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COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 5, 1855.
Rev. Mr. Dalzkll.— We are pleased to announce
that this gentleman has so far recovered from his indis
position as to be able to resume his clerical duties ; the
usual services may, therefore, be expeoted at the church
to-morrow.
The Virginia Election.
The prospects of the Democracy throughout the
Southern States are wrapped up in the issue of the
struggle now raging in the Old Dominion. Right or
wrong, advisedly or unadvisedly, we will not stop now
to enquire, Henry A. Wise is the standard bearer, the
champion of the Southern Democracy, and if he is al
lowed to be vanquished by tbe coldness, negligence or
opposition of members of tbe Virginia Democracy, the
cause will suffer from the Potomac to the Rio Grande.
This is conceded every where, and no where more ex
plicitly than in the Northern Freesoil press, which has
left no effort untried to effect his overthrow. Under
this view of the facts, the antioedents of Mr. Wise are
unworthy of a moments consideration. If they (were
a thousand times more objeotionable than they are, Ins
gallant bearing in the present eventful canvas has more
than atoned for them. There is no parallel in history
worthy of bis heroism, but the conduct of Leonidas at
the fatal pass of Thermopylae. Single handed he has
met the more than the Persian myriads of Know Noth
ingism, fresh from triumphant lields from Maine to
Maryland, upon the sacred soil of the Old Dominion,
and has hitherto held them in oheck by the exhibition
of an eloquence unsurpassed in ancient or modern
times. His clarion voice has rung from the Alleghaneys
to the seabord ; its echoes have been heard on the
banks of the Chattahoochee; whatever there is of en
thusiasm among the Democracy of the far South and
West has gushed forth at the touch of his magio wand •
whatever of determination there is to make one more
struggle for our dearly bought and sacredly revered
principles has been called into being by his cheering
shout; as long as his voice is heard at the head of the
column, the rear guard will rush forward to the fray but
if he falls—“ You and I and all of us fall down, while
bloody treason triumphs over us.” The last dyke that
protects our soil from tho devastation of the flood of
heresies with whioh the secret councils of the Know
Nothings are surcharged will be broken down, and all
the ancient landmarks of constitutional freedom be ob
literated. Class will be set in hostile array against
class, religion against religion, churoh against church,
and the sovereignty of tho States and of the people be
usurped by the grand council of the Order whioh will
thence forth become the supreme authority in these
States. *
This must not be ; the little Narragansett pacer of tho
Know Nothings cannot beat the gallant Lexington of
the Democracy over a course as famous in political, as
the Metairie is in the racing annals. Hurrah for Wise
and the Democraoy ! is the ardent shout, and prayer
and expectation of all lovers of constitutional freedom
from tho Atlantic to the Pacific j while there is not an
Abolitionist, Federalist, Freesoiler, Ramshackle, Mon
archist or Autocrat in the broad land that is not equally
earnest in their prayers for Ids and their overthrow.
Our Book Table—Cheap Literature.
Temptation; or The Unknown Heiress.— This is the
title of a novel just issued from the press by Garrett &
Cos., Publishers, 18 Ann street, New York, and written
by J. Frederick Smith, of whom we know nothing, ex
cept that his is very prolific and generally succeeds in
producing a readable story. For sale by J. W. Pease,
Columbus, Ga.
Adelaide Waldgrave; or the Trials of a Govern
ness. —This is the title of a novel by the same author,
but published by H. Long & Brother, 121 Nassau street,
New York. The style of this work is unusually turgid,
but the story is about equal to the general average of
Mr. J, Frederick Smith’s productions. For sale also
by J. W. Pease, Columbus, Ga.
As in duty bound we give the foregoing notices
of these novels, as the publishers are good enough to
forward us copies ; but we would not be understood as
commending this class of productions to the favor of
our readers. As an occasional resource, it is well
enough to peruse a volume of cheap literature ; but the
habit of reading them cannot be too strongly condemned.
If there were no other objection to the practice, but
the loss of time incident to the habit, this alone would
be sufficient to taboo it. We would not be understood,
however, as condemning either novel reading or novel
writing. Many of the highest productions of human
genius belong to this class of literature. Among these
are the best of Scott’s, Buiwer’s, Dickens’, Thackaray’s,
Cooper’s and Hawthorn’s novels. The study of these
works are as essential to a polite education as is an in
timate acquaintance with the immortal works of Shake
spere or Milton, which are indeed novels in verse. A
more general diffusion of these sterling productions, by
correcting the taste and making the publio familiar with
what a true novel really is, would drive the “blood and
thunder” trash now so popular entirely out of the mar
ket, upon the same principle that the palate familiar with
the pure wine of France loaths the vile compounds that
burn up the stomachs and crazo the minds of the Ameri
can people.
An Abundance of Rain.— After a Jong and protrac
ted drought, whioh threatened us with famine, the
elouds gathered above the horizon on Thursday last,
and in the afternoon and night poured out upon the
thirsty earth their liquid treasures. The gift was as
grateful to animal as to vegitable life ; and calls for
grateful thanks to the Giver of all good whose watchful
eye, we are assured by this unexpected token of hia
goodness, is over all his works.
Calro Lutamentum. —We witnessed the burning of
a grate full of round balls in the Perry House, on the
evening of the 4th inst., of what purpoted to be Calen
Lutamentum . The fire was bright and beautiful, and
the heat intense, but so far as the experiment of burn
ing day was concerned, we are no wiser than we were
before; the balls were secretly piepartd and the public
were only admitted to the room after the fire had been
burning some time.
Bounty Land Warrant Forgers. —During the ses
sion of the U. S. Circuit Court recently holden at St.
Louis, Mo., the grand jury found indictments against
the following persons for presenting at the pension of
fice fraudulent claims for bounty land warrants, viz :
Diogenes Wetmore, Thaddeus K. Wetitiore, Marcus
A. M olfe, Johu 11. Stile, and Geo. G. Presbury. The
aforesaid parties have given bonds in the sum of $5,000
each for their appearance at the next term of the
court to be held in St. Louis in October next.— Wash
Star.
Enquiries for the Enquirer.
The Enquirer takes issue with us on the charge of
Freesoilism which we have time and again made against
the members of the order of Know Nothings in the
Northern States/and, in reply, publishes an article from
the Louisville Journal nothing to the purpose.
It is said in holy writ —By their fruits ye shall know
them. On this platform we place ourselves; and charge
that in every instance where the Know Nothings have
succeeded in electing a man to Federal office in the
Northern States, that man is a Freesoiler.
Is this charge true? If it is not true, will the En
quirer be kind enough to name the man who is not a
Freesoiler ?
In the same article th Enquirer indulges in the
following train of remarks :
Now, as for ourselves, we have long since withdrawn
our confidence from both of the old parties of the North,
arid consider them upon a par on the score of reliability—
where Southern rights and interests are involved—and that
an alliance with either, as at present constituted, would be
neither polite nor safe. The true resource of the South is
in herself, in the presentation of an unbroken front, an un
compromising determination to demand from all parties the
full measure of her rights under the Constitution, asking
nothing more —receiving nothing less. Upon this platform,
and this alone, can the South consistently and safely stand.
Now, why has the Enquirer withdrawn its “confi
dence from both of the old parties of the North ?”
Why does it insist that “the true resource of the South
is in herself?” Why does it urge that “the South can
consistently and safely stand upon this platform alone t”
It is not besause the Enquirer believes that the people
of the Northern States are all Freesoilers ? How then
can the Northern Know Nothings be sound upon the
slavery question ? Will the Enquirer answer ?
One more query and we close. Are the conductors
of tbe Enquirer members of the midnight order ? If
nay, why are they so zealous in their advocacy of their
principles ?
The Know Nothings in Macon.
The meeting of the State Convention of the midnight
order took place, as we have heretofore announced, at
Macon, on Wednesday last and continued in session
several dayj. There were several hundred delegates
(say 300) in attendance, it is said, though so far as wc
can learn, every one of them pretended to have come
to Maeon just at that time on special business of a
private nature. What was done we have no means of
ascertaining. It is repotted that the convention ad
journed without making a nomination.
It is also reported that the convention will re-aesem
ble hereafter, probably in June or July, to finish the
work they left undone at their late meeting. It is pro
bable that they will wait until the Democratic party has
announced its nominees before they will bring out their
candidates. At any rate, it is now reduced to a cer
tainty that the Democratic party is the only organiza
tion that has the nerve to array itself in opposition to
this secret conclave of political plotters. It becomes
our duty, therefore, to change our front to meet this
new enemy. Our war with Whigs and Whiggery is at
an end. The fundamental principles of constitutional
government are attacked by the net* order and we
can well imagine that a very large and respectable body
of the States Rights Whigs of Georgia will join the
Democracy in their efforts to defend the bulwarks of
our freedom. The sovereignty of the States, the sove
reignty of the people, the equality of citizens, and the
freedom of conscience, are as dear to them as to us,
and if they are willing to share with us in the fight for
them, we oan willingly and cheerfully forget and forgive
the past. Wo are pleased to see that the Democrats
of Jasper county, at their late convention, an account,
of whioh will be found in our columns, have taken this
view of the present crisis and have cordially invited
all persons who are opposed to the Know Nothings to
take part with the Democracy in the approaohing strug
gle. We echo the invitation and pledge our party
friends to give to all who join us in this holy war “a
place in the picture.’’
Alexander H. Stephens*Esq. — We learn by a gen
tleman from Georgia, says the Alabama Journal , that
Mr. Stephens will, it is believed, decline any further
canvass of his district—that he is aware that be is
marked by the Know Nothings for his opposition to
their secret feature, and has now no party to fall back
on. If this is true, it is a mortifying position to one of
his talents and ambition, and may prove an apt illustra
tion from Macbeth -“of the poisoned chalice com
mended to his own lips.’’ Being among the chiefest
of those who so ruthlessly prostrated the gallant con
servative Whig party of Georgia—the ladder by which
he attained high positions, and trod ungratelully on
the neck and feelings of those by whose devoted labors
and exertions through long years, he was elevated and
sustained, he has now no friends and will be pulled
down as mercilessly, by hands he cannot see. Who
will pity him ? —though many may regret such an end
to such a towering and brilliant intellect, unmatched,
perhaps, in the whole breadth of the Union.
The Return of the Guards.
On Saturday noon the Columbus Guards, Ist Lieu
tonaut Ellis commanding, returned from Camp Owen,
where they have spent two days most pleasantly as the
guests of the Montgomery True Blues. We have not
had time to learn the particulars of their entertainment,
but have no doubt it was all that unbounded hospitality
and good tasto could furnish. We learn from the
Alabama Journal that Private Rambo of the Mont
gomery True Blues won the beautiful rifle presented by
Mr. Swan. We owe that basket friend Bates and will
folk over the first opportunity.
More Trouble in South America. —The Paraguay
an government had got into another difficulty with the
government of its southern neighbor, Corriantes, and
tne latter had marched troops to the frontier. General
Flores, the Cisplatine republic (Uruguay,) was about
to resign his office and retire to private life, and the
rumor of such intention had operated unfavorably on
commercial relations. It was thought, however, that
he would reconsider his purpose.
England , France and Spain in favor of the Know
Nothings. —The Know Nothing movement in this
country has attracted the serious notice of the Euro
pean people and presses. We have already given the
English and French views of the subject, as expressed
through their most influential papers. We to-day give
the Spanish or Hispano-Americsn views of the sub
ject, as expressed in the Cuban journal, the Diario de
la Marina. Significantly enough, the Spanish is quite
in accord with the English and French sentiment, and
thinks that the Know Nothing movement in the United
States is perfectly right in its conception and design.—
It expresses, however, its doubts as to the good success
of the movement, and thinks that the remedy is now
too late—it should have been applied twenty years ago.
The Diario makes use of one of the same arguments in
favor of Know Nothingism which that curious entity
uses against foreigners, namely ; that every race should
cling to, reverence and observe their ancient manners,
habitudes and institutions. The article, if not very
instructive, is somewhat suggestive.— N. Y. Herald.
From Massachusetts.
The Hiss Committee —The Missouri Outrages in Kan
sas, Etc.
The Hiss Committee resumed its investigations to
day, but so far no new light has been thrown upon the
matter.
In the House to-day, Mr. Slack submitted a pream
ble and resulution concerning the alleged invasion of
Kansas by armed Missourians, calling upon the execu
tive of Missouri to prevent a repetition of the outra
ges ; also calling upon the President to take instant
and effective measures for sustaiuing the sovereignty
of the citizens of Kansas against violence, and pledging
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to aid with her
whole force the Governor cf Kansas, and the people
of that or any oiher State or Territory, in support of
constitutional rights by whomsoever infringed.
Amos Stone, of Charlestown, the Know Nothing
candidate, has been elected County Treasurer for
Middlesex.
Condition of Treasury.
Washington. May 1.
The United States Treasurer’s statement shows that
the amount in the Treasury on the 23d ult., subject to
draft, was $20,203,387.
Governor Ileeder at Home.
Affairs in Kansas—The Territory Subjugated ly Squat
ters—Extraordinary Speech of the Governor.
Easton, (Pa.,) April 30,1855.
The Hon. A. H. Reeder, Governor of Kansas, arrived
here to day, from the West, and met a very enthusiastic re
ception from his friends and neighbors. He reached Phil
lipsburg at noon, and was there met and escorted to tho
Court House Square, in Easton, by a large concourse of
citizens of all parties, accompanied by the Eastern band.
On arriving at the Court House, Governor Reeder was
welcomed by the citizens with hearty cheers, and a formal
welcome then extended to him in an eloquent and impres
sive speech, by the Hon. J. M. Porter, who complimented
Governor Reeder on the manly and courageous, as well as
able manner in which he had discharged ‘the duties of his
difficult and responsible office, lie went into a hasty nar
rative of the growth and progress of the slave question, at
tributing its-dangerous threatening character at the present
time to.the fanatical abolitionists at the North, but admit
ting also that slavery men had in their turn become as fa
natical and wrong as the abolitionists themselves. lie
went through the old routine of apology for the South,say
ing that they had slavery entailed upon them, and asserting
in full the broadest pro-slavery claims, declared that Gov.
Reeder had done his duty ably, and that he would and
should be sustained both by Pennsylvania and the country
at large.
Governor Reeder in reply, expressed in feeling and elo
quent terms the grateful impression made upon him by the
warm and enthusiastic reception given to him by so largo
an assembly of his fellow citizens. He referred to the re
ports of fraud and outrage upon the part of slavery men in
the Kansas election, and emphatically confirmed the very
worst statement of them which had preceded his arrival.
He said his opinions on the subject of popular sovereignty
had undergone no change; but that the conduct of the peo
ple ot the border counties of the north Missouri had as
tounded and amazed him by their reckless disregard of all
laws, compacts and constitutions; that the Territory of
Kansas, in her late election, had been invaded by a regular
organized army, armed to the teeth, who took possession
of their ballot boxes and made a Legislature to suit the pur
pose of the pro-slavery party. Kansas was subdued, sub
jugated and conquered by armed men from Missouri; but
her citizens were resolved never to give up the fight for
their freedom, aud tbe independence of their soil from for
eign control or interference. The State of Missouri would
be called upon to disavow all sympathy with these border
ruffians. If she refused, the South would be called upon to
discountenance her. If the South refuse, the solemn duty
would devolve upon tho North to take up the matter,so
that the rights oi her sons who had settled in Kansas, on
the faith of solemn compacts, shall be vindicated and rus
tained. He declared that the accounts of the fierce outrages
and wild violences perpetrated at the election, published in
the Northern papers, were in no wise exaguerated. He
concluded by saying that Kansas was now a conquered
country—conquered by force of arms—but that her citizens
were resolved never to yield their rights, and relied upon
the North to aid them, by demonstrations of public senti
ment, and all other legal means, until they shall be fully
und triumphantly vindicated.
During his speech Governor Reedor was frequently
and enthusiastically cheered by the large audience
present.
The Male College.
We*learn from a note from the Rev. G. W. F. Price,
(of the Auburn Gazette,) published in the Montgomery
Advertiser, that the subscriptions to the Methodist Male
College at that place, amount to between sixty and seven
ty thousand dollars, aud there is reason to believe—Mr.
Price says —that they will succeed in getting a sufficient
ly large sum, to meet the requirements of the Confer
ence.
We understand that the only other place contending
for this College is Greensboro, which is situated in the
midst of a very rich country, and surrounded by a wealthy
population. In this it has the advantage of Auburn. But
in every other respect Auburn is ahead of it. Auburn is
in a delightly region—high, healthy, well watered, beau
tifully cultivated, aud containing and surrounded by a
population that for intelligence, refinement, hospitality,
taste and euergy, is excelled by none in the State, if by
any iu the Southern country. In short, Auburn has
every advantage that a place ought to have, to make it
eligible for purposes of education. And she is making
most commendable efforts to have the College in her
midst, and we do sincerely hope that she may succeed.
Macon (Ala.,) Republican.
The Etowah Bridge.
We are glad to learn that the new bridge on the State
Railroad, over the Etowah River, is expected to be so
far completed as to allow of the passage ot trains as early
as the 10th of the present month. The time originally
contemplated in the contract for the completion of the
bridge was the Ist of July next. But as the interruption
in the transportation of freights, during this busy season
of the year, was a matter which it was of the utmost con
sequence to remedy at the earliest possible moment, every
effort lias been made to hasten the completion of the
bridge, and it speaks well for the management of the
Road that in the short lime which has elapsed since the
burning of the old bridge, they have been able to advance
the work so rapidly as to make the completion of the new
one about fifty days ahead rif the time originally con
tracted for.— Atlanta Intelligencer , May 2nd.
Something the matter with Seneca Lake. — The Geneva
Gazette of Saturday says :
“Our citizens lor two days past have been considerably
interested, and some of them a great deal excited, in refe
rence to a strange, and thus far inexplicable phenomenon,
that has occurred in the waters of the Seneca Lake. Dur
ing the whole of Wednesday and yesterday the waters
would rise and fall.in spaces of time varying from ten
minutes to hall an hour, continuously through those days,
from five inches to two feet iri height Just after sundown
on Wednesday evening a friend of ours made an exact
measurement of the fall and time. In fifteen minutes the
water fell 161 inches, when it commenced rising again ”
Virginia. — The Richmond Enquirer thus speaks of the
prospects of the democracy in the approaching May elec
tion for governor, &c.:
“We have never been deceived in our calculations ; we
have never exaggerated our own strength. We know we
shall triumph ; and we await the day of election with The
comoosure and dignity of perfect confidence.
“From personal observation we can attest the energy and
enthusiasm of the inviucible democracy of the “Tenth
Legion. Our correspondence, which is not the fictitious
fabrication of our own apprehension, but the spontaneous
and reliable expression of popular sentiment—exhioits the
feeling and the purpose of the democracy throughout the
State. Never was the democratic party in Virginia inspired
with such zeal or animated by such stern devotion to duty.
Their is neither lukewarmness, nor fear, nor treachery in
our ranks. We are intent on victory, and, so help us God,
we will triumph .”
Divorce and Marriage. — A. J. Davia, the seer, is
about to be married to a Miss Robinson, hamerly the
wife of a Mr. Love, and the mother of two children. The
Albion Spirit says that she became enamored of Davis at
a Woman’s Rights Convention, and that since then be
and his friends have been laboring to obtain a divorce for
her in which they have finally succeeded.
BY TELEGRAPH.
Expressly for the Times and Sentinel.
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL
STEAMSHIP ATLANTIC.
Columbia, S: C., May 4.—P. M.
Vienna Conference Broken off—Sevastopol Bdsnbarded
—Napoleon in England—Cotton Unchanged.
The Atlantic has arrived with Liverpool dates to the
21st ult.
Cotton was steady and unchanged, but buyers de
manded a reduction on current prices. The sales for
niue days preceding the sailing of tbe steamer reached
70,000 bales. Quotations are unchanged. Speculators
took 10,000 bales, and Exporters 9,000.
Consols have fallen to 89 34. Flour easier.
The Vienna Conference.
The Vienna Conference was broken off after the 12th
session. Russia rejects the demands of the Allies. —
Lord John Russell and de l’lluys have left Vienna. —
There are strong indications that Austria will refuse to
act against Russia.
Bombardment of Sevastopol.
The bombardment of Sevastopol, with five huudred
guns, was commenced on the Bth ult., and continued to
the 15th without eft’eot. It was believed that an assault
would not prove practicable, but an attempt will prob;u*
bly be made to storm the place.
The“ British Loan.
The British Loan of £10,000,000 has been taken by
the Rothcbilds in hundred pounds Consols, fourteen
six pence, in the sb3po of an annuity terminable iu
thirty, years. The income Tax has been increased, as
has also the tax on spirits, tea, coffee and sugar : a stamp
tax is also proposed.
Napoleon in England.
The Emperor and Empress ot France had been a week
in Englaud.and been received with royal honors. It is re
ported, but not generally believed, that the English Cabi
net had consented for Napoleon to take command of tho
army in the Crimea.
The Postmaster at New Orleans.
The President has appointed Arthur D. Neville, Post
master at New Orleans, in place of W. G. Kendall, re
moved.
Numbering Ships. —After the Ist of May every
British ship is to have a distinct number assigned to
her, by which she may be known and recognised, irre
spective of her name of other description. The se
ries of numbers will begin with 1 and proceed in reg
ular arithmetical progression ; a number once appropri
ated will never be applied to any other British ship.—
The port of London may be allotted the series from 1
to 1000 5 to Liverpool 1000 to 2000; to Sydney from
2000 to 2,300 ; and so on to every port in the Queen’s
dominions.
Awful Railroad Accident—One Man Killed and six
others Wounded.
[[Syracuse, N. Y., April 30, 1855.
As the six o’clock accommodation train from Rochester
over tho old ro>d was coming into this city about teu
o’clock it ran over a~horse, throwing tbe last
car from the track and down au embankment twenty
feet, smashing it to pieces. The car contained eight per
sons, only one of whom escaped injury. M. O. Wilder, a
lawyer, of Canandaigua, was instantly killed ; S. IJ. In •
gersoll, ot New York, w 7 as seriously injured ; and Clinton
Brainard, of New York ; Wm. Ilall and Z. Furman, of
Skeneateles ; Charles Isening and Joseph Lief, of Syra
cuse, and Mr. Becker, a brakeman, were badly hurt.
The Prospects in Virginia.
The Richmond Enquirer, in its h ading article of a late
issue, uses the following confident language:
“The victory is already as good as won. The intelli
gence which unceasingly pours in upon us from every
part of tho State admits not of a doubt of an overwhelm
ing majority for our ticket. There is not a county in
which there is not a good spirit prevailing in our party,
and a resolute purprse to crush the infatuated order
whose triumph would accomplish results which even the
sagacity of Patrick Henry never foresaw The 24th of
May will be a proud day for Virginia—one which future’
generations of her sons will point to with patriotic pride.’
Kail SBoad Bill Vetoed.
The Governor of Massachusetts has vetoed the bill
granting a State loan of a million dollars to the Vermont
Central Railroad.
From Utah.
We have received News from Deseret to March Ist
Information had reached Salt Lake of the appointment of
Col. Steptoe, to succeed Gov. Brigham Young as Govern
or of Utah. It was received with gmaj dissatisfaction.—
Brigham Young has declared himself still the Governor,
and dares President Pierce to remove him. He avows op*
enly that he and his Mormon followers are hostile to the
United States, and the desire to see it doomed t© destruc
tion. fie acknowledges that they are traitors to the coun
try that protects them, and that they owe no allegiance to
any laws but those of their own Church.
Seven Pauvan Indians who were engaged in the murder
of Captain Gunnison and party, some eighteen months anx>
on the River Sevier, about fifty miles from Salt Lake,
were captured about the 7th of February, by Col. Steptoe’s
command, under charge of Maj. Reynolds and Lieut. All
ston. The prisoners were delivered up.
Walker, the somewhat famous Utah Chief, died at
Meadow Creek, near Fillmore City, on the 29th of Janu
ary. For a number ol years Walker has headed the horse
stealing Utahs in their semi-annually incursions into Cali
fornia, andjiis name has been a terror to the quiet ranche
ros in the South. Within the last six years these Indians
have stolen upwards of a thousand horses from thet anche
ros in Los Angelos county alone.
Dr. Garland Hart, the Indian Agent for Utah, had arriv
ed at Salt Lake City, and entered upon his official duties.
The excitement among the Indians in consequence ol
Walker’s death, induced Dr. Hart to.visit the southern set
tlement.—N. O. Della, 30 th ult.
The Fire at Boston.
Boston, April 118, 1855.
The total loss by the fire last night is estimaled at not
less than s6oo,ooo—insured in Boston for 8*250,0(X) to $300,-
000. The Mutual offices are the large-t losers, several of
them having $50,000 involved. ‘1 he joint stock offices have
mostly escaped with small losses. The firemen continue
at work, the flames not being yet subdued
Thomas Wigglesworth, one of our oldest merchants
died this morning. He leaves iwo hundred thousand dol
lars worth of property.
The Presidency. — The “squatters” in Kansas recently
held a meeiinsr and nominated the Hon. David R. Atchi
son, of Missouri, for the Presidency, and Hon. Isaac Touey,
of Conn., for the Vice Presidency.
Cass and Butler against Know Nothingism.— Gen.
Cass, in a letter to the Detroit S - . George's Society,express
es his hostility to Know Nothingism. Gen. William O.
Butler, who ran on the same ticket with Gass in 1848 in
declining to run for Congress, takes a similar position.
Stocks.- The Augusta Constitutionalist says : We
have heard of the sale this week of 50 shares Union
Bank at sllO, and 128 shares City Bank, has changed
hands the consideration given, being Georgia Rail l oad
and ten dollars per share, being about equal to $lO5 per
share.
A Costly Dress.— The Empress of the French has
presented to the Empress of Austria a luce,dress, tallied
,jt about $40,000. Jhe pattern was designed by the
„reneh Empress herself. It will be exhibited at the Paris
hibitiou.
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Letter/From Judge Warner. k
The following letter has been received since our \ w I
per was published. We regret that we did iu t -D- ■
Warner a copy of the paper containing the articL? .I'”- I
to. We are still of the opinion that he would be u :r ~ <1 I
choice oi a large majority of the Democrats ot o i 1 1
trict: ue fr-- B
Greenville, 27th April, 185:
Dear Sir— My attention has just been called to •
articles, recently published in the Atlanta Examiner I
Atlanta Intelligencer, deprecating tbe course wii, ;
appears, that you and the editor of the Newnan h n ’ I
have thought proper to pursue in suggesting rny nanie • ?r
“candidate for Congress in this District. “What y ou ‘ . j I
the editor of the Banner may have done in the premia” : I
entirely unknown tome, except so far as inlbrmed, bv V I
above named Atlanta papers.
While it is reaaily acknowledged that the people of < I
4th Congressional District, (composed as it is mainly of i I
counties lucluded in my old Judicial Circuit,) have ?ti • . I
claims to my gratitude and personal seiviees at ail ti;v?
and under all circumstances ; yet, having voluntarily j,
quished an official station to become a private citizen,’ I
iiave not tho least desire or intention of being a candica: u
ior Congress, or any other office ; consequently, the octa- I
sion is embraced simply to say, that my name will not; .
permitted to be used before the contemplated district con
vention lor the purpose of embarrassing ill any manner
whatever its free and unrestrained action in the select
of a candidate for Congress. I beg you to accept the as
surance ot my personal regard and esteem, while I rema:; ,
Most respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
HIRAM WARNER.
To THE EriTOR OF THE MARIETTA ADVOCATE.
The Know Nothing Movement in New England.—
The vote for the removal of Judge Luring because he did
his duty according to his oath, and the recent disclosures
of the Hiss committee, indicate very clearly that tho Know
Nothings of Massachusetts can never coalesce with tho
national party of the same name and origin, but will al
ways remain a septrate, sectional demoralized body. —
From recent indications we are inclined to believe that
the Know Nothings of New Hampshire will pursue the
same course with the same result. Edmund Burke b n
already in his organ disavowed the views formerly held
on the Nebraska question, and it seems probable that the
Legislature will send to tbe United States Senate two
representatives thoroughly imbued with the most ultra
and fanatical ant,•’slavery spirit. With such men no na
tional party enn possibly unite. But if the Know Noth
ings of Massachusetts and New England are pursuing a
sectional and destructive course, w e have a strong confi
dence that the Know Nothings of New York, New Jer
sey, Pennsylvania and several other States north of Ma
son'and Dixon’s line, will act very differently, will follow
a high mined and strictly constitutional policy on all na
tional questions, and will cut themselves wholly adrilt from
all disorganizing and section factions.
The destiny of the Know Nothing movement depends
on the result of the pending election in Virginia. If the
Know Nothings overthrow the democrats by a majority of
from five to fifteen thousand, then there will be a cliaueo
of founding a great national party on the basis ofits prin
ciples. But if the Know Nothings are defeat* and, then
there will probably be an end to the Know Nothmg
movement altogether.— N. Y. llcrald
New Railroad Brake.—lmportant Improvement.—
The New York Post says :
“At the invitation of Governor Morris, president ol
the Railroad Car Brake Company, a large number ol
railroad superintendents, directors, and others, went L
Patterson yesterday in four cars of the Erie Railroad Com
pany, to test Creamer’s ] atent brake operator. The train
was put to a speed of thirty-five miles to tbe hour on a
down grade of forty feet to the mile, and was brought up
within nineteen seconds affer the application of tho brake,
at a distance of less than three hundred feel.”
Trouble in Charleston College. —-A short time since
a member of tbe senior class was suspended for violation
of the college rules. Tlis class-mates attempted to inter
fere, but unsuccessfully, as the Faculty thought it was
not a matter that concerned them. The class, dissatisfied
with the answer, and also offended with the terms in
which it was conveyed, gave notice to the Faculty, that
they would attend upon no further exercises until their
application was entertained ; and the Faculty advising
them that if they persisted in the course they would be
expelled, the difference was continued with no approach
o a satisfactory solution. The above wo learn ticiu the
gtandard,
Thackeray on the United States.— In the course of a
lecture recently delivered in London, Mr. Thackeray took
occasion to allude to the United States ; a country, he
said, “where kindness, courtesy, and good nature were
in nothing more conspk uous [though you meet them con
stantly] than in the gallant attention everywhere shown
to women. Dandy and clown alike yield to a woman in
omnibus or railway car. Sir Roger de Coverly would
have loved this true evidence of the feeling of a gentleman.
It Wtuld have so pleased Steele that he weuld have taken
the gentle dandy or clown to the nearest tavern and treat
ed him to a bottle—possibly sitifcottles.” “I don’t mean,”
added Thackeray, “to set down tbe list five bottles to the
score of Dick Steele’s good works. They would be very
decidedly the works of superogation.”
The English Baltic Fleet. —The London Journals
wax eloquent over tbe departure of tbe advanced squad
ron of the new Baltic fleet. The Times calls it the most
magnificent fleet that was ever fitted out from the Eng
lish shores. It consists of more than thirty vessels of
war, and a dozen sail of the line and is expected to block
ade ever}* inlet and port of the Czar, and, it possible, find
some vulnerable point of liis triple granite and iron, it
seems to be a subject of congratulation that it is not com
manded by Admiral Napier. As to Admiral Dundas’
. hjs instructions are to “c’o more” than his unfortunate
predecessor.
If he does not accomplish more, he will certainly find
himself next November under orders to lower bis flag,
with small prospect of ever hoisting it again. Such says
the Tim- s is the mission of the fleet the Queen sends this
day on its fatal errand.
Seizure of Diamond Rings. —ln the recent search in
Boston harbor for the money stolen from a passenger on
the Africa, a package of twenty-six diamond rings, not
entered on the ship’s manifest, was discovered, and was
seized as being intended to be introduced without the pay
ment of duties. They were in tbe possession of an En
glishman named Salmon, a passer ger.
A Horticultural Novelty. — The Agricultura branch
of the Patent Office at Washington city, has taken meas
ures to procure seeds of the Bun-ya-bun-ya, a tree of the
fir tribe, growing in Australia, where it flourishes in a
region of not much greater area than thirty miles square.
It bears a cone nearly two feet in diameter filled with seed
the size of an olive, and of flavor more rich and delicate
than that of the pine-apple. It is so much esteemed by
the natives as that they at times travel hundreds of miles
to partake of it.
The McCerrcn Case. — lt is stated that Secretary
Marry has succeeded in securing indemnity from Peru,
for the outrage on Captain MeCerren and his vessel, at
the Chinclia Islands, in 1853. The amount awarded
$47,000, including $27,000 as damages for the detention
of the vessel, $15,000 for the wounding and imprisonment
of the Captain, and $5,000 for the injuries sustained by
one of ;lie crew, a boy.
The Great Provincial Council of the Roman Catholic
Church will commence in Baltimore on the Gth of May
and continue until the 13th. The Archbisop of Baltimore
will provide. There will be an attendance of Bishops
from Richmond, Wheeling, Pittsburgh, Erie and Phila
delphia—the Sees of Savannah and Charleston being va
Ctnt by death. This is the first Provincial Council since
the devision of the United States into several Archbish
oprics.
And Still They Come. —We learn from the Richmond
Enquir* r that Thomas S. Gholson, esq., another bright star
of the late whig party has formally proclaimed his oppo
sition to the dangerous and disoiganizing objects and ten
dencies of the know nothing party. Mr. Gholson is a
gentleman ol great legal abilitv, and as a politician has a
‘‘reputation commensurate with lit- limits of his State.”—
Possessing, as he the confidence ol a large, very
large, portion of tiie people of Virginia, his recent course
cannot fail to exert a poweiful influence on the approach
ing election in that State.