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The Baltimore Patriot and the Old Line
Whigs.—This journal, in speaking of the efforts
how being made by that conglomeration of
priest-ridden foreigners, atheistical aliens, office
holders, office seekers, rump factioni3ts, etc.,
etc., that, compose the present so-called Demo
cratic party, and their efforts to secure tile rotes
of Old Line Whigs, nse3 the subjoined truthful
languag
“Had they appealed to the patriotism of the
Whigs, and proven to them it was a duty they
owed their common country to sustain in pow- 1
er their ancient rivals, we should have respected 1
the invocation, even if we were not convinced I
by the argument; hut to treat them as Wal- j
pole treated his House of Commons, as Louis !
Napoleon treats his Senate, as a band of mer
ccnaries, having no hi gher aim than office, j
no motives a'n I of action stronger than !
its emoluments, is to place the lowest possible [
estimate upon Whig integrity, and to insult
the fragment of a great party, while attempt
ing to cajole it into an alliance. But what
faith could the Whigs have in professions of
friendship based upon grounds so mean and
grovelling? If the Democrats succeeded by j
these lures in entrapping the whigs into a snp-)
port of a candidate who could not be elected ;
without their aid, would the victory be ascrib
ed to the power of the Democrats or to that of
their allies? Fortunately we can answer this
question by a recant example. The late fic
tion hi Philadelphia was successful, by reason
that the Whig vote, from local causes, was
thrown in favor of the Democratic candidate.
When the contest was over, and their men firm
ly seated in power, the Democrats claimed the
honor of the triumph, and awarded the Whigs
the smallest possible modicum of praise for their
co-operation. Presently, the offices were dis
tributed and, ill the language of one of the
journals, "Mayor Vaux lias got into trouble al
ready. by giving part of the public plunder to
the Old Line Whigs who voted for him—where
at great dissatisfaction exists in the Democrat
ic ranks.’ Comment is unnecessary.
What old Bullion -ays.
Col. Benton has been called on by many gen
tlemcn, at hia parlor in the Broadway Hotel.—
He is electioneering hard and hot for Buchan- j
an, and is death and woe on Pierce and Dong-1
las. He says:
“This Administration is most weak and cor
rupt-sir—corrupt au-l weak, sir. The Presi
dent. don’t know liis own mind for one hour,
sir—not for one hour. Look at our Foreign
relations. There is more danger of the peace of i
the world being disturbed than you are aware
Bir, more than you are aware of, sir.
“The passions of the- people are fearfully !
aroused sir—fearfully areas- -d. Mention the
name of Douglas and every bud passion is ;
aroused —every one aroused, sT. He is a poi
litica! fillibu9ter. sir. 11 • could not carry a;
Free State. —The X-u-th is incensed, very just
ly incensed tit his conduct, sir. This thing of
Slavery agitation war all settled sir, until he
broke it up. The' angry feeling of the North
is very just, sir.
•‘As for Buchanan—never a leading man in
any high sense, sir—but a man of fair tal
ents, and a very pure man in both his public
and private life, sir. He is a man of peace,!'
sir—eminently a man of peace. The effect, of
his nomination would be to restore peace to the
country, sir. "--Cm. Com.
The Dcraorratk Aom'iiiatlon.
Out readers will perceive, by the telekraphic
accounts on the preceding page, that the con
test in tbo Cincinnati Convention has resulted
in the nomination of the Hon. James Buchan
an, of Pennsylvania, as the Democratic candi
date for the Presidency at the ensuing election.
-The nomination of (his gentleman has. been '
confidently claimed by'nn political Mends for
some time pu3t, notwithstanding the general, if
not unanimous, favor which the re election of
President Pierce was supposed to have obtai u
od in the South by the tenor of Ins hist annual
message. Strong as Mr. Buc-hara iwi a regar
ded, we are not so much surprised at his ulti
mate success as that, considering the formiduble
uesa of his competitors, he should have receiv
ed the required two-thirdi of the Convention
ufter so brief a contest, lie is the choice of
bis party, and it is not for us to praise or to
blame their selection. But we may say. without
offence, we suppose, that the party might, have
done worse; we know not that it could have
done better, although there are eminent men in
it of equal ability and experience, if not of
equal devotion to the party. Mr. Buchanan is
a man of character, of stainless private life,
and ot long and varied experience in public
affairs. Asa gentleman we have nothing to
object to him save his party politicls and party
career, and although we trust that the ant.i-
Deraocratic conservative power of the country
will be able to beat him, yet if they shou'd fail
they may still hope that his success will give
to the country a President who will prove a ;
friend to the Union and more conservative in
his administration than is the political platform -
upon which he has been placed by the Convci -
"lion. — iVal. Intelligencer. I
In-tinrt of Bird,.
TVe Jihto fil our office an ingenious piece of
bird metchanism. It. is a nest constructed by j
the Goldfinch, regularly woven with threads, I
all firmly knotted, filled in with wool, cotton,
rags &c„ and completely lined with horse and
other hair. It is the most comfortable, coosy |
invention for the accommodation of baby birds
imaginable. It hangs pendant from a small
twig, around which the weaving process is
commenced and continued until a complete
bog with an opening at the top, is formed.--
Although we have frequently seen these nests
hanging high up among the branches of tall
tr®!s, we don’t knew that we have ever before
had an opeortunity to inspect them closely, and
wc must say they are worthy of examiaation,
as illustrating the ingenuity, industry and par
ental providence of the animal, and especially
tbo bird creation. We are indebted to the
kindness of Judge Grice for the nest which is
now in our office, subject to the inspection of
those who are curious in such matters.—Amer
t a i Union.
Credit.—Credit is one of the best things
man has devised, and about the worst abused.
Tiiousan is live on credit, who have no right
to do any such thing. None but an honest
man ought to be able to pass hia word instead
of coin—a rogue's word is not worth its face
no matter how rich he may be No one should
have facility to run in debt for the means of i
ostentations display or sensual gratification, or !
of haazardous adventure. “Earn before you !
spend" should be the general rule; the credit
should be extended mainly to those who use it
to fit them selves with means and implements of l
useful, productive labor.
Cr.ors in Vihoinm.—The Woodstock Tenth !
Legion says that within a few days, since the
dry cold wratber commenced, many fields that
looked exceedingly thrifty and promising, have
been attacked by the fiy and joiut worm, and '
»o much injured as to be almost worthless.
The Winchester Virginian says that, promis
ing a3 was the first start, of the wheat this
spring, the fly, weeds and dry weather have so
injured it that more than half a crop, if that, \
cannot be expected in Frederick, Clarke or
Hampshire, or, sq far as we can learn, in- any of
the counties of the North Valley. What with
the decline of price and 'decline of the yiled, ;
farmers will be fortunate who dear from the j
same breadth of land One fourth of what they
did two years ago. The corn, which was gen
erally gotten in late, is showing the need of
rain, as so do the pasture?
New Development in Irish Potatoes.
A friend showed us some Irish Potatoes last
• j Friday growing on the top of the vine, instead
of the root—they were of good size, and well
| formed, and is a proof that Irish Potatoes will
| produce from the vine, like sweet potatoes, the
| only difference being, that the former must have
' the advantages of the old root. To bo success-
I ful in producing by this method, first plant your
i potatoes in the usual way, and let ll e n remain
• until the first crop is fit to use; then dig. re
I placing the vines in the same bed and cover
| their., leaving only a small portion of the top
exposed ; this will cause the whole vine to turn
1 white, swell up, and bare fruit at every joint,
| and thus produce a second crop more luxuriant
than Die first. All this of course requires u
favorable season, and in order to insure success,
we suggest that the transplanted vines be well
J watered soon after the planting. —Southern
! Enterprise.
!ffr. Brooks’ Letter to Ibc Senate.
1 Monday last, the President of the Senate laid
j before that bodya letter from Mr. Brooks, ns
I follows:
House of Representatives, )
May 29th, 1856. j
| Sir: —l lmve seen in the public journals this
morning, the Report of the Senate Committee
! to whom was referred the resolution of the Sen-'
■ ate directing an enquiry into an assault made
; by me on the 2'2d inst., on a Senator from Mas
| sachusetts. It is with unfeigned regret I find
in the Report that what I hud intended only as
a redress for personal wrong, should have been
construed or must necessarily be considered us
a breach of the priviledge of the Senate.
While making a full and explicit disclaimer
of any such desire or purpose, I ask leave to
say that for the occasion, considering myself on
jlyas a gentleman in society, and under no po
litical restraint as a member of the House ol
j Representatives 2 did not advert to or consid
j e-r there was any alternative or restraint impos
ed upon me by reason that the offence came
i from a member of the Senate. I had read care
i fully and attentively the speech delivered in
j the Senate on the 19th and 20th inst.—the
I speedi delivered in the Sen te by the Senator
from Massachusetts, and found therein lan
guage which I regarded as unjustly reflecting,
not only upon the history and character ol
South Carolina, but also upon a friend and re
lative. To such language I thought I had a
just right to take exception under tho cirenm
i stances, the Senator from Smith Carolina, who
| was affected by those remarks, being absent
from the Senate and city. 1 had reason to be
i liore the Senator from Massachusetts did not
: acknowledge that personal responsibility for
j wrongs in personal deportment, which would
I have saved me the painful necessity of the col
I lision which I sought, and in my judgment,
therefore, I had no alternative hut to act us 1
j did. That the assault was made in the Senate
Chamber was caused only by the fact, that af
ter a careful search elsewhere, on the previous
as well as on the same day. the offender could
not he found outside the walls of the Senate
Chamber, and the Senate had adjourned for
more than an hour previous to the assault.—
I submit the foregoing statment from the high
respect I have for the Senate of the United
States, and that it may be received as a full
disclaimer of any design or purpose to infract
its privileges or offend its dignity. I cheerful
ly add. should the facts, as reported by the
Committee of the Senate, be, nevertheless, nec
essarily considered as a breach of privilege, as
a conclusion of law, my earnest desire is to j
atone for it as far as may be by this unhesitat
ing and unqualified apology,and that you will
oblige me by communicating this to the Senate,
as its presiding officer.
I have the honor to remain. Sir,
With great respect your servant,
!'. S. Brooks.
Tottoir. JrssrA Bright. Frisrdeni of the
Senate.
The letter was read, laid on the table, and I
ordered to be printed.
Taking Care of the South,
Congress has voted a million and a half acres
of lands for railroad purposes in lowa. And
so, session after session, is the common domain j
of the Union given away to buildup the free-j
soil States, and Democracy so far from having!
the power to prevent it actually contributes to;
it, through the votes of many of its Western j
and Northern members. All the Democracy I
have the power to do. and really does, in this
particular, is to prevent the slaveholding States i
being put on an equality with the abolition !
States, by receiving the shares of public lands \
or their proceeds to which they are justly en-|
titled. If Democrats would talk li-S3 about!
state-rights, and do more to enable the States
to take care of their rights, we should hear
much less of Northern aggressions and south
ern wrongs. For many years after tho adoj.-;
tion of the federal constitution the Southern ]
States held a majority in Congress, and exer
ted a controlling influence in the federal gov j
eminent. The census tables show that the in-j
crease in native population since that time lias
been greater in the slaveholding than the non
slaveholding States. They would have main
tained and increased their ascendency in the
Union but for the Democratic policy that has
encouraged the influx of an ocean-tide of anti
slavery sentiment from Europe, that has not I
merely been left free to follow its predisposi ;
tion to settle in the free States and Territories,;
but lias been encouraged to do so by bribes ol j
public lands and immediate investment there l
with the franchises and privileges of citizen
ship. Yet the party to whom these things are
so justly chargeable, that none have the hardi
hood to defend themselves against them, claim
to be tile party that take care of the rights and
interests of the Southern States! —Lynch Vir
ginian.
Tiie Mississitpl Bottom.—The Memphis
Appeal, of Wednesday last, remarks:
Aside, from the slight damage which has re
j suited from the late rise in the Mississippi, the
i high water has been of great service in one im
portant particular. It lias demonstrated that
! the overflowed lands may be reclaimed by the
i leveeing system. In all those sections of eoun
! try where the levee has been completed, the
1 lands have been perfectly secure from the high
water, and it is now regarded as a lixed fact
that, all the Mississippi bottom may and will be
reclaimed.
This fact will add from one to five hundred
per cent, to the value of the lands, and will
serve to bring them soon into cultivation.
How Hr, Buchanan was nominated.
The editor of the “faithless phantom" thus
disclosed in advance the process by which Mr.
Buchanan would be nominated:
-It is undeniably true that much of the ont
side procure for hia nomination is the result of a
disposition to bring iu the votes of men of Frue
soii tendencies—anti-Nebraska-biil men—those
who. while professing acquiescence in the ques
tioned feature of the Kansas-Nebraska act, arc
eternally disputing the propriety of its original
enactment. I have no fancy for such Demo
crats, and would prefer fighting the contest
without them. Hence my earnest opposition
to Mr. Buchanan's nomination. I deprecate
the day when their counsels will have weight
in those of the great Democratic paity. and do
not comprehend as yet, how, after courting their
votes iu making a nomination, we can with
any degree of self-respect fail to accord to them
frankly the weight in determining our future
course as a party, legitimately due to their
numbers as an integral portion of tho Demo
cratic organization.”
Sebastopol, it is said, will not be re-built.
; as it would cost as much to clear away the rub
i bish of the old city as to build anew one.—
There i« litterally nothing left of tho city but
' shapeless ruins.
The I’ockkt Test.—ln tho debate in tie
Massachusetts Legislature upon granting $20,-
000 in aid of Kansas settlers, a Mr. Rogers, of
Boston, proposed to vote an additional appro
priation of SSO from each member’s pay. Th is
was rejec'etl almost unanimously.
ipiiiFTiiiipii?.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA: ' "
Friday Morning, June 13, 1856.
FOR PRESIDEN TANARUS,
MILLARD FILLMORE,
OF JYEW YORK.
FOR VICE-PRE SIDEJYT,
ANDREW J. DONELSON,
OF TEJYJYESSEE.
NOTICE*
Our paper will invariably be discontinued when
the time expires for which payment is made. Our
terms require advance payment, and they will
be strictly adhered to. When the “time In out, ?J
the paper will stop, and a remittance will be ne
cessary to set it in motion again.
We frequently have orders for our paper not
accompanied by the cash. In such cases, one
copy will be sent, and if the terms are not com
plied with, the name will not be entered on our
books.
Take Notice!
The friends of FILLMORE and DOX
ELSOX are requested to meet at the
Court-house in this city, on the first 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
the same month. It is earnestly desired
that each District in the County should be
largely represented.
Cross-Fire !
Tho Southern Sag-Nicht papers tell us that
the N’ational American Convention “prostitu
ted itself to Abolitionism,” while the Freesoil
ers North tell us that the same Convention
prostituted itself to slavery.” The truth is.
the Convention prostituted itself, in the eyes of
both, by sticking too close to the Constitution
—too plain, straightforward a document for
Southern Sag-Nichts, or Northern Freesoilers.
Consistent}'!
The Sag-Nichts South denounce Mr. Fill
more as an Abolitionist, end. sustain their do*,
nuneiations by producing his Erie letter writ
ten in 1838. No complaint is made of liis Ad
ministration on that score, but say they, “once
an Abolitionist, always one,” To keep up con
sistency and confirm their sincerity, they admit
that the Softs of New York were Freesoilers
in 1818, but soy they are perfectly sound note !
Now, if Mr. Fillmore is to be convicted upon
his Erie letter, can the Softs be acquitted upon
the Buffalo Platform ?
The Tews.
The latest news from Cincinnati, during the
sitting of the Democratic Convention, was
furnished to Georgia and Alabama through the
Daily Atlanta Intelligencer. This is a fact
worthy of .note, and clearly proves that the
news can be communicated to a large scope of
country through the Atlanta Dailers quicker
linn from any other point.
Much credit is due the enterprising proprie
tors of the Intelligencer for their efforts and
success in giving the latest news. *
About! Fate !! ”
On the Tariff Question, Internal Improve
ments and State Rights 1
Mr. Buchanan looks inquiringly, and waits
to know if he is expected to turn about, or
whether the whole democratic party is to wheel.
Stand still, Old Buck, close to the spoils, and
the party will “ dress " iu that direction, and
soon be in order. *
The Cincinnati Convention did itself cred
it in one particular, if no more. And that was
by nominating a man for the Presidency whose I
name was prominently before the country, and
a man of fair Statesmanship, instead of scour
ing the country over to find some little “ faint
ing Brigadier," or third rate .village lawyer
who nine-tenths of the people had never heard
of. For a powerful party to foist upon the
country a man for tho Presidency who is total"
ly deficient in every requisite qualification for
the office, and nin e only fort of availability
is liis obscurity, is shamelul, and we are glad to
see the policy rebuked and laid on the shelf by
the late Cincinnati Convention. *
I.at.ranee Female College.
This is now, and lias been for several years,
one of the most popular Institutions in the
South, having received the largest amount of
patronage of any at least in this Stutc. The
Messrs. Montgomery, by whose enterprise and
indomitable energy, as well as an immense'out
lay of capital, it was built up, have devoted to
it that fostering care which seldom tail to suc
ceed.
These gentlemen having more capital inves
ted in the School than they desire, propose to
sell the College to the M K. Church. The
Quarterly conference which met a short time
since, at LaGrange passed resolutions favoring
the purchase, and having no funds, the follow
ing plan was adopted to raise the means to place
tho college in the hands of the Georgia Confer
ence. Four thousand agents were to be ap
pointed, and each agent requested to raise ten
dollars, which would make Forty thousand dol
lars. the amount requisite for the pureliaae.—
The original cost of tnc College budding with
all its appurtenances,we are informed issßs,ooo.
It is one of the most commodious college build
ings in the State and is located upon a high
and beautiful eminence, in -one of the pleasant
est village, {now city) in the State. We
trust the plan will succeed and tho purchase be
made by the t ext conference.
1 Although this College is owned by private
individuals, no pupil lias been turned away on
account of theirimibility to pay. and perhaps a
larger number luiv.. -ceived an education at
this iuslilutiorias hin-fic o. « * than at any Col
fore iu Georgia. The magnates i y and libei
alily of the proprietors entitle them to success
’ in their effurls to sell, and we hope they Huy
meet with it. *
The Pharasee
Who does up things editorially, as no one
elite could, (or perhaps would,) for that docu uent
of immense circulation, powerful influence, and
brilliant future prospects, the Examiner, of this
city, seems to he riled about what we have
been forced to say of him personally. He does
live in a peculiar sort of building that neither
protects him from view or shields him from
stones. If we should hit “hard licks,”and the
public gaze at his mural deformities, # ive would
advise him to make an effort to hide himself
b hind an honest heart, and upright and Secent
manner of living.
In his specimen of Bell-Lettres of June,7th,
lie gives what a celebrated writer termed the
six plagues of a village, and adds our paper as
the seventh. As the seventh cup is the bitterest
of all, so we suppose he thinks of Our paper,
that it is the plaguedest plague of all plagues
to him. The first plague mentioned by the cele
brated writer, is the “La tri/Cr,With great knowl
edge, great enphistry, and no sense of justice.”
This, the editor of the Examiner once had some
ambition for. but having none of the requisite
qualifications except the tast.abandoned the idea
that he had sufficient force of character to
plague any body much in that line. The qual
ification lie had, however, suited him to a nicety
for another position in the plague line, and us
he had no disposition to let what talent he had
lie dormant, he Went about improving it. In
| this attempt lie sttccceded admirably, as we are
! told that a certain distinguished man iu Geor
gia told him on one occasion that lie must
••forage on the enemy ” and plague him no
more.
This old Pharisee seems to think he knows
something of what Nature lias done for other
people. We have never thought that X'ature
trusted him with a great deal that would be
likely to be coveted by any body else, but it is
certain that if Nature designed him for any
thing more than a grogshop loafer.the design was
totally disregarded or awfully abused when the
building was done. ---- - / *
Southern Hasonir Female College,
We have received, by tho hands of Rev.
Greed Fulton, President, a copy of the cata
logue of the above institution, for the scholas
tic year ending 24th June, 1856. The total
number of pupils in attendance is 151, which
is sufficient evidence that the Masonic fratern
ity have not forgotten their own College. We
are assured by Mr. Fulton that the present of
the institution is encouraging, and the future
■■right
11:0 next Annual Commencement will he on
-the !Uth .hist. ’Hie Caawncncenient Sermon
will be preached, by Dr. Talmage. on SnUtmth
22.1, and tho Junior Exhibition will come off'
on Monday the 23.1. to be followed by an Or.
ration before the two literary societies by L. j
J. Glenn, Esq., of this city. The Annual j
Address will he delivered on Tuesday 24th by !
David Clapton, lisq.. Past Grand Master of the !
Grand Lodge of the State of Alabama.
At the las! meeting of Grand Lodge of this i
Stat -, it was apparent that there was a dispo-!
sitiou to secure by some means an endowment i
for this College. Richard Lane, of Lafayette, i
Ga., proposed to give one thousand dollars for t
that purpose, and was followed by a number ol !
others. This is right, and we hope to see the i
day when the Fraternity in Georgia will have !
a College of which they may we I be proud. !
and where the destitute daughters of Masons !
may receive an education that will St them for j
any station in life.
The Diplomas given at this College bear the !
symbol of the Master's Sublime Degree, which j
will be recognised by any Master Mason, ren- j
dering them valuable in more than a mere liter- !
ary point of view.
Mr. Fulton informs .-s that every Lodge in the j
State has been.invited to attend the Commence i
meet Exercises on the 24th, and that 'lie pros- \
pect is good for a large turn-out on that occa
sion. *
The Democratic nominee!
Hon. James Buchanan, of Pennsylvania,
received the unanimous vote of the Cincinnati
Convention, on the 17tli ballot, and was, there
fore, made the regular nominee of the Demo
cratic party for the Presidency. Mr. Buchan
an has been in public service most of his life,
and though he has ever been considered a man
of fair ability, he Ims, we believe, never been
particularly connected with, or Instrumental in,
carrying through any great and popnlar mea
sure. No line of governmental policy is claim
ed ns his own. In other worils. he has rather
followed than lead. He lias been a public man
with a sort of general character, no special act j
ever having given him decisiveness of charac
ter. lie is also one of the “old fogies,” and
therefore, not so well suited to progressive, fili
bustering democracy. Mr. Buchanan we believe !
to be a mild roan—a man of peace, though he
was not always so, for he once said that “il
he had one drop of democratic blood in his
veins, he would open (Item and let it out.”
The nomination of Mr. Buchanan may be
I considered as a compromise upon the Kansas-
Nebraska question. The Platform is to con
ciliate the South, while the man, (the lion’s
share.) is to conciliate the North. He having
been absent from the country, had no part nor
lot in that measure, and it was thought, no
doubt, by the Convention that they could put
on him such a face us would suit any section of
the country, so far as tills great “ stroke of pol
icy” is concerned.
Mr. Buchanan was a Federalist, an out-and
out Federalist, as late as 1823. This class of
politicians have been dealt with severely by the
! democratic party, aud that they should consent
to promote one, is very strange.
| The following circular is a relic of the past,
, and fully explains itself. Read it: *
“Copy of the Circular issued by the Federal
ists of Lancaster in the Election Campaign of
1823. between Shultz and G egg. —
“WE as FEDERALISTS take the liberty
of addressing you on the subject of the approach
ing election fifr Governor. We wish to com
municute our sentiments to you in confidence,
and we arc anxious that you fhoT-Id call on
any of us when you visit Lancaster and give
us your opinion. We wish to lie united—we
desire both to give and to take Counsel.
The candidates have been brought into your
notice; 'hey are competitors for the hieliest
State office in the gilt of the people. Neither
of them belong to our party.
Mr. Shultz is emphatically the legislative can
didate. Those men whom the people sent to
Harrisburg to make laws, have attempted
the power of making a Governor. It remains
to be decided whether the freemen of I’ennsyl
vania will yield up their sovereign right to a
Legislative caucus. This candidate, thU3 nom
inated. will he to excite all the rancorous I'e'el
ings which heretofore existed against Federal
ists. Mis notorious incapacity must in this
manner be kept out of the view of the people,
other wise his case is desperate.
Mr. Gregg, although not a Federalist, lias al
ways be ii considered an honest enlightened po
litician. At the time when the Father of his
country and of onr party, after having approv
ed of Jay's Treaty, laid it before the Congress
of the United States for their ratification, Mr.
Gregg was found contending on the side of
Washington against his own political friends.
Experience has proved the wisdom of his con
duct No enlightened politician of either par
ty now condemns that treaty. It is the best
We have ever been able to obtain.
Mr. Gregg lias been long in public life, and
has filled every station conferred upon him by
‘ the people, with integrity and ability. He has
! acted a leading part in the administration of
Gov. I leister, and deserves much of the credit
to which he is entitled.
We are assured that he resisted with all his
energy the adoption of the measure which just
ly gave sO mupli offence to the* Federalists of
I Lancaster 'county.
Without enlarging on the subject, we are de
cidedly of the opinion that whether we consider
the public good or the interest of our party,
there is hut one course left for us to pursue, arid
that is to support Mr. Gregg. Should you he
of the same opinion we calculate" much on your j
exertions.
We believe that in ease Mr. Gregg should be j
successful, this will he the last party struggle in j
Pennsylvania. After it. We trust the questions
lot a candidate for offices will be. w he honest?
is he capable?-and not what political name
does he hear. This would be a consummation
devoutly to be wished for by every honest and
true patriot.
JAMES BUCHANAN.
Robert Coleman, Adam Roigart,
Win. Montgomery, James Carpenter,
George Ross, George Greafte,
John Leonard, Wui. Norris.
John Rucknian, John It. Montgomery.
Edward Coleman. James Evans,
Win. Ross, Emanuel Iteigart,
George I lambrighf, Jacob Slough,
Snsper Sluymaker, John Reynolds,
John Stehiiiiin, Win. While,
George Musser, Henry Carpenter,
N. Lightner, B. Oder,
Jasper T. Smith, Geo. W. Jacobs."
Knoxville, June Sth, 1856.
I presume a few notes from this Metropolis
of East Tennessee will not be amiss in the
“ Republican & Discipline.”
Polities, a matter in which all this section
seem to be well posted, do not run very high,
at least as yet, and while nearly all concur that
Fillmore and Donelson will carry the State, no!
one appears to have any anxiety upon the sub-;
ject. The Kansas war and the Brooks and 1
Sumner affair appear to be looked upon us dis-i
graceful and disrijmtablo to ail . parties crt>>
cernei
Knoxviilo has two prominent Hotels, The
Coleman House and the Beil House—the latter!
at which I take up my abode, is well kept by
Mr.William McTeer. formerly of .Maryville and
Montvale .Spring'-. Mr. M and lady are well
practised ill the business, and keep ail excellent
House The city, under the influence of the
late y obtained lt.iilro.id facilities, is rapidly
improving. It lias also received a great, im
pulse from the heavy crop of last year, which,
as you are awa -e, has sold for large prices.— j
The prospect is the crop of the surrounding |
country wifi lie as heavy for the present as the!
Inst year, hut I cannot say how it will be us to I
prices. Under the influence of these causes, I
the people appear to b - dipping into improve
meat with great spirit, and if 1 can judge right-!
ly with rather too great a rapidity for the!
prospects abroad—for I cannot sec cause for
any great increase of the trade of the city;
when the line of roads is completed, through
from Georgia to Virginia, yet the Roads will;
be of vast benefit to East Tennessee as a whole, j
When the Rabun Gap, Knoxville and Ken-!
tacky Roads shall be completed, forming a
transverse line and an intersection at this place
the prospects and advantages for a growth will
be decidedly favorable. These Roads will be
to Knoxville what the Air-Line Railroad will
be to Atlanta, namely : an independent and;
competing line of Roads, or in the market for
the business of the country, which, while they
stimulate and encourage other enterprises and
improvements operate as a check on each otlie,-
to save the entire surplus wealth of the coun
try from being absorbed by the Railroad'
charges. Competition in transportation is as!
necessary to the prosperity of the country as |
competition in trade. Exclusive monopolies
are exclusive monarchs of all they survey.
This city is on a high lull, by the side of a
river, and the ground is very broken. To get
good streets is costing large sums of money.—
The city tax are one per cent, which is worse
I than ours, in Atlanta.
I One day last week I passed up the valley of
| the Holst jii River, on the Tennessee & Vir-:
| gima Railroad as far as New Market. It is a
! beautiful section of the country—the people are j
highly intelligent and orderly, having paid
much attention to education, and enjoyed good
schools, for lo ! these many years. I take it to
be the most interesting part of the State, and
must improve rapidly mow it hears the neigh
ing of the Iron Horse. As you are aware, this
section of Tennessee has been settled some six
ty or seventy years. It has evidences of ener
gy and industry in former days, but since Rail
roads- were introduced nto other sections it
seems to have declined, and many formerly good
dwellings are in a dilapidated condition, but
the crossing of the iron path in thi3 section is
already causing signs of new animation ar.d
life. It will eventually Ire one of the most in
teresting parts of our entire country. As an
illustration of the benefits expected from Rail,
roads, I asked a gentleman what had been the
enhancement of the valoe oflauds by Railroads,
he replied, •• from nothing to fifty dollars per
acres.” As some evidence of the impulse giv
en to agricultural interests, I noticed every de
pot along the Roads and almost every store
house crunicd with agricultural implements
such as Threshers, Fans, Coro-Shelters, Mow
ing Machines, Horse Powers, &c., which are!
brought mostly from the State of New York.
Notwithstanding the great amount of grain ]
carried to market from the last year's crop, |
there are all along the Roads abundant evi-:
donees of a plenty more of the saute sort left,
and some Bacon to spare.
The nomination of Buchanan and Breeker.-
ridge excites considerable interest end satisfac
tion among tiie democrats of this city. But
the A tnericans say they being gentlemen there
is no ciiance for their election, that the democ
racy, in general, njt bei ig accustomed to vote
for gentlemen, will not support them, f
ClSClkxArrv—llalalugaH !
To my old friend riddle man, away over in
Georgy.
Hear friend :
We've done things up brown
here this session certain. We’ve elected our old
friend and my cousin, Jim Buc' a an, President
at last. If it had'nt been for me I dont believe
they'd ov done it; but I knowed how the wind
Mowed, and I told em how to work it. You
see. we democrats are too smart for the rest ov
em any way, and me and cousin Jim's been too
smart for the party itself. Yon know how
cousin Jim used to wear the black cockade, and
read ihe news by a blue light—Well you see
that’s made him popular with the Federalists ;
and ho told em, too, that if he had a drap of
democratic blood in his vains he’d openem and
let it out. But this has been a long time ago,
and every body's forgot it but the Federalists—
(they never forget good friends like me and
cousin Jim) so you miist'nt print this part of
it, Aterwards you know, he took the demo
cratic party under him, and made em abuse
the Federalists like Uillin snakes, but kept his
own name behind the hush, till the good souls
| really thought he was true blue; and now they’d
cuss any man that would intimate his federal
; ism. This, you understand, gives him ail the
! Federalists, all the Republicans, ami all the de
mocrats, of coarse, because we nominated him,
and they are bound to stand up to the rack,
fodder ot Ho fodder—slavery or no slavery, tern
ul improvements or no ternal improvements,
filiybitsters or no fillybusters—the for all things
and the against all things —Amen, the whole
hash and hodge-podge of our own our glorious
party and every body else that we can So'ft
soap. By J:lly I'd like to fo'tgot the
crownin glory of cousin Jim's prospects. Yon
know he offered old Clay to make him Secre
tary of State if he would vote' for Jackson,
hilt the old fool got mad and talked about in- ;
tegiity or some such'foolishness. So cousin |
Jim gits Geoige Kramer to say that old Clay
committed bargain, intrig and corruption witli!
Mr. Adams, and slaved him out of the Way of
democracy ; so now every huff of our party isj
obleged to support him. And then to think
how cute he worked it! After old Clay was
slayed, and past redemption, you see cousin Jim
lie comes out in a letter and says lie never be-!
lieved the charge about that Bargain and cor
ruption ! so all the old whigs were so much 1
obleged to him for snyin it that it would be!
'ingratitude to vote against him.
I know you used to be a whig when me and i
you ‘.rent to aw the gulr, together-, I'- .
been in the commission, and you've been in the)
, «i nctuin, old Clay and (he wings have died ,- so j
now I can trust you same as when I used to!
tell you about my sparkiu -keep dark! -j
Good by till the next lime.
CAPTAIN JOE SPIUGGINS. j
Moke Snakes in tub Grass.—The Savan
nah Republican ot the 6th inst. says: We are!
informed that four persons besides Mr. Davis,:
whose case we noticed some days since, have
I been bitten by snakes in, Bulloch county within
i the last few days, fwo cl them died—one a'
'young woman and the other a young mart; —!
j the other two were still living at the last ac-i
| counts. Os those who died, one was bitten by !
'a rattle snake and the other by a moccasin.
i !
The director of the United States mint, Pliil
!adelppia, lias given notice that purchases of!
silver for coinage will be made on the following j
terms, payable in silver coins of the new issues, i
! Five franc pieces at 99 cents ; old Spanish
dollars at 105 cents; Mexican and South Amer
ican dollars at 106 1-4 cents ; half dollars of
: the United States coined before 1837, at 52 1-4 1
cents; the sane from 1837 to 1853, at 52 I 2 I
cents; German Swedish, Danish, Norwegian
and old French crowns at 113 cents each ; Ger
man florins 41 1-2 ceuts ; Prussian and Hanov
erian thalers at 72 cents; American plate, best
i manufacture, at 120 to 122 cents per ounce,
and genuine British plate at 125 cents per
ounce.
Congress has just passed an act granting to
| the Hebrew congregation in Washington all
I the rights and privileges enjoyed by the Chris
tian Churches in the same city. The disabili
jty thus removed has been thoughtlessly per mi t
j ted to exist since the foundation of the govern
ment, until brought to the attention of the
United States Senate, a few weeks ago, in some
well timed remarks by Gen. Cass.
From the topo-f Chiinbonzo to the bottom of i
the Atlantic, at the deepest place yet reached .
by the plummet in the Northern Atlantic, the;
j distance in the vertical line is nine miles. The
deepest part of the North Atlantic is probably!
somewhere between the Bermudas and the
Grand Banks. The waters of the Gulf of Mex
ico are held in a basin about a mile deep in the
deepest part. There is at the bottom of the
sea, between Cape Race in Newfoundland and
Cape Clear in Ireland, a remarkable stepee,
which is already known as the telegraphic pla
teau. The great circle distance between these
two shore lines is 1,600 miles, and the sea along
this route is probably no where more than 10,-
000 feet deep.
A Raft, Indeed!— A modern traveller in
Germany, gives a discription of one of the im
mense rafts which occasionally descend the
! Rhine. He says: “It was nine hundred feet
long and two hundred wide, on which was built
a village for the accommodation of the boat-!
men and the passengers, consisting of about
one thousand persons. There were cattle, hogs, i
and other animals on board—and also a shop’
where the passengers could be supplied with
every necessary article.”
The New Jersy American State council have)
endorsed the nomination of Fillmore and Don j
elson, by a vote of ope hundred to five.
Fanatical Freak.
In the Massachusetts House of Represent a
j tives on the 26th ult.,n resolution whs introduced
1 instructing the Adjutant General of the State to
! furnish each of their Senators and Representa-
I tives ill Congress two of Cdit’s six barrel re
volvers. “If, instead of revolvers,” says tlie
Baltimore Sun, “they were furnished with broad
national views, and good common sense, uti
mixed with fanaticism and narrow-minded big
otry. it would be far better for themselves, and
redound to the honor of the State of Massachu
setts.”
this is about equal to the negro demonstra
tion in Columbia and quite as ridiculous
Fanaticism, however, is everywhere the same,
and never tails to make its dupes supremely rid
iculous, As in Massachusetts, so in South Car
olina, What an incalculable benefit it would
be to both wings of the fanatics, to be able to
sec themselves as others sec them. Such ex
hibitions cannot fail to disgust intelligent con
servative meu of all parties.
The citizens of Erie are still excited upon
tiie Railroad question. At a " meeting held a
few days ago, the act of the Legislature which
provides for the subscription of §400,000 by
the Erie and North East Railroad to the Pitts
burg and Erie Railroad, was particularly de
nounced. The ultimatum of the citizens is that
the roads entering the city shall terminate at
the hai bor.
Cowhides and Consistency.— Wo have a
great deal in the Free Soil papers of the horrid
cowhidings administered to Southern negroes.
These cowhides-are manufactured entirely in
Vankeedom. We believe there is not a single
manufactory of cowhides in the Southern States.
The cute New Englanders brought tiie negroes
here originally, sell ns the cowhides to whip
them with, and then make an awful snivelling
over the horrors of slavery and the cruelty of
cowhides! They are also the only North
Americans engaged at this time in the African
Slave Trade— Richmond Despatch.
Prick of Poppies in England.— The pack
of hounds of Mr. Richard Sutton were sod a
few weeks sine, under the hammer at Quorn
Kennels. Leicestershire. England. This hunt
ing pack, consisting of thirty-nine dogs, from
one to five years old, sold for §7,500. The
puppies, 50 in number, were put up lets of
five each, and brought altogether §2,300.
Hon. Edward Everett on tile Slinkier affair.
Hon. Edward Everett delivered his address
on Washington in Taunton, eti Friday evening
last, on which occasion after alluding to the
distinguished fjVor with which the address had
been received in various parts of the country,
and stating that the character of Washington
was the only subject which had the power to
call him out from his retirement to address pub
lic audiences, more frequently than is consistent
with his health or the purposes of his life, he
said:
“But, with the satisfaction which I feel in
addressing you at this time, are mingled feelings
;of the proloiindest anxiety and grief. A sad
ness, which I strive in vain to repress, over
whelms me at thought of the occurrences of
the past week, and a serious apprehension for
ces itself upon my mind that events are even
now in train, with an impulse too mighty to bo
resisted, which wid cause our beloved country
to shed tears of blood through all her borders
nir generations yet to tome. Tiie civil war,
w'itli its horried train of tire and slaughter, ca«
i tied on wit-lnut the slightest, provoeatiouaigainst
(lie infant settlements of our bretbien on the
; frontier of the Union. Ihe worse that, civil war
which, alter raging for months unrebtikcd at
| the Union, has, at length, with a violence
j which I know no examples in the aural
; constitutional government, stained the I
of (lie Senate chamber wilh the blood ol
!defenceless man, and lie a senator from .Mass
i chusetts.
“Old my good friends, those arc events which,
for the good of name, the peace, the safety of
the country.it were well worth all the gold of
i California, to Mot from the record of. the past
j week.
! “They sicken the heart of the patriot, of the
! good citizen, of the Christian ; they awaken a
’gloomy doubt whether the toils, the sacrifices
j and the stiff rings oar lathers endured for the
j sake of founding a brighter, a purer and a freer
I civilization on this western continent than the
world had yet seen, have not been endorsed in
j vain.
“For myself, my friends, they fill me with
! sorrow‘too deep for tears.’ lain not asham
ed of the weakness, for 1 sorrow not for mv
-3 If.
“My few remaining years are running low
rapidly to a close to allow me to attach much
i importance to anything this side of the grave
| which concerns me individually, but 1 sorrow,
I beyond the power of the words, to express for
the objects of affection which I shall leave be
hind—for my children—for my country—and
God is my witness, if by laying down my life'
at this hour I could undo what has been done
the last two years, beginning with the disas
trous repeal of the Missouri Compromise, to
embitter the different sections of country against
each other, ami weaken the ties which unite
them, I would willingly and cheerfully make the
sacrifice.
“ Did I not think there is a healing charm
in the name of attachment
I and veneration for his character is almost the
only kindly sentiment that pervades, the whole
country, and that, in the contemplation of that
character, there is a spirit ol'wisdom to kindle,
and of life to soothe and unite, I would cveir
now throw myself upon your intelligence to’
excuse me from the duty of the evening.”
Warmth of Colors. —Place upon the surface
of snow, as upon the window sill, in bright day
light or sunshine, pieces of doth of the same'
size and quality but of different' colors, black,
i blue, green, yellow, and white, the black cloth
: will soon melt the snow beneatli it and sink
downwards ; next the blue, and then the green,
the yellow but slightly ; but the snow beneath'
the White cloth will be as firm as at first.
Senator Toombs. —The Editor of the Col
umbus Corner Stone is a good judge of rven. as
is conclusively proved by his hitting the hail
so plumply on the head in the case of Mr.
Toombs. In his last paper he says of that gen
tleman. and says correctly:
“He (Mr. Toombs) is naturally and constitu
tionally a radical; and in fact, is the only real
Democrat we have in Congress from Georgia,
except Howell Cobb. The balance of them
have just about democracy enough to enable
them, without any difficulty, to guage it up or
down to any temperature which personal or
party interests may require; but Toombs ami
j Cobb always do violence to their nature and
consciences, (or at least they used to,) whenev
er they are anything but real Democrats.”
Payment of the Texas Creditors.—Mon
day being the first day when, according to law,
| payment could be made to the creditors of the
late Republic of Texas, under the late act of
I Congress, the business, we understand, was
' commenced at the Treasury, and at three o’elodv
jon that day the Secretary had issued warranter
(in two hundred and three eases) amounting to
the sum 0f52.732.666. The payments will bo
| continued without intermission, and as the
j proofs shall be filed ami duly examined and"
passed on by tho accounting- officers. —A ’al.
i Intel.