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.COLraBUS, GEORGIA.
FRIDAY MORNING, OCT. 19, 1855,
The Democracy of Kentucky#
We havo seen published for some t:me past, a call
for a Convention of the Democratic party of'lventueky,
to take into consideration the future policy to be pur
sued as to Southern Rights and Southern interests, —
The entire South is being aroused to a sense of her
duty; and for the future, something more than mere
“inarticulate breaths of wind” must characterize the
Legislature of the Southern States. We re-publish
to-day a strong Southern article from the Louisville
Times, which speaks out boldly and manly the future
policy to be pursued by Southern men, and, especially
gratified are we, that the noble Democracy of Kentucky
have taken the matter in hand. Let us work together
as one p'cople in the orily party which offers us a hope
‘and the control of the Government is ours. Other ex
isting parties in Kentucky may be rotten, but the
Democratic is sound.
The article is from the pen of a talented young
Kentuckian, J. Stoddard Johnston, E-*j. With such !
sentiments firmly established in the Southern mind,!
the South will retrieve herself:
From the Louisville Times.
The Democracy of Kentucky having been defrauded
out of the election, and noj having been permitted to j
give at the polls the true state of public feeling in Ken
tucky, should assemble to make known to their bretli
ren of other States and to the country that they were
thus defrauded, aifd to fix the stigma where it is due.
But for the murderous action of the Know Nothings
in this city and the capital made from it on the day of;
the election by the party wherever the telegraph reach
ed, the Democratic State ticket would have been carried
by a majority as large as is now shown in favor of the
opposition. In view then of these facts and of the dan
gerous tendencies of such a party, unless the moral
sense of the pulblic and of the'oountry is roused to a
realization of their treasonable workings, it is fitting
that a body which had sunh an opportunity of knowing
their baseness should speak out in terms of uncompro- !
mining condemnation against an organization so vile,
and leaders so unscrupulous.
As this is the idea which first naturally suggested
the propriety ol the Convention, so it should command
its first attention. The action of the Convention on
this subject should be decided and unanimous, and
should be set forth to the world in language clear,
loncise, and unequivocal. Nothing less will free the
State from the mortifying disgrace which is now rest
ing upon it like an incubus, and nothing would tend
more to give organization and unity to the party in the i
whole country than such evidence that the Democracy
of Kentucky—though defrauded of its rightful majori
ty—plants itself again as firmly as it did in its regular
Stale Convention of March 15, upon the broad princi
ples of religious liberty and charity to the oppressed
foreigner, the uncompromising foe of secret political
organizations, and the greatest enemy of the treasonable
Know Nothing party. Such a reaffirmation of their
former declaration would raise from depression those
, who were so sanguine as to the result of the last elec
tion. It would inspire confidence in the stability of the
Democracy, and infuse new hope for the future. * * *
The whole South is looking at this time to the enact- j
meat of provisions by which their rights may be proteted, j
and it is only necessary for us to take a firm stand on |
this question to turn back the tide of fanaticism at the
North, and to reinstate the brave patriots who have
fallen there fighting for our rights. The last Demo
cratic Convention of Georgia passed a resolution urg
ing upon the Legislature the enactment of a law declar
ing all citizens of Massachusetts, and such States as
like it would nulify the fugitive slave law, outlaws and
deprived of the protection of the laws. The resolution
passed ; but, on motion of Howell Cobb, it was recon
sidered, and a milder one, merely recommending the I
Legislature to adopt such relaliaiory measures as their
wisdom should suggest, unanimously passed.
The approaching Convention should lake some such j
action as this, but from the greater necessity of protec
tion in our ease, some more specific line of policy should
be laid down, and in looking about us for means to
check Northern fanaticism we can see none more ‘
available than a sjstem of commercial non-intercourse ‘
with such States as refuse to recognize our rights.—
Such a system, carefully laid down, would effect more
for us than all the newspaper phillippics which can be
directed against the North. Let them see that we are
determined to resist their encroachments, and fanati
cism will pause, while our friends at the North who i
recognize our constitutional rights, will be strengthened i
and again placed in power.
The Louisville Journal and similar traitorous South
ern papers uniformly ridicule and cry down the action j
of Southern States whenever they propose to take mea
sures to protect their property and their lives from the
depredation of Northern fanatics; but the fact is, the;
South has never yet taken firm enough ground upon the
subject, its action has consisted in the passing of reso
lutions by Conventions, and in the escape of a little 1
verbal indignation against the perpetrator's of outrages.
Os lato years, however; the boldness of abolitionists in
abducting our slaves, and their utter defiance of our
constitutional rights and indemnification, give just cause j
for alarm, and warn us to take effective measures to
maintain our rights.
The Convention, which was held on the sth inst., at j
Lexington, among other resolutions, passed the follow- j
. in & :
Resolved, That the constitution of the United States is i
a political contract between the. people oi the independent 1
sovereignties, which bestows paramount authority to the
exljent of the powers delegated, but leaves tho’Se trot dole- j
gated jy the States respectively, or to the people ; that a
viguam guard against the centralization of these powers is
essential to the preservation of our institutions, and tiiat by
the instrument Congress lias no power, express or implied,
to establish, abdisli, or prohibit slavery m the Suites or ,
Territories.
Resolved*, That we reaffirm the time-honored principles
of the democracy, and believe that the only sure guarantee i
tor the public tranquility is a slr.ct'adherence to the provis
ions ot the constitution upon the subject of slavery, applying ■
alike to the States and Territories,-observed in die passage ;
ot the compromise measures, of loot), and confirmed in the I
Kansas and Nebraska act, the corollary of the former mea- !
sure, by which Congress have declared that it is their ‘ true ;
intent and meaning m>t to legislate slavery into any State ;
or Territory, hot to leave the people thereol free to form j
and r-'gul ite their domestic institutions m their own way, ■
subject only to the constitution of the I’niteu State-',’’ and 1
that pledge ourselves to fesist the repeal, amendment,
or umdifioation of the compromises of ISSO, including the
fugitive slaw and the Kansas and Nebraska act of ISM, as
we bold that thev are wise and iust meastii os, and shun and 1
be maintained undisturbed for the preservation ol the na- f
tional pence and the Union ol the States.
lies tired. That the constitution of the United Slates is
founded upon the tuodanieiixal principles of entire and ah
sMute equality ainppg all the States of ibis Union, and it is
not competent tor the Gongtes.-i or any other power to im
pose upon new States coming into tin* Union any condition
cr re tru tton in ivpeet to then domestic institutions or'in
ternal* concerns winch theJederal constitution lias not im
posed up*n the original States; and that anykeffoiUx.ni the
putt ot Congress <*r any other power to violate thi- princi
ple shoul Ibo met and resisted by all good citizens as an
attempt * > trample upon the constitution and destroy our
glorious Union.
•Resolved , That all men lutvea natural right antecedent
to the formation of civil society, and beyonefthe control ot
the governments, to religious freedom, the surrender of
which is unnecessary to the temporal welfarfe"of the State,
aftd cannot be relinquished, even by the consent of the citi
zen, in a free government ;'that much less can any mere
party, faction, or cabal, regulate that right by any party
compact against bis consent, k and that we hold that the
Know Nothing order, in the'persecution and proscription
pf Catholics, havo violated this cardinal principle, and are
bigoted enemies to religious liberty, and foes to our consti
tution, our laws, and our free government.
Resolved , That we do not recognise any distinction
among citizens of the United States based upon the aristo
cratic piinriple of birth, and we hold that it is dishonest to
repudiate the contract given by the government Conferring
all the rights of American citizenship in its letters of natu
ralization, and afterwards by a party compact to debar
naturalized citizens from the full benefits while we
leave them subject to the full burdens of the agree
ment. •
Resolved, That open discussion of public affairs is the
foundation of the intelligence of the people and the sale
guard “of freedom ; that any secret association or brother
hood lor political objects is dkngerous to iree institutions, to
the frank and manly character of a true American, and
that we tegard with abhorence the organized falsehood
and treacherous secrecy of the Know Nothing order.
Resolved, That the recent election in the city of Louis
ville was marked by the most glaring fraud upon the elec
tive franchise, amid conflagrations, murders, and barbarities,
contrary to the character and unknown before in the histo
ry of this people, the offspring of a cruel systerp ot religious
bigotry and political hatred of race, engendered in and exe
cuted by a secret, oath-bound, Jacobinical society, repro
ducing in America the savage scenes that stained the
supremacy of their kindred fraternities during the French
revolution. *'_
Resolved, That the President of the United States and
the present administration have been faithful to the princi
ples of the democracy, and especially deserve the thanks of
tfie country for the course pursued in relation to the Kansas
and Nebraska act, for the measure to secure our western
frontiers, and for the maintenance of the honor and dignity
j of the government in our foreign relations.
Education in Columbus.
In 1850 there were 1,543 male youth in the county
of Muscogee between the ages of 5 and 20 years—
inclusive, out of a total population of 18,578. Since
then, the population of Columbus and its vicinity has
inceeased to 9,000. If the proportion of children has
kept pace with the sggregate population, there are now
in the city and its environs not less than 700 male
youth, between the ages of 5 and 20 years, and 475
between the ages of 10 and 20 years, and 225 between
the ages of 15 and 20 years.
It will thus be seen that there are, in Columbus and
vicinity, enough yotfng men to sustain a college of the
first class.
What provision has been made for their education?
None, literally none. True, we have excellent classical
schools both in the city and in Wynnton, but they are
private enterprises sustained by private patronage. They
pay as they go. These schools do not meet the wants
of the city. Tbe great mass of the youth of the city
are denied admission into them, by the high rate of tu
ition fees ; nor is the routine of studies pursued in them
suited to the wants of the age. They are designed to
prepare young men for college, and the studies taught
are such as are necessary to fit young men for admis
sion into the lower college classes.
Cannot something better be done for popular educa
tion by the public spirited citizens of Columbus ? No
doubt of it, if we can agree upon the importance of the
undertaking, and freely contribute in proportion to our
means in carrying it into execution. What say you,
fellow citizens, to an academy upon Wynn’s Hill, after
the model of the United States Academy, at West
Point, at which every boy in Columbus can, for a mod
erate price, receive a West Point education ? and all
the youth of the city be instructed in the rudiments of
an English education free of charge ? There is money
enough in Columbus to erect such a school, and public
spirit enough to sustain it, if the popular heart were
impressed with its* importance. One hundred thou
sand dollars of voluntary contributions, and a small an
uual educational tax would consummate the underta
king. We throw out these hints for the consideration
of the public, and would be pleased to receive commu
nications on the subject from such of our citizens as are
willing to aid in tbe project.
Brownson’s Quarterly Deview.
The October number of this periodical has an unu
sual amount of space devoted to subjects of present pop
ular interest. “The Temporal power of the Pope,”
“The Know Nothing Platform,” and the Irish in Ame
rica,” are the titles of elaborate articles, ali of them
worth reading, But the best article of this number is
a review of the Intellectual Systems of Modern Europe
from Hume dywn to “Victor Cousin and Sir William
Hamilton.’’ We do not know when we have found so
much of judicious and comprehensive commentary in
so small a space.— Mercury.
Some kind friend has deprived us of the privilege
of a perusal of the number by appropriating it. Who
ever he Is, he will confer a favor by returning it.
More New Music.
For sale by IT. S.Saroni —who will accept our thanks
for copies.”
Bella Figlia Dell’amore: Transcribed by Win. Vin
cent Wallace.
Masonic Schotisch : composed by J. A. Fowler.
Havana Plan Lotvery. —The following are the local
ities where the principal prizes were drawn at the drawing
of the Jasper County, Academy Lottery in Macon, Ga., on
the 15th inst. No. 9888, $15,000 in Richmond Va.,and
Rochester, N. Y.; 2329, S3OOO Columbus,Ga.; 819 G, $4600
Nrtshville, Tenn. and Roderick City, Md.; 319, S3OOO Sa
vannah, Ga.; 3406,52000 Wilmington, N. C.; 5629, SISOO
Baltimore. Md.; 7151, SIOOO New York City.
Judge of Supreme Court.—lt is understood that
Judge Starnes, of the Supreme Bench, will not be a can
didate for A correspondent of the Con
stitutional's} nominates Col, Nat. L. Hutchins* a
correspondent of the Atlanta Examiner nominates
•J. W. 11. Underwood, Esq.; a correspondent of the
Chronicle’ ij* Sentinel suggests that the Legislature
would honor themselves by electing Ghas. J. Jenkins
to the vacancy. We have heard of various other nomi
nations, and among them that of Thomas W. Thomas,
of Elbert.
Lynching in Montgomf.ry, Ala. —On the 17th inst.,
a Lynch Court was held in Montgomery, Ala., and a
Mr. A. C. Day was punished by being made to ride On
a rad and afterwards ducked in the artesian resorvoiV.
He had been writing abolition letters to the New York
Times, and scurrilous pieces to a Boston paper.
The court instituted seach for another scamp named i
E. J. Chase, who was guilty of similar conduct, but lie j
could not bo found.
Day was found in bed with a negro wench. j
They are both Northern men.
Daily Mail Line. — We leurji from the Clayton
Banner, that tbe Mail line from Chehaw, on the Muift
goyiery and West Point Railroad, to Euf.iula, via Tus
k'gee, Union Springs, Chunnenuggee, and Clayton,
heretofore tin-weekly, has been changed to a Dui.lv
line, and has been recently supplied by Col. R. If. Pow- j
ell. the enterprising proprietor, with new and eUgant !
coaches. I
Official Returns—The Result m Full.
We give in to-day’s paper the result of the late elec
tion. Our returns are taken from the Executive pe
parlment, and are doubtless correct. The whole num
ber of votes polled is 104,4*3. Gov. Johnson received
of this number, 54,461, Judge Andrews 43,721,#Mr.
Overby G,2GI. Gov. Johnson’s majority over Judge
Andrews, is 10,737 ; over Andrews and Overby to
gether, 4,479.
The number of votes polled for Congressmen, were
102,G00.
Mr. Seward’s majority in tbe Ist District, is 1,635,
Mr. Crawford’s, in the 2d, 593. Mr. Trippe’s in the
3d, 896. Mr. Warner’s in the 4th, 68. Mr. Lump*-
kin’s in sth, 3,317. Mr. Cobb’s in the 6th, 3,976. Mr.
Foster’s in the 7th, 212. Mr. A. 11. Stephens’ in the
Bth, 2,729.
The Senate is composed of 73 Democrats and 38
Know Nothings; the House stands 87 Demoeats, 61
Know Nothings, and 1 independent Whig—showing a j
Democratic majority of over 60 on joint ballot,
Upon the question of Removal, it will be seen that
Milledgeville is far ahead of her competitors. The
whole number of votes cast is 83,116. No Removal,
48,707. To Atlanta, 29,347. To Macon, 3,436. —
Milledgeville over Atlanta and Macon, 15,924 ; over
Atlanta, 19,360. It is now to be hoped that a final qui
i etus is giveu to this subject.— So. Recorder.
Ho for Kansas. —Our friend, Robert T. Simons, who
j aoitiq weeks since proposed through our columns to
j form a company to go to Kansas, requests us to say in
j answer to the question frequently asked him, “when will
j your company start to Kansas?” that he will be ready
j to start with a company of fifty of the right sort of men
! to do the voting and fighting whenever the necessary
funds can be raised. If the South intends to do any
thing in this way it ;s time that a start were made.—
We, therefore, propose that such of the citizens of this
county as feel any interest in the subject, hold a meet
ing at Temperance Hall, on Wednesday next (24th
inst.,) at 11 o’clock, A.M.— Corner Stone , 18/A.
The New Hampshire Legislature. —Concord, [N.
H.,j Oct. 12.—Lieut. Governor Fletcher received the
oath of office to-day, and took his seat as president of
the senate. C. 11. Chapman, of Ludlow, was chosen
secretary. Mr. Powers, of Woodstock, has introdu
ced a bill in amendment of the present liquor law, which
is said to be the most stringent yet framed. Doubts are
expressed about its passage.
Ohio Election. —A dispatch to the New York Eve
ning Post says : The Cincinnati Gazette of this morn
ing has returns from 74 counties, which give Chase a
uet majority of 19,950 for Governor. The remain
ing counties will increase this figure. In 43 counties
the returns show the election of 19 Republicans and 3
Democratic Senators. The returns from 48 counties
show the election of 54 Republican representatives and
only 19 Democrats.
Tennessee. —The vote for Governor, as declared by
the Legislature, makes Johnson’s majority 2,157.
Coast Survey. We are indebted to Prof. A. D.
Baclie for a copy of the “Report of the Coast Survey,’’
showing the progress of that important work during
the year 1554.
Vermont. Legislature. —-The Legislature of Ver
mont met on Thursday and organized. G. W. Gran
by, Fusionist, chosen speaker of the House, and J.
Slade, Fusionist, clerk.
Death of an Officer. —Official information has been
received of the death of First Lieutenant Edward J.
Dummett, of the first regiment of cavalry. He died
on the Ist inst., at Fort Leavenworth, of cholera.
The foregoing announcement appears in the Wash
ington Union. The subject of it, Lieut. Dummett,
was a Floridian, a native of St. Augustine, and repre
sentative from the county of St. Johns in the last ses -
sion of the Florida Legislature. lie had been but a
few months connected with the army, having received
his appointment last Spring on the creation of the new
regiment.— Journal tj- Courier.
Health of Montgomery.
Office Board of Health,
Oct. 16, ISS5 —6 o'clock, p. rn.
The board report no new case of yellow fever, and
no death for the last 24 hours—leaving 46 eases and 18
deaths, from the first report on the 25th u 11., to date.
Samuel E. Norton, Sec-’y.
The Fusion in New York.
A Correspondent of the Mobile Register (Mr. Forsyth)
says: “The newspapers of this morning give us the result
of the deliberations of two political conventions which
have just closed their labors at Syracuse. They were a
Whig convention and an Abolition convention. The for
mer was constituted of the Seward wing of the Whigpar
ty, and in the latter were a number of the “Soft” leaders.
‘Thefinale was a complete coalition of the two bodies—
the ado'ption of identical resolutions, and the nomination
of the same ticket lor State officers. It was a fraternal
embrace of Whig Abolitionists and Democratic Abolition
ists with Abolitionists proper, a kissing all round, and a
fusion into a general mass tinder the name of
Republican, under which liquor prohibition (although they
say-nothing about it) and the anti-slavery (which they say
everything about) are to beimuicssed upon the policy of
this State by the next Legislature. I send you the resolu
tions, which begin and end with “niggers,” and advise you
to publish them. Like the Devil quoting from Scripture,
this conglomerate of political thieves quote from Jefferson
to indicate their principles. This fusion is a good thing for
us.and a good thing for'the country. It is another step to
wards drawing the line, which is preliminary to an under
standing between the North and the South, and a final !
eclaircissement v s dark question. It will tend, too,
to wake up the sound men ol this State—for they will see :
the necessity’ of action, union and a closing of ranks to
meet this formidable alliance The question really is, j
whether New York is to bo sold out to Seward and the ah- j
olitionists.
A Good Reason for Repudiating the Secret Order.
The editor of the Huntsville (Ala.) Advocate, a staunch
whig paper, has been induced to abjure Know Nothingism.
I The reasons he assigns will be appreciated by every intelli
; gem voter who has watched the progress of the order, and
j familiarized himself with its results:
“When Know Nothingism first manifested itself,it came
| wooing the-South with the SQOthrng, sweet and affectionate
i voice of Jadoh,’ we lent a willing ear to it, hoping that it
would be a power iu the North to master and swallow
up abolitionism. But its hands have been the hands of.
tisau, strong, rugged, aggressive, warlike, striking down
: the rights, outraging the leelings and prostrating the inter-
the iSouth —tendering nothing in exchange but a
mc-sP of pottage; seeking to bribe the sons of the. South
with hopes ot the inheritance, while it robbed them of all.
As soon as the mask teas thrown off , and Know Nothing
■ ism’ at the North and Abolitionism Itecame “ one and in- j
i divisible,'’ we trashed nor hands of it. It was not the j
“feast to which ire were invited.'”
These reflections we commend to every Southern Na- j
tiona! Democrat, who may have been seduced into the j
Know Nothing Order, under the expectation that it would
retain a National and Anti-Abolition altitude.
Texas Hay. — Louis Brandt, <*t Indiuno’a, Texas, is
making hom the native grass of the fertile prairies, hay of
a very fine quality, lie has a reaping ma. hiue and p, v !
tent press, and puts up Ins hay in real northern style i
malting hts bales weigh from 350 to 400 pounds. Ic ia ■
Ids intention to ship a 1 irge qtianufv to Mobile and New I
Orleans. A j
From the N*. O. Delta.
Letter from Central America.
San Juan, Del Sue, Sept. 13.
Editors Delta:— Permit me to give you a hasty sketch
of the civil war now raging in thi3 country, and in
part a justification of the conduct ot Walker and the A
mericans under his command that have takeu part in tne
contest. t *
Throughout Guatemala, San Salvador, Honduras, Nic
aragua and Costa Rica, fever since the Independence, there
have been two parties struggling for supremacy—tne ber
vile or Aristocratic and the Liberal or Democratic parties.
The present war results immediately lrom an effort on tne
part of the Servile or Aristocratic party to change the ex
sting Constitution for a less liberal and more arbitrary one.
The Democrats flew to arms, and after a struggle ol six
teen months, are in possession ot all the country except
Rivas and Granada; and the former place cannot hold out
against Walker and his men, flushed as they *aro with the
glorious victory of Virgin Bay, longer than a lew days
more.
A part of the American press has seen lit to speak of
Walker and his command as Robbers and Brigands, yet f
have seen them in all the changes of a military life, in the
retreat alter four hours’ hard fighting with an enemy out
numbering them fourteen to one, preserve all the order ot
veteran troops, and in the hour ot victory oyer an enemy
three times their numbers, show the most strict regard to
the property of all, even those they knew to be their bitter
enemies. This they can freely dare their enemies to dis
prove. They are resolved to show that Nicaragua, the
land of their adoption, shall have no cause to legret the
invitation they gave them to their shores.
The so-called Government, or Chomoro faction, have
i asked the aid and sympathy ot the Negroes ot Jamaica,
j and have always favored the English interests in Nicar
agua, to the exclusion of all others. On the contrary, the
Democratic Party has always looked to the United States
lor encouragement and sympathy. Honduras aided the ;
Democratic party sos Nicaragua with men. Guatemala
has aided the servile party by invading Honduras, but the
insurrection at Los Altos has lorced Gen. Lopez to return
to Guatemala, and Gen. (Juandiola, the commander ot the
servile troops in Nicaragua, has been defeated twice in one
month—once at Sauce, and on the 3d inst. at Virgin Bay,
by Wakler. No one can doubt,that is at all acquainted
with the people of this State, but a large majority of them
are ini tavorj of the Democratic party, and the influx oi
a foreign population from the United States, enough to give
more stability to the government, for it is to the citizens ol
the United States alone they look. At the present time
the Democratic party, offerevery inducement to emigrants
—lands that vie with the best sugar and cotton lands in the
world, at sixty cents per acre, or to young Americans, wil
ling to serve in tho American phalanx,one hundred dollars
per month, and live hundred acres of land. Can you not
send us a lew such from Louisiana? With fifty more such
men as your State has already furnished,the war would ‘
be ended in two months. All they want is a Mississippi I
rifle, and they will find here officers to receive and lead ;
them. Amongst them are Captain C. C. Hornsby, ot N. i
Orleans, and several others. Yours, &,e.,
__ J. C. KING.
Later from Texas.
New Orleans, Oct. 16.
Galveston dates to Sunday have been received. Capt.
Callahan,of the Texas Rangers, had a battle at Eagle
Pass, on the 24th ult., with 700 Mexicans and Indians. —
! Four ol the Texans and 40 of the enemy were killed. —
The latter retreated.
Capt. Callahan calls on the State of.Texas for assistance
to exterminate the Indians, who say they are determined
to kill as they go.
Captain C. is txpecting another attack.
Pennsylvania Election.
Philadelphia, Oct. 13.
Further returns swell the [Democratic gains throughout
the State. It is believed that the democrats will have a
majority of about twenty-live on joint ballot.
Official returns give Plumer a majority of 2,614 in
Philadelphia.
Murder and Suicide by a Slave Abductor.
The Richmond Dispatch of Monday says; Last week
in this city, one of those men whose vocation is to abduct
slaves from their masters, and send them to free States,
murdered a slave, and after being arrested committed sui
cide.
The selfishness and brutality of this man afford a speci
men of the mercinary and diabolical characters of the a*
gents of the Underground Railroad. The lile of the poor
slave he had undertaken to abduct was not considered as
valuable as the watch, money, and clothing upon him,and
to obtain these, it appears, h; killed him !
Railroad Meetings in Albany.
We find the following call signed by a number of
prominent citizens of Albany and its vicinity, in the last
number of the yllb.iny Patriot and Standard :
A meeting of the citizens of Dougherty eountv, will be
held at the Court House in Albany, on Saturday the 13th
of October, for the purpose of instructing our members of
the Legislature relative to asking Slate aid for the con
struction of a Railroad to Albany, and concerning a law
authorizing county subscriptions.
Senator Dixon cf Kentucky and the Democracy.
The national men, both at the North and the South,
who once acted with the old whig party, are beginning to
perceive that the Democracy are the only Union organi
zation, and are joining it in great numb* rs. Within a few
months hundreds of eminent men have formally declared
their allegiance to the Democracy. Among others is Se
nator Dixon of Kentucky, the successor of Henry Clay in
the United States Senate, and a gentleman of great we ight
of character and influence. In a recent lettei, dated Hen
derson, Ky., Sept. 24, Mr. Dixon says:— N | Y. News.
Gentlemen: lam in the receipt of your favor of the
| 15th inst., requesting me to be present and addresss a mass
i meeting of the Democracy, to be held in Paducah on the
27th iust. You arc right in supposing it it is my inten-
I lion to co-operate in Jut arc with the Democratic Early.
! The Whig party, with which 1 have so long acted, has no
j longer a political existence. I have no party now but my
country. To this I shall not cease to be faithful. The A
merican party, divided as it is into two great sectional
parlies, the one northern and the other southern, can
only injure where it would serve the country ; for instead
ot str'engtnening the national men of all paities, it can on
j ly divide them in all the elections, when union and con
| cert of action are necessary to the very salvation of the
J country. As far as I can judge, the Democratic party, al
though weakened in the free States, is still national, and
still co operates with the Southern Democracy, in opposi
tion to the Abolitionists and Free Solders of the North,
who, to destroy the institution of slavery, would rend the’
Union asunder, aud bury beneath the ruins of the Consti
| tut:on the liberties of the country.
J I regrer, gentlemen, that circumstances over which 1
| have no control will prevent my being with you on theoc
: cUsiod alluded to. 1 am, very truly, your obedient serv’t
j . ARGIL DIXON.
; L. C. Tremble, It. B. J. Twyrnan, aud others.
’ call for a Convention, addressed to the people of botli Ore
j gon and Washington Territories, east of the Cascade
; Mountains, to meet at the Dalles on the 25th of Aug. next,
! to take preliminary steps for the organization of anew ter
ritory, to extend on either side of tne Columbia River,from
the Cascades to the Rocky Mountains. The late treaties
with the Indians in that direction by Gov. Mevcns and
I Gen. Palmer, Superintendents of Indian A flairs for the re
j spective Territories, has thrown open for occupation all the
| fertile valleys of a vast scope of country, and the admira
; ble adaptation of that country for stock growing has al
; ready induced a large number of farmers from the Wil-
I liamette Valley torepaii thither with the intention of mak
i ing that section of country their future home. Should the
i gold fields of that section prove equal to present public j
hope and expectation, it has been suggested that at leu?t
three thousand persons will he found in that region during j
the present nion h, and with an otherwise rapidly increas
ing population, we can see no obstacle that can intervene, ;
preventing the formation of anew territory there during i
the approaching session of Congress., Our delegate elect to
Congress, Col. Anderson, a visit to the fort Col- i
ville country, will have ample opportunity of ascertaining I
all the necessary facts. — Pyonesr, Olympia, If. T. Avg. 3 !
Ihe Shortest llaj/ — Sonia twelve years ago, ??apo- I
Jeon, (Indiana.) was celebrated for two things -me for
the carousing propensities of its citizens, au.i the other i
for the.great number of cross roads in its Vicinity. Jt
appears that nu Eastern Collector had stopj ed at Dayton
to spend the night and gain some information respecting
Ins luture course. During the evening he became ac
quainted with an old drover, who appeared well posted as
to the geography of the country, and the collector thought
he might as well inquire in regard to the best route to
and ll roilt points t<> Winch lie was-destined.
‘1 wish to go to Greenfield,’’ said the collector ; “now j
w hich is the shortest wav ?”
“Well, sir” said the drover,'•you had be'ter go to Na- j
poleon and take the road leading nearly north.”
The traveller it down.
Weil, sir, it I wfcli&lp go to Edinburgh ?”
“ riien go to ISapoTeoa and take the road w?st.”
“Well, if I wished to Vernon V’
‘.‘Go to Napoleon, and the-road south-well.”
-* “Or to Indianapolis?” said the collector, eyeing die
drover closely, and thinking hy was being imposed on.
“Goto Napoleon and take, the road north’ west.”
The collector looked at his note bool-; ; every direction
had Napoleon in it ; he began to fee! Ins mottle rise /and
he turned once more to the dfbver with , #
“Suppose, sir, I wanted to go to the devil ? ’
The drover never smiled, hut scratched Lis head, and
after a moment’s hesitation sab! :
“Well, my dear sir, I don’t know of any shorter road
you could take than to go*to Napoleon. ‘
The Democratic National Convention. —YY c publish
the following resolutions, adopted at the last Democratic
National Convention held in Baltimore, for the
of those who are curious to know how the next Conveu
lion is to* be constituted and where it is to tagieid :
Resolved , That the next Dfemooraiic National Con
vention he held at Cincinnati, in the State ot Ohio.
Resolved , That in constituting ‘future National Con
ventions of the Democratic party, in order to secure tho
respective rights of the States to their relative represent
tntion in such Conventions, each State tvih be entitled to
twice the number of delegates that, it lias votes in the
electoral college, and no more ; and that the Democratic
National Committee, in making arrangements lot too
next National Convention, provide such numbei* ot seats
therein ibr each State, and secure the. same to the dele
gates eleet.
Resolved , That the time of holding the next conven
tion, he designated by the National committee ; and that,
in their call, the above resolution be insertedjis the in
for choosing and elegates.
THE KANE EXPEDITION.
Highly Interesting Account oj the Expedition , as
related by Dr. Katie to Mr. Henry Grin well.
As soon as the vessels came Jo anchor off the Battery,
Dr. Kane hurried ashore, aud proceeded at once the
Astor House, where he was warmly welecyned by a host
of friends and acquaintances. Every one.crowded to see
him, and for a few minutes he was so completely surround
ed and beset by eager inquirers that it was with the
greatest difficulty he could make his escape. Y\ hen he
at last succeeded in gaining thestreet. lie, in company with
a friend, got into a carriage and drove up to the res dt nee
of Mr. Hemy Grinnell, in Bond street. His arrival had
been expected bv Mr. Grinnell, who received him with
such a welcome as only comes from the very depths ot tho
I heart.
1 “I have no Advance with me.” said Dr. Kane, nllud
j ing to the loss of his vessel, which, as we have stated, he
j was obliged to abandon in the ice.
“Never mind that,” replied Mr. Grinnell; “so long as
you are safe, that is all we care about. Come into the
parlor,” he added, “and let us hear the whole story.”
And Dr. Kane proceeded at once to relate the story of
his second voyage to the Arctic regions, the perils and
dangers to which lie was exposed, liiis wonderful adven
tures, and still more wondertu! escape. Yfc give it as
nearly hi his own words as possible, stating, however, at
his request, that his official account will be published as
early as practicable, and that any errors or inaccuracies
will be corrected in it. He was obliged, he said, to abau.
don tho Advance in latitude 78.45, alter having penetrat
ed as tar as 82.30, which was further than any other navi
| gator had gone, with the exception of-Captain Barry, who
reached the latitude of 83.15. YY Lile hero lie saw llie
Polynya or open sea, stretching away est to the north
farther than the eye could reach. r lltis point lie had
reached after travelling eighty or ninety milts over the ice
iu sledges ; but as an immense zone ot it intervened be
tween him aud his vessel, it was impossible lor him to
prosecute his investigation farther northward. For two
winters the Advance was completely hemmed ill; and as
it became evident to him, from the condition of Ins men,
that they could not survive another winder, he determined
to leave her anti mid-, o die b* *t of his way to the nearest
settlement. lie discovered about eighty new cap- sand
twenty bays, and found land up as tar as he was enalv ;u
to penetrate. The emit me northern boundary cf this lie
1 named Grinneli’s Land, in honor of Mr. llenry Grimiei;
The hardships they endured were of a feariul character,
and at one time six out of their party of nineteen were so
low that it was thought they could net survive. Os these
three died, and the rest were saved, after the most in it*
mitting care and attention. One of tli*-se was Mr- Alston,
the carpenter, who died, while crossing over the ice, if
f lockjaw, superinduced by the intense cold. The other two
t were frost bitten. The lockjaw, Dr. Kane said, was very
prevalent.
j The party, after making their way over thirteen hun
l died miles of ice, arrived at Leviely or Godhaven, and
t had taken passngeMn a Danish brig, named the Maria,
- when the Release made her appearance. Their joy at
t meeting their countrymen here can better lie imagined
than described.
They lost no time, it is almost needless to state, in taking
their departure, and after a favorable voyage arrived with
in sight of our shores, where they were haded b\ the steam
* ship Union about sixty miles east of Sandy Hook.
Additional Statement hi/ Dr. Kane.
The ‘expedition succeeded in crossing Melville Boy anil
reaching the headlands ol Smith Sound as ea?h- rs? the GtTi
of August, 1853. Finding the ice to the north
!y impenetrable, they were forced to,RU< nipt a temporary
passage along the coast, where the rapid tides—rc iia'i g
at the rate of four knots an hour, with a rise and r.. 1! <*:
sixteen feet —had worn a temporary opening. Previous
to taking this step, which involved great responsibility,
and which was, in fact, equivalent to sacrificing the vts
fc!, a Francis metallic boat, with a canoe ol provisions, was
concealed as a means of retreat.
The penetration of the pack ic-c was attended by many
obstacles. The vessel grounded with every title, and but
for her extreme strength would not have been able to tus*
tain the shocks of the ice. She was twice on her beau
ends, and once on lire from the upsetting of the stovt.-. —
Some idea of this navigation may be formed, iiom the bet
of her losing her jibhoom, best bower anchor and bul
warks, besides about GOO fathoms of oarping hue. Tfuv
were cheered, however, by a small daily progress; and
by the 10th of September, 1853, had succeeded in g ;.-inlrg
the northern face of Greenland—*at a point never readied
before. Here the youug ice froze around the vessel, and
compelled them to seek a winter asylum.
The winter gave them a degree of cold much below any
previous registration on record. Whiskey froze in No
vember, and for four months in the year mercury was
solid daily. The mean animal temperature w; s five de
grees below zero, summer and winter included. Tics,
i without a doubt, was the greatest cold ever experienced
j by man, as the seat of their winter quarters was nearest
the pole.
i Tne scurvy was readily controlled, but the rn< st novil
i feature of this winter was a tetanus, or lockjaw, v. Rich de
; bed all treatment. It carried away fiftyseven o their Le-l
| sledge dogs, and was altogether a frightful scourge.
! The operations of search commenced as early as March.
; The first parties, under the-persona! charge oi Dr. K ne,
; dossing the ice at temperatures of minus 57 below z i". A
The loss of their dogs obliged them, as an only ahernativc,
to adopt this early travel. Many of the party were frest
biticn and underwent amputation of the toes. It was bv
means of these efforts that the exp-di.iou succeeded in
bringing back their important results. The pm tits were
in the field as la*e as the 10th of July, only eoas.ng
from labor when the winter darkness made it impossible
to travel.
Greenland has been followed and surveyed by Dr Kano
towards the Atlantic, with a coast imo hunting dtieN rth,
until a stupendous glacier absolutely cheeked this prop mss.
This mass ol ice rose irr a lofty prte/p-oe. 500 feet high,
abutting into the sea. It undoubtedly is the only hair nr
between Greenland and tile Atlantic—it is an ‘effectual
barrier to ah future explorations.
1. This glacier, in spite of the difficulty of tailing bergs,
was followed out to sea by moms of sledges, the party
ratting themselvt*s*yeross upon water spyots <-u mnssts of
ic-e. In this way they succeeded in travelling <-iplily in 5s
along i’s base. ahd traced it into a ifew Nortl.trn land
ih.s glacier is, kv b*-iicve, the largest ev* r di>covt red by
any previous navigator.
2. This ncw 1 tid thus cemented to Greenland by pro
truding ice, was named “V. ashiugton.” The lar-c ! y
wh*eh intervenes net ween it and Greenland bears, we h * J|
sieve, the name tifiMr. Peabody, of Baltimore, one >’ , e
projectors of the expedition. Tics iey eonneciion ot c>■
< Id and new worlds seems to us a feature of p-.euluu in
terest.
3. The range of the sledge journeys may be nedtrsic -t
from the fact tint the entire circuit oi SSfmibT is-.-i Mid ‘bis
been” effected, and its shores completely charted.