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THE STANDARD.
GASSYILLE, GEO.
THURSDAY MORNING:
APRIL 5. 1?55.
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The Meeting on Tuesday.
We hare neither time nor room to do more
than call attention to the proceedings of the
Democratic meeting to be found in another
column. We are glad the last resolution
reported by the committee was adopted It
is tfce true position for the party in our
bumble opinion, and it must either triunVph
or fail on that platform As we said last
week, if we are true to ourselves victory
must and trill perch on our banner.
Col Joe Fell.
Cur citizens have had the good fortune of
listening to this celebrated Temperance Lec
turer for thr past two evenings, at the
Methodist Church He is one of the most
effective Temperance orators we have ever
beard. Clear, forcible and at times elo
quent, he places the subject before bis audi
ence in such a light as to force conviction,
while he •• supposes cases” and relates anec-,
dotes in a way we have seldom seen equalled.
The Colonel goes from this place to Mari
etta, and thence to Atlanta, and wo say to
our friends in these places that they may
confidently expect % treat without fear of
disappointment.
Judge Joseph Henry Lumpkin.
The Athens Banner says: •* We learn from 1
an authentic source that the Hon. Joseph 11. j
Lumpkin has declined the appointment of j
Judge of the Court of Claims, notwithstand
ing the compliment paid by the tender of
this high and responsible office, as well ns
the circumstances under which it was done—
the unanimous and cordial ratification of it
by the Senate, as wc have occasion to know, ;
and notwithstanding the almost universal ‘
approbation with which this appointment has ;
been received by the press of all parties—
Still our townsman prefers to give his servi
ces to his nativo State.’’
The Weather—the Fruit Crop, &c.
“ ’Tin a month before the month of May,
And the Spring comes slowly up the wuy.”
April has been called by the poets •. the
month of Sowers and sunshine.’ So far it
has been any thing else with us We have j
scarcely any snn at all, and as for flowers, j
except a few violet3 and jonquils, they arc j
non est inventus. The mornings and even
ings are still cold, and fires and thick coats
arc indispensable At the time of this wri
ting there is a fair prospect of a cohl rain—
te be followed we hope by warm weather, j
Tiie amount of damage done to the fruit
crop has not yet been fully ascertained We
have taken, within the week, two or three
rides into the country, and have noticed the
fruit trees closely.’ If'.we have no more
frost,-we think the peach crop will be about
cue half or two thirds short, while apples,
plums and cherries are scarcely injured at
all. We give this as our opinion, from- ob
•ervation Many persons think the peach
crop will be an entire failure. As for green
peas and other kinds of garden sass, they
are entirely out of-the ring
Southern Quarterly Review.
i.Wm M. Borwell, E-q , of Virginia, j
a Whig E liior of great ability, is to take ‘
charge hereafter of the Southern Quarterly ;
Review.” *
We clip the above from one of our exchan- j
geo. If true it is unfortunate, not on’y for :
the work itself hut for the South, that the
Review has pa?sefl from under the editorial I
supervision of Mr Simms, who has given it ;
a reputation secoml to no publicution in the
country, and ono which it can never attain
ia the hands of any one else. We feared
xaore than a year ago when we severed our
connection with the work, that the new pro
prietor would pnrsne this oourße With no
strong feeling in favor ol oar section, Mr.
Bimms wac too thoroughly Southern for
biin. We say this in no unkind mo> and, bnt
merely to give expression to our honest con
victions Mr, Simms was ardently attache 1
to the Review, bad clung to it in all its dis
Amities, had devoted much valuable time,
for years past, to giving it a reputation,
without adequate remuneration, and now
that tho work bids fair to sucoeed, it is hard,
ly fair to import an editor when one so emi
nently fitted lor the post and so justly enti
tled to it, is ou the spot. We predict that
the next thing will be to remove the Rev&w
fro to Charleston.
Hew Music.
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lisher, Manufacturer and Dealer in piano
Fortes, of No 383 Broedwny, New York, has
Cent * ‘he following sheets of popular Mn
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that any person leading him sl, will reeeiee
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1 rice 35 cents. This is certainly one of the
prettiest Polkas it has ever our p] c , U( ,.
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cd by its title. Tho title page is embellished
with a beautiful illuminated vignette of the
interior of tits Publisher's Music Establish
meat,
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from tbs air of the Lilly White Song,/as
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Is Cartersville for Sale?
Various and sundry are the stories afloat
in this Copper region ** concerning of’ that
mineral and those who go down into the
bowels of the earth in search of it, the which
if properly told, would provoke a laugh
from under the very ribs of death.” We
heard one the other day. the scene whereof is j
laid in these parts, which caused us—ns ;
Gaylord Clark of the Knickerbocker would j
say—to laugh most consumed!y. ‘Ve are !
not in the habit of doing up funny things,”
but will try this one, even at the risk of
spoiling it
A company had been testing for Copper,
In one of the districts of this county, and
had gotten a considerable distance into the
inferior. Os course the ..signs” must have
! been first rate, or they never would have
Commenced operations. Who ever heard of
anybody testing for Coppar unless the evi
dences were .. better ttian ever were seen at
Duck Town” ? At any rare, this company
had gone down a good ways. and there was •
no doubt about their *• striking copper” im- !
mediately, if not sooner. The owner of the j
lot—igrlio was o retain a half interest when j
the Copper was found —became very uneasy, j
Visions of, unbounded wealth, with all its i
pleasant concomitants, floated before him. J
In hie imagination he bc< nine a second Cres
sus—was courted, fawned upon, loaded down
with attentions—lie saw himself a rail road
director, president of a bank—the owner of
two or three valuable Etowah plantations
and any thing else he wanted to be—for mo
ney is the great talisman that produces
tiny thing its possessor wishes for. Day after
day. these were his dreams, and day after
day they didn’t find Copper. At length pa
tience was well uigh exhausted, and doubt
began to chase away Ins bright visions, when
one momentous day, as he sat. near the
mouth of the shaft, lie heard a’voice from
below :
.. Hello !” said- the voice.
i. Hello yourself!” replied oar hero.
. We ve found it!” oame from b< low.
.< Ponnd what ? ’ was the tremulous inqui
ry, Copper ?”
.. Yes sirree, Bob!” was the answer.
It was too much for our friend. The ful
; filntent of all his dreams was at hand—the
| shock was too great, and consciousness for
j sook him. He was sprinkled with Schiedam
j Schnapps, rubbed smartly, and at length
opened bis eyes.
.. Did you say j’ou’d found it, boys ?’’
.. Nothin’ shorter,” was the somewhat in
elegant answer.
.. Again he fainted and was .. brought to.”
j With consciousness came the same question :
j i Hoot you found it ?’*
j 4. We hare that!” was the reply, followed
i by another faint and a sprinkle of the Schie
| (lam. Again the eyes opened and the sut
fei er raised himself into a sitting posture :
.. And so. boys, you’ve raly found it?—
4. Well I wonder if Cartersville is for sal el”
They had'nt found Copper, though. Was nt
it too bad t
A Word to our Farmers.
! 44 We have, with great labor,” says the
| Atlanta Intelligencer, 4. plodded through
i all that our exchanges have so learnedly
and lengthily said of the probable effects of
the death of the Emperor of Russia Almost
to a man the editors agree that the fighting
is to go on, and wc all know that editors
! know everything. If this . multitude of
! counsellors’ happen to be right, and the war
I is protracted upon a grand scale, what will
•! become of'the cotton interests? Again,
I should one more short crop supervene upon
I the last two that now occasion so much dis
! tress in the country, what will become of
jvs ? The part of provident and wise men, it
! seems to us, will be, in pitching the. next
| crop, to put down as broad a surface as pos
sible ip tilings necessary to the support of
• life. Wc declare, for our own part, wo are |
[dreadfully frightened- A friend asked us a
few days ago what we meant by writing so
much upon the subject of • vulgar bread and
meat-,’ aid iie wished to know if wc were
really afraid of starving. Indeed we are.
i mid unless the stnfF of life falls in this mar
j feet, and that right soon, we see no other
j chance for us'thaw to suffer immensely, or
board out. Then, good friends in thecoun
i try, say nothing about cotton for one year;
: we can wear old c othes for twelve months.
Do your best to bring back a return of those
[good old times when wheateu bread was con
sidered not to good to be eaten ujon other
jdays than Sunday.
; .. Our horses and icules too are looking
I very consumptive hereabouts- no wonder,
j when they have to pay, and on the nail, one
dollar and a quarter per hundred weight
for sheaf oats ! We have an object in mak-
ing a record of these dreadful prices In j
years tn come, when our farming friends j
shall have adopted a d.fferent policy than I
the ono wo have been pursuing for years. ;
and shall get to care, as they should always ;
j have done, more for the inward than for the
(outer man, the collector of curious statistics
i will turn to our pages and verily what will
j seem fabulous in the dim tradition. V.’e beg I
j you friends to think of us in the city lull,’
I who have no . filthy acres’ to depend upon,
when you cast the *eed into the ground. Few
(men nowadays do without eating. Poets
even arc getting to indulgo freely in tho
habit, and may-be you even think that
young ladies arc not given to the same! De
pend upon it times arc altered, and we have
changed with them. Then speed the p ough
and set the threshing fioor in order, and let j
there be enough for us first, yourselves next, |
and then let the allies and the Uusg’uns
■ come iu with their empty wallets. ’
Mess. Tctunt* & Stephens.
Vixj lourn troiu the Macon Telegraph that
these distinguished members of the old Whig
party are out in streeg opposition to the
dtoow Nothings. W 0 are gad of it, and
hope that it may servo to open the eyos of j
seme of their Old political associates iu
Georgia who oro so blindly acting with the
secret order.
lion W T Colquitt of this State, who was
so seriously ill a few weeks ago us to leave
but little hopes of recovery, has so far re
covered as to be able to pay a visit to Mont
vale Springs, East Tennessee.
Fires are still raging in Sumter County,
Ga. Serious damage hue been done to feu
ecs, and iu sotae instances, bouses have been
destroyed. Two attempts have been made
by incendiaries to fire the town of Amenuus
The Hon. J. C. Breckinridge of Ky-, de
clines a re-election to Congren,
Kno w-Nothingism—ita Aims and Ob
jects.
A late number of the Augusta Constitu
tionalist contains an admirable article, in
answer to an editorial of the Chronicle 8c
Sentinel We sincerely regret that our
limited space will not permit Us to copy it
j entire. We commend the foil* wing extract
| to the candid consideration of every South
j ern tnan, who has the love of his section at
! heart. We sincerely believe that many good
j men at the Siuth are deceiving themselves.
Let them look to it before it is too late:
4. But what thus far has Know-Nothingism
at the North achieved which is entitled to
the sympathies of Southern men? What
has it done to propitiate cur good will ?
Wluit has it done to prove itself national and
patriotic in its aims? We will not rehearse
its Abolition triumphs in State after State
at the North, by which national men, devo
ted to the Constitution of their country, and
; anxious to quell the unholy fanaticism which
j threatens us with all the evils of sectional
! strife and final disunion, have been cloven
; down and Abolitionists elevated to seats in
j the United States Senate once occupied by
| such moil as Webster, Everett and Silas
i Wright, and which soon will send Abolition
j tsts to fill the seats once occupied by Levi
Woodbury and Franklin Pierce as Senators
trom New Hampshire—which have placed in
the Executive Chairs of most of the Northern
States Governors who believe in a higher
law than the Constitution, and are possessed
of but one grand and leading passion, a de
sire to make war on Southern Rights We
take from this exposition the picture it draws
of IVm. H. Seward —a demagogue, an in
triguer. a bargainer with Jesuits an aboli
tionist and a Conspirator against the peace
Os the Union He, it is pretended, was
marked down as peculiarly the object of
Knnqp Nothing hostility and proscription
Behold him now re-eleeied United States
Senator by Know Nothing votes. It was in
the power of the Know Nothings to defeat
him They only could defeat him. Had
but twenty three Know Nothings in the New
York Legislature voted against him he would !
have been defeated But so far from this
he was elected by twenty two majority.—
During the whole debate in the New York
Legislature on the Senatorial question the
Know Nothings who opposed his election had
not one word to say against him on account
of his anti Slavery opinions. Their whole
opposition was based upon his want of sym
pathy with their anti Catholic and anti
foreigrt movement. But their sympathy with
his anti-Slavery opinions proved stronger
even than their attachment to Native Amer
icanism ”
lu the same paper of the 22d inst. there is
another able editorial, too long for us to
copy. We make one extract:
4. There is a set of Know Nothing princi
ples put forth 4 by authority,’ recently in
New York city, by the 12th Council of Know
Nothings, in the 15th ward. The Expositions
and Resolutions would occupy several col
umns, and we cannot insert them here. They
will probably he adopted, it is said, by all
the Know Nothing Lodges of the Empire
1 State of the North Will they adopted
by the Lodges of the Empire State of the
South ? If they are. we will then know
what Georgia Know-Nothingism in, and
could enable our readers, outside of the or
der form an opinion on the subject, and have
one for our own guidance. Be this as it
may. the people and the press of Georgia
should have a public and authoritative expo
sition from the Know Nothings of Georgia
I .
j We could then know how far Know-Nothing--
ism is prepared to go in reference to two
leading objects of its action the foreign pop
ulation and the Catholic Church in this
couniry, and could then judge how far that
action might bo legitimate, and at what
point it would become impolitic an 1 wrong
|On all other topics embraced we could like
wise form an opinion and take a position.
Wherever in otlior States it is authoritatively
set forth, it embraces openly, or covertly,
auti slavery nbolitiofiiem. in spirit—pro
scriptive and a warfare of sects in religion,
and Whiggery in politics. IlHs Georgia
Know Notlnngism no better fruit to offer us?
No Democrat can adopt that platform witli
o’l* abandoning former opinions and making
war upon his principles. No Southern man
c>*n rejoice over the Know Nothing victories
of the North without being false to his own
section—to his State—to his home and fire- .
side.’
.Is not this suggestive,” snys the Atlanta
Intelligencer, *< of every tli.ing that ia ab
surd, odious and dangerous ? A common
i name is to give nationality to a party, as
I well as national command and dictation,
while every primary meeting and council ns
to the vital question of duty and principle,
each squad and clique has unbridled license
ito do just ns they list Heretofore great par
! ties h ve possessed some unity, some univer
sal element common to every member, and
which gave to party an unmistakable indi
viduality. But here w have a party that
scekß to bind together a tremendous cordon
lof political agencies by a mere name. We
will ask (aud we do it most urgently) for
information as to the excepted point, or
p ints of difference between the oreod of
Northern and Southern Know-Nothings. Is
not one of those excepted points as to which
Know Nothings North and Bouth have agreed
to diffur tho only one iu which tho Southern
patriot can feet the least solicitude ? We
■ were promised upon the new advent of this
i new order of patriots, a general peace for
J the public mind or a tremendous no tation
for peace But, so tar as overt demonstra
tions teach us anything. Know-Nothings are
only m favor of the re, ose of the dead. The
bauk and tariff questions and such faded,
tattered para phurn<ili.* of parties, the Sub
terraneans quietly reject, for the present,
but when wu come to ask their friendly ofti-
Ces in staying the approaches that tho incen
diary and conspirator are making towards
’ our ruin, their protestations their vaunted
power and deadly concert all go for nothing
•< And whilo we were tuught to look to
this American party par txctllcnce, for tho
inMagumtion of anew reign of peace, Ira
ternity and equality, we, so far from having
l tbs guaruntee umiuta.ncd as to one porten
tous danger, have another just as perilous
I to it. We must now provide for tho
dead test tuud between members of our own
community, upon our owu soil, as woll us
the united eutnny of the Northern States,
that of itselt was more than a matoh lor ue.
und is every hoar diggiug a pit for the lib
erty and honor of the South It the Bouth.
if mis fuvorod and proud commonwealth of :
Ittes era octett rantwg her sttn of bir|, I
and head that qualify them for command, j
let them prepare to take their places. We ]
feet that at this stage of its organization, it i
ia worse than foolishness to address argu- ’
mefits of remonstrance to Derttocrnts who
have attached themselves to the Know- ;
Nothing putty. But it must be seen before
it can be accredited, that true Democrats !
will commit themselves to a policy the spirit
of which is grossly violative of every priirci
plc to which ihey ever adh red before. We
cannot believe that men. who for years ster
eotyped their maledictions against the spirit !
and tendency ot the alien and sedition !
laws, can nqw submit to the open shame of |
transcending the bounds of injustice content- t
plated once by this spawn of Federalism and i
then going beyond the credulity of this old ,
outrage on the republican sentiment, of our !
peoplein avenging the outbursts of passion
on the part of the victims. Look to the re
torts of the press sympathizing with Know-
Nothingism upon John Mitch el’s letter to j
the voluntoar companies disbanded by that j
apostateson of Massachusetts, Gcv. Gardner.
We may search in vain in the records ot
Catholic oppression in the British Isles for
anything more acrimonious or more high
handed. Are Democrats, the professed de
fenders of equal rights—the men who glory
in the laith that merit makes the man, to be
called upon to aid in placing burthei sos ig
uominy on the heads of men too intolerable
to be borne, and then to aid in prosecuting
them with worse if they resist * Are you
ready for concealment —for social inquisi
tion and espionage who used to glory at every
corner of the street, that Democracy had no
concealments from the public eye—no use
for mum candidates or a muzzled press ? )
Where now is our and your once proud boast j
that 4 no erior is dangerous when reason is j
left free to combat it ?’ This whole thing,
so far as we have been perm tted to see it.
looks 60 monstrous in a moral point of view
that sometimes we flatter ourselves that
Southern Know Nothings, particularly that
Democrats among them, conceal a profound
stroke of policy for the interests of the South
I in the course they seem to have adopted.
44 It is as sure as the day of doom, that
the disfranchisement of’foreign born citizens
or disqualifications imposed upon them on
account of religion, must bring the Legisla.
tures of the States in violent collision with
the Supreme Court; and after that will come
the horrors of a bloody civil war No man
who knows the South, for a moment distrusts
her conservative, magnanimous mind, so far
as to fear any probability that the bitter
spirit of persecution lor conscience sake, or
for the sake of any thing else, can obtain a
footing here. The fury of this uew religious
and social war must break upon the North.
Then tiie mass of those men now devoted to
the taboo are to be found, and the devisers
of this scheme of degradation and outrage
will be the first to eat the bittei fruits of it.
Then will there be a truce to anti slavery
rage and aggression. The neck veins of oth
ers besides men South of the Potomac, will
suddenly appear to be rather exposed for.
comfort; and even the Yankee capacity naif
versatility be.a. little overtaxed in caring
for two social was.- *We sav we sometimes
thi 11k that Soijtlier.fi ,Knpw-Nothings might
have intended by their encouragement of
their party something like this. Whether
they did or not, however, it is none the less
inevitable in our judgment that so far ns the
Northern States are interested, that this is
to be the grand finale of new light Aineri
canisin.’ Hut, will the party respond to the
enquiries that the Constitutionalist and ev
ery other Democratic press are addressing to
the 4 Secret Order Will we be allowed to
canvass the claims of the new party, to our
respect, <and support if you will,) by having
submitted to our reason, patriotism and sense
of public duty the claims ot the Know
Nothing party after an authoritative expose
of them ? This must come sooner or later,
and the success of those whose only security
is in their cqncealmeut will only hasten this
consummation.”
The Foreign News.
4. On our first page,” says the Savannah
jYcws, 44 will be found the telegraphic ac
counts of the news by the Atlantic For
several di ys past much anxiety lias been
manifested, especially in commercial circles j
for the reeeipt of the advices dtle by this
steamer The state Os uncertainty in which
European affairs was left by the previous
steamer, rendered it impossible to form any
satialactory opinion in regard to the probable
course of events. Even the death of the Em
peror Nicholas needed positive confirmation,
while (if a fact) no intimation was given of
the probable effeot of that event upon the
political and commercial world. The ex
pected news was therefore of unusual impor
tance, and was looked for with more than
ordinary anxiety. At length we have a tel
egraphic synopfi* confirming the death of
Nicholas, and announcing the accession of
hi? son Alexander to the Imperial throne,
who goes into power pledged to adhere to the
policy of his father.
>. We regard the news as by no means in
dicative of peace. Ou the contrary, unless
the Vienna Conference should succeed in
giving some now phase to the present nspect
of affairs, wo are disposed to regard the ac
cession of a young Prince to the Russian
throne—pledged ai lie is to the traditional
policy of the Empire, and ambitious ns he
no doubt will bo to establish his own pojiu
larity.—as promising’ a more vigorous and
obstiuate resistance to tho Allies than wc
have yet keen. It will be easier for the new
Czar to lead the national enthusiasm iu the
prosecution of the war begun by his father,
than it might be to establish his dyuasty iu
a time of peace. Tho instructions of Alex
ander 10 Gortschakoff indicate that he is
determined to innku no abatement in tho de
mands of’ iloseia, whilo the orders of the’
French and English Governments to their
Gimuruls in the Crimea, show that they look
to their armies, and not lu the Vicuna Con
ference, for-a settlement of the ddliculty It
is evideut that the war which has had so de
pressing an effect upon the commerce of the
world is not yet Ht an end. But the spring
is approaching, when the tatu quo state bf
things cannot longer exist. The spirit of
itidoontable courage uud dogged resistance
which has kept the belligerents in thooamps
and tents ot the Crimea, during the inclem
ent winter, will urge thorn to desperate
activity when the spring opeus. Then thfere
will most liksly be quick and bloody work,
should not oirouiustauoes which no human
sagacity can now foresoe, intervene to bring
j • The Eastern Question* to a diplomatic ad-
IJultuWßt.” ,
Democratic Meeting 1 .
CASSVILLE, April 8. ’65.
j A respectable portion of the Democratic
1 party of Cass coun':y having met in the court
house, to day, for the purpose of appointing
: delegates to the Gubernatorial and Congres
sional Conventions, Rev. R. A. Milner was
I onl led to the chair, and T. A. Burke ap
pointed Secretary.
Jfl’dge Lafid in a few very pertinent re
marks, explained the object of tne meeting, J
whereupon!
On motion of John A. Crawford, Esq., a
committee of five was appointed to r port ;
| business for the meeting. The chairman j
| appointed John A. Cra'tfdord, Esq , Doct. j
i John T. Groves, Z G. Turner, Esq , Len.uel !
i Dillard, Esq and Donald M. Hood, Esq., i
! who after a short absence, reported the lol
j lowing preamble ami resolutions:
; Whereas, we have now ns ever an abiding’
| faith in Democratic men and measures, be
i lieving as we do that the country has most
I prospered while pursuing the policy of that !
party —and whereas there is now if possible j
more necessity for a full triumph of Demo
cratic principles than ever, and with a full
conviction that this can only be accomplish
ed by a thorough organization : Therefore, ;
Be it Resolved,
1. That we recommend to the Democracy |
throughout the Stale, a lull and thorough
organization.
2. That the day suggested—the sth of
June— for the convening of the Gubernato
rial Convention of our State at Milledgeville
meets our warmest approval, and that we
hereby appoint C. A. Hamilton, R A. .Mil
ner and J. A. Crawford as delegates to that
| Convention from this County,
j 3. That we think it expedient for the De
i mocracy of the Filth Congressional D strict
to hold a Convention, at such time and place
as may hereafter be determined on, by them,
to nominate a candidate to represent the fifth ;
district in the next Congress, and we hereby j
appoint John S Rowland, H. F. Price nud j
Win W. Clayton as delegates, with full !
power to fill vacancies and increase their j
number according to the basis of represen- j
tation in that Convention.
4. That the Democracy of Cass county are
requested to meet in Cussville on the first
Tuesday in May next, to consult together
and determine upon the best plan for bring
ing out candidates to represent this county
iu the next Legislature.
5 That we fully concur with our Demo
cratic brethren iu Tennessee in the senti
ment expressed in the following resolution,
lately passed at their Gubernatorial Con
vention:
Resolved, That the Democratic party
has never hesiiated or feared to make an !
open and candid declaration of its creed and
principles; that we regard all secret politi
cal clubs ns at war with the genius and
spirit of our Republican Institutions ; that
the secret oath bound political c'uh,'com
monly called . Know-Nothings,’ in its at
tempts to abridge the rights of conscience
and create religious tests in the selection ol
men for office, is violative of the Constitution
and dangerous to the pu'.dic liberty ; that it
is but a weak invention of the enein.es of
the democratic party; and that we will fight
this secret enemy with the same energy and
ardor which in times past has enabled us to
defeat and drive from the field open and un
disguised f. es ”
On motion of T A. Burke, the report of
the Committee was received.
On the motion to adopt, a discussion arose
as to the last resolution, which was partici
pated in by Judge Land. John A. Crawford.
E-q., Adam Hill. Esq , and the Chairman.
The motion to strike out the resolution was
finally lost, and the preamble and resulu
tions, as reported by the Committee, were
adopted l>y a large vote, only three voting a
gainst it.
On motion of James McGinnis, Esq , the
thanks of the meeting wero returned to the
1 Chairman and Secretary, and the proceed
ings requested to be published in the Cass
vj/lc Btamlard
RICHARD A MILNER, Ch
T. A. Burke, Secretary.
The Mysterious Jenkins.
It appears to be a decree of fate that the
j name ot Jenkins should always be shrouded
in mystery. His present position is unknown.
His politics are uncertain, and even his exis
tence is doubted in many parts of the co.un
try. At the north it is believed by some
persons that Jenkins is a phantom that ap
pears to the people of Georgia regularly just
before every election. By soino lie is sup
po*ed to be the same as the Flying Dutch
man, others consider him identical with the
Wandering Jew, but all agree that there is
something mysterious about him. Probably
| many of the superstitious and ghostly assi
-1 ciations connected witli the name of Mr
Jenkins arises from the fact that he once
run for a high office on the same ticket with
a dead man, and if we rightly remember,
the dead man bent him in the race. How
ever that may be, the raoe of Webster and
Jenkins through Georgia has always been
regarded as a very mysterious ass air, and
among superstitious people has connected
the name of Jeukins with ghostly andsuper
’ natural attributes. Our neighbors of the
| Recoider no doubt believe, that with a word,
Jenkins could set the wiregrass and the pine
woods in a blaze, and if it were necessary he
could set Flint River on fire Our contem
poraiy of tho Journal A Messenger thinks
that Jenkins alone, •• can give a zest to liis
revenge” upon I lie present Governor, nnd j
I the editor of the Atlanta Republican believes |
j that Jenkins can kindle a fire on the ranun- |
! tains which all of Overby’s Oold water can- .
i not quench. Even whilst we write, myste j
j vies, clouds aud darkness surround Jenkins.,,
| It is assorted at the same time that ho is a ,
J candidate, and is not a candidate fur Gov- ,
: ernor;- souio say he is a Know-Nothing—
others as confidently affirm that he is bitter- j
ly opposed to She dark lantern association.
Who oan tell which is true ? Verily there
is something vary mysterious about Jeukins.
—Federal Union.
Oxborno A- Loehrano, Esq., has been elec
ted Professor of Medical Jurisprudence In
; the Uotanico Medical College of Macon Oa. ‘
: In this we tbink the College has made a
happy choice. M'\ Loehrano having receiv
ed a Medical education, and being a lawyer
by profession, there Oan be tittle doubt that
his lures will be very interesting. Mr.
Loobrune hi s accepted tho appointment, to
commence with the opening course of hec
tare# at the next term of the Institution, in
INf'fssoK’r a4r
Later from Europe!
arrival rHE
ATLANTIC.
7”
New York. March 28. j
The steamship Atlantic has arrived at j
j New York, with Liverpool dates to the 10th :
i uR., seven days later than those brought by j
| the Africa.
She brings intelligence concerning the 1
death of the Emperor Nicholas.
| Alexander has ascended the throne nnd j
; has issued a proclamation endorsing the pol- j
| icy of his fatbor, the deceased Emperor Nicdi
, olas.
Liverpool Cotton Market.
Liverpool, March 10.
Cotton in the Liverpool Market opened nc
j tive but closed dftil; With *fi advance of;
: barely l-Bd.
Political Intelligence.
Alexander had peacahly ascended the Im ;
perial Throne. His first important ac* was
i to issue a manifesto, in which he declares 1
j j
his intention to adhere to the policy of his
father.
His brother nnd officers of the Govern
ment nnd Army have taken the rathe of al
legiance.
Emperor Alexander has confirmed his :
father's instructions to Gorschikoff, the Rus- |
sian l iplomatist at Vienna. The prelimi- !
■ nary conference at Vienna had been open- ;
ed.
The Emperor Nicholas had previous to his
death recalled Menchikoff, chief commander j
iu the Crimea.
Alexander has appointed General Rude- I
| ger Minister of War.
The allies have ordered their generals to
j press forward their operati ns against Stbas- ]
i topol There had been more fighting in the ;
j Crimea
• i
| The French had stormed a redoubt which :
j had been secretly erected by the Russians!
in the night.
In this affair several hundred men were
killed It is rumored that the Grand Duke
Michael, who was at Sebastopol, had died
of his wounds.
Balaklava was threatened by a large
Russian force. The blockade of the Dan
übe had be>-n raised.
The city of Brousa had been destroyed by
an earthquake, in which most of its inhabi
tant perished
- A disagreement has arisen between the
I Emperor Napoleon and the English Govern
meiit, the fornn r having declared that the
Armies should not act together if Roebuck s
Committee proceeded with its investigations
of the conduct of the war.
Lord Clarendon went to Bologne, and it is
said arranged the difficulty
The Roebuck Committee proceeds with
the investigation; but it is thought that
Parliament will be dissolved.
King of Denmark is sick.
General Intelligence.
The Vienna Conference was formally o
pened on the otii inst. Prince Gortscha
koff was not present. The hopes nnd fears
regarding peace were equally balanced The
Austrian and Prussian Circulars indicate
peace but the address of the new Czar to tin-
Army, breathes a war spirit
The Allies have rc-opeued the fire on Se
vastopol.
Napoleon's journey to the Crimea, it is
supposed will he postponed.
Mr Roebuck s Committee of Enquiry into
the conduct of the War is Still in session in
the British House of Commons
The Belgian ministerial crisis continues.
Bavaria has promulgated anew loan.
Tl.e Russians were formidably fortifying
the valley of Hermann and had sunk two
more ships iu the harbor.
The siege work was progressing with the
greatest activity
General Oaten Sacken is now in command ,
at Sebastopol.
Austria has addressed a letter to the Ger
manic Federal Government, informing it
that Austrian Commissioners will present a
new proposition for the effectual mobilization
of the German Contingent, and also, insists ]
on the necessity of beiug prepared for all e !
ventualities.
English accounts state that Nicholas, when 1
last addressing Alexander advised him to |
’ make peace even at the loss of the Russian
influence on the Black Sea tha he would
take the responsibility, us he had not be
lieved iu the possibility of the Anglo French
alliance—that Alexander s constant effort
should be to detach France from England
and unite Russia witli Austria and Prussia.
• and added that perhaps his pride hnd been
excessive aud God had humbled him there- i
for
After the death of Nicholas, his body was
exposed in the Chapel until the 10th inst.. \
when he was buried with tho usual solemni- j
ties.
Prussia refuses to nccode to a treaty with I
the Allies, an<l will therefore le excluded
from the Confeiences at Vienna.
Telegraphic reports say that the discus
, sions in the Conference on a general bams
for negotiations, had terminated satistacto
rily, and rumors were current in England
that Austria would be satisfied without thej
i demolition of Sevastopol, but that Louis Na- j
! poison absolutely insists on that condition, i
Prussia has issued a decree proliibiting i
I tlie exi>or tation of articles contraband ot
j wnr.
The Spanish Government has reosivedeon
, fidontial dispatches from General Concha, at
Havana, stating that the condition of Cuba
J inspired him with uneasiness, and reconi- j
; mending that concessions should be made
aud Cuban Deputies admitted into the Cortes. ;
J Ho begs also the Government, in hiseoiiimu- j
uication, not to emancipate the slaves, which, j
I would cause Cuba to seek admission into the
Uuitnd States, and says that if the Cubans j
are not paottied 20 000 troops would be iu
euffioient to hold the Islaud The Spanish
! Government has therefore officially notified
1 the Cortes that tranquility must be restored
to Cuba.
St. Helena has a population of 6,470 per
sons, of whom 084 are liberated Ai rmans,
and 611 soldiers There is but one physi
cian and but two attorneys on the island
Tbs oolporteur agents of ihs Amerioan
Foreign Bible Sooioty are dow sustained in
| Ntw
Publishing the Laws.
The Harrisburg Herald is down on|i
Legislature for rejecting a resolution t() ■ :
quire into the expediency of pubisli n ~
one paper in each county the laws
ffach session of the Legislature. It
legal that ignorance of the | !lw t
Cfisettt n6 man. is an absurdity W | lt>n
gains’ are taken by the Legiature to let t
i people know what laws have been enacte,]
; There, says the Philadelphia Ledger
; some force in this reasoning, hut unless t |
Legislature also make it obligatory t 0 | llu
i the laws published in the newspaper l,„ v
! the largest circulation in the country, !
! great expense would be incurred with v*,,
little profit to the public.
The method of advertising for public jj.
formation, ns it is practised at present, is j„ I
most cases a friend upon the public, tlieaj.'l
vertising being given generally, as reward
of partisan service to newspapers Without r 6
gard to their circulation, and m many cun-,
to those which have .the least, because they
; most need such kind of aid.
We approve both the Suggestion ofth
| Herald and thecortittiefits of the Lrf&er, *m;
we would invite the attention of otlr cotig,
poraries throughout the the suljfc'(
There is no means by which the laws canbt
eo promptly, thoroughly'and cheaply dij.
seminated among the people as by the.r
publication in the newspaper “e v enturi
to assert that the publication of the enact •“
meut of our legislature in one paper in eacs
1 county in which a newspaper is published
| would give them teu times greater publicity
I than is given by means of their painplil t!
i publication. For years past there has been
just cause of complaint of the manner jg
. which the laws of our State have been pul,.
| lished. Many months have beiti allowed to
] elapse before the State Printer has Wued
! the pamphlets containing them and then
! much time has been consumed, and heavy
! expense incurred in giving them only a pm
! tinl distribution “e believe that the l:iw
!of the session of 1864 have not yet l ecnddn
! ered to the } tuple Ii the con Tact for j uhlisli
j ing the laws and journals in bonk form must
! be reserved by our politicians as puny
capital, to be dispensed for the support ut
pnrtiz-m presses, the people have at least
I right to nquire that the laws should have
j some other form of publication, in order that
! they may acquaint themselves with the j ro
j visions ot the statues to which they are re
j quired tocoufiru. For this jurji se no k-t
| ter plan could he adopted than the one pro
, posed above, and the press of the Slate i vs.?
j it to itself and to the people to bring tU
i matter to the attention of the legislature.
; Pay Your Postage.
The public are reminded that after Satur
day next —that to say commencing wi h i
first day of April —letters wilt not he I.r
warded by the mails unless postage is pail
in advance, except only letters addressed t •
places beyond the limits ot the United States,
in those cases in which such letters cau now
be suit without prepayment
What becomes of letters where p<-stage -
not paid ni-iy be learned from the to'lev i
epistle;
Post Oif-c Departm: vt. y
Appoistmkx r-Omct, Marc 25 <j
Sin : Vi ur letter of tl.e 20th inst , is re
Ceived In answer I am and reeled by ibt*
Postmaster General to inform y u
1 The Act of 3d Match. 1865 u< king ti”
provision for tiupa.d letteis to plane w th r>
the United States, on the same or day Jell, •
mg any such unpaid letter or letters 1’ .i >
put into a Post Office, the Posmaster there--
lof will post up consp : cuously :a his ffice a
list of the same, stating that they are hc!'H
for postage. It not al'end.-d to. such leMerir
must be returned monthly io the Dead Let
ter Office.
2. Letters p rt paid skattld- be dispatvsllocft
charged with the additional postage due :*r>
the pre paid rate. aceMihiqF ?-'distance, es
i tabiishcd by said act. ea&eejit ““here rile < m *
j have been intentional, wile; they should te
j treate*! the same as letters wholly unpaid.
] 3. Dis proper to forward a letter, when
■ requested, in writing When fm watded. m>
j additioncd postage should be charged, it t lie
i letier contrary to its address, has been ms
j sent. If it has been sent uccmd.ng to ,t
j address, and then torwaicLd. it must lo
i charged with additional ja.stage at the pre*
j paid rate, according to distance, established
j by the Act ot March 3, 1865. idwresuid.-
| 4. Ship letters, as they cannot I*? r rc ’
! paid, and are not supposed to be enibtnccd
‘i in the new act. will continue to be dispatch
! ud agreeably to the provisions of the fiftcentb
j section ot the Act ot March 3 1865.
j I am, respectfully, Your obt servant,
Horatio King,
First Ass stant Postmaster
! Isaac V. Fowler-
Postmaster. New York.
j Know Nothing Feud Two Know
j Nothing organizations are said to exist in
; New York, and arc represented to be wa-
I ging a fierce and uncompromising warfare a-
I gainst eacli other That branch to which
the epithet Hindoo h applied and of which
I James IV B ilker, is the high priest, is said
! to be rapidly decreasing in numbers, in eon
sequence of the inroad made upon it by the
other branch known as the Allen, which
claims to be the original, rejecting the prac
tice of the Hindoos in making separate nom
inations, and insisting npon its nd-ltssente
voting for them, and which may, we pre
sume be regarded as a sort of tender to tho
Sc Kurd interests of the State The fetid is
waxing very warm, and tho indications are
they are about re-enacting the game ot tlie
hard and soft shells ot the so called Democra
cy-
Fn user-.— The power of Louis Napoleon is’
! already threatened by combinations againc!*
him at homo, ami it is even believed that *
j prince Napoleon is himself one of leaders of
tho disaffected parly A pamphlet against
! the Emperor Louis was recently published
in Belgium, aud its authorship was traced *
;to Prince Louis. Its circulation wasprohib
i ited in France, and the efforth'tnade by tlie
; Belgium government to detect ali'J punish
j the author, at the instance of the govern-’
meat. oU to*tho discovery of its authorship
j The Bankruptcy or the State or Nt.w
j York. From the Governor s message, it is
i plain, says the Herald, that the revenue o f
the State falls short of tho expenditure hy a
large sum, and that without some extraordi
nary relief, the Stats will be bankrupt.
I Work has been resumed on the Lake Erie,
Wabash and St. Louis Railroad, throughout
i its entirs length, and several thousand labo-’