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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.
