Funding for the digitization of this title was provided by R.J. Taylor, Jr. Foundation.
About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 183?-1864 | View Entire Issue (May 30, 1855)
Chronicle & Sentine LAT K « I- K< »M El ! ,{ ° f> K • Ur TUB «* T «**- ,FAX , T~ TT tmro Hslifax publish de*|*uM ouo>d , rriTal of cl '*' 3 ' V A» , ri« ‘: th»t port, «* i'om •••« !•’« .ut.llig.no. from**- ’ 4 the leadir 9 features of the pol.tical T T’ vnrafr 'itl ’• w-. The a.*il hasriae* brought * 4 , h C ’ /,n , 9 ./ » i litlonel particulars. u * , 1 ■ k ,.' * . Union «.iled from Sod’hsmpton . n t c 9th iu.-lur.t, tor New York, with ninety [ “t, "a ’.ice arr Wed »t Halifax at 8 o'clock ye»- !nr>!» (Thnr.wtav) morning. .. , , ~»0t .sip J ihn, from l’lymonth, bound to (j-.'.'.'e* Ml wrecked and a number of live* *ov £ A' An is the Cei Me a.—The latest official „ iT, o- :r.m Be»a.tt3f.ol me to May 10. On that ,t ,y m the iDorninfr, the Raiwiaiis made a sortie with a iarirc body ot troops on the allies’ right ad v.:,ce tr-red, bat were driven back immediately, eti l a ru end and s.m.lar -ttempt shared the aame f Nothii e oon d be better man the oocdoct 0 { the u rops who took part in theafi.ir. The loee of the et: my was t-erions. <ren. Mirmora hae arrived with 4,000 Sardinian troops. , . ~ A correspondent writing from the camp. April 27 eaplains the d fit;uHies of the siege, hot states eo’.fi iently that tho AH.es’ advance over the ... ~, i . by * t, and that while the works eo ad va e there can be no doabt of ultimate succe-B, ,r . i !e i the th- Btiesisns in the held are anabtr l'j i .roe e allies to ra ne the siege, tiau. Cauro •i t:.at wuen reinforcements *r , r, ; 0 w 1 eu ago the cite eot his operations, milV rig that he will attack the Russian Held po I•o il On the*B not April,Canrobert writes to • - t ej|. r~r that liie K iglish army has recovered it-"’i ea'.'t" and eliijiehcy, and is on cordial terms to N*v »l OPi.R'T.-..va rv the Nobth.—' The English ti .. • w iking up toward (Gothland as ice per m j l . ' H that franca asks permission to e-tab iisb a hr ti 'h Campon Swedish territory sno il refit- id, 11 nnarsuud will be occupied aud forliflad, by -{ ieifi-inps left Eagland.on the lO.h to block jp/ip. tho Vt into 8 3a. T'io to'-; >-xiu% i-t from London Standard: “A very eitrsordmary cireamsUnce, reported from s o'l liter winch precludes any douht as to the truth A t,e statement, readies us by ietasm from tit. j.„ :>urgh. I appears that a hoe American Irig. ■: bunt ship recently arrived at a port in the * wa* s'fed that Hie vessel bail on board 6I>I • ales ooUoii, h i the correspondent of our in t,i man'- v i e.) the ship and found in addition to the a ove .he rad on - • : J n*» *nd 5,000 re volvers. The Buss,ana laugh »t or cruisers and na! iraiiy ask if John Mult ht» baen asleep low so vaiuab.e a prise to have escaped. i.oe • M t; —, Mere i«nu ••« Boeton, where B oo» ,iimi.ee soppo«,sJ to fc»»e wetmi a» •oper cargoes. W« have o* been able lo.aseettain if ne vaioi left America this seaeou and has par way through ihe ice before oor flying . e ” coiil 1 c -me up w th her, or if she reached one of the lows- ports of the Baltic lust year and lay qui c. till Spring. We say no more than: ‘W’halsro our C'rnsul- in the United B ates about to have per mil’, d such a cargo to leave without spprisii g mir Government here <d the factf’ Other letters from .it. I’ot.srsbrrg state that the vessel has •once left for Km .iio-berg in balls t.” I'lrhoMaTlo 1 .TELLJOE.VCE.—It is said that the a i r a.l l'rua- an Ca miote arc. attempiing to iff e 1 a general era- rd among the Gorman slate. k! m..r“ of " J.m-'fli .Slj/urnuls have been invited f ''rpc o d.sMrr?enUof"he Vienna Conference, the ,xf n'l'iit! ninety puKon, ero partly ropub i ~ tho K fcrli»b noHMpttpuns Atid have excit “ has ova lei answering the . wh thcrihe conferences are or arc not !{ ,■ broken off—hut it is re-narked that as the ere I ’• i roprewentalivceoi ail the powers, hutt ,... m Udcd, continue to reside in Vienna, ihe ele is of 111 ! Ojnfnrenoe permanently eiisi, should K , • ill or Austria on behalf of Burs e, make atony i,. . pr p isais , fforit g a prospect of a settlement. ■ (Jus ion note, in the form of a circular, ad ‘ to the German sUtes, Boys that the Czrr, r/i lie'on Cmooutinuancaof the policy hitherto , ,I |, v niem, will adhere to the solution giv in at the inferences to thetwo iiist poinlof guar- The Vienna correspondent of tho London Times remarks it,at so long as no revolutionary elements t.ro brousfl»» i*‘<o uC’i *n t will lewvo au*Bia to K-st out »>f h«*r rl moultifiH hh Hhe befct cun, but if Kriielmid »»ifi F unco nhould resolve to, form a corps of refugees and employ them on ( r near her Iron t ern, inc liol) aihaiico would iirttturedly agaiu be * The ktifflish prcf*» admits that hopes of peace fi.ivM li •? and that no as iHtoncecm bo ospectef. ir Au ' iri.'ttnd butlitt'e frofn she rest of Larope; ■-cfrionilv t * ,R * France an<i nd muht *pi lM V u >»n Times publiabe»* an ailicle -. g those views. I’he Times has also an , I ni lon b ball of the government, stutirig Urn ~ , |c toot ruse the official documents ot l"i .. V,«•••'.# <■’ liters, -es without seeing that Russia ... ~ ver learnest in her pretended desire tor s me however, think differently, and ~ ,'; r . [bo Housi of Lor s, has .iven notice of n r..olion for the gist inst., that an address bo 0,1 t , the ti'icen, deploring lho failure of .-m and stating a , the opinion of parliament ,' -bo pro post is , f Russia wore such as to at . I r.-r prospect ot concluding a peace, by i! »||" original olj-cts of the war might * ,l: ' l and by which tho allies might mivc. > ftrivatiti.ffOH which can bo r a- .m, 'y'.ioumnded trom Russia. Milner «tb made a S.milar motion m the House ot Com- Ti'Mt Buitaw All the documents in regard ,nV,‘ A- "r'ln ConVorencoe fad boon laid be.ore Vn' 1’ >rl. 1 uotit it was statoi that Lord Dun .MV prononal to blow up Uio lortinca l b. U submitted to dm -ci-.it Bu commit too, including Misers. Furdoy, l’.ayiuir and Ura- return of articles from the New York Ex Doeui.m was refined to, and mention was made that the Krone.', Government in re ponstblo lor articles sent to the Paris Expoeitior / i, or debate ensued ou a mot >n asking for a HO , L „„ , mimiti nt > inquire into' is practicability . \>• Itrilisb and lud mi armies. The ‘"t' "*M mans. M.^U^bwTr V .1. Tne «. ">l >»•••■ b Vie’# «ii-ter » is * tempera f postponed his m> ti*'i *»t inquiry h to the tuauagomenl ol th« wuiy “&,kse., .m: • —".u- Mr . Ij , .1 iriilini iiUtO OfcCU ux?t ',!»!*■•'» H*n ! ■' ,M * Abo.deoii and Dj Kj>os wore err. .1 to gi»e evidcueo. Tim movement in Inver of an administration re form gain* ground, and indignation meetings airimsi uristoore ic management continue to bo hold Lord J'a'merston is siid to be becoming us. niipopu ar as lil predecessor (Lord Abcrdaou) W 't'mo 1.08 lon Times, in an e'Moriul which lies nttrutod • o)im notice, f»>» tliai »»»• oirotimstancas tha’ Am 'riea noo* n I s>mp»ltiiaa i?‘Hl Ihe Allies is shoehißjraad revolting. An n- 1 ! erneti meoling wee hold at London Pt English *e. it ribiitors to coueidor how they may ir-t hack the'j contributions lroui the Now Voik Exhibition. . An iuceudiary ore, eet by a discharged work mail, . s* royed to ally ono ol the floating batteries juat re ly to launoh in the Thames. The teen gtwe n stale bull <>u tho k.h. The U. m. fiutii-tor, Secretary ol' Legation, and Mr. Lane wuto present. The ■tl i> .lohn whiclt Bailed ront i lymotUh w.n B*7 oni'iira • t >r Utlob as, oneo tilloro 1 a licavy galo from the n rlheaat to tho westward of Edyatona light, and tho vrrael getting closer in toward the land Man tha captain aw.is ware of *u making Black Head hnadlaud, she ran on a dangerous reet called ltie Marao'es, by which her bottom was atove in causing her t > sink witbiii a ye.y short distance from the const. The bulk of tlio passen gers were swept off by tbo sea, a ,d I*o were lost. Ninety three clang I t the rigging and by great ex ertions on tbs part of the coast guard men wore paved. Among thorn wove several females and Capt. Uaw -s. A coroner's jury had investigated the case and returuorl a verdict ol ms sluugliter ngaii st Captain Kuwlcs who woe in custody. A i slhauai. Ihe Champion ol ih.o B‘s arrived at 1, VI pool from M iboarne, sth February, jaewa onimpoiliHit. Go d quotoJ JJi 15s #d. i'uANOK —It is slid in .1 grave difference of opin ion In. vu t*k ti place b tw.en tha Emperor and the lute K'reign Miuiaor in regard to the manner a i e 'alter acquitted his itutie- as i'lenipo ten iary at V,e.""-«*-l‘ is ** 1 “>at the Emperor ox ros’sed his disapproval of tho Jiapomlion which the roprosoiilai»' ,ua at the \ iet ns Confer ones muni I" - i d lo accept »"« dishonorable and delusive t.-rms of p.s e ir-."' «»»»i “’> J ~“' deni ,s Lie L’Huy s’too great coua lenoeiu the good thl(!) Oi A'lSlTiH. . « —jlfVi The K uperor has been everywhere frN ewa^‘ ia enthusiastic plaudit* by hie subjects since v.-’« tempt to u-.>a >iu»to him. jPitiv'ri’s tfjnl was proceeding. Tho Judge reta sod to admit adv spectators into tho Court. The trial was being coodnated very qnietiy, with the v e», ns was s ippused, of preventing any interrs' ben g 'aken in the prisoner, and to discourage similar lifuro attempts being ma le to gam uoto n-iv. Tne a y-used had given no reason for the Od etc,Ml' that hi' tV. ' y bad .been mined by the *'r„,.o!i inv isi m of lhi ori, who attempted V assas-iuaie tho Emperor Napo.eon, had been coil demoed to death. , . . Mr. Drotivtt do I’Ruys, tho French Mtuister of \V»r ha ■ re-a gt ed from at' nnwt I ttgncss to pro tract't ho w .--. and i onnt Wale »»ki, tbo F etich E Mdit" i!■ r a* Loudon* hu boon appointed bis succrasoi. l'tie si.itiv iofM. de l’Hnys’s resigna tion I- probably befteg known tJ himself than to the newspaiors. . , . . . , M d- I’ers.guy is appO-nted Ambassador to Ena and in room of Coaui W'.v!ewaki, who eua ce-ds M. Ifrouyn de I’Hnya as Miiv.s’or of Foreign Atlai-s. Fuiitn r ehaDgi s are rnn orocs—nam.iy that M. Btllaulf, Miflater of In-erior, »'••> •»«- omd Admiral Hamclin. who rot rea fr m M nia' r\ Marino. M. B usher, Miuis'er ol pMt \V.«tk. will MMUted M. B» Unit, and M. do K 'h. tno'i I. I rector ol the Orleans railway, wnl r tcoeed M. B metier. ... , \ ■ W loan ol 7iHt.tHXi.ooo francs is at present under ens lerat.on by the Conned of State. The p ee -sv tl e. have dt-c-ve-ed a vast pic*, with rami-icstn '• s throughout E trope, to promo'* , irrcc O, ; and he net Pianori's execution wid n., w'pined to t-»'*> his connection therewith. ~h , 'sv the a tempt was made, it was freely s »te! in ..,-10 ISC.nos in Italy, Spain and Gar many that NapO ; <» u was dead and i’arisiu iusur ' Kt»«a.—Kass'ian sOnreos themselves send con hrmat . n to the resort ;hat c era has been au in ► arrtx't .nr in ttio L'kta.ne, a'hd that Poland is very restles-. b . i'v.ers'wrgh advices to MaV 1 mention tho exu-.n-da r v 1 at Cien-iait ot .several Ameri ,-au shirs, ai d ca coa-ofhamp and icon were sent ti ereto me t tie . and i ws. hoped titoy would ne p rm t . 1 ■ d -charge a d load, s.lbo gh con s ferod doubtful, as the blockade la strictly uoti fied. ArsTttiA A rnmor that front Euol has given i i hi- re- gnatiou is not cotiS-tnel. 0 U 't K-iorhaxy, the Ausitiau embassador, hae re'nrned fro-n Vicuna lo Berlin. I -s K*id *.b»t A:>irm isouvbe point of dftclar \ * her tw r ,|i oto neutmlny, ft* well that of the v. bole of Germany. ... . , The rr»in growirg districts on the banka of the river oovenng twelve bnndred a^oere tniieft, fefve been iutiudeteHn conseqieoce cf a -, im the river, awd ibecrop? ar< my>»t probably . kt - —Re 1 r»# v a had been superseded ■«* !wr V '»® r by Mahomet Tush*. 'p f , r and j alocsiea are said to be de j*v far the eaecatio’ 1 ° r he wheme ° f • TurkL'h .^mtiegev-, C coma"anu>i by English officers of the Indian army. July .-Mount Vesuvius » man active sute o! em« uou. r .. , It ,-spoitel .'-at the Kit of Naples was SreJ «■ b\ an as-s- sm st s r v CW, bot the shot v«%fs found out, upon in ’airy, to hav ** be n noth ■’ g • n:> lc i oi.'a- discbarge from the cno of a »oidi r. _ M’ais -I ireC reso- the 2ud inst., veuor Aveciho tm k ocvtw* m to decUr© .n the name the deraocra »c per y ’ hat it bad nev* r entered intC i any t *» t“iwn M. S u!e fortbe vof Cuba. F m t'- li 'to 1> iAft A iwt *r, of Saturday \44ti cast by tfce Aiurrioi. The t* *h;» Am r;c* from Liverpool 12th ( iOHi.. au.i Ufc’i.m Sulb, arr t v©«i at thie port at 9 ©’cl ok Knt. fveumi, puWuig ua in cf j oar o*n S >•> of for* i7U papers, from wh ch we , lava <w i tiled the toll owing summary of the in t in full telegraphic dea- | pat" :> ii- ' - * X- Uir r orders a. s r* \ that the electric j Us ucw al work irvm bevaalopoi lo Lou- don. Coder the dark and foggy Eurme, the wjre runs from Balaklava to the hold headland es Ka akriß, which in jn*t out into the *ea about 14 mi'w norlhewt of Vmrnj. From thi* point, it ie carried ni ng the *hoei»* to the morta-n«»ry about 6 ile* from the town, and thence it i* bnried un dergroand to the t*ta*ion near the houae ot the linußh consul. It is as yet unc«»rts;n how far the ti«e of the aobmarihe wire will be giauted to indiv vidnala. Thit* depends entirely on the English government, who haso laid down this part of the J ce ai d has its en'ire T”»ere are at rresent four telegraph stations bet ween Varnaand Paris, the.-e will be to three by the junc tion of Ka-ttchak and G: rgevo, when there is rea son to bslieve that intelligence from the Crimea will be communicated in two hours to the cabinets ofPari.Hand London. The government has shown some d*spo®ition to put the public in on of pome ot their des i*ft*ch s reoe ved t y teirgreph. The following is from the London Mormog Chrou:c?e of 1 he ititejt Lord Panmnre presents bis complimeDte to the /ditor of the Morning Cbronic'e, and has grea. pleasure in transmitting the enclosed intelligence, which baa this day reac _ed him from Lord Rag lan, War Department, Sevastopol, May 10.—TheBusbiana made a aortie with a Inrgo body of troops on our right advanoed trench this morning, bat were driven baefe imme diately. A second and airniiar attempt shared the Mi L r i() tate. Noihing could be belter than the con duct of th troops who to’k partin the affuir. — The cf the enemy wa** serious. O r her Ideapatchea from the seat of war are as follows: — Bevatt pol May 6, 1855, fe P. u. The enemy ts- .ai.ei the advanced trench of our ht‘ack, last night, but wore repulsed promptly. Oar lou waa—three killed and twen ty wounded. Rag lax. Befor * Sitaiiopcl, April 24.—Nothing material ban occurred since 1 m-de my report to your lord ship on the 21 et inst. The liiseian rifle pit iu-me dibtdiy in fr-nt of that which was taken on the n ght of the l&.b, wasde troyed by a party of vol unteers on the morning of the 21st iot*t. The-e were headed by Lieutenant and Adjutant Walker, of the 8 »tk regiment, who ibstated to be an excel lent oflicer, and o have conducted himself on the occasion i i tho mo t spirit -d manner. The pit was found to be empty, and being useless, was im mediately levelled and tilled in. The enemy «did not interrupt tho work. I enclose the iis* of casualties which 1 regret to say is heavy. The nearer we approach tho plac?, the more loss is to be apprehended ; hitherto it has bef*n less than might have bsen expected.—l have, Raglan. A despatch has been received at St. Peteraburg, from Pr Gorlscnakofl, dated Sevastopol, the* i j instant, which the announcement which j has alrea > been made of the advantage* obtained j by tb< a *1 army on the 2i inst. I* however j states thet ’e damage inflicted by the fire of tFe • b bed force* had b*iea eflactually repaired daring ! toe nig hi. . The P ris independenoeapesks of a new pisn o I* v pMgn n the Crimea, already mentioned by ! * ... Ajyn iodrnala. it Is said that the a 1 lies, ; vinr the t rmj cf reserve (now am . *.g in the will uke thii he d in the <1 rcetion of Sunieropol, and »it ck th” Rns.-'iafi army in that neighborhood. If Huc-e- ful they will ihen a junction with Om' r Pacha, and by means ot a stroi g force post ed at Perekop, make themselves masters of the Crimea. Th“y will then invest Sevastopol and blockade the garrison into submission. The ol May 9, publi I e*tho following: Gen. Caurobert, in a letter addressed to the Em peror, dated April 2S, thus expresses h mselr: f lt is with plea-are that I announce to your ma* j jsty, that ttie E glish army, always so solid, has b come as tine and Healthy as it was in the flrst days of its arrival in the ' am. It is receiving rein forcomerit* in i fiu ry, dn' cavalry, and in means of transport 1 continue to Live on the most cor dial terms with Lord Raglan, and the two armies continue to bo closely united, and count one upon the oiher. The examination bes re Mr. Roebuck’s commit tee continued. L rd Hardirge, commander-in* chief ot the li r itish army at homo, nd Admiral Dundaa, were among the distiugui Led witnesses. Sidney He'bert, tlie secretary at war in Lord Aberdeen B cabinet, was examined < n the 9th, and was qaeßiioned by Mr. L*yard to the following ef fect:— You are acquainted with what the Duke of Wel lington did, when in the Peninsula,dor supplying his army with an department? Yes. The Duke of Wellington put himself in communication with Aunrica and other countries, lor the purpose ot supplying his army with every thing it wanted? Ye->. Now, wus it not the duty of L >rd Uaglun io do the same ? No; tho circurn stances of Lord Raglan were 1 liferent to those cf the Lake ot We.liugton ; tho uk hudhsurmies colli ced around him, bui Lor Uaglun’s army was spread over a laigu district o< c nlry, aud.all that lie could do was to send fort rlrcjto place for reports, and of course upon those epbrts he acted, though they were erroneous. 'L'ho loiter you sent out oundemned all the departments, the medical, tho comm ssariat, and the transport ? Yes; but it was written upon erroneous information. Was not absolute authority given to Lord Raglan in every department of tho army? Yes. Aud tho cabinet reser.ed no control whatever ? No ; they left evorythii gto the commander in chief. Then it wa« the duty of Lord Raglan to have looked into those hospital detects f Yss, and he did so, recoivinginformation wfiic i satisfled him that no change was required, but tho i .formation received at homo was O' a contrary nature. Did you make any recalls ? Yes ; Dr. Menz es was recallod. The demonstrations of public opinion against the mioLlry in various parts cf r-ugland begin to assume a ?ornowhat formidable aspect. The He use of Commons was prevented from transacting business on thg evening of Monday und Tuesday, tho 7th and Blh, on account of the illness of the speaker, but his health being restor ed, busi iesi> resumed on Wednesday and con tinued thrGogfi tho week. In tho House oi Lords, Thursday, May lp Earl Grey gavo notice that ou Monday, the 21st inst., ho should move an humble address to her majesty, thanking her mtjjsty lor having laid before the house, copies ot me protocols counocted with tho Vienna conference, regretting that the attempts to put on end, by the negotiations which there took place, to tho war in which this country w.jj engag ed, had failed ; and expressing the opinion of the houftfl that tho proposals ot Russia wore such as to afford lair prospers of concluding a peace by which all tho legitimate objects ot tho war might have been obtained. . . I.ord EUenbrough baa also given notice cf bia I 131. m move on the same evening au address, w riio' rpvor rsei'iug sevor»kl other points, proposes r i , Boqiudut :**?r Majesty that, while we aannt mid lament the privatiouu to which war neae: j »ar! OMS i., . ;«« C» »* , rt r«OpU| let vontor*. j , Manure net V tr*at thoy would, in so.’,ns* 1 can**, f.»e/ir tinw privations without camp’ftint, * if they could feet that lho war has been well con dacte J; that me troops hud not beer exposed to any i •:<’ nbieh eoulu aave been avoidod b> and that everything had been done lo* enable mom ioauh:©ve dec’sivd success, fium bly to represent to her Majesty that her people sufferii g privations on accouut of this wur have had do such consolation; that, on the contrary, wo cannot withhold from her Majesty tho avow«l of onr conviction that tho oonduct of ihe war has occasioned genorul dis--al'BfacUo , and giveu rise to just comp'aints ; and that wo most humbly lay before her Majesty our deliberate opinion that it is only through the selection of men for public om p’oyineut, without regard to anything but the public s tv ice, that the country can hope to pro*»e cutc lho wur s ccessfully, and to attain its only legi iuiito object, a secure aud honorable pe;*ce. ’ In the Hou-o of Ccm • ons, on tho next evon ing/(Friday) Mr. Miluer Gibson gavo notice, that on the cariie«t possible day he should move au humble address to her M j raty f>r having direct ed papers relating to the V.enpa conference, to be laid before the house, representing U> her M> jsaty that tho four gonerul articles having been upon by all»he lour powers coucoruod, a reasona ble expoo aiiou was affordod that the recent uego ti »lioi«s might have te minuted successfully, ex pro-sing regret that a difference between thef.Uied {>owers, as to the interpretation of tho third article, tad caused tho negotiations to be broken oft, and asserting that the interpretation of that point by Russia contains the elements for renewed negotia tions, and might be.found the basis of an honora ble and satisfactory peace. Mr. Layard said that it was not his intention to move his resolutions on the stale of the nation on Monday next. The Arciiu Expedition.— will gratify our read ers to leuru that the Enterprise, discovery ship, Cant. Collin son, arrived in safety at Bpitnei.d at 9 o’clock on Sunday night, tho 6 h, after her lear.ul and unavailing search for the lamented ts;r John Franklin and hi.-' gallant comrades. »t is said that no less than fV ur «ft\oers of tho Enterprise, Com mander Fhare, L out nant Parke, Lieutenant Ja go, and the master, Mr. Bheudes, are under arre t, hill on what charge has no; been promulgated, nor will it be until it reaches the authorities at the admiralty. A evenueand Expenditure. —On Saturday, 6th, a return was issaed of the expected 1 et ar.d gross revenue, and the estimated expenditure, exefn iing and including the cost of colleoiiou. The "et rev enue wus £86,688,000, and th gr>f» .C 6? )1. The expetiaiuire was £,*6 689, ! ‘(H), exo udiug the cost of collection, and £81,024 951 including the Bam o. The T’m» of the 12th says:—“The mating in the city ot London ou Saturday last, is cue of the uxogp important events which have happened in th s eoeWry tor y ars. The speakers wore a.I m*n of businesa* who had left thtir disks and their counting houses io pbcdien et j an imperative ne sessity- For they Yea ' hat without a sweepn g change in the mauagomoui ce j :blic dutie>; with ont the itiirodnct'on of a sound and healthy sys tern into thetxu.tive Government, the far of British empire would speedily set to rise no: ore. In thia demand f r adm nistrat ve reform, t 3 na tion, through its leng hat d breo,j h, syu ’hi ses, end it only requires tho g cat intere»i o: 3m- and manufactures to buckle on their ; * cor und support tho demaud of the London merchants, to insure the victory. It will boa desperatestrug gle, but it cannot be protracted if the people are true to themselves.” Twenty-six battalions of Find ! auder« nave been ' organized at Hclsinfors, by order of the Cz-ir. Cbw Con. in Uiob Liyt. — i>v !'. .:n»i we buc me particulars of a latlicr lively cramatic affair which transpire.! n an arl.e.coratic uiausioo ot the Second DiMriet a few d-> - since. A young j/e'.fiemau, not .two years uurntd, it a*ems, • houg*' l 1° much ot his wife—a gay, huudaome creature, Jeir-ent in n. th ng except the mauage meat ot t r piano—that ho unreduced to her a musician, a friend otiii', musici talent and geutlemsuly deportmeut were well ca.ca ated to uibk- an impression upon a not over-prudeut lady like the oue hi question. The musical genlteman ha-i the house at uii times, ct which ho availed himsef without stint—teaching his iair pupil the beauties ot his art with the enthusuL-m oi au amate ir rather than that ot the mercenary teacher. For a time ail weut smooth—the husband, witeaud teacher constituting a sort of happy lams iV. Fioaily, it struck the huda-J, that whi.e the teacher grew nure assidioaa in his duties, the ;ady ma 16 no progress in her music. The serpent s >e picion raised us bea-’, and the husband bega 1 to see an Anseimo in himself ani a Lothario io the teacher. He kept mam, however, as long as he could, determining to have a tangible tor his jealousy before he expressed b', return i g Home the other day at eleven o'clock, when he knew that he was Lot expected beioro din ner, when ho stole up to his red chamber—on the j >*ay he met his wile, vainly endeavoring to hide I an ?uu*qal confusion—and iu the chamber fouui the h&£, coat and boots 01 the teacher, but no sign of the teacher hie-self. The unlucky husband was satiafied He went to a neighboring store, purchased a eowtudv snd returning to his faithless spouse, gave her a terrible fl.igcl a t‘on # afeer vrhic u? packed cp his dsds and lef: the city in disgust for his plantation, au*&*w£3re up the river. And that is k'l we have heard about it or wish U> kea',— 3" O QvscsnL Ax Axsos te or Calvin —The late Albert Gaiiatin, president of th-- Historical S>cie*j, re lated the following anecdote to the Hon. Galian C. Verplaock, from whom we get it: t&everai years ago, a number of Calvin** letters were found among the archives of Geneva, soma of which, re Ir.titig to hi* domestic tffair?, exhibit a curious picture of the daily life of this great Presbyter, and illustrate strikingly his pecuar habits and temper. Iu a scolding letter to the sydics, or mag *’ ates of Geneva, be complains that they have filed his eel ar with wine of poor qaa'ity. “ 1 do not keep open hors-e,’’ he says, “ nor do I entertain many g» « s*e at n.y table, and therefore the q lantity you have sent me displeases me, as we i«s the qualify. 1 wish, therefore, yon would t*>e it away, a> d replace it with something that I can ; I do > ot a ant nr’ch, merely enough tor iny own use and that of my tarn'dy ; a te# b*r r ques ot about forty g-Mona each) *av or five, w.'l be sntfieiout to* u.e ohd a yuir ttr .•*** We are afraid the Prysterians of tbis century have been tremerd'.?* backsliders. When shall we see such men as Loti. aT and Calvin. F. W.Crighaox vaaaneoieo i,. Nashville, Tenn., last week, on the charge ot having committed for genca W the amount ol f California Saw*-B* the George Law. ; New York, May 24.—The George Law connect- i ed with the Goideu Gate, which reports seeing ! the Bono-a going into Ban Francisco. The news ia generally unimportant. , The Walksr expedition to Central America oad ! not sailed, but preparations were making for an five claims held by Joee Y. Linentour under aa alleged Mexican title for more than one handled thousand square Bcrcs °t ,aQ<i iu the it was euppoid ihat under the decision in these coffee the timilar ciaim of L nentour to five tho oai-d acre* within the city limits of San Francisco would aliMj be r* j Kited. New disco of gold at Santa Isabal, San Diego co., have been announced. Dub 5 * from the Sa .dwich Islands to the 16th of April have been received. L Swan, of the firm ot Swan & Ciiftord, had been detected in circulating 844,00 d worth of forged whalers’ bills. It wa.- buppesed that his total operations in this way woald reach 810 *,OOO. Roth partners absconded befoae the developments were made. An important bill reducing the Poet duties, had parsed the California Legislature. Saji Francboo, May Ist. — Trade has considera bly improved in the amount of goods so! i. Pri ees continued very low. Large exports of flour and grain are being made for Australia. The clipper ahip Charmer in taking in a cargo of California wneat, purchased at 75 cents per bushel, for Nesw York. 9 The mines are turning out well, but coin is very scarce. One of the local assay offices had issued oew $5 f - ingots, resembling S2O 0. 8. pieces. St Louis, May 24. —The Santa Fa mui arrived at ladependence on Monday. Col. V. Vraiu, with three o.mpaniesf in pursuit of the Utahs, tell ir. wi'h a party of Apaches and killed six men and took fi x wcmeD prisoners. Troop 3 had been ds-< spatched to the junction of Red river, to intercept the meering of the Indians at that point. Col. Miller ha 3 gone to the White Mountains, af ter a band of the tribe. Major Dunseberry died at Santa Fo on the Ist of April. . , _ The mail party report meeting but few Indians. The grass was poor and water scarce ou the Plains, there having been a great drought. The following synopsis of events for the past week we take from the Alta C alifornia of May 1; We have no remarkable charges to chronicle either in the political or general off airs ot Cali for nia. Five days of nearly incessant rain have giveu now life to the mining operations in the in terior, while its effects upon the agricultural aec tions of our State have been marked and beneficial. We have advices from Mexico up to Murphy6th, the schooner Simeon Draper havi; .g*arriviug a this p;Ort on the 17th inst. Numerous grunt* and decrees making important colice-sions to foreign ers, are pub ished in the Mex u»Q p apers. The aixih California Logical ur<* has agreed to adj •urn to day, after a session of 12*» days, during which lime numerous benefle r1 ai d highly u lar Jaws have been enacted. Among these none prohibiting gambling throughout "the Scat*, nnder the most stringent principles. Gambling hocaee are a: fast wbe and a- ractioe which hi* gone funner toward derror-. zeg Ca!* on ia home, and in the of tne world, bids i t ’ perEnapentiy erud oHted from the land. Vigorous attempts, both by infiddffe* and monej”, have bieu made io procure me repeal or inou.ficatiou vi thi- Uw, but to no purpose. Another bill for tho construction of a wegon road from Sacramento to Carbon Valley has also i>ue-ed both branches of the Logislaiure. The ill which passed toe Senate, exculpating Meigg*, the default; er, p>rovided lie should make his appearance in California within one year, and expose hia con federates in villainy, did not become a law. On the whole, the present Legislature has given more satisfacdon than any preceeJing one. Tho Kuow Nothings are to bo represented by an organ in Kan Francisco, entitled the Citizen; the prospectus has been published, aud the paper will shortly be issued. The question of the division of California into three Congressional Districts, was agitated at tho close ot tho session, but no definite re.-ult was ob tamed in relation to the matter. This will doubt loss be u leadisg question in the next L gislature. It is now nearly certain that ail ot the famous Limanlour Claims are not va’id, and will not be allowed by the Board of Land Commissioners. The schooner Sea Serpent, Capt. Fisk, which •-ailed from this port op tho 18th ot February, ( eventy one days since,) is supposed to have f unbered at sue, in a heavy gule cff this coast. She had sixteen passengers on beard and a valua ble cargo, ouudtobau Diego. Smco her depar tur on the above date, she has not been heard from. The now postage law gives general dissatisfac. tfbn in Ca ifornia. Its provisions are looked upon as oppressive, and designedly so upon onr c t’Z srs Ten cents tor a letter between New York aud 8 n Francisco is out of ali proportion, and an unjust burthen upon us. It is believed that this law will not long remain in torce. A bill has been intronuced into tho Senate to discourage the emigration to thia {State of persons incapable to become cit zjns thereof. A substi tute of this bill imposes a tine of 850 on each pas senger of tho Mongolian race. Our accounts lrom the mines are more than ever flittering and encouraging. The recent rains have glaidenod the heart of the miner and s nt rejoic iug throughout the State. Seme damage was done in various portion* ot tlie interior by the suddeu rising of the Stanislaus river—our Sonora corres pondent assuring us that thecr°< ks in thatrscction havo not bee» high since tho great freshets 6f 1852. The d mage done in this manner, however, is in no prop (ion t > the immense benefits confer red upon th; ntire 8 ate by those timely rains. Wo buve tes from Humboldt Bay to the 14th. The nawsfr n that qnarter is unimportant. So mo now golddi iings sro reported to havo been dis covered,.an agricultural aftu rs were flourishing. The weather bus been unusually cold. Tho great Union Wharf, eleven thomaud feet long, was noarly completed. The Humboldt Lumbar Com pany had suspended business for some weeks past. The Sacramento \ ley Railroad is rapidly pro gressing. The gro d tits been broken along tho outirelino, aud it w aid seem that this magnificent enterprise is fasti roaebiug to asuccessful issue. Its influonco upon e tho internal trado of Caiitor nia can hardly ye» e imagined. Vi:ry valuable i 1 mines have been discovered in Lower Calilort.u, iusido the Gulf, and nearly opposite Guay mas. Speculators are already turn ing thoir attention thither. Marzinilla, a snug litilo seaport on the coast of Department of Xdisco, bus beou thrown open by treaty to the steamers of tho Nicaragua Company. This port thus becomes tho stopping nlaco t«>r tho i steamer* of that line on the p«— p liom Juan del Bad Itis&Md tobeiieaUhy, easy of access and affording a variety aud abundance ofde'it.ious i »uU*. It is three hundred miles nearer to Bau Francisco than Acapulco, aud will doubtless be ; come the scene ot Yankee industry ere I<w, Vow gold placers, in tho vicini’y of Siookton, ar * reaUDg aon» excitement. Mr. Kendal!, a ] printer, hud taken out* goodly f ile thero in a tow j W eokr, aii j a company who tcok of bis j olgjiu after he left, made four tnousand dollars in the short space ot throe week*. A bill has pasae 1 tho Assembly prohibiting the Chinese from holding or working chums in tho mines. Commercial ArrAiits —Tho departure of the steaiuc# to morrow morning coupl- d with the non arnval or tlio Bonora, ]gith a week’s later intelli gores from the East, bus considerably retarded business from tho first hands to-day aud the amount oi transaction ou tho part of the nn ortors, has conscqae&tly boon limited. Tho jobbers, however, havo enjoyed active trad •, and * tho freights lor the Interior have been heavy. The demaud for money to dry is not so groat as it was supposed ii would have boon, considering tho character of the trade done during the past week, and we have noticed no extraordinary shin ning—a Bure ind*cstion that the country i* paying up pretty well. In fact., tho interior merchants should be able to fulfil their engagements at present without difficulty considering tho tact that a larger amount of dust rests in tho hands ot the minors at preson* Ui££ tit any time during tho past two or throe \e»r». With the heavy product of tUo miaca at prer-erd, there should be no scarcity of gold here, and thei*o c&i be no doubt that—much as is absorbed by parties wno and who wre engaged in outside speculatiouH—the aaijqnt of bullion iu the oomi try at present is larger tuan it ever was before, and should be b r ought into circulation. The Mint, it is stated, will resume operation* to morrow. Should such prove to be the case, it will ot course prove a subject of sincere corgratu iation among all business parties i but, at th© bame time, wo oaunot conceal our &t iho whole course ot the government regarding the coinage ot gold in California. It is not generally known, but is nevertheless the fact, that the principal p 1 vute assay offleo in tho country effects over fifty per cent, more toward tho supply of coin to the oouutry tuan the United Slates Mint does. The highest point reached bjr the Mint has been about $1,600,UU0 per month in com* Tho essay office has, for w- eks at a time, toanufac tured from SOO,OOO to SBO,OOO ner diem/ livery banker in the State will acknowl dge that but for *he assay office tho fiuanc at crisis iu this Stato would have been prolonged for weeks and weeks. To it the holders of bullion had to look for coin, ami but for It fian Francisco might at this moment have been bankrupt. The Miut here shou db 3of a capacity to coin $5,000,000 per month. The Phi Idelphia establishment should bo broken up; the New York Assay Office should be changed in to a Branch Mint; but the great government man ufactory should be locitod in San F ran^,?iCo « iba shipment to morrow will not probably fall short of $1,250,000in bullion, although at the present moment it i& difficuki to determine how great it actually willb9. The treasure, it should be borne in miud, by no ujeins r pre sents tno amount of exchange drawn on tho East, or the money remitted. Toe bankers always pre ter remitting paper, ae long they are a suro ioi iu. value; inasmuch as by bo doing they save bo’h freight and insurance. Thus g .voruutiuT drafts, cert : ficate9 cf dopes t in New York, Eastern bauk checks, die., aro eagerly Bought after here at a preajiuin ot 1 to 2 g'r cent., but tho remittance of them does not »p p*>ar, except Oil the books cf the parties interested. We are informed by Messrs. Lucas, Turner & Co., that, by to morrow’s steam* r , they forward over slo«‘,'>boof su.h prpar, and we doubt not that the ether bauxent siso remit large amounts in tnesame manner. . I'nitld States Senator. —Ths California press aro oisputod to iaugh at Sonatoi ttwic’s pretension that he hae been re elected to the United Senate by a plurality vote. Extensive Frauds. —Within the past few data, says the Polynesian of April 14’h, con side ra trio excitement has been produced in Honolulu by the discovery that a large amount oi forged whaler’s bills had been disposed of by Mr. L Swan v ot the lirrn ot Swat? <fc Clifford, ship chanalers of Honolu lu, one of which has come baei protested. Imme diate'y upon this being known, everybody who had brought such bills of Swan Clifford been me alarmed., and a meeting was called to look into the matter. At the meeting and subsequently, it has come out that some $44,000 ot this lor god pa per has been sold here by Ewan, and there may be more ye; not discovered. Bom the members of the firm had i*tt the Islands previous W these de velopments, Mr. Clifford in the b?U L'verett, on a trading voyage to Japan, Ac., and Mr. Swan m the bark George, ostensibly on a whaling voyage, but with a general outfit tor trading. Tne parties who fa*ya been duped by these frauds, offer a reward of $4,"00 for the recovery or $25,000 from the absconding part.es, or a like per cent, for a less or a grerter amount. This is the first fraud of so ex ensive a nature that has been practiced successfully at these is lands, and wag do doubt suggested by the facility with which Meigga perpetrated a like fraud in fcsn Francisco lately! and got eff for the time being with impunity. But both, we tope, wihos arrested, aud puuiehtd to the utmost rigor of the laws they have vioiat'd. , ~ In the case of Swan A Clifford,, the losses .ah upon a Ih’go number ot per.-ons, who lo?e from $2.000 to $7,000 each, and in some eases it fa i> w: r h great severity. We trust it will not raiuoo*l> er Ukrtuss any <k the parties, but that they wi» weather tnp *torm which a consummate knave has rai-e«i aroui d Sandwich Islahd.— The Legislature was opened oa the i;7.h or April.—The noase of Kerr#»sei\ta tives w»s c’ganizei by the election c-f ihe Hon. G. M. Eoberstoc, a* Speaker, U. B. Gulick, Clerk; H. S. Swinton, Sergeant at Arms ; Eev. E. W. Ciuik, Chaplain: Mr. W. Chamb>erli9ii mss cbc6en E grot*. ngiC ark. and Lor ng Andrews, Jr., a tor, wnen th# 1 Gcu.se adje urnedtotte stone church to hear tht Ring’s spfc.=VJh. The King ** speech occupies two columns of the P<. lyneeian. It contains noahnsiooto “aunexa'ion.” He says:—‘‘J htve committed an important mis sion to tne Honorable Wi iiarn L. Lee, Chancellor of the K'ngdom and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and have accredited him Envoy Ex traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, from which mi.-«iou i anticipate important resu'ts lor the b oeflts ot you an, urhich will be made known lo you hereafter. In tie mean while, I recommend you to vo.e *noh a sum aa, id your wiadom you may He©in adequate for the expanse of that mis sion Fire.— A fire occurred at the Factory, in this place, on Saturday mornirg iaat, which destroyed eight of the hoaxes occupied by the operatives be fore its coarse was arrested,^ —M&imtn Vinter* Modular Irffert of l.tghtntnf—A Htnn <««iro>t d by » tire Ball. Th'j Port Inin! Advw. leer *ives an account of the MtiirnUr iilect of which occnrred on Monday evei/m*, 14 h iusL, at *ix o’clock, at the hou-o of Cap*. David Upton, of Gre-xt Chehcaque T laud Mt ire. 'lhe bu- wa» struck by lighthmg nrf: st the btorm A neighbor who wat* lookirg at I the house at t! e time 1 , perceived a ball ot fire, ap | paren ly a foot in d: meter, with a trail thirty I y. rds long, descend upon the chimney, and inime j di&tely bf'er a volume of smoke began to ascend I >v if .he bouse on fire, hastening to the house I ii was found u wreck, but not on fire, j 'Ahe Advertiser fe*}s: 1 “The lamiiy, of six persons, were at supper, and j their escape with their lives is a miracle. Old ! Mrs. Upton’s right arm is cat to the bone, above i t le; ,w. and she is otherwise badly bruised. Her gr:: .. ight r, Marietta H&maltcn, six years, j oid, i' >o bruised a* to bu purple from the hips to j to the t :, t snd is in a precarious condition. David 1 Upton, Jr., i** badly bruised about the head aud ii.ee. His cLiid, in bis arms, was unhurt; ai>o his wife, standing near, and old Mr. Upton, likewise unhurt. “But thecff'ctsoftbe lightning about the premi ses r.re astonishing. Old Mr. Upton was eating a boa ot bread and milk, with one hand upon the ng the spoon—the bowl was brekeu in hi-* hand, aLd the spoon has not been t mud. Old Mrs. Upton had a cup of tea in her j hand, and when she came to her»elt she part- I ty under the table, with a piece of the cap in her hand, and her."oil covered wita the wreck of the chimney, among *hich was a piece of trm b from the fro t of the fire place, eight feet long, wiLh a flat bar otiron of the same length at tached. • >• Tne gren-daughter was thrown from her seat Jat t e table to near the fireplace, and was liters iy covered with brick" and mortar. Nearly every I article of crockery in the house, two clocks, three 1: >k.ng glasses, and two old fashioned oak tables in the kronen were smashed. The chair in which oi*i Mrs. Upton was sitting was broken into twen ty-! ght puke.-—**t any rate, that number of pieces oi , zlj it were found; every chair in the kitch en was broken. Every partition in the house w„ removed from its position, and or less s.ia'Lered. “lb ; fiaid seems to have gone through the bot t m ot a cooking stove, silt ug in the kitchen fire- P uce, leaving a hole as it made by a shot four iti e oin diameter, taking off one leg ot the stove then entering the cellar through the floor, leaving a bo;e i«.rge •. nough :or an ordinary a.zed man to - t ,Tne kitchen is on the north side of the h use, an l ftf>*i the sill on this side a portion h*s iy.cn carried Ilf one lot in iqpgth, leaving an ap as tfie^action of powder. The s: ; of trie ! on the south side and east end wore shuddered s r .hrowi. underp mi g, 1 sc tui4 Hie side and end hung -wibpcnded from the roo f . “The arch in tb ■ cellar, making the foundation of the chimney, which is of stone masonry , two feet thick, w.-.s reni asunder in four different pia ces. xfio fluid soems to have passed off through the north* ad and southeast corne’s of the ce lar wail; tho w.l, built of «<v us, two feet w,Je by d«»' mi'-iiiry, being sevefM m . > places fr :n ‘op to bottom, the line of separa ;i »u be • -«ght and well defined. Here the st s-es are blackened as it by powder. ho n • ! •>' molasses, two »oap barrels ai;u one keg w .recut ttf, a stone ja: sit ting ou a board *;verone of these barrels, was severed horizontally, and the bottom part un in vj J, the top being carried off. ••Every window sa-h in the house is completely demoh.-dted, excepting one in the west chamber. — li re tr.ore i ; a square of glass, with a space out out i»h it by the point ot u diamond, just the size of a brick—two ticl.es by e ; ght—showing that a brick i ad been pr• j .c od through it ‘quick is lighteuii'g.’ Five door - <n itic lower purl of the house were shat tered to peices. “Most ot the materials proji ted from the house were in a uortheily direoiiou—pieces of glass and mortar being found uixiy feet distant. Between the housb and barn are u dezen apple trees—one large tree near the house was untouched, but two otheis, bo mu six rods distant, were shattered. A large, tight trunk, ti led with fine clothing, &c., wa* found locked aud apparently uninjured out ward ly, yel, on bMpg opened, the soot from the Cb i.*m-y lay half an inch thick over the contents, un i Hilled th.ough iu every direction. Ten pans of milk on a shell iu the cellar wore urn armed, )(.i soni j empty pans, one within the oilier, on the same sh: If, were broken up. The fliid pussod out through eight different places in the body of the housed be.' dos those already described. More of the < If .cis might be given, yet enough is told to •h *w hi w complete was the destruction. Muttra. Stephens and Cobb, and the Know Motiiiuga. The reader cannot have failed to notice several articles which we have published within the last so a < ays, from different portions cf the State, re viewing the lute letter of the Hon. Alexander H. S eph-->ns against tne American party. We observo wjJ, pleasure the toue of respect, and the f oodom from personal i veettve, which characterise oommunii abous, and trust that the set by ti e writers who h *vq alrondy occupied our coi u will be iuiiaied by others who may take part in toe discussion, whether for or against the new party. Wo would ex:tosh tho hope in this conneotion, that tho American party will wage no war against l:ir. Stephens, nor oppose his re election to Con gross. Ne ther Georgia nor the South can afford to I o tho ervices (f such a man, at such a time. It requires no oid ary sagacity to f»resee the manifold dangers now preparing lor the Union and the South, cto appreciate the necessity ot briug ;g nit. :ho public service all the intellect, and ud courage, at our command. ‘Tis i rue Mr. Btopheun hasdelt the party a heavy blow ; but lot g ; f he parly is as strong as it is represented to bo, it would requiroseveral such blows ro fell it to the ground. Besides, a* between hinise f and the party, there is reason to believe, his letter has damagi d the writer'more than ihooe at whom it was aimed. Be tfi a us it may, tho party would inflict a much greater ij ju r y on itself than Mr. Stephens has done, by preventing his return to Congress espe cia iy if d should BOud soru: sec >nd rule man in his p ace. It is this vt-ry mistake—the election cf in lerio- inen, —that his dimned the party in New England; aud the same cause will produce the bum siffct in Georgia, uuiess the oommon sense wliich s o gouerully characterises the party, shall rule tho hour, instead of folly and passion. Mr. bti phens “has done the State some service.* Ho s a uia ’ of groat abilities, and his patriotism and devotion to theSuu h cannot be questioned.— lud- od no member oi Congres , from the South, ’ccupios so cormnunding a positional he does; uor nave w ; a champion so welt situated as he, pie with the difficulties now looming up in the distance, and to protoct and defend ns. Iho par ty, Here lore winch prevents the r**iorn of suifii a man to (' i gres**, at so critical a period, lakes m>ou it. el; a fearful responsibility. fha i:.o reader may not pnspecl us of being in fluenced by old Wbig aUftOhrmn:n , w ! -lre torx- O. v v/l .hI.Co .j. iliu weiiafd, uuv ui O u* j?iu uionc, nor of the South, but of the whole Uiiioi:, irnperativly requires tho return of these men to Congress. Indeed, wo have never known a period when it e country was threatened with greater dangers than it is ut this time. The wild and rampant h naticlsm of the North, the civil war in Kansu.-, and the qnestiofi of the admission ot slave Std'es into the Union, will lead to an agita t oil at no di lant day, the liao of which has nev tr boon wdnossadin this country. Let southern ‘men thi n boar* aud forbear. Lot them put their ablest and wises, man at tho holm, and if the noble i Id ship oi s ate must fco down, then they can not reproach lbem>el es with her Lbs.— JSav. Hep- The <'aj*tcu!S ox Shanghai by-the Imperialists— A El' OliT c.jene, &.—A letter dated Shaagbai, j? h >!. ii'»oa th« JolKiwiug additional pirticuiare of Urn capline ot tljat oity by thelmperialists: the gi at agony is over. After a siege of eigh teen mouths the city is at length in the hands of the Imperialists. The event happened in this ease: ihe city having toon strictly blockaded bv.Lh"e French and imperialists, supplies of pro -i O DB ami munitions completely failed the insur in'!.! and ;K t only they, but tho poor inhabitants 01 the city were reduced to tho last' extremities ; ,j.,g.. eat ’ v ratio and more repulsive o l j .eta were devoured. Thera was, no doubt, a formidable consptri cy organ xed tor th r ir relief, and for otter . ~. -v, s- din my letter by the Formosa, liut'i.s- rnca urea of tee linperialiate and 0 f fartigii-ar, who sire 'ipprehensive of the results to tli msclvi s, prob i'ily preverfed an outbreak, ni d tlio insurgents, thus deprived of alt hops irpm without, were forced to burst tne bondsthat en cumber them. At about half past eleven, on the night or the I'fth, Raines suddenly burst forth from twenty different rants of tho city at once, and soon the whole town was wrapt in blaxa andsmoke. The scene was tenifl '; with the exception of a siisnt , f, mskotry in the west, howev r, which last od but a tew moments, all w s still as death, und n 'thing cm .1 ha h -ar.i bn' the roaring of 1 10 Annex and the crashing cf tiles and falling ruins. Atdayoiuakt.be imperialists cautiously climber! the walls, and ventured jtssithily along as mice creeping from the.r ho es, hio one appealed, how ever' to oppose them;t he insurgents had fled from tho cit\; Lew and Aling, with the main body, had lake;: “ westerly direct on. Many sma.l, detach ed panic-, however, became lost in th - dark, and fell into the hai cL or the imperalists. The fate of the ma : n body still rema'Ds uncertain, though it is raiorted they have scattered and been captured.— [f such . not already the case it is likely to be tbpir lato. Many sick an t wounded were left in this city and of course soon disposed of. The conflagra ;i rag --1 -r about eighteen hours, and the whole city is laid in ashes. 1 went into ll c city yesterday, and made a cir cuit ot the walls. On every side was seen nothing i...; ruin, d istrr.ction and hlocd. (Jronps of beads : lestoovrd the walls. At the sates especially, hundreds were hanging on po'es, or rolling alx-ut the ground, while, at intervals, large baskets full were lying. The ace no from the wall VI- painful in tho cx’reme—within, a mass o! smoking ruins; without, hovoo and des truction—the once extensive suburbs all destroy ed. The country around, too, presents a gloomy appearance—all the trees have been cut down by the soldiery for fuel, und p«-?ry thing looks bar ren a id desolate. The sight mace are fee! melan chclly for the remainder of the day. Americans in Difficulty at Bobkos Atbes. —A fr-n-ii Am -'i a-i diffi.u. y in the port ol Buenos \yro- is re; orted, a statement being published iu the British Packet, signed by the masters of ten Bri n and American vessels, and dated March lu n, in which they sty; “On Wednesday, the7th ot t- s month, Capr. J. Lincoln, of the American hark >’ itia, Capt. F. L : ncoln, of the Gipsy, and - jj , of tic American ship Geneva, came down ou the Ooseii, previous to going out tor an afiern a r’da. Tliey remained tor a few minutes a a door of the store b» longTg to Messrs. Hall A: Gatlin, ship chan dors, No. 41 Oalle Julio; from there they proceeded to Messrs. Rivers & Co., No. 8S Oalie Julio, never quitting their horses’ backs, there they leraaiue t a few minc'-as in converts tier, and then, tu-niug their torses’ heads, pro cefd'ei! to rotna: their steps. Wethensaw the officer on guard at ti e guard house walk back to the sentry, speak to him, and return to the guard house. At that moment Capt. J. Lincoln came pas - , t e horse walk tig very quietly. The soldier P'cseu - d bis bayonet, cried out ' Vtspada and ran the bayonet into the lett breast ot the Captain, and oaiy by a mere casualty is t that wo have not to lament tho death of an este nied triend and companion.” The soldier’s version of the affair is ■ captain’s were drunk,-end Capt. L’n cbn and the rest infringed a police regulation by galloping at a rabrgfisoe past the guard bouse.— Both ot these charges the parties aecused deny. Taking a Clsbgyman - at bis Wcbd — A certain pr-u «rot L'u.v. r, a . sm had been preaching in a ecu rv school-house for several successive Sab ba'hs toc t.ii'ce the peep'e there was do hell. At iel nit ws- ant: cm need that at his next meet! i g a collection w uld be taken for hia benefit. The day arrive i. and the collection was taken up in a ~a » W : ike ‘'deacon” bad passed through the : 'rt .o' r> n und given all an opportunity to eon « trihhtef he r- lurnea to tied the contents of the hat npo.- **■ re ? s -e ' the preacher. And such a “collection. cappers, with old buttons, pieces of tin, broken st i orse nails, and a'rnost every other worthless thi• a that a man could carry to church in his rocket! The preacher wea thunderstruck; bat reooyei hia sell in a moment, and*jrasnna' -i; • -, i the “cofiection” before him, ex claimed, “Wed, 1 am not so certain whether there is a hell or no-, but I am pertain ihere ought to be oDe for such as veu are; 2 ’ and ukirg his ►'at let t the house.— Oolurrlu Souih Carolinian , May la. Eos. A. H.Stehhess —ln Georgia, Mr. Stephens declines a wtr’g noai nation, becose he »a\s, there is to party for him to fitfht under, and beirg an r agonistic to Know Nothings, he wi.l surely he beaten. Mr. St phene is judicious, bat he caxj if ford to wait. Men wno don't temporise on tne ocean of party strife, bat bow their head to the billows, and take the wasbiuga calmly ,until-the 101 l comes and the fi:. sunlight of the*r prosperity breaks forth—these men are not ephemeral in their services or their tame* —A- ¥• Sunday Timet, From the -V.w Bedford Sta/rter*, Mj.j/ 1». bale Kuh.ry ot >.uluck«t. Tha follo«i”R f.cU iu relation to the whaling bua'Ue.- Nantucket ba.e been eammuo caud to as be a gentlenian who toae collected them with orreat plte and diflicuity . ? Tne woa’.e dsbery originaled in Nantucket id the ve&r 16V ', and waa carried on by boata from theahore In 171 S, 6 eloopaof SS tons bnrthen obtained aboa' <hw barrels of oil and 11,00 j Ids. of b,.. i 0 i73o t 'if fail, from 28 ’o 60 tons, took • boot 1 8 700 barrels, vu ned at £7 per ton. In , 74 s ; f ro m 60 t 075 tons, took 11,250 barrels, va aed obvatnecl 10,500 barrels. Inis year 10 sail were •aken bv fie French and plundered. FrnTr y i7"*2 to 1775, 150 sail from 90 to 180 tens took an„n ~:y upon the coast of Wainea, Brt zil aud ♦ho wilt indie- 3»,000 barrete, which sold in the , *‘,.ke’at £l4 sterling. 2,200 seamen ,bi ß 'ime employed in the Nantocket whale fi-hf rv, and 220 m the trade between thitf „Ja r iidon. The war of the revolution DeV’v destroyed the business of the place, as will be ssL in 1733.19 vessels only sailed from Kanrncket, »ndin 1785, 17. Daring the war 15 vesaeTs were loet at sea, and 184 were captured by lt lntw?r y t'v veers from this time we find the oitl sensif Nsr/ncket importing 7,488 bbls. of sperm and 4f< 9 bbls- of whale oil. lhe business in _ ,i iq t l when the impor s amounted to SuTo d spVrm aud 8,677 Sf whale oil. The war of 18 intervened, and more than one Ml otlheVantncket whaling fleet w»s captured. Tbs cit.ztms ot Nantucket owned, at the com mtnSmec- oi tte war, 48 ships, only 13 of which w*re°fiu?d lor whaling in 1815. The fl* which in i«iT returned w: h more wha>e oil than sperm. ln TU "ports in 1506, 1807 and 1808 show the same rcsoL: otherwite there has a wa>s been kq excess of sperm imported, lor the last 50 years We sod that 44 ships hav? been lost or con demned iu lor ign ports, in the prosecution ot the whaling basineua from Nantucket since 1815. A list of t* e number ot ships which sailed for the Pi-c tic OJv*an, sperm whaling, trom 1315 to 1543 inclusive, with tte aggregale of iheirreiurn cargoes <fe>, is annexed. Tne average toon ge in 1815 was 257; average length cfvpyage months— troui 1821 to 1525, 82 months, lhe s.zj of the shir? employed had also increased. In 1549 onlv 6 ships sailed lor Pacific Ocean whaling, ’*hiie 18 suite i tor California; in 1850, 12 for the Pacific wha’ing and 8 for California; n 1851, 15 for Pacific whaling; in 1852, 10 tor Pacific whaling. Arrival ot tiie Isabel. The steamship ieaoet touched off the bar about 6 O’clock last evening, bringing Havana and Key West dates to the 25 h inst. The Meumora, which i ,-sh tbo taa el, arrived at her iiere at half | a»t night,—-LH) late to have tc j Havana mail uis'iibulied. All was qait i on the Is'and when the Isabel left. 1 A tew cases ot Yeiiow Eevei have been reported, j but qo alarm was felt. ; Within the pant few days, what is caiied the j Cuba esutrated at Key Weat;- via . the Jamestown, t ‘j'ul ten. tn) whoip. under command of Commodore I McCauley. At she time the Isabel left, the James j town was the oniy. vessel of the sq-iadron in port, i c ~ k, svsßggone to Havana on a craise.— j I >wr.t w« daily expecting ordere to sail for the coast of Africa, to take the place of the Constitution. The last named vessel bad arrive! off Key West from Africa. Having spokoh a ves sel at sea which informed her that there was pro bability of trouble in the Gulf, she bore away to Ko> West. Commodore Mayo of the Constitution having communitAtt-d with Commodore Crabbe of lhe Jamestown, and finding no urgent necessity for his presence, After taking on board the sick of the latter, proceeded on his way home. The triguie l’oiomac, bearing the broad pennant of Commodore iS»auldiDg, was daily expected at Key West. * The ship Ellen Hood, from Apalachicola for Liv erpool. with 8.&0U bales cotton, wont ashore off Cape Florida, the 17ih inst. When the Isabel left, she had beeu got off by tho wreckers, having been lightened of about 1,200 bales, and was being la kon into K*y West. The mother of Senator Mallory, of Florida, had died at Key 'West. The Know Nothings had been defeated at an election ot Justices of the Peace, in Key West. Having deliver- d the mails lor Savannah to the steamer Moiamora. tho Isabel proceeded on to Charleston.— JCepublicm , of Wednesday. Mlniile of Point*. Decided by the Supreme Court of Georgia at Mil - CedgtviUe. May Term , 1855. Roberts vs. Waixor—from Jasper.—l. A., the guardian of B , a minor, was elected Ordinary of Monroe county, and tho letters of guardianship thereby abated. 8., the mi uor, afterwards, while living in Jh* per county, made a will and died in Jasper county. H*ld that the Ordinary of Jasper county had jurisdiction as to the probate ot the will. L' fton A Reese for Pl’-ff.—O. C. Gibson Deft. Hamilton vs. Reese, Adrn’r.—from Wilkes.—l. A. contracts to pay “whatever sum may appear to be due and payublo by the estate of B, —the com mittee of C., u lunatic—the amount to be deter mined by un exnmi nation of the records ot the re urns of tho °aid committee.” Held t iat in cal culating inUrest upon the balance found to be due by the coqmittee, running or simple interest only should be allowed, without rnukiug any rests, there boing no evidence of fraud or conversion. T. E. R. 3obb for Pl’tlF.—W. Reese & Toombs for Defendant. Wills vs, Wills—from Baldwin.—l. If the charge of th) Court is authorized by any view of the teMimory, it is not hypothetical, aud a new trial will not be granted on that ground. Konon fer Pi’tff.—Campbell «fc McKinley for Deft. J. Ilall Vd. S. Hall—from Hancock.—l. A will may be set up, although the subscribing witnesses may give Iboir opiLiou adverse to the testamenta ry capacity of the testator —nor is it error in the Court to toll the jury that th so witnesses may bo mistaken, or m«y swear falsely, or may believe that more capncity is necessary than the law re quires. 2. Tho term, "credible in the {Statute of Frauds, moans witnesses who are en titled to their o: th in a Court of Justice, and who M ay, or may not, bo believed, according to their character and evil. 3. Attesting in the presence of Testator , req v res the mental as well as the c(>rporeal presonco of tne Testator. But it must be shown ailirma’ively, utter proving corporeal presence, that there was an absence ot mental attention on ‘he part of the Tustutor, in order to declare against tho will. B. M. J ! jston <ss Kenan tor Pi’tff.—L. Ste phens for Defendant. Li d ,!y », al vs. Hunter ct al—from E bert. —1. An insotvo it dobter tiles a schedule in the Clerk’s office, and hie attorney then took the schedule to his office and kept it there until Co ;rt—no appli cation was made for the schedule. Held, that this whs a proper filing under Iho Btatute. 2. A schedule stating that “ he had nothing except the allowed him by the insolvent debtor’s oath.” Ho- i, Both^cuU .) i ; . j.*£oui»s ur Defendant. —Southerr Recorder. Departmental Xewa. Land Sd'es. —Qiautiry of Land sold at the sov eral land offices in Missouri since the passsjre of the graduation act, from Ist of October, 1854, to 81st March, 1855: Land Offices. Land Sold. Money rec’d. St. Louis acres. .586,4- 6 89 *96,790 67 Palmyra 262 277 12 78,107 28 Fayette 2 2,788 84 64 870.74 Jackson -.293,6?6 86 70,196 41 Platt aba rg 4 272 26 84,598 02 Clinton 228 933 50 158,055 85 Milan 93,567.17 11,192.74 Springfield 100,470 92 99.890 26 Total T,880,163.06 $608,696.82 Quantity ot land sold in the whole State Irom the Ist of August to the Ist of October, 1854, and amount received in payment, is as follows : Land sold. 414 717.24 ICO acies j amohut received, $85,- 243 39. Total amount of land sold from August 1, 1854, (or since the pas-age of the gradnation act of Au gust 4, 16'4 ) to March 31, 1855, is as follows: so'd 2,295,080.80 lOOacros: amount receivec $093,940.81. Mii.lerite Fanatic —A miserable couple of Mil lerite's'mad£ their appearance in our streets on Wednesday Vnorning ,Bst. The man and his wife came oh in tho stdarnboat. from New Y ork, and went into Bacon’s Hotel, but ofusel to take lodg iugs ; both of them bail g under great apprehen sions of being cil.ed for before morning, aud were unwilling to grope their way oat of bed in a dark room, merely iu uight dresses. They, therefore, took their »eats on a trunk in the Hall, and awaited all night expecting to go up at any moment. In the morning they took their stations in front pt the Hotel find stood there ail day, tho objects of the speoiui attention from the boys aud of the gen eral loalerism of the city. The man seemed to be a little wild than his wife,but wore the appear ance of anxiety—tho wife was as crazy as a coot, apparently worn out by a sort of frenzied excite ment.lhat had emaciated her almost to a skeleton. Indeed, she had no s tasted food of any desorption for four days, according to her own statement, and her ttppear&ace gave good evidence of the truth of tho assertion. They vere decently dressed and had evidently been respecta ble people. The look of these deluded be ings Wore qnite enough to repress every feeling but that-of p ; ty iu thoes who looked upon them, thcugL strange looks and iDchoherent lan guage, of course, CQuJd hardly lail of exciting a certain fevity of language and conduct amoDg the un'binking and unfeeling crowd that sur rounded them. Taey disappeared the next day and v. e tflve heard nothing from them since.— But whe'her they wsat offhorigon l a ly or ver atical |v, we certainly do not haow.” —JfttQ London Chronicle . An Intfhdict Removed Bishop Timon publishes the following notice in tho Buffalo papers of Tues day ; Buffalo, May 18, 1655.—The pious, learned, and zealous missionary, Father W'eniger, (wishing to labor for tho salvation of aouls in the only Ger man Church in this diocese, which has net yet heard his noble and truly Christian eloquence,) request me to withdraw the interdict from the Church of Jit. a”d the excommunication from the frnstees. I can refuse nothing to this worthy priest of God ; consenting, therefore, to his request, 1 hereby declare that the Interdict of St. Louis Church is rumoveu ; and I aiso declare that the excommunication of thß Trustees will < ea*»e at* soon as the Triduan in St. Louie Churoh shall begin. fJoHN, Bishop of Buflalo. Relief For Friobson. —John Ericsson the inven tor of the caloric engine, he expended all of his wjiVo fortune in prosecuting his experiments, and is low in d es itute circumstances. As his poverty is the consequence of his exertions to promo’e science and tobcneflt.mankind, it has been proposed that a collection be taken up for his (E-icsson’s) benefit, in every town and ward in tne United States, on the 4‘h day of July next, and in all the meetings lor makiDg arrangements to ce!e~brate that day. Wileesbarbe, Fa., May 26.—A fire which occur red here this morning, deM.ro>ed the stores of Messrs. Morgan, Fr drick <fe Wilson. Wm Loo mit, J. Lewis, aud the law offices of G. B. Nichol son; also, the Bedford Hotel, Kept by 8. H. Pe terbaugh. and the dwellings of Messrs. Lord, But ler, Dr. Boyd and others. Most of the properly is injured, except Dr. Boyd's. Hartford. May 24 —An important arrest was mnae this evening at the depot, of two men char ged with passing counterfeit meney at one of our hotels and at the depot. We were also informed that .n searching them there was four d a lot of counterfeit bills on the Greenwich Bank of New York, a set ol burgers’ tools, a loaded pistol, <fcc. There are now safely lodged in jail. Telegraphic —When it wa» first reported that PrMurse bad succeeded in conveying intel ligence between Baltimore and Washington, through the wires of the Telegraph, one old savant, who had been a schoolmaster and a member of the Legisi tare, as his opinion that the report was a l ‘hambag . In fact, bis knowlege of “astronomy,” he said the thing could not be done ! fencr ly after, O’Remy s men were hattiag the poles directly by the old man s a !,• (in* dav he j lined the crowd who were dwelling. cfstre'chicg the wire, and ‘-nnght of the matter then, Deing asked what he tL- •-** an air of impor he fcesitsted a mcmint. a.^on „ while tance, and then replied : « e " in the Legislate gave the attention, ana after some “■'j®* I'** 1 '** . -, sn . tion, I have come to the conclusion fc - - ? swer very well for email packages, tat will never do lor large bondlea—never! A redaction of house rents is said to have taken place in Ne v-York citj. The first of May was moving day, and in anticipation of it, tenant, made demands for redueuon. Soma of tb. prep e.ty owners consented, Wisely, and retained good tenants. Others resisted, and, as » natural conse quence, it appears that there are between two and •three thousand houses SDd parts of hoas®* to rent, the lofeitcts having found quarters in Brooklyn, Jersey c'ny, and other places, or gone to boarding or into a few rooms, WEEKLY <%mtick & Sentinel. AUGUSTA. GEOKGIA^ WEDNESDAY MORNIHO. MAT 30. 1855. Tbe Southern Cultivator. The June number ot this deservedly popular Agricultural journal has jest been issued, contain ing a great variety of interesting matter in the sev eral departments of Agriculture and Hortieultnre, as will be seen by a glauce st the iollowing table of ooutents: Plantation Economy and Miscellany.— Arable Laud W Uier; Man«gement ot Negroe..; Bee Keep ing: Pod Bearing Vegetables ; Plowing m ume of Drouth, Philosophical y oonsidered; Bots in Horses —once more; Sandy Soil—Sheep Husbandry; Corn Dodger; Three South Down Buck Lambs (.illus trated) ; The Kanovation of Soil, <fcc ; Economy in Feeding Horses and Mules; Burning Olay or Mad —the Errmamentum; A word about Chimno>s; Sea Island Pasturage—Tasks for Negroes, <fcc.; Topping Cotton; Planting Sweet Potatoes on level ground—Subsoiling; Tbe Wagon ; Sheep Bearing; Economy in FeediugStook ; That Buck Eye, die.; To cure Fistula in a Horse; Arthur’s Preserving Cans and Jars; Rescue Grass, die.; W hat shall we eat—high prices; Hollow Horn in Cattte; The Showman Far er—Physicing Laud—An Elephant Plowiuc; Depth of Soil—Us importance. Editobial —Answers to Inquiries.—The Grow Ing Crops.—''Rescue Grass''—Cure for Hydro phobia, die., die.—Grouting, Mulching and A stor ing.—Tte good time earning—death' blow to hard times. —Georgia Cassimere Wool.—National Baby Show.—Eating Horse Flesh.—Planters’and Farm ers’Library.—Death ot a dis luguishod Agricul turist. —Piaut and Sow —’tis net 100 late. Horticultural Department. —Work tor tbe Month; Tsmg Ma {ctiunaoie yi<jatta)\ Ph;salis Ednlis; Fruits for the South—Peaches; Augusta Fruit iu Charleston; Greens—aud Bacon ; uub bardstou Nonsuch Apple, (illustrated); Red War rior Apple. Domestic Economy and Recipes. —Strawberries and their preservation; Soap, White Load aud Oil; French Rolls for Breaktast; Care for Hoven. Illu trations. —Qaeeu Bee and Worker; Three South Down Buck Lambs; The Hubbardston Ap ple; Arthur’s Preserving Cana and Jars. Published by W.S. Jones, Augusta, Goo., at one dollar per year. flbf. Stephen- at Home, j The Hon. A. H. Stkpbens will addrass the I citizens of Taliaferro county on MONDAY nex, tne 4th day oi June, in Crawfotdville. The peo j pie ot n.i parties are requested to attend. i "tubernatertal Comentloa. j We are gratified to perceive that our suggestion ! ot a Conveutiou of the constructors aud sup : porters of tho Georgia Platform, and those op posed to the present State and Federal Adminis trations to nominate a candidate for Governor, meets s favorable ret option from a portion ot tbe press, aud the people from every section of tho State from which we have heard. This is to us truly gratifying, because it assures us, that the time is rapidly approaching, and is indeed most suspicious, ter the organization of a great National Conservative Constitutional patty, upon the basis ol the Georgia Platform—a parly that shall eschew all isms except Conservatism and unite the true men of the East, the West, tho North and the Sonth, in a ccinmm, zealous and patriotic effort to preserve the Constitution and perpotuate the Union. This is what we have long desired; and the necessity and importance of Bucb a National organization, we have repeatodly endeavored to impress upon the readers of this journal for the last two or more years. We repeat, the time is most auspicious for the formation of such an organization, and the events of every day admonish us that it is near at hand. There is a general disruption of the old political parties. The ties which bound the Whigs of tho free and slave States as a party, have been sev ered, and the national Democratic party ie rapidly tending to dissolution from the same cause ; tbe free soil tendency of the Northern wing. In such a crisis, it is therefore the duty ot the conserva tives of the South to rally, and by a union with the true frhnds of the Constitution and Union throughout the free States, form a great nationa; party, which ahall control aud direct the destinies of tho country. But we have digressed. Our object was to in troduce the following endorsement of the Guber natorial Convention, which wo find in the Macon Journal & Messenger: We approve lhe suggestion of our contempora ry, and commend it to the attention of all, wheth er Whigs or Democrats, Union orSonthorn Rights men, who are opposed to the present State and National Administrations, and yet caunrt take position with any existing political organization in this State. A oouventiou such as the one propos ed above, will give them position, and they may possibly be enabled to construct a platform, and to nominate a candidate npon whom all tbe ele ments of opposition in this State can be rallied. It is with thiß idea in view, that we approve of the suggestion of the Chronicle & Sentinel. Many of the intelligent conservative men of Georg’a have been tnrown by recent political movements out side of all political organizations. Opposed to the Administration, and yet unwilling to i tentify themselves with the American Party, they must stand still and idly watch the progress of eveuts, or take a position for themselves, where their strength and influence may be felt in controlling and directing them. It is altogether proper that this class of men should meet iu convention and define their position; and altogether possible that this may be dono, without arraying them iu oppo sition to the American Party in 'he canvass. There soil tie ao abandonment or coin pr Ui co oi principles in uniting with that. '!y to affect the common objeots mi oh both have in view. The WronidL c <y ‘<,nel intimates if for Mr. Jenkins, as tfie uinee of the Convention. i. ■ w -.M bo the choice of a larjre majority of the votoi f 6 o 'ia, for the jffic ' ol Governor of the Sta i, if uUey could ao. freti from party committals and party control and cor iinly there is no msaiQ tfiiaboard Union more ...orving ot the coeflience ot his lellow citizens, and of any dignity which they can bestow. But Mr. Jenkins is altogether too good a man to be made the leader of a forlorn hope, and if it is pro posed to nomii'&to him as the candidate of a frag m€7it of the Union, anti-Administration Party of Georgia, we shall decline to aid in thus , leading him to the slaughter. Mr. Jeukins is our first choice for the office of Governor, bat if he cannot bo nominated with the fa rest prospect ot trium phant success, we prefei that he should notbenom i lated, at all, but kept in reserve fora future occa sion, and a higher office. We protest against the i leu cf using him during the approoc dr g canvass, as we used him in 1852, aud again in 1853, for the benefit of his p*>rty and of his party friends. He has led the forlorn hope long enough. When next he is called upon to quit bis retirement, aud to serve the public, let it be when the battle has been fought and won, and we are able to decree him a triumph. If our impro9sio s are well founded, that the time has arrived when men, rising superior to the dictates of party, will throw off its shackles, and in the true spirit of patriotism rally to the support of the Conetitution and the UniOD, the objections of the M&sstnger to placing Mr. Jenkins befoio the people, are not well based. We, however, only mentioned him in this connection, as our in dividual preference, and because we thought ho was the choice of the people, withont desiring or designing to fo>estall the action of the convention or people. The Griffin Union also approves of the Conven tion in the following language: Gubernatorial Convention. —The Chronicle & Sentinel suggests that the friends of the “Georgia Platform,” and the opponen’a of tho present State and National Administrations, hold a Contention in Milledgevilie on Wednesday, the lsth day ol July next, for the purpooe of nominating a Candi da e for Governor. The editor thinks that a large majority of the people of Georgia favor the nomination ol Charles J. Jenkins. We hope the suggestion of the Chronicle & Sentinel will be acted upon, and that the people ot the various coun'ies will adopt measures to secure an expres sion of then wishes in the Convention. kir. Stephen* a Candidate. It affords us sincere pleasure to announce to the voters of the Eighth Congressional District, that the Hon. A. H. Stephens has, after mature de liberation, determined to become a Candidate for re-election to Congress, and so announced himself in a speech in this oity on Monday evening. Ho arrived in the city Monday morning and had the following hand-bill extensively circulated through the day : Hon. Alexander H. Stephens wi 1 address his fallow citizen* ot Augusta, without distinction of Party, this evening at 8 o'clock, in the City Hall, in response to the calls that have bean made upon him to be a Candidate again for Congress. Whigs and Democrats, Union Men and Plre- Eaters,"Know Nothings and Anti-Know Nothings, “Insiders” aDd “Outsiders, *' NativeaDd Adopted Cit'zans, Catholics and Protestants, are invited, o.ie and all, to attend. Monday, 28th May, 1855. Tha result was, that before the hour, the City Hall was filled to ita utmost capacity with a dense mass of citiaens, of all classes and parties, anxious to hear what he had to say, and who greeted him most cordially on his arrival. He had but just entered upon his speech, when it was suggested to him that a large portion of the audience could not enter the Hall, and desired that he should speak from tho steps on the outside, to which he readily assented, and thither the audi ence and orator immediately repaired, when he resumed and finished his speech by moonlight. As we oould not make any notes, we will not attempt from memory any sketch of his remarks, other than to state that he opened by announcing himself a candidate for re-election, entered at once into a discussion of the principles of the Know Nothings, reiterated the positions of his letter to Col. Thomas, of Elbert, answered, in his progress, objections which had beeL urged to that letter thronga the press, and appealed to the members of the order, as Southern meD, Georgians, and Americans, to abandon the order; because of those objectionable features, the proscription of foreigners and Catholics, the free-soiliam of the Northern wing of the party, and the tendency to evil in consequence of its secrecy. He spoke for more than an hour, was listened to throughou l with the most respectful attention, and was fre quently interrupted by burets of applause from his auditors. When he had concluded, the Hon. R. Toombs , who had reached the city that afternoon on his way to Europe with hiß family, and was present, was loudly called for. He responded to the call in a brief and forcible speech, in which he stated his objections to the order. They were based upon its secrt cy, tne proscription of Catholics and Fo reigners, and theFreesoil tendencies of the North ern wing; all of which were discussed in his usual forcible style though very briefly. He too was fre quently interrupted by the plaudits of the audi ence. Col. T- W.Th'Mas, of Elbert, who had armed in the city that day from Milledgevile, was also present, and was calbd tip. He, however, declined making a speech at that hour, when the audience had already heard two speeches on the same side; and the multitede quietly dispersed. A apodal polioeman h» boon »PP oi °t« d ln Bocheotor, N. Y., to look after truant dnldren, at . r -i ..j ot hundred dollars. Tbs Atiatits Republican—Mr. Mephens. i ’1 HE Atlanta Kepubliean. in a running commen- I tar> npon the letter ol tho Hon. A. H. Btethens, re Hes to his declaration that “the prinoiples ot the Know Nothing party are kept secret except to the initiated” thus: “The principle- of the ‘Know Nothings’ have been published to the world for months. Every paper triend y to the order has printed them. Many not friends have inserted them. Foi months they have been the theme ot conversation iu Geor gia, and of the bitterest vituperation and dennn ciatior. In Virginia they have beeu proclaimed from the house tops, and the gal ant Flournoy has borne tbe standard ot Americanism with its prin ciples emblazoned upon it, and his friends have fearlessly proclaimed tbs ' principles , asms and idyects' ot the party. Iu tho Representative cham ber ot Congress—a stat in which the honorable gentlemau has so Lo g occupied with equal honor to himself and his State—during tne last session of Congress, these ‘principles, aims and objects’ were eh qnently proclaimed and fearlessly advo cated, and yet Mr. S. gravely informs us that he really was ignorant of them. These have not been ‘kept seeret’ uor ‘held in the dark.’ ” We are surprised at this assertioff of the Be publican, as every intelligent reader understood Mr. S. to refer to any authorised publication of prinoiples by any competent or authorised body of the party in convention or council, and not to the declarations ot individuals or editors. Has suy such suthorised proclamation of principles ever beeu made i Let us examine. The facta will es tablish the truth oi Mr. S.’s declaration, and con sequently the error of the Republitan. It is true that individuals have proclaimed what they said were the principles of the party, and journals devote! to the interests of the party, have published a Platform, whieh they asserted were the principles ol the Order, but who of the uninitia ted can assert that these declarations are true, in the absence ot any formal proclamation by any single one of the regularly organized Connells of the Order iu the United States? The “ American Organ ” at Washington City, published what it asserts is tbe platform of prinoiples, and the Virginia Press published s different platform for the Virgin a Organization. Tho “ Organ" informed its readers that the Slavery question was “ ignored" by the Order, while the New England Councils ol the Order, proclaim hostility to Slavery as one of their cardinal principles, .l.oin, tho■■' Organ" deoiarvJ tho hoetili y i Order 4o “ Ufmsuiem” as one of Us priuoinies, i and the oxul'ision ’ • Roman Catholics trom metn -1 bersLip; wide me New Orleans BulUtan, an ad ' vocste of the Order, is said to have asserted that , Catholics aro not OAOluded in that State. If, thore t ore, the principles of the party were well- fined even seating thomsolves, this contrariety could no L ' possibly exist. It is apparent therefore, that the I principles have not only not been accurately de , ; fined and generally understood or approve t>y .he ' Order, but thst no formal publication of them has ever been made to tbe public. Hence tbe correct ness of Mr. Stephens’ declaration and tbo error of the Republican’s. Ou the slavery question, the members of the order with whom we have conversed, admit folly and freely, the diversity in the opinions of tbe Now England and the Southorn wings of the or der ; and assure us, thst the matter will be defi nitely Bottled by the National Convention soon ; to assemble in Philadelphia. It is therefore i clear, that upon this great, and to the South para i mount question, their prii ciples are not yet de i fined. 1 No State or County Council, in any section of I the Union, has ever yet made a formal publication > over the names of its officers, of its “ principles, > aims or objeots.” This faot the Republican will not gainsay or controvert. j Again, the R*publican seeks to controvert the j objections of Mr. Stephens to the secret organiza tion and meetings of the Order, and attempts an 1 analogy between them and the Masons aud Odd 3 Fellows, and the secret meetings of Whigs and - Democrats. Such an analogy is so absurd that it j requires but a word to expose its fallacy, and place 3 it ontirely beneath criticism with every intelligent 3 and candid mind. The Masons and Odd Fel lows are charitable, not political associations. The 3 proceedings of Whig aud Democratic conventions 3 and meetings ute made public, generally in a formal ! and authorized manner, and the members enter 3 into no pledges to keep them secret, that we have ever heard. That individual members of the two . parties may sometimes have informal private or Be . cret meetings, in which they may discuss and de -3 termine u pon a oortain line of policy to bo adopts Iby t hemtel vi s for tbe interests of the party, is doubtless true ; but their uction commits no one bat tho ac - tors themselves, and the parfios at large are not 4 responsible for their action. There is, therefore, j not the slightest analogy betwoou Buch secret 3 meetings and those regularly organized secret ■ meetings of the Know Nothing or American party, | the action of which the party is pledged to adopt aud carry out. t ♦ 3 To rtaatera In Georgia. f Wi should fool gratitiod if some ouoor more in -1 telligont planters in evory cotton growing county 3 in Georgia—aye, even in the Southern States, / would forward candid answers to the foilswing t enquiries, to Neill Brothers & Co., New York. ’ Messrs. N. B. & Co. are extensively engaged in . the cotton trade, and they desire this information ' in order to lay the facts before the oouutry for the benefit of growers and dealers: 1. What proportion do von think the land plan I ted with cotton this spring, boars to that ol last year and the year previous iu your own neighbor , hood ? 2. W hat is your opinion of tbo “stand” now ob tained, aud tbe condition of tho new crop as com pared with an avorage of reasons at tho aarns date ? 8. What proportion of the old crop of your dis trict is still remaining in the country ? U L. Mltckall—Tbo State ((sad. We have seen a letter from Ohas. E. Grenville, one of tho part ion who recovered from the State 1 Road in the recent arbitration in Tonnossco, sta i ting that we wore in error, in ascribing to Wm L. Mitchell, the late distinguished (1) Chief Engin , eer, tho mismanagement, for which the State was , made responsible to the tune of some thirty-five t thousand dollars, and thut it occurred after he re • tired from the office. Wo tuke pleasure in cor recting onr error, the more so, as the late distin ■ guished ohiof had already sins enough to answer 1 for, in his miserable mismanagement of the road. | Wo suppose the maladministration occurred nn , der tho superintendence of Mr Wadley, and that L especial favorite of Gov.’s Towns and Cobh, W. N. ’ Bishop. We should like to be informed on this , point particularly. By the way, while on the subject, we may men i tiion that we have heard some whispers abonl dc i talCations on the read at Dalton and Chattanooga, 1 for large Bums of money. Is there any truth in the rumor? Can any body toil ? We should be i pleased to have something authentic. Congressional Nomination. —The Democratic Convention of the Third Congressional dia‘»ict, which met at Forsyth, has nominated J. M. Smith, Esq., of Upson, as their candidate for Congress. Wind, Rain and Hail. —About 10 o’clock last (Wednesday) night we were visited with a severe storm of wind and rain, with slight hail, accom panied by a terrific display of lightning, which lasted for an hour or more. The Charleston Cou rier of this morning says : About 10 o’clock last evening onr oity was visited by a very heavy huil storm, accompanied with considerable thunder-and lightning. It lasted about halt an hoijr. Between twelve and one o’clock this morning another heavy storm of rain accompanied with thunder and lightning, commenced, and bad not ceased when we went to pre.-ts. The Hurricane Last Night. —The Savannah Republican of Thursday morning, says:—As we closed our columns, after 12 o’c'ock last night, a violent gale of wind from the northwest comrnen ced—unhinging shutters, Wowing down trees, and doing other damage within hearing of our office.— So Bndden and violent wa3tho wind, that it broke in one of the heavy doors of A. Bonaud’s grocery establishment, at the corner of Bull and Bay-sts., forcing it from its fastenings, and wrenching the shutters from one of the large windows of his store. Wo have reason to fear that much injury has been sustained by the shipping in port, and can not but i>e apprehensive of serious results to ves sels aloDg the coast. Foitnnately, however, the wind was off shore, and may have driven them out to sea. At 1 o’clock this morning, the gTle partially subsiding, a rain followed, and as we close this paragraph, seems to have started afresh. The one o’clock train on the Central Koad arri ved safely at its usual time. Mr. Stephens. —The “ Empire State,” published in Griffin, concludes a br'of notice of the letter of the Hon. A. H. Stephens thus: “We heartily concur in the opinion of some of our cotemporaries, that he should be returned to Congress by the unanimous vote of every true Southron of bis district. So mote it be.” Imprisonment for Debt Abolished. —The Mas sachusetts Legislature have passed a law abolish ing imprisonment for debt. The Boston Chroni de truly says “Whatever else that body may have done, they have at least done one good thing, let them have the credit of it.” Unpleasant Rumob. —“Wo learn that a reverend gentlemen, a resident of Columbus, Ga„ has lately been guilty of conduct so eccentric, that it has re salted in his hasty departure from the scene of hid labors.”— Montg. Mail. The Columbus Enquirer Bays: We cannot but regret that our Montgomery cotemporary should have given publicity to the above in advance ot accurate ialorm&tion as to the true facts in the case. A rumor of this kind, when included in te-ma so general, is calculated to reflect upon the ministerial charac'er of the entire body of our Clergy—a result which w j cannot think was either anticipated or desired by our cotempor&ry. It givee us great pleasure to be able to state that the rumor referred to is in all respects greatly exaggerated, and in the most important particular is without any foundation. It is true that a mis understanding, purely of a domestic nature, pre vailed for a short time between the Rector of the Episcopal Church in this city and a portiQn of hie congregation, but we are most happy to say that the entire subject matter has been satisfactorily ad justed and the previous cordial ielations restored. As to the hasty departure alluded to, no such fact transpired. The Quebec Chronicle says that it ia in contem plation by New York and Boston capitalists to ap ply for a banking charter in Canada, under the title of the “International Bank,” with the view of giving banking facilitiee to the enormoo. trade springing np on the shores of Lake Huron and Superior. The capital to be asked for will be £450,000 (*1,000,000) with power to increase it to £500,000. The New Yorkers are famous for furnishing “banking" 1 agilities tor their neigh bors. Democracy v«. Democracy, The following strictures of the Richmond Ex- \ aminer upon the course of the Washington Union are woli deserved and as well The reader should not forget that the Examiner is a good de mocratic organ, and is a competent wit ness as to the vascillating, time serving, servile course of the Union . The fling at Forney, the bosom companion of the President and his Cabiu6t, for his 44 Mrs, Fobrest letter,” is quite pointed. The chivalry of the Old Dominion cannot tolerate the contact with the vile uudersti upper, and degraded too : A Word About the Washington Union News Paper —The jjurual is ariuily auu laboriously x teuualiug the conduct of that official laud specula tor, abolition emissary, and expo led ex Govo nor —Keeder, late ol Kansas. It is lacurymo ely tell ing the South wiiai.. stout Polk, Danas and t uss man, what a fierce Fugitive Slave iuw ohampiou, what a staunch anti YV umot Provisois. aud Kansas Nebraska.te Keecer was before he went to Kansas, and belore he became interested iti laud specula lions with abolition emigration aid societies. The Uuion mukes bold to declare that tins exeffleial, who fled from Kansas at the -dght of hempen twigs in the hats of her brave settlers, ‘h a uoi for a moment diverged from the pluiu straightforward path of duty” in a siugfe one of his land specula tions or vile outrages upon the elective franchise. The Union would lain seduce Virginia nows; apers to join it in this defence of Keener, this alliance with Greely and Garrison aid societies, and this covert denunciation o> brave Southern settlors in Kansas. The attempt is vain aud idle. Those Virgiuia journals which would join iu the tase alliance dare not, and those which d >ro would not. The South well understands the Washington Union. Out of 142 members already elcc.ui to the next House of Kopreseutatives trcin the Worth, but klteeu are Nebiaska Kansas men, upon whom the South can rely. All the rest aro lroo to.lers— avowed, committed and uncompromising, it is meet for the Washington Uuiuii to look to the flesh pots, aud to keep an e>e opoh to the publ.c printing- i'ho South understands that manor, and Knows well enough that overy ego bus its Arnold aud evory cause ns Iscariot. So that we hav* this request to make of the Washington Uniou uewsp »per, to wit: that it do the democracy the favor not.to approvingly men tiou their cause, tuuir State, * r their candidates again while our election is pending. We mean to triumph iu Virginia, in spite of every incubus, lot aud hiudranc<; but we desire no aid from the Washington Union. We do not want to ko on cumbered with ,tlie heip of the apologist ol Kood er, flic official übietor of aid societies under the p-tronage of Greeley aud Garrison. The syrnpa »hy ot such a journal is a reproach upon our cause; iu -ises arc po'lution;|its God spend a curse npon j i ovir aids. not moan to eundeum her own p ;•<. in Kansas >s j u , i of the Uuion is to be to * e ion the b:>i* ol that yotnfg t&ato, and she wil. , n p»uy traitor io her owu flesh ana Koiul by a oerseu vitb Porttev in i But or. I’m* I ir. ' louvhsr im& who h»to Kimwfr* J a ■intended to act honestly, Kwf ;, y aud j moth r-lely, but, firmly aud cfiectiveiy. i ey met f: acid and cunning, aruittce and dinniMieaty m the * b .id, manly ineru were eatMu-aed • urts aud Battled laws to appeal to, and they scorned trick aud artiliee. They met the abolition isls and uid societies iu tho only manner they could meetlhemm a wild country without adopting their own base taolios. They mot them, as brave honest pioueers, lookiDg to the interests of pos turily, and to the future weltareot nußceut Bunts always meet speculators of tho hour, who study only selfish gain, and would turn the tailed regions of o-rtii into perpetual desolation to serve tbe«r own despicable interests. Virginia recoolleots the Mrs. Forrest letter. She dotes ol the men of the hempen twigs, liomom bor that. Perry vs. Soulk. —The Baltimore Patriot of Tuesday alteruoou says : Mr. Perry, tho luto Bee rotary of tho American Legation ut the Court ol Madrid, has another letter in the Nat’onal lutelli gencer of this morning, in rolutlou to tho quea tion of voracity between Mr. Soule aud himself.— The lettor is addressed to the President, and is an elaborate, and apparently a truthful review o the course of conduct pursued by Mr. Soule ii his diplomatic career. Mr. Perry attributes thn line of conduct to the fact that Mr. Soule is a for eiguor, possessing a stronger feeling cf oumit) against France aud Spain thau of real good wi> towards the United States. He charges direct ) that his principal strove to complicate tho diflicul ties that existed betweeu tho United States an Spain, particularly n tho 44 Bluck Warrior” ai fair, for the purpose, evidently, of embroiliug tin two na’ions in a war—instead of seeking then amicable adjustment, as ho would huve done hat he had the true interests of his adopted country at heart. Wo have no doubt tha\ Mr. Perry is right in hi conclusions, and the country is to be corgratula tod that Mr. Soulo is sent to tho shades of retire ment—provided, howover, that tho 44 Honorable General Augustus Hanuibff Dodge,” as lie writes himself, ahull pursue a moro onlightoncd and patriotic course. The Indians Preparing for War. —lt has al ready been announced that largo bodies of Indians were making warlike demonstrations in the Nortl West. Col. Vaughn who has recently returned from the Upper Missouri to meet his constituents in St. Joseph, reports that the Indians upon the Plains are in a very unsettled condition—in fact us Burning a hostile attitudo. Ho says : The Blackfeet, Uucapas, Manacongnes Sansarc, and Vanctons, bunded iu one mighty host, and scoffing existing treaties, have unburied th< hatchet and bid defiunce to the “ powers that he.’’ These, combined with tho Brulays and Ogalali t , of the Platte, numbering at a small calculation 8, 000 warriors, havo thrown up fortiticutions on Raineybuie, at tho source of Grand River, and are not only ready, but anxious to meet any force tha» tho Government may send against thorn. Not all t’ e Indians, however, (be it said to thei - cre' ,% •vaalbOM .u imateiy connected with Sm Uou tribe, are disposed to sido with these malcontents, in their violations of faith and allegiance. The A. sinobines, K carrir.s, Orovatries, and Mandamn. having the fear of the lour regiments before their eyes, have told their agent, Col. Vaughn, iucoiv <•;!, that they would not only aid and abet, nut lur nit) material assistance in subduing their refractory brethren. Lunacy.—On Mon«v» ’ the .i.., x-aniel O’Brien wan brought before the Inferior Court— thcr Honors Bothune, Jepson and Nance pre siding—on a charge of lunacy. After some •x --amination of several witnesses and O’Brien him self, the Jury retired, and soon returned with a verdict, by which the unfortunate man was de creed a tit subject to be conveyed to tho Asylum at Milledgeville. We learn that there Is no room in tho Asylum for any more. If this be true, it is really a reproach to Georgia, that her indigout in*ano cun not be proporly cured for, but are subjected to closo con linemont in prison, or cast loose among tho com munity.— Coturnb us Kaquirer. This picture, if true, does not comport very woll with our boasting pretension to being “ the Empire State of the South.” There is no coucoalmcnt of the fact, that there has always been displayed by the Legislature, toward tho Lunatic Asylum, a niggardly parsimony, unworthy of tho Btute and in ill keeping with tho spirit and progress of the age and humanity. Bxndio Timber. —Tho Boston Advertiser spokas of an extraordinary process of bending a largo stick of timber, by the power of machinery, into any shape required for ship building, or any use in the mechanic arts, or in architecture, an invention ol Mr. Thomas Blanchard, of that city. On Wed nos day a trial of Uho machine was made in the pres once of a largo number of gentlemen, which proved entirely successful. Tho action of the machine i quiet, efficient and speedy, as fully shown in its performance, which consistod of passing a straight hewn piece of whito oak timber, ten inches or twelve feet in length, and thirteen and one-half inches square, through the machine, whereby it was, in eleven minutes, reduced to tho form of the most regular Bhip’s knee of tho largest size. Pieces of timber of the hardest and most compact kind, of any size, can bo thus bent to any desirable radius of curvature to tho extent of a quadrant, or any larger or smallar arc, the ends remaining straight, of any desirable lengths. Measures have been taken for securing patents for the invention in England and France, and for exhibiting a stm pie of the bent timber at the Industrial Palace of Paris. Commercial Relations between the United States and Mexico. —A correspondent of tho New Orlean Delta, writing from Tampico, under dao of April Both, say s that tho commercial relations between tho United States and Mexico are far from satisfactory to Americans, and that our Minister, the Hon. James Gadsden, has protected to tin Prime Minister of Santa Anna against tho numc rous special concessions which Santa Anna has granted to certain European houses, for the intro duction of seven or eight cargoes of foreign dry goods on the Pacific coast, at 80 per cent, less than the rates by the established tariff. Santa Anna has also granted permission to an Europeanhoupe, at the city of Mexico, to import certain articles, without limit, for a bonus. Mr. Gadsden has pro tested against these violations of the treaty he is bound to protect, but has as yet obtained no satis faction. The Rust in Wheat. —An old farmer—an intel ligent friend, who was cultivating the soil success fully years and years ago, informs the editor of the Fayettville Observer that Rust in Wheat need not be feared before the last of the month. Watch cose ly, and as soon as it appears, commence cutting— don’t delay, but begin at once—and the Rust will die in one hour from the time the Wheat falls, the nutritive juices in the stalk will rush to the heads, and the grain thus managed will be nearly as good if not quite, as that which is left standing to ar rive at maturity undisturbed by Rust. The in formant speaks from experience. One year he lost his entire crop, in consequence of the ravages of Rost; daring another, he saved it by the course hero indicated. A Negro Millerite. —On Sunday week, while the Rev. John H. Lacy, pastor of ihe Baptist church in Danville, was preaching, a negro man rushed down the gallery and ascending the p al pit elbowed Mr. Lacy out of his place and commenced warning the people to flee from the wrath tocomo. He sa d that the world is to be burnt up in a few days, and that God had commissioned Aim to step forward and admonish all hands to prepare. Tho enthusiast was Boeedily hustled out. Curious, if True —Dr. Jinsley, of Cuba, claims to have discovered that vaccine virus, as er passing through the system of a negro, is value less for the white race. This is not trae, and therefore not curious. The writer was vaccinated more than twenty years ago, with matter taken at the moment of vaccination, from the arm of a negro child, and though repeat edly vaccinated since with good matter, taken from white subjects it has in no instance had any effect, except to produce a small watery blister with itching. There were twenty-seven deaths at Memphis. (Tenn.,) for the week ending on the 12th inst., of which seventeen were of cholera. Toe Secretary of the Board of Health says in his report: “This fell disease (cholera) made a sudden out break in the upper portion ot the city about the first of the week, and proved fatal in almost every case.” Within a month past upwards of four hundred boys have been enlisted in the fraval service at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. 1 The NVw York Know Nothings. Our readers havo already been advised of the meeting of the New York State Convention of Know Nothings at Syracuse. The New Herald in the following correspondence pretends to give a 4 * full and accurate report of the proceed ings.” Whether it is so or not, of course we are i ot advised, wo therefore givo it for what it is worth: Syracuse, May 12, 1856. I* all and Accurate Account of the Proceedings of the A :t> to Nutki»g Convention— All right among t e Council on the slavery (Jutstion. Tho Grand Council, State of Now York oon veued at orinthian Hall, Syracuse, on Tuesday last, at 10 A. M. Tno attendance was full and imposing, every county und town in the Stato being represented. The annual imssuge of the Grand President, de liverodon the first day ot the session, after the re port of the Credential Com i.iltee, was received with great re.’af, aud its seutimonts and doetrine*, wnicli wore strictly national and conservative,ab juring al. sectionalisms, enclosed by a unanimous vote. the coirsTmrcloir. M jDrity and mority ropor.s were anh&uftrifi, und constitution adopted with great uuauimHy, composed ot portions of both. It differs In no very essen’iul features from the late one, except in 1 lai us it pies rioes the mode of making uommau ns tor oilic , which by this constitution, mu to. rod •rnmedmtoly to the ballots of the suf- I lagans ox the Bovt ral subordh ale Councils. the platform. Efforts wero muuo to cunmiu the Grand CounaK to a distinctive natioual platform of political p»ln cip es, but this being regarded as the work pro perly ot the onsuing National Council, no definite action was taken, ou er than the re affirmation of tiio thrid or Union degree, by a uunmznous vote, w.i.ch, to every member of the Order, is the most conclusive evidence ot the nationality of theGrsnd Council of the Bute of New York. In Massaofau- this third degree was repudiated, and heus« the auoniuio s proceedings ot its Legislature, not* witKitauaing its profession of Americanism. It m uudemlood, however, that there are numerous tlitrd d.'groe members iu this State, aud that, with Gov. Gardner at their hoad, a re action is taking place which will presently give tho national party who ascendancy- Senator Wilsou has placed him self bey on. 1 the palo or orthodoxy, [the Senator never look the third degroe, or assuredly, as an honest man, he could novor have uttered such dcctrim s as no onuuciated at the theatre in your ciiy.J and will, unquestionably, be repudiated by )•. i\n>ion»i ‘’invention to which ho hus been oloctcd a member. Pouuiu* i.*o it is understood that thh Ai.a p; r . o ..lied, ma to overtures lor a ie . -.nd with tho gen oral feeling the i <r (fin: ;otiy and it ts to be hoped it wUi the •» *«.<* resolutions,” so called whilst they *«.reaot upu ded, were noverlneiesn, sc modified I sto u'lo y tho i- b >idi;iaie o«/qucilt; full power ii f . ,;'P^vn v it; o‘hy, wor»is g to»cce^ebaAgt i r>f», :.a the proper as u onince of a hearty I and hon*>t, cooperation m tl,e purposec and aimoi : Tho following may bo regMrrteff as the platfom oi tho Now York u w « Noln.ugs, autu uia most mg of tho N tiioual Couacil: 1. Americatb shall rule America. 2. The Union of these Stales. ff. N j North—no South—no East—no West. 4 The United States of America as thev are. onoamiihsoptr.ble. J 5. No sectarian interference in our legislation, or tho administration of American laws. 6. Hostility to tho assumptions of the Pope, through the bishop.-, prius s, and prelates of the ttouinu Catholic Lurch, hero, iu a republic eano ufled by t'roto-tant blood. 7. Thorough reform iu tho naturalization laws. 8. Lroo und liberal educatioual institutions for .1; vie sand cusses, with the Bible, God’s holy word, as u universal text book. Although the question ol tho platform was pro perly referable to tho National Convention—which . noetsontl e 5.h pioximo iu Philadelphia—aud vhs ho referred by the Grand Council of New York at this session—yet tho Grand Coanci! re affirmed tho third degree with enliro unanimity, »h was manifest by tho unanimous adoption of the ore-going platform, «feo.; As uli parties, and factions and fragment of parties, are lusiug in the opposition, the American parties aro determined to lubo, where it can be lone consistently with natioual principles and Uuion doctiino . It is estimated that tho attendance waH as large at tno former session, which, iu view of the fuot that but one delcguto from etch Council was ad rallted, (heretofore three was the quota,) would give n re prut eolation from Homo 1,2u0 Councils. All Concur in the statement that it was the most intelligent, dignified and harmonious body of the Order that over congregated iu th» Stale. The expulsion of Chubhuck,of Monroe, the hb* tellite of YVoed, Greedy, Seward <& Co., was the only unpleunaut event of the session. His ex parts communications, through Swain, to tho 'Linos, presented a together an unfair and uL'. ,v,,k the uc s und doings of the session. Tho Order, iustoad of I oing in arrear slo,oo3Jwi required that amount for tho coming goal’s opera* ions, and ihe full amount wanted wus sooured without difficulty. The next quarterly session will bo hold at Bing ham on, Broome county. Another Stoby for the Marines.— I The Balti more Patriot Buys :— There is a “yam” going the rounds of tho papers to the effect that President Pierce has appointed ex Presidents Van Buren, Fill moro and Tyler to offer tbo mediation of this country to the belligerents ol Europe. The story had its orig n, probably, in tho fact that the first named gentleman was already in Europe, t oond was on his way there, and in th well grounded supposition that tho third would to bo distinguished in some way, even if it wa? 'he kind of notoriety the tin pun has in being ed to tho mastiff's ulterior uppondage. Incendiarism —An attempt was made Bunday n'ght to tiro the drugstore of Wilson <fc Alfriend, in Petersburg. Bank Directors The loMow" person* e j been elected Directors for the Branch of th< ;e : J1.0.k in AnjruHia, for lv reso- year— viz 1 ; Barrett. <’u iilks J. Jenb’^ I. P. Garvin, L U. Wa uin, J. G Moßkniu\ N. C. Trow.uuim' Atamoetingofthe » >ard t Thomas Barrett, unanimously elty iM < .it. , ioftt, non iU M| .u . has obtained tho contract lor tho convoys o i he English mails from Panama to Australii >noe v mouth, at the roto of £7,000 sterling f>? the round trip. Two first class steamships are be built in this country and two in England, so the use of tho line. The City marshal of Portland seized on Thom day week, a largo quantity of cider at the store of Mr. L Harlow, of that city. He dealt in the »i iclo, and manufactured vinegar on the pre »•. fho judge declared that cider was 44 no tor ..sly intoxicating,” and condemned the article. Tho Cayuga (C. W.)Sachern says the wheat crop throughout Western Canada looks exceedingly woll. Tho fall wheat is entirely freo from winter killing, and as there is no dangor of its being in jured by frost, tho prospect cf an abundant har vest is very encouraging. Tho quantity of land under wheat ib far greater than in an previous year. The Icgis'uturo of Massachusetts, which has Just closed its inglorious career, passed an sot to amend tho Sta'o constitution prohibiting naturalized oit izens from voting or holding any office in that commonwealth. Those naturalizsd, however, be fore tho amendment to tho constitution ia adopted by a vote of tho people are to bo allowed to vote, but not to hold office. Meannews. —Tho corporation of Montreal invi ted Sir Edmund Walkor Head, Governor General of Canada, to visit that city at tho opening of the exhibition preparatory tosendirgto the Paris Ex hibition. They engaged rooms for him at the Donncgona House, and refused to pay the bills.— Vl'tno St. Julion, tho landlady, has accordingly sued Sir Edmund for the amount. Tho Attorney Gonoral of United States has de cided that a treaty con- titutionally concluded and ratified abrogates any State law or Federal law, whether written or unwritten, which may be in conflict with it. Tho congregation ot tho Church of the Pilgrims in Brooklyn, a few days since, mado their pastor — liiv. Henry Ward Beecher—a present of a houae in Columbia street worth $20,000. L'jwis Sandora Noble, a soldier of the Revolu tion, and a trooper in Marion’s legion, died re cently in Clinch county, Ga., aged 104 years. Order Restored in the West —All accoonU concur, says tho St. Louis Into ligencer, in an nouncing the complete triumph of common sense and law iu Western Missouri and Kansas. The ludepead'uce Messenger, (a conservative paper) noticing a meeting recently held Id tho Court House, tays : It was a very calm and orderly affair, and (’apt. Gill’s narration of his expedition against the Yan kees, who ro bed Col. Kirby of his sqaatler’a claim ’«n Kansas Territory, produced the greatest mi nil in the largo assembly present. After tbia a string of resolutions were introduced by a com mittee selected 'or that purpose, and all passed as a matter of course, no one either opposing or voting against them. Wo could not support that part of ’he resolutions which breathe a “higher law” at mosphere, as our motto is, “Let the laws rule , and not men. 11 Death of Dr. C. 8. King.—The Charleston Courier announces tho death of Dr. Courtnay 8. King, who expired in April, at Kertch, in Russia, where he had been lately stationed as a member of the Medical stuff attached to the Russian army of defence in the Crimea. Col. Mantpenny and Thos. Benton.— lndian Commissioner Manypenny has written a very aav age four column letter in tho National Intelligen cer, in which he accuses old Bullion of having made statements in Missouri abaut Lieut. Beale’s expedition, which were elaborately false. The Chinese Slaughter.— A letter reoeived in Now York from Shanghai says that the city pre sents a painful scone of desolation. Many houses were completely riddled by shots from the French frigate, and half the city was burnt to the ground by the rebels. The Imperialists disemboweled several of the rebels, and sold the livers of others ut a dollar a piece, where they could find pur chasers lor them. Tho entire edi’ion of the Albany Evening Jour nal was on Monday printed on paper mode from Basswood shavings. Its appearance was as good as could be desired and promises well for the suc cess oi the new invention. Hot '.—Yesterday was a “ screamer /” The quick-ilver climbed up to 93Jf degs. in our sanc tum, at 6 P. M., after whioh we got disgusted with the oppressive superabundance of calono, and ceased to notice it. There are six vacancies in the Udited Btatea Senate-one whig and live democratic. New Hampshire, Indiana, Alabama, Missouri, Califor nia, and Ponnsylva' ia havo ea?h to eleot a Sena tor. Mr. Gwin, ot Califo.nia, wiil o’aim a seat on the' ground that a plurality vote elects in Califor uia and he got that vote on the first ballot. There are now in Ireland, it appears 2281 Ko man Catholic priests, and of these 122* were ed*> ceted at Maynooth,
