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THE .VI. VVI'A WEEKLY EXAMIAER.
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JOHN 11. STEELE. ) .....
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FRIDAY. JULY 20, 1855.
“FOR A FEW DAYS.”
There are some things that remain fixed, and
are as lasting as earth itself. There are others
that have a fleeting existence, and last only
“For a few days
A few days,”
as is written in a very popular song. For in
stance, Truth is eternal, and principles based
thereupon live forever. Errbr however prevalent
and successful for a time, will cease to prevail,
when Truth reaches the minds and hearts of
men. This is so in Science, Politics, and Reli
gion. Hence we have no fear of the success of
that political cause which wo advocate, because
of our confidence in the truth and vitality of its
principles. Know Nothing-ism msy prevail tor a
time and load men astray— Frce-soilism may tri
umph, and set aside such men as Shields and
Dodge—Abolition may erect its deformed head, and
successfully mislead a fanatical multitude to wage
relentless war upon the South and the Constitu
tion—Mormonism may baptise its converts, and
its votaries may practice their licentious orgies for
a generation —but Truth will at last resume its
sway, and of all these, it eventually will be writ
ten, that they were in existence only
“For a few days,
A few days.”
The “Declaration of American Independence." |
and the principles therein embraced will live and
influence popularsentiinentwhen all men, parties, I
or individuals, pre driven into oblivion who dared
to encroach thereon, or assume to obliterate any
one of its great and undying truths! Every
principle written upon our Constitution, us ■‘with
a pen of iron, and the point a diamond." provi
ding for religious toleration, and every line defini
tive of the powers, severally, ot the States, and
Federal Government, will find millions of advo
cates in the South. when Know Nothingism is
numbered with the part, the historian's record ;
telling that it existed only
“For a lew days,
A few days.”
It is gratifying to every reflecting man that
uch is the inevitable result of error, and such the
overwhelming power of truth, that it alwaysbegets
its like, and is lasting. Error begets error, and
from its very nature, destruction, or annihilation
follows. For instance, intolerance in religion
progresses. and its fruit must be still more intol
erance. He who persecutes to-day. will be the
pers-cuted to-morrow. Ought he. can he, expect
anything etoe. It is the fruit of his own vine,
watered and cultured by himself. How impor
tant then is it. in politics and religion that we
avoids rock so pregnant with mischief, and that
of our principles it may not be written, that they
had existence only,
“For a few days
A few days.”
A bevy of a hundred Roman state priso
ners are now’ making excavations among the
ruins of Ostra, the old mouth and port of the
Tiber, which have revealed a statue ot f ortune
and some sculptures eommemorat ve of the ex
ploits of Hercules. It is a dreary deaerted region
but probaly contains some monuments of the
past that may reward the labor of the search.
:"F* The census taker found a woman in Ma
<• ■ HI, N. Y.. 23 years old. mother of four chil
dran. the oldest of whom is 12 years, next 8
third 3. laat 1. The eldest was of course born
when the mother was twelve years old. John
Kidwell has eloped from Pittsburgh with a girl
way sen oH.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION.
We learn that the Convention, which assem.
bled at Americus on Wednesday last, nominated
Marain J. Cbawfobd, Esq, of this city, as the
candidate of the Democratic party for Congres 8
in the Second District.
THE SAVANNAH GEORGIAN.
We find the following in the Savannah Repub
lican of Wednesday last:
“We learn from the Georgian of yesterday
that Messrs. Hiram H. Perry and Benj. R. Dan
iell have connected themselves with the editorial
department of that payer. Mr. Daniell was for
sometime one of the editors of the Atlanta Ex
aminer, and is well posted in the political history
of the times.”
We should have noticed this addition to the
editorial department of the “Georgian” ere now,
had the number of that paper, containing the an
nouncement, reached our office. It, however, af
fords us great pleasure to do so, in onr present is
sue. Benjamin R. Daniell, Esq., was one of the
founders of this paper. He is not only an able
and fearless writer, but as the Republican remarks,
is well posted in the political history of the times.
We gladly welcome him into the corps editorial,
and I ave every confidence that the cause which
the Georgian advocates will be promoted by his
labors as a journalist.
TEMPERANCE ’cONVENTION AT
MARIETTA.
We were not present at the Convention of the
Temperance, or Prohibition Party, which assem
bled at Marietta, on Wednesday last. An ob
server, however, informs us that it was there re
solved not to withdraw Mr. Overby’s name from
before the people, as a candidate for Governor.—
Between the advocates of Know Nothingism and
Judge Andrews, and the Prohibitionists, much
dissatisfaction prevailed—the former charging the
latter with having defeated the prospects of their
candidate. This, the Prohibitionists repelled
with indignation, and declared a settled deter
mination tostand by Overby to the last, be the
consequences to the Know Nothings what they
may. The dictatorial spirit of the latter was re
pelled with firmness and decision, and the Over
by cause triumphed. The best course for the
Know Nothings to pursue, at the present crisis,
and we would advise it, if they will take our ad
vice, would be, to hold another Convention and
advise Governor Johnson to withdraw from the
Canvass. Judge Andrews would then stand
some chance against Overby, but as things now
appear, he will scarcely fill the Executive Chair
of Georgia, the ensuing gubernatorial term.
CONTEMPTIBLE.
In the Republican of yesterday we find one of
the grossest outrages of professional courtesy we
have ever been pained to witness and which from
respect to the parties alluded to, we feel constrained
to notice. By reference to our issue of the 6th
it will be seen that the following paragraph oc
curs in our notice of the “Fourth of July in At
lanta.” We give it as it stands in type, it having
fortunately escaped distribution.
In the evening, before the Trout House, and
Atlanta Hotel, a fine display of Ftre WbrX-s, was
witnessed by a large number of our citizens.—
Great good humor, and hilarity prevailed, and
but few indeed of the large number there assem
bled, were incapable of navigating, notwithstand
ing the ardent had been freely used by many of
the over-joyful, from early dawn till night.
In publishing the extract, the Republican with
an unfairness that surprised not less than it pained
us, substituted the word "capable" for the word
incapable, which appeared in the original, thus
destroying the whole sense of the article, and ma
king us say what we never intended, and what
was entirely untrue. We have no other com
ment to make, further than to inform the Repub
lican that the Examiner has two editors, and the
problem ot übiquity which seems to affect him so
much, is easily soluble, when it is considered the
editors are not Siamese twins.
KNOW NOTHING WITHDRAWALS.
We have from time to time published extracts
from private letters, announcing the withdrawal
of numbers of members from different Lodges of
the secret order, and we are gratified to perceive
that such blow, so oft repeated, have made some
d the opposition papers irrascible and sore.—
One of them, the Southern Watchman, which
for tho information of our Cherokee readers we
will say, is a rampant Know Nothing sheet pub
hlished at Athens, Georgia, has “pitched into”
us, about an announcement recently made in our
columns of the withdrawal of a large proportion
of the members of the Lodge in Tuskeega, Ala.
That announcement was made upon the author
ity of a letter from a reliable gentlemen of
that place, and we have every confidence in its
truth, the assertion of the Watchman’s corres
pondent to the “contrary notwithstanding.”
We should hove taken no notice of this attack
from such a source, but that we felt it due our
correspondent to say that our confidence in his
statement is not the least impaired, nor can it be
by any ol the Watclunaa’s correspondents.
As for the insinuation of -‘our reckless charac
ter” and proclivity for “garbled extracts,” we
have simply to say it is entirely untrue and com
ing from any other source would be treated as
such charges deserve. But under the peculiar
circumstances, we would prefer seeing some
home matters of lhe. Watchman settled, before
we accord it the respect of engaging in an hon
orable controversy with it. We shall not trouble
our readers with further notice of the Watch-
man.
1 j?” At Lyons a very important discovery has
been recently, made, by a Petot, of a means of
impregnating silk by a chemical process, with
gold, silver, brass, or iron,so that it can be wo
ven with perfect flexibility, and, and thus form,
as it wore stulls of those metals. Permission has
been given to place a specimen in the Universal
Exhibition.
■ VW/oU’ Fever.— it is stated that yellow fiver ;
and black vomit prevail aiumgst tile j troops a t 1
Puerto Principle, Cuba, to a fearful extent.— [
Some Spanish officers of rank had died, and :
nighty-six soldiers were carried otT from Ist of!
’■iy to 20th June. Some mild cases have ad-j
‘"’ed on board the ships al Nuevitaa.
ity. Under an old building in Burlington. I
Vermont, several bottles of green currants were I
found lately which were quite fresh. From-!
inquiries, it was ascertained that the families
I were in the habit of burying bottles of this fruit
I in the cellar, and that these must tie at least thir
| ty years old.
1“ You are very stupid, Thomas," said a conn
try teacher to a little boy eight years old.** “You
j are like a donkey, and what do they do to curs
i them of stupidity!’* *• They feed them better, and
• kick them leas," said the arch little urchin.
Columbia, July 10.— The Passenge Cars on
ihe Wilmington and Manchester Rail Road,
were thrown off the track last night at Fair Bluti'.
in consequence of timber having been intention
ally placed across it. Fortunately, howeveer, no
njury was sustained by any one.
Judge O.H. Kitu. — A letter receiv
ed iu this city yesterday from Red Clay
Whitefield eouuty, Ila. states that Judge
I Kenan is not dead, as has been reported,
iHe is better as to his bodily health, but
lin mind has not improved. -—Sat. Mor.
UViwK
“ ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS, WHEN REASON ISsLEFT FREE TO COMBAT IT.’’— Jefferson.
ATLANTA. GEORGIA. FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 20, 1855.
ERROR AND HUMBUG.
When error is persisted in, the truth having
been presented to correct it, misrepresentation is
then the proper term to apply, and it being wil
ful, a moral turpitude is the consequence from
■ which good men will alwajs shrink. In this cat
egory political journalists ana speakers, are, we
regret to say it, too often placed. To a stricter
accountability all such should be helu by the
public, otherwise we see no remedy for the evil.
A short time since, we attended a public dis
cussion, and were surprised to hear the charge
advanced that the foreign born Catholics of the j
United States, owed allegiance to the Pope of
Rome, to the exclusion of their sworn allegiance I
to this, their adopted country. Repeatedly as j
this charge has been confuted; in the face of
the published proceedings of a convocation of |
Reverend Prelates of the Catholic Church, giving I
positive denial to the charge, and proclaiming to 1
the world its falsity; it is yet raked up here and |
there to mislead and prejudice the minds of hon"[
est men. We ask is this fair ?—is it honorable 1 |
But more, a large popular assemblage is ad
dressed, and gravely told that Washington, in j
his farewell address, advised his countrymen to ‘
beware of “foreign influence,” and that this
means nothing less than that they must beware
of citizens of foreign birth and Catholics! All
candid men must admit that such a thought,
when he penned those lines, never entered Wash
ington’s head. “Foreign influence” with him,
was the influence of foreign Governments,- of
the crowned heads of all Europe ; of potentates
and kings, who. jealous of the growth of this Re
public, and the advance Os republican principles,
were, and would be, intriguing for their overthrow-
It is detracting from the reputation of the illus
trious Washington, and insulting to his memory’
to claim that he was warning his fellow-citizens
against foreign born citizens of the United States
—men, aye, patriots, who had either been driven
by the oppressor from a distant land, to take ref
uge on our shores; or voluntarily came hither, for
reverence and attachment to our institutions.—
Side by side with him in the revolutionary strug
gle, were LaFayette, DeKalb, Pulaski and of all
our Irish citizens, it was a “household word,"
that a tory could not be found amongst them.—
Washington never forgot this.
But of all the clap traps that have ever been
advanced to gull an audience, the one contained
in the proposition, “if Irishmen should wish to
rule Ireland, why should not Americans rule
Amearica,” beats creation. Barnum’s Fejee
bier maid is thrown in the shade as a hambug,
compared to this; and his Baby show is no
where. In the name of all that is patriotic, who
has ruled from the days of ’76, but
Americans; and who denies the right which they
claim to do this thing! Does th? Irishman who
has sworn allegiance to the United States! Does
any one ! What then is the force of the propo
sition ! That a party, faction, clique, cr indi
vidual, is opposed to America being governed
by Americans !! —a proposition having not a
particle of truth to sustain it. As for “Irishmen |
ruling Ireland” would to God they could do so. I
The Government, then, of that oppressed Isle ■:
would approach nearer to our own, than what it |
now does. And we feel confident that its stat-1
ute books would never be disgraced with enact- i
ments restrictive of liberty of speech, conscience, i
or the press.
It, however, by “Americans ruling America” !
we are to understand Know Nothings ruling it,
upon principles embraced in their Philadelphia
Platform, we, in the name as we believe of a
large majority of the American people, beg leave
to enter our protest. We recognise no man as
American in principle, who is opposed to Ameri
can principles. The mere accident of birth does
not make the patriot. He who opposes Whig j
principles cannot be a Whig—he who opposes I
republican, or democratic principles, can neither
be a republican nor democrat—and he who op
poses American principles; the principles of the
American Declaration of Independence, and of |
Republicanism embraced in the Constitution, I
cannot be an American at heart, bom, though lie j
may have been, in the heart of our own State I
Will anyone deny the proposition! If not
aw ay then with all this humbuggery of “Amer"
icans ruling America”; the Dutch. Holland <
the French, France ; or “the Irish, Ireland”. It
is humbug of too common a stamp to catch the
most ignorant, and will never do in the latitude
of Georgia. . i
For the Examiner.
Xlggrr Baby,"or B. B. Party.
This dark specimen of Political human- i
ity has already caused some persecution, i
proscription, and unfriendly feeling among !
men, but no one has yet undertaken the !
solution of the Black Problem.
The facts of the case are these :—Be
tween “Sam” and the fugitives, there
was a certain “Nigger Baby’’ come to
light in the North ; and with the paterni
ty of which “Sam" was well pleased, but j
with it* sooty hue, he was rather mortified, i
The abolitionists, however, all kissed the
thing without hesitation and pronounced |
it a tit citizen for Kansas.
To give his little black “ varmint" ai
better start in the world, “Sam” took it |
to a Catholic Priest for Church ordination, j
and through that sacred channel, to polit-j
ical recognition ; but when the Priest saw
its color, he intimated that the brat might!
be a fugitive slave ; and if so it would be
rank injustice, to Mr. South—its owner,!
to bestow on it all the rights, and prerog
tives of a free citizen “Sam” has given
that poor Priest particular thunder ever
since. But when “Sam commenced his
Southern Tour, he found it advisable to
keep his offspring in the dark, excepting
the occasional use of a small dark lantern
when the baby was out of fix. On his ar
rival in Virginia, Wise and others re
.ed to kiss the little black cub in the
dark, intimating that it might be a black j
baby. This fired “Sam’s’’ greatest in- 1
I dignation ; hence the unrelenting perse-!
eution and prosciption against Wise and
all others who will not kiss his little
I flat-nose darkey in the dark. All the fuss
w about “Sam’s Nigger Baby.” And
even some Southerners occasionally meet,
between two days to nurse the black ras
cal. Some mischievious wag has called
j “Sam’s” friends the Blind-Bridle Party;
! and another has unkindly called them
!the Black-Baby or B. B party.
P. Y. M.
Later from California.
I New York, July 10.—The steamer
J Illinois, from Aspinwall, arrived this even-
I ing, bringing 450 passengers, and 8830
613 in gold.
The Illinois connected with the Golden
! Golden Gate, which left San Fraacisco on
i the evening of the 16th, passed the Gol
i den Age on the 23d of June, and the
* same day found the steamer Pacific at
I Acaputco bound up, their passengers all in
I good health.
! The sloop-of-war John Adams, was at
i Panama on the 30th ult. .
The steamer Eldorado, from Havana,
I arrived at Aspinwall on the 29th ult
I The rainy season was prevailing on the
I Isthmus with much severity.
i The Panama Railroad Company had re-
I duced the wages of their laborers, and a
I large number struck, who were joined by
| some mechanics, machinists, on account
l of the with the food furnish
■ ed -
The United States ship Independence
was at Parta on the 15th of June, but in
i consequence of dispatches from Lima,
sailed for Callao to enforce the settlement
of the question between the United States
Representative and the Government rela
tive to the detention of the captain of
the American vessels John Cummins.
From Chili.—Dates from Chili have
been received to the 31st of May. Con
gress was to meet next week ; cattle were
dying for want of pasture.
From Peru.—Dates from Peru state i
that an outbreak between the friends I
of Castillo and Elias was anticipated.
From Australia.—We have dates
from Melborne to the 23d of April. The
mining accounts are very satisfactory—
The amount of gold shipped from Mel
borne for the week ending April 21st was
valued at nearly a million and a half of j
dollars.
The market are but little changed.—
Gallego and Ha vail Flour was selling at
£l6 per 2,000 lbs.
Ikiiow Nothings Piety.
The first clause solemnly acknowledges
the existence of an “Almighty Being who
rules the Universe,” which until we saw
that confession of faith we suppose was
acknowledged everywhere by all men and
parties and factions—by the American
party even, until this manifestation of a
solicitude to show to the world that, what
ever it maybe, it is not atheistical. This
is an instance of overdoing a thing, of
overacting a part; for this solemn annun- '
ciation seems to be as much the child j
of hypocrisy as the child of religion. Why i
assert so solemnly and so formally what'
nobody would have questioned if they had j
been silent, unless sacred things are to be i
invoked for unhallowed purposes, or un
less conscience, which makes cowards of
all men, was not smiting then and there
the know nothing oracles? The draughts
man of that ’first clause must be a reader
of Shakespeare, we think, and had in his
mind that celebrated police officer Cap
tain Dogberry, who, in Much Ado About
Nothing, says some things singular co
incidental with the first clause of the .
platform:
“ Dogb. Masters do you serve God?
“ Con. Bora. Yea sir, we hope.
“Dogb. Write down—they hope they
serve God- -and write trod first; for God
defend but God should go before such
villians!”
So the platform-makers wrote God first!!
and, like Conrade and Borachio, would j'
fain make the world believe they serve I (
him also.
Turkey mid her Allies.
An American in France writes as fol* <
lows, to his friend in Washington : ■
dating from Paris on the 21st of June. '
“ The French army of reserve, as it i
was called, that was near Constantinople,
has been forwarded to Sevastopol, but a i
new army of reserve will be sent imfnedi- i
ately from France consisting of 45,000 to ! i
50,0v0 men, which will be entrenched; ■
near Constantinople, and will not be sent I ■
to Sevastopol, except in case of great ire- ]
cessity. ' i
“To show how great are the exertions i
of Russia, it is now said that they have ' '
by the most incredible exertions so far i
advanced with a Railroad from Moscow to 1
Perekop that it will be completed and in ' i
full and in full operation by the autumn, i
This will enable them to pour into the | ;
I Crimea soldiers and supplies without lim- 1
I it. The French are so well aware of this !
. that they are fortifying Kamieschand will.
require years to complete. These strnc- :
tures are intended for defence and protec
tion as well as for accommodations for'
troops and material holding the European t
I coast of Turkey, whilst the English may !
take the Asiatic side of the Bosphorus. — !
I England will hereafter the regret alliance ,
i with France, as’it|hus notonly estrangedher,
from the other great European Powers.'
i but has and will injure her greatly in other;
j ways.
•‘All agree that the Turks are fully con- j
1 vinced that they never again will be the i
! master of “Stramboul,” as they called I
I the city of Constantine. They decidedly ’
' prefer the Russians as rulers, and those
I returning from thence say they shall not i
be at all surprised if in the course of a I
year the Turks should be on the side •
of Russia and the Allies forced to en
entrench themselves. The stronghold oft
the latter will be at Constantinople, which
being open to them on the sea, could nev
er be taken, nor could Kamiesch, and!
perhaps one or two other point* on the I
Black Sa. which would in like manner be
strongly fortified and held by them.—
1' Strange results may grow out of the un
natural alliance of France and England
with the bitter and eternal enemy of the
I Christian religion.”
Halifax, July 10.—The Royal Artil
■ j lery, in garrison here, have been ordered
i for the Crimea.
r l The Foreign Legion, enlisted princi
1' pally iu the United States, at Melville Is
-1 land, have revolted and complain very
• I strongly of having been deceived. A
1 ; strong force of the 76th Regiment have
i been sent to quell the mutiny, and to
I bring the ringleaders to the Citadel
Gov. Johnsen n1 Coliintbu*.
■ j We have been permitted by one of our
I most intelligent citizens and firmest Dem
| ocrats to whom it was addressed, to pub
i lish the following letter from a respected
| friend in Columbus —NarannaA Geor-
I gian.
Columbus, July 7.
I Dear Sir: Gov. Jphnson was welcom
ied here this morning, at the temperance
I Hall, by one of the largest, most intelli*
gent, and most enthusiastic audiences
j I have ever seen assembled in this
; place.
i Gov. J. spoke for two hours and a half,
and was listened to upon all the questions
which he discussed with unwearying in
terest and attention. He entered into a
full and minute analysis of the Columbus
Movement, the Philadelphia Platform,
and the resolutions of the Convention of
rfhe sth of June. He showed that the
Democratic platform was the only one of
the two upon which the South could be
united, her rights maintained, and the
Union saved.
This was the main effort of his speech,
and he proved very conclusively that on
this platform, and on this only, could the
people of the South maintain their,
equality in the Union. He discussed at I
large the Catholic and foreign questions I
as advocated and set forth in the Plat- I
form, said that both were anti-American I
in principle, and could not be sustain- j
ed. .
I have never before heard a speech;
I which told so favorably on the opposition, j
All parties agree that it was the ablest i
speech which has ever been made in this I
place. Gov. J.'s argument has unsettled j
the faith of many a hitherto unwavering i
K. N., and those who doubted are now i
steadfast in the Democratic faith.
I have never heard a speech so entirely :
satisfactory in all its points and eonclu-1
sion’s. It was delivered ina calm, dispas- |
sionate manner, without abuse, and yield- ,
ingtoallthe same patriotic impulses which
he claimed for himself.
Several K. N.’s, after the speech, de-1
clared their intention to vote for Gov. J.,
and as a anatter of course, dissolve their
connection with the Order. Others say
that if Judge Andrews cannot satisfy them
in regard to the objections which were
made by Gov. J. to the platform, they will
withdraw. You may rest assured that
Gov. J. will lose no strength, but gain over
his last vote.
After supper the Hall was again filled ;
to hear Ramsay, of Harris, and Hall of I
Macon. Both made tine speeches, which I
were most enthusiastically cheered by the
audience. We shall give the Know Noth- ,
ings a hard fight in Muscogee, if we do i
not fairly whip them out in the end. Be ;
vigilant and active, and my word for it.;
our old friends will and leave the Order, I
and return to the Democratic fold before I
the election is over.
Your truly.
[From the European Times, Jun, 29.] I
London ScUuylvrlllnv.
An event has occurred itr London this
week, which cannot fail to have a serious
influence on the character of the existing
banking establishments, and to cause a
painful feeling of doubt and alarm in the
public mind throughout the empire. At
217 in the Strand a banking establishment
has long existed, conducted by Messrs.
Strahan, Paul & Bates, which has smashed
under circumstances more suspicious than
the worst bubble company. Warrants j
for the apprehension of these persons have 1
been issued, and they are now in custody I
on a charge of felony —selling securities
deposited with them in their capacity
of bankers, without the knowledge or
consent of their clients. Their liabil
ities arc said to exceed £700,000 —
some accounts say a million The Times;
of yesterday draws a frightful picture Os I
the misery which the dishonesty of these I
persons will “produce “What is it to rob
—aye, to rob and murder half a dozen
people, put them out of pain at once, and !
dispose of their bodies where nobody will
know anything about them—compared,
with the act of scattering ruin over hun- J
dreds of quiet, respectable and virtuous *
households, the scene of sacred harmony ,
the sweet charities of domestic life .' How I
many girls will go portionless —how many
young ladies become governesses—how
many young men go to Australia, or be
hind counters, instead of the College or'
the Guards, in consequence of this bank- ■
ruptcy?”
One of the partners, Sir John Lean
Paul, had a country house a short distance
from London, whither the officers proceed
ed to take him into custody. As it was I
too late to return the same evening to
London, they allowed him to go to bed,
and kept watch during the night that he j
did not escape In the morning they,
! proceeded with the prisoner to the railway I
station, where he contrived to slip into a|
: train that was moving, and left the officers
j behind him ! He has, however, given
I himself up since. The Times thus refers|
i to the mode of life of this banking trium
' virate. “ Only think of a select society!
|of gentlemen,’high in the fashionable,
i and even the religious world, living in a |
i magnificent style for years and years on i
j the deposits ot a number of confiding, i
j and even admiring noblemen. They have'
I had good houses, costly furniture, splendid I
! establishments, sumptuous entertainments.
! and the best company up to the very last,
■ with the full consciousness that they were!
I doing it all out of the money of some score j
;or rather some hundreds, of people who
felt it an honor to put their money into
■ the hands of such men.” This explosion
! will so shock public opinion that, as in all
; such cases the innocent will suffer with
the guilty. The whole business seems to
be a slavish imitation of the career of Mr
■ Montagna Tigg. in Dickens’ Martin Chuz
zlewit, with this difference, —that the ro-
’I mance of the reality exceeds the fiction.
EF* Col. Jabe« Leftwich, a revolutionary »ol-
■ diet, died in the vicinity of Huntsville, Ala- on
! the 2let ult., in his 90th year. He was a native
> of Virginia, and formerly represented Madison
i county in the Alabama Legiekturv.
| (From the Journal du Havre, June 18.]
| Riot aiming Amer Joan Sailors at Havre.
I Several times, of late, we have had tc
| chronicle savage pugilastic encounters
between American seamen ; but yesterdaj
a part of our city was thrown into confu
sion by a disturbance which took the form
of a real battle, in which knives, marling
spikes, hand-spikes, and other weapons
were freely used, and which was only pul
down bqjthe energetic and reiterated in
tervent Aof the police. A new and sin
gular feature was given to this melee by
the fact in addition to the original cause
lof the fight, it was further intensified by
the tenacious hostility which reigns be
tween the white and black crews. It is
well known that the white and colored
sailors keep entirely aloof from each other
while on shore, and even take their meals
in separate boarding houses. It will be
easy to understand, then, the savage ardor
with which they seize upon every occasion
to display their mutual hate, and how,
under such circumstances, a trifling quar
rel may end in a bloody melee. The affair
of yesterday is a case in point. It com
menced as follows:
An American sailor entered a case from
the quay Casimir Dclavigne, with a por
i tion of his dress disarranged. Inattempt
i ing to pass from the back part of the shop
ihe was opposed by the woman in attend
i ance, whom he repulsed with violence.—
‘ Another sailor who was present took sides
with the woman, and attempted to settle
the matter. But the first continuing to
maltreat the woman, the two seamen re
paired to the street and fought. A colored
man interferred, and the sailor thus op
posed by superior numbers, was soon de
feated.
This happened as we have said io the
morning; but at about one o’clock in the
afternoon a number of white seamen, from
the erews of several ships, collected to
gether, armed with knives and stones, pro
ceeded to the house of M. Roney Rue
Dauphine, where the colored seamen take
their meals. The negros, excited by the
menaces of the whites, assailed them from
the house, and followed them to the quay
Casimir Delavigne. Ilerethe whites made
a stand, and the combat took place at this
point. It was carried on so warmly that
the combatants seized iron bars from the
merchants, who were shutting their stores
in dread of this terrible scene. Unfortu
nately the police force in this quarter was
not strong, and the efforts of a few agents
to separate the enraged combatants were,
for a long time, entirely ineffective. Cor
poral Opson, the marine gendarmerie, in
his courageous endeavors to preserve the
peace, received several wounds, and had
his sword broken, although he did not call
it into service. M. Lebevre, of the brig
ade of Surete, was also energetic in his
endeavors to arrest the progress of the
fight. Among the white and colored sea
men, many have received serious wounds,
bruises and contusions; eyes, noses, Ac.,
bear witness to the fierceness of the battle.
Among those most seriously hurt is an
American, who was carried in a itate of
insensibility to the house of M. Michan, a
druggist, rue de la Crique. It has been
rumored that he was killed on the spot,
but it is certain, on the contrary, that his
wound will not prove fatal.
At about three o’clock, an additional
police force having arrived on the ground,
the fight was stopped and a number of ar
rests were made.
The affair then seemed terminated, but
so fierce was the hatred of the combatants
that a short time afterwards another bloody
episode in the history of the day took
place near the gate of Maria Theresa. —
The combatants included some of those
who had been engaged in the fight of the
morning, recruited by the addition of oth
ers, who had previously been inactive.—
The police was upon its guard, but was not
yet in sufficient force. It was not until
after three hours fight that the agents of
the police force, the marine gemlarnierle,
aided by a company of Custom House offi
cers who were returning from a procession,
were able to put a final stop to this sue-;
cession of deplorable scenes. In the latter
phase of the combat a great deal of blood
was again spilt. Police agent Bredcl re
ceived a knife wound in the right ear and
upon the hand, and was otherwise mal
treated so severely that he is obliged to
keep in bed. It is, however, believed
that he will soon be on his feet again.
Patrols of police have been organized
in the quarter where the fight took place.
Sixty-two arrests have been made, which
shows that tho affair was a serious one. —
A close inquiry into all the circumstances
has been commenced.
Pennsylvania,
It will be seen, from the following ex
tract from the report of the proceedings
of the late democratic State Convention
of Pennsylvania, that the first resolution
was amended so as to recognise and eu
! dorse the great principle embodied in Ne
braska-Kansas bill.
“Mr. Ludlow. I wish to offer an amend
! rnent to the first resolution in the majority
report.
“The resolution now reads :
TnYt the democratic party
I need not, on old and settled issues; to de-1
i clare its principles in detail. It is suf-
J ficient for us to say that we belong to the
democracy of the Union, and recognise
■ no geographical lines between the North
and South. The interests of all parts of i
! the country are the same to us, and, so j
■ far as in our power, we will maintain the
' constitutional rights of every State with
uniform fidelity.
■‘My amendment is to insert after the
word * State ’ the words, ‘ and recognise in
its widest extent the principles of popu
lar sovereignty in the Territories;’ so that
' the sentence will read : ‘ The interests
.of all parts of the country are the con
' stitutional rights of every State, and re
' cognise in its widest extent the principle
■j of popular sovereignty in ihe Territo-
ries.’
*i “On this amendment the yeas and
‘ nays were called for ; and being ordtr
i! ed’, resulted —yeaa 71, nays 5.
j "8o the amendment was agreed to.”
LATEST NEWS.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP
•L W-A
PACIFIC.
New York, July 11.
i The steamer Pacific has arrived from
i Liverpool, bringing later advices. She
s reached her wharf at six o’clock this
I morning.
COTTON MARKET.
i During the first three days tho market
! was dull and considerably lower, but on
■ Thursday, without any apparent cause,
i the market was buoyant, and closed with
an active demand at about one-sixteenth
; advance. Tho week’s sales reach forty
three thousand bales, of which speculators
■ took seventeen thousand bales. The
I sales on Friday reached twenty thousand ]
j bales. Orleans Fair is quoted at seven 1
and a quarter, and Middling six nine six-1
I teenths. Upland Fair six fifteen-six- j
j teenths Irregulars six three eights.
The Manchester market had followed I
| the Liverpool.
I At Liverpool, Bread-stuffs had slightly
I declined, and authorities vary in their
1 quotations. Maxwell reports wheat flour
a trifle lower. Corn three shillings six
' pence lower—all steady. Provisions had
advanced slightly. Ashes steady and
prices unchanged. Rice dull, unchanged.
The weather was favorable to the crops.;
The money market was easier, and
j Consols were quoted at ninety-one and
i one-quarter.
Baring & Brother quote the London
i market as generally steady and unchang
i ed. Coffee active.
I The bullion in the Bank of England
j had increased cue hundred and oigty
' thousand pounds.
SECOND DESPATCH.
Quotations, correct —Orleans Fair, se- ’
ven one-eight; Uplands Fair, six and se-;
> ven-eigths.
Charleston, July 11. P. M.
The total majority for Carew is eight
hundred and fifty-seven.
FURTHER BY THE PACIFIC.
Our files of papers by this arrival are
: filled almost entirely with the detailsof the
recent repulse of the Allied armies before
Sebastopol.
It having been reported IhatLordßAc
lan was dangerously ill, and had been
asked to be recalled, Lord Palmeeston
stated that in the House of Commons,
that his Lordship had been ill but was re
covering, and denied that he had ever re
quested to be relieved of his command in
the Crimea.
The total loss of the Allies on the 18th ;
ult. was over 5000 men. The position of j
affairs, however, was regarded as being
sufficiently satisfactory, the forces being
in good spirits and preparing fi r another
assult.
No other battles by land or sea had ta
ken place.
I The English and French are said recip
' rocally to blame each other for the late re
-1 pulse.
Gen Pellissieh states that Sebastopol
will soon be ’completely invested, as the
allies retain possession of the Round
l Tower in the Cemetery and the Mamelon i
Battery.
It is stated that the cholera was prevail-1
ing among tin- F-ench troops.
The allied forces which had crossed the ,
river Tchernya, had returned from their I
raconnoissance-
Advices from the Baltic, dated the sth |
ult., state that Sveaborg had been bombard
!ed and all the stores destroyed. Hango had, j
; also, been bombarded, and gieat move-
I ments wera being made by the Allied |
I Squadion.
j A dispatch from Varna, dated Thursday j
; the 28th ult., state that Generals Brown, I
i Pennefeather and Covington were sick.—
i Part of the Foreign Legion had arrived at
I Varna from England.
| The London Times, of Saturday the;
i 30th ult., states that the Czar of Russia 1
was dangerously ill. and the King of Prus-
I sia probably at the point of death.
Austria continued to disband her ar-
I ,u r
i The overland mail had arrived from
! India, bringing advices from Canton to j
i the Btb, Hong Kong to the 10th., and j
[ Calcutta to the 18th of May. They con-'
j tain, however, no intelligence of any in- ■
{terest. Trade was dull and money tight. I
i A famine existed in many parts of China, I
and considerable fighting had occurred;
j with varying success.
FROM THE SANDWICH ISLANDS..
The dates are to May 17. The French |
friffate La Forte, and the Englis frigate i
Amphytrite, arrived at Honolulu on the i
tenth of May, en route for the Russian j
settlements in Kamschatka. The 4 Legis-'
lature of Hawaii was in session, and had ,
passed a new tariff act.
Poughkeepsie, (N. Y.) July 11.—
Mr. Berberrick, the German Lager Beer
Saloon proprietor was tried yesterday be
fore a Jury for the violation of the new
act against selling Lager Beer, found
guilty, and sentenced to pay a fine of 850
Hallowell Me, July 11.—A large
Know Nothing Convention, embracing the
Councils in Kenebec county, met here
yesterday. Strong resolutions were adopt
ed against the National Administration
and slavery, and reeem met ding open nom
inarioM.
WM. KA/ PROPRIETOR
NUMBER 47.
•InMt (he Contrary*
The Recorder of last Tuesday says :
“ The nomination of Judge Andrews is
well received in this region by all except
the Cobb and Johnson men.’’ Now we
can assure every one that takes any inter
est in Know Nothing humbug, that the
Cobb and Johnson men were better pleas
ed with the nomination of Judge An
drews than any one else. Indeed they
were the only men that appeared to be
pleased in the least. Know-Nothiugs
looked very much as they did on the day
after they heard from the Virginia elec
tion. We never saw a more woe-begone,
lantern-jawed, looking set in our life, and
they were as ill-natured a« they were ill-
Ipoking. Every man was ready to fight
at the crook of a finger; they seemed to
have corns, on every toe on their feet,
and it was nearly impossible to pass one
of them in the street, without hurting
some of his corns. The editors of the
of the Recorder most of the time kept
out of sight: in the evening we happen
ed to meet one of them, but oh, how
changed. “Even such a man, so faint,
so spiritless, so dull, so dead in look, so
woe-begone, drew Priams curtain in the
dead of night, and would have told him
half his Troy was burned.’’ Pleased in
deed I If men are pleased with a fit of
cholic, then are the Know-Nothings about
Milledgeville pleased witn the nomination
of Judge Andrews.— Fed. Union.
Red Mark of Athbns K. N.’s. —
Sam in Danger.— On the handbills of
the Know Nothings, stuck up about Ath
ens, to notify the people of an address at
the Town Hall, there was on the left side
of each a red mark, some three or four
inches long, aud as broad as your finger.
Outsiders thought it was a private sign
of this lodge. I n tho old Ritual of Barker,
certain angular pieces of red paper drop
ped about, was a sign of danger, and the
faithful had to repair to the places desig
nated. Likely this is the mark in Athens,
and none will dare disobey the red sign
which their President has given to the
“sworn in.” A friend suggests that, in
view of Sam’s dying agonies, it is intended
to be typical of the “blood of martyrs.”
Are not the manly 1100 voters of Clark
greatly frightened at the two or three
Catholics among us. “Save yourselves if
you can, the Catholic Gyascutus is loose !”
—AtAews Hanner.
Distressing Railroad Accident.—
On the 2nd inst., says the Dayton (Ohio)
Empire, the train of Cars coming from
Greenville was thrown off the track. Mr.
John Dufore, the engineer, a man of won
derful physical strength, was caught un
der the engine, and the end of the boiler
being broken out the boiling water poured
on him. Great difficulty was experienced
in getting him out, aud the poor man with
stood the torture of a thousand deaths for
above the space of an hour and a quarter
until, by Hie greatest effort, and by slow
degrees, the locomotive was raised from
his body! During this time, persons
were engaged in carrying cold water,
pouring it upon him, and endeavoring to
cool the boiling liquid which was gradually
cooking him alive! Strange to say, he
walked some distance after being gotten
out, but died that evening.
The Liquor Law.
Judge Bridsall decided yesterday, that
complaints under the Liquor Law can be
tried only, at the Sessions, (Recorder and
City Judge,) and that other Judges and
Justices can only hold, as Justices of the
Peace, preliminary examinations, —and
send their cases to the Sessions, if they
think proper.
The eflect of this is to throw all the
liquor cases for trial into the special aud
and general sessions, —and these liquor
cases there would swamp all other busi
ness, if tried.
But Recorder Smith has already pro
nounced that the Law appliestnot to For
eign Liquors, and sales of Domestic Li
quors, must be seen, to be complained
of.
Thus the Liquor Law is no Law prac
tically in New York City. Its “theory”
is recognized,—but “practice upon it
amounts to nothing. King Alcohol is yet
King.
Tha only portion of the law that mean
while is really in force, is that which re
lates to the apprehension of persons in a
state of intoxication. Different magis
trates. however, have different interpreta
tions, even here,- —for, while the offender,
at Jefferson Market Police Station, is con
fined only till he gets sober, thendiseharg
ged elsewhere, he is not only imprisoned,
but is mulcted in the sum of 810. In
Brooklyn, too, this mode of procedure is
adhered to. That requirement of the
Bill which insists upon the prisoner telling
where he got drunk, doesjnot seem to work
to a charm, —most of the cases being so
drunk as to bo unable to remember where
they procured the “fire-water.”
Washington, July 11.—William L.
Lee, Chief Justice and Chancellor of the
.Sandwich Islands, has arrived, vested
with power to negotiate a commercial
treaty with this government.
The United States Court of Claims will
commence its session to-morrow in the
Supreme Court Room.
Mr. Wheeler, the American Minister
to Nicaragua, has arrived, bringing two
important treaties.
Buon Winsfer, the new Charge d’Af
fairs of Naples, will probably present his
credentials to-day.
The course to be pursued by the Fishe
ry Commissioners under the Reciprocity
Treaty has been concluded by the Respect
ive parties to day. The Commissioners
leave forthwith for the Fishing Grounds.
Boston, July 11.—Late Halifax pa
pers state that immense quantities of
Mackerel have been caught, and that the
prospect of the fishing business was never
theless better.
BcrlingtOn, N H., July 11.—A pow
der mill near this place exploded on Mon
day and killed one man.