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Wrncs mtft genliwl columbiisTgeorgiaT FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 1, 1855. Congressional Convention, 2d District. Wc 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 region at that time in Americus. What say our Demo cratic cotemporaries to this suggestion ? The time and place ought to be agreed upon at once. wtwtd. The Coinmbus JEnquirer and the Democracy. We aie astonished to find the following paragraph in the weekly Enquirer of the 29th inst., in an article head Muscogee Democratic Convention : The proceedings are represented as not having been characterized by the usual Democratic unity and harmony, there not bping by any means a unanimous concurrence upon the j>oint of sustaining the National Administration. Our readers will be surprised to learn that no refe rence was made to the National Administration by any one iu the meeting and that all the resolutions touching national questions were unanimously adopted. Again the Enquirer sajs : We understand a series of Resolutions were finally pass ed, sustaining General Pierce and his Administration, de nouncing the Know Nothings, and adopting the 4th Res olution of the Georgia Platform. Will the Enquirer be good enough to point to the j resolution “sustaining Gen. Pierce and his administra : lion ?” There is no sue!) resolution in the series. We call the attention of the public to these inacura cies of the Enquirer in order that they may be on their guard when they read that sheet. There are many tkings in President Pierce s administration which the Democracy approve. He ha3 confided in Southern Statesmen and filled nearly all of bis chief appointments with Southern inen. Ilis vetoes of the French Spolia tion bill and of other corrupt appropriation bills are es pecially pleasing to the Southern Democracy. The Nebraska-Kansas act never could have been passed without his active support. But he has not conducted our negotiations with Spain with energy; nor is his po sition towards Reeder well defined. Until farther light is thrown upon these subjects, the Southern Democra - cy are not prepared to sustain all the measures of Gen. Pierce’s administration and therefore passed no resolu tion on tho subject. In commenting upon the rejection of the reportofthe minority ol the committee (and it is well enough here to state that that minority consisted of Maj. John 11. Howard and Dr. S. A. Billing) the Enquirer indulges in the following strain of lamentation : This substitute, proposing to dissolve all connection be tween ‘Northern and Southern democracy, was voted down unanimously , alter .the withdrawal of Mr. Jones and the fr.ends of the measure proposed by him. Thus it appears that the persons present at the said meeting refused upon solemn call —made to that effect— to sever their alliance with the National Democratic party, and to identity themselves with anew organization forthe protection of tile rights of the South. Whether his course will meet with the concurrence of the great bodyjof the Democracy, remains to be seen. We have our doubts whether, in the estimation of the people at large, this maintenance of party alliance with an effete Northern or ganization in preference to a healthful communion with tried friends at home, will be considered a step either well or wisely taken. The responsibility of this momentous step must rest somewhere, and wo betide those recreant ones who, preferring, party to country, have endeavored to maintain the one at the expense of the best interests of the oilier. Why does the Enquirer conceal from its readers the fact that a resolution was adopted by the Democracy, intended to secure Southern, union which was well con sidered and is much more likely to effect that object than the hasty and ill digested preamble and resolutions of Mr. .John A. Jones t Why and oes it also council the : fact that the author of the substitute is well known to be in affiliation with the Know Nothings—a national which embraces in its membership many rjt of the most infamous abolitionists in the United States? tlas the Enquirer any assurances that the Know Nothing councils in Georgia will dissolve as a prelirni '* mfry to Southern union? llow did it obtain them? ;1 ‘ ‘ . We understand that it is a part of the oath taken by evert member of tho order that he will never disclose the Set of the existence of the order. llow can he thenfl|ake known to the public thhat he has withdrawn from jLwithout violating his obligation ? Such assu rance ‘ites not, and, so far as we can see, could not be, given “wf the Know Nothings who retired from the the Democracy of Museogoe. And yet without |Ech assurance, with what propriety could they Democracy to look with sdjjjaieien upon all propositions coming from the Order, own fault. For six months they attempted to-conceal from the public the existence of the in Georgia. Supposing they had strength State, no doubt, they ventured ujfbn|s’ afoiie- Dwtfeil in Macon, and ascertained to their we% j arn, that there were not quite 14,000 Know NqlljjtVgs in Georgia. ‘Never until then did we hear one of uj.eot.|aak about Southern union. Now, Southern union is an object dear to every true Southern Demuerutyind they will make many sac rifices to obtain it. DnJ.if the Know Nothings are ac tuated by a like spirit, Jhf-y must and ought, if they can, disband their Oi deV, and we are confident that the Democracy will meet them .-half way. But the De mocracy cannot consent do .affiliate with members of a secret political party in the- State which proscribes foreigners and catholics and debits, in effect, the sove reignty of the people. If the Othier will disband, wo see no obstacle to Southern union, if the Muscogee resolutions are adopted by the State Convention, of which we entertain no doubt, then the Whigs aud Democrats of Georgia will be on the same platform, and nothing can keep them apart but the personal an- j lipatliits of old party leaders. If, therefore, Southern union shall prove to be impracticable, the fault will lie at i the door of the Know Nothings.^ But what new outrage lias aroUfced tire fears of the i Enquirer? What does it propose to do Incase it sue- j cceds in effecting Southern union ? Is it alive to the I dangers that threaten us on tire Kansas Issue-? Is it prepared to strike for Southern independence, if Con- j gress refuses to admit Kansas into tho Union, . be.i.au§£\pf j slavery * Or will it fuss and fume like it dldon ! J -0 und retreat when the drum beats to arms? In ‘ousf j poor judgment, no man ought to urge the forvaipsnVfsji a Southern party who is not prepared to look diispnton'l in the face, in case the 4ti resolution of tho Georgia j. Platform is disregard* dby Congress. If this is thespbV'i j*ct of the Southern movement, our friends may count j* us in. But if the object merely is to form anew comU binatiou >o secure the spoils, pray have us excused. j The Canvass Opened. —Hon. Marshall J. Wellborn j and Sam llall recent y addressed the Dehiocß-ify of ! Albany. Messrs. Green aud MeCune have done like fceivioe in Griffin. Hon. IJ. Cobb ins commenced the ©acvssa for Congreea in bin district. Southern Union. God forbid that we should prove a atumbling block in the way of Southern union. Every movement, looking < to this end, we hail as an omen of good. Every man ‘ who labors to break down party prejudice at the South, 1 we greet as a brother. If we recur to the subject often, : it is because we are profoundly convinced of its impor tance, and would see every obstacle in the way of its consummation removed. That there are obstacles to Southern union in the prejudices, party associations, il liberal suspicions, and paltry ambition ofSouthern men, it were folly to deny. These obstacles, it is our duty to weigh and measure, before we attempt to remove them, else we may find them too heavy for the force we have at our command. We claim the parternity of the movement and are unwilling to see our bantlmg strangled by careless nursing. Our proposition was that a Convention of all the Southern States be assem bled before the next general election, in which every parly should be represented ; that a platform of princi ples be erected by said Convention, upon which the whole South oould stand; and that each and every party at the South pledge itself to the other to support the candidates of that national party for President and Vice President which took position upon that platform. This proposition we still urge upon the consideration of the Southern people as the only feasible one to secure Southern union* It avoids every possible objection that can bo urged to the other modes of procedure proposed. While the movement is sectional in its incipiency, it is national in its objects and purposes, and, if successful, j will preserve the Union, and protect the rights of the ! South. It addresses itself to the patriotic eitizens of ail parties in every part of the country and offers the votes of the Southern States to that national party j which shall prove itself most worth of them, and thus make it the interest of all parties to adhere to the con stitution. It placets the Southern Whig and the I Southern Democrat side by side in the movement; and j gives neither the advantage of the other. If the Na* | tional Whig party shall accept our propositions, the Southern Democrat is pledged to support the Whig nominees for President and Vice President. If the Democratio party shall accept our proposition, the Southern Whig is pledged to support the Democratic nominees. Neither has the advantage of the other. In the inauguration of such a movement, the Legislatures of the Southern States should take the initiative by or dering an election of delegates to attend the Conven tion. This would give dignity as well as consistency to the movement. To insure unanimity, the platform erected should be so moderate as that all men of all parties could stand upon it. This is our proposition for Southern union, which we made some months since, and supposed had been strangled at its birth by the silence of the Democratic press and the scoffs and jeers of the opposition press.— We find however that, like seed cast upon the waters, it has sprung up after many days, and gives some pro mise of an abundant harvest. Our readers must not confound our proposition with that inaugurated at Temperance Hall, in the city of Columbus, on the 26th inst. That proposes the forma tion of a Southern party, with Southern candidates for President and Vice President, upon the destruction of all existing parties. Our proposition is to make it the inte rest of one or both of the national parties to do justice to the South. ’ln a subsequent issue we will give the argument in favor of our proposition and against that of the Temperance Hall meeting. Our design now is merely to show that the two propositions are not iden tical. The Richmond Democracy. We are pleased to find in the Constitutionalist <£ Republic of the 29th inst., the proceedings of the Con vention of the Richmond county Democracy. They are in harmony with those of the Muscogee Democracy, and aim alike at the fusion of all the sound men of all parties in the maintenance of the rights of the States in ! the Union and of the citizen in the State. The first, i second and fourth resolutions are as follows: | 1. Be it Resolved, That we have witnessed with prido : and pleasure the predominance of Democratic principles and Democratic measures in all leading questions of Na j tional policy, involving the subjects of finance and taxation ! and appropriation of money, and ot Constitutional power ! in reference thereto. 2. Resolved, That the policy ot the country having be ; come fixed and settled on these questions, the issues therein involved, which formerly divided Southern Democrats and Whigs, no longer afford ground tor continued separation and conflict between them, and that now other questions of practical and paramount importance are pressing upon the earnest attention ofSouthern men, and are of such a nature | as require cordial and fraternal concert of action among all I who concur in sentiment uponjhose questions, j 4. Resolved, That the NatioTOl Democracy of the North, who have patriotically fought for the Kansas and Nebraska Acts and the maintenance ot the Fugitive Slave Law, against the combined forces of Know Nothingism and Abolitionism, which seek their repeal, and who stand pledged to support the admission of Kansas into the Union i as a Slave State, should she ask it, merit the heartfelt sym pathies, thanks and encouragement of Southern men in their patriotic position. The fifth, sixth and seventh are denunciatory of the Know Nothings and urge upon Southern Whigs and Southern Democrats to combine together in council and in action to resist and defect them. The eighth j and ninth aft as follows: 8. Resolved, That we recognize in the following resolu tion, (the 4th) of the State Convention of Georgia, in 1850, and the following joint resolution of the last General As sembly of Georgia, passed unanimously, the only safe, hon orable and consistent position for our State, and that no party conclave or organization, whether secret or open in I its proceedings, that ignores the existence of these solmn I declarations, or seeks to modify and to qualify them, i3 : wot thy the confidence of the people of Georgia. * Re it therefore resolved by the people of Georgia in Con i vention met, 4th., That the State of Georgia, in the judge ; merit of this Convention, will and ought to resi.-t even (as a last resorts to a disruption of every tie which binds her to | the Union, any action of Congress upon the subject of ’ slavery in the District of Columbia, or in places subject to | the jurisdiction of Congress, incompatible with the safety, I domestic tranquility, the rights and honor of the slavehold | ing States; or m any act suppressing the slave trade between the slaveholding States, or in any refusal to admit as a j State any Territory hereafter applying, because of the \ existence of slavery therein; or in any act prohibiting the i introduction of slaves into the Territory ot Utah or New i Mexico ; or in any act repealing or materially modifying I the law's now in force for the recovery ot slaves.” i “Resolved by the General Assembly oj the State of ! Georgia, That opposition to the principles of the Nebraska ! Bill, in relation to the subject of slavery, is regarded by the people of Georgia, as hostility to the people of the South, j and that all persons who partake in such opposition are un -1 fit to be recognized as component parts ot any party or or i ganization not hostile to the South.” 9. Resolved, That no Georgian who refuses his assent i to the sentiments declared, and the positions assumed in j tiie resolutions above quoted, or who is bound by secret I oaths or obligations to any organization inconsistent there- is worthy the confidence or support of the people ct [^Georgia. Messrs. Jam s Gardner, J. J. Martin, George Ro- and George T. Barnes were appointed dele gate3 to the Gubernatorial Convention. • - on tub Decline — Messrs. George W. Tuftffiin and Elisha King, Prohibition candidates in Cass 1 . eoutffy, have published a card in which they announce that the times are not propitious for a temperance cam paign. Ihe issues pending between parties in Georgia are of so meritorious a character, in their opinion, as to preclude “most other consideration*,” and they, there fore, think the Prohibition cause will be advanced by a withdraws! cf the Prohibition ticket from the ?apraw. i Messrs, Toombs aud Stephens in Augusta. On Monday evening 28th inst., Mr. Stephens address ed two thousand of his fallow citizens in Augusta, Ga., on the steps of the City Hall, there being no room in the city large enough to contain his audience. lie an* nounced himself as a candidate for Congress ; reiterated his hostility to the Know Nothings; denounced the third degree as abolitionism in disguise; announced his purpose of resistance if Kansas should be refused ad mission into the Union because of slavery ; paid a glow ing tribute to those Northern men who had stood by the South in her war with abolition (all Democrats by the way) and contended that our poliey was not to join the Know Nothings, who were fighting these men, but to stand by our friends there, and soon they would rally again and strength. During the delivery ol his spreoh he was frequently interrupted by thunders of applause. Mr. Robt. Toombs next took the stand and addressed the multitude in a very effective speech in which he concurred in the general view's of Mr. Stephens. In our next issue we will publish a very full and graphic report of these able addresses which we find in the Constitutionalist Republic . Following close on the heels of the utter overthrow of Know Nothingism in Virginia, they are the signal guns of victory in Georgia. Death of Mr. John A. Deßlois. This estimable citizen died in this city at 5 1-2 P. M., on Wednesday, 30th inst., after an illness of only three days. This sudden death of one of our leading mer chants fills cur entiro-community with profound sorrow. In all the relations of life, Mr. John A. Deßlois was a model man, and was justly regarded as one of the pil lars of the Episcopal church. He was a native of Bos ton, but has resided in this city since 1837 and been actively engaged in the commission business as a mem ber of the firm of Hall & Deßlois, a firm which has contributed much to the prosperity of the city of Co lumbus by their extensive business relations with Nor thern manufacturers. Honest and upright in his busi ness relations, social in his intercourse with his fellows a model husband, father and citizen, he dies without leaving an enemy behind him, and his loss is deplored by community as a public calamity. See fuueral notice in another column. Cot,. Holt’s Letter. —-We invite the particular attention of those of our Democratic and Whig friends who took part in the Temperance Hall meeting under the impression that a dissolution of all parties was a necessory preliminary to the formation of a Southern Sectional Party, to the letter of Col Hines Holi, which we publish in another column. We infer from Col Holt’s letter that, instead of being in favor of a dissolution of the Know Nothing Organization, he lias hopes that the Know Nothings will erect a platform upon which all true men in every part of the Union can stand. lie is also opposed to the formation of a Southern oiganization.These positions are not in harmo ny with what we supposed to be the objects of the meet ing, though it is more than likely that we hend what those objects were. Will our neighbors of the Colombus Enquirer and Corner Stone give a mo’ ment’s consideration to this subject, and let the people know what the meeting was designed to accomplish ? Ex Governor McDonald.— We have received i from the Georgia Telegraph an Extra containing a very calm but able argument against the Know Noth* ings from Charles J. McDonald. We hope to give it in fnll at aD early date. ! Atlanta Republican. —Dr. James R. Smith ha* retired from the editorial chair of the Atlanta Repub lican. The causes of his withdrawal are not given.— It still advocates Overby for Governor. (communicated.) An Enquiry Austrercd, Capt Lomax—ln commenting upon the proceedings of the meeting of Saturday night, and upon the action of the Committee subsequently, as you say,“requesting the Know i Nothings also to disband,” you have discovered in the lat ! ter movement the absence of my name, and are pleased to enquire “What does this mean? ’ What it does mean, I apprehend, is a matter of very little moment or interest to you, and, I know, of much less To the public—yet as you have enquired, I will answer. • J Asa member of that Committee, I had concurred in the j Preamble and Resolutions offered to, and adopted by, the | meeting. When reported, my office as Committee-man J ceased; and however much my judgment might have ap proved subsequent alterations or suggestions, I should not ; have felt, and did not feel at liberty, as a member of said Committee, to make them. But lest this, in my opinion sufficient reason, should be | called technical, I have further to say, that the absence of my name from the subsequent action of ihe Committee, means, that I was not prepared in its language to “request the Know Nothings to makeno nominatioa for Governor,” or, in youre, “to disband.” The “political organizations of the non-slaveholding States,” indeed of the United States, have been heretofore Whig and Democratic. With the first nationally, I have attempted affiliation until all confidence in its purity, all : reliance upon its adherence to,or observance of, our bond ! of union; all faith in its regard for the rights and interests |of the South is at end. My faith in the Democratic had ; i not commenced when it ceased in the Whig party, and j | there has occurred nothing since to increase or build it up. j j Hence I was willing, am willing, to repudiate with these | j parties, as national organizations, “all fellowship andcon i nection.” We have tried them and they have been found ! wanting. Iti3 but too true, that “we have nothing to hope I j but everything to fear at their hands.” These parties, alike, in my conviction, recreant to every j principle of justice to the South, were both moving to make ; party nominations and to keep up national orgaaiza- j ; tions, I would fain hope, upon our ’recommendation, they j “will disband,” and that you, Captain,,, will as willingly I and fully retire from the command of the one, as I. will lrom the ranks of the other. But it is really true, or you and my fellow Committee men imagine it to be true, that there is another party form ing, called the “Know Nothings.” If it be so, it is a party without antecedents. It inu?t, of necessity, be composed of Whigs and Democrats, and based upon new elements, other principles and policy than have guided and coatroll ed the parties from which its members have retired. j It may or may not propose a nomination for Governor. ! Until itdo?s, as the Whig and Democratic parties have done, it might be, at least, premature,to request it not to do so. If there be such a national organization formed or form i ing, it may “be based upon theprinciples and policy of the j Re olutions” of Saturday night. Should this be so, in the ! i ranks of such a party, no matter what its name, whether j 1 “Know” Nothing,” American or People’s party, the people ! of Georgia will forget their dissensioha, and be united fur J .heir “common d<deDoe and common safety.” It vviil Le 5 hd vary party contemplated by *!# meeting of Saturday < night. It will bo the “People’s Party,” and unless you, Captain, join its standard, you will be left in command of a “Corporal’s guard.” But, allow me to add, from what 1 read, see and hear, th* meeting of Saturday night is construed to have been called to form “a Southern party”—a “sectional party.” As an humble member of said meeting, that is the very result which I sought to avoid. I raised my feeble voice agaimt sectionalism four years ago, when you wereit3 advocate.— While there remains hope of a national organization which will promise and perform regard for, and protection to, the rights and interests of all sections, for myseitjl will not unite in “Southern parties,” sectional “Southern Union movements,” which promse no national result —save cer tain defeat. Unless a national organization can be built up, which claims “No North, no South, no East, no West,” but the whole Union for its field of operations, and is alike re gardful of the rights and interests of all sections, and es pecially observant of the principles and policy ot the sec ond reselution of the meeting of Saturday night, then “Southern parties,” “Southern Unions,” sectional South ern organizations, must be,*wUl he lbrmed, not with the hope of national success or national influence, but to teach northern fanaticism “that we hold the Amercan Union sec ondary in importance to the rights and principles it was designed ,jto perpetuate;” that our safety and protection lie3 in our own strong arms, seeking neither aid or com fort from our foes. I have hopes of such a national organi zation —to the standard aud principles of which the ‘ routed and disbanded gallant band of patriots” of the North as well as the whole people of the South, can rally lor_na tional success. If these hopes prove delusive, then, and not until then, am I prepared for the oilier much to be regretted, but nec essary and unavoidable alternative. Your enquiry has made the occasion of my asking ’more of your space than I had intended, or you perhaps will al low me. Give me room to add, that I am, with very kind regard and respect, your obedient servant, ° HINES HOLT. Meeting in Muscogee. We find in the Columbus Times & Sentinel of the 25th inst., the proceedings of a meeting held in the city of Columbus, tor the purpose of appointing delegates to the Gubernatorial and Congressional Conventions. The iesolutions passed by the meeting, breathe the right spir it—maintain the doctrines and prinephs always advoca ted by the Republican Party, and condemn in the strongest manner, the Dark Lantern Party. A few of the disciples of the New Order attempted to insinuate themselves into the mee ing, and to sow the seeds of dis sension and discoid ; but they soon disclosed their insidu uus intentions, and took French leave, in short order.— ihe minority report*which was drafted by a Know Noth ing, was very uueeremoniously disposed of, receiving on ly one vote in its favor. An attempt is now to be made in that county to organize a great Southern Party to be composed of “Whigs, Democrats, Know Nothings, Temperance men, and the opponents of either,” to re sist the progress of Northern aggression. However laud able the purposes of the originators of this scheme may be, we look upon it as a Utopian idea, at this particular juncture. Besides, the impracticability of the project, the attempt will only have the effect of strengthening the Know Nothing party, and of dividing and weakening their adversaries, and thereby giving the Know Nothings the easier victory. It appears useless to us to disguise the fact, that opposition to Know Nothingism is the issue that forces itself upon the country, at this time ; and it behooves all patriots, of both the old part es, to forget their former divisions, and form one solid phalanx, to bat tle against this secret foe.— Empire State. Randolph County, Ala. Mr. W. A. Grant, say the Advertiser & Gazette, ha returned from his philanthropic mission to Randolph coun ty, whither he was despatched by a meeting of our citi zens, held in response to the communication from Gov. Winston, published in this paper. Mr. Grant brought the letter printed below, from which it appears that things have changed for the better, and there is likely to be no suffering that the eitizens of the county will be unable to relieve. Tiiere is a manly and independent tone in this letter of Judge Benton and Sheriff Denman, that is com mendable : Weedowee, Ala., May 25. Gentlemen :—We have this day received yours of the 23d, and its contents have been*noticed, to which we has ten to reply. W e are happy to be able to inform you that from the present prospect of the wheat crop, we think it reasona bly certain that there is no danger of actual suffering from the scarcity of breadstuffs. It is true that the past season was one of unusual drought, and that the supply of corn for the present year has been short, but we are not aware of any individual that has suffered or is likely to suffer, from hunger. We are under many obl'gations to you for the com mendable spirit of charity manifested by you, and should your people ever be in net and, we hold ourselves in readi ness to respond to any call that you may make on us. The communication of the 28th ult.,from C. S. Reeves and others to the Governor, which was published in the Advertiser & Gazette of the 23d, was written at a time when the prospect for ilia future was gloomy, as the drought that was then prevailing bid fair to curtail the wheat crop'; but since then we have had rain, and the prospect of a fair yield of wheat is good. In conclusion, we will say that the Court of County Com missioners will be convened, and diligent enquiry made as to the probability of any persons suffering lor the want of provisions, and it we find that there is a prospect of any of our citizens being in want beyond the resources of our people to relieve, we will let you hear from us without delay. ‘ , Very respectfully, JOSEPH BENTON, J. C. P. A. W. DENMAN, Sheriff. Messrs. J. J. Stewart, I. W. Robberts, and L. Wood ruff Janio3 K. Smith, Esq. j due Congressional Dcitiocr itic Convefttion for this I district have conferred the nomination upon Milton Smith j Km)., of Upson, and in placing his name at the head of | our columns, we may safely challenge the sh arpest scru tiny both as to his character and his capacities. With out. influential friends, and without the advantages of wealth, lie started life, the son of a poor man who gain | ed his bread by the daily labor of his-hands. The peo- I pie will not think the kss ot him because he is a nelf | made man, and the architect of his own fortunes. It is | true he is no brawling demagogue who lias noisily made I himself known to the public, nor does he enjoy that gen i er.il notoriety which windy pretension usually secures for itself. He has been content to come before the people only when he was called for, and has never sought tP force himself into the foreground. But, for all thug he has steadily though modestly held on his way and, at the time we write, occupies a front rank among the m m- | bers of the bir. and is noted among all who know hint as : a man of unblemished reputation, of generous nature, and of the f■ rst order u* ab<lkies. Born upon our own soil, and educated among our o.\n people, lie lias no sympathies which they and j not share and t.o purposes which they can not applaud. A thorough going Democrat, an uucom promising enemy to Northern aggression, an open and ; manly opponent to all intolerance, whether civil or relio i h>u-V he has every claim upon the support of the Demo- j | eratic Party. We repeat that Mr. Smith is the full rqur,] of any f man that can be put forward against him. We shad tup- j port him, not merely r.s a dmy, but wish ard r and picas ure ; and we call on all mte Dan.oi rats to do the Lme.’ He is worthy of the v ry Dst support we can give him. and huwev r much the Know Nothing WhLs rnnv strive tdlffipredate him, he wifi convince them long be fore the canvass is owr, that be has no favors to a k of iiß vh*v st critid i<hite they oan sc j t up in opoositi and. Geo Tel. ! , jRT Sets-. ; p”t Scott, in Kansas Territory, with all tue nstuws. was sold iatelv for $5,G00. I: cut the U W &^ t ?*-^ tb* h;.Dtisoms zms.in* Qjfl.'O/KIJ, * LATER FROM MEXICO. ARRIVAL OF THE ORIZABA. A Decisive Battle espccted at fonora. Defeat of the Insurgents at Guanajuato. By the arrival of the steamship Orizaba at New Orient on Friday morning, we hate Vera Cuz dates to the 22j and from the city of Mexico to ihe 13th inst. President Santa Anna had reached Morelia, the carim of Michohcan in safety. On the line of his march, he'.’. 1, greeted enthusiastically by the people At one place, however, the authorities begged him nei to eat nor drink of any provisions or beverage that mid t ■ offered him, as.they were fearful a conspiracy ha 1 b 0 tered into by his enemies to take his invaluably jp . means of poison. From More'ia he had ronrehtd lor '][ mora, with a large army. The insurgent?.it was t| stood, had concentrated their entire army at Zamora, u . the intention of meeting the Dictator, and decidin-:.... of the revolution by decisive battle. The Aiexica- < feel assuied that with Santa Anna in the". , certain, and that the days of the revolution are numb-,’ There is great suffering in Vera Cruz from scarcity water; while in Yucatan, there has been so much rain tri farmers have been prevented planting their crops On t he afternoon of the 9th inst., the city of Mexico wr. visited by a severe huricane, which continued with unabated fury for two hours. it was very destructive of property Several houses were struck by lightning, and a cumber if persons injured. Don Julio Garc’a, Secretary of the Court in Pcrote,r murdered in cold blood on the 20th or April, by a Lk-r named Francisco Gonzales The murderer was ane.4. ... The insurgents in the Department of Guanajuato, i 1 suffered a severe defeat at tho hands of a detachment ot the Government cavalry. The official despatch s ilia: a command of 25 cavalry, belonging to the Safaluai: battalion, had attacked a large force of insurgents Lu . manded by'the chief,’ Jose G. Campos,.completely r ■; and put them to flight, killing 29. The insurgents sotijfi refuge in tho mountains. The Conducta arrived at Tampico on the 2d inst , ft,.- San Louis Poto-i with $1,440,079 16 in Mexican dollars'. Flour was very scarce in Yucatan, and found ready si. at $25 per barrel. The Cacique Sikuek, at the head of 55 Indian?,is oipr. ating with the Government against his Indian brethren has had various encounters with them, in • which he e’. , off victorious. The Commandant General, Ampudia, l u redoubled his vigilance relative to the war of castes. The celebrated Spanish-actress, Matilda Diez, had ar rived in the City of Mexico with her talented diam. company. She had a regular Jenny. Lind leception; t, inhabitants flocked forth to meet her, and s'ge was gret; .* most enthusiastically. The robbers are beginning to cut down and steal tho tel egraph lines between Mexico and Very* Cruz. ev , r miles of the line were thus recently disposed ol to annoyance of the public. Further and Important, A postscript to a letter from a reliable source, dm Mexico, May 19, says: Before sealing my note soinew - stirring news has been received from His Serene liii*h? ... camp. He moved, it sterns, five thousand strong t : Morillo. on Somera, in three divisions, he himseil in com mand of the rear or resetve. The march was through a country, of defiles: and the advance wings were very much annoyed and retarded by the Pvonunciados. The latter succeeded in passu.g be tween the divisions,which lorced Anna to reti7e c.n Morillio, where he was with the third of a triun:| hal anry awaiting coming events. As the communication was thus cut oft’ with the advance, their fate is still in the wotnii ct time. All the indications on the hojizon are decidedly !.:• vorable to the Federalists. From Liberia. It will.be remembered that some time list fall, s ven or eight colored persons left this city for Liberia, with the intention of remaining there parmar.ently. We are grati fied to learn of their sate arrival, and the extract Flow, lrom a letter of one of the party, wiil show how tin v lot.iid matters and things in that far eft*country, and of the pros pects before them. \\ o trust, if there are others in Co lumbus, situated as they were, they may follow their ex ample, and with their friends, reap the enjoyments vbich the latter are now in possession of. filters from oilier members ot the party are in town, which eorrob; r.- ‘e the language of this one. raid in the main, are of similar im port : Columbus Enquirer. CAPE PALMAS, (West Africa,) March 5,1 obs. Dear Friends:—With pleasure I embrace this, iny first opportunity, to address a lew fines to you, for the purpose of redeeming my promise of informing you of oar condition in Africa. After a voyage of forty-two days, (35 from End r- hi .',) lam happy to say that we ail arrival safe, aid well, uitli the exception of William’s youngest child, who died 0:1 1 the passage. As far as we have seen, we are rgreeably disappointed ; with the country. We found it muc h better than v.e<x j pected, and every thing needful in it. Any man iclo | will half work, can make a living here, la the way i-f | stock, we have cattle, which though small, make fine uA ; and good working steers ; plenty of Hogs,as gned; ? .ay ; man could wish ; JSheen (.-mail ;) Goats, Poultry, Vn - | v.y Docks in abundance, and fine; plenty ofL'hxLci ! &0., ai! of which can be raised in any numbers. In the way of Vegetables, we have an hhure,.i:o-b | Sweet Potatoes, Cabbage, Diets, Onion?, Puttq-ktrs,? - | ° ,JS of aft kinds ; in tact, garden vegetables of e\\ ry co. i eription. ! T tie natural productions of the‘eour.try yield : bund: ; . such as Cassada, Plantains, Oranges, Ac. Ac. i. v, which is the principal breadstuff ot the country, is v-,-:y I good, and the natives raise all the colonists me. j As to the climate, it is not so hot by far as I ixr ciad to find it. We hayesettled at Cape Palmas, mar the j board, which makes it quite pleasant, r.s we alwa\s It a j good sen or land breeze? I send you a sample of our Cotton, * which lias ! -n ! planted tor two yeais, haring all the lime. I mu : j two kinds to look at; please let me know wl-r.t \ou v lof its quality 7 , Ac. There is a good chance here for i\ | Sea Island Cotton, therefore send me a Gin of the r. I size, some band-leather, Kentucky Bacaing and T i Bacon, Ac. v i We have not had the Fever, and therefore know 0’ - j ing of it. Road this letter to all my friends, and t< i! :l: at | that we like the country very well', that they need not t ■ ‘ I to come, as they can live here as well as in any a - We have good schools here, all free, and my link Ay (Bob) begins to b arn very fitst. Your obedient servant, Robert Brewer. Drs. Stewart A Bcz m <n, Columbus, Ga. Note. —The Cotton has been left at this Office fi r fie inspection of our cotton buyers, and others who m >v w . • to examine It.—Eds. Cot: En<|. Settlement of the Elack Warrior Case. Washington, May 23. The Shite Department has received information ; i Mr. Perry, staling that he announced Lathe Sp:.;. : Cabinet the acceptance by the United States of the posed arrangement of the Black Warrior affair. The Queen of Spain has'signed the E. cicsiastical p • pet ty Bin. j Leai ing the Den in Disgust,—— Y\ q have !t -n ■ * j fi-imcd by what we believe to be be good ru lmiiiv, \) t I j between ilOand 30 members of a Know Nothing 1- - j 1,1 Mwfcn eoiißty’ left tire dark associali n last w„. k : n -i I ,we know of others in various parts cf t].e Scl ■ mat have already left, and they re port in.my mo’e a ui j Ito leave. We say to these that have left after I, 4 , m-.igbt ia llid!trap, the best thing’ you could do iccs i leave. Let every man that has been caught, if ] e ■ o I any respect for himself, or any regard for his . j come cut from among them as soon as possible.- 1 Union. —c>—c-v—— Letter from Gov. SlcEonald. j M e have received a very eloquent, and able I. l ter ‘ . I , a * , no # e< ’ lci aoman,” she lion. Cuas. J. Mo Dm , | 1 wn:c;; he takes string ground against the Know .V * I Il9r?* e shftil puhlish it in an extra forthwith. —Gc G- k 1 1 elegraph, 21. r Nomination for Congress. —L B. Ci rntal. eh 1 of YY ilkcs, has been nominaur] 3 th-.* A met it .nc .. -i 1 • o: ’ Congress in the Mountain D’strcS, Not ;h Cs . $ opposit-oa to the lion. T. L Ctinghntn. Oglethorpe University.—We lo;-rn f< -s the that D.\ Pwsidrnt •*. Carolina Cell gc, will adV.-s; .L: w -V- “ | ■ |