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letter from Cos!. Benton. Col Benton has written a Ic-ttor, in reply to one informing him of his notiiluatjsn for Oov- j ernor of Missouri, in which he declares himself! to be in "the hand; of bis friend”—in other words, lie accepts the nomination. There is; brevity and force in his views, ami tlrev are therefore worthy of being quoted in fully: *se‘T (rounder u slavery agitation, (nr.d its in-. tuml offspring, sectional antagonism.) the preiifc-si riro, both socially and politically, which could befall our Union, and that Curse | is now upon us, an 1 brought tipomus designedly ¥ and for the worst purport "o. Thu Missouri com promise line, the work of patriotic men, had ' stood above thirty years, r.nd there was not one ' among these contriving its repeal who was not upon (he recotst (in votes or spe«hc3,J for its support, up to the time of its abrogation’; and Mr. Cuiliouim himself,as lute as lfc'4B—only two years before his death, and after ha hail broached the doctrine of no power in Congress bo legislate upon slavery in Territories—repu-] dialed the idea of repeal, and declared that the ••attempt” to so would disturb the peace and 1 harmony cf tiro Union./ It has been ultorapt *cJ and accomplished, an ! the peace and harmo ny of tiio Union has been destroyed. "Out of the repeal of this compromise has j sprung forth anew test ‘of democracy, which consists in exacting party allegiance to tlie prin ciples of the Kansas Nebraska bill. The first inquiry upon the virtue or this new test is, to find out what those principles are ? and the re sult is tliamelrically opposite, as it comes from one sidcov the other of the Potomac river.- 1 Front the North the answer is, squatter sover eignty 1 a* being the inherent right of the peo ple oi the Territory to decide the question of slavery for themselves, and to have it or not j just, as they please. In the South 4ir.it defini-J Tina is held to bo rank denjiigogaerv, and that; the p opie of the Territory, no more than Con gress, have nit rr particle oi'.power on the sub ! jtet ; that the constitution curries slavery with t it iuto every Territory, us soon as acquired.! over-riding and contr. tiling- all laws against it, j ami keeping it there in defiance of the people or of Congress, until the Territory becomes a State. at ! I exchil s it.* Thus the advocates of the test are as opposite as light and dark-j moss*in telling wliai it is. ami surely they ought j to agre: upon it before they others to ! believe in It. It is impo?/.ib!o to bulL-ve in j both ; and I believe in neither. I believe in : the old doctrine, that the Territories are .the properly of the tenia and States, and under the guardianship of and subject to such law? as Congress chooses to provide for them (or t«) permit them to make for themselws,) until they boeom ■ States: and after that (the children arrived at twenty one y ars of age) i they'are out <d’ g-; «r.V.a:i'hip. ami Irav aM th. rights of their fe t!:ers. That is my belief, and lias been the belief os' the whole United States u:itii lately, especially the belief of those who now deny' it, and who are upon the record ; (and tiia4 often and recoin) ag inst tlieir own | denial. Witness (to go no further back) the j bill for the admission of 'Texas, in ! do, on j which all who voted for that admission voted f*r the re-establish nut ofn h M -s uni compro mise lino m all that part of it -ou; li o the Arkan sas river where it had been abrogated by the laws and constitution of Texas. Witness also the debates and speeches on-the Oregon bill, in 1318 ; also Hie attempts to extend the coin pro mtsc lino to the Paciffb in 1850; also, the votes of some of ihe advocates in favor of the "Wilmot proviso ; and. above all, the protest of the ten Senators against the admission of the State of California, in 1850, because Congress would not’icgislate- upon the subject of slavery in the 'Territory which was to tmiinti/e it.— AV'itn all these authorities and evidences in fa vor of the old doctrine, and against the new test aud its authors, I think tiie old democracy may be allowed to dispute its binding force.- At nil events, until its advocates can agree in telling what it is.. it-N-pectfuJiy, T&omas 11. Buxton*. ’But I deny tint t:u u T of M*-x’co can have ; the ellcct attributed to them (that of kv-vping ! elovery out of New M •slco. California and Utah.) i A« soon as the treaty b ‘tween the two countries j is ratified, the sovereignty and authority of Mux- j i ’oin tim Tr ritury acquired y it become extiiut. j and that of ihe United States is substituted in! its place, carrying with it'the Constitution, with i Us overriding control over all the laws and insti- i tntions of Mrs! Calhoun, Oregon speech DiA [from the True Carolinian.] RaHrnad 7 :retina. In obedience to the call made npon the c:1 1 - .z.-ns of Anderson, n respectable i.ieelfiL was j held in the Court House ou Saturday evening j last, to take into consideration the propriety oi' sending delegates to the meeting io lie held at Madison Springs, Georgia. The meeting was organized by calling (’apt. J. P. Iteed to the Chair, and appointing J no. V. Moore, Secreta ry. The object of the assemblage was explain ed in a brief but satisfactory manner by the chairman. The followin'* preamble and r 'elu tion.: were then offered by Gen. ,T. W. Ilarri- j son, wlis also supported them in an appropriate ! speech showing 1 the great importance which the I completion of tile contemplated road will be to j our town unJ district. Whereas, The Legislature of the State ofj Georgia at the lu.-t - - Toil granted a chart: r for the construction of an Air-Line Railroad ; from 4il:vntu, Go., to AndersoD Court Mouse, I with the view of extending the same to Char- j lotto. North Caroline ; which, when completed, will tarnish the most direct route from New Orleans to New York, anti shorter several him-j dred miles than any route now in uAnd whereas, wo have heard with great pleasure, | that tlin citizens of Georgia are actively engag-. ed in efforts to secure tiie coinpletiiMi of said road, and have invited the of Anderson | to co-op.rite -.v ll h (hem. Therefore he it. ' lt:o>9tJ, Tire ' «■!* -pr: :• suggested i? rc- { m:ir•S by the ■uring wen., of •!: • erruner i a! and true !!;•■„■, public, will ten 1 greatly to ihe advantage of the country through which it will puns, aufi commend itself to the warm and cordial support of the citizens of the District j and Town of Anderson. Resoloi.l, That th- citizen?..if Anders n hold themselves'ready to aid to the extent of their nvtatis. in tv accampssffneat of thin great work, a.ii will cheerfully c -operate with the citizens of Georgia, and of the Mate in such measure as m ly ba do med nctresrory to effect the same.} Recnhel. That we regard the Convention to lie as'-’mbled.at Ma-lison spring?, on the sec- 1 ond Tuesday in July next, a measure well cal ; ciliated to direct attention to, and coneentfiit pnbiio opinion upon this great work, and will cheerfully respond to the invitation to bo rep-' resented there. .Resolvel, That the chairman oi this m 'oting appoint twenty-dee delegates to attend said •Convention. The resolution-; were then put to the meeting, and were unanimously adopted. In accordance with the last resold'i-m, tho risnirljiiu appointed the following named gen tlemen as delegates to tho Madison Springs j Convention, ta wit: DEI,COATES SO JIVI)ISO.- SPKINGS: ! Hon. J. N. Winter. | Gen. J. W. H trryon ; Hr. 0. It. Broyles. | Hon Alex. Erins, I < 'oi. V/iiiiani Sloan, j Coi. J. I>. Ashmore. ! Gen. S. M. Wilks, j Msy. J. T. Broyles. Major S. G. Baric, j Daniel Brown, Esq. IS. F. Crayton. Esq. IJ. E. England. Esq. Hr. A. I’.Wilhite. ! A. T. B'oyiop, Esq. 11l jah Webb, E?q. !A 0. Norris. Esq. Cot John T. Sloan, J Col. John Martin. I Elias Birie, Esq. i Stephen MeCully, Esq. John B. Hloni. Gsq- | John V. Moore. Esq. A. M. K >iland. Laq, I Maj. J. N.'Whitner.jr. J. ,P Reed, Esq. j F. E. Harrison, Esq. On motion of-T. V. .Moore, it was resolved that the uamn of '-be chairman bu added to the , if.-. It. wa3 further ordered that tho proceedings of tho pieeting be published in tho papers of tiie District. ' ‘ - Ou motion the meeting adjourned. JOHN V. MOORE, Sec'y. Later fboji Florida. —The train carrying i provision* to the State troops from Tampa toi lelmpiicUasAssii, on the ICth nit., was attacked! at Simmons’ .Hammock, id miles from Tampa.! There were four wlute men, a boy and a negro. While watering their horses, 12 to 15 Indians, hidden in a thick spot near by. fired upon them. The boy was first killed, then his father, nam and Stallings, then a man burned Roach. A man named Hiilsiui was shot across the breast, but #,'Ot on one of the imrscs and escaped, us did the negro. A map. Hatfield, stood behind one of the wagons and kept the Indians off until he had loaded and filed five times, lie then es caped on a mule. Blood was afterwards dis cover; and behind a tree where one of the Indians stood, but it was not ascertained whether lie i was killed. A party of volunteers was inform ed of the attack soon after it occurred, andrtar ited in pursuit. They were traced to 'a ham mock near by. and by tiie last, accounts there was some probability of the troops attacking them. This was supposed to be the same body of Indians that, two nights before attacked the house of Captain Bradley. 30 miles from Tam pa, and killed two of his children. Mr. Bi-ciianax Against Foreigners.—Mr. Buchanan, as is well known, once upon a time ! as early us tiie year of our Lord, Anno Domini, 1 Hjj'fi, delivered a Feurth of July Oration, and a good one it was, in many respects, though I we cannot endorse the wholesale denunciation | and abuse of the administration of President i Madison with wliicij that oration abounds.— The Detroit Tribune has rescued that oration j from the musk-worm hole of time, and gives : from it the following interesting extracts in ri ! iation to foreigners: ••The greatest part of those foreigners who won and bculleeted by it. have long been the warmst friends of the Democratic party. They had been one of the gi eat means of elevating I •die present ruling (Democratic) party, and it! won! 1 have been uiUTutcful for that party to have abandoned tlum. To secure this foreign feeling- has been the labor of their leaders for more than twenty yea;s. and well have they been paid for their trouble, for it has been one of the principal causes of. introducing and con tinuing them in (power. Immediately before the war t his foreign influence had completely < mbodied itself with the majority, particularly in the West and its voice was heard so loud at jthe seat of Government that President Madi son was obliged either to yield to its dictates, rr retire from office. The choice was easily made by a man who preferred his private in terests to the public good, and therefore hur j ried us into war utt r!y unprepared. ' The Late Fatal A rrnay is Caii awba Ai.a. ! —.'lie Selma Sentinel lms the following addi | tinnai particulars in rd t on to this tragic af j fair: On last Friday evening about sundown a! most unfortunate bloody and fatal affray occur- 1 red at Cahawbh in which Drs Troy and a:nlj ■Hunter, and Judge W. K. Bird on the one-side j —and John It. Bell and his two sons, Charles j A. and John A. on the other--were the par I ties, which resulted in the death of John R. | Bell ami one of his sons, John A. Bell. Some | few weeks ago, it seems, the dwelling house of Dr. Troy was destroyed by fire, and about the i same time ctbi-b; were uiade.to fire Judge Bird’s I dwelling. Xo due could then In* lmd as to who the incendiary was. Dr. Troy becoming satis-j Btd that Jt.hu A. Bull hud been iustr.yjj3ellj.afl in bnrimig his dwelling, instiUited a suit before l the Circuit Court for damages against Jno. A* j Bell. Jno. A. Be!! be coming exasperated at] tim institution of the suit, wjmt to the Doctor's] office on Friday evening, and commenced an-as- j sault upon Dr. Troy with a stick and a drawn 1 pistol. About the same time Charles A. Bel!! ran np and commenced firing a pisro). Dr. | I Hunter. Judge Bird and John* R. Bell, all cam- j ! ing up about that time, a gv*nerd firing of pis- j tola and a shot gun commencod—Judge Bird! shooting John A. Bel! with a pistol, while Dr. j ! funter shot John U. Bell, both of whom died j I almost instantly, and it w.is miraculous how | Claudes A. Bell, Drs. Troy and Hunter and! ! Judge Bird escaped being shot. Yhe parties were immediately arrest:d and i an examination commenced before Abner Jones. Esq., which was continued up to a late flour | on Saturday evening, when Dr. Troy charged. Dr. Hunter and Judge Bird were bound over for their appearance at the next term of the ' iieuit Court in si bond of 82.- 500 each, (diaries A Bell was bound over in a bond of 5,000. John It. Bell leaves a wife and several children o raoe.ru his un timely death. CIIAN'ME oF (’IIAr.ACTER.—SOI n C VCU s*g ttgC), a I noted warrior of th&J’oltowaUumie tribe pre sented himself to the Indian agent at Chicago. las one of the chief men of his village, obsoev ing, ivith the customary simplicity of tiie In-; <Jian?, that he was a very trooil man, and a | stood American, and concluding; with a request | for a clj’am of whiskey. The agent replied j that it was not his practice to give whiskey to! good men —that good men never asked-for! whiskey, ami never drank it when voluntarily offered—that it was bad Indian# only who de manded whiskey. ‘•Then.” replied the Indian, cmickiy, in broken English, -me d—d rascal.” ' f.i. m the New Vurh Esiiress. A s»a of ITohMts. Says the Sun on the State of public affairs: “Wc have the war in ansa? ; the outrage on Senator Sumner at Wr In.. ” am : the dismis sal of Mr. Crumpton and iiis C-Jiak Consuls; the Panama outrage ; theCei; ral American Difficulty, withthe tliraals ol the English jour nals that an alliance of the Central American States, backed.by an alliance between EngLiud and France, may be formed to resist American policy ; and bail'a dozen other matters' of less anxious concern, all serving as accompaniments! to give it intensity to tho general political ex citement caused by‘.he near approach of the j meeting of theCinciimuti Convention. "Gen .ral Pierce has occupied the Presiden tial office three years and three months. At taining office ill tiie midst of profound peace; after a great internal excitement had abated, and while the spirit of union and patriotism ran high among the people of all sections and of all conditions, ho u:nv sees hA country agrt tated by the strifes of faction as it never be fore was agitated ; Its iiW real peace is in jeo pardy: i!s external relations disordered, irrita ted appivliensivi and .vengeful—their patriot, ism alino't*vravering under the force of their ■aid: .nation and feifrfully agitated passions.” All tins is true, and we owe most of the rt suit to an imbecile and wiekedjadministration. Mr. Fillmore left the country in a condition of profound and honorable peace, and could that administration liave bceo perpetuated— as we trust, it will soon be restored —nr had Gen. Scott been elected, no such internal ca lamities cooid possibly have befallen the coun try. There would have been no repeal of the Ocrfhpromlse of 1820. there would have been no disturbance of the Compromise Measures of 1850, which. North and South, Fillinore- Webster, and Clay, Calhoun, Cass, and Atchi bi«*. even, joined in declaring "a finality. There would have been no -New England Emigrant Aid Societies,” no ‘‘Border Ruffians,”no tole rated tillibusterism. no foreign enlistments at home, or prolonged and irritated dipiomaticic bates, growing out of questions which ought j to have Ivceri settled long ago. one wayPor the, -iji -r \gi. should Lvi’-e had peace within c-ur| boders, nml prosperity in our homes. As it is, we agree with the Sun that— • Tl e stalg of the Union at the present time is well calculated to excite the earliest attention of every patriotic citizen, and upon the spirit and resolution which the people display in the crisis which has arisen under a weak, irresolute, and inefficient administration of the govern rilftH will depend, in a measure beyond present’ calculation tho peace and future weifcre of the country.” SsuETiiipui.| ATLANTA, GEORGIA : Friday Morning, June G, 1556. I FOR PRESIDENT, MILLARD FILLMORE. OF .YE TV VORIC. oco FOR VICE-PRESIDENT, ANDREW J. DO NELSON, OF T E.\ '.YE S .S' EE. SOTI € E . Our paper will invariably be discontinued when ! the. time expires for which .payment is made. Our I terms require athancc payment, and they will 1 lie strictly adhered to. When the ‘•time is out,” the paper wilhstop, anil a remittance will he ne cessary to set it in motion again. We frequently have orders for our paper mil accompanied by the rash. In such eases, one copy will he sent, and if the terms are not com- i plied with, the name will not be entered on our books, • I Take Notice! The friends of FILLMORE tiud DON EL SON are requested to meet at the* Court-house in this city, on the lirst Tues day in July next, for the purpose of ap pointing*; Delegates to the State Conven tion to assemble in Macon on the Bth of j the same month. It is earnestly desired that each District in the County should be : largely represented. ** America ” Gtampbellton. Ga. —Your comnm i nicatiou has been under consideration. We had j concluded to publish it. with comments, but met i with it in another Georgia print. Perhaps events j that- are soon to transpire will so change the is [siicfi that its publication will be rendered uunc- jecssary. ; Alumnus,” —Your article will appear next i week. I Our thaUks arc due the Hon. Alfred ' Tff iVdfi. lion, ltobt. Toombs and Hon. J. A. Quitman of the U. S. Senate for vain-! I able public di^uments. It will be seen by an advertisetnent i ! another column that Messrs. Chisolm &. Adair have opened a house in this city,' •for the purcliaso end sale of Negroes.— ; j Hitherto tltcre has been no one regularly I engaged in the traffic at this point, and no certainty could be Tfilied on making sales or effecting purchases by those desiring to do so. Messrs. C. AA. will al»v ys be on' hand, with ample funds, to pay the market ! price, and with a supply ready to furnish] those w siting to purchase. They will al-i so buy aud sill ou commissi .n, and wc would mention that our intimate ncqnatu"! tance warrants us iu saying that those! who may have occasion to patronise them! in this way, need lmve no fears either of! their responsibility or reliability. * i Messrs. Scago & Lawrence, Commission! advertise a large lot of Tennessee Bacon, on consignment, for sale. See the ad-! • vertisement. Bank of i'uiion ! [Vi haps no institution of the kind ever com- ] 1 meuced business under more favorable uKspicios. \ or with the more general and perfect confidence! of the community in which it is located. Lib-! oral accommodations are extended to the btisi-j ness mWi of oar city, and the prospects of the Bank arc flattering. * Trmprrantc Convrntkm: Tiie friends of q'cniperancc will meet ill Con vention in tiiis city on Wednesday, 23d day oi July. Delegates from all parts of tho State j are expected to be in attendance, and the j friends of the good cause generally ure invited to be present and encourage by their presence j and counsel. The Temperance cause lias many ; ardent and devoted supporters in Gi wgia, 1 among them being many of our bfflt and most ! prominent citizens. May God speed their ef j forts to eradicate this blighting evil of intem perance from our land, arid may ultimate suc cess crown their devote,d labors. Tite ‘•Examiner.” We did not intend to further notice the ; ckastr persoiwilitics of the editor of the Examiner ; but tiie gross injustice done ns in h's article of the 31st qit., in which he thanks Providence that he has “never been caught in our company,” compels us to! correct tlie*error. Wo assure him that; we, and not Providence, deserve all the ere-; dit due for this fortunate circumstance, on i our part. It-was a matter controlled by I ou 'selves,Providence wisely taking- no part, i in it. We would also assure tiie editor of the Ex aminer that he is not likely t-9 be bored by us, unless, per chance, we should consent through the promptings of mercy, to per form an operation for the “simples. ” His. disease having proved to bo /Jig Ilcsd, and we having no evidence that boring is a re ] mecly, are not disposed to experiment upon' | him. * It has always been a rule with us, to associate only with those who ‘see them selves as others-see them.’ ’’ — Examiner, This is now understood to mean those who see themselves reflected in a large mirror placed behind tiie counter in a bur room. * Bank of l ulton. At an election for Directors of tiie Rank ol Fulton, held lust Monday, the follow ing persons were elected Directors for the ensuing year, viz : A. W. Stone, of Atlanta, Wit Ezzabb, “ E. W. llorxAxn, “ E. R, Tiiemain, “ A. AosteiiL, of Campbilltofi. At a subsequent meeting of tiie Board of Directors, A. IV. Stone was .re-elected President. $111,500 of the Capital Stock has been taken np—the books Will remain open till the 11th inst., for further subscriptions. Rail-Road Meeting at Anderson, S. C, In another column will be found the proceed ings of a meeting at Anderson to take into consideration the Air Line Rail Road project. Much enthusiasm pr vailed, and confidence c.\- iipressed in the ultimate completion of the Road. Twenty-Six delegates were appointed to attend tiie Convention at Madisons SBprings on the Stii day of July. M e were informed a few days ago by a gen tleman connected with one of the North Caro-, lina Roads forming a link in tiie Air Line route between New York and New Orleans,that a great interest was awaking in that section for the completion of the Air Line jßnad from At lanta to Anderson, ant] assured us that ft woulu j meet with “uhl and coin fort' 1 from that quarter. Tho Air Line Rail-RoaJ raay now be set down as a fixity. ' f Mr. framirfon’s ttbmiwal. Mr. Crumpton the British Minister to this Government, and tiie British Consuls at Philadelphia and Ciiwinnrtti have, at hist, been dismissed. Had this been done -at the proper time,'the country would have approved it, but after postponing it until the very eve of the Cincinnati Con vention, and after Lord Clarendon’s letter of apology had been received, the course of the President and Ins-Cabinet is justly condemned by many of his own partizan friends. There has not a step been taken !by the preseut administration within the past six months, that was not taken with a direct v.ew to the effect that it would have upon the Cincinnati Convention.— ;Poor Pierce 1 “all the ends thou aim’st at” are likely to be thwarted by that grand I pow-wow. “ Yesti relay you stood against tiie Wfti-ld, —to-day there’s noiie poor as to do you reverence !” * . The Season of Commcm rime's. The period -of the year is fast approach ing when t ! e Institutions of Learning;, both Male and Female, will have their annua! exhibitions. There is no State n the • South, iu which the “ Sheep Skin” is so liberally dispensed as in Georgia. While there ure about half a dozen literary insti tutions of high character and standing h. the State, where the sterner sex are car ried throngn a “ thorough course.,” scarce ly a village or Hamlet can lie found that does not boast, -at least one Female Col lege. Most, if not ail of them, are liber ally patronized and in a flourishing condi tion, doing much for the cause of educa tion, and the -refinement awl elegance •of ;society in our State, We anticipate a gala season this summer of eonime.ace meute, and it is our sincere desire-that none of otir institutions may meet with no untoward circumstance to mar the pi-. us jvires of their literary festivities. Next weik vie s' all endeavor to give the date of each com ..encement, * Cincinnati Can. tn'.ian! The Anli-Knoiv-N'otiiing Demoeratic-IIyS ! peptic, (ive believe that's right,) Convention ! met at Cincinnati on Monday last, and was, after some disgraceful, preliminaries, perma ! nently organized by tiie choice of the Hon. Jno. K. Ward, of Georgia, as its -presiding of- ’ ficer. Though Mr. Ward is a political oppon ent, we appreciate the honor thus bestowed up on our State. From tiie brief Telegraphic dispatches re ceived, for which wce.ro indebted to the Intel- ] j ligencer of this city, it is impossible to tel! j what the result will lie. There, can, however, i be but little doubt that Mr. Pierce, withait the Government patronage in his hands, will fail of ; the nomination. Mr. Douglas having with drawn and his friends united with those of Mr. Buchanan, leaves the latter in the ascendency.! ! Wc are not prepared to account for this Huron, i The Kansas-Nebraska Biil was to be the test question, and tiie position of Messrs. Fierce ] and Douglas being identical upon that issue, | and that of Mr. Buchanan a little doubtful, ! leaves a mystery hanging over the matter, tho | solution of which may cJuuige the phase of ! Democracy iu the coming contest. ; The New York delegations were both exeiu iod. The Benton delegation from Missouri was Jalso excluded, by the National Committee, but [fought their way into the Convention, knock ling qown the door-keeper, and creating con siderable aproar. On failing to be heard, how ; ever, they withdrew. Perhaps the richest spec tacle in a series of as rich ones asAver was | presented, was the long faces of the office-holders, when it was ascertained that Mr. Pierce was butchered, aud from a resolution that was to be introduced, excluding them from all future con ventions, we suppose they " spoke right out in meetm'.” Wonder what national democracy thinks of “ Border Ruffians” and pop suckers now ? * On Tuesday morning last a very destructive fire broke out in Charlotte, N. C\, which de stroyed the American Hotel and several otfc- Wdding’ The lore is said to be heavy. Cos!. till'd* Hi." Kauses Lecturer. AVc noticed some time since a curd over the signature of W. F. WniGm] Nctvnan, Ga., vindicating the character of Col. White, the Kansas champion. The above mentioned card went the rounds of the press generally in Georgia, and of course ’ gained credence to a gTeat extent. Our suspicions wore, and are yet strong that Cos!. White is an impostor, at least not all that he pretends to be. From our acquain tance' with Mr. Wright, his testimony went far to remove onr suspicious as to j White’s character and’ motives, but we were not yet fully Satisfied to make the amende honor a He; Sljiough in tending to do so at ti future time, if .nothing transpired to renew our suspicious. A few days ago we received a fetter from a gentieuni'n in Upper Gcft'gia, front which we extract the following : “ I was at Gal 1 ion n', Gordon County, on Saturday last. In conversation with Col. -.of that place, and' others, they] remarked to me that,.they could not under stand Mr. Weigh £~*that'' they had con- 1 i versed with him since his r.ri iVei from | I Kansas,, and that he ’(Wright) declared to j | them that he could hear of no such person age in Kansas as the aforesaid White— I that the fuels disclosed by Air- Wright in his card, were utterly irreconcilable with ; his .statements to them, &c., &e:" j As the public will still be left in doubt, |as to WJiitels .character, we hope Air. Wright will explain the conflicting. state ments, which will only be doing justice to ' j himself. . - * * The Kansas-\cvraska llaaafre S We give in another column an extract fro% Col. Benton’s letter, in reply to a nomination for Governor of Missouri. Whatever maybe said of Col. Btnttm’s present position it is well known that for more than twenty years, he,was the great light of democracy, and is at this day better posted on the history of this rabid and ever-cluing ng party, and its spoils hunting leaders, than any other living man. We com mend the extract to every Georgian, and-every true lover of his country. . . Notwithstanding the furors raised, or tried to be raised, by the democracy for this falsely call ed Great Southern Measure, we have, in our humble way, and our humble sheet attempted, from time to time, to call attention to the mis chievous features of this truly disturbing mea sure. A part of one of oar articles on .the sub ject was copied last week, into the Intelligencer of this city—several words and sentences itali j vised without authority or apology—and«mc-* ! companied -with an editorial inuendo which | seems quite cjjaracte. istie of modern democra cy. and arrogance freely assumed by that party to .beat down freedom of thought, freedom of speech, and the freedom of the press, especially | touching this measure, which has features the most mischievous, hypocritical, and disturbing of any measure ever placed on the records of the country—but all this we let pass for what it is worth. It, is Very well known that the great acts of Adjustment of 185(1, by which Georgia agreed in Convention to abide, contained n#Squatter Sovereignty principle or doctrine by which aliens were empowered to vote and make jaws! for wVmericnns the moment they set foot upon our soil, ft contained no clause nr provision authorizing a lew adventurers in a Territory to decide the. great and momentous question of oc-1 gro slavery, lint left it as it always had been i 1 ft to be decided by the Courts of tire country, i The man who drew, advocated, and carried: through those great measures had too much j patriotism and too much wisdom to leave for one moment, this all exciting and nil absorbing | 1 question to be decided for vast tracts .of conn-j try by a few hair-brained and reckless men— much loss did they dream of leaving it to a; • horde of foreign imirrrants just fuu l. and in ';L country. We know it is Claimed that these! great measures oi 1850 contained the samel principle in regard to slavery tlr.it is put forth ] in the Kansas Bill. We have not the Adjust-1 ment Bills before us from which to quote, but in addition to what Col. Benton says of the | Kansas Act, wc give to our reach rs the Fourth | Resolution of the Georgia Rial form, as adopted !by Whigs and Democrats, in 1850, and which | we are aware thcTecklcss u-udirsof democracy of the present day have labored most assidu ously to twist and tortnro into a recognition ! and support of the Nebraska Act.— i B-ut here it is, let it speak for itself: “ Fourthly. .That the Slate of Georgia, in the judgment of tins Convention, will, arid! ought to, resist, even (as a last, resort) to a dis- i rnptkm of every tie which binds her to the-; U aion, any future act of Congress, abolishing! j slavery'in the District of Columbia, without j ! lho consent and petition of the slave owners : thereof, or any net abolishing slav ry in places] | within the slaveholding States purchased by; the United States for the erection of Forts.] ! Magazines, Arscrtals, Dock Yards, Navy Yards.! and other like purposes; or in any act suppress-] ii.g the slave-trade between the slavebolding! j States, or in any refusal to admit, as a State, j j any Territory hereafter applying, because of ihg existence of slavery therein ; or in any act prohibiting the introduction of slaves into ] the Territories of Utah or New Mexico, or in j any act repealing or materially modifying the laws nof\- in force for the' recovery of fugitive slaves.” j To suppose that the men who composed the j Georgia Convention had in view the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, and the Territory | now called Kansas is to suppose they did not J have sense and* honesty enough to mention eith ] er, when they mentioned “ Utah and New Mex | ieo,” and is indeed supposing something- that no man thought of or mentioned at that*thne in debate. But they did as every man knows, consider the question of slavery settled North of the Missouri Compromise line, except in a portion of New Mexico, and comtemplated leaving, in -their words, “the result dependant upon the future adjudication of the Courts,” in other sections.' * Now, it is not for us in our humble position to advocate the repeal of the Kansas Bill, or tho restoration of the Missouri Compromise lino. But it is our province, and the province of every honest man in Georgia to disapprove the reckless demagogues who have brought, un asked, tliis disturbing Kansas measure.upon the land, and by it hurried the country into a civil war. And it is tho duty of every patriot to ] j look about for some way to get out of this dis-! I Utility, and if possible, and by the help of God> aaVe the country from the min "tho measure, is but ton well calculated to bring- upon it. The Courts had heretofore been found adequate to the protection of tho rights of the South,.and if they had failed, it would Imre been far Bet ter. if fight wc must, on loss doubtful ground, than the Kansas measure nlTords. None but fools or knaves have.ever dreamed that the black race can exist in a country with the whites, anil form society, unless the former are slaves, either in substance or practically so. None in our country but a few 'miserable, un principled fanatics have ever dreamed of mak ing the negro population froe in the Southern States. But while this is the case, and politi cians have been seizing on the slavery question as well as every other means, to make capital for tliemselves, unprincipled demagogues as thov arc, they have disregarded tho natural characteristics of the white and black races— tljey have disregarded the natural rights and claims of the two races, and hence tho mischief and disturbance with which our country is ■cursed. We do not claim by our remarks to make a platform ior others —wo only claim to speak | the seutinentg of thousands.in our Slate, and ■ put forth feels in -tegard -to the questions of the ] day. We hope they may have equal weight with the huinlSggery with widen the land is fiooded. -f frOMMi:XJCA’TEI>O Mr-sr.S. Edttous :—We, up here in the mountains, having little knowledge of the nee culture, ate consequently not aware of the ef j feet, the withdrawal of the laborers from the plantations, at this season of : the year have on , the probable yields of the crops, desire-to know i what will be the probable falling off of the j quantity raised m South Carolina thizyear, by j the absence of the negroes in that State drawn away from their avocations to attend meetings j to celebrate tho chivalry displayed by the Hon. Preston S. Brooks, in his attack on Mr. Sum ner? We also desire to know whether these negroes in any of their gatherings have at-! tempted to run a parallel between this South Carolina chivalry displayed‘by Mr. Brooks, and the chivalry in the days of Froissart, and 'John of Gaunt, if so', whether there are nqt Isorne shades of difference ? We would also [like to ascertain how it happens that all South ] Carolinians, (at least, the great men of the ] State) seem to have “ picked up ” greatness ; like “ the cliilcfren of Israel did manna in the wilderness ” those who have gathered least have quite enough, in their own conceits, and those who have gathered most have none to in the opinion of all tho world, except themselves. PALINURUB. CiiEßokiiE Go., Texas, Afcty 15, ’5(5. j Editors Hep. ijj- Discipline: Gents. —As I have ntnny friends and -relatives’ who are readers of your paper, I have thought my opinions of Texas, formed from personal observations, would interest them. I left homo (near Louver's, Ga.,) the I Till of April:, and landed in Texas Ist June. 1 traveled through Harrison, Upsliire, Smith , and Husk counties, and am now ill the lower part of Clu-rokec. I find better land and better water than I expected. It is true tlu-re is some very poor land, and some bad water, but I find some of both : excellent. Improved laud is worth fom ]§l 1 5 to $5 <K> per acre, and unimproved | land from 15 edits to $3 00 per acre.-—. ; The |£>orcst improved lands will yield twine as much corn, cotton, oats and wheat as i onr lands generally will do in Newton and j counties adjoining in Georgia. It seems Ito me that any man, however peculiar in ; taste he might he, could find a place in; | Texas to precisely suit him, both in land! I and water. The people arc generally kind 1 .and hospitable. Markets are not so con-! venieut as would be desirable. Range is ! good, and extensive. Common farmers, ] with or without money, can get land, and bv industry, live well and pay for it in two jor three years. The country is generally ! level, as far al I have seen. The lands I would make an average yield of 35 to 40 | bushels of corn per acre, 1,000 to 1,500 libs, cotton ; 10 to 20 busln-Is wheat, and 1 oats and other products in proportion.— Such of my friends as desire to, move to ■ this country, will find the lands and water as I say ; but I woul&ndvise them not to i come with the expectation of finding mon cy growing on the trees nor the rivers flow ing with w ine and houty, but with a view jto finding a much better country than! . Georgia-. Os course those moving into a new country should not expect-to enjoy j the comforts and conveniences enjoyed! i where they left, and my candid opinion is, j i that but few are satisfied the first year.— However, it would be well for them to j submit to inconveniences for a short time, to enjoy greater-advantages afterwards. Yours, &c., N. C. DANIEL. There is a hotel in New- York city at which the sales of iiqaor, it is said amount to upwards of SBO,OOO per year. The new Mayor of Philadelphia, who lias COO appointments of police, <ie., to make, has already received 5200 applications. . Make a Note of it. — I’he Fredericksburg (Va.) Recorder, says— “ Were we compelled to choose between Se ward an and Fillmore so r President, W E SHOULD NOT HESITATE A MOMENT TO PREFER THE FORMER.”- Thatjs the sort of feeling amongst the Dem ocrats that secured the adoption of the plural ity rule* and the election of Mr. Batiks, as Spe ker. The Journal of commerce gives a list of im provements in progress or about to be com : menced in New York, wliic-h will involve an i expenditure of four nnllious of dollars, and j this, not so much in enlarging as decorating | the city. The JournaFexprcsses the fear that j this great expenditure will trespass upon the ■ active business capital of the city.,,and cause j othc-r cities to profit by the extravagance, of 1 New York. tfr’k. .. Mr. Fillmore.—.Tenoral of the loading op. position journals in the interior of New York assort with the utmost Confidence, that Mr. Fillmore can carry thht. State. The Albany Statesman describes hint as eminently the man for the times, and calculated to satisfy i nd paci fy the jonntfy, from one extremity of the Union to the other. Corrscpondcncs between Senator Wilson anil Mr. Brooks. Flint's Hotel, May 28, 1859. Sin* In the Senate to-day. when referring to the collissision with Mr; Sariincr, you spoke of my conduct as “cowardly,” thus making yourseir an arbiter of true courage. in debate in the Senate heretofore, voa de clared yourself responsillefor what you mvgi/l sinj they c and ehwvhcre. 1 therefore, hold myself at liberty, by tills note, to request that you will inform me, with out- delay, where and when, outside of this dis trict, a further note will find you. Respectfully. &c., P. S. Brooks. lion. Henry Wilson. Washington, May 29, 101-2 o'clock, lion. r. S. Brooks : v K ” Sir : Your note of the 27 th inst., was placet in my hands by yous li-iend, General Kane, at 20 minutes past ten this morning. I characterized ou the floor of the’pi : : the assault upon my colleague as “brutal m dermis anil cowardly.” I (fought so tie. 1 think so now. 1 have no qualifications what ever to make in regard to those words. Ipf 1 have.uevejjcntertnincd or expressed in tho Senate Or elsewhere the idea of personal l-espnn sibility in the sense of the duelist. 1 have al ways regarded duelling as the -lincecino- relic of a barbarous civiilizution. which the 7,-iw of the country has branded as a crime. While, therefore. I religiously believe in the right of self-defence, in its broadest sense, the law of my country and the matured convictions of my whole life (-like forbid me to meet you for tho purpose indicated in your letter, Your obedient servant, HENRY WILSON, The Boston Courier lavs produced the follow ing good one on the renowed Geu. Billow.— We do not recollect to have seen it before On one. occasion, during an engagement, Cap- I tain Duncan commanding the Flying Artillery, j Gen. Billow in his usual solemn manner, call ed out to his officer, “Captain Duncan—fire the crisis lias come!” Duncan, without saying a word, turned to his men, who wore standing by their guns already shotted-and primed, and simply called out “Fireli’ The men were slight ly surprisid at the order—there being no par ticular object within range, when jin old grey headed Irish sergeant stepped up W*h—“Blaze yer honor, what shall we lire at?” “Fife at tho crisis,” said Duncan ; “didu’ yau hear the Gen eral say it had cOuie?” Foretelling tiii-i weather. —In a clondly morning it is a matter of importance to the farmer to know whether it will be sunshine or stormy in the afternoon. If the ants have cleared their holes nice, and piled the dirt up high, it seldom fails to bring a good day to far mers, even if it should be cloudly till ten or ele | ven o’clock in the forenoon. Spider-webs will ! be .very numerous about the tops of the grass .and grain some clondly mornings, and fifty years’ experience has shown the writer of tins, ! that those little weather-guessers seldom fail in their predictions of a fair day. —Southern ■ Cultivator. \ .1 new Era. j The South Carolinian, in alluding to the. , public demonstration iuapproval of Mr. Brooks, uses the foltewkig language; “And, to add the crowning glory to the good work, the slaves of Columbia have already a i handsome subscription, amt will present an j appropriate token of their reuard to him who I lias nude the first practical issue for therr pre j serration and protection in their rights and | enjoyments us the happiest laborers on tbe face ; of t lie globe.” | Was the like of this ever before published |in a newspaper in Smith Carolina? The ni jgfoes of Columbia have actually .participated, in the congratulations of Mr. Brooks, and lii - [South Carolinian lauds it as “the crowulrg ] glory of the good work!” Now, these in. ] digs m South Carolina to sustain Mr. Brmbr as counter to those of tbe North, are prop- ;• ] enough. But when, in the Capital oitheSi'e . , slaves are permitted nay applauded, and urgi and |to take part in our political movements—to j unite in popular demonstrations—to raise sub | script ions, and present their tokens of approv al to our public nu-ii—it is.indeed, a speetuA as disgusting as it is novel. AVeYIWi ior s I State when’ such things are permitted. - II our i slaves can jrablicly congratulate, may tiny not ] publicly condemn? And if one portion -are per#lilted to laud Mr. Brooks, why may not [another, if disposed, sympathise with Mr.'Hutu ; net- ? According to the Carolinian, the upi-icvn! of Mr. BrooksTellew citizens, their cnnei tions and testimonials are completely o sred by-the crowning glory” of this negro . stration! And, in the same view, we - : v that the negro deputation—and wbV slioaid not there be one? when it arrives in Was. ton. will take precedence, over their masters, while they present to Mr. Brooks their “appro priate token!” Such a proceeding, while it offends every -on - timent of Carolina society, is calculated to bring ridicule and disgrace Upon the whole movement, —Charleston Mercury.- Atlanta Medical College. ! We had the pleasure on Wednesday lust, to ! pay a flying visit to Atlanta, and while there, ito listen to a lecture by Dr. A. Means, and ; one by Dr. 11. W. Brown, delivered to tho Medicci Class of the Atlanta- College. Both I these gentlemen are- wcH skilled iti the respec tive departments which they occupy in the In stitution, awl are highly gifted in those facul ] ties which constitute a good and successful lec | timer. This Institution has just entered upon the- seoond year of its existeucc, and with the i prestige of former success, bids fair to make l-apid strides in its onward march to usefulness j and to fame. The "number of students now : reaches nearly one hundred, and is daily in ; creasing. . It is confidently expected, that the cltss during the present term, will reach one ] hundred and tyeuty-Gve or thirty. This rapid growth is unprecedented in the history of.Med | ical Institutions in the South, and it should i l)e tlie object of desire with every true South j truer, that it should go on “prospering and to prosper.” It is F thc only Institution in the i Southern States which gives a summer course ■of lecturers, and affords fai sto the young i Esculapians which heretofore they could- only I enjoy by crossing Mason & Dixons line. Tho iI- acuity is an abte one, composed °f*practical j men, who are from experience, familial- with diseases, peculiar to our climate, and with the I most successful mode of treating them -Em ] ptre Stute. Ibe Brook's Affair. Washington, June2.—Mr. Crooks lias ad dressed a letter of apology to the Senate, dis claiming any purpose to infract its privileges, or offend its dignity. The-House Committee has reported a reso lution to expel JSrooks nnd censuring Keitt and Edmondson, for not interfering when they knew of Brook’s design. Mr. Cobb, of Georgia, presented a Minori ty report, denying that any breach of privilege I under tbe Constitution had been committed!