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(Limts mtir SentirntL
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 23,
Congressional Convention, 2d District.
We suggest that the Democratic Congressional Conven
tion for the Second District be held at Americus, on Wed”
nesday, 11th July next. The Supreme Court will be in
session at that time in Americue. What say our Demo
cratic cotemporaries to this suggestion? The time and
place ought to be agreed upon at once. wtwtd.
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Democratic Convention in Muscogee.
The Democratic Party ol Muscogee county will meet
in Convention at the Court House at 12 o’clock Mon
Wednesday, 23d May, for the purpose of selecting
delegates to the Gubernatorial & Congressional Conven
tions. wtwtd.
The Convention oi the Democratic Party.
This and slmi'ar captions have frequently appeared
in our eo’umns, recently, to the no small astonishment
of many very good people who have persuaded them
selves and are anxious to convince others that all the
old folitical organizations are held tog ther solely by
‘"the cohesive power of public plunder.” Tis true that
the bank issue is dead, that the tariff issue is almost
dead, and that new and strange issues have grown up
in their stead ; but these old issues were mertly inci
dental, and if they had never been heard of, the antago
nism between the Democrat and the Federalist, the
Consolidationist and the States Rights man would have
been as bitter and as irreconcilable as they were when
these were the watchwords of political strife. In the
administration of Government, issues are constantly
anting in which the principles which underlie the
great national parti* s*’whieh have divided the country
from the beginning and men take sides upon them ac
cordingly as they are Democrats or Federalists. Os
this class are all the issues that have been raised by the
Abolitionists. When it is proposed to exclude slavery
from the Territories, the Democrat consults the constitu
tion and, finding that no such power is conferred by that
instrument upon the Federal Government, is compelled
to resist its exercise, if his practice is consistent with
his professions; for strict construction is a fundamental
canon of the Democratic creed. On the other hand,
the Federalist enquires whether the exclusion of slavery
from the Territoiies will promote the general welfare,
and if he satisfies himself that it will, he votes to exclude
it; for it is a fundamental canon of the Federal creed
that the power of the Federal Government isco-exten
sive with the necessities and wants of the States and
people. See Mr. Webster’s celebrated speeches upon
Mr. Calhoun’s resolutions.
Os a like character are the issues raised by the Know
Nothings. It is a fundamental maxim of Democratic
faith that all white men are equal and that no discrimi
nations ought to be made between them, except such as
the genera! good may imperitavely demand. Hence a
Democrat cannot proscribe a class of citizens on account
of their religion, nor deny to a naturalized citizen the
elective franchise, nor make the conditions of naturali
zation so onerous as to amount to a denial of the right.
So also it is a fundamental principle of the Demeeratie
creed that the people are the sovereign power and are
of right entitled to pass upon the merits of all offioeis of
Government and all measures of policy, lienee a
It is thus evident that the Democratic party is not
and never can be dissolved except by the absoplion of all
other parties. As Jong as there is a political party
or order or society which aims to enlarge the powers of
the Federal Government, to trample upon the reserved
rights of the States, or to curtail the priviligos of the
citizen, or to set up another authority in the State in
place of the people, the Democratic party has work to
do and should not be abandoned. It is with unalloyed
pleasure, therefore, that we see these frequent calls for
Conventions of the Democratic party.
It will be a work of supererogation for these Con
ventions to reassert the position of the Democracy upon
the questions of the bank, the tariff or internal improve
ments by the Federal Government. These are res
adjudicata. Hut upon the slavery question in all its
phases, it is essential that firm and decided ground
should be taken. This has never yet been done satis
factorily by our national conventions. Generalities
will do no longer. The issues, as raised on the Kansas
act and the fugitive 6lave law, by the abolitionists, must
be fully met, and the true Democratic position defined
and proclaimed. So also must the issues raised by the
Know Nothings be met and the true Democratic posi
tion be defined and proclaimed. That position is un
king hostility both to the Abolitionists and Know
Nothings. Neither class, we presume, will be allowed
to participate in Democratic Contentions unhss they
renounce their heresies and give in their adhesion to
the Democratic platform. They are the enemies of the
Democracy and can oniy gain power by breaking down
our organization. Their principles are at war with
Democratic principles. If they triumph, we fail. It
is an absurdity, therefore, fur a man who is a Know
Nothing to claim to be a Democrat. A Whig Demo
erat or a Democratic Federalist is not a greater absur
dity. No man, however, ought to be excluded from
our Conventions because he has been a Federalist, a
Whig or a Know Nothing. All who will pledge them
selves to abide by the action of the party upon the issues
now pending before the countjy and support its nomi
ne*s against the world, will, we doubt not, be cordially j
welcomed to our Conventions. No others, we hope, will j
presume to take part tn out deliberations. We make i
these remarks beeause we have lieard that Know I
Nothings who were once members of the Democratic
party intend to attend the County Convention of the
par.y which will take place at the Court House on
Wednesday 23d inst. W'o are actuated by no personal
hostility to the gentlemen referred to. Some of them
are our personal friends, and we have mourned over
their defection from the old faith with heartfelt sorrow, |
and would most gladly see them abandon the Know
Nothing party and icsume their places in the Demo
erstie party. But so long as they continue to affiliate
w ith the Know Nothings, the Democratic party cannot
and will not recognize them as political friends. We
speak the sentiments of all true Democrats in the
county.
On both sides of the Fence.
The Washington Union has achieved the great feat
of sitting on both sides of the fence in its editorials upon
the troubles in Kansas. In one issue it sustains Gov
ernor Reeder, and to the next apologizes for the Mis
sourians. That passage of Scripture to be found in
1 Khigs, xviii oh. 17—-40 v., is particularly commended
to the study of the Editor, If Ruder is right, ihe
Missourians are wrong and vice versa; and if the M s
soanans are right then the Union is guilty of treason to
the best interests of the South in attsroptiug to wh.te
!•* a Waiter, ai*d a hypocrite,
War among the Churches.
Tantane animis ccelistibus ira ?
Some time since an article appeared in the South-
Western Baptist , a religious paper published in Tus
kegee, Ala., extracted from the Western Watchman,
charging the Methodist Episcopal Church with being
inimical to Republican Government. The Methodists
in the immediate vicinity felt grieved and insulted and
through their Pastor, Rev. E. J. Hamil, addressed a
letter to Rev. Samuel Henderson, the Editor of the
Baptist , complaining of the injustice done to a large
body of American Christians and seeking a disclaimer
of the offensive charges extracted into his paper from
the Watchman. Instead of the amende honorable , the
Baptist Editor reaffirmed boldly the most objectionable
charges contained in the former article. This has
aroused the ire of the Rt-v. F. G Ferguson, of the Ala
bama Conference, who in an article in a late number
of the Neio Orleans Christian Advocate carries the
war into Africa and ‘‘boldly’’ charges that the Baptist
Chuich is inimical to all government and has none of
its own, and threatens, if the war is continued by his
Baptist brethren to give them “one long, loud, general
thrashing.”
We take no part, of course, in the controversy. We
believe there always will be more sinners in the world
than Christians of all cn-eds, sects and persuasions, and
apprehend no danger to the publio liberties from any
of them, except that in thtir sectarian zeal they will
forget to preach the gospel, and that their clergy in
s ead of being pastors of the flock, will become ravening
wolves. This controversy is another of the evils that
have sprung from the senseless mummery of Know
Noihingism.
Democrats to the Rescue.
A Convention of the Democratic party will be h*ld,
this day, at 12 M., in the Court House, for the purpose
of sending delegates to the Gubernatorial and Congress
ional Conventions shortly to assemble at Milledgeville
and Americus to nominate candidates for Governor and
for Representative in Congress. The meeting is one
of the most important ever called in Muscogee county,
and every member of the party who means to sustain
ihe nominees of the Democracy at the approacking
election are earnestly invited and urged to attend and
participate in the deliberations of the Convention. We
presume that the meeting will define the position of the
Democracy in reference to the the new phase Aboli
tionism has taken on the Kansas question, and also in
respect to the new political organization known as Know
Nothingism. W T e make no question that both these
isms will find in the Democracy of Muscogee county
are unyielding opposition. But to ensure this result
the good and true men of the party must be prompt in
their attendance.*
Know Nothingism in the Second District.
We have reliable information that there is scarcely
a hand ul of Know Nothings in Baker county. This is
what we anticipated from the good and true men of the
banner county rn the second district. The same au
thority informs us that though a few Democrats in the
adjoining counties to Baker have been wheedled into
the council chambers of the Know Nothings, they are
gradually withdrawing, and that by the first Monday
in October they will nearly all come back to their old
friends and time honored principles. Our advices from
Decatur are also cheering. Will our friends in the
other oounties composing the district keep us posted as
’ “V*? “C'* .nnilStmn nf parlies ? {V a ftCA
to say that the secret order lias gained a strong foot
hold in Muscogee and Chattahoochee counties. The
friends of correct principles are determined to fight to
the death, and by the co-operation of sound men from
the ranks of the Whig party and the aid of returning
prodigals we do not despair of victory. Let our friends
in the lower counties keep a steady front to the foe.—
Ilis lines are wavering and we look for the desertion of
whole squadrons in June when the conglomeration of
the debris of the old parties meet in Philadelphia to
form # a national platform for the American Jacobins.—
If the Southern Democracy are true to the constitution,
true to the South aud true to each other, there is no
danger from the secrect machinations of their secret
foes.
J. C. Breckenridge’s Successor.- —The democracy
in the Legington district, Kentucky, represented in the
two last congresses by J. C. Breckenridge, and former
ly by Henry Clay, have nominated as their candiate at
the next election L. B. Dickerson of Scott county.
Dead Head Congressmen guing to Europe.---A
Binghampton paper says that the extraordinary emi
gration of Congressmen by the Collins steamer will sur
prise no one who is aware that every one of them voted
for the Collins’ appropriation in the last Congress.—
The implication, of course, is that they are provided
with free tickets.
m m ——
Capt. Henry Coppee, Ist Artillery, Assistant Pro
fessor of Ethics at the U. S. Military Academy, having
accepted the appointment of Professor of English Lite
rature at the University of Pennsylvania, vice Professor
Henry Reed, lost in the Arctic, has tendered the resig
nation of his commission in the U. S Army.
A Sphinx at Washington. —A sphinx has been re
ceived at the State Department, sent over to the Gov
ernment by Mr. DrLeon, United States Consul Gene
ral in Egypt. It is an antiquity of course, and has
the body of a linon and face of a young woman. It is
capitally cut in sand stone, and stands two feet
high. It is covered with hieroglyphics, and has carvtd
on it representations of a beetle, a bull, a scorpion, dogs,
a crocodile, faces, and other figures.
The Louisiana Courier. —We inadvertently omitted
to notice, yesterday, the retirement of the lion. Emile
LaSere from the editorship and proprietorship of the
New Orleans Courier, well known throughout the
country as ihe Democratic organ not only of Louisiana
but to a very considerable extent of the South-west.
The Courier will hereafter be published by the proprie
tors, Messrs. John Claiborne, Durant DaPonte and
Charles Bleton, under the name and style of Cloiborne
& Cos.
Mr. LaSere will carry with him in his retirement
the respect and good wishes of his eotemporaiies. Al
though a strong partisan, and a formidable opponent to
meet on any field, he has always borne himself gallantly
and courteously, fogetling not the amenities of ilie gen
tleman, either iu the heat of conflict, the hour of defeat,
or the moment of victory. May prosperous fortnne
wait opoD him in whntevr direction his interests or in
clinations turn.— N. O. Crescent, IS th.
First Congressional District.— Col. Cha'les H.
Ilopkinr, of Mc’n osh county, is i a toucced ; s a octji
date for (Dngress in the Ist Congrs.sioi al District, j
For the Times &. Sentinel.
To the Memory of the Hon. Waiter T. Coiqnitt.
BT MRS. C. A. LEBTAJETTE—-COLUMBUS.
Tho’ he is dead, yet still his fame doth live—
Green are the laurels which his genius won—
A halo still illumes his honored name,
And Georgia’s heart enshrines her favorite son.
The living lustre of his falcon eye
Stern death has dimmed, no more to be relumed—
The winning eloquence which charmed the ear
Shall live in memory, tho’ he is entombed.
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He needs no scfflptured stone to mark his grave,
A monument he raised, which shall proclaim
To all posterity the hallowed spot
Where genius self has w.it his well known name.
Upon his brow was intellect enthroned.
None could the daring of his mind excell,
His fiery eloquence, with strong magnetic power,
Could sway men’s passions by its magic spell.
When Georgia council holds within her halls,
Then will the mourn tor him, her gilted one —
Tho’ like a meteoi’s flash he’s passed away,
Her tears embalm the memory of her son.
Good for a “ Strong-Minded Woman.’’—Mrs. E.
Oaks Smith, appointed by Barnum one of the judges of
his debasing “baby show,” has written a womanly let
ter, declining to have any thing to do with the affair.
She says, with proper spirit, that the “woman to tvliom
has been delegated the fostering culture of a beautiful
miniature of the Creator, will hold herself as one made
holy thereby, aud she will profane neither herself nor
child by any unseemly or ostentatious display of either.
If her culture be of high order she will shrink from it
as from deadly sin. If she have a shred of womanly
pride in the fabrio of her being, she will resent the
implied insult offered her when invited to figure per
sonally in a human‘live cattle show.’” We admire
the lady’s spunk.— N. O. Crescent , 18?A.
Position of Mr. Toombs. —lt is well understood, says
the Georgia Telegraph , that Mr. Toombs, like Mr.
Stephens, is utterly opposed to the Know Nothings ;
and we learn his views will soon be communicated to
the publio through the medium of the press. The
flower of the old Whig party will agree with these dis
tinguished party leaders in their opposition to secret
political societies, and intolerant religious tests; and
though we still believe that the great mass of the
Whigs are connected with the Order, we have no doubt
that the best men among them will be found flghting
against it. In the next campaign, Know Nothingism
w ill be the prime issue before the people, and call them
by what name you please, Know Nothings and Anti-
Know Nothings will be the, parties who fight the
battle.
From Massachusetts.
Veto of the Western Railroad Bill—Defeat of the Bill
Abolishing Capital Punishment—The Hiss Case
Again, Etc.
Boston, May 16.
Governor Gardner to-day vetoed the bill granting
$1,500,000 to the Western Railroad. The loan propo
sed was to build a second track from Springfield to Al
bany.
The Senate defeated the bill abolishing capital pun
ishment.
uuac|m mss was arrested to nay iur ucui, .......
his way to the State House. His counsel then procured
a writ of habeas corpus, on the ground that Hiss was a
member of the House, and they will endeavor to push
the matter of his expulsion to a final bearing before the
courts.
The weather to-day is the warmest we have had here
this season the thermometer standing at 80 degs. in
the shade.
The Washington Water Works.
Washington, May 36.
Wm. 11. Decker, of Albany has been awarded the
contract for grading and building the culverts on the Ist
section of the Wasiiington aqueduct for $35,000, and
Felix Duffin, of Ohio, the contract for the second sec
tion for $37,000. This amount is below Capt. Meigg’s
estimate, Two other contracts have been awarded to
citizens of the District of Columbia for the bricks and
cement. (The Union says the work will be completed
by March. 1857, at an expense of two and a third mil
lions of dollars.)
(D“ Miss Logan is playing a successful engagement
at the Walnut Stroet theatre, Philadelphia.
Georgia Railroad..— The Hon. John P. King, has
been re-elected President of this road ; also, the old
board of directors.
Unparalleled Audacity. —The landing of a “pack of
foreigners” at Jamestown, Va., was celebrated on Satur
day at that place. George Washington Park Custis de
livered an address on the occasion. Where was Sam ?
N. Y. Day-Book.
More Fillibusterism —A despatch from Washington
says that information oi importance has been sent from N.
York city to the State Department, that there is a coni
pany forming in New York favorable to the restoration
of Echenique. and the overthrow of the present provision *
al Government of Peru.
Washington Territory —ln Washington Territory
Gov. S.evens is a candidate for Congress There are
several other candidates.
Death of an Eminent Lawyer. —lion. John C. Spen
cer, one ot the most eminent lawyers in the State of New
York, died at his residence in Albany, on Friday evening
the 18th inst., of consumption. ,
Locusts have made their appearance in large numbers
in Putnam county, Ga.
The oat crop in Central Georgia promises well since
the late rains.
George W. Holt, head clerk in the postoffice at Na
poleon, Arkansas, has been arrested al the instance of one
of the agents of the Department, for robbing the mails.
Keep off the Platform. —Out of more than twelve
million passengers who were carried during the last year
over sixteen of our main rniln ads, only twelve were killed,
and of the twelve eleven were standing on the platform,
when they met their deaths. So says Report oi the State
Engineer and Surveyor of New York, and travelers on
railroads sheuid remember it and “keep off the platform.”
It is rumored that Judge Huntington, of Connecticut,
has been appointed Clerk of the Court of Claims. The
salary is $2,000 a year.
Wilkes County. —We understand the following gentle
men have been appointed delegates to the Gubernatorial
Convention to be held in Milledgeville in June next, vijs;
John 5. Wooteo, <Pr. *T. W, and B, W. Wool
t o.
The Montgomery ft West Point Bail Road.
It will be seen by the following report of the President
and Directors of this road, that the receipts for the year en
ding first March, 1855, has been—
From Passengers $141,066 63
•; Freight 84,432 41
Mail Pay 24,129 65
Total $249,628 65
The expense of keeping in repair and work
ing the road, was 135,304 60
~ Amount of interest paid on loans 33,346 95
Total $168,657 55
Leaving as the net income for the operations for the year
$80,977 14, or 8 per cent, on the capital stock.— Alabama
Journal.
The Catholic Bishop of Georgia.
It is with much pleasure and satisfaction we learn, ‘that
the Rev. John Barry, of this city, has been appointed Ro
man Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Georgia. He is a
man well suited, by education for the position, and his ap
pointment will not only give satisfaction to the congrega
tions over which he will preside, but to all who have en
joyed his acquaintance.— Con. i* Eep.
Naval Intelligence.
The Kane Expedition —The bark Eringo, purchased
for this expelition, has been christened the ‘*R lease.”—
The propeller is named the Arctic. The latter arrived
at N. Y. n the 14th from Philadelphia. The expedition will
sail from that port on or before the first of June.
The United States sloop of war Decatur, Commanler
Sterrett, arrived at Honolulu on the B.h of March, in
fortv-oue days from Valparaiso. Officers and crew al
well.
Know Nothing Congressional Nomination.
Louisville, Ky., May 17, 1855.
The Know Nothing Convention, now in session here,
has nominated Humphrey Marshall, late United States
Commissioner to China, as their candidate Lr Represen
tative to Congress from this district.
Catholics and Protestants.
The King of Be'gium is a Protestant, though his sub
jects are mostly Catholics* The King of Saxony is a
Catholic, though the greater part of his subjects are Pio
teitants. The Kng of Greece is a Catholic, though
most of h’s subjects are of the Greek Church. Os the
15,51)0,000 European subjects cf the Sultan of Turkty,
11,370,000 are of the Greek Church, and 260,000 are
Catholics, while only 3,800,000 are Mohammedaus.
A Democratic and Whig Anti-Know Nothing Fusion
Meeting.
Buffalo, May 12, 1655.
A democratic and whig anti-Know Nothing fusion
meeting wa3 held here last night. Among those present
were Mayor Cook, E. G. Spaulding, State Treasurer,
VV. W. Weed, Assemblyman, and John L. Taleoit.
The Veto of the Western Railroad Loan Bill.
Boston, May 18, 1855.
Governor Gardner’s veto of the bill providing for the
loin to the Western Railroid has been sustained in the
House, by a vote of 180 to 87.
Goort of Claims.
On the 13th of July the court will be in readiness to
receive cases for docketing ; and it is confidently believed
that by the Ist of October the preparatory business will
be so far perfected that argument will be heard at that
time.
The appointment of Judge Huntington as chief clerk i
received with universal favor. His high legal acquires
ments, extensive experience, and unblemished private re
putation, will impart additional confidence, if not dignity,
to a court which the country at large regard with increas
ing favor.— Wash. Union , 192&.
Credit of Virginia. —lt is stated in the Norfolk Argus
that the State of Virginia has negotiated a loan in New
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ly one half of this amount has already been paid into the
treasury ; and although the arrangements for the residue
are somewhat conditional, no difficulty is apprehended in
regard to its being paid in as fast as the wants of the State
may require. It is also said the State is now paying
promptly at the treasury her warrants issued to the various
internal improvement companies within her limits whose
works are now in progress, thus ensuring the early de
velopment of her enterprises. The treasurer of the
Petersburg road, a few days ago, received about $31,000
from the treasury on the last requisitions made by the
company.
Senor Mor cole ta and the Kinney Expedition. —Senor
Marcpleta, the Niearaguan Minister, with the advice and
assistance of his active lawyer, Mr. Jo. White, appears to
be resolved to worry and exhaust Col. Kinney through
<>ur courts of law into the abandonment of his favorite
scheme, the Yankee colonizition and armed occupation
of the fertile but uncultivated lands of Nieaiagua. It
has been said that the estimates of Col. Kinney compre
hend— First, a revolution in Nicaragua, and anew gov
eminent under the control of his settlers from the United
States; secondly, the conquest of the adjoining States,
which would give the eonquerors the command of the
Nicaragua route to California and the whole Central
American confederation ; third, the annex ition, ala Tex
as, of the ivhole batch to the United States, with Col.
Kinney as their first Senator to Washington and their
first candidate for the Presidency, ala Sam Houston.
Bat Guano. —lt is said that there has been recently
i discovered in the Island of Sardinia some caverns filled
with guano, the production of bats, aggregated since the
creation of the world. Chemical analyses have proved
that this guano is as rich as that of Peru in ammoniac
ma ters and in sulphate of lime. Several land proprietors
are said to have already purchased quantities of this new
manure for their lands.
Glass Manufacture. —Anew American manufacture,
that of pi ite glass, has been commenced in Williamsburg.
N. Y., where plates of glass ten feet wide and twenty
feet long will be made. A plate ten feet square can be
made so strong that it will hold a ton weight, and so clear
that persons can read the fine print of a newspaper through
a pieec four inches thick. It is a singular fact that the
best English plate glass is made from American sand.—
With New Jersey possessing the proper raw material in
so remarkable a degree, it is singular that this article has
been so long imported.
Driven away from Kansas. —The R'cheater Democrat
says: Rev. F. Starr, jr., a Presbyterian clergyman, for
three years past settled at Weston, Platte county. Missou
ri, has arrived at Rochester, having been expelled from
Weston by the same gang of Pro-slavery ruffians who
threw the types and presses of the Parkville Luminary
into the river. They gave him notice to quit within two
days, under the penalty of being lynched, and he deemed
it prudent to leave.
The Kinney Habeas Corpus Case. —The hearing of
the Kinney habeas corpus case, belore the U. S. Circuit
Court of Philadelphia, has been postponed, by request ol
the defendant’s couneel, till Monday 2lst, in order to give
time documents from Washington. Monday
is the first day of the regular term.
Presbyterian General Assembly. —The Sixty first sea.
sion of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
(Old School) commenced in the Union Church in St.
Louis, Mo., on Friday the 18th. The attendance is quite
large. New York has been selected as its next place o!
meeting.
Light of the 19th Century —The intelligent popula
tion of Marion County in this State, have been engaged in
the amusement of pulling down the telegraph
the ground, that they prevent rain. Could such tensMi-ss
mperstition be surpassed in Soudan or Nigritia.— Mont
Mail.
Proper Judgement. —At St. Lonis, W. G. Carr ha?
been mulcted in $1,200 damages for allowing a slats of
Mary G. Cline Ip cross tlpo Missouri riv©.* in bia ferry
boat. 1
Correspondence of the N. O. De'ta.
Deplorable Consequences of the Frotracied Drought.
Bayou Goula, May 14,1855.
Editors Delta. —Cloudless skies and parched fields are
still th3 order of the day with us. The plant cane is dying;
the rattoon cane barely holds its own by living on its moth
erly inheritance of last year; the corn plant i- w I ting into
consumptive death; no vegetables of any kinds in our _nr
dens; Irish potatoes are ini erable apologies, and cabbages
head in emptiness. Last season’s crop of coin is exhaust
ed —not a planter in this neighborhood but is compelled to
purchase, and that too at the moderate price of 82,50 \er
barrel. Our mules can hardly stand up, and in conse
quence the plows stubbornly fefiiFo to move. Our prices
and preachers pray, pray, for the blessing of lain—church
going planters re-pond “amen” with a devotion arid heart
teltedncss hitherto unknown in this neighborhood; but all
to no purpose. The rain coineth not.
Should this state of things continue for two weeks long
er the sugar crop will ceitainly be reduced luliy one thiid,
taking la?t year’s yield as a standard; as to corn, none at
all, in that event will be made—gramless cobs and empty
shucks will hug the sapless ttalk-*. Even lie~e, in IberviiL*.
cattle, in the settlements of the river, are dying lor want <>f
water—the nearest points bring the 31is.-is~ippi and the
Atchalalaya— the latter stream,! am told, is ia,aidly
dwindling to a dry bed from the copious imhibations ol the
thirsty bovines. Bitch a drotigth has not been known tor
years. Should itobiain much longer, our State mu.-t un
avoidably be afflicted with the most disastrous of calami
ties, the want ot food, and want ot means to purch ise it.—
YVe have authentic information that in some ot the inte
lior parishes, cut offby low water from the Mississippi, ma
ny of the inhabitants are in a s.tuation bordering on lamine.
A child was born the other day in the town ot Plaquemine;
it had three fully developed teeth. It lived long enough to
speak the following words: “No rain tor six months,’ and
incontinently traveled to that paradisacal bourne whera all
good babies go. Wus it a prophet? Our old women.with
desponding shakes of the head,a-k the question. Nous
verrons.
Fran the Red River Country.
Low Stage of the River —Destitution Approaching—
flour 90 dollars per Bun el.
(From the Cincinnati Commercial, May 17.)
The annexed extract from a letter dated Upper Red Riv
er, Claiborne Parish, La., April 23,1855, contains stattling
intelligence:
Such a state of thing3 never exi. ted here before. As yet
the Red River has not been navigable,anti not a bale of cot
ton has been shipped. Thousands and tens ot thousands
of bales are on the banks of the Upper Red River and its
tributaries awaiting a rise. Not only have .he people tail
ed to get theii cotton 0(1', but as a necessary consequence,
no supplies have reached us ot any kind. Y\ e have no
railroad communication and the people, wealthy though
many of them are, are in an alarming stall ot dest.tutioa.
Flour is worth s9l) per barrel,and not to be had within 95
miles. Corn is commanding $2 per bushel, and other thing!
in proportion.
The Kansas Difficulties.
Astounding Developements ly Geo. S. Park —Terrible
Conspiracy on Foot.
Chicago, May 13.
Geo. S. Park, late of the Parksville Luminary, publish
es a long letter in the St. Louis Democrat, in which he
says that Stringfeilow and Atchison have organized a se
cret association which are sworn to turn out and fight when
called upon to do so. and which is to be governed by the
following rules: All belonging to it are to share in the
damages accruing to any member when proscribed, even
at the price ot di-union; all are to act secretly, to destroy
business and character ot northern men; and all dissenting
from their doctrines are to be expelled from the lerntoiy.
Western Missouri is to be held in constant terror. All tue
whig and Benton pre-ses are to be destroyed. r l he de
struction of the Hotel in Kansas City, with the presses at
Lawrence, are decreed, and cannon is to be taken there t)
demolish them. The onslaught is not to stop until every
free soiler is driven out of Missouri and Kansas. Bam
sayslhe telegraphed to Governor Price and Presidt-oft
Pierce for protection, but no answers ivere returned. By
the threats previously made he traces the destruction of the
‘Luminary’ establishment to Atchison. Mr. Park prom*
ises further developments at an early day.
The foregoing is taken from the New York Herald
which indulges in the following commentary upon this far*
ago of insolent malevolence:J
If the free soilers fail in creating a bloody intestine war
in Kansas, it will not be their fault. Ot ail the bugaboo
stories told of the “Missouri ruffians,” that related by Goo.
<j. the i.uminory, is the climax. The pith of
it is given under our telegraptnc head, and wo would com
mend it efpocially to the earnest attention of all abolition
ists who contemplate emigrating under the patronage of
the Kansas league.
Attempted Assassination of Napoleon—-Full Particu
lars.
The'Baltic brings, amongst other important in’elligencr,
the account of an attempt made to assassinate the French
Emperor, t>y an Italian named Panoria, one ot the mem
bers of Garibald’s late revolutionary troop at Koine. It
appears that he followed Louis Napoleon lo London tor
the purpose of putting h : s cowardly design into execution,
but, after dodging him about for several days, he was deter
red from attempting it by the difficulties interposed by tlio
crowded state of the streets. R turning to Pari- 8 , he watch
ed his opportunity, and as the Emperor was riding through
the Champs Elysees, fired a loaded pi?tol twice at him.
within a tew yards distance. Owing to the promptness!.!
one of the secret police, named Alessandro, he was luckily
disturbed in his aim, and was immediately seized and con
veyed pri.-on. The Emperor calmly pursued his ride
amidst the acclamations of the crowd* who followed h m,
without appearing to be at all moved by the circnmstai.ce.
In the evening he appeared at the Opera Comiqnc, wiih the
Empress, and was rece.ved with themost entnusia-tic and
monstrations. His address, in reply to the congratulations
of the Senate upon his escape, displays the character; !!:
tact with which he toms every peisonal incident to aceouu?
in the furtherance ot his po!i< y.
Punch. —The last number of Punch contains a cari
cature entitled “Great Exhibition cf Strength.” John
Bull is represented with a pyramid ot cannon balls on ins
head, beneath which, it is sinking through his shoulders
—•a heavy weight, at arm’s length, in each hand, labe
led “National Debt,” and a huge millstone chained about
h s neck. Big drops of sweat roll down lu3 face, whore
expression is, “it is mighty hard to bear, but I can do
t.” By his sire is a < apacous sac'i, upon which is ir
seribed “Loan, £16,00U,U0U.” T • this Lord Palmer?: ri,
who is present in the capacity of show man, motions with a
majestio air and Barnurn-like ixprcs-fon of eounlenan e.
and says lt He will now take this sack between his teeth
and walk around the apartment, notwithstanding the
great weight he has to Lear alrealy.”
Washington Affairs.
Washington, May 17.
Stark B. Taylor, of this < itv, has been appointed Mes
senger of the Court oi C laims.
Judges Gilchrist and Scarborough have left, but will re
turn on the 12th of July, when tn*- court will sit two weeks
to receive applications tor docketing, ar and then adjourn ! ■
October. Judge Blanchard remains. The Supreme Cou
room at the ( apitol will be temporarily used.
The total applications for land warrants are 85,200.
Isaac P. Heed, flour merchant oJ Georgetown, was
drowned last night while returning Irom an excursion.
Religious Toleration in France. —The Secretary of
Paris Tract Society writes that France is now- in a very
important religious state. Applications are made from a!
quarters for tracts; and wherever there are suitable pastor.- ,
the congregations greatly incfea=e. In some of the prov
inces, where, a few years ago. Protestant tracts were
tributed with difficulty, on account of the ©pporiiicn
Woman Catholics,the distributions are now scarcely able to
meet the demand.
The Oat Crop, — The recent rains have produced at”
effect on the oat crop. ‘1 hose sown in the tali will mai-.o
without another season. Thi*, together with the pro-;
of the wheat crop, must produce a decline in_the price u,
corn. — Sandersville Georgian.
Hancock county made an abundance of corn the -'ft
year, and only a lew lots have exchanged hands, at pticc-’
ranging from about 1,00 to 1,25 per bushel, ihis v -
owing to the calls from neighboring counties. S ue*- the
late rains it has settled down to the former rate of 61/
although there seetns to be but little offering at any pi. .
farmers wish to be assured of the forthcoming gram t:©;.
—ib.
A New Paper in Thomasville. — A new weekly par r
is to be commenced in Tbomasville on the Ist of June- ; )
be entitled “ The Southern Enterjnrise.” M ess is.
&. Bryan, Editors. Thomasville is among our flour is:.*
interior towns, and will doubil&s respond to the c- *
made upon their patronage. In the enterprise and intern*
aenee of her press, Georgia i* second tq no S'.at© in ©4
Jour. Caur,