavery will not only ne kept out of the territories,
to make roam for foreign serfs and paupers,
but tha time will oome, ere long, whan onr own
slaves will be considered very much in their way,
and the cry will be heard ringing through these
Southern lands, “Freemen for your homes and
your firesides i”
Where did the slavery agitation first begin?—
Who were the first abolitionists of New England!
Were they natives or foreigners ! The first and
most prominent abolition lecturers who went u p
and down the Northern States, preaching a cru
sade against the rights of the South, were foreign
ers, each ee Thompson, the ex Parliament man,
Garrison, and .Fanny Wright. And yet the whole
onus is thrown nponthe Natives, in this specious
letter, as though everybody hsd forgotten the his
tory of the times. It is well known that there is a
deadly antagonism between the foreign and slave
interests in this conntry. The great bulk of immi.
grants have to settle in the free State*, because
they cannot compete with slave labor at the Scnth.
Os course the territories will be crowded with them,
and any man with two ideas in his head, knows
that their votes will be against ns ; and yet Mr
Stephens is for flaoouraging this population to
oome to onr country, and tries to make it appear
that foreigners end Catholics do not interfere with
the slavery question. It is singular enough that
the very reason why Mr. S. dislikes the Know
Nothings, via: that they persecute foreigners—
-1 I Horace Greely, who is much better versed in their
i I politics, naee against them at the North, but with
( • different inference, because by repelling
foreign imigration, the territories will be sold to
the South for the lack of this population.
Mr. Stephens states that of the 8000 olergymen
who petitioned Congress on the Kansas and Ne
braska bills, not a single one was a Catholio;
henoe they are the friends of the South—wonder
ful indeed 1 Need we inform Mr. St or our read
ers, that while Catholic priests would have con
sidered it air indignity to recognise these petition
ers as Christian ministers, by an affiliation or this
kind, had they been asked to sign it, the petition
ers could not consistently, with their own self
respect, as protestent ministers, have recognized
such an affiliation. The absenoe of the signatures
then weighs nothing in this defence. The time is
not come for Catholic interference in this matter.
Whenever it does oome, it will be s unit. All
over the length and breadth of this land, at the
nod of an inquisitor journal, the vote will one day
be cast, and it will be against the South, If for no
better reason than to make room for their pauper
emigration. We are now speaking in refereuc®
to foreign Catholios, especially those who belong
to the order of J esuits, or are controlled by them.
* ready it is well known in certain quarters, that
e foreign Catholie vote may be secured by a oan
• *°, F . the Preß ‘dency by promising certain
. *“ his * iJt ' Has Mr - Stephens never heard
a Catholio came to be appointed a Cabinet
o cer Has he never learned by what Jesuitical
influences the foreigners under the present admin
-ISI ration havo acquired a power and influence with
the government, such as to make native Ameri
cans tremble for the safety of the Republic! Can
he tell how, in the different departments of the
central government, there are«l4 foreigners hold
ing offices against 510 natives! While among the
Foreign Ministers, Consuls, Revenue Bervioe Of
ficers, *o., there are but 764 Amerioans for 1,484
foreigners. While the Custom House Officers in
tbe different ports, show only 216 Americans
against 1,887 foreigners. We oannot vouch for
these statistics, but presume they are correot, as
they have not been contradioted. If the walls of
sn old Conventicle in New York City could speak,
they would tell how the bargain was made and
the victory aohieved. And will Mr. Stepheus
lend tho charm of hie potent name ana the
forco ot his great intellect to each corrupt com
binations as are at work to put down the Pro
testant power in this oountry, aud elevate in its
steed Papal authority, whose triumphal car iu
every land has been tracked by the blood of inno
cent victims. Will Mr. Stephens be found at the
next election side by side with Bishop Hnghes and
his motley crow, who are seeking a religious as
cendency in this country, only that they may grasp
the reins of government- And does he really be
lieve that this clan is better to be trusted than
Protestants and Native Amerioans—then we can
not sustain him, although we have long been his
admirers and supporters, nor can the American
party sustain him, if true to what they deem the
best interests of their country.
But lot us have the use of history a little more in
reference to Mr. Stephana’ beau ideal of an Ameri
can Churoh. The two leading prinoiples of the
Romish Church are Infallibility and Catholioity—
tho same always—the same everywhere, and
though we have not the space, yet we have tho
data to prove, that dogmas once issued by the Pope
are n ivor changed, and that all are required to be
lieve them in every land. Their ablest apologist,
Chari s Butler, tauntingly affirms, “it is most true
that Roman Catholics believe the doctrines of their
church to be nncheugeable; and it ia a tenet of
their creed, that what their faith ever has been, such
it new is, and such it ever will be. Now by the side
of this lei us place the bull of Gregory IX, which,
like overy other Papal bull, is binding upon the
conscience of Roman Catholics throughout the
world.
“ There is only one name in the world, the Pope!
He only can bestow the investitnre of Kings—all
Princes ought to kiss his feet. No one can judge
him; —his single election makes him a saint; —he
has nnver erred; —he never will err. He can de
pose Kings and absolve subjects from their alle
giance."
In a piece with this, read an extract from tbe
oath, taken by every Roman Catholio Bißhop id
this country.
“I will be faithful and obedient to our Lord, the
Lo d and Pope Pius IX, and to his successors. I
will observe, with all my might, and canse to be
observed by others, his spostolioal mandates.—
Heretics, schismatics and rebels, to our said Lord, or
his forosaid successors, I will, to my ntmoßt, perse
cute and beat down ; aud I will humbly receive and
diligsutly execute the apostolic commands. Bo
help mo God 1 and these holy gospels of Go .”
This is a part of the oath taken by the spiritual
leaders of the Citholics of this country, and all
kuow what power the eonfetsional has over
the ignorant hordeß of foreigners orowding to
our snores, who, under pain of eternal damna
tion can be made to vote or act just as the Priest
ordains: And yet, this is tho enuroh, and these
aro the men better to be trusted than any other
re ligions denomination in the United Btateß.
Heaven forefend the time when men entertaining
such opinions shall be the rulers of tbe land.
Bnt admitting alt this to be true, as every man
versed in ecclesiastical history is forced to do,
where is the danger—why sound the tocsin until
we see more immediate cause of alarm ? To th\B
wo reply, that by reference to the last United
States census reports of the births and deaths in
this country, and contrasting the n With the influx
of foreigners, there iB a greater increase of foreign
than native vo«sa added kmmaliy to the elevtors
of the land. The statistics show that for every 18
natives added to the population of this oountry wo
have 20 foreigners, and'nearly all of them Catho
lios. Thiß statement presents a much more alarm
ing aspect, when we take into the aeoount tnat of
uatives thus born, it tubes gi years for them to be
come citizons, while the groat bulk of foreigners
who oome to thiß country are not only males but
of age, and admitted in a short period of time to
the elective franchise.
The rne origin of the Amerioan party was not
in Massachusetts, the land of iemt, as Mr. Stephens
would feign make na believe, but a little nearer
home, and witn a people who have shown onr
institutions a little more respeot than that onoe
uoblo State has rocontly done. If, howovor, it
should so tarn oat that it first saw the light in
Boston, our only reply is—so did that American
parly which organised in March 1778, against
British and Foreign misrnle; and which, under
tbe guise of Indians, demolished the tea in Boston
harbor, and spreading clandestinely through the
infant colonies finally sounded the alarm, emerged
from tbeir hiding places and achieved for America
that liberty which wo now enjoy. And while we
aro as much opposed to the isme of the North as
Mr. Stephens or any other man, we doubt much
the policy of such sectional harangues and violent
appeals to the passions of tho people, as iB contain
ed in this letter, arraying one portion of the oonn
try against another, anti engendering hate whioh
must result in disruption.
. In the oiose of his letter, Mr.j(tephenssingularly
enough makos an appeal to the Whigs of the Yth
and 8-h districts so wheel once more into line, al
though it is addressed to a single individual, with
doubt aa to its reaching the public ear. Does Mr.
Stephens claim to belong to tbe National Whig
party ! If so, his taunts against the Know Noth
ings loose all their force. For ourselves w?
no party appeals to make, for persoually we have
no claims on the voters of the State, having never
held nor aspired to office. We oome fresh from
the people to make an humble offering at the
shrine ot liberty; and ere onr oenaor shall be
quite ezbausted, we would call upon the patriots
and Christians who wish to perpetuate their free
dom lo the latest posterity, to come to tha rescue.
We call upon the children of tho Furltaus of the
North and the Huganc.ta of the Boutb tiy the ro
memborance cf the fires of Smitbfleld and the
bloody St. Bartholemesw, to lay down for onoe, all
sectional difficulties, (heeding not the cry of
demagogues,) and rally to tifo Constitution and
the Union. If indeed a ‘'sense of danger has
struck the great heart of the Amerioan people”
wo are safe, but if we listen to the lullaby of po
litical aspirants and sleep unconscious of tbe
danger surrounding us, the time will oome when
the apostrophe of the poet who sung of Greece
shall be true of America.
“ Clime of His nus rgotten brave I
Wnra - land from ptam lo mountain came
Was freedom's home or glory’s grave I
Shrine of the mighty 1 can it be,
That this it ail remains of thee!”
Sj-abta, May : 9th, 1855. Mala noth on. m
Opposition to Know Nothings In Warren.
At a preliminary meeting, held in the town of
W arrenton, on the 24th inst., it was
Resolved., That all those opposed to that secret
order, sailed Know Nothings, in this connty, be
reqnested to meet in the town of Warrenton, on
the see nd Tuesday in June noat, for the purpose
of holding a meeting of ad the citizens in this
county, opposed to said organization, without dis
tinction of party. M. H. W edlbobm, Chrn’n.
Andrew Jackson, Secretary.
Manumission r,y Surras— Sodden Death or their
Master, <V c .— Over a year sinoe Mr. Elijah Willis,
of Williston, Barnwell District, South Carolina,
came to this city and executed in the office of
JolliS'e A Oitcbell a will, bequeathing to bis wife
and her heirs and assignees all his property, real
and personal, to the value of (160,000, consisting
of two plantations well stocked, and from forty to
fifty negroes. His wife, Mary Amy Turner, and
children, six in nnmber, are mulattoes, and were
held by Willis as slaves. Mr. Willis agreed with
Messrs. A. H. Ernst, Edward Harwood, and John
Joliffe, whom he m -do his executors, that they
should be manumitted, and that the executors
might dispose of the remainder of his slaves at his
death as they deemed best. Mr. Hfiliis returned
to his plantation. Yesterday morning be arrived
from the South on the Jacob Btrader with his wife,
her mother, and the six children. After securing
a hack to convey the family up to the Dumas
House, Mr. Willis with a daughter held by each
hand approached the carriage, and was in the act
ot stepping in wb*c he was seized with a palpita
tion of the heart, tj which be was subject, and
falling backwards, expired in about 4ve minutes.
Coroner Menxies held an inquest over the body,
ar.d the jury returned a verdict in accordance
with the above facta.
Mr. WillU waa about 60 years of age, a very
respectable old gentleman, and has been merried
to Mary Amy about thirteen years, and always
manifested towards hsr and the children a warm
affection. He has been in bad health several years,
and his relatives, who reside in the Barnwell die
trict, have frequently importuned him to give np
bis business and travel with his family. He left
home about four weeks ago, not, as they supposed
to make said trip, hot to come to this State, free
his family from slavery, and provide them with
comfortable housee on free toil. Having done
this, it was his intention to retnrn to South Caro
lina, settlo up his affairs, and live the remainder
of bis life free from all care and anxiety. Bad
health for several years was an additional induce
ment for him to punne thia coarse.— Oineinnati
Gazette, May 22.
Thx Dominican Troches.—A letter from Bt.
Domingo to the New York San, bearing date April
2Tht, says that British and Frenoh ehipa of war,
which were befora that city, left as goon as the
conspirators, who had been pro tooted by the B it
isb consul, obtained their passports, thus showing
that their presence waa only to overawe the Do
minican government in the matter of the refugee
conspirators. A rumor prevailed to the effect that
when the ships left they soiled to take possesion
of the Bay of Bamsna, and so prevent it falling Into
the hands of the United states. Every thing, ac
cording to the correspondent of the Bun, goes to
show tnatthe conspiracy which wssdisoovered and
crushe I was stimulated and enconraged by the
British and Frenoh, who are opposed to the pre
sent Dominican rnler, Bantana, on account of his
favoring the Udited Statea. In order to prevent
annexation, they desire to see him outside, and
the exiled rebel, Baez, installed in his place. This
was the object of the conspirators, and hence,
when the p'ot was di»ooveiad,a few of the partici
pants fled to the house of the British aonsul for
pioteotios.
VOL. LXIX.-NEW SERIES VOL. XIX.—NO. 22.
Interesting from Japan.
Terrible Earthquake in Siphon—Particulars of the
lots of the Russian frigate Diana.
We have already had intelligence of the great
earthquake whioh occurred in the Island ot Ni
pbon on the 28d of December, whereby the towns
of Ghoeaca and Simoda were destroyed, and Jeddo
mnoh injured, and the Russian frigate Diana lost.
We find in tho Courier da Havre the following de
tails of the latter event:
As we have already informed our readers, an
earthquake of the most violent kind has taken
plaoe at Japan, and among other misfortunes has
occasioned the loss ofthe Russian frigate Diana.—
The American steamer Powhataa, which was in
the Bame vicinity, and which saved many of the
ship wreoked mariners, has prepared sn account of
its voyage from J’pan to Shanghai, to which the
Novelist, of Maraeillies has borrowed some details
on the shipwreck of this Russian vessel.
The frigate which was lost in the midst of this
shocking catastrophe had on board the Vice Ad
miral Futiatan, engaged at the time in completing
tho treaty betweou Russia aud Japan. She was al
anchor in the port of Simoda. From tho moment
of the first Bhock of eatthquake tho sea exhibited
each a movement of eddying and whirling, that in
less than thirty minutes the ship pirouetted round
herself more than forty times, snapping and twist
ing all the chains bolding her. Tho motion was
so rapid that no one on board oould keep bis legs
and all wero soizod with virtigo. Whou ihe sea
retired, the frigate, whioh drew twenty-ouo feet
of water, was left in eight feot water only. On its
return the sea rose to the height of five fathoms
above its ordinary level, and in again retiring it
left the irigate iu less than lour feet of wator, ao
that tho anchor stocks wore visible. The agitation
of the bottom of the sea was so great at tho time,
that tho Diana, though, in four foot water, was
borne to a great distance. Tho offioora believed
that the port was about to become tho mouth of a
submarine volcano ready to engnlf them.
When the trigate next found herself afloat it
was perceived that she was filling, nud that tho
keel and the rudder had been torn away, and were
floating alongside. By passing sails under the
ship they succeeded in Keeping her afloat, and on
the next day, tho saa having become culm, they
brought tho Irigate into deeper water. Some
shocks wero again felt, but they wore not attended
by any serious consequences.
Alter having repaired damages as well as they
oould, and constructed a temporary rudder, the
woathor being fine again, they attempted to bring
the frigate into a bay less exposed, and where they
might more easily complete repairs. But when
they wore at a distance of seven miles frornßi
moda, a tempest blew up. The Japanese boats, to
the number of over a hundred, which wero tow
ing the Diaua, abandoned her, alter having, how
ever, taken iu all hor cflieofs and orew; and short
ly after the ship woe swallowod np in tho sea.
It must be romarked, soys the Novelist, that
the Diaua, whiuh was pursuing tho Napoleon 111.,
was perfectly disposed to disregard tho neutrality
ot the port whore tho latter ship was lying, uud to
capture her even iu those neutral waters if she
could. The French vosaol, however, thanks to tho
rapid mamauvres of her captain, Lopez, had set
sail and departed from Bimoda twelve hours before
the arrival of the Russian ship. The city of Bi
moda has been so overthrown, that hardly a traco
of its streets is distinguishable.
The following is from an officer on board tho
Powhatan, dated
“Powhattan, March 2, 1855, I
Off the mouth ot the Yang taze-kiang. )
“We sailed from Simoda a woek ago last Tours
day, expoctiui; a run of about Uvd days to Shang
hai, but wo had scarcely got out of the harbor be
fore we encountered a hoavy gale of wind, which
required a large expenditure of coul to enable us
to breast it, without making any headway ; but,
on thecoutrary, rather losiug ground. This had
scarcely subsided when we had another galo more
severe than the first, which lasted much longer,
and after that subsided, wo had Btfll snothor di
rectly in cur teeth, which seemed to combine in
itself the severity of both the previous ones. 1
never before have experienced unylhingtooom
pare with it at sea. Being short of coal, tho Bhip
could not be plu :ed in the most favorable position
for weathering tho gules, as the captain thought it
nooessary that he should forco her uguinst it all ho
could, so that he might make his fuel last to got
the ship into port when the gale abated. By the
greatesi good luck, wo have managed to avoid tho
necessity of taking off our paddles, aud beating up
under sail.
“The exchange of the ratifications of tho treaty
between the Uuited States aud Japan wus
made on the 21st day of February, and tho sailed
on the22d.
“The Island of Niphon, in which Simoda is sit
uated, wus visited, on the 28d December, by u
severe earthquake, whioh was most disastrous in
its effects. The city ot Ohosaca, one of the largest
in the empire, was completely laid waste. Jeddo
itself suffered considerably, but has since suffored
more seriously from the effects of an extensive
conflagration. The town of Simoda, on our arri
val, presented a complete sence of desolation and
min. After tho shock of the earthquake, tho Boa
commeneed bubbling up as il were, along the shore
and then receded with great rapidity, und as soou
returned with such increased volume os to fl.od
tho whole towu to the depth of six or soveu fool
swooping away houßos, bridges, and temples, and
piling them up in a mass of ruin.
“Five times during tho day did tho sea ad venue
and recede in this mauuor, spreading desolation
far and wido. The largost junks in this harbor
were driven from ouetotwo miles above high wa
ter mark whore we saw them lying high and dry.
About 200 of the poor inhabilunla lobl their livos
by the overflow, the remainder saving themsolvos
by fleeing to tho mountains with which tho town,
is surrounded.
“Tho Russian frigate Diana, having Vico Admi
ral Poutiatiuo on board, was lining ip tho harbor
at the time, engaged in finishing up the treaty they
had rnad.o with the Japanese. Immediately alter
the shock was felt, the water in the harbor be
came convulsed to scull a. -.lacraM In ' mW>W TO|S
whirlpools, that in the space of tlurtytifhutes she
swung entirely rqund forty three tim -B, twisting
her chains np into knots ; so rapid was the motion
that tho people on board contd not keep their feot,
and all wero mado giddy. When tho sea receded,
it left tbe frigete iu eight feet water on her aide,
when her usual draft was over twenty oue fool.
On its return, it is stated, the wulcr roso five fath
oms above its ordiuery level.
“Oa Ru again receding, four feet only of wator
remained, ao that they saw the slocks of their uu
chor above the wator. 7he heaving of tho bottom
of the bay was then so violent that the frigate—
although, as I said, in only four feet of water—
was moved bodily pa - t hor anchor. Tho officers
momentarily expected that the bay would become
the oulot of the subterranean fires, and that they
would be ongulphcd in it. When the frigate again
floated they saw hor kool and rudder, which had
been wronchod off, floating alongside, and the ship
filling with wator. By getting sails under hor they
managed to koop hor afioat, und the next day,
things having got quiot once more, they huuld hor
off into deeper water. Occasional shocks ot earth
quake still continued to be felt, but none wero at
tended with serious cousequonoos.
After repairing damages us well as th/ y could,
and having rigged a temporary ruddor, ami tho
weather beoomiDg fine, they attempted to lake the
ships round to auother bay, where she would bo
less exposed, and they could complelote ropairs,
Bimodn being badly adapted for such a purpose;)
int, when within seven miles of their harbor, a
gale sprang up, the hundred Japanese bouts that
were towing thorn abandoned them, (not, how
ever till they had got out qil the officers and orew,)
and shortly after the gallant ship sunk iu deep
water, tha officers and men saving only the clothes
tfiey stood in. Notwithstanding all their misfor
tunes, and the dangers through whioh tboy had
passed, they only tost one man, Bnd he was acci
dentally killed by being jammed by one of the
guns which had been adrift.
guns wmen naa ueen aurirt.
From \h* Correspondence of the London News.
CUaa.
Boh# Kon*. March 15.
The events of tho month o apsed since the dato
of the departure of the last mail steamer are more
marked by stirring events than for many months
previously.
On tbe 12th inst. Sir John Bowring took bis de
Sarture on a diplomatic visit lo Siam, in hor
lajesty’s steamer Battler, accompanied by tho
sloop ol war Greeian. It is said that his excoliency
will go to Singapore from Siam, and return to this
port by one of ths Peninsular and Oriental Com
pany’s steamers, the Rattler sailing for England.
In China there is generally a strong feeling against
Sir J. Bowring—all classes express disappointment
and hostility to the measure of the literary diplo
matist, and desire bis recall. Indeod, the busy
tongue of rumor asserts that Sir John's recal is in
his pocket, and that he will proceed from Siam to
Singapore, and from tbe latter place to Europe.
Otsuch elements are the commnnity here oom
posed, that there is probably no man In England,
however popular, that wonld provo a favorite iu
China with the mercantile community, unless he
was disposed to bo led by the commercial udvant
ages ol those resident in Chins, to the prejudice of
any and every other interest. Every plenipoten
tiary from Elliot to Bowring, has split upon tho
same rock, and even an angel would tail to please
or realise tbe unreasonable expectations of every
elass of the foreign residents.
Affairs at Canton look more settled; for the
time, at all events, the rebels hava been driven
away Irom the city. The blockade has been put
a stop to; and by a combined movement ol the
imperial soldiers snd the people, Canton and the
forts in its neighborhood havebeen freed from the
terror spreading horrors of the insurgents. On
the 6th met. the rebels at Blonheim Reach were
taken by surprise, fled precipitately in boats down
the river, and for the most part escaped, the im
perialists befog but too well pleased to regain
possession of the city.
The other strongholds of insurgents also
fell into the hands of th.« imperialists, who are
reported to have effected their object by buying
up the ringleaders. Tha imperialists have made
a shocking use of their triumph. Tbe place ot
execution has been a vast carnage field, where
hundreds have daily been put to death, iu tbe hope
ot striking terror into the minds of the popula
tion.
P t Shanghai,also,the imperialists hove succeeded
Id recapturing the city, followed by frightful atro
cities in revenge for opposing tbe imperial role.
Beyond tbe mere fact, ol tbe capture of tbe city,
little more is known with certainty, the accounts
being very conflicting. All accounts agree in rep
resenting tbe fool atrocities committed by tbe
Mandarins. Nearly five hundred prisoners have
been pot to death, and some were tortured in the
moat frightful manner before being pnt ontof the
way. Borne of tbe rebel chiefs have succeeded in
eeciping, but by far the greater number of tbe
ring-leaders have found themselves in tbe bands
of their unrelenting onemies.
Reduction ci Hoose bents in New Yobx.— ln
these times of high prices, it is refreshing to meet
with indications of a reduction in prices, in what
soever it may be. House rents in New York city,
tbe papers inform us, have decidedly a downward
tendency. Dwellings that iast year could not be
had for lesa than five hnnured dollars, can now be
rented for four hundred, and many at a still greater
reduction, and it is esti nated that tbe number of
booses end parts of houses to let is between two
and three tnonsaud, while many say it exceeds
that.
Dismiss nr Randolph County, Alabama. —The
Advertiser it Gazette of this morning contains a
letter from citizens of Randolph county to Guv.
Winston, which with simple pathos seta forth that
many of their neighbors are actually lUirviny. It
is needless to add one word to this statement, we
know, in order to awake in the people of our
community the deepest sympathy ; and the most
efficient relief will, we believe, soon follow. Our
oontemporary suggests that a town meeting be
held to deviae the ways and meana of helping
these unfortunates. We cordially second the
proposition, and hope it may be done without de-
Rlxten Homdxed Tons- —The President of the
Montgomery and We»t Point Railroad Company,
we understand, has purchased eleven hundred tons
of an excellent T non; three hundred of which
will be laid almost immediately, and the balance
sometime dnring next fall. The aggregate will
lay about 14 milee, and the smaller quantity will
enable the company to replace the defective flat
rails with bars which though old are not injured.
It is the intention of the company to make addi
tional pnrohasas and oontinue the work of lelay
ing as rapidly aa possible,— Montgomery MaU.
fcarly liiaiory of Georgia.
' Bust betwwee Gen . Lachlan Mclnti s 1 and Non. But
ton Gwinnett, from original documents neve* be
fore published.
A correspondent of the Charleston Morcury is
1 Mr. {Sabine’s Notes on Duels and Duel
ling. Many of his previous papers have been very
interesting. The last ono is an interesting narra
tive of tho ailair of honor betwoon Don. Lachlan
Mclntosh, of Revolutionary memory, audthe lion.
Dutton Gwinnett, member of Congress from Geor
gia, drawn Iroin documents never befire publish
ed. The following is Mr. Sabine’s notice of the
transaction, which called out tho commont:*:
Gwinnett, Buiton, and Lachlan Mclntosh. —
In 1777. Gwinnett, a mem be rot Congress, aad u
signer of the declaration of indepondoi ce, his an
tagonist an officer in tho army of the Revolution.—
They mot with pistols at twelve f3ot. Bjth
wounded—Gwinnett mortally. The causo, person
al enmity aud rivalry. They wero competitors for
the office of Brigadier General. Mciutoah was
successful. Subsequently Gwinnett fuilod to bo
elected Govornor cl Georgia, at which Mclntosh
exulted, and indulged in remarks which produced
a challenge.
Lachlan Mclntosh’s services, says tho Mercury’s
correspondent, aro well known. Gwinnett was u
man of a ility, but un viauvais sujet , violent and
exacting. Ho was a signer of the Declaration, and
afterwards Governor oi Goorgia, and it was subso
queutly, when defeated in an attempt to fill tho
guberi atorial chair a second time, that Mr. Mc-
Intosh gave the provocation to the duel. Tho
parties fought near Savannah, at twolvo feet—not
paces, as Mr. White states in his statistics of
Georgia. But all that nood bo said furthor is hap
pily to be furnished from original documents now
beiore me, which havo never boon publiaoeu.
The writer proceeds to give a letter to Col. Lau
rens from Gen. Mclntosh himsolh It is dalod
“Savannah in Georgia. 80lh May, 1777.” In it is
the following paragraph :
Ever siuoo Mr. Gwinnott was disappointed iu
tho Brigadier General’s Commission, himself and
party seemed to loose sight of overy thing else,
than [except] to render the ailny obnoxious, aud
o.eate the utmost confusion and disordwr iu it;
whsrofU they med tho ntmo3t art, invention and
industry, on every occasion ; aud when they found
themselves every way disappoint* d, by my cir
cumspection aud caution, they fell to personal
abuse, slanderous and false insinuations and as
sertions, to my prejudice; knowing my declared
aversion, from principle, to private quurrols and
duelling, until, at length, my best friends wero
astonished at my forbearauce; aud my enemies
construed [it] into a meauing, [i. e. cowardice,]
wnioh made them prompt the uiuortunato uiun to
his own destruction, though it wus inteuded to
bring me into this dilemma : If I refused the ohal.
ienge, on any pretence, they would imme lately
ory out, ‘how unworthy he is to hold his commis
sion I”—although 1 have, on all occasions, exposed
myself more than any soldier under my oommaud,
indofonco of thoßtato, which that vory junto oen
acknowledged! And, if I aocoptod it aud tell,
they would got rid of ono who, ut all times, ex
posed publicly their designs against tho freedom,
peace and ordor of tho Btate; or, havo uu oppor
tunity of pitiguoing me if that Bhould bo the i'ato
of my antagonist.
This letter onclosod the two certificates. TUq
first is from Col. Habersham, and is as follows ;
“Joseph Haborsham, Ac., saith: That on Thurs
day night, the 15ih Muy lust, General Mclntosh
showed tho deponent a written challenge, signed
Button Gwinnett, wherein tho General was charg
ed with calling Mr. G. a scoundrel iu public con
vention, and required to give satisfaction for it as
a gentleman, boioro sunrise noxt morning, iu Sir
James Wright’s pasture, behind Col. Murtin’s
house. To which tho General sent an answer to
Mr. G. that he would assuredly n eet him at tho
time and place appointed, with a pair of pistols
only, as agreed upon by Mr. G. a second, who
brought the challenge.
Tho Gonorul and his second waited about fifteen
minutOß on tho ground the next morning boioro
Mr. G. with hiß secoud, appeared, aud when they
•came up, politely saluted each other on both sides.
The General thou drew his pistol to show [that]
he was loaded only with single balls, but avoided
eutoriug into auy other conversation than tho bu
siness on hand, &c. The rest as the other affi
davit.”
The otl er affidavit is defective—but only in tho
more formula of tho legul introduction. It begins
abruptly—no person being named—nnd is, to
doubt tho statement of Gwinnett’s second.
” and naith, that luto on tho uvonint; of
Thursday, tho 15th May, instant, a writtou
longo waa brought to Gun. Mclntosh, sig,noii But
ton Gwinnett; wherein the Bald Button Gwinnett
charged the General with calling him a scoundrel
in public convention, and doairod ho would give
satisfaction lor it aH a gentleman, before sunrise
next morning, in Bir Jatnoa Wright’s puHturo. be
hind Col. Martin’s house; to a hioh the General
humorously Bent in answer to Mr. G.—-—-that
tne hour was rather oarlior than is usual, but [that
bej would assuredly meet him precisely ai tho
time and place appointed, with u pair of pistols,
only, as agreed upon with Mr. Gwinnett’s h corn!.,
who brought tho ohallongo.
“ Early the next morning, Mr. G and hrn
second found the General witli hiß Hocoud waiting
on the grouud, and after politely saluting each oth
er, tho General drew hiu pistols to show ho wa»
loaded only with tsingle balls, but avoided enter
ing into any other convocation than the businoflu
on hand. It was then proposed and agreed to,
that thoy should go a little lower down the hill, as
a number of spectators appeared, and when tho
ground was chosen, the seconds asked the distance.
Mr. G replied “Whatever distance tho
General pleases n The General said ho believed
eight, nine or ten feet would bo sufficient, and
three stops were immediately measured, to which
the General’s second desired [that j another stoD
might be added.
At 1 ' v, Khak^Tw-.
GonO.al T*n.■>.,» <, “by . .**. Us Pfl©
what we are about.” And imh. y each -it
his stand, and agroed to fire as thsy ooul'i "• ana
both pistols went off ncarlyat tho same t’., n o when
Mr. Gwinnett fell, (being shot a littl'a above the
knee,) and said his thigh was broken Tho Gene
ral, who was also shot ihrou- u t ' h(l sh ,"7
thigh, stood still in and not thinking hia
antagonist was worse bounded than himself—as
ho alterwardß declined—asked if he had enough,
or was for another ahot; to which allobjjctod, and
the seconds declared thoy [had] behaved like gen
tlemen 01 honor, led the General up to Mr. Gwin
nett, and they both shook hands. And further
this deponent saith not.
Geo. Wells.”
PERTiFrro Bodies.—The Modical Gazotto for
May contains tho following curious account of tho
poitifaction of human bodies:
“In the old Cathedral Church of the Bermon ia a
vault, theatruostphero of which pecu
liar property of preserving from decay all bodies
that may be placed there n. Visitors are shown
eight human bodies, besides a number of cats,
dogs, monkeys, birds, <ftc., all of which, by more
expofluro to tho atmostphere. have become dried
aud free from all offensive effluvia; resembling in
appearance, course parchment. The body nearest
tho door is that of an English Major, s id to have
lain here one hundred and eighteen years.
The second that ot a German student who lost
his life in 0 duel. The hard, dry flesh still shows
the subre wounds on his throat and arm. His
body has boon here one hundred and sevouty
yearn. The third is that of a Swedish Countess,
whose body has. remained free from tho lot of
co union mortals for ono hundred and forty years.
Tho fourth that of a Swedish General, who waft
killed in the “Thirty Years’ Wur,” and whose
throat still exhibits the murk of u wound of which
he died. The fifth is that of his aid do camp, who
lost his life at the same timo by a cannon ball
striking him in the side. The destruction of tho
parts plainly visible. Tho sixth body is that ot a
workman who fell from the steeple of’the church
when near is completion, four hundred years ago.
and broke bis neck. Owing to this a Qidoat, tho
peculiar properties of this vault became known, for
the body of tho decousod workman was laid In this
vault for a few days, and having evinced no signs
of decomposition, the singularity of the fact in
duced the authorities to permit it to remain, and
hero it has remained daring all that time. Tho
seventh is the body of an English lady, who died
ono hundred and thirty years since of a cancer oa
the lower jaw; Inc ravuges of the disease are still
percoptible in tho ulcerated ieHh. The eighth is tho
body of a working man, who has lein here for six
ty years. In a marble sarcophagus, standing in
the middle of tho vault, are said to repose the mor
tal remains of the Swedish Chancellor, Van En
glebreohten; but they are not permitted to bo ex
posed to public view, on account of some still sur-»
viving relatives of tho family.
Eatjjication of Mk. Ftkphxn’t Lett kb.—On the
evening of the 17th of Muy, a respectable portion
of the citizens of McDonough, irrespective of par
ty, met in the Court House, to ratify iho Letter o f
the lion. A. H. Stephens, containing an exposition
of hie views on Know Nothingism.—The meetirg
wbh organized by calling Dr. L. N. Tye to t .1©
Chair, and requesting Jus. M. 11-mbrick to act aa
Secretary. On motion. Col. li. M„. Brell explaiced
the object of the meeting, afte; which, the follow
ing lesolntions, introductod oy E. W. Deck Esq.,
wero read and adopted:
Whereas, we have read with pleasure, the pub
lished letter from Qur able elate man, and patriotic,
fellow citiz9n f Hon. Alexander U. Stephens, sot
ting forth n'm views on the new, oath-bound, polit
lcal which has been thrust into our
POiltics, and has thrown our country into the pro
bent intense and dangerous excitement.
Be it therefore,
lietolved, That wo endorse and approve the sen
timents contained in said letter; believing, as we
do, that they are sound, consistent, and patroitio
doctrines, in accordance with the spirit and prin
ciples of our free government.
Unsolved, That tne bold and manly stand, taken
by its author, in opposition to the opinions of many
strong political friends, tends to strengthen our
confidence in his patriotism as a statesman, and
his integrity as a private citizen.
/C&olved, That in the present crisis of the politi
cal affairs of our country, both North and South,
wo should regard the retirement of Hon. Alexander
H. Stephens, from the councils of the nation, aa
unfortunate in the extreme. We therefore recom
mend to the voters of the Bth District, his reuomi
nation and election.
Jiesolved, We are prepared to throw aside old
party obligations and party tios, arid unite in ona
common phalanx, for the purpose of putting down
Know Nothingism in the State of Georgia, and
guarding the country from the dangeroua results
to which its polioy and principles tend.
L. M. Tyjc Chairman.
James M. Hambriok, Secretary.
Bainuriogk, Ga., May 15th, 1855.
Arrest of a Negro-Thief.- Editors J<juriuil db
Mennerujer: A young man calling nim&'jif Johnson
Mathews was arrested in our village yesterday and
formally committed to jail, chargerwith an attempt
to steal a negro belonging to one G s our citizms.—
Thechargo was based on a cor tfe rsation testified to
as overheard, between hirr a tt, e u e g rof The
inducement held out to the negro was hat he
(Mathews) wonld take him to a country where he
would be free.
Mathews reprr^ en t fl himself as being a Georgian
by birth, bo»n in Gwinnett oonnty—as having
graduated at the Medical Gollege in Augusta, Ga.*
having practiced medicino in Atlanta—and as hav
ing a .ather living in .Gwinnett county. Ilia osten
sible busines* here was that of a ‘Opiate cutter of
names.” You will please give this commuicution
one insertion in your paper, as we do not know
but that it may reach the eye of some one who may
be able to give us information relative to the char
acter of this young man.
Mathews cume to this place Thursday or Friday
last, on foot. Very respectfully,
J. Law.
Singular Ooocrkenoe.— One month ago Mr
Hiram Harmon, of Erie, Illinois, was out on horsed
bacV in a thunderstorm, and the next morning
upon search r-eing made for him, was found wan
dering about in a state of utter imbecility His
horse whs lying dead from a stroke of lightening
Mr. Harmon has never recovered his reason and
is a confirmed lunatic. 1
UNMJCABINT KBMOB—We learn that a reverted
gentleman, a resident of Columbus [()» | ha.
lately been guilty of conduct ao eooeElric 'iLii?
ha. readied in his hasty *
of hia labor a.—Montgomery ifaft *