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am> BmixntL f SATURDAY EVENING, JtJKE 9, 1055. Congressional Convention, a We suggest that the Democratic Coßgressiouat Conven tion for the Second District be helu at Amo.for j, ‘■! nesday, 11th July next. Thejupreme Court will be in session at that time in Americas. What say our D. rno eratic cotemporaries to this suggestion JT he l ‘ ine f place ought to be agreed upon at once. To Democratic Know Nothings. This is a singular combination ol words, yet it acs oribes wcaratdy s large elasa of very reliable gen tlemeo. This by the way. We desire to address a few words to you ana hope you will hear us with patience and extend to us your confidence. We take it for granted that the Know Nothing organization is dissolved. Vv e presume the work was done by your delegates to the Philadelphia Convention which met on thp sth inst. It it was not dissolved, you cannot remain in affiliation with it, unless it pledges its membership to the Nebraska-Kansas act j and to the execution of the Fugitive Slave law. We j speak to you as Southern men. You cannot affiliate i with the Northern membership, of the Order even though the Philadelphia Convention ignores the subject i of slavery. Such conduct would be misprision of trea son to your native land. Taking it for granted, then, that the Councils of the Order at the South will be dis solved, or, at least, that you will be compelled to sever your connection with the Order, the next question that arises will be that propounded by Daniel Webster on j a very interesting oocasion —where shall Igo ! That enquiry we propose to answer. We are aware that very hot words have passed between you and us during the last six months, and that personal hostility has pro bably been engendered in some cases. Admit for the sake of the argument that Democrats, opposed to the Order, have indulged in unauthorized denunciations of you, what then ? They are but men and no cause ought to be prejudiced by the faults of its representatives. The great fundamental principles of the Democratic iaith remain the same, tnd, unless you have lost confidence in them, you are not authorized by any law of morals to place yourself in antagonism to them because you hate some men by whom they are advocated. Such conduot would be as dishonest as it would bo silly.— Great efforts will be made, no doubt, to widen the breach that separates you from the Democratic party. If you yield to your passions and join the opposition party, call it by what namo you will, Southern, Sec tional, Union Republican, or National, you may gain a personal revenge, but this will be a poor reward for the abandonment of your cherished principles aifd the l overthrow of the organization which alone has or can sustain them. We speak advisedly. A party opposed to the Democratic party must, in the nature of things, opposo Democratic principfo‘3. This was most unhap pily illustrated in the history of the connection formed by the States Rights party of Georg a with the Whig party in 1840. In ten years, of opposition to the Demo cratic party, they ceased to bo States Rights men, and ruthlessly trampled under fool as heresy and treason every principle they had been taught to revere. As it has been, bo it will be. We warn you, therefore: against attaching yourselves to a party opposed to the Democratic party, no matter by what specious clap trap it may be commended to youracceptar.ee. The Demo cratic party now occupies every available position that a Southern man can occupy during the present eventful crisis our affairs. The opposition party cannot hope to live upon the same ground. It must either go be yond them and form a Disunion party, or fall behind them and form a Union party. Either course is full of danger. You are in no danger, at present, of the Union mania. We, therefore, pass that by. But you are in danger of being rallied under a Disunion* ban ner. Disunion, you are aware, bas no terrors for us if it is forced upon us. But neither you nor we would risk the perils of disunion from choice. We look with reverence upon the “bannered stars”—the emblem of our union at home, and the evidence of our power to the ends of the earth. Every new star that blazes upon our flag sends a thrill of joy to the oppressed of every land, and a pang of fearful foreboding to every oppressor. We had rather see that bright constellation j in the political sky, under which wo Jiavo risen to so j much renown, increased in numbers and brightness an . hundred fold, than to see it “broken up, and sink, star after star, into obscurity and night.” If it shall be converted into an engine of oppression, ! we would rend it to atoms, but we would vail our eyes j before we struck the fatal blow. But what new cause j has arisen since 1850 that the Union savers of that day should become the Union breakers of the present hour? Has not the odious restrictions placed upon the srpead of Southern institutions by the Missouri Compromise been repealed ? Is not slavery planted in Kansas as firmly as her granite hills ? Is there not every proba bility that, with the aid of the Northern Democracy, • who enabled us to pass the Nebnuka-Kansas act, we | can consummate the work so auspiciously begun and | admit Kansas as a slaveholding State? Why risk this ! chance, nay, almost certainty, by deserting oar Nor thern allies in the hour ot their sorest need and thereby give the tree Soilers an easy triumph over an aos ministration which, say what we will of it, is the present grand point of attaek of the infamous hosts of Nor; hern fanaticism ? It is sheer nonsense to talk of other com binations with the sound elements at the North, than that which now exists in the Democratic party. There ; are no other sound elements than those embraced in this association, and if they ever will be able to roll ! back the tide of Northern fanaticism it must b-< in their present organization. The Democratic pany has a prestige, acquired by a long succession of victories and by a 6uooessful administration of the Government wnich attaches to no other party that every existed in the ! United States. Why sacrifice thisvantage ground?; Bn. there is no need to pursue the argument. The j Southern Democracy having resolved not to disband, every other party formed at tbs South mast he in an tagonism to it and, per force, in antagonism to the Nor thern Democrats who voted for the Nebraska b il. or, in other words, the only men at the North who are friendly to the South. But, say you, we are proscribed by the Democracy. ; You are vastly mistaken, my Know Nothing friend, j The principles of the Know Nothings are proscribed, 1 net the men who have been gn! ed by specious store into Know Nothing Lodges. We know ail about y our secret detestation of the principles and practices cf the j Order. We know how you were persuaded to eater the secret conclaves by pretended friends, but real cue i mies. We have no prejudices agstuxt • you. Wo sympathize with your position. We kaoaat and feci its j embarrassments. But show yourselves men. Come j out at once. Return to your fathet’a housm Yfe ten der you th# fatted oalf and a cordial welcome. You] know all this fear of Foreigners and Catholics is tom foolery, and that there is no sort of use for a secret political order to put them under foot. Americans a - have and always will rale America. The on y question worthy of consideration is whether the A“ ,en * can chosen to rule America are sound and re a-- men on the paramount issues pending between tn. North and the South. On these questions you and we j agree. Let us shake hands, forget the past, and devote ourselves to the service of our country. A Friendly address to Sam— That Same Old Coon Exposed. Well, Sam, we said a good many hard things about you when you rode in State through the land and the applause of the million rung in your ears and turned your old fool’s pate. Some of your boys got very mad at us and threatened to ride us on a rail ii we gig no-, treat you with more respect. We took no heed of their threats, and continued to show up in what we thought were your true colors. We really thought you were some Napoleon the Great, or some other mighty war rior and tyrant, who was about to invade the Southern States and make slaves of the people, proscribe the Catholics, massacre the Irish, and play the d—l. Par* don our mistake, old gentleman. If you had not con cealed yourself, aqd worn so many disguises, wo never should have raised such a muss over you. Why, you ! old sinner, a sight of one ring of your tail would have put us in a good humor. How did you have the heart to 100 l us poor simple Democrats so badly, you cunning old Coon. We beg your pardon most sincerely, you old hard cider drinking scoundrel. Since Wise stript your lion’s skin off of you, and showed us your grin ning coony phiz, we are perfectly willing to make friends. But then, we insist that you do not fool those honest, well meaning democrats you took in with your tomfoolery any longer. Release the boys from their oaths, and let them come back to their old friends.— That Southern Rights dodge you made in Temperance Hall on the 26th ult., was right clever, but Col. Holt bas let the cat out of the bag and its no use to play that hand. You will be bound to lose if you bet strong on it. It is a shame to practice such a tfick on General Bethune and Major Howard. They are entirely too clever and honest to be used in that way. And let us give you a friendly piece of advice. If you let them ! associate with the boys much longer and they get their I confidence, the first thing you know they will have all ; the young Samivills prizing the Union asunder, and, we all know, that is not a favorite scheme of yours.— Try soma lcs3 hazardous trick and let edged tools alone. Some subjects are too grave for jest. If once the i breach is made, and the old fabric begins to totter, it j will be impossible for us to hold back our bloody fire eating Democrats. They will all fly to the help of the General and of the Major, and then what will become .of you ? It your particular friends, the Yankees, catch you, they will not leave a ring on your tail. Manuscript Illustrations. We are indebted to the editor of the Mobile Regis ter for some admirable manuscript illustrations of the last phase of Federal Whiggery. One of them so wor thy of special notice. In the background is au old “Log Cabin,” beside the door of which lies a barrel of “Hard Cidyr.’’ The smoke still curls from the ehim>- r.cy to indicate that tho venerable mansion is r.ct yet deserted by the inhabitants. In the foreground is the head cf the family. His front view would indicate that he is a veritable Young American-—but on closer in spection you find that he wears a mark labelled Sam , and a side glance convinces you that he is the same old Coon so well known by the American people—there is no mistaking the rings on liis tail which, however, he attempts to hide with the American flag. He tramples the Cross, the Constitution, ond the bird of Liberty under his feet, to indicate, we presume, the religious i ; intolerance, unconstitutional aims, and inexorable tyr- ! anny which characterizes the Order. The illustration j was very accurate at the time it was made, but needs ! ! some additions. Since the sketch was gotten up, the i old varmint has added to his other disguises a flaming ! 1 sword on which is inscribed Southern Rights in largo j I capitals, and has reason ffi congratulate himself upon j j tho success of this last dodge. Look sharp, you poor ! ! pinc-y woods Democrat, or he will deceive you. If you ! ; are content with a front view you are gone. Ho is 1 ; fierce as a fire eater and utters great swelling words to take in the soft ones. But just turn his flank and get a side view and the jug is up—there is no doubt about that tail —it belongs to that same old Coon. — Old Federalism never kept the same clothes on more than eight years at a time. Its most hopeful progeny, Federal Whiggery, puts on a netv suit every four years’ and changes his name every two ; but “them rings', r—there is noimistaking them. Alabama News Items. Convicts in the Newspapers. —The Wetumpka Dispatch says there are 212 convicts in the Alabama Penitentiary. 21 more are expected soon from Mobile. There will then be 25 more convicts in the Penitentia ry than there are cells. There are more criminals in Alabama than the Legislature made provision for en tertaining. This by the way. The Dispatch says that an ex convict has been allowed to prefer grave, but un founded, charges against the officers in charge of the State prison through the columns of the Elba Demo crat. “M& Howell Cobb’s Response to the Columbus Move ment. —We find in the Southern Banner a powerful re ply to the so called, Columbu9 movement. It reached us too late for our present issue.We will giye it in full with our next. Before Democrats connect themselves to the movement they would do well to read the able letter Mr. Cobb. It never Rains but it Pours —On the 7th inst., ws aeknowled the receipt of a fine watermelon from Messrs. Moses & Lee of this vicinity.. The next day Mr. Chas. A. Peabody brought into our office another one, a lit i tie larger, perhaps, than that cf his competit ors. It was raised with compost manure. Under the circumstan ces, we are unable to say whether guano or compost is the most efficient manure in garden culture. The Stewart Meeting. We have received a very graphic account of the bogus meeting in Stewart county. We will give it in our next. We look for fun on the 19tb. New National iloiidai/. —A committee appointed by the Pennsylvania Historical Society has subauted to that Society a report, recommending the celebrating of the aniversary of the adoption of the Con*, nation of the Uni ted States as a National Festival by* the American peo ple. The report suggest? the anversavy of iis formal ra tification by the Conv alien, sitting in Philadelphia,-which took place September 17tb, 1767, as a proper lime for its celebration, ;.s Washington, who presided over the deiib ■ eration, recommended it to the people in a communication signed ©a that day. Crawford County. The news from Crawford County is of the most cheering character. The K.N’s held a meeting at Knox ville, on Tuesday 7th inst., to respond to the so called Columbus movement. The attendance, we learn, was small. Speeches were made by Messrs. Hunter and Norman, of an inflamatory and contradictory character, but both agreed in their denunciations of the Democ racy. Their effect may be judged by the fact that on the day of the meeting an election took place for Judge of the Inferior Court which resulted in the election of James E. Bryce, an old lino Whig, now acting with the Democracy, over J. J. Jones, a bogus Democrat and Kuow Nothing. Sumter County. We see that a call has been made in Sumter for a meeting without distinction of party to respond to the bo called Columbus movement. In the preliminary meeting several sterling Southern Rights Democrats participated. We judge from the comments of the News that there is no danger of their being caught by a bogus movement. The News says : The movement in Columbus, and the effort made litre, we consider as nothing more nor less than a tricky com bination to defeat the Democracy in the forthcomming struggle; and we call upon ail Democrats and all anti- Know Nothings to watch closely not only the measures proposed but the men proposing litem. Both need watch ing. We conceive that the remarks of our friend John Carr Brown, Esq., were most pertinent, appropriate and expressive of the principles of true Democracy and southern policy. His position, as well as those advanced by Major Moore, we consider as embodying all that a South ern man could reasonably wish and ail that a Southern man can politically anticipate. Divide Democracy, split it up into little .insignificant schisms—and we are done for! Let us stand together, let us work together and we must succeed. Upon our success depends the safety of the peo ple, the rights of the South and the perpetuity of the Union. Our friends below must not lose confidence in -J. H. Howard, W. 11. Mitchell, James Cook and other Dem ocrats who took part in the Columbus movement. Ex cess of zeal for Southern Rights lead them into the mee t ing, but there is no danger of their deserting the De mocracy. They favor a fusion of all parties, but will not join a party opposed to tho Democracy. The Sumter Murder.— The negro boy, recently burned in Sumter County, Ala., by the excited citizens of the place, was guilty of the murder of h;s young mistress under very aggravating circumstances. The Telegraph. We learn from the Athens Banner, that there was a mee ting of the Augusta, Atlanta and Nashville Telgrapli Com pany, some time since, at Athens, at which Wm. L. Mitch ell, Esq , was elected President, and Geo. Young, W. F. Printup, C. E. Norton, A. Clark, E. W. Holland, A. I). Hammet, and H. F. Phillips, Directors. At the request of the President, an executive board was also appointed consisting of J. H. Newton, H. Hull, jr., and Albon Chase. We sincerely trust that this new administration may succeed in resuscitating the sinking condition of the line. For the last 12 months it has been of no conceiva ble service either to the business community or to the com i pany, and during much the greater portion of this time it ! has not been.in operation at all. Let the line be comple j ted between Augusta and Nashville and let skillful ana re ! liable operators be placed at the diflerent stations along the ! route, and there is but little doubt but that the line may be ’ made to yield a fair profit, particularly if the endeavors to remove the relay office of the Washington and New Or leans Telegraph Company from Columbia to Augusta shall succeed. And we would here take occasion to give our hearty endorsement to the of the Savannah and Augusta press in regard to the advisability of the loca tion of the relay office and the distributing ..agency of the associated press in Augusta. Tho latter place has, unquestionably, all the advantages in point of centrality and convenience, over either Charles ton or ColumbiaJand if the convenience of the Southern press and the Southern business community, generally, is consulted, the location will be made at Augusta.— Allan ta Intelligencer, sth inst. Tho Columbus Amalgamation Movement. ! The whole State has been {Astonished and bewildered at ! the proceedings of a meetin*heid in Columbus on the night of the 26th ult. The meeting w;;s composed of Disunionists, Whigs and Know Nothings, .or rather of every faction that is opposed to the Democratic party. — Their Resolutions, stye the one in favor of a sectional or i ganization, are unobjectionable. The very material of j which the meeting was composed, proves to us that its } object w;t3 to break up and dissolve the Democratic party, j but in this they will be badly mistaken. Our organiza- I tion, formed for the purpose of carrying out great iunda* | mental principles for the good of the whole country, vvili ; pursue its even course undisturbed by the ravings of the I Disunionist, the moans of Whiggery or the secret work ing of midnight conclaves. This meeting proves that Know Nothingism, unable to stand the shock of the Vir ginia election, Mr. Stephens’ letter and the combined De mocracy, is about to give up the ghost.— Cassville Stan dard, The Campaign Opened. On Tuesday, the 29th ult., Col. James M. Smith, the nominee of the 3d Congressional District, addressed a large assemblage of the people of Spalding, and the j neighboring counties, upon the prominent issues now be* ; fore the country. This being Col. Smith’s first appear ance before the public as a candidate, much solicitude was felt by his friends as to the manner in which he should make his debut. This solicitude, however, was soon changed to exultation as he proceeded with the discussion of the subjects he had selected for his remarks : and when he closed his speech, there appeared to be tut one opinion among the friends of the liberal principles, and that was, that the candidate was worthy of the jarly which he represents —worthy of its principles and wor* 1 thy of the station in which his political friends have pla ced him. He reviewed with great ability, the origin, progress and designs of the Dark Lantern Party—show ed how it came in conflict with the principles laid down in the Declaration of American Independence—held up to view the dangerous tendencies of secret oath-bound political associations, as exemplified by their history in Ita* ly,Germany and France,inveighed against the illiberal and anti-American policy of proscribing our foreign-born and Catholic fellow cifzens: and concluded with a powdhul aud eloquent appeal to the honest and liberal men cf all parties, to come up to the resaue. and form a Spartan Band to wage a war of extermination against the dan- gerousheresies of the American Jacobins. Col. Smith's style of speaking is peculiarly adapted to popular assem blies. His action is graceful and unaffected ; his enun ! eiation clear and distinct ; his manner bold and impres** • sive. He speaks with energy and pathos, and wherever ! he is heard, he will leave his impress upon the minds of | bis auditors. His caustic remarks made many of the dis | ciples of “Sam,” writhe in agony under the scorpion ! lashes of his withering sarcasm ; and every one who | even sympathised with the invisible gentleman, had a dose ; administered to them which will either cure the disease, j or make it strike deeper into the system. His speech was received with much enthusiasm, and the speaker was repeatedly interrupted by cheers and loud applause. Col. Smith makes a good start in Spalding; and we doubt not he will be equally successful in his vis itations to the other counties of the District. At eight o’clock, in the evening, by special request, he continued his remarks, though not at as great length as in the morning, yet wish equally as happy effect. After he had concluded, Col. Jared I. Whitaker, of Atlanta, was called for, who responded in a speech of considerable length, i characterized by much sound reasoning, solid argument, and plain common sense. Col. MeCune, being called on, made a few remarks very appropriate, and in fine style and spirit. His speech was very short, but every word of it was to the purpose. Col. G. J. Grti-n, being called out, declined making a sj eeeh cn account of the Lienees of the hour, but sub it ed a proposition to have a committee appointed to procure a hall for the puuiic meetings of a “Republican Club” to be formed in this county. The committee was ;: i'l omted, and the meeting adjourned with three cheers tor Col. Smith—everyone of the liberal party being high ly delighted with the proceedings of the first day of the campaign in Spalding. Go you, fellow citizens of the oth er counties in onr District, end do likewise.— Empire State. ‘ From Washington. —The Guillotine in Operation — Major French the first Victim—Office Holders Shak ing. Washington, June 4, 1855. Major B. B. French Commissioner of Public Buildings, was removed to-day. Col. Blake, an old and respected citizen and clerk in tho Treasury Department, is appointed in his place The next decapitation will be Mr. Clayton, Second Auditor of the Treasury —cause his Know Nothing proclivities. Municipal Election in Washington. Washington, -Juno 4. It is conceded oil ail hands that the American ticket is elected by a small majority. The election passed of very quietly. The vote east was small. Farther from Washington. Washington, June 5. j The election on Monday resulted in the success of the | whole Know Nothing ticket, by a majority of 550 votes. The present majority of the Know Nothings in the City Councils is 15, I>. B. French, commissioner of public buildings, has resigned. Buckingham Smith, of Florida, lias been appointed Secretary of Legation at Madrid, vice Mr. Perry roe ailed. From Washington.—Tho Recall of Mr. Perry —His Successor. Washington, June 5, 1855. The recall of Mr. Perry, Secretary of Legation to Ma drid, was necessarily delayed until his successor could be appointed. His letter addressed to the President, recently published in the National Intelligencer, was the immediate cause of his removal. Buckingham Smith, his successor, held a similar appointment under Mr. Letcher, Minister to Mexico. Farther from Portland —Liquor Law Riot. A despatch from Portland, Maine, says that Neal Duw, ! Mayor.of the city, and author of the Maine L quor Law, having purchased a large quantity of liquor to sell to the city agency, a complaint was entered against him for vio- ! laiing the statute. An attempt was made by the mob to j destroy the liquor, when the military was called out, who j fired on the crowd, killing one man and wounding several others. A Committee of citizens of Portland have been appoint ed to request Neal Dow-to resign his office as Mayor. The building, in which the liquor purchased by Dow was stowed, was stoned by a mob of boys. Dow gave the order to the military to fire. Ond oi the mob was killed, and six wounded. Acquittal of Heal Dow. Portland, June 7. Mayor Dow, charged with buying up certain liquors for the city agency, has been relieved oi all blame. Know Nothing National Convention. Philadelphia, June 4, 1855. The Know Nothing National Convention assembles in this city to-morrow. Two hundred and ten delegates are reported to be present, and every State and Territory is represented. The first day's session will be private, if possi ble the subsequent sessions will be open to the public. Philadelphia, June 5. The National Know Nothing convention convened in this city to-day. None but delegates of the order were admitted to tho hall. National Council the Know Nothings. Philadelphia, Monday Night, June 4, 1855. The National ?of the American or Know Nothing party, so called, is called to meet here tomorrow. The basis of representation is seven delegates from each State, chosen by the State Councils in Conveniion. The city is full of excitement and expectation as to the result of the deliberations of this conventon, which, indeed is looked for with the most intense anxiety all over the Un ion. I shall keep the New York Herald well posted up on ev erything important that may transpire. The Girard House this evening, is full of delegates. Barker, the President of the"* National Council, has appartments there, and Ken neth Rayner, is also at the same establishment. Their quarters form a general resort for the delegates, and at the present writing some fifty or sixty prominent members of the order are there congregated. Mr. Barker is at pre sent ill and in bed. Most of the delegates to night, alter chatting an hour or two with Rayner, visited .the Councils i in session in this city. The prospect is that the South will be strongly and fully represented to-morrow, and both sections ot the conven tion vvili endeavor to carry out their pet ideas with a high hand. I have already seen Messrs. Young and Littlejohn, of North Carolina; Mr. Johnson, of Tennessee; White of Missouri; and two or three Virginia members. They will insist upon a national platform, and no dodging the slave ry question. There will be an open massAneeting after the adjourn ment of the Convention. There will be a great deal of : talking to do, and the Council may sit two weeks. If a candidate is to be mentioned tor ‘56,1 think Law is i the strongest man now. The elements of the Convention will be discordant enough, and somebody will have a great deal of rich fun. A number of Southern delegates have passed through Washington, and among them Albert Pike, Esq., of Ark ansas, the most eminent of the Southern wing of the order. These delegates expressed strong hopes that the Conven tion would succeed in nationalizing tiie Know Nothing party. This will be a difficult task, for a large portion ot the Northern delegations are free toilers. The Massachu setts delegation, headed by Senator Willson, will either stamp their principles upon the party platform,or withdraw from the Convention. A split seems unavoidable, whatev er may be the course of tue convention upon the slavery subject. i Philadelphia, June 5—9 P. M. The Convention meet with closed doors. It may be in I session for two weeks. Gen. Wilson has not yet been excluded, but probably will be. The idea is to eliminate abolitionism, preserve ‘order in the Southern and Middle States, and Jet the Eastern go. New England Anti-Slavery Convention. Os the abolitionists, says the New York Advertiser, we have often spoken. Their anniversaries at Boston this year, however, show that the most violent of them are on the margin, if indeed they have not over stepped it,, of that mental condition to which the heathen would hold that the gods brought men prior to their destruction. The following will illustrate this: FIRST DAY —AFTERNOON SESSION. The society assembled at the Melodeon at G P. M., the hour of adjournment. The Hall was nearly filled. Mr. John Orvis addressed the meeting, fie had no de sire to foist anew isrn upon the society ; but he had a spir itual revelation to make, which had been communicated to him by a deceased friend. Mr. S. S. Foster objected to the presenting of the com munication. Mr. Garrison could not see any great objection to its be ing presented. A scene of confusion ensued which finally resulted in the communication from the spirit land. The revelation was to the effect that anew confederation of States was needed. EVENING SESSION. The society met at 7t o’clock. A resolution was presented to the meeting to the effect that anti-slavery needs no higher eulogy than the combined ruffianism and phariseeism now arrayed against it Mr. S. S. Foster addressed the meeting at length upon the state ofthe Union. He ignored all the present political parties. He joined issue with Senators Wilson and Sum ner, and denounced them as pro-slavery. He attacked the address of Theodore Parker lately delivered in New York. [Mr, Parker explained, ana Mr. Foster He did not want the fugitive slave law repealed, lie’ thanked God, day after day, that thejbill was in existence, livery pistol fired in Kansas was music to his ears. He had not the least idea that the freedom of the eiave would ever be secured save upon the ruins of the Union. second r-xy. The convention met at 10 o’clock, the President, Wen dell Phillips, Esq., in the chair. H. C. Wright offered some resolutions ibr reference to the business committee tor consideration, and the following— W hereas , In a ministerial prayer meeting in the Winter st. Church, on the morning of Tuesday, May 29, the Reve rend Nehemiah Adams, D. D., the vindicator of slavery as a divine institution, was chosen moderator to conduct the services, therefore— Re so Iced, Tnatthe Rev. Lyman Beecher, D. D., Rev Joel Hawes, D. D., Rev. Edward N. Kirk, Rev. Dr. Wa lerbury, and ail tne members ot the churches who retain them, who chose Rev. Dr. Adams to conduct their religious devotions, thereby recognizing him as a Christi?n minister worthy t * be received and retained as such by the commu nity, have made themselves accessories to ail the crimes and cruelties of slavery ; and to ail such ministers urd churches a voice is heard saying, “When you spiead forth tour hands I wiii hide niv eyes from vou ; yea, when you rnaKe m my prayers I will not hear them ; your hands are full ol blood.” . -^ r - followed up his resolution* by a vituperative attack upon Rev. Mr. Kirk, Dr. Adams, and thecwT attendants at tho prayer meeting reierred to ® gya °d The Rev. Mr. Adams denounced is i!m work entitled “South Side View of Slavery . authorof Chicago Election. Accounts from Chicago state that in the late .w,- that_eity, (hero was a large majority opposed to S Maine Liquor Law. Opposition to tho Pennsylvania Liquor Law. * : Reading, P A , Jun 04,1855. t v ?>’ ; ar £ e ana meeting was held at noon to-day ffi the manat square, in opposition to the new liquor .aw. strefig resolutions were adopted, denouncing \h* Arrival of the Northern Light. a A New York, June 7. The steamship Noithern Light, from Aspinwall with later dates trom California, has arrived at this port’ Slm has op board one and a half million of specie. * The Central American Goverrnent troops are again bo sieging Leon, and are determined to secure it before Wak leer’s party arrives. Railroad Accident. Boston, June 7. The express train from New York was thrown off the track to-day, by an obstruction believed to have been placed there by robbers who designed seizing a half million of dol lars, in possession of ope of Adams & Co’s Express mes sengers. Several persons were hurt, and the cars smashed. Sailing of the America. Boston, Juno 7. ‘1 he steamship America sailed for Europe with over one million of specie on freight. Health of New Orleans. New Orleans, June 4. There wore 500 deaths here last week, including 275 from cholera. Tho Kinney and Fabens Case. New York, June 5. Kinney and Fabens case was called up, and not appear ing, .bench warrants were issued for their arrest. New York, Juno 7. Col. Kinney has given himself up to the Government an thorities, and is now in custody. The Virginia Election. Returns are in from all the counties except Wyoming which generally gives about 20 Whig majority. The five counties heard from since the publication of our table on Friday last, give a majority to Mr. Wise of 25. which add ed to Ins previous majority, makes his present majority stand 10.184. In our issue of Friday next, we expect to give the full vote of all tho counties in the State, with such correc tions a3 the official returns received, in the meantime may suggest. Mr. Wise’s majority will be about 10,00. We have gained 23 members of the Legislature, and lost 17. This gives us a majority of 48 in the next Legislature Os the thirteen members of Congress elected, twelve m Democrats—one district (Mr. Lewis’s) still to be heard from, ‘f'he Know Nothings are claiming the election of their candidate (Mr. Carlile,) but the election is so close that it is believed the result will not be known until the official returns shall be counted. Destruction of a Steamer by Fire—Five Lives Lost. St. Louis, Juno 1, 1855. The steamer Keystone State, bound hence for Peoria, 111.* has been burned to the water’s edge in the liknois river.- Five persons perished in the flames, and a number of others were injured. The boat and cargo proved an entire loss.— She was owned by a company in St. Louis. Town Election in Norwich, Con a—The Know Noth ing Awfully Beaten. Norwich, Juno 4, 1855. At our city election, L. Brower, democrat, on the largest vote ever given in this city, was elected Mayor by over two hundred majority, and every candidate on the de mocratic ticket for Aldermen, Common Council, Clerk, Sheriff, &c., was elected by about the same majority.— Great rejoicings in the street. The Know Nothing majority in the town last April was over three hundred. Now Haven Municipal; Election.—The Entire Demo cratic Ticket Chosen. New Haven, June 4. 1855. The New Haven city election took place to-day. Al fred Blackman, the Democratic candidate for Mayor, was elected by 300 plurality, and 100 majority over all opposi tion. The entire general ticket of the democrats is elected. Settlement of Cuban Questions. Washington, Jude 4, 1855. The National Intelligencer learns, bv letters from Pari?, that Mr. Perry lias ohtained from the Spanish government an entirely satisfactory settlement of the El Dorado case, as well as that of our Vice Consul at Saguu la Grande.— The Lieutenant Governor who arrested Mr. Thompson is to be dismissed. Such instructions have been issued to cruisers as will prevent a recurrence of any difficulty. M. de Cueta, the Spanish Minister, returns home at hiss own request. Atlanta Medical College. We are gratified to learn that there are upwards of’seven ty students in attendance upon the course of lectures in the * Atlanta Medical College. This fact, we would suppose j sufficient to satisfy even the most bitter enemies of the In j stitution, if there are any such yet left in our city, that the permanency and success of the College are among the “fixed i facts.” —Atlanta Intelligencer. A Decided Pledge. Among the political curiosities of the day may be noticed John L. Stephens’ announcement of himself as the Anti- Know Nothing candidate for Judge of the Coweta Circuit, with the public promise, it elected,“to decide any law pro hibiring the safe of liquors unconstitutional.” This is a pretty stuff promise, to bo sure. But we can’t support Mr. S. until he takes one step lurther, and pledges himseP, if elected, to hamstring every man convicted of being a Know JNothing. We wait for the pledge.— Atlanta Intelligen cer. ’ a ■ From Pennsylvania.—Senator Broadhead in the field — Serenade of Gov. Reeder. Philadelfi ia, June 5, 1855. Tim Mauch ‘Chunk democratic meeting last night was addressed by Senator Broadhead, who strenuously opposed Know Norhingism and abolitionism. Gov. Reeder, who is on a vi.-it to this city, was serenaded this evening. He made a speech, in which he declared his determination to maintain the purity of the ballot box ia Kansas at ail hazards. The New Hampshire Legislature. Concord, N. H., June 5, 1655. Our State Legislature meets to morrow'. At the demo* crane caucus, this evening, Samuel Herbert, of Rumnev, was nominated for Sneaker, and Anson T. Marshal, of Concord, for Clerk of the House. From Canada. ), It is rumored in Toronto, that the British government I liave ordered the continuance of the Colonial seat of i government at Quebec, because in ease ol war with the ; L nited States, concerning the Cuban question, Quebec Would be more easily defended than any other po.nt The last Colonial P..rliameiu had selected Toronto as tlie eapitol to which they contemplated removing the govern* ment. Cheering from Mississippi. It will be seen from our telegraphic dispatch that the de mocratic Convention,now in session in Jackson, has unan- nominated the present incumbent of the Guberna torial chair ol that State hr re election. Well done Mis sissippi ? Governor McKae is a true hearted, reliable and consistent Democrat, of the strictest school of Southern politics. He has never faltered in his faith or in his acts to tho great principles of Sta'e Rights, and his enthusiasm in die cause -ver waxes warmer as the hour is darker and the issue ol the combat more doubtful. Give us Govern ors or this stamp, and legislatures to match, in all the Southern States, and the result of the perilous struggle in which we are engaged will no longer be doubtful — -Vob- Register, Sth.