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VOL* XV.
THE GEORGIA JEFFERSONIAN.
I* I-DSUSlich RVR&T THURSDAY UORKIKG
BY WILLIAM CLINE,
At Two Dollar* and Fifty Cents per an
Doia.orTwo Dollars paid in advance.
Ai)VEHT!?KMKNTS nru inserted nt OS'B
DOLLAR per s-juttr*, torthe first insertion, am!
FIFTY CE.VTS per square, tor each insertion
(Uercnf’ter.
A reasonable dediicitott will tve made to those
who f*TcitiH-Jby the year.
All divertieerftents not iKhcrwtse ordered, will
fce wcitimied till t'r.rLirf.
tO” uiLF.i OF I.AXDS hy Administrators,
Kiec .torn or Guardians nre required I>j law to he
held on the first Tuesday in the inonilt, between
the hour*ol ten in the forenoon and three in flit
•I'remOon, at the Court-House, in the county in
rhk-h the land t* situated. Notice of tin ge sale,
•ni*t he fctten in a public gazette FORTY DAYS
to the dnv id'ealr.
SFLES GF XEGIIOES must tie made at pjh
lie suction on the first Tuesday of the mouth, he
tween the usual hour# of sale, at the place of pub
in- gales in the county where ihe letters Testa
j|rntary, of Administration or Gunuiiasrf tn rr
hare beet* first eicrns hGUI I’ FAY
notice tl.c;.*ol in one of tl.e pcMic ptxfttcs ot th
. ,m.l *! the court house whe c such ralcnrfi
to ft Ul<).
Hot tee forth* sale of Personal Property must
k* ffiv'cn in like manner FORTY DAYS previous
’ t tne tisy of sale.
Notice t<* Dehfor* and Creditor? of an estate
.Hunt ha published FORTY DAYS.
Notice that application will be made to the Court
Ordinary for t.savc to skli. laso must be pub
is’ied for 7’lf 0 .1/O.VTHS,
Notice for t.cavs to setx atckofs must he
published TWO MdXTItS before any order at>-
io'ute shall he ma.de thereon by tho Court.
CITATIONS for Letters of Administration j
oictit ue nu'olisiied thirty day#; for Dismission ’
front Aduiioia! rat ton, moktii lt six months; lb
Du ‘oissi.m trout Gturdunghip. forty Dat.'. j
Rales for *he b'oreciosurc of Mortgage must be
published monthly von rear. MOKTtts.lor puh
tuhue Inst papers, l>*r the lull space ol hirer
uoartis; for compelling titles from Kxerutors,
Jiiiiiiistnitor*, wline a bond lias hern giv* n by
the d*ceg-d. for the spare of turbk m< ntiis
From the Washington Globe ol August 4th. j
The Know Nothing.
‘‘Where li.vb you been?” asked Mrs. Snob, !
As Mr. Snob reel’d in Ihe door ;
“A pretty time to seek your home !
I'.n sure id* twelve o’clock n(l|inore ! !
These midnight revel* will not an—
and on you Snob for acting so !
Where have,you boct.fc? I ask again.”
?sys he, “dear wife, I Da not know.”
pretty flight your hat is in f
And sir, jour coat ie muddied o’er;
Y<ttr nose t* like a to-ma-to.
And you can scarcely reach the door;
How came yon an, you naughty man ?
Sty, Mr. Snoh, how came you so ?”
“Mv dearert wile, don’t bother me,
You’ve l.csrcltncsay that I don’t know;
i don’.* know how I md the boys,
And how 1 maueMiiy.maiden speech ;
! don t know what : tw as all about,
Ur v* in iher’twas a grow l or stretch,
I don’t kn >w if ’I was pop we drank.
Or w nskey, lager hcer, or wine ;
I don’t know how 1 broKti my nose,
Or lion l !)ji*ignted home.”
“1 sec it all, vou cruel man !’’
<Jri-ri whs. i-iw.b, exciti and quite,
“‘You’ve i- int il the mm who nothing Know,
And Miii’vc fei n meeting theniito-nigiit.
“YVili.i’M lurgive you il you’d tell
V. hy lhev d> meet in s< crcl so ”
Sty* Mrs Buo‘>, “what do you do? *
“W hr, Mn. Snob, I do not know.”
For the Georgia Jeffersonian.
Religion so called vs. Fanaticism-
Not that I expect to revolutionize the
fanatical world, but at the same time, I
feel myself called upon to raise my hum
ble voice in behalf of my fellow mau and
country, for I do think that the present
system of teaching religion is as foreigu
from what I think religion, as can be ini ;
ttgined. Christ did not teach religion as
is now taught by those who profess to be
His followers; he taught it by His works,
and so presented them, that all might see
them geed; and not taught in fine church
es, but in the forest, and on all occasions
by precept and example; and that uot by
being paid to preach and teach on Sun
duys; and that not by haranguing the mind
of “the people for a scries of weeks togeth
er, for tho purpose of inflaming and exci
ting the mind into enthusiasm, and that, 1
perhaps, does not last two weeks after the
excitement. Therefore, 1 think, if those
who profess to be so zealous on the subject
cf what they call religion, would be more
to in hunting up the indigent of the coun
try and teach them science, and prepare
the mind for a more proper eomprehen
fciou of true religion, would be engaged in
■* more noble and praiseworthy avocation;
for I do contend, that a proper and scien
tific education is more fully calculated to
establish good morals and true religion
than oil the church teaching that ever will
bo extant in the country; and I think more
folly calculated to perpetuate this, the
best Government that ever did exist; for
I do assure you, my fears are aroused by
church fanaticism. When I retrospect
past events of my country, I think I have
a proper predicate for those fears. Look,
if you please, to the question that has
been, and is now agitating the country,
and enquire where that agitation com
menced, (I mean the slavery question)
echo says in the church North, and when
first agitated, treated North aud South
with contempt. But now, fellow citizens,
nee its magnitude, and what it has done
North and Bouth- Iu the first place, it
has dissolved the connection between one
of the most powerful churches on the
globe. And has it stopped there? No.
it has dissolved tho two great national
parties. And what more lias it done? Come
very neureissolving the whole government
—and which I have no doubt it will do.—
Look, fellow citizens, at the three thou- ;
sand three hundred ministers of the vari
ous churches North, moving to the great
Council Hall, remonstrating and threaten
ing its Council with the vengeance of God
jf they should pass the Nebraska Bill.—
What an alruling feature. I beseech
you, fellow citizens, as an humble one a
moug you, look well to this thing, weigh
it well in your minds, and guard well pre
cnt and subsequent posterity. And may
Cod more fully prepare the human mind
for a proper conception of true religion,
and let their light su shine as all around
them may ecc their good works, and that
not by these loud prayers iu churches.
Starving Fugitive Slaves. —A colored
man in Canada, named Rice, publishes an
appeal to American Abolitionists for as
sistance for the numerous fugitive slaves
m that portion of her Majesty’s dominions.
They are said to be in a starving and
most deplorable condition. Henry Bibb,
a fugitive slave of some notoriety, died at
Windsor, Carspdft, on flic Ist met.
THE GEORGIA JEFFERSONIAN.
Kro.ii tii*. Washington Girin*.
Spain—Tlic Revolution
It had been predicted, and prognostica
ted for some time, and in various quarters,
that Spain was on the eve of a revolution,
and the prediction was verified a month
; or two ago by the actual breaking out of
one at Madrid. As yet it has not assum
ed any very threatening aspect, nor is
anything definitely known to the public
as to its origin, its ramifications, or its ob
jects. Some think it merely anti-ministe
rial, ur.d that a change of minsters will
restore Tranquility and order.” Others;
think it a movement for the benefit of Es
pnrtero; others that it is against the
Queen, and has for it? object a change of
dynasty; and others, that it is not much
more than a military mutiny, prompted by
General O’Donnell and his adherents.—
IVc ltave hardly any opinion about it
We know that there exist causes enough
—justifying causes—for a revolution, and
that there onght to be one, to be made by
the people and for their benefit; but we
doubt w hether this is such a one, or wheth
er they arc to be parties to it, or whether
their condition is to be improved, should it
be consummated. Here is what the Lon
don Times cf the sth of July, says about
it :
“Everything in Spain is prepared, and
has long “been so, for an outbreak. Wheth
er the present insurrection is of a charac
ter sufficiently important to effect its pro
fessed object, it is not for us as yet to say.
;Everything about both the Govcruinent
and the court of the Spanish Queen has
long been rotten.”
* * *****
“A certain license has been taken by
crowned heads, at various epochs of the |
history of Europe, but we question much,
if, at any period of modern history - even J
| in the courts of Central Germany, at the i
I end of the seventeenth century —there was j
| a more thorough and pervading foulness j
| of life than has prevailed in the middle of j
| the nineteenth century at the court of t his J
! young Spanish Queen, who was raised to i
the throne by the devotion cf a loyal peo
ple. There may be other reasons thrust
forward as the more prominent causes for
this insurrection; but the one which has
added force and vigor to them all, has
been the hopeless depravity of the Spanish
Court.”
The state of things must be very de
plorable when an English journalist per
mits himself to use such language as this
with reference to a crowned head; for,
with the exception of a few Chartist and
Liberal journals, the English papers are
very deferential towards the anointed ru
lers of nations, whom, faithful to all tra
ditions, they still regard somewhat as the
Lord’s anointed. Shakspearc has told
them, too, that there is a divinity which
doth hedge a king, and in him they believe,
although the may not believe the Bible
It is but too melancholy a truth, we fear,
that the morals of the Court of Spain are
a little of the worst—so bad that they are
past mending and past hope; and we do
not gather fromauy source that the Queen
has any redeeming qualities as ail offset to
the “depravity,” as the Times calls it. —
Tho vices imputed to her are such as in a
woman and Queen no virtues could effect
ually counterbalance; but yet, if she were
wise and patriotic, just and liberal iu her
government, economical in her expenses,
and devoted to the amelioration of the con
dition of her subjects—so much needed,
then public feeling and opinion might in j
some degree excuse her alterations and ig- j
nore them. But when she is nothing of [
this, but, on the contrary, much disposed [
to be despotic and tyranuicul, is not onlyf |
extravagant but profuse, and instead o |
being dedicated to the interests of her peo- j
pie, is dedicated to nothing loss than to
their interests, and is, besides, uot respect
ed by the people, it is impossible that in
Spain, even where they have had so many
| bad sovereigns and so few good ones, that
the Queen cau have, in any great degree,!
the affections of her subjects. They may J
not be in insurrection against her; the ma-!
jority may be loyal, and may stand by her j
in her need; but they love her not, and
would, whilst shedding their blood for her,
look upon her as a reproach to the Span
ish name, and a blot upon Spanish histo
ry. They ree.ollect that they had another
Queen of the same name, some centuries
ago, and the comparison between them,
what they are compelled to draw, are iu
discribably disadvantageous to her reign
ing Majesty. In other countries the sov
ereigns have improved in ail respects. So
it is in England, in France, in Germany,
in Russia, in Turkey, and almost every
where—even in Morocco—except in the
the peninsula, where, from a too loyal and
iudulgent toleration of bad sovereigns and
bad measures of good ones—as the intro
duction of the Inquisition by the first Isa
bella—a high-minded and heroic people
have actually fallen far in the rear of what j
they were three or four hundred years ago. |
All Europe, almost even Russia, to some I
extent., have been making political and so-1
dal progress; but Spain scarcely makes |
any She has the south of Italy and Por-j
togal to keep her in countenance, it is true;
but this is poor consolation, although mis
ery loves company, the proverb says.
The Spanish people must be greatly dis
couraged, when they reflect upon the sac
rifices they have made, and the blood they
have shed for their princes, during the last
\ forty or fifty years. First, they were
crushed to the earth by that miserable
‘bigot and hypocrite, Ferdinand the Tilth.
Next they were used to enrich that very
heartless and selfish woman, Queen Chris
tina, the mother of Isabella, who had ev
erything her own way for a good many
years, and a very bad way it was. Next
came the war for the succession between
Don Carlos, Ferdinand’s brother, and his
daughter. The people stood by the daugh
ter, and placed her on the throne, making,
as they thought, the best choice; and of
the two evils it may have been the least,
for Carlos was a bigot and a despot, and
Li3 reign, had he succeeded, although it
may not have been as disgraceful as his
niece’s, might have been still more disas
trous.
The Times discourses in the following
uncomplimentary language of the Span
iards :
“IVhen the constitution is presented to
the imagination of a Spaniard, in the form
of a beautiful woman, whoiq be regards
GRIFFIN, (GA.XT£WRSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 31. 1854.
with devotion, or of a stern warrior; before
whom his spirit quails, the Spaniard is a
constitutionalist. He is slow to compre
hend the nice distinctions upon which we
sot so much store. The Spanish people,
if they arc in insurrection, have not risen
for an enthralled press, for corruptional
elections, or for the mere exercise of des
potic power ”
This is rather harsh. The Spaniards
did not quail before Napoleon, who was a
“stern warrior” enough; and they are
‘ about to abandon a young woman, aud
• handsome enough, whom they placed upon
tfie throne, at the cost of their blood; and
they Abandon her because she is unwor
thy.
P S. ‘I he foregoing was written some
weeks ago, and since then it is known that
what Was thought to be but a partial in
surrection, or a military mutiny, has turn
ed out to be a complete revolution, and
not altogether a bloodless one, though not
a very bloody oue either. There was some
pretty severe fighting at Madrid; but so
general was the disaffection, and so instau
tnueous the abandonment of the Govern
ment and the Queen, that O’Donnell and
Dulce, the two Generals who concocted
Ihe revolution, ana headed it, had not a
great deal to do, except to receive the
adhesions that were tendered by- the mal
contents, and the submissions that were
made by the adherents of the Government.
Scarcely any revolution wac ever more
complete, or more unanimous; and yet we
doubt whether any very signal advantages
to the Spanish people will result from it.
From necessity, and not from choice, they
are obliged to retain the Bourbon dynas
ty; and the Queen, though richly deserv
! ing dethronement, will still wear the
crown, and still be called your Majesty;
j and this being so, we shall uot bo surprised
1 if, after a while, things return to their re-
I cent status It is true that Espartero,
j Duke of Vittoria, to whom Isabella was
; indebted for her crown—for, had it not
been for his able and vigorous resistance
i to the Carlists, it would never have been
placed upon her head—has been placed by
the victors at the head of the Government,
with plenipotentiary powers, which for the
present he exercises in the name of the
Queen, who escapes deposition, as that ve
ry corrupt and corrupting woman, her mo
ther, Queen Christiana, will escape expul
sion, we suppose; and so the snake has
been only sfotehed at last; ior with her
mother’s arts and intrigues, and unscru
pulousness, and Isabella’s pliancy aud sel
fishness, Espartero’s authority, firm, hon
est, and popular as he is, will be in danger
of being overturned. The plunderers,
speculators, panders, pimps, and scoun
drels, who infested the palace, and block
ed up all the avenues to it against honest
and patriotic men, have been sent for the
present to the right about, it is true; but
we shall not be surprised ii they return in
a year or two, and send Espartero and
O’Donnell in the same direction.
The position of the Spanish patriots j
who have just achieved the revolution is a j
very difficult o:.c —it was difficult to de- j
cide, first, what was best to be done, and |
then difficult to do it The following were !
the projects that were discussed: to de- j
pose the Queen and extinguish that branch i
of the Bourbon dynasty; to offer the
crown to the young King of Portugal,
who is in some sort a Bourbon, too; and
we have no sort of confidence in any of
that race, unless it be our own Dauphin,
the llev. Eleazcr Williams, who may be
weak, but is not wicked; to establish ai
new dynasty in the person of Espartero, j
or some other worth* personage; to estab-1
iish a Republic; to give the crown to Don I
Carlos, (the Queen’s uncle,) or his son. ,
Os all the projects, we should have pre
ferred the new dynasty; and, were we
Spaniards, should have given our vote to
Espartero, or to some able and honest
man, if to be found. The Queen deserves
deposition for very many resoas that could
be suggested. She has forfeited the alle
giance of her subjects over aud over again,
both for political aud personal shortcom
ings. The London Times says: “There
was not a father, brother, husband or son,
in the country, who could speak without
a blush or a curse of the life of the Queen.”
For so proud a people as the Spaniards
are, the conduct of their sovereign was a
bitter draught to take. They have pre
ferred it, though, to flying to ills they
know uot of. But whilst crying viva the
Queen, they add, viva justice and morali
ty-
-Ihe idea of taking the King of Portu
gal for the King of Spain was pretty soon
abandoned. There were many obstacles
in the way—he is young, untried, aud of
the same breed; aud there would have
been great opposition to him, so that one .
civil war would probably have followed
close on another.
To place the Carlo3 dynasty on the
j throne would have been but little better
j than a reinstallation of the Inquisition.—
1 Don Carlos was a bigot, and a most iui
| practicable one; and for this reason, and
j his despotic temper, and uot because his
| brother Ferdinand excluded him from the
throne by setting aside the family com
pact which recognized the Salic law, was
he finally repudiated by the people, who
fondly and foolishly thought they were
getting a young Queen, who, bearing the
name of the great Isabella, would emulate
her virtues, and abilities, and patriotism.
How lamentably were they deceived. In
stead of that they get a sovereign whom
they cannot name without a sigh, aud
whom they do not retain from love or
reverence, but just on account of the po
litical difficulties of the situation.
But few thought of a Republic, we be
lieve; and, of all the projects, that was
the least promising and least feasible, for
the Spaniards are still less fit for a repub
lican form of government than the French;
by which we mean to insinuate that they
are in a most deplorable state of uufitness
for it. So they concluded to go on with
Isabella; and this may bo best, all things
considered, though not what we think so.
A civil war may be avoided thereby, aud
any foreign interference averted, which
might ltave been apprehended had any
other course been pursued. There are
the two allies “whom God has united,” as
the Times says—Franco and England—
ever ready to meddle in their neighbor’s
j affairs; aud although, at present, the
\ Czar gives them pretty full employment,
Still they would be very willing to regu •!
late the Spanish as well as the Russo-Ttir- j
kish questions; and neither would sane ;
tion a Republic, or anew dynasty, pro- i
bably, or any thing that was an innova
’ tiou on the Old system, which they did not ‘•
themselves dictate or recommend
There has been u good deal of specula-!
tion in this country among the statesmen
and politicians—these terms are uot al
ways synonymous—and in the uewspapers,
as to what effect the Spanish revolution
is to have on the negotiations for the ac
quisition of t'uba by the Uuitcd States.
Some think it will present a favorable
conjuncture for the purchase of that island,
or for the acquisition of it in some other
lawful way. We, being willing to pur
chase, and to pay a high price for it, hope
so; but ihough we are neither statesmen
nor politician; nor endowed with the fac
ulty of seeing auy further into a millstone
than our neighbors, we are rather of opin
ion that it will not much change the
aspect of that question. It will be difficult
ever to find any government of Spain in
the humor of alienating the Queen of the
Antilles— la reiua de los Ant.ilia: —as they
love to cal] Cuba. J lf a government should
happen to be very hard up, and apprehen
sive of losing the island by foreign invasion,
or by domestic insurrection or revolution,
then it might sell for a heavy considera
tion; but otherwise it will not. Whilst
Espartero remains at the head of affairs
the government will be respectable, will
have credit, and be able to meet its en
gagements with more punctuality than
heretofore; and he, not being in any man
ner a timid man, will not be inclined to
think Cuba in much danger of slipping
through his fingers, and out of the posses
sion of Spain,.unle.>s the danger should be
j extremely threading and imminent.
Tho Hampshire ice Mountain .
Our readers, wc presume, are all aware
of the existence of a mountain in Hamp
shire county, Va. on which snow and ice
are to be found on or a few inches below
the surface at all seasons of the year It j
is becoming a place of great resort in the j
summer season; and surely must be a very j
agreeable place during the present almost
unexampled hot weather. A corrcspon-j
dent of the “Virginia Free Press,” who!
has lately visited the ice mountain, speaks j
of it as “follows: j
“The Ice Mountain is situated on the
east bank of the North River. Its oblique
distance from the base to the peak is 8*25
feet! It is covered with loose cobbly
sand stone, moss and a variety of small
trees; the stone cau easily be removed, be-j
ing so loose and small. I asked Mr. Geo. j
Deavers, the present proprietor of the i
mountain, if I could find any ire, and he
immediately walked with me to one of the
many holes made by throwing out the
stone, and after removing the accumula
ted leaves and rubbish, showed me lumps
of ice, a piece of which he broke off, and I
eat. rlc then took me to his ice-pen, I
(some 4 or 5 logs iu height being laid up- j
on the ground, and the ice and snow cov-1
ereil with straw,) and gave rue plenty of j
ice and snow! So I had a snow-ball the j
ISth of July 1 From the snow aud ice,!
we repaired to the milk house, construct- j
ed of logs and chiucked with stones. As (
soon as Mr. Deavers opened the door, )I j
experienced a chilly draught of air, so j
much so I concluded to satisfy ray curios
ity by seeing, instead of walking therein, i
A fly put in there survives but a short j
time. Snakes are seldom, (if ever,) seen’
on this mountain, and not a fly was to be’
seen the day i was there, it being by far;
too cold a climate for its tiny texture. —:
From the dairy wo went to the spring,!
and if ever I slaked my thirst with a;
tumbler of pare ice water, I did it from j
this gurgling spriug, issuing from a mouu-!
tain of ice! Mr Deavers had forgotten J
i the temperature of the spriug, but said, j
that of the dairy was two degrees colder.
ihe ice extends some sixty rods along i
the base anu four or five iu height, form
ing the shape of a half moon in the moun-!
tain. As yoa walk over any portion of
this icy reg on you can readily discern the
coldness to your feet, aud by placing your
hand into any of the crevices you would
surmise the member was in the frozen re
gions of Greenland —showing that the
snow and rain have congealed aud remain
embedded among this immense quantity
lof stone which acts more powerfully than
the best constructed refrigerator.
A Lady of Strong Conception.
“Can yc not discern the >i£iis of the tunes” now ? j
Look here—Spiritualism in new forms — j
Somebody's crazy, certainty ! j
It is not a little remarkable that prepos- ]
terous notions once started and taking hold!
upon a credulous mind, may go on in ab- j
surdity and still find believers in its folly, J
no matter to what extent it may be carried I
Spiritualism, which at first distinguished!
itself with tabic tippings and knocking?, j
mysterious because practiced by persons |
whose sex shielded them from tiie strict
examinations which would doubtless have
exposed the imposture, has recently taken
a further light into the realms of nonsense,
and stands knocking very loudly for ad’
mission into the asylum of lunatics. An
author of some repute in New York, has
recently written a play, and had it read iu
the grecu room, previous to its production
on the stage, the priucipal merit of which
is that it was written while the author was
impressed spiritually with the genius of
Shakspcare The play was written iu
three weeks, aud more will be produced
under the same favorable auspices, the
spirit of the immortal bard having kiudly
promised his aid for the next three years
As absurd as this may appear, it fulls im
measurably below the wonderful facts of
the “physical saviour” or new “electrical
motor” which has just been invented, uu
der spiritual direction, at the expeuse of
the Kev. J. M. Spear.
The story is, that a lady received a su
pernatural intimation that she was to be
come the mother of the new motor or
“physical saviour,” as it is called She
went through all the throes spiritually
which usually attend physical parturition,
aud tho resuit of this extraordinary phys
iological phenomenon, was tho machine
aforesaid, which began to show life or pul
sation, and was immediately put to nurse !
i fliis machine is to remove the original,
• curse of earning a living by the sweat of,
j the brow It is not only capable of per-1
; forming any kind of labor, but it is capa- j
■ ble of reproducing itself. Jt ‘Uhrbws off
: lrom itself small machines after itc own
■ pattern,” like the negroes say the’possums
| do, and those “in turn throw off a ululti- j
! tude of other little ones;” so that the
nnmbe.r of machines may increase corres !
pondiugly with tiie population.
If this story and description of the ma
i chine did not appear iu a spiritual journal
—tiie New Era one might suppose that
the thing was a hoax, played oft upon the
believers in the “new science;” but it is
gravely put forth for the information of
the spiritualists, and as a convincing proof
that the “good time” so long promised is
near at hand. Miss Dix was right in ask
ing a donation of laud for the benefit of
the idiotic and insane, and Congress was
wrong iu uot granting it.— JPhiladephta
Lcdijer.
Money Found.
It seems that the rich placers of Cali
fornia and Australia do not contain all
the precious metal in the world. The
workmen employed in preparing the foun
dation for anew wall about to be erected
on the Bluff at the foot of Abercorn street,*
dug up a box yesterday containing gold
and silver coins of various denominations,
including eagles, half eagles, halves, quar
ters and dimes The greater part of the
coin bears date from 1830 to 1834. The
box iu which it was found, was made of
wood, and has doubtless been buried seve
ral years, as it is entirely decayed. YVe
have not been able to ascertain the exact
amount discovered, but it is generally re-1
ported to be about S3OO. Rumor, which !
moves with the rapidity of lightning, at!
! one time fixed it at S7OO, then at $9,000, j
and again at $14,000; but the figures giv- j
en above arc near the truth, we presume.!
This money is supposed by many to be i
a portion of that stolen from the Darien
Bunk in 1535 This Bank was robbed in
that year of a large amount of money in
bills, coin.&c. and an officer (William
j Williams) sent to New York to arrest a
| man upon whom suspicion rested, named
| Fitz Gerald, a blacksmith by trade. Wil
j lianis succeeded iu arresting him, and got
| him on board a vessel bound for Savan
| nah, but the man effected his escape the
] day before they were to have sailed. A
| portion of she money taken from the bank
was found soon after the robbery, in the
root of an old tree on the Bluff overlook
ing the counting room of Messrs. Clag
horn & Cunningham, aud not far from the
spot where the box was dug up yester
’ day. Another portion, it is believed, was
| found some tea years ago, at the site of
i the present Gas Works. Sav. Repub.
Kxuw Nothi.vgs.—A correspondent of
\ of the Norfolk papers states that the
Know Nothings number 1900 in Richmond
The above paragraph is travelling the !
rounds of the newspapers throughout the
I country. That it misrepresents the
| strength ot the Know Nothings in this
: city wc have not a doubt, There are not
; more than 3,000 voters in city; and we
! are confident that an association of the
| proscriptive and Anti-American principles
j of the Know Nothings, never can number
; one-half of 1900 iu this city. Report says
| the Mayor and several other gentlemen
■ who have beeu candidates for public favor
! and may be again, have become members
jof th: s new and mysterious order; still we
; are not prepared to believe that such a \
i miserable party will ever number any !
! considerable portion of the enlightened j
! peo jilt- of a Virginia town. The name it
i has assumed, it seems to us apart from its
i detestable principles, should be sufficient
j to deter any considerate man from going
| to its communion board, unle s he be one
j who expect i to promote some selfish pur
-1 pose thereby. Men who seek to lug the
affairs of religion and the church into the
politics of the country, arc its deadliest
enemies; and it is contrary to the spirit of 1
the true Christian to proscribe and persc j
! cute, because of a conscientious difference
of religious opinion. None but hypocrites,
the ignorant, or the selfish wlldo it It
each man will attend to securing a, !’l ace j
for himself in Heaven, he will have e- !
noitch to do. without m killing himself
about the religiou of his nei ;hbors — Rich
mond, Raquirer.
The Know Nothings of New Albany,
’ Indiana, attempted to “liis.s down” Lt.
j Gov*. Willard, whilst addressing the peo
, p!e at a political meeting in that city on
| Friday evening. Gov. W is not one of j
• the kind to be hissed down, and he con
j tinned his remarks and concluded his
j speech, notwithstanding the hisses, yells
! and huntings of the Know Nothings. The
j Ledger say^:
“Mr. YV. spoke only of the public creed
! of this order, as given to the world by
j their newspapers. He stated in the out
-1 set that he should not deal in personalities,
1 and carefully refrained from doing so un
i dor the most dastardly provocations. It
was a great public question, agitating the j
whole country, and therefore a fit subject
for discussion It was with extreme diffi
culty that Mr. Willard’s quotations from
the Declaration of Independence, fsom
the Constitution of the United States,
and from the writings of Washington,
could be heard. Mr. YV. remarked with
much emphasis, that matters had come to
a pretty pass when a native born citizen
of a free country could not be permitted
to read the Declaration of Independence
without being disturbed by hisses and
groans.
Singular Disclosure. — A surgeon in
the United Slates Arinv recently d.-sired
to know the most common causes of en
listment. By permission of the captain
in a company cmlaiuing fifty five, the
writer pledged never to disclose (he name
of officer or private, except as a physical
or metaphysical fact, the true history was
obtained of every man. On investigation,
it appeared that ninetonths enlisted on
accoun. of some female difficulty, thirteen
of them had changed their names, ami
forty three wera either drunk, or partially
so,, at the lime of their enlistment.—
Musi of them were men of fine talents anu
learning, and about one third had once
been in elevated situation in life. Four
had been lawyers, three doctors, and
two ministers. ’
Massachusetts Whig State Con
vention.
Boston, August 16.—-The Massachu
setts VY’liig convention nominated for
Lieut. Governor William C I’lunkett hy
a vote of 566 Palfry received but 300
A series of resolutions were, adopted, de
claring the Whig party of Massachusetts
ever true to liberty, the Constitution, and
the Union; needs not to abandon its or
ganizaliou or change its principles; de
claring a devoted attachment to the
Uiron; that it was the policy of the Fa
ther of the Republic to confine slavery
to tiie existing lifhlts, as evidenced by the
pausing of the ordinance of 1787, clearly
establishing as a cardinal principle of
government that slavery should be for
ever piohibib'd in the public domain;
that the recent act of the National Le
gislature in wantonly and faithlessly an
nuling a solemn covenant which has stood
for more than thirty years, leaving no re
strictions upon the action of the free
States beyond the exact provisions of the
Constitution itself; th t the naked ques
tion is now liberty or slavery, and that
they ure prepared, at all times, and un-;
der all circumstances, to endeavor to se-,
cure the blessings of liberty; that the ;
Whigs of Massachusetts are unalterably
opposed to the extension of slavery over
one foot of territory now free; that they
oppose the admission of any new Slate
formed out of the Territories, unless slave
ry be prohibited, and will seek the imme
diate unconditional repeal of so much of
the act as repeals the Missouri compro
mise; ihat ihn Constitution secures’ equal
i immunities to all the citizens of the Uni
j te i States, which is grossly violated whf re
j the law exists for the imprisonment of
| the citizens of Massachusetts, without
■ trial or imputation of crime; that the fugi
;tive slave law requires an amendment
jsecuting the trial by jury and habeas cor-
| pus; or, failing in this, they will seek
unconditional re:>e.<i; ihat the people of
the Iree States are called on to give such
direction to emigration as will securefree
Stales out of Territories; that they arraign
the President as having waotot.lv violated
the pledge of his inaugural address, and
stooped from his high position, and pros
tituted the influence of his office by an
unwarranted interference in the action of
an independent branch of the Government
Tney also arraign the President and Ad’
ministration for appointing foreigners of
questionable character to office, to the
exclusion of native citizens of high repu
tation and patriotism,’ for rts’ Cowardly
attack on a weak and defenseless commu
nil\ upon most trivial grounds, w hile not
daring to insist on the full eijoyitient of
religious freedom to Americans abroad
After several speeches,the resolutions
were unanimously adopted. The after
noon session was thinly attended, and
there was very little enthusiasm. None
of the most pi ambient Whigs were pre
sent.
Just ah Quincy spoke in favor of the
obligation to return fugitive slaves being
stricken from the Constitution; which
was received with cheers.
The vote for a candidate for Governor
was then taken, and stood, Washburn.
818; Rockwell, 111; scattering 6.
I he convention then adjourned for diu
uer.
Tiie Anti Nebraska Convention.
Saratoga, August 16.—The anti-Ne
braska convention assembled at ten
o’clock. John A. King was chosen tem
porary chairman. A committee on cre
dential', and to nominate permanent offi
cers, was appointed. A motion to ap- j
point a committee to prepare tules and,’
husioe>s caused an angry discussion, and
the rules of the Assembly were adopted.
A business committee of sixteen was
appointed amid great confusion.
Mr. Tnayer, of YVorces*er, Massachu
setts, after some opposition, explained
the object of the Kansas Emigration
Company.
The business committee reported A* T.
MK eon, of Queen’s, for president, seven |
vice presidents, and five secretaries.
This afternoon, Mr. Greeley, from the
business committee, reported a series of
resolutions to the etFect that inasmuch as
the present Congress has wantonly re
opened the controvetsy respecting slavery,
and by the Nebraska bill has designedly
subverted so much of the Missouri com
promise as excluded slavery from the
vast region between Missouri and the
It >cky Mountains, north of 30 deg. ami
30 min.., the State of New York affirms
and maintains the right and the duly of
tiie General Government to prohibit and
preclude the extension, establishment, or i
perpetuation of human slavery iu any
’erritory cow or hereafter to bo estab-;
ished.
The resolutions declare tlncompromi
sing war agaiust the doctrine, tendency,
and natural consequences involved in the
Nebraska bill, as being calculated to dis
honor our country iathe eyes of mankind,
and to discourage and confound ihe
champions of liberty and progress
throughout tho world.
One of the lesoiuiions apptoves the
course of the Ii semen of Connecticut,
Vermont, lowa, Ohio, Indiana, VY riseon
sio, and Michigan; *n postponing or disre
gaivlivig their minor differences ot opinion
or preferences, amt acting cordially toge
ther, iinl commends their spirit to the
freemen ot this and oilier States.
As the vote v/as called on this resolu
tion, Mr. B.tllarJ, of moved
an amendment proposing to follow 1 their
example iu nominating a State ticket. —
I’renu'iMous confusion ensued, and amid
cries of order, aud shouts of apptause,
Mr. Ballard wa3 compelled to sit down.
The vote was called an the resolution,
and the yeas and nays attemptetl to be
taken. Finally it was tabled, and the
next resolution voted on. The balance
of the resolutions return thanks to the
secretaries of the convention, and to the
great majority of the representatives of
the State to Congress, for their ability,
fidelity, and cordially approve thi organ
ization of Kansas, and all other Territo
ries, with freemen.
Printers’ accounts are said to be like
faith—The substance of things hoped for
and the evidence of things not, wen.
England and France.
The Nat'onal Intelligencer is indebted
to a friend for the following extract of w
letter from an American now in France*
Baris. July 26, 1853.
I saw yesterday Count —, who is
behind the.curtain here He is evident
ly dissatisfied with the present state of
affairs, and that matters are not working
well as regards Russia. He says ,'iv.i
Louis Napoleon has “missed a figure’’ iu
1 his present policy, and no body is satis*
fied except the army. Spain at present
is a great cause of anxiety, as it is an en
couragement to such charlatans as Kos
suth, Mazzini. &o. There is no confi
dence felt here in Prussia and Austria,
paiticularlv the latter, though her avowed
views are really not so openly against
the allies as those of Prussia. Great
Britain, before all is over, must look out
for squalls; for, whether defeat or victory
attends the allies ia the East, there will
be a grand blow up betweeu those who
are now apparently so loving, after being
haters of each other for eight centuries.
The apparent cordiality is only from the
teeth outward, the former jealousy and
bitterness of feeiing are as deep seated as
ever. If they are successful they will
quarrel over the spoils, and if they are
defeated thev will likewise quarrel and
separate. It is amusing to read the
English papeis aud see how coolly they
curtail the territories of Russia, as i! that
Empire was at their feet. They had bet
ter first catch the Bear before (hey sell
his hide. My belief is that he will
thrash them all right souudly.
Nkw Establishment. —ln passing *-
long Pearl street, yesterday; .we noticed
|on a large building, not far from Maiu
| street, the sign “Carter’s Spanish Mix
j ture,” and, on enquiry, learned that
] Messrs. Bennett & Beers were refitting
I and improving it to be used as a manufac
! tory for this celebrated medicine, the
demand for it throughout the ’Union,
having increased so rapidly', that, in order
to supply the public, they have beeu
compelled to occupy an additional house
for making and putting it up. Within
the past eighteen months “Carter’s Span
ish Mixture” has been introduced into all
the western and south western Slates,
with the greatest success; and at this
time there ?s no other medicine extant so
universally popular for the cure of such
diseases as it is recommended; We are
gratified at witnessing the success u( the
manufacturers'of this medicine; and as it
is sold by every Apothecary and Drug
gist in the city, trust that each of them
may realise a fortune by its sale, and
that the human family may be eventually
cured of every disease for which it is pre
scribed. The new house on Pearl street,
wheu completed, will add business to the
square, and prove a decided convenience
to the Proprietors in making the Mixture
and supplying their thousands of custo
mers with it. —Richmond Despatch.
Freezing in Midsummer. —lt is given
up on all hands that we have experienced
this summer an unusual degree of heat;
for a whole week the thermometer raged
iu the neighborhood arid above 90 degrees,
producing a temperature that naturally
inclined one to weigh the possibility of
intense fires raging above aud beneath.—
During the hottest spell, a negro man,
engaged in loading a barge with ice for
the up country, conceived tbe idea of
having at least one cool siesta.’ He c*>
cordiugly stretched himself upon the huge
blocks of ice, which Were thinly covered
with sawdust, and soon fell into a pro
found sleep. How the icy coldness
gradually diffused itself through his sys
tem and crept into his very marrow, he
could not tell, but when discovered he
was found to be quite stiffly frozen. By
the use of prompt ihrasures however, he
was in time thoroughly thawed, and was
ready next day tor his usual routine of
duties.— Mobile Tribune.
Theatricals in the Black Sea —On
the 28th ult. Lord George Paulet, the
commander of the Bellerophou, gave a
theatrical representation ou board his
ship, under the patronage of bis Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge. For
him was reserved the seat of honor, an
arm chair in tbe front row, which inclu
ded all the great folks witlio hail of
Varna. Tha ship was rigged into a
theatre iu the most ingenious way. The
scenery was good and well managed,
the ladies’ part being taken by midship
men aud boys of the ship. Two of the
pieces were “Thq Lottery Ticket” and
“Diamond cut Diamond,” both of which
(the latter especially’ were most admira
bly peformed. As interludes, there were
Ethiopian serenades, &c., and pieces
performed by the splendid bund of the
ship. The audieuce, which consisted of
some 200 officers, were of course greatly
delighted with tbe entertainment, more
particulaily as it was concluded by a
most excellent substantial supper.
The following is another re mark able
peep through the stone wall of time iu'o.
the garden of futurity:
Remarkable Prophecy —The Gernnyi
woman iu, the Tyrol, who predicted the
Cholera in 1850., the French revolution,
“the erection oi‘ anew throne by a Prince
who would subsequently atone for his
usurpation and lose his life,” now predicts
events to conic to pass previous to 1856.
Resideli tlVc death of Louis Napoleoh,
Belgium is to l>o united with France:
Spain and Portugal, after bloody civil
wars, arc to be. united under the caiuo of
the Pyrenean Republic, and become pow
erful. In Grent Britain, distress among
the working classes will increase, and be
augmented by European wars restricting
commefco. The Irish will coma to the
aid of that class, and their united rage
will destroy the manufacturers and over
turn the government.
‘1 he British possessions In Asia and
, America will become independent; Bri
tish supremacy on the fjeas be lost, and
dually royalty be abolished and trauquility
ensue after tho loss of a great part of the
power of the empire. Switzerland alone,
in the midst of general convulsion in Eu
rope, will remain IVee and tranquil, and t
her cities wili the exiled Princes swarm
for refuge from the popular storm.
No. 35.