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‘‘ln the name of the State of Alabama, I now pronounce you—” Here he turned to Gus and enquired: ‘‘What shall I call him, man and wife, or boy and wife, for you know he ain’t a man?” “Husband and wife,” replied the ever-ready Gus. “AIM yes,, husband—that’ll do. I now pro nounce you husband and wife; and them which God jined together, let nobody tear apait. You are now entitled to all the rights, privileges and benefits of a married life, and of everything per taining thereto iu fee simple. So help you, God. —Amen.'’ m w _. They Oould’nt get in. It is quite amusing to witness the outcry of the wire pullers, pimps and political blacklegs of the old partiesover the horribleness of “Hindoo” oaths and secrecy.” Men whose lives have been spent in secret caucusses,. amid plots and conspiracies to compass political ends by trick, chicanery, dishon esty and violence, and disturbed and distressed at at the movements of the people to manage their own affairs without their aid.—[Rochester Amer ican. It is all very well to talk about the secrecy of the American party by those who oppose it. This noise about “secrecy” and “oaths,” and “obliga tions,” is the merest sham in the world, mere dust raised to hide those who oppose the principles of the party ; who have so long made merchandise of their influence over the foreign population among us, that to deprive that of its value, is to make them bankrupt in power. Some of them, nay, many of those who arc so horrified at this “secre cy” and so troub’ed by “oaths,” have been long ago either rejected or ejected by the American party. They have been kept out, or driven out because nobody had confidence in their integrity, or was willing to acknowledge political compan ionship with them. The principles of the American party are no secret. The things it aims at are open and public. The policy it would initiate and uphold is well un derstood. Ask these declaimers against “secrecy,” the nervous opponents of “obligations,” if they are in favor of the principles of the American par ty ; if they will aid it in the accomplishment of its purposes, or advance the policy it seeks to pro mote 1 Not one of them dare answer in the af firmative. They are so linked to the system of party trickery, so connected with alien influences, they have drifted so far in their pandering to the foreign elements that have been so potent in po litical results, that not one of them has the cour age to avow himself a native-born man, proud of his cduntry, proud of his position as an American citizen. Not one of them dare avow any pride of nationality, any sympathy with the American people as such, any peculiar love for their native land, any special regard for the sons of the men of the revolution, who were nurtured under the en nobling influences of our Protestant institutions. Talk with one of them about American men; say that such arc safer guides for the present and future of this country than any who have sought a refuge here from the oppressions of the Old W orld ; say that their claim is the oldest and the j bost to political influence ; and note how, if he concedes these facts, he will look over his shoul der to see if there is not some Irishman, or Ger man, or Romanist, within earshot before he an swers, and how soft and low his voice will be, as if its echoes m'ght damage him by reaching the ears of bishop, priest or bigot of a creed to which he has been all his life pandering.. Out on such pusillanimity, that takes the strength from the knees of American born men; and makes them fawning, sycophantic, chcating r knavsh politicians, instead of up-looking, proud’-stepping, free-think ing and free-acting citizens of the noblest land which she sun ever shone upon, won from tyran ny by the noblest deeds that history has ever re corned. and bequeathed to us by the noblest an cestry who ever marched through toil and priva tion, and danger and death, to leave for their child ren a priceless heritage. The American party is made up of American and Protestant men. It is composed of the sons of the soil, and those who sympathize with them in their republicanism and their faith. It is a bold and fearless party. While it would protect every man, whatever his country or his creed, in the en joyment of all his rights, yet it holds to the broad doctrine—which is an instinct in every honest A morican heart—that republicanism, A meriean and Protestant institutions, are safest in American Prctestant hands; that neither arrogan t prelate nor bigoted devotee of an alien creed, de spotic in every attribute, perfect in absolutism, arc safe depositories of the political destinies of the Protestant country. It is a fearless, out-speak ing party. Whatever is American, it invites to fraternization, takes to it confidence, gives a place in its affections. Whatever is not American, iu the broadest sense of the word, it holds in frank and open de fiance. It will sacrifice no particle of its own self respect, not a whit of its independence, to propi tiate the favor of every foreign born Romanist, every Irishman or German, who clings to the ab solutism of his creed, all who make their religious prejudices a bond of political union, and who move this way or (hat at the bidding of native demagogues or an imported priesthood. It takes its stand and proclaims the great fact that it will “put none but Americans on guard and avows the great principle that “Americans should rule America.” The American party has become a distinct po litical organization, striking boldly and earnestly for power. It means to have sway—to grasp, and hold the reins of government in the States and in the Union. It avows its purposes boldly and frankly. It warns everybody not to be deceived. It is neither Democratic nor Whg, Hard nor Soft. Silver-grey nor Sectionalist in its organization. It is American and only American ; national in all its attributes and purpose. Yielding up al] past prejudices—surrendering and discarding all past jealousies—it stands on a platform of its own, defying all other organization, coalescing with no other organization, carrying out its own great ob jects, and seeking to accomplish its own distinct patriotic purpose:?. It invites everywhere, the co-operation of all men who are American and Protestant in their sympathies. From those who are not, it expects or seeks no favor. Demagogues, panderers to an ti-American influences, and the bigots of an anti republican creed are against it All these united will be against it. But what of that ? The great American heart is with it—the instincts, the sym pathies ol the American people are all on its side. I here is no danger to the future of the American party with such adjuncts Its course will be on ward and upward; no fear of that.—[Albany Register. How did the name Know Nothing Origi nate? We heard the other day of a conversation be tween two highly respectable clergy me a belong ing to the “old school Baptist persuasion,” not a thousand miles from here, which has afforded us food for reflection. The one opposed to the Know Nothing being asked by his friends if he knew how the name originated, said, he presumed the Devil had start ed it. Not so, brother said the other. “Do you not remember that during Paul’s ministry, there was a great splitting up of professed Chris tians into schisms, parties and sects— some savin, “lam of Paul,” and others “I am of A polios?” t es, yes, I remember that.” “Well, do ‘you re collect what Paul said ?” He emphatically de clared ‘Henceforth, lam determined, to know no “'</ but Jesus Christ and him crucified 1” And just so, brother -, patriotic native I Americans, discovering that their countrymen j were divided into parties and sects in politics, and I that while the masses, in huzzaing for favorite par- j ty leaders who were endeavoring to secure the | spoils of office, had entirely lost sight of the good of the country, which was fast becoming a prey j to the rapacity of the foreign mercenatries called , in to aid the different parties in the field just at j this crisis in our history,certain patriotic natives, : whose love of country is greater than tlieii thirst ■ for office have, like Paul, raised their warning j voices, and boldly declare, “Henceforth we are do- J tennined to Know Xothing but our country and ! the preservation of its institutions!” The'reverend opponent of the new party “curl- ; ed up and quit!”— Athens Watchman. Tiik American Party is Tennessee and Ken- i tucky.— From all accounts the American party is I progressing with rapid strides in Tennessee and Kentucky, especially among the “old line'” Demo- ‘ crats. The Memphis Eagle contains a letter from a leader of the Democracy in Tipton county, Tenn. S lion. Samuel L. Taylor, in the coarse of which he says: “Americans’ - “wage no war against Democracy.” and “n great majority of the adherents of the Amer- ican party who have come under my personal knowl edge are Democrats.” Mr. Parham, of Fayette, together with some J hundreds of Democrats in the county, have also | come out for “American” principles. Tire Eagle j says: We know that there are very many Democrats of the same way of thinking in this county and in : other counties throughout the whole State. Who comes next? Where will this uprising of the people end ? From the Savannah Journal A Courier. BRUNSWICK AND FLORIDA R. ROAD. | Brunswick, Ga., May 3, 1855. Pursuant to public notice, the annual meeting of the Stockholders of the Brunswick nnd Florida Rail Road Company assembled this day, at the Oglethorpe House, in the city of Brimswrek. At the hour of I*2 M., the meeting was called to or- \ der by Hon. Levi J. Knight., of Lowndes. On motion of the siwne, Col. Michael Young, of Thomas, was appointed Chairman. And, on motion of the same, Henry G. Wheeler, of New York, was appointed Secretory. It was moved and seconded that, with a view to its better accommodation, the meeting should adjourn to meet forthwith at the Academy. Agreed to. The meeting having accordingly assembled at the Academy, and been called to order by the Chairman, the reading of the Report of the President and Dime- j tors of the Brunswick A; Florida Rail Road was called for. M hereupon, the Secretary read the Report as fol lows : Report. , The Directors of the “ Brunswick and Florida Rail Road Company,” hail with gratification the return of \ the period contemplated by their charter, for the art- j nual supervision of its affairs. They congratulate the stockholdei-s that they are enabled to meet them under ! circumstances of renewed hope, and with a reason*- j blc assurance of an early accomplishment of all the i objects for which they were incorporated. It is generally known that the affairs of this Com- | panv have recently passed under the control of new parties—men whose hands are untraminclcd—whose energies have not been paralyzed by previous disap- ! pointments—and whose course will not be obstructed by those contravening influences, with which former managements have, unhappily waged an almost un ceasing conflict. The history of this work—its alternating fortune— ‘ its protracted struggles for existence—are familiar j matte l 6 to the Board. They knew that had it not been | for the inextinguishable principle of life, which lies i deep at the very heart of the enterprise itself, it must ! long since have passed out from the current of men’s thoughts and calculation", beneath the weight of the mortal blows under which it has reeled and tottered. \\ ith the difficulties, the delays, the bitterness of the past, the present management have no concern. If they recur to them for a moment, it is not with a view to dwell on regrets which are as unwise as they are always unavailing, but simply to extract from them, for future guidance, the only useful lesson which the adverse experience of the past can teach us. That lesson may be summed up in three little words of plain !mt_ powerful import— Hope—Energy—Action! \\ finever will meet us now iu a spirit of conciliation and friendship—whoever note has a vote to cheer us, in that work to which, with no thought, of looking back, we are a!>out to apply our skill, our capital, and our labor, we bid that man welcome. Hit interests and our interests are henceforth one. I irst among the preliminary obligations, which challenged onr attention, was that of ascertaining by Accurate flamination jiikl survey what prospect of substantial return the construction of the road would hold out. This important duty was confided to the hands of a skillful ami distinguished engineer—Col. Charles L. Schlatter— of Pennsylvania, a gentleman having large experience in similar fields of exterprise, and competent in every wav to inform and advise us. The results of his rcconnoisance have been satisfacto ry beyond our expectation. They have left no doubt on our minds as to the final success of the work, or of the opportunity which it offers for a safe and highly lucrative employment of capital. In fact, we feel au thorised to say that it is the best line of ground un covered by a railroad track which can now be found in the l nited States. It presents fewer natural im pediments and consequently fewer objects of expen diture, on construction account, than most other roads. It can, therefore, be built at a lower aggregate outlay. Its local traffic alone must pay a handsome per cen tage on the cost, to say nothing of that gieat through business which it must ultimately command. It will not, therefore, form an exception to that general rule, which lias hitherto been deemed applicable to railroads in the State of Georgia, and which have been truly set down as among the best conducted and most profitable in the United States. Tire next step was to relieve the company from the pecuniary burdens and liabilities, which were then clogging its operations. Twelve thousand shares of the stock had been distributed, as vou were aware, among the stockholders of tiro North, on which ten per cent appeared to have been paid in. For this ten per cent, full paid stock is isstiublc to the old parties. In consideration thereof, they have bound themselves to pay all the debts of the company up to a given pe riod (with the exception of two, which two amount together to the sum of $94,500.) The account, there fore, stands thus: Full stock issuable to the old stockholders, $120,500 Final stock issuable to Mess rs. Collins A Al- ’ exarrdcr in a settlement of contract, 16 500 Notes or acceptance out, due from 6to 12 ’ months, 75,000 Cash advanced, 3 ppp Total * $214,500 And the old par ties pledge their stock as a guaran tee against any other claims for which the old compa ny may le held responsible, including that of Messrs. Naylor A Vickars—and superadding their personal liability for tike amounts of stock which they respec tively hold. The expenditures embraced in this account, leave the company in possession of the following property and privileges: A liberal charter comprising the main line across ‘ the State with its branches. Line of r ailroad cleared 40 feet wide for ninety-eight ! Land damages settled for the same distance, with ! the exception of one or two points. Twenty miles of road nearly graded. Five miles of superstructure laid down, One locomotive. Six freight cars. And surveys covering the whole line to Thomas ville, 158 miles—with a branch to Albany, 60 miles. A “Nor them men, we do not, present ourselves here to enlighten you, men ol the South, as to your duties or your interests. We might, rather look to you, the children of the sort, the natural inheritors of'its pro ducts ami its wealth, to instruct us, strangers within vour gates; and to give ut encouragemenf ns to the hopes and promises of the future. But as citizens of one common country, whose interests and whose wel fare are indissolubly linked together, we have a right to rejoice in the well-founded hope, that the leaden slumbers of a quarter of a century,—broken fitfully indeed, at intervals—have at last been chased away. We believe that you are now prepared, with that i steady earnestness of purpose which is the surest pre sage of success, to follow the pioneers who have the will, the nerve, and the power, to force into action t rose majestic elements of prosperity and of greatness w ten encompass you on every side. A little onergy, a httle mutual confidence, and all will be well. Our t osne is to meet you on terms of a generous equality, St ruction * ~leanß requisite for the speedy con structron of tins important link in a vast chain of ln- T J ,T,k ‘ CaU u• nmy bc effectually provided. the details of th I ‘ e t,me . nor l ’ ie place to djlatc on the details of the enterprise before us. The project .s one involving immense and multifarious interest” and fr aught with transcendant consequences A re’ cent memorial, concurred in with singular unanimity by your Congressional Delegation, praying f or the es tablishinent of a navy yard at Br unswick, has we doubt not, attracted general attention throughout tire State. That document should be in the hand’s of every man who owns a foot of Georgia’s soil, or in whose b eai t there is a single ulsation that throbs in unison , with Georgia’s welfare, The facts which it establishes, and the lesouices whch it reveals, are of a character and extent which, a few short year* ago, would have been listened to only as fables to beguile the tedium of a winter’s night. But they now stand before you in the broad light of truth, and are so many bounding ! motives to energetic action. Congress did not act on j that memorial. The pressing requirements of other accumulated matters, the violent haste attending the l transaction of all legislative business during the “short j session,” as it is technically termed, cut off opportu ; nity for consideration or action. We have every con ! fidence that, at a future session, and with more leis ure for investigation, the government will respond alike to its duty and its interest, by the establishment of a navy yard on the spot. The Navy Department 1 has secured the preliminary surveys requisite to that i end, which are known to be of’ a highly favorable i char acter. Brunswick, however, can remain no longer in the i background. Nature herself, a grander artificer than | nian, has stamped the impress of her own nobility up on her. The magnificent harbor—its capacity for ; shipping—its ease of access—its depth of water—its ! secure anchorage—its capability of impregnable de ! fence—the safety of its navigation—the fine salubri ous climate—the facility and economy with which ! stores and supplies of every kind can be obtained, all indicate Brunswick as the site for a commercial and mar itime port and city, almost without an equal on our i entire seaboard. Holding a prominent position nearly i midway between the Chesapeake and the Southern Cape of Florida, lying near the outlet of that vast and j daily increasing commerce which passes to and from the West Indies and the Gulf of Mexico, the peculiar ; adaptation of the port to tire wants of our California i trade, und of those new channels of commerce and navigation which are constantly opening to us with | Asia, and the Islands of the Pacific, and upon tire | Eastern and Western coasts of South America—the connection of the Atlantic ocean, throng , Br unswick, with some port on the Gulf of Mexico, by which the trouble, expense, nnd delay attending the long and te dious navigation round the Florida Capes, w ill be dis pensed with. AM these things point with unerring certainty to the same rapidly approaching event. Brunswick is about five hundred miles nearer to the Pacific coast than New York. Br unswick is to be come not only the direct cotton-shipping port of the Southern States for Eur ope, thus saving the time and the cost of the voyage to New York, but is also to be come the great Southern centre of European, Atlantic and Pacific travel and trade. The waves of the At lantic ocean and the waters of tire great father of ri vers, the turbid Mississippi, must yet, within the knowledge of some of those now present, send their daily grectii g to each oilier through the port of Br uns w'icß:. Ther e are those who may deem this statement ex travagant. Let thorn cast their eyes over a map of the Slates; they w ill find that Brunswick is nearer to the Mississippi than any pore on the Atlantic coast. The distance from Br unswick to Vicksburg may be stated at about six hundred miles. Lines of railroad i communication, partly constructed and partly project ed, will unite the two points. Taking the latitude of ! Brunswick, and assuming as the rate of speed that adopted by the express trains on some of our railroads I it w ill he seen that the distance between the points can rcaily be traversed between the rising and the setting of the sun. Freight trains could pass over the dis- j tance in sixty hours, while the fastest steamboats would be more than three times as long in going round Florida and up the Mississippi river to the same place. Alar ge portion of the trade of the gr eat valley of tire West will thus be diverted by an easy and expeditions inland route to the Atlantic ocean; while the Europe an and Northern freight* destined for that region must ! take a similar direction. At tire same time, all freights for the Eur opean mar ket, and for the Northern “md Eastern markets of the United States, which will bear a transportation of six hundred miles by railroad, will he received at Brunswick and shipped from the same port. It is also ta be borne in mind, that lines of communication, to a great extent completed, will con- 1 nect Brunswick with the fertile producing States of Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio. By so noiseless bat I rapid a process are the uttermost ends of the earth being brought together f lut the port of Brunswick hears still closer relations to the interests of the people of Georgia, especially of • the Southern mid South-western region. Georgia is emphatically an agricultural State. Her principal export i eotfcon. In the culture of that most impoi tant staple, she holds the seeotul rank muon* the j States, and she produces one-fifth part of the entire crop of the Union. liie line of tiic Brunswick A Florida Railroad penetrates a large portion of tire great cotton belt of Southwestern Georgia; vast tract* of the richest lands admirably suited to the growth of lomr ! staple cotton.. These lands have remained, for the | P np t undisturbed in their distant solitude, and have been regarded a.” valueless, except for the gr ow th of pine timber with which they were covered. But their general settlement became a matter of certainty, so soon as a railroad communication is opened between them and the seaboard. In other articles of export, Georgia takes promi nent rank. There are but six States in the Union, the value of whose exports exceeds her own. I ei Imps at no por t on the continent can the best ship timber be obtained so easily, or in greater abun dance. The whole hack country is enriched w ith tire ! fi “cst qualities of timber. White and live oak of a ! superior order, can he readily procured at Brunswick; while the growth of yellow pine, of a quality surpass* ed by none in tire world, is without limit. Asa point i r ° r budding ships, instead of merely supplying the j ; material for their construction, Brunswick possesses ‘ extraordinary advantages— not only in the growth of; timber, and in the abundance and cheapness of sup plies, but iu the fact, authenticated by the papers laid befote Congress, that labor of every kind can be car j |' C( 1 O", throughout every season of the year, without I interruption front the inclemencies of the winter on the one hand, or the fierce heats and destructive disea ses of summer, on the other. Lut it is not requisite to pursue these mater ial ex positions further. \\ e comprehend tire magnitude and importance of the work that is before us; and the one vital question now to be answered is, arc wereadv to come up to it? We, of the North, answer, ready. What sav you, men of the South? Do you stand mute before the country? Survey the boundless sources of wealth and grandeur with which nature has endowed you. Shall they find other and worthier re cipients, whilst yon are slumbering? Like the strong man of ancient days, who profoundly slept while de spoiled of the very sources of his power, shall the sceptre of your dominion pass away from you, (o be wielded by firmer turd bolder hands? Cari you w ith composure contemplate an event so wickedly, so in sanely suicidal ? W ill you not rather awake from vour lethargy, shake off the dew from your eyelids, and an swer with that hear ty good will which is not apt to faint by tire wav, “ready?” If so, our union of ob jects, hopes and interests is this day consummated. It can scarcely be necessar y to remind you, that the pro- ; gress of the road must depend, in no small degree, on the interest which the Southern people take in it. We approach you in a spirit of frankness and generosi’y. 1 M e hope to see that you arc animated by correspond- 1 ing sentiments towards w*. We feel that nothing is so essential to the certain and rapid completion of the work, as a sincere co-operation—a cordial unity of ac tion between the Southern and the Northern interests. Shall we have it? Let tire unanimous voice which goes forth from this meeting today, answer, yes! This will be the signal hv which we shall know that the long night of uncertainty and doubt which has | overshadowed the prospects and darkened the hopes i of this company, has at length given way before the dawn of a bright and glorious morning. The city of Brunswick, in a few short years, w ill then claim posi tion among the first in population, enterprise and wealth on the American continent. And the road it self will stretch forth its iron hands, as an additional bond of union between the patriotish, the intelligence, I I and the capital of Northern and Southern men, ac- | j knowledging a common country, and looking forward I to a common destiny ! Respectfully submitted, Henry S. Wkm.es, Pres’t. Brunswick, May 3, 1365. j The reading of tire Report was received with ap i plause; and, on motion of General Knight, was rccciv ! ed and adopted unanimously. j I)r. Rober t Collins then offered the following rcso- j I lution, which was unanimously adopted: i Whereas, there have been some doubts expressed j h> relation to the position of the original Georgia | Stockholders, and for the purpose of settling thatques- I tion, It is hereby Resolved, That they be considered as entitled to the same privileges, anti standing upon the ( ! same footing ns the Northern parties, and that upon ! the payment of anew installment of five dollars per share, anew certificate of stock shall he issued to them, for said amount together with all payments ori ginally made on said stock. Hon. James L. Seward then rose and said, that in older to give the Southern stockholders an opportuni ty to confer together, with n view to furnish a suitable response to the report of the President of the Com pany, he would move that the meeting take a recess until 4 o’clock. Pending the question on this motion— By consent it was ordered, that tellers he appointed to count the votes on the election of a Hoard of Di rectors for the ensuing year. The Chairman appointed the following gentlemen tellers: Hon. James L. Seward, of Thomas; Colonel T. 11. Bloom, of Macon ; and Colonel Thomas T. Long, of Brunswick. The meeting then took a recess till 4 o’clock. At 4 o’clock, the Chairman again called the meeting to order. Col. Thomas Jones, of Thomas, on behalf of the Southern stockholders, presented the following pream ble and resolution: Noitllieni Stockholders’ Report. The people of South-western Georgia, feeling a deep and absorbing interest in the completion of the Brunswick A Florida Railroad, responding in the same spirit which our Northern brethren greet us, with their assurances that they are willing to co-operate with us, in carrying forward to completion this mag nificent enterprise, beg leave to say, that their feelings, their friendship, and, above all, their interests, are with them, and that to the fullest extent of their means, J-hey stand pledged to unite in the consummation of the object which has brought us together. The Brunswick & Florida Railroad is an enterprise which not only affects our individual interests, but its success is necessary to the development of the resour- J ces of our beloved State. Near ly or quite half of the Territory of Georgia lies undeveloped for want of a j suitable line of communication with the seaboard. The fostering care of the State has been withheld ; : from us. Living, as we do, in the richest agricultural region i within her borders, the productive wealth of our citi zens has been greatly diminished by the enormous burdens which we are compelled to meet in reaching a market where we can sell our produce. The time has : • arrived when we believe that the citizens of middle and upper Georgia, in a generous spirit of liberality \ and justice, are willing to contribute their influence i towards such safe and salutary legislation as will se- 1 cure the aid of the State (if necessary,) in completing a rail road through South-western Georgia, from Brunswick to the Florida line, with such branches j i thereto as will add to the happiness and prosperity of 1 our people. Again, Brunswick, in point of commercial and mar itime importance, stands conspicuously prominent, and is recognized by the enlightened judgment of thecoun- , try as a necessary seaport connected with such a line I of improvements, to swell and increase the commerce | of Georgia and give her Iter true position among her sister States o fthis Confederacy. Added to this, with an exposed coast of nearly 2,- 000 miles front Norfolk to Pensacola, Brunswick if the ! most suitable harbor within these limits adequate to give refuge to our Naval Marine, and the best adapted to the wants of the Government, in the repair and j construction of government vessels for the defence of i i the South Atlantic and Gulf Coast. In regard to the character of the soil, and the lioalth fulness of the country through which this railroad is j destined to pass, it is unsur passed by any other por- tion of Georgia. For these brief and summary rea j sons, which can only he presented in the short time allowed us, why should wc not “hail with gratifies- j tion” the offered association of Capital of our North- ‘ ern friends in carrying forward this great State and individual interest. \Ye should he recreant to ourselves, derelict to our duty as Georgians, if we were not willing, yea anx ious, to join our friends in building the Brunswick and Florida Railroad. We hope pa*t bickerings and dis contents will bc forgotten. That we will no longer hear of betrayed confidence? That we will not lon ger be disturbed by any supposed antagonism of in terest and feeling between tire Northern and South ern f-tockholder. That this company will be regarded as a unit, governed, by one common motive, one com mon interest and that our motto will be onward—that we will surmount every difficulty, and that we will and must succeed. The Georgia stockholders arc now upon an equality with the Northern, and disregarding past embarrass ments, past difficulties and past discontents, unitedly, first, last, and all the time, we will give our energies, ! our capital, and influence to the enterprise—and as an earnest of our desires — Resolved , That the Southern Stockholders have ! heard with great pleasure the report of the President : of the Brunswick and Florida Railroad Compnny, and, ! in response, they beg leave to say that they cordially reciprocate the feelings of confidence therein express ed, and fully appreciate the immense value and impor tance of the enterprise in which we are engaged; that every feeling of patriotism, pride, and interest will ; force us to aid, to the full extent of our ability, in the completion of that great work; that we have every i confidence in being able to do all, and even more, than has ever been promised from our section of the ; State—to wit, to raise a subscription between the St. Ilia l iver and Thomasville to the amount of $600,000, ! and on the Albany branch the subscription of $300,- 000, making a total of $900,000 in means immediately available for the construction of the road; and that with contracts for work and materials, payable in stock, a much larger amount may be expected. All I of which is most respectfully submitted. The preamble and resolution were read, and, on motion of C’ol. Long, unanimously adopted—ordered to bc entered on the record*, and printed with the oth er proceedings of the meeting. Ileniy S. \\ dies. Esq., President of the Company, then lose, and addressed the meeting in cordial re ’ spouse to the sentiments of the Southern address— j in explanation of the deliberative caution with which he had entered upon the enterprise, and of his resolu tion to force it to a speedy consummation. ITon. James L. Seward, being called upon, rose and addressed the meeting in earnest advocacy of the wor k. ! The following gentlemen being called upon, also ad dressed the meeting: Needham W. Collier, Esq., of Dougherty; Colonel Hopkins, of Darien; Col. Grnffeureid, of Macon. j Dn motion of Mr. Knight, the meeting then went | into the election of Directors for the ensuing year. The tellers having performed their duty, it appeared i that 9,124 votes were represented, and were cast unan imously in favor of tire following ticket: Levi J. Knight, of Georgia. Henry S. Welles, of New York. Chancy Yibhard, AII way. Char les B. Stuart, New York. Paris G. Clark, New York, j S. W. Goodrich, New York. George E. Gray, Albany. 1 lie Chairman announced that the above named gentlemen had been unanimously chosen Directors of the Brunswick and Florida Railroad Company, for the ensuing year. On motion of Colonel Seward the meeting then ad ! journed sine die. MICHAEL YOUNG, Chairman. Henry G. Wheeler, Secretary. r One week Later from Europe. ARRI OFTISE ATLANTIC. New York, May 4th. The Atlantic has arrived with nine days later intelligence from Europe. Her advices are of the utmost importance, as will be seen by reference to the subjoined summary. Markets.— (’otton market was steady and un changed, but buyers demand a reduction in prices. Sales for nine (lavs amount to 70,000 bale*. Quo tations unchanged. Speculators took 10,000 and exporters 9,000 bales. Fair Orleans 5 7-B<i. Middling 5 l-4d. Fair Upland o 5-Bd. Middling 5 1-16 to 5 l-Bd. The market closed steady on Monday. Canal flour was quoted at 89 to 41s. Ohio, 42 to 4”s. White wheat 11s 6d to 12s 6d. White corn 42 to 42* 6d. Yellow 43 to 43s 9d. Flour was easier. Consols 89 1-2. Iron was steady and unchanged. Political News. —The Vienna Conference had been broken off. The Russian Minister rejected the demand of the Allies, calling fora reduction of [ Russian power in the Black Sea. Sebastopol had been bombarded since the 9th. but without important results. Tire Conference was broken off on the 12th.— During the session there were strong indications that Austria would reluse to act against Russia.— Lord John Russel and Drouyn do l'Huys had left ! Vienna. The bombardment of Sebastopol was eommen- Iced on the 9th, with 500 guns, and continued un til the 16th. It was believed that an assault was not practicable, but an attempt to storm would probably be made. The British loan of £16,000,000 had been taken by the Itofhchilds, in £IOO consols, at 14 shillings j 6 pence. It was taken in the shape of an annuity, | terminable in thirty years. To meet this loan, an increase of income on spirits, coffee, tea, sugar and stamps, is proposed. Napoleon and the Empress Eugenie spent a week in England. It was reported, but considered doubtful, that England had consented for Napoleon to take com- ! mand of the army in the Crimea. Brown & Shipley’s circular of the 21st, ult,, quotes a fair demand and more steadiness for the two days previous. The sales on Friday and Sat urday amounted to 20,000 bales, including 13,000 to the trade. Flour had declined Is. wheat 3d. Corn was in demand and had advanced Od. Provisions were more active and firmer. Bacon had advanced 6d, The hopes that Austria would act against Rus sia were at an end for the present, A dispatch from Gen. Canrobert, says that on the first and second days of the bombardment, the fire of the Allies was superior to that of the Hus sions. The works of the latter were damaged, and the French got possession of a position of great i importance. Gortschakoff, on the other hand, says that mat- I tors at Sebastopol are favorable to the besieged. The fire of the Allies would be continued a week front the 17th—two weeks altogether, Accord ing to the latest advices from Balaklava, their fire \ I had done considerable damage, but it waspronitly ! repaired by the Russians. Some of the French mines had been sprung, do ing considerable damage. A Russian lady had been captured, making drawings of the French trenches. She confessed that she had acted as a spy since the battle of the Alrpa. The British Government estimates the aprpifil expense of their wing of the army at £80,000,090 to meet which there is a revenue of £56,000,000, The Russians were strengthening the Baltic j ports. The fleet of the Allies destined for the Raltic, had been detained by ice oft'Merand Belt The Roebuck oornmittee were still prosecuting its enquiries into the management of the war. Two thousand colliers were on a strike at Wigan. . The floor of the Convent of St Agnes, at Rome fell through, precipitating his Holiness the Pope, . and Cardinals to the ground. The Pope was j slightly injured and several of the Cardinals se verely. J L. F. W. ANDREWS, EDITOR. MACON, GEORGIA, . . . MAY 12, 1855 _ Tlo laixuriew of Llfe.-We are indebted to Mr. ! C. H. Freeman, for a very liberal supply of Strawberiies and Cream, Ice Cream and Sponge Cake, from his new Saloon, on 1 Mulberry street, near Messrs. Day Sc Mausenett’s Jewelry Store, t If such are the specimens which Charley means to furnish to [ his customers, we predict that he will have a full tide of visiters i through the season. Tall Rye. —Mr. James A. Italston has exhibited to us a j stalk of Rye, from his place below the city, which beats any I thing wc have ever before witnessed. The stalk was seven feet I j n length and with a well developed head of about three to four inches in length. Mr. R. says thisiru only the average sped ; men from several acres of grain, which will soon be ready for j the sickle. ARRIVAL, OF THE STEAHSIIII* ASIA. Five Raya Later from Europe. Columbia. May 10.—The British steamship Asia | has arrived with Liverpool dates to Saturday. April j 28th. Her advices are live days later than those brought by the Atlantic. The Asia arrived at Halifax Monday night. Cotton lias advanced 1-16 to }A. Sales of the week 102.000 bales. Fair Orleans 6d. Middling 5 5-lGths. Fair Up lauds of; Niddling 5 3-16iha. The bombardment of Sebastopol continues with heavy loss on both sides. Lord Ragland’s latest despatch to 17th, says the Allies had the advantage; but Gorschakoff, on the 23d, says the allied lire had become so weak as to do little damage. Flour advanced two shillings, corn advanced 3s. Money is easier. Consols 88 3-4 to 7-8. On the 17th the Russians made a sortie, which destroyed most of the advanced works of the al lies. The policy of Alexander is stated to be moie bold than that of his father. Austria is now leaning towards Russia. Mcnschickoff is not dead. The grand dukes are again on their way to the Crimea. The departure of Louis Napoleon for the Cri mea has been postponed. Superior Matches. —Drs. Shannon A Ed wards have now on sale at their Drug Establish ment, Cotton Avenue, two new kinds of Friction Matches, which are the nc plus ultra of Lucifer do ings. One is Tatnall’s wax taper match which lights instantaneously and burns a minute or more before going out. The other is the Congreve wooden match, which, when lighted, emits none of the nasty sulphureous smell which is common to most preparations of the kind. See advertisement. Declines. —L. Q. C. Lamar. Esq., in a card in the Telegraph, formally declines allowing his name to be used as a Democratic candidate for Congress, from this District, in opposition to the lion. D. J. Badey. If Mr. B. declines another race, the pro bability is that Mr. Lamar will be the Democratic nomiuee. Fair Warning'—There is a certain clerical gentleman in this city', who takes frequent occa sion to bring “railing accusation'’ against his neigh bors of different religious laith, to whom we have a word of advice to offer. The pulpit is no place for misrepresentation—much less for scandalous remark, hence when a minister retails from the sacred desk an unseemly anecdote, to the effect that a minister of another denomination confessed that there wert some things in the. Jiihle he did not believe, he should, at least, be sure of his facts, be fore he ventures to endorse them. Otherwise he may find himself called on, oid of the pulpit, to make good the injurious and perhaps defamatory statements made within. We have no wish to meddle with this class of men, in their honest op position to what they may deem errors of opinion, but we shall certainly claim it as our privitedge to defend ourself and friends from what we know, to he unfounded aspersion, especially when such falls from the lips of one who is a mere tyro in theol ogy in comparison tothose he presumes to assail. Aortheria Democrat')’. —Two of the leading Demo cratic paper* of the North, in the confiilence of the Adminis tration, have recently taken strong ground against the Missou rians, because of their late coupde tert, in settling the first elec tion in Kansas. The Boston Poet has the following on the sub ject: “ The principle contended for is, that the actual inhabits*!* of a Territory, in a similar manner as the inhabitants of a State, shall have the right to elect their officers, and, on the formation of a constitution, to sha[>e its features. The actual settlers ol Kansas have a right to be protected in the application of such a principle; and the Missourians, beyond a question, have no more right to go over the line of their State and interfere iu the election of members of the Legislature, than the Sioux Indians have. Such proceedings id nit of no defence. They are most wanton violations of Territorial rights.” The Ailrany Argus says : “ li is easy to see that a persever ance in the attempt to shape the ieg slation of Kansas by for eign and violent control, will be attended by renewed excite ment, endangering the peace of the country,” and then it warns the South that tlie free sobers iu Kansas must be permitted to act without restraint, otherwise, says this administration ora cle : “ We say to the-South plainly and hnnest’y, that unless this is done, Northern men who have stood on a common platform with the South, can stand there no longer. Northern feeling will not tolerate it.” What will Messrs. Grundy of the Gtorgia I’rcas say, now? They have contended that tye actiou of New York and Massa chusetts Know Nothings against slavery, involves the Order in the same category. How tlten will they resist the application of their own argument to their own case, ns here presented? Their acknowledged friends of the Boston Po*t and Albany Argus arc decidedly opposed to the pro-slavery aspect of affairs in Kansas, and demand of Southerners to relinquish their position there,under a threat of a withdrawal of affiliation. Should not, therefore, the Georgia Administration men he held responsible for this anti-slavery demonstration of their Northern allies whom they are constantly endorsing as sound friends of the South? In course they should, on their own stereotyped prin ciples or professions. Sguirm away, gentlemen, as much as you please, but youcaunot wriggle out of this dilemma without acknowledging that you have been fairiy caught iu the trap you have o cunningly set for your neighbors. Another Convention !—A correspondent of the Chronicle & Sentinel calls a Gubernatorial Convention of the Union Republican Party at Miliedgville, on the lsih day of June next. If tiiis call is heeded, and another candidate placed in the field, wc shall have a scrub race for Governor but no elec tion by the people. With four candidates on the course, it is hareiy poss.ble for either to have a majority of ail the votes polled, in which event the Legislature will have to choose the man. Washingtou Affairs. Washinuto*, May 6. Secretary Dobbin, of the Navy, is still at home in Fayette ville, N. and is slowly recovering, lie is expected to return here about the last of this month. The redemption of the public debt this week amounts to $117,000, The bounty land applications this week amount to 1.1.600, and tiie total number of applications so far, are 120,800. It is rumored here that the President will appoint Judge E. G. Loring of Boston, to the vacancy in the Court of Claims, occa sioned by Judge Lumpkin’s declining the appointment. A IVntioiiul Amiri, mi Parly.—The indications are favorable that the Grand Council or Americans, which meets at Philadelphia in June, will weed out the order of all sectional heresies, and place it on the broad hasis of nationali ty. New Jersey lias spoken, and New York and Pennsylvania are expected to follow suit. These States, with Virginia and other Southern States, wiil, we trust, be abie to accomplish this object, ami give* a position to the Order of impregnable strength and overpowering influence. In fact, the National Council must do this, or the organization which promised so fair, will be blown to tiie winds. The Southern members cannot proceed without an entire purgation of the Order of all taint of Aboli tionism. If Massachusetts and Connecticut, New Hampshire, tc.. go into ;h ■ Convention determined to aholitionixe the Order, and succeed, the South should immediately wash their hands of the affiliation, and the South will do it! Should the Order be < ts-nationalieed by pandering to extreme Xorthern or South ern sectionalism, there is an end to the show, and that right speedily. We do not anticipate, however, any such result, but fervently hope that wiser counsels will prevail, and that a Xa tionat, American, Union and (h/nstitutioneil Party will be formed which will preserve, guard and perpetuate the glorious heritage of freedom that we now enjoy, to tiie latest ages. Wilson V 4, the Knntv Nqtbinffs.—Senator Wil, son, Qf ia out against tfie Ann ricjui Order on account of its pro-slavery Affinities, anil rays that it w.ll and should share the fate of the old Whig anil Peinocratic parties, if its proclivi ties in that direction cannot be checked ! If Wilson, the nolorl, i ons, thus confesses, why will the Kcd. Union and that class of | prints not understand that they misrepresent the Qrder, when it is eharg .and with being a free Soil movement. j .\ New Islea.—The Atlanta “ Examiner” has the follow ing pbjcctipn to the American Order. If the reader can refrain from a horse-laugh nt the ridiculousness of the charge, all we have to say Is, that his bump of mirthfulncss must be very little developed! “ One of the master strokes of the leaders of this firmer; an<t of this we have evidence in our own State; is the absolute pro scription of every j imminent public man, who dares to give 1 utterance to an opinion, unfavorable to its progress, or to its i avowed principles. If rumor he true, and we speak not only from rumor, but from a knowledge of facts, the ban of prqacrip i tion has long since gone forth, nod among the proscribed, in the front rank stand Robert Toombs and Alexander A. Stephens, the two great leaders of the Whig party of (1 corgi a, than whom, in the councils of the nation, none stood higher, and were more capable of doing the State svrvice. We simply cite the proscrip tion of these two gentlemen to show how far the evil spirit which controls KnowJSothlngism, carries Us votaries. Toombs and Stephens proscribed /■ llow? When? By whom? Do the people proscribe these gentlemen, because they differ with them on the subject of the new order of Atnerl ettpism? If there (s any proscription in tjie case, we rather guess H copies ffptfl tl'pse ggntlepiep agaipsjt their old friends, because the latter will not longer consent tp be led by the nose, at their bidding! If report be true, Toombs swears terribly at the Know Nothings. He says, “and n them, I want a chance to get a lick at them!” Wide Stephens stands aloof as a “sym pathizer,” which means one who is very willing to take all the advantages which the new party has to offer, while he remains in a position to be able to avoid all the odium or disaster which may befnl it! He will lend the new order the light of his coun tenance, provideei they will let him set them. Southern men and Georgians, right On the slavery question ! If their refusal to hearken to such insulting sympathy is proscription, why, the Atlanta Examiner and ether* of Its stripe may make the most of It. Music for the Million.—-Look out, all ye 1 era of fun aud melody, for the far-famed company ! of Wood & Christy's Original New-York Min- j strels, which will be on ’hand at Concert Hall, for j three nights next week ! We need not say that j their fame is world-wide as brilliant jierformers in their line of Musical, Terpsichorean and Hu morous entertainment. Bee advertisement. Freewoilersand Abolitionists ts. the Amer icans.—As the Foreign party Presses South, frtitl insist that ! fl >e American party and the Abolitionists are “cheek by jowl” i in their opposition to the South and Southern interests, we 1 J must needs continue to brand the falsehood as it deserves to be —and to pronounce it a base calumny of baser men, to break | down the only true Southern party now in existence. Let the reader ponder on the following evidence from Abolition papers of their deep rooted hostility to the party which they have ! nicknamed “Know Xothing ,” and judge what reliance is to Vo placed on tiie stereotyped lies to which we have reference. Tiie “ National Era” of Washington, D. C., whose Prospec tus avowed uncompromising opposition to slavery and the slave power,” in December last put forth the following senti- j ments:— “ A few months since the free States bid fair to be united not only in the Congressional elections, but in the Presidential elec- ’ tion of 1856. in opposition to slavery and the slave power Now they are disunited—divided by Know-Notbiigisin, rendered helpless by Know-Notliingism before the united slave interest. ; There is no discord in the counsels of this interest. It lias aba ted nothing of its claims, changed none of its plnns. Cuba, Dominica, Kansas. Utah, California, Central America, are still en bractd in the scheme of its acquisitions. It has uo fear of Catholics, for they do not flourish in the South. It is not trou- ; bled by foreigners, for the immigrant shuns the field of slave labor. But it encourages Know-Xothingism ,/or it may suc ceed in checking that tide of for- ign immigration which has so rapidly enhanced the politic al power of the free States, and in reducing the political influence of the naturalized citi *cus, whose votes, it apprehends, may yet be turned against its ambitious schemes. At all events, it rejoices that anew ele ment of excitement and dissension lias been introduced in the free Slates, the inevitable effect of which is to check and divide the anti-slavery feeling.” In the same issue of the Era (2Stli December last) the editor copies from the Katnnton (Geo.) Independent Pi ess, the follow ing: “Tiie New York Tribune and Xational Era, the two lending papers of Abolitionism, are deadly hostile against the Know- Nothings, and the only reason tin y give for it is, that this Order ignores the slavery issue, and has a tendency to divert the minds of the people from the nigger cause. The Know-Xoth ings hare already accomplished this good. There can be no doubt about that.” Upon this extract from the Katonton (Geo.) Independent Press, the Era remarks: “This is what Know Nothingism has done for us. Are the friends of freedom satisfied? What is our plain duty? Let every anti-slavery man come out from a political order, bound by oath to secrecy, pledged to an ut just policy towards fore’gn ers and a port inn of our fellow-citizens, and ignoring the slave ry question. Let the work of anti-slavery reorganization be be gun in every free State.” The same paper, the National Era. admits the following cor respondence into its columns, from its free-soil friends, approv ing of the Editor’s course of denunciation of the American party. “Norristown, Pennsylvania, December 1, Hit.—X desire to inform you that the very able editorials published in the last issues of the Era, in reference to the Know-Nothing or ganization, meets the most cordial approbation of ail the true and tritd friends of freedom in this vicinity, including many who had countenanced that party, to secure a local temporary political victory. Tiie organ of that parly having recently de clared that it is 4 tiie deadliest foe that anti-slavery has ever encountered,’ I trust it wiil not be countenanced longer by anti slavery men, its tendeni y being to divert public attention from the constantly inn-easing slave power, by txciting the sectarian animosities of different classes in the community.” * * * “ Ltydt ii, I.* win c7A etc ) ork, Dec. 5, 1 s4.—Your course with regard to the Know Nothing movement has nty entire ap probation. I have no patience with lhem,tliey came very near upsetting the friends of freedom and temperance iu our State. And whst makes the matter still worse, many of the friends of freedom have gone after them. It seems to me that the great adversary couid not have suggested a more effectual plan to di vert the attention of ihe North from the encroachments of the slave power. Let us not be discouraged, but hope on to the end. „ “R. Kimßall.” i% lfan*pt y A. Y. y I)*C. 1, 1554.—1 heartily rejoice al your position on the Know-Nothing que-dion. How strange that any anti-slavery man can countenance this war on caste. The foundation principle of our organ z.ttion is, that men have cer tain right# —natural rights —without regard to caste, color, or condition; and wc have asserted that the right to vote is among those rights. Yours, truly, 15. RICHARDS.” Again, we have tiie admission of this same Abolition Journal that it lias lost thousands of patrons, because of its opposition to the American cause. On the 21st of December last, the Era said: 44 As to Kuow-Nothingism, we have felt it our duty to oppose it, and must take the consequences. Many of its advocates have. Withdrawn the ir patronage. Let us hope that the second so her thought of those whom wc have lost on this ground may in duce them to retrace their steps.” The New York Tribune, one of the fiercest and ablest opjio nents of the party, holds the following language, to wit: 4 'li is understood, and, we presume will not be denied, that the late National Connell of the order at Cincinnati, decided that its policy should he to ignore the slavery question altogeth er. This is what ihe slavery < xtersionists especially desire from the North. Siiti.ce and tacit consent will allow them to work out their plans quite as well as open support, which must provoke agitation, if not better.” The substance of this testimony is clearly this—that the Amer ican Party is the only one which has yet beeu able to make any headway against the Abolition party of the North. It Is the only party which has been ab’e to - 4 check and divide the anti slavery feeling.” Let Southern men also read the admis sion of the Washington City Abolition Era. that foreign immi gration shuns the field of slave labor and has rapidly enhanced the political power of the free 8 .ales! There is no doubt, what ever, of the fact, as is candidly confessed by the 44 Era,” in the first of the proceeding extracts. That Journal mourns the in tervention of the American pi r!y to distract and divide the hitherto undivided and rapid')- growing Free-soil power of the North—a power which, but for the 44 Know-Nothings,” bid fa’r to be united and triumphant in the Presidential election of 1856. Aud well it may groan over this intervention of a political ele ment which threatens to annihilate ail their audacious schemes of plunder, formed and prosecuted against the South, for years past. Keep it before the people of the South, therefore, that the anti-Knov-Xotktng party of the country is the Abolition and Free-soil party of tiie North allied to the secession or dis union party of the South-. The American party, on the contra, ry, is a National l nion Party. It is a sound constitutional party. It is the only Steites’ /lights party of tiie country. Let ihe people, then, rally to its standard and do battle under its glorious “stars and stripes,” for the honor and safety of the Republic arid the rights of the South, under the Coustitution of the Union. The American Farty of Georgia on the Sla very Question. We are authorized to publish the following Re solution, a? embodying the sentiments of the A inerican Party of Georgia, on the Slavery ques tion. The Resohitioin may therefore be consid ered a distinct repudiation of all affiliation, on the part of the new Order in this State, with the lik* organization in Massachusetts, Connecticut and elsewhere, who have avowed anti-slavery doc- ; trines. Although we look upon it as a “work of j supererogation” for Georgians to resolve them- j selves as Pro-slavery men, still, as a matter of pol icy and to silence the senseless clamor of foolish opponents, it maybe well so to do. Here is the Resolution as officially announced : Resolved, That slavery and slave institutions are protected by the Constitution of the United States, and the obligation to maintain them is not sectional but national ; that the right to establish j them in the organization of State governments I belongs to the native and naturalized citizens ; and that Congress has no constitutional power to in tervene, by excluding anew State applying for admission into the Union, upon the ground that the constitution of such Btate recognizes slavery. Superlative Impudence.— ln the Massachu setts House of Representatives, on Tuesday, Mr. Black, submitted a preamble and resolutions con cerning the invasion of Kansas Territory by armed Missourians, calling upon the executive of Missou ri to prevent a repetition of the outrages; and al so calling upon the President to take instant and effective measures for sustaining the sovereignty of Kansas against further violence ; and pledging j the commonwealth of Massachusetts, if necessa ry, to atd with its wheje power, the governor and I people of Kansas in the maintenance of constitu- i tional rights. Coming as such a proposition does, from a State which has hitherto shamefully violated the ‘-con stitutional rights” of thp whole South, on the Sla very question, yea, which has practically pullijied the laws ftf Congress as to fugitive Slaves, wo view it as a piece of superlative impudence equal led only ly Bec’ztbub’s writing a hopiily in favor of Christianity. \Ve would like to see the IYcsb dent of the United attempt to answer such a call to expel Mi.-souriaps from Kansas. If the presi dent has a particle of patriotic spirit left in his h- j som, he will answer Massachusetts by politely in forming her thjit whcti site has first swept clean | before her own doors —when she has ceased to nullify t|ie Constitution and Laws-r-w hen s}ie has ; abandoned her policy of stealing negroes from the j South and sending emigrants to Kansas to steal i the common territory of all the States, for pree- , soil purposes, —in smoit, when Massachusetts come#into Court with clean hands—ihoq, and not till then, shall her demands on the Chief Magis trate of the Union, against the Missourians, be con sidered, aqd her grievances, if any, b,e redressed, — i hjven, in that case, we imagine Massachusetts would fail to convict the Missourians of any great er crime than that of out-voting and out-mimber-r ing the free-soil hordes of Massachusetts who went to Kansas to exclude Southerners from the enjoy ment of their rights in the new territory ! Out, we say, upon such splendid impudence ! Old “Lu -1 cifer, Son of the morning,” is but a baby,- when | compared to this Black mau of Massachusetts and J his associates. .’ Smter.-We regret to lean, f r and enterprising friend, Mr. Samuel U— “ 9,8 won he had the misfortune, on the night of JjNf Ban,U * eo, his Steam Saw and Grist ■..£££" *F, Z’ by Fire. Hl* loss i„ machinery, JC a 000, on which there was no insurance v ot> .’ * C ” ** ever, by this misfortune, Mr. Hey,, withth* u r ’ friends, who promptly stepped forward to hi* 3, ’‘ i9t * nc of * made arrangements to rebuild his estaMiAa. * f ’ he able, >n three weeks time, to huch euterprise deserves and we doubt not ‘h n Owing to the great drouth in that section the 1 ***** ***** is a great Inconvenience to the public who t ° f >L r , mill* for then- grist, gome of his custom-. % £ go 20 miles to procure their bread stuff, ~ . ‘ n °* bar* the fire originated, as every thnig *** ‘ B t D *** £ evening, oniy two hours before the fire broke Zl ** “be The Kansas Trouble s ._G 0 _ , friends, the President ard his Cabinet Uo ijjj* best course to pursue, in reference to the tr , ’ !e ** to Ik. The ... 1,. r,„ M Jl l. K,* ‘ Governorship of Kansas, or will he send ment of U. S. soldiers to sustain him **"ft*, j who have crossed the borders of that territory'. , ******** the President Is in a “fix.” If he lets R _/’ 1,1 **>er Ci( , 1 toilers of the North will be down upon him, ** ** j remove him and appoint a pro-slavery man ,*****■ I frlend * >n Virginia and the South will hri, „ • hl * s sand. , ** a nd. hi* ! reckonin K’ We issue with pr , at * fearful Camp Oglethorpe. ,TOrSißCi,i * ea ’ Doctor Andrews:-Permit me tin ■ ! “ o, ;: mns ofthe CHizen, to give th * | feelings upon a visit made on Thuredav !, ‘‘ y to Camp Oglethorpe, near your city., f IBst f j ready of much natural beauty, and in a }’ ** a! ’ i years, destined to become one i,n S u,-p a T* gia or the South. The Macon Volunteers ) on camp, duly presented antid the everer *‘ ? and white Writs, a beautiful picture of t\ 7c !■' ’ * ! soldier-stimulated by a noble spirit, rvortl , fostering care both of city and State. Thy*’ f* I sure °f meeting them upon suentm occasion ly to be conceived by those of them who kn .". me in days gone bv. i The aft * nUXm di i la y Os the two rolum ! Corps, in full feather, commanded by r I Smith an(l Rosa . magnificent, inteie^T” j lar S e concourse of spectators composed chief]! r the beauty and fashion of the city and it* v i i by going through a number of | accuracy and expedition that would l m -. , | crc,lit to Macon should be 77 and no doubt she is of two such companies rd “Volunteers” and “Rifles.” Mho zealously j ded for distinction in the Batallkm drill, proud/f | each other as soldiers, extending ,J and ever like the accomplished citizen soldier to : the ladies in particular. I The presentation of the prizes previously dd | ded by target firing, and the adresscs delivered 1 u P° n the occasion by officers Lanier and Harde i man, were particularly interesting, j cat ridges and bayonets, talent and oratory worthy of a forum. Who did not feel a thrill of please at seeing the ancient Rose of Macon, the t>utui h -h ; pillar of the company receiving the cap and jnotrv plume as a prize won by him on the thirtieth an- S niversary of the Volunteers! He stood there the only one of the first; bearing the honor of haring been obedient to the command of Captains Wriir’ j Daniely, Newcomb, Seymour, Holmes, C-t m-” , Bivins, and Smith. He should have ton proud; i he was proud, for his triumph was an honor. The scene to me was agreeable. There sM Maj. Jack Downing, and near by his venerable friend Zekiel Bignlow. Twenty two years had j elapsed since they had met on the tented field. j smile of pleasure marked their countenance? i the Major introduced his friend and oocekllow I soldier to his comrades in arms, who witheordiil , >ty were vicing with each other in extending the ! hospitality ofthe camp to old uncle Zt-ke. The i evening's entertainment concluded with a grand ! Pick-Nicand a “tiippingof the light fantastic toe,” where ladies and bouquets were the brightest col ors in the landosccpe. We are again at home in the quiet back wood?, j amid green trees and singing birds, “vet memory I still brings to mind Camp Oglethorpe, with it? ; great week of at tractions, convincing us that those j who seek pleasure should, on such occasions, visit | Macon. UP COUNTRYMAN. Columbus, Ga. May 8,1^7. Mr. Editor .*■—Yesterday by accident, Icanu iu possession of one of your circulars,, and on show i ing it to some gentlemen, they presented me with ’ the enclosed amount of subscription to the mfu I r j ultra of newspapers, the medium throtitrh which light and knowledge arc eonvoyed to the family circles of our good old commonwealth. To-day the funeral of the Hon. W. T. Colquitt took place. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Loviek Pierce, at the Methodist Churh. A targe number of friends followed his remains to their last resting place.. Any stranger could have perceived from the appearance of the process - a I that some great and good man had fallen. We have been blessed with several refreshinf showers within the last week, and oar farmers are anrioipating bountiful crops. The weather is ! quite-cool. The people of this section feel highly graniW | to hear that our much esteemed citizen. Col. limes Holt, is favorably spoken of, as a candidate lor Governor at the coming election. As an attor ney, the Colonel stands foremost in his prot< e He has never been what is commonly Cfd'ed a iL rabid politician,” but has always entertain* 1 proper views upon the several political questions which have agTtated the people for several year 4 In fact he is known to the people of Georgia a? a j high toned gentleman. I trust that a ;| A arrived in the politics of this Stats', when horn? merit will be rewarded. _ | Respectfully, PRO BONO PI 1 ■ Nlobile Election. Mown. Mr Ilitchcock, the Know Nothin* candidO*-- h*? Probate Judge over Meek, Democrat, h) ll'tO Tape Worms Preferable— Journal, in answer to the remark of the J 3“ ‘ Union, that “if we refuse to elect foreign-^ r * citizens to office we must do it with our eye’ “r n MapffiV I to the fact, that we should be nursing a of ever increasing strength, in the very ‘ lia * our country,” thus responds : “Well, if foreigners choose to gnav a • country’s vitals merely because a cer !* in chooses not to vote for them for office, it l - necessary to adopt measures for more of them from getting into the coi<n ! tals. If their motto toward our rt T u ‘ us your offices or we will snap .• ‘/t nn^ means of getting iqto ‘ho country s in* l 'J as well fie cut off. The hail *- its belly half-full of tape-worms. Robert Toombs met and cornered. “ I Southern Watchman of Athens is rc?p*— I the following good one : w e • the otn fr ‘‘A citizen of this place in converse? • day with Mr. Toombs—who we until* ! i only denies affiliation with the Kuov T but like certain gentleman W e H 00,, ‘ H Writ, who was intimately connected crowing of a cock, purses and sw- lr j,j s i rate whenever the subject is mt !ill * . c ln ( 'f j presence —informs us that the g°b u j objection to ‘be new order is Its **b : —which, by tlm way, is frbout the >"‘o than any one will now dare urge. a. ‘ is now impregnable, Iu order to if jection, pu* fV-icnd reminded the Sen** not a meiqbor of any of the secret day, he was at least a member oi ( l |r , which body spent much of its time m * & l sion. “True, true, said Mi. u , ~-s proper time comes, you and every in informed of our doings, besides secret sessions we are always engyg tin* affairs.” “SO Aim we,” when die proper tune cmnc& <j counted) we too publish ouK prow