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EUKOPKAN INTELLIGENCE.
BV Til" *PR»CA.
The steamer Alrio* ha*. »».«•! »t Helifex. She
wee detained off the port nearly »il day on
Her letter" will be doe at New \ ork Thursday
evening. She brings one week’s later new* from
Europe.
t eaarlii g U> the Vienna papers the oonferenoes
would b reopened. A meeting would be held on
2« h, witLool the Kuaeian plenipotentiaries,
and a other on toe 261i1,Rt wfl.ch those faacuona
riefl would be present.
Lord Palmeralon’a explanations in rarliament,
in regard to this matter, indicate that the meet
ing* e-ova referred W would be preliminary only.
AtdTuiA —An Austrian envoy was to leave im
meduteiy fb' Frankfort, to urge the immediate
mobibzi.ioa of the German Federal foroea.
It ib reported that Austria sent secret circulars to
all the German Courts, initiating that each ahail
specify distinctly the line of conduct they mean
to lo'low.
Feum tux Crimea —General Pel issuer’s appoint
ment to the command ot the Frencn forces proves
to be immensely popuiar, and operations on a great
scale are confidently hoyed tor soon. It was ear
mised that iVisser would make a bold attempt to
cut off Liprandi’s army.
It mi aaid that Oraur Pacha had offered to take
and h Id b mpneropvl wild his Turkish Troopa it
tne French support Lis advances.
Tne secret expedition wbic.i was recalled from
Re-ucn is reported to have again sailed—destine
tion nnkoown. . . .
Tne reoect arrival of three French divisions
makes tne force about men—say
French troop* 120,000; Lagiisu 80,000; Tarka 4<V
000, and 3ar)ima 11,000.
General Pedmsier telegraphs under date of May
24 ■»» follow*:
“ A very lively combat against our moet impor
tent positon lasted ui< of last night, bat we ob
LaiLed complete suoc*?**. The Russian loss was
eaoruioin and ours considerable.”
The /'atrie give® some further information Os
the affair. Ttie u r«non attacked the Kuo.au en
Irt-EiChtid oioip near the Quarantine bastion on the
n grit ot tne 22 1, and again on the night of the
ilij, and carried i* by assault.
The La tut.
Batcroat Mobnino. — me MoniUur says a dia
palcii iroui Geiitra. Pcilisteicr dated May 25tb,
stales that the French occupied the
t.*rgi plod d'annie betwe-n the central basuo..
aud ti e *ea ohoi.. The enemy having autforeo
eoormuu* lo»*e 3 ;h* preceding cay, oeded tneii
ground the more easily.
France. —The trench Minister ot Foreign as
fail•, .u a c.rcuiar addressed to tne French agents
abr is), a Hirers Nseaetrodea la e n.le.
From the Baltic—Tne French fl>el was at Kiel
on ih. zzi of Msy, vn the w*»y to j>m the Kugiisn.
Tn.) British ci’iisois nod brougut several pri*;a
t E siuoro. Tne bulk of the hi gi.sh fleet was at
Nni/*u.
Olfi i 1 information h:d reached the British
Co..au< at E si core, slating that the Russian Go
vcrnineut ind ordered all the ships of war at
Crons' dt t> he sunk except e ght liners.
Ft. i'aifciiaacßo, M *y 12.—Ail the fortified her
born in h« Bd> oi Finland have been placed in a
Slate of « ege.
The Auoirian squadron was about to leave
Trieste.
Correspondence from the English Camp to the
Bth sayi-: “ The army is well suppiied with luxo
nos ba well an m cee-anua. Some lever and cho
lora stili prevails.” ,
A spiritual ungttge nent in a night attajk on tne
night ot ihe 10m took place, and was attended
wi n considerable ions. It was repeated on the
11 in. On tee 12th a *ortie was made against the
Jell attnek. Tne Kussians charged up the trenches,
a . i some leaped over the parapets, where they
were bnyouetled.
Tue loss on both sides were severe. The Brit
]bh I 'd a cap sin. and over one hundred men were
pu ! h ire du combat.
O.i the lidi oi May Gyrtschakoff telegraphs ar
follrws: ••The enemies’ fire is weak, aud cm
Josses are moderate. Both a dea are • epairing end
erecting batteries.”
ACdTaiA.—Lor J Palmerston stated in Parliament
th »l Gun. Goromui’s proclamation of martial law
in the Principalities), only referred to persons en
git '3 1 in inducing Austrian soldiers to desert.
P UM> —An imperial ukase authorize th"
pci u to eflo it a loan lor the current ex-
>h« army in Poland.
r GnaAT Bbitain —A groat debate occurred in the
ilouru o* Commons, on the 24th, on D’lsraeli’s
motion fa want of confidence, and expressing
dissatisfaction with the ambiguons language and
uncertain couduot of the govornment.
Hir Francis Barring, m behttlf of the government
moved an amendment regretting the failure oi
the c nfuronces, and promising every support to
continue the war.
DT'fneli and his party lashed the government,
especially Lords Paunerston aud Kussell. The
iutior replied, defending his conduct at Vienna.
The debate w.s continued on Friday, wheu, on
a division, there were 212 for I>’lsraeli, and 812
against Ins motion; consequently the ministry
stands.
E irl Gray rnado a similar motion in the Bouse
ol Li?rde, but withdrew it.
Tne hill abolishing uewspa[>er stamps was read
a second time in the House ol Lords, when Parlia
mwnt sdjourned to the 4th ot June.
On the 24th, Lord Palmerston bad a private
inoetirgot the members of Parliament in his
house, when over 200 were present. He asserted
the unanimity oi the government, and declared
the intention of pro oo 'ting the war. The pro
ceedings were hurmouioue.
it was expected that by Juno 2dth, every availa
ble n an iu ureal Britain belonging, to the infantry
regiments will hove embarked lor the war.
1; was expected that an unconditional pardon of
Bmith O’Brien would be obtained.
The ship G. L. Sampson, of New York, was
burnt, ai h oa on the 4th of May. All bauds were
saved.
The stoamer Sarah Sands has been taken up by
the B i-iab govornment to convey troops to the
A so vow earthquake occurred at Aukland, New
Z H and Oil the l 2ih of Feb.
men Victoria visit Paris on the lflth of
t pain.— A conspiracy 0 n ft scale had been
disco/ore tat Baragoesa. An •sh ter, with 40 men
boot g<> g to the garrison, d#eeri%w*
Bakdinia.—The infant sou ot tbo king o* Sarili
niu iijuj died, und it was reported thftl tho king
wool I g > to ihul'nmesa.
Kossia.—Kussia has jast annexed four diatricts
oi couuiiy belonging to ihu Mogul tribes on lliu
lr mtiers ol Oi.u a.
From the Special (Jorre*j>ond*nt of the London Timet.
Tim I'rug'rai or the Siege.
Caut Bi.r kc r*kvabtopol. May B. —Tho secret
expedition is still the aut jeci of eudloss jokes,
6 >mo s> r«uesa, and great spocaiatiou, but the pub
fio arc not w ser ih.;u before. It is c rtain that il
it was dualiuod to Korlch, a repetition ol
car h an attempt will bo con» derably less likely to
El tain man - itiai. it tho Allies i.ad aitacked it a
I r auiheiit c m ormation has boon r« ce ve<l
ttm ihe Kusaian* are woraing ihght and day in
throwing up haUe'ius iu addition to those whief'
Commaud u.e Straits, aud earthworks aud redoubt
are rising rapidly along tne seaboard. There is
very 'iitlo iu the progress aud aspeoi of affairs to
ex'ularate the spiritn ot the army with hope* o«
iin media o action. The Bardimans lave sent on
tii. ir advanced guard, bu: as yet it does nut seem a
it n was very wuil known wnat is to be done with
these excellent and soldier-like looking troops.—
In ad iition io the lover which prevails, some ta
;e'> cases oi Cboiira have appeared in camp, eepe
c ally am >ng ttie bard drinkors“and tho young sol
ie -s recent.y joined, and diarri at \ and dysentery
sre t>e "dining to show themsolvus once more. It
cannorb%* » run » RU y want of proper tood that these
diseases ar.»v* Ttl0 > mQMI rather be the results oi
oaitum uon titli ' lp i « 1110(1 » “ » lw »>’ B “ ffoot ' nultl
ta.lwol men ‘owether lor month* in e
n.rrocv ep.oeofKrouuJ- end Bleeping mdoeeten e
ub o.oee lie. hi. » r ®> 18 Bao “!y ■* a PP U '
cd wnh neoo»M'rioe, hul wiih , jxnnoe. f 1 */ ll * v *
“bread” three Umea a week ; it la rOWD » but not
aonr, and when eaten before it beeome* 1M
palatable enough. There are no leas than . Bev# “
teen artioles included in their ratiou returns, Du
MUvug the “luxuries” wtnoh have been issued to
the men are macoaroui, chees , hams, vermicelli,
►a .safes, peas, vegetables of vario is sorts, wine,
DaflyV t. ixir, game pies, Welbeok ale, tobaooo,
Ac. In a tow bays they wilt receive rations of
light porter—two quarts to every three men—in-
Mo.d ot their rum, till ail in store is fluished. The
ration ol witio was very amail—in one division, tor
instance, it wa» only the third of a gill per man.
M»ry of i heso thing* camel out the Crimean Army
Fun i’h stores, and souio of the officers adopted
the jud Clous plau of setling up email retail es »o
lishmeuts »or the distribution of those stores,
w here ueoesearivs were sold st a loas, aud luxuries
wore disposed of at such an increase of price e>
met lh«> lose utho Colonel Seymour,
ot the SooN Fusilier Guards, took oonsidersb e
pains iu tho uiiMtugemeut of a depot on this prin
ciple, and its suocoa answered his best expects
tious, und fully rower od his goneroua exertions.
The loth tluK-ars and 4slh Kegiment have re
ccived warui oioihingalso Iroin the Crimean Fund,
es they felt cold on arriving here. The bams, sau
sagos, vermec dli, A-., wore, I believo, sent from
V’cuice by Ljrd e.-traorela d. NotwithsUnding
those supplies, disease, as 1 have said, still clings
to u»; but thecho;era is not by any means preva
lent, and the isolated cases which have exhibited
themselves, though of a virulent naUjrp, do not
present the iuteuso form of the Asiatic cboicra.—
The sanitary commissioners have examiued the
hospitals iu front, bat, so far as I can hear, they
had uothing important to suggest ot a practical
n.i ure. Tne soil is saturated with decaying ani
mal matter. I have slept lately in a sunken hut
in which a corpse lies buried, with only a tow inches
of eartn bet we ou its head aud my own. Within a
yard a;.d a halt of the door of my present abode
»re the shallow graves of V reo soldiers, a little
caith hoap®d tip loosely over them, mixed with
«o*oly ilu»«, which does not even destroy the rauk
vegt tatioD 1 hat springs out of them. Nearer stili
is a Ur fc e mou n *t supposed to contain the remains
ot a camel—»thC r a ‘»rge supply of noxious gaaes;
and farther »»ey, »: th » of ISO yerd., ue
the irr.ve. of Ute di*:*>oo, whore haadreds ot
hod,ao do lightly covered .■» cloee jetbey cut p«k.
In front of the hat ere two atOncdj, .bout ten feet
distant, oonteining the buried off*, ot the butchers;
and on the iei\ are the remains cl* mere camels,
and of God knows what besides, which 4Tu! te P°®
tileutial odors when the sun ahinee. This a
nice to live iu, you w.ll say, and vet 1 believe ,
it is quite as tavoraoly satuated as the teuto aLd
huts of many hundreds out here. What ia done
to prevent tb* resul s which, according to all expe
xieuca, must follow from such a state of things I
Bunply his—a very small quantity of lime is sha
ken ov *r the earth'which lies upon these remains,
and it is a chance whether it is of the least use or
not. The offal is now buried with ;ime,&nd I be
j'eve that lime is also used frequently iu closing in
the 4 ’* nla '- D8 of tur poor fellow oou'ntrymen; "but
wo mu ire a mOTe dia ntectaut, and, if it
boa g>*od J*oihfec ant at all, which some people
djubl it ebon.'* l tnaSa in .arger quantities and
ore ,b iud»uU> Tho Turk, resolutely re
fuse 10 .How uiue io b« p soed over :he graves cf
their p ,opb a. Bidakl.va, and the eonarq -.enoes
„•« , leu!) beginning to develope tbemeeives
A aong out. ot the most useta improvemecta in
Bas Jtiava mrk.'st be reckoned Hie fi ling in of the
«.• dV tuo i tavi become a horrid swamp,
ter .a , iurd W ooh.'* o ‘o' 11 ;® m “ l fX? W!d
U>! offsr od . comproa. 18 f 1U ' he * olm °» lh ® f lOBl
•bououab etaad, bieuoea » llb / Blin * cffi; ,r ° !o
the oh,,s the dabri. of dro. ned amuia.e from the
se* ana tteved auimals from lte * au “* “
vignubies, si-my nmiv+* annt •rabltu—
Yn* i.ks to Admiral Boxer cr Colonel Harding, th«
dev., a quagmire naa now been covered .
gravel and with s ouch, at d *taxees have bev 1
von iu>o he eo as to form a quay all alODg .°®
top of tha harbor. .
i t ,s covered ever, and a hard, clean,
solid bit of ground takes its place, banked np at
the .ice, and Ip. tor i.ndirg goods and a ores on
from boats wi.h shadow draught ol wa er. i'ha
lac t-'.ies of Uio piers under Admir 1
Boaer'sdirection on the wostof the harbor of Ba
lae tv. are invaluable. The seamen, under hie
order, bav i b as ed aaay tr.e solid ro.k wh ch rovr
almost precipitate!, from a deptb o 10 or 18 feet
from the bottom np to the re ght ot se.eral hun
dred feet above the sea, and have constructed a
Virtwd winding along tease rocks from the lop ot
the creek halt way down the harbor toward, the
tea. A branch rail ran. along the centre of ,h.a
read from ihe depot at ti c end 'o j .in the maiu
line at the head of the harbor, and very fine jetties
fta.e been also oons'rncted, under the asms au
tboritv, a onc-ide whien Urge voxels m y tie with
tafe v an i »i ere horses, guns, Ao. ca-> be d;e
cherged even fi<wn each amps .. the Hu; a.ava,
wn 'h- ,1. alt-si ease and rapidity. Iu f.ct, it we
•were g s- res ao'isb ourael.ea htre permanent
iv we could no: do iroch more to secure our facil
ities oi oooimnnication, and I only hope that eome
flue day or other we ehali find three thing. n«fnl
in i,,g onr return home. The aiege work.
sn.jc lent sute, .cd notbnf oaa eieeei
.. ■ inos; mu theeove/inthe advanoed
ynroheia .a not as perfect as ooald be dasi red,
owing to the difDcu'rv ot 'heground. I have read
sot, e remark, oopb-tl from a fors gn jonrnal with
re.,»ctlothe advantages e dered to the enemy
bytte ravine, bat, if ba e been conaidera
b a to them, they have Mea ’..calc laoly great to
ce. They are, in fact, eo Many covered ways and
approaches to car ba tar.«e and work., and have
saved oa a prodig'ons mount of labor in the ear
lier part ot the siege, bet they fail as in advance
ot the mounds on which oar batteries rest, and
the descents from these muands are oo nmanded
by the enemy on the heights corresponding to onr
position on the other aide of the ravinee. In this
elate of the Biege, it would be unwise toindioate the
position of ne . works. Scfflce it to eay, that they
art likely to prove very formidable and destruc
tive, and that the French are preparing some "as
tonishing effa .ts” tor their fnende on the left.—
Nothing i» known as to the operations of tha ene
my towards B&idar, and the raconnoisanoe the
other day proved that they were not eugrged, as
had been supposed, in fortifying the ridgnv oehind
C.nrobert’a Hill and Kamara. The Coe-acks keep
aloof Irons oa; now and then they out off a rnna
way bullock, and always show that they are on the
alert lor Ireeh meat. In tact, onr cattle have a
perverse tendency to ran over the Cossack pick
etc; and many exciting o'uaoee have taken place
across the plain after tneui, to the great delight of
our idle officera. Sometime* a anot is fired at the
more daring of the Coesscks who descend into th"
plain ; but they generally keep oat of r*nge, and
toetr greatest triumph has been to put Vo fight a
few wood cotters on the hills outside Baianlava.
The deny drills of the Turkish troupe on the
plain ere auspiciously watched by oar friends, and
attract a good deal of their attention ; and the dis
p ay of onr cava ry the other day drew a large col
ie tion of these wild and not very vaoant lancers,
to the top of the hitie to look at the glittering
spectacle. Escss are, I am glad to say, rather at
a discount, they wera becoming dt trop, even
f ongh they tended to slabiliUte the trUtuft
eordtaU between as and any “ sporting characters’’
among tke French officers. Cricket has made
some taint attempts to establish itself, but the soil
of the Crimes is not kindly, and there is quite
hard bow.ing enough from the K issian batteries
tosati.fythe most entbu-isstic bat i the army.
Tha Zituvoa have got np a theatre in tb-ir camp,
and perform an original pitot dt circoiutanct, the
proceeds being devoted to th aid of the French
prisonerain Sevastopol, whoareeaidlo b',badly off
The principal fun of the pieoe is derived from tne
introduction of an Kuriiah soldier, who is a great
admirer of his French oomrades, and who con
■ert-ea with the characters of the play through the
medium of two phrases, “Bono Fracas” and
”D janes moi die Cognac, John nee.” Onr lively
neighbors have got fust hold ol the belief tha'
“the Lord Mayor of London” is co >ing out to
command the English, as a counterpoise to thi
Kmperor’B aas mpliou of '.he command of the
French. Perhaps the origin of the faith in his
lordship’s military position maybe trace : to the
si tic em ol an ’ ih o.r at Bataklava the other day,
who, wnen th Gua ds w old not present arms u
Lord dtratlord de liedc! tfe, an honor wbicn they
reserve lor the oval house and lor the field marsba
in command of ti « army, informed a French < ifi
cer anxious to know iLe reason of snob a compu
meat being on.itte- , lhai the Guards on y ys
,anted arms to the tjieen and lo the Lord M.yo
of London. It s said that the Russians orcethei.-
pusonera to work in their baueriee and trenohes
We have never done so with their men whom w.
have taken, but if any prisoner likes to work al
Bainkiava he is engaged upon the roads or in the
sire ts, and is paid Is. a day for his labor. There
are, however, very few prisoners and deserters
now on our bands, and it is singular that in the
nightly sorties we very seldom take any Buisians
Lioorn now abundant. It is afforded to as b>
an the ragmuffias iu Europe and Asia, and rug
nolhu labour is generally dear. What can the
E lpa'.orians thinks ot Bs. a day—the Bam which
is given io a hard-working non-commissioneo
slicer, and which ia equal to the revenues of one
of their own head men! The Croats will, no
doubt, abandon ns as soon as they get money
uuongh to enable them to retire with an inde
pendenoe, and do what we osn, will melt imper
ceptibly aw iy from na. The babe! of strange
tongues around us is amusing, and one’s faith in
Buubud and Max Muller is s-jvoreiy shaken by the
-spect ot the horrid faces which ranal past master
for honest Saxon jowls, jast us their language is ol
the same stock as the innumerable t'ialects which
are jabbered around ns.
Il is i ufoilunate that the authorities do not rx
tend the system that answers so well in Balukiava
in tho stowing of goods to the depot just ocyond
Kadikoi. Tne place is w 11 adapted ior wi ring
goods, and the depot being j ist ccui.ne io- d, only
easily, with a little care ana under pn pur caper
iatendence, be converted into a stotu ur he sup
ply of the whole army ; bat it docs i ot rt quire
an experienced eye to perceive that id; neglect and
inexperience and the waste arii-irg f om teem are
only removed a step from Bt.ial.Lva. The corn,
hay, and charcoal a o strews i over a large space
of ground, and a day’s rain will destroy much that
baa at a grsftt expeuse been sen'cut. As matters
-.tend, goods are purchat* d, seut out, arrive, and
are stowed uway in good ordei a* ILiaktava. They
are then removed to >I e de;.o', an i are exposed to
too same destroying influtuc-.s wmch have caused
as so much loss and s umo. A very unpleasant
misunderstanding ha'- ari. m between one of our
best generals ot biigatLand toe authorities, in
reference to a mailer wnioh will become more
public in a lew days. On the occasion of Capt.
Aruold being taken prisoner the othor night, an
officer of the same reg nicnt was ordered by the
brigadier actiDg as general of the day to post the
sentries in front, a portion of them having previ
ously retired «ery precipitately, under tho impres
sioti that the Kusaiuus wore advancing. The
officers replied that tha sentries were posted; bnl
the brigadier was not satisfied, and eventually “a
d ffireuce” arose between the brigadier and the
captain, and the matter was relorred to head
quarters. A court of inquiry, at which Majo-
General I’ennetati.er presided, was ordered; but
before its pooceedinga could be known, one of the
authorities at head quarters, to whom the officer
in question is nearly related, came over to the
camp, and is reported to have assured the young
gentlemen, that he need not fear for the result.
Ttjia was, of oouree, rather offensive to the briga
dier, but whon tho court of inquiry acquitted the
officer, and when theoommander in ohiet expreraed
an opinion that he was quite right iu the oourse
be had pursued, the brigadier tell that thore was
no other oonrseopen to him, alter such an indirect
censure, than lo retire from his command. He
addressed a letter lo tho field marshal accordingly,
stating that he had resolved to resign the command
of the brigade which had been oonlerred on him
by her nn j-jaiy Ho was solicited to aband n his
intention. Tne chief ot tile staff waited on him
o indi c him to change his mind, bnt the briga
dier was not influenced by his argumouts aud
representations, and, according to the intO'mation
l have received, the army is likely to lose the
services ol a gallant and eimrgotic officer whom ii
conld ill spare at this critical jnnotnre. Mia-.
Norhlingsia has visited several of tDo hospital;-
Since her arrival, and has 1 believo found matters
much better than she expected. A marvellous
change has indeed, been effected within tbo las’
few months. Miss N ghtingalo remains on board
s steamer m tho harbor of Balaklava, and la at
ended by Mr. Brucebridge. M. Boyer has also
arrived, and it is to bo hoped that he can suggest
some good and simple mode of cooking and mess
ing, instead ot onr present very imported, irregular,
waatefol, ar.d unwholesome system.
Tuubsdav Ms* 10.—Aboot one o’clock this
morn, g toe carnu in front was roused up by an
extremely heavy fire of mm ire try and ropeated
eneeriug along our right attack. Ihe elevate,
ground aud ridgea in irouloi tho third aud fourth
liviaiona were »uou crowded with groups of men
irom the tents in the roar. It was. very dark
night, tor the moo,, had not yet risen, and tbo
-kv was overcast with clouds, but the rnaipient
flashing of small arms wnioh lighted op the trout
ul the trenches, tha yell ol the Buasians, (which
our soldiers have curia.cued * the Inkermau
screech,") the cheers of oar men, and the volume
Ot our fire, indicated the position, aud showed that
« contest of no ordinal, severi.y waa taking p.aoe.
Thore is an earm-ame’-e and reality about the mus
ketry on snoh oer s l ' whioh has a language c •
it» own that cannoi bo mistaken, ibe regular
ity and precision ot tbo/ke dtjuit, tha platooa or
fiia fir.ng ot ofir reviews, have little km wnh the
paesiouate, tatenae, and siarUng berate of nfie
and musket, and give out au imperiect notion of
the deadly ratHe and fitful roll of small arma in
notion, wnere every oibu is loading Aud flnog o»
lapidly as he can, aud whare the formation ot the
line is altering every moment. For a mile and a
hslfthe derknoss was brokau by outbnrste ol rnd
- 4v fiimea and bright glittering sparks, wbioh ad
vln*, j. reoec!«d, died out altogether, broke out
tierc-.itv'tfi patches in tnuuoisr .ble twinkles, fl.ck-
hm Ik. the *****
obain, and formed lor *n inaunt Os firfc
Bv tho time I had reached tbo front—abon. five
tmnutea alter the firing begaa-caa sigh. was
«lUB all along tho right of our position, and sa
some extra men had hsea sent down lb* b»u«rias
when the relief maruha.i down, it was thought
that we night have made an ausok on the Kns-
Bian works* do-e to our advanced tremi-cs, but it
was soon tolerably aerrn: that the enemy -ad
either made a sortie upon Gordons low wo , k' > >
or a vigorous ssssnlt upon the men in front ot La
irenchee- 1 eauuot now ascertain tue partjcaUre
of the affair, even if one ooald have the to
disturb the poor fellows who may have crnie up
from ilie treuohea, end l 04a only deourjbe what 1
*aw. It seems a*> if the flcrceet and Dost dftcr
mined eungtie took place on tho left ol our rgh.
sttsck, bnt the ground ia so very deee.tiu. at r.gnt
that it ia impossible to dcternaire ioc.-l 1 Uc* with
anything like precision. Bussian bogles film
light divisiou aud of the second division were -onu
diugiLe “turn out’’ on our right as t, rsaobed
the high ground aud soon nf.ci-r .lda tbo alaini
sounded tbrorgl. the French cmnp c’oseto ihom.
Hundred" ot the soldiers bad got u... and were
drawn ip, watching with the mcs>: luffiuse inter
est the fight beiore them, ss Ser a" t-ey could see
it. The tents tftiie fourth division were lighted
on and the old lukerrn. il men «e:e ail suxious
and read* for tho werd lo m-rch, should their
serviees tie required.
The musketry, hsvic£ rolled incessantly for a
quarter of an hoc . bag*.. W cease at intervals
along the tire. n-« sru there it apoped ior a
moment aitogci.r « .-md it burst forto. Then
came s Bri'.sL <»r, which thrilled tbrongh eve
ry heart. “Our follows have driven them back;
bravo!” Then a Russian yell,* fre6b burst or
musketry, more cheering, a roiling volley subsid
ing into spattering fiashos and broken fire, a ring
ing hurrah from the from; and then the Russian
bugles sounding ‘ the retreat,” and oar own bn
gles the “cease firing," and the attack, alter half
an hour's duration, was over. The enemy were
beaten, and were retiring to Iheir earthworks;—
snd now batteriee opened to cover their retreat.
The Redan, Round Tower. Garden Batteries, aud
Road Battery, aided probably by the ships, lighted
:o the air from the mr.xxles of their gtms. The
hauafiS' »t Careening Bay and at the nor.h side
of the u*rijor oouiribntod their fire, and tha eky
was seamed by the red track of innumerable shells
Von conld see uiemiy. s’- times, the ground cloee
aronnd yon from the l-sm* of the cannon. The
round shot lore the air with a k*,b*h roar, and
s-elis buret almas' in voheys along o*r aprs. ice
Russians wore avenging themselves as best pj
might for their rtpo’se, rnd tne extent ot their
mortiß«ation and anger might be interred irom
the v>gof aud weight Os thetr connomuje- The in
.tent lhay began lo fire, onr ever active aim*, the
French, on our right, opened f.xm their batte
rise over Ink -rmanu and from t e redonbts to
draw off'.he Russian guns tram our men; and our
own batteries also replied, and sent shot and shell
iu the direction of the retreating enemy. The es
•eet of this combined fire was very formidable to
look ar, hut was probab’y not nearly so destructive
as that of the musketry. From half i ast cue till
three o’clock the cannonade oocticued, but the
spe- tstoie had retired beiore teo o'clock, and tried
to sleep as weii as they m ght in the midst vs the
thuni-rs of the internal turmoil. Soon after three
o’clock, a. it began to bc*a. d rain with
great violence; and on getting np this morning 1
ready imagine 1 that one of our terrible winter
days had interpolated its it into our Crimean May.
The tents are dank with wet, the whole camp
looks black and miserable, and one step out of
doors takes you over the shoes in mud. T'.rtt
ocl ci f- m : The rain has ceased, and the soil is
, -inning to drv up already, but it still blows
V It is slated that the fight last night or
~v was less serious thau we imagined.
' came on us on The lett of tne right
attack,okweto\he
were ready for them,
spite of 'heir heavy mast. A
ighi diviaiou took them in JiG-oagc
the enemy kept up a heavy Are fh.'® *
they did u* bat little ir-jory. It doe* Ik* appear
to have been a aortie or oven a
lack; bat, whatever it wa«, the Kuas.anb were
oompieteiy toiled. They had paahed oat a et*oog
oo*amn of iroope. aud pro*.oeded, il 1* euppoeed,
to execute eome works in the re*r of the odvaoced
;«r*«e», which were atr.t u toward* oar tioeo to
ehieid the works rc n OTEcrvaiion. Oar oehlriew
were on the alett aud *>» the enemy drew ue*.
they gave the a.ar it, »ud the men were in reodi
new ior them. The Uaeriaue orept apoQ iheir
heUiee, deiiverei a volley at ti»o parapet, which
old no harm, and then rushed oa, bat ihoy were
ieceived with a very heavy and well direoUid dis
charge ot M;niee, whiijh killed and wooudea a
oonaidetable number of 'hem. They then lay
down again, loaded, and fired from the ground,
bat their officer* in vaia endeavoured to lead them
ap to oar linee, iron whi.h oar troopa kept ap an
tec—ant Art, A portion of the i£ht division,
moving towards the lefty charged another party
of Kaasians coming up cloee to the Worotz ff
Koad, and utterly routed them. The enemy, who
loet a* every volley, notwithstanding their caution,
after ottering repeated cheers and yells, princ:
pally raised, one may imagine, by the officers,
retreated down the bill, and it conld be seen that
they bore great numbers of dead and wounded
along with them. It is supposed the Russians
bad 160 hors du combat. The tremendous can
nonade they opened was unattended with much
effect, considering its weight and intensity, and
was only eo much waste of ammunition, but our
fire on their retreating coiamns must have added
considerably to their casualties. The total loss in
the light division last night, I am glad to say,
turns out to be on»y 14 hors du combat. Lieut.
Lawrence, of the 44th Regiment, and three men
were wounded. The gailant 7th Kegiment had
five men wounded; the 86th Kegiment three man;
rbe 20th Kegiment oae man, and the 28 1 one man
woanded. Tne Kassiaos have succeeded io get
ting five mortars to bear upon our right attack,
wticn are likely to increase our casaahies. We
ha-e never baa so many mortars directed again**
thiw one spot at any time previous to the present.
JCMPDie INTO THA BATTERIES.
Stwutop'A. jo.a> 12.—Last night, in ihe midst of
an awlui storm of rain and wind—eo thick that no
one coaid see a yard beiore him—a body of Ecu
aiana came up on oar left attack, bat the sentries
gave the alarm jast in time, and Colouel Macbe h,
of the 63ih Regiment, got his men into order and
received the first fire ol the enemy as they came
ap to the trench, with perfect steadiness.—Some
of tne Kassianß leapt upon the parapet and jumped
into the bsvlery, wbe.e they ai once mot thuir
ate. There was a desperate >trugg e between the
Russians and the men of the 63thoutside the lines,
in which tne bayonet was freely u«-ed ou both
dido°; but the repulsed by our fe.-
lows, led by ColoneiTmyeth, Lieutenant Hamil
ton, and a sergeant oitery 68s.h. I regret to say
chat Captain Lloyd Edwards and six men ot the
68th were killed, and twenty-two men ot the Bame
regiment were woanded. We took ume woanded
prisoners. Some of our men were wounded by
sicnes flung by the Rcusians, guns would
not go olfi owing to the wt. Tue enemy .lost*
neavily, and they were seen dragging off their
dead during the night.
Failure of the meoe.— The London Times
says: “it is now gauerahy admitted by military
authorities, both in England, in Franco, and in
*he Crimea, that the siege op.rations which havu
ooen directed with so much courage aud persever
ance against the southern side of bevaatopoi for
nearly eight mouths are not of tnemseivos Jikoly;
co produce any decisive result, aud that the allied
p .wen must look to other moans for victory m the
Crimea, aud the eventual redaction of the fortress.
We have not ceased tor tho last six weeks to u go
by every means m our power the extreme impor
Lance . > different cnbfi-ote* ■
above' MOM
uut c
Thu ;- k. Cm. tam * re Ti-t- Chiki-.v—Tne Far.
o rrer mile w< or ae Lai v NS wo, r * */I
have reason ; > dievt cnas »huFn och government
is a boa:, either off ». •> or joi’- -iti. u.jy, to - ■
radtel m -
o Kar
a telegrtj • dc.- r *a urn. A cording to in for i >n,
which
new pi d* • •I by Gen. Fed^tier,
and a
immed jooupaciou o» K ecu.. - -
aaimp< ’a r,i. 1 . . . u «v m. ihis v«r>
nomont me allied armies are carrying into tileci
iga List the RuseittLß a manoeuvre similar to ihat
which they attempted against us at 1 ikurmunu. A
attack ap-m their positions ou the Tcher
jaya river will doabtless be reported in a few
days.
The following is a closely approximative esti
mate of tho allied tores now in ihe Crimea:—l2J,-
uoo French, 80,000 English, 15,c00 Sarainiuns,
85,000 Turks, and 10,000 Egyptians —in all 210,000
men. It ib considaied that Bu,ooo men wid anuu
lantly suffice to hold the trenches beiore Sevai-to
pol, and tne remaining 180,000 besides reinforce
ments, are likely to be employed daring the sum
mer to scour the Crimea. The latest government
xocounts state that the amount of tne Kuseiun
orce in the Peninsular iB much less than has been
sapposed.
A despatch from Vienna states that Ganeral Pe
!*»ier, cn assuming the command in chief of the
French army in the Crimea, announced that au at
tack vrouid soon be ina io. This declaration was
received with enthusiasm by the army.
Austria and the Vienna Conference*.
The part which Austria is like.y L*> take in refer
ence to the alliance against KutSiu is still the ques
tion which remains to be determined by the fu
ture. A despatch from Vienna of May 25tb, the
latest date from that capital, announces that a con
forence would be held on baturday tho 26-b, with
out the Rdbsian Plenipotentiaries, and another ou
Monday at which those plenipotentiaries won d bo
present. The correspondent of the London Times
under date of the 21st, gives the following expla
nation of the proposition which the Austrian cab
inet is prepared to make in regard to the limita
tion oi the naval force of Russia in the Black bcu.
“Last n‘ ( ght or this morning the Austrian gov
ernment forwarded to Paris and London despatch
es containing a complete elucidation ot its views in
regard to tho third point. M. do Hubnor aud
Count Co.loredo will, of course, commuuicate the
contents of the despatches to the French and
British governments, and therefore any member
who may be desirous to louru the ioal opinions of
Austria would perhaps do well to address au in
terpellation on the subject to the noble Lord at
the head of the foreign department. It is not
known whotherthe Imperial government is willing
to insist that the Russian fleet in tho Black Sea be
reduced to a certain number of ships, which shall
under no circumstanoes e exceeded, or even
whether it considers it absolutely necosssary teal
Russia Bhould guarantee the integrity of tho
Turkish territory, but these are points on which
the representatives of the British nation will pro
bably soon have tn opportunity of satisfyiugthem
ael.es Russia has announced to tho Gor
man Courts i er intention to carry out all the con
ditions ot the first two points if they will remain
neutral daring the present contest, and that they
will do so no one in possession of his five senses is
at all inclined to doubt. Austria will again en
deavor to induce her federal allies to movo, but it
will be mere labor in vain, and thereforo the
Western powers will do well not to calculate on
receiving any asnis-ance from that most on wieldly
and inert of all political bodies—the German
Bund.”
The Austrian correspondent of tho 23d affirms
that the conforonc s wore to be resumed, and nays
that Count de Roehherg was to bo sent to Frank
f jrt, with orders to propose to the Diet, that or
ders should be given lor tho Fedeial con ingents
io he held iu readiness to march. It states that
Prince Gortachakoff wa suffering from finer. Tho
Prussian Grzette at Berlin, Mi*y 28J, giv-a the
following as the substance of the last proposition
of Austria to the Western Powers viz:
“That by a separate treaty betw.on Russia and
Turkey, concluded independently of the co opera
tion of the Western Powers, tho two nations should
stipulate for tho number of vessels of war wfcicb
each may Keep up iu tho Bla k *Sea. Tho treaty
was, moreover, to mention that the Western Pow
ers shall always > e allowed to have two vessels of
war in the Black Sea. The Porte iB to be charged
to make known this peparate treaty to the alued
Powers as soon as it shall have been com luded.”
A tjlegraphic despatch, dated Hamburg, tho 22d
ot May, aud published in the Independence Hi go,
aay*:
••Admiral Penaud lett Kiel to day with the
whole ot the F»euch pquadrou, to join the English
floet iu the Baltic, unaer Admirul Dunds.”
Telegraphic despatches from Berlin state that
advices fiom 6i. Petersburg to the 12th inst. btuto
that all the fortified harbors ia the Buy of Find
laud had been declared in a s:ate of si6ge. Seven
prises uken by the English arrived at Elsinore on
the 221 instant.
Accounts lrom Findland. published in Berlin,
state that a tradeoman at Witorg iutonds to estab
lish a regular conveyance of goods between i>t.
Petersburg and Haparanda as long ns ihe Ba> of
Findland is c)peed to the usual coasting t sffic.
.mucc the b< ginning of tha year there have been
six large magus.ues established by the government
at Gryla, village near Tavastehus, in direct con
nexion wiin Heisingiors. In the same village three
hoipiial. have already been erected, and three
more are in proceaa of erecuon, and BUO men have
been for some time past uninterruptedly at work
on these buildings. The harbour of Helsingfors,
was free of ice on tho 4‘.b instant. Ou that day
the local authorities caused all the measure to be
put into force that had been previously decided
on for tho protection of tho place aganiat a hostile
ittHk*
TUB YIFNNA COKFHBIiSCKS.
The txei.ieu Yer.ion.
Under date ot Bt. Petersbngh, April 28, Count
Neeseltode baa issued the following circular note
to Russian diplomatists abrosd:
“St. FBiXBSBURem, April 28.
“Sir: The deliberations of tue Conference of
Vibi;i.u, vrUioui being finally broken off, reaiam
ans pended, the plenipotentiaries UFrauce ana of
Great iJntaiu having declared their instructions
exhausted.
CIO enable the imperial legations lo form a cor
rect judgement of tue actual state of tho negoti -
tiou, i moire it a duty to draw a skttch of the
whole, to state the results obtained, so as to point
on*. ..Ce eireumstaneea which, in arresting its pro
gress, have befin an obsiaole to its success.
“Jly despatch oi the 2Sth of February made you
secnaiated with the spirit in which the instruc
tions wore ooncoivod »inch the lave .Emperor Nich
olas, oi gloricss memory, gave to his representa
tives when tne Vienna eoutoreness were about to
be opened. Confirmed by onr angnst master ou
his advent to the throne, those directions were
faithfully acted upon by the i Icnipoteatianes
seieoted by his Majesty to take part in that im
portant negotiation. It comprised four questions :
“ 1. Immunities in the I'rinoipalities.
“ 2. Navigation ot the Jianabe.
“ ». Revision of the treaty of 1841.
<i g. Guarantee of the religions and civil liberties
of the Cnristiao population subject to the domina
tion of the Ottoman empire.
“JSetoie entering info a discussion of these arti
cles. tho Russsisn pleuipotentisries made a lormai
declaration, as inserted iu protocol 1. It is as fol
lows :
* Prince Gortscbakoff says—‘lt is only by enter
ing into fho details ot eech question that it otu be
ascertained whether we can come to an agreement
or not. We have ali the same starting point; I
also hope we have the same objent in view—name
ly, a general peace—a peace which can only be
solid aud of practical vaiue if honorable to both
parties. It from qusrler whatever it sh .aid
bs a.tempted to impoee Conditions upon Russia fer
mat peace incompatible with ho*' honor, Russia
would never consent to them, however serious
might be the consequences.’
“Such wus the point of depsrtr.ro which the Rus
sian pienipoteutiarHS, conformably to the orders
of their court, clearly sstaolished at the very outset
of tne negotiation. Ne member ot the conference
contested me validity ot that declaration of prin
ciple. Far from it; they each of them attested
that it was far froth the intention of tneir cabinet
-10 make proposition* Lnrtiul to the digni y ot
Russia. Ou the streugm ot ttoee assurances, the
deiif orations opened ou tho lJth ot March.
“i’be sittings oi the 17th and ISth of March
were deyfted to the question of *he Principalities.
It was settled honorably, loyally and disinterest
ediy, as the law Emperor wished it. In his angu-t
hoagh'.s he had essentially ai heart to maintain
the populations of Moldavia, Wsiian-u- ami of
Bervia in tho peaceful erjoymenl of the religions
sod civil immuuiue. trbioh Russia had assured to
i ibeai ss me price of her o ood shed for s cen
tury in the cause of her co religionist;
“Their immunities remain intact. The protocols
of Vienna 2 ana £ have served to consolida e their
maintenance, under the ooilacture guarantee of ad
the tign cociracring parties. By -his guarantee
the privileged rtgiint of me Pfincipaii.ies enters
the domain'of me law ot pjbiic right in Europe.
Hitherto the care ot watching over the execution
of the engagements taken by the Port* ia her
quality ot sovereign power ted upon Russia alone.
Heucsiorth ahe will snare in*i obi gallon witn the
other guaranteeing posers. This oommnnity ct
duties will put *c end w that feeling of rival,
which the exclusive surveillance exeicised by
Russia gave rise to.
“ For too tong a time public opinion had de
nounced that state of things to the hatred of the
B.ranger under the name cl the Russian prohc.o
ratt. This ia the proper piece to remind yon that
you will not find that expression nsed in any cf
onr treaties—either in that of Kainarcji, or in
that of Bucharest, cr in tha convention of Ake
man, or in the treaty ot Ad nano pie. There could
be ce question, therefore, of erasing from ob r ac s
a proiacioyyto which never existed. Russia, in the
past, had contracted a promise to guarantee the
prosperity of (he principalities. The trea'y ol
Adfanople confirmed that' pioqaise. The imperial
cabinet h.w fulfilled it again ;o-da>, and will fulfil
it in the future, when, in common accord w.ip ,>t:
.he powers, ft pisoas the immunities of the Pritici
paiitid" under the formal eer.ction of the law ot
, übuu n»Ut in Europe.
“ In .his p.'lut of view the Vienna protocol* de
serve appreciation ae p permanent pledge of se
curity addea to ’he bases*upon whicu the political
and national existence of the Danpbian provinces
reposts. Tue imperial cao net has the svtistactory
convict,on of having loyally aooompl eheu met re
suit w.lii the double object of assuring on tne one
hand the welfare of thoee oountriee, and on the
other, oi putting aside new causes of misnnder
standing, rivalry and perturbation from politics in
general.
“It was in the spirit that the Russian
plenipotentiaries di.scaled and solved the second
Question —that of the navigation of the Danube,
t was the object of the sittings of the 21st and
22iof March.
“ By protocols 4 and 5 it wes agreed to apply to
the cavsgat on of the Danube the principles gen
erally established concerning river cimmunica
tious by the acts of the Congress of Vienna. In
virtue of that legislation a mixed com ission will
henceforth have the task of removing the material
obstacles which have impeded the navigation, and
on more than one occasion have given rise to the
complaint* of commerce.
‘•Having happily overcome the difficulties pre
sented by the first two articles, the plenipotentiaries
passed to the examination of the third, comprised
under denomination oi revision of the treaty of
the 18th of July, 1841.
“The Imp-rial Cabinet caJm’y awaited the ex
planation or the views the Western Powers held
on this point. Hitherto their intentions, various
ly commented upon either by the press or in Par
iiament, had not bee - : clear! • defined in the preli
minary meetings held at Vienaa on the 26 hos
December and the 7th of Jsnuary. At that period
the representatives of Fran e and Eng.and had
liinitel themselves to a statement that, in the eyes
of their cabinets, the revision of the treaty of 1841
oaght to have the object of th 9 connecting in a
more complete manner the existence'of the Otto
man empire to the equilibrium of Europe, and to
put an end to the preponderance of Russia in the
B:ack Sea.
“As regar. a the arrangements for carrying out
that objid, the plempoientaries had declared tcai
•hey depended Loo ouch upon tiie events of the
wa* to a.low the oases to be settled atonoe. Public
manifests.ions in France and England, however,
:-uffic cully betrayed the idea which lurked be
hind tho.-e words It aimed at the destruction of
S. va*iopol. Doubtless, according to the ealeu
lationa of the Cabine-s of L judon and Paris, the
military operations in he Crimea, going hand in
hand with diplomat c deliberations, wero to influ
ence the issue of the Vienna inferences.
“Whenthey opened, the anticipation was not
justified oy events, and, therefore, the.name of Be
vastop A was never uttered. Russia is indebted for
this jisLce to the heroic resistance of her brave
ge.- i-ra.‘s, officers, i-aiiore and soldiers. Their noble
devotion La* neen tue most vie orioua means of
negotiation. The imperial cabinet deems itself
happy in oeing able tot-ay so. In its.preseuca the
combinations of our adversaries took an ther shape
and assumed anotner tone. In the .conference oi
the £6tfi oi March the plenipotentiaries of France
an i England advanced the id- a that for tne
two powers p >sso--«»ing coast territory on the Black
bea to concert together the moans of equalizing
their nau ve forces.
Aba.tuning, however, from making a clear and
precise prf-p* **** rv. the subj ct, they est it To the
kuasiau plenipotentiaries to lake tie initiative of
me measures which the imperial Cabinet might
deem it advisable to indicate spontaneously, with
<v • t /establish a just equilibrium betwe.-n the
rstbwiO forces.
“ i ri* oe Gorhschakoff and M. Tito s. without
pledging tne atUiitione ol the:' -omu, uiougbt
»i auvitMtbie to &&csrL.in the Emperor’s decision as
to the new u, peel g.\en to the third point under
discujeiou.
a “Phue-j on the 26th of March, the deliberations
were aejourned until a reply could be reoeived
•top St. Feterhburgh. During me interval, the
; --.ea oi Austria ana Russia agreed that
it wo. Id be advisable to pans to the examination of
the iourth article, reiativ. to the immunities of the
Chris-ian populations in the East.
“As you are mu, the national feelings of Rus
sia atiabLe:-. so h.gh and so senous an importance
to tuis quo- Lion, mat the lute Emperor had order
ed h.s repre.-entaiives to give it the first place in the
text of the treaty about to be concluded. Doubt
less ail the powers, like Russia, recognised tho
grandeur of that iuterest, common to the whole of
Cfinstianity, in the unanimously avowed orj„ot of
watching over, by a Europeun act, the faturo wel
fare of the Christian populations of the East with
out distinction ol form of worship.
“We regret to say that the plenipotentiaries of
Franca ana England, after receiving the inslruc
tionsof their courts, refused to pass on to the exam
maiion of this question as long as the discussion
on the third point was in a slate of suspense. The
so maiities required to state and explain that re
i*:r ui occupied the beventn and eight sitting of the
20th of March and 2d of April,
“The ninth sitting, that of the 2th of April, was
devoted to the verification of the lull powers of M.
Drouyu do Rhu>s and of Ali Pasha. The pres
ence of the French Minister of Foreign Adairs, in
giving an additional degree of importance to the
labors oi U - conference, seemed to strengthen the
hope entoi lained that they would lead to a pacific
sotutio;. The hope diminished in the subsequent
meetings which 1 nave .o describe.
“Un the 16th ol April the Russian plenipoten
tiaries received the instructions they had de
manded. They were based upon a simple and
true» principle; the idea of submitting to aro
vision tiio treaty of 1841 did not appertain to tho
cabinet of bt. Petersburg. For its oart, it would
Lave been ready to renew the engagemen a in
virtue ol which tho former legislation of the
Ottoman empire, concerning the closing of the
straits, had obtained ihe sanction of a European
act. The desire of modifying that state of things
was ovinood by the western powers. It was there
fore for them to take the initiative in making the
propositions for a revision, which, at the very
onset, they made one or the preliminary bftsea.of
the negOciations for peace.
“ The lute Emperor, ia authorizing his repre
senta ivQ to take pari therein, had denned to
provide him with precise instructions, approved
by his Majesty at tne end of last year, in tho ex
pectation oi the opeuingot tho Vienna conferences.
For the Bake of more clearness I will briefly state
tne exact tenor oi those instructions. They start
irom the principle that the builan, as sovereign of
the territory louohiug tiie two stru»ta of the Dar
dane its an j oi tho Bosphorus, has a right to open
or shut the passage. They are not opposed to
throwing open the Biack boa to foreign flags, if
the Porte itsoif admits the principle.
“In that case they deduced the natural conse
quonce of a perfect reciprocity, so that the Russian
ve=. ©is might bo free to pass the Btraits, ts* enter
he Mediterranean in the same manner tnatfo eign
ships of war might navigate the Black boa. They,
moreover, admitted the perfect liboityol the
Sultan to exercise his sovereign lights to assign
Turkish ports as harboiß oi refuge and provision
ing tor foreign vessel*'. On these conditions the
lute Emperor had authorized, eventually, his pleni
; oleutiunes to give their assent lo the abrogation,
of the principle oi closing the Straits,
“Faithful to the idea of his augu.-t lather, the
Emperor Alexander li. prescribed to bis pienipo
tuuiiaries to adhere strictly to tho instructions with
which they wero already provided, lu making
that decision known to them on the 11th of April,
Hi jwsty deigned to authorize thorn to conti
100 dc.ih.ration commenced in th? sitting of the
26cM oi March, aud lo discuss the matter thorough
ly, leaving lo our 3d voiseries the obligation of
taking the initiative of a revision provoked by tho
We? tern Powers, and not by the Russian Cabinet.
O.i the day alter th* y received tho instructions of
heir < art, Prince Gortschakoff and M. Titofl, in
tho loti* sittii g. that ol tho 17tb of April, put it to
the pic ipotentiariee of Franco aria Erg and to
(X * ain themselves as to the modifications their
cabinets desired to have made in tho treaty of
1841.
“ Those modifications occupied tho 11th and
12‘h sittings, of the 12 hand 21etof April.
“ In the li st the plenipotentiaries of tho western
powors explained the plan concerted between their
courts, in tho second the plenipotentiaries of
Russia presented a counter project, based upon the
instructions of the imperial Cabinet.
“ We will briefly anulyze both.
“ Ti o first project read in the sitting of the 12th
of April consists of toq articles. (Here foil' w tho
ton articles, a.ready published in tho papers pre
sent* d to Parliament, Annex A to Protocol XI )
After this project was read the Russian plenipo
tentiaries, wilt out entering into a discufs»oi of
tho article* from l to 10, reso ved to themselves to
give a reply in the next conference os to the mode
of solution proposed.
“ The rapidity of telegraphic communications
established between Vienna and St. Petersburgh
enabled Prince GortchakolT to bring tho proposals
made ou the 19th of April immediately to the
knowledge of the Imperial Cabinet. They differed
essentially prima facie. from the very remarkable
definition which Lord John Russell established on
ti o 26th cl March to serve as a rule for the solu
tion of the problem which formed tho object of
tho actual deliberation. Let us quote the words
oi the Eugli-h plenipotentiary inserted in the text
of Protocol 6:
“ 4 Lord John Russell, recalling the declaration
made at tho opening of the negotiation by Priuce
Gortschakoff, that he would consent to do condi
tion incompatible w th the honor of Rassia, main
tained that in the eyes of England and ofherallies
the best and only admissible conditions of peace
would be those which, being the most in harmony
with the honor of Russia, should at tho same time
be sufficient for tho security of Europe, and for
preventing a Jeturn of complications such as that
of the settlement which is now in question.*
“After ibis declaration, made formally in the
coufcrenco cf the 26. h of March, Lord John Rus
aol! cannot be surprised that the propositions
m ade ou the Igih of April were not j dged by the
Imperial Cabinet as *iba and only admissible
ones,’ to quote the words of the English plenipo
tentiary. , ' ' , . ~
“In sooth, to limit tho number of vessels in the
Blaik Sea while tho naval forces in the Mediterra
Dean remained without coptrol; to open the Dar
danelles a. d the Bospbo T us to prance and Eng
land while closed to the Russian flag ; finally, to
stipulate the nomination of foreign consuls in our
ports without the Imperial Government having it
;n its power to reins© them the exequatur —a right
enjoyed equally by France and England in the ter
ritories submitted lo their rule—surely these were
not conditions of a nature to assure the blessings
oi a solid and durable peace to Earope; tor a
Iran, action to be a permanent on© between Slates
must bo mutually honorable—otherwise it is not
peace, but an armistice.
“These considerations, appreciated in their ex
act truth, wiii complete the proof that in rea ity
the combination suggested oy the plenipotentia
ries of Franco and England would have offered
fewer and less solid pledges for the peace of Eu
rope than tho plan drawn up by the late Emperor.
He throw or on the Black Sea freely to the flags of
all nations; thereby he put an end to the insola
tion of the Ottoman empire, and to the apprehen
sion caused in foreign states by the disproportion
of the naval forces of the two powers who have
territory in the Black Sea. By ceasing to be closed
i» wa« made accessible to the surveillance and ob
=ervat.oq oi all other powers. This did away also
wi h the fear of the presumed danger to which the
capital cf the Ottoman empire might b* exposed
by the vicinity of our naval establishments.
“In & word, that plan, conceived by a policy at
the s-.rac urn© provident and disinterested, would
on the one hend, have afforded a permanent guar
atvee of security to Earope, whiie on the other,
the digmty of Russia wonla not have suffered in
the slightest degree. On her pide she wcuid have
obtained equal rights for her fi g by the opening
of H e Dardanelles and of the Bosphorus. On
both sides of this plan the merit of a perleot re
ciprocity,.which forms the basis of international
retaticnß, * the immutsb e principles of justice
which thja sentiment of honor of every nation ap
proves and respect*.
“Penetrated with this conviction, our sugust
mnsier r» iterated to his representatives the order
of adhering t j the execution of that pian as given
in their instructions under tho late Emperor.
Tne apbic comma" ications gave incredible
celerity to*ln o transmission cf that order. Thus
the plan presented at V lenns on the 19 h of April,
exam ned at St. Petersburg on the 20th, was de
clined by the K -sian plenipotentiaries in the
commence of the 21st.
“Having oney«d the orders of their court, they
presented in the same *.tung a counter prcject,
biased upon their instructions, on the principle of
throwing open the 6.rails and the free navigation
of the B ack Sea.
“ In iupport of that plan they read—l, a mem
o'SfiJum drawn up with a view to develnpethe
advantage-* the combination proposed by the
Imperial* Cabinet in the general interest of the
balance of power in Europe, and 2d, an exposition
con laming the series of articles destined to con
vert the said pToj id into a treaty. On the demand
cf the Russian plenipotentiaries, these two docu
ments were annexed to protocol 12. As they
attefct to a i iriendiy powers the sincerity and the
perseverance or u-e efforts cf the Imperial Cabinet
towards the accomplishment of the work of peace
by every means compatible with the dignity of
Russia, we have thought lit to annex these uocu
ments to the present despatch, so as to complete
the relation of tacts.
[Aunegcg A and t, as published in the papers
preßemed to Parliament J
“ We regret to add thgigll the attempts of oflr
plenipotentiaries tailed to procare adoption of
the p.an, and that they could not overcome the
obstacles to its exeenuon. The first obstacle was
raised t>v tne O toman plenipotentiary. He de
clared that his i&auvwtioa* prescribed the main
tenance of the principle or the Closing of the
straits; that the Sublime Porta nad cdnaiaered
that p/inatpA a guarantee of its independence ;
and that tt wiener .t to be respected, with some
exceptions, that it bj ariptslate ’. _
“ The plenipotenuariee of rnlnca an* Eng.ana
declined to disease the Russian counter-pri
aa being founded upon a basis entirely conlr*rj
to their ina»rucUoDrt. Consequently, they declared
that they were not authorised to diacuaa the
of the plan. £n ©onciuaion, they declared that
their powers were ex posted faeAus truio Mm-
Uter tor Foreign Affairs, decUr.ng that his oouii
had nothing m)'« at hear’- than to oor.tnbote to
the e° “nfha.ent of peace, expressed his regrot
that Eae<ii shoald propose the pncciple of throw
ing open the Black Sea, while the other powers
unanimously maintained a prrnct..-is as
necessary to the tranquility of Europe.
“ However, he did not regard she d.ff rent modes
of eolation as exhausted, and he regarded it es
peci.lly' the *taat of Austria to endeavor to find
means for a He hoped the con
ference would meetsgaiu a=_sooa M■ one ot the
Eniell feft Vienna for ?»don. Hts departnre di
notpm an end to the cocferencee. Ihe dehbera
tions were resumed on tte 2S’-h of April, at the
request of the plenipotentia , >® 8 ot Kussm.
“Their instrn-Aions, in anthorix ng them to give
the assent oi the imperial cabinet to the . peeing
of the straits as a meau ot J* *
pacification emanated irom the idea that a combi
nation conceived in that Bpirit, to be <»rned ont,
onght first to have the adnession of the Porta in
its quality of sovereign of the territories on the
Straits. The declaration made by the Ottoman
plenipot ntiary in the sitting of the gist pnt an
end to that cvi-ntuaii y. I* “““ remained tor the
Kassian plenipotentiaries to use the lautnde ot
their powers to arrive at a new solntion, in accord
ance with the direct interests ot Kasaia.
“From the very first, as we have said, the Impe
rial Cabinet, without provoking the revision ot the
treaty of 1841, was willing to renew itsetipms
lions. It was only to exhaust the means of i ego
tiation in its power that it thought fit to respond
to the intentions of the Cabuets ol Pan. and
London by proposing to threw open the B.ack bea
to the flags of every nation. Their refusal to enter
into that means ot conciliation completely dispen
sed the Imperial Cabinet trim dwelling upon it.
On tte contrary, there were many re . sons in lavor
ot the principled the closing oi the straits, wuioh
we had given up, not with » view to an exclusive
policy, but out ol serious consideration for the
■general welfare.
“After-the rejection 'f the plan for the opening
of the Black Sea, ourplejupctoutisnc© were tree to
propose* new p.an. - . .
[ ite rote here gives a summary of what passea
at the ConiereLoe ol the 2<tfi of April. Protocol
No. XI I.]
“On the 28th of April, M. Drcuyn do l’Huys left
Vienna. , . .
“Such is a resume of thenegoti&Uous up to tbe
28th cf April. To preserve to this statement the
character of simplicity thdoimness wßch is suit
able to an historical nwratve, we have carefully
avoided. recriminauoD. It to establish the
taota in t-heir proper order, o make you acquaint
ed with tbe intonuons whic.ithe Imperial Gab.net
made to * preside ovei each r the point© under qis
cosaion. W e will lecapilu. tlicra briefly ;
“The first woe one o' x?it. d j
Emperor ook ’he meet led viow of it; he ro- !
solsod it in the welfare of the Pirn ,
o-.pah tie», the prosps; 7 - -h Rr.sei* h*d
pfOXuised to • . v :d^ : >»*
keep iiei pidLuf^T
“ J he second w -*ted with general inter
ests of commerce. The Emperor has decided in J
favor ot the frse trade of aii rations.
“ The third conoomec no” only the general bai
anoe of
honor ot Ru'eia. It w ; . thue that oui august
master judged it. The national sentiment of the
whole country will respond to his decision.
“Ti e lourtn point was one of religious liberty,
of civilization, and social order for ail Christen
dom. lo the eyes oi the Imperial Cabinet il is that
which ougb:. one day to be plated at the head ot t
treat} ol ge.ierai peace worthy of being iuypeted
with thr sanction of ali the sovereigLß of Europe.
The pleniptlentiariee oi Franoe and England re
tu&ea io touch even this question of rengious in
terest before that concern! g the navigation of tne
Biack Sea had been settled.
“ Alter this reflection there remains nothing for
us to add to the recital we have made.
“You are authorized to communicate this recital
to the cabinet to you have the honor oi
being accredited. It will judge which side was
the most loyal in ei deavonng to procure the re
establishment of peace; it will decide on which
side ’he obstacles arose which have prevented that
durtKoio work. It il fiuuliy .ails by the rupture ol
the conferences, tho impartial opinion of trienhi}
powers will at least render the jus ice to Russia t<-
ucknowledgo that she spared no etfoits to assure
the success of a negotiation destined to realize the
deeply expressed desire for u general (acificaiion.
“Europe may couut upon tW constant and film
solicitude whi©h the Emperor will aiways devote
to that great interest, wnen the hour shall have
oome when Divine I’roviiience will have enlight
ened the conscience of the cabinets whose imp's
cable hostility, in presence of kpo mourning which
covers an august torub* calls upon H>s Majesty to
defend with his drawn swoid the surety and the
honor of his country. NtsaxLBODX.”
From toe Rio Grande. —Toe Corpus Christi
Vahey and Advertiser,of the 2i inst., just receiv
ed, contains the follow.eg important intelligence.
It is taken fYom a letter received at the office of
tho Valley and Advertiser from a leading citizen
Ot Laredo:
The news from Mexioo is important and excit
ing. It appears that orders Irom Santa Anna
were received to arrest and shoot, without cere
mony, some ot the leading citizens of Moutery aud
Lampasas—among them Don bautiago Vidouai,
late Secretary of State of Nueva Leou, a mau of
great iufiuenoe. The existence of the* e private or
ders leaked out, aud Don Santiago Vidouri des
patched a courier to Lampasas wi Ji the news, and
when Gen. Manchacu, Santa Anna's emissary, ar
rived, he was mei by two hundred armed citizens
aud forced to sarronocr.
Hiß life was spared, in conscquenco of tho manly
position he assumed, acknowledging that his or
dors were to Bfcool some eight of the leading citi
zona of Lumpasaß, and that had he the ab lity, the
orders of his superiors would be implicitly obeyed.
He did not ask his life, as his superiors would not
believe but he had s< id hisoommand- This gallant
captaiD, who is well known by our informant, was
a ive at la.->t accounts, and the probability is his
manly bearing will save him.
The news of these transactions soon spread
throughout the hurrounding country. nau Su
assu had lcf< Lainpa«as with 20d men, and would
be j ined at Viile Aldania, bubinas Salinas, ,
by a force equal to 1,000 men.
The whoie country is represe ded as being in
arms, and an attempt to take Mcnto oy will be
made immediately. Tbe Governor of Nueva Leon,
Geu. Cordova, nad fled to the interior The Bishop
of Monterey, who virited all the frontier towns
last fall, it is now ascertained was sent ab a spy by
Santa Anna to mark the unfaithful. Ho has also
left, rut if taken, will be roughly dealt with.
This movement, or outbreak, is entiroly ahead
of Carv&jal’s piaos, for although tho people were
preparing tor an issue, th* urgency of tho cise has
forestalled the matter.— JV. 0. Picayune, B th inst
Mob Law reigns supreme in Clay county, Indi
&nu, and the conspirators who cut tho Birch Creek
roservior effectually prevent all repairs. Ou tho
night of the 23tta ult., a mob of armed men for
mally ori erod off thewoikmon employed there,
so that, tearing for their live s, they left the vicin
ity and refused to work. A written notice was
posted up, ordering tho contractor to undo his
wo k and lease the cut as he found it, or bo pur
sued with powder and bal!; and further, that tho
break should never bo repaired, or, if it were, the
main canal Bhould be cut. The same gang have
lately attempted to cut tho emback cent of the Ed
river feeders of tho cana!, aud to burn tho aque
duct, but failed in the first, and only partially tuo
c« eded in destroying the aqueduct.
A portiou of tho timbers were burned or cut,
but tho structure was not destroyed. In conse
quence of these doings, operations on the Wabash
and Erie Canal are greatly impeded, and the very
existence of tho work threatened. That such a
conspiracy can bo permitted to exist in a populous
community, is extraordinary. Tho Governor has
issued a proclamation against the miscreants, and
offered a reward of S6OO for their detection.— PaU.
American.
Severe Stobm —Our city was visited by a severe
storm of wind and rain on Thursday evening.—
Tbe wind was from the Southeast, and for a time
threatened destruction to everything in its course.
Tho fire proof warehouse of Messrs. Ferrili A Han
cock had a largo portion of its tin roofing torn off
aud thrown in vast sheets an hundred feet distant.
The observatory wall of the Griffin Female Col
lege was blown down, and other slight damages
done elsewhere about tho citv, we cannot detail.—
We were damaged some in the matter of window
tlass, Ac., besides receiving more of the aqueous
uid than was agreeable to the wholsome of type
and fixtures. No very serinns injury was done
that we have heard.— Griffin Union.
Burning of the Key <Stone State. —A brief
notice of the burning oi tbe steamer Key Stone
State, at Florence, Illinois, Thursday night week
has been published. She was from St. Louis Mo.:
One lady passenger, Mrs. Greene, wife of Dr*
Greene, of Belleville, wan drowned before any as
sht&nee could be extended to hor. Ben Qiills,
the steward, the s cond steward, Aron Stockton,
from Pittsburg, the chambermaid, Emily Austin,
from Alleghany City, and a fireman (Frenchman)
are also lost. The name and home of the latter
could not be ascertained. In less than half an
ho'AT the tras a periect wreck. None of the
passengers saved auything, many not even their
clothes. The books and papers of the boat are
mostly buut, and the cargo, which consisted of
com, wheat, and other produce, is an entiro loss.
A Seizure. —The bark Msgnolia, which cleared
from New York 60me three or four months ago,
for Mobile, was brought to this city yesterday af
ternoon in charge of an officer of the Revenue
Cuttor UcLeland. Bhe was seized on the coart of
Florida and supposed to be a “ Filibuster,” and
report eajs sho is loaded with arms and ammuni
tion. The seizure was caused, we are in
formed, by order of the Collector of the Port of
Mobile. The Cap ain has stated that bis papers
are all correct, and has no knowledge of tho cir
cumstances connected with the Bt-isare. These
ate ail the particulars we could gather last night.
— Mobil* Iribune .
Volcanic Phenomena in Nova Soon a. —A cor
respondent of the St. John’s News says that quite
a commotion had been excited among the people in
the vicinity of Digby, upon tbe Boathwest shore of
Nova Scotia, by a scries of convulsion* of tho earth
which have re©sntly taken plaoe on the Southeast
side of Granville mountain. On the day of the
earthquake, which oocurred several mon hs since,
the mountain was considerably shaken, and a
small opening was made upon its slope, whence a
great Quantity of smoke immediately rushed forth,
and e'?Dtinaed to issue throughout the remainder
ot the day. This manifes ation at length
and all remained quiet until about & fortnignt ago,
when suddenly the ground in the vioinity war.
violently agitated, and a chasm opened from
which not only a dense volume of smoke, but great
quanti iee of dust aDd small stones, were ejected.
Shortly after the opening of the chasm, a huge
fragment ol rock was thrown from it, with such
for;e as to penetrate tho side of a neighboring
cottage, the inmates of which have since removed
to what they consider a safe home.
Cotton.—The Ritem.—'The arrivals of yesterday
amounted to between three and four thousand
ba'es^r—quite an item in sack particularly tight
times. The cotton wa--* aii fcm the B gbee and
Warrior—three steamers being from the former
and one from the latter river. The P. Dalman got
down wi’h a very large cargo, conaiotingof no Jess
than 1868 bales cotton.
The Dalman repo ts a fall of abcut six feet in tho
Bigbeo at Dem polis; but & other rise was an
ticipated, as heavy rains had occurred. Advices
ro the Ist inst. from the highlands where the
Warrior takes its rise report a great deal of rain—
sufficient to keep the river up tor two. or three
we«xs. Disoatchea from Seima, bearing date
Thursday, states that the Alabama has failen two
feet, which leaves it navigabi© for only very light
craft.— Mobile Ad*. SbA
Obtaining Bcmukdeb t alee Pretences. —Aman-
da M. Biker, htxs oeen fined 85 and costs in the
Lowell Police Court, for obtaining a quart ot New
England rum from the City Agency by faise pre
tences.
Burned to Death.— A colored woman and her
three children, belonging to Col. A. H. Pegues, cf
LafaveUe, Mississippi, were earned to death a lew
davs since in their cabin. The huboand ot the
woman pat fire under the cabin to smoke fleas out,
aud the sad aocidert was the consequence.
Operation of the MASSACHrstTTj Liquck Law.—
Joseph ilde has been convicted, in the L w
rence poline court, of gelling sraD5 raD . <i i o/v 0n
three times, to two persons; fined SBO, and sent to
the house of correction for 140, days. He is now
out his sentence.
Mutiny.— JThe United Btates sloop of war James
town •» still at Key West, Six seamen have de
serted from the Jamestown, and in attempting to
arrest one of them named White, Lieutenant Arm
strong was obliged to shoot him, but did not dau
geroendy wound him.
It is said that Mr. Boteler intends contesting C.
Jas. Faulkner’s ejection, on tbe ground of non
reaidenta voting in Hampshire.
The Americana of Pennsylvania have nominated
Kimber Cleaver aa their candidate for Canal Com
misMoner.
WEEKLY
<%onide £ Sentinel
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA.
WEDNESDAY UOBNINO, JUKI IS, 1855.
Founh of J.lf Convention.
It is because we regard tbe Iste move in Colom
bus, calling a convention of tbe people oa the 4th
of J aly, one designed and calculated to organise a
great national, conservative party, which shail
combine all the son td, conservative, and national
men of all sections of tbe Kepnblic, that tbe sub
joined intelligence, whicn we oopy from tbe Co
lumbns Snquirtr, affords ns so much and snob
sincere gratification. That the people are moving
iu the right spirit, there is and can be no doubt.—
They are patriotic ; they revere tbe Constitution
and love the Union for tbe blessings they both
confer, and it is bcoausa of this ardent devotion to
constitutional liberty, that they are ever ready to
rally under tbe folds of a banner, and to take their
position upon a platform truly national and con
servative in ocarac or; under and upon which tbe
true patriots ot all sections may and can stand in
support of both the Constitution and Union. We
heps, therefore, that tbe peop e everywhere, in
every county in tbe State, who desire to Dnite in
tbie great and patriotic work, wilt take steps at
once to be represented in that body. Send up tbe
purest and best men—men true to the Constitution
and Union—men who can be relied upon to oarry
out tbe wishes ot those they represent, aud they
will lay the comer-stoue, aye, the foundation of a
great and patriotic party, who will rule the desti
nies of the country, and direot it in the paths
marked out by the patriots of 1774 and 1751.
This is a great, a noble work, worthy to enlist
tba best energies and greatest mental efforts of
every patriot in the State. We repeat, therefore,
send up your delegates; select the beat, the purest
men ; men pledged to the support of those great
conservative principles proclaimed by tbs con
aitrrintnr* nf tVta TJoArrri* r»l-tf/%rrvv Tk?7 <*7* th©
true principle* oi' tte Coiiotiinuon *ad the Union.
N»y, dqmt© • ropuoiat* ic yoar selection oi dele
gates xtt i*ctun€ti*tn f and if the Convention should
moorpo.ate in its platform any sectional feature,
• •ctK ;•••’•»«. ■•©» rii
%*hx: s % &»"o'ftiy-ccuv ,, sT''¥ pf^TibuS
With this w« commend the whole subject to the
people, aud ark the reader’s attention to the foJ*
lowing attioloe from the Columbus J£nquir*r :
>N - • EMI.NT —r;._ AA„ U XwLaUx.G.
Meetingt in Harris, Stewart and Cnattahoochse.
We publish in another place the proceedings of
public meetings ot the citiz3ns of several adjacent
counties, irrespective of old party distinctions, re
cently held, to take into consideration the resolu
tions parsed at T mperance Hall on the 26ih ult.—
From this action oi the people it will be seen that
they are alroatly bee"suing duly impressed with the
importance of the movoment alluded to, and have
ca'ied meetings ot all parties to be held at the
Court Houses in the respective counties, for the
purpose of defiuite consideration and action upon
the si bj ct, and especially to consider the propri
ety of bending delegates to Miliedgeville, on the
4’h day of July, to nominato the People's candidate
for Governor.
This is well, and wo trust that the recommenda
tions of the Horris meeting will be promptly adopt
ed t and that all tbe counties in the S ate will Bpeedi
lv tnke action upon tho Temperance Hall Resolu
tions.
Lot the objects of this meeting at least be brought
before the people, that ’hey may have an oppor
tunity of expressing their opinions, in an authori
tative mode, on a subjec: which, whenever and
wherever presented to the people unencumbered
‘by the opposition of partisan leaders, has not fail
ed to command tho hearty approval both of the
heads and hearts of those whose political interest
lies in the peaceable fruits of good government
rather than the emoluments of party ascendency.
Let the people, then, come together in their pri
mary assemblies and discuss the proprieties of t iO
Temperance Hall policy, fully, freely and fair’y.
and provide lor their at the couteui
plated July Convention by appointing their oest
and truest men—men conservative in principle,
iimiiii resolve, and thoroughly imbued with a
desire and determination lo yield to all sections of
the confederacy the full measure of Constitutional
rights, holding every is»ue subordinate to tue
rights and demand* of their own section, as set
forth in tbe Georgia Platform. Theseg» eat objscvß
are worthy of the consideration of tbe true lnonds
of the South, and their atiainment challenges
their best exertions. May wo not hopo for general
and effective co opr ration in a measure so replete
with good results, aud that the shackelsof party
which hi.s too long bound us to effete and faithless
Northern organizations will be as withes of straw
ia view of tho present crisis. Lit, then, the
Union of the South for the sake of her Constitu
tional right-, bo henceforth tbe watchword and
repiy, until to the eye of our Northern enemies,
and of tho world, we may pro*eut the physical
and moral force of a people undivided in senti
ment and aim—at least in ail things pertaining to
our cherished Southern institutions.
SENSIBLE VIEWS.
Wo give below a copy ot a letter received by
the Committee appointed at the late meeting in
Temperance Hall to transmit the result of the
action of that meeting to the various counties iu
the State. As will be seen, it comes from an old
line Democrat, who, in common with all the frionds
of tbe Union movemout, considers a longer main
tenance old party lines unnecessary, in view of the
paramount nature of the considerations which oall
tor a union of -.he conservative men of every sec
tion for tho protection ond vindication of the
constitutional rights of the South. Wo feel h’ghiy
gratified at the indications afforded in thia letter
that the policy of tho movement referred to will,
soonor cr later, meet with that appreciation to
which it is entitled At the hand* «f those upon
whom it is mainly dependent for success. We
mean the people , —in contradistinction to party
i adors aud traiing politicians, who have too long
used par y organizations as a means of personal
aggraud z uncut rather than of public good. But
to the letter: —
Meters. Thos. Hag Land aud others , Committee :
Gentlemen—i received your circular ot the 2Stb
May, wild the proceedings ol the mooting of the
c.tiZjQs of Columbus, this morning, ail ot which 1
have read with interest. You ask, “May we hope
lor your co-operation in the work of uniting the
South I” To which I can reply very cheorfullv iu
tho tffirmalive, for I have for years past looked
upon the strife between Whigs aud Democrats
with regret. lam now an old mr«n, and a decided
Democrat ot tho old school; and whilo there were
national issues between the two old parties, I felt
that I was ac'.uaied by patriotic motives to pursue
the course I thought best; and I could always con
cede to the W higs as honest and patriotic motives
as I claimed lor myself aud the Democratic party.
But since those old national issues have all been
settled, I have been at a loss to discover the patri
otic motives that kept up a squabble between
Whigs and Democrats ; aud I think that to these
squabbles are traceable ail tho isme which new dis
tinct the country and threaten the dissolution of
ti e Cmou. Both tho old parlies, in order to gain
or hold power, have pandered too mueh to the
pr< judiois of ali tho different tactions, till the
country is well nigh ruined. .Politicians at the
North have held out tho idea that if their party
wa- not suooetsful, the encroachments of the slave
power would overcome and ruin the North; and
with their pitUttAed sympathy for the poor negroes,
have almost entirely swallowed up the Northern
Whig party by abo.itionism, and so weakened the
Democratic party that is entirely powerless; while
Southern politicians have almost run the South
into a sectional party. I look now to the forma
tion of a great National parly, (that will ignere all
olu party isms,) as the only hope for the preserva
tion of the Union ; and no parly oau live long un
less it has the great essential elements of nationali
ty—a strict adherence to the constitution and a
love fer the Union—as the main pillars in ita plat
form. I have no idea that there will ever boa
party at the South that will oppose such a plat
foim. Then the only hope we have of preserving
the Union must be looked for among national men
at tho North. I know that such national men at
the North have not sufficient numbers to stem the
torrent of irecsoilism ; but I do hope that there is
yet love enough for the Constitution and the
Union, at tho North, to cause ali honest freoaoil
ers to pause before they render the Union val
ueless to the South. lam now, and have always
been a Union man; but I shall cease to be one
wnen the Union * tcomes valueless, and tbe Con
stitution is not regarded as superior to inflamed
passion.
1 have exhibited your circular and shall contin
ue to do so, to all who may feel any interest in it.
But 1 fear 1 that the danger to the country is not
felt and seen enough yet, for old party leaders to
be entirely wiling to lay aside their old party
prejudices, But the time will come l L. P.
CTNION MOVEMENT IN CRAWFORD COUNTY.
We Icfikin »rom a letter received bv the commit
tee appoint© 1 at the Temperance Hail
that the platform of principles and action laid down
at that meeting was discussed at a meeting of Citi
zens of Crawford county, on 6th inst., and unani
mously adopted. The details of tho proceedings
arc not yet received, but will appear at the earli
est moment. We learn that the Knoxville meeting
wns composed ot a large and highly respectable
portion of the c tizens, without distinction of par
ty-
The end is not yet.
FIBLIC MEETING IN HARRIS.
In pursuance ot a short notice, a very large and
re&pce-iible portion of tho citizens of Harris coun
ty asr ambled in the Courthouse, on yesterday (sth
inst.,) irrespective of old party distinctions, to
take into considerations, the Resolutions passed
in Columbus, at Temperance Hall on the evening
of the 961 b ult.
When on motion, Judge George H. Bryan was
app:nted Chairman, and Bonjamin Miller, Esq.,
reqc.es ed to act as Secretary.
Col. James M. Mobhy then introduced the fol
lowing Preamoie and Resolutions:
Whereas, The eitizms of Muscogee county of ali
parties, at a meeting held at Temperance Hail on
Saturday night May the 26tb, passed the following
resolutions:
[Here follows the Preamble and Resolutions of
tbe Columbus meeting, which we published on the
9ih. j—Lditor.
Whereas we believe that the citizens of each
county should regard the request made them by
tneir tnends of Muscogee, aud duly consider the
said Resolutions,
Therefore, Be it resolved bv the citizens of
Harris, irrespective of Oid Party Lines, that we
hold a meeting at tue Court House in Hamilton,
oq Saturday the loth of June, to consider more
definitely upon said Resolutions, and especially
upon the propriety of sending delegates to a Con
vention to meet in Miiledgevnle on the 4th day of
July nexw, to nominate a caudidate for Governor,
who shall not be the candidate of any of the old
political parties, but the psopie t candidate.
dissolved, also, That we request all the counties
ia the State to take action upon the said Resoiu
iutionsof our friends in Muscogee, a* early as
possible.
Col. Mobley soppurted the above Resolutions in
an able and eloquent address, appealing lo men
of an partiee to unite on one common Platform, in
defence of Southern Institutions, and supporting
:i on only at the North, who are known tt do Na
iionai in their sentiments on the slavery question.
He wai followed by Col. Jame 6 N. Ramsey, in a
very able speech, who differed with Col. Mobley in
some of his positions, yet he wss stand
by his side in defence ot 6lb7t:ry and the South.
Dr. Bedell then made a lew remarks concurring
entirely with tne Resolutions above.
Col. D. P. Hill then addressed the meeting in
his usual happy style, in which he expressed his
confidence in a portion of the Nor hurn people,
and his entire williogness toj affiliate with a Na
tional party at the North, should such party adopt
bound and national viewß upon the subject of
blavery.
The meeting was afterwards addressed by Dr.
Gibbs and Judge Wm. I. Hudson, in the right
That tbe Organ, and Columbus papers
be rtquested to publish the proceedings of this
m Theresolutions were then unanimously adopted.
On motion, the meeting, adjourned, to meet on
B*»W d V th ° l6lh inSt * ?f oi„ H, Bbtxw. Cb-n.
Benj. Miller, Sec'jr.
PsuHTiK. Omca to. S^- Tbe *" D *
thoee wi-htog to purch«e » Pnot.ng 1
vited to tbe edvertieement of A. &. Wx»«, ott n t
on* for Ml,.
Democratic Ctanuiu.
Our readers have already been apprised of the
nomination made by this body, and as a part o;
the history of the times, doubtless desire to see a
report of the proceedings, which we subjoin.
The platform (the Democrats are groat at plat
forms) will attract attention and elicit comment
every where. It is a very unique structure, and
like all Democratic platforms, is designed to be
“all things to all men,” and to catch all sorts of
voters. Henoe the party readily introduce a
plank which they rejected four years ago, and
mou_;t the Georgia platform with as much non
chalance as the original constructors and builders
oonld possible do. Nor is that all, while they
affect to be willing, and resolve to cut loose from
all parlies that will not stand upon this, to them
new platform, their hankering for the spoils pre
vails, and they profess a willingness to strike
hands with the National Democracy, (which in
cludes the Van Bunas, Ki.no*, Dixie and their
Freesoil associates,) as “ ike only organiaition at
tk* A'oi tK that now txiite or can it* formed, with which
the South can aoneietently oo operate /" Wonder
ful 11
W hat think you of that, original Georgia plat
form men ? Are you willing, utter having refused
*ll fellowship with Bewabd and his freesoil asso
ciates, to embrace the Van Bums and their fol
lowers 1 Are you ready to st p upon this riokety
platform, to be transferred to the National Demo
cracy, with alt its freesoil associations and aifiui
t'es, that you may hug to your bosoms such good
National Democrats as Mabtin and Jo*n Van 15c
u» and I’nrroN Kin#? We presume uot. W e
imagine you are quite too circnmspcot in your
political associations to be caught in any such
snare, however veiled. The intrigue is too patent,
the veil too thin, the trick too appareut to deceive
any intelligent, patriotio mind at the South.
Nor is the quaei endorsement of the Pane*
Administration less amusing. The Convention
had not the cool hardihood to go before the South
ern poople with a full and broad endorsement of
the Administration, with all its freesoil enormities
standing out in bold characters before the Ameri
can people ; but they must say something. The
spoil? were suspended before their eager gas® ai
longing eyes, and it would not do to be wholly
adent. K »n>-u the resolution.
There are other points to which we might refer,
but as we shall doubtless have frequent occasion to .
»<•*. a •.{.** ..... Os patchwork, wo
>;D not i.. -r--„ "ooger upon the reader with;
our ootnmenta; and submit for his careful study
and consideration the proceedings.
Thera were seventy-three counties (abont two
thirda of the State) represented by one hundred
and Beventy-fonr delegatee. The Convention was
permanently organized by the appointment of the
following officers:
Jams Gaxdnsb, Jr., of Bichmond, President.
Geo. D. Phillips, of Habereham; hi. J. Camden,
of Cherokee; W. L. Mitchell, of Clarke ; F. Jor
dan, of oaaper; and Geo. Wiloox, of Irwin, Vioe
Presidents.
L. H. Briscoe, of Walton, and E. D. Tracy, of
Bibb, Secretaries.
The Convention organized, the Hon. Howell
Cobb moved the appointment of a Committeo cf
throe from each Congreasional District, to report
business for the meeting, who were appointed by
the Chair, as follows:
«th. Howell Cobb, Harley Strickland and John A.
Headen.
let. Jchn E. Ward, Charles Spalding and Wm.
H. Stiles.
2nd. James Hamilton, George S. Bobineon and
Leonidas B. Meteor.
Bd. B. W. MoCnne, L. Q. C. Lamar and Nathan
Boss.
4th. T. C. Howard, Luther J. Gleen and 8. Law
rence.
sth. Owen H. Kenan, Bobert. B. Young and John
A. Jones.
7tn. Joseph A. Turner, Wm. McKinley and A. J.
Lane.
Bth. E. LeEoy Anthony, J. J. Martin andThos.
E. Beall.
The Convention then took a recess until throe
o’olock, P. M.
Thkxe O’clock, r. u.—The Commit'oe having
retired till 8 ’clock, P. M., made the lollowing ro
port through their chairman :
Jtetolved, That the Convention do first proceed
to ballot for the nominee of the Democratic party
of Georgia for Governor, in the approaching can
vass—which was unanimously carried.
Before proceeding to ballot, on motion of Mr.
Baas, of Bibb, it was agreed, that in the selection
of a Candidate, the baeia of representation in the
Convention of 1842, be adopted, in the number of
votes to which each oounty is entitled.
Also, it was agreed, on motion of D. B. Harrall,
of Kinchafonee, that in the balloting about to be
had for Governor, two thirds shall be necessary to
a ol.oioe.
The Convention then proceeded to ballot with
the following result:
H. V Johnson, 260 I Wm. H. Stiles, 8
John E. Ward, 8 1 Hiram Warner, 1
JoeephDay, 3 | Juo. W.Lewis, 16
It was then announced by the Chair that Her
sohel V. Johnson, of Baldwin, having received
more than two thirds of the ballots oast, was duly
nominated the oandidate for Governor.
The committee on business reported the follow
ing Preamble and Besolntions:
Democratic principles and Democratic measures
en all leading quest oris of national policy, involv
ing the subjects ot finance and taxation, an 1 ap
propriations ol money, and of constitutional pow
er in referonoo thereto, have become the fixed and
settled policy of the country. The issues theroin
involved, whioh formerly divided Southern Dem
ocrstß and Whigs, no longer afford ground for
oontinned aeparation and conflict among them.—
Now, other questions of pratioil and puramonn!
importance are prossing upon the earnest attention
of Southern men, and are of suob a nature as re
quire cordial and fraternal concert of action among
ail who ooncur in sentiment upon those questions.
In view of these obvions truths, arid to secure
this ooncert of action, the Democratic party ot
Georgia in Convention assembled, submit to tboir
fellow citizens the following platform of principles,
and cordially and earnestly iDvite the oo oporalion
of all citizens of Georgia, regardless of all party
distinctions, who desire to Bee them established as
the true basis of the constitutional and just action
of this government.
let, Reeolved, In the language of the Georgia
Convention of ..850, that wo hold the American
Union secondary in importance only to the rights
and principles it was designed to perpetuate; ihat
past associations, present fruition, and future
prospects, will bind us to it so loDg as it oontinues
to he the safeguard of those rigbtß and principles.
2d, Reeolved, That we hereby declare oar full
and unqualified adhorsiontoth* foUowing rosolu
tion of the Georgia Convention of 1850, and onr
unalterable determination to maintain it in its let
ter and spirit
4th Revolution—Georgia Platform.— That tho
State of Georgia, in tho judgment of thiß Con
vention, will end oughtto resist, oven (as i least
resort) to a disruption of every tie whioh binds
her to the Onion, any action of Congress upon the
snbject of slavery in tae District of Columbia, or
in places sublsot to the jurisdiction of Congress
incompatible with the safety, domestic tran
quility, the rights and honor of the slave
holding States, or any act suppressing the
slave trade between the slavebolding States;
or any refusal to admit as a State any tern
tory hereafter applying, becanße of tbe existence
of Blavery therein; or any ac' prohibiting the in
troduction ot slaves into the territories ofUtab and
New M-xioo, or any act repealing or materially
modifying the laws in farce for the recovery of
fugitive slaves.
Id. Reeolved, That tve approve and endorse the
action of our last Congress in the passage of the
Nebraska Kansas set, and the principles therein
established; and iD oontormity with these prin
ciples, the people of Kansas have the right, when
tbe number of their population justifies it, to
form a Bepublican State Constitution with or
without Blavery as they may determine, and be
admitted into the Dnion upon an equal footiNg
with the other States, and that her rejoolion by
Congress on account of slavery, would boa just
esnao ?or the disruption of all the ties that bind
tbe State of Georgia to the Dnion.
4th. Reeolved, That we adopt as our own, the
following Beaolution passed unanimously by the
last Legislature of Georgia.
Reeolved try the General Ateembly es the State r/
Georgia. That opposition to tbe principles of the
Nebraska Bill, in relation to the subject of slavery,
is regarded by the poople of Georgia as hostility
to tbe people of the South, and that all persons
who partake in snoh opposition are unfit to be re
oognised as component parts of any party or or
ganisation not hostile to tbe South.
s th. Reeolved, That in aocordanoe with the
above Besolution, whilst we ure willing to act in
parly association with all sound and reliable men
>n every section of tbe Union, we are not willing
to affiliate with any party that shall not recognize,
approve and carry ont the principles and provi
sions of tha Nebraska Kansas act, —and that tho
Demoatio party of Georgia will cutoff all party
connection with every man and party at the North
or' elsewhere, that does not oome up folly and
fairly to this line of action.
ith. Reeolved, That the National Democracy of
the North, who have patriotically fought for the
Kansas and Nebraska Ac's, and the maintenance
of the Fugitive Slave Law, against tho combined
forces of Know Nothingism and Abolitionism,
which seek their repeal, and who stand pledged
to support tho admission of Kansas into tho Union
as a slave State, should Bhe ask it, merit the heart
felt sympathies, thanks and encouragement cf
Southern men in their patriotio position.
7th. Reeolved, That in the National Democratic
party of the North alone, have been found those
patriotic men who have time stood by the rights
of the South, and jndging the future by the post,
that party is the only organisation at the North
that now exists or can be formed, with which the
South can consistently co-operate.
BfA. Reeolved, That we sympathize with the
friends of the slavery cause in Kansas, in their
manly .efforts to maintain their rights and the
rights and interests of tbe Southern people, and
that we rejoice at their reoent victories over the
paid adventurers and Jesuitical hordes of northern
abolitionism. That the deep interest felt and taken
hv the people of Missonri in the settlement of
Kansas and the decision of the slavery question in
it, is both natural and proper, and that it is their
right and doty to extend to their Southern brethren
in that Territory every legitimate and honorable
sympathy and support*
ith. Reeolv That we are uncompromisingly
opposed to the political organisation commonly
called the Know Nothing Order, or American
Party, having no sympathy with their eecresy,
their oathß, their unconstitutional designs, their
religious intolerance, their political proscription,
and their abolition associations at the North.
tth. Reeolved, That we hail with delight the late
signal triumph in Virginia ot the Democratic Par
ty, and of the patriotic Whigs, who co operated in
acbeiving that result over the Know Nothing or
ganization, as conclusive evidence, that in the
great practical questions inaolved in that contest,
Southern men may honorably and successfully
combine, without regard to past political distinc
tions, to save tha constitution from desecration,
and the South from being prostrated before tbe
power of northern fanaticism and m.erule.
10th. Revolved, That political necessity and tbe
embarasaments oonstanly arising from our commer
cial relations with Spain, ai Ice dictate tbe policy
of the annexation of Cuba to this country, at the
earliest period, compatible with onr national hon
or and treaty obligations.
Hth. Reeolved, That the democratic and nation
al principles declared and set forth in the inaugu
ral address and annual messages of President
Pierce, meet onr cordial approval, and that be is
entitled to tbe tbanka of the country, for hia en
forcement of those principles, in the signatnre and
approval of the Nebraska Kau-as bill, biß faithful
exeontion of tb# Fugitive Slave law, his various
vetoes, and other measures of administrative poli
cy in conformity to those prinoiplee.
12th. Reeolved. That the administration of Gov.
Johnson meets o~r decided approval, and we con
fidently reoommeno him to the people of Georg-i*
for re-eIeOUOD to the ‘.fice he haaao ably and fsith-
Jones of Polk moved that the last reao-
SUS KSTA
oludo'na of the Committee by adding the foliow
‘“ieeotved. That iu view of the aetfonof Marea
chosetts and the threatened action of other North
°““ Btstee no protection either of person or
nrSoJrtv shall b# extended to the cltiaens ol any
Htate that refuses to recognize th# constitutional
rights of the South, and that it is the duty of the
Southern Bute* ao to shape their legislation aa to I
render this resolution effective—#nd we hereby 1
pledge oursolves to use our uStrts to elfret the |
same.
snvfoi.^? b r' °i C! \ r . ka ’ proposed tie following as« !
anSfitlSf" Mr N<,|BoC ’» re-o ntin, which wai j
aoo sP t ® r ’ “ nd unanimously udoptod
d d ° pUou mlo «s t
their witdom may ai ri uhnii l
formity with cona?itut»o b
The resolutions of tho comm tee u n,,,
.u otio ”’ 'roummouslyV-id!
Mr. Smith, ot lalbot, tneu moved tor t ~ ,
pointmont of a committee by the c! air to a-!.
Hon. Horscbet V. Johnson, not.ty him $ his
nomination, and request his acceptance the '"
Ibe following are that committee : Levili
and n B H D. r iofreN: F " 0 K
Tho Hon. Howoil Cobb being called on, addnecc I
the Convention iu un eloquent and eor.vi u '
speech, and was followed by Iho llon. Wil ■■ Li.
Stiles, Hon. John E. Ward, Hon. B ij t . 1 i n,
B J. Cowatt, E-q., and Dr. McGeheo, w'-«o ait- >
addressed the Convention in an animi.od ai d
appropriate manner.
Gov. Johnson boinaj in the hall \fls loudly
collod tor, camo tor ward ani the
Convention iu a brief but eloquent r spouse.
Urul a ory JL«-gljla.oa.
Wo notice iu our Oremy exchange** a sup
gestmn made by the h*alUii4, eudoraed by the
Picayune, aud copied approvJigly by m»:iyson;t
ern paper?, recommending a general «ywt* mti
non intercourse with Massachusetts, in view o:
the late <.unification of tn» Fugitive Slave Lu v by
the of that Stole. The article aiiudod
u> urge* Southern nteiOhanta, shippers and itnpor
lers to hold public meetings, pledging themaeivo;;
not to ship freight in Moesjohusotts yes els, c:
to buy any kind of manufactured articles from
that State, or in any manner to pay money
iuto the pockota ol Massachusetts cupi'uli tfl-
In short, it is tho old song of non iutercoueo r
vivod, to be effected through tho bluster of indig
natiou mootings and tho voluntary pledges of iu
dividual?,—a course of procuediug utterly power
less to accomplish tho obj ct ot its design, 'li t
remedy is iu no wise adapted to tho disouso. V\ o
may hold indignation meetings by tho score—
adopt tho most threatening of paper resolutioi ;
and fume and fret and vow all manner ot indiv:
dual nou iutorcourae, and yotall thi? will tall far
j-hortin its eifoc s, ot tho end aimed ui, aud the
same old system of aggression a: u insult wil! go
ou as heretofore. The difficulty lies in the tutor
impossibility, in any suen way, of bringing .
j that entire unanimity and concert ot purpose, »n
' wo may add, certainty of act on, among the peo
: pie, which would bo absolutely necessary to make
| the movement at all effectual.
What we have now 19 complain of, ou the pint
M>f » not tM-ow, ravmgs of u'.ui
pjttiou that tUQ'icgtsb’ivc pow>i 4 t t. •,
rStuto has been wleldCK- the South n t ; won
[ h manner »s to destroy the remotest chauce of a
j man getting the rights, which aii a .ow
are guaranteed to nimby the C'-nsuinuou ;t the
United State*, within the li mite of tut . Wls
shook! v**. yo) Isgi lattv power «
home lor our defence ? If our Log'n-laiuro art
made ot the right btnfl, we have ample menus ot
bringing tho Mussachuftetth lunatics to their senses
and that, too, without following their example nnd
goitsg into unconstitutional Ug slution. Bnt cv. :
on me score of ccnstitutiouaiity, it n.a r wed be
doubled whether juat'co would demand that l o
Southern States should rquaro their legielaliou to
the s* riot letter of the compact (already violated
by the iggressor) iu their work of soil delonco
against the uucoustitulional acts of a {State which
has virtually placed herself beyond the pale ol
Confederacy. W lion Massachusetts repudiates the
compact she forfeits hor claims to its pioioction.—
But we do not propose to go beyond tho limits of
the constitution. We do, however, propo.-e that
every Southern State in this emergency should re
ly a;on her Legislature for protection, and uot iu
dignation meetings, or other inefficient demon
strations.
Onr remedy, nnd we believe it to be tho only ef
fectual remedy sh rt of disunion, is, that the L •
gislaiure of every Southern Si to that feels 1; ....
aggrieved by the action of Ma . achusotis, should
go quietiy to work and pass a law suspending the
use of the State Courts lor the collection of all lin
bilities ou the part of citizons cf tho State to citi
sane of Massachusetts, incurred after ncertain date
subsequent to tho passage cf the act, tho opera
tion of the law to continue until tho obn .\i uu
law shall bo repealed by the Massachusetts L gis
lature. Lot the same course bo pursued toward,
every other Northern State tha’. may choose to fy
its hand at repudiation of the Constitution.. W<
will stake our reputation as prophets, that a . c i gU
session of tho MasßacbusettsLogts.'a’u e would not
pass by without eff.cing the “ nuiliacaii n j: s'
from the statute books, after such action had boon
taken even by the single Slate of Georgia.
Wk copy the above from tho Atlanta Intelligencer
for tho purpose of entering our protest against ill
whole ?chemo, as impolitic and impracticable
Impolitic, becauso the perpetcation of a wrong b>
Massachusetts will not justify the South in perpe
trating another wrong to counteract it. “ Two
wrongs do not make a right,” is an adogo as t u
as • nciont, though thoy may sometimes restoro ih
right, which is not probable in this caso. Imprac
ticable, because the plan cannot bo carried out.—
For although the South might not buy tho pro
ducts of Massachusetts labor Irom her me chann
or citizens, yet the lattor could easily make tho salt
through New Yorkers and Philadelphians. The
plan proposed by the Intelligencer is equally inof
fleiont, for the roasou, that the merchants of Mu-.
sachusotts have comparatively jittlo use for the
Southern Courts, as their dealings aro almost ex
clusivcly with Southern merchants, not one 01
whose obligations in a hundred are uot paid n
maturity, without resorting to the Courts. And if
thoy aro doniod the use of tho S ato Courts,
they can, at all times, except for amounts i n
dor five hundred dollars, resort to tho F* lcra
Courts. Os, what avail, then, is th q Intelligencer'u
remedy i
Tb«Pflopifl Moving.
A Meetino of tho ciiizons of Sumter was held
in Atnericuson the 6th iust., to tuke into couHide
raiiou the recent move in Columbus to organ z: 1
National purty, plodged to tho maiutonuuco of the
Constitutional rights 01 tho South.
The object of tho meeting was explained by
Newnxn McHain, Eq. Tho m cling whb the
addro?Bad by Messrs. 11. K. McKay, P. L. J May.
JounCahu Brown, Hugh M. Moore, I dam *\-
EoiiNaoN, E-qs. Whoreupoa, Willw A. Haw
hns, E*q., ottered tho lollowing resolutions:
let. Ree<'lced, That the following invitation bo
extended to iho people ot Sumter county, viz
There will be a meeting of the people of Surr.v *
county, at the Court-house, on Saturday, tho 9lf
inst, tor tho purpose of considering the resolu
tions passed by the meeting, at Temperance Hu a
Columbus, Geo., and taking some a.-tiou relative
thereto. It will not beu meeting ot Whig*, Demo
era’s, Know Nothings, anti Know Nothing *, Pro
hibitionists, or any other politicd party whatever,
but all men of every party, are invited to crime anc
participate in the deliberations of the PooploV
Meeting.
T x at a committee of thirteen bo ftp
pointed to report suitable matter for tho action.
Whereupon, the following committeo was ap
pointed by tho Chair :
Nftwnan Mcßa n, T, M. Fnrlow,
Willis A. Hawkinß, Wiloy Cuter,
Hugh A. Mooro, John 0 ker,
Dr. Albert Rees, Zoah li. Hayslip,
George Dykes, Eli Tucker,
Robert White, Dr. Goo. W. Mattux,
C. D. Crittenden.
Wo learn from the Columbus Enquirer “that
the citizsns of Chattahoochee county have takon
prompt action iu refe»once to tho meeting at Tern
perun -e Hull, in this city. A call for a public
meeting ot all the voters of that county, without
regard to party diatinotions, has been issued, signed
by prominoLt men of all parties, assigning Sutur
day, 16 h inst., as tho time of meeting. Tho ob
ject, as set forth in the notice, is the discussion of
the true policy of the Bontb, and the appointment
of delegates to a Convention to bo bold in i r .\
ledgevillo in July next, audio nominal, candi
dates for tho next State Legisluturo. Well dono,
Chattahoochee. Who speaks next ?”
A Yn« National Party.
Tmk Mobile Advertiser) a conservative journal,
publish os tho rosoluliona of the late meeting in
Columbus, proposing the formation of a National
party on tho principles of tho Georgia platform,
and adds:
“Is there anything in these resolutions - !© which
a man sinooroiy desirous of socaring Souther
union oan reasonably object. ? Is there an> treason
or heresy lurking in thorn i Aro they rot plain
enough and broad enough to hold the wnolo South,
while thoy take care uot to in. ult or malign tl •
people of any portion of it? Could it bo suppos
ed, inon, that men forever preaching up Souther
uuion would seek to defeat auc/c a movement t
accomplish it ? We aro sorry to say, unwise am.
unnatural as it must seem, tho Ad 1 initstratio
press in Georgia see neither beauty nor cornelinot,
in it.”
If tho Advertiser had refl ctcd th&t tho democ
racy ot Georgia never favor any measure, bower* ci
patriotio, that they do net believe wi l inure
their benefit, it would have 101 l 00 surprise at the
course of their journa'a in relation to this meeting
A lew years since, under tho impression that the)
could infl me the p-ssions of tho fcioathcru peopit
by sectional appeals, and carry tho people upon t
purely sectional issue, t.*e Democratic organs anc
leaders denounced the whole North as unaouru
and totally unworthy of political association
Having beon overwhelmed and trampled in the
dust by the people whom they attempted to d <.
and betray, thoy are now so clamorous for a N l.
tioual Democratic orgaDizition, that th yafli.iau
cordially wi h the Van Rubens, even “ the NorU
ern man with Bouthorn principles.” Nor is 'hi;
ail—they shout hosannas to the Administration
who has struck down Dickinson, Bronson anc
other true and tried friends of the South, becuuK
of their open hostility to froosoihsm, and their rt
fasal to appoint freesoilers to office. Such is th*
true history of Georgia democracy, as developed
by the leaders and organs.
“The Nashville Union refused to published the
‘third degree’ of the ritual ot tbe Amoricm part}
when requested to do so. Th»* Union.) howevc
did publish it as a pa'<d advertisement. This i*
not tbe first time Eastman bus been pa d to print
tho truth. TY.o fact is, he ‘ rather likes’ this so;t
of palm-oiling.”
Thus speaks the Memphis Eagle of a very shal
low trick attempted to be [ layod off by tho Nash
ville Union upon its own readers ar.d tho public.
Tbe Union has been quite hoetile to Know No
thmgisra, denounced the for its proscription
of Catholics aud Foreigners, and charged then
with freesoil ism and abolitionism. Hence, when
tbe Pittsburg Gaz-.tte published the secret ob i/a
tions taken by the members, the Union published
with alacrity the ritual of the first and second de
gree«, because they sustained its charges cf ;
the hostility of the order to Catholic-8 ati- For
eiguers. Bat the third degree, wbicn disproved
its charge of freeaoUiara aad abolitionism sgamßt
the order, the Union eoald not be induced to pub
lißh until paid for a* an advertisement What «
commentary upon the independence and love oi
truth ot that journal. Such a ab»ll° w attempt to
practise a fraud, should loose any journal the
confidence and respect cf all men, of all par ies,
whose good opinion is worth valuing. The motto
of all such journals ehonld be, “ We fight to win
the spoils, at whatever sacrifice of truth aud
honesty.”
Govjcbnmznt tszJzuKE in Boßton.—We ander
stand, saj-s the Foot of Saturday, that Collector
Ptaslee yesterday caused three cases of embroide
ries belonging to a New York importer, invoiced
at abont eight hundred and seventy-five dollars,
to be seized, as having been fraudulently under
invoiced, the appraised value here being abont
eighteen bandied dollar*.
| The LiGran;.- Rt-art s
• tho followint;-v ti® -tv
I LaGbanoe Uank ~W
| has now n -O 1,.t - - , 0
-»j .C -. mu
i cutd-a- -• ■ k iho Is >nat. v.ll iu g->: and it vis
j wity ■" *-;- 0 ”- : '•* ' 0
| preJiont n I then- Irougbtai. roty,
both of money and J»vmions.
I Too Presin-'.i-, MI.T . 'tuaa Botch. «• 1 the
C-sii er, j lr. G/"t- siJJ 1 ■ 11 ip not
only Os ttta'.<?•!»«> ■ Y. '’a : '-"u Oi tried in tgmy
and Bonn if «>.. i u■-1 , o.' i , eu;a... ! i , ;y ) so
' ilii'
i»ioJ by n.u.iov in era ( •! I>-rr. vv r..) Wo
ootj&’.ntat i our oi- Ans ou l o eslabl shmout of a
s jud ba. k i. > i tiiou "• for niidst.
[ Tills is not only a vary rlgn'fieint, but eosplcions
■ notic., us it induct-a tae i p. cs. ~.a that tlio La-
I G auge mun go to too U iid Cat lr be, and
j il so, -a I.: won! y Ui. cunfijunco or credit of 'he
people ol Gn.rgia. Vf# hope, therefore, 'hu Re
[ poit-r wil. take tl.o ear ius; oi-porl.ii.i'.y lo relievo
the publ c mind ou this bhbjejt, by removing all
1 suspicion a» to iho chM-acit-f of this new li. k.
I This may Do oas.ly a. By iiit'oroi ug the
public through na eo.utßnq «(ho Mr.Tii a. buioa,
the I Widen-, and i. t. 6i6ruk iinna ta, the Cash
ier, are ; wherolhoy iavan* dud licrc-t .rare; how
II ' long ;liey huvu rea dM .u lanii n. , and i.i v/hat
f j fi.ld they have icq i ledwdf-h a-b. vita., her, r. p
; I ntation lo- “Jf <n« «. ihifwj. tried integrity, sound
> judgment, and fret he fa eU.it y.” W~o ure‘.ho
i stockholder.—how o|M<y «•.>«»-•« reside in Troup
I oounty—ami how ui ell r.tcca do U.u Troup conn
r | ty slockhol ora Sro tbna-. notaiiie stock*
holder.', *• m r.ey < dtrs, (;.i -llonou.ra )" who
l j “own them mum'.o • e|lho keck”—wltat ure thoit
- | names—whore do tfty resilo, and no.v much
! biock do they own ? T
j Wo hope our oouUii.nprsry trill enligntcn us
e | upon all thfi e pointsTinzflis i x’. i. its. Il the
.' j B»nk is what he rei.rii .Tits it—a sound and 10, ill
mate in litntion, the .4ii ; crs wll. If r.i Im all tho
| doa rod inforniu.K ii most ehuerielly. T, on the'
r contrary, they aro aet-kir,,; to perpetrate a fr..«d
- i upon the L g slature and the people by a in suae
I of tho chart , thoy will, !.ke all Uo Wild Cat
.|. Wa vaitu'to to day w.vireport - p the proceed
vi v ' ' u ‘
, W fro Nsw-Yor- Wte- rUt-./. -T. ..-be
as they go, tutor.b!y tc n '-o.
I Moat of the eo*re which we have read
J 'l-'Ula'cse.' Wcr,i,lVa» tatho ,-rol.a D re'tit,
and Hi. po-poA ol any ;q;rc .o;. r oc.v.on tho
u of wbioii w*.» infer, ti.ero iiv lit tio pro mbili y. f tho
Oonvtniion agreeing upon : ny oa -.Much
D auy true South urn mu;i ona t..iu h'.A position—if
ti iudoed thoy do not . x;■•!--do rilhoul; gfo ing upon
any platform; which v ■ tliiitii tro. «t' c 1 h ba-
foro w\ is i'll 1 1 * ne? tho j.•-■.-l p;ob«t-l-'i ro- ult.—
ts Certainly, they c-muoi u l -pt . } pUtf.j m upon
it which Wilson, ol v . suchu ,( n 1... mi \to
*■ represent thufooling of tlio Naw Lug: -nd delega
tion, as well uh .-otno of 1 in.>u ' fie N rthwo t,)
a*id Soaihern man cun t.»ko a coin- r»n position.—
• Our iraprcs.sion, t‘ crot tiiat ttio Co iv» ntion
will find it imp ssiolo to s roo upon the slavery
question.
o -
,• A Wedding Party Poisonld—Oa Wedno^day
last, as wo learn trom tlielV.o:.*! u?.:; (V r i.) Exrrccß,
a wedn ng purty, to: - ; :> >• ol u 0.. hr. ...rod
" -*’ r «
Kano, in isooU.roi.oty. Mr. 11. is. Ku o, un‘otni
e noit ! iwyerof that c »ur.ly, wa nu »io lon Taes
duy n : ght to ijnruV-, da i , ‘.ro; Cplom An
ts demon, ui dou the night a'.tcr up. ty v,i-» given
*t at his hoQH|» At u lah* )•■ u? r V-r. pvi ifiji,.;, an out
thirty ol tho \hvwj:o trkvn id • ’ n t. vl. j smno #
D ,
time, aud teat me* hv ;•*.• n r tho net-.,M out i*.ey
li d all boo:, po - no<i, n < • ul • - :lo I'o • :
e nation ensued ; dancing was sc: --i-' d y i [-
_ oifl.ua sent for, bat boforo Fwy arrived t‘; ; .' k
» lICSa ,lftd goner J, and > r V v i- n
■j ; o
c . ervuritsot tho hqnso ttc aii hd • u ill - i ti'cs mo
.. time, and thfto wal bo one on the gfhm tto ren-*
•or aid until Cic : ;:va fL ! hr : * bo •>/ o nt
. for. Tho correspondent the. Exprey, i' 1 -i.t
the c.s:s of üboul tlnriy of*tlio j were hope*
!:*ss, otd tho> tier m* expeo - u live, n’ j o ng
. thorn w • -• i .1b d . l- : i lan
utial}Zdion of the civv it fmv-.d u bo
preguated with i l
excitement, rovuifed in the county in r ulpiofi so it.
Wo lo rn irom t o A' icglon l ew<e at that
Wm. Ilishoo, one of th-..- ) •j. <i u- t tho
A
so von or c'-gbi. T.(*ro—it cutliriij llfroo soda ol iuiUg A
, Neal, at 8h c 1 : t r ro t’y; g. * v
and it is strongly mi. led that u white w man
l instigated the
, The I’ors ninu Case iit Vixiginia.—Tfie Al. '.-ft
don V rgiuluM . uj- that th- oicutieule w.a» “«•'•-
-10. 'Ol, rosult'!:g l'rom .■ p-.i ■ , na itfgrt *vnl put
into tho custard by mist ke to a>iv,#it.
... i.r rt r;ilar«.
WEureinfo.mmi lira', th ‘0 li >. li .gored .rontry
have ag-.ii. ma ' r their a;.; ,1.0 uiu tuts city, and
have commence .1 ll.cir midit. i,l.t GACuraiomi. It
vr.uM bo wall 10/ l.oUMjhcepfc.a tob< on ti. watch
and. if possible, give t i a luate-of the quality
of a little powder aud 1 ; d. A g -od do?o cd this
would he u soecr 'i.M rom. dy for thu d.aoaae with
which thoy aro : IU ct d.
, Tub ConNi.it "Pjnk of the .V tin ’'l Cher h,
oa Groan, betwcou l.'e itru u . 1 L'mol i streu s,
w s lu.d yesf rday wth oppropriaiu esremoaios.
Our eiii.'ag.in.onf» prove dod o ir vr.it.vA ;; iho
, rrtereslihg corcmSny,and ss are thorofore uriublo
to make any derailed notice th' reef.
Moke Gold —The Jilin ie arrived i t New York
on the Bth inst-., vi.!. 4425,01.0 in CVhori.t.. t.old.
llor news had b on iu i.-' n il.
Alabama PBintEirn\ur. —Thu Wct.rm itav Dtt.
p tch there ure *l2 c- nv c « iu tho A * r ma
Penitentiary, fwou'y one more arr ex;.ecteii
soon from Mobile. Thors will then bo twenty
five more convie's in tho Pen" .ntix.-y than thcro
aro colls. Thcro aro more oriir.it a:s In A buna
than tl.o Logiaiatnre mado provision for ortrr
t lining.
t Latek nou Kamsa*.—The cm" . i n lent of the
i St. Louis Bcp'ibtican, from Whi ch--d, Ear as
May 24'It, suja that the Biotas, M '.nun Cod cs r.d
J Comahc'.cs, are a sembli g at A I. Hollow, to tho
nutn’-n r ol 8.- 00, for a fight with the U. 8. Troops.
I hoy langh at tho United B'n:3.i ao lierc, and ray
thoy would tear twenty old mountaineers moro
that, the whole of them. They have stolon eighty*
nix hors™ from f ort Li.r. in, and *7 mu!: from
Fort Krar.-ey. 'f"ro . " • - ,r' K-.rucy, nar
rowly u-caped a difficulty with the Ci cyennoa In
dian;, by refusing to give up tbs body of a wound
ed Indian w o died in the fort, 'iho tew who tiro
in charge of Larainio and Kraruey, aro in a stats
of tho keenest apprsh:.n..'uin and r.icot painful taa
psnse. They fear that the Indiana who are gi.th
.r'.ng ah.ul th .ui in aum nt i.leni, and wi'h no
frie dly fooling, m y wipe them all cat, byway of
getting the-r hands in bt '.o. o tho now delacl.ruonta
reach them.
DxaTuconvK Fmi; in Fl'.i'DA. —IVo regret to
loam from tho pen- at- la JUnnocrat Iho < - tiro do
rt'tiction, by 11 o, of iho “ Arcvila Cotton Factory,”
in tho vbinity of Milton, St. Boss county, of
Messrs. Forsyth, Fy nonda IL c r . Tl'.m ><o was
discovered at half p t 2o’ . o:k ft tnrJ: aher
poon last, and in lc«» than ( r.o nonr 'c, l- il mg
was totally bnn;*;d ' • tho .*• <■'). Th ' s i.-> csii»
Plave Exoite ent—.l’ n.DUL —On Iho 2 s ? of
Oh : o, en mule \‘>r Fr . c-i. v.% •• fine : , F -
rho virtaoaa ub jilt’ -v>' • ot C : ;• . :i*-'iato
•y had the iltvw iozol -i ‘.k »>- : rt; Ju’go
When there,' hoy acol r. . 1 Hk - r th-i* 1 h >ty,
. .
re.ircd ui drtl oi > pr. o . th / D . j cg.oCB
could not appreciutu fru .
Lri hi*: rs and < hauls hT jn Uai: uoad.—The pat-
Heug« ; r trar.Hon this ioud have cx end'd th< ir
trips beyond l*. Grange t 'hr j ■me ion of 'ln*. /Mi*
"-"W € - ntrai 1 < y a >
tfct.on, some m o.ilo Erst of , o lormer plico.—
,'belr }/■;.' Mv> [jo no lur.Lor J.an La Grange
lor tb’o present - .
Fprkad i)’ft the (. HOLKita -T-*0 cboisra is spread
in* thr.ugh Lrais;ai:u. Oi the 2i.i Bit., th.ro
were thirty caros at A xandria Lu, and thoO.r
eait Court iu sesaioa ’.hero a<’j ar .c t in a .oic.
Most of the cases aro violet .t, and tr rr. 'oina
ihvrt time. Tlio dr .n .tillcontinues thcro.
On Sunday mornirg f last w. ok, a ~utl' '"
vio'.ont atoroe of wnd ar oin tfro i.o.gt. uood
of the Lower Bipids oft.. > il. •‘'..s.ppi, ut, ... ho
space ol a few minutes cuu-eu the aJnkmg foor
■ ' Tm.
. Lcnia, arid the otlmrs with freight for p< •. oo
ho Upprr M ■ u.uppt. uu.gowastiao ... k a
‘ 'T very storm of wind and rain virlted
CVS
rooting trees blowit.* **“ hou. ca, lor.. - and
barns. In ouo p ace rocks weighing neuri, a ton
were moved. _
Naw Innentiin. — lu exhibition ot new -.v
tions wa. rccoutly opened in Lon on, umer tne
patronage of ascientific -o.i'ity. A..,-j. g tuo mont
curious discoveries may be t amed a leather co
njent, so strong and adhesive that booth and shoes
are made with it, to ' rh, o L 1 ot a siuglo stitch is
seen or required, a d the process of mending so
simple, that every man nay 10, if not hia own
boot-maker, a: eh events, his own boot mender.
Experiments have bee- made in New York so
produce illuminating and lunricati.tg oils from tho
lir-ckonridgo cannel coat. !• is i.e iovtd th t in
operating on a la.go scale these oils cm be pro
ducod from ono ton o! the coal to the value ol iuO,
and the climated oat of distilling a id purifying
the products ot a ton of coal in from five to six
dollars. It is expected that worm* oi. a scale i utTi'
oieatiy largo to produce a thousand gallons a day
can be elected for twenty thousand to liutty thou
oaud dollars,