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THE ATLANTA WEEKLY EXAMINER,
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JOHN H. STEELE, 1
CHAS. L. BARBOUR, J J ° rS
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1855.
STEAM FIRE ENGINE.
The frequent occurrence of fire alarms, and the
amount of property destroyed in our city last
winter, by the devastating element, should be suf
ficient warning to the. “powers that be” to pro
vide some additional security against its ravages
during the coming winter. The noble band of
clever follows who man “dor merchine,” v hila
they glory in showing its power over the Fire
King, can but admit that their pot is insufficient
to subdue him, when once he gets fairly the start
of them. Let him once e attack Whitehall street,
which so particularly invites his attention, ami
not all the efforts of the company can check him
in his exulting inarch through the entire street,
which literally offers a premium to incendiarism.
The piculiar situation of affairs, and the suspi
cious circumstances attending last winter's fires,
appeal strongly, not only for the protection of city
property, but for the relief of those whose eflorts
in behalf of the city entitle them to such consid
eration, for increased efficiency of the Fire De
partment.
The engines now in use in our principal cities
are rapidly being superceded by the Steam ma
chine, of recent invention, which has been proven
the most efiectivej“firc annihilator" yet discovered,
and it does not need the tongue of prophecy to
induce the conviction that it will eventually en
tirely supercede tile ordinary engine, and turn
the services of the “B’hoys” into other channels
equally commanding public admiration. To pur
chase any other would be an unprofitable invest
ment; and besides we think anything less than
a steam engine would be inconsistent with the
progressive character of our fast city. W e hope
the subject will receive an attention commensu
rate with its importance.
The New Orleans Picayune, in its account of
the recent destructive fire in that qity (of which
our readers are already advised) diseourseth of the
steam fire engine after this manner:
We have left till tho last all notice of
the steam lire engine which did essential i
service on the occasion, and more than t
polished off the slight tarnish that the ac-|
cidents which occurred to her yesterday j
had put upon her. As soon as the fire |
broke out, immediate efforts were made to!
put her in workingotder, notwithstanding j
the engineer had cut his foot badly with!
a piece of broken bottle ; and there was i
considerable doubt with many whether she j
could be put into safe and working order i
at ail within any reasonable time.
After about two hours effort, however.!
she was put into such a trim that, she j
could be used, and she was ready to go ]
out shortly after 4 o’clock. Iler own hor
ses not being here, however, others from
the various companies had to be picked I
up to send for her ; and this being done. 1
it took 23 minutes to get her from the 1
engine house on St. John-street to the lire,
to get the steam up, and to get three |
streams forced from her on the fire —one i
of the streams being 1J inch, and the;
other two an inch each—exactly 23 min
utes.
She was on the ground by half-past 4 1
o'clock, and shortly afterwards relieved alll
the hand engines, and kept the. tire under
herself, ultimately working four streams.
(The engine worked admirably, and threw
! her streams with a force and steadiness
| most gratifying and effective, although she
I had on a steam pressure of only forty-four
i pounds to the square inch, instead of one
i hundred and twenty pounds, her regular
power; the small power being used for
fear of bursting the hose, &c. As it was
I the old hose repeatedly burst with the
I force of the stream sent through them, ami
the strength of them was something al -
most startling, though not likely exactly
|to break a leg on striking against it.—
| Yet indirectly it was not far from caus-
I ing such an incident here as it did in
] Cincinnati.
Here, as there, the pipe once slipped
I from the hands of those holding it, and
away it swung with a force that sent some
thirty or perhaps fifty sprawling in the
gutters! and one of them on rising was
actually thrown off his legs again by the
force with which the stream struck him,
and he again fell.
The engineer who managed her deserves
credit for the constancy with which he
worked her from the moment he set about
getting her repaired till 11 o’clock this
morning, when the engine stopped play
ing. The injury on his foot was such as
might have excused him ; but he worked
on to the end.
Altogether, the steam fire engine has,
therefore, this morning achieved great
success. We may have further particulars
in the morning.
The origin of the fire is variously sup
posed tohave been caused by leakage of the
gas in the servant’s apartment, or t hrough
an inaccessible place in the kitchen chim
neys.
WHY THEY WITHDRAW.
The best test outsiders have of the purity of a
secret organization is the estimation in which it
is held by its own members, and when we see
them publicly denouncing it, it is fair to conclude
that it is really corrupt. In addition to the count
less other proofs of the rottenness of the Know
Nothing organization, the frequency of the with
drawal of large and respectable bodies of its adhe
rents, furnish the most conclusive evidence of its
unworthincss. From every section they come;
first we are startled by the announcement that
the order has lost, in our own place, a large num
ber of its members; then the accounts reach us
from remote sections. The dissatisfaction seems
universal. The Amcric.au public are excitable
and may be, for the moment, carried away by the
specious reasonings of demagogues, but the “lu
cid interval,” the “sober second thought” will
come, and with it, tho consequent abandonment
of their insane fancies. Such has been the mos
marked feature of the history ot the Know Noth
ing order. One moment it seemed to ride re
sistlessly over the land, and the very next elec
tion proved it in a hopeless minority. And why I
Because the first excitement had died away, and
the second proved unequal to the task of obliter
ating the effect which the interim furnished for
reflection. The people had time to look about
them, and discover beneath the paint and tinsel
which first allured them, the utter rottenness of
the fabric they sustained; and stung with the re
flection that they had been duped by designing
men, they indignantly withdrew, and came over
to the unvarnished cause ot truth, with hearts
steeled against tho impressions thus obliterated
by tho first, rays of reason which fell upon them.
And such will be the end of the party. The
gaudy drapery will wear away, and leave naked
the purposes that originated the order. It cannot
bear tho daylight test to which the American
people put every proposition submitted to them.
It has no argument to sustain it, but is built upon
a foundation of sophistry and must fall by its
own weight. Every member it makes but adds
to the amount of reason which it holds, ]and which
is its worst foe. What objection one mind does
•not suggest, another will, and thus the accession
of every additional member infuses more of the
deadly poison which will destroy it.
The opposition press, too, have poured upon it
an incessant storm of argument, and the rotten
timbers begin to crack and bend under the charge.
The closed shutters have been wrenched from
their hinges; the barred doors fall in, and an ir
rcsistable and destructive stream of light pours
into the dark closets, revealing to those w ho groped
there,; the pitfalls and trap doors that abound
throughout the building, and they leave it like,
rats from a doomed ship.
The following address, which we clip from the
Yazoo (Miss) Democrat, signed by forty-one of
the leading members of the council in that place,
seven of whom are whigs, illustrates the effect of
these combined influences upon the organization.
TO THE PUBLIC,
Being convinced from our connection,
with what is commonly called the Know
Nothing party, that we have been deluded
as to its aims and purpose, we therefore
publish to the world, and particularly
to the so-called Know Nothing party that
we are no longer members us that organ
ization. As to the secrets and obligations
connected with the order we shall hold
them inviolate, and in dissolving our con
nection with it, we do so with a conscien
tious belief that the operations of the order
are dangerous to the practical workings
of this Republican Government —danger-
ous to the liberties of the people—and
that they trammel tho free exercise of the
elective franchise.
CORRESPONDENTS.
Our lair correspondent Jlv.in. will pardon us
fertile ouuuissiou other article to-day, unavoid
able ci r:u nisi anc.'s prevent, i; its publication.
It will appear to-iuorrow. W< arc really grate
ful for the "kind interest manifested in your high
ly flattering letter; but we beg to deprecate the
modesty it evinces. Success is certain. With such
I ability, and a commensurate self confidence, you
] will laugh at the idea of failure. We hope to
| hear from you often.
ISaltie has placed us under obligations for a
hearty laugh, but a decent regard for licks and
eves, and vest buttons, prevents its pub!.cation.
| Thank you fortho wish; it dees cred c to your
heart. We don’t think thev w.ll quite murder
1 us, e.lbeit they look savage. Should we appie
| bend danger, however, we will give them a few
extracts from your letter, wiiicli cannot fail to put
| them in :i good humor.
I [Fo.-.i-' Ath.da Daily Examiner.]
I Judge Wanwr's Appointments.
lion. Hiram Warner, will addre.-s
I the people of th? Fourth Congressional
| District at the following times and places :
, Newnan, Coweta co. Saturday Ju y 2>-
I Atlanta, Fulton co, Saturday, Aug 4th
i McDonough, Henry co, Tuesday, Aug 7.
Decatur, DeKalb co, Sau.day, •• 11,
Marietta, Wednesday. August 15th
Franklin. Saturday, Aug IS.
• Campbellton. Tuesday, Aug 21.
' Greenville, Saturday, Aug 25.
Fayetteville, Tuesday, Sept IS.
. LaGrange, Saturday, Sept 22.
j .... The Telegraph relay will be moved to
Augusta as soon as the line is completed from
| Wtlmmton to KmsviUe.
“ ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS, WHEN REASON IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT IT.”— Jefferson.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 3. 1855.
THE ARGUMENT.
It lias been said by a p. litical leader of this
State, distinguished lor sagacity, at least, that
“Georgia always goes with the argument,' This
l was the result of his long observation, elicited by
i the defeat ot his candidate in the last gubema
j loriai election. He was right; Georgia does
go with the argument. Fanaticism finds in
Georgia soil no nutritious elements. The peo
ple of Georgia weigh well every question before
they act, and when they do act, their action is
on the side of reason. They cannot b- delud
ed by sophistry; hut cooiy and camly de
liberate upon the great questions which
agitate the public mind, and there is too
much wisdom in their deliberations to allow fa
natics, religious or political, to control them. -
Demagogues may spring new and strange issues
upon them; men may attempt to poison the
public mind wilh revolutionary doctrines: by
clothing them in garbs of plausibility; but all to
no purpose—the people will think; they will
reason- Once arouse them to action, and every
thing is safe.
It is this quality which has placed Georgia in
the lead of Southern States. Her action upon
all the great questions of the day, is looked to
with intense interest, and her platforms are
erected in every section as soon as they are made.
She marks out a line of action, and straightway
her sisters fall in and join her; for what she does
is right. The position is a proud one, and to
the qualities which have won it, we look for
ward for success. With our full hand exposed,
we challenge the investigation of the poo pie.—
Democracy has nothing to congeal, her foes may
skulk in midnight, or show false lights to delude
the people, but they will be driven into their
true position by the iron will of the Georgia pub
lic, which sifts the grain from the chaff, and
stores the former only. Wo have but to continue
our, so far, unsullied course, and when the day
oftrialcome -when the case is placed upon its
merits, the verdict will be a triumphant vindica
tion of our principles our the specious preten
tions of the foe.
The excitable North may run wild after the
chimerical creations ot diseased brains, or the
wild schemes of designing men; her people may
be deluded into allegiance to “higher law;’’ but
Georgians are above such influences. They
discriminate between true and false doctrines by
the great controlling spirit of investigation which
so marks their character; and it is not the cause
that most dazzles tho eye they espouse, but the
one whose predicates are truth and reason.
The wild vagaries of the opposition may for
a while distract the attention of the people; but
when the time comes for action, they will sub
ject everything to the crucible of truth, and the
gilt and tinsel of the new doctrines will melt
away, leaving the Democracy unscathed by the
refining process. Our’s must be the triumph, for
“ Georgia always goes with the argument
OUR T*HANKS
Are due Mr. C. H. Bulkley, and other agents
of ADAMS & CO.’S EXPRESS, for their con
tinued polite attentions. Tn these close-fisted
times, when the rush after dimes approximates
in impetuosity to the “wild chase after office” of
a certain party we wot of, itis really refreshing to
be the recipients of such handsome favors as come
to us “free gratis for nothing,” from the Agents
of this world-renowned company. We don’t
care to excite the envy of our neighbors by a
description of the last favor by which we are
laid under a mountain load of obligation, but if ei
ther one of them had been sociable enough to drop
into our sanctum Wednesday morning an aroma
would have saluted their olfactories, the like of
which seldom drives away the scent of musty pa
pers. Only think of Magnolias, etc., fresh and
fragrant, away up here amongst the mountains.
Thank you gentlemen, thankyou!
E D.
A few days ago, a query,'over the signature of
“Native American ” appeared in the columns of
the Augusta Chronicle <fc Sentinel, in which it
was asked, “whether any Catholic Priest ever
took the oath of allegiance to the United States.”
We responded at once that the late Bishop Eng
land of Charleston, South Carolina, always exer
ercised the right of suffrage in that State, and
that was conclusive of the fact, that he had taken
the oath of allegiance. On Saturday, however,
we published a communication over the signature
of “Georgian,” the author of which is a respect
ble citizen of Macon, one whose word in all his
transactions with men, is considered as good as
his band, in which the query refered to, mentions
others of foreign birth, who have taken that oath
which made them citizens of this Republic, and
by and through which, they became entitled to all
the privileges of a “native born,” not excepting
the inestimable one of croiZ and religious rights.
So much then for this clap-trap, and silly que
ry-
But it is to warn our readers of the true object
of this queiy that we now again refer to it.
careful reading of our Know Nothing exchanges,
North and South, has revealed to us an important
fact, and trick of the enemy. Twelve months
ago, it crept into the Know Nothing press of the
North, that the Pope’s Nuncio had told Mr. Bar
ringer that he had been advised while in the
United States, that President Pierce had contract
ed with the Catholic heads of their Church, to
bestow the office of Post Master General ujSon
Judge Campbell,he being a Roman Catholic; and
that ti e clergy, in their turn, had contracted to
give the Catholic vote to Mr. Pierce. Now this
Nuncio is esteemed to be a man of great sagacity ;
of some learning, and experience. No one will
deny him all these characteristics. But did he
display any of them, when he told Mr. Barringer,
an opponent of General Pierce, so important a
sact 1 . Why the statement carried conviction of
its falsity upon its very face. More than this,
it was indignantly repelled as false. in the erga
of the President, at Washington, and in other
anti-Know Nothing presses; and yet, it is reitera
ted here, there, and everywhere. Just so. will it
be with the query referred to. It will be, and has
i been answered, but it will be put again and
I again, and at last it will assume the form of an
assertion that Catholic priests of foreign birth, do
not swear allegiance to this country. Mark our
! prediction, gentle reader, and think, when you
; see it fuifdled, how far error at the start will lead
men astray.
Minister From Spain.— Alfonso Es
i calnate has l»eeii named by the cabinet of the
I Duke De la V ictoria, minister plenipotentiary to
to the United States, vice Senor Cueto removed.
The nomination has not yet been approved by
the Cortes, of which Escahnle is a member.
.In Improved Microscope.— (t is stated that Mr
Hinds, of Ohio tormerty of New York, has re
c- ntly constructed a compound micioscope, which
i<>r magnifying power; is not equalled by any in
j the world. In 1851 he constructed a microscope
capable of magnifying objects 17,000.000 times
The one just completed has a diamond lens, with
a power surpassing bv nearlv 2,000.000 that of
I 1851.
Old Generals.— The London papers arc ron
■ gratulating themselves on having got nd of all
! the old Generals in the Crimea, and younger
men have now been appointed to till their places
they look i.poq victory ascertain. Col. Pakenham
who has just been appointed to the command of
a division, is but 36; he is a nephew of General
1 Pakenham who. at the same age. was killed
while in in command of the English forces at
New Orleans.
.... Cidonei Bissell, who has been detained
* tor more than two years from his home by serious
illness has so far recovered as to be able to pro
ceed upon his return to Illinois.
1 .... The ca'thquake which was recently felt
in Baltimore and Wilmington was also felt Jin
Fradicksburg, Ya., it is said, very sensibly. The
I fall of the Falmouth bridge occurred the same
j night, and about the same hour.
[For the Atlanta Daily Examiner.]
Nightfall Reveries.’
BY MONA.
How oft, when twilight hour is nigh.
And stars begem the glowing sky.
Kind mem'ry with a silver wand.
Invites me to the “Fairy Land.’
The past, with all its bygone joys,
Its sweets, combined with its alloys,
Presents such forms as make us sigh
Tothink those charms have all flown by-
While hurrying through the thick'ning maze.
Methinks I meet some friendly gaze;
Some loved one, who has gone before.,
Smiles on mo as he did <>l
Sweet Hope was there, the soul’s delight.
The guiding star, the beacon light.
That still, with ever-speaking eyes,
Points onward, upward, to the skies.
The crystal streams and waving flow'rs.
The graceful trees and vine-clad bow rs.
Seem but too truly “Fairy Land.’
Too frail for touch of mortal hand.
And over all this beautious scene
The rainbow shod its softening sheen,
Till fancy’s self evinced surprise
That magic should produce such dyes.
But soon the dream had ceased to be.
Like scenes that only charm to flee.
And earth, all dewy, charmed the sight,
Just waking from the embrace ot night.
Newnan, Ga.
My Brother.
Oh, briar-rose, clamber,
And cover the chamber—
The chamber, so dreary and lone —
Where, with meekly closed lips.
And eyes in eclipse,
My brother lies under the stone.
Oh, violets, cover
The narrow roof over,
Oh, cover the window and door!
For never the lights,
Through the long days and nights,
Make shadows across the floor!
The lilies are blooming—
The lilies are white.
Where his play-haunts used to be;
And the sweet cherry blossoms
Blow over the bosoms
Os birds, in tho old roof tree.
When I hear on the hills
The shout of the storm
in the valley, the roar of the river*
I shiver and shake
On the hearth stone warm,
As I think of his cold —“forever!”
His white hands are folded,
And never again,
With song of the robin or plover,
When the summer has come,
With her bees and her grain,
Will he play in the meadow-clover.
Oh, dear little brother.
My sweet little brother,
In the place above the sun.
Oh! I pray the good angels.
The glorious evangels,
To take me —when life is done.
Emma Alice Browne.
COMMUNICATED.
Macon, Ga., July 16, 1855.
Editor Daily Examiner:— ln reply to
“Native merican," inquiring “whether
any Catholic Priest ever took the oath of
allegiance to the United States.” I am
gratified to say that such fact has come
under iny limited observation repeatedly.
I perceive that you have cited the case of
Bishop John England, formerly of Charles
ton, but who now slumbers beneath Anter-,
ican soil. Permit me to enlighten “Na
tive American’s” on this subject
still further. Bishop Reynolds, uow de
ceased, and late Bishop of South Carolina,
a Kentuckian by birth; Bishop Fitzpatrick,
of New York ; Bishop Hendrick, of Phil
adelphia ; and last, but not least, the late
Bishop of our own State, the ever to be
remembered and long to be lamented
Gartland, who fell a victim to that dire
disease, the Y'ellow Fever, while battling
against it as a messenger of God and as a
true philanthropist. More particularly do
I vindicate the cause of the dead—they
are silenced forever.
Archbishop Hughes will rank among
the above. True, they have sworn allegi
ance to this government, yet they do not
harangue the public with their notions of
a Higher Law, or a Lower Law ; they
have a destiny to fulfil, and never cau it
be said with truth, that they have forsaken
the altar of their God, in order to stand in
the footsteps of a political demagogue.—
Were it required of me, I would mention
hundreds of the clergy to satisfy “Native
American,” but I think itis unnecessary
at present, as I have given a list of the
leaders of the church in this country.
One word more and 1 have done. Let
not “Native merican” imagine for a--
moment that I have penned these line
for the purpose of entering into contro ■
versy,nor “aughtin maliceset down;’’ but
simply endeavored to reply to his “query,”
which, 1 hope, has beeu elucidated to his
satisfaction. lam no Catdolic, nor have
I ever been. If Lam a foreigner, I have
become so by living in the State of Geor
gia under whose flag I was born, of Ameri
can parents. The stars and stripes 1 pro
tect, and the home of my birth, Jhe “gude
ould" State of Georgia, I revere; yet
whenever 1 know religion to be mingled
with politics, on account of its
I forms and ceremonies, I shall then deem
it my duty, and every honest man’s duty,
j to protect it also. GEORG I AN.
! A New Phase of the Kinney Expe
' niTiON. —The New Y'ork Mirror has the
i following:
Kinney and his followers lost everything
i —ship, stores, arms, and munition, and all
j —on Caicos Reef. They are said to be en
j gaged in fitting themselves out anew. Now,
Turks island is a dependency of Britain.and
if that CovernmeLt permits them to arm
at and embark from that point for an in
vasion of Nicaragua, they, rather than the
United States, will be the responsible fiili
bustering government. The case has gone
• beyond the jurisdiction of this Govern
! ment, at least for time being, and we shall
i watch the measnres in the matter by the
| British colonial authorities with no little
I interest.
I Flour from this year’s wheat has been for
| warded from Augusta county, Virginia, to New
IYork. It wm purchased at the mills at $9 per
atreb
Formal Union of tHc knowNotlHngs and
AboliDo .i <- ■. f dlana.
The proceedings of the Convention of
Abolitionists and Know-nothings of Indi
ana, held at Indianapolis on the same day
that witnessed the nuptials Iffttween the
same combinations at Columbus, Ohio, are
more emphatic and significant than any
event we have been called upon to notice
for sonic months. In order to show the
completeness-of the fusion, we give the
following from theCincinnatti Columbian.
The resolutions, which w« have not yet
received, are of the most ultra abolition
stamp. Union.
From the Cincinnati Columbian.
The long heralded Indiana State Con
vention assembled yesterday morning at
Indianapolis. Not content with sending
their delegates, the people seemed to have
turned out en vrasse. The greatest en
thusiasm prevailed, and banners with stir
ring mottoes and devices were apparent, in
every hand.
FORENOON SESSION.
The convention assembled in the grove
in front of the State house, where the
speeches were made and the resolutions
read and adopted.
The seats were intended to accommo
date three thousand persons, but, though
they were filled to their utmost capacity,
scarcely a respectable moiety of the crowd
was aeeomodatH. Two fine bands of
music were in attendance, and their stir
ring strains were interspersed through the
proceedings with fine effect.
A tremendous delegation numbering no
less that seventeen hundied, were present
from Shelby county. The ladies (Heaven
bless their souls) were around in profus
on, and by their sweet smiles and showy
calico added much to the cnlivenment of
the scene.
Among the more prominent mottoes
displayed were the following : There is a
North ; Itinerant Vagabonds, Beware ;
Down with the Pope ; and America for
Americans. One, borne by a German,
was not mal-apropos : I have Come to Live,
but not to Rule.
The committee then retired to prepare
the resolutions.
There beiug loud calls for Judge Mor
ton, Wayne county, he took the stand and
proceeded in an earnest manner to express
his sentiments touching the nature of the
questions which had called them together.
He remarked that the enemies of the
great American movement had prophesied
that the excitemeet would all die away in
a short time. He was glad it was not so,
and thought that the presence of so en
thusiastic a host proved the prophecy a
false one. No, it was no temporary ex
citement which prompted the movement,
but a love of liberty and a desire to have
it perpetuated ' into posterity. Look at
Kansas. Have not her minions, backed
by Missouri ruffians, trampled out what
little of popular sovereignty there was in
the Nebraska bill ?
Can it be said that there is no excuse
for the existence of the American party
in Indiana ?—here, where a foreigner,. no
matter how degraded or how ignorant, can
vote and participate in ail the rights of
citizenship after a six months residence,
only having declared his intention to be
come a citizen'( No, we of Indiana have
greater cause of complaint than the people
of other States, where a five years resi
dence is the shortest probation.
General Wilson, of Massachusetts, then
took the stand amidst enthusiastic ap
plause. Adverting to the occasion as one
of great interest and Joyousness, he spoke
of the beauty of the day, ( the sun pouring
down his intensest rays full in our face,
we couldn’t appreciate it!) and said na
ture herself, seemed to sympathize with
the occasion, lie adverted to the slavery
question, treating it in precisely the same
manner and language nearly identical as
in his recent lecture at the Mechanic's In
stitute Hall. Alluding to a rumor that
southern senators intend going to the;Cap
itol at the next session of Congress “armed
to the teeth,” he said northern senators
would not shrinS from any issue; personal
or political. His speech throughout was
well received.
The Testimony of Another.
The Griffin Empire State publishes the
withdrawal of Mr. Jacob McLenden, an
old substantial farmer of Pike county, who
was lured into the embracec of “Sam” but
became disgusted with the first sight of
the monster, and, like other gook patriots
“came out from amongst them,” and adds
his testimony to the bad character of the
political oath bound Order. He says :
Iu a thoughless hour, I was induced to
join the Know Nothings. Their orgies
appeared to me like the witchcraft of olden
times. No one can be a member of the
Order without falsifying the truth. By al
kind of play upon names, lies are con-1
stantly to-d—a practice ttiat must soon i
prove subsersive of all confidence between .
man and man. I have to request the Or
der to erase m_ name from their records
.so completely, that no trace of it will re-j
main !
The jl<7roc<i6? of the South says twenty ]
nine persons quit the order at Buena 5 is-1
ta, Marion county. Ga., on Saturday the!
21st inst. What makes this defection]
the more galling, is the fact that it was'
publicly announced at the Court House |
•ust one week before, that there would be I
a meeting of the order on that day to ini- ]
tit. 'iftynew members. They initiated]
oh*, says the .'Wrocrtfr, and lost twenty- j
nine. "We are satisfied with the results]
of that meeting, iwenty or tb’rty more]
are expected to quit at the next meet-1
ing
We are informed that more than a dozen i
members of the order in Muscogee county
have already retired and that many more
will follow suit. They are, however, so
heartily ashamed of having joined the
order that we fear they will not publish
eir cards.
be far more successful than one held in Eng
land in 1851. _
.... Hon. Wm. L. Marcy, Secretary of State
left Washington, on Saturday last for a short
ojeurn at Old Point Comfort,
LATEST NEWS.,
LATER FROM EPKOPEi
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP |
i
ATLANTIC.
Sandy Hook, N. Y., July 25.
The steamer Atlantic, with dates from
Liverpool to the 13th inst., arrived this
afternoon.
SEVASTOPOL BOMBARDED.
Sevastopol had again b’een bombarded
by the Allies for two days, but withojt
success.
The Allies were erecting immense
works against the Malakoff and Redan
Towers, and the Russians were erecting
formidable works commanding those posi
tions.
ENGLAND.
A ministerial crisis had taken place in
England, in consequence of Sir John
Russell’s bungling expiration of his con -
duct at the Vienna Conferrcnce
On the 16th, Sir Bulwar Lytton moved
in Parliament, that the ministry contain
ing Sir John Russell, was unworthy the
confidence of the nation.
It was expected that Lord Palmerston
would either throw Russell overboard,
dissolve Parliament, or resign.
Parliament would be prorogued in Au
gust
The bullion in the Bank of England
had decreased .£500,000.
The steamer Union arrived onton the
12th inst.
THE BALTIC.
There had been some trifling operation
in the Baltic.
LIVERPOOL MARKET.
Cotton dull and declined |d. Wheat
and Flour firm, owing to some small
stock in hand. Corn declined 4s. Pro- i
visions dull.
Consols 91. American securities ac-l
tive.
CHARLESTON MARKET.
Friday, July 27.
Cotton —A sale of one lot was made to
day of 190 bales, at 11 cents, for the
Spanish market.
Later from California.—Arrival of the Star
of the West.
The village of Camp Angei has been
burned.
The steamer America, with three com
panies of Government troops on board,
took fire and was destroyed at Crescent
city. No lives were lost.
A warrant had been issued at San
Francirco for the arrest of David D. Page,
but he escaped in one of the steam
ers.
A naval battle is reported to have oc
curred off San Diego between the Russian
frigate Wichcimona and the French cor
vette Egalite. The French commanded
rather than strike, jumped into his maga
zine and blew up the ship, and all on
board perished. The Russian frigate re
ported 60 killed and 150 wounded. So
runs the story, but it is generally pro
nounced a hoax.
Alvin Adams, of San Francisco, has
made a charge of fraud against his partners
Wood & Haskell.
An order has been issued against Mr.
Cohen, the receiver of Messrs. Adams A
Co., in consequence of incorret accounts.
It is reported that assets amounting to
8170,000 are missing.
It is also reported that serious charges
of fraud were found in the account of
Messrs. Page & Bacon, and warrants were
issued for the arrest of Mr. Page, on the
day of the sailing of the previous steam
er
The Fremont ease is to be taken back
to the Supreme Court on a bill of excep
tions.
Alarming Indian difficulties have oc-;
curred in Illinois valley—volunteer coin-:
panies were out in pursuit of the Indi
ans.
The government steamer Massachusetts
left for San Francisco on the 21st, on a
cruise.
J. T. Stiles, associated justice and J. ‘
L. Hayward, Marshall of Utah, and Or-i
son Hyde, had arrived at Placerville. I
The loss by the burning of the steamer i
America, is estimated at 8150,000.
The Oregon Legislature is democratic ■
throughout. Lane’s majority, for Con
gress, is 2,200.
Dates from the Sandwich Island to the i
22d of June have been received. The
U. S. sloop of war Doctor was lying at ]
Honolulu.
Advices from Washington and Oregon I
Territories report the mining and agricul-'
tutal prospects as generally encouraging, j
Later accounts of the Walker expedi
tion say that Walker was beaten at Kias, |
leaving twenty men, and the native se
crites all deserted him. In his fight be
ing hotly pursuied, he threw off his coat!
containing all his documents and letters.!
A meet: ig of Know Nothing had beeu ]
held at Sacramento, at which Dr. Meders, i
the State Treasurer presided. Speeches ]
were made by Henry S Foote Edward :
C. Marshall, Baillie Peyton, and others. I
LATER rRDN CALIFORNIA..
The Star of the West arrived at New
York Wednesday, with dates from San
Francisco to the Ist inst. She brings!
near a million of dollars.
It is reported that frauds have been
developed in the affairs of Adams & Co.,
and Page, Bacon & Co.
The Democratic Convention has nomi
nated Rigler for Governor, and denounced
the K. N.’s.
The K- N.’s are to meet at Sacramento
and will be addressed byex-Governor Foote
| and others
FROM KANSAS,
j The latest advices from Kansas state i
i that Reeder refuses to recognise the Leg-1
' islature as a legal body.
’1 lie Legislature has adopted the code of l
I Missouri.
A meeting of the people, has denounced
the action as illegal. fWhat action, ■
whether the Governor’s or Legislatures, [
we know not ]
REEDER RETAINED,
The Cabinet had not come to a. decision
in Reeder’s case at latest dates
LATER FROM MEXICO.
New Oilcans, July 25.
The steamer Orizaba has arrived with
dates from Mexico to the 19th inst.
All was quiet at the Capital. It was
said that Santa Anna’s father-in-law had
been appointed Minister to the U. S. in
place of Almonte.
Santa Anna’s family would leave in the
war steamer Iturbide
It was reported that Santa Anna would
make concessions.
FROM NICARAGUA.
Capt. Walker was defeated at Rivas, —
having lost 20 men, he fled, leaving im
i portant documents. He passed through
I gan Juan on the night of the Ist instant,
I burnt the barracks, and escaped on board
i of a schooner for parts unknown.
FROM SANTA FE.
Advices from Santa Fe state that Capt.
I Fauntleroy had defeated the Utahs killing
! forty and capturing five. Maj. Brooks
I bad one man killed. Indian depredations
| continue.
CHOLErA IN CONNECTICUT!.
The cholera has made its appearance in
■ Middletown, Connecticutt.
New Orleans, July 25.
There were two hundred and thirty
nine deaths for the week ending yester
day—including one hundred and nine
een from Yellow Fever.
Il ■moved
THE ALLIES IN THE WESTERN
WATERS. FRENCH CORVETTE
BLOWN UP!—GREAT SACRIFICE
; OF HUMAN LIFE.
The Los Angelos Star of June 17th,
i ives an account of a naval battle off San
I Diego, June 12th, between the Russian
; frigate and a French corvette. The for
I mer charged the latter, and the captain
: of the latter, whose name is said to have
■ beeu Capt. Duschcr, seeing no hope of
I escape, rather than strike his flag, and see
; ing most of his crew cut to pieces, jumped
* down into the magazine, and blew his snip
’ and all on board to externity. She was
i called Egatile, mounted with 32 guns, and
i had a complement of 320 men.
The Russian frigate came into San
Diego disablod, with 68 men killed and
1 150 wounded. She is a 74, and mounted
!83 guns, and carried 900 men. Her
■ name is the Wilhelmend. The South
! ern Californian announces the whole o' the
; story as being false, and that it has been
tiumped up at San Diego. Col. Kinney
' and his party hud not arrived at Nicara
gua.
CONTEMVLATED ANNEXATION.
St. Louis, July 26.
There is a project afoot in Kansas to
; purchase Platte County, Mo., and annex
I it to Kansas.
CROPS DESTROYED,
St. L ouis, i )1 (I
The grasshoppers have destroyed all the
I crops at Salt Lake.
Middletown, Conn., July 26.
! Three cases of genuine Asiatic cholera
I were reported yesterday at Portlaud, and
I one in this town.
Baltimore, Ju 1 ; 26.
Eighteen cases of Yellow Fever bad
occurred at Portsmouth, Va The dis
ease was brought there by th» steamer,
.! Franklin, and thus far has been confined ,
to tho vicinity of the Navy yards.
DANGEROUS ILLNESS OF ABB9TI LAWRENCE. I
Boston, July 26.
i Abbott Lawrence is at the point of!
I death.
LATER FROM KANSAS.
New York, July 25. |
; Gov. Reeder, we learn, has vetoed all i
I the acts of the Kansas Legislature, on the ■
' ground that it was not a legal body. The |
i bills, however, were passed over his veto j
! by large majorities.
THE SLAVE ABDUCTION CASE-
Philadelphia, July 27.
i Judge Kane has committed Williamson I
i charged with stealing Mr. Wheeler’s I
I slaves, for contempt of Court, and, also,
authorized the Grand Jury to indict him |
for perjury.
Elections to take Plitre..— Alabama, Arkansas I
lowa, Kentucky, Missouri, and Texas, hold their
elections on the first Mopdtiy in August; ’i arines-!
see on the first Thursday and North Carolina,
! oa the first Thursday of the s one month.
Mure Withdrawals Jrum the Know Nothings.:
| —The Advertiser Gazette of the 24th inst.,
contains the card of F. M. T. Tankersley and 28 ■
others, who have withdrawn from the Council;
lat Butlers Springs, Montgomery comity, Ala.— !
Thev s.jy they "believe the American or Know
I Nothing party is apolitical fraud.” Thev ought
i to know.
fly* A petition for lief has been for
warded to President i n -cc by a party of I
. Germansnow imprisoned at Melville Island j
: Nova Seotia. They state they were hired
! in New York to go that place to work, but
: on arrival they were offered the alternative
I of enlisting lor the Crimea or imprisonment.
■ They choose the latter.
A Lovf.lv Spectacle.—The New York!
■ Times of the 11th instant says:
| “A colored military company called the
“Tinker Guard,” headed by a white band,
I passed our office yesterday, on its return
I from a target excursion. They made a sol
! dier-like appearance'”
i Know Nothing ;m ix Mississippi.—'
'We count in a lat< number of the Mem
. I phis Appeal, names and numbers of C 2
I persons belonging to four different lodges,
who have repudiated and left—several of
i whom are whi* o s.
WM. KA / PROPRIETOR
NUMBER 49.
[Correspondence of the London News, July 13. J
RUHSIA.
St. PetKiisbUc, June 2'—The peacea
ble and bloodless conquest of the exten
sive territory to the north of the river
Amur—a territory e<jual in size to the
whole of Germany—is now officially con
firmed by the I’kutzk correspondent of
the Northern Bee, and is considered as an
event, of great impootance for the future ;
for, though at the present moment there
exists only one solitary “winter house,”
there are two most excellent harbors, ca
pable of becoming, when fortified, what.
Sebastopol is now in the Black Sea with
reference to Turkey, as it will give Russia
the command of the Sea of Japan, and
open the door for the aggressive spirit of
the Muscovites to pick a quarrel with,
and finally subjugate the vast empire of
Japan, and possibly China.
Lt cannot be denied that the policy of
j Russia may emphatically be called the
policy of the future. Though she has
both her eyes attentively turned towards
Europe, and watches narrowly the march
of events in every country—and nothing
escapes the observation of her well-paid
diplomatic servants; yet she turns with a
keen glance to the East as a fruitful field
for the future employment of her milita
! ry arms and diplomatic tajent in extend-
I ing her possessions and realizing the unre
i taxed dreams of the Czar—the possession
of the whole world.
Under these circumstances, and in the
; present citical state of affairs, an event of
I great importance in itself that has just
I occurred here obtains a significance that
has just occurred here obtains a signifi
| cance that makes it worth recording. Tn
the annual report of the St. Petersburg
University, just published, wo find that,
whilst iu every other department of the
State the greatest retrenchments are car
ried out, and appointments and offices
suppressed and abolished, a new profess
orship of the Oriental languages has been
created in additional to those already in
existence.
From the report in question we further
learn that the students of the university
amount to 459, of whom 300 pay their ex
penses, while the rest arc bursars receiv
ing fixed stipends from the church and
different departments of the State.
In the army a great want of subaltern
officers and military surgeons is beginning
to be sensibly felt. The different military
colleges arc now little better than schools
of primary instruction, as all the boys are
less than sixteen years old All above
that age have been sent off to the army,
and are distributed among the different
regiments where they have obtained com
missions without having undergone the
usual examination required by the regula
tions of the service.
The same may be said with regard to
the schools of medicine and surgery, seve
ral of which are completely closed, both
professors and pupils beiug sent off to the
army, whilst those that are still open are
nearly deserted. The want of army sur
geons is so very great that in many in
stances dentists, accoucheurs, and even
farriers and veterinary surgeons have been
engaged, with the rank and pay of regular
army doctors, for service in the military
hospitals at the seat of wat in the South.
Russians at the Bkookltn Navy
Yard.—While the officials of the Czar
are doing the handsome thing toward our
military representatives in Russia, our
authorities are returning the compliment
to similar Russian representatives. On
Monday, the Russian consul general,
AlexisEustaphicve, Captain I. K.Teernsh
tein, engineer in the Russian Imperial
Navy, and Captain Alexander Sokoloff, of
the Russian Imperial service, visited the
Brooklyn Navy Yard. After inspecting
the various works in progress, they went
on board of the North Carolina, as the
guests of Captain Calhoun and officers, by
whom they were most cordially received.
In honor to their rank and nation, the
Russian flag was hoisted at the foretruck,
and saluted with eleven guns. After ex
amining the ship, the party enjoyed a
lunch; with exercises on the light fantas
tic toe”—a number of charming young
ladies being present—with some 600 hand
somely clad sailors, as happy spectators.
Captains Teernshtein and Sokoloff came to
this country about two years ago to super
intend the construction of several war
steamers for the Russian Government, but.
in consequence of the war the work was
uot proceeded with. Both gentlemen
having familiarized themselves with the
industrial resources of the United States,
will return to St. Petersburg in the fall,
and enter into active service in the war
against the Allies.— New York Mirror,
" Democratic Prospects in Upper
Georgia.—We have been shown a letter
from a distinguished gentleman iu Chore
kcc, says the West Point Heaeon, repre
senting the political sky as bright and
brightening in all that region. Lumpkin
and Cobb, the Democratic candidates for
Congress, are addressing the people at
every point, and Know Nothings every
where, Whig and Democrat, are abandon
ing, in disgust, the odious Order into
which they were unwittingly reduced.
In Floyd county alone, where a large
number of Democrats had joined the oatn
,?ound society, over one hundred have
withdrawn, and others are determined to
follow suit it an early day.
The wnter, who is well advised as to
the precise state of feeling among the
people, declares that by the first Monday
in October not a corporal’s guard will have
been left behind, and that, we shall sweep
the mountain districts overwhelmingly.—
Exchange.
.... A western paper speaks of a man who
“died with the aid of a physician.”
.... The car of a friend i» the sanctuary of
evil reports; there alone they arc safely preserv
ed.
.... A generous soul never losses the remem
brance of the lienefilK ir has received, but easily
forgets those its hand dispenses.
.... Three most difficult things an to keep
secrc', to forget an injury, and to •well employ
one’s leisure time.