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this last movement is, that if it did not originate with, yet it is now so generally and zealously favored bv so many of thos* men at the North who have ex pended so much of their misguided phi lanthropy in Ik half of our slaves. They have been endeavoring for years to ele vate the African to an equality socially and politically with th*e white man; and now they arc moving heaven and earth to degrade the white man to a condition lower than that held by the negro in the South. The Massachusetts “Kn ow - Nothing” Legislature passed a bill lately to amend their Constitution, so as to ex clude from the polls in that State, here after, all naturalized citizens from what ever nation they may come; and yet they will allow a runaway negro slave from the South the same right to vote that, they give to their own native born : sons! They thus exhibit the strange j paradox of warring against their own ■ race —their own blood —even their own 1 “ k’th and kin,” it may be; while they ‘ aro vainly and fanatically endeavoring, to reverse the order of nature, by making J the black man equal to the white. Shall sve second them in any such movement ? ‘ Shall we even countenance them so far; as to bear the same name—to say noth-1 ing of the small pledges, passwords, signs; and symbols ? Shall we aliiliate and unite ourselves under the same banner, ! with men whose acts show them to be governed by such principles, and to be j bent upon such a purpose ? This is a | question for Southern men to consider, j Others may do it if they choose, but, I j tell you, I never shall; that you may setj down as a “ fixed fact” —one of the fix j edest of the fixed. I am not at all as- j tonished at the rapid spread of this new ; sentiment at the North, or rather new ! wav of giving embodiment and life to an old sentiment, long cherished by a ; large class of the Northern people, not- j withstanding the paradox. It is true, i “ Know-Nothingism” did not originate,! as I understand its origin, with the class j I allude to. It commenced with the la- 1 borers and men dependant upon capital! for work and employment. It sprang J front the antagonism of their interests to ; foreigners seeking like employments, who j were under bidding them in the amount | of wages. But many capitalists of that section, the men who hold the land and ; property in their own hands, wishing to ; dispense with laborers and employees , ’ whose votes at the polls are equal to j their own, seized upon this new way of! effecting their old, long-cherished desire.’ And the more eagerly as they saw that ( many of the very men whom they have I ever dreaded as the insuperable obstacle; between them and their purpose, had j become the willing, though unconscious; instruments of carrying that purpose out, j which, from the beginning, was a desire j to have a votingless population to do the | work, and perform all the labor, both in ; city, town and country, which capital! may require. And as certainly as such | a law shall be passed, so far from its j checking immigration,there will be whole : cargoes of people from other countries brought over, and literally bought up in foreign ports —to be brought over in American ships to'supply the market for j labor throughout all the free States of ; the Union. The African Slave Trade, if; re-opened, would not exhibit a worse ! spectacle in trafficing in human flesh, J than those most deluded men of the North ; who started this thing, and who are now : aiding to accomplish the end, may find j they have but kindled a flame to con- j surge themselves. The whole sub stra-\ turn of Northern society will soon be j tilled up with a class who can work, and : w ho, though white, cannot vote. This j is what the would-be Lords of that see-j ttou have been wanting for a long time, j It is a scheme with many of them to get whiteslaves instead of bbtek ones. No American laborer , or man seeking em ployment there, who has a vote , need to expect to he retained long when his place can be more cheaply filled by a foreign er, who has none. This will be the! practical working of the proposed rofor- i tuatiun. This is the philosophy of the! thing. It a blow at ttio ballot box.— j 5: is a/i insidious attack upon general I suffrage. In a liue with this policy, the i “ Know-Nothing” Governor of Cunncc- ’ tieut has already recommended the pas-j sage of a law denying the right of voting to all who cannot read and write. And | hence, the great efforts which arc now | being made throughout the North, to influence the elections, not only these, but in spending their money in the pub lication of books and tracts, written by “no body knows w ho,” and scattered i broadcast throughout the Sout h e r n States, to influence elections here by ap pealing to the worst passions and strong est prejudices of our nature, not omitting those even which bad aud wicked men can evoke uuder the sacred hut prostitu te! name o t religion. Unfortunately for the country, many evils which ul! good men regret and de plore exist at this time, which have a direct tendency, wonderfully to aid and move forward this ill omened crusade.— Those relate to the appointment of so many foreigners—wholly unfit, not only to mituMrofa# at home,but to represent; our eoii&Uy, a# Ministers abroad. Aud to the great fraud* and gross abuses which at pficaeu.t attend, the administra tion of our naturalization laws—these arc the evils felt by the whole country, and ! they ought to be corrected —not by a j proscription uti all foreigners, without re- j gard to iudivulwd merit*—but in the! first place, by so amending the uaturali-1 z&tiou laws, as effectually to check and ‘ prevent these fraud* and abuses ; ami iu the second place by holding to strict; accountability at tho poll* in our clec- j tiou, all those public fupotjouaries, who, j cither with paitizan views or from what ever motive, thus improperly confer of fice, whet her high or low, upon undc .rerviiig foreigners, to the exclusion of justice horn citizens, better qualified to £ll them. Another ovil now felt, and j vhicb ought to be remedied, is the flood ing, it jp said, of some of the cities with paupers criminals from other coun tries. ought all to be uncondi tionally excluded and prohibited from coming us —there is no reason 1 ytir we -lionld. be. feeders of other nations’ paupers, or either the keepers or executioners ot their felons —these evils can and ought, to be remedied without resort ing to an indiscriminate onslaught upon all who by industry, enterprise and merit may choose to better their condi tion iu abandoning the respective dynas ties of the old world in which they may have chanced to have been born, and by uniting their energies with ours may feel a pride in advancing the prosperity, de velopment and progress of a common country not much less dear to them than to us. Against those who thus worthi ly come, w ho quit the misruled Empires ot their “ fatherland,” whose hearts have been fired with the love of our ideas and our institutions even in distant climes, I would not close the door of admission; hut tb all such as our fathers did at first, so I would continue most freely and generously to extend a welcome hand— we have fro:, such a class nothing to fear. When in battle or in the walks of evil life, did any such ever prove! traitor or recreant to the flag or cause of his country ? On w hat occasion have any such ever proven untrue or disloyal to the Constitution ? I will not say that no foreigner has ever been untrue to the Constitution; hut as a clans, they certainly have not proven themselves so to be. Indeed, I know hut one class erf the people in the United States at this time that J look up on as dangerous to the country. That class are neither foreigners or Catholics —they are those native Ix/rn traitors at the. North who aro disloyal to the Con stitution of that country which gave them birth, and under whose beneficent instiaitir-us they have l>ccn reared and nurtured. Many of them are “ Know Nothings.” This class of men at the North, or which the Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Connecticut “Know Nothing” Legislatures arc but samples, I consider as our worst enemies, ind to put them down, I will join, as politi cal allies now and forever, all true patri ots at the North and South whether native or adopted, Jew or Gentiles. What otir Georgia friends, whether W liig, or Democrats, who have gone in to this “ New Order,” are really after, or wl at thee intend to do. I cannot imag ine. Thnpcofthem whom I know have assured me that their object is reform both in our State and Federal Adminis trations— to put better arid truer men in the place 3 ot thoso who now wield au thority—that they have no sympathies as party men or ort her wise with the class l speak of at the North—that they are for sustaining the Union platform of our •State of 1850, and that the mask of se crecy will soon be removed when all will le made public. If these tie their ob jeets, and also to cheek the frauds and correct the abuses in the existing natur alization laws, which 1 have mentioned, without the indiscriminate proscription of any class of citizens on account of their birth place or religion, then they will have my co-operation, as I have told them in every projter and legitimate way, to effect such a reformation. Not as a secretly initiated co-wotker in the daric for any purpose, but as an open and bold advocate of truth in the light of daw— But will they do as they say ? Will they throw otf the mask i That is the question. Is it possible that they will continue in political party fellowship with their “ worthy brethren” of Massachu retts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and the entire Nor:h ? Every one of whom elected to the next Congress is our dead ly foe ! Do they intend to continue their alliance with these open enemies of our institutions aud the Constitution of the country under the totally misnamed as sociation of the “ American Party,” the very principle upon which it is based be .ng ant : -American throughout? True Americanism, as I have learned if, is like true Christianity—disciples in neither are confined to any nation, clime or soil w hatsoever. Americanism is not the product of the soil; it springs not from the land or the ground, it is not of the earth, or earthly; ks look upward, and on ward and out ward ; its life and soul are those grand ideas of government widen characterize our institutions and distinguish us from all other people; and there is no two feature-, in our sys tem which so signally distinguish us from h!1 other nations, as free toleration of re- j ligion and the doctrine of expatriation ‘ —the right of a man to throw off his al legiance to any and every other State.— Prince, or Potentate whatsoever, and by naturalization to be incorporated .as cit izens into our body politic. Both these principles are specially provided for and firmly established in our Constitution.— But these American ideas which were proclaimed iu 1780 by our “ sires of 78,” arc by their ‘ nous” at this day derided and scoffed at. We are now* told that “naturalization” is a “humbug” and that is an “ impossibility.” So did not our fathers think. This “ humbug” and impossibility they planted in the Consti tution ; and a vindication of tho same principle was one of the causes of our second war of independence. England held that “naturalization” wa an im possible thing. She claimed tho allegi ance of subjects born within her realm, notwithstanding tlwy had become citi* zens of this liepublio bv our Constitu tion and laws. She not only claimed the right to search our ships upon the high Reas, and take from them all such who might be found in them. It was in pursuit .f this doctrine of her’s —of the right of search for our “ nnturallza turn citizens—that the Chesapeake was fired into, which was the immediate catißc of tho war of 1812. Let no man then, barely because lie was born in A- Uierica, pt'eMiine to be imbued with real and true “ Americanism,’’ who either ignores, the direct and positive oblija tions of the Constitution, or ignore* this, one of its most striking characteristic*. As well might any unbelieving sinner claim to I#! one of tho faithful—oue of tho elect even—barely because he was born somewhere within the limits of Christendom. And juut as well might the Jacobins, who “decreed God. out of his UnivorßO,” have dubbed theii* clffb a “ Christum Association,” because they wore born on Christam soil. Tho genur inc de*ciplo of “true Americanism, like the genuine followers of the Cross, are those whose hearts are warmed and fired —purified, elevated and ennobled—-- by doctrines and precepts which char acterize their respective systems. It is for his reason that Ti Kamsehatkian, a Briton, a Jew, or a’Hindoo, can be as good a Christian as any one born on “ Calvary’s brow,” or where lhe“ Sermon on the Mount” was preached ! And for the same reason an Irishman, a French man, German, or Russian, can he as thoroughly “American” as if lie had been born within tire walls of the old In dependence Hall itself. Which was the “ true American party,” Arnold or Ham ilton ? The, one was a native the other was an adopted son. Bu; to return. — What do our Georgia friends intend to do? Is it not time that they had shown their hand ? I>o they intend to aban don the Georgia platform, and . o over “ horse, foot and dragoons” into the a political alliance with Trumbull. Lhti kee, Wilson & Cos.? Is this the course marked out by themselves |\* any of Tie ualiant. old Whigs of the 7th and B>li Congressional Districts? I trust imf,. hope not. But if they do not intend thus to commit themselves, is it not time to take a reckoning and see whither they are drifting? When the “blind lead the blind” where is the hope of safety? 1 have boon cited to the resolution w hich, it is said, the late Know Nothing Con vention passed in Macon. This, it, seems, is the only thing that t lie 600 delegates could bring forth after a two days’“labor”—and of it we may well say, “ Monies parturient et ridie-u ----lus mu# nascitu *”—“The mountains have been in labor and a ridiculous mouse is born.” It simply affirms most meekly and submissively, what no man South of Mason and Dixon’s line for the last thirty-five years would have ventured to deny, without justly subjecting himself to the charge of incivism — that is, tlia l, “ Congress has no constitutional power to intervene by exeluding anew State ap plying for admision into the Union, up on the ground that the constitution of such State recognizes slavery.” This is the whole life and soul of if, unless w r e ex cept the score? blade of Joab which ii j bears towards Kansas and Nebraska, concealed under a garb. It is well known to all who are in formed that in the organic law of these territories the right of voting? while tln-v remain territories, was given to all who had filed a declaration of intention to become citizens. This was in strict com pliance with the usual practice of the Government in organizing Territories; and under this provision that class of persons are now entitled to vote. Kan sas, in two elections under this law, has shown that an overwhelming majority of her people are in favor of slavery, not withstanding the Executive influence of the Freesoil Governor (Reed r) whom Mr. Pierce sent out there to prevent it, but whom the people have lately driv en, as they ought to have done,from the country. Now then, when Kansas ap plies for admission as u Slave S' an*, as she doubtless will, Southern “ Know- Nothing,” under this Resolution, can u uite with his “ worthy brethren” at the North, in votmg against, it, upon the ground that some have voted for a Con stitution recognizing slavery who had not been “ naturalized,” but had only de clared their intention. For this resolu tion in its very heart and core, declares that the right to establish slave institu tions “in the organization of the State Government, belongs to the native and naturalized citizens,” excluding those who have only declared their intention. A more insidious attack was never made upon the principles of the Kansas and Nebraska bill. And is this to be the plank on which Northern and Southern “Know-Nothings” are to stand in the rejection of Kansas t But to the other and ma : n objection to the resolution, why did it stop with a simple denial of the power of Congress to rej.-ct a State on account of slavery, particularly w hen it had opened the doc for the rejection of Kansas on other grounds by the wav o {pretext? Why did it not plant its. If upon the principles of the Georgia R -s olutions of 18A0, and say w hat ought to lie done in case of the rejection of a Stale ly Congress because of slav.-rv ? So far from this it does not even affirm that such rejection bv their “worthy brethren” of the North would he stiffi e.ietit cause for severing their party affil iation with them for it! Again I would sav not. only to the old Whigs of the 7th and Bth Congression al Districts, but to all true Georgians, whether Whigs or Democrats, Union men or Fire Eaters, whither are you drift ing? Will you not pause ami reflect.? Are we about to witness in this insane cry against Foreigners and Catholics a fulfilment, of the ancient Latin Proverb, “ Quern. Deus vulfperdere prius disnen tat f “ Whom the Gods intend to de stroy they first, make mad ?” The times are indeed portentious of evil. The po litical horizon is shrouded in darkm No man knows whom lie meets, be he friend or foe, except tiros** who have the dim glare of the covered light which their secret signs impart. Ami how long this will be a protection even to them, is *y no means certain. They have already made truth and voraeity almost a byword and a reproach.— When truth loses caste with any people —is no longer considered as a virtue and its daily and hourly violation aro looked upon with no concern bu’ a jeer or a laugh, it requires very little forecast to see what will very soon l*e the e.liar actor of that people. But, sir, come what rnsv, I shall pursue that eourse which a sense of dul y demands of me, while I hope for the best, l shall be pre pared for the worst; and if the “ worst comes to the worst,” as it may, I shall, in common with my fellow citizens, bear with patience tnv part, of tho common ills. They will affect me quite as little as any other citizen, for I have but little at stake ; and so far hh my public posi tion aud character are concerned, I shall enjoy that consolation which is to bo derived from a precept taught me in ear ly life,, and which I shall “ever cherish and treasure, whatever fortune betide me : j “ But if, on life's uncertain main, | Mishap shall mar thy sail, ! If, faithful, Jirm and true in vain, j Woe, want and exile thou sustain, Spend not a sigh on fortune changed/’ I Yours most respectful Iv, j ALEX. H. STEPHENS. Col. Tuof. W. Thomas, Elbertnii, Ga. THE STANDARD. CASSVILI-.E, GEO. THURSDAY MORNING: MAY %i, 1855. IdF We are authorized to announce the name of Col. JosErn E. Brown, as a candidate for the office of Judge of the Blue Ridge Circuit, at the election on tbe first Monday in October next. may 17- tde* , Mr. Stephens’ Letter. We publish in to day’s paper, the Letter of the Hon Alexander H Stephens, giv ing, at length, his views of the new order, called Know Nothings. The secret feature in the order, which is opposed by so many well di posed pet sons, among us, is pointed out by Mr Stephens as peculiarly objectionable. The principles winch the order are said to entertain-, are denounced as anti ** American throughout,'’ - they are opposed .. in a double aspect, both as a basis of party organization, and upon their merits as questions of public pol icy ” The alliance of Know Nothingisrn south, with Know Nothingisrn north, is regarded as an objection insuperable to Southern men. The . worthy brethren"’ north, have arrayed themselves iu deadly hostility to the Constitution and he South And the late Legislatures of Massachusetts. New Hamp shire and Connecticut, aro cited as worthy examples of northern Know Nothingisrn— winle every member whom that order has f - to the next Congress is declared to be our deadly foe. The famous Resolution of the *. Macon Council ‘—that *. Montes parturient et re diculus nuts nascitur' —..The mountains have been in labor and a ridiculous mouse is born"—is characterized as an insiduous attack upon the principles of the Nebraska and Kansas bill The letter is a lengthy one and Mr. Ste phens passes before him, in review, the various questions which are said to he w'tli in the range of this new order's secret objects and aims, and he discusses them not as a partizan, but as a statesman and a pa triot. This production of Mr. Stephens we doubt not. will be extensively read, and we sincerely bpe it may be so. Will the peo ple for once lay down party and party feel ing, and listen to a son of Georgia plead tbe cause of his country ? Copies of this issue will be sent to a number of persons who nre not subscribers. Democratic District Meetings. .< Eternal vigilance is the price of liber ty; ” end now when a secret political order exists in our very, midst., ought we not to be especially vigilant? What do they want: What will they have ? If there is anything wrong anywhere, it ought to lie discussed— the people ought to be informed. We-have been requested to insert the fol lowing notices: .2*Sy- The Democratic party of the Cass ville District are requested to meet at the Court House, on the Ist Friday in June next, (Justice's Court day) to appoint ten delegate to tho County Convention to be held at this place on the first Tuesday in July next MANY CITIZENS. The Democratic party of the Ffth District arc requested to meet at the Court •ground in that District, on tho 4th Saturday in May. inst., to appoint ten delegates to the County Convention to bo held iu Cassville on the Ist Tuesday in July next. MANY CITIZENS. .rSO- The Democratic party of the Gth District are requested to meet at tho Court ground in that District on the 3d Saturday in June next, to appoint ten delegates to the County Convention to be held in C .Seville on the Ist Tuesday in July next. MANY CITIZENS. To the Friends of Prohibition in Cass County. We, the undersigned, having partially canvassed the county, nnd conversed with many of the most influential friends of this measure, and having weighed carefullythe causes which have been brought to bear up on this subject, our minds have been brought to the following conclusions : That the present is an unpropitious time for bringing tho issue fairly before the peo pie, without which we regard success ns being out of the question ; but on the other hand could tho issue be separated from the issues of a political nature, wo arc satisfied the good sense of the people would carry it triumphantly The prtseut state of, feelings which exist between tho two contending political parties, are suoli ns forbids nnd preeludes most other cnusiderati6us, nnd we think such as nre now meritorious Such being the fact, wo tiru fully of opinion that the cause which Prohibitionists seek to pro mote, may and will be more advanced by a withdrawal of the Prohibition ticket from the canvass Such being the fact, wu hope it will not bo taken mums by our friends that wu Bbould advise a withdrawal of the ticket, upon proper arrangements being made to that effect. The friends of Prohibition are therefore respectfully requested to meet at Cassville on the 4th Monday inst., (May 28th,) for the purpose of considering und acting upon the uhove suggestions GEORGE W TUMLIN, EL 1811A KING. Adairsville, May 10th, 1856 Democratic Meeting in Gilmer. Ellijay, Tuesday, May 16, 1856. A large portion of the Democratic party -of Gilmer county having met in the Court House at Ellijay, on motion of Joseph M. Patterson, Esq , Larkin Stephens. Esq . was called to the chair, nnd It B. Perry, Esq , appointed Secretary. The meeting having been called to order, J. M. Patterson, Esq., offered the following ! preamble and resolutions : The Democratic party of Gilmer comity, in Conformity with general usage, being as sembled in primary meeting, for the purpose of appointing delegates to, represent them in the Gubernatorial and Congressional Con i ventions, avail themselves of this occasion to i re-affirm their ancient and time-honored ! principles, therefore | Resolved, That we cherish an ardent and immovable attachment to the great princi ples of the Democratic party of the Union, and are firmly persuaded that upon their successful maintenance depends the future glory, honor aud prosperity of our country, and the hopes of the true friends of liberty throughout the civilized world 2 That a recurrence to our early history reminds us that our forefathers left the eastern continent aud settled this western | hemisphere for the purpose of enjoying civil I and religious liberty, and that among those j chiefly considered was liberty of conscience; j and also that mvr revolutionary heroes who 1 fought for and won the high privileges we { enjoy, engrafted upon our organic law- the ! constitution—our great charter of rights— j the inestimable principle of-religious toler j ation r which we understand to be the right | of a free people to worship God according to j the dictates of their own consciences. We j say, therefore, preserve the constitution ot j our happy country nnd our free institutions, j that they may continue to be the shield of j our rights, and at oaee the envy nnd the \ admiration of the world. 3. That, entertaining these view, we de clare unhesitatingly our opposition to all secret, political organisations—to ail oath bound poWtisnl associations; believing as we do that ours is a government of opinion, judgement aud consent, nnd of an enlight ened, free and public opinion, public judge ment and free consent. And that it is not a government of opinion formed in the night, in a dark aud secret conclave, or of a judge ment formed by a secret cabal, bound together by oaths thafc cause the blood to run chill through the veins. Nor is it a government that can be forced upon the pub lie by sec-rot sworn political associations, held together alone Ly the eohesive bond- of public plunder. 4 That error of opinion may be tolerated so hag as reason is le!L free to combat it; but when our opponents hold their meetings in private, and know their opinions them selves alone, we nre left to divine their objects, nnd as we nre taught that we shall judge of the tree by its fruits, aud lo*>k:nn to that source for the evidence upon which we are to form our judgement, w- find noth ing among the acts ol the Know Nothings j that commends them to us, hut- inowli to * condemn. They have declared the.r undv i ing hostility to the Democratic party that. party under whose bright anti happy influ I euce our common country has attained- to a point of grandeur nnd glory which caused tlio crowned heads of Europe to grow giddy on their thrones, they have declared their opposition to the rights of the Sontli. to the faithful execution of the Fugitive slave law and the admission of.such new-States into the Union as recognize slavery- in their con stitutions ; they have beat down two of the firmest friends of the South at the North they have overthrown Shields- sf Minims, who shed the blood nearest his heart upon the battlefields ol Mexico, in defence of the American flag: and Dodge, ot lowa, an un wavering friend of the South, nnd supplied their places witti Trumbull and liar lan, who hold the most abolition doctrines, hos tile to every right and sentiment of Southern men. 5 That we are in favor of a judicious sys tem of internal improvement by the Stato, and believe that it may advance its best in tereat to direct a portion of the capital now vested in the Western & Atlantic Rail road toother portions of Georgia, and among those entitled to the fostering care of the State, we think our section of country is in the front rank 6. That we most oordially approve of the course of our fearless and independent Rep resentative in Congress, Hon E W Chastain, in protecting our national treasury, and in resisting the insults offered to the American flag by Spauisli officials in the Island of Cuba ; that we are in favor of tbe annexa tion of Cuba upon just and honorable terms, believing as we do that the best interests of the country require it. 7. That we appoint Joseph Pickett and William Kelley delegates to the Gubernato rial Convention, with full power to choose their own alternates, should they be unable to attend. 8. That we appoint Joseph M. Patterson, Samuel M. Rawlston nnd William Guess, j delegates to the Congressional Convention, i with like powers; and we hereby instruct i them to act as *n their judgement is for the best interests of the country and the Demo crat ie party Adopted unanimously. On motion, Rtsolved. That the proceedings be pub lished m the Cassvillc Standard The meeting was ably addressed by Hon. I E. W. Chastain and Col J. W. II Under- , wood, in vindication of the time-honored principles of the Democratic party. The time having arrived for the convening of the Court, the meeting adjourned, sine die LARKIN STEPHENS, Cli n, j 11 B Perry, Secretary. Another Anti-Know Nothing Letter. Wo are credibly informed, says the Savan nah Georgian, that Mr Toombs has in pre paration nnd will soon publish t loiter giv ing his views on the secret proscriptive or der, It i9 said that they nearly coincide with those of Mr. Stephens Mont FiLuucsTßßtNO. —A despatch has boon received in New York, from Washing ton, saying that the State Department, hud information of a flllibustering expedition or ganizing in the former city, to proceed *- gainst Peru, under Echmiquo. Arrests are expected. Justice Wayne, of tho United Btates Su preme Court, arrived, in. Washington City on the 8d inst. Front the Macon Telegraph. A Know-Nothing Letter. The subjoined Letter from a Dclegrte to tbe late Know Nothing Convention, may throw a little light upon their secret policy Noth withstanding his wnrniug to Jo,’’ his epistle has fallen .into the hands of the un initiated,” and it has been sent to us for the purpose of publication. We understand that it was found in the street, nod inasmuch as it was not directed on the back, we hope that it may arrive at its proper destination through this channel of con mmiication There is uo doubt but that the letter fur i nishee some true information. Judge An drews was spoken of, for the purpose of flattering a lew Democrats id the Convention, ; but it is folly to suppose that the nominee will be any other than a down right, blue light Whig. As for Andrews, he can hardly lay claim to the appellation of Democrat. He has not bee .. in line” for sevnrnl years, and was classed with the opposition in the last Gubernatorial Campaign. Bat for all ♦hat, he will not be the man. For a time, they will talk of him for the purpose of en- \ trapping more Democrats, bu 4 eveßttlally he - will be whistled doww the wind. Fishy I Democrat ns he is, ho must make room for j an unadulterated Whig As for Mr. Ste • pliens, they will not probably run any oppo f sition True, he i9 opposed to the Order, j and denounces it in strong terms lfnt what | of that f Is lie not a Whig ? Is he not op- j posed to Democrats t And is not this enough ; to entitle him to Know-Nothing support i j This is the difference—let a Democrat oppose I this Order and they try to str ke him down, j but Mr Stephens, an old Whig leader, can j do so with perfect impunity. We rather ! think that the Know Nothing Democrats ! will make wry faces over the dose, but they ! will have to swallow it or leave the Order, i But to the letter :• MacoW, Geo., May 4th, IS7W3 Dear Jo: You asked me to write to you from this place, the proceedings of the Con vemioir of our Order. I will do so, but I have nothing very cheering to communicate, I regret to say. The contest was warm between the advo cates of Judge Andrews and Judge Dawson. The friends of the former, urged that in principle aud practice he is ns good a Whig as any one. ad tho Order being composed main'y of Whigs, the great object is to rope in as many Democrats ns possible, and Judge Andrews having been an old line Democrat, that effect could be best accomplished by his nomination. And ns they charge tLnt our Order is Whig, nnd its results to euure the benefit of that party, the nomination of a Whig would go to prove the charge, and keep Democrats out of our ranks nnd make such i as have already been entrapped lukewarm, ! if they should not quit. The friends of Judge Dawson replied that i the argument would be irresistable if ; Whig party was secure to us But the posi i tion of Mr. Stephens had held a considerable I portion of the Whigs in abeyance And if . we outraged his feelings by putting a Demo ; crat in nomination, it would he resented by J him and his friends as an insult to the W'hig ! patty, and we should have their opposition i to encounter, which would he destruction to our prospects. They urged farther that seven tenths’ of the Older are Whigs, and the great object is to secure the Whig party certain, as well ns to hold’ on to the few Democrats we have, and thus attain power to carry the State It was urged that in the end Democrats would see where we are carrying them nnd quit us In answer it was said pride of con sistency would hold on enough to -give us power. Some may quit; that vte look for. but a sufficient number would remain to an swer otir purpose. Adi these discussions were of course among Whigs out of doors, but they were ttie basis of action of the Convention afterwards In Convention Democrats sermid rather to lead Poor dupes ! I could not but. feel sorry for them as everything had been pre arranged and fore ordained by \Vhig6 in private. Aud they were playing the ridiculous part to those who knew the roper, of carrying out the purposes of those from whoso cotmstls they had been carefully excluded But as Mrs. Gamps’ friend said, .aech is life One half the world are mouse meu and the other cat men. and „ the cats will play ami after slay” has grown into a nursery prov erb. A great deal of feeling was aroused on the proposition to appease Mr. Stephens by mak ing no opposition to his election to Congress from his District’ Democrats fired at this, and said if he was to be dealt with in that manucr, why did not they treat Democratic candidates for Congress in the same way ? Tho proposition was withdrawn. It will be ruin to us, if Stephens is opposed, and how we can avoid it l am unable to see, without arousing the party prejudices of Democrats aud causing a stampede. It is a delicate business to manage when we agiin assemble in August, and must be effected at any haz aid. There were many among us, who gave , trouble, by urging the propriotv of dispens ing witti the principles of secrecy in the Order; and 1 must confess that some of their i arguments appealed to my own sense of mo- • rulity. It was urged that the principle of secrecy, forced us to so many evasions nnd ! prevarications in our dealings with the out- i siders, that the example was calculated to I make us a nation of liars nnd jesuits My blood, 1 own to you, has tingled in my veins, at my own departure from truth in mauy cases, and 1 have heard other delegates ou j the way here, give so many false answers, to questions about their destination, that I j have lelt a loathing for the secret principle, I heard a half dozen from the up-country sny they wore on their way to Baker, who had no idea of going there, nnd who after- J wards thought it a fine joke to fool” people j in that way. But as a man aud a Christian, it is a serious matter. We had 180 Lodges represented oither iu person or by proxy. But on summing up tho aggregate, the number did not coinc up to our expectations We have just 17,678 members iu all the Lodges, and as this num ber does not authorize us to hope to oarry the State by ourselves, wo concluded for this ns well as for some other substantial reasons, that I will explain more fully when we meet, to make no nomination now; but to „ wait for the wagon,” and trust to tbe chapter of accidents until our next Convention in Au gust, by which time we may make eome arrangement with Stephens and ran Overby off tbe track. Our Convention was well attended k respectable set of men. It i 8 tru e t V 7 * had no such Whigs as Berrien, U * kins, Hull, Toombs and Stephens; l. had Lewis Zachry, Nathan C Barnett hua Hill and Ciucinnattus Peeples ’ J<>B ‘ There were no such Democrats , unon as McDonald, Cobb, Warner, Wofford in? yer, Colquitt, Ward, Chnppel or Gard? but theu we had Jacob It. Davis and Ed,?? Wingfield. ar,} Yours, very truly, * * t r. 8. I need not tell you to be particeV j tl,at Oiis does not fall into the hands of ti j uninitiated. ! The Camel Shi? -The US. store *.Supply,” which is fitting up at the Brooklyn Navy Yard for a voyage to tho Modi terra,? an, and to- return to the United States W j tl , thirty camels, for service on the Western plains, baa been taken from the Dry Dock ,f ter being newly coppered, and trill probh; y sail for her destination aboot the 20th | nst As prepared! for the receptiow of these. .Shir of the Desert, ’ she presents a- siagaM-n ----pea ranee. The planking of the utai/r deck has been removed, and a .r trunk.” orakind of low house, has been construe ed longitu dinally along the deck, to nffored light „„„ veutillations ®nl space for the bumps of the antls Instead ofciltting the beam* the latter serve to divide the sp„ce i DtO stalls. Each animal is thus off, red a SUlH ]j window, aud every necessary comfort lor liis passage to the .* New World. ’- j UUr 0 f Com. About a hogshead of acorns of the cork oak Lave heed introduced from the south of F.n rope by the U 8. Patent Office, and dittrib uted in the middle and southern States tor experiment, or to test their adaptation to the climate. This tree, in its native countw where it is an evergreen, usually pro to , height of twenty or thirty feet, but in Ei land there arc specimens which exceed ti’ feet in height, with a diameter of more v n three feet. The substance familiarly to us as cork, is the epidcxnis or ou'er hoik aud sometimes grows two or three metes thick Should the experiment succeed, it will be a subject of great national impor tance that plantations should be established in various parts of the country for the pur pose of growing this useful substance. pur ticularly in the event of a war between this country and Europe, in consequence of which the supply would be cut off Gold Mints tx Arkansas.—Tlie “, r saw (Mo.) Democrat publishes accounts of * great excitement prevailing at Springfield. Mo., on account of intelligence'having been received of the discovery of gold .it the IW of the Cuchita mountain, on a stream cull'd tlic Red Fork of the Arkansas river It is said that £5,000 worth of gold had lieeu ; panned out” by two persons In a few dm without anything to dig with The excit tnent in the northwest counties of Arkansas was 3aid to be very great and from 2 000 in 3.000 persons had already started t,.r the I gold region The pay of the French soldier i> ue vlit ‘ p<;r day Out of that nmn fieent et • wmwtt he must provide liiinsclt w.th thread ro - les, &c ,to keep his uniform in rep ii.-. 1 i 1 he-must replace ail thing* lost vr sev j while in his possession, from thr a mix s:<i* | He is furnished with one pur of p. ut o!•-n I and one pair of shoes per year, md one omt I every two years On leaving service at tl* I end of the seven years, the gun, sabre sr.-i I coat arc taken from him. and whatever is I left he is entitled to. j Our President gets $'25,000 a year Tin | English Queen $2 000,0ti0. The lew old ret olutiotiary pe: sioners yet remaining among* i \>. get from 8 to S2O a month, Ih-cus<> th.y j fought for and won our liberty and ndi p-n j ilenco Her Royal Highness, ti e Lucb<-ro-l ! Kent gets $150,000 because sh. is tin n t cr of the Queen ; and the Duel., ss ot CiUivft ter SOO,OOO per year, for being the Queers aunt Cholera Stampede.*- A letter in t St. Louis Republican, from Kiinsis dati'd : May 9th. states that the citizens, frighten I ed by the ravages of the cluder.-i in iliecn* i of Kansas and W* st Port, were leaving th places as rapidly as possible, and sets.-us i in the country and different towns n the’ I oinity. A man u.-uned Dean was accidentallyfb j by- his brother not far from Macon on Sstur i day morning It appears that the two wrn out ou a turkey hunt together, in which they ; made use of the usual doebit* of •• mockiP? One, attracted by the mocking of theotker. anil believing it to proceed from the game if which tl.ey were in search, fired and kil !t “ his brother upon the .“pot. Rather Wintry —The Albany A Argus ol Wednesday 9th inst . learns from* gentleman who came from Clarksville. A* hary county. N Y , the day b foie ‘l l * l , there arc snow drifts in that neighhorl>" l! eight feet deep. i 1 Arkest or Baker—Tin Mrn Kßrß ; A* is York , May 16 —The Grape shut > ■ :iu pursuit of Baker, who murdered Pool- 1 IN. Y , has returned with him She art w ‘ at Puluios soveuteeu days before the arn'ti I of Baker. It is said that seventy babies have been ft tereil for Barnum sShow Hue not sptuifi' 11 | ! Some of the great showmans efforts h’Y'| : the low prices in N Y.. in the way ol ob' l " 11 | ; ing material, are said to he altogether I* 1 * | liar aud worthy of hiiusellY Arrest or Col Kinney.—Col has been arrested in Philadelphia, and l' el *| to bail in $4 000 lor fitting out an uni** 18 I i expedition It is stated hi had a vessel re* | jdy to sail, containing arms uud aniuuit' 1 " 1 ■ and throe hundred men. The Boston Traveller states that at flr'lt 1 ’ 1 on Mass., ou Friday, extra beef cattle ;r ‘“ S as high as sll per hundred ou tbe hoot-’ I highest price known of late years. lbi’F 1 1 oes now charged for beef ate nearly do ul ' c B the price two years since A Goon Investment —The Buffalo rier says that fifty thousand dollars wort j ■ stock of the Niagara Falls Suspension B rl r I Company was sold a few days since atl r ■ mium of 60 per oent. Orr for Russia.- Drs Wm and Wm. R. Thrall left Columbus. oh'’ j tho 11th inßt , with the iutention ol v * ei || Russia and entering the service ot the 11 S ror as surgeons. CLXRCAL.--Rev. Dr. Barry, Roman | o’.ic Vicar General of Savannah. G a ■ M been appointed Bishoo of. that Diocese. I Bishop Reynolds, deceased.