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these requirements—at the end of five years would he be more likely to be fit at the end of ten ? In short, is there a single disqualifi cation, which zealous Nativists are apt to allege against foreigners—such as their ig norance, their clannishness, their attach ment to foreign governments, and their sub jection to the Roman Catholic Church— which would be probably alleviated by means of a moro protracted embargo ? None: on the contrary, ns we have intimated in an other place, all their worse qualities would be aggravated by the exclusive association among themselves for so many years longer in which they would be kept, while they would lose, as we shall show more fully hereafter, the best means of fitting them selves for good citizenship, in losing the ed ucational influences of iiur actual political life. It is true, in respect to the present laws of naturalization, that our Courts have shown a baneful laxity in enforcing their condi tions, and that our leading parties, corrupt everywhere, are nowhere more corrupt than in their modes of naturalizing foreigners;— j but there is no reason to expect that either Courts or parties will grow more severe un- j der more stringent laws They will have ; the same motives, and be just as eager, to j license fraudulent voters then as they are now ; and the few days before a great Pres j idential election will exhibit the same dis- j graceful scenes of venality and falsehood.— ! No simple change in the time of the law, at. any rate, can work any improvement. Nor will such a change render it any more diffi- 1 cult for the dishonest alien to procure the j franchise. He can just as easily swear to a j long residence as a short one; while it will j happen that the rarer we make the privi- j lege, the more we increase the'dimcultics to ; access to it, the longer we postpone the mi- i nority, the greater will be his inducements ‘ to evade the law. In proportion as a prize ! becomes more valuable, the temptations to a j surreptitious seizure of it increase; but where t an end is easily achieved, the trouble of wait ing till it be obtained in the regular way is preferred to the hazards of a clandestine or ; criminal attempt to carry it off. Besides it is a puerile piece of injustice to wards the alien, to inflict him with a disabil ity because of our own laches. We have | failed to administer our laws as they should I be, and, experiencing some injury in conse- ! quence, we turn round to abuse the foreign- ‘ er, like a foolish and petulant boy who kicks ! the stone over which he stumbled. The more magnanimous as well as sensible course would be, to amend our own faults. Let us ; anake the five years of probation what the ; Courts may easily make them, by rigidly ex- I acting the criterions of tlie law—an interval j of real preparation for citizenship—and the j present term will be long enough. But I whether long enough or not, the question of time, that is whether it shall be five years or ten is a simple question of in ternal police, not of lasting principles, to be determined by tho facts of experience, and by no means justifying the virulent and j wholesale denunciations of foreigners it is I tho fashion with some to fulminate. In fact the entire logic of the Nativists is ! vitiated by its indiscri minuting character. I Because a large number of the Irish, and a considerable number of the Germans, have been reduced by the long years of abuse which they have suffered at home, to an in ferior manhood, it is argued, that all the rest t f the Germans and the Irish, and all the Swiss, English, French, Scotch, Swedes and Italians, must be made to suffer for it: j but what a grevious error! The poor exiles : and refugees, many of them, are no doubt ; sufficiently debased, some, even, excessively ; insolent, too, but among them are others who are not so, among them, are thousands upon : thousands of men, of hardy virtues and clear intelligence,. whose industry contributes j wastly to the wealth, as their integrity does j to the good order, of our society. Laboring j like slaves for us, they have built our cities : and railroads; piercing the western wilds,! they have caused them to blossom into gar dens ; taking part in our commerce and man ufactures, Jhey have helped to carry the tri umphs of our arts to the remotest corners of j the globe. It was from their ranks that 1 our Stntemnhship recruited Gallatin. Morris : and Hamilton, that the law acquired Rut- j lege, Wilson, nnd E.nmmett that the : army won its Gates, its Mercer, and its Montgomery, the Navy its Jones,; Blakely, and Barry, the Arts, their Sully j and Cole, Science, its Agasisz and Guyot. Philanthropy, its Eliot and Bonczet, and le ---ligiou its Witherspoon, its White, its Whit field, an 1 Us Chevcrns. The adopted citizen, no doubt, preserves a j keen remembrance of his native land ; but | lives there on earth a soul so dead” us not; to sympathize in that feeling ? Let us ask you, oh patriotic Weissnicht, all fresh as you j are from tho voioiferations of the lodge, ■ whether you do at heart think the less of a 1 man because he cannot wholly forget the play-place of his infancy, the friends and 1 companions of his boyhood, the old cabin in which he was reared, and the grave in which the bones of his honored mother repose r— I Have you never seen two long-separated j friends, from the old world, meot again in the new, and clasp each other in a warm 1 embrace, while, their conversation bios-; eomed up, from a vein of common .memory, ; in j t houvlidd talk, and phrases „f the ‘ hearth,” nnd diu y tu not love them the more, in that their eyes grew liquid with the dear old themoa ? Or is there in the whole circle of your large and respectable private ac quaintance, a Single Scotchman to whom 1 you refuse your hand because his affections ; melt under the * Auld lung syne” of Burns or because his sides shake like a falling house when i> Halloween” or Tam 0 Shunter” is read ? Can yo.u blame gven tho poor Frenchman, if his eyes, light up into a kind of deathless glow, when the * Marseillaise,” ; twisted from some wandering hurdy-gurdy, j has yet power to recall the glorious days in , which his fathers and brothers danced for j liberty's sake, and with gay audacity, to- 1 wards the guillotine ? We venture to say for you, No! and we believe, if the truth were told, that often, on the lonely western plains, you have dreamed over again with the German his sweet dream of the resnr- ! rection and unity of the Fathorlaud ;. Wo.; havo ourselves seen you, at the St. George 1 dinners, on. Weisajycht, swell with a very evident prido, when some flagrant English-! man, recounting, not tho battles which his | ancestors for ten ocnturics had won, oipcve- j ry field of Europe, but tho better trophies 1 gained by Shnkespearo, Milton, Bacon or Cromwell, told you that a little of that same blood coursed in your veins ! The blood it self, as it tingled through your body and suffused your checks, confessed the fact, if your words did not! How, then can you, who gaze at Bunker Hill with tears in your eyes, and fling up your hat at a Fourth of July with a jerk that almost dislocates the shoulder, retire to your secret conclave, and chalk it up behind the door, against the for ; eigner, that he has a lingering love for his ! native country ? Why, he ought to be des : pised if he had not, if he could forget his her- | . itages of old renown, for it is tins tradition- ‘■ j al tenderness, these genial memories of the : J immortal words and deeds nnd places, that I constitute his patronymic glories which show that lie has a human heart still under his | jacket, and is all the more likely on account lof it, to become a worthy American. Do not. you delude yourself, however into the j shallow belief that the aliens because of these ; j sentimental attachments, will be led into! ’ the love of their native governments, which, j j having plundered them and their class, for I j years at least, expelled them to our shores, j Ah ! no—poor devils, they have not been so ■ | chucked under the chm, and fondled and ca- J j ressed—and talked pretty to, and led with sweet cakes, and humored in all sorts of se'f j indulgences, by the old despotisms, as to ; have fallen in love with them, forever nnd ! ever. On the contrary, if the reports are \ true, quite other endearments were showered upon them—such as cuffs and kicks—with a 1 distinct intimation, besides, as Mr Richard j Swiveller said to Mr. Quilp, after pounding j him thoroughly, that there were plenty ; more in the same shop—a large and exten- j j sive assortment always on hand —and every ; ; order executed with promptitude and dis- I ! dispatch.” Now, these are experiences that ’ are apt to make republicans of men, nnd to ! fill them with other feelings than those of j overweening attachment to oppressors! ! But this is a slight digression, and we re turn to the main current of our argument, ~ I to say—what we esteem quite fatal to all ! ; schemes for excommunicating foreigners, or i I even greatly extending their minority—that ; the best way. on the whole, for making them good citizens. The evils of making them a class by themselves, we have already allu . ded to, and we now speak, on the other hand ; of the benefits which must accrue to them | and to us from their absorption into the gcu j oral life of the community. It is universal ly conceded by the liberal writers on govern ! rnent and society, that the signal and lieneii i | . ; cient advantage of republican institutions ■ ; which we mean an organized series of local i j self governments) is, that their practical j ! influences arc so strongly educational.— j | They train their subjects constantly into an j i increasing capacity their enjoyment. In the old despotic nations—as we are all a w.tre —where the State*#s one tiling and the people another--the State is in reality a ... * i mere machine of police, even in its eduoa- i tional and religious provisions—maintaining ! a rigid order, but acting only externally on j the people, whom it treats either asslavesor | children. It does not directly develop the ! sense of responsibility in them, nor accustom J them to self control and the exercise of their ! faculties. ltut in free commonwealths— which abhor this excessive centralizing ten dency, and which distribute power through subordinate municipalities, leaving the in dividual as much discretion ns possible, the people are the State and grow into each other as a kind ofliving uuity. Thrown upon their own resources, they acquire quickness, skill, energy', and self-poise; yet. made responsi ble for the general interest**, they learn to deliberate, to exercise judgement, to weigh the bearings of public questions, and to act ! in reference to the public welfare. At the j same time the lists of preferment being o- ! pen to them, they cultivate the virtues and ! talents which will secure the confidence of j their neighbors. Every motive of ambition i and honor is addressed to them to im- ‘ prove their condition, aud to perfect : their endowments; while a consciousness! of their connection with the State imparts a ! sense of personal worth and dignity. In ! practice, of course, some shotv themselves in- I sensible to these considerations, but a majority do not. The consequence is, that the commonality of the republic are vastly superior to the same classes abroad. Com pare the farmers of our prairies to the boors of the Russian steppes, or to the peasants of the French valleys ! Or compare the great body of the working men in England with those of the United States ! Now, tfie American’ is not of a better nature than the European —for lie is often of the same stock—nor is there any charm in our soil and climate un known to the soil au l climate of the other hemisphere) ; but there is a difference in in- 1 stitutions. Institutions, with us, arc made fur men, and not men for the institutions. ‘ It is the jury the ballot-box, the free public ’ assemblage, the local committee, the legis- i lative assembly, the place of trust, and, as a result of these, the school and the newspa- ‘ per which give sucli a spur to our activeness aud endow us with such political competence. | The actual responsibilities of c ; vil life nrc our support and nutriment, and the wings wherewith we fly. If, consequently, you desire the foreigner , to grow into a good citizen, you must sub- ; ject him to the influences by which good cit izens are made. Train him as you are your selves trahicd, under the effective tutelage ! of the regular routine and responsibility of . politics. He will never learn to swim by being kept out of the water, any more than ; a slave can become a freeman in slavery.— j Ho gets used to independence by the practice |of it, as the child gets used to walking by | | walking. It is exercise alone which brings ■ I out and improves all sorls of fitnesses—soei- j alas well as physical, and the living of nny lire alone teaches us how it is to he best liv t ed. Nor will uny one work for an end in ; which ho and his have no part. They only j act for the community. Outsiders are al- ‘ : ways riders. They stand or sit aloof. They liaro no special call to promote the internal ! I thrift and order, which may got on as it 1 I can, for all them. But incorporate thorn iuto it, aud it is as dear as the apple of their eye. Choose a person selectman of the vil lage, and he conceives a paternal regard for it instantly, and makes liimself wondrously ! familiqr with its affairs, and their practical j management. Show n r'tde fellow thepossi | bility of a plaoe in the police, arpl ho begins | to think how important tho execution of the j law is, Jiang the awful dignity of a scat ! in the Justice's bench before the ambition of j the country aquiro, and straightway he * looks as wise ns Lord Eldou, and will strive to become so, rather than otherwise. Ilow the prospect, too, of a winter at Albany or Washington stimulates all the local notables into a capacity for it, as woll as desire.— Thus our whole political experience is an in cessant instruction, and should no more he withdrawn from any class in society than the atmosphere. It is prettily told, in that book of Eastern fables which delights our youth and enriches cur manhood, that tlie father of Aladdin Abushumat, lest he should be hurt by the world, kept him under a trap-door, where he was j visited only by two faithful slaves. But, ’ pining and weary the young man one i day stole from his retreat, nnd running to his father, who was syndic of the merchants, said, .i Oh, my father, how shall I be able to manage the great wealth thou hast gain ed for me, if thou kcepest me here in prison, and takest me not to the markets, where 1 j may open a shop, and sit among the mer chandise, buying and selling, and taking ! and giving ?'* The father thought for awhile, and said, True my son ; the will of God be done, I will take thee to the market-street ■ and the shops,” and we are told that Alad din Abushamat became, though not without some slips, a very rich man, as well as the : right hand of the great Caliph, Haroun Al rnsChid, Prince of the Faithful whose name be ever exalted! Terrible Manifesto fnm Brigham n Young, Make Room for the Mormons. —We spread before our readers to-day a most ter | rible and important proclamation from Brig ham Young, Governor, High Priest, Protect | ing Patriarch and Grand Turk of the Latter ; Day Saints at the Great Sait Lake. His de fence of the Mormons, t heir politics, religion, nnd their rights of all kinds, including the ancient Oriental and royal institution of polygamy, is a clincher. Louis Napoleon's vindication of the campaign in the Crimea is a fool to it. He is a man of mark, that i same Brigham Young. With his forty wives : i and six omnibus loads of children, he as ! pires to the wisdom of Solomon ; with his | ! sharps and caustics criticisms upon the noli- i tics of the day, lie eclipses Heiwy A Wise ; with his been, pungent, plain spoken de nunciation of hypocritical professors of re ligion, he excels Henry Ward Beecher ; and his denunciations against sinners, great and. ; small, living and dead, are giving with the unction of an anointed prophet. His political programme is very clcrrlv’ j laid down. He is for the constitution, the 1 | Union, and for pnrtriarebal rights of the; ; saints at all hazards lie agrees with Gen. I j Cass in the doctrine of popular sovereignty. ! | and insists that the people of Utah have as much right to it as the squatters of Kansas. ! Upon this point he is jealous, vilgilant, and’ bold and courageous as a game cock among a flock of favorite liens in a barnyard. On the negro question he is sound ns a roneh.- Ile says that the children of Ham arc doom ed to servitude by I ivine command, and that they are bound to fulfil this divine decree.— In a religious view of the subject we ean not, of course presume to judge whether the Patriarch is right or wrong in declaring that the bad conduct of some masters often sends both slave and master to bell. It ; such be the ease we are sorry for it ; nrd' ! we are also sorry to be assured by the Propli- j et. that he knows the report to be true that j General Taylor has gone to hell. There is ! something Satanic in tins assertion, and we | can't believe it. In wlmt way good old Z ;ch- i ary Taylor could have afflicted the saints, so as to deserve this awful roasting, we should really like to know, I Upon another point we are inclined to sns- i pect that the Mormon patriarch is more than , half right, and it is where he says that it is .! the sanctimonious hypocrisy of old secta- j rians that is stirring up the devil all the! time.” Upon another point he throws out a ! very useful suggestion to the administration, i ns to tlie sort of government officers that j ought to be sent to Utah. It is vciy evident i that Governor Young objects to young bach- j clot's,- ns chaps that are likely to get into; trouble in Utah. Tlie saints in most cases; have a plurality of wives, ranging from five ■ to forty, and even to seventy, as some re- ; ports have it ; but outsiders are not to infer ! from this that they have any to spare. 1 Father Young is particularly solicitous up- j ou this point, in order to avoid all misunder standing for the future, and we admoirsh j Mr. Pierce to remember it in the selection of | his subordinates for the Territory of Utah, j The Mormons construe thedoctrineofsquat- j ter sovereignty as involving the sovereignty j of the saints over their institution of polyg ; my nnd if they are right in this, it is the duty j of the administration to aid in protecting ; them against all outsiders, .instead of sen ding wolvos among them in sheep’s clothing. A saint with twenty or thirty wives in a doz en different adobe cottages is in some danger from intriguing interlopers, and the govern ment should aet accordingly. Didn’t Know the Governor. A few days since Gov. Winston in passing j through our town, visited our Court House ; while the Circuit Court was in session, and meeting with some friends entered into con versation with thorn, and becoming forgetful, perhaps, wlicro lie was made so much noise as to attract the attention of the Judge, who ordered the clerk to enter a fine against the sheriff, for not keeping Eilencc. This of course, in these hard times, rather excited j the Sheriff, who on seeing that the Gov. ‘ knowing that he was Gov. Winston though.) and those in conversation with him, paid no attention to what had just befallen him, on account of their bad behaviour, marched up> to him, collared him, nnd said Look hero, Mister, haven’t you got no better sense than to be keeping up all this fuss here when you sco the J udgo has just lined me for it ?’ This i scene produced some laughter, but tho con- ‘ j fused looks of the Sheriff when some by- j J stander informed him who < Mister’ was, in | creased it to quite a scene. The polite uud \ clover Judge lias, wo have beon told, remitted ; j the fiuo, in consideration perhaps of tho, j hearty laugh it afforded him.— Alabama \ j Whig. Loss bit Finn in North Carolina. — Tho loss by forest fires in North Carolina, I has been in Brunswick #60,000, Bludep #20,- I 000, Duplin #IO,OOO and heavy lossos in Co s. lumbus, Sampson, Wayne. Robertson, and i other counties. ‘lurpentiuo ccop this so ason ; will fall short 60,000 barrels, j Tlio plnn is in agitation : .u St. Petersburg | to erect a grand monument to tho memory | of tho Into Emperor. | THE STANDARD? CASSVIIXiE, GEO. — . THURSDAY HORNING: MAY 10, 1806. Absence of both Editors must be our | apology for the small quantity of editorial and ; other short-comings for the next two or three 1 weeks. Death of Hon. Walter T. Colquitt! j We learn from the Macon Telegraph of Tuck- ! , day last, that this distinguished Georgian died i in that, city on Monday r the 7th, at the residence j ’ of Wm. Ross,. Esq., after a long and painful ill- 1 ; ness. Once more afloat. i We have received the first number of the ! j Central Georgian since the burning of the of-! ’ ficc, several months ago. Having purchased ! j the subscription list and material of the hide- . | pendent Press, it is now published, simultane- 1 I ously, in Sandersville, Sparta and Eatnnton. It ; is a handsome, well edited paper, and we wish j ! it all success. j i The Empire State, Is the title of anew Democratic paper, pub-; 1 lished in Griffin, Ga., bv A. A. Gaulding, Esq., j | and succeeding the Georgia Jeffersonian. It is j j neatly printed, and highly creditable sheet, and j tlie reputation of its Editor will ensure its sue-; i cess, and promises much influence with the De- ‘ ! moeracy of Spaulding. Success to it. “America for the Americans.” | We shall make no apology for devoting so j I much, space in our paper of to-day, to tlie excel- j j lent article with this caption. It is, by far, the j , best article on the subject wc have seen, and we j j trust that each one of our readers, of whatever j J political faith, will give it a careful and nnprej- ! udicctl reading. It is fair, candid and truthful,, ! good tempered and well written; and if if does I not convince our Know-Nothing friends of the ! | folly, absurdity and danger of the movement i ; they are making, it certainly will not give of-; j fence to any of them. An Appeal. Wc earnestly beg those who know themselves to be indebted'to us, to pay up at once. We cannot get along without money. We have to pay cash for paper and nearly everything else we use, but how can we do tliis unless we have the “ needful V” If you owe us anything pny Pj and our word for it, you will sleep more soundly at night, have sweeter dreams, hare a better appetite for vow meals and he vrortfi twenty per cent, more to the Church than yon are now. If you don’t believe ns, try it. Don’t put it off, but as soon as you have read this, on | close us the amount of your indebtedness, lv | mail. If you don't know how much it is, he sure to send enough, and we will credit you j with the overpins. Spring’. We are in the midst of the most delightful j weather. Nature Is out in her holiday trim, i and bird and beast, are revelling in this season of flowers, greenness and freshness. “ Now do a clioir of chirping minstrels bring In triumph to tlie world, the youthful Spring. The valleys, hills, and woods, in rich array, Welcome the coming of the long’d-for May. Now all things smile.” jf A trip into the country at this season is an enjoyment which cannot be too highly appreci ated. Nature has hrrng forth her richest dropi-, ries; she has unvested her most beautiful pic tures, and the whole earth is her garden in which the trees are white with blossoms, and i the ground is carpeted with myriaids of the! loveliest flowers. Tlie eye can rest on nothing ’ but. beauty—ever varied, never tiring—<be poet’s ; of the forest arc greeting it with their sweetest ; notes; the soft breezes diffuse the most, delicate ; odors, and the sun, spreading from hill to till, | looks down into the lowliest rallies, the densest forests, into rushing rivers and on bubbling! brooks, and bids the humblest creature come j forth and welcome the merry Spring time! We have been blest, lately, with most dr-! lightful showers—not enough to satisfy the j thirsty earth, but sufficient, we hope and he-. lieve, to remove the dreary prospect of starva tion, which so unpleasantly stared us in the ! face a few weeks ago. We should bo more j trustful. Are we not in the bands of Ilim i “who prepareth rain for (he earth”—and who j has promised that He “will give rain in due ; due season, and the earth shall yield her in- j crease?” Hon. llowf.i.r Conn. — The Democracy of the Congressional District formerly so ably repro- j seated by lion. Howell Cobb, of Georgia, and ; lately bv Hon. Junius W. llillyor, seem to be; unanimous in asking the consent of Gov. Cobb \ to be a candidate at the coming election. There j appears to be little or no opposition to him— 1 Judge Hillycr having Withdrawn from the field.. This intelligence will he most gratifying to the j Democratic party of the country. In all re- j spects Howell Cobb is a model statesman, and a courageous and consistent supporter of Dem- ! ncratic principles. Should he agree to eome to 1 the next Congress, he will be of great service to j the country, especially in opposing and defeat-1 ing the schemes of those combined enemies who I look forward to a victory over the only party that defies and assails them.— It ‘ash. Union, j Destruction of Ants. — A correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger says: We give n sure remedy,—procure a large sponge, wash it well, j press it very dry ; by so doing it will leave the | Rinall cells open—lay it on the shelf where they 1 are most troublesome, sprinkle some fino white i sugar on tho sponge (lightly over it) two Or three times a day, take a bucket of hot water to l where the sponge is, carefully drop the sponge : in the scalding water, and you will slay them J by tho thousands, and soon rid the house of, these troublesome insects. When you squeeze the sponge, you will be astonished at the nuui hor that has gone into the cells. Two Thousand Dollars Reward.— A corres pondent of the California Times states tl;at the miners have offered a Reward of SB,OOO for the i head of Wood, tip? chief partner of Adams A I Cos., who recently failed. j Gone to California. —Bishop Andrews, of tho M. K. Church, South, accompanied by the ’ Rev. Mess. Moore and Ellis, Missionaries, luid I arrived at San Francisco. Democratic Meeting in Floyd. A large and respectable portion of the Dem ocratic party of Floyd, met on last Tuesday in the Court House at Romo. Delegates were ap pointed to the Gubernatorial and Congressional Conventions. Speeches were made by lion. J. H. Lumpkin and lion. A. R- Wright. We ap pend the preamble and resolutions “ The Democratic party of Floyd county, in conformity to ancient and well-established us age, being assembled in primary meeting for the purpose of appointing Delegates to repre sent them in the Gubernatorial and Congres sional Conventions, avail themselves of this occasion to rc-aflirm their ancient and time honored political principles. Be it therefote Rfkoi.ved, “ !. That wc do now re-affkm our warm and fervent attachment to the cardinal principles of the Democratic party, as illustrated by the life, conduct and principles of the Father of his Country, and as established and perpetuated by Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson and James K. I’olk, in their wise, successful and patriotic administration of the affairs of the Federal Gov ernment. And it is our firm conviction that those principles, under the direction of Divine Providence, have sustained the country in its omvard march to power, happiness and renown, both in peace and war. And we do now firmly believe that the preservation- of tho union of the States, and the rights of the several States, mainly depends on a strict and faithful adher ence to these cherished principles. “ 2. That Franklin Pierce, the President of the United States, by bis unwavering support of the Nebraska-Kansas bill, his arm execution of the Fugitive Slave Law, ami his uniform de votion to the rights of the South, has commen ded himself to the approbation and support of every friend of the South. And by bis strict adherence to the great principles of the Demo cratic party, as manifested in bis inaugural ad dress and annual messages, and especially by the exercise of the power to arrest improper, unwise and unconstitutional acts of Congress, deserves and will receive the confidence and cordial support of the Democratic party thro'- out the Union. “8. That we have undiminished confidence in the ability, patriotism and political integrity ofhis Excellency, 11. V. Johnson,, our distin guished Chief Magistrate. .”'4. That our Representative in Congress, lion. It. W. Chastain, lias-the warm approval of the Democracy the Otli District, for his inde pendent and fearless support of the Nebraska- Kansas bill, opposition to wasteful appropria tions for internal improvements not of a nation al but local character, and advocacy of prompt and efficient measures on the part of our Gov ernment to protect our citizens and commerce from the interference, and our flag from the in sults of the Spanish Officials in the Likind of Cuba. “5. That we are the friends of infernal im- ! provements by the State, under proper limita-- 1 tions and restrictionsand-inasmuch as we have \ been the beneficiaries in this section of a wise : expenditure of public money,-wc Would willing ly see the Legislature encourage and foster sim- ; iiur improvements elsewhere, and particularly in the North-eastern, South-western an..4South eastern sections of the State. “t 5. That we are opposed to all oath-bound secret political organizations, formed for tho purpose of proscribing citizens for their peculiar religious faith, and because of the place of their nativity, believing such societies to be hostile to the spirit of our free institutions and dangerous to American liberty. And while we continue to venerate the principles of fFa&Fiington and the founders of the American Union, Wlio sought to establish justice and religious toleration on the most solid and lasting basis, we would not con sent to persecute any religions creed differing from our own, nor deny to ottr adopted fellow citizens privileges guarantied 1 to them in the Constitution and Laws of the EnitciVStates. “ 7. That we regard it as a duty we owe to out Democratic bre<heren of this county, to de clare it to be our firm conviction, that the secret political organization, commonly known as ‘ Know-Nothing,’ but improperly claimed as ; America*, is intended and well calculated to de feat the Democratic party of the Union ; and. if successful, will establish on our ruins the prin ciples, measures and policy against which all true Democrats have ever contended. This or ganization took its rise in the North, where it has triumphed over all national men of at] par ties, by the aid of Frec-soilersaml Abolitionists. ! It is their boast that in that section they have j carried all the State elections with the excep tion of New York—Governors, State Legisla tures, Senators and Congressmen. They have ! proclaimed to the world their undying hostilitv to the institution of slavery, refused to carry in to effect the Fugitive Slave Law, and declared ; themselves as uncompromisingly opposed to the admission of any other Slave State into the Ur- j ion; and have removed from political power Dodge, of lowa, and Shields, of Illinois, to • make room for open and avowed Free-soilers and Abolitionists. If strrirare the fruits of this organization, no Southern man ought to be at a loss to know what are the principles of its founders and supporters in the non slaveholding States. “ 8. That we lore our own country above all* other countries, and we seek to cherish that true American spirit which would stand by and support the Government of our country and its institutions from any assault made upon them by any foreign power or influence; but we are decidedly opposed to that so-called American ism which would wag? a war of ruthless perse cution against that class of American citizens who have sought tliis country, at our invitation, as an asylum from the despotism and oppres sions of the old world; we ignore that spirit whieli seeks to establish a right to citizenship exclusively on the circumstance of birth, and at the same time is the apologist of every outrage that may be committed by any fereign power upon our commerce, or any insult which may be offered to the American flag; wc have not now, and never had, any sympathy with that spurious Americanism which violates the spirit < f our Constitution and the principles of our IVeo Government, by proscribing from office any who may, in their opinion, hold heterodox religious sentiments nnd opinions; and we de- ■ ( hire it to be our firm conviction that any effort to exclude from office any American citizen on account of his religious sentiments, virtually assails the great American principle of religious freedom nnd liberty. “9. That we will sustain our distinguished Chief Magistrate, Franklin Pierce, in all proper measures taken by him to carry out that true American principle of the freedom of all open seas, against the right of search from any pow er whatever; that wo will cheerfully accord to him all aid necessary to protect our commerce in the Gulf Sen against outrages, or our nation al flag from insult, and we do it the more wil lingly, inasmuch ns the two Allied Powers, Great Britain and France, havo formally an nounced their cordial ‘agreement and concur rence In regard to all questions in all quarters of tho Globe.’ “10, That wo will advocate all legitimate moans to acquire the Island of Cuba, believing ing as we do that the prosperity and safety of the Southern section of the Union is intimately connected with the success of this measure.” i-W” Tho Scarlet Fever is prevailing in San dcr-iviUf, On, ami vicinity. Our Book Table. Thk Mother’s Dream and other Poems, by Hannah F. Gould. Boston: Crosby, Nichols <fc Cos, Price 50 cents. Miss Gouid is not a poetess, is made up of very excellent little moralstoriesys ’ written in smooth and pleasant verse. The | name of the book would imply that the Mother's I>r*am is a long poem ; on the contrary it is no ’ longer than many others, and is shorter than 1 several in the volume. She is doubtless popu lar with the little folks, and her verses will ; teach lliein many excellent lessons. | Tite Blave of TffE Lamp, by Wm. North, author ; j of Anti-Conningsby, &c. Ac. New York: 11. j Long & Brother. Tlv author of this story was connected with the Guilford family of England, Lord North, who figured so extensively in England during j the period of the American Revolution, being ; one of bis ancestors. He became estranged from bis family at an early ago, and seems to have led a singularly isolated life. He contrib uted largely to the English Magazines, and at . the early age of nineteen he published a politi- j ’ cal novel, entitled “ Anti-Conningsby,* in refit j tation of “ Conningsbv,” by D'fsraeli. A little j ; more than two years ago, lie came to this coun ! tiff. He was of an unhappy nature, unloving j | and unloved, and appears to have been almost J ;as much isolated as he was at home. Not meet ; mg’ with the success he anticipated, on the 14 th of November last he put an end to h : s existence 1 by taking Prussic acid. Wc do not like Mr. North's lust. work. It is ; a. history of his own unhappy life, and will not ; teach any lessons that are likely to benefit tlie ‘ world. The morale of the book is decidedly ! ; had, its whole object being, seemingly, to shew i that the marriage relation should cease as soon ! j as the parties cannot longer live happily with j | each other. Its philosophy is trusoftnd, and it-. ‘ ! tendency to corrupt society. Such books are I i better left unwritten and unread, j The publishers have issued the Work in band- j i some style, ncatlv bound in cloth, for one dollar ‘ j Out Karx., txic Cooper, and his icon der fid loot, j i By Elbert Pearce. New York: Cbrs. Scrib ! tier,. 145 Nassau street. I A pretty little juvenile—kill of wonderful stc- ; i t ies, told in a pleasant manner, and illustrated ; jby many beawtiful engravings. Old Ki.rl is an ! honest, good-natured, hard-working Cooper,; who is often visited by the author. “ One Sat ’ urday afternoon” the oH man presents- !i ! j with “a rare old book, in heavy b oding,, with ! huge clasps” and written in bluets letter. From j | this book we have the wonderful stories which \ 1 make up this volume. They are four in nuni ! her, viz: “Reinard, tin.* Wonder-Child,” “The | I'airy’s New Year’s Gift,” “ The Old Woman of ttk* tVood,” and “The Fairy Bees.” “Giles Seoggm, a tale of the New Year,” is a kind of i supplementary story, intended to teach the evils i of avarice. Altogether, old Karl is one of the \ very best juveniles we have seen in a great ! while, and the little folks (.we Mr. Pearce many ! thanks for it. Telegraphed to the Charleston Daily Standard. 1 One Week Later from Europe! A!:r:IVAL OFT,IE | ATI.AN T I C ! j Highli/ Important Intelligence.!—The Vienna ! Conference at an end—Bombardment of NV--1 lastnpol — l -tsif. of the Emperor and Impress ! j of France to h ofdand — Mariet W-pnrts, d-c. j New York, May ), 18.55. The United States Mail Steamship ATl.antic j i has arrived in this city with Liverpool dates to ihe -21st ult. PEACE CCNFEREXCE BROKEN OFF. The most important item of information is, that t?ie Peace (Conference is at an end. Russia has resolved to reject the demand of the Allies with respect to the reduction of the fleet in the Black Sea. Active operations have been com menced upon the Crimea, and Sebastopol has been bombarded since tha 9th of April. No re sult, however, inis vet beifii perceptible. BRITISH LOAN TAKEN. The Loan of .£ 16,000,000 latch* offered by tNe English Government has been taken bv tlie Rothschilds, in one hundred pounds consols fourteen sixpence? in shape of annuity, termi nable in thirty years. AVAR TAXES. It h::s been proposed to increase the taxes on incomes, spirits, tea, coffee and sugar. ROYAL VISIT. The Emperor Napoleon and the Empress Eu genia have been one Week in England, and it Is reported, but the report is doubted, that Eng land lias consented to the proposit on of the Emperor Napoleon to take command of the ar my in the Crimea. KVETHER FROM TITE PEACE CONFERENCE. The Peace Conference was broken off after the thirteenth session, and there is a strong in dication that Austria has finally refused to act against Russia. Lord John Russell and M. 1 Ironyu de 1 Iluys, the Plenipotentiaries of France and England, have le*t Vienna. BOMBARDMENT OF SEBASTOPOL. Tlie bombardment of Sebastopol, with five hundred guns,.commenced, ns stated above, on the 9th,.and continued till ihe 15th of April. It is not Believed that a successful assault will be practicable, out an attempt to storm will proba bly be made. COMMERCIAL INTRT.UGFVCH. Cotton, at Liverpool, is still steady and un changed, but buyers demand a reduction.— Sales for the nine days preceding the sailing of the Atlantic, comprised 70,000 bales. Quota tions were unchanged. Speculators took 10,000 and exporters 9,0c0, leaving 51,i'00 boles of all descriptions to the trade. Flour was easier, and Consols closed at 89 1-2, being an impor tant reduction from the ruling figures of the lust advices. COTTON M VRKET. The quotations of Cotton are as follows: Fair Orleans, 5 7-Sd.; Middling Orleans, 5 l-id.; Fair Uplands, 5 5-sd.; Middling Uplands, ,5 : 1- id. to ,5 5-Bd. per lb., and oil the Monday pre ceding the sailing of the steamer, the market closed steady. CRAIN MARKET. Canal Flour sold at 89s. • a 415.; Ohio, 425. a 48s. per bbl. White Wheat was worth 1)8. t>d. n 1 Is. 2d. per bushel. White Corn, 425. <;d., and Yellow Corn, 48s. a 48s. 9d. per bushel. Iron was steady and unchanged. iti g* it re ss w * §■§ hi x , i S’ ft ,5 = S tg.3 g |S. s w li 1 ! --ifk’l g! I fcr **l : • : lltr i i £2 <Tj I |!S S 3 J S.-3 5-< ! i ooi _ w li- 5 * C. 3 I e &g i; ! o i o~ ■> y h g ! 2 * CT3 i ‘oo o'p 5* !izx £ F* 5 So ~ X *5 I ft dSe ’i o 2 f* 4 !S■lg l H £! S5 g <j j rfj >0 * Sf* Li-jl i***mil | > ts* M j|JC COJ— ->J cob* - j <T> 3 p i m ® xkk M - ia 3 £• J* .5 n aS oimo ® , ISi H i*SO r k_a i -”5- O 3I 8 o ?|7 st fllr %. S* -a -^"er 1 ootoT-* IT Oon a ioo +- o* to “ M ** ci Si |-a -i |yio. to H $ : ‘ . 58 s* 5 r ! Later from California. The Steamer Star of the West, which left San Juan on the 23d ult., has arrived in st ew i York, with $300,000 in specie, and San Fran i cisco dates to the 9th ult. r j The Know-Nothings on. the 2d ult. elected j their candidates in Sacramento, by large major ities. J. L. English was chosen Mayor. Corn was scarce, and trade dull, j The United States Branch Mint, al San Fran cisco, during the year ending the 8d inst. hud coined upwards of seven and a half millions.— j millions had also been refined in bars. Flour was fourteen and a half dollars per bbl | APPOINTMENT OF POSTMASTER AT NEW ORLEANS Arthur TANARUS). Neville has been appointed Post master in New Orleans, in place of Mr. Kendall : lately removed- MAK A"HI’SETTS tXOW-NOTHIXG AROtItIONISTS.. A Know-Nothing Convention was held in | Boston on 11reCd inst., in which strong.abolitiort resolutions were passed, and equally strong üb edition speeches were inode. EXTENSION* OF PATENT. | Washington, I). C., May 3,—Seven years ox j tension has been granted to Davenport’s patent for a Car Truck. ! Hartford, Conn., May 5, 1855.— This morn-- ing the Legislature elected William T. Miner, Know-Nothing, Governor of Connecticut. The* ; vote stood—Miner, 177; Ingham, Deni., To. All the other Know-Nothing candidates for I State Officers were elected. Capture of a Russian Ship.—The ship Hero 1 j arrived at New York on Tuesday night, 24th j ult., from St. Helena, January 24, reports the capture of a Russian slpp by the British ship ; Plover. State Democratic Convention. Every Democrat in Georgia must feel gratified at the zeal chr.i xicterizing liis fellow j Democrats throughout the State.- in refer ence to the approaching State Ci iiveuth r, | and the ensuing political strUcgle. We no* ■ lice that already a considerable ft amber of counties have to the Con | vent ion to be holder) on the 6th of June, at ; Milledgcville, and many calls for public I meetings, for tlie same purpose, are announc ed in flip papers Be anticipate t. n uuu : sually large Convention, and that it will be ! composed of members enthusiastic in the ; Democratic cause. It is emphatically tin ; cause of our country. It is the caus* which no other government la t’ae wvirU, al least no leading power in the woxli, wishes well to, but has the sympathies of enlighten ed patriots and votaries of filierty in every • land. Even England, -Taunted .as the freest | government in Ea-n pe. not governed by corrupt nnd imbecile ar s ocracy, looks wit.i 1 an evil eye upon Democratic principles, and | always witnesses with regret, tlie triuafiH ;cf the Democratic Party. It is not surpiis ! ing. therefore, that tlie Louden Times, the ! great organ of British opinion, in a leading : editorial recently gives words of encourage : inent to the Know Nothing party, nnd hear , ti’y wishes its success in this country. This j fuct should excite the watchful suspicion of i every true Americas. Americans know very | well how to govern America, witlout the j aid, symj *tfliy, or advice of tho English, and ; when England is least pleased with nit n ode I of managing cur < wn affairs, it is presunp j ?.ve evidence that we are governing ourselves . best. Conn. / up. The Liquor Question in Tcnresscs. j The State Temperance Conv* nri< nos Tc:t ----! nessce. which met 22d of inst Fei.ru.ny, dr j elined nominating a candidate for Governor. ! In lieu thereof it :q jointed a committee, ! charged with the duty ot catechising sucir ] candidates as sin nld he hrcrgl t into the i field by other parties, and obtain fr< in them’ their sentiments on the qurstii nos ] inhibit i ory Iljjuiir legislation. The replug of tins : two candidate:*, Messrs Johnson and Gentry, j to the following questions, have been juD ! lished ; t 1. Are y< uin favor of a law prohitir.g , the saje of intoxicating .iquors as a hcver-* ; age ? 2. Will you, if elected, recommend in l your message to the Legislature*, the passages j of such a law at nu early period ju the ses sion : Gov. Johnson responds, that lie is not in’ favor of the .Mniru Liquor Law , and liojrs’ his arswer will he satisfactory. Mr. Gentry is Avilling to ** recommend the’ limit of a law prohibiting the sale c 4 intoxicating liquors, in small quantities, ex cept license shall have beer, obtained for that privilege—which license shall be issued t y the Clerk of the County Court, only in eases where application shall be made for the same in ‘jriting. signed by the persrr?’ app’yiliir and by a majority of the qualified voters of the civil district within which lie proposes to retain spirituous liquors.'* This is as far as Mr. Gently is willirg to go. and he thinks, in the present state of poj ular feeling in Tennessee, the friends of temperance sh’ ui.i attempt to accomplish more than litis, lie, however, rerhinds the committee that tlic Governor of the State has no veto power, and concludes hy saying that the foregoing interrogatories should be addressed rather to the candidates for th# Legislature than for Governor. The Committee, who arc in favor of toful prohibition, arc satisfied with neither letters;’ but, under the circumstances, decline calling a convention to nominate a gUnsrHatoria!’ candidate, and •• recommend the friends of* prohibition to nominate and vote for aaudi’ dates for the Legislatuie who will pledge themselves, if elected, to vote for the enact meat of a law prohibiting the sale of intoxi-’ eating drinks as at beverage*. A correspondent of the Mobile llegiftcJ pretends he is able to foretell what is to come in the way of weather, and therefore, as a matter of information, sets down what we are to have duriug the next two mouths. May lie Says we shall have light rains, com* meneiug with the month and continuing a 1 intervals, with much cloudy weather during themonth. The rain will be sufficient lor tb purposes of agriculture, and afford some ad dition to navigation. The month through out will bo healthy and pleasant, the atmos phere agreeable, which will compensate uS for the obstructed navigation. There need bo no fear of nu overflow. In June, however, things will not be so pleasant. The rain* will be heavier and not so frequent, but will be enough for vegetation. From the Ist tc 6th of June wo will have some heavy show ers. During the two months to come, the temperature of the atmosphere will not* 1)0 warmer than usual for the season. There was snow at Syracuse, Ntw York>, Friday.