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Rules for foreclosure of Mortgages must be published monthly for four months —for establish ing lost papers, for the full space of three months —for compelling titles from Executors or Admin istrators, where bond has been given by the de ceased, the full space of three months. Publications will always be continued accord ing to these, the legal requirements, unless other wise ordered, at the following Rates: Citations on letters of Administration dec. $2 75 do do dismissory from Adminis tration, J J® Citation on dismissory from Guardianship, 3 00 Leave to sell Land or Negroes, Notice to debtors and creditors. 3 00 Sales of personal property, ten days, 1 square 1 50 Sales of land or negroes by Executors, &c. 5 00 Estrays, two weeks, 3 50 For a man advertising his wife, (in advance,) 5 00 Letters on business must bo (post paid) to en title them to attention. FRIDAY, JULY 27, IMB. GEORGIA MILITARY INSTITUTE. We were fortunate in being able to attend the commencement exercises of this Institution, on Wednesday loft at Marietta. The spacious Court Room, used lor the occasion was crowded I ’ with the fashion, beauty and literati of our State, i of which every section was fairly represented.— | The Board of Visitors, the Faculty, and the Ca- , dels themselves, with their bright uniform* made an effective show, and the admirable order which ' prevailed could not but have impressed every one : present favorably. The Salutatory, by Cadet C. H. Combs, was a . line composition, fearlessly enunciate I, and was received with most flattering demons'rations of approval by the audience. Cadet C. M. Forsyth, followed in an able ar gument in favor of the acquisition of Cuba, ami its effect upon the North and South. For the time, we almost forgot we were listening to a commencement speech, and followed the im- - passioned speaker with an interest unusual to such an occasion, through his argument—one worthy the proud name he bears. We regret that in a notice necessarily so cursory, we cannot give our readers a synopsis ot this truly able speech. We have seen many in print that were | less sound in argument and correct in statistical information than that of Mr. Forsyth. We predict for him a bright career, as a champion of Southern Kights. q/'.dmrTicn, by t-'adet M. M. Twke -OLK. was well received, and evinced a high order of talent, both as a writer, and as a declaimer. Os Cadet R. S. Camp we have before spoken, and have only to add that his eflort was an high y successful one, gratifying to his friends, and , sustaining his increasing reputation us a speaker. His subject, Agricultural Scifnee was handled in masterly style. * Cadet W. T. T atom, followed in a fine produc tion upon Eloquence, well spoken, and evincing in its composition and delivery no little tamiliari- j ty with hrs inspired theme. "The Spirit of the Age," by Cadet .1. G. Ptte- I'Stt. struck us ns peculiarly appropriate, and was delivered by its manly author with impress ive effect—marking the mini as a genius fir above mediocrity. The I<i/f<Ziclocy by Cadet C. H Way, was; universally conceded one of the happiest efforts , of the kind the intelligent auditory had ever lis i tened to. There was none of that maw kish sen sibility so characteristic of such productions; but ] while it did not lack in appropriateness to the solemn occasion, the speaker seemed to regard it ; as the parting of men, whose hearts were tilled; with noble aspirations —not as the separation lb , sentimental school girls. V tewed as a literary j production, it was a capital thing, and lost noth-! mg in the earnest, and impressive delivery of its talented author. The degrees were conferred by Col. Brumby in his usual felicitous style, and the large grad uating class was afterwards addressed by Pro- ] f< or Williams. Into of Columbia (S. C.) College. \\ e regret we were unable to hear tins address, but heard it spoken of m terms of highest com mendation. In the evening the young people had a reunion in the hall of the Institute, and the party was pro nounced the most brilliant of the season. And s > ended the gala day. The young gentlemen ot the graduating class will accept our heart-fell thanks for tli, ir kind attention, aucl al'ow us to assurq each and every one of them of our earnest wish for then success m the respective professions they have chosen. PUBLIC MEETING IN BALDWIN. In the ‘Federal Union” of Tuesday last, we noticed the proceedings of a public meeting of the citizens of Baldwin favorable to the re-elec tion of Governor Johnson. Resolutions, appro priate in their character, were passed, and dele gates appointed to the Congressional District Convention, to be held in Eatonton on the 24th instant. It is with pleasure we see it stated, that Major Iverson L. Harris addressed the meeting, and, in an able, eloquent speech investigated the principles of the so-called American Party, de claring that he was ready to co-operate with the Democracy to defeat Know Nothingism. Major Harris was not the only Whig, we notice, that participated in that meeting, and he will find thousands of them in Georgia occupying the po sition he doesg We heartily congratulate our friends, the Anti-Know Nothings of the seventh district, particularly in Old Baldwin, at the posi tion occupied by Major Harris. His influence will be felt in the present contest. RELIGIOUS TESTS—CATHOLIC DISA BILITY. We call the attention of our readers to an ar ticle, headed as above, which is taken from the “New Orleans Christian Advocate,” a leading or. ganofthe METHODIST CHURCH, South. The perusal of this article we earnestly recom mend to all of our readers. Not long since, that eminent man, Judge Longstreet, through the press, gave a warning to his brethren of the church, which, it is to hoped, had the desired ef fect upon many. Now, the leading press of the Church, South, admonishes in plain, though for cible and affectionate terms the members of this flourishing denomination, to keep clear of Know Nothingism—to let religious testsand Catholic disability alone 1 We trust that all will heed thi« good, this christianly advice; and particu larly do we trust that those who are licensed to preach the Gospel by a church revered by saint and sinner for the good it has accomplished, who stump it in defence of Know Nothingism, will display the same zeal in propagating the truths of Christianity that they do in the Christian work of abusing foreigners, and persecuting men for opinion’s sake. We hesitate not to say that the indiscretion of one, or two, or three, Ministers of any denomination of Christians, will do more harm, than the wisdom of fifty can repair. We might be more pointed in this remark, and would be, did we not know that attention to this sub ject is already being directed by, and that the Church is waking up tq a sense of the evil like to flow from the indiscretion of many whom it has authorised to preach the word. PHILIP S. WHITE. We were solicited yesterday to publish a list of the appointments of this pretended Temperance Lecturer, and consented to place them gratuitously in our advertising columns. We thought then it was ask ing rather too much of us, but conclud ed to do so, more out of compliment to the gentleman asking it, than, from any ad miration of the Lecturer. From the Nashville Union which reached us by the evening’s mail, we extract the following letter which the editor says is from a reli able man, whose name he is allowed to give, if the facts contained in it are denied, in view of this letter, we must respectful ly decline publishing the appointments, gentlemen. A sufficient sum should be deducted from his salary to pay his ad vertising bills, by the party so fortunate as to hire his distinguished services. At least wc beg not to be made the tool of such a man. Memphis, July 10, 1855. Messers. Editors :—I see some float ing allusion to a controversy between your paper and Philip S. White, the Temper ance Lecturer. Without knowing pre cisely what the nature of that controversy is I will make a statement which may bear upon the issue, or may not, and which you are at liberty to use if you can make it available in developing the truth and exposing teachery, hypocrisy and im posture. Philip 8. White, while in Memphis last spring, made two speeches at Odd Fellows Hall, in both of which he spoke of the American movement (as he called it) and the Temperance movement, as kindred enterprises, and commend them both to the patriotism of the people. In conver sation with a gentleman at the United States Hotel on the night of his first speech, Mr. White said that he had can vassed the State of Virginia and had as sisted in forming an alliance between the American party and the Temperance party, by which they would defeat Wise and the democrats thirty thousand votes at least, He then went on to say, that he was en gaged to canvass Tennesse previous to the August election, and that if he could suc ceed in uniting the temperance men with know-nothings, they could elect all their men. This conversation was had with a gentleman who is prepared to make good this statement whenever denied by Philip 8. White or any one acting by his authority, which will never be done. Whitesproke freely, without making any injunction of secrecy, however, and said many things which indicated that he was in league with the know nothings, and was willing to make the cause tributary to the i success of that order. He seemed to think that the gentleman to whom he was talking was a know nothing as well as a friend of temperanee, without leceivitig any intimation to that effect, and but for this, he would have been exposed and his designs made public at that time. VINDEX North Carolina. j The election in North Carolina will take place [ next month. The following arc given as the I names of the candidates for Congress in the van- I ous districts of the State: i KSO V SOTHISII. ANTI-KNOW NOTHING. | Robt T. Paine. Whig, H. M. Shaw, Dem. I I’hos. J. Latham. Thomas Ruffin, Dem. i David Reid, Dem. Warren Winslow, Dem. ; Jas. B. Shepard. Dem. D. O'B. Branch,Dem. i E.G. Reade, Whig, John Kerr, Whig. iR. I . Puryear, Whig. A. M. Scales. Dem. | S- N. Siowe, Dem. Burton Crage. Dem. L. B. Carmichael, W. T. L. Clingman. Peaches.—The fact that some south | ern tribes of Indians have orchards pro j during superior peaches, has led many ,! persons tosuppose that the fruit wasamong the products of America, when first dis c-over I. This is an error. The peach ; was introduced into Lousianabv theSpan j iards, p: ior to its settlement by the French , i It has since grown spontaneously, and. in i: many respects, apparently indigenous ; bus i, the original stock was imported. It is ’. believed that this fruit has been produced. ! I throughout the world, from the stock ’, originally obtained in Persia, “ ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS, WHEN REASON IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT [T.”— Jefferson. ATLANTA. GEORGIA. FRIDAY MORNING. JULY 27. 1855. DR. H. V. MILLER. This gentleman appeared, with a great flour ! ish of trumpets, before a considerable, assemblage ■ of young ladies arid gentlemen, at the City Hall, ■ on Thursday evening, and gratified his Know ■ Nothing friends with one of the most ingenious t evasions of truth we have ever had the fortune to i listen to, evincing throughout an astonishing ca : pacity for prevarication, and marking the man as , a most accomplished demagogue, to whom the ' term “political chameleon” has not been inappro- • priately applied. He set out with a review of the old national ' parties, and with the unfairness, and recklessness of truth characteristic, of speakers of his ilk. de nounced the Democratic party, as holding in its ■ embrace abolitionists and freesoilers; forgetting to say that the Anti-Nebraska Democrats ot the North are identified with the Know Nothing party of that section. He seemed horror stricken by this creation of his own convenient fancy, and grew eloquent over U’e fabrication. But he said nothing about the long affiliation of his par- • ty with such men as Wilson, Rayner and others, with whom they hobnobbed in affectionate fa miliarity until after the Virginia election, and the assemblage of the Philadelphia Convention. It was an unpardonable sin for the Democratic party to allow a few abolitionists at the North to arrogate the honored title of Democrats; but he said nothing of the fact that the Northern branch of his American party, (which he claimed to be entirely national) are free-soilers and abolitionists, who declare that the true platform of that party is the repeal of the Nebraska and Fugitive Slave Bills, and the restoration of the Mi»souri Com promise. He took up the Philadelphia platform and went into ecstacies over the first resolution, which it will be remembered, recognizes the existence of a Supreme Being. He gre"' by turns pathetic over this feature, and indignant that the univer . sally conceded proposition was not contained in any other platform. Taking warrant from that resolution, he piously recommended it to be pasted within the lids of all the family Bibles ia the land—for what purpose wo cannot imagine, unless it is to counteract the teachings of the common Savior, by its anti-christian and intoler . ent precepts. A more blasphemous harranguc than this part of his speech we have seldom lis tened to. The union resolution of the platform, it was evident, was more than he could well apol gize for, and he hobbled over it very lamely, until be coming conscious of the insufficiency of his excu ses, he desperately endorsed it in toto, and de clared the American party entirely willing to wreck “fortune, interest, honor and all” for the Union. It was paramount to every other ques tion, and outside of it he could see nothing— kne,w nothing. Such talk may do for Dr. Miller and his friends, but the Democracy and the South value their “honor and interests” something higher than the Dr. does, and regard them aspar amount to every other consideration. He next alluded to the existence of a feeling of nationality amongst the Irish &c., of this coun try, deploring the evil consequences which would inevitably ensue the dominancy of such afeeiing, and yet, while his lips were still warm with such hypocritical lamentations, he commenced a fer vent appeal to Americans for the cultivation of such a feeling, and the proscription of everything not American, forgetting that it is to just such a course the existence of a national feeling amongst the Irish &c., is sol-ly attributable—forgetting the fact that they throw off their old nationality when they reach our shores, and only refuse to I take up our own, when they see one of its largest; elements is proscription of foreigners. He did ; not seem to appreciate that the very course of I intolerant proscription he recommended would I do more to increase the nationality of the Irish I than any other we could possibly pursue. He boasted vauntingly of the Huguenot blood i that coursed through his veins, and upon the strength of it, delivered a fierce phillippic against! Roman Catholicism, making the poor Catholic of Atlanta personally responsible for the massacreof St. Bartholomew! His vindictive aspersions were shocking, and showed distinctly that he was an “American” because of the bitter hatred of that party for Catholicism, so congenial to the tradi tional ruling passion of his race. Here is the se cret of his “Americanism;” unless it be, perhaps, as we have heard charged, that a certain district nomination so disappointed his ambitious aspira tions that he left the Democracy in disgust, and attached himself to Lewis Tumlin, the new party, j and its “wild chase after office.” He attemped to excuse his inconsistency in de-! sorting the administration of Gen. Pierce hy re-1 iterating the charge that he had promised the ! Roman Catholics the appointment of a Catholic | postmaster, in consideration of the Catholic vole of this country, attempting to substantiate it by ' the reported speech of Mr. Barringer, our former Minister to Spain, who, it is said, charges that he heard the Pope’s Nuncio at Madrid say that Mr. Campbell would be appointed, before the election of Pierce. Now this charge, and this language ascribed to Mr. Barringer has been given the lie, \ flatly, and unequivocally, by the Washington I Union, and other papers in the vicinity of the? Capitol, and proven beyond a doubt that the I charge itself is untrue, and that Mr. Barringer | never made any such statement. This denial was ! made long ago. and Dr.Millcr certainly must have I heard of it before the nomination in the ; fifth ' district, up to which time he disregarded it. But circumstances of a peculiar nature made it neces-: sary to change, it seems, and nothing furnishes 1 so convenient an excuse as this, which he parades ‘ before an intelligent, Atlanta audience: a state-I ment which he knows to be untrue. This same' disregard of truth was kept up during the whole I speech, which could not but have disgusted every 1 unprejudiced mind present. We have neither the space or inclination t• follow the tortuous windings of his studied effort, and have only alluded to the most prominent ■ points of his “many colored" speech, which we I would have passed as too weak for notice, but ■ that no opportunity was allowed gentlemen of our party to respond and administer such an ex . conation as he richly deserved. We would like to see him stand before an audience that would tolerate free discussion. AUGUSTA MEDICAL COLLEGE. The reader will perceive from an advertisement in our columns that the lectures at this institu tion will commence on the first Monday in No ’ vember next. The ability of th.' faculty ot this college is too well known to require any noticed our hands. Those who desire to attend a winter course of lectures, particularly Southern student* can scarcely do better, if as well, than in attend, ing at Augusta. FLEMING’S HYCHENkTjoURNAL. We have been favored with a sight of a por tion of the proof sheets of this Journal—which wdl appear in August—and cannot too favorably speak of the articles which we perused. Dr. Fleming is an original and able writer. If we correctly understand the character of the work, it should be in every family in Georgia. A na tive Georgian; a graduate of our State College; and an experienced Physician; he has imposed upon nimself a task whit h his energy and perseverance will, wetrust, workout.forthebenr dt ot the human family. Our readers will find the Prospectus of this Journal in our Paper. A lutite Highwaymen. — Account* from Mex ico state that the diligence between Toluca and Morelia had been stopped by robbers and the pas. sengers plundered of about $2,000. The affair was done in the most genteel manner. A lady passenger had a ring of great value on her singe: which one of the rubbers strove in vain to get oil Finding he cuuldnot succeed he beged the ladj to keep hex bauWe m reuumberaacc of him. COL. GARTRELi. I.X Al GI.KI A. Our distinguish feilou-citizt u, <’•»!. L. .*.»*•»»*- trtli, addressed an iinniensp crowd at th*- <. ity Hall Puk in Augusta, on the evening**! th** 17th, and from several private letters we learn h<* made ; an impression commensurate with his« known ! ability. We arc justly proud of this talented son . of Georgia, and cannot refrain from publishing a highly flattering letter from our correspondent. Augt-ixla. and adding to the deserved cumpii-1 ment in it contained, the following notice of rhe i meeting, from the Augusta Con*titutv»nafi*t, as ! a better tribute to his ability as a public speaker | than our poor pens can pay him., “Nothing more deeply evinces the deep • importance with which all classes of the I community regard the result of th ap-' proaching election, than the great crowds 1 which assemble to listen to public spea-1 kers. On Tuesday evening the Court j Room was densely filled, at an early hour, by great numbers of our citizens, for the; purpose of hearing an address from the Hon. L. J. Gartrell, on the subjects now : agitating the public mind, who appeared : as an opponent, of the Know Nothing Par- i ty. He had been speaking some fifteen or twenty minutes, when it was announced i that a large concourse of citizens outside, j who could not possibly obtain admission within the house The speaker repaired : to the portico in front of. the Hall, and there addressed a large and very attentive assemblage of the people, for about one hour and a half, in an earnest and impres sive manner. We greatly regretted this change, as a speaker cannot be heard so well in the open air as in a hall, and our citizens were under the disagreeable ne cessity of standing during the whole time occupied by the delivery of the speech. We yet hope that some arrangements may be made, during the canvass, which will accommodate, agreeably, any number of onr citizens who may wish to attend a pub lic meeting In the present case, however,, there was no difficulty in hearing the speak er. Possessing a strong and powerful voice, he was easily heard by every mem ber of the dense crowd before him. He was listened to throughout, with marked attention, and evidently made a most fa vorable impression for himself and for his cause. Mr. Gartrell presented many points to bis hearers, which will prove good mat ter for reflection with our Know Nothing friend. He also showed the the strong necessity of the South being united in the present crisis of her affairs, and the utter impossibility of that union resulting in any practical advantage, unless it should be in support of those Northern Democrats, who have alone proved faithful to her. At the conclusion of his address, he made a stirring appeal to the people to adopt this the only practicable mode of Southern Union, in an effort to protect Southern i Rights, regardless of all minor considera ! tions. The crowd quietly dispersed about ; 10 o’clock, in perfect good humor, j Mr. Gartrell grai ified his many friends here, I and acquired much ereditfor himself by his i fine effort. He has added to his reputation, ; as a man of talents and an effective public ' speaker. DENTISTRY. In our advertising columns will be found the cards, respectively, of Drs. Jones & David, ano Dr. W. T. C. Campbell, who have associated themselves for the practice of their profession, in this city and the surrounding counties. We cannot too highly commend each and eve ry member of the firm to the public. Skilled in their profession, and experienced, the demand for i heir services has resulted in the formation of a I copartnership that will enable them to attend i calls, promptly, both from the city and country. ; The most difficult operations are performed with I scientific skill, and charges are always reasona ble. JUDGE AN DREWS. The letter of acceptance of Judge Andrews ap pears in the lastissue of the Georgia Citizen. He is new fairly before the people as a Candidate of the falsely styled** American,” alias Know Nothing par ty. Those who have groomed him for the race, we opine, ere it comes off, will find that they have undertaken a “momentowf' affair. If reporr be true, the Judge thinks, if Kansas is denied admission into the Union, on account of Mier re" cognition of slavery, the event will be a “momezi/- tws” one.as far aatzr/wm on the part of Georgia and the South is concerned. Well, it will be a mo mentous event, an J for that very reason, we ob ject to any man being Governor of Georgia, who endorses the submission doctrine ol the Philadel phia Platform, and surrenders the sovereignty of our State, to that creature ot the Federal Govern ment, called the Supreme Court We look, and so do a large majority of the people of the South upon that plank oi Know Nothingism, as a rotten one. and upoh the question of its recognition as a sound one, “momentous indeed !“ Hence we confidently anticipate that the people Georgia will permit the present Executive, to ■ c. cupy the Executive Mansion, until Novembet 185 . Harvard College Degrees.— The Boston cur respondent of the N. Y. Tribune has learned that the corporation ot Harvard College proposed Sami. A, Elliot and Robert C. Winthrop, for bon* ary degrees, and that the overseers rejected the former and allowed the latter. Mr. Elliott when in Congress, voted for the fugitive slave law. f?* The Springs ih Virginia are now tiding a good business, with visiters not only from the the South but many from the North. The White Sulphur, at Warr. nton.it is state! his now from 50 to 75 guests; the White Sulphur, in n Greenbrier, about 100; the Yellow Sulphur in .Montgomery about 30. and others, varying from 25 to 100 guests. Philadelphia. July 17. The extensive woolen manufactory of James Barlow, nt Manayunk. was destroyed by fire this morning. Eo*s about $25,000. W ASAISGTUN. July 17. There are sixty cases on the docket of the cal ender of the Court of Claims. The Court ha* adjourn? .! till Thursday. 1 DisoUstED. —The New Orleans Bet 1 (K. N.) repudiates the platform adoptee iby the Know Nothing Council at Pbila ; delphia. and deciares that a large portiot l of the Creoles, disgusted with the religion- I test, will vote the Democratic ticket it • Louisiana. 'PiIH’II OF < 01, BLECKLEY. A ! t>‘2< nudieiioe were pvee“!tt on Satur night last, at the City Hall, to hear the address us Col. Bleckley on the politica topics of the day. Wc were among the number who attended, and felt that the cause which he espoused aud advocated, had. in him. a most able advocate. We congratulate our Anti-Know Nothing friends of Atlanta, upon the triumphant vindication of their cause, by their fellow citizen. It was indeed a masterly and convincing one, which will doubtless be attended with profitable results. We re gret that we have neither time, njr space, to give a synopsis of the Colonel’s speech, which occupied two hours in its delivery. Suffice it to say, that he completely re* futed every position assumed by the great champion of Know nothingism, Dr. Miller who so electrified (?) his admirers on Thurs day night last; and to Mr. Hill, the Know Nothing candidate for Congress in this District, he was not neglectful. We wish that these gentlemen had been present, to hear the complete demolition of their arguments, and exposure of their sophis try. Ere the canvass, however, closes, it is possible that one, or the other, of the gentlemen nominated, may come in contact with the Colonel. If so, we hope, in all charity, they will be prepared with facts —otherwise, they will carry away no laurels. Col. Bleckly deals heavy blows, and no sophist, or demagogue, can escape his vigorous defence of truth, and assaults upon error. Thus far in the discussion of the polit ical questions of the day, our cause has not only not lost, but gained ground in Atlan ta. And we are fully confident that it will continue to do so, until October next, when our prediction will be fulfilled at the ballot box Governor JoltiiMmi tn Stewart. His Excellency Governor Johnson, ad dressed the citizens of Stewart, assembled at Lumpkin, on Friday, the 13th instant. The Court House was “crowded to over flowing’’ by the people. Many, unable to obtain seats within, accommodated them selves to comfortable and convenient posi tions outside. A respectable number of the ladies of the village enlivened the oc casion by their presence. • The following report of his remarks, we find in the Cor ner Stone : * Upon the Governor’s making his ap pearance in the hall, he was greeted with loud cheering applause. His speech was fraught with eloquence, with patriotism, with sound States Rights doctrines and with irresistable argument. His appeals, so powerful, so eloquent and so earnest, to ; our Know Nothing friends to come out of the foul plot, it is hoped will have saluta-1 ry effect of giving strength, and of produc-: ing harmony in the Democratic ranks, and j enabling us to achieve a handsome view- ; ry at the next election, not particularly over our friends and fellow-citizens at home, but over the extraordinary “isms” ! originating with the enemies of the South, , north of Mason and Dixon's line. We feel thankful to Gov. Johnson for giving utterance to such pure Southern Rights, and State Rights sentiments—for discussing in such a statesman-like man ner, the questions now before us, and for his determination, if elected, to stand firm ly by the Georgia Platform, of 1850, and of doing his duty upon the happening of any of the contingencies therein enumer ated. His speech of three hours and teu min utes in length, was listened to with in tense interest. Though the weather was exceedingly warm, his auditory was not fatigued.- It was a remark of some of the members of the ladies that the hours passed imperceptibly; and that they could have sat the remainder of the evening in listening to his argument. Failure of the Savannah Mutual Insurance Company.—Having heard a rumor, a day or two ago, says the Colum bus Enquirer, that the above Institution had tailed, we have taken some pains to ascertain the facts, as far as they have been made public. From a circular ad dressed to two of our fellow-citizens, who had insured in said Office, we make the following extract which seems to confirm the rumor “Whereas, the losses of the Savannah Mutual Insurance Company have been such as to render the holders of its polices no longer safe from loss, the Trustees recom mend to such holders to obtain other in surance. James McHenry, Sec y.” We learn that the company have sus tained very heavy losses, all of which have been promptly met. They have concluded, however, to suspend business for the present, and have not failed us in-1 timated in the above article from the Col umbus Enquirer. The Vanderbilt Yacht Expedition is now stated in the English papers, wa? prepared for speculative purposes, and that Mr. Vanderbilt’s visit to the Empe ror of Russsa was to settle a contract for building ships of war for the Czar. How these ships are to get to St. Petersburg is a tnvstery which the English papers do not solve. It is easier to suppose that the statement is a mere invention of the correspondent of the London press, simi lar to that which asserted that an Ameri ern ship, had carried out a lajge number of rifles to Russia and safely landed them A correspondent of the New York Post, probably on Mr. Vanderbilt's authority,, savs that the statement respecting his vis it k> Russia is a gross mistake. Capture of Murray.—Murray, the convict, who escaped from custody on the Central Railroad, the 6th ult., while on his way to the Penitentiary, was captured at St. Mary's on Thursday last, and brought to Savannah by the St. Johns, winch ar rived yesterday. For the Atlanta Examiner. Mr. Editor: Believing that it will not he uninteresting, to the citizens ■ 4 Atlanta to learn the maimer in which, thei.- able and eloquent, fellow citizens, Hun. Lucius J. Gartrell. of whom 'hey have cause for being proud, acquitted himself, before an Augusta audience, on a recent occasion ; I take the liberty of giving you a brief statement of the same. J u compliance with, a previous, special request, by his political friends, to address the citizens of Augusta, on the all absorb ing, political topics, which now agitate the publie mind. Mr. G presented him self, at the City Hall on Tuesday evening last , when he found the large and spacious Court-Room, before the hour appointed, crowded to its utmost capacity—about 8 o'clock, he commenced his address, and after proceeding for about 20 minutes, was stopped by an announcement, from without that half the audience could n»t obtain admittance within the Hall, aud many were outside, who could not hear ; and was urged to take aposition without the Hall, on the front portico, where all from the Park, in front, might hear the speak er. And though yielding the Aid vantages of a brilliant lighted room, and indoors speaking, for that of the open air, and partial darkness, Mr. G. at once con sented to gratify the large auditory, and repaired to the Portico, where he contin ued his address, with a powerful and tell ing effect for about one hour and a half; riveting the attention of, and gaining a si lent hearing, from the large and respecta ble audience, throughout the evening; interrupted only by occasional bursts of applause which greeted his ears. At the ■ commencement within, there were 800 to • lOuO present ; and when adjourned to 1 the Park, but few, if any, short of 2000 11 And among them, Whigs, Union men,; Southern Rights and Know Nothings, as well as Democrats, all anxious to hear the Speaker ; the deportment of all of whom, evinced their desire to be enlightened, and respect for the Speaker; not a circum stance having transpired, during the even-! ing, infringing on the proprieties of the I occasion. Mr. G. in his strong and loud tone of; voice, eloquent language, convincing, reas-; oning and happy illustrations, riveted the i attention of his hearers throughout, not, descending to abuse of the order of the ; Know Nothings, or its members, whose I principles he was combatting ; but rather resorting to reason, argument and persua sion, as the instruments of his warfare.— Asserting his belief, in their patriotism, and devotion, to the rights and interests of the South, and the Constitution; but at the same time, arguing that through mista ken views, t hey were, in carrying out their principles, ‘violating’ the spirit, if not the Letter, of both the Constitution of'the U. S. and of Georgia, by the feature of intoler ance for,which they contend. He urged and implored the K. N’s. with the earnestness and sincerity of friendship, ('many of whom were present,) to pause and reflect on the probable consequences of their acts ; and as patriotic Southerners to come out from among, and abandon the order; and to join heartily with all whigs, Union men, and Southern Rights men, in rally ing around the “Standard of Democracy ; which is now planted on a Platform, broad enough, long enough, and strong enough, to hold every Southern Patriot ; and as ‘ being such a one, as on which they may all stand, in the present emergency ; for mer material points of difference which divided them having become obsolutc— contending that the Democratic Party, is the only National Party in existence ; and the only one, from whom the South, can expect support, in the maintainance of her rights and interests, in reference to legislation on her peculiar local institu tions—and hence the duty, as well as in terest, of a mutual, cordial, support of that party in the approaching contests. The assembling of the audience and ; presenece of the speaker was greet ed by martial music, from a band present for the accession ; aud at the close of the address, after three hearty cheers for Mr. Gartrell by the assembled i multitude, the audience dispersed ; then the band striking up again, escorted the Speaker to his lodgings on • Broad Street, where, after an appropriate serenade, it quietly retired. The occasion is one which will be long remembered. Atlanta may be justly proud of such a citizen and Georgia of! such a noble son. AUGUSTA. I Gunpowder.—The Liverpool (Eng ) Standard says: Some of the effects ol ignited gunpowder are wonderful. When gunpowder is heaped up in the open air and inflamed, there is no report, and but little effect is produced. A small quantity open and ignited in a room, forces the air outwards so as to blowoutthe windows; but the same quantity confined with a bomb, within the same room, and ignited tears in pieces and sets on fire the whole house Count Rumford loaded a mortar withone-twentieth of an ounce of powder and placed upon it a twenty-four pound cannon ; be then closed up every opening as completely as possible, and fired the charge, which burst the mortar with a tre mendous explosion, and lifted up its enormous weight. In another experiment Gount Rumford confined twenty-eight grains of powder in a cylindrical space which it just filled, and upon being fired, it tore asunder a piece of iron which would have resisted a weight of four hundred thousand pounds. A paper maker of the South of France would seem to have discovered a means of dispensing with rags With five common plants, he produces a pulp which forms 80 per cent, of the final pulp furnishing the paper, of superior quality and of cheap price. No business of importance being undertaken in France except under the auspices of associated capital, a large banking house of Paris is on the point of forming a joint »tuck company forth« development of thie dis covery. From the iVeii' Orleans Christian Advocate. 'l'loli—< ullioMe DUnhlilty. I’iie sphere of our discussions is moral religious and ecclesiastical. Beyond this we do not propose to extend our remarks upon the Eighth Article of the “Ameri can Platform.’ While presenting our readers with a summary of events making up the current history of the day, and which it behooves them to know, we have steadily recognized an implied covenant towards them, not to meddle with their politics; to cast not a feathor’s weight on either side of questions dividing them as citizens of the State. If on our part this covenant has not been faithfully kept, this we can say, with a good conscience, we have tried to keep it, and are ignorant of any infraction. And we shall keep it to the end. No mawkish sensitiveness, however, shall prevent us from speaking on a sub ject even with a political complexion, fall ing within our sphere. The proceedings of the Convention lately assembled in Philadelphia, whose Platform is published in another column, were watched by us with great interest. Ecclesiastical matters were early introduced. An attempt was made, principally by Southern men, to throw them out. But the “Catholic test’’ was affirmed and finally re affirmed. “The Roman Catholic Church” is named distinctly. “Resistance” to it is propound ed among the things credenda iud the things agenda. If we read correctly, every Catholic is proscribed. He may be an American—native, good and patriotic; he may stoutly and practically deny the power of the Pope in civil matters as an inference from the ecclesiastical. Yet, for his religion’s sake, he is debarred advance incut to all political stations—executive, j legislative, judicial or diplomatic.” This is » test which our rcigious principles and I republican instincts, the spirit of our in-, stitutions and the liberty of conscience, as interrupted by the age, are opposed.— | No party holding it, however excellent be ( other principles held in combination, may i expect to pass before the conservative people or the United States, especi illy of the South It cannot budge a step—it cannot stand with this millstone about its neck. There are thousands of the best men of the old parties who sympathize in the I movement for an essential modification of our nautralization laws, who sec danger in the immigration of felons and paupers, and the power of unnaturalized persons by voting in territories, to shape the char acter of States; but they will neither pur sue or accept it upon conditions impairing religious liberty. If the two be disjoined they go for the former , and in their ranks many of the naturalized. Former party attachments would be sacrificed to' this end, but religious liberty never. We are glad it is so We rejoice to believe this sentiment is imbedded in the heart of the country. It proves our civilization a thoroughly Protestant one No one suspects us of Popish affinities. The “corrupting tendencies” of the Ro man Catholic Church we take every occa sion to expose and counteract- The Pope is a king as well as a priest, having his soldiers and his jails. His cardinals are ministers of state, of war, of finance.— The organization has ever shown a ten dency to political interference, and pre sented a difficulty in the application of religious intolerance. But the difficul ty has been solved, and this is the solu tion : “The maintenance of the right of eve ry man to the full, unrestrained and peace ful enjoyment of his own religious opin ions and worship and a jealous resistance of all attempts by any sect, denomination or church to obtain an ascendency over any other in the State, by means of any special privileges or exemption, by any political combination of its members.’’ An open Bible, public schools, and a free press are good defences against Cath olics and Protestants ; for all men love ascendancy, though all denominations have not equal instincts for it. If the Methodists ever so far forgot their high calling, and wander so far away from their foundation as to intrigue for special priv ileges, or form their members into political combinations, we hope ttiey’ll encounter “a jealous resistance.’’ So of any other sect, denomination, or church. If in their ecclesiastical character they stand about the ballot box at the call of the highest bidder, mark him that bids, and apply to the sect so prostituting its influence a moral and local remedy. Heretofore the religious element of the order was doubtful ; in some places ac knowledged, in other repudiated. Up te this authoritative declaration of the Con vention the case did not address itself to us Had the religious features been left out of the platform we should now have I nothing tossy. There are principles set forth iti it challenging respect and assent, and doing honor to those boldly avowing them —as, the cultivation of a national and American spirit, the faith of compro mise, reverential obedience to the laws, the Bible in common schools, aud the un equivocal ground taken upon the consti tutional risrhts and institutions of the South Beyond the principles involved, there are grave considerations of expediency—l A misfortune has befallen the controversy' as between Catholics and Protestants.— Our opponents have suddenly been put at immense advantage. The sympathies of a powerful party are unavoidably with them. Public speakers and journalists are become their apologists and eulogists. Invidious comparisons are drawn between Catholics aud Protestants, in disparagement of the latter, and by those who have hitherto thousht and act ed otherwise. A comparatively feeble sect bus been elevated into undue importance. Accord ing to the representation of the census, in 1850. the Roman Church has but 1,112 churches, which can accommodate only -621,000 hearers I Not one-e.'eventh of the number of churches belonging to tho Methodists, scarcely more than one-eighth l of The number of the Baptists, not cue- WM. K 4/ PROPRIETO, NUMBER 48. fourth the number of the Presbyterians It has not one thirty-third of the wholi number reported, while Methodists havi more than one-third, and the Baptists near ly one-fourth. And this handful a party aspiring to na tionality proposes to resist? If the General of Jesuits himself had been m council he could not more effectu ally have devised a plan to weaken the Protestant and aggrandize the Catholic cause. Should this platform succeed to the government, we shall be put back where England was before the act of Catholic emancipation. This is taking steps back wards—back of ourselves. “It gives Catholics the tremendous ben efit of persecution. That cry will rally to any sect hosts of noble spirits, who otherwise would hold it in religious ab horrence Many who were hanging loosely by the skirts of Catholicism, and being gradually but surely disintegrated from its com munion. and fired with new zeal and compacted by the sense of oppression. The weapons of this warfare arc not car nal. We acknowledge the kind intentions but decline the alliance of politicans It is burdensome. This controversy belongs to us—Protestant Christians, Protestant Churches, Protestant journals, and socie ties as such. Wc want no direct or in direct aid from Government in managing it, believing that if left alone with truth on our side, we can bring it forth to vic tory. Wur Spirit In Rnwln. A private letter from St. Petersburg to one of the editors ot this paper, presents ; a vivid picture of affairs at that capital. We do not sympathize in the strong Rus sian feelings of the writer, but we give our readers the following extract, as it affords a glimpse of the seat of war. The letter is dated June sth : “I have now been here three weeks, and seen many things to interest me. 1 have been well received wherever I have been; and I assure you that I am quite as much of a Russian as I was before 1 left the United States.' As for war. there appears to be but one feeling here among all, and that is to fight it out. The na tion is with the Emperor, and is resolute never to yield to the demands of the Al lies. Everything here is military and in preparation for war. A day or two since I went to the Foundling Hospital, and there found a large number of females making bandages, and others scraping lint for the soldiers that are wounded. 1 saw a letter from a surgeon at Sebastopol, say ing that the battle of the night before had added sixteen hundred to their wounded I Day before yesterday I went down to Cronstadt on board a steamer that took a large party on a pleasure excursion to sec the allied fleet, which lies about five miles from the forts. We sailed all round the forts and the men of war which are placed to defend the town. 1 was told that there were a hundred thousand men on board the ships and in the forts. The scene was highly exciting. As we swept over the water, the band played stiring national airs, and the multitudes on board burst forth in repeated cheers to the forts and ships, which were echoed back in loud hurrah from the sailors on the ships, and the soldiers in the forte, while in the distance we could distinctly see the allies taking down their spars and topmasts, preparing for battle. As I was gazing at the magnificent array, an old gentleman, standing by me, who could speak English, said, with a good deal of feeling, “Whata scene! Here are we on a pleasure party, sailing over the water that must soon be red with so much blood. I cannot enjoy it.” “An attack is now hourly expected. I have made arrangements to go at once to a hill about three miles from the scene of action, where I can see every shot that is fired. Ido not want an attack to take place, but if there is to be one I want to sec it. I will write you a full account of it as soon as possible. My own opinion is that the allies will be beaten, but it may be because 1 am not a good judge of the matter. How long I shall be detained hero I cannot tell. I may leave for home by the first of J uly, though I now think of taking a trip to Odessa, Theodosia, and Sebastopol, to look at a route lor a rail road. This would keep me here until November. At first I found it very diffi cult to get about without nu interpreter. But now I can ask for everything I wish in Russian, and I think, if I should stay here three or four more months, I could speak it very well.”— X.m Y„ r k Evan yelist. Are they all Swoi'h. A very instructive as well as amusiug incident occurred at Crawford, Russeß county, Ala., during the discussion there between Messrs Dowdell and Watts. Mr. Dowdell charged that the Know Nothings took certain oaths in their several degrees which a free man ought not to take, and was making it tell against his adversary when the following dialogue occurred: Mr. Watte.—“l never took an oath.” Mr Dowdell.—“lf there is another Know Nothing in the house who has not been sworn, I hope he will rise and make it known.” Mr. B. 11. Baker. —“I never was sworn.” M|my Voice*.We were “wc were “we were.” Mr. Dowdell—“ How is this, follow citizens ? The chiefs of the party, the wire workers, it seems, are not sworn; their pledge of honor I presume, is suffi cient . But the wool hat boys, the honest yeomen of the country are compelled to take an oath before they are permitted to enjoy the benefits of Know Nothingism. The effect of this hit may be better imagined than described. The house rung with applause. How is it? Are they all sworn, or does the order discrimi nate between its membership and take the words of some, and pin others down by solemn oath* T.mm db t/tnti nel.