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Cintes ant) Sentinel.
columbus” Georgia.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. JUNE 6,
Congressional Convention, 2d District.
We suggest that the Democratic Congressional Cor.ven
tion for the Second District be held at Americus, on Wed
nesday, 11th July next. The Supreme Court wiijbe in
• esfion at that time in Americus. What say our Demo
cratic cotemporaries to this suggestion 1 The time and
place ought to be agreed upon at once. wtwtd.
Responses to the Muscogee Ciicular—Sec ional
Party.
Wo continue to publish tie responses of the press of
Georgia to the Temperance Hail, or as the nioveis choose
to call it, the no party movement, But one favorable
response has yet reached us. It is from the Chronicle
j. Sentinel. On the part of that paper, it seems to be
a disperate recourse t’ call back the stray sheep of the
Union Republican fold from the false Gods they have
erected in the council chambers of the Know Nothings.
The Know Nothing press have given it the go-by gene
rilly. This isa bad omen. The movement was set on
sot her< by the members cf the Order. The response
oftheir bre’hren in other parts of the State must convince
as well as the public that the sooner they leave
the Order the betur it will be for ihems* Ives and the
country. We are gratified at the eourttous reception
the movement has received from the Democratic press.
Every Democratic paper that has noticed the movement,
lias expnssed an ardent desire for Southern union, and
are only deterred from joining in the movement by
destrust of the Know Nothings and the hope that out
rights may be preserved by a closer and more general
affiliation of Southern men with the sound elements of
the Northern Democracy. If these fears and hopes
alike prove groundless, the South will be compelled to
cut off all association with Northern men and Northern
parties, and strike for ind- pendenee.
But here are the responses :
The next in order is from the Georgia Citizen, an
avowed Know Nothing organ. The Ctizen very lusti
ly abuses the Democracy for not breaking down their
organiza’inn, but in the last sentence of a long article,
refuses to commit itself to the cause of ‘the union of all
parlies, South, for the South” until it knows more of
the considerations which hare operated to call this
new Union party into existence at this particular cti
sis. Why not allow its Democratic cotemporaries a
like privilege, before denouncing them?
The Georgia Citizen , under the caption of A New
Movement , says :
“ Avery large and respectable meeting of the citi
xens of Columbus, of all parties and shades of political
opinion, was held in that city, on Saturday evening last,
to take action in respect to the present state of political
affairs of the country, and for the union of ail parti* s,
South, for the sake of the S >uth. At least this seems
to have been the object, judging from the tone and
temper of the prean.b’e and resolutions adopted by the
meeting. The Ist resolution declares the American
Union secondary in importance to the rights and prin
ciples it was designed to perpetuate —and as binding
only so long as it continues to be the sate guard of said
rights and principles. The 2d endorsee the disruption
Resolution of the Georgia Platform. The 3 1 expresses
iJtgjTjjinicm that the time has arrived, when Southern
the common defence and safety. Tli j srii repudiates all
fellowship with present national political organizations
and recommends that citizens of all classes unite in *• nd
ing Delegates to a Convention at Milledgeville on the
4th day of July, for the purpose of nominating a can
didate for Governor, <fce. The sth requests other par
ties not to nominate candidates, nod the ‘Know
Nothings’ are incldued by the committee in this request.
“While We have no objection to the principles avow
td and the measures contemplated by the-e 100 citiz ns
of Mußcoge. As far as we understand them, we are
free to say that we see no earthly prospect of any such
consummation. The bitterness of one class of partizans
•gainst all who do not bow the knew to the Baal of
their idolatry is toogrtat to allow of the hope that they
will unite with the people of Muscogee in th s scheme
of reconciliation. They are now flushed with the ex
citement of an imag’niry triumph, and are in no temper
to listen to any terms which will place every body else
on an equal footing with themselves. After theirdefeat,
next October , we doubt not, they will feel in a better
spirit for compromise and reconciliation, preparatory to
the grand national Tournament , which conus off in
1856. True, it may then be too late, but when did the
‘fierce democracy’ ever pause to consider the consequen
ces to the country, when their le deis’ nostrils were
saluted with the oily fragrance which steams up from
the fl sh pois of Egypt!
“Thus much we say, now, of this new and important
movement. With its known objects we sympathize,
but wo do not care to cunit ourselves to its cause, un
tl we know more of the consul* rati ns which have
operated to call this new Union Tarty into existence at
this particular crisis.”
The next article in hand is from that excellent
Democratic piper, the Savannah Journal tj- Courier.
We particularly invite attention to it. It is a calm re
view of the whole argument on both sid sand is con
clusive as to the line of policy that ought to be adopted
by all good and true men who really desire to secure
Southern union and protect thereby ih? rights of the
South in the Union and without a resort to the doubtful
p >liov of separate Southern action.
Tue Journal ijr Courier, under the eap.ion of The
Present Time, sajs:
“To U 9, the present seems n tim* of infinite import
ns regards the political destiny of Georgia. The break
ing up the Whig party, the extinction of partizm feel
ings in the minds of the Dcmoora's, the check given
the Know Nothing moveinei.t hy the damonstrati n os
Messrs. Stephen and Toombs, followed by the result of
the Virginia elections, the drawing together of all our
political leaders and statesmen on the G.orgia Plat*
form—all designate the present as the period when, if
• he petple of Georgia, bound together by common
itereM*. may be made to unite in a single political or
ganization.
“Th# importance of such a onion, few will question :
—even those who despair of seiing it, admit its and sira
bleness. How, if at all, can it be brought about f
“Two propositions are now before the pe pie of the
8u te. Oae is to unite up, n the basis of the Georgia
pia form, without refereneeto parties in the North, or,
rather, by dsvoiving dl cot nexion with exiting Nor
the n parties. This proposition, we shoo’d h p*, how
ever, contemplates co operat o t with whatever there
may be of real conservatism and ts fideli y to the con
stitution in the North.
• iVe need net eay how cheerfully will unite with
and give enr aid to the furtherance of this movtov*i t
provided it shall seem best adapted to make es the peo
pie es this and ether States, ‘ant people end
one party ’ A Democrat since our entrance upon life—
something, too. of an enthusiast in devotion to our party
and its principles—there has yet been no time, for yeats
when we would not have surrendered all interest in
that party in favor of another cesigned to uuile the
South with a promise of giving a more effectual support
to the constitution and tights guaranteed to all by that
sacied instiu nent.
“The second proposition is, first having incorporated
the Georgia platform into that of the Democratic party,
to mike it the party of the South, of the Constitution
| and of the Union. A strong argument in favor of thi*
! course is that there are a rtspectable number of Nor
i them Democrats of the school of Dickinson, Douglas,
: Ca-8, and Bright, already in communion with this party,
front whom we should not disconnect onrse.ves, In
other words it is asserud that after purifying the Nor
thern Democracy of its freesuil and \an Buren ele
ments, there will be etiil left an effective constitutional
party beyond the Potomac, numerous enough, when
I combined with the undivided South, to obtain a victory
over the forces of abolitionism.
*We admit the forej of these considerations. And
it does seem that the mere name of Democracy should
not deter men from a party, if that party wiU guarani)
the results which they desire. Sli Iwe have our feais
“To show to. tlo-e who have looked to the Know
Nothing organ x ition for the accomplishment of the
great work of maintaining the Constitution and pros
trating Abolitionism, (as many good men have,) that
they are doomed to disappointment aud should turn to
some other resource, we may be permitted to quote the
following paragraph from a paper whose opinion the)
must regard as worthy of the highest respect. Says
the Journal of Commerce :
‘‘‘With the single exception of the State of New
York. Knw Nothing-sm in the Northern and North
western States has only served as a watchword to unite
the anti Democratic factions j and the compound is
found to contain a more concentrated virtue of sectional
fanaticism than cither of the timph-s of which it is com
posed. The State where Kuow Nothingisin has most
complebly triumphed, is the State whiolt has most dis
graced i self by Abolition madness and rebellion. How
Ci.n it le expeoted thu theS >uth will throw itself inti th
embrace of such a party ? We did at one time hope
that Know Nothirgimn would pour oil upon the
troubled waters of sectional strife —but we hope so
no longer. It has shown i • cloven feet too distinctly to
be any longer trusted. If the country is to be sav* and
front the dangers which threaten it, the Democratic
party is doubil ss the appointed medium. We arc
therefore not sorry, but glad, to see old Virginia success
fully breaking the tide which has already swept over so
1 trge a portion of the country.*
“Our space permits us to say no more to day. E>‘
long, we shall give further consideration of the question
fa union es the South for the preservation of the
Union .”
Cats is tub Meai. Tub -—We are informed, by re
liable authority, that the Know Nothings in this place
have initiated fifty members into the secrets of the Or
dor since the meeting of the 26 h ult., w hen they pro
posed to disband all political organizations for tlie pur
pose of forming one people and one party. What does
this mean ?
More: Withdrawals from tub Know Nothing;.—
We call particular attention to the communication of
Mr. A. IJ. McGehee, of Harris county, giving his rea
sons for withdrawing from the Know Nothing;. We
—.- - • . f ,„, n
Order in Ua ris county within a short time past.
Gov. £2e4er not to be Returned—Hear the
Other
We do frankly confess, says the Atlanta Intelli
gencer, that in the caw of Gov. Reeder wo thoug!)
there was serious cause of offence against Gen. Pierce,
so far as his Southern supporters weie concerned, in that
functionary’■ ofiioial conduct. We never believed that
in the mere fact of Reeder's appointment as Gneinor
ot Kansas we had solid ground of objections, but in his
being allowed to return to the territory after his clearly
expressed partiality for the Freesoil party there, we
thought we had the gravest provocation against Gen
Pierce. Our readers have no doubt seen the flying
rumors of the newspapers to the effect that Gov. Reeder
had been returned to his post by the President, bu 1
after a refusal on the part of the Administration to back
him with military support.
We can now state upon the highest authority—that
of a distinguished functionary of the Government,
(Sec. Davis) that Re-eder has not been sent back to his
p. st, as Governor of Kansas, nor would he be under
any ciicumstances. This is gtatifving inttiiigenco to
us, for we admit, that had Gen. Pierce have g ven way
in this particular case, to the rage of the Abolition party,
excited by the loss of Kinsas to the fanatical crew, we
should have lost much of our reg.rd for his indepen
dence, and have had our o infid -noe in the uprightness
of his purposts, in a great degree destroyed.
At the Gift Concert given by the Infant Drummer
at Augusta, on Thursday, a scene oecu red not announc
ed in the biilv. We learn !rom the Constitutionalist ,
that when t£je drawing was over, not cue individual
having a number corresponding to those drawn out
there was a general exclamation that there had been
swindling going on, and Ilia Honor, the Mayor, being
present, felt it his duty to investigate tnemitb-r. Hr
went upon the stagq followed by some twenty-five or
thirty of the audience, demand ‘d the box, and ex irn'ntd
the remainder of the tickets in it, but could not fiud one
correspondig to the halves in possession of any gentle
man present. We understand that there were twelve
hundred tickets issued; there were six hundred and
five in the box, when and lirered to the Mayor, ands, rt*
had been drawn out, making six hundred and forty
five. The balance, five hundred and fifty five, n<
doubt, were the number that hid been sold, and wer
removed from the box, and those substituted which
were left on hand.
Mr. Andrew English, the uncle rs the Title Drum
mer, gave security for his appearance at C <art, and lias,
no doubt, say 6 th-- Constitutionalist, left the State.
The Virginia Election. —The Snth Side De no nt
Ia hshes returns from 135 count” s, which foot up :
m jority of 10,159 for Wise. Sx o >unii. sto hia.-
f uni, which gave General Pi*-rcp 90 nu jorit; .•
Gov Reeder and the Administration. A Wash
ingtou correspondent of the New York Hernld undei
date of 38th ult, at nnonces the departi re of G >verno>
Reeder from that city for Easton, Pa., where hr in end?
to remain for a few days btfore he sea out fir Kinsas
The writ r 3dds": President Pierce ssf ured him tha*
the Cabinet will not appr iveof his conduct with regard
to the difficulty in that Territory. 1h 9 a looked upoi
*s a sop thrown to the South. It was thought tha
Resi r would be requested to his rffioi. and r
he refused that he wonld b removed by the Ex- I
ecative.
A Tew more of the Same Sort.
Waverly Hall, liar s County, Ga , June 2d.
Me srs. Editors—As the Know Nothings in this im
mediate section of country are accusing me of acting in
bad faith to their principles allow me to say through
tho columns of your widely circulated paper what causs
ed my withdrawal:
When this new born party first came to light, it was
claimed by Southern men to be a Southern party in
toto. and before 1 attached myself to this new order
l dist nc.ly told those who belonged to the Order that
if their principles were not pur*!y of a Southern char- :
acter I would not remain with them one hour. ‘lhis S
I have acted up to and intend to eland by it regardless j
as to oonsequences.
As to their great principles I have never seen any, in
fait they have got none. I regard them as destitute of ;
j sound Southern political principles as is the Bundy dts- ;
rts of Arabia of producing cotton and corn.
As ;o Americans ruling America l am not, and nev
er have been tho least uneasy as to toreigneis getting
into the ascendancy politically in this government.—
They never have controlled us and never will.
As to Roman Catholicism I dread not its influence.
Tiie political history of this government proves beyond
the shadow of a doubt that the South has nothing to
lose from the Roman Catholics, but much to gun. And
furthermore, Church affairs are pi evince ot
civil government. These, sir, ar,d many other reasons
which I might assign, forbids me acting with this new
Older any longer.
And in conclusion, while they are blaming me with
acting in bad faith, I would have them not to forget the
many good Whigs and Democrats who have abandon
ed their anti-Republican, anti Constitutional and anti
patriotic principles. Such as Dr. T. Park, Williams,
Gianbury, Ciower, Dr. McGehee, and about thirty
others. la much haste, &c.
A. H. MoGEIIEE.
Further Foreign Kews by the Pacific.
The Pacific brings 135 passengers, amongst whom is
the lion. R. M. Lane, U. S. Commissioner at China.
The latest dates from Sevastopol are by mail to the
30. h, and bj telegraph to the 12ih.
Gen. Canrobert reviewed the entire French army,
and assured them that they would soon enter Sevasto
pol, either by the door or window.
A combat occurred on the night of the 21 th, be
tween tiie Russians and the Fiench 5 it was a desperate
affair. The Rues'ans attempted to dig new rifle pits,
but the Fiench partially presented them ; 200 French
were put hors du combat.
A despatch, dated May 1, says the advances are ap
proaching surdy, though slowly. Raglan's despatch of
the same date says the Russ'ans have eoustructed anew
battery to tiie left of Mamelon.
There is every appearance of the establishment of a
very large camp on tiie plateau above Bvlbec, on the
North side. The Russians made a sortie on the night
of the 11 th, upon tho advanced works of the left. The
attack was immediately repulsed with considerable loss.
Anew manifesto of the Czir orders another levy of
tw lve men out oi’every thousand in seventeen Western
Provinces, to be compile by the end of July.
There are indications of a more intimate relationship
between Austria and Prussia. It is apparent that an
armed n u rality is becoming more aud more probable.
There was an important conference between the Repre
sentatives of the Two Powers.
Sweden it is said has ordered an immediate enroll
ment of militia.
’sm I’ . 1 £-!.* v.. v.- . 1.
The Allied Fleet is pushing forward.
A dispatch from Coni obert, dated the 16th says:
We continue our wotks before the place. Various
a t.mpts were made to spoke out the enemy by stink
pots, which perfectly succeeded.
The troops are in excellent spirits and fall f ado
and confident of success.
Vienna, Friday Evening—Things have undergone a
change. Anew Austrian proposition was forward*d
yesnrday to L ndon and Paris. It is said that Austria
will give material support to the Western Powers should
she accept and Russia reject the proposition.
The Paris papers aseume a tone of outspoken kitili
ties towards Austria.
The King of Sardinia, it is rumored, is negotiating
for the marriage of Queen Victoria’s elders! daughter.
A Voice from Georgia.
The Columbus Tunes, contemplating ths great storm
gathering in the political tky, reminds the people ol
Geoigia of the position solemnly taken by them in Con
vention in 1850, and of the certainty that they wiil son
be summoned to its manly vindication, or to a coward y
and ignominious b ick-out. This trumpet note from our
sister State is music to our ears, agd strong hope to our
hearts. We hail it as the waking up of a people to the
rodr.ss of long injured rights; as the rallying cull, which
ringing through Hie ietigth and breadth of the South, shall
stir the sluggish blood, and cheer the heart* of faithful yu,
mayhap, desponding rneu. in meeting the crisis which
daiiy sweeps nearer on, South Carolina will watch with
eager eye the movements of her Southern sisters, prepared
at any moment to share their lot and peril in the vindica
tion of common rights, and th* solution of a common dts
iny. Bhe aspires not to lead. She cares cot who leads.
Iu her heart sh • still nurse* the hope of Southern Uiian
‘ lor Southern Independence—a hope which, oft clouded by
u. worthy mbmis* on, and cheated by treason and blind
idolatry to the Union, has never died, and now, when
abolition, iwo leu by the conquests of thirty years, ana
backed by lauaiioi-m in fiiteeu States, pronoun ts its de
cree of war and exterm.nation against her, it begins to
burn bright again. The Sttte Rights resistance men of
he South have had sore trials iudeid. It has been the it
lot to 6tand alone, in the mid*; of timidity aid treachery,
and Federal bribery, ever striving to impress upon her
people the sense of danger, and the determ, nation to resist.
But they have slept on, with but an occasional and spas
modic start of life, to sink back again into the sleep ol
shame and oppris-ion. Ii has often been th* lot of the
true men of ths South to go, like aged Solon, when tin
usurper Pwstratus destroyed the liberties of Athens, into
ihe siretts and market place, exhorting the people to re
sistance; and when tiiis failed, the old man put on his
armor, and, standing before the door of hi* house, ex
claimed, *T have done iny duty ; I have sustained, to tht
best ot my power, my Country and the laws. Ye havt
yourst ivis put force and dominion into the hands of t)us<
men, and have thus drawn wretched slavery upon your
selves.”
What, then, do the necessities ’of the South require at*
the hinds of every party bidding for her support ? What
his she a right to demand ? Not silence, not suspicious
reserve, but lull and explicit declarations iu her favor, upon
thi issues which are before the country, jf they intend
to be true to her, let the fis-U’fince be given. Let thtrn
come up and meet fairly the Fugitive Law, th* Missocr
1 ne, and the Kansas questions, and declare in the face o
die world whether they ‘‘be with us, or against us.”
But if the N< rdi refuses to do this, it wij. bj because she
u longer regards our rights, our favors, or our threats,
nl been use, believing her.-elf strong enough, the has re
solved toeweepon to the fulfilment of her long settled po;i
jy.— Ch Mercury.
The Nahv'.iie Union, referring to the letter of the lion
\. H. Stephens, of Ga., against Know*Jsothingism, s.ij>
th it tx*Gov. oames C. Jones, of Tennessee, is nnothei
‘id iine conservative Mhg ‘'who hi no sympathy wit!
he organization.” “We and not know” says the Union
ih<t ne wti! taxe any public p* * tion against it, but his
•p rj jps are very (fatly expressed In joavu-saiiom with all
W4o spprcssh him oa the subject.”
The Great Knee.
Pc.infill Intelligence for the lovers <f Presidential
sport <.’
ed for the Sioeip stakes of 1856 ?-za;n Know i\oth
ing let down 1
Many of our readers will be greatly pained to lesrn that
on Thursday last,that protni.ing younff horse,whose friend*
were certain he wou and win the sweepstakes at ‘■he i ill fa
ces of 1855, was i-retriev sblv ruined in a race in . irginia
and has been turned out to grass. It becomes our duty to
give a slight sketch of hi* pedigree, per ormanees, &.c. &c.
It is not certain where he was foaled, but he was bread
near the Five Points, by bis proprietor iNed Buntline. lie
war sired by Prejudice,out ot I aunt cis n, and is, ot course,
other tj Abolition, Anti Maso , Anti-Renter, and
Higher Law, whose performance on me JNew x orn and
neighboring oouises astonished tno lovers oi the Lonstiti*
; tion. , ,
Within the la t two years this young horse has won a
great many quarier and scrub races, .and had Raised the
hopes of his friends that lie would very probably win at
the great 11 u.* year race to come off on the hist lues-day
of November, 56.
It was hoped -that if he could win at the spring meeting
in the Old Dominion—the mother of States and States
men, and not less distinguished for the fine horses than lor
great men —that no ent y would ho made against him in
the Presidential sweep sake. His friends were immensely
sanguine, and piled up lheir money at largo odds, that he
would double distance hi- competitor. Some of the Wise
men who Know Something took large odds, not having
any confidence in the bottom of that stock, as none of his i
brothers had tver run a respectable race and the stock is
not considered game—though tiieky.
The meeting however came off’ on Thursday last, and
was witnessed by the largest crowd ever assembled, and the
le.-uk lo ked forward to with pai ful anxiety by the friends
of the Constitution all over the Union.
The Virginians entered their favorite old horse, Demo
crat, who, though occasionally beue.i out of the State,
had never lost a lit at on his native soil, and though looking
thin with hard wok, came to the Pole in a calm and easy
way, while Sim Know Nothing educed all the dancing
prancing, and impudence that characterizes the scrub. At
the start the colt rt shed his friend- shouted ann
male the welking ling and hefted and bragged so high that
the friends of poor old Democrat were afraid to risk theii
money, but Sam’s fntnJs were doomed to a bitter disap
pointment.
Long before the race was over, it was evident that thi?
promising coil was ruined fonv> r. It was with great diffi
culty that he was taken off the truck and ipd .to his stall,
where at the last accounts he was dyiug, and is now most
{rohably dead.
Old Democrat, on the contrary, cam? out of this racf
looking as tin*- as silk, and packing up his e* r s and looking
Wise, as much as to say, “This old horse never did, oi
will Jo-e a race in Old Virginia.
It is not known what the enemies of old Democrat will
do at the ensuing tace, having disposed of their entire stock
for the purpose of purchasing this very promising young
Sam Know Nothing colt.
There is said to be, north of Mason and Dixon’s linen
very strong and flouri-hing animal called Anti-Nehmski.
Bill, a half brother of Sam’s, who has a ho t ol friends a
the North, and if a few can be iound at the South, lie ina
be possibly entered to prevent Old Democrat bom walking
over the course.
result:
Democrat by Old Virginia, out of Civil and Religious
Liberty . ..... Ist
Sam Know Nothing by Prejudice,, out of Fanaticism
g. and. Persecution. . disJ
[Louisiana Courier.
Encxtr Nothing Bets and Calculations,
In summing up the le.-ult of the ree nt e'ection i<
Virginia, the editor of the Globe tells lo.ne hornth
truths, lie tays :
We have been a close observer of elect'ons through
out the length and breadth of the U i led Slates tor 3;
years, and never saw one before tli it so convulsed tin
people of this district. They us*d the ‘f ci’e argument’
freely, and many of them hive be* n run and. The-‘Know
N idlings’ were confident of success*, andjret two to on
on the result. It is believed that tl *y son-i in this Dis
trict more than SIOO,OOO on the result. We are told b
persons that ought to know, that those living on lh
square next west of our office lost $4l,<K)O. Tiny bases
their bets on calculations that they had 72,000 in theii
‘Order’ in Virginia, winch, without any outsiders, wou!.
give them 15,000 majority ever the hugest vote everas
in the State. But the best c*a!< u'ations of wise men hav*
<if;en failed ; and it is, therefore, not surprising that i
‘know no'hing’ calculation should prove to be fallacious
t iey bad n oriiu im ini uianou befnii.l ihi-, wliicit was.
that if they should carry Virginia by a 1 rgc majority,
then all the drift wood would float into their current ant
they would elect lheir candidate to the nt x Pr*f'dnt <>
lie United Stan s. This calculation w< uld have been a
good one if lheir first eoutitigei.cy bad ia, peaeU. liu
is tb*t ha3 proved trroneouq we think we may saleiy sa\
In?‘die Old Dumiuioa’ has ‘scotch* and the tni;e’ alia
killsd it.”
£1 Guns for Old Virginia.
On Wednesday night, the Democracy of Macon illu
minate I the Court house square, and tired 31 guns it
honor of the glorious v ctory achieved by the gallant
Democrats of the Old Dominion. A large ands t -um
aetio concourse also assctn >Ud in the Court-room where
address- s were delivered by Samuel Hall Esq , of Ogle
| thorpe, Burrell Harrison Esq., of Stewart, A. Spear and
IP. Tracy Esqr’s, of this city. Notwithstanding tho very
short notice which had been given, the meeting was otn
of the largest that has been held in Macon for several
years, and from the enthusiastic demonstrations there
given, wo feel warranted in assuring our friends, at a dis
tance, that the Democracy o! Bibb will rally to the polls in
Oet< b.-r next, with unbroken front and undim'nished niim
bers. Junes A. NisbetEsq ,presided at the meeting and
Samuel Hunter lu-q., acted as Secretary.— Macon Tele
I graph.
A nine ant Sign.
Agoin we warn all true Democrats and Southern men.
who desire the preservation of the Union, a3 long as it is
consistent with Southern Bights and honor,to beware of
the late new party movenunt at Columbuson S ,turda>
night the26;h u!t., in which old line Whigs, Know Noth
ings and disunioni t-t participated. Stick to the Democrat
ic party—the oniy true and national ; a ty. Beware of the
Sectional party contemplated by the olurrbu* meeting.
‘1 he following is the comment of Columbus Conicr
Stone, on the Virginia elections—the result of which has so
profoundly rejoiced the heart of every true National man:
The Virginia Election. —Wise is elected by a majority
of ten thousand votes or more. We have not yet made up
our own mind, whether with us it is a matter of rejoicing
or regret. If it shall hep to breakup national organiza
ti ns we shall be glad—if it aids in keeping we
shall be sorry.
The editor of the Corner Stone, was one of the leading
spirits of this late Columbus meeting. He was the per se
disunioni.-t referred to by ns, who moved for the appoint
ment of the committee who reported the Resolutions! The
party that has tor its leaders men, wh > have not yet made
up their minds whether to rejoice at or regret the result of
the Virginia elections can scarcely have in view the same
great and patriotic objects that are aimed at by the Nation’
al Democracy— Augusta Con. sis Rep.
The Meeting in Columbus.
We would direct attention to the proce dings of a meet’
ing of the mci of all parties held in Columbus, Saturday
evening last, it wii] be seen that the meeting recommend
ed that neither of the cxi-ting par ies in Georgia shall hold
a convention to nominate a candidate for Governor; but
that ths People fhaii send up del- gttes to Miiledgev Ik*.on
the 4th of duly, for the purp v?e ot laying down a'platfonn,
upon wh ch all parties may stand, and selecting a candi
date for whom men ot all creeds can vote.
The object or the meeting is most praiseworthy. If the
whole South could be brought to oe. upy the same position
we might then bid defiance to our enemies. But can thi *
be done . Is it practicable, even in Georgia ? We mu 11 e
permitted to doubt it. The revelation* ot the past two
weeks lead us to the unplea.-ant eo c n i >n, that the people
ot Georgia were never leaiiy mured vided than they arc at
tilts very moment. The letter of Mr Stephens, bitter*
Renunciations of the American ptrty by the Johnson ; r!-s>-
the proceedings even ot the Democralte meeting in Colam *
in- held only a few days before that of which we are now
■peaking, all satisfy us th-t tin country is not yet pr- n .red
.or the political milfept ium so patriotically mged by otr
r ends in Columbus. J
We shall, however, offer no Opposition to the policy re
jomrnended; on the contrary, we shall be glad to seo it
ar-ii and out to a successful consummation —Savannah iA
molxcan.
Issue cf Land Wat tx its.
WasuJ.xotok, May 31
Tne Pen'ton oSte will !sano to-morrow two thou r.d
and warranto, under ’he lam Jaw of Congress, asd t.f.
warns at taa rata oi two ouadryd a day.
(From the San Francisco Herald, May 5 )
Sailing of tho Walker Expedition—A Deputy Sheriff
Carried off—Kis Subsequent Release—Munitions of
War, Etc, Etc.
The brig Vesta, having on b >nrd Col. Walker and hia
men, cleared on Thursday night a font 12 i*’e! ck, for
Rdiirjo, which is the only port on the F;:c sic side which
is in thc hafids of the (Jisiiilion party. The expedite n
was to have railed two weeks r go, but the v*ssel wi 3
libelled, by the parties by wh ni it was provisioned. A
settlement was, h >\vever, njeue a lew. days ago, ami the
L T . H. Marshal reje.astd ibo vessel. r ihe libel v.ns fir
j br sl\soo, and the parties who contracted to furnish the
vessel with tapplies h r the voyage first agreed to .nee} t
Nicaragua stock in payment for their goads, but afterwards
changed their minus, r atid legal proceedings were there
fore commenced. The vessel Was afterwards attach* dby
the Sheriff for some other liability, ravt a ceputy Slur'll
was placed on boards On Thursday night, ti eSI erift a
‘deputy was pacing the deck, wi ea Col. W alio r tau.e up
and requested him to come down to h:s cabin, in oidur
that ho might show him some papers which he had in hi 3
possession. The deputy Sheriff, in the innocence of In art,
went below, when Col. Walker produced a large bundle
of papers, done up in red tape, and immediately both
ho and the deputy Sheriff commenced to cxatnii q their
contents.’
While so engaged,|the deputy Sheriff thought he per
ceived a motion quite unusual in ships at anchor, and
started to go on deck, hut bis impetuosity was check* and
in the kindest and blandest manner by four or five ot the
expeditionists, who, nrrned lo the teeth, suddenly male
their appearance. They informed the * stonished deputy
Sheriff that tho ship was uhutrweigh—that undr cir
cumstances, there was no use in taking the matter to
heart,and concluded by bringing forth a basket of cham
pagne from the locker, advising the d* puty Sin lift to
iroiva care in a flowing bumper. Alter the Vcsla had
got outside the lie’ds, the di-pnty SI eriff’ was p aetd n
joard the-steam tug, and the ship stood out to tea. Tho
expeditionists, numbering fifty-six nil told, vurc mmtd to
he teeth, each man having been provkhd with two s x
hoofers, a bowie knife and Mississippi i ff*', which me
3 *nsideied io be tlie best tools for the th v<-i< 1 nunt ot the
gr'cultural resources of the republic ol Ni.ov gua. Ile
Walker expedit ed will, it is supposed, bo join**! by a
jortion of the Kinney expedition, who are to sail iruni
New Oi leans, and via the San Juan r>v*r, <fUct a jui;c~
ion with tlieiv brothers-in-arms It em ilie 1 ae sic side.-
It the expedition from the Atlantic side be as wt-lUquip
ped as that which sailed from tlffa port m ‘Jliawday
night, tho Chamorro party tn Nicaragua will have a ra..
ili?r hard time of it in ma'uituiuing their ascendancy.—
Kxciting news may hereafter be expected from CcLiral
America.
The Kinney Expedition. —Accoiding to the New
V. rk papers tne steamship Ulined States was to have
filed •< Monday iif ernoou fr Nie-arrgua, but was pr*.
venb and by the presence and a formidable naval lorct sta
vioned in the East river to prevent In r dep; rture. The
v ssels engaged in the srrviee are three sttamers rnd a
s'oo.) of war. Eu iy on Mona; y aft* ri o>n the sit; nur
Jo! win took her position nearly * ppesitc the foot ol x*
teenth street, so j e to guard the passage through Hell
Gate, the propeller City of Boston was stationed about
ippusite the foot of First Sire-1, and one of the revenue
e'utteis east anchor n ar tlie f<ft >f Giand street. At
nooa on Tuesday tlie steam v V.xen can e u > abreast nf
the steamship Unit*d States and :.n*-h*i)td just fflur
dock at the font of Eginh sir. it, so that any attempt to
e a e would ’ e rustraied at the I'Utsit. All tl.nugh
M i.iday night steam was kept up and ihe Government
3 eameis were re. dy for imimd aie aeti n. The 15*1 i
m •’•e American pav : —Tile Governmci t has no doubt
ful ifurmation of the fiiiib idcr'.ng objet of tlie expedi
tioii.and these determined eff.its to prevent its departure
areg eatly to the credit of the Administration.
Hon A. H. Colquitt* Declines.
Wo regret to see by a card from tins gentleman, publish
ed in the Times and Sentinel, that he declii es the use of
his name in tho approaching canvass for Ccngiesa in tho
Second District. He is induced tc this deturn.n ation tioin
r cont family-bereavements. The universal sent inn nt. al
mos , of the Democratic party in the 2d District I’avon 1 tlie
r. - iomination of Alaj. Colquitt, and his declining to bo
again the candidate ol the patty, will I e universally rogn t
tod, a- wall on account of tno it.ss of his seivices to the
party, as for tho painful eiicumstances w hich caused w.
\V r e but reflect tlie sent ment of the Democratic patty when
we say he haa our heart le t sympathies in his severe be
reavements, and our best wishes for his future happiness
and pro-perity in his rct.rement (temporarily we hope) into
private life.
The duty will eoon devolve upon the party to select his
successor Let this be dt tie With great caution, and w ith
an eye not only to ava labil ty, but aisq to ability. In the
next Congress wo sho jd send all the talent we can itrnish,
ts questions of g;eat iet*-re&t to tho wtl'are of ti e Soutit
x iil be introduced, and we will need men of ability and
courage to m.’et them and conduct them to the Litter end,
it need be. Who that man is, we leave it to the | arty in
Convention to d* tern
Democrat, we will give njm a hearty support; Demociat,
or whatnot, hmvtv-r; we-wilt .-uppoit him. it he is sound
upon the slavery question and opposed'"to Know Nothing
i- in, in preferem-e to a y truculent Know Nothing Demo
crat. — Advocate of the South.
Tie Cholera and tho Weather.
New Orleans, May 30.
The Number of deaths from Cholera in New Orleans
during the past week, were 204.
The board of health have declared :he Cholera epidemic.
The deaths this week are heavy.
Th re have been fine rains here yesterday and to-day
TANARUS! c river is risii g.
Cholera.
Owing to the extraordinary and protracted drought,says
the N. O. Delta, of the 31-t ult., the atmosphere of our city
has become insalubr ouq and a tendency to Chohra leen
manifested among our citizens for some days pa.-t Tie
deaths have been quite numerous. Under there circum
stances, the Board ot Health have deem’ and it tfeir duty to
announce the prevalence of tho di?ea c a* and reconu.nd
the nectssary prt-ca uinns r 5 his is doubtless the proper
course. We have n<> doubt that when a change occurs in
h) atmosphere, the health of the city will impr* ve and
the Cholera di-apnear. It is an unu-tial ptuiod i.f the year
for the Cholera to prevail A few drops of rain that fed
yesterday produced a very percept.ble effect on the a mos
phere.
Know Nothings m Mississippi.
In a private letter from Gov. John Mcßae, lately pub
lished in the Oxford Flag, we find the sentim* nts of a me
and fearless man, and worthy of ad consideration by Demo
crats v.ho have been begu led without icih-ction, to ex
change their Democratic birih-tights for a veiy poor mesa
ot Know Nothing pottage.—He sav-:
l 'i have no fears ot the Know Nothing*. I have no idea
they cun ever organize in this State so respectable a paity,
m poin* of intelligence or numbers, as* the old whig patty.
If they ao 1 i-hail be very much deceived All t- r r nio
e ats have to do is to stand by thtir p-incij !. sand ih-i r or
gan zation, ahd I think they v ill carry os through tnuuijh
antiy. I they do not, it wifi be a de'eat upon | ripciplo
more noble than victory ach ev< and h> p< critically under tal.-e
colors, and will only be temporary. For my.-t If, my lor
tune* are taken with the democratic paity, whethtr m good
or ill rueccss ; and I intend to stand by it, whether a>7-at)-
tain at the helm ora ‘ailor upon the deck, and weather w lh
it every storm or sutler w th it in eveiy wreck, upon what
ever rock it may split, or on whatever shore it may Le
stranded. . • .
Locomotive Telegraph —B •nelli. an Italian engine* r,
t ■- s fledj has succeeded in it-vtnting a “iiM-omotive te!t
gr ph. ,, An engine in motion t the rate of a rni.'e in > >
ruinu ten, and and -ringw pouring rain, c •mmanicate f, in? !•
‘gib'y and rearily, by means of an n\ p ratus of which Mr.
Bone.ii is the i m-ntor, with another engine in m timi,
and with three sta ions n the Turin road. Thu*, atr in
mly not only announce its coming or its post i<m a!-.; g
the whole hue, but messages in iy be sent by passing’ rs
themselves.
Marr age Extraor iinanj. —T-.m Thumb, the c-Me' r '-
red little great man, was untried at Webster on Thurs
day last to n Mss Vinton, of Bridge; oit, Ct. /n
tempt w s made to keep it from the public, but somehow
it leaked out t ! rough sense of the company who were a
!i tie indiscreet gd'rer imliling pretty freely of Held- -
which Dr. Ivrkiiam had provided for the ecco-ioi!.—
ion Herald.
A. A. Lawrence, oi 15 stun has subset bed $Nf
‘‘nrnis'i rrms to the free setters in Iv not- - , end it is * t
that a quantity of .arms and ammunit ion baa bcsQ h* ’
warded, including sixty oi Sharp’s r li.-a.