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(Times avfo Sentinel.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
TUESDAY MOVING, MAY 22. 1855.
Congressional Convention, 2d District.
We suggest that the Democratic Congressional Conven
tion for the Second District be held at Americua, on Wed
nesday, 11th July next. The Supreme Court will he in
session at that time in Americua. What say our Demo
cratic cotemporaries to this suggestion.’ ‘i he time and
place ought to be agreed upon at once. wtwtd.
Democratic Convention in Muscogee*
The Democratic Party ol Muscogee county will meet
in Convention at the Court Ilou.e at 12 o’clock Mon
Wednesday, 23d May, for tire purpose of selecting
delegates to the Gubernatorial & Congressional ( onveo
tionß. wtwtd.
The Address ol Ur. Overby.
The candidate of the Prohibit parry in Georgia
was welcomed to Columbus by a very Luge and im
posing audience, composed of both lud.t-s and gentlemen
and of all classes in politics. The met ting was or
ganized by calling to the chair, Col. J ones M. Chamber s,
who introduced Mr. Overby to hi* audie ce.
The introductor y portion of the addrets was consum
ed in an account ol the mode of his nomination and an
exposition of the platform of the Prohibit onists.——
They advocate, according to Mr. Over by, a repeal of
the preaeut license laws, and efficient legislative enact
ments to prevent the *ale * f liquor ub a beverage to be
drunk at the place of sale. The eloquent gentleman
next justified the Frol*.Unionists in organizing a separate
politic.*) party upon the ground that no questions of
moment now separate the old political parties of Geor
gia ; upon the failure of the plans heretofore pursued,
and instanced the utter connmpt with which the last
legislature treated the petitions of 0500 rm-n and 7000
women to have the question of license or no license re
furred to the people of the several counties of the
State; arrd upon the ground that Temperance was the
paramount question now before tire people of Georgia.
This last point was elaborated at some length and ire
lamentable evils of intemperance wer e portrayed with
considerable force. He next replied to the objections
uiged against the temperance movement. To the ob
jection that it was a one idea movement, he replied that
it reached down to hell, ascended to heaven, and enter
ed every family and home in the land, lie also re
ferred to the immense results that sprung from the
one idea of Columbus, of Whitney and of Morse. To
the objection that it involved legislation upon a moral
question, he replied that the laws against homicide, at.d
indeed the whole penal code were instances of legisla
tion on morals. To the objection of unconstitutionally
he jreplied by arguing that the present license law gave
up the principle that the legislature had the right to
preecripe the mode of selling spirituous liquors and con
tended that ail the Temperance party asked was an ex
tension of this principle, lie next addressed himself to
the political aspect of the question, and contended, w.th
much force, that liquor shops wete more injurious to
our slave population than all the wicked machinations
of the abohticnists. The speaker then closed hy an
appeal to his audience as philanthropists, as patriots and
ax Christians to join .n the crusade against the mounter
iniquity of the day winch was the root of 75 per cent of
the crimes committed in the State; was dcsti active of
more lives in one year in the United Slides than were
lost in all the wars in which the United States had
ever been engaged, and consumed more money per an
num than was sufficient to establish and keep in ope
ration four schools in every militia district in the State.
The peroration was well conceived and put with con
siderable skill, but was marred somewhat by a cleidal :
mannerism to which the speaker is but too prone when ;
highly excited. The whole effort was creditable, wiih
out beiug *reat. It was received with frequent hursts
of applause.
While we cannot agree with Mr. Overby that the
Temperance question is the paramount issue now pend
ing before the people of Georgia, and cannot, thereto! e, j
give him our support, we fully appieeialo the great \
evils of intemperance and would gladly see some con- j
stitulional mode devisi and whereby it might be feci eased j
if not totally dtstroyed, and as we do not apprehend j
that the Temperance pal ly w ill gain ascendency in the ;
Slate, we prt ter to bid their candidate God speed, to !
caviling with him about the means he propose* t* adopt
to eradicate the evds of intemp. ruiue. They ale of j
sufficient magnitude to arrest public attention, and j
no harm can risult from a discussion of tin mas wII as
of the proper mod. sos cure by a genii* mam so ck-wr, |
eloquent, and reliable as Mr. Overby. We believe he !
was a Southern lights Whig. iVc are quite sure that ;
he is a good eitzcii and an hottest man. Matty jca*s
ago we knew a young man, the son of a widow, lie
was just starting in hit- and by bis sober, upright and
diligent course of conduct had won the tsuem ol his
fellow eitiz ns who had elecUd him Clerk of the Coun
ty Court. We never saw a young man who had
brighter prospects, and ho had, besides, many personal
advantages of manner and person, By the accidents of
life we were separated lor several years The other
day we met him in the streets of Columbus. lie was J
prematurely gray ; his eye bud lost its fire ; his form its j
manly grace; he was the victim of intentperunoo. lie |
advanced to meet us with an unsteady slip a.d grasped j
our hand with the cordiality of Lang Si/ne, hut hi* j
hand was hot with the 1 quid tire that prayed upon his ;
vitals. Looking us in the face, tears stai t.-d to his . ves, j
as he exclaim, din deep earnestness—“ For God’s sake— j
vote for Ovetby for Governor of Georgia.’ 9
Such an apputl fiom such a quarter sperks volumes j
as to the terrible evils inflicted upon community by dram
shops and dram drinking, and though uv may not feel
free to comply with the wishes of our unfortunate
friend, we shall certainly use what little influence we
have as public journalists in favor of temperance and
sobriety.
A. If Stephens agai. -t the Know Nothings*
To the exclusion of our usual vanity we publish to
day the able, interesting and conclusive argument of Al
exander 11. Stephens against the Know Nothings. The
fact that a large majority of the political associates of j
Mr. Stephens in his Congressional District and in •
Georgia are members of the Older, and that in taking I
position against them, he forfeits their confidence and ‘
voluntarily put an end temporarily, at least, to a most j
brilliant political career, will commend his letter to the !
favorable consideration of all li s fellow citizens of all j
parties, and tend, we hope, to arrest thespreud of this S
most disreputable of all the isms in Georgia.
We rigret Mr. Stephens’ determination to retire to
private life. During the last session of Congress he j
rendered invaluable service to the {South not only by his
triumphant vindication of our institutions, but by his
thorough mastery of Parliaments y law. There never
was a time w hen such men were more re* ded than
now in the National Legislature. The South is just
entering upon a struggle in which her existence is a*
stake. Upon nil the issues involved in this struggle,
we believe Mr. Stephens to bo entirely trustworthy :
and, were we in h:s district, should counsel a union of
the sound men of all parties to secure his re election,
nolens volens. He is a champion that ought not to be
absent from the walls when the existence of Trov is in
peril. By all means, read his Utter and ponder well
the argument. It is worthy of the occasion.
Southern Baptist Convention.
First Day—Mat 1 lih.
This body assembled in Montgomery, Ala . on the
11th inst., and was organ zd by calling Dr. Howell, us
Richmond | Va., to the chair.
The first business in order was the report of the
Bible Society. Tne report showed the .mount ol re
ceipts to have been $10,600 and the disbursements
about $8 CUO. Much the heaviest contribution to this
cause was from South Carolina.
The next business in order was the report of the
Home Missionary Society. The r ceipts of the pas,
year were, in round numbers, $21.000 —a gr.atcr
amount than was ever before contributed to this ofrj-ct.
Georgia contribut and the largest share. The board have
in their empl >y 1) agents, ami 00 m ssionaries w ho min
ister to 250 churches, to which arc attached 100 Sun
day Schools with 3,409 sell* 1 *rs.
In the evtnining. Rev. A. D Sears, of Kentucky,
preached the Convention Sermon at the Baptist Church
to a large audience.
The Declination o 1 Alfred H. Colquitt.
,We publish below a letter from the Hon. Alfred 11.
Colquitt declining to be a candidate for the nomination
of the Democratic party for Congress. We announced
some time since that he would be a candiate unless
prevented by providential interposition, lhe anticipated
blow has fallen with crushing force In the short space
of one week the wife us his bosom and his honored
father have passed that bourn whence no traveler re
turns. The duties devolving upon our faithful repre
sentative under these trying circumstances makes it
impossible for him to serve the public without sacrific
ing higher and holier interests. We submit to the
necessity that severs the relatiou subsisting between us
and him as our Representative iu Congress with ex
treme reluctance. Under his lead the Second Con
gressional District was won back to the Democratic
cause. In his high office he Las acquitted himself with
great credit. in his whole political course he has been
governed by the highest integrity and the ancient land
ana ks of the old Republican faith, and with large ex
perience would have acquired nn influence and position
equal to the highest expectations of Lis friends.
These we know are the feelings of the entire constit
uciiey of the Second Congressional District.
It now becoints the duty of the Democratic party to
choose another standard bearer. In making the selec
tion we earnestly urge them to be guided only by the
worth, talent and political integrity of the candidates.—
The hones test, most talented and most reliable Demo
crat in the District is the man for the office. The
place of his residence is unworthy of a ftiomeni’s con
sideration. Congressional honors ought not to be con
ferred as a mark of personal predilection, but as a badge
of merit. We have our preferences, hut prefer to leave
the whole matter in the hands of a District Convention,
as we are determined our paper shall never become the
mouth piece of any man, or clique in the Democratic
party. We hope the various counties in the District
will at once appoint deb-gales to the Contention and
that they will select them from their wisest and best
citizens. Success or defeat in the election will depend
entirely, we believe, upon the candidate chosen to fill
the place of M;*j. Colquitt. He must be a man discon*
(looted with all the isms of the hour, of known integ
rity and acknowledged talents. To such a standard j
bearer, the good and true men of the party will rally to j
a man, and bear him in triumph over all opposition, j
whether stcret or open, that the enemies of our chef- ■
ished principles may make.
Letter from the Hou. A. II- Colquitt.
Baker County, May 15th Ga.
Messrs. Editors.—From the action of county meet
ings and from other sources, [ have reason to conclude
that the membets and friends of the Democratic par
ty desire iny re-nomination as a candidate for Congress
in this District. I lake this method of cotmnunic*
| ting to then* that 1 cannot be a candidate. This an
| nouncement l have withheld for some tVie with the
j hope that I might, in the end. he able to comply with
■ their wishes. It is now plain to me that I cannot. Recent j
| domestic afflictions have imposed upon me other duties 1
j and totally disqualify tne for an alive political con- j
! tcßt *
| To my friends who have supported me with so j
J much cordiality, and who d<siru to give mo anew !
j proof of their confidence, I return my thanks. I shall ;
never forget my obligations to them for their partiality j
j and kindness. With respect
Four obedient servant.
Alfred 11. Colquitt.
A trip to the Country before Breakfast.
At the invitation of Mr. Charles A. Peabody, of the
I Sorl oj the South , we arose on Wednesday morning
-j last b fore Ihe sun, and, in company with an esteemed
| friend, paid a visit to his charming country seat, five
| miles trwii town. The atmosphere was as refreshing j
! as a shower hath, and every tree and flower was re
| juicing in the dewy breath of morn. In an hour w<* !
j had reached his mansion, and stopping just long enough
! to shake hands with our hospitable host, we proceeded
iat once to his straw b. rry grounds. The sight surpassed
; our most sanguine expectations. They consist of a
| ten acre field, and every foot of ground was red with
| the ripe and luscious fruit. The Hovey Seedling was
! ‘he prevailing growth ; but we found a part of the
j gt< und covered with the Peabody Seedling, a cross
| In-tween the Hovey and a native w ilding, which pleased
ji* better even than the Hovey. The vine is larger,
! the fruit quite as large, more luscious and abundant.
|lt is like the Hovey, a contuous bearer. We saw vines j
of this Seedling which contained over two hundred I
; Gribs, some just forming, others turning, and others !
j again ready to melt on the tongue. it was a sight to |
i tempt an epicale. The most astonsiting feature in the !
| condition .f this crop is that it has been produced j
| without artificial watering. We atttibute the success !
|of Mr. Peabody to his system of culture in which j
I mulching forms a conspicuous feature.
In the same fit Id Mr. Peabody lias 2000 water melon j
vines, many of which have fruit already formed, and he 1
expects to supply the market with this delightful fruit ;
by the 10th proximo. In each hill of the melon ?
vines was a tomato plant. Mr. P. informed us that j
the tomato does not interfere with the melon while it j
protects it from the bugs that pr*-y upon it. If this be i
true, it is a fact worth remembering by cultivators of
j the water /helon.
I After feasting our eyes and mouth upon these de
j lightful grounds, vve repaired to the house where the j
! good lady (;f the mansion had prepared a breakfast ta- I
j file groaning with every variety of viands to which our
’ unwonted exercise enabled us to do ample justice, and
| concluded the repast with strawberries and cream.—
j ! laving selected some of the cHoisest flowers which
i grow in profusion in every nook and corner of this de
; iightlul retreat, we hitched up and in an hour were
attain rcated in our sanctum in time for the eastern
mail, blessing our stars that Columbus is our home and
Peabody our friend. By the way, we selected a burial
place for ourselves as brother Knowles of the Recorder
suggested, and will be prepared to occupy it if Wise is
defeated in Virginia and the Parson will come over to
perform the funeral service; and made a special agree
ment with friend Peabody to relinquish all claims to
the chosen spot to friend KnowUs in the event ho
should want a place to bury himself and the Know
Nothings in the event the fortunes of war go against.
I them in the old Dominion.
Return of the City Light Guards.
After an absence of near a week, the City Light 1
Guards, Lieutenant DeWitt commanding, returned to j
the city on Tuesday last overflowing with admiration *
for the soldierly qualities and generous hospitality of j
! their hosts, the Montgomery R ties, Capt. Thom.— j
i I hey represent their excursion us one of unalloyed 1
i pleasure from beginning to end, and lack language to j
| convey their sense of obligation to the generous and j
whole eoolt-d citizens of Montgomery, who opened to ‘
them their hearts and homes and did every thing that :
imagination could conceive and hospitality could bug- \
gust to Contribute to their entertainment. We hope it j
will not be long before they vr il have ati opportunity of j
reciprocating the generous conduct of their fellows in j
arms. \V e welcome them back to home and friends.
Complimentary to Mr. Dalzell.
The Convention of the Diocese, of Georgia, says
the Savannah Republican of the 18th, being in session
at Macon last week, Bishop Elliot availed himself of
the occasion of presenting to the Rev Mr. Dalzell, of
Columbus, in behalf of the Vestry of Christ Church of
Savannah, two heavy SI vet* Pitchers and two Goblets,
with appropriate inscriptions. It will be remembered
that Mr. Dalzell came to the assitauce of the Bishop
last summer, and that he remained in Savannah until
the epidenre had spent itself, visiting the sick, relieving
the destitute and comforting the dying. He’ went day
and night, and gave Ins services alike to the poor and
; the rich, whether Protestant or Catholic. The War
dens and Vestry of Christ Church very naturally de
j-ired to make acknowledgment of the invaluable servi
ct of tfsis Christian hero, and failing to persuade him
t‘> accept a gitt in money, they caused to have present
ed t him the plate of which we have spoken. The
. ptopl-of Stvannah have much cause to bear the rev
rend gentleman in grateful remembrance, and we j
doubt not mat this announcement will bo received by
tlum with unmixed satisfaction.
Labens Removed —The President lias removed Mr.
John \\ . Kibens, the associate of Col. Kinney in the
Nicaragua Expedition, from the post of Commercial
Agent at Ban Juan del Norte—Grey town.
The tendency of Know Nothlngisrn to Riot ana
Murder.
However peacefully inclined our Know Nothing
fellow cit z*U3 of Columbus may be, their “worthy
brethren 99 of Louisville, Ky., resorted to the most ex
tiettie measures at a recent election for magistrates and
constables in Bat city. VVe learn from the papers pub
lished there that o:i the day of election ‘“a mob of brui
sers and bullies usurp’ and the p >wer, and to ali interests
and purposes determined the result by violence and
bloodshed.’’
The Courier , a Know Nothing organ, gives the fol
lowing ancouut of the disgraceful proceedings :
“But there were other transactions on Saturday, in the
First Ward, for w hich we must take some of the incomide
late friend? of Americanism to task. There were foreigners
innocent of any wrong, or intention of wrong, who, when
passing along the stieet, when in their own houses, when
distant from the polls, were attacked and beaten most un
mercifully. ‘File houses ot some Germans were entered
and their property destroyed ; others were pursued by
crowds of infuriated men and hoys. These attacks,in mmy
cases without provocation .cannot he excused. It is true that
there was much tti the shape of rumor to lewd the excite
ment. A boy was r* ported to have bo n shot by a German
from the windows of a house and oilier indignities commit
ted ; but of these things we could a-cartain nothing difi ite.
One outrage, of which we have been advi.ed, entirely by
American citizens, des rv.es particular notice. Thrust Ger
mans—Charles Hunt, John Snyder, and Paul Beesitiger—
being chased bom the polls, took refuge in Peter Merkel’s,
on Market street, tw.> squares distant. A large gang pur
sued them, and guns be tig fired from the upper stories, they
broke into the house, destroyed all the fixtures about the
bar-room, beat Meikel, who had not even attempted t •
vote, entered his private room, destroyed the furniture. and
one ruffian actuary struck Mrs. Merkel while she war at
tempting to save her husband. For such an outrage there
cs i be no apology, and yet of this character wete many
others during Saturday.”
it has been pretended that the main object of the
Know Nothings was to secure the purity of the ballot
box and put down riotous proceedings at elections
Many good men, we doubt not, have brec lured into
the eouned rooms of the order by these specious pre
tences of iis advocates. It is for them to justify to their
fellow citizens the consistency of the foregoing outrages
with the professed objects of the order, and the free
dom of the ballot. It is urged, and with some show of
plausibility, that the parlies to these outrages acted
without authority and their conduct is chargeable to
j them in their individual capacity. But then the older
| is responsible for arousing the passions which resulted
in these outrages upon private rights ; and, so far as we
j are iuiormed, the members of the order stood by and
j saw them perpetrated without raising a finger to pro- 1
vent them.
In commenting upon these disgraceful proceedings,
the Louisville Democrat uses the following appropriate
remarks;
“iuch transactions strike at the vitals of free institutions.
A riot or a mob may be a trifle, but when it is an organized
body, designed to desecrate the rights of franchise, and con
trot elections by force, it is a damning crime against free
institutions
“We read with contempt the pervasion of the ballot, by
Louis Napoleon and Santa Anna, when we saw the sacred
emblems ol freedom made to subserve despotism. It wi
a honid mockery ot liberty ; like using the sacramental cup
‘ in bacchanalian revels.
j “The Americans couldn't tolerate such crimes, hut right \
here in Louisville, when the day for choice tor civil officers i
i came, and lethal voters were called to make their choice, a
i mob of briars and bullies usurped the power, and to ail im
i tents and purposes, determined t;ic result by violence and
bloodshed.
“'Hie facts and the purposes admit of no concealment or
I disguise. The transaction called an election was a farce,
! and a mockery of our tree institutions,
j “Plain as the case is, excuses and denials will !e tolerat- j
■ ed, and the re ult chuckled over with faint condemnation j
by men who would be thought respectable. Such deeds j
don’t happen without countenance and connivance on. the j
part ol men who would not dare take an open hand in |
such trau-actions. The. mass of any party is responsible
tor such deeds, continued systematically ; not at one place j
only, but any where that it is needed ibr an object We j
can onlv say in conclusion that this scoundrelisrn must stop ;
here. There will be less or more at the next attempt to j
nq>eat it. If our elections arc to be determined by ruffians, j
bullies and bruisers, the sooner we know it the better. It •
is high time we should know who is ready to identity him j
self with the ruffian and bruiser party, and sit by quietly J
i and see law and decency trampled under toot, and our :
j elections turned into mobs. N” w onder ni n become dis j
1 gusted with popular suffrage, and seek refuge from scoun* j
j dreiisni in more formidable weapons than the ballot box. j
Better have one tyrant than a hundred bruisers and bullies :
Wo give the details elsewhere, and we can’t help it it any !
one is compelled to blush at the desecration of tne assumed !
“This w ill no doubt be treated as a mere trifle in some j
quarters—a little wrong to be sure—not exactly justifiable, j
but then the innocent Americans were very much provok- I
ed at the sight of Dutchmen, and the boys could not be j
well restrained in their youthful sport*. The parties that j
preconcerted the whole business will excuse and protect it; I
but let all good men of ail parti s read and reflect.”
Convention cf the Know Nothing* iu Next
V ork.
We publish below a full account of the proceedings
of the Slate Convention of the lv. Ns at Syracuse, N.
V. Very great hopes weiv entertained hy the friends of
the Order in the South that this body would pla?.e it- !
self upon a sound national platform. Indeed, up n
the action of this body the fate of the Order in Wgi- |
uia depended. But notwithstanding this strong induce- i
ment, the convention failed ‘‘to commit the Grand j
Counc i to a distinctive national platform of polit
cal principles but instead thereof contented itself ;
with ‘ the of the third or union degree.’’ j
This “third, or union degree,’’ an we understand it, i
binds the initiated to the defens j of the Union at ail j
hazards and against ali enemies, and instead of being !
“conclusive evidence of the nationality of the Grand
Council of the S f ate of New York” is the most
convincing proof that the Know Nothings of New
York would aid a tyrannical majority in Congress in
putting down all attempts of the South to protect her
self from the aggressions of Northern fanaticism. In
the present aspect of the parties, it is certain that the
power of the Federal Government will be used to
abolish the institution of slavery in the District of Cos
lumbia, in the territories of the United States and in
the dock yards and navy yards of the Federal Gov- j
eminent. Thsee encroachments of the Federal power
the South is pledged to resist at all hazards, it b there- j
fore evident that in conflict between 1 1 s•. North and !
the South upon these issues, the Knights of the Union i
degree would be compelled to take up arms against
the South. The South cannot put her trust in such de- j
feoses. Loyalty to the Constitution, and not to the
Union, is what we ought to require of al pirfics a j
the North ; and it is arrant knavery to palm ofl’ fealty ;
to the of uion tho States for devotion to Southern j
Highs.
With these comments we give the proceedings of {
the Syracuse convention as wo find them in tho N v j
York IleArld, with the remark that the highest praise !
awarded to them by that paper is—“ There is not a
word ar which Virginia or the South could take of
fence Yes, take offence. ! In such a movement 1
1 the South ought to sanction, approve, endorse and be j
j ready to defend the proceedings of her allies before she •
! extends the right hand of fellowship.
From the New York Herald.
Syracuse, May 12, 1855.
The Grand Council, State of New Yotk, convened at. \
i Corinthian Hall, Svracuse, on Tuesday last, at 19 A. 2.1..
and adjourned on Fridav, at 11A. M.
The attendance was fuil and imposing, every county and j
; town in the State being represented.
The annual message of the Grand President, ri iivered |
on the first day ot the session, alter the report of she Cre* i
dential Committee, was received with great eclat, and it- )
sentiments and doctrines, w hich were stictlv national and j
conservative, abjuring ail sectionalisms, endorsed by a una- i
nimoua vote.
THE CONSTITUTION - .
Majority and minority reports were submitted,and a con- j
stitution adopted with great unanimity, composed of por- ■
t ion* ot both, it differs in no very essential features Lorn;
the late one,except in so far as it prescribes the mode of
making nominations for office, which, by thi.- const t .tion. j
isre*erred immediately to tne bafiots oi the suffragans ot
the several subordinate councils.
THE PLA I FORM.
Efforts were made to commit the Grand Council to a |
distinctive national platform of political principles, but this j
being regarded as the work properly of the ensuing Na !
ti nai Council, no definite action v,\t- taken, other titan the j
re affirmation of the third or Union degree, by a unani
mous vote, which, to every member of the order, i- the j
most conclusive evidence of the nationality of the Grand
Council of the State of New York In Massachusettes !
this third degree was repudiated, and hence the anamaious j
proceedings of its Legislature, notwithstanding it pro less ;
ions ot Americanism It is under tood, aowevvr, that i
there are numerous third degree members in that State,and
that, with Gov. Gardner at their head, a re-action is taking
place which will presently give the national party the as
cendancy. Benaior Wil-on has placed himself beyond the
pale of orthodoxy, [the Senator never took live th.rd de
gree, or assuredly, as an h me.-t man, ho never could have
uttered such doctrines as he enunciated at the theatre in
your city,] and will, unque tionably, be repudiated hy the
National Convention to which he has been elected a mem
ber
Pending s he session, it is understood that the Allen party j
so called, made overtures for a re-union, and with the gen- S
eral feeling in the order for harmony and union, it is to be
| hoped it will soon be effected.
Th entente resolutions,” so called, whilst they were not
repealed, were neveri he less, so modified as to allow the
subordinate councils full power in the premises—in other
words, to receive back such offenders as gave the proper
assurance of a hearty and honest co-operaiioQ in the pur
poses and aims of lhe order.
‘Ph- following may be regarded as the platform of the
New York Kdow Nothing?, until the meeting of the Na
tional Council:
1. Americans shall rule America.
2. The Union of these States.
3. No North—No South—No East—No West.
4. The United States oi America as they are, one and
inseparable.
5 No sectarian interference in our legislation, or the ad
ministration of American laws.
6. Hostility to the assumptions of the Pope, through the
bishop?, priests and prelates, of the Roman Catholic
church, here, in a republic sanctified by Protestant blood.
7. ‘i ho ough reform iu the naturalization laws.
8 Free and liberal educational institutions tor all sects
arid classes, with the Bible, God’s holy word, as a univer
sal text book.
Although the question of the platform was properly re
feruble to the National Convention —w hich meets on the
sth proximo, in Philadelphia—and was so referred hy the
Grand Council of New York ai this session—yet the
Grand Council re affirmed the third degree with entire una
nimity, a.r was manifest by the unanimous adoption ol die
foregoing platform, &c.
As ati parties, and factions, and fragments of parties, are
fusing i . the oppo-ition, the American parties are determi
ned to fuse, where it can be done consistently with nation
al principles and Union doctrines.
it is estimated mat attendance was as largo as at the
former .session, which, m view of the fact that but one dele
gate fror.i each Council wras ad milted, (heretofore three
was the quoto,) wou and give a ropiementation from eoino
1290 Councils.
All concur in the statement that it was the most intelli
gent, dignified ami harmonious body of the order that ever
congregated in the State.
Thn expulsion of Citubbuck/of Monroe, the sateiite of
Wetd,Gree.y, Be ward & Cos . was the only unpleas&ut.
event of the. es-ion. His ex pirte {communications, through
Swain, to the ‘limes, pie-euted altogether an unfair and un
rest view ot the acts and doings ol the se-sion.
The Order, instead of being n arrear 810,090, required
that amount for the coming year’s operations, and the full
amount wan ed was secured without difficulty
The next q-sattyriy session will be held at Binghamton,
Broome county.
The Washington Union and Gov. Reeder.
The Washington Union, under date of the 11th inst., !
denies the report that Governor Reeder vi*itid Wash j
ing'.on City for the purpose of procuring Executive l aid i
in the discharge of his duties rs Governor of Kansas, j
“Not for a single moment, ’’ says the Union , “has he i
been diverted from the plain, straightforward path of
duty. Refusing all participation with either extreme in
the late disturbances in the .Territory, and planting
himself upon the conceded principles of the Kansas and ;
Nebraska hill, he has steadily maintained the attitude j
which might he expected from a man who for thirty •
years has been a leading and consistent member of the j
democratic party—the party of the constitution. A j
northern citizen, a Pennsylvanian after the school of |
Buchanan and of Dallas, he has, throughout his politi- j
cal career, opposed tile Wiimot proviso, sustained the !
fugitive-slave law, advocated the Kansas and Nebraska |
bill, denounced abolitionism from first to last, and bold- I
ly co operattd in every movement for the protection of j
the South in its rights under the constitution. Hence !
it is that, while he has resolutely and consistently re- I
aisled all attempts to control the destinus of Kansas by 1
means not entirely legal and fair, he has never sought i
to give the advantage to either of the contending in- |
terests. Perfectly conscious, and and cply regretting, i
that the mischievous edfirts of Greedy and the nor
thern lunatics have been made the pretext for the re
ci*Tit border < xciu-mtnis, he has firmly occupied the
j ground of discouraging every movement that might
disturb the public mind, or revive those unfortunate di
visions which have so often convulsed oui happy coun
try. \\ r- are not disappointed that general excitement
has resulted front thu local troubles in Kansas; but wo ;
unit si tat i ugly say to the true friends of constitutional ,
j paincipUs, iu evt ry part of tho Union, that no mau j
j could more faithfully represent the conservative senti- 1
| ment < f the country, or will more steadily and conn*!- j
j curiously labor to bring order out of confusion, than the j
! present governor of Ivannas,”
j We give the above for what it is worth. Southern I
’ men in Kansas place a very and fferent estimate upon the
j conduct and character of Gov. Reeder.
! The following article from tho New York National ■
Democrat breathes a very difi'eretti spirit, a.id, if true, j
j wili account or the very favorable light in which the j
: conduct of Gov. Reeder is viewed by the Union. It j
j may be proper to add that the Democrat is hostile to |
| the admistration. It is needless for us to say that all |
! our sympathies are with the Kansas squatters :
THE OUSfIJSO OF KEEPER !>EWINDED.
j Special and simultaneous information appears to have j
• been received yesteiday by our Abolition cotemporaries
The. Tribune and Times, to the effect that th*- Ficsident j
j has been requested by Virginia Democrats to “remove” the j
| inefficient and speculating Maine Law gentleman who has ;
! already removed himself from the office of Governor of i
; Kansas. Over this very natural and probable political sag- j
i gestiun, theßew .rdite choristers set up a hideous bewailing <
i —subtending lor tin* moment their own quarrels in their \
j denunciations of the Kansas squatters.
I Os course the Virginia Democracy have demanded the j
j removal ot Reeder; they did so long since, on grounds not !
■ on!) of partizan policy, but of public justice. And the De- i
i rnocracy of New York and every Stale in tho Uuion will, ;
! when acquainted with the circumstances of the case, echo ‘
i the demand. The simple tact is, the appointment of Bee- {
j der, in the lir.-t place, was brought about for the benefit of j
Ia number of land speculators in or connected with The
j Washington Union, and prominent among whom was tho j
! Cloak of the last House of Representatives The maneuver J
| was to j rocuie a Governor by whose official influence and i
j participation tln-.se parties might succeed in getting posses- j
i sion <9 H>me or the best lands and most prominent village [
j sites in Kansas. There were nasties in this Slate connected ;
j wsih the arrangement —Van Buren politic ians, whom we j
j could name, in the interior, whose a-soeialion in the enter- ,
; prise wa cunningly invited for the purpose'of securing Mr. j
| Alarcy’s connivance in fact, the combination, depending ;
j upon Reeder’s management and astuteness in furthering I
j their speculations, included a formidable body of capitalists, i
j nimiopoli.-L* and paupe politicians’ iu Pennsylvania, Ohio j
and New York, and contemplated no less than the owner- j
.-hip of pretty much all tho land worth having in that fertile I
Territory. U was a monstrous } lot, bearing the apparent !
sanction of the President, and numbering most of those ras- i
cally chevaliers d’ industrie, known about Washington as j
members of the Kiteheu Cabinet, among tho actual con- j
spirit oi>.
When Reeder arrived out in Kai s&s.'ne set industriously !
lo work to push his own fortunes and those of the clique to j
which he owed his appoiu’ment and opportunity. Why j
fir-t one locality and then another was indicated as the !
tetr.tonal seat of government, by apparently well authenti- !
cated rumors circulated by his tools, wo presume need not !
| be explained at any length Speculation follows minors,
j and many a poor Western squatter, honestly locating his ‘
j prescribed acres, has been victim zed by the adroit Yankee ;
I agents of imaginary land companies. It was not long be- !
; fore the Governor's associates joined hands with the Vi as- !
; sachusetfs comp my of forestallers, known by the def-igna- •
; tioti of the ‘Emigiant Aid Society,” and which already j
j owns one or two entire villages, destined for its tenantry of j
! mill operatives, cotton spinners and other white slaves, j
j ’Lhe squa ters began to see an immense monopoly threat- ;
| otiing them, backed by official authority and New England j
! capital; and it is little wonder that the sturdy Democratic j
j spirit of the men from lowa, Illinois and Missouri, who j
| lorm lhe mass of the actual settlers of the country, revolt- ;
jed at tho outrage. We honor the determinat on they have j
| shown, that the Territory of Kansas ;-hall not be one im- •’
rner.se preserve for the pleasure ard benefit of corrupt Free j
j Soil officials, and of hypocritical Boston “friends ot free j
dom,” stockholders in end oant forwarding societies. Ree- ;
! fle.r has been positively Lightened out of the J eriitory by ;
i his liezt subjects, but not, wu fear, before consummating ■
j some of the selfish projects ol hi- partners.
It will be remembered that the Massachusetts Society, •
j organized and incorporated by tho Legislature of that State i
j for the ostensible purpose of forwarding Anti-Slawry erni- i
. grants to Kansas, entered upon its career some months since ;
| with great flourish, in large capital stock was said to have J
! been rapidly subscribed by Boston men of ample means; 1
i and it was evident from the first that profit rather than ‘
j principle had prompted its orign its plan of operations i
was carried out with t;ue Yankee cuteness. A judicious I
j distribution of die stock among editors of a certain class J
! vastly increased their admiration of “free in-titutions,” and ;
| bred a tremendous enthusiasm on behalf of the “Emigrant I
S Aid Society.” It was everywhere announced that this i
1 wonderful Yankee nation was to preserve “freedom to j
Kansas!’
j Whether this Society, which in fact was nothing !>ut an :
j orgaqi/. ilion having tine water lots, city site* and similar
| monopolies in view, has profited by Reeder’s labors equally
i with his political comrades m Washington, we are unable
! to say. Judging by the outoreaks of wrath from the Abo
! lition press and from die lanaticai Legislature of Mas-a-
I chusetts, we should think it had not, and that it now looks
j forward, as its only hope of realizing fat dividends, to his
f return to Kansas, backed by a military force by which ti e
I “insubordination” of the squatter soverigns may “be crush
j ed out ” it is the duty of the Democracy in every section
of the Union to protest against the further permission of
j these scandalous operations by the Administration ; and to
■ demand that Reeder be deprived of that pretense of authori
: ty which he still, we suppose, claims, and that some fit and
| proper man acceptable to, and if possible chosen by the free |
I people of Kansas, l*e recognized as Governor by the Presi j
j dent. .Such a concession to the true principle of popular |
j sovereignty—a principle to which, as we have always be- ;
{ lieved and inristed, the Pierce Cabinet was never honestly a j
j convert—would go fur t<> allay the distrust of the people of
! Virginia and to the hands of the Democracy, !
| now in the midst of nu unequaied struggle in that State, and I
i threatened with ah.-olute.pverthrow iu citadel.— I
’ Let Reeder’s commission"'be required from him and let iris j
j place be fid-d by someone not obnoxious to the people as !
a mere laud shark and water lot grabber. Or let the Pres;- j
dent take the consequence in the forfeiture of the little re- ]
rnaining respect now accorded to hirn by any portion of hi? I
own party, and fail back upon the support of Abolition Aid J
Societies anti Seward Maine law presses.- —National Demo- i
crat, 1 ‘Zth
Fire.—On Sunday morning, 13th inst, about 1 j
; o’clock, our city was aroused by the cry of fire, which J
i was found to proceed front the dwelling house owned j
! t.y Mrs. Ann Dillon,’in the sth ward. Notwithsiand )
ing the utmost exertions of our vigilant and effective j
Fire Companies the building was entirely consumed.
It is a matter of sincere congratulation that the disaster
was not much more extensive, and nothing but the ut
most prudence and the judicious application of the limit
ed supply of water prevented a wide spread and disas
trous conflagration. We have no estimate of tho less
to Mrs. Dillon.—■ ••Enquirer, 1 5th,
lion. A.[H. Stephens* Letter—Action of the
Citizens of Griffin.
Mr. Stephens 9 letter reached Griffin, Ga ,on Monday
morning, 14th, end, ua we learn from the Empire Slate,
“created quite a sensation amoDg the people.’* A call
for a public meeting of citizens “for the purpose of Con
sidering the propriety of ratifying the doctrines” contain
ed in the letter, was immediately put forth, sigtied by
A. A. Wooten, J. B. Beall. W. R. Mostly, K. G.
Foster, T. G. Manley, J. B. R j iJ,.J. H. Logau, J. I).
Sheirill, \V. 11. Hancock, D. A. Johnson, A. A.
Blakely, I>. M. Wiihnms, and J. E. George.
The following proceeding ofihe meeting we copy from
the Empire State :
PUBLIC MEETING.
A large and respectable portion of the voters of the
city of Griffin, met in the City IL.H.ou Monday night,
the 14th ins:., iu compliance with the above call made j
by a number of the old political friends ol the lion. A. i
U. Stephens, for the purpose of adopting the senti* i
merits contained in a letter lately written to Thomas I
W. Thomas, L-q., of Eiberton, upou the subject off
Know Nothingism.
Or motion of Judge J. B. Reid, the meeting was!
organized by calling the lion. William Mose’y to pre- ;
side; and on ni tion of J. B. Bt&il, 1). A. Johnson, )
Esq , acted as Secretary.
The object of the meeting was then explained bv the j
Chairman rn bis usual eloquence, characteristic of the .!
“Old Plough man’’—logical nud to the point at isusc |
now betwten Whigs and Whigs, Democrats and Detiv>- !
orals. He iu substance, denounced s.c;et oath bound j
i political Societies as dangerous to freedom, arid fi; for j
j “treasons, sti a‘age*rs and spoils.’*
• The speaker having concluded his remarks, a motion I
! was mule by John T. Beifl, that Judge J. S. Jones, Br., j
j be requested to read to tho meeting the letter above ;
referred to, of the Hon. A. H. Stephens.
Whereupon the Judge came forward und proceeded |
to read; and b< ing a go* and elocutionist, the reading j
was listened to with deep .and feeling iut rest, and met j
■ approval and applause at the conclusion ot ail and every j
! paragraph. The reading being c included the following |
: Preamble and Resolutions were submitted by D. A.
| Johnson, Esq., and on motion for their adoption, the
: affirmative was carried by a large majority.
Whereas a crisis lias arrived in the political affairs !
| of our common country, which demands of every pa i
; triot a careful investigation of principles, which certain
{ politicians are endeavoring to engraft upon the policy of j
1 our National and State Governments, through the j
! agency of secret,oath-bfiund political societies:
And whereas we have hexrd, with piide and pleasure, i
! the able and conclusive letter from the Hon A. 11. ‘
1 Stephens, to Thomas W. Thomas, Esq., of Eiberton, ‘
i upon thf subject of Know’Nothingism :
; Therefore Resolved, That the sentiment?, embodied in j
J said letter are our sentiments, and arc consistent with bin j
i past political history, and in giving utterance to his opinions I
ho ha? in no wise departed trom tho tends of the Whigs of ;
Georgia
Kesolded , That iu thus stemming tiie current agiin-t a
large portion ot his political friends (who have departed l
from the faith of -heir fathers,) fliat he is worthy the confi
dence a■.d support cf all true Americans, he thev Whigs or
Democrats.
Resolved, That is thus ho'dly planting him.-elf upon true
ground, irt opposition io what lie knew was tiie opinion of
i many of his political friends, he exhibits a spectacle worthy :
; of t e days of our Revolution—the spectacle of a man i
! willing to sacrifice himself for principle, and is therefore < n- j
j tit h and to ttio undying gratitude of every man who loves his ,
, country, particularly Southern men.
• Resolved, That it is our earnest desire and request that ;
I the Hou. A 11. Stephens will not decline running for Con- ;
j gross, in the pending contest hut will, as i? consistent with
; his character, heard the lion in his den, ami in our opinion i
■ be re-elected by u majority that will put Know Nothing* j
; ism to shame
Resolved, That in the language of Mr. Stephens “to put i
i down these secret political oath bound orders and their co- i
workers, we will join as political allies, now and forever, all j
true patriots at the North and South, w hether native or!
j adopted, Jews or Gentiles.
i Whereupon, someone in the crowd called lor a di- |
; vision. The Chairman then requested all those who |
’ were opposed to the resolutions, to stand outside of the :
1 Bur. A stentorian voice called for “Sam” to come out
. evidently thinking “S tmivel” and the League Men had ;
! a majority. But they failed ; and the preamble and
resolutions were declared adopted by a large majority.
On motion of A. A. Wooten, the proceedings of tins
i meeting be published in the American Union and Em*
pipe State.
j On motion, the meeting then adjourned.
“William Moseley, Cb’o.
I >. A. Johnson, Sec’y.
From the Parkirtburg [Virginia] News.
The Know Nothing Stampede in Virginia—More
Withdrawals.
; The following resignation or withdrawal of an entire
! council of Know Nothings iu Jackson county has been
; sent to us fur publication. Wu hear, too, of many
more who have gone before, or will follow suit, and
there is now not a doubt that Jackson county will give ,
: a good majority to the entire Democratic ticket. The :
| number of Know Nothings who have already witl
-1 drawn, and who have signified their intention of doing
so before the election is not Dsa than one hundred and j
I fiy :
“We the undersign*d, citizens of Jackson county, j
! having withdrawn from the order known as Know j
I Nothings, disire to make the fact known, and also the i
’ reasons which influenced our withdrawal. We w tre !
j induced to believe that its objects were conservative, !
i without regard to any party principles or prejudices, j
; and for the good of the country alone. Insh alof such f
i being the case, we have discovered it to be the old fed* j
eral Whig party in disguise ; and its real ends to be the j
j spoils of office, and the resuscitation of the Whig party.
: And to cariy out these ends and sustain this party, w - •
| are called upon to support for office those to whom w e !
: a*o personally and politically opposed, and r-jeet those !
who enjoy our personal and and political preferences, j
1 Exercising our rights as freemen, we decline to co
| operate any longer with an order which demands such j
j sacrifices at our hands, and whose- practices are nut in i
J keeping with its avowed faith; but we consider our- j
j selves Americana in truth and in fact, as much as those I
j belonging to this secret organization, and agree to most :
! of the principles of their published platform, with which I
! their practices are not in keeping.
A. G. Casto, President, A. J. Bush,
i Win. Good v.* m, Vice President, M . Crite?,
P. H Bush, Secretary, Abraham Crites,
J. Whetherbolt, Marshall, Jonathan Pfoat,
j B. F. Ca-.to, Sentinel, Nathan Casto,
Abraham Wolf, George M. Fore,
i F. M. Pfo&t, George Ca to,
G W. Plhst, Smuet McKown,
■ H. Williams, Riley Casto .
Jobu S. Hacker.
the People of Virginia.
Washington City, May 10, 1855. \
j Fellow Citizens:
l have now finished the canvass ofihe Slate. On the 7.hj
i inst., at Lee.-burg, i met my appointment. Incessant I
! and excessive labors, tor one hundred and twenty seven j
j days, tiave so impaired my health and strength, that I must j
j desist from further effort and seek. rest. I retire from the j
■: “ stomp'’ the less reluctantly, because I may now ju.-Uy |
( claim that I have laithfully tried to do ray part, and 1 can j
! confidently leave the lo the unsubdued and unterrified
; Democracy and its loyal hosts.
Never were the sound, conservative, conscientious and
stake-holding Republicans in Virginia, better organized and ;
more aroused than they are at this moment; and never was !
a passion stronger, in life or in death, than is the faith oft
Democracy in the hearts ol the Virginia people at tho pres ;
ent time It has been deserted by a few who have left :
their party for their party’s good; but. in turn, the very flow •
er of the old opposition of Whiggery, respectable iri times j
past for its profession ol conservatism and of its love for j
law and order, have chosen to elect Democracy with ali j
the iils they complain of iu it, rather than fly to those they •
* know not of ”
The personnel of the party was never more purified, and i
! the numerical majority was never larger than it promises to !
! he at the coming election. As in 1801, the Democracy j
! stood “like a wall,” and rolled back the tide of federalism, ‘
! so now it stands and will roil back the tide of fanaticism ! I
1 It wili prove itself to be the visible invincible! It is roused, f
| and will rally to the polls 10,000 voters more than ever j
i gave the viva voce before! And the viva voce will rend j
; the veil from the ‘'invisible,'’ and defend the freedom and j
I ndepenflence of the eL-ctive franchise, and the Constitution ;
| and the law?, against the conspiracy of the dark lantern. ‘
! It will forbid any power in Virginia to interpose between
• our consciences and our God
| It will save the Protestant Churches from the pollution
| of party politics, arid cons* rvo its power of truth for the
j pulling down ol strong bolds, free irom the taint and vio
lence of persecution. it will trust in God, and defend the
j Chiistain faith from intolerance, and allow poor humanity
J to indulge in the virtues of charity and peace on earth, ancl
: good will to all inen.
| It will not only oppose any ‘legislative enactment” to
I interfere with the rights of the members of any Church as
I citizen®, but it will deny the power of tho Legislature to
; annul the new Constitution, which has made the act of re
j ligious freedom irrepeslaLle. That act is now organic
\ law. And the Democratic conservatism will allow no
I party nor power to set up a higher law and say that a man
shall be burihened, when the Constitution says he shall not
he bit* thened, ibr reason of his religtous opinion, by being
excluded from eligibility to office, or by removal from of
fice because© of his religion or the place of hi- birth.
It will prevent the repudiation ol the right of N&turali
zation, for which the nation poured out its blood and trea
sure, lor three years, iu the second war cl independence
with Great Britain.
It will defend the State tight to regulate citizenship,
it wifi not deny to the oppressed a home, nor pievcat the
population “of these States” still requiring hundreds of
millions of immigrants, who bring with them hundreds ol
mil lions of money.
It will allow the poor as well as the rich to come and
“drink of the waters” of liberty freely. And it will re
member that all are not criminals whom European des
pots call such, and send away from troubling their domin
ion It Will take by the hand other criminals besides John
Mitchell, and feel tor others iu the prison houses and duu
gttun? of the Old World borides him who once was u ten
ant of Olmutz.
It will jealousy guard against the Foreign influence
which is insidiously sent from Exeter Hall in Old England
to Williams’ Hall in New England, to invade America iu
the name of an “American” party ; and it watch the
oppressor, not the oppressed, abroad, as did “ Washington,
Jefferson, Madison and Jackson ! ’
It will defend the freedom and independence of the elec
tive franchise against rite conspiracy which would bind vo
les by lest oaths to reject men of a particular religious faith,
ina kod lor proscription ; and which would not leave .suf
frage a- fro.* to elect as to reject those whom the constitu
tion and tiie laws have made eligible to ortice.
} It will especially guurd the office ol Governor from the
j avowed intent to wield the appointing power fro u- not to
i obey the limitations oi qualification for office fixed by th*
I constitution, but to obey ruies ol appointment established
i by an irresponsible and unauthorized Secret Oligarchy,
| formed to .-et up the Higher Law of its own proscription
. j lor its own exclusive and selfish ends.
li w 11 see that the oath itself ol the Governor’s office is
| not pet vested by sectarian bigotry to set up a religious test
j a.- a qualification for office
It will defend theGoaeral Government from the con soli-
I dahoa which w ould establish itself on what is called the
i independence of Congress.
| it will defend public policy from the faith of the Ameri
| can system. Harbor ß , Rivers, and Pacific Railroads, and
j Protective Tariffs, and Internal Improvements by the Gen
: era! Government, now’ again auvanced by a Winchester
j Council of the American partv.
it will defend the State against agrarianism, Freesoilism
j and Abohtiouism.now threatenijg to iuvade the South from
j Northern and non-slaveholding councils of Know Noth
j ingisiii. It will defend society against the demoralization
j of a Cabal swor.i to practice disriminulatiou and perfidy
! between man ami man. And will detend religion agaiust
I the demons of Anti-Christ!
[ With perfect and abiding confidence in the power of ;
j Truth and Democracy—of a purified, exalted and trium
! phant majority for these impregnable positions, I gj homo
j to Accomae. aid await th polls of the people. 1 cannot
; and, so without thanki.ig thousands, * f the ritate thiough
: which I •■ave passed, for their uni orm hospitality, kindness
| and respect, and without saying that the chief gratification
I with which I part from a daily intercourse with the masses
j of the people is. that I have endeavored to sow the seeds of
; truth (Mih in the popular mind, and I trust that they will be
| fruitful of blessings to individuals, to the *Btale and to the
j country.
1 am, very truly and respectfully, vour fellow citizen,
. HENRY A. WISE.
Democratic .Heelings.
Lee County.—Convention assembled at Webster,
i L. B, Mercer, Chairman, Fred 11. West, Secretary,
• Messrs. L. B. Mercer, 1. P. Cock, and B. G. Smith
i were appointed delegates to the Gubernatorial Couven
j tiou. Resolutions were unanimously adopt*, and ex prt 8-
| siveof the con fib nee of the Convention in the prinei
! pits of the Democracy and of the determination of
; the Convention to adhere to the Democratic Party: of
, their hostility to the “American Party and of their
’ approval of the administrations of President Pierce and
; of Governor Johnson. Delegates wtre also appointed lo
; i the Congressional and Judicial Conventions of the
; District and Circuit to which Lee County is attached.
Macon* County.——Convention met in Oglethorpe,
May 12, Joseph Molt, President, E. F. Colzf-y, Store*
’ taiy. Messrs Jos*ph Mott, Samuel liall, and F. T.
; Snead were appointed delegates lo the Gubernatorial
| Convention, and Messrs. Wni. 11. Williams and Ed
win Ellis ‘delegates to the Congressional Convention.—
I The administrations of President Pierce and Governor
I Johnson were endorsi-ed.
It solutions were adopted expressive of the confi-
I denoe of the meeting in the principles and organization
;of tlre Democratic party, and d-tiotinciog the Know
; Nothing*. Democrats who have been seduced into the
| Councils of the Order are invited lo return to their
! first love, and a determination expressed not to affiliate
! with such as continue to affiliate will* the secret party.
Democratic Meeting iti Chattahoochee County.
i At a meeting of a portion of tho Democratic party of
| Chattahoochee county, held at Cusseta on the 15th inst.,
over which Judge Ken True presided. Col. Win* S. John
son and the Hon. 11, G. Williams were appointed dele-
I gates to the Gubernatorial Convention to be held at
MilKdgvviile, in June next, and 11. F. Snead aud R. C. j
Patterson, Esqrs , to the Congressional Convention for !
i this District, at Americas.
Ills Excellency, Gov. Johnson and the A. 11. Col*
\ quilt vv. ie recommended for re-nomination to their re- !
spective offices— though the delegates aie without in- !
! stmetioos.
It was also resolved that the party in this county will j
j hold a Convention at Cusseta on the first Tuesday in |
( ; September next, to bo composed of five delegates from i
; each district, to ruminate candidates for the next Leg- j
islature. It is earnestly requested that the various dis- ;
tiicts will appoint their delegates promptly.
Further requested that the proceedings of tho meet
ing be published by the Times & Sentinel aud Corner
I Slone.
Democratic Convention in Mobile,
Delegates from the several counties composing the
Ist or Mobile Congressional District assembled in Mo
| bile on the 3 stli inst. The Convention unanimously
! nominated Hon. P. Phillips as the Democratic candidate
, j for Congress.
i Mr. Phillips declined the nomination, from private
i considerations, but in his letter of declination says:
j Never, gentlemen, had a party a higher destiny to fulfil
I than theouc you are now met to repie-=ent. Our ancestors
i freely i lodged “th-rir lives, their fortunes and their sacred
j houoj” to found a Government upon the principles of paliti
j cal equality and religious freedom ; and we should prove
i unwoithy .-my of tuoli sires, should we fa 1 to put forth
j every energy of our nature to maintain and defend it.
i Col. James A. fStaliworth, of Conecuh county, was
then unanimously selected by the Convention as the
j candidate of the Democratic party for Congress,
{Strong resolutions were passed against the Know
Nothing:*.
Democratic Meeting in Savannah.
| Pursuant to notice, a large and respect-b’e portion of
! the Ik in >cratio p iry of Chatham county assembled at the
j Exchange last, evening. On in uiuii, R >bert li- Griffin,
; Esq , was called to tiie Chair, and Hiram H. Perry ap~
I Secretary. riri
Tho Chairman stated that the object of the meeting
| was t<> appoint delegates to the Guberuatori-d Convention at
i MilledgeVille, and to select n suitable candidate for Cun
| gre.-s for the First Congressional District.
Oil motion of John B-sston, Esq., a committee of thir
teen uis appoinicd to prepare business for the meeting,
! eonsisliug of the lollowing g.enJemen, viz : John Boston,
1 Tiiom.is Burse, R : chat.l Wayne, David B. Nichols, Alex
; an b r Drisdale, Joseph Ganahl, John M. .Milieu, Isaac
DaLyun, David Bell, Joseph L pptnan, Charles Van Horn,
John Cass ;:i? i Plullip Punch.
I The < Jomniitteo irrim diately withdrew tar consultation
ito an adjoining room, in the meantime the meeting was
j addressed by Capt. Bilbo, George A. Gordon, Esq., and
8. P. Hamilton, Esq , of this city, and Mr. Dumele, of
i Atlanta. While Mr. Daniele was speaking the Commit*
j tee on busim-es returned and made the following re
j port:
| The Committee of thirteen appointed by the Chairman
j of the Democratic meeting to select five Delegates to at
i tend the approaching Gubernatorial Convention, Report,
| that they have unanimously chosen the following gentle
i rnen as'Delegates : >
John J£. Ward, William 11. Stilts,
‘i’homas Purs George A. Gordon,
Philip J. Punch.
Th j following resolutions offered by John Boston and
j seconded by Thomas Purse, are submitted to the meet
j iw :
Resolved , That the Democracy of Chatham county,
i whilst they w 11 support with cheerfulness the nominee of
i lhe approaching Gubernatorial Convention, cannot refrain
j iroui expressing their decided preference fr the renomi
nation of the preetrt distinguished incumbent of the gu
beroat rial chair, ific lion. Herschel V. Johnson,
j Resolved . That the lion. James L. Seward has justly
• earned the gratitude of the people of Savannah bv his
j Zea!<us and successful advocacy of our rights on the fl or
j ofihe House of Representatives, and we do hereby re
f commend him for r..nomination for Congress from the first
| Congressional District.
1 The report pf the Comnittoe was accepted, and the
! resolutions having been twice, read, on motu n, it resolved
| that the question on their adoption be taken separately.—
. i lie first was then again read, and unanimously
Ilio sec* md was a so again real, and likewise unanimous
ly adopted.
Di motion of Mr. Thomas Purse, it was then resolved,
that the Chairman, at his Insure, appoint an Executive
Democratic Committee to serve for tiie term of one year,
or till their successors are appointed.
Hie principal business beiug finished, Mr. John M.
Milieu was loudly called for, and addressed the meeting at
length upon the resolutions. Other gentlemen were als
called for, but the hour growing late, on motion the meet
ing idjourned. Before doing so, however, they gave tout
Hearty cheers for the resolutions and the success ot th*
Democratic cause.
ROBERT 11. GRIP FIN, President,
II ip am 11. Perry. Secretary.
Savannah, May 15th.
Kansas Emigrants Returning -—A number of re
turning Kansas emigrants passed through Albany, for
Boston, a few days ago. They said they bad “seen th*
elephant, 99 and were satisfied.
For the Times &. Sentinel.
Sketch Irom real Life.
At a place called Goshatn, somewhere in the Unit**]
Slates, there lived a gentleman by the name of Alex
ander Conkey—a limb of the law —nr ho become
enamored of a lovely girl—the reigning belle of that
interesting village, who exulted iu the eaphoneous Lame
of Euphenia Wiggins. After the necessary bilifeg
and cooing, they were uni el in the holy bands of mat
rimony. The said Conkey could not resist the temp a
tion of having this important event duly made knuwu
to the public through the columns of the Gotham Sen
tinel, and that a correct statement might be given, he
drew up the not'u-e himself, as follows :
M.uried —At Gosham, February the “,bth, A Con
key, Esq., Attorney at Law to Miss Euphenia Wig
gins.
Love is the onion of two hearts
That beat in softest rmtady,
Time, with its ravages imparts,
No bitter fusion to its ecstasy.
Which notice, with the accompanying verse of I.T
own composition, he transmitted to the tditorof said
paper, fie look ‘d with much anxiety tar the in xt is
sue of the Gosham Sentinel, in oidvr to gee his name
iu print.
’l he compositor into whose charge the notice wna
placed happened to be ou a spree at the time and made
a wonderful blunder in setting the type. Here is the
the notice as printed.
Married —At Gvfrham Ftb. 28th, A. Donkey, Esq,
Eternally at Law, to Miss Euphenia Piggins.
Jove is an onion of two heads
That beats frs softest mellowy
Time, with its cabbage heads in ca-ls,
No betlter seeded to an extra day.
The feelings of tho said Alexander Ci k*y, on fee
ing this piece can better be imagined than ti* scribed,
lie flow into the editor’s sanctum will* a slick in one
hand and the paper in the other, demanding saii.-fact ion
of the editor for this gross insult. “See what you have
done eir, in your vulgar sheet,’* he ejaculated.——
“Some scamp lias changed my sign to fruit your infer
nal orthography. Piggins is it, Donkey )ou say, 1 ’ and
regularly pitched into said editor with all the fiioci y
of a tiger—and had it not been that some officers of ts e
peace, standing near, arrested him, tho cons* que-.c*.*
might been serious indeed.
Arrival of the Empire City.
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.
Accident to the Steamer Golden Gate
LATER FRO M II AVAN A.
Nexv Orleans, May 11.
The U. S. steamship Empire City,ha? arrived from New
York via Havana, at which latter port riio iecei\ -d t: *
Caliioriiia mails to the 17t!i, and tiouth American ad’, .oea
to the latest date.
Accident to the Golden Gate. —Tiie Pacific mail v.
ship Golden Gate, w hich felt San Fianci-eo on the L t
ult. with the mails, 750 passengers and $1.3 K) coo
struck a sunken rock, on the night of the 28ili, .if the j -
land oi Quibo, [about two bundled miles irom Panama
Tho “Gate” was going at frill speed, but (. pt Wa
succeeded in getting her oifandsofar stopping herfruU .
j as to get her within three or four milts of Panama, whru i: ■
was compel lei to beach her on the small inland of Periefr
The passengers remained on board until taken off v
steamer John L. Stephens, ot
them lothe city, where they landed on th** 3d, and ero
ing the isthmus to Aspinwajl, wheie tho-e bound io
\’*>rk, took passage on the connecting steamer,
‘Did Panama, a reserve steamer, I\ mg ii tfie h.-.ib *r
j Panama, had gone to the reiiel of the “Gulden Gate”—
! and such strong hopes were entertaintd of saving fr*r
though the tide ebbs and flows thiough her—that v.
supposed she would be prepared to leave Panama 1 r >
Francisco with trom the Atlantic, on the Mi
California News. —Latest advic< - j-tah that tori
rains had been tailing in the neighborhood of JSau 1 u
cisco.
The Mines. —The California mines wa re pr* ■ ;
well, and a better feeling in general confidence and in •
tary affairs was gradually returning.
The Legislature. —The Legi-lature of the State, i: w
supposed, would adjourn on the 30th ult In th- nn-atnee,
it had bt'en agreed upon to again make an effort, oi. .
‘23tf,to electa United States Senator, to fill the vacuoc\
cabioned by expiration of the term of Dr. Gwinn.
ONE WEEK LATER FROM CALIFORNIA
ARRIVAL OF THE PROMETHEUS.
| $300,000 En Route for New York—Revolution in
Nicaragua, &c ♦ &c., &s ,
New Orleans, May 14.
| The steamship Prometheus has atrivid at this pelt
j from San Juan, Nicaragua, bringing CaAbtnui dates
the 24ih ult.
The steamship Northern T.ight left San .Juan f.r X<
! Y ork on the night of the bih inst., wi h 350 .
I and $>300,000 in treasure on freight,
j Another revolution broke nut iu Nicaragua on the OA,
I occasioned by the accession to power of Gen. Mum z.
j Two rich copper mines had been discovered at Coota
i There is but little news of interest from California
j The U. S. Land Commissioners had eon.n imii the
j Weber claim to eleven square lengiusof laud on wl.fru
j the city of Stockton had been locat'd.
; Two more heavy failures had occurred in San F.. r>
co viz: Jose Duneal for SBO,OOO, mid Geo. I>. l.’pteu
I Jun , for SIOO,OOO.
I Sanders, the forger, had escaped in a vessel bound
! China.
j Business continued very dull,and prices were much fl.*-
I pressed.
i There had been no arrivals of irorrr At) -
i ports during the week preceding the a- partu:jjut; •
j steamer from San Francisco.
The California papers teem with the usual details of
crime, and numerous suicide are reporel.
Anniversary Meetings in New York-
Tire American Anti Slavery Society—the Gtrri.-cn
abifition party —held its seeo.id day’s .* nni\ersary fr> -
attire Free Will Baptist Church, Sull van sticet. (
attendance at b*th morning and <v< iu!g s--. .> i-.ais w,
very thin. The day was spent in the mhsi fanatical ;.nfl
contemptible discussion in refer* nee to ilie jrop<-i i -n to
dissolve the 1 nion and establish a Northern confrfl- i .
tion. In point of moderation and gc*od sense the ct.-‘
speakers stood in strong contrast to the wild, absurd, i.d
ranting orators of the white race, who txhibiled on tiie
occasion.
The New York State Colonization Society cel.-h
the first exercises of its first anniversary in lire 15 t.-nm fl
| Dutch Church, Lafayette place, la?t ev* nil g, b*i<*:t* a
crowded audience Rev Dr Gout-fey made an ep<: . .
address, in which he denounced the seditious and <].?;
harangues of the abi>l:ti<mist orators durii c the w *a, -
calculated to injure tiie causes of the t*i.!..red man, ... ‘
alienate the feelings of all humane Southerners from t;;
cause of African eofonizaion. Rev. Mr. i’.nney, reiur m.i
from his fourth voyage to Liberia, interested'the s
intensely with a vivid description of the actual state *••
the settlers in the colony. Their wants, faults. pro;.-rs-,
and capab.l ns were pointedly alluded t , and ti c and .
gers attending the acclimation of the colored man fret;:,
the United States not concealed. The building ot b r
depots for the reception of emigrants on lauding.and :
cultivation of a healthy American ua do with
looked on an the only means of salvation <f Africa i.ow.
The finances were reporter! good. It appeared from tho
annual report that the British government had presented
tho republic with a v*ssel of war. and Napoleon 111. had
scm'one thousand sand of aims with aecoutremeus.s.
At the National Council of colored people resolutions
were adopted appointing a committee to aid color* <1 youth
in obtaining instructions ns mechanics ; alsol ■ * erra nd
iug exertions to counteract the efforts of iho Colon zitiou
Society. Fred. Douglass presented i*-p**rls upon the *fl -
ucational privileges, the religious and Iu n-vo’en: s*ci
and the number o? mechanics among the colored o *. ;>i-
Tlic proceedings frvere conducted with decoruru, v\ V ri
may be accounted for by the fact that Fred, an] ou
two others transacted all the business.
The action of ilu Whigs of Griffin.
We publish this morning the proceeding 9 of a m t
ing of the party friends of Hon. A. H. Stephens, at,
Griffin, on the receipt of his letter against Know N
ingism. Wo most cheerfully welcome-them as poi;i
allies, now and forever, together with all true p.iu; -
at the North and South, whether native or adopt. t,
Jews or Gentiles, to put down these secret political
oath-bouud orders and their co workers.
Storm of llail and Rain.—On Friday last a very
violent had storm accompanied with a heavy fall of rain
■swept over this place. Tho stones were ronali but v-ry
1 1 numerous. We apprehend that the cotton and w. i
crops south of us have been seriously damaged, bu.
not ascertained the extent of the injury. On the ft*
lowing day we were visited by a high wind, aceompuni .1
with a flood of rain. fS one damage was dons to ohim
ncys and china trers.
The Hiss Committee. —The committee appointed ’ v
tho lower house of the Massachusetts legislature to In
vestigate the conduct of tho now notorious Hiss, pi or
furnishing some disgusting particulars of his conduct
while on his auti nunnery mission, conclude with these
words:
“We consider his conduct upon the committee A
Lowell highly improper aud disgraceful, bath to him*
self and this body, of which he is a member, and ■’
■Lem it such as to render him unworthy longer to oc
upy a seat upon the floor of the house. 99
Ex-Goternor Ford, of Ohio, died on the Bth inst