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(L\mts SerdintL COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY MORNING-, MAY 9, —JCICXIOTm Death of Hon. Walter T. Colquitt. It is with profound sorr-w that ’.ve announce the death of thin eminent citizen. He died at Macon, Ga., nt 8 o’clock A. M , Till in at, in tlie possession of all his intellectual faculties, and with bright hopes of a blessed immortality. The body of our deceased fellow citizen was brought to Columbus on the morning Ira n from Macon, on the Sth inst, and was met at the depot by a large concourse of citizens who aecompanid the hearse to his now deso late homo. At three o’clock P. M., funeral services were had at the Methodist Episcopal Church, conducted by the venerable Dr. Loviok Pierce; after which a procession consisting of the body of our people followed the dis tinguished dead to his last resting place. Waller T. Colquitt was born in Virginia. At a very early age, however, he was brought by his parents to Hancock county, Georgia. He was educated at Princeton College, New Jersey, where he gave signal proof of those remarkable endowments which have placed him in the front rank of American statesmen and advocate*. 110 settled in Waliou county, Georgia, and very soon rose to eminence. Jlo lias filled the offices of Judge of the Superior Court, member of Congress, and United States Senator, in all of which he exhibited extraordinary talents, and incorruptible integrity. But his favorite ft Id of intel lectual display was the stump and the Court room. As a popular orator lie has never been excelled. He played upon the popular heart with the facility of a master upon a musical instrument. Smiles and tears were equally at his control and they were often called up at once by his sudden passage from the broadest hu mor to the most touching pathos. The same qualities placed him at the head of his profession as an advocate. He almost always appeared for the defense. Ilis sym pathies were so warm that it was a severe trial for him to prosecute even the guilty. But in the defense, he gavo his whole soul to his cause, aud wo very much doubt if au innocent man was ever condemned who had M alter T. Colquitt as his advocate. Ad a politician, lie was a States Rights Republican, art.l in all the changes of party politics never deserted the faith of ’US, though lie sometimes found it nece-ssu ry to break with his friends. This was signally main fosted in IS4O. Up to that time he was the idol of the old Iroup pat ty. lie had more friends and wanner ones in that party than any other political leader and had only to indicate his wishes and they were gratified, if within the compasof his party associates. But at the call of duty he left them to stand by his country. The history of the last fifteen years hate vindicated the soundness of his judgment and the purity of his mo. lives, lie was devoted to the South and would have died to save his section from degradation. But he is gone. His eloquent lips are silent now. His devoted and courageous heart is still in death. We shall never look upon his like again. While the Nation nud the State lose* one of its ablest and purest patriots, wo lose in adJitiou the public spirited townsman, the delightful companion, and the devoted frieud.— Though dead, he jet lire* in out hearts and momories, and will live as long as we cherish a regard for genius, courage, patriotism, fidelity and charity, all of which he possessed in a more remarkable degree thaa ariy other man it has ever been our privilege to know. We hope hereafter to publish a more fitting tribute t the merits of this truly great and good man. Slavery in the Councils. Sundays mail brought startling developments of Know No:ting sentiment in Georgia and Massachu setts on the subject of slavery. In the Massachusetts State Council “strong anti-slavery resolutions were passed without a dissenting vote. Some who had been hunkerish hitherto admitted that it was of no longer use to continue so, as the Order must take antßslavery grounds. Such, however, is not the opinion of the Georgia Know Nothings. In their recent State con vention the most ultra pro slavery resolutions were adopted and published, says the Savannah Republican, by authority. We admire the pluck of the Georgians, and wish them all success in this contest with their Massachusetts brethren ; hut we doubt their capacity to bring the struggle to a favorable issue. Know Nothing ism is t>t Northern birth and is much more popular in Northern society than it is or can be at the South. Every kind of ism flourishes better at the North-than at the South. More especially is this true of religious isms, as for instance, Miilerism, Mormanism, ami last of all Know Nothingism. We take it for granted,therefore, that the abo'ition element will have the preponderance in the Grand Counoil and that that august body will either ignore the subject of slavery, or commit the order in favor of abolition. It* the Grand Council shall adopt tho latter policy, we presume that the subordinate oounoils in the South ern States will instantly dissolve. But if that body shall refuse to commit itself on the subject, we are afraid the subordinate oouocils in the South will be continued, and that the fatal policy will be adv'ptc l of keeping np a connection with the abol it ionized lodges of the North for the purpose of securing federal power and patronage to the members of the order. Such a policy will be fatal to Southern interests, as it will render the South pow erless in bar struggle with the North on the subject of slavery, by dividing her people. Not knowing what pmvet is vested in tho Grand Council, by the constitution of the Order, we are not prepared to say how far a subordinate comic 1 can ga in nsistiue its decrees. Our understanding is that the Grand Council is supreme and that a subordinate eoun o:l has either to submit to its edicts or be dissolved. If this is the case, very little weight ought to be attached to what the State Couuuil of Georgia may resolve on the subject <>} slavery. It is no more au indication of what Know Nothing sentiment is than the resolve of the State Council of Massachusetts. The two resolves are light in the Keth of each other. The ouly difie retice is that Massachusetts reflects the sentiments of the stronger wing of the party. After the above whs in type o have received ae counts of the proceedings of other State Conventions of the Order. The New Hampshire Convention adopt ed resolutions protesting against the repeal of the Mis j souri Compromise", and also against the Nebraska bill ‘ and the Fugitive S’ase law, and pledging the jmrtv to resist at all hazards the further extension of slavery, i Oa tils other hand the A. 1. Herald reports that- the ‘ New .Jersey Convention was ‘‘found to he sound and ! cohxrvative on the negro question.” This is very in- j definite and probably means that the Convention Ignored ! Slavery. The New Fork State Convention wiSiassem j u;einJune t and the position it takes will probably de j c.do the question between tie Northern end Southern I Councils, Know Nothings in Court. At a late term of the Court in Bucks county, Penn sylvania, to try certain parties charged with riot at a township election, the counsel for the defence challenged the array of Grand Jurors on the ground that they were Kuow Nothings. Witnesses, supposed to be Know Nothings, were called and examined. Some of the questions were over-ruled by the court, and it was left discretionary with the witness to answer them. The witnesses called to the stand were, Sheriff Fellman, Joshua Stackhouse, Dr. Samuel Bradshaw and William Baehe. During the examination of these witnesses the court room was densely crowded, and much curiosity was manifested to find out the mysteries of Know Nothingism. Some of the witnesses admitted they belonged to a secret order commonly known as Know Nothings—that they were bound by an oath not to support any Catholics or for eigners for office. The Grand Jury of Monroe county. New York, under the charge of Judge Welles to enquire into all violations of the election laws of the S ate, have pre sented the Know Nothing Councils. The Jury says: It appears from the testimony taken before us that there are a number of societies, or orders of men, in this county, who have formed themselves into secret combinations for political action—that these societies meet only in secret— that their members are admitted under oaths and obliga tions, and pledged to inviolable secrecy—that they are in duced to enter the society under a variety of pretences, and to take upon themselves oaths and binding obligations that they will not vote for certain particular classes of their fel low- citizens, or individual citizens—that they will cast their votes and use their elective franchise, according to the be h-sis and requirements of their order, or the offii ers there of, or ol a certain degree or circle thereof, under the rules of their order—that by their oaths and obligations they are hound to vote, under tiie penalty of perjury, or being con ; sidered as perjured, and as being unworthy to be employed, | countenanced or supported in any business whatever, and ; as persons totally unworthy of the confidence of their fol low citizens Under these penalties they are bound to vote for the per sons designated by the Order, without regard to their own individual choice or preference of candidates. That mem bers of this society or Order, having taken these oaths and obligations .are informed by the Order, or the officers there of, tfsat a lefusal to vote for the candidates of the Order will subject them to the charge of perjury and render them selves infamous and unworthy the confidence of all good men. And thus they are directly influenced in giving their vote o; ballot, or are deterred from giving the s-ame, and are disturbed and hindered in the free exercise of the rights of suffrage. And it further appears that members have been threaten ed if they did not vote according to the requisitions of the Order, they should be deemed as perjured under these oaths and obligations and should be subject to disgrace and infa my, and as false and perjured, be expelled with dishonor. That such societies or Orders, after the last general elec tion, called their members to account to them, or their of ficers, as to the manner in which they discharged their elective franchise, and required them to declare upon oatn for whom they cast their votes at the said election. We believe, from the testimony before us, that such pro ceedings strike at the foundation of individual liberty of ac tion, and tend directly to destroy the great and cardinal principles of our institutions, as founded by our forefathers; that our institutions can only continue to exist by the free and uncontrolled action of the citizen, and that all such re ; straints and obligations are destructive to an elective and free government. Democratic Meetings in Georgia. The Democracy are moving in solid column in every county in the State. Our limited space alone prevents us from giving the proceedings of these meetings In full. There seems to be but one spirit animating the Demo cratic masses in every part of the State—the spirit of devotion to tho great principles which lie at the founda tion of our free institutions—and a set purpose to de fend them from attack from every quarter, whether the enemy be a foreign foe bristling with bayonets, or our old enemy the Federalists in the guise of skulking sava ges. GwiNEir County. —Convention hold on the Ist ioat. Messrs, 11. P. Thomas, J. C. Whitworth, R. T. Terral and J. M. Young, were appointed delegates to the Gubernatorial Con vention. 11. V. Johnson unani mously recommended as a suitable candidate for Gover nor, and llotvell Cobb for Congress. The following resolutions were unanimously adopted: Resolved, That lor the preservation of the Constitution— the union of the States, and the rights ot the South, we rely with unwavering confidence upon those great principles of Liberty and Equality which form the foundation of our glorious Republic, which the “Father of his Country” fought to establish, and handed down to his illustrious suc cessors, Jefferson, Madison, and Jackson, and which have been so successfully maintained and administered by them. S Resolved, That to the maintenance of these principles in their original purity, we look with confidence and hope to the Great National Democratic Party alone, and hereby pledge ourselves to do battle in its ranks, as long as its foes public or secret shall seek to make war upon those cher ished principles. Resolved, That we are opposed to all secret political associations, especially when coupled with tho odious spirit of religious persecution lor opinion’s sake, —that it is one of the most sacred guaranties of the Constitution, that each man may “sit under his own vine and fig-tree, and worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience, ‘none during to make, him afraid .” Resolved, That tlie Democratic party will ever maintain the principles contained in the Nebraska and Kansas Bill, which are, in substance, “that the people in every organized community, in every territory, when they come to form their own institutions, shall do as they please in that respect, and come into the Union with of without slavery, as they choose.” Walton County. —Convention held . Messrs. Junius Uillyet’, W. Kilgore, S. G. Loehlin aud George Hurst were appointed delegates to the Gubernatorial Convention. H. V. Johnson was recommended us the candidate of the party for Governor, and Howell Cobb for Congress. Resolutions was also adopted ex pressing high appreciation of the services of Junius Hillyer in Congress and endorsing the administration of Franklin Pierce. Tho following general resolutions were aiso unanimously adopted : Resolved, That in view o Lhe importance of harmoy and unity ot action, in the approaching State Elections, the democrats of Walton county, renew to each other a publie and open pledge of fidelity to these principles of the party which have brought our common country to its present noble position, and made it the hope and pride of oppressed republicans throughout the world. • Resolved, 1 Hat we will give our cheerful and hearty support to the nominee of the Democratic State Convention at Milledgoville—the Democratic Congressional Conven tion, it one should be held, or to the recognized candidate ot the Democratic party, and will use all honorable means to secure their election. Resolved, That we oppose all secret political associa tions us destructive to liberty and subversive of the interests of our country. R<solved, That wo stili cling with renewed hope and confidence to the National Democratic party, believing ♦rotn past experience that it is the only National organiza tion from which the South as well as every other section ol our country will receive their Constitutional rights. Resolved, That our “latitude and unmeasured confi dence is due to the lion. Stephen A. DougLs, of Illinois, and that noble band of Northern and Western Democrats, who with the rights of the States, the Constitution and the Union inscribed on their Banner, have removed an odious restriction from our laws, and who are now, despite the taunts and jeers of fanaticism, daily struggling for our con stitutional rights. DeKalb County. —Convention met on the Ist iust. Messrs. James W. Crocked. Daniel Johnson, and Georgy C. Smith were appointed delegates to the Gub ernatorial Convention. The following general resolu tion was unanimously adopt* J : Resolved, That we have the strongest faith in the prin ciples of the great National Democratic party as expound ed by Washington, Jeffisrsou, Jackson and Polk ; that we believe them to be, arnoug all other ereeds, tho hes; adapted to the wants of our people, the most republican in their character, mo t consistent with the Constitution of our Government, most objectionable to tyrants, most respected and levered by all lovers of free ana equal privileges, and that they embrace the political faith of a large majority o; the people ct the United States, and we heresy reiierate uud adopt them as the ba.-is of our political platform. Judge -Shortridge hss declare?b* will not run for Gov enter of Alabama. Columbus Building and Loan Association.—At the last meeting of this body $2,525 were sold for $5,500, at the following particulars: S2OOO atsß ; SIO3O at 53 ; I S2OOO at 31 3-4; SSOO at 50 per cent premium. Muscogee Building and Loan Association.—At j the last meeting of this body $2,109 were sold for $4,200, | at the following particulars: S2OOO at 50 5 SI,BOO at I 50 12; and S4OO at 46 per oeut premium. o* New Soda Fount.—Messrs. Brooks & Chapman have opened anew Soda Fount at the Blue Drug Store, where the sparkling beverage lhat makes the heart ; glad, without intoxicating the brain, may be had at all i hours. j Muscogee Superior Court.—The adjourned term ; of Muscogee Superior Court will be held on the j first Monday in June next. Grand and Petit Jurors of the second pannel will be required to attend by 10 ; o'clock on the first day of the term. Another Know Nothing Governor.— William T. Mi nor was elected Governor of Connecticut by the Know- Nothing Legislature of that State on the 3i inst. In his | Inaugural Message he boasts that his election is another ; emphatic condemnation of the Nebraska-Kansas act. j PajoxiAS and Straw berries.— Mr. Chares A. Peabody, ! of the Soil of the South, has overwhelmed us with good things this week. We have before us a large basket brim ming with great, luscious Strawberries, and three magnifi cent. Paeonias, tw-ice as large and as doubled, and ono variety of which emits as tine a perfume, as the finest rose ! that bloom*. We are very happy to learn that Mr. Peabody has quite recovered from his recent injuries, and that the Scarlet Fe ver has nearly disappeared, from his premises. We may thereloro hope that hereafter the market w-ill be constantly supplied with his delicious fruit. Insurance. —We call attention to the advertisements of the Insuranco Companies, of which Greenwood &, Grimes and Mr. E. S. Greenwood are agents. We learn that the Ilomc Insurance Company, of New York, is one of the most solvent companies in the country, as the abstact of the last semi-annual statement will show. The Democratic Party of Stejvart County, Are requested to meet at the Court house on Tuesday 29t’a May. The friends of State Rights, and those oppos ed to all dangerous isms, are earnestly invited to meet aud take measures for our common safety. Democratic Meeting in Harris. On the Satuiday 19th May next a meeting of the Democracy ofllarris will be held in the town of Hamil ton, lor the purpose of appointing delegates to the Guber natorial and Congressional Conventions. All persons are invited to attend, and especially those who prefer, the prin ciples upon which the government w-as organized by Wash ington and his compeers, and administered by Jefferson and his republican successors, to the northern “isms” which are propagated by secret political conclaves. Come all; as a full discussion will be had upon the merits of Know Noth i agism. Tho American Party in Georgia and the Slavery Question. It is generally understood, says the Savannah Re publican, that the American party in Georgia assem bled in State Council at Macon, Wednesday last. It was ordared that the following resolution, adopted by Council and handed us by the President, should be published. Resolved, That slavery and slave institutions are protec ted by the Constitution of the United States, and the obli gation to maintain them is not sectional but national; that the right to establish them in the organization of State gov ernments belongs to the native aud naturalized citizens; and that Congress has no constitutional power to intervene, by excluding anew State applying for admission into the Union, upon the ground that the constitution of such State recognises slavery. Know Nothings in Boston and the Slavery Question. Boston, May 3. The Know Nothing State Council, held in the Temple last evening, was largely attended, and the action de cidedly anti-Blavery. Gov. Gardner and Henry Wilson are among the delegates chosen to the National Council in June next next, at Philadelphia. A. B. Ely, Esq , made an anti-slavery Know Nothing speech, and strong anti-slavery resolutions were passed without a dissenting vote. Some who have been hunkerish hitherto admit ted it was no use. longer to continue so, as the order must take anti-slavery grounds. Ihe New Hampshire Know Nothings and the Slavery Question. Concord, N. IT., May 3, 1855. The American party of this State have, in State council, adopted resolutions protesting against the repeal of tho Missouri compromise, and against the Nebraska bill and Fugitive Slave law, and pledging the party to resist the further extension of slavery. Later from California. New York, May 3. The Star of the West arrived, with later California news. At Sacramento the Know Nothings have elected their entire ticket. Trade was dull, and corn scarce. Flour was selling at sl4 50. Tho Mint during the year has received upwards of $7,300,000 in gold dust, and has issued $6,000,000 in stamped basis. From Washington. Arrest of Mr. Fabens—Patent Extension—Lieut. Beale —Speed of the ban Jacinto. Mr. Augelis, deputy marshal of New York, arrested Cobsul Fabens to-day, aod has started to New York with him. Mr. Fabens has not resigned the consulship. The Commissioner of Patents has issued to Messrs. Keller & Brown, attorneys fur the inventors, an exten sion tor seven years of the patent of Davenport & Bridges’ swinging beam car for trucks. It is rumored that Lieut. Beale, who attacked the Commissioner on Indian AiT.drs, has been appointed Mail Agent between New \ r ork and California. The Union, of this morning, claims that the Sau Jacinto’s run of six days to Havana is equal to twelve days from Liverpool. In a smooth sea, the ban Jacinto made from ten to cloven knots an hour. •S. Yorke Atlee has been removed from the clerksh'p m the Sxili Auditor's office, Treasury Department. Ihe cause assigned his removal is Know Nothingisrn. Srcretary McClelland has issued a circular to the clerks of the Interior Department, prohibiting their dealing in bounty land warrant. One of the clerks in d'guantly says he don't see what right’the Secretary fias To prohibit ibt-ir Utah; g m legitimate ankles out u*. office houis Jrouble among the Knew Kothings of Illinois rpj. c T _ ‘ . Chicago, May 4, i 6os. .® ™ 6 A.now Nothing Codven.iou adjouiaed last evening, au.r a stormy sessioc. It is stated that the die rup teii took piece on the slavery Judge Lumpkin Peremptorily Declines. Washington, May 5. Judge Lumpkin, of Georgia, peremptorily declines the appointment of Commissioner of the Court of Claims. Ills successor is not yet known. Know Nothing Governor’s Message. Hartford, May 4,1555. Governor InghimPs meaiagejias been, published. He recommends the extension of suffrage to negroes, demands that all voters he able to read and write, denounces the Nebraska bill, aud thinks immigration should be prevent ed, considers Catholicism hostile to a republic, and believes the extension of the period of naturalization necessary. Want of Water in Cherokee.—A gentleman recently from the limestone region of Cherokee Georgia, reports great distress for tho lack of water. In some places they have to haul it fout or five miles for drinking and cooking purposes. Homicide in Cobb. —Samuel Watts, oi Cobb, recently thol his own negro man, which resulted in death in a few days. An investigation of the case had partially been made before the court, when Mr. Watts concluded to ter minate the trial by giving leg bail. It is rumored that Hon. Willis A. Gorman, Governor of Minnesota, has been removed for speculations in public i lands, held to be incompatible with his official station. It j is said J. C. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, has been appointed j to succeed him. Cholera on the Mississippi River —The cholera has appeared among the emigrant passengers on the Upper Mississippi. On the 23J ult. the steamer Montfluk buried seven ot her passengers, victims of cholera, between Keokuk and Dubuque. There were seventh n cases on the Royal ! Arch, during her upward trip to St. Paul last week. Tunnels Taken. —We understand that the two small funnel-, on the Blue Ridge Railroad, situated between Turnip-top and the Stump-house mountain, have beon taken by responsible contractors, and that they have com menced operations. It is like wise stated that the work on the Stump-house tunnel will he resumed about the first of June by the company’s contractors. The Socialist Colony in Texas —The Dallas (Texas) Herald,of the 21th ult., says; The colonists intended to settle the colony of M. Con siderant and as-ociates in this vicinity, are beginning to ar rive. It is designed, we learn, to introduce during the present year between one and two thousand. The num ber will be added to by fresh arrivals each succeeding year. M. Consiflerant and family will be here in the course of two or three weeks, for the purpose of their per mauent residence in the country. Judge Lynch's April Term in Illinois. —A man named Billion, living neai Galena, Illinois, of considerable wealth and very respectably connected, has been in the habit lor years past ol maltreating his wile and family in the most brutal manner. On Sunday, the 22d ult ,he made an at tack upon an unoffending woman, in which he was inter rupted, arrested, and thrown into jail, and on Monday morning was brought out and fined twenty-five dollars—a sum so inadequate to the offence that the citizens, to the number of about seventy-five, comprising the most respec table men in the place, determined to take the law into their own hands. On Monday night the party proceeded to Billion’s residence, took him prisoner, marched him out side tiie corporation,tied and stripped him, and with a good cowhide applied to his bare back, settled the score that had been running up for years; then applying a thick coat of tar and feathers to his person, they led him back to his own house and left him, with an admonition to sin no more. Further by the Atlantic. New York, May 6. The British Government estimates its expeuses at eighty-six millions of pounds sterling, and the revenue income at sis-y-six and a half millions. The Russians are strengthening their Baltic ports. The Allied fleet is detaiued by ice oiF Morund belt. 2,000 Colliers are on a strike at Wigan. The Roebuck Committee of Investigation is pre gressing. The floor of the Convent of St. Agnes, at Rome, fell, precipitating the Pope and Cardinals to tho base ment of the building. The Pope was slightly, and sev eral Cardinals severely injured. A Russian lady has been captured in the Allied camp, while making drawings of the French trenches. She confessed that she had acted as a spy since the bat tle of the Alma. The fire of the Allies on Sevastopol was to bo con tinued in one week from the 17th. All hopes of Austria taking the field against Russia are at an end for the present. GnrUchakofF has published an address to the garri son of Sevastopol, in which ho states that matters look most encouraging to the besUged. From the scat of war we learn that during tho fust two days of the bombardment, the fire of the besiegers was superior to that of the city, and much damage was done to the Russian works. During the night of the 13th, the loft attack df the allies obtained a considerable advantage over the Russians, who were twice dislodged from astrongly fortified position, which remained in the hands of the French. The possession of tins position enable the allies to fortify the summit of the hill, which is of great importance. Since the siege began five of the seven Admirals of the Russian fleet, in Sevastopol have either died of wounds or been killed. Serious trouble lias been created at Krajova by the brutal conduct of an Austrian officer. The people at tacked the Austrians and drove them from the city. The Emperor Napoleon, accompanied by the Em press Eugenie, bad been a week in England, and were received everywhere with demonstrations of the highest regard. The Liverpool Circular of Messrs. Brown & Shipley quotes cotton in fair demand throughout the week, with more steadiness during the lasi two days. The sales for the week ending on the 19th, amounted to 49,000 bales. The sales on Friday and Saturday amounted to 20,000 bales; 13,000 of which weie taken by the trade.— Saturday’s market dosed steadily. There was more activity in provisions. Pork is in belter demand, and prices maintained ; the stock is heavy. Bacon ia hnpioving, and had advanced Is. a Is. 6d. per ewt. [From tiie Squatter (Kan .) Sovereign.] Governor F-esder. We do not hesitate to say, tb it, in the history of our countiy, no instance can be found in which rn officer so unfit for any of tiie duties of his office, so universally ob jectionable to the peopD interested, s j publicly and noto riously guilty of prostituting his official position to person al pecuniary gain, to such infamous purposes, us A. 11. Reeder, Governor of Kansas, has been permitted to re tain his position, or even to escape impeachment. From the day * f his appointment to the present mo ment, he has ci her wholly tailed to discharge the most pressing duties, or lus abused his jjositiun for the most cor rupt purposes. For munthsafter his appoinUn- ut he absented] himself from his post, though his imm-d ate pu hence was de manded by the necessities of the l Territory. His time vv\* devoted to electioneering in Pennsylvania, or ■* the study ol Indian treaties, with a view tu spueuli turn in their lands. lie came to our Territory not to be Governor of its p* >• pie, but to speculate in lands, to make rnou-y by his offi cial position, and as ;g lit ol the Aboiua nitislo last; n the cu;Vi of abolition wj u us. lively act ut h : * from thwday o his arrival will establ.sb bey ni controvefsty that these were the Sole ends sod aims of h;s corning. rife has declared that tne office of Governor eouU cot have induced him to give up a lucrative practice aod the -y.mfcrts efa home in Pennsylvania—that bis iootivowaa ? • in: r.<? iiuoaMj by tl* eppotttiuiv.ira which would be af forded him for speculation. lie had not time, after v arrival, to secure a room, before he.became a huge holder in the town of Leavenworth, in consideration"*’■ * it should be made the temporary seat of governmer In this he was guilty of multiplied abuses of ofli ial The Delaware Indians complained that their treaty v violated by the location of the town upon lhtir lai .ls’ • Governor .of the Territory he should not have thrown ’ weight of his official position against them. By the act organizing the Territoiy, he was empow. ed to locate a permanent seat of government, and .... $20,000 were placed in his hands to be expended in lie buildings at the place selected. It was his duty t0,,- fairly, and with a pure and disinterested consideration o* the interest of the Territory in making such selectiou.—. On the contrary, for gain, he sells himself, and, for a spr-t ----illation, promises to select a town in which he was shareholder. That he was not complied with his agr-t ----ment, adu3 but to his infamy. After having soid his right to locate the seat of gov ernment, we next hear of him on a professed tour of oh, servation, made under pretence of obtaining the necessary information to enable him to organize the govern mem .-1 This tour is hardly commenced before it it, found to be tour of speculation. W hile absenting hiinsdt from the Territory he has rumage and tho files of old treaties Washington, and bUievts he has discovered the founda tion of a fortune. As Governor, claiming to be second only to the “Great Father,” fie imposes upon the credulity of the poor half-bleeds, and purchases their laud lor a song. This speculation is not sufficient. lie continues his tour, and again, for a song, becomes a latge proprietor in the tow nos Pawuee. At oneee it is pri claimed that this is to be the seat of government. So lorg as his official position cau be abused for the profitable sale of stock, he is found “buying in.” His “tour” completed, to give time to realise on his in vestments, he defeis the call of a Legislature as that hodv would possess the power to locate the seat of govern ment, and might defeat his speculations. In this, too he acted ns agent of the abolition.sts. Had the legislature assembled last fall it was clear that the pro-slavery party would succeed. To defeat them. it was necessary togivt* further time to Thayer & Cos., to ship their hirelings; and not until the last moment —until, indeed, as wo art* informed, he was ordered by the President—did lie tako steps to call a Legislature. Even then the time was extended, to enable the abolitionists to leeward their L>t man. During all tills time he was the head of a secret organ •/ation for the purpose of making Kansas a den of aboli tionists —actively corresponding with all parts of the country, urging the shipment of abolitionists—advising them loug in advance of the hour at which they would he needed—studiously, to the last moment, concealing from others the day ot the election. lie appointed men to take the census, notoriously unfit, who would not sens, pie, aud did not hesitate, to omit the names of those opr post'd to abolition, with a view to deprive pro-slavery dis tricts of their proper representation, lie shamefully ger rymandered districts for the purpose ol dividing, and thus defeatining the pr>>-slavtry party. He has usurped legislative and judicial power! In the ono cast-, assuming to arrest, imprison, and try a man un der the charge of jmurder! In the others, craftily au.i cunningly assuming to impose qualifications on voters, which lie hoped would operate in favor of abolitionists; appointing justices of the peace, and introducing them to administer the law of the State from which they removed, and, finally, prohibiting and punishing the sale of whiskey! This last, though a clear, usurpation, is the only instance in which a good motive can be found for liis action. Brunswick Railroad Meeting* The annual meetiug of the stockholders in this road, says the Savannah Republican, was held at Brunswick, Thurs day last, and we learn was largely attended both by Geor gia and Northern stockholders 11. S. Wells, the President of the company, submitted his annual report, which was adopted. The gentlemen representing the Northern stockholders, pledged themselves to build the road to the West bank of the Satilla river a distance'cJ 30 miles. After reachbig that point, it was agreed that thf wotk should be cairied on by the joint aid of all the stocliholders both North and South. . To insure the ti e to Thomasvilfe, the people aiong the route prorth-- a .ascription in available means, to the amount o! Su* foMhe main trunk to ThomasvilJe, and t j ie |, r^c h to Albany.— Every disposition was mtuftfosiptf hi T peopJo cf Ware, Lowndes, Thomas, Baker and Dougherty counties, to aid in the construction of the work, and great harmony prevad ed among the delegates to the meeting. Col. Schlatter, chief engineer, and Mr. A. Dexter, asl ant engineer, are both on the ground with their Ismilies, and have invited proposals ior ail the work to the Satilla river. The following gentlemen were elected directors for tho ensuing year: President, Henry S. Wells. Directors, Chanoey Vibbard and Geotge E. Gray, of Al bany. New York, Parris (7. Clark,Charles B Stuart, S. V*. Goodrich, of New York. Gen. Levi J. Kuight of Georgia. Mr. Vibbard is row Superintendent ot the New Yo>k Central Railroad, and Mr Gray is engineer on the same road. Clias. B. Stuar t has filled the office of State Engi neer of New’ York. Meeting of the-Legislature of Connecticut. Hartford, May 2, 1855. The Legislature of tins State met in this city this morn ing. The Senate was organized by the appointment of tie- Hon. Jam u s F. Babcock, of New Haven, President pro tern., and Orville 11 Platt, of Meriden, Clerk. The House was organized by the choice of Austin Bal l win, of Middletown, Speaker, and Francis E. Harrison, < New Haven, and Edwin B. Trumbull, of Norwich, Clerk.- The two houses meet in convention to-morrow morning for the choice of Governor and other Stale officers. The Medical Convention at Philadelphia. Pnir.ADF.LHiiiA, May 2, 1855. Dr. George B Wood, Jr , of Philadelphia, was elected President of the convention to-day. Nashville was recommended by the committee appointed on the subject, as the place lor the meeting of the convon tion next year ; but their report not being unanimous, De troit was selected by the unanimous vote of tho conven tion. The delegates were welcomed to tire city by Mayor (. ■ rad, at independence Hall, at noon. From Boston- Boston, May 2,1855. r ln the House this afternoon Gov. Gardner’s veto of the Vermont aud Massachusetts Railroad bill was sustained The vote was yeas 173, nays 130 — 29 short ot the required two-thirds. The motion to reconsider the biil will be act ed on to-morrow. < In the Senate, a resolution was introduced directing the Committee on Federal Relations to consider and report what action should be taken by this Legislature ’or the pro tection of the rights ot Massachusetts emigrants to Kansu against invasion and violence. A Mixture for Washing Clothes.—la Ber lin, Prussia, the washer-women use a mixture o two ounces of lurpentitn’ and a quarter of an ounce of spirits of sal ammoniac, well mixed to gether. The mixture is put into a bucket of warm water, in which half a pound of soap has been dis solved. J.Jo flris mixture the dirty clothes a. immersed during tire night, and the next and. washed. The most dirty cloth is perfectly freed of ;,K dirt, and afer two rinsings in fresh water, the clou lias not the least smell of turpentine. The doth does not require so much rubbing, and line Jim ; is much longer preserved by it. COMMERCIAL. COTTON STATEMENTS. = ~ r. r. ? ~ y Ely:* • *2 3% j? c '-~ <5! on. g -t o'2 ‘'x -3 S ~ hat- Igif ; -:c §][ §'£. t : ~£. • r <*- 5 day. : 42 312 63867 70222 125 60428 60553 9713 1855, 2771 41 62528 65740 321 69759 6108< 4*^s Columbus, M-y £ COTTON—The f- w transect ons of yesterday and •lay indicate no change in tur ntarktf, sn-.-e the ut ptr Atlantic, and, we cod tin ue to quo;e prmelp*] sfck* to 9 cents. New TviHK, Mry 5 Float under t’m Allas tic’s iateiiigcLco has thcl. - from 13. to 1% ets. per fearre.'. Colton is un-h-.n t ;r.d