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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. —. ■, ■ , . t : 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. v 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 ** **** v ’ —taiivMj **■ ——• ~— *—— *L.—— r . 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,