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“ FOR^OVERNOR? _
H. V. JOHNSON,
OF BALDWIN.
FOR CONGRESS :
HIRAM WARNER.
FOURTH OF JULY.
In pursuance of a Resolution of Council at its
last meeting, the citizens of Atlanta are invited !
to mce«gt the City Hall, on Saturday morning
next, at 8 o’clock, for tiie purpose of making ar- j
rangements to celebrate the Fourth <f July, the
Anniversary of our National Independence. It is
hoped that there will be a general attendance.
A. NELSON, Mayor.
June 14,1855—3 t
~FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
Wo learn that, after a protracted session, and
a number of ballots, the Convention to nominate
a candidate for the fifth Congrewonal District,
in this State, unanimously nominated the Hon.
John H. Lumpkin as the democratic standard
bearer for that district.
GOVERNOR JOHNSON’S LETTER OF
ACCEPTANCE.
To make room for this excellent letter, we have
yielded so much space to-day, that no room is
left us for comment.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
See Smith & Ezzaids advertisement of Paints,
Oils, &c. These enterprising Druggists are de
termined not to be behind the times, and have al
ready established for their house a reputation not
surpassed by any Drug essablishment in Central
or Upper Georgia. Accommodating in their
terms—selling at a small advance upon cost;
prompt at the call of, attentive and polite to custom
ers; we commend their establishment to our
readers here, and at distant points. All who try
them will be well served.
See also the card of the “Smithsonian House”
on Broadway,New York. We are assured that
its Proprietor says less to recommend it, than it
deserves.
See also the card of our friend Marks, of the |
“White Sulphui Springs.” But of this Summer '
resort more anon.
“SOIREES' MAGIQUES.”
By reference to our advertising columns, our
citizens will perceive that Mr. Malone Raymond,
the celebrated lecturer, humorist, and author of
“An hour in Ireland and other lands,” has en
gaged the services of the unrivalled magician,
Macallistcr, and that with Madame Macallister,
they will appear before an Atlanta audience, to
night, at the Theatre.
In every respect this is an entertainment sel
dom offered to our citizens. The large crowds
which, in other cities, night after night, have at
tended the lectures and performances of the gen
tlemen named—and the universal testimony of
the press in every city which they have visited—
are sufficient guarantees that our citizens will be
more than gratified in attending the Soirees re
ferred to. We trust, that, to-night, there will be
a full house, and, if so, on the succeeding eve
nings, (Friday and Saturday) we will warrant
that the Theatre will scarcely have a vacant seat. I
’ At any rate such has been the invariable result
in other cities.
CONVENTION OF THE FOURTH CON
GRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
The following hastily prepared report of the
proceedings of the Convention which assembled
on yesterday at Newnan, to nominate a Candi
date to represent this district in Congress, we give
io our readers in advance of the official proceed
ings, a copy of which we could not procure in
time for to-day’s issue.
Neither have we time to comment at length
upon the proceedings or incidents connected
therewith. Afl that we can say in addition to
what is contained in our Editorial Correspon
dence is, (hat the Convention adopted the plat
form of the Democratic Convention recently held
at Milledgeville with entire unanimity—that it
appointed a Committee to advise Judge Warner
of his nomination, and to request his acceptance
thereof—and that a highly complimentary resolu
tion having reference to our late estimable repre
•tentative, the Hon. W. B. W. Dent, was also
adopted.
As a witness, personally, of the good feeling
that prevailed in the Body—the entire absence of
aught save zeal for the suece » of their cause—
we take the earliest opportunity, and we doubt
not the jict will be heartily responded to by our
democratic readers, of placing the name of the
nominee at our “mast head,” as the Democratic,
Anti-Know Nothing Candidate to represent this
district in the next Congress.
Nkwnan, Ga., June 12, (Tuesday) 3 P. M
The Convention assembled this morning a 1
10 o’clock, and was organized t.y calling H .n
--. John D. Stell to the Chair; V.B. Wilkinson, of
*Coweta, and Thos. J. Whitman, or Troup, act
ing as Secretaries
Several motions relative to the organization
were made, which I have not time to report in
full.
Three votes from each Militin District was es
tablislied as the basis of representation, and the
two-thirds rule adopted. The Convention then
adjourned until after dinner, when the Irallotting
commenced which so far as it progressed up to
this time, I report below.
The Convention is largely attended, and n
more enthusiastic, yet discreet, body of men has
seldom been in such a meeting. We’ll lay the
proceedings before the readers ot the Examiner
as soon as they transpire.
FIBRT BALLOT.
Warner, < 145
Gartrell 60
Cowart, 42
Nelson 3C’
Whitaker, 14
Glenn - -2
Jones,.
SKCOSD BALLOT.
Warner, 175
Gartrell, 60
Cowart 42
Glenn, 20
Dr. Darnall, of Fulton, here staled to the
Convention that Col. Gartrell had authorized him
to say that Democratic principles and the har
mony of the Democratic Party were more dear to
him than the bestowal of office from them could
be, and he therefore desired hie name with
drawn.
THIKU BALLOT. x
Warner, l'J3
Nelson, ’ 31
Glenn, 74
FOIBTH BALLOT.
Warner, 207
Glenn, ... 60
Nelson, 30
JUNIOR.
H ANDs6m*E*LY DONE
We tender our acknowledgments to our friends
at the Atlanta Hotel, for their kind consideration
of us on more than one occasion; but especially
do we tender them now, for that present on Sat
urday last. We can assure Mr. Hosier, the pro
prietor, and his polite assistant, Mr. Ennis, who
dispenses so many favors at the excellent bar at
tached to the Hotel, that the article was,and still
is, a portion being left, of first rate quality, acting
like a charm upon all who partake thereof. We
were pleased to learn that a large supply of the
"same sort" has been provided for Summer cou
• sumption, and that it may be had in small quan
tities of Mr. Ennis, any day in the week save
Sunday. By some it is tarmed Otanl, but in
our youthful days, the article to which we refer
was styled Cognac, or French Brandt/, and js
possessed of virtues which modern distillations
boast not of. Just try it. gentle reader, in mod
eration, and, although these are'temperance times,
w? will venture the assertion that—you will be
aery apt to try it again.
WILL THEY NOMINATE 1
We have occasionally heard the question ask
ed, “will the Know Nothings run a candidate for
Governor’” This doubt is excited by the failure
of the Macon Convention to nominate; but we
cannot sec why it should be entertained, for
there are many reasons toaccountfornot putting
forth a man at that meeting. In the first place
there seems to have been some difficulty in uni
ting upon a man, the diflerent lodges being
pledged to diflerent men, a id to judg whether
Judge this one, or Judge that one, was the most
available, rcquiredjconsiderable time for reflection,
and they postponed the judgment until the result
of the Virginia election, and the Democratic Con
vention should lie heard. Both these results are
rather unsatisfactory, and now a new obstacle is
thrown in the way. The rival candidates sud
denly become remarkably disinterested and arc
patriotric.ally yielding to each other, to secure the
harmony of the party. They are all for yielding,
each to the superior claims of the other. But
these differences cannot last. Sam has the pow
er, and he will use it, to lash one of the team up
on the track. The spirit of proscription which
cements the discordant elements of the party, de
mands that every office from bailiff to president
should be wrested from obnoxious Democracy,
and a position such as the executive chair will
not be allowed to slip through their fingers with
out an effort to secure it, and an effort too, which
will bear upon it the impress of desperation. In
every State where the gubernatorial elections
have been held since the organization of the
Lodges, they have developed the entire strength
of their party to secure Governors and Represen
tatives, and we would particularly caution Dem
ocrats against over-confi ieuce in success. We
doubtless can, and will defeat them; but it will
require a concerted action, and the full strength
of the party to effect their defeat. Besides, the
war must be one of extermination —we must not
only fell the foul sapling, but we must uproot it
from Georgia’s soil. To do this will require an
active’, unceasing battle, under leaders who ad
ded to availability’ must be qualified to meet them
in Georgia on the stump, upon the floors of Con
gress, aird in our State Legislature—every spot
polluted by their vile breath, must be purged by
the cleansing qualities of Democracy vigorously
applied. Let us nominate such men as can stand
before them armed with the might of argument
against their subtle sophistries, and men w ho will
not temporize with them, but will give no quarter
where they may expect none.
They will nominate. The very object of their
organization s to fill all the offices With their mis
named American leaders, and rendered desperate
by defeat in their ruling passion for spoils, they
will fight with increased zeal and caution, and
never yield until whipped from every position,
however humble. The fiercest struggles are dy
ing struggles, and Democrats should not be de
ceived, by any of their plots, but be prepared to
meet them upon every field.
From the Federal Union.
GOV. JOHNSON'S LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE.
Milledokvillk, June Sth, 1855.
His Excellency,
Herschel V. Johnson,
Dear Sir:—The. undersigned were appointed a
Committeeby the Democratic Convention,assem
bled in the Capitol, to-day, to announce t> you
the gratifying results of its action, in the very
great unanimity with which you were nominated
for re-election to the office of Governor of the
State of Georgia, approving of your administra
tion, and to request your acceptance at your ear
liest convenience. In the performance of the
pleasant duty we earnestly desire your compliance
with the wish of the Convention, and feel fully
aware of the exciting contest that awaits you,
but we have an abiding confidence in your entire
ability to bear in triumph the standard of the
Democracy, which lias this day been entrusted to
your keeping, and think we can truly say, that
they that are for us, are more than they that are
against us. Assuring you of the great gratifica
tion the performance of this duty aft’ords each of
us, we are very truly,
Your ob't servants,
/ LEV B. SMITH,
E. J. M’GEHEE.
JOHNE. WARD,
R. H. D. SORREL.
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA. /
June Bth 1865. j
Gfxtlemen :
You s, of the sth inst., in behalf of the late
Democratic Convention, informing me of my
nomination, by that body, “for re-election to the
office of Governor of the State of Georgia ” has
been dnly received. I have delayed a reply, for
two or three days, in order that I might carefully
examine the resolutions adopted by the Conven
tion. Having done so,’l cordially approve them.
They are eminently suited to the circumstances
by which we are surrounded. They breathe the
right spirit. They meet, in a becoming manner,
every question (hat is raised by recent political
developments, and constitute a basis of action
upon which all sound National men, North and
South, can stand and co-opcrate to uphold the
Constitution. The platform is sufficiently sec
tional to protect the rights of the South and yet
sufficiently national to maintain such an organi
zation as is best calculated to preserve the integ
rity of the Union. It will notsuit those who, es
chewing all affiliation with the sound men of the
fsee States, prefer to arraa the South, as a section,
against the North. But it must commend itself
to the adoption of all those, who, forgettin J mere
party names and rising superior to mere prejudi
ces against men. are sincerely anxious tor the
people of Georgia to act as a unit, upon princi
ple. Thus considered, it is a most happy concep
tion ; and if the voice of patriotism and duly shall
be obeyed, the result of the pending canvass will
evidence a unanimity, in this State, which will
tell, with salutary effect, .upon abolition fanati
cism.
No issue is now pending which demands, as a
means of self-preservation, that the [>eople of
Georgia should lead off in the formation of a sec
tional party. Suph a one may arise. The re
jection of the application of Kansas, as a slave
State, into the Union, may force it upon us. But
in that contingency, the 4th Resolution of the
Georgia Convention ot 1850, proclaims the action
to which we are pledged. “Sufficient unto the
day is the evil thereof;” and tfiescfore it were
better to defer a sectional organization, than to
jeopard Southern unanimity by attempting it
prematurely.
In the ranks of the Northern Democracy are to
bi- found the onlv reliable friends of the South ;
and they are many. They have faithfully ad
hered to our cause, in Congress. They voted
for the Ni braska Kansas bill, when every North
ern Whig opposed it. It is trne, they have been
defeated in the recent elections in the North and
West. The united cohorts of Freesoilers and
Abolitionists, under the black banner of •• Know
Nothingism,” have elected to the next Congress
a controlling majority. But, though our N. rth
e:n friends have fallen before the assassins blade
of those conspirators, they have not renounced
their principles. Shall we then desert them in
the hour of their defeat ’ Shall wc turn our
backs upon them, because they have been over
come in their struggle for us! If we do. to th.
sin of ingratitude we add the crime of political
suicide. If Me stand by them, we can sustain
them; and with their co-operation, the South
muy maintain her rights in the Union. But it
we cut loose from them, wc leave them to die
tender mercies of Know Nothingism and place
ourselves in q hopeless minority.
That Georgia should be “one people and one
party,” there can be no question. But why may
not this be accomplished upon the platform adopt
ed by the late Democratic Convention! If its
principles are sound and comment! themselves to
true States Rights men and to every friend of the
Union—if they arejthose to which the people of
Georgia, of all parties, have pledged themselves,
in the most solemn form, then it is the part of
wisdom, patriotism and policy, that all should
unite in their support, and.thus preserve our al
liance with the sound men ofthe North. What
ever course may Le preferred by some, the great
mass of the people of Georaia—Whigs and De
niocrats—like those of Virginia, will unite, and if
we fail to 1 inie “one people and one party,”
die fau ipv.o iie at the door of those who refuse
to co-operate with us. When it shall appear, that
our alliance with the true men of the North is
unavailing; when a tangible practical issue shall
arise, such as the rejection of Kansas, on account
of a pro slavery C onstitution : when all hope of
maintaining Southern rights, honor and equality,
under the ausp ees of the National Democratic j
party, shall have fled, I shall bo as prompt as the i
foremost, to go into a sectional organization, in i
order to redeem the pledges ofthe 4th Resolution
ofthe Georgia Platform of 1850. Upon this point,
we are already, “one people and one party,” and I
the Resolutions ol the late Democratic Conven
lion invite “cordial and fraternal concert of asucn
among ell those who concur, in sentiment, upon
those questions” which they involve. Let us i
then preserve intact the integrity ofthe National I
Democratic party. It is to-day the only organ
ized party, in the union, worthy of respect irtiu | ,
confidence’ It has vindicated its principles and I
measures of administrative and financial policy : ’
and if faithful to its mission, it will maintain those
great principles which wc inscribe upon our ban
ner in the present canvass. In its triumph, the
Republic will prosper; in its overthrow, discord,
faction and fanaticism will achieve perpetual
reign.
If these reflections need additional support it
may be found in-the rise, progress, and principles
of“ Know Nothingism.” Having i s origin in
Massachusetts, it affords a common ground for ,
the union ofthe abolitionist and freesoilers of ail
parties. Ensconced behind the masked battery '
of secrecy; it has not only routed the friends of
the South in lhe free States, but it assaults some
of the most sacred provisions of ihe Constitution ,
and some ofthe rights most dear to freemen. The
crowning glory ofthe Protestant Reformation was
the right of private judgment, in matters of reli
gious faith and doctrine. This was a powerful
element in the Revolutionary struggle, and, when
victory was achieved, it was guaranteed by the I
very letter of the Constitution. Our forefathers j
compiained in the Declaration of Independence,;
that George the Third had “endeavored to pre-i
vent the population of these States; for that pur-1
pose obstructing the laws for naturalization of for
eigners; refusing to pass others to encourage thei: |
migration hither; and raising the conditions of I
new appropriations of land.” Hence the framurs '
of the Constitution were careful to impo.wcr Con- I
grass to adopt a “uniform rule of naturalization;” |
and the first Congress that assembled in 1790, i
under that Constitution, composed of the sages.
who achieved our independence, fixed the term
of two years residence for an alien, prior to his
admission to the rights of citizenship. In 1795,
it was increased to five years. In 1798, under
the administration of federal John A fonts, it was
increased to fourteen. In 1802, when Jefferson
and the Democracy came into power, it was re
duced to five years—the term sanctioned by
Washington—and has so remained to the present
time. Thus receiving the sanction of all the
Presidents, but Adams, and the long list of illus
trious Republicans, whose wise and patriotic
deeds adorn the pages of American history. An
other grievance complained of, in the Declaration
of Independence, was the imposition of “taxes
without our consent”—“taxation without repre
sentation.” Hence the framers of the Constitu
tion provided that “representation and direct tax
es shall be apportioned among the several States
• • * according to their respective numbers.”
It is lhe honor of Know Nothingism, in this age
of enlightenment, to rebuke lhe wisdom of our
fathers, by seeking to undermine the principles
of religious toleration, to proscribe men on account
of the accident of birth, and reduce them to the
degradation of serfdom, by compelling them to
endure the burdens, ivitiiout enjoying the privi
leges and immunities of, the Governmer.t. This
senseless crusade—the offspring of fanaticism,
abolition and demagogueism—challenges the co
operation of every true friend of the Constitution
to defeat and rebuke it. It is fraught with con
sequences the most dangerous; and its triumph
will be the signal for riot, blood-shed and revolu
tion.
The fact that I did not desire to lie nominated. |
but was anxious that the honor should have been j
cast upon some other, more worthy, does not di- ■
minish the sincere gratitude with v hich it is ac- i
cepted. If elected, I shall addres myself with I
unreserved devotion to the advancement of all the
interests of Georgia. Possessing, id rich proiu-■
sion, the elements of greatness, she cannot fail,'
under the guidance of wise counsels, to attain to ■
the highest prosperity, distinction and power—
If public education bejiroperiy fostered, and her
exhaustless resources developed; if her internal
improvements be judiciously aided end her ag
riculture rescued from the improvidence which I
has slain her forests aval impoverished her prolific
soil; if her labor and capital be directed by an
intelligence that will elevate and reward the wor
. thy mechanic and tradesman, the future that
I awaits her, will triumphantly vindicate her title
Ito the appellation of the “Empire State of the '
| South." Whether in private or public life, it
' will be my pleasure to promote, to the utmost of;
I my feeble ability, this desirable object; and it will
. be the sweetest reward of this, my highest ambi
tion, if I may, at the end of my career, truthfully
indulge the reflection, that I have, in any degree,
been the humble instrument of so glorious a con-.
summation.
Accept, gentlemen, my cordial thanks f r the I
friendly terms in which you have communicated
the action ofthe Convention, and permit me to j
add assurances of the high consideration and re
spect with which, I have lhe honor to bo,
Your ob’t serv’t,
HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON. i
' Messrs.
Levi B. Smith,'E. J. McGehee, Jno. E. Ward
R. H. D. Sorrel. Committee.
THE KNOW NOTHING CONVENTION-
We copy he following dispatches from
the N. Y. Herald of Saturday:
Philadelphia, June B—2* P. 31. —
The Convention assembled this morning i
at nine o’clock After some general dis
cussion, the hour for, the election of
permanent officers was fixed at four P. M
The following nominations were made : I
For President.
James W. Barker, of New-York.
James B. Ricaud, of Maryland.
Henry J. Gardner, of Massachusetts.
Bartlett of Kctucky
Ex-Governor Colby, of New Hampshire
W. W. Danenhower, of Illinois.
For Vice Pesident.
i Henry J. Gardner, of Massachusetts,
I —Cone, of Georgia
i N. D. Sperry, of Connecticut,
It. M. Guilford, of Vermont.
For Corresponditttj Secretary.
I C. D. Deshler, of New Jersey.
There was no nomination of a caudidlit ■'
for Treasurer offered. *
I -Alter animated debate, a (esulutlon was
■ adopted empowering the several •delega
tions to nominate otic each as a coin- ■
i mittce to nominations to be made at the
' afternoon session. At two P M the Con
; vention adjourned till four o’clock.
Half past Six o’clock.— The Conven-1
1 tion met at the hour appointed The ad
dress of the late President was read, amidst
the most evident demoustations ofap-
I plause.
i file election of officers was now ent r-
I ed upon; and on the sixth balloting—Mr.
Baker having been ahead fire ballots suc
| cessively—
I Mr. BARTLETT, of Kentucky,
was chospn President, having received
i ninety votes..
| Half past Eight O' C oeA.-.—The following
iis the result of the election for perma-‘
nent officers:
President. —r Bartlett, of Kentucky,
Vice Pres’nt..C. D, Freeman, of Penn,
Co. Secretary. .C. D. Desher, of N. J.
Rec. Secretary Stephens, of Mart-.
. Treasurer.... Crone, of Ohio. j
i The following names wen'•• ’uncedas
' the nominations of the
Committee on P'
Gibson, of 111 Ellis, of ;
i Colifax, of Ind Foster, of Mass
■ Lyons, of N Y Balling, of Virginia
Gamble, of Mis’ri Desher, of N J
I Colby, es NII Ricaud, of Maryland
I Ortle, of Ind Mathew-, of 1 aliiornia
Sperry, of Conn.
BgUEx-* I am ■ Jones, o.
Tennessee,. i i. Nashville
Union, Dem to be opposed to Know Not;.-
ingism.
The Peach C —The Louisville :
Journal says the dica s are :uat i;
the peach crop i . oinckv. the cominc ■
season, will be i “t abundant. Similar;
indications are even in Maryland, Delu--
ware, indeed, from all sections of the i
country.
LATEST NEWS.
New Orleans, June 6.
'The arrival of the Africa has had a fa
vorable effect on the market Prices are
stiffer and the market firm. Sales to-day j
4,500 bales at previous rates.
Kendtfll’s trial has been postponed uutil <
November.
The. grand jury ignored the indictment j
against Biair and Whitman, mail agents, .
for opening letters.
New Orleans, June 7.
The Board of Health have recinded the |
resolution declaring the cholera an epi- [
demic.
An arrival from Corpus Christi brings !
intelligence of an outbreak in Tampico, in :
consequence of the arrival of an emissary
from Santa Anna, with orders to arrest I
and shoot some leading citizens of Monte- ,
rey and Tampico He was forced to sur- !
render, but his life was spared The j
whole country is in arms. An attempt j
will be made to take Monterey.
The Goveinor of Ncuva Leon has Hed.
Cotton unchanged. Sales to-day 5,000
bales Sugars 5J a 5Jc.
Bacon.—Sides is held at 10c.
Freights.—Cotton to Liverpool by
British vessels ss. per bale.
Exchange on London 10i pretu.
New Orleans, June 8 —Advices from
JlatAnoras to the 12th ult., bring infor
mation of a Pronuuiciainento in the de
partment of San Luis Potosi, and that the
troops wery preparing to leave Matamoras
with four pieces of artillery to quell the
rebellion. The force now at Matamoras
consists only of 1200 men. The State of
Chihuahua is also reported to be on the
eve of revolution.
FURTHER BY THE AFRICA.
The New York papers contain somewhat
fuller synopsis of the Africa’s news. It
will be remembered advices are to the 26th
from Liverpcol.
The Seige.—The correspondence from
the English camp of May 8 says the army
is well supplied with luxuries as well as
necessaries, but some fever and cholera
still prevailed. Many improvements have
been made at Balaklava Harbor. Hired
labor is abundant.
May 10—A severe combat took p’ace
during the night along the right attack,
and the musket and bayonet were used for
an hour and a half, when the Russians re
tired under the cover of their batteries.
The city and Allied batteries then kept up
a hot fire for two hours longer. The loss
is considerable on both sides, but the nuni
; ber is not yet reported.
May 11—Another Russian attack was
! made to-night. The night was very dark,
| and the fight lasted half an hour.
May 12. —During a severe stoim of rain
j and the darkness of the night, the Russi
| ans wade another sortie, against the left
I attack, charging clear up to the British
' trenches and some of them leaping over
| the parapets—they were bayoneted. They
■ fought most desperately. The rain hav-
I ing damaged their ammunition they st
acked with rockets. Their loss was se-
i vere. The British lost a captain and over
\ a hundred killed and wounded.
May 19- Gortschakofftelegraphs: “The
; enemy’s fire is weak. Our losses are mod
i' erate Both sides are repairing and
I erecting batteries The battles before the
walls are severe.”
May 4—Gen. Pellissier telegraphs as
'follows: “Avery lively combat against
. our important position has lasted all night.
! \Ve obtained a complete success. The
I enemy’s loss was enormous and ours eon
i siderable.’’
The Paris Patrie gives fuither particu
i lars, stating that the French attacked the
i Russian entrenched camp near the Quar
' antine bastion on the night of the 22d,
; and again on the 23d, when they carried
iit by assault The battle was begun by
; the Russians.
A dispatch front General Pellissier, da
led May 25 says: “The French on the
25th May occupied a large place d’annes
: between the central bastion and the shore,
where theeneiny would collect large forces.
The enemy ceded the more easily having
sustained enormous losses on the preceed
-1 ing day.” Count Wulewski in a circular
, to the French agents abroad answers the
note of Count Ne-tselrode.-
The Baltic.—The French fleet, left
i Kiel, on the 22d, to join the English
squadron. The English cruisers had
brought several prizes to Elsinore. The
bulk ofthe English fleet was at Nargen.
Official information had reached the
■ British Consul, at Elsinore, that the Rus
| si in Government had ordered all ships 'of
war at Cronstadt to be sunk, except eight
liners.
Advices from St. Petersburg, to the
| 18th, state that all the fortified harbors in
the Bay of Findland are placed in a state
of"siege,
■ -Geii. Vivan has selected a site for a
cainpffor the Turkish forties, officered by
i Christians, near Kandili.
The Austrian squadron about to sail
- from Trieste will rendezvous at Salamish.
The mortality rn the Austrian army in
Gallicia continues great. Fifteen thou
sand have died and twenty-three thousand
are in the hospital.
; Lord Palmerston stated in the Com
mons that Gen. Coronini's proclamation of
martial law in the Principalities only re
rerred to pesons inducing Austrian sol
diers to desert
Mouhton Bey has been appointed Chief
'of the Turkish Finance Department. His
character is honest.
An Imperial Ukase, of March 27th au
thorizes ths Polish Treasury to effect a
loan for tlie current expenses of the army
! in Poland,
Great Britain.—A great debate took
, place in Parliament on the evening of the
24th. Disraeli brought forward a motion
'of want of confidence; expressing thal
Parliament cannot adjourn for a recess
without expressing Its dissatisfaction with
the ambiguous language and uncertain con
i duct of the Government in reference to
the question of peace or war, and that un
d.-r these circumstances the House feels it
■•;y to declare that it will continue to
_lvl- every support to the Queen in the
prosecution of the war until, in conjunc
t. . with Wbr allies, she shall obtain a safe
and honorable peaca. ■
Sir Francis Baring, on behalf of the
Government, offered as an amendment '
that the House having seen with regret |
the failure-of the Vienna Conference, it
will continue to give every support to con- '
tinue the. war until an honorable peace be ■
obtained.
Sir Vvm Heathcote moved to altar th" I
amendment by inserting the words: “and
still che ish a desire that the communica-1
tions in progress may airive at that sue-'
cecsful issue. ’ .
Mr. Gladstone approved of the abandon-.
meiit of Mr. Heathcote
D Lsraeii and Lis supporters lashed thei
Government, especially Lords Palmerston
and Russell.
Lord J. Russell replied, defending his
conduct at Vienna, when the debate was
adjourned.
The debate was resumed Friday evening,
when the house was divided, the vote be
ing 219 in favor of D’lsraeli’s motion and
319 against it; a majority of 100 for the
Government.
Earl Grey made a similar motion in the
House ot Lords but withdrew it. .
The bill for abolishing newspaper stamps
was read for the second time in the house
of Lords.
The Bishop of Oxford has moved for
the papers concerning the Canadian Bish
ops and Church
Both houses have adjourned until June
4th.
On the 24th Lord Palmerston held a
private meeting of the members of Parlia-
I ment at his house. Over two hundred
I were present. Lord Palmerston asserted
! the unanimity of his Government and de
: clared his intention of prosecuting the war.
: Other members also spoke, and on the
whole the proceedings were harmonious.
It is expected that by the 20th June
I that every available man in Great Britain
| belonging to the Infantry Regiments will
I have embarked for the war.
Some changes have been made in the
I War Department by placing the Ordinance
Office in the hands of the Minister of
I War.
A deputation had recently seen Lord
; Palmerston, and expect to obtain an un
i conditional pardon for Smith O’Brien.
The ship G. L Lampson, Capt. Cobb,
;of New York, was burned at Sea May, 4.
i The master, ?rew and 12 passengers were
I rescued by the bark Cottages of Amster-
I dam and landed at Plymouth
. The ship Emprsss Eugenie was ■ aban-
I doned at sea in a sinking condition.
' The steamer Sarah Sands had been ta
| ken tts a troop ship
The yacht America is again advertised
I for sale at Gosport.
Wednesday, 23d, was the great Derby
race day at Epsom. The horse “Wild
Davell” won.
Spain —A conspiracy on a small scale
has been discovered at Saragossa. An
i officer and sixty men of the garrison had
deserted. Navarez Basque provinces are
■ tranquil.
Italy.—-The King of Sardina’s infant
| son died on the 19th. It is reported that
I the King will go to the war in the East,
i The Convents Suppression bill is vetoed
j by the Senate.
I ' Russia—Russia has just annexed four
| districts of country belonging to Mougul
• tribes on the frontiers of China.
I New : ZeaLaND.— -A severe earthquake
I occurred at New Zealand the- 12th ‘Feb.
From Texas. —Galveston papers to the
' 25th, ult have been received at New Or
l leans •
i The News of the 26th says a project is
' on foot to erect a college at Larissa, Cher
okee county.
The Sentnel says the crops in Cherokee
; county are very promising. The cotton,
with an occasionol Tain, will yield a rich
| abundance.
A letter from Belgrade, New county,
. states that a heavy rain fell in that place on
' the I.3th inst.
The Brazoria, Planter, of the 23d, says:
Since the rain two weeks ago, the crops
have improved almost past conception.
Tn a few days every cotton farmer had a
fine stand, and the cotton which was at the
time up and growing, immediately received
1 a neftv impetus and is now looking very
promising. The present prospectfor corn
and sugar is very good; hardly, ever has
been better..
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN NEW ORLEANS ANO
SAN FRANCISCO IN EIGHT DAYS.
The practicability of this (says the Pic*
ayune) .has been demonstrated, we see,
; aud are happy to learn that measures are
I in train for putting it into speedy opera
i tion.
There is now a telegraphic communica
tion between Vera Cruz through the city
of Mexico to Leon, on the way to San Blas.
Col. .Steward, who is the proprietor of the
line, has recently returned to Mexico from
the United States, and is now at work.ex-,
tending the line of telegraph from Leon
to Manzanillo, a distance of not more than
160 or 180 miles. It will be completed
in a few months, and then there will be
instant communication between Vera Cruz
(only three days distant from New Orleans)
and Manzanillo, only five days from San
Francisco; reducing the time from city
to city to only eight days , a gain of four
teen or sixteen days on the ' time now
made between the two places.
[From the Washington Journal.]
LOOK AT VIRGINIA 1 THERE SHE STANDS I
Daniel Webster, once the great, glori
ous, though often erring representative
and impersonation of the old Bay State,
proudly exclaimed in his place in the
Senate of the .Union, “ Massachusetts!
there she stands' look at her!” and
with all his faults she was proud of
him, and he of her; but how fallen
is she now from her high estate—
ruled by the lowest of the low, and the
vilest of the vile. Look at her again, and
| where does she stand?—Where did she
I stand even before the mighty heart of
j Webster had ceased to beat? But look
at old Virginia, there she stands, the great
: the noble, the invincible land of Wash
’ ington and Jefferson, the home of consti
tutional liberty and genuine Republican
States Rights Democracy, the great old
mother of States—still she stands faithful
amid the faithless, beckoning on the South,
pointing out the road of safety for the
Southern people, warning them against
northern isms and northern fanaticism—
rolling back, as she has always rolled back
, their swelling tides, and refusing to be de
' ceived, no matter how the deceiver might
disguise himself. Aye, look at old Vir
. ginia, there she stands* and the South
will stand with her, conservative, consti
tutional, unfanatical, placing her foot up
‘ on the neck of tyrants and tyrannies, as
her noble’escutcheon proclaims, and on no
more ruthless or more truculent tyrant did
she ever place her foot than she did on
I the 24th. of May, 1855. Look at Know
Ni.thing Massachusetts and Democratic
1 Virginia, and let the voters of the South
—let the men—the citizens of the country j
.hoose between the degraded Massacbu-1
setts and noble old Virginia, and make :
their election with whom they will stand '
- -with Virginia, in good old States Rights, I
Southern rights Democracy, or with de- j
graded Know-Nothing abolition Massa-1
chusetts I
.... Col. Kinne’. '-■not in Court in I
New York on Thu; ■’ could not be!
round; whereupo:. .• forfeited bis I
bail for SI,OuO, and issued another war-j
rant for his arrest.
THE FIGURE HEAD OF THE CONSTITUTION.
Those of our readers whose memory
runneth back to the time of Andrew Jack
son’s reign, cannot have forgotten the ex
citement created by the “figure head af
fair.” A full length statue, in wood of
the venerable President, had been putup
upou the noble old Constitution,
and in the dead of night it was removed.
An investigation was, had a reward was of
fered for the discovery of a perpetrator of
the outrage, but, so far as the public knew
nothing was ever elicited of a nature to
throw light upon the mystery. Jack
Downing wrote about it; the papers on one
side abused the Whigs sor the insult to
the hero, and those on the other pronoun
ced the putting the figure-head there in ‘
the first place an insult to the people.
Even the story writers wove the incident
into the web of fiction, and the “figure
head of the Constitution” was the title of'
a tale by one of our best authors. Now,
after the lapse of some twenty yearss we
have the true narrative, given to the pub
lic in a letter to the New York Times,
which as a matter of interest, we. copy.
The writer, whose initials are given as
“C. E J., dates from Springfield. He
says:
“A few years since in company with a
friend, I called on the venerable Mahlon
Dickerson, at his residence near Dover,
Morris county, New Jersey, and after po
litely showing over his grounds and iron
mines, he took us through his extensive
library, and while giving us a detail of his
books, and the history of many of them,
he also laughingly told us the story of the
figure-head which was looking down on
us from the upper bo<sk shelf. He said ;
“You know that at the time this occur
ed, I was Secretary of the Navy,' and that
Government had offered a. reward for the
apprehension of the perpetrators of the
outrage. Well, one day I was sitting in
the office when a sailor walked ip with a
bundle in his hand, and asked if I was the
Secretary of the Navy. He went on to
say:
“You offered a reward for the per
son* who cut off the figure head of Gen.
Jackson.”
“Yes.”
“I am the man.’’
And untying his budget placed before
me the head. I was amazed and puzzled
to divine what it could mean. I asked
him who helped to do it?
“Nobody.”
“How did you do it?
“I rowed out alone, climbed up in the
chains, and sawed it off. I attempted to
saw it off through the neck at first but the
saw struck a bolt, and I had to saw it
through the mouth.”
“ How did you manage to escape being
seen by the watch?”
“Humph! I swear there wasn’t any
light nor a man on deck.”
“ Who got you to do this ■
“ Nobody, and nobody knows of it.”
“Why did you do it—don’t you like
General Jakson ?”
“Yes, I am a Jajkson man, and 1 have
no objection to hist bust being on Old
Iron sides, but I don’t believe in a whole
length figure-head, and if you put it back
again, d ume if I don’t saw it off
again.”
In consultation with the President, tho
question came up, what shall we do with
this man? The old General said, as there
didn’t appear to be any political motive in
in the act, and the man had voluntarily
surrendered, and as his story implicated
the officers of the Constitution, who had
sworn before the Investigating Committee
that tho lights were burning tiw
watch set, why we had better let the man
go, and hush it up.
“So,” said Gov. D., “when I left Wash
infitou, I threw the head into my trunk
and brought it home, and that’s the his
tory of the affair of the figurehead.”
THE RIGHT SORT OF A WIFE-
During the late dreadful tornado whth,
Eassed over Mississippi, tearing up treesc
lowing up houses, and killing cattle, an
incident occurred near Paulding in that
State, which is worthy of record :
A young married couple were alone in
the forest, occupants of a new home, and
distant two miles from the nearest neigh
’bor. They had retired to rest, and were
absorbed in slumber when the roar of the
hurricane came, like a sonorous wailing
through the primeval trees, and fierce
winds struck their house tumbling the
logs but round and about them.* The la
dy after much effort succeeded in extrica
ting herself, found to ber momentary dis
may, that her husband was entomed in
the wreck of their dwelling, and that it
would be imposible for her to relieve him
unaided. She reflected but a moment,
when, turning to her husband, she utter
ed some cheering words, and announced
her determination to go in quest of assis
tance.
Forth she went in the midst of the how
ling storm, the winds singing a requiem
over the ruin they had and the
stately trees still crashing in their fall be
fore the omnipotence or the tempest.
But she hcedca not the danger; buoyed
up by a strong affectio she moved onward
an incantation of heroism and self-sacri
ficing love through the hurricane’s track,
and reached unharmed the residence ot
her neighbor. Assistance was piocured,
and her husband restored to as true a wife
as ever hallowed with felicities the life of
man.
A WORD TJ LITTLE GIRLS.
Who is lovely ? It is the girl who
drops sweet words, kind remarks, and
pleasant smiles, as she passes along; who
has a kind word of sympathy for every
boy or girl sbe meets, and a kind hand to
help her companions out of difficulty; who
never scolds^never teases, nor seeks, in
any way to diminish, but to increase, their
happiness. Would if please you to pick
up a string of pearls, drops of gold, dia
monds, or other precious stones, as you
pass along the street ? But these arc pre
cious stones which can never be lost
Sympathize with those in trouble.
Strive everywhere to diffuse around you
sunshine and joy. If you do this you
will be sure to loved.
ear a w estern paper makes a good
hit at the local item in many of ttas papers
I taking this for example.
Personal.—Mrs. L , the accom-
l plished wife of C—< — L , left yester-
i day afternoon on a visit to her friends in
| Missouri. The wish of all will, be a
pleasant journey and a safe return.
It makes a successful and satirical paro-
I dy in the following:
Personal.—The industrious wife of
C H has been cleaning house
during the past week. The wish of her
husband is that the job may be safely and
speedily completed.
BURNING OF A NEGRO ALIVE-SHOCKING SPECTA
CLE.
A few weeks since, Miss Thornton an
interesting young girl, residing near Gas
ton, Ala., was most brutally murdered by
a slave. Immediately after the murdgr
and detection of the negro, his immediate
punishment, was seriously contemplated
by the people of Sumpter county, but,
after mature deliberation, the law abiding
citizens delivered him into the custody of
the proper officers, and he was committed
to prison.
At the last term of the circuit court of
Sumpter county, the attorney appointed
by the court, in the discharge of bis duty,
moved for a change of venue to Green
county. The Judge, as the motion was
sustained by the proper affidavit, granted
the application.
On Wednesday, the 23d ult., the citi
zens of South Sumpter assembled en masse,
at Mr. Wm. McElroy’s, and unanimously
passed a series of resolutions, reflecting
seriously upon the conduct of the Judge,
and after having pledged themselves to
su tain each other, a portion of them pro
ceeded to Livingston, and took the miser
able criminal by force from the jail where
he was confined.
On Friday following, after due prepar
ation, they carried him to the spot where
he so cruelly murdered his innocent victim,
and burnt, him alive at the stake.
About three thousand persons were
present, who witnessed, with various emo
tions. the dreadful spectacle.
“We were present,” says the editor of
the Marion (Miss.) Republican, “but
hope that we will never again witness a
scene like it. • The pyre was composed of
several cords of lightwood, in the centre
of which was agiecn willow stake selected
, in consequence of its indestructibility by
(fire.
On the top of the lightwood the crim
inal was placed and securely chained to
the stake. While in this situation he
confessed his guilt, stating that he had no
I accomplice, that he was actuated by lust
I alone, that he had attempted to violate her
I person, but had failed, aud to conceal the
attempt ho had cruelly murdered her by
I beating tbe poor innocent creature with a
' stump, that while he was doing this she
implored him to carry her home to her
I father and that she would conceal the vi
j olence he had inflicted. He then left her,
1 but soon returned, and after again beating *
| her, he concealed the body in the very
hole where the stake was planted to which
| he suffered
; “After this confession was made, the
match was applied, and in a few moments
, the devouring flames were enveloping the
; doomed negro; his fearful cries resottnd
| cd through the air, while the surrounding
negroes who witnessed his dreadful agony
and horrible contortions, sent up an invol
' untary howl of horror. His sufferings,
though excruciating, were short; in a few
: minutes the flames had enveloped him en
tirely, revealing now and then, as they fit
fully swayed hither and thither, his black
. and burning carcass like a demon of the
fire, grinning as if in hellish triumph, at
' his tormentors. Soon all was over, nothing
was left but the burning flesh and charred
skeleton of this human devil who could
i thus deliberately perpetrate so foul a crime.
The horrid outrage was fearfully avenged,
and though the heavens were reeking with
the burning flesh, yet justice »
was satisfied; the law of retaliation was
inflicted as nearly as it could be, while
j the example made of this wretch had, no
j doubt, a salutary effec.t upon the two
l thousand slaves who witnessed his exccu
' tion.”
FROM THE FAR WEST.
j A correspondent of the St. Louis Re
i publican, writing from lola, Kansas Ter
ritory on the 15th ultimo, says:
1 have just had an interview with Mitch
ell, Robidoux and Loui-Wiscamp, whom I
met as they came in from the Plains.—
They were allowed to pass Ash Hollow
without interruption. A thousand or
twelve hundred warriors had already as
sen bled there and others were coming in.
They are ofthe Waje-a-jie, Ti-e-ton, Ong
wal-la-la, Brulie and Minicou-jou bands.
They are lead by Red Leaf and Big Cbin,
sons of Old Bear, who was big Chief of
the Brulies.
When Old Bear was killed last fall in
his rencontre with the troops from Lara
mie, he told his sons to avenge his death
upon the American soldiery, and to mur
der those who were in the employ, and to
destroy the property of the United States
i whenever aud wherever found upon the
'; Plains, but to let the immigrants and tra
ders pass in safety. In obedience to this
dying command, the United States mail
i was robbed wli .-n coming in from Salt
; Lake, while Barada’s party and other trav
eller were hospitably treated by the same
Indians. 1 hey have heard that our troops
are going out, and are preparing to meet
them.
The old braves say they are anxious for
peace; that they know their great father
is able to wipe them all out in a few years;
while the young warriors are eager for a
fight, and say they can kill white men as
easy as buffaloes The feelings of none
of them are friendly. They believe they
have been badly treated by the United
States, and that the difficulties which re
sulted in the massacre of Gunnison and
the death of Old Bear were •wantonly >
brought about by tbe whites.
Mr. John Kerr and party, of St. Joseph
passed here to-day, en route for Salt Lake.
They will proeied directly to Fort Kearny,
and, if satisfied that it will be running too
great a risk to go further, will wait for the
detachment of troops which is to leave
Fort Leavenworth to-day for Fort Lara
mie.
This detachment comprises several com
panies of cavalry and infantry, under the
command of Col. Cook. They will reach
Ash Hollow in 25 days. By that time
some two thousand warriors will have col
lected there.
Ash Hollow is a great stronghold for
the Indians. The road passes in a narrow
winding way through its hills and rocks
arid cannons, which are inaccessible to
cavalry, and from which the Indians,
without being seen, could shoot down ■ • r
soldiers with perfect deliberation, it
would require a very superior force to rout
them from a place so filkd with precipices,
recesses, rocks, undergrowth and hiding
places of every description, with which
are familiar. I hope there will be no
necessity for a fight, and that Col. Cook
will be able to make auiicable arrangements
satisfactory to all parties, and which will
secure the emigrants against any further
molestation or interruption.
.... The Enterprise, Arctic Discovery
ship Capt. Collinson, arrived at Spithead
(Etig )on the Bth of May. She had been
absent from England in sean u .irj<;hn
Fraukliu sluc« 1841).