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JOHN H. STEELE, 1 s
CHAS. L. BARBOUR, J Ldltors
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' FLEMING’S HYGIENIC JOURNAL.
We inadvertantly omitted to call atrention to
a new enterprise by Dr. Fleming of this city,
which is, we believe, something of a novelty in
medical literature, to be called “Fleming’s Hygi
enic Journal.” The prospectus, to be found in
another column, will explain the objects of the
work, and we can commend it to the public with
the assurance that whatever the Doctor promises
he will certainly perform. He is a gentleman
of high order of literary ability; a thorough schol
ar, and altogether a reliable man; and we pre
dict for his journal a popularity commensurate
with its promised importance. See prospectus
for terms, etc.
A NEW MILL.
We had the pleasure yesterday morning of
the operation ot a dapper little mill
*which surpasses anything of the kind we have
ever seen, for simplicity and compactness of con
struction, and the quality and quantity of meal
turned out. It is composed entirely of iron, the top
runner being stationary, and cuts instead of
crushing the corn, giving the meal a roundness
and dryness particularly desirable. These run
ners present an entirely plumb surface with
blade-like teeth which cannot get out of order. —
It occupies but 22 inches space and can be run
with the ordinary gin gear, which, with 2 or 3
horse power, gives it a capacity of ten or fifteen
bushels per hour. It is put together with four
bolts which an idiotic negro can adjust, and is
certainly the most complete and durable mill ex
tant. There is no picking or sharpening to be
done, and the simple turning of a tap will give
meal of the finest quality or hominy, as is desired.
The whole affair only weighs 300 pounds. It
may be seen in operation at Mr. W inships Ma
chine Shop, where the patentee and proprietor
will be found. We advise all interested to ex
amine it.
MEMPHIS MORNING BULLETIN.
We have receiver! a prospectus, from the ilirec*
tors of the Memphis Typographical Association,
at a new daily, tri-weekly, and weekly journal to
bo published m Memphis, Tennessee, at the fol
lowing rates: Daily, $10; Tri-Weekly, $5; and
Weekly $3, in advance.
It will be edited by J. H. McMahon, and prom
ises “independ. nee rather than neutrality in pol
itics.” We will say, candidly, that we arc indis
posed to favor, from a mere prospectus, the an
nouncement of the independence of a public
journal. A man who pretends to control the
editorial department of a public journal is prime
facie p esumed to be independent; if he is not
he disgraces his calling. We always distrust
these announcements of independence, as we
never saw, in our observation ot newspapers, one
conducted “entirely perpendicular” between na
tional organisations. One thing is certain, one
of the two principle parties into which the people
are divided, must be right, and it follows that the
other is not; their position being as opposite as
the antipodes. We cannot, therefore, reconi-1
mend the politics of the “Bulletin” until we are I
better acquainted with them than we can possibly
be until we see and read it
But as a medium for communication of wes-1
tern news, we think we can safely say it will til
a place at present poorly occupied. We have
heretofore experienced much embarrassment
from the want of direct and regular daily commu
nication with points beydnd Nashville, and the
Bulletin promises to supplv this desideratum. Ad
dress Bulletin, Memphis, Tennessee-
THE ATLANTA WEEKLY EXAMINER.
HON. OWEN H. KENAN.
It is with regret that we state, that this old
and highly esteemed gentleman is now danger
ously ill, at his residence in Whitfield county.—
But little hope is entertained that he will survive
the attack of “heart disease,” under which he
now lies prostrated. We were in the vicinity of
his residence a few days ago, and were most for
cibly struck with the deep solicitude and grief
manifested by his neighbors at his illness. One
universal exclamation on their part deeply affect
ed us. It was this— “ The poor will suffer when
the old Judge is gone What a tribute to a
good citizen’s memory.
M RsTmARITgTbUCHAN A N.
The beautiful extract from the forthcoming
volume of Poems from the pen of this gifted lady,
which will be found on our first page, on “Ire
land,” we cannot commend too highly to our
readers. There is soul in every line of it, and
the heart therefore of all who peruse !■ er lines wilt
be touched at the memory of her country’s
wrongs.
We look with some anxiety lor the volume
which Mrs. Buchanan has prepared for the press.
Wt learn that it is the hands of one of the first
publishing houses of the Union, and will be is
sued in handsome style. We have several sub
scribers on our list left at this office, and will with
pleasure receive others. The work wiil have to
be paid for on delivery, and not in advance.
KNOW NOTHING CANDIDATE FOR
GOVERNOR.
We see it announced that Judge Andrews has
been nominated a candidate for Governor* by the
Know Nothing Convention recently assembled
at Macon.
Well, the “mountain labored and has brought
forth” Judge Andrews—a gentleman well known
in the Northern circuit of this State, over which
he has presided for many years as J udge. “Save
me from my friends” whs the prayer of a wise
man, one of experience in the world's ways. Be
fore Judge Andrews accepts this nomination, we
ope he will reflect upon this wise man’s prayer,
and take advantage of his experience. As bard|a
road as “Jordan is to travel,” the Know Nothing
highways and by-ways beat it all hollow. Gul
lies, precipices, caves, and caverns, arc on all
sides of it, and its secret paths so numerous, that
the people of Georgia will not travel that way.—
Avoid it Judge; be not the foremost postillion of
the lead; or political death awaits you. But we
“wait for the wagon;” in other words, let us
hear what the Judge says.
We shall be pleased to hear often from
our venerable correspondent “S.” whose “Cogita
tions” appear upon our firkt page, but would re
spectfully suggest shorter articles, and a little less
eccentricity of versification.
EDITORIALCHANGE.
The “Republican Union ” at Cedar Town,
has changed hands. Its late Editor, E. A.
Cothran Esq., has retired, and Messrs. Higgs &
Fuller have assumed its control, who have nailed
to its mast-head, the names of the Democratic
nominees. Success attend these gentlemen !
PUBLIC*MEETINGS.
The Anti-Know Nothing spirit appears to be
moving the masses. We see that, in Cherokee,
several meetings are to come off in a few days.
At Dalton, Rome, Marietta, and Cassville, we
learn that large meeitngs will be held, all on
Tueseay next. We will take pleasure in placing
the result of these before our readers, at an early
day.
PALMETTO ACADEMY, CAMPBELL
COUNTS. .
This excellent school under the charge of its
accomplished instructor, Mr. M. H. Looney, is in
a flourishing (rendition. We perceive, also, that
its semi-annual examination commences to-day,
and closes on the fourth instant. We regret our
inability to be present at the exercises, aware of
the great interest they excite, the efficiency of its
principal, and, as we are advised, ofits pupils.—
Success attend this Seminary !
WESTERN & ATLANTIC HOTEL AT
DALTON.
We were pleased to see while at Dalton, a few
days ago, that this Hotel was being greatly en
larged and im T roved, by its proprietor, our old
friend, Capt. Morris.
Wo learn that it is to be put in fine order for
the reception of company during the summer—a
large number of rooms being added, and the Ho
tel kept by Mrs. Field, a lady having no superior
in the art of pleasing the travelling public, and
providing for the accommodation of gentlemen
with their families who desire to spend a few
weeks or months in that quiet and pleasant village.
We can only hope that success may attend her
enterprise, and that all who pass that way will
remember that an excellent Hotel—the Western
& Atlantic—but a rew yards from the depot, is
kept by her.
Georgia Know Nothing Statistics
A friend has been informed by a member
of the “Order,” who, from the volumin
ous records with which he was burdened
appeared to hold the rank of “statistician”
therein, that there are two hundred and
eighty-eight K. N. Lodges in Georgia, re
cording about 29,000 members. This, it
will be remembered, is a Know Nothing
statement, which, if judged by the well
known statements in Virginia, must be
received with some degree of allowance.—
But granted that it is true, and that all
the 29,000 could be counted on at the
polls, which, confiding in the power of
Democratic principles in Georgia, wc be
lieve will not be the case, it makes but a
poor showing for the October election.
Our friend further learned that of the
two hundred and eighty-eight lodges in
the State, but one hundred and fifty-nine
are represented at the Council in Macon,
a little over half, which shows that there
is backwardness and want of enthusiasm
somewhere.
The Treaty with Japan. —Com-
mander Henry Adams, U. S. N., who left
Washington on the 30th of September
last, to bear back for ratification the trea
ty.with Japan, arrived at Hong Kong on
the. Ist of January, and in Japan, January
25th, and made the exchange of ratifica
tions on the 21st of February, as United
States Commissioner. He reached Wash
ington Monday, bringing back the Empe
ror’s ratification to the treaty, this being
the first time that the Emperor ever placed
his signature to such a document..
I Commander Adams is in capital health
and looks as well after his long, rapid, and
| arduous journey as his many friends can
wish. He represents that the jealousv
with which our officers and seamen were
at first received, has vanished, and that he
was permitted to go wherever he wanted.
They (the people of Japan) express great
anxiety for the arrival of mer
chant ships.
“ ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS, WHEN REASON IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT IT.”— Jefferson.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 6. 1855.
I KNOW NOTHING PLATFORMS.
1 A few days ago, we took occasion, in an arti
cle of some length, to refer to the Know Nothing
, Platform adopted at Philadelphia, by the two
J wings of the so called “American Party,” the
I Southern, and Northern or anti-slavery wing.—
C We did so, inorder to place before our readers
. two prominent facts—first, how or by whom a
- majority of that Convention was composed; and
1 second, the entire disagreement in all that affect
ed Southern interests, that prevailed in the Con
vention between the delegates North, and the
delegates South. In it, (our article) we distinctly
pointed out the leading and prominent fact, that
the Convention v as ruled, both numerically and
intellectually, by its Southern delegates, but that,
for all this, the Northern, or anti-slavery mem
bers yielded not an inch of ground, obstinately, to
the end, contending for the cardinal points of
their creed, to-wit: the non-extension of slavery,
the restoration of the Missouri Compromise, the
repeal of the Kansas and Nebraska bill; in a
word, for they all amount to this at last, interfer
ence with onr domestic institutions and the even
tual abolition of slavery. As for the admission
of Kansas as a slave State, not a man of them,
would, for a moment, consent to recognize such
a right. And as upon this issue the first great
battle is to be fought between the anti-slavery
party of the non-slaveholding States, North, and
the South, it is important, in our estimation, that
this fact shall be kept constantly before the vo
ters of Georgia during the present campaign.
We premise this much at the present juncture
of affairs in our State for reasons which we deem
important. Since the nomination of Governor
Johnson by the Convention at Milledgeville, the
adoption and promulgation of the principles con
stituting the platform, to maintain which our Gov
ernor will appear before the people, the Know
Nothings of our State, through their delegates at
Macon, have nominated Judge Andrews as their
candidate for Governor. Os course, the Judge
will accept, and, as a consequence, will mount
the Philadelphia Platform, if not after “a wild
hunt for office," at least to be elected Governor
of Georgia, a distinction gratifying even in its
contemplation. Let us, therefore, imagine Judge
Andrews upon the stump—his audience, free
men of Georgia—and his creed the Philadelphia
Platform ; not the Northern, for he dare not, and
would not, attempt a defence of that platform, but
the one for Southern Know Nothings, and wha*
will we find him advocating ? A doctrine re
pugnant to every State Rights whig, and every
true democrat! A doctrine subversive of State
sovereignty, State resistance to unconstitutional
laws, and State Rights! The doctrine against
which, as far back as the days of “Troup and the
Treaty,” of Gilmer in his first term of office, and
subsequently up to the present time, the people
of Georgia, by an overwhelming majority, have
gallantly contended, and one to which they will
never submit. A doctrine, the very essence of
Federalism, directly opposed to what the framers
of this Republic intended it to be, and danger
ous to our rights under the Constitution ! We
allude to the 4th Article of the Philadelphia
Platform, and we ask the reader to note it well.
Here it is:
“IV.—Obedience to the Constitution of these
United States, os the supreme law of the land,
sacredly obligatory upon all its parts and mem
bers ; and steadfast resistance to the spirit of in
novation upon its principles, however specious
the pretexts. Avowing that all in doubtful or
disputed points it may only be legally ascertained
and expounded by the Judicial power of the
United States.”
By this article of the platform what are we to
understand? First, obedience to the Constitu
tion ot the United States, and steadfast resistance
to the spirit of innovation upon its principles,
however specious the pretext.
Second, that in all cases of dispute between
Georgia or any other State, and the Government,
the constitutional question therein involved mast
be expounded by the Supreme Court of the Uni*
ted States, and its decision is to be considered as
sacred and binding upon Georgia, or any other
State.
We pass by all the twaddle of the first part of
this specious 4th Article, about obedience to the
Constitution, and resistance to tha spirit of inno~
ration upon its principles, with the simple re
mark, that if the Know Nothing Party, North
and South, are not innovating upon some of the
dearest principles of the Constitution, that sa
cred instrument and its principles, have never,
and will never, be innovated upon. Not even
their “wild hunt after office” is so glaring, as their
steady assaults upon principles embraced by that
instrument, and yet a parade is made of devotion
to them to deceive the unwary at the South, and
to gather strength at the North. Out upon it all
tor it is but the prelude to the rankest federal,
submission, doctrine, that, by any party, North or
South, has ever been subscribed !
That, in the second place, the Suprene Court
ia to interpret the Constitution in all cases of
dispute between a Sovereign State, and the Fed
eral Government I In other words, if, to-morrow
a law abolishing slavery in Georgia, were passed
by a ruthless majority in Congress, its Constitu
tionality must be determined by the Supreme
Court, and if pronounced to be Constitutional!
Georgia is required to submit to it, as the supreme
law of the land ! If this be not selling the rights
of the States, under the Constitution, then these
Know Nothings did not meet at Philadelphia and
promulgate the 4th Article of their political faith,
and play into the hands cf their northern federal
associates. It is against this doctrine that every
State Rights man in the South has gallantly con*
tended for years past, and yt-t the Know Noth
ings at Philadelphia have made it one of the
cardinal points of their creed. What a fatal admis
sion for the South! Will their candidate for Gover
nor, Judge Andrews, go before the people and en
dorse it ’ Will he say to them that Georgia has
yielded up her right, to judge for herself whether
the Constitution has been infringed upon by an
act or acts of Congress, in the abolition of slavery,
or in the imposition of taxes ! That this attrib
ute of her sovereignty has been conveved to a
creature of the Federal Government, the Supreme
Court • We can hardly think any man so dar
ing that seeks after office in Georgia. He would
indeed be after a “wild hunt for office” were
he so bold as to endorse a doctrine repudiated by
every Southern State, and destructive of the in
stitution which is so fiercely assailed by Nor
thern federalists, fanatics, and abolitionists.
But we have said enough for the present. At
a future time, we shall refer to other articles of
the Know Nothing Platform well worth the se
rious consideration of every Southern votar.
For the Examiner.
COGITATIONS OF A CURIOUS CODGER.
NO. I.
’Tis Sabbath eve—and such an eve!
Dull, sultry as atropic day;
The bells are still, and seems to sleep
In their hot berths, as men
And preachers sleep, in siestas unfit
The day they desecrate ;
The parch’d earth seems wrapt in clouds
Os opium dust, and morpheous to-day
Claims all the worship that the hearts,
Or heads of men do yield.
What shall I do ?
I may not sleep as others sleeep this'eve—
I may not lay me down and dream
I am away frnm these dull, drowsy men,
Holding sweet converse with the hearts
That, unlike these, disdain to waste in sleep
These holy hours ; I may not find,
In ail this town, one man
Who feels not that the weight
Os this narcotic air is far too great for him.
Who makes resistance to the dreamy spell,
Or shakes the fetters from his eyelids.
Alone I wander through the dusty streets,
No hum of voices breaks the sullen air,
No notes of praise, to Him who made us, rise
From his own holy temples.
How will He, who gives us life
And light, and all our good in season,
Hold guiltless those whose holy office is
To wake the slumbering souls of men,
When they too sleep.
“Can ye not watch one hour?” he cries 1
They, rolling on a couch of ease.
Do answer with a snore I
Woe to those sleeping sentinels on Lion’s tower!
Woe to those ehurchmen, whose hatchet faces
Lengthen out in morning psalms—
Whose glossy coats, and starched cravats,
Are laid aside at noon, and with them
Thoughts ot Holiness and Heaven.
Even the very beasts and birds—
Joyous as they are wont —seem now to fold
Their limbs and plumage in the shade,
And sleep—l seem alone awake.
Is this no insult tojthe great God ?
Why did He say “Let there be light,” if men
Turn it to darkness, and waste in sleep,
Bright hours meant for praise ?
“Keep the day holy,” saith the preacher with
a yawn,
And straightway men-fearful of greater sin
Retire, and lose in Morpheus’ arms
The power of good or ill.
“Balmy sleep, sweet restorer” thou art made
A cursee, which God did mean a blessing;
And they, whom thou wouldst cure of ills,
Use thee a poison to their souls!
God help this sleeping people! who do waste
The bright day hours and moonlit eves,
In drowsy stupor—upon whose souls
The brightest, greatest gifts are lost—
Who filch thy blessings God,
To serve the Devil in.
What shall I do ?
I’ll to the woods—God's faire-1 temple—
And worship there, with the green old oaks,
Who sleep not, but grateful bow
Their heads, for every gentle breeze
Who sigh him praises, such as men ne'er
give
For blessings, greater far than those
Which fall from Heaven’s hand on them,
They teach me gratitude to Him,
Whose arm upholds me, and to whom
I owe these sunny hours. They cradle,
In their leafy arms, the tired winds,
And drink the tears of Heaven, as they fall (
From its dark clouded brow, and catch
The forked lightning, lest they hurt 1
God’s creatures, whom He loves.
I love thee, woods—ye preach me sermons J
Every Sabbath eve. Not such as men do (
preach,
But such as angels love to hear |
From Earth. Your gentle whispers
Seem the voice of God, which will one day bid ]
Me wake from out the sleep of death. i
Another Religious Crusade. —Some
clerical fool, struck with the imaginary
success of the crusade against the Catho
lics, says the New York National Demo
crat, has opened his batteries upon the
Methodist Episcopal Church. He is in
tensely American. He proposes in a
course of lecturs to show that the Metho
dist Church is hostile to our Republican
Government, and at war with our insti
tutions. Price of admission only 25 cents.
Let the Univtrsalists and Unitarians be on
the lookout. Their time will come. Some
among us think they are worse than the
Catholics. Settle the principle fairly and
we may yet enjoy a Star Chamber at Wash
ington.
Os the first lecture of this “clerical
fool,” we have a synoptical report in the
Herald:
The argument of the speaker was entire
ly one of critical references to the inter
nal constitution of Episcopal Methodism,
which he denounced as a system framed
for the especial and exclusive benefit of
self-constituted and authoritative priests.
He affirmed that it places power it places
power in the irresponsible hands of the
■‘preacher,” any member, however inno
cent of moral criminality, being liable to
expulsion, if the offender object to any fea
ture limiting the prerogatives of the priest
hood.
These positions the lecturer endeavor
ed to substantiate from an examination of
the fundmental constitutions of Episcopal
Methodism. But we did not think he
was eminently successful.
Census of New York.—The result of
he census of New York city, so far as it
has been taken leads to the belief that the
present population of New York is 825,-
000 —so says the Commercial Advertiser
of last Saturday.
Accident to Col. Tumlin.—<We re
gret to learn, that Col. Lewis Tumlin was
seriously injured a few days ago, in conse
quence of his horse running away, while
he was riding home in his buggy.— Cal
Statesman.
[Communicated,]
■ i Mr. Editor:—Can you find room in your
| columns for the insertion of the following beauti-
I fill poem on Ireland, from the pen of the gifted
I Maria G. Buchanan, formerly Maria Gertrude
i Kyle. The fair authoress is now in this State,
I seeking such patronage from the lovers of litera-
I ture as will enable her to publish a volume of
I her poems. As one means of enabling the liter-
I ary public to decide in advance on the charac-
I ter of the book, I send you a specimen of her
Istyl. K.
IRELAND.
Green isle of my birth in the poet’s high num
bers,
Thy beauty and glory tain, fain would I
praise;
But the spirit of genius beside my harp slumbers.
Unworthy and few are the notes I can raise;
Unworthy indeed, peerless gem of the ocean,
To sing of effulgence like thine to the earth.
But pure do they spring from my soul’s strong de
■ votion,
As thoughts that with childhood have innocent
birth.
Oh, most favored spot on earth’s wide waste of
waters,
Meet home for the fairest and bravest art
thou;
And spotless and bright arc thy beautiful daugh
ters,
And star that encircle night’s shadowy-brow :
Their smile is the sunbeam, whose wide spread
ing power
Bears a magical charm both of warmth and of
light, •
As their tears for the wretched is like the soft
dower,'
Which heaven gives to earth in the stillness
of night.
Thy sons are as brave as the heroes that, lighten
With deeds so immortal, the gloom of the
past;
Resistlesss in war as the flashes that brighten,
When the tempest’s dark mantle o’er heaven
is cast;
As gentle in peace as the zephyr that’s breath
ing
Its amorous song on the the wild flower’s
breast.
And while her sweet odor around him is wreath
ing,
In her beautiful chalice sinks softly to rest.
As ardent in love as the sunbeam that glow-
ing
Wakes earth’s fairy gems from cold winter’s
dark grave;
And faithful as streamlet that endlessly flowing,
For aye seeks its home amid ocean’s wild
wave,
Yes feelings and thoughts to thy children are
given,
Which none on the broad earth, save them, ever
know,
Oh, Erin, dear Erin, beneath thy clear heaven,
Hearts throb with a warmer and holier glow,
There Genius sits throned on his 1< ftiest moun -
tain,
His pinion celestial waves o’er the green dells,
And there from bright Poesy's luminous foun
tain,
A clear stream of melody ceaselessly wells;
There Eloquence weaves in his own flowing
measures,
Round thought an enchantment of all potent
sway,
As sparkling and pure as the Orient’s treasures,
And sweet as the sea-maiden’s magical lay.
And Erin, the spirit of music around thee,
He spell, sweet as visions ofyouth, ever flings.
Forgetting the chains that for ages have bound
thee.
Makes her happiest home on thy wild lyre’s
strings,
But yet in my country, which nature hath
moulded,
So faultless ami fair ’neath her own sunny,
smile
Doni;, long hath the bannei of Freedom been
folded,
Oh! when will it wave oler the Emerald Isle’
From the Federal Union.
Know Nothing Platform Expounded.
and its hieroglyphics deciphered.
1. Resolved, That there is a God !
2. Resolved, That we should love our
country
3. Resolved, We are for the Union
first—and every thing else afterwards.
4. Resolved, As we have justly been sus
pected heretofore of faithlessness to the
Constitution, we must hereafter obey the
Constitution.
5. Resolved, That any honest immi
grant —who is not too poor—and who can
prove that he loves liberty and hates op
pression- -will be received and protected
in a friendly way.
6- Resolved, That the Naturalization
Laws —must be altogether modified—(so
as to prevent any foreign bron citizen from
ever voting in this country —we sup
pose.)
7. Resolved, That we are opposed to
the corrupt means used by any other party
but ourselves—and that we are disgusted
by the wild hunt after office by any who
don’t belong to our Order, and further,
over the left, that no one ought to hold of
fice—but it should be offered to every
Know Nothing.
8. Resolved, That no Roman Catholic
—or any one born, educated and trained
out of the United States, shall ever have
any office in the and that we are
opposed to any on* religious sect getting
over any other except the Roman Catho
lics ; and we don’t care how much they
are persecuted.
9. Resolved, That we are opposed to
any but pure Know Nothings being sent
to Congress.
10 Resolved, That the Executive pat
ronage must be entirelyrestricted to Know
Nothings.
11. Resolved, That tbe youth of the
country shall be educated in State schools
further, —
Resolved, That the Bible is a good
book.
12. Resolved, That the South are in
favor of their own righte.
13. Resolved, That we must arbitrate
difficulties with weak nations—and whip
strong ones.
14. Resolved, That our members are at
liberty to tell what every body knows and
keep dark everything else.
They Stood and Took it.—When
Senator Wilson was admitted to the K.
N. Convention at Philadephia, why did
not the Southern delegates do as the Rich
mond Whig said they would, that is, kick
him out, or go out themselves ? On the
contrary, they sat meekly under his an
athemas against the South and used all
kinds of coaxing to keep him, (Wilson,)
and his followers from a stampede. Where
was the courage of the South, then?—
Federal Union 26th inst.
LATEST NEWS*
Later from Europe.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP
BALTIC.
New Orleans, June 28.—The steamer Baltic
arrived at New York to-day.
Cotton is unchanged, with sals of 39,000 bales.
Wheat declined 4d., Corn Is., and Hour 2s.
Consols closed ot 91):
The capture of Mamelon is confirmed. The
allies have obtained further successes. They
have bombarded Azoff and Tagaurog.
Later from Hiivßnn.
New Orleaus, June 28.—The steamer Cre
scent City has arrived from Havana with dates
to the 28th inst. Her news is unimportant.—
Sugars firm and unchanged.
The steamship Isabel has also arrived
at Charleston with dates to the 25th.
No news of importance.
Later from Mexico.
New Orleans, June 27. —Brazos dates
to the 21st inst., states that all the towns
of Tamaulipas and Neuva Leon, except
Matamoras, Reynosa and Camargo, had
pronounced in favor of the revolution
without bloodshed.
FURTHER BY THE BALTIC.
In Demerara there is no alteration in
trade. Corn promises to be au abundant
crop.
Ihe British ship Shamrock foundered
and was lost at sea with a valuable cargo.
The crew escaped irf the boats. The car
go was worth about $200,000.
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
Dantzic, June 15. —The Vulture has
arrived here with despatches. She left
the fleet anchored off Cronstadt on the
11th.
On the 6th the Russians fired on a boat
bearing a flag of truce, and sixteen Eng
lish sailors were killed. On the Bth the
Magiciencie fired for an hour with great
effect on a body of artillery, suffering but
little damage herself.
Cracow, June 16.—The emperor of
Austria arrived here yesterday.
The Crimea.—The correspondence is
down to the 4th. The weather was ex
cessively hot, and all accounts agree that
there is a vast amount of disease and des
pondency in the garrison of Sebastopol.
Privatnletters from Kertch give a fear
ful accoute of the Russian army, as well
from wounds as from sickness.
The Russians are said to have obtained
communication with the Crimea, indepen
dent of the road from Perekoff, by con
stricting a bridge of boats across the Si- 1
reschi.
V ert Latest. —Vienna, Friday noon.
Gen Lamona, the younger, has died of ]
cholera at Balaklava. By the shameful ;
occurence in the Baltic, in which the Rus- j
sians fired upon a boat, bearing a flag of ;
truce, 21 sailois and three officers were i
killed. ,
Later from the Sandwich Inlands. '
Byway of San Francisco, we have ad
vices from Honolulu to the sth of May—
-14 days later than we previously had.—
The news is not important. A letter to
the Alta California, dated Honolulu, May
5, after noticing the report of the death of
the Czar Nicholas, says :
Whether peace results from the Empe
ror's death or not, a severe struggle may
be expected this summer at Petropaulow
ski. Admiral Bruce has gone towards
China to muster all the forces which can
be spared from those waters, and the
Pique sailed for the north some eight days
since. The French Admiral has not yet
made his appearance here, but may be
looked for shortly, when he, .too,’will
“pull foot’’ for the north to “do or die.”
I understand the intention this year is to
destroy the Russian depot at Amoor, and,
if possible, bring away the men-of-war so
snugly harbored there. This, however,
may be easier to plan than to execute. —
The river is described by those who have
been there to be very deep, extending
some 30 or more miles up the counderbrush,
forming rare shelter to riflemen. The
allies go well prepared, and it is but rea
sonable to suppose that the Russians have
been up and doing the past winter.
The U. S. sloop Decatur, Commander
Sterrit, still lies here waiting for a relief,
and the British storeship Rattlesnake,
with a balance of stores for some of the
Allies now expected..
The House of Representatives has been
in session about a month, and has been
somewhat remarkable for expediting busi
ness. The most important act of the ses
sion was the new tariff act, which has
passed both Houses, and only waits the
King’s signature to become a law. It is
to go into effect in twelve months from
the date of its approval, “provided that
it is not in violation of any treaty existing i
at the time.” This means provided that)
France, in the meantime, shall have made I
a new treaty with this Government; fori
under the French treaty as it at present,
stands, no duty can be imposed upon
French goods higher than 5 per cent, ad i
valorem, and, of course, every other nation
must be treated as well as “the most fa
vored nation.” Spirits, liquors, cordials,
&c., of the strength or proof, are by this
law to be taxed 83 per gallon, instead of
85, as formerly; wines over 18 and under
30 per cent, 81 per gallon; all other goods,
wares and merchandise, respectively, 15,
10 and 5 per cent ad valorem.
The bill to-allow the manufacture of
wine was laid on the table in the lower
House, reconsidered the next day, and
again laid on the table by a vote of 13 to
11—the native vote killing it.
The bill to allow the shipping and dis
charge of seamen at the port of Hilo,
which has passed both Houses and received
» the King’s signature, is an act of justice
both to Hilo and to shipmasters.
The King’s popularity with all classes con
tinues. His Mejesty’s policy shows, thus
far, that bis was no idle boast, that he in
tended to commence a new era. 1 un
derstand that he is highly displeased with
the representatives for defeating the wine
bill, which was a favorite project with him
while a member of the upper House.
, Our market *s abundantly supplied with
lumber of all qualities and descriptions,
( and buildings, (frail ones, too,) are going
up in all directions, giving things r. busi
ness-like appearance.
The Rev. Mr. Strong the new pastor of
the Second Congregational Church at
Honolulu, has arrived in that city from
New York, via San Francisco.
e From the report of the Collector of
Customs, it appears the total tonnage of
the vessels sailing under the Hawaiian fla<*
is 9,300 tons.
j An In famous Out rage.
We can truly say that we never listened
to the recital of a more gross and infernal
’ outrage, than was perpetrated on a Mr.
. Wm. J. Osborn, by a gang of Cincinnati
Abolitions, known as the Manhattan Town
I Company. The facts of the case, we give,
■ as they have bee* narrated to us. On the
sth of the present month, while Mr. Os
born was workings his claim on the Kan-1
: sas river, at the mouth of the Blue, near !
i tha town side of Manhattan, some fifteen
; or twenty men of the Manhattan town J
Company, armed with guns, pistols and j
clubs, came on the premises and peremto- '
rily ordered him to leave his property in j
fifteen minutes, threatening to brutally
whip him, if he did not obey their orders,
and assuring at the same time with all
apparent sincerity, that they would drown
him in the Kansas river, jf ever he again
made his appearance in that neighborhood.
Mr. 0., knowing that he had done nothing
to warrant such violent proccdingsancl that
the Abolitionist had no earthly right to
the ownership of his claim, refused to leave
as demanded. At the expiration of fifteen
minutes, Mr. Osborn, still inflexible in
bis refusal to leave, was violently seized
and taken by force on board the steamboat
Hartford, which was brought out from
Cincinnatti, and is still used by this com
pany as a temporary shelter, for lodging
and other purposes of living. There he
was abused, derided at, and offered every
revolting insult that the base, cowardly
and infamous villians could think of.
After a custody of some hour or two, du
ring which time every scheme and threat
was brouht into requisition with the view
of extorting a promise from Mr 0., leave,
and give up his claim to them, he was re
leased with the admonition that if he was
seen in that neighborhoob on the following
day, he would be hung or drowned in the
Kansas river.
Mr. Osborn after his relcasement, fearing
some violence from these lawless desper
adoes repaired to the house of a friend
some three miles distant from the scene of
this diabolical outrage, where he remained
over till the following Thursday.
On his return, supposing theexcitement
bad allayed, and that the Abolitionist had
abandoned all idea of attempting to gain
posession ofhis claim by brute force, he
stopped at the town side of Manhattan for
tbe purpose of learning the intention of
this piratical band, as to their future course
with him* Going aboard of the steam
boat Hartford, with the view of holding
some conversation with the leader of this
company relative to his case, he was salu
ted most blandly by the so called ‘Captain,’
who after a few miutes converse with him,
gave a signal which was immediately f ol
lowed by the hideous yells of some twelve
or fifteen men, who laying hands on Mr.
Osborn, threw him into the cabin, where
he was kept some hour or more. Charges
were there preferred against Mr. Osborn
of having threatened to destroy their boat,
Hrrtford, which they said they could sub
stantiate. Mr. Osborn disclaimed the ut
terance of any such threats as were impu
ted to him, and challenged the company
to sustain their allegations. He was then
taken out to a Mr. Haskell for trial, where
they utterly failed to produce the slightest
shadow of evidence against him. Not
satisfied with this, he was taken back to
the steamboat Hartford, where they held
him in custody some two houis endeav
oring to worm out of him a promise to
leave. During his confinement on board
of the Hartford, his horse was taken pos
session of, rode around at 2.40 time, beat
en and otherwise maltreated in the most
inhuman manner.
Mr. Osborn passed through our city on
Monday evening last, en route, for Wyan
dot, where we believe he has friends, ifnot
relatives. We had the pleasure of a call
from him and heard from his own lips an
account of this infamous an unparallelled
outrage. — Kansas Herald.
The Hon. John McPherson Ber
rien.—We are gratified to learn that this
distinguished gentleman has consented to
address tbe Sophomore Prize Orators at
at our approaching commencement. Any
participation Judge Berrien, in these pub
lic exercises, is always a great addition to
the interest of the occasion.— Alli. Ban
ner 28th inst.
BfhJ" A few days since at the paper mill
of Mr. Wilhelm in baltimore county, Md.
two letters were found among Baltimore
Post Office waste paper, one of which-eon
tained a check for SIO,OOO and the other
$434 in bank bills. Col. Maguire, the
special post office agent, claimed them,
as missing from the Baltimore Post of
fice.
Bishop Clark, of Rhode Island,
in his address to Episcopal Convention,
said that the exclusion of politics and
ephurmeral topics frorr. ti.e pulpits of his
church strongly commended its service
to the soberminded and the conservative.
This is no doubt true, and a contempora
ry thinks that the progress of Episcopacy
I is owing to this fact m ore than to any oth
i ar cause. •
WM. KA{ PROPRIETOR
NUMBER 45.
For the Chronicle & Sentinel.
Lord Baltimore—Roger Williams.
Crawfordviille,Ga. June 25th, '55.
■To Rev. 11. 11. Tucker, LaGraGunge,:
Dear Sir : I have seen your letter ad
dressed to me in the Chronicle & Sentinel
of the 22d inst., which seems to look for
an answer; and in sending it shall resort
to the same medium of communication
adopted by yourself. The issue you join
with me about Lord Baltimore amounts
to nothing. What I said in my speech
in Augusta is strictly true, as I understand
the history of the country. The Catholic
colony of Maryland, organized under the
auspices of Lord Baltimoie was the first
“to establish the principle of free tolera
tion in religious worship” on this conti
nent. What you say of Roger Williams
is also equally true. He was the’JJrsi!
champion of the principle. He proclaim,
cd the principle as early as 1681—perhaps
earlier; and for his own religious opinions
was driven from Massachusetts in ’6sor '66
He may beconsidered the found of there
colony of Rhode Island, which contained
in i s charter, granted some years after, a
guaranty that “none were to be molested
for any difference of opinion in religious
matters.” But tbe colony of Maryland,
where this principle was established and’
protection afforded to all persecuted sects
j elsewhere, was founded in 1634, before
| Williams left Massachusetts. Williams
j is entitled to the honor of being the first
, to advocate and proclaim the principle as
jan individual. For this I nave repeatedly
j given him full credit in my speeches.
But the colony of Maryland was the firm
> to establish and give practical effect to the
principle in her civil polity. In making
this statement, it was not my purpose to do
the least injustice to Williams, whose
name should he beheld in sacred remem
brance, nor was it my purpose thereby to
become the “defender of Romanism,’’ as
some (not you, sir,) are pleased to style
me, but to defend that same principle
which Roger, Williams* deserves so much
honor for being the first to proclaim—that
“so«J Liberty,” as he called it, which he
was the first great apostle of in modern
times, which now lies at the foundation of
our happy institutions, and which the
Catholic on this continent, so far from be
ing opposed to, (as far 1 have knowledge
touching their views,) were the first to
adopt My object was not to defend or
assail any sect or any faith, but to defend
in its purity real Americanism against
boy us Americanism.
Yours most respectfully,
Alexander 11. Stephens.
True Version o f t>>h Story.
We published yesterday what bore evi
dence on its face of being an untrue re
port ofa political meeting on the 22d inst.
at Sparta Hancock county. It appears
now from other statements before us that,
immediately after Mr. Stephens’ speech
in the morning, one Mr. Turner did at
tempt to intrude upon the assembly some
Know Nothing resolutions, contrary to all
rules of order. They were, however, so
riddled, that not a fragment was left of
them.
The chairman then put the question as
to their adoption or rejection, and upon
ascertaining the vote declared that they
were lost.
It was then that amid the confusion of
adjournment, a Know-Nothing called up
on all in favor of the resolutions to rise,
' and without asking those opposed to them
to rise also—he, to the great amusement
of the crowd, took upon himself the pow
ers of chairman, and declared them adop
ted. But before this took place, the
crowd were nearly all dispersed.
As to Mr. Stephens speech it is stated
that he completely demolished every fea
ture of the odious Know Nnothing plat
form, and that. his arguments were so
convincing as to make several of the most
intelligent and honest men of the organ
ization declare, that if this statements
were hereafter verified, they would come
out of the organization.
Os the further proceedings, in the af
ternoon, as will be seen by the official
report in another column, that they were
gratifying in the the extreme, showing
as they do, that the people of Hancock are
are ever true to the great principles on
which our free institutions arc founded.—
This was no party convention, be it re
membered. It was a mass meeting of the
people, without distinction of party. The
people, the sturdy people of Hancock, let
it be proclaimed aloud, repudiate the po
litical heresies sought to be introduced in
our midst, and have planted themselves
anew upon the immortal principles and
platform of the great Democratic party of
Georgia and the Union.— Savannah Cour
ier.
The Revolution in China.—The la
test advices from China do not authorize
the belief that the Revolutionists have re
ceived any serious check in their onward
progress. They are now called the Red
Head, from the color of the cap they wear.
Nothing definite and reliable can be learn
ed from Canton. Executions continued
with unabated violence; and the ground
where the beheading takes place, is said
to have become so saturated with blood that
the stench is intolerable, and the very ex
ecutioners cannot be induced to perform
their duty, and resort to drowning their
victims in wells. Yet, strange to say,
the foreigners about Canton are said to be
in the habit of making up parties to visit
this Aceldama, from motives of curiosity.
In the North the reports vary. The
Pekin Go , tte reports the success of the
Imperialists in different quarters, though
occasional checks arc admitted. Hwuy-
Chow is said to have fallen into the
hands of tbe rebels on the 19th of March.
In the Interior of the Canton Province
there have been combinations of the rico
dealers against the rebels, and considera
ble fighting, but generally to the damage
of the ricemen and the loss of their rice.
A number of district cities, whole districts,
and even departments, are mentioned as
having recently fallen into the hands of
the rebels.