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A still greater saving may be effected by letting the public printing to tiie lowest bid- i der under sealed proposals, to be opened and the contract awarded, on a specified day, by the Executive. I therefore recommend the adoption of this plan of selecting the public printer. Fidelity and despatch may be se cured by responsible b ndsmen and the •ontinuanco of the powers of the Executive over the subject with which lie is clothe 1 by the existing laws, Mr. Cnapman received on account of print ing the laws and journals the following sums, to-wit: As an advance, by legislative authority, 80.000 00 Under Executive Warrant, 11.000.00 Freight on journals properly chargeable to him, 100.Cl’ Paid J. M. Cooper & Cos., to lift lien for binding laws, 1,137 00 Amount in the aggregate to $18,237 00 For the work performed by him, accord ing to nn estimate made by George P,ingland and William Barnes, practical printers, at the request of the Executive, he was entitled to receive $13,749 80, showing an over pay ment of $4,487 20. The estimate is based on what he would have been entitled to, ac cording to the rates of compensation fixed by the law prior to the act of IGih of Feb ruary, 1854. lie should be held down t > those rates, on account of his failure to per form the work according to contract, a faith ful compliance with which on ! y, entitled him to the increased compensation provided for by that act. If however he should be considered'as deserving, under the circum stances, the rates of compensation provided for by that act, be would then be entitled to receive for the work done by him the sum of $10,172.00, which deducted from the $lB, 237 00, which ho actually received, shows an over payment still of $2 005.00. For the one or the other of these amounts of over payment, according as the Legislature shall hold him to the rates of compensation of the old or the new law, his securities are re sponsible to the State. Under this view of the subject, it is respectfully submitted to the General Assembly to determine whether, under the circumstances, they will direct suit to be brought upon the bond of the State printer. [concluded xtrr week ] Democratic and Anti-Enow ITothing Mass Meeting in Hillcdgeville. lielow we give the proceedings of a Dem ocratic Anti Know Nothing Miss Meeting, held in Milledgeville on tlie Bth inst..— which we copy from an Extra from the Fed eral Union office. The Resolutions pince the Democracy of Georgia in the front rank of j her sister States, upon the quest ons of the | day, and although some mnj’ think that they are rather fiery, yet upon a careful : perusal it will be seen that they demand ; nothing but our rights, under the Constiiu ! tior. And while the Democracy of Georgia t will demand nothing at the hands of Congress i but her rights secured by the Constitution, \ they will submit to no violation of that sa cred compact. We commend these Resolutions | to our readers : j Pursuant to a call, the Democratic and ; Anti -Know Nothing party assembled in Mass j Meeting at the Capitol, on Thursday even ing, the Bth inst. On motion of lion. Robert McMillan, Hon. ; Howell Cobb was called to preside over the deliberations of the meeting. Gov. Cobb, on taking the chair, bristly alluded to tin* object of the meeting, and with his accus tomed eloquence, made reference to the past nml future of our great party, and paid a just tribute to the soundness and Nationali ty of its Principles. Messrs. Ramsay, of Harris, and Nelms, of Elbert, were appointed Secretaries. Hon. Alfred Iverson moved for the ap pointment of a committee of 21, to report business for the action of the meeting. The Chair appointed the following gentlemen as that committee: Iverson of Muscogee, Toombs of Wilkes, Stephens es Taliaferro, H. \\’nrti*r of Meri wether, Seward of Thomas, Ilillycr of Wal ton, Wright of Floyd, Bailcv of Butts, Lin ton Stephens, I. T. Irvin of Wilkes 11 G. Lamar of Bibb, Dabney of Gordon, Mcln tosh of Elbert, Hutchins of Gwinnett, Law ton of Dougherty, Seri von of Chatham, l L. Harris of Baldwin, McGuire of Floyd, Phil lips of Habersham, and Patterson, of Jeff r son. The committee, after retiring a few min utes, returned through their Clia'rman the following Resolutions, which were read and sustained by Judge Iverson with his usual ability and eloquence: Ist, Resolved, That as a portion of the Democratic aud Anti Know Nothing party of Georgia, we declare, in the language of the Georgia Convention of 1860, .. That we hold the Americau Union secondary in im portance only to the rights and principles it was designed to perpetuate; ” that past asso ciations, present fruition, aud future pros pects, w.ll bind us to it so long as it contin des to be the safeguard of those rights aud pr'uoip’es. 2d, That wo hereby declare our full and unqualified adhesion to the following Reso lution of the Georgia Convention of 18>U, and our unalterable determination to main tain it in its letter and spirit, viz:—l;h Resolution, Georgia Platform: n That the State of Georgia, in the judgment of this Convention, will and ought to resist even (as a last resort) to a disruption of every tie which binds her to the Union, any action of Congress upon the subject of Slavery in the District of Columbia, or in places subject to the jurisdiction of Congress, incouipat b o with the safety, domestic tranquility, the rights and honor of the slttveliold'ng States ; or any act suppressing the slave trade be tween the slaveholding States; or any i'of list. 1 to admit up a Slate any Territory herontyei applying, because of the existence of slavery therein, or any act prohibiting the introduc tion of slaves into tlie Territories of Utah and New Mexico; or uny act icpeaiing or materially modifying the laws in force for the recovery of fugitive slaves.” ffd, That we approve and endorse the ac tion of our last Congress in the passage of the Nebraska-Kansas act, and the principles therein established, nu 1 in conformity with those principles the people of Kansas, have the right, when the number of their popula tion justifies it, to form a Republican State Constitution, with or without slavery , ns they may determine, and be admitted into the Wuiou upon an equal footing with the other States; and that her rejection by Con gress, on account of slavery, would be a just cause for the disruption of all the ties that bind the State of Georgia to the Union. 4th, That wo adopt and approve the fol lowing Resolution passed unanimously by the last Legislature of Georgia : Resolv ed by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That opposition to the principles of the Nebraska Bill, in relation to the subject of slavery, is regarded by the people of Georgia as hostility to the people of the South, nud that all persons who partake of such opposition are unfit to be recognized as component parts of any .party or organiza tion not hostile to the South.' 1 5.1i, That in accordance with the above Resolution, whilst we are willing to act in party association with all sound and relia ble men in every section of the Union, we are rot willing to affiliate with any party that shall not recognize, approve and carry out. the principles and professions of the Ne braska Kansas act. and that the Democratic and Anti-Know Nothing party of Georgia, ; ought to cut off all party connection with every man and party at the North, or else ; where, that does not come up fully and fairly to ihis line of action. i titli. That those sound and reliable Deino ! crats at the North, who have patriotically tong! t for the Nebraska Kansas act, and the maintainance of the Fugitive slave law, against the combined forces of Know-Noth ; iiigism and Abolitionism, (which seek their repeal,) and who stand pledged to support ihe admission of Kansas into the Union as a i slave State, should she ask it, merit the heartfelt sympathies, thanks and encourage ment of all Southern men, in their patriotic position. 7rh, That in the ranks of the Democratic 1 party of the North, alone have been found those patriotic men, who have stood by the rights ot the South, and. judging the future by the past, that party only contains the elements of soundness upon the slavery question, upon which a national party can be constructed with which the South can consistently co operate. Bih. That it is expedient and proper that . the Democratic and And Know Nothing party of Georgia, be represented in the Na tional Convention of the Democratic party, which is to meet in Ciuciunatti next spring, 1 for the purpose of nominating candidates for | President and Vice President; that the De mocratic ami Anti Know Nothing members of the L’ vislature, together with such other | incur ers of the party as may be chosen to ! attend, from their respective counties, be and they tire hereby requested to meet at j same convenient time during the present ses sion, and select twenty delegates to said I Convention fer this State. 9iii, That our delegates to said Conven tion. ought, in cur opinion, to be instructed by those who shall appoint them, to insist upon the adoption of a platform of principles sis the basis of a national organization, prior to the nomination of candidates, and that , said platform shall, amongst other things, include in substance, the following proposi tions : Ist, The recognition and adoption of the principles established in the Nebraska Kansas act: 21, That neither the Missouri Compromise, nor any other anti-slavery re striction, shall hereafter be extended over any Territory of the United States : 3d, The prompt and faithful execution of the Fugi tive slave law, ami ils permanent continuance upon the Statute book. 10th, That no man ought to he held and considered a member of the national Demo cratic party, who does not recognize, approve and adopt the foregoing propositions, and that the Democratic and Anti-Know Nothing parly of this State, through its said delega tion, ought not to affiliate or act in said Convention with any delegate or delegates, who shall disapprove and vote against the sa me. 11 ih. That if said propositions shall not in substance be incorporated in the platform adopted by said Convention, the delegates from Georgia ought, in the opinion of this meeting, to withdraw from the Convention, and take no farther part in the nominations or other proceedings of the same; and that our delegates ought to bo instructed so to act. Idili.That the Democratic and Anti-Know Nothing party of this State, ought, and will support the nominees of said Convention for President and Vice-President, provided the platform adopted by the said Convention be in accordance with tiie spirit and intent of the foregoing propositions, and the nominees thereof, bo pledged, if elected, to carry out the same in good faith in the administration of the government, an 1 in appointments to office under the administration. Rbli. That we sympathize with the friends of the slavery cause, in Kansas, in their manly efforts to maintain their rights and the lights and interests of the Southern peo ple. and that we rejoice at their recent vie. lories over the paid adventurers and jesuiti eal hords of northern Abolitionism-: that the deep interest felt and taken by the people of Missouri in the settlement of Kansas and the decision us the slavery question in it, is both natural and proper, and that it is their right and duty to extend to their Southern brethren in that Teriitory every legitimate and honorable sympathy and support. 11th, That we are uncompromisingly op pose 1 to the political organization commonly’ called tlu* Know Nothing order, or American party, having no sympathy with tlioir secrc sy. tlieiz oaths, their unconstitutional de signs, their veligious intolerance aud their political proscription. 10th, That wc hail with delight the late signal triumph in Virginia, l’eunsylvania, Maine and oilier States including Georgia, of tlie Democratic party, and of the patriotic v Vhigs. who co operated in achieving these res'lltsover the Know Notliiugorganization, us conclusive evidence, that in the great practical questions involved in that contest, Southern men may honorably and success fully combine, without regard to past polit ical distinctions, to save the Constitution from desecration, and the youth from being prostrated before the power of Northern fa naticism and misrule. lffili, That the Democratic and Anti Know I Nothing party in all our sister States, and especially of the Southern States, urere ■pectfu ly ami earnestly requested to tuko the foregoing Resolutions into their curly ! consideration, and co operate witli us in the polity and objects intended to bo thereby secured. j The Resolutions wero unauimously adopt ed. After addresues from lion. Alfred Iver- son and Hon. Robert Toombs, the meeting adjourned. HOWELL COBB, Ch'n. L. A. Nelms, J. N. Ramsey, Secretaries, TIIE STANDAIID. WOFFORD, BENNETT & SMITH, EDITORS. CASSVI LLE, GEO; THURSDAY MORNING: NOVEMBER 15, 1855. >IESS!iS - EDITORS:— You will please announce my name as a candidate for re-election to the office ofOrdinary, at the election to be held oil the first Monday in January next, THOMAS A. WORD. Oct. 1, 1855. 34 tde* Take Special Notice. —We request our subscribers, living in the vicinity of Cass ville, and who wish to pay their subscrip tion in advance, to bring us bushels of Corn, for which the market price will be paid, and placed to their credit on our books. We want some 60 or 70 bushels, and by doing this it will be an accommoda tion to ns, and an easy way for you to pay : your subscriptions. Bring us, say 1 barrel, each, and we will give as above stated.— ’ C--11 at the Standard Office. Nov/ is the Time! Those of our subscribers i ‘bis vicin ity desiring to pay their subscriptions for the ensuing year in Wood, v.ill con fer a favor on the “ Printers” by sending a few loads forthwith. Remember!- stove wood is the kind we’re after. DEMOCRATIC Anti-Knot?/ Hotliing Fur Sheriff', JOSEPH BOGLE- For Clerk of Superior Court, JAMES WOFFORD. For Clerk of Inferior Court, JOHN F. MILHOLLEN. For Ordinary, J. W. WAITS. For Tax Receiver, D. H. TEAT. For Tax Collector, JOHN C. AYCOCK. For Coroner, IUCITARD GAINES. 2£*T Judge Airniuu llaiue, and the Editors of the Federal Union, will please accept our thanks for documents sent us. V7i Erratum. In setting up the type of the noth c of the Baptist Convention to assemble in Cedar Town, on Saturday before the 3d Sunday in May next, in our last is sue, we overlooked the word 4 Cherokee,’ vye should have su'd ‘ Cherokee Georg’a Baptist Convention.’ Those who have copied it in their papers will please cor rect as above. The Governor’s Message. From the great length of this docu ment, we find it out of our power to publish it, entire, in this week’s paper. We will give the remainder next week. J£Aj~ See the Inaugural Address, to be found in another column. Death of EevER. A. Milner. We regret to learn that this truly good man ami useful citizen of our county, fell a victi to tli >. dread monster, 1 >calh, ut his residence in Oavtersville, on ‘Tues day evening last, of Typhoid Fever.— Mr. M. was an exemplary member of the Presbyterian Church, which he evinced to the world in his orderly, upright walk and strict adherence to the precepts taught in the Holy Oracles, lie has been I’m many years a successful Minister of the Gospel—loved and esteemed by all around him. He bore the peaceful fruits of right eousness while in life, and lias been sum moned away beyond the skies to reap the rich harvest resulting from his labor in the <rood cause in which lie was on- O listed. it-rTlt, seems to bo current cliftt in certain circles in Europe, that during the session of our next, Congress the U* niou between the North and South will be dissolved, and that England is to take under her protection the Southern States. Louisiana Election News. -The Amer icans luivo elected their Congressman in the first district. Taylor democrat is elected in in the second district. Davidson, democrat, is olected in the third district. No returns received from the fourth district. Read, and Act. The attention of our renders is called to the advertisement, iff another column of Messrs. Sloan & Oatman, Dealers in j all kinds of Marble Work, Atlanta, Gn,, who are spoken of in the highest terms of commendation —both as gentlemen \ of firm reliance and easy to trade with, We recommend them to all persons wishing to supply themselves with any thing in their line. We also recommend Messrs A. & J. L. Hill, of this place, to the favorable consideration of the citizens of Cassville and vicinity. They have on hand a fine stock of Groceries and Confectionaries which they oiler just rtf; lit ; blit don’t let us judge for you, go and judge for yourselves, lie will not charge any thing for showing them to you, and neither you nor he will bo injured by the trans action. Persons wishing to invest a small a mount profitably, we refer to the adver tisement of the Cosmopolitan Art Asso ciation, to be found in another column. Those who are fond of reading and dealing in Literary and works of fiction, may find something suited their taste by reading the advertisements of Messrs J. Bradford ifc Brother and M ason Bro thers, publishers of “Rose Clark,” a work ot fiction, by the world renowned authoress, Fanny Fern. Our County Ticket. The Democratic party of Cass have recommended to the people of the coun ty, the gentlemen whose names arc placed at our mast head for their suffra ges on the first Monday in January next. Os the gentleman who compose this tick et it is unnecessary for us to speak, most of them have beer, long known to our ’ citizens, ar.d all of them are men of in tegrity and honesty—well qualified to discharge the duties of the offices for which they are running. It is true at ! the last October elect’on we were beaten ! about one hundred and twenty votes, and :in order to succeed we must overcome | that majority- Ibis we can do, if our i candidates, aided by our leading men, : will use proper energy and industry.— A change of seventy votes will £tive us the victory ; but, in truth, there is no change necessary, the people if left to act according to their own free will are with us, and the only thing necessary to our success is, that our friends see to it, that men who believe with us are not overpersuaded to vote against our ticket. ! Lot our candidates remember that noth | ing valuable is gained but bv labor, and | that in the election in January next, | much depends upon their personal exer ; tiows. And to our friends throughout j the country we would urge the impor tance and necessity of unceasing labor for the success of our party; let it be remembered that upon the result of the | election in January next, will greatly depend the poli'ica! cast off our country j for years to come. We have the best organized party that ever existed in iGeoigia to fight ; they are well drilled and under perfect command, their lead ers can bid them work, and they obey. But the K N organization is too tyranical to suit the republicans of this country, i and wo have reasons to believe that many who have, up to this time, acted with them from a desire to be consistent, j will now assert their independence by voting for the Democratic ticket in Jan uary next. Many good and true Demo crats have been deceived and ovevper ! suaded to join the Know Nothings, and from a false notion of consistency, acted with them in the last election even a gainst their better judgment, such men will leave them to a defeat which their ! organization and hidden designs will I. ” ° justly bring upon them. Easy Times. Every body wants easy limes —every j body wants tlie credit system abolished, or at least reduced from the present sys j tern inlo which it has fallen. Why is it not done ? Why don’t some person make a start ? It would be a very easy matter to change the present manner of doing business to one that would pav i b . * better. If, instead of putting cr from j _ -'ii lime to time the payment ot small ac Counts until they grow to be large ones, they were paid at maturity, it would bo found to work a great deal better for both the debtor and creditor. It is a much easier thing to pay a small debt than a large one. Why then wait for the debt to become larger. If the farmer would only sell his produce ! as fast, as it is ready for market, and not i wait for long prices, lie could be ready to pay his account, with the blacksmith, shoemaker, Ac., who could pay the mer chant, who, In turn, could pay their debts, thus keeping the'money in eircti -1 lation, and bv this moans wo could have that great easy times. It , only wants a little effort to get the thing started, and every body would soon sec the beauty of it. Why then delay it . longer ? ! Are you, reader , willing to make the | effort? If you don’t find it profitable, I stop it. Try it—prove it for yourslf.— Begin by paying the printer, then tho i merchant, smith, shoemaker, and so on, and if any body owes you anything, collect it. Never go in debt more than you are able to pay at any time, and see if you are not soon enjoying e-a-s*y times. COininUnicated for tlio Stand ard. MILLEbGEVILLE, Ga., Nov. 0. Messrs. Jjennclt & Smith ! Sirs : Thinking that that It might bo of interest to you, and not knowing whether the information lias been other wise communicated, I herewith give you a statement of the vote for Solicitor Gen eral so far as I have obtained it. On yesterday an election for Attorney General of the Middle. Circuit came off, and on the 4th ballot a Mr. McLaws, of Augusta, was elected. On to-day the election was continued, for the Chatta hoochee Circuit, on the 3d bah a Mr. Cooper received 84 votes, Oliver 139, Hamilton 17—Oliver elected. Chero kee Circuit next, Capt. W. T. Wofford received 59 votes, J. C. Long-street, of Calhoun, 126, (elected, Ist bah) Shrop shire 31, Hanks, of Spring Place 13, Moore, of Dalton 4, Spray berry, of Ring gold 5, Gordon l,Camp 1. I am sorry to say that our friend the Captain, was defeated. A Mr. Ilartiidge was elected for the East Circuit, a Mr. Lyon was elected for the Flint Circuit, Blue Ridge Circuit Fielder received 82 voies, Phillips of Marietta 124, Camp 33, Walker 1, Phillips elected Ist bah A Mr. Mun fort elected for the Macon Circuit, Dan iel, of Madison, for Northern Circuit.— Western: Thurmond, of Jackson ; Oc mulgee: W. A. Lofton, of Jasper; South ern : Sheftall, of Laurens; S. Western: John W. Evans; Attorney General of Mobile Circuit: Win, R. McLaws, Rich. The Know Nothings claim that thev made all the m;-. going elections, which I doubt, not is true to some extent, but still they have gained nothing, for all of them are good and true Democrats, and are well qualified to fiil the offices to which they were elected. The Demo crats are to have a meeting to-night to nominate for State House officers and the remaining Sol. Genl. yet to be elect ed. I can’t ray what will be done.— Iverson and Toombs made speeches last night at a Democratic meeting, at which resolutions were adopted, predicated ut - i on the -I'.ii Resolution ot the Georgia ; Convention of 1850. Your friend, truly, JT. From the Atlanta Examiner, we see that the nomination for State House of j fleers was held on Friday night lash ■ which resulted as follows : For Secre : tarv of State, the present inciimbet, Mr. E. P. Waikius, on second ballot ; for Comptroller, Peterson Tweatt, of Mus cogee, on second ballot; for Surveyor, T. A. Greene, Esq., of Floyd, on third ballot. While this was going on in the : Senate, the Know Nothings held a nreet ing in the other end of the Capitol, but for what purpose,save to hear a rail} ing speech or two, was not ascertained. Since the above was in type, we Beam from the Federal Union that they were all elected —and also, John B. jTrippe, of Putnam, v.ho was elected I State Treasurer. All the officers elect are Democrats and Anti-Know Nothings. The following Bills were offered in Senate on the Bth inst: By Mr. Cone, of Greene, A Bill to fix tiie dignity, and prescribe the order in which debts due by deceased persons should be paid. By Mr. Miller, of Richmond : A Bill amendatory of the constitution provid ing for the permanent location of the Supreme Court, and its annua! meeting. By Mr. Peeples, of Claik: A 1 ill to ; incorporate a Bank in the tow nos A : thens. By Mr. Dabney, of Gordon : To re peal the proviso of au act entitled “an act, t<> define the liability of endorsers of 1 promisory notes, Ac. j House of Representatives 10th inst. By Mr. Lawton, of Chatham, A Bill to increase the salaries of the judges of I of the Supreme court to $4,000. Bv Mr. Jones, of Low ndes, — to form i anew judicial circuit out ot the counties of Ware, Clinch, Ac., to be called the Brunswick circuit. Bv Mr. Jones, of Muscogee,—to im prove the law of evidence, so as to al low parties in interest, to testify, Ac. Bv Mr. Crook, of Chattooga,—to ap ! propriate SBOO to each of the eighteen new counties of this State, for academic purposes, to be used at the court houses of stiid counties. Bv Mr. Richards, of Carroll, —to form anew county out of parts ot Carroll, ; Paulding and Campbell. By Mr. Jones, of Muscogee, —to | io vide for garnishment in certain cases, and for o'i,< r purposes. The object of tho bill if to idemnify persons who are ! prevented from reclaiming their fugitive slaves at tho North. By Mr. Pickett, of Gilmer, —to appvo propriato the earnings of the Wastern A Atlantic Railroad, to the support of a general system of education. By Mr. Johnson, of Carroll, —to form anew county out of portions ot Polk i and Carroll. ! Startling Development! Trea eon in Kansas. There is no question tiow agitated by the people of this vast Republic of more vital inteiest to the South, than the Kansas qiiestioni What, may we ask, have we at stake involved in this great anti important movement ? Much , >ve may answer—our interest and rights are involved-—our constitutional rights, are made the subject of unceasing out rage and violence by these incendiary abolitionists and freesoilers of the North. Dare the South ever think of receiving justice and enjoying civil and religious liberty, those principles so dear to every patriotic American citizen, while these spirits of pandamonium and fluids to true 1 Republicanism are. at work, night and day, in their under-ground cells—coun eiliug together as to the best modus op crandi to succeed in undoing what the South has tor years laboured to accom plish, without respect for the laws of our hand and the constitution of our country. There is not one drop of honest and pa triotic blood circulating their veins— nay verily, they are mote than cowards, cowardice is a trulv commendable virtue when compared with the principles and actions of those black-hearted, foitl moutli abolitionists and freesoilers of the North. Not satisfied with attending to matters that concern them at home, thev must continually be meddling with the affairs ot Southern people—inteirupiing their peace and quietude by keeping up an unceasing wat fare in the National Councils of our would-be happy country. Scarcely two years have elapsed since our representatives in Congress, assisted by the true and conservative men of the North, after a long and heated contest, defeated these conspirators in their hell ish designes, they arc again pieparing to renew the unjust contest at the next session of Congress, the result of which, time can only unfold ; hut there is one thing certain, if Southern slaveholders do not bestir themselves to livelv action in the important movement now pend ing between freesoilers and slaveholders, (t ho Kansas movement) they will yet triumph in the acquisition of the territo ry of Kansas as a free State, over the heads of Southern people, amt w hat has been done for the vindication of the rights of the South against the intrusive attacks of northern fanatics, will but rc i main an ensign of the defeat of true re publican rights and liberty, to be hand ed down to our posterity, but t<> augment ! their misery and wretchedness for all ; time to come. \\ ho. w ith an American j bosom with a patriotic heart beneath 1 its surface, throbbing with pride ami 1 ambition, can look upon tins appalling picture, and turn aside, in anguish ot spirit, and bow submissively at the feet and kiss the hand that smites them ! How lung, oh ! how long must we sub mit to such intrusion from the hands of ; our direst enemies? Let the South ar : ray herself in bi ter hostility, and say lo j them thus far shall you come and no far ! Bier. And if we will hut back our reso ; Infions with our arms, and say like our noble Wise, of Virginia, fight if we must , | they probably w ill understand us, and I act accordingly. The follow ing-article taken from an extra, w ill give von a faint idea of the j schemes they have resorted to for the purpose of defeating the South in the admission of the territory of Kansas: From St. Joseph Cycle Extra, October 23. To the people of Missouri: —A secret j civic military organization exists isi our i neighboring territory, formed to war upon our institutions, and to militate against our lives, our interests and our hopes. A Mr. P. Laugldiu, a Kentuck ian, and a member of the secret society, with danger to his life, has made the | following expose, which we give in his own words : * There are arms accumulated in abnn- I dance in Lawrence and in the territory furnished by an organization in Boston ; which has also forwarded SIOO,OOO in cash, to be used for the pupose of making ; Kansas free state. Thus noithern secret | society is prepared to resort to violence I to carry out its purpose, says the Union is a farce, and the confederacy not worth preserving. A house built at Law renco bv the Emigrant Aid Society in Massachusetts and the principle hotel of the place, is a fortress in itself, with port holes and all the requisites for offensive and defensive warfare. “ A box marked dry goods, and directed to Dr. Robinson, agent of (lie Emigrant Aid Society, was opened in my presence, of war. 4'he leading men ot this secret Northern society are direct ing and governing the popular mind with a view to war. Tin y proclaim that slave ry shall not. exist in Kansas, and boast of j having run off three negroes from Mis- ! suri and sent them to C anada. ‘ The object ot the society, as openlv promulgated to the members, is to war upon tho institutions of the South.— They declare equality, so far as the ‘ color is concerned. The society is organized on a military basis, and draws on religion as the spur and tho incentive j to action. According tho constitution, . the members are bound to muster, iu fact oath bound, whenever called upon for active service. I was introduced to the Executive Committee by Gov. Reader and recommended by him as a worthy member, and left it only when I found I could not commune with it without be* ing guilty of treason. ‘ A resolution was offered on Cth of September to the following effects ; That every reliable freesoiler be provided with a rifle, a brace cf pistols and a sabre, to come when called upon by his superior officer. Hint he sholud go and use his arms for the rescue of anv one coming I under the jurisdiction of the present law# of the territory. For the truth of the above I am willing to vouch on oath. P. Lauouux.’ From the above if will be- observed that the crisis lias at last reached its height in Kansas. The open resistance to the laws is meditated by Northern dr-unionists llow long will pro-slavery men submit to a secret organization whose basis is treason to the government, the constitu tion and the Unit n ? Let us meet and consider the sul j. c 4, and see what should be done in the exi gency. The North is making prepara ’ tions which must be opposed bv the South in her full strength and in her di rest mood. Something must be dune, for the truth of the above is beyond cav il or dispute ; in fact we have in our pos session the constitution of the secret or der. Mr. I .aughlin is known to us, hav ing had business with the office time ami again, and we know that he is sin cere. Let no one be lukewarm when the emergency is is at hand. I For the Standard. Messrs. Bennett cf Smith : Permit me to inform my friends tliro’ your paper, that, owing to the pressum nature of my private business, lam I compelled to decline the nomination for Tax Collector, tendered to me bv the j Democratic party of this county. I hope that the party will select some oth er person to fiil the place tendered to me, and I now pledge my v. aim support : to the entiie ticket. ■ Truly yours, 1). F. BISIIOP. MESSRS. BENNETT A SMITH: A> Mr. Bishop, the nominee of the ; Democratic party of this county fur Tax I Cu! lector, has declined running, we would -uggi-st the name of JOHN 0. A’l COCK, as a suitable pcr-oii to fill the vacancy caused by hi- refus.!. \Ye do this as we were liKinln rs < f the C> ti veil!ion, and know that Mr. Avcock was prominent, before that body, but las t name was withdrawn by Ids friends. W. S. Thomas, And Mo Ever, E. Mooke, J as. S. Ryals, it. J. Bauth h.omew. KO.t ‘IIU-; sTAXDAIiD. “ Principles—Not Men.” i ssrs. Editors : Notu ithstanding tlie candidates of the Democratic party were defeated in the . 1 i recent election in this eounty, we have I not a doubt that there is a considerable | majority of the voters of Cass county who are opposed to the American party, but many, owing to the fact that they were opposed to Gov. Johnson on account :of his management of the W. it A. K. If., permitted themselves, while under a ; temporary excitement, to vote for the candidates of the American party, —aiul against the principles they had ever behl dear, and still believe to be correct. We are very much deceived if these who ; acted in this manner, have not since re gretted their course, and will hereafter act with the Democratic party. There ate many persons in this coun ty with whom we have conversed recent ly, and they are generally of that class ( who either hold office themselves, or who have friends in office whom they i wish to continue in that position, who since tliev think that their party is in a minority in this county, urge the pro priety of not making a candidate’s P Ol1 ’ tics a test in voting for county officers. In this we are decidedly of a dffierent opinion, and much prefer putting K ' n , of our own politics in office — more espe cially when wc have candidates for ah the county offices, who if not better, an at least as well qualified to discharge the duties of the various offices for which they are candidates, ns are the canffi* ’ dates of our opponents. DEMOCRAT. Cass county, Xov., !Sos. ooo England and the United State. , Tito Washington correspondent ot the [York Courier Sf Enquirer, hus telegri F ed the following dispatch to that journal: Washington, Wednesday L v £• Important dispatches from London lt®' ; been received, Mr. Buchanan transmits 6’ the final answer of tho British governs!*® 1 on tho Central American negotiation l ’ uf ultimatum is rejected nnd correspondence’ closed. Both Governments are released ‘fo® the Clayton and Bulwer Treaty. Great !>>’ ain retaining her colouies and protector# j and wo withdrawing from our ntiti ncn ®* 9- tiou clauso, Assurances, however, ol p cat ful views aro exchanged. j. Mr Buckhanan is still acting, ‘ u pects to leave for the United States # the 10th of this month. Reinforcements have been sent to Smith in Texas, with instructions topr incursions into Mexico.