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About Weekly Georgia constitutionalist and republic. (Augusta, Ga.) 1851-185? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 22, 1854)
£ mtitiit in nn i is i & T\ qniblir BY JAMBS GARDNER. $T CHf/ HF A EDA’l>i)A\ ,~NO\ 22. Our City. r Auguata has again resumed its usual appear- . arce of business arid activity, and we once more i reeogidze our city in its accustomed aspect.— Trade, in all its branches has opened with tine pros;* e > tor a successful season, and our business mee u actively engaged in supplying the de mv ;.- their numerous customers, the stocks ot our merchants ate Urge, and thej’ are prepared to supply then Iriends, at the lowest market prices, with every thing they may desire in their respective lines o. business. Augusta is now perfectly healthy, and no one nee 1 k-arto visit our city. It is true, as we pre dicted several days since, a few straghng casesol Yellow Fever have occurred, and probably will continue to occur among those who have either remained in town during the whole epidemic secsort, and have thus imbibed the seeds of the hsease. which only wait for circumstances to de velops them, am! also among those of the absen tees. w ~o have, prematurely, returned to the city. Had the latter awaited our announcement of the , safety o! ttreirso doing, some who have since i slept r the cold embrace ol death might have I been now alive. i '■till it is cheering to sec the citizens returning to their usual avocation- and to witness the re newed activity w ith winch they have resumed their daily toil. It is cheering to us, whose ears 1 have been so long accus'omed to the sound ofdy inj groans, aud the voices of wailing mourners, to listen to the merry laugli of you’ll, and to hear : >e voice of mirtb once more echoing among us. God grant it in.iy never again be our lot to ;a>s ■ sough such scenes as those we have witnessed r ■ . .ring the recent pestilence, and may our beau- j n>' ;i-y long be spared another visitation Iroin . the dreadful pestilence by which we have { ’ately been invaded. Another Death. Mr. i. f T. Parish, the elites'’son of one ol our oldest citizens, Col. G. F. Parish, died yes- ' terday, from Yellow Fever. Mr. Parish has been absent from our city during the prevalence , of the recent epidemic, and returned about two weeas since. Owing, no doubt, to his prema ture re'urn, be contracted the fat .1 disease, and f ad medical aid whirh could be procured was un- , availing. He was buried yesterday evening , with military honors, by the Oglethorpe Infan try, ot which Company he was a member. Mr. ( Parish was much esteemed among his acquain- ■ 'anees as an upright and amiable young man, and :ns loss is regretted by those who knew him. > Arrested. We understand on Saturday night last a rob bery was committed at the Planters Hotel in this city. It appears that a Mr. J. V. Davis, a lodger was put in a room with a man calling himself '. W. Williams,and another calling him self A Simpkins, Enckies, bailing from Striven county in this state. The charge prefered by Mr. Davis was that his pocket book, containing Sid and upwards, was stolen, as also a pair of gloves. The latter was found on one of the de fendants as also 15 dollars of the money, and the portmonie. A long and interesting investi gation was he'd on Sunday, before two of our magistrates, and the result was that Enckles w..s committed to jsil for theft, and Davis was de tainer! to appear as a witness. The Agricultural Fair. We would call attention to the advertisement of the Georgia Railroad, by which it will be seen that all articles intendel for exhibition and not lor sale, will be transported to and from Au gusta free of charge. We hope our country friends will avail themselves of this liberal offer. Every preparation is being made for the ap proaching Farr by our citizens and City authori ties, end we think it will be of such character as to do credit to the South. The Steam Ship Jewess.—The steam ship Jewess, recently wrecked, was an old vessel built at Baltimore in 1539, and was formerly em ployed in running between Philadelphia and Baltimore. Her hull was formerly burnt to the water’s edge, and in 1852 was re-built with 25 feet additional length and an additional deck.— Captain Wright owned one quarter of the ves sel. but had no insurance. He thinks, however, that the owners are partially insured. Her car go was worth about $100,009, partly insured in Baltimore. The Jewess left New York tor Ha vana on the 4th inst., and had heavy weather during all the passage there and up to the time of her going ashore. The United States mails were all saved. Frightened into Honesty.—lt is a true maxim that “ there is no great evil without some little good;” and, in accordance with this general rule, the Advent doctrine, although it has occasioned much misery and unhappiness among its deciples, has not been unattended with good results. The Manchester Mirror says that afew days since a gentleman in Manchester, a boot and shoe dealer o! that city, received a letter from a person in Warner, enclosing a five dollar bill, and saying. ” Believing that we must standbelore tha Judge of the World, 1 could not feel justified without writing a few lines to you. You will recollect that I bought a pair of boots of you and never paid for them. Therefore, 1 ■e-nd you this bill.” The amount of gold shipped from San Fian :isco in July, was $3,939,13.’;; in August, $3,892,- 378, and in September, $.’..963,447, making lor the three months $13,794,960, of which $12,- 609,407 97 were destined for the Atlantic States, arid $1,185,5-52 50 for foreign ports. Oneot our exchanges has the following hit: The late Rev Mr. Chapin being asked ot what rse the elders were in a church, replied, that it was said to give power to ministers. He was a unit, the elders cyphers; placed upon the nght hand, they increased his power. “But,” he add ed, “my elders have got on the wrong ’>• and duced me to a decimal traction. P Noah t>nd Esq , one of the proprietors ot . J unes' Hole!, in Chestnut streeet, Philadelphia died on Monday morning, after an illness which ha* confined him so his bed for three weeks. Mi. B.idges was well known to the travelling pub. lie. having been formerly proprietor of the United States Hotel, afterwards of the Merchants’, and 'or eight years, of Jones’. “Important News from Ireland.”—The Irish Republican Union held a meeting in New York on Thursday evening, when Mr. Molloy announced that, he bad much pleasure in stating “that intelligence, having direct and important | influence on their interests, was received from . Dublin, from parties of high standing and prom i inence. Trie riatme and purport of the tidings ' it was deemed best to withhold at present from I publication.’’ I Mr. Kerin said “the news fiom Ireland was ol vast importance, and if they had any hope or any intention to serve Ireland, let them get a musket or earn the price of it, and enrol themselves in this organization, step on board some staunch bark and go manfully to the rescue of the ‘Old Green ls’e. ! ” The nature of this intelligence has not leaked out yet. Extensive Nose Polling.—On Wednesday I last, in the Justices Court at Boston. Timothy] Singleton recovered fifty dollars from John Rear- j don, for an assault upon his nasal organ. Horrible Suicide.—The Dayton (Ohio) Ex press notices a shocking suicide of a young man, who, in a temporary fit of insanity, laid himself lengthways on the rail, and the locomotive wheels traversed the entire length of his body, smashing him flat Death of Lord Dunallky.—Ono of the old est of the Irish representative peers, Henry Prit tie, (Baron Durialley,) died on the 19th of Octo ber, at the family mansion, Kilboy, rrearNenagb, in the county of Tipperary. Illinois Elbction.—The following despatch ' (says the Baltimore Sun) was received at Wash- I rng’on yesterday, purporting to come from a re- ! sponsible source. Possibly the signature mry j ■ ave been forced. If tbe statement be correct the previous returns from Illinois have been wonderfully exaggerated . "Chicago, S Ji- M., Nov- 13. —The returuns from Illinois look well. Richardson, Allen, Har ris and Mar.-hall. all true Nebraska Democrcts, are elected by decided majorities. The Seriate I wdi be democratic; the House doubtful. Gen- ! eral Shields will be hit own successor in the United States Senate." The Congress or American Ditlomatists at Brussels.—The New York Times has what ] purports to be a correct account of the doings ol : this gathering. Tbe project ol tbe meeting was ] due mainly to the outbreak of the Spanish revo- ; lution, and to the fact that, after the installation j of the new Spanish Cabinet, it was. found that j we could not putchase Cuba, and that the diplc- ] matic independence of the Captain General ] would not be conceded. The Congress assem- ' bles, more particularly, for the purpose of pre- ] paring a report on the condition ot popular sen- | timent in Europe. The Times gives the follow- : ing as the conclusions arrived at: The Ambassadors agree in reporting the utter I absence of democratic feeling in Europe. In ■ Spain there are no republicans. Mr. Sickles went | purposely to Madrid, and reports this as the re- ' suit of his observation. France is lost in admi- I ration of its prudent and practical government. ! Revolution in Paris is out of the question. Aus tria has succeeded in gaining the hearts of her subjects. Even Kossuth himself is quite forgot ten by the people, the Magyar aristocracy being his only adherents. Poland has no chances, ex cept in the suite of monarchic combinations, arid Italy is completely tired of the madness of Maz zinaism. So of the rest. Europe is satisfied. — The people of the old continent are not ripe' for freedom. Such, we are told, will be the spirit that will pervade the intelligence sent, or to be sent, home by our Ministers in Europe, and these opinions are given as the explanation of the belief that our government would meet no support from any part of Europe, in the attempt to gain possession of Cuba. Spain will not sell the island, and there j is no feeling ol democratic sympathy with this] country which would support us in seeking to effect its conquest by any other means. New York Gubernatorial Election. The New York Times of the 15th inst., fig ures up, with official returns of twenty-six coun ties, a majority for Mr. Clark of ‘247. Since the official returns of twelve additional countieshave been received, which, upon the basis ot the Times’ table, increases Clark’s majority to 895 The returns received in New York on Tues day night, being official from a considerable num- I her of counties, have changed the aspect of the , Governor’s vote, and placed Mr. Seymour once I more in advance of the candidate who so closely j contests his election. The vote, according to 1 the New York Herald now is Horatio Seymour 129.648 | Myron H. Clark 129 343 i Seymour over Clark 305 ] The New York Tribune gives Seymour a tna- | jority of 2, 188, and says it hopes to reduce this , a little in the counties yet to be officially heard ■ from, but not to overcome it, and reiterates the expression of its faith that Gov. Seymour is re- j elected. it is now rendered almost certain that it will I require the official canvass to decide the momen- ; tous question of who is elected Governor. Run on a Bank kt Washington.—The hold ] ers of the notes of Messrs. Selden, Withers & Co., I bankers in Washington, commenced a severe run i upon them on Monday, in consequence, it is said, of the brokers in Baltimore having on Saturday refused to receive them, thereby causing a rumor to get abroad that the bank had failed. The Star says: “As the notes presented were held in small quantities, we presume that up to noon not more than fifteen thousand dollars were so drawn out ■ of their vaults. All that had been presented up] to that time were duly honored, payment being | made as called for on their face. “The partners in this establishment are John Withers, of Alexandria, Va., G. W. C. Whiting and Robert W. Latham, of this city, and L. P Bayne, Esq., of Alexandria. The first named is ! certainly a man of great wealth—worth, at least, 1 $690,000 in bona fide property. The rest ot the | members ol the firm are regarded in this com ] triunity as men of means, independent of their ! capital invested in this bank. A member of the j firm assures us that with the assets ot the house, is at least $300,000 above and beyond any and ] all liabilities of the concern.” I Mr. Selden, formerly known as one of the | firm, witb-drew from it some time since, but left 1 his name to be used by it as usual. The bank I has on band a large sum belonging to depositors. “Will Saltpetre Explode?”—An ex : j change says saltpetre does not explode. One hundred and ten bags were in a warehouse burn 1 ed at t e Cleveland fire, y«t no explosion oecur- >1 Alleged Extensive Mercantile Fraud, a In New York, oh Tuesday, Sergeant IMans li field and officer Smith, ol the Lower Police . Ijiiiit, arrested Hem J and Samuel F. J !•’■ ■ bo'son, hard ware merchants, No. 218 Pearl street, 1 upon a warrant issued by Justice Osborne 1 wherein they are charged with having defrau ded G. M. Chapman (also a hardware merchan’, ~ and doing business in tbe same building with the accused,) out <>r $>17,0(10 by false pretenses ar.-i 'r i.dulent representation.-, Mr. Chapman, in his . affidavit against the prisoners, says that on the I 9'h ol November, 1852. the accused called at ms , office, and asked lor a loan of $lO 000, sta-Hrg that they were doing a good business, that they , o wned the Croton F.le Works at Sing Sing. ta-<t , they had a cash capital over and above all their debts and liabilities of about $lO 000, that they I wanted the loan for the purpose of increasing I their business from the profits of 820,000 per an- I num to that ol $30,000 yearly, and that they I would faithfully restore the money borrowed i from the complainant; and upon their promise of ; al! beir g right, be consented to give m the i required sum, and accordingly, on the 10th ot I December, 1852, the complainant handed over ■ to them the required sum in ready money and I checks on the Union Bunk. The complainant further stales, that, believing the representations | above mentioned, he neglected to take any se- ■ cmi’y other than their word of honor, and that i j several months after I his transaction, just previ ous to the 13th ol May, 1853, he loaned them the further sum of $7,000, on the same represen tations that they had made on the first occasion. Mr. Chapman now alleges that since the time he loaned the money he has never received any portion of it back again, and that he believes toe representations made at the time ot each loan were false ar.d fraudulent, made for the per- ; ose of cheating him out of the above mentioned sum. i The defendants, on being taken before Justice I Osborne, denied the charge most strenuously, and I were quite sanguine that their innocence will I *oon be manifest. After hearing the eo.npUtn- I ant s statements in relation to this alleged fraud, | Justice Osborne concluded to hold each of the defendants to bail in the sum of SIO,OOO, to an swer the charge preferred against them. Bari was immediately forthcoming, and the defen dants departed from Court until an examination of the matter takes place. The Ohio Election-Who Shall Rejoice ? The Statesman, published at Co', umuris, On'o Isays that it was proposed to get up a jubilee, | when the defeat o! the Democracy was made ■ known. All the means and appliances of a I grand display were to be brought int> requi - tion to make the exultant demonstration duty [ and sufficiently impressive. So far, so good- but j when the martercama to be considered more a- | tentively, it was impossible to say who ska‘l re- ( \joice. The motive for an outburst of j>y was | furnished in the defeat of the Democratic parljy, | The means of making a noise Were rvi ly al | . hand, in the shape of an adequate supply ot guu ] powder. But wAo could rejoice I That was a I puzzling question. The Whigs could not reioice ] lor they were worse beaten than the Demoer ‘s —not even having had the honor of owning any ]of the candidates. The Freesoilers could not j;• I biiate, because, says the Statesman : “ They have | lost all distinctive peculiarities as a party and I because even their favorite subject was ignored ' by other isms in reference to the foreign popula tion. The black question gave way. The Irish and German question became uppermost. The Know Nothings probably jubilate, but they can not even rejoice in public, for Tear peopie '.E’l < see who they are, and then rejoicing will see->* I like a mockery. There s none toe; joy lire ■*• j tory.’’ Valuable Public Document. —A correspon dent of the Carolinian says that among the doc uments ordered to be printed by Congressduring last session, and now only issuing from the Wash ington press, is one to which attention ought to be drawn. It is: “The Different Systems of Penal Codes in Eu- I rope,and a Report on the Administrative Changes in France since the Revolution of 1818. by H.S. Sanford, late Charge d’Affairs of the U. States at Paris. Ex. Doc. Senate. No. 08, 33d Con gress—First Session.” Change of Fashion.—lt is stated to be no longer fashionable in New York to trail a quar ter of a yard of rich silk along the pavement, at i the heels of a lady. The streets will be the fouler I from the change of fashion. The conditions exacted by Rachael, the French actress, for an engagement in this coun try, are said to be twelve hundred dollars a night, I and the payment of all her expenses. When it > is remembered that she performs in the French I language, and that French tragedy is a very dis- i ferent thing, both in character and manner of peiformance, from the plays of Shakspeare, the hardihood of the manager who makes these terms may be easily imagined. Sale of a Costly Shawl.—The great Cashmere shawl—the finest needle-work shawl ever seen in America—which cost 53,700 at Con stantinople, and was imported expressly for exhi bition at the World’s Fair, was sold at auction, in New York, on Wednesday, for one thousand and twenty-five dollars. The purchasers name was given as Jas. DeWolfe. Another sold for ,SSOO. The Washington Star learns that the Navy Department anticipate the airivalo, Commo dore Perry in the United States in the course of January next, and that they have advices .from th East saying that the steamships iiuiiuippi and Susquehanna , the sloop Plymouth, and the storeships Supply, Southampton and Lexington, all of that squadron, are now on their way home, leaving on the station the steamer Pow hattan, and the sloops-of-war Macedonian and Vandalia. Captain Joel Abbott will be the senior officer left there. |[Anothbu Indian Massacke.—A letter in the St. Louis Republican states that on the sth ultimo, some 200 miles above Fort Kearney, a paity of 8 California emigrants were atlacked by fifteen Indians. A desperate fight with fire > arms ensued. Several Indians fell,and the re»t fled, but unfortunately, of the emigrants, Henry Law, of New York, Hiram Woodruff and Silas Nodway,were killed and Udolph Wolfe, of New York, wounded. Despatches have been received at the Navy Department announcing the arrival of Commo dore Perry at Southampton, England. The North Carolina Rail Road is completed from Goldsborough to within about three miles of Raleigh, and west some fifteen miles. (The Laws and Journals. Inquiries have been recently made through the ; Savannah press, as to the probable time of tbe publication mid distribution ot tbe Laws and , Journals ot lj.-r ti.-sion, to which no satisfactorj response has been given from any quarter. The condition of things in regard to this mat ter lor several years past l>as been not very cred . r able to the present system of publication as it prevails in Georgia It is now more than twelve . months since the atst-muling of the last Legisla , ture, and near ten months since its final adjourn merit. Yet, its proceedings are still almost a sealed book to the public. During al! this time we have been living under laws that few hive seen or know any thing about. This is almost js bad as the state ot things under the Roman Emperor, who hung his laws up so high on the walls, and printed them in characters so small, -hat it was almost impossible to read them. 1 hese delays, which have occurred not for the first time this year, have had, and must continue to have, great influence on the question of an nual sessions. We may consider recurrence to annual ees sions, however desirable in other respects, indefi nitely postponed. For the people will well rea son, why have a new Legislature met before the people know what laws the old one has enacted. 3y tbe time they are in print, they might be no i longer in force. Tbe process of repeal might be already complete, and new la ys enacted, which, in turn, would take twelve months to reach the public eye. In contrast with this system, we will state that a few days ago we were in the State Library at Milledgeville and there saw the Jour nal of proceedings of the Council and lower house o! Utah Territory for 1853-1 publishedat Great Salt Lake City. It contained among other in teresting documents, Gov. Brigham Young's Message. The Legislature of that distant peo ple adjourned January 20th, 185-1, and yet we have the Journal ot proceedings at the Capita! of Georgia, while the proceedings of our own Legislature which adjrurned a few days later only, are still awaiting publication. We also saw at the same time and place a copy f tbe Lrws passed by the Legislature of Con necticut, which adjourned on the 23d of last June. We leave comment so the public. The Waynesboro Rail Road. Passing Millen on ‘londay, we saw a 'arge number of cars loaded wfh Cotton for Augusta awaiting transportation No Cotton, however, had accumulated there for the Savannah market. I Wny this discrimination ? Will any of the I Savannah papers inform us? As the Waynes- | tr.ro Road is under the control and management ; cl trie Central Road, we should presume the dii lieulty would not be greater of getting Cotton to Augusta than to Savannah. Tbe distance to Augusta from that point is not so great as to Savannah, and the charge lor freight is certainly not less. Why then should tbe Central Road j neglect this business to do more work for less money ? Medical College of Georgia. We understand that the regular course cf ic s’rurtion in our Medical College commenced on be 20 r h instant, under very flattering circum stauos. There are no doubt many students, in the interior, who are kept back by the fear of i yellow fever. To such, we can truly say, that her-is no danger whatever in coming here at present. Georgia Female College jjWe would call the attention of parents and ji’uar lians to the ad.'ertis?ment of this institu- I tioft in this day’s paper. It stands deservedly j high in the State, and has not its superior in the I Unwn. The Florida Republican has changed hands. Its former and able editor, Mr. Columbus Drew has retired, having disposed of his interest in the paper to Mr. Thomas C. Blanchard, late of Sa j vannah. Shipping in Port—Freights. We find, (says the Savannah Georgian.) on i making a comparison, that there is a very stri-] k’rig difference as to the amount of shipping now in port, and at tbe corresponding date of last year and the year before last. The follow- 1 ing exhibit presents the number of vessels of different classes, anchored in our river at the present time, and at the same date in 1853 and 1852. Ships. Barks. Brigs. Schoon’s. 1854..27 11 6 10 1853. . 4 4 12 14 1852. .15 8 14 12 From the foregoing it will be seen that the number of scil in port a year ago were 34 ; now it is 57 But the increase is far less in the num ber of vessels than in the amount of tonnage.— Last year there were but 4 ships, against 27 now in port. The number of barks is as 14 to 4. It is not strange that there is a corresponding fail in freights. Comparing, for instance, the rate to Boston, we find it in November 1852 and 1853, 9-16 :it is now ? —a decline of 3-16 of a cent. We may remark, that lumber one of our prin cipal articles of export, is this season unusually backward in arriving, owing to the very low stage ol the river, until within a few days past. The late rains having caused a rise, a large num her of rafts may soon be expected. Supreme Court at Milledgeville.—ln our last issue (says the Federal Union of the 21st inst.,) ws merely stated that neither ol the judges were present. As their absence may give rise to illiberal and prejudicial remarks, we would inform eur readers, that Judge Lumpkin's ab sence was owing to the sickness of himself ar.d family. Judge Benning had not sufficiently re covered from a recent severe attack to justify his attendance, and Judge Starnes from the illness ol Mrs. Starnes. This is tbe first Court, that either one of the present bench has failed to attend, rhe cases returned, being twelve in number, wilt be heard and decided at tbe next regular Term of the Court in May, 1855. The steamer Fulton is about to be sent in search of the sloop-of-war Albany, for the safe ty of which grave fears are entertained by the government. The wreck of the ship New Era lies in the same position, with her masts still standing, ..nd her hull full of water. One hundred and sixty dead bodies have been picked up. Orders have been received at the Charles- Itown Navy Yard to fit out the United States sloops of war Cyano and Saratoga, as soon a» possible. Meeting of thu Evanuhlical Luiuekan Synod —The Evangelical Lutheran Synod ot South Carolina and adjrcent States, met at Mount Pilgrim Church, Cowe'a C'cvciy, G‘. >r gia. on Friday, 10th inst. Ihe Syn.xl cun bines congregations in South Carolina, Georgia, Ala bama and Mississipp’. Owing to the large ex tent ol territory in which the ministers and members are situated, tbe attendai.ee was not large, their being only nineteen ministers arid seventeen lay delegates pre ent. The Churches generally were reported as being in a prosperous condition. Two new Churches v ere received n-to cun.’.ec'iuii, ti ve Rccotiates udmilted to oi dir atit.-n, and two students from the T> eological Seminary at Lexington, S. C., licensed to preach. Resolutions were passed giving permission for the formation of two new Synods, one in Mis sissippi and the other in Georgia, provided the congregations in said States m-iy so determine. Resolutions were also passed instructing the Board of Directors of the Theological Seminary at Lexington, Sou’h Carolina, to take steps for the removal of the Seminary to some more eli gible locality in South Carolina, and also to ap ply to tbe Legislature ot that State to change the act of incorporation to that of a regular Col- , lege, witn the privilege of conferring degrees. It was determined to establish a depository in Savannah for the sale of Southern publications, ; attl- Boc-L Store of M> -*rs. John M. Cooper N Co. ‘ A liberal appropriation was made for missions within the bounds of the Synod. The next annual meeting ot the Synod is to be held at Bethlem Church, Newberry, S. C. It is not true that the British government have sent a naval force to tha West Indies with any reference to Cuba, as has been stated. Mr William R. Jackson,of Baltimore, has in vited a deteched cabin for steamers and ships, which is so arranged as to be readily detached from a sinking vessel. It may be constructed to afford safety for several hundred persons one or more may be adjusted to the deck of a large ship. The American speaks favorably of the invention Liberal Donation.—The Hon. D. S. Gregory has presented tbe Young Men’s Christian As sociation of Jersey city, lately organized, with 2,000 volumes of literart', religious, scientific and misceliaaeons works. The Cincinnati Money Market is gradually recovering from the late panic and assuming a more natural and settled ton". (communicated.) The Know Nothings and tha South James Gardner, Esq.—By promising ail things to all men, the leaders of the order of Know Nothings have acquired for it, in a very brief period ot time, a very powerful position as a political party. They have even succeeded in dividing the foreign population against itself— the Protestant Irish against the Irish Roman Catholics, and both against the emigrants from tbe Fatherland of Gce'he. Know-Nothingistn is already a power at tbe North—which no policeman tnere, can afford to despise. Success at the South has hitherto been trifling. Its principles conflict no less with the Constitution of the Union than with the conser vative convictions of the Southern States From innumerable indications, there is little room to doubt, that the founders of the new party, princi pally intended to confine their operation to the North, and expected only opposition from the South. They may have imagined that they could triumyh without Southern aid. Recent elections, however, Lave proven thet bigotry has fewer fol lowers than the ' Principle'" of free dom for ail, without distinction of birth, or reli gious belief. The South, therefore, must be conciliated.— The same men who have, in several Northern States, amalgamated with the Abolitionists, now try to secure the support of the slave-holding ! States by arguments in favor of our domestic in ■ stitrrtions. Says a recent number of the Know- I Nothing Standard, the organ of the party in the 1 city of New York: I “ The American organization is not a local in stitution—it extends East, West, Narth and South—and an entire repudiation of every thing like Jlbolilionistn was necessary to preserve its in tegrity an unity. This independent nomination, therefore, is a guarantee to our SouU.ern friends, that, whatever the parties of the North may do, the patriotism of the masses knows no distinc tion between North and South. Whether Mr Ullman and disassociates on the American tick et are to be elected or not, we feel convinced that I tbe men of real principle attached to the Ameri can organization in this State will vote forthem, and thus exhibit their complete alienation from ail party corruptions.” As Jeffry said oi Words worths excursion, say we of this assertion, “ this will never do!” In the lace cf facts, the South cannot be seduced by mere statements. What would be the effect of the success of Know-Nothingism on our power in the nation ? That should be the test applied to this as to every ] other ism. Sir, I answer confidently. It would be most I disastrous to our interests. Whoever knows any ( thing of the character of the foreign-born popu- j lation of tbe North, is aware of this fact. The ] adopted Irish citizens form the strongest pillar of ; our power in the free States. Disfranchise them ] and the Abolitionists would sweep the North I like a desolating blast. Can the South afford to lose any power in the , North, in the present position of political parties? | Let the South beware how it harbors the ex- ' clusives. A Citizen or Georgia. I [communicated.] Inquiries on Banking. Why is it the South Carolina Banks can af ford to do business, getting as they do but six ] per cent tor the use of their bills, while the Geor- I gia Banks charge seven, and yet are so reluctant | to put out their circulation .’ Were our Banks made to furnish a currency | for the people of Georgia, or for the people of ] Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi ? Not one 1 here should complain if our Banks are in such j good credit ata distance that their bills pass cur- , rent so far from home. But is it not a ground of | complaint, that they are so freely sent off to do business elsewhere, and so sparingly dealt out for business wantsat their very doors? A Survey of Constradt.—The British sur veying steamer Lighting has returned to Eng land from the Baltic. A London paper says: The lightning accomplished her duties as a surveying vessel iaa highly satisfactory manner; and, having run in close to Cronstadt, had a good i opportunity of reconnoitering the strength of It hat fortress. The mouth of the harbor is nar row, and aae ship only could enter at a time, which shq would have to do under the concen- i bated bring ol 10d guns, and it she pa»»<-d -the > outer entrance she would receive, L* <u>- peer ing the inner harbor, the concentrated firirgfrom 280 guns on a doubie-tier battery erected at its eritranC'-, and in which 14 ships of the H.ie are ■ now lying. The walls are of solid granite. 18 f. ct thick, and it would require a considerable l->nd loice t > aid a powerful fleet when attempt ing to ifisbny tbe fortification*. Further Foreign News by the Asia. Our foreign hies to the 4th inst., by tbe Asia, contain some few additional matters not wrth f out interest Great Britain and Ireland.—Contribu tions to a veiy laige amount continue to flow into the various funds established tor relief of the nick and wounded. Public meetings are be ing held in the chief cities in aid of these “ pat riotic funds.” Smith O’Brien was a passenger by the last In dian mail steamer. Not being permitted to re turn to Great Britain or Ireland, be left the steamer at Gibraltar, and will probably take up his residence in Italy. The Canadian screw steamers Cleopatra and Ottawa are embirking troops—the .ormer at Cork, the latter at Portsmouth. The Peninsular and Orient Steam Navigation Company have issued a special circular, order ing that (taking warning by the recent deplora ble loss oi the Arctic) when the weather sets in thick, so that objects cannot be distinguished j—say a quarter of a mile distant—the ships of ; the company shall be slowed the half-speed ; or, I it the tog becomes more dense, tbe speed is, to | be further reduced, or wholly stopped; and the | stearn-whistles are to be sounded during the con ; dniiauce ol the tog. The deminution oi speed and the »ound ot the w hrstie are to be enteitd in 'he log-book. Any deviation from these orders i will be punished by dismissal of the officers o! the iship. The Court of Exchequer have ordered a new j trial in the case of Boyle vs Cardinal Wiseman jOn the former trial the plaintiff was nou-suit -1 ed. | Alexander Smith, the young poet, has been i appointed by the Queen .assistant co the astion- I omer for Scotland. i The visit of Lord Cannon to Paris relative to the arrangement of a more equitable system of postage between France and England has, it is said succeeded to a considerable extent. The post age of a single letter is henceforward, report saye, i to be 6d. (12 sous) either way, in place of 10d., paid at present in England, and 16 sous in France Archdeacon Wilberforce has formally connect ed himself with the Roman Catholic Church. France—The Russian prisoners in France are employed in repairing the Jnrtificatio is o' the Island of Aix- The men recarve one cent and a half a day. and the provisions of an army in campaign ; the officers receive one hundred or two Hundred francs a month, according to the grade, without provisions. The wives of the officers have 50 francs a month; the wives of the soldiers have nothing but rations ot bread. The expected decree upon the distillation of breadstuff’s has appeared. Tbe manufacture of alcohol from all farinaceous substances is forbid den lor tbe present. The Minister of Agricul ture says in his report that, in spite of t!;e in contestable abundance ot tile harvest, prices con tinue high; that immense purchases ot grain have been made by distillers; and that public opinion is beginning to be seriously concerned at rhe prospect. He regrets the necessity of a pro hibitive measure the iess, inasmuch ae alcohol made trom grain could not be exported, as the law - forbidding the exportation ot grain would be interpreted to include spirits distilled from grain. People suppose from this decree that the crop is tar from being as abundant as reported. Twoof’the Emperor Napoleon’s ministers are ill in Paris—M Billault, Minister of the Interior, and M. Brneau, Minister of Finance, who has lost his voice. Prince Napoleon is authorized to wear the mil itary medal, for his “fine conduct at Alma.” This military medal is given principally to pri vates who distinguished themselves, and has more than once been bestowed upon retired soldiers who have become railread gate keepers It is a question whether it will be received with thanks by a general of division and a grand corden of the Legion of Honor. Italy.—Letters from Rome speak of exten sive preparations being made there forthe Evan gelical Council to be held next month for tbe j purpose of pronouncing the Virgin immaculate ■in her conception and free from Srigina! sin. St. Peter’s, the Vatican, the Chapelle Sixtus, St. Jean de Lateran, &c., are to be refreshed and re burnished; their courts are to be paved in mo saic. The Vatican will be lighted with gas.— The council will be held at St. Jean de Lateran next month, and the dogma will be promulgated with all the pomp ol which the Eternal City is capable, on the Bth of December, the fete of the Holy, arid now as it seems, the Immaculate Con ception. Five hundred foreign prelates will at tend the ceremony. It was rumored at Rome that the French ar.d Austrian troops, now occupying the Pontifical dominions, would shortly be replaced by Italian troops. The Piedmontese army in that case wilt occupy the Legations and Umbria, and a Neapol itan force will be stationed at Rome and in the marshes. This change, however, is only to take , place in the event of a general war in Europe against Russia, when France and be obliged to withdraw their armies from Italy ! A sort of Italian confederacy will then be form ; ed under the presidency of the Sovereign Pontiff, and under the protection ol the allied powers. The VV/.b, in the East.—A letter from the Baltic says that the Gulf of Finland only con tains two strong places which would be ot value to the allies, namely, Sweaborg, which would render them masters of Finland, and Constradt, which would open the road to St. Petersburg Revel is of little or no use, as it is without any strategical line, and for several years past it baa ceased s o be a Russian naval station, ihe cap ture ot Sweaborg, with the maritime forces of the allies, and 30,000 to 40,000 of land force, might be considered as certain. The nature of 1 the coast is such that a landing cannot be pre ! vented, provided it be effected at. five or six miles 1 distant from Helsingfors, which can also be taken. I Toward the end of November, by which time I the Gulf of Finland will be frozen over, the j fleet will leave for England. Having got through ; the Great Belt, each ship will make the best I course for the British shores, irrespective cf sta ! tionsor keeping in company with the eomrnand | er-in-chief. The PaiNcirALrriF.s and the Danube I Bucharest advices of October 30th state that tn consequence of the movement on th* Sereth by Sadyk I’acba, Prince Gortsehakoff has given or ! ders to the Russian troops who bad uot yet pass -1 ed the Dneister, to make a retrograde movement, ! and to take up a position on the Pruth and Dan ; übe. Achmet Pacha has received orders to join I Sadyk Pacha with 10,000 men, whilst Iskender ! Bey is to enter the Dobrudscha with 4,000 caval- I ry. The truth of the matter seems to be, that I GortschakofT’s reported movements in the Do brudscha had reference merely to strengthening j his position. ’ Asia.—Advices from the seat of war in Asia, I state that tbe Russians occupy Topracx Kale, l and threaten Kars. j Russia.—Count Nesselrode says, Russia is the . mightiest power in the East, and in spite ol any i disaster which might befall her, she will cor.- | tinue to be so. Although Russia has not yet i : brought her principal military power into the field, the Western powers Lave had no cause to. r I triumph. A letter from Tarnopol, of the 21st ult., says • “ For the third time, troops are being concea- • trated around the town of Kaminieca-Podloski, on the Russian frontier. Those which have al ready arrived are estimated at 1 5,000 to 18,0 M . men, and re-inforcements are constantly arriving. In the government of Kiew. the arrivals of regi ments ol the Guard from Poland was expected about the middle of the month, on their way, r by forced marches, to the Crimea.” 1 Specie.—We notice a consignment of SSO,OOiJ I by the steamship Florida, arrived on Saturday, -for the Planter’s Bank, of this city. This re , 1 one of tbe most welcome visitors of the many • i «fra«£er» lately coming among us lit-
