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imtz mifo COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. SATURDAY EVENING, FEB. 17, 1355. -—t, -t.— .~r’ . Hanks aud Banking—Wild Cals. We take advantage of the prevailing excitement about banks and banking, in Georgia, to set ourselves right on the subject, and to enunciate some wholesome truths, in the hope that the next Legislature of the State may incorporate them into the legislation of the oountry. We stait out with the declaration that we are opposed to the whole system of banking, as at present conducted iu Georgia. We have not the space to elaborate our objections, nor would the majority of our patrons read them, if we did do so. We will only point out some improvements in the system, which are absolutely re quired, to protect community from bank frauds and failures. Under our present system, the stockholders are not generally liable in the event of the failure ofihebank.* They have no personal interest, therefore, in the pru dent and safe management of the affiairs of the corpora tion. Large profits and heavy dividends are ail they are anxious to secure. But these results cannot be attained without a proportionate loss to the public, and the risk of the failure of the bank. We, therefore, in sist that in all new bank charters, and in the renewal of all old ones, a clause should be inserted making all the stockholders individually liable, in the event of the failure of a bank, to the amount of their shares. Again, the bill holder has no security against frauds and failures, except in the integrity of the officers of the bank, under our present system of banking. It is true, that most bank charters require the banks to have in j their vaults one dollar of gpieeie for every three dollars i worth of hills issued. But the law makes no provision to enforce its requirements, nor do we believe any law can be framed that will ensure a faithful compliance with this requisition We would, therefore, abandon it altogether, and require bask bills, issued for general cir culation, to be secured by a deposit of United States or State stocks in the Treasury of the State. Another evil of our present system is the tole ration of both foreign and domestic agencies, which are not liable to pay specie on the presentation of the bills of the bank, at the counter of the agency. Wc do not object to the agencies. Wo would welcome just as many as the banks choose to establish. And we take pleasure in bearing our lestimouy to the private worth and business capacity of the gentlemen who con* duct the various agencies in this part of the State. Wo only object to that feature of our banking system which makes it obligatory upon the bill holder to go to the parent bank to draw the specie. In many instances it is a hardship, and operate in various ways to discour age a sound currency. Os eourse, the agency ought to be made to redeem only those bills it puts into circula tion. These restrictions would, we think, ensure a sound currency. On© of them, the liability of the stock holder to the amount of his shares, iu case of the fail ure of a bank, has prevailed in Scotland for more than a century, and no such tiling as a broken bank has been known there in all that time. It would have a similar effect in this country. But those provisions and restrictions would not produce an easy money mar* ket. So long as banks are allowed to shave paper aud we can but regard the practice, now prevalent, of buying bills on commercial ports as n species of sha ving, banks will not, generally, do a legitmate banking business. We are not prepared to say how far the Legislature would be authorized to interfere with this kind of oberations. As the genera! sentiment seems to demand a repeal of the usury laws, it is hardly probable that any suggestions we might make on this subject would bo ‘received with favor we are there fore content to eall attention to it, and pass on. With these views ou the subject of banks and bank ing, our readers will see that we could not, consistently, join with the Chronicle tj- Sentinel , and other eastern papers, in their war, upon what they choose to stigma tize as Wild Cat hanking. We believe the wnole banking system of Georgia, and of nearly the whole country, is wrong in principle and that the public have no security of the soundness of any one bank, except that which they derive from the business capacity and integrity of the officers who manage them. Knowing nothing against the integrity and capacity of the offi cers of our new banks, all of which have been stigma tized as Wild Cat concerns, by the Chronicle tj- Sen tinel and other papers on the Savnunah eida of the State, we have not felt at liberty to denounco them as unworthy of trust. We have given the public the facts connected with the new hanks as far as they have come to our knowledge. If the public choose to take their bills, it is their own venture. If they sustain loss let them blame the Legislature who granted the charters. If we had been consulted, not one of them would have been granted,or renewed without material modifications. We see nothing in what is cal'ed Wild Cat banking, which ueoessarlly presupposes fraud or failure. An agent of a Georgia bank has a3 good a right to buy and sell New “iork exchange in Chicago, as a Carolina bank has to buy and sell it in Columbus, ora Savannah bank to buy and sell it in Montgomery. Both operations are what it called Wild Cat banking, and, as well in one case at j the other, may the intentions of the parties engaged in j it be upright, and the operation profitable. The objection to all the banks ia that the system open i which they are conduoted is unsound. In none of them * is there any security against loss. We will most cheer- fully join our Savannah river cotempararies in urging upon the Legislature a reform of our system of banking. We oannot conscientiously denounce men as dishonest and unworthy of public confidence, who have furnished no evidence of their want of integrity. It may be that we are mistaken in the provisions of some ot the charters of the Georgia banks. They may be more stringent than we suppose. We have not the means of obtaining accurate information. If wo are wrong we will be pleased te be corrected. Revival of Religion. —The Jacksonville News it Saturday 10th states that a religious revival has beengo ingon in the Methodist Chureh in that place duripg the past three weeks, and is still being continued. Already seventy-five white persons and twenty-five colored have united themselves with that branch of the church, in which th*y have recently become converted. Steamship Alps. —The government at Washington * has remitted the order made by Judge Ingersoll, to condemn to the United States the steamship Alps, for smuggling. The p<na’ty to which Capt. Nye, of the steamship Pacific, was rendered liable, in consequents of hds steward being convicted of smuggling watches, has also been remitted. Lexicographical Swindle. —The man who “kept his wjrcV’ gave seritus offcnoe to Noah Webster who watted u for hse di< tionary 1 Attacks upon the Supreme Court. Let th“se notions of ours bo right or wrong, one thing to t our mind is sure, that the people ol the Slate look upon the f Supreme Court ot Georgia in its practical results as a great i sell; and we think the large majority would rejoice to kuow * to-day that the Court was abolished, even if we had to re turn to the old system. The foregoing is from the Atlanta Intelligencer, 1 We have read it with profound regret. We have seen, j of late, several articles of the E3ine tenor in the Geor- gia papers, and are convinced that a systematic attempt • will be made to abolish the Supreme Court of the State ‘ at the next session of the Legislature. We counted upon the talented Editor of the Intelligencer as one of the defenders of the Court. We koow he is too good a lawyer not to deplore a return to the old system under which the greatest diversity of practice prevailed in the different circuits, and the dearest rights of the citizen were at the mercy of a single judge. We freely admit that the present system is defective and will cheerfully 00-operate in perfecting it. But iu the name of all that is sacred! do not turn us back upon the “old system.” Defective as the present system is, it, at least, gives uniformity to the praotice all over the State, and enable, tho bar, at least, to know what the law is ; and we think these benefits will compensate for all evils of which the opponents of the Court cotr.plaiu. But these evils are accidental, and can be easily remedied. The time of the Court, as at present organized, is was ted iu useless perambulations over the State, and Courts | are held, frequently, at out of the way places where it is impossible to procure authorities. Under all these disadvantages, we think the Court has done remarkably well. Remove them, and all reasonable complaints would cease. These complaints, so far as we can com prehend them, are Ist. That the Supremo Court often mistakes the law’. 2d. That their decisions are often inconsistent. 3d. That litigation is rendered endless | and the costs of suits egregiously heavy. Now admit, | for the sake of the argument, that all theso complaints are well founded, what will we gain by a return to the “old system?” Is it not more likely that the three Judges of the Supreme Court, yvho are chosen out of the bar of the State for their superior intelligence and virtue, will decide the law correctly than tho Judges of the various circuits ? Will not tho decisions of the Supreme Judges be more consistent and uniform than those of the Circuit Judges ? And arc not the costa of suit as great on anew trial, whioh the Judges under the “old eyalsm were allowed to grant ad libitum , as in an appeal to the Supreme Court ? We take it, therefore, that in accuracy and uniformity, tho present system has the advantage over the old cne, aud that costs and continuances are about even. We would J gain nothing, therefore, in these respeots, by a return to the old system. But under the present system, we contend that there i is more freedom enjoyed than under the old system. — i The rioh and influential man is more likely to control | one man than three men. Besides, a Circuit judge is ! more likely to be prejudiced than the Supreme judges, i He lives in daily contact with tho clients who come into j his court; li3s his friends and his enemies ;is indebt ied to this man for his election ; and owes that one a | grudge for a fierce opposition j and necessarily sympa j thizes with public feeling. He may, therefore, bo prej udiced in his decisions. Yet under the “old system’ 1 there was no redress. Fif a snitor should get anew trial, there sits his enemy as judge. And if he should be a cor rupt man, woe bs to the poor man who ha 9 incurred his hostility. And when great interests are at stake, may not the election turn ppcm the known leanings of can didates in suits pending t These are insuperable objec tions to the “old system.” It m3y bo answered, that these objections apply to the present aystem. This is true to some extent ; but three men are harder to move than one ; besides, the judges of the Supreme Court reside in different parts of the State, belong to different parties, are under different and often opposing influencec ; and are removed from local prejudices and excitements. The chances are all in favor of a more impartial decision under our present judicial system, than under the old system. And when we remember that no system can be con structed which is free from defects, we will be less apt to find fault aud be content to accept that system which gives the strongest assurances of impartiality. As'to how the Court shall be organized, there is some room for controversy ; but all civilized people argue that a Court of Errors, of some sort, is an absolute ne cessity. Columbus Jockey Club. At a meeting of the subscribers to the Jockey Club proposed to be formed in this city held on the 7 th Feb ruary, a respectable number of the subscribers being present, John L. Muatain was called to the chair, and A. H. Cooper, requested to act as Secretary pro tempo re—after the transaction of some preliminary business an election was gone into for officers of tho club which j resulted in the unanimous choice of the following gen tlemen : Col. Thacker B. Howard, President, John L. Mustain, Vice President, and R. C. Forsyth Sec’y and Treasurer. Resolved, That this club shall beknown as the Columbus j Jockey Club , and that the amount of subscription be 1 Twenty Dollars per annum. The Columbus Jockey Club , at a meeting on the j 10th February, adopted the following arrangement of ! races and purses for the first meeting, Gih March next, i Ist day—best three in five $250. 2d day—-Colt stake S2OO entrance, SIOO forfeit ; i S3OO added by the Club, provided two or more star;. i 3rd day—2 mile heats—Jockey Club purse, S3OO j 4tb day—3 mile heats—Jockey Club purse, $450 j sth day—4 mile heats—Jockey Club purse, $750 Change of Schedule. —Wo see by the Savannah papers that on the 20th inst,, the oars will leave that city at 4 P. M., in time for the train which leaves Ma con at 3 o'clock A. M , sud arrive at Columbus at 8 ; o’clock A. M. i The ears will leave Columbus on the same date at ‘2 1-4 p. M. Death of Patrick Adams. —This worthy citizen | departed this life cn Thursday, 15th inst., deeply re* j gretted by a large circle of friends, whose confidence j and respect he hai secured by his uniformly consistent | and upright beating. He was a native of Ireland, and , came to this city, many years ago, with nothing to re | commend him but his skill and industry, as a master | mechanic. By presevering effort and scrupulous iateg | rity he acquired comparative wealth and general esteem. I Burnt to Dbate. —A negro bouse on the plantation of Dr. R : chard H. Lockhart, accidently took fire and ! was totally consumed on the 13th inst. A negro child, I about five years old, was in the house at the time, and j though its mother made great efforts to save it, even at the risk of her own lift*, it fell a victim to the flames. Warmth of Affection—Cold Comfort.— Married, on a ice tn tiie Ohio river, opposite Rising Sun, on Thursday, January 30, by the Rev. Mr. Coilard, Rev. James H. Brooking to Miss Sal lie Craig, ail of Boone county, Rv, Acknowlsdgements.—-Oar thanks are due te lion, j Win, C. Dawson for valuable public documents, among j which are a “Compendium of the U. S. Census of 1 830,” | and a volume of “Maps and Views” accompanying tho President’s message and documents. [fOR THX TIMKS’aSD BENTINIt.j Messrs. Editors. —Permit me, through your paper, to direct the attention of the parties in interest, to the fact sta ted in a communication to the “Enquirer,” of yesterday, over the signature of “Stockholder.” If the assertion there in contained be true, it argues, very forcibly, that there is “something rotten” elsewhere than “in Denmark.” The writer of tho article referredjto states, |upon information, that a contract has been concluded between the Muscogee Road and certain parties, for the carriage of through freight between the depots of the Muscogee and Opehka roads, at $1.50 per ton, and 7 cents per foot for measurement goods, ’ vhen it was understood, that responsible persons were wil i ing to take the contract, at one half the price per ton, and 5 cents per foot. Now, l say, if this be substantially true, it behooves the proprietors of stock in these roads, to demand an investigation of the conduct of their agents in this re gard. If 1 understand the duty of persons acti gin that capacity, it is to protect and foster the interests of their principals, the Stockholders. Now, it must be obvious, upon the slightest reflection .that by every reduction of these charges, the roads are benefitted. First, because, if the through freight were to remain the same, the treasuries c f the railroad companies respectively, would be enriched by the amount of the reduction: but second, and chiefly, since we have an active competition for these freights, in the Georgia & Atlanta and Lagrange roads, it is the poli cy and interest of all parties concerned in this lower line, to bring all the expenses down to the lowest practicable minimum piico. It cannot be denied that freight £w iii find the cheapest route. I, therefore, second the motion of a “Stockholder.” JAMES W. WARREN. The State of Georgia and the Kinney Expeditionists. The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore .Argus says :—Col. 11. L. Kitiney, of Central American notoriety, has gone to Philadelphia to purchase aeteam •er for the use of Ins contemplated expedition. It is thought that be will select the steamer State of Geor gia, her owners having expressed a desire to sell her to the expeditionists. Passage of tho Prohibitory Liquor Law by tho Illinois Legislature, Etc. Chicago, Feb. 10. The prohibitory liquor law bill was returned by the Senate to the House of Assembly, with amendments. The amendments were concurred in, and the bill finally passed by a vote of ayes 51 ; nays, 17. Resolutions were passed instructing Senators in Con gress from this State to oppose any slave States being formed in the Territories of Kansas and Nebraska. Reported Expedition against Cuba. New Orleans, Feb. 9. ; A. portion of an expedition against Cuba is uuder | stood to have left this and other Southern ports during | the past few days, and the remainder are to follow short i ly. The total enlistment iu this enterprise, it is said, | reaches 3,500 men. The proceedings have been con | ducted with the greatest secresy, and we are unable to i gather any further particulars. From Havana. New Orleans, Feb. 14. | The Empire City has arrived from New York with t advices from Havana to the 10th inst. They fully con | firm the accounts received at Charleston by the Isabel, j Gen. Concha is well aware of the designs of the fil | libusters in the United States. Col. Kinney is Chief of the expedition, but Geus. Quitman and Henderson j are the prime movers. The Pampero will convey part iof tho expedition. Saveu hundred acres of land are i offered to each soldier. From Washington. Washington, Feb. 15. j The Senate has passed the bill for granting the right j of way for a subterranean telegraph to California, j The House has passed the bill reorganizing the Navy, ; with the amendment, and then went into committee of | the Whole. ; A bill authorizing the building of seven sloops of I war has also been passed. Washington, Feb. ]5, P. M. ! The Senate, yesterday, discussed the Indian Appro j priation bill. The House passed a bili appropriating ; $125,000 to erect defences at the terminus of the Gulf Railroad. The steam sloop bill was killed. The reso lution to fulfill the 9th Ar'tiola of the Spanish treaty, of ISI9 involving $1,000,000 was tabled. Excitement at Y.—Littlejohn burnt in Effigy. New Youk, Feb. 15. ; Intelligence from Albany states that Mr. Littlejohn, I Speaker of the House of Assembly and one of the ; most prominent members of the Legislature, was burned iin effigy in that city. Much excitement existed in eon -1 sequence. The Spanish Consul. —Proceedings have been com menced against the Spanish Consul—damages laid at SIO,OO0 —for an assault and battery on the young Cuban, Hernandez, in the late attempt to remove him from this country to Cuba. Carnobeli, the agent who acted in the affair, has been arrested for the same olience, and heid to bail in the sum of $2,000. Veto of the French Spoliation Bill. Baltimore, Ftb. 15. The President has vetoed the French Spoliation bill. The Senate has passed tho Indian Appropriation bill, and was engaged in discussing the Pacific Railroad bil. The House had under consideration tho Ocean Mail j Steamship's bill. Change of Operations in the Eastern War. j Baltimore, Feb. 16. Considerable change will be made in the plan of at* tacaing Seuasiopcl. A land movement will be made to prevent supplies reaching the Russian camp from Ink c-rman, by anew road ntade by them. The English have been compelled to give up thei? i position iu line to the French, owing to the want ofm?n ! to defend them. j Sorties are made by the Russians every night, with j considerably loss on both sides. On the loth January, the snow continued to fall and j had at that time reached a depth of four feet. The preparations to resume the bombardment were actively progressing. On the 17th the firing was nearly suspended, both sides seeking shelter from the snow’. The health of the English soldiers was impro ving. On the 22nd the weather was fine, —plenty of supplies—shot, shell and clothing, but no huts had j arrived. j Galvanic apparatus for exploding 20 lons of powder against the sunken ships at the entrance of the harbor had also arrivtd at Balaklava. It is expected that the explosion of this immense qoan* t : ty of powder fc will damage the foundations of Forts Constantine and Alexander, Telegraphed for the Times & Sentinel. Washington, Feb. 17, 1855. The veto on the French Spoliation bill is yet doubtful, as it has not been sent to the House. Private dispatches from Loudon say that Lord Russell resigned because Lord Aberdeen refused to recall Lord Raglan. Palmerston refused to accept the Premier’s office, except upon the same condition. —©*— Caucus Nominations for U. S. Senator from Pennsylvania. Harrisburg, Feb. 12. The democratic members of the Legislature met iu caucus to-night, 26 in number, and nominated Charles S. Buckalew, of Columbia, for U. S. Senator. The Whig caucus, Sin number, nominated Thomas Williams, of Alleghany. The caucus of the Know Nothing bolt ears, 33 in number, is still in session and the feeling is intense. The result to-morrow is looked upon as uncertain, and efforts will be made to stave off the election. Philadelphia, Feb. 15. Intelligence from Harrisburg says that the Legislature have not yet made choice of a U. S. Senator. The tlection has been postponed for a fortnight. Gov. Wright, of Indiana, has withdrawn from the Meth odist Church, assigning, as a reason, that his pastor was a Know Nothing. Arrival of the Northern. Light. New York, Feb. 15. The steamship Northern Light, from California, has ar rived. The flour warehouse of Messrs. Neaman & Cos., in Pearl street, New York, has been destroyed by fire. The loss is | estimated at $60,000j insured for $40,000. The Latest from Omaha City. I Caicago, Feb. 12, 1355. We have received here, by the arrival of the mail, dates from Omaha City, Nebraska, to January 30th, and we learn that both Houses of Assembly have passed a bill locating the capital of Nebraska at Omaha City, opposite Council Bluffj and that the Governor lias signed the bill. Hard upon the Demooacy. --The Legislature of Il linois, not satisfied with the election of an anti-Nebraska man to the Senate, have passed a prohibitory liquor law. If carried out, this finishes the spoils of dernoera oy in Illinois. Another Patent Extension Choked Off. —The House j of Representatives on Saturday 10th, gave the finishing blow to the bill for the renewal of the patent for Moore i & Haseall’s reaping machine. Let no favoritism be I shown. Send them all off* with Coi. Colt. Why I “make fish of odc and flesh of another ?” They are ■ all fishy. - State Road. —We have been informed that tho Road was cleared of all freights temaining over, by reason of the break in the transit at the Hightower, and that as early as Monday last the bridge was ready for the freighc wagons. This was promised the public, as we took occasion to say, last week, bat we had no sort of expectation that the promise could be realized. The Road, most fortunately, at the time of tho accident to the bridge, had fix freight and two passenger en gines above the Hightower, and the robing stock with ; this power, will be amply sufficient to keep business going. For this desirable state of things we are much. | indebted to good luck, but much more to undaunted j resolution and energy.— Atlanta Intelligencer , loth j A Camp of Runaways Arrested. —A camp of runa j way negroes were discovered yesterday by a detachment ! of the police near Fort Jackson, and four of the ccou i pants arrested and placed in a more suitable apartment, | within the city. The camp is said to have been well \ provided with provisions, cooking utensils &0., also : several instruments of music, and a musket, i ‘I he police have been ou the lookout some time for | this organized band. They were taken while attempt j ing to land from a boat, and one or two of the follows i were disposed to show fight, but backed out when they i had to look down six barrelled revolvers. Ono of them ! has been in the woods six months, and another twelve, ’ and the gang have been quite an annoyance to tho i neighboring plantations. Their supply of provisions was | very abundant, consisting of beef, pork, whole bogs &c., 1 &c.— Savannah Jour. Jj* Cour., 15 th. Fred Bouglas in Assembly Chamber. Albany, Feb. 9, 1855. I he moment the House was called to order this morning, it appeared evident that the majority had concocted some’ programme not laid down in the regular order of business Motions were made, siriatim, to lay all regular orders on the table,down to motions and resolutions, and all adonted Before, however, the grand object was arrived at*Mr. O Keefe rose and said lie held in his hand a respectful com munication addressed to him, which lie desired to prefer’ to the House. ‘‘Read for information,” “Let us know what you mean ” j ‘Vve want to hear it read ” &c., resounded from all parts j of the hall. * * j O Keefe sain Mr. fepesker, I wnSI read the letter. | he read as follows: i rT _ Delavan House. Friday, Feb. 9, 1855. 1 o ths Hon. David O’Keefe, Member of Assembly: I- * r i! - V ou ploase ask the u s e of the Assembly chamber on ; V edoesday evening ; and/if engaged, on Friday, for Frede- I r i , Douglass to speak ? Subject—“ The Rights of Man.” And oblige your obedient seivant, „. n>Lr ~ , , STEPHEN MYERS. i.li. O Keefe moved that the privilege he granted, which was seconded by Mr. Stevens. There is no reason why this privilege shall not be granted. He hoped it would be cione Mr. Yv aterbury took the same view. He admiral talent, whether m biaek on white men. Mr-Magee objected to giving the use of the chamber. A Member inquired which Douglas wanted the use of < t:ie chamber ? A Voice—Frederick Douglass. The House, during the j last len days, ha? been nlieJ with abolitionists and we may as well admit the most interested champion. Mr. O’Keefe said that as tho Temperance Society had j used the chamber, it should in justice be given to Douglass. , Finally, after half an hour spent in a colloquial manner, i the request was unanimously granted. So on Friday even- ! ing of neat week, this abolition Legislature wi.l have the j satidaeton of listening to a speech from Fred Douglas, the : most talented of them all. Ben Jonson and the Lord. Lord Craven was very desirous to see Ben Johnson* i which being told to Ben, he went to the Lord's house; 1 but being in a very tattered condition, the porter refused j him admittance with some sauey language which th<\other | did not failj.o return. Mr. Loid, happening to come out : while they were wrangling, asked the occasion of it. Ben, who stood in need of nobody to speak for him, said he understood his lordship desired to see him. ‘‘You, friend V* said my lord, “who arej’ou ?” “Ben Jonson,’ 5 replied the other, “No, no,”quoth his jordship, “you can not he Ben Jonson, who wrote ‘The Silent Woman ;’you look as if you could not say boo to a goose.’ 5 “800, 55 crisd Ben. “Very well, 55 said my lord, better pleased at the joke than offended at the affront; “J am now convin ced you are Ben Jenson. 55 Internal Improvement Bill3 Passed'the Senate. Among the bills passed by the Senate on Wednesday last, was the‘‘Bill to appropriate money to remove the ob siructions in the S. vannah river, below the city of Savan nah, in the State of Geogia.” The bill appropriates sl6l, 000 for that purpose. Bills were also passed for the im provemeiit of the navigation of the Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, San Diego, and St. Mary’s livers, and the harbor of Newark, New Jersey, and alto a bill making appropriations lor’the continuation and repair of certain public works in the State of Maine heretofore commenced under the author, ity of law, and a bill making an appropriation lor the im provement of the Delaware breakwater. E3A bill was also passed by the Senate, providing for the improvement of the navigation of the Patapsco river, and to render the port of Baltimore accessible to the war steamers of the United States. The amount appropriated was re duced from $300,000 to and the bill passed by a vote of yeas 29, nays 7. Railroad Meeting. McDonough, Feb. 6th 1855. Pursuant to previous notice published by the Committee appointed for Henry county at a recent meeting held in Griffin, a large number ot the citizens ol Henry county met, this day, in the Court House at McDonough, for the pur pose of more maturely laking into consideration, the con struction of a Railroad from Covington via McDonough and Grffin to Columbus, Ga. On motion, Abel A. Lemon was called to the Chair, and George i\l. Nolan requested to act as Secretary. The meeting being then organized, the following reso lutions were presented by Col R. M. Stell, and alter being read they we:e unanimously adopted : Resolved, That the citizens of Henry county are deeply in the present movement of constructing a Railroad from Covington to Columbus via McDonough and Griffin Hand that the county of Henry will build her i art of said Road. Resolved, That the chairman of this meeting appoint a Committee of three—one from the county of Spalding, ono from tho county of Henry, and one from the county of Newton, whose duty it shall be, on or before the 25th of this month, to procure a competent Surveyor at a reasonable salary, to survey and locate said Road from the city us Covington, on theUeorgia Railroad to the city of Griffin, and that said Committee mijke report thereof to the chair man of this meeting,sett ing forth the probable amount it will require to procure the right of way and to construct said Road from the city of Covington to the city of Griffin, and that said report be published. Resolved, That as soon as said Road shall be surveyed and located, and the right of way procured,—the county of Henry will be ready to go to work on its construction. Resolved, That the counties of Spalding, Henry and Newton are requested to meet in convention on the 2d Wednesday in March next, in the city of Griffin, for tho purpose of receiving and’eonsideriug the report of the com mitted aforesaid, find for the purpose of ordeiing a survey of the Road aforesaid—and for the purpose of organizing in sucha way that operations may ba commenced on said Road during the present year. Resolved, That each of the counties named be requested to appoint and send to said convention, twenty one delegates who shall be authorized to act definitely in reference to all the objects of said convention. The chairman, under the second resolution as adopted, appointed Dr. J. N. Simmons, of the county ot Spalding ; Levi H. Turner, ofthe county of Henry ; and W. W. Clark, of the county of Newton, as a committee to procure a com petent surveyor to survey and locate said Road. The chairman, under the. last resolution as adopted, ap pointed the following gentlemen as delegates to represent the county of Henry in ihe convention to he held in city of Griffin,on the 2d Wednesday in March next: Jno. Stillwel, H. Tomlinson, L. T. Doyal, R. M. Stell j J. A. Thrasher,- P. B. Turner, J. H. Low, E. L. Gresham, j T. D. Weeins, A. W. Walker, J. Moore, A. J. Cloud, I S. W. Clement*, E. W. Beck, A. Cleveland, J. J. Turner, j A. Price, J. Thompson, J. Crockett and Win. Greyer. Ou motion, the chairman, A. A. Lemon, and the seeieta l ry,G. M. Nolan, were added to the delegation, j On motion, the following gentlemen were appointed a | committee to solicit a voluntary contribution from the citi zens of Henry of a sufficient amount for the county of Hen ry to pay the Surveyor selected to survey and locate said Road, viz: Adam C. Sloan, Quim-ev R. Nolan, Jno. Crockett, Dr. F. E. Manson and Col. T. M. Speer. The meeting was then addressed bv Dr. J. N. Simmons, I of Spalding, Col. L. T. Doyal and Col. R. M. Stell, of McDonough. Great enthusiasm prevailed during the meet ing. . ‘ * - On motion , ordered, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Augusta, Griffin and Columbus papers, and all others friendly to the eutorprize. The meeting then adjourned. ABEL A. LEMON, Chm’a. Geo. M. Nolan, Sec’y. i Know Nothings—lt is dangerous to Southern Insti tutions. The evils it preposts to remedy do not exist at the i South, and the remedies it proposes for them cannot be I effected by federal agency. It is a movement in which ! the South has iu fact.no part nor lot. The organization can be turned to no advantage of heis. and may be turn ed to her destruction. It is as much as she can do to prevent the federal government, rigidly limited in its pow ers as it is, from encroaching upon lur rights. It would be madness for her citizens to bind themselves by | secret oaths to obey an organization, limited by no invio- ‘ lable compact, self-constituted, irresponsible, and control!- cd absolutely, as wo are inclined to believe, by councils of Northern faction ists, fusion ists, and lunatics. Al ready it is said a grand national convocation has had the canvass ot \ irginia under tender consideration, and none know but that the candidate who shall be voted for by the opposition in State Rights Virginia, must needs obtain first the august imprimatur of grand worthy patriarchs of the North, like Wilson, Pollock and Uilman. It has taken root chiefly iu Southern villages and cress roads, whre Southern agriculturalists are fewest, and where the lianaierattsmen ot the work shops aud white adventurers collect together and abound. We doubt if nine out of every ten of the Northern resideirs in Yir gffiia do not belong to these councils that hold incessant secret correspondence with their confederates beyond the Potomac- Abolitionism never conceived a plan better calculated to disseminate its tenets and advance its ink;- na! plans of incendiarism at the South than this sjstA.i of secret clubs of unknown novitiates. The non-slate- j holders of the South, reared upon her soil, and “to th; ; manor burn,” are as true to her institutions, and even j more uncompromising in the defence ot them, than the ! owners of thousands of slaves. But yet, lo slaveholci | ing community thonld look with aught but severe distrust • upon a secret jrolitical institution, that absorbs almost ew ry Northerner and uou slaveholder in its towns and vii* I luges ; that binds itself by secret oaths to co-operate with j Northern co-ordinate clubs • which, unlike any other i secret society, conceals the membership of Us votaries J and which holds incessant secret correspondence for j-o ----| litica! purposes with its Northern confederates. Besides, cui bor,o , to what end shall we tolerate this ! organization at the fcbuth ? We have i.o paupers. We ; have few foreigners amongst us t.hat are not useful, r-.- { spec table, moral, industrious people. The O.tir ! • | Church here is not obtrusive,* intolerant or oversltai* ! owing, and we are in very little danger from the Pope or ’ his Cnureh, seeing that not one ol its Priests at the i North signed the protest of the 3,050 Protestant citrgy* 1 men against the Nebiaska Kansas Bill, j Tho evils it proposes to renr dy are not Southern, but i No. thorn. The New York - nbum and the Northern : Aboiiibnists have been enticing our slaves away from I us, aud welcoming pauper foreigners amongst tin*’ at the valuation of u thousand jiol iars a head—chuckling 1 that the South could fiol get them — until vagabonds and beggars cover their land, as the frogs and locusts of Egypt. Know Nothing ism is the remedy for these Northern {file lions : and should be kept at home where these evils exclusively exist. Northerners have been her a* ing us idxm. slavery too long to expect hefo In'- us in eradicating a “cuts.:” of their own. Foreiguisni a their own domestic evd, over which we have no rightful control. It isfiga n tour p<. ltical principles to meddle with the domestic ufiaks of Northern States ; and we should not indirectly sanction their own intrusive intervention m our affairs, by enlist tig in a secret movement which was originated as a corrective of Northern diseases, but the machinery of which might be turned with disastrous tt fect against the S nth!— Richmond Examiner. i Circuit Court. — This court was engaged for a greater j part of the day, yesterday, in the trial of the suit of W .P I Mangutn vs. Cox k Waring, it appears that in 1853 a negro belonging to plaintiff ran away and secreted iiitrse!’ upon a steamboat belonging to defendants; the boat left for Montgomery and the negro was not discovered until alter she had proceeded some way on her passage ; fo* when detected ire was secured, and on the arrival ot d je boat at Montgomery, he was committed to jail, while boat proceeded higher up the river, her officers intending to take him back th his owner on their downward ‘- r: r I however, before the return of the boat, he sickened in die jail and died ; whereupon his owner brought su-t the proprietors of the boat for the vaiue of the slave, uude* the statute wh ; ch provides that if a .-lave die in the p - session or employment of a per-on who has not a written authority for sueh employment, from his owner, sorb •* person sbail be liable for his value. His Honor ruled t**- the statute did not apply in cases where the p ss ssiofl 0 the slave was inv luntary, and, accordingly, a verdict ‘>'•• rendered for defendants. . Mr. Boyles appeared for plaintiff, and Geo. N. 3i* whl • Esq., for defendants.— Mobile Advertiser, B th inti