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From tt\e NVw Yof’i N e '.vs,—!)wa x*.ivttfc. A Ward In Season to Stw'lieru Hrmerrats : A correspondent in Georgia. writing in re gard to tin- complexion and action of the dele gation from that State to the (’incimmti Con vention. says -it. is composed of a majority of gentlemen who ranked with the Secession wing of the nomocracy in 11830,” and ■tuerei'ore.” he fours, "they will vote against the reception of the National delegates of Now York, and for this re-uominatioo of l’ierw." Wliat an argument to base sueh mi assumption upon! Well, let them so act if they choose, from the Democratic party in New Y.ak they wil receive no coaxing—no applications to act rightly. I'he day for temporizing has past. The delegates from New York w ili ask udmis sion to the National Convention, not as a lit vor but air a right, but those who arc willing, to vote for their rejection may do so readily nnd freely amid the congratulations ol Van Buren Free Sutlers and Anti Nebraska sup porters of the Administration. The Democ racy of this and other Northern States have! stood up to the rights of the South as a mat-, ter of principle; they will abide and stand by i that principle to the last, whether receiv ed at Cincinnati or rejected, supported or abandoned. For years they have thus stood us t u break-water against Abolition fuuaticism. and resisted the linpetuosit. of its torrent j They w itt continue to do so in the future. I lu with all seriousness, and w ith due appreciation I of what we are declaring, we inform our South, ern brethren—those of them who are so wil fully blind that, they will not see -the diffvreuc- ; between the Hards and the Softs." those who refer to Gulliver's Travels for facts—that if the attempt is made to insult the true men of New York at Cincinnati, by inviting them to asso ciation with the defenders o. the Wilmot Pis viso, or to ostracise them bv marching the lat ter to high scats in the Democratic synagogue over their heads, a storm of indignation will be aroused throughout the country which will strengthen the cause of true democracy, but sweep into political oblivion those who advo cate or countenance a cowardly surrender of principle from any regard of mere expediency or the ho[ie of personal reward. We are un willing to believe that the men of the South, whose gallantry and nobleness of spirit it has j often been our pride to commend, w ill consent j to affi iute witJi that faction at the North, call- 1 ing itself Democratic, winch has ever been in j imical to them, and turn their bucks upon tried ■ and trust v f. ieuds. The National Democrats of New York re frained from opposing the administration ol Mr. I ’ierce until longer support of and would have degraded -and debased tneiii; until it per fisted in pursuing a line of “policy,-” which it was foreseen would re.-u!t in budding up anew the Free Soil puity of 1848. Our people stood up for the principle of the Nebraska bill originated by the tearless Dickinson in 1847 and revivified by the gallant Dougins, at o period when the 1 ’resident and his Cabinet were trembling with alarm at the boldness of the measure when the Washington Union was arrayed against it, and when ctrlain Southern Beneiors and Representatives were acting and laboring for its defeat. Is Mr. Fierce then to be favorably regarded, aim to our prejudice, because at the eleventh hour rendered bold by desperation, he nerved himsell to indorse what he had all along heartily supported, or arc his particular friends in this State worthy of the embrace or confidence of Southern men. h - cause now they pretend to abjure the unii- Deroocratie and sectional notions, which but yesterday possessed them? Del the men of the South pause and reflect. let them renn inta r that no debt of gratitude exists from the Na tional Democracy of New York to them, and above all. let "policy." (a word we driest.) keep them from imposing harsh ami impost ible conditions upon the faithful Democracy of this State. Let them lie just and fear not. The Democrats not ouly ol New York blit of the whole country will hold them to a strict ac countability for their action. A Fkagvext of .Noah’s: Auk Discover- ‘ ed ix Illinois.—The Bnrdstown J Ili: oisnn says : While visiting a friend in Sangamon j Bottom, in this county, a short time j since, we were called to examine a speci men of stone which he had lately t ken fram a neighboring quarry The curiosi ty consisted of two satid-ston ■ rocks, which ' were found joining each other in centexu ral from, which when separated, the face of the one presented the appearance of having been a part of the side of a vessel near the g .uwale ; there seems no doubt to have been an over-lappin- of the tim bers in the form of a cornice or moulding around the vessel. The work of art is as plain to be seen on the stone as on th floating vessel ; the hoh s formed by the nails are very distinct, as well as the sos-! silized texture of the wood. There are j also pieces of iron with the specimen, j which seem to have been used instead of caulking between the strips of plank. Newspaper Folding Machine.—We j have recently added to the machinery of our office a fading machine, manufactured ; by P. 11, Weeks, of Columbus, Ohio. It! is a great saving of time, labor and ex-j pense. It enables us to dispense with the services and annoyance of a number of! boys, that were hitherto required to fold j our paper. The folding k done more neat-! ly, accurately', and with greater uniform!- j ty than it can be done by hand. The ma-1 chine is compact, simple, and substantial ly made. The entire fram wo kis of iron, tho ro lers of wood. It can be regnla ed ! so as to foi l them at the rate ol 2,700 per hour. Every newspaper having a \ large circulation would find one of these | machines very economical. —Louisville j Journal. * Tfiß “RMriREn" .isri the “Active.”—A , good story is told of Commodore Stew-; art — “ Old Ironsides”--in <o im ction with J the discussiu i to v, iiK.'ii tlic act on of the ! late Naval Board l;a- given rise. The meritsof the navy b, ing canvassed in the old Commodore’s presence, and the d'-cis ions of the Board, in many cases, shown to be partial and unjust, lie broke in w.th thin emphatic proposition s “Let them,” he said, “equip three frigates of them with size and armament, and man two ofj equal those retained on the active list, and give the third so be manned with the ret ire dropped and furloughed, and I will whip I the two in an open sea fight ” i Dow’s two PitopHEothS.—Lorenzo Dow, a man of good common sense, but r.tlnr eecentrie, has left on record two prophe cies, in reference to tic United States, and as one has been fn ’filled, we may look out for the other ! II ■ said that in March, 1856, we would have more snow, ice, and high waters than had been witnessed since Noah’s Flood U s next prophecy was that n the year 1 StiO there would be a bloody war between the Protestants and Roman Catholics in this country, and tliax: the P otestants would he v tarimis. The war has commenced, and already we see the columns of the I’ope waver. We think this predb-tioti entitl and to so rtous consideration. The battle will com* wenee the Sill, when the hosts of. Babylon will be routed “horse, foot, mid dragoons,” by the Protest >tit ar y, led on tob-itt! by Clan. I'ilhm /c nnd Mj. Dr nelson. To vottr tents, O Israel! To the ballot box, O AmcrieausH— Amerinn Organ. At a Printers' Festival held at Boston a short time since, the following capital toast was drank ; The Editor—The innn who is expect'd ■ to know everything, tel! all he knows and .go'ssntrhe rest ; to make oath to hit*j ■own good character, establish the reputn-j : fion of his neighbors, nnd elect nil candi dates to office ; to blow up ev-rbody, and, reform the ivorld ; to live for the benefit. ,of others, and have the epitaph on his 'tombstone, 'Here lie lies at last;' in.short, Ihe is a locomotive running on the trnek j !of public notoriety ; his lever k his pen j j ! Ills holler is fi led with ink, his tender is I his scissors, and his driving wheel is pub-! i lie opinion ; whenever he explodes it is ; , caused by t oti-paymeiit of subscription. Peace Memorial.-—On Monday lust, Mayor Rice, < f Boston, communicated to the Board of Alderman, of tlirt city, a m- tnorial o! seven hundred citizens of Ed inbarglt, Scotland, for the preservation of amicable, relations between America and Great Britain. The memorial deprecates a breach of those peaceful relations which have so long anil happily existed between Great Britain and the United St ates, and i asks for the friendly interpositio of the| people of Boston, todiseonrage the growth of hostile sentim nts between nations al lied by the ties of consanguinity and a eommnon Christian faith. It is signed by the Lord Provost and otht r magistrates! of tlie city of Edinburg , many of the c!e> gyofallde emulations, and other inflneu tial citizens. ' At an examination ol the College ot Surgeons, a candidate was asked by Ab ermtliy. ‘What would yon do if a man j was blown up » ith powder?' j ‘Wait until he came down,’ he replied ; coolly. ‘Tr ie replied Ale nicthy,’ and sup .ose' 1 should k-'ek von for such an impertinent reply, what muscles would I put in mo tion?’ ‘Tie flexors and extensors or my arm, for I would knock you down immediate ly.’ i He got a diploma. To Select Ecos Containing Male on Female Chickens.—ls female b rds are i required, select the roundest and phintp it st shaped eggs, b t for the nt les, the longest ami most pointed. Another, by 1 the position of the air-cell at the hurt end lof the egg those m-y be selected that wil I produce the male sex; n these the ait cel! is in the centre of the end. If the ! cell be a little on one side, the egg w II | produce a. female chit ken. The pos ton :of the air-cell is ca’silly discovered bv ; hohliag the egg between the eve ;• ,ie! the ; light. Definiiion *ik a 11 1 si-.a v i>. —Tilt- En glish language is not a opiotts one. If we had not been previously aware of tie fact, it woidtl have been math- evi ent to our understanding by reading the follow-’ ing paragraph in a Scotch paper : "VVliii is a husband? Hear a lady’s defi nition. He is, saitl site, a snarling, crusty, sullen, testy forward, cross, ; rutty moo dy, crabbed, Spanish, art, splentn-, surly, dry, l-rnt.sh, fierce, mo use, waspish, cur rish, parish, fretful, peev sli, huffish, sulky, touchy, fractions, nigged,• l ister tig, cap tious, ill mil tired, rusty, clturlis , grmv liti , laundering, uppish, stern, grating, frumpish, liiimorsome, env ous dog in the manger, who neither eats himslf, nor lets others eat.’” Gen. Houston in Baltimore.—The son of this morning thus alludes to Gen. Hous taii’s lecture, delivered last ni lit; The promised lecture ol Gen. Ilouslon took lace last night at the Hall of the Maryland Institutin'-, to a respectable au dience. Its Subject, as stated, was the “icing r to which this country is exposed front war, bigotry, fanaticism.” lie wa bard down against, the increase of the ar my and the navy—opposed to the naval and mil tary academies, as they were the nurseries of favoritism, &c. In relation to fanaticism, he cLaraeterised the aboli tionists of the North ami the ilisuuiouists of the South is coming under that head. He defended he institution of slavery in the South, and incidentally spoke of sla very in Mexico, where the perns were slaves And, Mexico being introduced, he referred to the condition if that coun try, and attributed it to the influence of the Catholic priesthood, who opposed edu cation and enlightenment of the masses. He co jureil the rising gem-rat on to grow up with a love for the Union of the States. He was frequently applauded during the discourse. Western’ Texas a Free Sta’k.— The San Antonio Texan has tlie following re marks upon this free State of Western T xus as improbable, particularly at a time when sueii strenuous efforts ae be-1 ing made to carry slavery into Kansas, where lav rydo-s not exist by positive! law. Yet there is a strong probability that such au event will occur within the i next ten v- urs. Our opinio -is based up o i the fact that for igu immigration is greater than do mestic, by at least ten to! one ; and upon tlie well known fact that) ■ill f reign iramigrat on i- opposed to slavery from principle prejudice and edu cation. And tie re are many of the emi grants from t 1 e other States opposed to slavery, wlioqui'-ty tolerate it so long as it i« an institution of the State, but who: w.ll vote no slavery, when the question comes up whether Western T xas shad be a fee or slave S ate. This fact is not yet generally known ; if so. it is not dull considered. The vote of the adopted cit - zens ot Texas now numbers at least twelve thousand. In less than ten years it will be increased to three tim s that numb r ltd ss the uat rul.z stion laws are changed. Tuts increase will be a much greater rat.o than that o! the native born vote. Grkelv on Oeoroia Members.—llor ate Greefy seems disposed to lie quite complimentary to the members of t e House from Georgia. I his sketch of a debate on the Ist inst., lie taus alludes to a speudi made by J Warner • “Judge Warner from Georgia ma ’e to day in the House (Comm ttee us the Whole) the ablest, calmest, most thorough and effective speech of the session. He assumed that slave labor , impovisle sand exhausts soils ; ami contin ued expansion is essential to its existence and must be had. H - wanted no Federal ' law for Slavery—it made the law for it s If.” I By the w.-iy, the Georgia Democracy ■ were quite shocked w hen Mr. Foster ex sorted a compliment from the same source I early in the session—how do they feel I when Judge Warner, their own man, is : praised by the Abo itionists ?— Sav. liep. iiEimim & iiisni’LiM. ATLANTA, GEORGIA : Friday Morning, April 18, 1856. jptH FOR PRESWEA TANARUS, MILLARD FILLMORE. OF-YE IV YORE. o C o FOR VIC E PRESIDEA'T, ANDREW .J. DO NELSON, OF TE-WYESSEE. NOTICE. Our paper will invariably lie discontinued when the tim • exp'r"* for which payment is made. Oar term- requ're advance payment, and they will he strictly adh'-red to. Wien the “time is out.’' the pap r will stop, and a remittance will be ne cessary to set it in motion again. We frequently have orders for onr paper not accompanied I'V the cash. 11l such cases, one copy w'll tie sent, and if the terms are not com pliisl with, tin* nun:'will not be entered on our I looks. The articles of the Senior Editor. J. Noncao-s. are marked tiins t- Those of the Junior, A. M. EeTiULM-vx. tints *. Death of an old Citizen. — -I no. F. A path, a venerable and much respected eit. zoii, died in tit’s city on Wednesday last. He had resided in this vicinity for more than thirty years —having removed from South Carolina to Dekalb county, in 1823. He lived the life of an honest man and died the death of a Christian. Requktt cot in pace. Editorial chritgr. Maj Ixo. 11. Steele again resumes the ed itor al charge ol the Examiner, and I'. L. 1 >ar ber Esq reties. MV greet the Major's return j with pleasure, and beg leave to extend to him fraternal eo rt'-seiis Mr. Burls rin Ids retire, ey has our best wishes. Tla- office of the Savannah Georgian has la-i'U elos. and lw the Sheriff Oar thanks ar- dm- I Inn. J no. li. Lump kin for public documents. The Bank of FuFon. The Books for subscription, and the stock of this Bank are. by order of the Board of Cor. porators, opened to-dav at the office of K. W. Holland, and will remain open for CO days There is a probability that the stock will be taken up by responsible parties. Tbs Atlanta Bank, Th s Bank remains in the same fix as of late, that is doing nothing but paying np the few ' scattering hills as they come in. Election in Augusta.—The municipal elec-1 tiou in Augusta on Monday last, passed off quietly, and resulted in the choice of the none i iuees of the Amirican party, with three excep tions. Tile Mayor and nine C’ouncilmen are Americans. There. Now ! exclaims a sag nicht paper in : Georgia, “you sec the Black Republicans have repudlateil Fillmore and Donelson. and they i cannot carry a single State in the Union, and you Americans had better c. mo over to us and l>o on the strong side. AVe read on down the column and soon another item of news meets onr eye. which is. There, nmv! you see the Black K -publicans are going it for Fillmore. ! and. oh ! voti Iwniful. true hearted Americans, (In come over ami help us :o beat them. Ad ! m-rable cross-lire. this. * I The Federal Union has all along bee n won derfully exercised about the horrid -oath-. | mummeries and tomfooleries” of the Know j Nothings. \Ve think if the Union men would ! pay attention to their own sacred obligations, land not take any inconsistant with a goad con science, they would have enough to d>. AVe | never knew a rogue that was notin a fever all 'the time, for lear somebody would steal some thing from him. * By reference to an advertisement in another colamn of this paper, it iv'll lie seen that If. E. At angum has again commenced business at his okl stand on White hull street We are glad to find hitn coming hack to “original pirnci pie." and we are certain Ins company in busi ness circles is always acceptable. Those who have orders for buying ar selling in this mar i Let could not do better t'lmi entrust them to | lnin. * II vNDs-oiE Present,—Mr. P. S. Gerald ; present ed. on Friday night last, through Col. ! ('. R. Ilanleiter. a splendid portrait of Gen. Zachary Taylor, to the City Council of Atlanta. It is a eorrect likeness, size of life, in a beauti j !'ul gilt frame. It is to be suspended in the I City Hull. Noll eg' curd note pia« fully !adorn our new and splendid City Hall than the 1 portrait of the Hero of The Mexican War. j Mr. Gerald deserves, as he will receive, the thank-- of oar citizens for this handsome and - valuable preaeut. - * Ki.kctio.n.—.On Monday next the ejection sot officers of Our 'City UoiirTtakes place. While there is some competition for the offices, we are glad, so far as we know, that no party spirit has shown itself. This is as it should be, and >ve sincerely trust that all may cast their votes with regard to the merits of the men leaving /forty ambition for other occasions. AVe have no disposition to disclaim our purtizan predil ections, but when administrators of Justice are to be chosen, it is tint the due dem'tnd of pa triotism to lav down all prejudice, and use our lest judgment to the ends of justice We have heard no names mentioned in connection with the offices to be filled, that would not be credit able to the Court, and satisfactory to the com munity. * The Atlanta Intelligence!!. —Col. Thom as C. Howard, the talented editor of thisuble democratic paper, arrived in this city on the Bth insf., and spent a day with his I'ri nds. AVe are gratified to learn that he has received the ap pointment of Post Master at Atlanta. Long life and good luck to him. AA'e clip the foregoing compliment to our friend Howard from the Columbus Times If Sentinel. Certainly none could draw upon the claims of their party wi'h more justice titan him, nor could lav jrs be bestowed upon a worthier man. AA’e shall give his Democracy all the - hard licks” we can. bat personally he lias our best wishes, and officially our confi deuce. * Banks! AVe notice that the notes of the Bank of Middle Georgia, at Macon, have made their up pcurunce in our market. The small bills are line specimens of engraving, and the paper of all is fine and durable. It is certainly cheering to see such Banks as this spring up in the in terior of the Btute. It has connected with it the right kind of men, and will do honor ns well as contribute to the prosperity of the city in which it is located. The Commissioners of the Bank of Athens, at Athens, Georgia, have authorized the open ing of Books on Wednesday the 3d inst. AA'e presume the stock will be readily taken up and the Institution soon be in operation. Sucoss to the enterprise. f Scttlonal Parties. The Democratic orators in Congress are constantly belaboring the Black Republican for their sectionalism and local parlyisin. The Democratic editors throughout the South are doing their level best—some with falsehood' and abuse, others with honeyed words, to induce j the American Party to drop their organization and full into their poluted ranks. This, then.; is a fair specimen of the tactics and honesty of this great Sag-Nicht concern. AA'hich we would submit is the most patriotic and honest to fall ni with such a mixed and mongrel party with all their disunion antecedents and their moun j tains ol sins, or to stand aloof ami vote for such men as Fillmore and Donelson. -j- AVhat a Pm:! —The American Organ ■ published an anecdote illustrating Mr. Fillmore's luck, and we had appropriated considerable con-: solution to ourselves, from the fact, for we must acknowledge that we have always thought there was something in being a “lucky man.” 'i’he! Examiner, however, who deligli sin our dispair, announces that the s ippery goddess has with drawn. and Mr. Fillmore’s luck is at an end ! What a pity ! * j Bank of Columbus.—The corporators of. I this Bank which was chartered hv the last Legislature, have held a meeting and so far or ganized .is to conduct business in their eorpor ae capacity. Nine Directors were elected, and subsequently A\\ 11. Young was chosen Pres ident. A Building has been purchased foi the use of the Bank, at:d the first of June designat |ed as the time for opening Books of Subscrip, tions to the capital Stock. * j Madison Family Journal.—T A. Burke. Esq., late of the Cassville Standard, has be ' come the editor of this excellent paper. He} introduces himself to the readers of the Visitor in a beautifully written Salutatory, which bears the marks of one who has handled the quill " before -Tom " lias qualifications for ati editor, and we bail with pleasure his return to the starving precincts ol Journalism. * - - Disastrous Fire in Nashville.—AA’e learn from an Extra of the Nashville Putrid that a mot disatrous conflagration occurred in, Nashville on Saturday last. 'l'he Nashville) Inn ami Court House were destroyed. Loss estimated at 8300,000. * j | Konie Rail Road. AVe learn irom the Koine Commercial Adver tiser that the first installment of T Rai s for relaying the track on the above Road has been received. AA’e also find in the same paper a Statement ol the business of the Road for March, which shows with what skill and ability the Road is now managed by the present Superintendent, Col. M. A. Stovall. Here are the figures: j Gross Receipts, 5.210 CO; Expeuses, 1,172 87 Nett Profits. 4,037 78 j AA’hile this result is highly complimentary to' Coi. Stovall, it must be most satisfactory to to the Stockholders. The contemplated im-i provement in the superstructure of the Road which is absolutely necessary, will, we presume, Is completed bel< re the next business season. \\ r c noticed some time since that Col. Sio vall had contract'd with the Messrs. Noble, of Rome, for the building of a locomotive which was to lie placid upon the track this coming lull. AA'hile this evinces a commendable spirit in the Col. to encourage home industry, it speaks well for the enterprise of that growing city. * The Air Line Rail Road! At a Meeting of the citizens on Wednesday night which was a highly respectable one, both , as to numbers and the character of the gentle men present, the right spirit was manifested, and the enginery which is to wake up the inhab itants an! develope the hidden resources of North-Eastern Georgia, the most beautiful and interesting part of the State, received another and right kind of an impulse. Sinee we have: become accustomed to the Locomotive, it looks ! to lie a small mutter to roll one up and down tire country, but it is nevertheless true, to make 1 ouc take anew track through any considerable region, and lend its .iron muscles to the service of the people—it requires a sbovo from about 100.000 persons. There is, as specified in the resolutions of the meetiug. fully that numlier interested in scenting its breath, and hearing the neighing of the Iron Horse in North East ern Georgia—and these 100.000 people possess at least twenty millions of dollars of real estate, which is destined to be doubled in value as soon as this Iron Horse traverses the region. His trail upon which to move wi l cost about. 12.00,000 dollars, or six per cent on this 20.- 1000.000 which will be required to he invested in about three years two per cent a year. To say that an investment that will pay eight, ten or fifteen per cent and of itself, cannot and will not besptedily accomplished through such a region iimnng enterprising Georgians is wrong, entirely wrong. There is no such a word in the book. The people will know no such a word as fail in such an undertaking. See proceedings in an other colum. f The Press of Atlanta ! AVe are pleased to see that the Intelligencer of this city has commenced the advocacy, ami speaks encouragingly, of our great Air Line Rail Road enterprise. That paper has a wide circulation anJ can do much to aid it. The truth is, the Press of Atlanta is justly entitled to influence in the State at large, and can do much to forward the various improvements, en terprises and ejgims of Upper-Georgia. And while the different papers may honestly and properly differ on the gelt'rul polities of the country, they can anil should co-operate to for ward the interests of onr i.mediate section,►— And while we say this, it is not unworthy of remark, that our papers, as well as our leading and prominent men have ever been liberal and efficient in the support of just measures in which other sections of the Stale are directly, if not exclusively, inteiestod. and we trust this state of tilings will long characterise onr com munity. In speaking of this great enterprise of lire Up-country, tho Intelligencer pays the Senior of this paper a line compliment for his efforts in the cause. AA'hile we thank them for it, we claim to have been nothing more than warm advocates of a most worthy project.— Other gentlemen are entitled to the credit of j its origin and are still the friends and advo cates of its completion. The following are a part of the remarks of the Intelligencer it their notice of the call Ibr the -Meeting f AY mines day night last. j *■ AA'e learn from reliable authority that the people along the proposed line of the Railroad are able and willing to con’ribnte largely to its construction. It remains therefore but lor the; people of Atlanta, the point most to be bene fitted by it, to put themselves resolutely to work in the matter, and the Air Line Railroad will be built. Thr State Road Agency. It seems we were mistaken when we an nounced that Mr. AA r . T. Wilson, formerly Agent at the Depot in this City, had been transferred to Chattanooga. AVe made the ! statement upon the faith of what a friend told! ! us, and therefore the mistake was his and riot ours. How is it? AVhat is the matter? Can it be possible that so fast a Inend of Governor Johnson—one wlu received the appointment for services rendered the party—invaluable services, lias been unceremoniously set adrift? We dout understand. There was nothing wrong of course, for that Cmun Itee. the im maculate Committee, had but recently examined the record and found all right, and not only so.! but very right —■praiseworthy right. AVe can’t! for a moment, suppose that Mr. AVilson was so badly treated, merely to afford an opportunity to reward Col. Howard. AA’ith all our know! edge of State Road matters, this is one stroke of policy we don’t understand. If the Exam j iner had not already manifested its ignorance, iwe wonM rail of ion it for enlightenment. And | then there’s that Committee too. Perhaps the) majority could pry into the matter? No. that won’t do. They would ask somebody else, and ; take what they said for granted, (Lord have) ; mercy upon their confiding souls.) and we don’t | want second-handed information. We are puz zleii. emphatically "wound up” this time. Mr. Wilson we ever regarded as a gentleman, i ! ly. clever man. and supposed him to l»- ao effi-i cient agent, and knowing nothing to tlie contra- j i rv, we marvelled at his removal. Col. Howard, his successor, is a gentleman well q tallified tor the duties of the office, and a servant "worthy his hire.” We wish him success. * Congressional. Never, probably, in the whole historv of our Government since the formation of the Const i tation. has a session of Congress consumed soj long a time, nearly live months, of its session, without exciting thrice the amount of interest i to the country at large. As it is vary well known, nine weeks of the time was consumed in the House of Representatives in eleetmg a Speaker since that event, brut little has been done in the Senate or House of Representatives but to hear and to make long speeches on whal is termed the logger question. A few speeches have been made on the Central American question and the controversy with England, all of which have, as yet, amounted to nothing. And there has also been introduced into the H use sevet* al measures in reference to the building of the great Pacific Railroad, but even this great and all important measure seems to stand a miser able chance of attention along-side the Nigger question. Every member seems to be full and ready to burst with a Nigger speech, and there is no end to the learning and theories about the Niggers; and. after all that is said and done and the millions of mon y there will be spent in making capital out of this question, if a question it may be called, we take it for grant ed that the Niggers and every relation pertain ing to them will remain in statue qua for the next hundred years, and the black race continue to go and be carried where they are needed in our boundless wilds, and where they are not need -d, and where the white population are the I most numerous and need the country, we pre sume the negros will be crowded out. And if: our politicians continue to make speeches from this time forward, for the next century, wo pre sume they will not change the natural course of things as respects the negroes a single ioto.— (••The Ethiopian cannot change his skin, or the Jeopard his spots.” Politicians may get into office and get out of office on this Nigger ques tion ; but if we mistake not, the people, the great masses of tlie community, will soon de maud of them something more, or somethiug different from a constant’ discussion of a ques tion which can, by no possibility, result in any good to any part of the country, or the world. For our part, we confess to he quite anxious to hear of something being done by our National Legislature besides wrangling on this everlast ing Nigger question. Even a Kossuth ora Kosta affair would be r.eli and racy compared with this Nigger question, and worn out politi cal hubby. But we suppose we shall have to endure these afflictions with patience until the mass of the American people, under the true American principles and name, shall be heard in the premises. f Mysteries. The Sag Nicht organs are evermore prating ' about the unaccountable mysteries of Know- Notliingisrn. but we are inclined to think that all the real mystery hanging over any party, is to tie found in oome of the positions and prac tical workings of Democracy. Strange things j are happening, and ot igmas are being present- I ed that the initiated, the old sachems of that ancient "order.” are unable to unravel. There is u very mysterious war waging through the columns of the Washington Union and the Pennsylvanian in regard to the claims of Messrs. Pierce and Buchanan to the succession—as to the heir apparency to the Democratic King dom. Some regard it as a mere dissension in the ranks, and express fear that the wrangling wili result in a “ baulk ” if not an explosion. Some, and perhaps the shrewdest ones, too, imagine that they have caught a glimpse of the “secret blade of Joab,” and fear that when the grand pow-wow meets and disperses, somebody will lie “stabbed.” Notwithstanding our ac knowledge'! Know Notliingism, there is to ns a inyV'ery in these tactics more difficult of so lilt ion t’n«n any we have met with in our “order" yet. and we "have no doubt they would puzzle the oldest Know-Nothing in all the land. There is another mystery connected with Democracy just at thvMjige. which, though we could venture to guess at t> solution, is none the less surprising. The Somber Democracy, the Southern Rights, tire-eating blue-streak Democracy, who. in 1850-'sl, could "chat; v,p ’ red hot tire coals at the bare mention of the' name of au individual who resided North of Mason and Dixon’s Line, are now lauding Pierce’s Admim.-tration. and moving heaven land earth (as they pretend) to secure In’s re nomination, and are "biling and cooing " like | -sucking doves” to the A’an Burens, Cochrans \et id amne genus. But the strangest part of tins matter is that while we find those extre mists of 1850—’51 now “cheek by jole,” with the most inveterate enemies of the South, and voeiferons’y yelling rive la Franklin Pierce we find a portion of the Northern D -moeraey —that portion who have been proverbial for their mai .tainanee of the Constitution and Southern Institutions, condemning, repudiating emphatically ignoring Pierce; and for wliat ? For no other reason than his Free-Snilish pro clivities, for his pampering and fattening these very men who have been lor years “sapping and undermining tin Constitution" by open bos tility to the rights of the Smith. Now is tins not “curious? By the wav. we publish an ar ticle in another column from tlie New A'njrf, News, which we hope our Southern DcmotWatic friends will read and “think about" r iiA--asn| H .|- time, when the intoxicating cffeglfs of party and the alluring prospects oi/fhe spoils are not upon them. There curious little reminiscence in our memory which we will mention, mid we da it mutely to show how little sincerity there is in the professions of some of the unterrifie . Democracy. These chunks of political putri faction. who are now engaged m testing South ern fidelity by ascertaining how well a man can pronounce “Kansas Nebraska,” the only South ern feature of which is the repeal of Missouri Compromise, are the same spicimensof rotten ness who, in 1850. had their “ coffins” lashed on their backs, ready to march to that line and push it through to the Pacific ocean, met at Nashville and passed a 3(i 3;> or fight resolu tion. These men have no principle, and those whocoufide in them will be deceived. * A man named Hunter lias been fined one th ous ncl dollars, and forfeited six slaves, at New Orleans, for selling them in such a maimer as to separate mother and child, contrary to the laws of Louiis aua. | LaGranok and Oxford Raii.koad.— We ; learn ironi the LaGiange Reporter, of the Kith J inst. that 810MlUli have been subscribed to I thvi capital stock of this company. Oxford is | in Alabama. | Hall's Journal if Health says emanations from cellars do not kill in a night, if they did j universal attention would be forced to their proper management, hut it is certain, from the very nature ol things, that unclean, damp, anil mouldy cellars, with their sepulchral fumes, do undermine the health of multitudes of families, and send many of their members to an untime ly grave. ])r. Hull disuppioves of cold bath ing in winter. North Carolina.- -The Americans of this “Good Old North State” held a convention at Greeiisborough, lust week, which is said to have been the largest ever assembled in that State. John A. Gilmer, Esq .of Guilford county, was \ unanimously chosen as the nominee of the party for the office of Governor. Mr. G. was many I years a .Senator in tlie General Assembly, and is said to be a roan of superior talents and un-; doubted patriotism, and eminently qualified to 1 administer the uftuirs ol the State government j Grkat Df.oi.isk in Prices at Chicago. —The ! Chicago Democrat has the following on the' state of trade in that city. “Business is quite dull in our city, unusually ! so indeed; and we notice a continual tendency ! to decline in prices of all descriptions of pro : duee. Our packers who contracted early in the season tor hogs, rnu-t lose a great deal; and i p ices have gone down from six and a hall and seven dollars to four and a half and five do) lars. Wheat has also declined, while corn is almost unsaleable, and tlie small quantity for ward,-d is generally stored on mild, r*' account.” j "Western Hog I rape. — The receipts of hogs at Cincinnati, up to the 22d ult„ amoun ted to 389.374 bead, against 332.499 to same date last season. The receipts at North Madi son. la., were 50.088 head, against 85.813 to same date la-t year. At Louisville the number killed is 303,200, which is 30,000 more than last year. t.eorgla AJrUne Rail Read. j At a ineetingof the citizens of Atlanta, held ■at the City Hull, on the 16th day of April, 1856, lion AVm. Kzzard, Mayor, was called to the | Clmir, and John B. Peck requested to act as Secretary. After the Chairman had briefly explained the object of the meeting, on motion of L. J. Gartrell, Esq., the Chair appointed L. J. Gartrell, Esq.. J. Norcross, and James M. "alhoun. Esq., a committee to prepare busi ness for the meeting, who submitted the follow ing Resolutions, which were unanimously adopted : Whereas, it is proper and right in the under taking of a great enterprise, that all parties interested in it, or affected by' it, should be consulted as far as practicable ; and whereas, the proposed Georgia Air Line Rail Road directly involves, nnd is to effect the interests of fully one hundred thousand of the people of Georgia. Be it therefore '■ Resolved. Ist. That this meeting do rocom ; mend a Convention of the friends of this enter prise, to be held at Curnesville on the second Tuesday of July next, to consult in regard to the ways and means for building this Rail Road. | 2d. That a committee of three be appointed ; by this meeting to be called a committee of correspondence whose duty it shall be to open a correspondence with citizens along or war the j line of the proposed rend, in regard to this on ] terprise, and particularly iu regard to the pro posed Convention, and to act as an executive j committee ; also, for the people of this City in all matters relating to the said enterprise. 3. That the best interests of the people along the line, and the entire Northern portion of Georgia require that the Georgia Air Line Bail Road be speedily built, and that those di rectly interested have the power to cause it to be done. 4. That the Chairman of this meeting ap point twenty delegates to represent the County of Fulton in the Convention. The Chair appointed J. Norcross, L. E. Bleckley and J. B. Peek, acommittee of corres pondence in accordance with the 2d Resolution, and J. Norcross, James M. Calhoun, B. H. Overby, John L. Harris, J. A. Hayden, L. J. Glam, S. B. Hoyt, L. P. Grant, C. 11. Strong, R»bt. M. Clarke, I. O. McDaniel, R. Peters, S. G. lLm'll, A. AS'. Hammond, G. B. Hay good. J. I. Whitaker, C. R. Ilanleiter, J. Thompson, Win. Ilcmvg, and T. C. Howard, L. J. Gartrell, Delegates to the Convention. AA'.AI. KZZARDi Chairman. Jno. B. Peck. Sftcretdry. j “Credit by Drawing Coffin Nails.”— Joltnse Hooper, of the Montgomery Mud, has lately been advertising his capital Daily and Weekly in the Savunali pupers. ” One of' thep sent in a bill for the advertising, “with a creff#, in manner and form as above, covering tUe en tire indebtedness.” AVliereupon thsi'Said John son rims responded'.• y ‘AVe say to onr Savaimaftr^friends, substan tially. what Bob < '"(-k-erell said to the Sheriff ol l pson county,,tLionrgia, when that function ary had just erased whipping him. under a sen tence, y„r cow stealing. 'Sir,' said Boh; ‘lf me nj. ld mv family can alters pay for good range " beef at that price, we’ll never go to bed a-hon gry!’ ” i “.Sam" and J effekson— lf the great Jrffer sua had lived in these days, he woukl have been on gmsl terms with our young friend “Sain.” In 1797, Jefferson drew up a petition for the citizens of Albemarle, Amherst, Fluvanna, and Goochland counties. Virginia, which is found among his writing, and published in the Balti more Sun. It seems that Jefferson thought that none but Americans should be placed on Juries. He says: “And your petitioners far ther submit to the wisdom of the two Houses of Assembly, whether the safety of the citizen* of this Commoiweath, in their persons, their property, their laws and government, does not require that capacity to act in the important office of a juror, grand or petit, civil or crimi nal. should be restricted iu future to the eiti z ns ol the United States, or such os were citi zens at the date of the treaty of peace which dosed our Revolutionary war.and whether ig norance of our laws ami natural partiality to the countries of their birth, arc not reasonable causes for declaring this to be one of the right* incommunicable in future to our adopted citi zens?” Fatal Accident.—A fatal accident oc curred, Tuesday last, on the State Road, by which a train hand, named William Austin, lost his life. It seems that Aus tin was riding on a box car, standing e reot, as the the train was passing ove rone of the Chicatnattga Bridges. He was seen to stoop, as the ear hejwa* standing on entered the bridge, but he miscalculated, it is supposed, the allow ance he slioul ! make, and in a twinkling his head was cut oft' by contact with a beam. Austin lived, we believe, at Tuti nell Hill.— lntelligencer. A Good Change. —The late Legisla ture of Georgia changed the name of Kinchafvonee, (Phoebus, what a name!) by which one of the counties of that State was called, to that of Webster, this be ing tlie first honor of the kind conferred in any of tlie States upon the name of the departed Statesman. The change i& it* ev ry way a happy one. An uncouth, unmeaning Indian name is expunged, and that of a noble American, who in life was the pride of his country, substituted for it. There ought to be a Webster county in every State and territory of the Union. Georgia lias dislayed a fine spirit in pay ing this compliment to the memory of the | “great expounder.”— Petersburg, Va., In \ telligeiwer j Exactly so—but tlie manner in which the name was bestowed is entitled to an other consideration. Several names had been p oposed for the “uiwonth Indian one,” but as eaclt party seemed to have its own preferences, no name was likely to be adopted Mr. Harris, (American) of Fulton, on the spur of the moment, sug gested the one it now bears. “Randolph, Clay, Calhoun and Webster deserve to lie side by side upon ’he map of Georgia.” Tlie thought was like an electric shock, and the name was adopted instanter.— Thus, though a Democratic compliment, it was an American move.— Columbus Enquirer. American Victory in Coi.cmbia, S. C—At the municipal election in Columbia on Monday last, the Americans elected their entire ticket' for Mayor and Councilman.