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THE WILLIAM T. WOFFORD, ? TIIOMAS A BUIIKE, 5 EDnollS OASSVILLE, GEO. THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 8. 1855. Superior Court Calender. We give below a correct list of the times and j places of holding the Superior Courts in the dif ferent counties of the Cherokee and Blue Ridge Circuits. It will be found valuable to our legal friends and others interested in such matters : CHEROKEE CIRCUIT. Hon. Turner H. Trippe, Judge, Cassvillc. John J. Word, Solicitor General, “ Chattooga, at Summerville, Monday, March 5. Cass, (2 w) “ Cassville, “ ‘l2. Gordon, “ Calhoun, “ “ 20. Murray, “ Spring Place, “ April 2. Whitfield, “Dalton, “ “ p - Catoosa, “ Ringgold, “ “ 2J. Walker, “La Fayette, “ May 7. j Dade, “ Trenton, “ ** j Floyd, “ Rome, “ “ 2 5 .: BLUE RIDGE CIRCUIT. Hon. David Irwin, Judge, Marietta. Edward D. Ciiisolm, Sol. Gen’l, Cedar Town. : Paulding, at'Dallas, on Monday, March f>. Polk, “ Cedar Town, “ “ 12. Cobb, “ Marietta, “ “ 19- Cherokee, “ Canton, “ April 2. Forsyth, “ Cumming, “ “ {! - Lumpkin, “ Dahlonega, “ “ lis - “ Blairs viilc, “ lL 2f>. Fannin, “ Morganton, “ May .7. Gilmer, “ Ellijay, “ “1U Pickens, “ Jasper, “ “ 2i. Campbell court, in the Blue Ridge Circuit, ; was held the third week in February. The Sixth District. We have received from an influential Democrat, says the Southern Banner, a com munication, which we give below, as we wish a full and fair expression of opinion in the.j entire district He wants Gov. Cobb for ; President or Vice-President. Col. Morris is ; a gentleman the Democracy are proud of, and justly, too ; but as we have said in a 1 former number, Gov. Cobb is our choice for the next Representative, believing bis na- , tional reputation will honor Georgia and j the Union. o- i From Mexico. The news from Mexico, says the Charles- j ion Evening j\'cws, is- of the first impor tance. It involves two leading changes in the policy and destiny of that country, j which may go far to regenerate its decayed j institutions, and give them stability. One j is the overthrow of Santa Anna as a despot, ; and the establishment of a legitimate Pres- j idency with Alvarez. The other is the tri- j umpli of the federation over the central sys tem, the re-institution of the State Rights of the Departments or States, and the sub stitute of a constitutional for an arbitrary government. If this happy result is achiev ed, Gen. Gadsden's stay in Mexico wi'l be assured. Col. Chastain on the Acquisition of j Cuba. It will be gratifying to the many friends i of the able Representative from the Fifth j District, to know that liis late speech, on the j acquisition of Cnbf, has received the most ! hearty commendations of the press generally. The editor of the Atlanta Examiner, wri ting from Washington to that paper, holds the following language, in reference to him : •i On my return to Washington, I was gratified, beyond expression, to learn that Col Chastain, the able representative from the sth district, has nobly relieved the South j from the false position in reference to our relations with Cuba, in which it has been | placed by the recent speech of Mr. Boyce, of j South Carolina. Mr. Chastain !i,.s re echoed | the rehtiment of the South on this now ex- j citing subject, and has won for himself the ! highest eucomiuros from every Southern man j with whom I have conversed. The sth owes j their distinguished representative a debt, ! which they will, doubtless, be prompt in ac- ! knowledging on the first Monday in October next.” A correspondent of the same paper, whose j letters from Washington, during the past j winter, have been characterized ly great i ability, thus writes: lion. K. W. Chastain's speech oil our i Cuban relations, in reply to Hon. Mr Boyce | of South Carolina, has created quite a sensa- j tion in Congressional circles. This gentle man has presented an irrefragable array of facts and statistics which has thrown quite a bomb shell into the ranks of those who, like the Hon. member from South Carolina, would sit with folded arms and tame sub mission. whilst our National honor and our : National Flag were alike insulted at our very doors. Col. Chastain lias spoken the voice of tho South, and spoken it like an! honest, independent American patriot. This j speech will be read extensively at the South, < as I learn that orders were sent to the Prin ter, by several Southern members, for 30,- 000 copies of it. The sth has reason to be proud of its able and fearless represent a tive.” Removal or Judge Loring —The Bos ton Bee says : A remonstrance against the removal of Judge Loring is in circulation and has already been signed by hundreds of our beat, law-abiding citizens, nnd evervdiody should sign the names. Judge Loring, should be retained in his place—every man of serse knows that; but whether lie will be or not rests with those who profess to Know Nothing. Col. VVm. L. Mitchel, formerly Chief En gineer of the Western and Atlantic Railroad is warmly recommended by a writer in the Athens Watchman as tho successor of Hon. J P. King, as President of the Georgia Rail road and Banking Company. The Trout House in Atlanta is offered for ale. Parties in the Cherokee District. We commend the following excellent and seasonable article from the Rome South erner, to the consideration of our readers. We intended writing something on the sub ject ourself, but have delayed: it from time to time. The readers of the Standard will not. regret the omission on our part, however, as this article embodies our ideas in a better j manner than we could have done : *. The present position and aims of parties j in this Congressional District will be best understood by a brief reference to their bis- , tory for the few years just past. <. It is now four years or more, since the j people of Georgia were engaged in the warm j struggle that grew out of the passage of the j series of Acts, known as tho Compromise.-- j On that momentous occasion, the People of j Georgia were for the first time, since cliey i acceded to the Federal compact, assembled ; in Convention, to determine whether the j compact had been violated, or at least, whether it had been violated in such a man- j ner, and to such a degree, as to make it their duty to resist, or to revoke the author ity of their Federal agents. They decided by a large majority, that the measures in question were not of a character to require such a step, and that they should abide by j them, on the conditions which were specified : in the Resolutions of the Convention. . This decision of the highest authority to which a Georgian owes allegiance, seemed authoritative and final. It seemed to render the question (as a lawyer would say) res judicata, and to put it at rest; and such was the view of a large portion of the people. Many, however, (a large majority nsatter wards appeared,) believed that it wat not at rest, and anew party, knowu as the Con stitutional Union Party, was organized lor the purpose of carrying out the decision of the Convention, and preventing its reversal. .. Old parties, and especially in this Dis trict, had been much disturbed by the great and exciting questions submitted to the peo ple. and a portion of the Democratic party believing that the questions were still open, and liable to further agitation, as they had participated with the Whigs in the action of the Convention, so they felt it their duty still to act with the Whigs in order to effec tuate the policy of the Convention ; and they accordingly adhered to tie Constitutional Union party. Under this organization, Mr. Cobb was selected Governor of Georgia, and the views and policy of the Convention wore ! re-affirmed by a large majority. * The issues, out of which had grown the Constitutional Union party, were now, if not ; before, manifestly put at rest, and, in the next Gubernatorial election, that party dis solved into its original elements, Mr. Jen kins receiving the Whig vote, and his suc cessful competitor the Democratic vote. * This was the result, speaking generally, and looking to the State at large. In this District, however, as there had been a great er disturbance of old parties, so here there was not so complete a separat'on of those who constituted the Union party, as in other portions of the State. The Convention that nominated Mr. Jenkins artfully endeavored to prevent that result, by eschewing the uarneof Whig, and entering tliu contest with- j out a name, or with names as various as the incongruous and discordant elements which i they sought to harmonize and consolidate, j • The effect was, that in this District, they j prolonged, iu some degree, the previous con- j fusion of parties, and succeeded in still lon- j ger detaching many Democrats from their i old friends and from their appropriate party. n Can this game be any longer successful- j ly played? Can any portion of the Demo- j : erutie party be longer withheld from resu- 1 ining their true position in tho conil.ots of j parties ? .. The attempt will be made ; the cards, we perceive from, signs ia a certain quarter, j are already begun to be cunningly arranged j 1 for a masterly political legerdemain. The j j same old cry is again heard : 4 old parties i are obsolete, new questions have arisen, re- i quiriug new organizations, new policy;’ and i as it is our nature to desire the excitement J of novelty and innovation, and as mankind j are never satisfied with their present lot, and ; therefore easily become enamoured of new | ideas, new names, new objects, however vis j ioiiury, it would not be surprising if a few’ ; unreflecting persons should be carried away j 1 by the rage for excitement and change, j . Reflecting persons, however, and those ! | who seriously study the public good, will j ! deliberately ask, what are the purposes of ! this new organization, what its measures, j i what its policy. These will not be satisfied | with unmeaning platitudes, and vague gen - ■ such as are eloquently harp and by 1 the Southern Statesman, in some late ar- ■ i doles, in which it is very anxiously cnquii ed, ; 4 Where shall I go ?’ and 4 What shall be ! j our position ?’ Nor will it satisfy the people : ; to declaim fiuely about tho * Agricultural j and Mineral resources of Cherokee,’ as re- j | quiring to be further developed and iiuprov- j j ed. And least of all will tho cry of South- | , era Rights, coining from the quarter it does, gain to this new party the support of men of . that affinity.’ The people may well say, and will do so, 4 Gentlemen, eloquent gen tlomen, show us your hand, tell us what you would have, for wbat it is we know not, un less it be office. You declaim finely, you seem to promise much, you propose a work , which, if effected, would make you worthy j of all praise, ye, of monuments of brass and marble, viz: to put down domngrgues and purge the country of corruption by or- i g.m.zing a pure, patriotic and independent party. Thank you, gentlemen, for your : patriotic zeal in behulfof the commonwealth; j but we would ask you some questions before j j being swept uwny with you ir. this torrent of enthusiastic patriotism. Aud, among others, we would ask how are you going to j ascertain tho high qualifications of iudepen- j deuce and patriotism necessary lor admission | into your party, and prevent its defilement ? j How will you test tho character of that; | strange animal, a disinterested patriot? : How will you distinguish the true from the salsa ? how separate the tares from the ; wheat ? Wo are with you, if you can satisfy | us on these points, and your measures are j good and Democratic. But, ah, gentlemen, j we smell a rat; you promise too much. Tho ears of that old wolf will stiok out in spito of all effort; it is the < loaves and fishes’ you want. Be ashamed, gentlemen. Do not profess that you are angels, and that you are luore than ordinary independent and patriotic. Your story will then bo more worthy of credit.’ The simple question for the Democrats o : Cherokee is, will they adhere to the Nation- j al Democracy ? Do they believe that party j nearer them than any other National party 1 in its spirit and tendency ? Do they believe j that its measures, on the whole, are better calculated than tho e of any other party, to promote the public weal, nnd to protect the \ rights and interests of every section of the j Union ? Do they believe that the Whig or : any other party could or would if they could, ; ! elevate to the Presidency so unexceptionable ! ! a man as Frank Pierce ? If they answer ; I these questions in the only way they can be ! j reasonably answered, they will not hesitate 1 where to take their position in the orgnniza- j i tion of parties. They will continue to be Democrats as in days bygone ; they will en | sily see through the and signs of those who | would make proselytes of them to anew : faith, or entice them, under whatever fair ! pretences, to the support of a Whig, a Pa- ! j triot, an Independent man, or other ; ! HUMBUG.” I A City, or Not a City. What has the city of Griffin done to acer- j tain correspondent of the Savannah Geor- j ia/j,that he should put upon them such a - great indignity ? Hear him : | 44 Here lam in the country, that is. in i i the country town of Griffin. Perhaps I ; should have said the city of Griffin, as it lias j its Mayor and Aldermen; and who, by the , by, like your present board, are carrying certain measures with a high hand. 1 will compromise with the Griffinians, and call it a t run in vrbe,’ though it certainly has more claims to the former distinction than the latter, especially in respect to its streets, which are certainly as nature made them Nature unadorned is adorned the most, the poet says, but deinn me, as Sir Exquisite would say, if there bo any beauty in the appearance of the streets of Griffin or Ma con. The next heavy rain that falls in Ma con, will, I fear, wash away streets and houses.” .. Powers of wergeance,” Griffin a conn- 1 try town! Why, didn't, the Know-Nothings ; gain a tremendous victory there, and was j it not duly heralded by those faithful senti- ; neis on tlic watch-towers of liberty, who preside over the American Ununi ? Os course, it must be a big place, or the K N.'s wouldn’t bother about it. Take care, As uiodeus, your little tfeui/ship will catch it, | ere you are aware. By tho way, this same correspondent is a fellow of infinite jeut, of most excellent fancy ” Hear him on the subject of hotels : 4. The jealous husband of a young and fascinating wife, never had a greater abhor rence of hotel life than 1; but a peculiar charm and a home-like, social air, hang round c country Inn. There are uo balls, no 4 hops’ or fetes of any kind, no fashiona ble women dressed in the latest style, (half dressed I believe is now the fashion,) to stare at you impertinently at the table, un- 1 til you become so confused that you spill j your soup over j our new pants—ns your j correspondent once did, when yielding to the entreaties of a friend, he consented to dine in the Ladies Ordinary, of one of the New York fashionable hotels Or perhaps being j a green one, you may fall into the snare and ! be deceived by that sweet smile and thesidu | loDg, soul annihilating glance of those beau j tiful black eyes, and having been well vie j timised, find that your idol is a married wo ! man. ! 4. Modest, bashful young men should be ware of fashionable hotels. But here in ; this quiet town, how different! Around the j huge wood fire iu the sitting room of the Georgia hotel, there is a goodly circle ot j inea and youths, reading the news, com i meuting cll the Cuban question and the price j of cotton, while same are spinning out Mun ; chaußeu like stories of Snakes and Indians. The scene is interesting to the inhabitant of ! a large city. Residents of the country, with | those low crowned, broad brimmed hats, and I long blanket coats, step in now and then, in ! variably leaving the door open, take a seat | and cdhnnenco smoking their pipes. In the ! corner sits one of these, a lineal descendant iof Fallstaff, I verily believe. He is reading ! Georgia Scenes, and his huge frame shakes convulsively every moment. Now aud then he closes the book, as if satisfied with its humor. Tis but for a second ; lie resumes, exclaiming what a great fellow Longstreet j is, he keeps a body laughing all the time, i his great sides are again in motion, and he . breaks out into a genial guffaw altogether, j reminding one of a great forge bellows.” The Prohibition Movement. This movement in Georgia seems to meet i with disfavor from the papers of all parties, : with a few exceptions Some of the best | temperance men in the State are opposed to ! it, considering it inexpedient and premature ! and fraught with injury to tho very cause I it proposes to advance. ! We cannot take part in this movement, — j We consider intemperance the greatest vice j of tho age, and are anxious to see its blight ing influences removed from our land, Sut we can never consent to gi've up our affilia tion with the Democratic party, to follow a policy, wrong, ns we houestly believe, iu principle, and questionable ns to its conse quences. W'e shall therefore use our honest endeavors, fairly and openly, to advance the principles of the Democratic faith in opposi tion to all others. Wo publish, in another column, the pro ceedings of a meeting liltely held at Adairs j vilie We do so with pleasure, and shall at ; all times willingly give place to welj writ ten articles in fayor of this movement, with ! the understanding that wo shall in every in* ! stance, take the liberty of replying editori ! ally, whenever we think such a course neces \ nary. Our Exchanges. Frank Leslie's Ladies’ Gazette.— Tho March number of this elegant monthly is on our table It contains the u-ual a mount of valuable information for the ladies, fashion plates, music, &o. Terms, £3 a-yr. Address Frank Leslie, Now York. Dickens’ Household Word*. republish ed by J, A. Dix, New York, is a capital work. It is conducted by Charles Dickons, one of tho finest writers in Hie English lan guage. The present number for March and April completes a volume, and now is a good time to subscribe Terms, $3 a-year, or #4 with the Standard. Life Illustrated, published in New York by Fowlers & Y.’ells, is one 01 the handr sourest and best filled papers of our acquain tance The reading public is indebted to these gentlemen for a large number of valu able publications and this sheet is well cal culated to keep up the reputation of their house. Terms, $2 a-ycar. Graham's Saturday Mail, a large, handsomely printed and ably edited paper, comes to us from the press of Patrick & Pe ters, Philadelphia, It is edited by George Jl Graham, long time editor of that popular American monthly, Graham's Magazine, and one of the most forcible writers in the coun try. Terms, $2 a-year, Our New York Letter, j Came too lute for insertion in this week's j j paper. We extract the following from a ( Postscript: The steamship St. Louis, from Havre. ! with English dates to the 14th ult , is just j jin. Her news is four days later than the j | Asia's, but brings nothing of importance to j ! light. No change in the war news, I’he | prospect of pence was considered getting ! brighter, but no definite information is g ; ven ; At the Liverpool Cotton market on the j 12th and 13th, a fair amount of business had i been done, the trade, however, were buying ! very sparingly. The business amounted to fully 1,000 i bales—l 500 for exportation. The market i was dull bat prices unaltered. In the Corn market a fair quantity of I Engl Hi wheat and flour wero disposed of, but otherwise the trade was very limited. In the money market both at London and Paris, the announcement that Lord John Russell was to proceed to Vienna as the British plenipotentiary it* the conferences on the Four Points, caused.® recovery in the funds. _ j Southern Dependence upon the North We make the following extract from a; speech made by Albert Pike, at the Southern Convention held in Charleston, S. C. Said ~ Mr Pike: . It is time that we should look about us, and see in wlmt relation we stand to the North From the rattle with which the nurse tickles the ear of the child born in the South to the shroud that covers the cohl form of the dead, everything comes from the North. We rise from between sheets made of the Northern looms, and pillows of the ! Northern feathers, to wash in basins made in the North, dry our beards on the North ern towels, and dress our selves in garments woven in Northern looms; we eat from Northern plates and dishes; our rooms nre swept with Northern brooms, our gardens ; j dug with Northern spades, and our bread j I kneaded in trays or dishes of Northern wood j or tin ; and the verv wood which feeds our : Ii fires is cut with Northern axes, helved with hickory brought from Connecticut and New j York.’ Mr. Pike spoke sensibly at Charleston. — | By this we do not mean to insinuate that lie ! is not in tho habit of speaking sensibly on j all occasions, but that he did speak very | sensib yon the occasion referred to. But he did not go far enough— not half far enough —iu the above paragraph. Ho failed to enumerate a moiety of our short comings, and lapses from the course which common sense and ordinary judgement point out However, as he wa§ in a State where resolu tions are more popular with the people than cottons mill, and fervid eloquence more at tractive thau furnaces, (facts deplorably ap parent all over the South.) we suppose the omission may be easily accounted for. We might continue the paragraph almost ad infinitum, but will content ourselves with a shori illustration or two The impet uous Southerner, after dressing liimself from top to toe in garments of Northern manufac ture —he rarely even patronizes the indus try of his own -State and neighborhood— i sits down to his foreign coffee, sweetened j with Southern sugar, refined in the North, i drinks from a Northern enp, eats from a Northern plate uses Northern wrought knives and forks, generally butters his toast with prime Northern 4 Goshen,’ then rises from his seat, and proceeds very often with a Northern made pen, on Northern paper, i with Northern ink, kept in a Northern man j ufactured inkstand, to criminate the North j for alleged aggressions upon the South, for | getting all the time that if he, and others ; like him, would pursue a different industrial land commenced policy, that the South wolud become as independent and impregna j ble in all respects ns she is now dependent ! and liable to imposition. Let her fabricate j as well as produce, and the things is done, the mighty object accomplished ; the great ! end achieved ! But, ns long as she continues j strictly agricultural, and permits the North j and England to grow rich nt her expense — 1 ns long as she cast from her riches of trens ! ui es, l-y confining hyself to two or three pursuits, just so long will her rivals, with not half her real advantages, keep abend of her in wealth, population, commerce, inde pendence, nnd prosperity. Tho Abolition Debate in the Senate. The debate in the U. S. Senate on Friday’ on the bill for the protection of the U. S \ officers in the execution of the Fugitive Slave ( Law, introduced the new Senator from Mas sachusetts in tho abolition arena. In the course of his remarks, lie declared the pur pose of himself and other NeW‘ England new lights to bo, at all costs and hazards, to ab olish slavery in the District of Columbia, and whorevor the United States have exclu sive jurisdiction. Such was tho < gist’ of his | speech of tho day. The debate was characterised by much bitterness on all sides, but developed noth ing tliat has not been uttered and reiterated over and over again in the halls of Congress by the enemies of the South. Seward, whose great strength it shown by the support which ho received from the Now York Know Notlnugs while lie openly douonnees their or der, availed himself of the opportunity to strike a blow at slavery, and at the samo ! time to conciliate and court tho foreign vote. We think, though, that tho anih agi tator aud unscrupulous intriguer has made a icisplay of his political cards iu taking po sition against tho now order. Out of his own State he will find It impossible to har monize Know Nothiugisin with tho very po litical clement against which its intlueuoe is diroct. Joseph Seawell Jones, who always wrote himself .4 of Shecoo,” in North Carolina, died on the 20th ult., at Columbus, Miss., of pneu* mpnla. For the Cassrille Standard. Organization. Mess. Editors; As there have existed, divisions and dissensions in the Democratic party of this District, and as the time is not very far distant when the members of that party will be called upon to vote for suita ble persons to represent them both in our national and State councils, it behooves j them, before acting, to reflect well upon the ; course best calculated to reconcile those dis- J ferences. nnd secure unity nnd concert of j action, for although our old enemy, the W hig party, has been defeated, nnd to n great ex- | tent/disorganized nnd disbanded, yet the, ! elements of that pnrty still exist, and it is a j well known fact that they will unite with j any party or faction for the sake of defeat- ; ■ ing the Democratic party. I The only feasible course that presents it- ; ! sols to my mind, by which this united action | can bo secured, is to adhere to the time hon ored usage of the Democratic parly, in sup- : porting the nominees of a Convention com- < posed of delegates fairly chosen from every portion of the county or district. If this course should be pursued, nnd we have no dissensions in our own ranks, the Democrnt ieparty will be. as it always has been, when j united, invincible. CASS. For the Cassville Standard. Meeting at AdairsviUe. Adaiusville, March 3. According to previous notice, a rcspecta- i b!e number of the citizens of the 15th dist : met in the Academy, at 3 o'clock, p m. On motion of John W. Gray, A. 0 Trim- : ble was called to the chair, and N. Trimble i requested to nd as secretary. It was moved and carried that the chair man appoint a committee of five, to draft resolutions expressive of the object of the meeting; whereupon Ed ley L. Hamilton. John w. Gray, Wm. M, Clore, VVm. White side and A T. Livingstoif. were appointed.! who having discharged that duty, reported , j the following : Whereas we, the citizens of the 15th dis- ) trict of the county of Cass, are thoroughly convinced that the system of licensing nnd i legalizmg retail liquor shops, at which j drunkards are manufactured, and crime nnd ’ immorality are indulged in, (-as is the case : nt. all such establishments,) is a lamentable nnd blighting curse upon any community, j ! and one which all good citizens should use | their influence to remove, and finally destroy, j he it therefore — Resolved, That we heartily approve of j the meeting held in Cassville on the Olh ult. | for the purpose of uniting the friends of,’ [ Prohibitory legislation, in their efforts to put down and destroy this groat evil. Resolved, furthermore, that we most ; cordially approve of the nomination made ! by that meeting, of candidates to represent |us in the next Legislative council of our | qtut.e ; also the nomination by the Atlanta Prohibition Convention, of the Hon. B H. ! Overby for Governor, nnd that we will do ! all we can. ns honorable nnd just citizens, ■ t >\ secure their election On motion of Bailous W. Lewis, it was— j Resolved, That the proceedings of this ! meeting be sent to the Cassville Standard, j with the request tli it they be published. No further business appearing, the meet iing adjourned. A. C. TRIM RLE, Chairman. ; N. Trimble, Secretary. i Another Shot at tho Know Nothings. Through evil and through good report, we j have battled against the order of the Know I Nothings In the midd of overwhelming defeat, we have hurled defiance at them, in spite of the warnings of friends and the | threats of enemies, nnd the time lias vindi • ca 4 ed the wisdom of our course much sooner j than we anticipated Know Nothingism is dead at the South, whatever it may bo at ! the North. Gardner and WUsoti of Massa- Ichnsetts. Pollock, of Pennsylvania, and last, jof all, William 11. Seward, of New York, i whom it has elevated to office, are the tn!!'- i stones which have sunk it in the sea of pub lie odium from which there is flodeliverance. It is dead ; stone dead ; nnd we rejoice in its death. Without pretending to know more about it than any other well informed citizen, we knew enough of it to loathe and detest it Tt was a secret political organization, con trolled hr a grand council located at the North and under abolition influences : or in ■ other words, a secret oligarchy which pro ’ posed to t ike tho power out of the hands ot ! the people and give it to a tew chosen lea i dors. If successful it would have rovolution tionized the American system, and substitu . ted for our free institutions the government lof Venice. This was enough to brand the order with many. But when it was an nounced thnt t.lie object of this rndicnl change in our form of government was to make the accident of birth a political crime and a man's religion a test of official quali fication, we would have been recreant to the memory of our fathers, nnd traitor to the land of our birth, if wo had not denounced tho order ns inimical to liberty and the ; best interests of country. And now that the tree has brought forth fruit nud shows Gardner nnd Wilson, Pollock and Seward, in high political stations as its idols and Rep resentatives, we feel that we nre justified in our worst fears, and we sorry that we have ■ not been more efficient in our opposition to ! the order. One word in explanation. We nre con- j ■ vinoed tlint good men nnd true, both at the : North and the South, have been lured into , j the lodges of the order by a misrepresent:)- j tion of its purposes and aims. Thoy owe it ! to themselves and the country to abandon ! them nt once.— Tones Os Sentinel. [ Gen. Jackson an Abolitionist. —Tho j Ite/wblican, published at Cedar Town, I’olk county,Geo , makes out Gen Jackson an Ab olitionist of the Sumner stamp. What do the Jackson Democrats of Polk think of tv paper that can make such charges agninst | Andrew Jackson.— Federal Union. A Car Load of Gold —On the 17th inst., 1 a car filled with bags of gold was transpor ted from the United States Assistant Treas urer's office to the banking bouse of Pago &, Bacon, at St. Louis, who resumed payment on Monday last. The gold was tho cash for tv $600,000 draft from Now York. Panama Railroad —The fare over-ibis road has been fixed at $26 ; children undor twelve years of ago half price; freight on baggage of passengers 10 cents per lb ; on gold of 1 i per cent, and on silver 4 of 1 per cent. An Interesting Letter. Every reader, we doubt not, will agree : with thus that the subjoined letter is not on ly an interesting one, but that the conclud ing/ sentence of its makes it remarkable one. It is an exact copy of a letter written by General Winfield Scott, then a Captain in the Army, during a sorjonrn at his home | in Petersburg. Ya , on the 18th of June, | 1811, jnst one year before the declaration of ; war. The letter was addressed to an old friend in this city, and is now in possession of the son, J. L. Edwards, Esq. Great events make great men. It seems to have been the purpose of the }‘oung soldier to leave a ser vice of inaction ar.d return to the Inw. We , are left iu doubt whether he would have be- ! come as renowned at the bar, as he has in ! the field ; but, be that as it may, war soon j followed, and the young captain, by n course ■ of service unexampled in brilliancy nnd du- | ration, has risen step by step in the career of of distinction, until at the end of 44 years he finds himself, on this venerated anniver sary, crowned with the highest military honor which bis country can bestow. Truly has he 4 written his history with his sword,’ a history free from a stain nnd which every An.eric: n m yre id with pride. Intamina !isfulget huuunbus. THE letter. Petersburg. June. 1811. I believe we have very little village news to give you, nor do I know what would please you in that way. 1 Os myself —that personage who fills so large a space in every man's own imngitia- ‘ tion, and so small a one in the imagination of every other—lean say but little; per haps less would please you more. Since my return to Virginia my time lias been passed in easy transitions from pleasure to study, from study to pleasure: in my gayety for getting the student, in the student forgetting . my gayety I have generally been in the I office of my frier cl, Mr. Leigh, though not j unmindful of the studies connected with my present profession : but you will easily con- I ceive my military ardor lias suffered abate- i ment. Indeed, it is my design, as soon as circutn- i stances will permit, to throw the feather out . of my cap and resume it in ny band Yet. should war come at last, my enthusiasm will he rekindled; and then who knows but that | I may yet write my history with my sword ? Yours, truly, WINFIELD SCOTT. L Edwards, E q., Washington. . - The New Wr-r Minister. : A cotemporary in giving a sketch of the 1 ’ new English ministry, thus speaks of the j 1 Secretary of War. ’ r 1 4 Lord Pannnwe, to whom the Mar De- j partment lias been intrusted, must be one of those pleasant j kes with which Palmerston, even at the most serious movement, is fond of startling tho world. One of the most in capable of that incapable whig ministry which died out i> ‘52, he has s : nee been bn ried in the north of Scotland, where from being a rake lie Imd turned to religion I Before he entered in the 79th Highlanders. I which may possibly have marked him for I this department. lie is a personal friend of Lord Parmer ston ; and being a genial companion, an ar dent lover of port, the son of a lovd, and a good chcerer of the ministry, lie was first put in office by Lord John Russell, who made ’ him under Secretary of the Home Depart j inent, nnd subsequently Secretary of War. J He is broken in health, a constant, martyr to the gout, and ludicrously unsuited in ev ! cry respect for the tfliee to which he has been appointed He is a member of the Free church of Scotland, is personally popular with that community and owns large estates n Perth, which some ( arty transactions with tho Hebrew race have placed under heavy incumbrance.’ Last Hours of Consrress. w Washington, March 4. Both branches of Congress adjourned at ; noon to-day (Sunday 1 The Senate adopted the report of the com mittees of conference on the Army cn l Tost | Office B. 11s Tiie lil for the admission of Oi ! egon as a Slate wns rejected. The House agreed to the Senate amend ment to the General Appropriation Bill, striking out the clause modifying the Tariff The Senate amendment to the Post Office Bill, requiring pro-payment of postage, was adopt ed. The bill to prevent free ingress of for eign criminals and paupers, was on the ta ble. The report of the Committee of Confer ence on the Navy Appropriations was con curred it) : this bill makes full appropria tion for ocean mail service, but nothing is said about, the Collins’ line leaving it option ; nal with the President to continue tho line, i The vote of thanks to the Speaker, was op j posed by Col. Hunt, of Louisiana. Paris letters report that the health of Mr. Mason, is gradually improving. Mentally, j his ccnvaJqscenee is complete, ho yet labors 1 under a partial paralysis, which renders lo comotion impossible, but the muscular move i ments are gradually resuming their natural ! power, and there is a fair hope that these too arc susceptible of a complete rcstora tion. The Pll lsinr.nov. — A number of the 1 members of the Pennsylvania Legislature, embracing gentlemen in both houses, have addressed a letter to George Law, of New York, inviting him to permit his name to be used as the caudiduto of tho American party for tho Presidency. Spring in F. spring is now fairly opened at St. Augustine, nnd every one is preparing to plant the crops for the ensuing year. The season is propitious, and a good yield ia anticipated. Kinney Expedition —A company is tit ting out iu Mobile, under Mr II Murcy, for the Central Amorioan enterprise. The Mo bile JVcuts says he is a gentleman iu whom implicit confidence may bo placed. C. Edwards Lester announces another Know Nothing book, none other than the life of James Gordon Bennett, whose vilo sheet is the Know Notbiug Repository. Mr. Hillary B Bostick, aged 87 years, a highly respected citizen of Columbus Ga., died Sunday morning last. Another copper mine has been discovered in the Cherokee region. It is located in Gilmer county aud is said to be very rich There was snow in New Orleans on Sun day last. New York, March 5: Southern Flour $8 87 1-2 to #0 50 per barrel. ; Facts About the United Stated , 1 The United States are composed of th * j one States and nine Territories. | They contain n population of 25,00000 ft , of whom 21,000,000 are white. 1 ! The extent of sea coast 12,609 raikg. The length of its ten principal rivers - - 20,000 miles. The number of miles of Railway In o p ers tion is 20.000 which cost $600,000,000.* The length of canals is 5,000 miles. It contains the longi st railway on the the Illinois Central — which is 734 a, ] es i The annual value of its agricaltuial j lo ductions is $200,000 600. Its most valuable productions is l lu jj ftn ! Corn, which yields annually 400,000,Coo i bushels The amount of registered and enrolled ton. i nage is 5,407,000 tons. The amount of capital invested iu nmnu. facturos is $009,000,000. 1 The amount of foreign imports in 1853 \; 2J $267,978,987 —tnd of its exports $*230,971,. 007. The annual amount of its internal trade is $000,600,000. T|ie aunual value of the products of labor pother than agriculture) is $1,500,000,000. The value of its farms and live stick ij s‘soo 000,000 Its mines of gold, copper, lead and iron are among the richest in the world. The valuo of gold produced is SICO,CGO,< COO. The surface of its coal fields is 138.131 square acres. Its receipts for customs &c. &c., in 1852 was $51,472,275, and its expenditures $43,- 743,195. Within her borders are 80,000 schools, 20,- 000 academies, 234 colleges, tnd 5,600 churches. I Interesting from Cuba. Ciiarliston, Feb, 28. The ‘teamship Isabel, arrived from llav. ana, at this port, at. one o'clock this morning with dates from Havana and Key West to the 251.1i. The port of Havana has been and dared i& | a state of blockade against armed vessels, j Merchant ships will be permitted to pass Several Creoles connected with late political disturbances- in the island have been banish ed to Spain. Estampes has been sentenced to be garro ted Felit has been sentenced to ten years i in the chain gangs in Africa. Garcia Munos chief of the Police, has been ; appointed Military Governor ot Havana, and j Coude D-jcanengo has been made Civil Gov ! ernor. Ihe latter in respected, wl.eli ti e ! former is feurd and haled. Feht and E- aaipos were 1 ot allowed to be ! present at their trials, an 1 were not advised : even of the day < n wh ih they took place. The Br'.t si. sh'qs of war Med a, Buzzard and Huzzar were iu the port of Havana. g S Every thing in the city was gloomy. Til carnival balls were thinly attended. The ’ Opera performances had ceased. The weath 'er wa9 cold, nud trade dull. The market, [generally, remained unchanged. The United Elates frigate Son Jaciuu, arrived at Key West on the 19th—all well. She was to sail for Havana. The marine news from Havana is tinim- I | portant. From Washington. Washington. Feb. 27. | The Senate to-day passed the Ocean Mjil ! steamship bill, cont.nuing the Collin's™n | tract until 1860 The House j assed the Old Soldiers* B urfy Land Bill, including those engaged in the land and sea service of the country. There were snow, sleet and rain in Mil -11 edgeville, on Sunday. Towards n gLt it jcleared off very cold. Gen M B. Lamar was in Mobile on Wid nesday. lie is on his return from Georgia to his residence, iu Texas. Snow —There was a slight snow at Clmr leston. Monday morning, nnd along the line of rail rod from that city to Augusta Ills Honor. Judge Holt, on Saturday sen tenced Henry J. Keener, convicted nt the late term of the murder James Reese, to le ■ hung on Friday, the SOth'of April. | Cattle are said to be dying of starvation in some parts ol Ohio, tlie drought Inst sum > j mtr having cut off the supplies necessary fi r their sustenance. At Chattmiooga. on Sunday morning there j was a light spriuklifig of snow which disap peared. however as fast as it fell. On Mon -1 (lay it was extrmelj cold. Judge TrwmbttTl, the new Senator from 11- I ! ® linois, is a Connecticut man, and formerly lived in Colchester, He is a grandsou of Trumbull, the historian, of Connecticut. The Bedford Mercury states that five drafts’ f received in that city, all drawn at Honolu | lu, amounting to the snm of $8,700, bare been proved to be counterfeit. Tiu Usury Laws —A bill is before the ; Pennsylvania Legislature, which authorises parties to contract lor a greater, rate of in- I terest than six per cent, nnd thus In polling the existing usury laws. It is rumored that the Know Nothing State .convention has nominated Win- T. Miner, of ! Stanford, for Governor, and Wn> Fields, cf I'omfret, for Lieut Governor, of Uounecti | cut. Death or D. J Davis, K'<*. — Mr. Daviul J. Davis, one of the oldest citizens of Macon,, expired at his residence in that city, on Fri day last. *. I In 1797 Washington vetoed an net to fix 1 the military establishment, resting his ob* jections on no constitutional grounds, bui merely upou expediency Last week move than one- third of tli©- whole number of deaths in Boston were of j consumption and inflammation of the lungs. The splendid steamer James Robb. Ron j New Orleans, was sunk in the Mississippi i last week. Sho was worth $30,000 ;no in j surnneo. Supreme Court of Georgia vs. the Railrokds of Georgia —We learn from the Macon Messenger, that tho Supreme Court, now in eession nt Macon, has given a decision, by virtue of which * a railroad company may now be sued in any militi ft district, in any county through which the road runs and in which it Ims au agent. ’ In the counties of Sonora and San Francis co, Colifornia, five hundred murders hare been oommitted in the last five years, only three of the murderers have been exe cuted under judicial scuteucc-