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QLimw arft Smtmel. .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.