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THE STANDARD. GEO. TH UIiSD A Y^MORNING: MAY 31, 1855. We arc authorized to announce the name of Col. Joseph 12. llnowN, as a candidate f> r the office of Judge of the Blue Ridge Cireu.t, at the election on the first Monday* in October next. may 17—tde* GLORIOUS HEWS* Sqft) Jofoiiy WISE TRIUMPHANT! iB,OOO MAJORITY! It gives us unfeigned pleasure to be able to state that the lion. Henry A. Wise*, democrat, has been elected by an overwhelming majority. Seventy-one counties have befcn heard from, which give Wise a majority over Pierce’s vote in 1852, when his majority was over 14,(too. - Below wegive an extract from a letter wri.t.n by an in telligent and well informed gentleman of Ports mouth; Va.: “ 1 open my letter to state that ve have ~e~ ceivcd a message that the three counties that the Know-Nothings bet wouM give Flournoy a majority, went for Wise by six thousand ma jority. “H.ilifex county, Flournoy’s native county, gave Wise 685 majority. A reliable dispatch from Washington, says that Wise will he elected by at least. 18,000 majority. Rockingham comi ty also gave 2,000 majority,and Fluanna county, £,000.” Mr. Wise’s majority may be overestimated above, but there can be no doubt it will be very large. Nearly, if not all, the old Democratic ticket for Congress is elected. editorial letter iii another column was intended for last week’s paper. Rowland’s Springs. A glarce at our advertising columns will show our readers that this favorite watering place will be rc-opencd for the reception of Company on the loth proximo. AYe have bare ly room to state the fact, this week, but shall revert to it in a future issue! Letters Advertised. ]n the list of letters advertised as remaining ill the post office at Cedar Town, Geo., on the 11th inst., wc notice the names of Hon. Mark A. Cooper and D. H. Zuber, two of our subscri bers, residing in this County. The Weather. Wo were blest with a most refreshing rain an Sunday last, which we are pleased to’ learn was pretty general all over the ooun * ty. The wheat crop is excellent and it is hoped good rains may’ bring out oats so as to give us a pretty fair crop yet. Corn and aotton crops are doing first rate.” Home* Again. After a three week’s absence, we are once more at our post, considerably recruited in health from climbing the hills and mountains, and inhaling the bracing air of Upper Cherokee. Wc cannot sufficiently thank our friends in the counties of Fannin, Gilmer and Pickens, for their kind'.and cordial reception of ns, and their aid in extending the circulation of the Standard. There are many good Democrats nnd true in the Empire State of the South, but no section can boast of a more thorough going Democra cy than the counties wc have named above. — They arc firm and united in favor of an organi zation of the party, and our enemies have about concluded to abandon the idea of injuring De mocracy in that region. Our friends may be assured of one thing—whatever may be the case elsewhere, —in the-countics of Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens and Cherokee, the Democracy is a unit, and the fact will be shewn at the ballot box, the superhuman exertions of the AVnn-itcs to the contrary notwithstanding. Democratic District Meetings. The Democratic Convention to nominate can didates to represent- Cuss county in Hu* next Legislature, will meet in Gttsnv.ille on Tuesday, the 8d of July. Primary meet ings to appoint delegates will be held in the different justices court districts as follows,: Cassville District, at. •Cftssvillc, on the Ist Friday in Jlme,. Kingston District; at Kingston,, on the Ist Saturday in Jane. t Wolf Pen District, at the Court Ground,', on ■ tile Ist Saturday in June. Gartersvillc District, at Gaiiersville, on the 2d Friday in June. Alatooua District, at Alatoonn, on ihc z<l Sat urday in June.. Iron Works District, at tile Countt Ground, on the Sd Friday in June. Sixth District, at the Court Ground, on the 3d Saturday in June. Adairsville District, at Adairsvillc, on the 4th Friday in June. Pine Log District,*at the Court Ground, on thtf 4th Saturday in June. Remember, that each District is entitled to | and,expected to send, ten delegates. Let caj.li he fully und fairly represented. There are men 1 in the eonnty using their utmost endeavors to j prevent these meetings and* by this mentis, to j dofeat the organization of the party. The D $-; raoeracy heave nothing to fear if they- arc true to themselves, and* we earnestly entreat our friends in all parts-of the county imL to allow themselves to be gulled.into the belief that it is otherwise. Our enemies know well that there is but one way to defeat its: by- preventing a full and proper.organizatiou. Let us all work together, friends, and .in spite of false friends and secret enemies the day is as certainly ours as that the sun shines. Water is very scarce in Memphis, Tenn.- Nearly every cistern in the Southern part of the city is dry., It is stated tbat Sir William Don, the ac tor, has determined to settle fpr. life on tbjs lids of tbs Atlantic. Shall the Constitution Stand? That sacred charter of our rights, established by the wisdom of our fathers and under which we have become one of the greatest nations on eartfk, and which guarantees to every citizen the right to worship God according to tlie dictates of his Own conscience, is now being insidiously attacked by a secret political party- Ihe Know i Nothings do not propose as we understand j them, to make it penal for a man to worship i {Jod according to the Catholic faith f for that : would be an attack upon the Constitution, hut 1 they do more they propose to stigmatise him as Imi worthy to hold office,or unfit for any public or I political trust. All honorable men would pre ! fer proscription by law, rather than to be con -1 demot'd by public opinion. Nothing would be i so mortifying to a high-toned man as to lire in j a land where his neighbors- and acquaintances I consider him unworthy of a public trust. If J Know-Nothingism succeeds, and a man every i way qualified for office, is put under the. ban of public opinion, merely because he kneels be fore the cross and communes with his God ac cording to his mode of belief, our boasted Con stitution will have received a vital slab. Me call upon all lovers of libe- ty as secured to us by this Constitution, to slop and pause before they ally themselves with this secret order. No doubt many patriots, good and true men, have been deceived by the cry of no party—opposition to demagogues and office seekers, and induced to join the Know-Ndtbings, ignorant of the po litical designs and aims of that party. To all such as have been deceived and humbugged in to its ranks, we say withdraw from it before you have acted in opposition to your honestly entertained principles, and the wishes of vour friends. The Roman. Catholic Church. From some arguments used by the Know- Nothings, we have been led to suspect that some of our readers believe we are faroraßlc to- the Roman Catholic Religion. This is a great mis take. Honesty compels us to admit that we now, and always have, entertained strong prej udices against that Church. We have no doubt that these prefmtkes arose from reading of the outrages committed it) Europe under the direc tion of its officers. Qur opposition to this Church once brought down upon us the fi owns of a lady, (wich are more terrible to us than swords or pistols.) We simply remarked in her presence that we were proud of the fact that there was no Catholic Church-in Cassville. She ! at (nice demanded bur cause of opposition—wc ! were abashed, rather dumb, stammered out a ! few reasons, and even a’dmitted that we really i knew nothing about it, and might possibly be j mistaken. In order to make terms without ; fair friend, we went with her to a. Catholic ! Church, where we were far from feeling “at 1 home.” We wanted to enquire of the lady why ’ she dipped her finger in the bowl of water at j the door and made a cross on her forehead, but I the rapidity with which she did the aet eonvinc j ed us that she tried to conceal it from us, and j we dared not see anything which we ought not to i have seen. We simply intended to say when we commenced this, that although wc have prejudices against the Catholic Church wc would as soon sav that a Methodist or Baptist was unfit for office as a Catholic. It matters not ’ with us according to what faith a man worships ; his God—we look to his principles and capacity alone—not to his religious views. Piokens County. Pickens Superior Court adjourned on Tues day of last week, after a session of only two 1 da vs, most of the business having been contin ued. Jasper, the county site, is admirably lo cated, and bids fair, at no distantday, to become [ one of the most beautiful towns in Cherokee Georgia. The Court House has made but little progress since last couri, in consequence of the extreme scarcity of lumber—and, for the same reason, the town has not been built up as fast : as.it would have been otherwise. Pickens is one of the best counties in the State. AVill l in tvvo miles of Jasper, the Geor gia Marble Company are working an inexhaus tible quarry of superior marble, besides which there are several other quarries in the county. Strong signs of Copper are to be seen, though we heard of none of the metal having been dis-’ covered. There are many excellent farms in ; Pickens, and the people are, generally, indus trious, intelligent, and hospitable. : The Democracy of Pickens held"a meeting at Jasper on Tuesday of court week, the proceed ■ ings whereof will be found in another column. It was large and enthusiastic, and would have been proof positive to our mind, had wc.not al j ready been convinced, that the Democrats of • this qounty will be found “right side up” at i the coining election. Cherokee County—Canton. Having a little leisure time, after leaving Gil mer court, vve made a flying visit to the pretty little town of Canton, the county site of Chero kee. This, as our readers are probably aware, is one of the oldest towns, if not the oldest, in this section of Georgia. The first newspaper ever published in Cherokee Georgia, was the C heroic,- IntvlityeMer, commenced at this place by Ilowell Cobb, (now of Houston county,) in January, 1 When it was discontinued, we are unable to say. The first Court ever held north of the Chattahuoehie was convened iri Canton, in an old building now used as a barn. Wc had the pleasure, while in Canton, of at tending an examination of the Male and Female Academy, which has been for the present year in charge of Mr. Warlick, tormorly of North Carolina. The examination reflected much credit on both teacher and pupils, and, as it oi|g|it to have done, gave great satisfaction to the patrons of the School. Mr. VV.’s plan of leaching i> a great improvement on the old and commonly received one. u Teach these boys and girls nothing but facts. Facts alone are whatnre wan ted’ in life.” Such was llje Grad grind theory--but sik’H is not Mr. Wnrlrek’s theory. Facts are all well enough in their place, and are positively tre'jcssary, hut the heart and mind must be educated and prepared for them. Children ought to be taught not on ly the hint ~ but the why and the wherefore, and upon this principle Mr. W.. proceeds, and wo ; are glad to have an opportunity of thus public- I b’ thanking him for the pleasure we derived from attending the examination of his school.. In the evening the young people of both sexes, j connected with the School, gave a party at the Academy, #herc mirth and jollity reigned until a late hour, and “ all went merry as a magic ■bell.” | The Democracy of Cherokee are “as one ■ man,” and will roll up a strong vote in favor of | the nominees of the party, at the coming elce ! tion. So mote it be. Beginning to Work, • Not the smallest amongst the good results of Mr. Stephens’ letter, is the effect it is having on some of the old lino Whig jour uals of the State. The Chronicle k Senti nel, though it never, so far as we have seen, published anything in favor of JK.uow Noth ingistn, has still pursued a course calculated to identify it with that order, until lately. We are glad to bo able to record now, tbat jit stands square in its opposition to it, and promises to wield its infiuenoo on the side of j political aqd religious liberty. Speaking of a platform lately promulgated by the Ameri. can party of Virginia, it holds the following language ; We hope every reader will scan it close ly. deliberately and fairly, and when he has done so. determine in his own miml, whether he has ever, in till his life, seen in any one: document, such a string of unmeaning gen. erntines. With a single exception- (that of excluding persons of foreign birth- from office) they mean anything or nothing, and are so broad, general and indefinite, that every mar. in the United States, except a Seces sionist, for the sake of Secession, wilT endorse them—if that single clause be excluded. Never have we seen a document in which the hand of the intriguing, artful demagogue is so distinctly, truthfully and boldly pot ray. ed as in this ; and yet the very-first para graph seeks to guil the people by denouncing demagoguism.” Editorial Correspondence. Fann'm Court —SaUy June Copjer Mines — (Fl nte'r Court — Denwor-tUh• Merit tty in (Ithin-r —- JCiunc-XotJi inejimn- on the i/fcline—Mr. Ft(- [■! end Letter. . Kllijay, Geo., May 16, 18-35. Fannin Court adjourned on Thursday last, after a shorter session than was at first antici pated—many cases having been continued in consequence of the want of a-proper court room. I spoke in a former letter of the Fatty June Copper Mines. On Friday last I visited them and spent a day with my friend Smith. These mines are situated in the eigMh district of Fan nin, near one of the forks of Fighting Town creek, a restless little mountain stream, running through the most beautiful country in Georgia, The readers of the Standard have already been informed that the Sally Jane were the first mines in the State to ship Copper. Large quan tities have’beeu taken out and sent to. market, and many tons ave now lying at the inine„ rea dy for-shipment. During the absenee of .Mr. Smith, the Superintendent,. ou a visit to the North, operations were almost suspended, but they have been resumed and are now going for ward actively.’ I have specimens of the bletcl oxide, yremi carbonate , rf'-e. from these mines, which will compare favorably with any I hare ever keen. Gilmer court commenced its Spring term on Monday morning, Judge Irwin presiding. In stead of the little, cramped up wooden building in which the court has heretofore been held, we were )i!e;*sed to find a large and handsome brick edifice. It is well built and conveniently arranged, with clerks’ offices below, and court and jury, roams above, and is quite creditable to the county, and indeed one of the best court houses Within our knowledge. The Democracy of Gilmer bad a large and en thusiastic meeting on Tuesday, the proceedings of which are sent with this Fetter for publica tion. We were so unfortunate as to hear only the<conciudingportion of Col. Chastain’s *oech. From what we beard, however, and from our knowledge of the man, we feel confident that it was entirely creditable to him, and not at all to the liking of the dark lantern party. This latter named order, bv the hve, received, at the hands of Col. Underwood, a drubbing- from which it will never recover, in this region. A more triumphant exposition of their ends and aims, of their antecedents and their legitimate results, we have never had the pleasure of lis tening to. Wc arc neither a .prophet nor the sou'of a prophet, but if Ivnow-NotKirgism in Georgia h*s not seen its be>t days we arc una ble to judge from (lie signs of the times. A few more such speeches as Col. Underwood’s and “ Sam’s” days ate numbered in this region.— Cherokee Georgia hns ever been the stronghold ofittennuiracy, and we are loath to believe that its sfwuv yeomanry are willing to give up the glorious principles under whose dominion they and their fathers have so long conquered, and under which our country- lias become the home of the ftp pressed -of all nations, and the model government of the world, to follow after a par ty whosc-cardkial principles arc in direct viola tion of the Constitution of the United States, and whose members at the North are our bit . terest and most inveterate enemies. The letter of the lion. A. If. Stephens to Col. , Thomas, of Elbert, is u powerful document and will ereate quite a fluttering in the- Whig'and Know-Nothing camp. He shews up their in consistencies in a calm and dispassionate man ner—like one thoroughly acquainted with it's subject anil fully capable of handling it. We have always admired Mr. Stephens. Asa Georgian we have always been proud of him, and if the repdrt be true that his former friends and supporters in His district wiJJ refuse to vote for him on account of his position on this ques tion, wo sincerely- trust that the Democrats will unite with those Whigs who arc still his friends and return Rim to Congress. We can illy- spare such a man in the next Congress, where the South has a battle to fight in which she will need all her talent and patriotism. There are some allnsions to ths administration in Mr. S’s letter which we cannot endorse; and in which we think he has mistaken the President. With this exception it meets our hearty- approval, as it will, we,doubt not, that of every Democrat in the Union. B. Scarcely! “The lion. Howell Cobb, of Georgia, former ly Speaker of the House of Representatives, is the American Candidate for Congress in his District.” * This item of intelligence, which we cut from the Philadelphia Saturday Mail, (a Know- Nothing pnper,) will be Heir* to Mr. Cobb’s friends in this State. It will only provoke a laugh at the Editor’s ignorance, from those who know the ex-Governor, but for fear someone outside of.our State should be deceived by it, we here take occasion id state that it is ns un true as it ifi- ridiculous. .Mr. Cobb is not only not the candidate of the Know-Nothings, but he is bitterly opposed to them, and-, takes every occasion to denounce them. The Southern Her ald, a Know-Nothing paper published in his district, has been (or months past filled with the. bitterest abuse of him, on ncanunt ofliis firm and unflinching adherence to the old line Democracy. Howell Cobb a Know-Nothing! Pali T CWm’l Jackson might with equal propri ety have been charged with being n Hnnkmnn. Bv the bye, it seems strange flint those Know- Nothing papers should make so many mistakes. Two-thirds of their big stories turn out to be pure fabrications— munufiicturcd, doubtless, by some wicked fellow, who wishes to impose on “ .Sam’s” credulity. We saw it gravely an nounced in n Northern K. N. paper, the other “day, that two-thirds of the Democratic party of | Georgia were members of the Secret order. Fratty nearly the same kind of stories appeared in their organs in Virginia,, regarding the De mocracy of that. State, but the election returns now coming in put rather it different face on the matter. Stick to the truth, gentlemen. The Homo (On.) Courier's , devil”— an imp of twelve years—caught a catfish weigh ing twelve pounds, on Saturday last--and nobody lielpod him. A sturgeon was for sale in the Petersburg (Va > market, ou Wednesday morning, meas uring nine foot in length and weighing two hundred nntl ninety-nix pounds. District Convention. The Democratic Convention of the Fifth Dis trict will meet jn Calhoun op Tuesday, the Tjth proximo, to nominate a candidate for Congress. Wc were anxious to furnish in this week’s paper, a full list of Delegates, but are Pliable to get all the names. We give, below, as complete a fist us “we can furnish now : Cars: Maj. John S. Rowland, Col. Win. W. Clay ton, Col. H. F. Price. Cherokee: Jasper L-. Keith, Col. J’JTi McCon nell. * Okaitoma; Col-. L. W. Crook, Col. Wesley ‘ Shropshire. Floyd: A. T. Hardin, N. Yarborough, Alvin Deane. Gordon: Col. It. M. Young, James Shclnut, Wesley Kiurnan. Giinier: Joseph M. Patterson, Samuel M. Rawlston, William Guess. Dickens t Col. Samuel Tate, Joseph Williams. Walker; G. G. Gordon, Constantine Wood. Wo are without the names of the delegates from Carroll,, Paulding, I’olk, Fannin, Murray-, Whitfield, Catoosa and Dade, and will thank some friend in those counties to furnish them iii time for our next issue. From present; indi cations, every county will be represented lu men having the interests of Democracy and the country at heart, and we predict for ihe Democ racy, in the coming campaign a brilliant victory.. How will Virginia Go? A student in the University of Virginia, writing to the Natchez Courier, under date of Mwy sth aays: * On Saturday last, ncoording to custom, the students took the vote for Governor, &c., which resulted in the election of Mr. Wise by a majority of 21, in 291 votes, and the otlur two Democratic candidates by “.2 ma jority. ‘Though Mr. Flournoy received a majority of 20 from the Virginians, the S Carolinians and Missippians carried the day Heretofore the University has been IVhig, and the Democratic party has triumphed.. Fo note it may be that Mr. Flournoy will he successful.’' —Memphis Eagle. .( These Nullification and Disunion stu dents, from other states, have no say at the ballot-box. The real people dune. Mr. Wise's house woik for him on Thursday last., and we shall soon have tlw report; to lay be fore our readers ” — Knoxville IVhig. Guess the repen t won’t be just such an one as you-will like u to lay before your readers,” friend Brownlow. fn spite of the fact that these Nullification and Disunion students had no say at the ballot box, the ■ c-real people” have << done Mr Wise's house work for him’’ about right and if we are not awfully mistaken the -< real people” of Ten nessee will do a little house work” for An dy Johnson, in August next, alter the-mime pattern. Fur the Civwcil'e ,Si tandard. Wanted, j Four ot five thousand cotton Randkcwhicfs, to tic up the under jaws of the Georgia Know- Nothings, since the reception of the Virginia election returns. One large metallic burial case, in which to ■ deposite the hopes of the Know-Nothings of Georgia. SAM I’ATCII. Democratic Meeting in the 17th Dist. : Agreeably to previous notice, a j >cry ! large and respectable portion of the Demo cratic party of the 17th district, in Cass county, met at the district court ground on the 20th inst. ! On motion Dr. T II Ligon was called to the ! chair, and B. 11. Leek requested to act ns ; secretary. The objlbl of the meeting was explained by the chairman, viz : to appoint : delegates to represent the district in a con vention to he held in Cassville on the Ist Tuesday in July .next, for the purpose of nominating r candidate for Senator and two | representatives to represent Cass county in | the next General Assembly. On motion of James McGinnis, Esq , a ! committee of five was appointed by the 1 chairman to report to the meeting the names |of ten suitable persons, to be delegates to said Convention, viz ; James McGinnis. Mad ison Milam, Robert Speer, Felix G. Bailey and Jas. M. Cochran. The committee having retired the Meeting was entertained by a very pretty and appro priate speech from James G. Ryals, Esq. The committee returned and reported the following gentlemen as suitable persons to i be delegates to the contemplated Convention: 1 James McGinnis, Robert C. Powell, M. D. ! Madden, Jas. M. Cochran, David Garrison, Robert Speer, D. R. Colwell, Felix G. Bai ley D L Wingard and Madison Milam, who i on motion, were unamimously appointed del i egates to said Convention. On motion, the delegates in attendance on said convention in Cassville on the Ist ! Tuesday in July next., were authorized to I fill any vacancy which tuny occur in their | number. The proceedings of the meeting were re quested to be published in the Cassville ■ Standard. On motion, adjourned fine die. T. H. LIGON, Chairman. I B. 11. Leek, Secretary. Democratic Meeting in Pickens. Jasper, May *22, I£WWS. At n large and enthusiastic meeting of the Democratic party of Pickens, held this day, in Jasper, on motion of Geo. W. Harmon, Esq., Joint 13. Price, Esq., was culled to the chair, and W. T. Day, appointed secretary. On motion ofG. W. Harmon, Esq., Col. All red explained the object of the meeting. On motion of John Miflleiiax, Esq., the chair appointed a committee of live to select delegates to the Gubernatorial and Congressional Con ventions, consisting of Die following gentlemen : Samuel Tate, Esq., John Mullennx, Esq., John Holcombe, Esq., Wm. J. Barton, Esq., und Jes se Pad get , Esq. While the committee wore out, Capt. Win. T. Wolford addressed the meeting on the prim ciptrs Democratic party. The committee having returned, made the following report: Your committee hep leave to report the fol lowing preamble and resolutions, and recom mend their adoption: Whereas, we, the Democratic party of Pick ens, feeling a deep interest in tlvo success of their principles, deem it proper to make known our views: therefore he it Hksoi.veo— 1. That we have full confidence in the princi ples of our party, us proclaimed by the last Baltimore Democratic Convention. 2. That President Pierce has faithfully dis charged the duties of his office, and that we give to his administration onr hearty support. 8. That we arc opposed to all secret oath bound political societies, as dangerous to liber ty, and unnecessary in a free and republican country, where freedom of speech and ot the press are guaranteed to every citizen. 4. Tbat we earnestly urge all Democrats to lay-aside all personal prejudices and prcjfcren 1 ces, and unite upon the organized candidates of our party in the coming elections, t 5. That we appoint John Mnllenax, Esq. and G. W, Harman, Esq. as delegates to the Demo-! cratic Gubernatorial Convention; and Joseph] Williams, Esq. and Col. Samuel Tate, as dele-! gates to the Congressional Convention of the j Fifth Congressional District, to meet at. Cal- j houn, on the 12th of June nejd. 6. That the thanks of theDomdratic party of Picketts are due to our Representative in Con gress, Hon. E. AY. Chastain, for the aide and! efficient manner in which he has discharged his \ official duties, and especially for bin bold, fear less and patriotic stand in favor of the acquisi tion of Cuba, and his able and invincible argu ment in favor of that measure. On motion of Col. Allred the following reso lution was affiled: *• , -] Resolved, The f we tire Democratic party of j Piekgns, repudiate the Prohibition platform of j the Atlanta meeting of the 22d of February. j After which the report of the committee was j uuuuiinortity adopted. The meeting was then addressed long and ■ ably by the Hon. E. AY.. Chastain, who took a ] bold stand in favor of the principles of the old] Democratic party, and in opposition to the I Know-Nothings and all other parties haring for j their object the destruction and disorganization j of the Democratic party. On motion of John MnlTenax, Esq. it was > Resolved, That the proceedings of this meet- : ing be published in the UuMville Standard, with a request that the Atlunho Examiner copy. The meeting then adjourned. JOHN IS. PRICE, Chairman. AA r . T. Day, Secretary. The Virginia Election. . Before the cock eroweth twice, thou shalt deny me thrice.” It is in no spirit of levity that we make use ] of the foregoing words. We do so, because] they iii list rate most forcibly, in our esti mation, the future course of a large number . of Know Nothings in the Old Dominion, and in our own State® Democratic Virginia, with Mm aid of a number of patriotic ariti- Knov No. Ling w'iiigs, lias been the first cock : to crow, and ore its clarion tones shall be echoed by Georgia, Know Nothing!em will ] he thrice denied by hundreds who have paid tlie'.r devotions to it in our State. Ami it is I in no spirit of exultation that we refer to what we anticipate of ihe future, in the mnn ! nerwe now do. G loci’ usly as has A irginia i sustained herself—the Know Nothings there -and elsewhere in the South, are rlready suf ficiently limn bled, and we have no disposi tion, at the present time, to add to their hu miliat'on by the use of terms indicative of the triumph over them that we feel and en ! joy. AVe have another object :n view :n wrj ting this article. It is to say to oar readers that they may confidently look for a deser tion of the Order by many of those who de signed to nse it as a-eteppng stoue to office —in some sub cases that-we have been sip prized of to continue in office—and in others to build up anew party of which they would I he leaders. Defeat staring such as those in the face, certain inevitable, defeat, n tdiange e.f position will he the consequence, as it will : be with those presses which have, up to this time, sympathized with the Order.* The e j lection in A’irginia has sett-led this question j for hundreds such as these and we may soon I look for modification upon modification of i the rules and oaths, and regulations of th? Order, to retain what it has, and to entrap others. That spirit, however of vigilance which aroused the democracy of Virginia to stand up for the rights of men, and the Con stitution, will ns surely he exercised - in Ga : and that patriotism which animated them to I achieve so glorious a victory, will display it : self thr ughout the whole-length and brmdGb of our State. Whatever form, or whatever aspect it may present to our people Know 1 Nothingiem can no longer deceive. That day I is’past. Its prestige is gone: its- located’ • omnipotcuey is reduced in Virginia, to hope -1 less impotency. May that, be its fate in ev ; ery State of the Union-. — At. Examiner 27 th j hist. The Anti-Telegraphers Again. Under this heading the Tnscmnbia North i Alabamian has an amusing account of the doir.gs of the •* heathen” of that section who have renewed their onslaught on the dread ed wires, and have notified the directors of the line not to put them again under penal - - ty of being skinned alive, pud having their ] hides thrown across a polo. This proclama tion the’Alabamian gives verbatim rt litera tim, and we copy for the delectation of ti e curious: it was found posted up in the woods ] along the line : The Stale of Alabama ) this the sth of May Marion County f 18,35. Notice to thu Mnnairers of the Tellegraft AVare I ar hiireby forewarned to not to put up the ware I any more for it slial not Stay up any more long ; at a time if yon do not lot it stay down the hole | connin’ is going to Just go before your-Eyes \ and tare it down and cut the post and throw a way the glasses and throw a way the ware and skin the first, man sals any thing Against it and throw his hide a crows a pole and split onoooo Jump up John the AA’olf ketcher j Tlio Mobile Advertiser expects that Sam |is not.. round generally” in that section or j .. Jump up John the Wolf Keteher” would J make a little less noise than he does. The [ Alabamian tells a story of an old Indy who belonged to the .. Wolf Kctcher” party, and wliois ready to sv ear that during the drought of Inst summer she frequently saw the clouds . gather over the telegraft wire and bile for half an hour, trying their best to rain ! but had to give it up at. Inst!” New’ Post Offices in Georgia. Among the offices established since the Ist of April, 1864, wo notice *the following in Cherokee Georgia, Daily's Mills, Gordon co. ; Cedar Creek, Floyd county ; Coosa, Union county : Cuba. Whitfield county ; Copper Hill, Carroll co.; Davies Creek, Forsyth co.; Do Soto, Paul ding co.; Flint Hill, Carroll <o ny : Fields Cross Hoads, Cherokee co.; llassler’s Mills, Murray co. ; Long Loaf. Pnuldingco.; New *ton, Cobb oo.; Kollin, Fannin ©oun*y; Sami Hill, Carroll co ; Tall Pino, Carroll co.; — Tiger, Habun co. \ Town Creek, Gilmer co. ; Valley Store, Uhatoogiv co. Messrs. Stringer & Townsend, publish ers in New York city, threaten ..The Life of James Gordon Deunott” about the Ist of Ju ly- • It is laid that botween 2000 ami 8000 tenements are labelled •• to rent,” in New York city, and that a large number are ..for sale.” J. J. Hooper, fcsq., author of ..Simon Suggs,” and editor of the Montgomery Mail has drawn $1,876, as a fourth of the largest prize in Swan's Alabama Lottery.’ The Two Conventions. On the fifth day of June, will assemble at Milledgeville, one of the largest and most rcspeoßible Party Conventions, in numbers, j in intelligence and weight of character, that the exigencies of political affairs- ever bro’t j together in our State It will be a Conven- ] tion assemble to sustain the principle of Gov ernmerit under which the American Union lias so long prospered, aud waxed strong a rnong the nations of the earth—under which it has illustrated the practical beauty ofPvtr publicanism and self-government, in contra distinction to the despotic systems of the old world, where a single oligarchic will is the supreme law. and is exercised to aggrandize , a family, and to perpetuate a dynasty, or where the forms of legislation are used j merely to promote the interests of favored ] classes, aud defend aristocratic privileges at the expense of the down-trodden and toiling masses. It will be a Convention assembled to sus tain the principles both es foreign and do mestic policy, which were so felicitously set forth to the world, and ably vindicated in the administrations of Andrew Jackson and James K. I'olk, under whom our country reached to a ] as it ion of prosperity and glo ry whieli won the admiration of the people of every civilized land, while it provoked the fears and the jealously of despots- and op pressors. It wjjfcl be a Convention which will endorse and reiterate the principles on which the American people carried the elections in 1852. in favor of Franklin Pierce for tlie Presidency, and which have received practi cal effect in the legislation of* the Congress Which was elected with him. AA r e will nOt dwell mi the v-arious legisla tive acts adopted by that Congress which in vite pul 1 e sentin ert, and provoke a decisive opinion, 1 y which parties are to be formed in view of the next Presidential election We will refer only to one, because that has an overshadowing consequence in public es timation, and that in connection with kin dred measures of the previous Congress has swallowed up all others, and divided the] country in a way which threatens the per petuity of this government. That is the Kansas and Nebraska net, by which the equal rights of the South in the] territories of the Union were fully recogniz ed, and under which Kansas will shortly] claim admission as a pro slavery State into the Union This act and the admission of Kansas will be sustained by the National Democratic Party which represents one leading division of American sentiment. It is its own meas ure. Without it, the Southern slaveholder could never have been permitted to go thfTb will) his slave property. It is this party which aided the South in the practical repeal of the Missouri Compro mise act, an aet which affixed ripen her the badge of inferiority. It is this party whieli aided her to pass the Fugitive Slave act, and it is at the North that among its members, chiefly, if not alone, are to be found the ad-, vocati sos its enforcement, and the opponents of its repeal. Now tor the other Convention. On the fifth of June, also, is to be assembled in Phibuieli hi-i. a Know Nothing Convention, to be composed of delegates from the secret councils of this midnight organization from probably every State of the Union.. Who ire to be there from Georgia,- the people outside of .their seceet order are not permitted to know. Whether* they will be allowed,.even wl.cn this Convention sits, to know who from among us, are there to rep resent the Know Nothings, and ns far as they can, commit the people to obey the be hests of the chiefs of that organization, we must remain for a time ill uncertainty. But who m'e they to meet in Philadelphia in Council, and what are the questions to be considered and decided on by a piajority of that body. Among their brethren we will mention two, Coy. Gardner and Senator ot Massnehuestts. . What do they go for. and under what in- ‘ si ructions are they sent ? The New A'ork Journal of Commerce, in speaking of the State Know Nothing Con vention which appointed them as delegates, says : Even those who had Icen conservative hefore. Were carried away by the tuncut, aud agreed that the order must take an an- j ti-slavery position Gov. Gardner and Sen ator Wilson were nj pointed delegates to the ; National Council to be held next mouth at Philadelphia, and their instructions ate to ; insist, at any point, even to the dissolution j of the Convention, not ouly on the resolu- . tions relative to the abolition of slavery in , the District of Columbia, and in all the U- , uited Statos Territories; but also on the] establishment ol the principle that no more j slave States can he admitted into the l u- I ion ” The State Know Nothing Convention hold in Massachusetts last fall, prior to the clec tiou, passed the following resolutions; .. lie so hied, That we hail with hope and joy the recent brill but success ofthe repub lican party in the States of Maiuc, lowa, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Ohio, and we trust these victories are a foreshadow of oth ers soon to come by which the tree States siinl present one solid phalanx of opposition to the aggression of slavery. Resolved , That in the present chaotic condition of parties in Mnssaehuetts, the on ly star abovp the liorisen is the love of hu man liberty and the abhorrence of slavery, and that it is the duty of all anti-slavery men to rally round the republican party, as an organization which invites the action of the people on the transcending question of slavery dominion which now divides the Un ion WiiKiu as, Roman Catholicism and ■ slavery, being alike founded and supported I on tgnorance ami tyranny , nud beiugj therefore national allies in every warfare a- J gainst liberty and enlightenment; There- j lore, he it IteSoiv and, ‘1 HAT THERE CAN EXIST NO IiEAIi HOSTII ITY TO CATHOLICISM WHICH 110 KS NOT KM MU ACE SIAVKHV , HV NATUR AL CO-WOH KEH , VN OPPOSITION TO FREE DOM AND RKPULICAN INSTITUTIONS.” The Recent Convention which has appoint ed delegates to the Philadeli h a Convention, re- affirmed these resolutions without it dis senting vote. Which of the two Conventions spoken of above, deserves the sympathies and co-oper- j ation of the people of Georgia ? - The contest j in this union will be between the Know i ou the-one side, and the National, Democracy, with which the Georgia Conven tion is in full accord, on the other side R will he a contest for tire Constitution, tor the slave holding section under it, and con sequently will be a contest for the Union it self- Citizens of Georgia, which side will y* choose ? No other party, except the- Dem ocratic party, can be raised up in this Un ion strong enough to throttle and break down and- destroy this Hydra-headed mon ster, anti-slavery. Popular sentiment on this suhjeet at the North, outside of that or ganization, is radically and hopelessly a gainst us AVe will not at this time quote further from Northern Know Nothing Conventions AVe might fill our eolums with just suck reso lutions. We give the above to indicate the character of Northern Know Nothingism_ to show to our Know Nothing fellow citizen* of Georgia what kind of people their north ern allies are, and who they will be affilia ting with if they ge into the Philadelphia Convention, nnd identify themselves with a national party. Lav nz such elements. The northern anti-slavery element will lave the numerical control and ascendency in this organization. Sooner or later South erners must find this out, and he forced to withdraw from it. Is your hatred of Catholics and Foreign ers, or your desire to disfranchise and pro scribe them so strong, that,-to accomplish it, you m e willing to plot and confederate with abolitionist.* : Wlint lias Hie goafh to fear from either or both of theVc classes, compar ed to what we arc threatened with by North ern Knew Nothingiem :— Const, fy lUp. Minute of Points decided by the Su preme Court of Georgia, at Miiledge ville, May Term, 1855. Tlolnr s vs. IVafkir — from Jasper, 1, A. guardian of B , a minor was elected Ordinary of Monroe county, and the letters of guardianship thereby abated. 11. tlie mi nor afterwa-ds, while living in Jasper coun ty , made a will and died in Jasper county. Held, that tlie Ordinary of Jasper couuty lmd jurisdiction as to tlie probate of the will. Inf ion f Reese for PI tff, O. C. Gilson for Deft. Hamilton vs Reese, Am'r —front IVilket 1. A. contracts to pay ..whatever sum my appear to be due aud payable by the estate of 8.-the committee of V., a lunatic—the an ount to be determined by an examination us tlie recowls of the return of the said com mittee.” Hi Id, that in calculating inter est only shouMbe allowed, without making vqny rests, their being no ev.dcnce of frr.ud pr conversion^ T. li. R. Cobb for Pl'ff.--?P. Rent 4’ Toonils for Defendant. Willis vs. Wlifts tn-tn Baidu in \ 1. if the charge of the Court is authoriz'd by any view of the testimony, it in hypothet ical, and anew trial will not be granted ou that ground. Kcnnan f.,r FI t:.- CunJttl AR Fiiihy ! for Daft. .1. Hal! cs S Hatl— from Hancock. 1. A will may bes and up. nltin ugh. tliebul scribing witncs-cs may give their opinion ad verse to the testiuientary capacity of ‘the testator —nor is it error in the Court to trll the jury that these witnesses may be mista ken, or may swear lehrely. or may believe rbut more capacity is noeceeaiy than the law requires. 2. Ti.e term >* credible tritnessis,” ia the StatutV of Frauds, means witnesses who an entitled to their oath in a Court of Justice, and who may. or rtiay not, be believed, ac cording to theii char ctm aud evideuc*. 3. Attesting in the presence of Testate? requires the mental .is well as the corpore al presence that there was an absence of mental attention ou the part of the Testator, iu order to declare against the will. R. M. Johnson &c Kerman tor Pl'ff.— L- Stephens for Defendant. Linelseloy et al. rs. Hunter e t at. —frcni Elbert. ; 1. Au insolvent debtor files n schedule in ! the Clerk's office, and his attorney then took ; i!;c schedule to his office and kept it there until Court—no application was made for the schedule. Held, that this was a prefer filing under the Statute. 2i A schedule stating that •• he had noth ing except the articles allowed him by the insolvent debtor s oath.” lit id , sufficient Fan Diner fi r l’l ff—- Themas for Defen dant.—ifi i order. { Nri.LIKTCATION IN MASSACHUSETTS.— 1 The persepnl liberty bill, intended to r.ulli fy the fugitive slave law, was taken up i& the House of Representatives of Massachtr i setts, Thursday, nud an amendment to it t ’ doptctl forbidding any State officer l.oldirg ! the office of United States Commissioner. A motion was made to slrikc out tho sect'va which incapacitates any attorney who act* for u slave claimant front practicing in the State Courts: lut it was rejected by a lnrg majority. The bill was then passed, yew 229 ; nays 48. The bill previously pH 6 ** the Senate, and is now a law. It will t® set aside by the United States Federal J** dieiary. Weather, Grots, etc.. —There was a heavy gale iu Savannah late on Wednesday evening, audit was feared damage might h* done to shlppiug, but nothing ot the kiud i* I yet reported. ’ . The woods and ground in tho vicinity o ■ Montgomery, (Ala.) arc thronged aud cover -1 eil with locust'*. The priepeots for a wheat crop in \ irg’ n ’ ia are very eucouvagiug. The most encouraging acoouata-ai'e g>™ n | of the crops in the vicinity of Philudolpld®- The reports from tho drouth in Louisi# 0 * are discouraging, rather than otherwise. Covn r or Claims. —Stark 11. Tylo r > I Washington, has been appointed a messco i ger to tho Court of Claims. Judges hi christ aud Scarborough have left that Cttf They will return on the 12th of July. * t 0 the court will sit two weeks and receive *P plicntions’for docketing, after which i n jouvnment to October will take place Judge Blackford romaius. The bup> e ® Court room at tho Capitol will be temp® 1 * riily used. A well made counterfeit of the pieces is now in I ,ICCI tho circumference of the coin, but is n0 thick. It is valued at $lB 60. * may be detected by observing tb ® sold’ in small raised letters, on tbs f of the head.