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||FOR GOVERNOR:
H. V. JOHNSON,
O? BALDWIN.
FOR CONGRESS.
IstDistrict-Jas L. Seward of Thomas.
2nd “ M. J. Crawford, of Muscogee.
3rd “ J. M. Smith, of Upson.
4th “H. Warner, of Meriwether.
Sth “J. H. Lumpkin, of Floyd
6th “ Howell Cobb, of Clark.
7th “ Linton Stephens, of Hancock.
Bth “A. H. Stephens, of Taliaferro.
Fulton County Nominations.
FOR SENATOR I
COL. JOHN COLLIER.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE ",
CAPT. ALLISON NELSON. ’
Letter from the Rev. A. B. Longstreet.
We publish to-day, to the exclusion of other
leas interesting matter, an able letter from Rew
A. B. Longstreet. We have no space for com
ment, if indeed it were necessary, and can only
commend it to the attention, not alone of those
to whom it is directed, but to every reasonable
man whose eye lights upon it.
Samuel Hall Esq., of Oglethorpe City.
We inadvertently omitted to notice that this
gentleman addressed, on Saturday night last,
the Democratic anti-Know Nothing association,
of this county, at the Athemeum in this City.
A large audience were in attendance, and were
delighted with the effort of this young, eloquent,
and able advocate of their cause. At least one
not present, would have thought so, in hearing
the cheers that so repeatedly interrupted the
speaker.
Anti-Know Nothing.lueeting in Charles
ton.
We invite the readers’ attention to the pro
ceedings of this meeting, which will be found
on our second page.
We rejoice to see Carolina walking up to a
resistance oflhe assault made by the falsely
stykd “American Party,” upon the rights of
the States; and that, at Charleston “a rally
and reorganization” to defend them are deemed
imperative.
Citizenship, Read, and Compare.
The Know Nothings would deny to a foreign
er citizenship, until he had resided here twenty
one years.
An-American by birth can be made instant
«r, a citizen of Great Britain, and get a certi
ficate to that effect kt a cost of 5530, by simply
sending his petition to the Home Secretary.—
The statute to this effect was passed in the 9th
year of the present Queen’s reign.
In the first case the Know Nothings of
America arc retrogading; like crabs travelling
backwards. 4
In the second, the Statesmen of Great Brit
ain, imitating our Revolutionary sires, arc ad
vancing in liberality of sentiment.
No further cotun ent is necessary.
Blue Ridge Circuit.
Gen. Warren, of Houston county, wus. day
before yesterday nominated by a convention of
the American party at Fort i i ley, as a can
didate for Judge of the Superior court, Flint
circuit.
We copy the foregoing from the Columbus
Sun of the 17 th instant.
Ixrok to it Anti-Know Nothing Democrats
of the Blue Ridge Circuit 1 Here is another
Know Nothing Party-nomination for Judge.
It won’t do in the Blue Ridge Circuit, but
every where else it will. Democrats in the
Blue Ridge must not make the election a party
one, but the Know Nothings can make it a
party election where they think they can win.
Fine logic truly!
Bcr.k Nvtices.
Mangbts Analogy.—By V. H. Manget,
Prof., of French and History in the Geo. Mil.
Institute, etc.
The hasty glance v e have licen able to give this
work, kindly furnished us by the author the sat
isfies us of its value, to philologist. It is arran
ged upon a clear concise plan, free from the com
plexitics too common to works of its kind, and
affords to the student of any of the languages
of Southern Europe a key with which many
of the difficulties he was heretofore encountered
are easily overcome.
Bell Smith Abroad.—Price 81.25, in Muslin.
At the Cheap Book Store.
This is a lively work tilled with good humor
and some fine sentiment. Its descriptions of
places and things in Europe are in a new
vein, and certainly more enticing than the dry
disquisitions of letter writers generally. Alto
gether this book . a very pleasant affair and
free from much of the trash characteristics of
other works of its kind.
Paupers and Criminals.
‘•There were two arrivals at Castle Garden,
yesterday, the Mary Morris, from Greenoek.
Scotland, with 172 passengers, living in their
possession nearly So.WIO in specie; also, the
Devenshire, from London, with 241 passengers.
The Palmer, that arrived the day before, had
403 passengers and 812,000 in money.— Neu-
York Evening Mirror.
If there was anything needed to entirely dis
prove tlie allegation of Know Nothing editors
and stump speakers that foreign paupers and
criminals are overrunning this country, the
constant recurrence of just such paragraphs as
the above would be entirely sufficient. Here
we see two vessels arriving in one week with
SIB,OOO dollars in specie. Does tliis look like
a flood of pauper emigration? Wc think not.
And yet these men tell us that they a are tax
upon the country. If such is the case, for the
first time iu our lives, we are for increased tax
es. Iz't them come, say we, and bring with
them as much of tliis kind of taxation as tliev
can drain from the coffers of the old countrv.
Horrible.—We understand that about four
o’clock yesterday evening, a woman awl •,
children were found in the ruins of •
house, on Main-street, burned into <
On whose heads lie the deaths of >
’ “iunocenU.”— Louisvule Times.
me of the Baneful Influences of Roman ■
Catholocism.
The following extract from a letter dated i
Norfolk, August 14th inst., which wc clip from !
a Savannah exchange, will show how just are
the charges made by the new order, against
Catholic priests.
“The Catholic Priests, .Sisters of Charity,
and our worthy Mayor, Hunter Woodis, Esq.,
deserve more praise than I can find language to
express. Their self-sacrificing and unremitting
attention to the sick, has called forth the admi
ration of all. Morning, noon and night, with
out any cessation, they are going all the time.
Other ministers and other physicians too, arc
deserving of much commendation, but some of
the former have ingloriously tied with blanched
cheeks and trembling limbs, while their flocks
suffer for the bread of life, and die without the
sweet consolation of the Gospel. He who
searches the hearts of men will surely reward
all according to their just deserts at the Great
Assize.”
These arc the men who arc endeavoring to
destroy this government—men who risk their
lives in the duties of their holy calling, and
while other fly from the pestilence, are found
moving amid the sick and dying, ministering to
their spiritual and temporal wants I And yet
these same men are to destroy this government;
to tear down the fabric of Washington, Jeffer
son and Madison, and erect in its place the in
quisition &c. Does not this look very much
like it? Out upon such contemptible subterfu
ges.
Messrs. Underwood & Ward.
Our Anti-Know Nothing friends rallied in
considerable numbers last Monday night, at the
Athenaeum, in this city, when they were ad
dressed by John W. H. Underwood Esq., of
Rome, and Col. John E. Ward, of Savannah.
It is impossible, within the limits of an edi
torial, to do any thing like justice to either of
the gentlemen referred to. Such an onslaught
upon Know Nothingism we have never yet
witnessed. Like a mountain torrent, the first
named gentleman, Mr. Underwood, washed
from under the advocates of the “Order” every
plank upon which they stood ; and demolished
every principle of the Macon and Philadelphia
platforms so speciously put forth to entrap the
voters of the South, and of Georgia in particu
lar. But this demolition of Know Nothingism
did not stop there. Followed as the speaker
was by one of Georgia’s favorite sons, the able
and eloquent, Ward, it appeared, as though on
the banks of his own Savannah, he had collect
ed the particles that had floated down the
stream to find a resting place, and giving to them
a distinct form and substance, the work of de
struction was again commenced, to the utter
annihilation of every principle or position as
sumed by the so-called “American party.” As
before said, we find it impossible to follow either
of the gentlemen in their remarks, or to give
even a faint idea to the reader of their power
and effect upon the audience. We must, there
fore, let the occasion pass, indulging the hope
that a friend who took notes of one of the speak
er’s remarks, will favor us with a synopsis of
them for publication. Should he do so, we
promise our readers a treat which they will ac
knowledge to be one of the best of the season.
In behalf of the Democratic, Anti-Know
Nothing association of Fulton county, we thank
both - the gentlemen for the good they have done
the cause in Atlanta. Some months ago, this
was M issionary ground for the K now Nothings;
now the reverse is the case. The Democrats
and anti-Know Nothings here are confirmed in
the faith, and cannot be tempted to worship at
the shrine of a political heresy. Not so with
their opponents. Truth is prevailing, ami the
1 deluded are being reclaimed. The honest are
doubting, and when they doubt, to convince is
easy.
A Text for Pulpit Politicians.
The Reverend Doctor Horatio Virgil Maro
Miller, “ Deinosthcnesc of the Mountains,"
“Cataline of Ro ue," Arc.. Ac., who goes into
ccstacien over the first resolution of the Phila
delphia Platform, and finds so much similarity
between that platform and the bible that he
cannot tell ' where the one begins, and the other
ends,” would |x , rhaps like to hear some of the
revelations of the go<xl book, of and concerning
the new party to which he attached himself the
day after the Calhoun nomination, and after he
had pletlged his saved honor with the •• Rome
legion ” to support the nominee of the Conven
tion, whoever he might be. Should he be anx
ious to hear what the bible rays of his partv
associations, we would most :■ spectfully direct
his royal highness’ attention to Paul’s Ist letter
toTimoti y 6th chapter and Ist to 6th verses
ificlusive. But peradventure the Rev. gentle
man may not relish the text, and decline in
corporating it into the Philadelphia platform,
where it ought to be; we beg to quote, in
the language of the letter, and would ask its
careful consideration by those men at the South
who still maintain the nationality of the Know
Nothing party, and their consequent affiliation
with the abolitionists spoken of in ; he first and
second verses, which read after this wise:
U't as many servants as are under the yoke
count tiieir own masters worthy of all honor,
hat the name of God and lus doctrine be not
blasphemed.
2 And they that have believing masters, let
them not despise them. lx:cause they are breth
ren ; but rather do them service, because ther
are faithful and beloved, partakers of the bene
fit. These things teach and exhort.
This is doctrine against the abolitionists; the
3d and 4th verses reach the case of Rev. Dr.
Miller and his friends.
3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not
to wholesome words, even the words of our
Lord Jesi" Christ, and to the doctrine which is
according to godliness.
4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting
about questions and strifes of wools, whereof
eometh envy, strife, railings, evil surniisings.
This last verse is doubtless prophetic, as
proven by the Louisville, aud other riots, got
ten up by these men,“ Knowing Nothing."
The fifth verse of this sublime text contains .
some wholesome advice to those who have been
duped by the Rev. Dr. into the belief that the ;
world in general, and this country in particular
is to receive its salvation from the Philadelphia !
Platform, through the intercession of— Pope
Cone and Reverend Do tor Horatio Virgil;
Maro Miller Deinosthcnesc. Ae.. Ac. Ac.
5 Perverse disputing* ofmen of corrupt minds
and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain
isgixllines: from all such withdraw thyself.
ThrY'ellow Fever at Portsmouth and
Nori olk.—Accounts from Norfolk represent
that the fever is on die increase. Eight deaths
occurred on Wednesday.
From Portsmouth all accounts agree that
there is no abatement of the diseae. Even
thing continues gloomy to the ntmost extent.
The streets are nearly deserted, and business
is aimost < utirely suspended. I’he business of
the Navy Yartl is still continued, though over
one thousand workmen have taken their dis
charges.
hree fatal cases of yellow fever have oceunxi
i mnond. among persons who had tied from
".ith. Th >re is no apprehension at Rieb
i . iiat the fever will brane epidemic.
i The Know Nothing Candidate for Con
gress in the Fourth District.
I At the great Mass Meeting held in this City
!on Friday last, the “ Examiner ” was highly
complimented by the very distinguished gentle
man. who is the Know Nothing Candidate for
Congress, iu this district We really feel flat
tered at the remark he made, that even this
paper would not contradict some alleged fact of
his; but, at the same time, we would greatly
have preferred, taking all the chances, as we
did not have the pleasure of hearing him, that
he would have placed us in a different position.
Our reason is simply tliis—judging from what
we have heard, in our humble opinion, misrep
resentation, the consequence of an imperfect
knowledge of history, a clouded mind, and that
sin by which angels fell, ambition, mark both
the argument and the man; and it is truly
doubtful whether the “ Examiner " would en
dorse any statement made by the gentleman on
the stump in addressing his Know Nothing
supporters, or in his attempts to gull the honest
and unwary out of their votes. But be tliis as
it may, we would advise this candidate of the
Know Nothings, to disabuse the public mind
here of an impression that is prevailing to
some extent. It is this—that he was Mr.
Zollicoffer; and if not Mr. Zollicoffer, that he
delivered Mr. Zollicofter's speech. For ourpart,
we know that the impression was erroneous, and
have so stated. Nevertheless, some do affirm it,
and enough of them too to make it a matter
worth contradicting. Every body knows that
the people are averse to such sophomore exhi
bitions in statesmen, or woidd-bc statesmen
• hence our advice which is given “free gratis for
nothing
Now as to this Mr. Zollicoffer, a whig, anti-
Know Nothing, friend from one of the counties
in this Congressional district, tells the following
story. He says that an honest old "farmer o 1
his county—one who had “ been a soldier in
his youth;” and who was with General Jack
son at the execution of Arbuthnot and Am
brister; was induced to leave his fodder in the
field when it should have been pulled, and to
attend that same Mass Meeting to hear one of
old Hickory’s friends, all the way from Ten
nessee and near the Hermitage, make a speech
iu favor of “American's ruling America”—
thing which the old soldier thought they always
did, since the revolution, until advised by the
Know Nothings, recently, to the contrary.—
This great friend of the General, he understood
to be a Mr. or General Golly-whopper. In
vain, however, the good old man looked for the
famous Golly-whopper. No where could he be
. found; no one kney him. Growing impatient,
, he applied in quick succession to several persons
• for information. At last, a gentleman, kind
. and considerate said—“my friend you are prob
. ably mistaken in the name— Mr. Zollicoffer,
from Tennessee, it was promised would be here,
. but he has not come; nor do I think he ever
intended to come—all we wanted was a crowd ;
• and as to his speech, why Hill is making one
. just like it, and that’s sufficient; so be quiet
. and trouble as no more.”
But the old man did not think it sufficient,
nor did he remain quiet. Golly-whopper or
Zollicoffer he came to hear, and not Ben Hill.
■ as he familiarly termed the Know Nothing
i candidate for Congress. He had ran the risk
: of losing his fodder, and as by no art of the
i Secret Order, Mr. Hill could, or can be made
i Genercd Golly-whopper in fact, that old man’s
t vote, wc arc advised, will be cast any way save
i where the Know Nothings hoped it would be.
So much for Mr. Zollicoffer, Golly-whopper,
• and Mr. Hill. We give the story as we heard
< it. Its moral, we leave to the reader.
Mormon Emigration.—From the 27th o
November, 1854. to the 26th of April, 1855,
3,626 persens left England for Utah—prose
lytes to tlie doctrines of the Latter-Day Saints
of the Salt country. Ou the authority of their
statements, it is said that there are 1,000 per
sons in England only waiting for the means to
get to Utah.
Letters of Acceptance.
Atlanta, Ga., August
Col. John Collier.— Dear Sir:— AVc have
been apppointed by a Convention of the Dem
ocratic Anti-Know Nothing Party, held in this
city on the 16th inst., a Committee to notify
you of your unanimous nomination as a Can
didate to represent Fulton County in the
Senatorial branch of our next Ijegislature, and
to request your acceptance of the same.
We are, very respectfully,
Your ob’t serv’ts,
A. W. JONES,
S. B. HOYT. ft
RICH ARD ORME, 3
JESSE WOOD,
ENOCH MORRIS, g
A. R ' TTERREE, J ?
Atlanta, Ga., August 20th, 1855.
7o A, IU. Jones. S. R. Hoyt, Richard Orme-
Jesse Wood, Enoch Morris, A. Ratterree—
Committee.
Gents :—Your favor of the 18th inst., has
been received, by which, I am informed that at
a Democratic Anti-Know Nothing Convention,
which met in this city on the 16th inst., I was
unanimously nominated as a Candidate to rep
resent the county of Fulton in the Senatoria
branch of our next Legislature, and request my
acceptance of the same. Ac.
This mark of confidence, and esteem, on the
part of my fellow-citizens, was to me wholly un
expected. especially when it will be remembered
that it has been bestowed without the slightest
effort on my part, and therefore brings me un
der renewed obligations to them. I accept the
nomination thus tendered, and. if elected, will, to
the utmost of my feebleability, endeavor to pro
mote the best interests of our common countrv.
My opinions upon the great questions, which
are now being agitated, and which agitation is
shaking this mighty Republic from centre to
circumference, are so well known to the people
of Fulton county, that 1 deem it unnecessary,
at this time, to say anything with regard to
them. I hope to be able between this and the
Ist Monday in October, next, to speak with them
on those important questions, which are so inti
mately connected with our future prosperity and
happiness.
Allow me. Gentlemen, to tender to you, and
through you, to tlie Convention which did me
the honor of placing me before the people of
Fulton county for re-election to the Senate, the
acknowedgcments of a gratified heart, for the
renewed manifestations of their fsteem and
confidence.
1 am. Gentlemen, very trulv.
Yourob’t serv't,
JOHN COLLIER.
Atlanta..Gs„ August 18,1855. j
Cart. Allison Nelson,— Dear Sir: —We
have been appointed by a Convention of the i
Democratic Anti-Know Nothing Party, held in t
this city the Ifith inst., a Committee to notify |
you of your unanimious nomination as a Can- ’
didute to represent Fulton County in the Rep
resentative branch of our next Legislature,
and to request your acceptance of the same.
We are, very respectfully.
Yourob’t serv'ts,
A. W. JONES, |
S. B. HOYT, «
RICHARD ORME. S
JESSE WOOD. |2
ENOCH MORRIS, S’
A. RATTERREE, J £
Atlanta, Aug. 20th, 1855.
Gentlkmrn : Your letter of the 18th inst.’
notifying me 1 had been unanimously nominated
by a Democratic Anti-Know Nothing Conven
tion, held in this city on the 16th inst., as a
candidate for the Representative branch of the
next Legislature, has been received and duly
considered.
From the position 1 had been placed in, pri
or to the meeting of that Convention, by my
friends, and the fact that my name was before
that body for a different position, I determined
not to accept. But the magnanimous course
pursued by Col. Collier and the very urgent
appeals of my party, and friends, leave me in a
position that, if I were to still refuse accepta ee,
would show on my part utter want of magna
nimity or true regard for the great course and
principles which we all feel so deep an interest
in.
I shall therefore, under the circumstances
above referred to, accept the position of one of
your standard bearers in the present canvass,
relying on the aid and assistance of those friends,
whose regard and wishes have influenced my
course, to sustain me in my humble efforts to
advance those principles, which, I have an abi
ding confidence, will best promote the interest
and welfare of our common country.
I have the honor to remain.
Your obedient serv’t.
ALLISON NELSON.
Messrs. A, W. Jones, S. B. Hoyt, Richard
Orme, Jrsheb Wood, Enoch Norris, A. Rat
terrku.
Withdrawals from the Secret Order in
Cherokee County.
We present our readers with the following,
as evidence, in part, of the downward progress
of Know Nothingism in Cherokee County. In
addition to those who sign the document sent
to us for publication, others have withdrawn
who did not sign. It is thus that “the work
goes bravely on 1”
To the Public.
Wa, the undersigned, very unwisely and with
out mature deliberation joined a Secret Order,
or organization, called the Know Nothings)
having, as we then believed principles upon
which any Southerner could unite. But to
our great mortification and astonishment what
did we find ? Did we find great National prin
ciples yet unknown ? Did we find any great
Whig or Democratic principles? No! but
principles that would compare with, and suit the
dark ages of the world I Therefore,
Resolved, That we no longer belong to the
Order, and that we feel assured that almost all
who have joined in this section have done so
without deliberation ; and that when they come
to review the matter in the light of reason and
reflection, they will acknowledge their error and
retrace their steps; and we deeply deplore the
delusion of our friends who still’cling to the
Order.
Resolved, That we do believe in a free and pop
ular government like ours, Secret Political So
cieties are not only unnecessary but they are in
defensible, and inimical to the genius and spirit
of our free institutions.
Resolved, That we believe that we arc justi
fied in saying that in a free republic like ours,
no political party is entitled to the support or
confidence of the people which does not expose
its transactions to the light of day, and freely
submit all its purposes and acts to the searching
scrutiny of public investigation.
Resolved, That we believe that the liberties
of a free jieople are • never more surely in the
path of destruction than when they trust them
selves to the guidance of secret political socie
ties.
Resolved, That we believe the Know Noth
ing party a political fraud, and we object to
the source from which it come, as we believe
that the society commenced in the Northern
States with the Abolitionists.
Resolved, That we believe there should be no
secret in politics as the Declaration of Indepen
dence declares all men free and equal, the Con
stitution of the United States guaranteeing the
free right of suffrage at the ballot box to all
men ; and as our forefathers gained our liberties
by shedding their blood we desire to maintain
them and believe the only way to do it is to
keep out of secret political societies.
C. G. GILLISPIE,
GABRIEL BROWN,
WILLIAM BURGESS,
N. W. H. COOKE,
WILLIS BAITY,
JAMES BETTIS,
ISHAM BROWN.
WILLIAM M. MEADERS,
JRDDIAH MEADERS,
WILLIAM McMAKEN.
Election Returns.
A telegraph despatch from New Orleans, ela
ted 14th. announces the success, as far as heard
from, of the democratic State ticket, and of the
re-election of Mr. Bell to Congress. Many of
our readers will be amused to learn that even in
Texas—democratic Texas—the know-nothings
were silly enough to expect, and impudent
enough to predict the election of their candidates
for Governor and members of Congress.
We have received a letter from a well-informed
gentleman in Tennessee, in which the writer
claims, with a considerable degree of confidence,
the election of Freeman, anti-know-nothing, in
the ninth district. He also adds that Savage,
dem., is certainly elected over Cullom. This would
make the delegation stand six anti-know-noth
ings to four know-nothings—a gain of two for
the democrats since the last election.
The reports from Kentucky render it prob
able that the following gentlemen have been
elected to Congress:
1. Henry C. Burnett, democrat.
2. John P. Campbell, know-nothing.
3. W. L. Underwood, know-nothing.
4. A. G. Talbott, democrat.
5. Joshua H. Jewett, democrat.
6. J. M. Elliot, democrat.
7. Humphrey Marshall,know-nothing.
8. Alexander K Marshall know-nothing i
9. Leander M Cox, know-nothing.
10. S. F. Swope, know-nothing.
The last, delegation stood five democrats to;
five whigs. Now it stands four democrats to
six know-nothings—a democratic loss of one.
The North Carolina delegation stands five!
democrats to three know-nothings—a democrat
ic gain of one.
The Alabama delegation stands the same as;
in the last Congress.
It will be seen from the above that in the four'
States named there has been a net democratic I
gain of two members.— Wash. Union.
Pertinent Query.—ls Judge Andrews,
when he joined the Know Nothings, took an
Oath to proscribe Catholics, how can he. if
elected Governor, take an Oath to support the
Constitution of the State of Georgia eri the
United States, which says no man si: •
scribed or disqualified from holding 0i1'.., .
count of his religious opinions ?
Senator Butler on Know-Notli
iiigisiii.
The following lei ter from Hon. A. I’. Butler
was received by a Committee of the Demo
cratic Anti-Know Nothing meeting iu Charles
ton.
Stonklands, nkar’Edgkfield, C. 11-, I
August 8, 1855. i
Gentlemen :—Your communication of the
3d inst., inviting me to “attend “a meeting of
those citizens oi' South Carolina, who believe
that States’ Rights Southern Rights, and the
liberties of the people, are endangered by the
existence and progress of the Know Nothing
Order,” and, in the event of my inability to at
tend, requesting “such expression of my views as
I may think proper to communicate,” has been
received.
Whilst the state of my health will not allow
me to be with you on the occasion to which you
have invited me, I fear, in the few remarks
which 1 shall submit, I cannot do justice to the
subjects on which you wish my opinion. In
the threshold of these, remarks, I give it as my
beliefthat the fair play and spirit and uubigoted
provisions of our constitution cannot be assail
ed with success by the dagger power of secret
and irresponsible associations.
To illustrate what T shall say hereafter, I will
quote from memory a sentence of Washington
Irving. “Our ancestors not only proclaimed
but practised a hardy morality that feared no
contact. They trusted to the courage and pow
er of truth in their anti-proscriptive constitu
tions and opinions. They were to trust their
destinies on the arena of a fair and open trial.
They thought they could trust the cause of reli
gion, so far as there should be a political juris
diction over it to the following clause of our
Federal Constitution :
“Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
speech, or of the press; or the right of the press;
or the right of the people peaceably to assemble
and to petition the government for a redress of
grievances.”
And, by the same Constitution, Congress was
intrusted with the power of establishing an uni
form rule of of naturalization. Now, as 1 un
derstand, the Know Nothing organization is to
make war upon both these provisions in their
true spirit. I suppose their aim will not be
avowed to establish a religion or to exclude a
foreign immigration ; but under the assumption
of Protestant purity and American patriotism
it is the purpose of the Order to take voluntary
jurisdiction over these subjects—that is, to put
into office themselves under the name of Protes
tant piety and American devotion. And, if
they should succeed in their designs by the in
fluence of these heterogeneous and irresponsible
alliances, they will have substituted their con
ventional obligations for the Constitution of the
Confederacy.
I believe ! have left out another one of their
avowals—a common purpose to preserve the
Uni«n, as they understand it should be pn>
served.
I acknowledge no piety is proscriptive—l re
cognize no patriotism that is uncivilized and ex
elusive, and I want no Union that is not under
the control of an operative Constitution. The
Declaration of Independence and the Federal
and State Constitutions of the United States
were made under auspices and influences to re
buke the bigoted and conceited spirits that
would invade them in the nineteenth century,
when the different parts of the earth are as near
as the different provinces of the same empire wire
formerly.
I regard the Declaration of Independence and
the Federal Constitution as the great and endu
ring pillars of an altar erected in tliis new world
to toleration—an altar that owes its construc
tion not to Jews, nor Catholics, nor to Protest
ants only, but to the united labora of all who
had sought here a refuge from trans-atlantic
domination. While Protestants may have borne
the first and largest share in the work of Amer
iean Independence, others, of whatever religious
education, were scarcely behind them ui
zeal and activity for the hallowed cause. Even
the Jew was no idle spectator of its advance
nient. I remember'to have heard it stated—
indeed, ample evidence of the fact was'on several
occasions before me while on the bench—that
young Salvador was the first person who pub
licly read the Declaration of Independncein our
'96 District. He fell shortly afterwards, bat
tling for American freedom. And who was
this Salvador ? A gallant and a dashing young
Jew.
But a pertinent inquiry, in the consideration
of this question, relates to the origin of Know
Nothingism. Where did it originate? It
is certainly not indigenious at the South.—
There was no pre-existing evils here as could be
remedied by its supposed virtues. It was and
is foreign to our necessities, whether social or
political. It was no more Southern in its in
. ception than it is in its development The
North was its birth place. It arose primarily,
as an antidote to the evils which were there
brought about by the abuse of the naturalization
laws. The introduction f foreigners permitted
in disregard of the several constitutional re
quirements as to three years’ residence, &c.—
Mischief is now resulting from the practice.—
But it is their own fault. They have mingled
the waters of the Orontcs and the Tiber, and
it is theirs to drink of them. At the South
these abuses have not prevailed. A proper
observance of the law has had the efleet of
bringing amongst us a different class of for
eign population from that at the North—
one, at any rate, of which we do not com
plain.
Another reflection here suggests itself: When
is the neccessity for any such interference with
the elective franchise as is now proposed by the
Know Nothings, when the State Governments
have, after all, plenty control o f the whole
matter? Not only have they this control in
regard to tae privilege of voting, but the pow
er exists in them even to determine who shall
enjoy the rights of inheritance within their bor
ders. If we were really apprehensive that for
eign immigration was about to endanger us in
either of these respects, or in any other, the true
course would surely be to seek remedial action
through the State Governments themselves. To
demand it elsewhere would be to contemn the
rights of the State.
I shall regard Know.Nothingism. if intro
duced at the South, as but another Trojan
horse, brought in by enemies and to be accept
ed by the sliallow and inconsiderate. Like that
horse it comes heralded as an object to call
forth our praises and enlist our adherence, when
it is really hut the daring stratagem of those
who care not for our welfare, and respect not
our rights. My conviction is, that the doc
trines and tendencies of Know Nothingism are
not only insulting to such foreigners as adopt
our institutions from choice and with the honest
resolution of rendering implicit obedience to
the laws we have proclaimed, but they are in
grossly bad faith with the provisions of the
Constitution, and especially uncalled for by the
South. That voluntary associations of indi
viduals should seek to supersede the Constitu
tion of our country, is a degree of arrogant as
sumption which 1 cannot contemplate with
out aversion. Whatever may be the fate
the Union, jet not our Southern honor
be tarnished uy the least violation of any of
the sacred obligations of dial reverend instru
ment.
After what I have said, gentlemen, you may
expect a distinct summary of my opinions. 1
have no hesitation in giving it. I am neither
Jew nor Catholic, but an humble, and I trust, a
sincere supporter of Protestant Christianity.—
In polities. Jam no Whig. lam no Consoli
dationist. I am a Democratic Republican, be
lievlhg in the rights and dignity of State au
thority. lam willing, I hope with patriotic
zeal, to support the Federal Government while
exercising its functions within constitutional
proscriptions. As a citizen. lam proud of the
desls which liave been achieved under the Star
Spangled Banner : nor shall any influences eith
er of ]>opular sentimeni or of party dictation,
ever divest me of that feeling.
I have the honor to remain.
Your obedient servant and friend.
A. P. BUTLER.
R ailroad Stock.—Fifteen shares Geo.
II :! end stock were sold at Augusta on Sat
urday, at per share.
[From the C'lmstitutiiinalist 4 Republic,J
Judge Andrews in Oglethorpe.
We invite attention to the following corres
pondence :
Athens, August 13th, 1855.
Mr. Gardner— Dear Sir.- In t\u-Chronicle Sf
Sentinel of yesterday’s issue, thereisa falsestate
meut. made by an anonymous writer, signed
“Jeems,” in reference to the contents of a letter
from Col. Thomas. of Elbert.excusing Gov. < 'obb
and himself for non-appeninee in licxington, on
Wednesday, Aug. Bth, Gov. I'obb and Col.
Thomas having been invited by the citizens of
Oglethorpe, to address them on that day. This
anonymous writer says. “A letter was rend ex
cusing Messrs. Cobb and Thomas for non-iqiear
ance, upon the grounds that J udge Andrews re
fused (and very properly too) to discuss the ques
tion before the people, with any one but his
immediate opponent, Gov. Johnson.” This, 1
assert, is not the reason assigned by Col. Thomas
in the letter refered to, for the non-appearance
of Gov. Cobb and himself. Enclose 1 send you
his letter, which you will please publish. Permis
sion could not be obtained even to read Col.
Thomas’s letter in the Court House.
Yours respci’tfully,
Jacob Phinizv.
jElbebtox, Aug'st. 7th 1855.
Mr. Jacob Phinizv— -Dear Sir: In Ixdialf of
Gov. Cobb and myself, who have both been in
vited to attend the discussion at Lexington to
morrow. I write to inform you, and through you.
our friends there, that it will be useless to go.
Judge Andrews refuses, peremptorily, to con
sent to allow either of us to speak, though we
offered toallowjum to sjieakaslong as he pleased,
and neither of us would reply to him, but discuss
alone with Dr. Miller. It is but justice to Dr.
Miller to say, that so far as he was concerned,
he agreed at once to discuss with either of us,
fair terms, and wc would have been glad to do
so, but the Judge objected, even to his allowing
free discussion, and refused to permit it.
You can make this known to the people of
Oglethorpe, in any manner you see proper. The
statement herein contained, will not be denied by
the Judge.
We can only say to our friends, that one or both
of us'will address the people of Oglethorpe, at any
convenient time, and will meet in discussion any
gentleman of the opposite side.
Very respectfully yours, &c.
Tnos. W. Thomas.
[From the Clairsburg (Fa.) Register.}
Know Nothing Freesoilism in
Virginia.
We have frequently heard it asserted that the
editor of the Know Nothing organ for North
western Virginia, the Wheeling Gazette, was a
Free Soiler, but we have been reluctant to be
lieve it. We find, however, that the charge is
true. In his weekly edition of the 16th inst.,
he boldly avows Free Soil doctrines, and says
that he “may vxi.i.on it, but will never leave
it 1” He defines his position in the following
emphatic longuage:
“Allying ourself to neither North nor South,
on our own hook we adopt Ihe following plat
form on this question, from which we never
have and never will recede, ll'e may fall on
it, but will nf.aer leave it.
The severance of the General Government
from slavery.
The repeal of the fugitive slavelaw.
The repeal of the Kansas-Nebraska bill.
No nfbre slave territories.
The purchase and manumission of slaves
in the District of Coi.umbia or the removal
of the seat of gsvernment to some free
territory.
This in our opinion the only national platform,
the only one on which the question can be set
tled, the only one that expresses the nature
and character of our government and institutions,
and on that we are willing to sink or swim.
We really hope we have raised no man's ire
by this candid expression of our opinions for
it is too hot to indulge in hard words or
works, and we should pity any one who had it
to do.”
What think our Know Nothing friends who
have been exulting over the nationality of the
Philadelphia platform, of this startling an
nouncement by their organ ? What do demo
crats and all sound conservative men, who are
are devoted to the Constitution and its compro
mises, think of this ? Ought any party to “live,
move and have a being” anywhere, much less in
the State of Virginia, whose organ advocates
the treasonable doctrines that the people of the
different localities shall not frame their own lo
cal laws, as is avowed in the declaration that
there shall be no more slave territory? This
places the Know Nothing party in a more odi
ous position than has ever been asserted by its
most zealous opponents. The worst that has
ever been said of it was that it was abolition
ized at the North, but it proves to lx? infected
with the same disease at the South, and in our
own State, and section of the State. Will not
all sound men abandon a party which accepts
such doctrines, and unite with those who have
ever opposed them, in sweeping them away, that
our own section may not rest under the imputa
tion of being traitors to the Constitution, and
traitors to our interests ?
Last Census of Georgia.
The following is an abstract of the last cen
sus of Georgia, so far as it bears on the great
question of the day. The most most timid
Know Nothing we venture to say, will rest sat
isfied upon its examination, that he ean sleep in
perfect security.
NATIVITIES OF WHITE A FREE COl.’d POPULATION'.
Born in the State - - - . 397,560
Born out of Jic State, and in U. S. - 119,890
Born in Foreign Countries - - 6,488
Unknowns9s
524,533
Slaves 381,682
Total 906,215
CHURCHES. CHURCH PROPERTY, *C.
No. of Aggregate Value of
Ch’es. accom’dation. C. Prop’ty
Baptist 864 319,293 §390,801
Christian . 5 1,710 12,050
Congregational 1 250 2.700
Episcopal 20 9,325 109,910
Free 6 1,730 2,650
Friends 2 500 400
Lutheran 8 2,825 34,850
Methodist 795 237,217 393,943
Moravian 1 75 25
Presbyterian 97 40,596 218,805
Homan Catholic 8 4,250 79,500
Union 16 7,250 21,100
Univsrsalists 3 900 1,000
Minor Sects 7 1.279 1,025
1,862 627,197 1,269,359
Can a Know Nothing bra Demo
crat ?
At a recent meeting of the Democracy of Car
roll county, (Md.) held at Westminister, the
capital of the county, the following resolution
was unanimously adopted :
Whereas. some Know Nothings continue to
cal! themselves Democrats. and claim to be as
good Democrats, since, as before they joined the
secret order: tlierefore.
Resolved. That in the opinion of this Con
vention. it is impossible for a Know Nothing,
while he continues such, to be a Democrat, and
we consider every man who is a Know Nothii g
or who sympathizes with them, as holding a po
sition of decided hostility to the Deemocratic
party. But we know by what secret and insidi
ous wiles many an honest Democrat has been
induced to join the Know Nothings, under a be
lief that they and Democrats were not opposed
to each other, and we earnestly entreat all such
to follow the example of thousands of others,
and “take a walk out of the lodge," and return to
the Democratic fold which will receive them
with open arms.
Ct ba.—lt is officially announced that passer-!
gers visiting Cuba must liear passports. If
from a foreign country, they must have passports
from the Spanish Consul or such as are issued i
by their own government, of by that of the'
country they are leaving. Jn this case such for- ’
eign passports must he viseed by the .Spanish i
Consul, who charges §2 for each visa. |
I Great Anti-Know Nothing Meet- I
iug in Charleston. p
In pursuance of public notice, a very large and 11
highly respectahle meeting of the citizens of 1
Charleston in favor ofSlatc Rights, Southern !
Rights, and opposed to the Political Ass iciation !
known as the American Party of Know Noth-1
ings, assembled at Albernian Hall, on Wcdnes-1
day evening, Aug. 15,1855, W. MacKensie Par- j
ker, Esq. calling the meeting to order, upon
whose motion tile following gentlemen were elec
ted officers:
PRESIDENT. . |
W. D. PORTER.
VICE PRESIDENTS.
Hon. Jacob Bond Pon James H. Trapier,
Hon. Wm. Aiken, James .M. Stocker.
Hon. S. W. Barker, Dr. E Geddings,
H. A. DeSaussure. Dr. Thos. Y. Simons,
Thomas Lchre, Wm. Lobby,
Hon. ’l'. L. Hutchinson Otis Mills,
Wm. M. Lawton, Joshua Lazarus
- Geo. H. Ingraham, Daniel Heyward,
Hon. Alex’r. Mazyek, Wm. H. Houston,
Wm. P. Finley, W. Alston Pringle,
, John H. Tucker, James B. Heyward, i
Hon. Edward Frost, W z . McKenzie Parker,;
H. W. Pcronneau Henry Horlbeck,
| Hon. John Schnierle, Col. T. O. Elliott,
James M. Eason,
SkCKET ARIKS.
• C. Richardson Miles, IE. H. Locke,
E. Tatnall Pane, | G. H. Follin.
Mr. Porter, upon taking the Chair addressed I
the meeting at some length upon the objects for
which it had assembled and ably and searching-;
ly review the principles and purposes of Know ;
Nothingism.
Hon. I. W. Hayne rose, and after a few pre- I
liminary remarks, submitted lorthe consideration ‘
of the meeting the following Address and Reso
lutions:
ADDRESS.
When South Carolina; after a long period of;
political excitement, settled past differences, and |
through a constitutionally organized Convention,'
proclaimed to the world the principles which I
' wire held in Common by her sone, and, in her!
sovereign capacity, defined her position in regard
to the Federal Union, we had hoped that for a
time at least, she might be spared further agita-1
tion and party distraction. To the allegiance of |
her citizens we trusted for uniformity of principle ;
at home, and we felt assured that her sister States j
ol the South would know where to find her in |
time of need. We desired only to keep the ship I
of State fast at her mooring. We did not seek i
progress; but simply to maintain steadfastly, the 1
position taken by the highest authority known to |
our institutions. South Carolina, we had hoped.
wouH, m quiet dignity, “bide her time,’ for fur
ther action.
It is now manifest, however, that party organ
ization has become necessary to resist a new po
litical combination, known as the Order ot Know !
Nothings, but lately assuming for themselves the '
name of the “American Party”—a party which, [
in the rapidity of its growth, and success of its
early movements, having outstripped, the numer
ousfanatical developments in the Free States has
reached our State, and has introduced principles
and practices new, dangerous and distracting.—
Notwithstanding its professions, it practically re
pudiates the fundamental principles of civil
and religious liberty —rejects the right of free dis
cussion—denies the inestimable blessing of free
dom of conscience—sacrifices personal independ
ence—threatens the subversion of the Rights of
the Slates as sovereign members of this Confed
eracy—and, in its assertion of the indisputa-!
hie rightful sway of the majority; annihilates the
independence, safety, and welfare of the. slave- !
holding Stales.
It then becomes, as we conceive, the impera
tive duty of all who regard the preservation and !
faithful construction and enforcement of the Con- j
stitutiou of these United States, as a high politi- j
cal duty, who are resolved to maintain the rights j
of the States, as incidents of their sovereignty, j
and the political rights and privileges, as well of | ,
the people as ot the States as set forth in the Con- | !
stitution of the Union, and iu that of the State \
of South Carolina, to array themselves, not in se- ; :
cret, but openly; not bound together by oaths, but '
but by the strong tics which unite those who I
have enjoyed the rich blessings of Civil Freedom i
and Religious Tolerations, not for the advancc
of selfish purposes, but for the good of the com
muni'ies in which they live, and of the State to I
which they belong; not by the order ofany Grand
Council, but in obedience to their own free and
generous impulses; not subject to control, except |
such as the established laws of their country, and
their conscientious convictions of duty, may sug
gest —in opposition to this combination, now styl- <
ing itself, “The American party,” in order that
its course may be stayed the manifold evils it has .
produced, and will produce, be alated; itg un
wholesome effect on the moral character of our
State be removed, and the blighting curse of po
litical proscription, and religious intolerence, for
ever averted.
We adopt as a basis of organization for such a
party of opposition, the following.
RESOLUTIONS.
1. Resolved, that as citizens of the State of
South Carolina, wc recognise the Ordinance
adopted by the People of State assembled in Con
vention iu 1852, ns a part of the fundamental
law of the body politic, equal in authority, ns a
Declaration of Rights, with the Constitution itself
and we proclaim, as a cardinal principle of the
present organization,
“That South Carolina, in the exercise of her
Sovereign Will, as an independent State.excceed
ed to the Federal Union, known ns the United
States of America; and that in the exercise of
the same Sovereign Will, it is her right, without
let, hindrance, or molestation from any power
whatsoever, to secede from the said Fed. Union
and that, for the sufficiency of the causes which
may impel her to such a separation, she is res
ponsible alone, under God to the tribunal of pub '
lie opinion among the Nations of the Earth.”
We consider the proceedings of said Conven
tion as having authoritavcly defined the position
of South Carolina anu her relation to the Federal
Union. And in the opinian of this meeting, the
Obligation of the Third Degree, as set forth in
the Constitution nf the National Council ot the 1
United States of North America, known as the ■
Order of Know Nothings, is a direct denunciation
of the priciples of this Ordiance, and the position 1
assumed in tlnw.' proceedings, and the triumph of (
the Order in thnitHiate, would effect a politica
revolution, within her limits. <
2. Resolved, That we protest against the poltical
proposition put forth by the Grand Council of the i
Order, ift Philadelphia, that “the maintenance of
the Union of these, States, is the paramount po- ;
litical good,”—a doctrine which assumes that
government is above the objects for which it was j
instituted —strikes at the very foundation of the
sovereignty of the States, and under every degree j
of oppression and injury however destructive, de
mands oi' the States eternal and unresisting sub
jection the central power; and we disapprove, as
heretical in principle and imminently dangerous
to the South, the idolatrous devotion to the Union
of these States, so prominently and constantly
inculcated by the Constitution and Ritual of the r
Order, when contrasted with their silence as to v
the necessity of preserving unimpaired the rights t
of the States respectively. 8
3. Resolved, That we bail .-with unsigned f
atisfacn, the recognition by the Democratic a
Parties of Georgia and Louisiana, the resolution
adopted by the People of Georgia assembled in
Convention in 1851; and, as wc believe, South t
Carolina, too, “will, and ought to resist, even (as V
a last resort) to a disruption of every tic which
binds her to ths Union, any action of Congress
upon the subject of slavery in the District of Co- c
lurnbia or in places subject to the jurisdiction of f
< longre s, incompatible with the safety, domestic ],
tranquility the rights of the slavcholding States, c
or any act suppressing the slave trade between j
the slaveholding States; or any refusal to admit _
ar a State any Territory hereafter applying be- ' !
because of the existence of slavery therein; or any ‘
act prohibiting the introduction of slaves into the 1
Territories ofUtah and New Mexico; or any act ”
repealing or materially modifying the laws in u
force for the recovery of fugitive slaves.” '
4 Resolved, That we sympathise with the C1
friends of the slavery cause in Kansas, in their
manly efforts to maintain their rights and the
rights and interest of the Southern people, and I
that we : ejoice at their recent victories over the u
paid adventurers and fanatical hordes of North- it
ern Abditionism. That the deep interest felt n
and taken by the people of Missouri in the settle- O 1
inent of Kansas, and the decision of the slavery ,|
question in it, is both natural and proper; and that r ,
it is their Southern brethren, in that Territory al
every legitimate an honorable sympathy and sup. p
P° rt > I
5, Resolved. That in the opinion of this meet
ing. the existence and progress of the organiza
tion known as the Order of Know Nothings, is b<
opposed theoretically and practically to theprinci- w
pies which have hitherto characterized South T
Caiohno a* a State, and the Southern Rights V
Party everywhere, ami render a rally and reor
ganization ol that party in Smith Carolina u
matter of imperitativc duty with these who re
main steadfast in the lliitli.
7. Resolved, I hut tliis meeting disapproves
utterly and entirely of lb.- introdm tion of religious
tests into the |nililics <<l tin- countrv; end believes
such a connexion opposed to the Constitution of
| this State, to the Coiisliiutiou of t| IP L'nitcd
States, and anti-Ami rici u m spirit and policy.
. H. Resolved, That while we regard the facility
! with which foreigners of nil kinds are admitted
: to the rights of citizenship, and the abuses pruc
, tried under the existing naturalization laws, as
proper subjects of legislative reform, wc Ulihesi
; tntingly and uncompromisingly reject, as a rem
edy, the formation of secret affiliated political aa
sociations, possesHcd ot powers so novel and des
potic us those of the o n | Pr „f Know Nothings ;
; and we utterly epudiate the indiscriminate con
demnation, and unqualified exclusion from the
: privileges of citizenship, of nil foreigners what
j soever, which is the practical result of the triumph
; of the Order, nN illiberal, unjust, unwise, and jxl
- culiarly Anti-American.
: 9. Resolved, Thut in addition to these stringent
' objections, we are opposed to the Know Nothing
Order:
Because by its secrecy and mystery, its oaths
and ritual, it is calculated to promote insincerity
: null duplicity, and to stifle the bold, open, man
py conduct and conversation which characterize
i the man of honor and the freeman;
i Because its tendency is to organize a band of
spies in every community, to watch the. conduct
and catch tlft words of the un impacting, to he
; reported to their secret councils, and made the
foundation of political proscription and persecu
tion ;
| And because its practices strike aOsocial con-
I fidence, and all that is dear and valuable in the
I social relation.
’ 10. Resolved, That it is due to the fraternal
! harmony which hitherto has existed here, to the
I future, yet certain perils, which as citizens oi
I these Slaveholding States we must meet, and to
, resist which successfully there should exist un
| broken unanimity, that we should, with the ut
most earnestness, appeal to those who have lieen
led into this Order, to come out from it, and strip
j it of its power to do evil, and to all, of whatsover '
; political deiygnation they inay have been, to
i unite in opposition to an organization, which, if
: successful, must prostrate the rights of individuals
! and States; and in tha obedience it exacts to
i the will of a majority, extinguishes the hopesand
i rights of a minority.
j 11. Resolved, That the Chairman of this meet
j ing appoint a Committee of one hundred who
shall be charged with the organization of a South
ern Rights Party, in opposition to the Order of
i Know Nothings.
Mr. Hayne addressed the meeting atlength and
with much ability, in examination and support
of the positions assumed in the address and res
olutions, and moved their adoption.
The motion was seconded by A. G. .Margarth,
Esq., in an able speech, in which he eloquently
and strikingly contrasted the principles of the
Know Nothing party with the fundamental doc
trines of State Rights, and demonstrated their
fatal tendency upon Southern righfs and South
ern resistance.
Gen. W. E. Martin followed in some brief,
pointed and happy remarks, closing with effect
by quoting the sentiments of Washington in fa
vor of religious toleration.
The question was then taken upon the address
and resolutions, and they were unanimously ad
opted.
Upon motion, the meeting adjourned.
C. Richardson Miles, I E. H. Locke,
E. Tatnall Pane, | G. A. Follin,
Secretaries.
Fl KTUER AND ’IMPORTANT
BY THE AMERICA.
Coi.umia, Aug. 16,
’l’he latest official advices received before the
sailing of the Jmeriea, state that everything
was prepared at Sevastopol for a general as
sault, to come off within fifteen days. A grand
expedition and fleet were assembled’ in K aniiesch
Bnv.
'i’he Russians had succeeded in taking the
rifle pits in front of the French sappers.
It was reported at Faris, that the French
government bad received intelligence of the
resumption of the bombardment preparatory to
another assault.
The Vice Roy wus enlisting the Bedouin
Arabs for the ('rimea.
The Western Powers have received intelli
gence of startling interest from Germany,
The fortifications at the Sea of Azotf, con
structed by the Allies are progressing.
Sehitniyl is in the mountains threatening the
rear of the Russian army,
The Queen of England, iu a message to
parliament, recommends additional provisions
for the prosecution of the war. The Chancel
lor for the Exchequer made a motion for
the issue of seven millions of Exchequer
Bills.
Orders have been given to stop the enlistment
of troops at Halifax to prevent the pomibility
of difficulty with the United States.
Private corresjiondencc from Lombardy and
Venice indicates that important movements are
nearly ripe for exechtion.
It is rumored that Spain would semi udouble
contingent of troops to the Crimea, but, in re
turn for so doing, asked that the Allies should
guarantee the safety of her territory, including
Cuba.
lATKsr:
Reported Raiding oflheNlege.
The very latest intelligence which reached
Liverpool, ut Saturday noon, just before the
departure of the steamer, was to the effect
that the allies have raised the siege of Sevasto
pol.
Additional Foreign NeW«.
Columbia, August 16.
We learn by the Lebanon, that the Baltic ar
rived out the 27th ult., and the Hermann the
30th. W
The sales of Qjlton on Monday, (the day be
fore the steameMßiled.) were 8,000 bales, in
cluding 2,000 to speculators.
The weather was favorable to the growing
crops.
Breadstuffs were dull and unchanged. Sugar
was steady and Coffee dull.
Nothing whatever had occurred to change
the aspect of affairs.
The German relations continued to be unsat
isfactory.
The latest Sales from the Crimea were to
the 27th. They contain nothing important how
ever.
Frernoll Movements for the Presidency*
Wanhinoton August, 15.
A primaiy meeting has been held for the for
mation of a Republican Party, the object of
which is the election of Seward as President—
that is, a Republican Convention of the Free
soilers of Massachusetts has been called al Bos
ton, on Thursday, signed by prominent men of
all parties.
Sevastopol.—We attach very little credit
to the report of tlffe raising of the siege of Se
vastopol.
A gentleman of this city, New York has
come into possession of a manuscript said to be
the Life of Richard P. Robinson, written by
himself, iu which all the facts and circumstances
connected with ;he memorable murder of Helen
Jewitt in this city, some twenty years ago, are
set forth in a light, rulhor says,.which will change
the current coviction of Robinson, who died ut
the Galt House, Louisville, Ky., on the Bth in
stant, hu<l been sojourning there for several years
under the non di plume ut Richard Purmelly.—
It is probable that these revelations will be giv
en to the public at au early day.
{fey-Two magnificent rings presented by the
Emperor and Empress of Russia to Col. Sam
uel Colt, of Hartford, Conn., arc on exhibition
in that city. One of the rings contains dia
monds worth 83000 —rach contain the cypher
>f Alexander and wife, set with very minute
liamoixls iu enamel. 'l’he shank of one of the
•ings glitters with numerous jx'tite diamonds,
Hid the whole affair makes a gift worthy of an
Knqx.Tor.— Charleston Courier.
Akkest of Bank Robbers.—Two men have
xs-n arrested at Gilinantuwn, N. H., charged
vith robbing the Concord Saving’s Bank. -
I’hcy belong to the Ruud family who robbed the
s'irgTJxiu Bank, at PorUmoutb, sometime since.