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ATLANTA. AUGUST 31, 1855.
Third and Fourth Pages.
FOR GOVERNOR:
H. V. JOHNSON,
OF BALDWIN.
FOR. CONGRESS.
Ist District-Jas L. Seward of Thomas.
2nd “ M. J. Crawford, of Muscogee.
3rd “ J. M. Smith, of Upson.
4th “ 11. Warner, of Meriwether.
sth “J. 11. Lumpkin, of Fioyd
6th “ Howell Cobb, of Clark.
7th “ Linton Stephens, of ancotk.
Bth “A. H. Stephens, of Tahafeno.
Fulton County Nominations.
FOB SENATOR :
COL. JOHN COLLIER.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE :
CAPT. ALLISON NELSON.
The Chronicle & Sentinel vs. Mark A.
Cooper.
The Chronicle & Sentinel charges that dis
crimination has been made in favor of Mark A.
Cooper, by the State Road, in consequence of
which that gentleman is the recipient of six
thousand dollars per annum, in the way of re
duced freights, &c., &c. This is the substance I
of its charge, and to support it, it copies from a
certain paper in this place, most of its elec
tioneering slang to the same effect.
This is one side of the picture. /
Now, let us look at the other.
Mark A. Cooper, whose word no honest man
with whom he has ever had any business, or
other transaction will doubt; and enterprize
in developing the resources of our Mountain
country commends him to the people; who has
never asked from the State Road, what was not
beneficial to the people of Cherokee and the
State; who has served in the field and in Coun
cil, the State ; says in reference to assertions
like those of the Chronicle & Sentinel—
“l now turn to the charges, and reply that
THEY ARE ALL FALSE AND UNTRUE, IN
EVERY FORM, AND TO EVERY IN
TENT AND PURPOSE.”
In addition to this sweeping denial, Mark A.
Cooper goes on to say—
“So untrue is this, that the very reverse is
TRUE, to-wit :—UNJUST AND OPPRESSIVE DISCRIM
INATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE AGAINST” him. * * *
“And to Mis hour, this unjust and oppressive
discrimination is kept up and collected out of
him, “by the Superintendent, &e.
Voters of Georgia,choose between the Chron.
iele & Sentinel and Mark A. Cooper! Choose
between the frank statement of the latter, who
has placed all the facts before you, and the
Chronicle & Sentinel, who withholds them from
its readers, and publishes all the clap trap and
slang, no matter whence they emanate, or how
ever defamatory of Mark A. Cooper, or Gov
ernor Johnson, so that it may secure a vote for
Garnett Andrews. This is the secret of all
that paper’s assaults. Let them pass for what
they are worth 1
More of the Secret Order.
We call the special attention of our readers
to the “Address” which will be found in our
paper to-day, which appears in the form of a
printed pamphlet, in our possession, entitled
“Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the
State Council of Georgia, held in Macon on
the 2nd and 3rd of May, 1855.”
This pamphlet fell into the hands of a high
ly respectable gentleman of a neighboring city
through the carelessness of a member of the “Or
der” to whom it had been entrusted. Ilsau.
thenticity, we arc advised, will not be denied,
and indeed we have the admission of a promi
nent and respectable Whig, a member of the
"Order,” but opposed to its secret and proscrip
tive features, that it is genuine; and we learn
also from the same source, that the author ol
the Address is now engaged in “jumping” por
tions of the State, defending the "Order" against
charges proven to be true by the “Address” it
self.
We italicise portions of the “Address” which,
if carefully read, will open the eyes of every dis
passionate reader to the duplicity which enters
so largely into the composition of the Know
Nothing Order, and to its assaults upon, if not
treason to the Constitutions of our State and the
Union.
In our issue of today, wo have neither space
nor time to review, at length, this strange pro
duction. It is a document, however, that will
open the eyes of the people of Georgia to the
dangerous tendencies of Know Nothingism
and which, we hope, will induce many mi hon
est and patriotic citizen, who may have been
tempted to connect himself with the "Order,'
to abandon it at once. When freemen of Geor
gia and the South, are bode to pursue towards
their fellow citizens a course marked by duplic
ity, not to use a more appropriate and hursbtr
term, it is time that in the majesty of their
power they should rise, and say to their politiea
leaders, "thus far hast thou gone,” but no farther
shalt thou go. Here there must be a stopping
place 1
Rut we will not anticipate tlw reader’s judg
ment. All that we desire, at present, is. that
the reader will give to it a careful perusal.—
Mark its every line; its cunningly devised
words; its entire freedom from all that is bold,
manly, patriotic; and then let him puss judg
ment upon it. For the present, we shall say
no more.
Melancholy Occurrence.—We regret to
learn that the elephant attached to Bailey and I
Co. s Circus, while crossing a bridge between i
this city and Camden yesterday, became unruly :
in consequence of the breakage of a plank, and
killed one of the horses belonging to the compa
ny. rite keeper of the elephant, in the attempt
to punish him. omitting to take the precaution
to secure him. was instant’y killed by the enraged!
animal. The name of the ke per was West, and j
he has had the charge of the elephant tor eight!
or nine years.
We are requested to say that, lest the public ■
should be deterred fr >m visiting the exhibition ’
through fear, the elephant wi ’ not be brought •
to this city, even if they should succeed in cap
turing him.— Ca. Timet.
Miss Logan no more.—We find in
exchanges the report that Mss E ■ i
been married to W oods, lesst
pfe g 'ldea tre of St. Louis.
Santa Anna’
This notorious individual has again fairly il
lustrated the saying, that
“ He who fights and runs away,
May live to fight another day."
Yes, Santa Anna has literally illustrated it
before in bis life, and has again run away, to
fight, mayhap, another day. Having deserted
his capital, he embarked, after a disorderly re
treat, at Vera Cruz for Havana, and will there
pass, it appears so at least, at present, the re
mainder of his days in peace. Possibly though,
as he has been the hero of so many revolutions,
he may be the hero of one in Cuba. 'Who
knows but be may lead the Creoles yet against
Castillian blood ; and that the fillibusters may
find in him an ally! But wc apprehend the
fate of this strange man is sealed forever, and
that no more will he lead armies to defeat.—
Thrice hath he obtained power to abuse it, and
now he is so low that none are left “ to do him
reverence.”
The ambition of this man, Santa Anna, was
purely selfish. For his country, knowing well
its wants, and how to provide for them, he nev
ertheless thought and acted only to promote his
own interests and pouer. Lusting after both,:
he enjoys both, and now “ fallen from his high es
tate,” from the indignation of his countrymen, and
from leaders far worse and as little to be trusted
as himself, he precipitately flees for refuge where
a stronger despotism exists, than can ever, in
our opinion, be established in Mexico. There
let him remain, “unwept, unhonored, and un
sung.”
The Hone Address.
The “Address” wvich we published on yes
terday, and to which we called the special at
tention of our readers, is the subject of much re
mark. and will doubtless attract the notice of
the voters of Georgia.
We are not authorized to give the name of
the true writer, or author of this address, al
though we know well who it is. Suffice it to
say that he is one of the leaders of the falsely
styled “American Party,” and one who is “in
the field,”doing active service for that party.
The language and spirit of the “Address,”
emanating from the source it does, should be
thoroughly scanned. The writer, who says to
the people in exciting times like these, that “our
Nation,” (the freest, most prosperous, and hap
piest on earth) “Z.£e the ocean, can only be pu
rified. by gigantic convulsions,” might well be
expected to charge our Revolutionary sires.
Washington, Jefferson, Madison, and the fra
mers of the Constitution that we have flourished
under, with "ill advised liberality !” Yes,“ILL
ADVISED LIBERALITY 1” Such are the
sentiments, sueh are the thoughts of the leaders
of the American Party I
But more. The party leader, representing
the sentiments of his party, who dares charge the
Framers of the Constitution with ill advised
—mark the expression, reader— ill advised lib
erality, might well lie expected to advise his, or
its followers, “to enter .into the Councils of the
enemy, and thwart his most skilfully planned
measures.” And unblushingly to say to his fel
low man, who is dishonorable enough to execute
such au order. "Heed not the reproaches of
men who, desirous of breaking your phalanx,
attack this strong band of your power’’.'
Shame upon such a production! Pa’S the
document round, reader, and let the people sec
whom they have to contend against! Pass il
round all who read it, and see if any but the
practised office seeker will adv«cate a policy, or
the political warfare recommended, so dishonor
able, and so beneath contempt! Let this“Honc
Address” be placed in every honest voter’s hands,
whig or democrat, and let October tell where
its principles have met approval, and where, a'
the polls, they have been indignantly rejected 1
Remarks at the Athtn'Bum of John W.
H. Underwood, Esq., of Rome.
We promised our readers a report of (ith
gentleman’s speech at the Atbcuteam, in this
place, a few nights ago. .We now, in part, redeeii;
that promise, with an apology to the speake,
for the nieagrencss of the report, and for the
absence of his opening and closing remarks.
Mr. Underwood said, my time will not allow
a full examination of this Know Nothing Plat
form. If it has a face, at all, that face is with
out a nose, and when our Know Nothing friend;
got to Macon, the sickly concern would havi
died but for a great Doctor, my friend, Dr.
Miller; and you will know we are friends fron
the way I speak. He, the Doctor, gave it man;
a dose: he is a great Doctor, and has always
been more a'lebrated for tbe "size” of his pills
than the quality of the materials of which thei
are composed. He has been canonized iu poetry
aud his memory will live whenever the Englisl
language is read; for the Poet hath said ol
him :
“And then he struts, and then lie cries,
1 love a Party large in size.”
First, our friend, the Doctor, tried to make hi:
patient bold up its head, by giving it tlieFourtl
Resolution of the Georgia Convention, withon
any regard, whatever, to the inconsistency ap
parent at the first blush, to the uuderstaudua
of any ordinary mind : for the Doctor is no
only a tearnal and scientific man. but can tun.
:i somerset us readily backwardsas forward.and
it does seem to come to him us easy one way a.-
the other. The Doctor then gave lite patient
an awful dose! Notwithstanding he is dead
ly hostile to all Catholics and foreigners, h:
made up a pill composed of several huudrei’
thousand Catholics, several iiundred thousatu
foreigners, a great many negroes, mid the wbol<
Island of Cuba 1 This pill well nigh strangle,
the patient, but it still breathes; its best friend:
think it may survive until the first Monday ii.
October i ext. Still the patient had no himc
and the Doctor being unable to find any healthy
skin on the face, put on a nose of wax. whicl
the warm weather in July and August hasten
tirely melted off!
This whole concern Mr. Underwood said
thus fired up, beeume a ‘ spring board,” simihu
to what is used at a “show,” and it was believe,
to be a capital idea to open a Free Siow in th,
Cherokee country, inasmuch as our friends ha,
all the necessary materia/ for the crowd. Phi
cards were stuck up every where: tbe perform
ance soon commenced, and has been going oi
for some time. Cone is the “ring master" tha.
struts by the pole, with whip in hand. IVon.
is the clown; Tumlin, the door keeper; one
Miller turns tbe somersets —lie is the only groiuu.
and lofty tumbler in the world, now living, that
ean beat McCollom who turned sxtyfie.
somersets in a minute, as many backwards as
forwards! Occasionally they have a monkey
and a big fat "boy,” who cries to make the boy,
laugh. For the benefit of the State Road,
wh’eh the Doctor seems to have greatly at heart
T advise the people of Georgia all to take a rid,
< see the "free show.”
D ’ctor commenced his feats of activity
. ~ :iy life, and has been a remarkable perform-
er ever since. In 1840, it is reported of him (
that he started off for "Matty Van.” lie |
did'nt like the State General Harrison hailed ■
from: besides he was for a Bank which the Doctor
could not swallow. But after a while when the
“Log Cabin Boys” became numerous and built
their “ cabins,” and drank a great deal of "hard
cider," and made and hung up a great many
strings of “ red pepper,” and the “ log cabin ”
was put upon wheels, the Doctor jumped in and
took a ride, and gathering strength as he went, I
shouted “Hurrah for Tippecanoe and Tyler i
too.”
In 1850, when there was a general “ blow
up,” the Doctor and myself started together for
the Democratic Party. We blew the same
horn ; we blew it wild and shrill; but in 1852
there came about so fffllny parties and tickets]
in Georgia, that the trail was very hard to fol-1
low, and I am not very clear if we did’nt run a |
while on the “backtrack!” Certain and sure |
we lost it for a time, and never was on the right ]
rtil again until General Pierce was elected;
President.
In 1853, after Herschel V. Johnson was
nominated for Governor, and Mr. Jenkins also,
a democratic convention met at Calhoun Gor
don county, to nominate candidates for Judge
and for Congress ; and the Doctor and myself
were both in that “wild hunt." I know we
were both good democrats, “ from the way we
spoke.” We both made a speech, as did several
others. The Doctor had the advantage, and he
spoke last, and urged the members of the con
vention to act harmoniously, for the good of
the party. And he had also a word of admo
nition for the candidates. He said that all
had spelled the word “ Democrat," very well,
and pronounced it too 1 that he would give out
a word to spell after the nomination, which
was the word "acquiesce He said he could
SPELL rt AFTER THE NOMINATION AND PRONOUNCE
it too —and thus he closed one of his most brill
iant and characteristic efforts 1 The nomina
tion was to, and did, take place the next day;
but whether he, the doctor, saw that his speech
had not made the impression he expected, and
that neither he, nor his friend, would be nomi
nated, or what else. I cannot tell; but before
the boys were called up to spell, the Doctor
was gone, and after that he lost his way, and
voted for neither of tbe nominees of that Con
vention, or for Johnson, but voted for Jenkins,
Trippe, and Lewis Tumlin!
Well, in the month of June 1855, the Doctor in
his course, got as we supposed, in the democrat
ic way again ; and, on the 11th of June, he was
in council with a part of the “Rome Regency,"
as they arc termed byway of derision. On the
12th, Judge Lumpkin was nominated for Con
gress : and, ou the 13th, or 14th, the Doctor
made a Know Nothing speech in Secret Coun
cil.
The Doctor is styled by his friends, the De
mosthenes of the Mountains. This is a
mistake; he is no Grecian but a Roman.
When Cataline endeavored to overthrow the
liberties of Rome, he organized a secret, oath
bound, political society, and, being a member
of it, he sat daily in council, with the Roman
“Senators;” (Regency) and the question is
submitted to the people of Georgia, which the
Doctor most nearly resembles, Cicero or Cata
line ?
A Relic of tiie days of Henry Clay.
The following article, from the Washington
Union of the 3ist ol March, 1850, introducing
the beautiiui letter of the Catholic professors
to Henry Ciay, and not only reminds us oi
ike great services of that illustrious statesman
m the last hours of his public career, but tri
umphantly vindicates our countrymen of the
Camofic persuasion against the prevailing at
tacks upon their teaily and devotion to the
American Union. Tins unprompted letter writ
ten at a period when it was not iasiiionable to
.utroduce religion into polities, is a proud reply
u> the calumnies of tile intolerant and tiie un
charitable. We do not doubt that the seDU- i
meats so elegantly and eloquently expressed by :
me Ualholics oi Indiana m 1850, are still re
sumed by the great mass of Christians of the
same beael m 1855:
The Catholics and Mr. Clay.—We find
in the Philadelphia Ledger of Thursday the
mlfewiug letter irom the laeuity of the Cath'o-'
au University of Notre Dame, at South Bend.!
tettiiauu, aduiessed to the Hou. Hemy Ciay.— i
it is a beauuiui tribute to tue talents and’ pa-!
a-iolism of that distinguished gentleman: and |
we thin., may be regarded as a strong indica
tion that tiie Catholic population of me Um
ecd States are m tavor of compromising, on
principles Honorable and just to ad sections oi
me Union, the present uimappy sectional con
uoveisy wmeu dis tracts the country :
University of Notre Dame ou Lac,
Near South Bend, Indiana,March 14,1830. i
Hon. sir : The President and laeuity of the ;
Catholic institution, ad unknown to you as
.hey are, quinol resist the impulse created by
die recent reading ol your great compromise
speech, in tue coi.ege reiectory, to address you
a oriel letter ol tnuute, lor taen share in mat
ricn treat. Prolessiug a creed widely different
.roui your own, and Winch is geueraqy, though :
.aiseiy, supposed to be anti-American and bos-'
•lie to civil liberty, they yet partaite with you !
.u all luose just, wise and moderate views which !
you advance m the noble document referred to, i
and in aii tuat patriotic and trembling solici-!
mile tor tue continuance and perpetuity oi tins !
glorious Luiou wmcii you so tuuuubiy manifest. ■
ii would be dissimulation in those who address '
you to aifirm augut else than that they seek the :
. duicatioii and giury of the kingdom ol their ,
muster, Christ, ueiure uh other earthly conside-!
rations; but besides tins reigning aim and de- -
sire, they know no greater love and atlectiou
man wiint they bear towards the constitution ;
iiid federal government ol these (States. itii
<iie integrity, slaii.lity, and unchecked progress
oi tins land ol religious liberty, they see ideuti
ied tue highest interests ol tue Church ot Jesm,
Christ, and the highest hopes ot humanity;
and greasy as they venerate your exalted pa
triotism, evinced not only now m this puhum
u-isis, but also through a long and illustrious
.ue ol unselfish and unrequited devotion to
? our country, they will not yield to you in the
a ariii tney icel ill view ol the dangers now
uireateuuig the Union, or m earnest and con
..uual supplications to the God of Nations that •
tie will oe pleased, tor His Church's sake, to 1
..vert iroui us uiose imminent penis which now I
menace us.
te ude you nre assailed by the violent and in- *
-aue oi born sections ol the Union, we thought
.t migut be agreeable to y,>u to Know that in a ■
sx-imted religious house, whose inmates have i
their citizeusmp and conversation in Heaven,
who conuuuue more with tue migiity past than
.ue present, ami whose invisible companions iu-e
.tie noble army ot saints, your kindling oratory
,ias warmed and cheered many a heart inbexi
i.y and altogether Auier.cau.
lu beuali o. me president and faculty. I have
.tie uoueir to be. wmi me greatest cousiueratioii,
. our obedient servant,
GARDNER JONES.
Hon. Henry C’lay. W asimigtou, D. C.
A Stabbing Cjue.—"We understand a man
by tue name oi Thomas Dougherty, a fireman
oa ti e South Carolina Raiir ad. fe eived last
■veniug a serious stab, inflicted by some one un
known. From what we can team, he was seated
in the bridge, eating a watermelon with some
.'rieuds. when a party passed and used offensive
language. Au altercation cusaed, and ou being
s-prorated by this fr.euds, Mr. D. was found to
oe-stabbed in the side. He received prompt y
m die-al aid. ana whea last heard in>m, was doing
wdi.— slug. Con.
Tiie New Cofuiitbiis Moveweut.
! The Know Nothings of Muscogee met in!
5 Convention on the 23d hist, with closed doors. I
' and nominated their candidates for the Legisla
i tore. After the aminations were made, they !
I resolved to recommend the several councils in
, Muscogee county to surrender their charters,
books and papers to the State council, to dis
continue the use of the Rit al of the order, al
so of the obligations, signs and pass words
therein prescribed; and declared themselves
members of the American party upon the Plat
\form of principles as heretofore published to the
! country.
We hope the other councils in the State will
follow in the lead of this new Columbus move
ment, and that in a tew weeks there will be an
end of Know Nothingism in the State of Geor
gia. We have always believed that a secret
I political organizat ion was dangerous to the liber
i ties of the Country and have therefore warred up
,on Know Nothingism with all the might and
I power we could command. The new Columbus
| movement, if followed out generally throughout
the State, will relieve the pending contest oi
I many of its irritating features. The issues pre
| sented are simplified and limited, and the peo
; pie can much more readily render an intelligent
verdict upon them.
We will notice this singular movement more
at length hereafter, when we shall find time to
publish the proceedings in lull. We have time
only to add that this singular party has already
made three changes in its party tactics since tbe
■ openiug of the campaign iu the Southern States.
Twice it has proven unsuccessful, and we are
very certaion that its last dodge will not save
it irom total defeat at the fad elections. The
American people are unalterably opposed to
the political proscription ol a citizen on account
of his birth-place or religion, and will sustain
uo party that advocates it, no matter by what
specious name it may be called. This is the
mill-stone around the neck of Know Nothing
ism, which more than anything else has suuk,
the so-called, American party into the sea ol
public condemnation, and until they abolish
this feature ol the order it is useless for them
to attempt to save themselves from drowuiug,
by throwing away other odious features— Col.
limes (f Sentinel.
Hon. G. W Jones.
The following is the official vote of the sixth
congressional district of Tennessee:
Gordon. Jones.
Bedford 1,556 1,333.
Franklin 351 1,336.
Lincoln 331 2,616.
M.arshail 629 1,355.
Maury 1,378 1.824.
4,245 8.465
4.245
Jone’s majority 4.230
it will be seen from the above that Mr.
Jones's majority over his know-nothing oppo
nent lacks only twenty-five votes of the whole
number of votes received by the latter person
A brighter democratic record cannot be shown
by any other congressional district in the Union.
A more brilliant and substantial proof of the
estimation in which he is Held by his constitu
ents Mr. Jones could not desire. In the coun
ty in which he resides (Lincoln) nearly three!
thousand votes were polled. Os this num
ber Mr. J, received over two thousand six hun
dred!
n®„ While Hon. Martin J. Crawford was
addressing the people at Tazewell, be dwelt at
some length upon tbe superiority of the natives
to the foreign born population in numbers, and
of their capacity to protect themselves, in the
ardor of the debate, inquired if any one in the
audience was afraid.
A very respectable Know Nothing, led away
by his zeal, exclaimed—"l am.”
Crawford.—Why are you afraid of them?
Know Nothing.—Because of the great
numbers of them who are pouring into the
country.
Crawford.—Then you are opposed to any
party which proposes to give them a friendly
reception?
Know Nothing.—l am.
Crawford.—Then you must oppose the Know
Nothings?
Here Judge Crawford took up and read from
the Philadelphia Platform the following para
graph. ‘“Offering to the honest immigrant, who
from love of liberty hatred of oppression, seeks
an asylum in the United States, a friendly re
c -p ion and protection”
The boys here raised a shout which it does
I a Democrat good to hear. The bit was pal
| pable.
I Fi inn the South Western News ]
Messrs. Editors :— The undersigned have be
come satisfied that it is their duty to themselves
and tbe country to dissolve their connexion I
! with the poltical orguizatiou commonly called j
| Know Nothings. In leaving the order they I
| carrywith them no unkind feeling towards any !
| of its members, but are impelled to this course,:
from experimental knowledge that its objects |
and principles are not those which induced them ?
to membership.
We respectfully solicit the proper officers oi i
the several councils of which they have been
members, to erase their names irom the |
books and give them a showing of dismis-:
sion.
JAS. W. RAGAN,
JAS. W. GREER.
GEO. W. HARRIS.
M ILLIS McLAIN,
RAN DA 1, DU CK WORTH. '
Amusing Incidents in the Can
vass.
, Correspondentce of the Columbus Tinies fur- 1
i nish some amusing incidents in the can-;
I vass.
i As Gov. Johnson had concluded a very able;
I and convincing argument at Oglethorpe, and
I the crowd was leaving the stand, a very clever !
i Know Nothing, who was writhing under the]
: pungent sarcasms and wholesome truths he had j
I near, vented his revenge by pronouncing the
I address a pack of lies. Au honest Democrat in I
I the company denied the charge so uncivilly I
I made, and defied his friend to point out one lie
i the Governor uttered. ;
Ku iw Nothin ?.—Why, he said there we.-e 25 I
Know Nothings who were going-to come out
of'tlie Order to-night, ami that’s a lie.
Democrat.—How do you know whether it’s'
a lie or not.
Know Nothing.—Well, I know it is a lie.
because we are nut gi>ing to hold any more coun
cils for fear fitly will come out.
The Dem n-rat caved, ami offered the Know-
Nothing his hat.
A Valuable Acquisition.—We are grati
fied to hear, says the Federal Union, that Gen.
I Thus. Beall, of Upson county, long a prominent I
I member of the Whig party, refuses to act with
| the so-called American party. One by one the
j good and able men of the old Whig party are
I coming out in favor of religious toleration and I
; equal rights.
j Arrival of M'i.le Rachel.—ln the Wednes
day evening s edition of tiie New York Express
we find the following announcement:
Mademoiselle Rachel, her brother. M. Re.i>-
: had Felix, and tbe members of the Frenchs
dramatic eompany.to the number of twenty-live,
arr.veil in this city by tiie Pacific at 8 o clock
this morning. Ol' course the excursion to the
quaratine did not take place.
| The members of the i arty ar.’ all in good;
! health and spirits—pleasid with all they have
! seen, pleased with the trip, the ship, and the cap
tain. and most especially pleased to Lave got rid
lof them all, and to be well on terra fii ma.
They are stoppingat the St. Nicholas. ’
"The first performance will take place on
Monday, September 3. The play will be Cor
neUle s tragedy fl nny."
lien rd County.
Tbe Anti-Know-Nothings of Heard County
have n- minuted the following ticket for the Leg
islature : For the Senate. John F. M relaud :.
lor the House. Sanders W. Favbr. T ; - >ket
a friend Irom Heard assures us will . t
j— ked, Union.
The Republican Party.
! The progress of the sectional movement in
I tiie North under the name of the republican
] party, betokens a thoroughly disciplined pur
j pose and an extensive combination. At the
moment when the Know Nothings feel their
weakness, and the utter impossibility of main
taining a pernianent organization, abolitionism
steps in to take their place. Mr. Seward hopes
that Ix’cause the mass of the secret party have
served all the purposes of a powerful though
temporary antagonism to the democratic party,
they will find it a very easy and agreeable tran
sition into the ranks of the Republican party.
As to the whig party, he relies on their exten
sive co-opcration. because even their “ national "
leaders, like Governor Hunt and Mr. Granger,
have formally committed themselves in favor of
the restoration of the Missouri Compromise.—
In every Northern State the abolitionists have
been skilfully preparing for the downfall of the
Know Nothings, whom they aided so cordially
■and used so much ; and now that the Know
Nothing structure is about to sink tothe ground,
they stand ready to employ the material in ma
king strong the foundations of their own con
spiracy. Never before was the prospect of a
vast abolition party in the free States more
distinct mid unmistakeable. The men who have
been rejected by the democratic party for their
complicity with the abolition schemes are all
in the field under the black banner of disunion:
while many of the whig leaders, who would not
follow their party into the Know Nothing
lodges, stand ready to swell the ranks of the
new army now rapidly maturing against the
rights of the South and the constitution of the
United States. We have already seen many
heretofore conservative whig papers yielding to
this combination, and we have no doubt that
this movement will unite many of those elements
which have refused to join in the crusade ol
proscription. There is uo secrecy in the scheme
it is open, flagrant, defiant treason to the eon
stitution. It plants its flag upon the idea ol
eternal hostility to the South, It enforces ob
ligations more binding jjian the oaths of the
Know Nothings, because founded iu a more
permanent fanaticism, and looking to a seque
in which unholy ambition fancies a certain real
ization of its long-cherished aspirations. To
repeal the fugitive slave law and to resist
the admission of any more slave States—
these tire the real objects which the chiefs in
this crusade have at heart. The clamor about
the restoration of the Missouri Compromise is
maintained alone to keep alive a recent excite
ment, in order that this may act as a blind to
the retd purposes of the combination. Mr.
Seward, Mr. Chase, Mr. Wilson, and Gov.
Johnston, the respective pillars of this vast ab
olition party, know full well that the Missouri
Compromise cannot be restored. They know
they have not the power to accomplish this re
sult. But it is a convenient excuse for treason;
and as it will serve to deceive many of the sou
thern voters, they will use it until their chiel
designs have been sufficiently matured. Herr
is a chance for the national wliigs of the North
to show their “undaunted mantle.” Here is a
fair and full opportunity for the democrats who
have been seduced into the know nothing order
to prove their devotion to the federal constitu
tion. Neither of the interests can longer de
ceive themselves about the Missouri Compro-
I mise. They can realize from the complexion
of the next Congress that the restoration of that
law is a political impossibility. They can see
for themselves that the abolitionists have taken
ground for this restoration with a full knowl
edge that it is wholly impracticable, and only
for the purpose of raising the excitement of tiie
northern mind to sueh a pitch that it will so.m
be ready for all their ultimate and extreme
measures. They'cannot stand upon any por
tion of the Seward platform without standin?
upon all portions of it. They cannot advocati
the restoration of the Missouri Compromis;
without convicting themselves of direct com
plieity with the northern sectional party. What
then, will they do? That is the question.—
Will they throw themselves against the omin
ons organization of abolitionism, or will they
help it forward to the final catastrophe of dis
union ?
There are in every free State many patriotii
wliigs. Their names are as familiar as house
hold words. Upon these men grave responsi
bilities rest. Never before were their energies
more necessary to the tranquility and to tin
welfare of the Union. Will they be equal ti
the dutv that awaits them, or will they enroll
themselves tinder the banner and follow the lead
of men who are bold enough to avow that their
great object is to destroy the.rights of tbe States
aud nullify the oblligations of the constitution
Affairs in Kansas.
There are plain indications that the Freesoi.'
ers are about to make desperate struggle for
the final mastery of Kansas. We have seen
their system from the first. As soon as the Neb
raska Kansas Bill was passed, they formed Emi
| gration Aid Societies, the object of which was
i avowedly to throw a population of Freesoilers.
! bought up and transported by charitable con
i tributions, into these Territories, to control th>
I the vote and secure the triumph of anti-slavery
[ feeling. They failed in this. All the early elec
] tions went against them by an overwhelming
majority. Next we heard, on their avowals
! that large quantities of arms nad been forward
! ed from New England in aid of tbe cherished
I objects of Abolition.
These were mere preliminaries. Tbe letter
which we copy from the Boston Telegraph, and
the still later extract from the St. Louis paper,
show that the plot has been pushed forward
with a remarkable degree of zeal and cunning.
The Free Sellers have determined to-appoint a
: government of their own: have disowned ali
i oliedience to the Territorial Government exist
ing; have determined to elect a delegate to Con
! gress through their own organization, and leav.
I it to that übolitonized body to determine be
tween it and the law of the laud; and finally,
j have determined to hold a Convention for tm
■ purpose of framing a Constitution and pre
! senting themselves (a poor minority of the set
tlers of Kansas) for the admission into the
; Union as a Freesoil State.
The plan is one of those astute con
: trivances that could not have originated
on the frontiers. It bears the marks of Sew
! ird ou every section of it: and the object is to
transfer the whole question of the power of the
, Territories over their il 'inestic laws, to the
House of Representatives at Washington.—
There the revolutionary doings of a band of in-
I cendiariis.it is hoped, will lie treated by their
' brother fanatics as the “Higher Law.”
It is evident that this question is to become
the s >ul of the great debate in the next Con
gress, and more than ever appears to hinge up
on it the decision of the final issue between
North and South.— Charleston Mercury.
Monroe County.
The Democracy and Anti-Know Nothings of
Monroe County have nominated for the Legis
! lature the following excellent ticket. For the
i Senate. Allen Cochran, for the House Wm. C.
Residing and B. Ogletree. Col. Redding wa<
a member of the last House of Represciitativ. s
I and no man was more regular at bis post, and
’ none more vigilant in looking after the interes s
iof tin people. Upon bills to grant an exten
-lon of privileges to copurate bodies Col. Red-
: ding placed a most wholesome check. 11 the
people of Monroe wish to have a good ropreset -
tative they will elect Col. M m. C. Redding.—
We make these remarks in reference to Col.
Redding, because we were struck with his ap
plication to the business before him. and his
vigilance in guarding the interest of the peo-
’ pie.— Fed. Union.
St ate Stocks. —Tiie N. Y. Courier remarks
that one of the singular features of the Money
Market of the past six months has been the
depreciated value of sound State L a is bearing
six per cent: these securities which, in previous
years, when the market wa* easy, bore a large
prem tun. Mayrland Sexes have in former years
sold at I'' per cent, premium; Kentucky. Io a 12,
aud other securities, equally substantial, at 5 a
10 per cent., whereas now, while money is worth
only 6‘a 7 per cent.. Virginia, Georgia, Teums
sev. Mismtri and Louisiana six per cent. L<?ans
are quoted below par. There is. however, a
marked improvement now going on iu these
IMMta |
Wliat are you about Sam.
Some one offers through the Constitutionalist
& Republic the following bets. They have
liecn oflerred more than two weeks, yet none of
Sam’s boys can be found bol<l enough to
lace the music. Hush your bragging now
Sum.
Mr. Editor.—l am not equal to some of 1
“Sam's” followers, in bragging—have no turn
that way—but am willing to wager something
in a quiet way, .sometimes, on ek-ctions.
1 therefore offer the following points on the
Georgia electi ms:
1.1 will liet 8100 that Jatncs L. Seward,
the anti-Know Nothing candidate for Cangress
in the First District, will be elected.
2. 1 will bet Slot) that Martin ,1. Crawford
will be elected in the Second District.
3. 1 will bet 8100 that Hiram Warner will lie
elected in the Fourth District.
4. I will bet SIOO that John 11. Lumpkin
will be electa! in the Fifth District.
5. 1 will bet §IOO that Howell Cobb will be
elected in the Sixth District.
6. 1 will bet Slot) that Alexander H. Ste
phens will be elected in the Eighth Dis
trict.
7. I will bet 8100 that the anti-Know Noth
ings will elect five out of eight members of
Congress.
8. 1 will bet 8100 that Johnson beats An
drews. for Governor,‘s.ooo votes.
9. 8100 that Johnson is elected Governor
by the popular vote.
’ 10. 8100 that I win a majority of these nine
bets.
These ten bets to be taken together, with the
privilege to the taller of doubling the amount
on each point.
I make an additional proposition:
Os these ten points the taker may select three
and I will select two, and bet 8400 on each of
the live.
The money to be staked when the bets are
taken.
No Proscription.
Political Piety.—Two politicians joking
together after a political meeting, one of them
rallied the other on the very religious strain in
which he indulged in the last speech he bad in
flicted upon the meeting.
“I'll bet you fire dollore,’ sad McCarty, you
■ au't repeat the Lord’s Prayer now, if you
try.’
‘Done 1’ said Kollock, and assuming a* de
cent gravity for the moment, summoned bis me
mory to aid him in his novel, but certainly very
commendable effort. ‘Abeml'a —a —ahem;
ah; now I have it:
“Now I lay me down to sleep.
I pray the Lorrtl iny soul to keep,
If I should die before 1 wake,
I pray the Lord my soul to take.”
‘There 11 told you I could.’ *
‘Well. I give up, beat,” said McCarty, pay
ing over the money ; ‘I wouldn't have thought
vou eould have done it.'
Disastrous Flood at Staunton, Va.— The
Staunton Spectator txirt. snys that on the eve
ning of the 14th inst. that town was visited by
the most destructive and 1 riffle flood ever wit
nessed in that section of country. The rain
descended in torrents., vid soon overflowed a 1
the streets in the western portion of the town.
The new Lutherian Church, and many houses,
were much injured. In one house, in Augusta
street, the water was three feet deep. Tliecellare
in several streets were filled, and much merchan
dize was damaged. The streets were literally
iorn to pieces, curbing and pavements being
swept away by the float The farms within
three miles of Staunton sustained much dam
age.
A Child Saved by a Dog.—.Vs one of the
New York city cars was passing down Fulton
street, on Monday morning, a lady with a little
jirl attemped to pass in front, the child being
diead. Before the driver could hold up the
child was nearly under the horses feet, when a
urge Newfoundland dog seeing it, bounded to
lier. and taking here in his mouth rescual her
from imineut danger of being trampled to death,
brought her to the almost distracted mother and
aid her down. He looked up and waggal his
t.iil, and gave a short bark expressive of his de
ight, and away he went.
Petersburg. Aug. 21.—Private letters re
ceived herefrom N orfolk represent the state of
affairs as truly alarming. Y esterday morning
,i lighter full of patients left the wharf for tbe
hospital at Julappi. Mrs. W. H. Murphy, a
well-known milliner of Norfolk, died yesterday.
In Portsmouth, tiie deathsand new cases are
Increasing. A strong appeal from Dr, Trugien.
reached here this* afternoon from Petersburg
physicians to come down and aid them. There
are but three physicians on duty in Portsmouth, j
Senator Gwin, —The Boston Post speaks of j
Senator Gwin in the following terms of merited :
commendation:
“ Senator Gwin is stumping the State of J
California in favor of the democratic ticket, and |
Is everywhere received with hearty, enthusiastic I
welcome. No democrat in the Union is truer
io his party and his friends thau Dr, Gwin, the
able and faithful senator from the Golden
State.
Preserve the Constitution.—The Bunker
Hill (Charlestown, Mass.) Aurora, noticing the
announcement that "Old Ironsides” has Iwn
ordered to Porsmouth. N. IL, and that it is ru
mored she is to be combined as unworthy and
irreparable, says, "we dout't belive she is unfit to;
repair, and have no conndence in a survey which !
shall come to such a result. Let her be sent here .
—where she belongs. VVe have no doubt our |
mechanics will find a remedy for her complaint j
and restore her to good health. At all events. |
if she must die and rot, let her do so decently |
at home.”
Daughters of the Regiment.—The Cleve
’and Grays had a parade on the 16th instant.
In which a custom of the French army was intro
| lnced. Two beautiful young girls, d cssal in
the uniform of the company, with s’lort-skirted
dresses, marched one on each side of the ensign,
carrying each a basket with rags for the woun
leil.’and a cask (of brandy, it is supposed) for
the fatigued and fainting soldiers.
The Cotton Crop in Mississippi.—The
Yieksburg Whig, of Saturday lad, says;
We have conversed witli several planters liv
ing in the vicinity during the last past week, in
re’ation to growing C itton crop. They are all
of the opinion that th ■ crop wih be a short one.
They say the late dry weather on the hil lands
has caused oil the late blooms to fall off-—conse
quently there is no cotton on the st ilk, only
what is nearly matured—therefore the picking
season will soon be over and the crop a light
one. We belive the river lands are all more or
less affected in the same way.
At the Anti-Know-Nothing barbecue
held in Tbibodux. Mr. Bush, addressing the mem
. tiers of the secret association, said in substance:
1 have been one of yours; 1 am. therefore.
] bound by an oath and precluded from discussing
anything but the documents and facts wh ch you
have been pleasal to make public. But you
know that there i- c >metbing else which I cannot
mention: and if. a» you assert, all your secrets
eommmeDdabie and van challenge pubic scrutiny
! then release me from my obligation and let. me
speak out. I defy you to grant me that priv
1 ‘lege"
A Truth Admitted on all Hands (and
' Heads also.) —Os all strikes that inflict the
! greatest injury on tbe people, and leave nothing
i but bad blood and ii! feeling behind them,
there is nouo worse than the policeman's
• strike!
A Mistake.—Sir John Irwin was a favorite
with George HL. who once observed to him.
'‘They tell me. Sir John, that you love a glass
of w’ne.” "The- ■.’’ replied Irwin, “who so in
formed your Majesty have done me a trreat in
justice—they should have said a bottle.”
General Cullom Defeated.— ; Wc rezret to
announce that General Cullom, the able, fear
less and independant candidate for Congress, in
: the Fourth District of Tennessee, is defeated
bv 402 majoritv.— Wash. American Organ
Bn tTdeiftraph.
*
LATHI! FROM LUORMA.
ARRIV ALOFTH F. STEA ME K
GEORGE LAW.
New York, Aug. 25, A. M.
The George Law arrived this morning with I
813,0t(| 1 > in gold. ' She brings news of fires at:
San !• rancisco and Stockton, which destroy- |
ed 830,000 worth of property in each city.
The British shijis, Monarch and President,'
were in port.
An attempt was made to tire the town of
Nevada, but not successful.
The miners were doing a prosperous busi
ness.
The Sandwich Islands trade dull.
The Allies destroyed Petropanluski, nftertlie
Russians having dcsertal it.
A severe fight is anticipated on Omar river, j
MTi L~ITRMb 7 r
New Orleans, August 35. '
The steam ship Orizaba has arrived nt tbis
port from Vera Cruz, with advices to the 22d
inst. Santa Anna left the city of Mexico on ,
the 9th inst., with an escort of 2500 men. Two I
days after, however, seven or eight hundred of
them revolted, killed one or two officers, and
joined the insurgents. Santa Anna then de
termined to abdicate, and embarked on the 17th
inst., at A’era Cruz for Havana.
The Alverez platform has been adopted.—
Genera Carriers has been appointed Provision-
President and Larvegal Communder-in-Cliief. j
All state prisoners have been liberated. The'
mob gutted most of the houses, including that'
of Santa Anna's mother-in-law, The appoint
ment of the Sig. Vidal as Minister to the Uni
ted States, has been revoked. Sig. Vidal ar
rived iu this city in the Orizaba.
Fuller advices state that Santa Anna left
the city of Mexico under the pretence of quell
ing a revolution in Vera Cruz. Ou the 13th
the citizens adopted tbe plan of Ayutla. The
Universal newspaper office ’and many other
houses were destroyed. Forty persons were
kilted aud many wounded’ by the mili
tary.
Delegates met in the city of Mexico on the
16th inst., according to the request of the Pro
visional government, and elected Carriera ns
President for s;x mouths, and orduinal the
freedom of the Press. The statute of Santa
Anna was thrown down by the populace.
New Orleans, August 25.
I The deaths in the Charity Hospital this
week, have comprised 128. [How many out
side?] The Physicians says tnat the fever has
| abated iu private practice.'
New York, August 24
Seven hundred bales of Cotton were sold to
day ut previous rates, and the market closed
film. Wheat was easier but notquotably low
er. Corn was unchanged, but the demand only
materate. Turpentine was steady, and 1000
bbls of North County Crude were sold at 83
per bbl. Rice was dull.
New York. August 25,
Flour has easier but not quotably lower.—
Wheat was iu moderate demand at previous
rates. Corn wns in moderate request und un
changed. Rosin was dull. Tar teas steady.—
Rice was quiet at 86,25 per 100 lbs.
N ew Orleans, August 25.
Cotton was declined from 1-8 a l-4c. and
1700 bales were sold. Good Middling of the
New crops was worth 10c. and middling
93 l-4c.
Petersburg, August 24.—The accounts from
Portsmouth are of a most alarming character.
On ’Tuesday there were seventeen interments,
and' yesterday sixteen interments, Several prom
inent citizens are dead mid others dying. The
distress is inconceivable, and physicians and
nursNt are in great demand. You may rely ou
this, as 1 have it from the most reliable sour
ces.
Sickness on the Mississippi River.—The
Memphis W’big, of the 13th inst., says:
There is considerable sickness on tbo river
at the present time, on boats bound up. • The
Trubue and Alabama, which passed up early
yesteday morning, buried a number of bodies
betwen New Orleans and this place.
The damage of the late flood at Stounton
Va., is now estimated at 850,000.
The Central Bank of Tennessee, at Dandridge,
has just gone into operation.
The late M. Sala Mon Rothschild, of Paris
has left a fortune of £2,500,000 sterling, which
will be divided between his two nephews.
The common council of Louisville have appro
priated 8500 for the relief of the sufferers by the
election riots in that city.
Ex-Governor Metcalf, of Kentucky, died last
Saturday of cholera, at his residence, Forest Re
treat. in that State.
During the week ending the 11th inst., 217,
448 pounds of copper ore were shipped from hike
Superior.
Hon. Thilo C. Buller, formely Assistant Post
master General, died near Geneva, New Y ork last
week.
The mechanics at the Navy Yard, nt Char
lestown, Mass, have voted a day's pay for the
benefit of the mechanics at the Navy Yard, Gos
port, Va.
The corn crops is superabundant, in Scott
county, Ky., the present year, mid contracts it
is said are making at fifty cents per bushel,
The Missouri Wine Company at St. Lonis
are manufacturing champagne from grapes
grown in that State.
Said Pacha, chief of Omar Pacha’s staff, and
who is now in Paris, is said to be of Polish
origin. Ute wife and ch' J are with him.
The New York Medical Tinies says that
seven young mid fair looking women may be
daily seen at the New York Hospital, following
tie physicians and surgeons on their rounds,
and are present at all operations, on males and
females.
The statue of Patrie llcnrv was raised on the
paiestal of the Washington Monument, at Rich
mond, Ya., on Monday.
Wm. Walker, a half breed of the Wyandot
tribe cflndians—a man of education and of
wealth, anti who glories iu his Indian blood—is
spoken of as a canidatc for Congress in Kansas
J. T. Clendenin, United States Attorney for
Washingthn Territory, has resigned his office.
The subcription in Baltimore for the relief of
the Norfolk and Portsmouth sufferers has reach
ed the amount 0f510,500.
The Kentucky Congressional delegation
stands six Amercans. four Demorats and Anti-
Know Nothings. The State Senate stands 17
Americans, 7 Democrats. The House stands
16 Am tricans. 39 Democrats. Morehead's ma
jority for Governor will be abou 4 (Kitt.
Extract of a letter from Bendersville, Pen
nsylvania:
“ A powerful reaction has taken place in
this section of our State. The order of know
nothings is losing its members daily.
“We shall carry Pennsylvania triumphant;v
this fail.”
Bogus Com.— The Buffalo Advertiser says
that bogus American quarters are in circula
tion in that city. The die is a perfect face
simile of the genuine, and the general appearance
the stme. They can be detected only by the
weiglit, being very light.
Minnes >ta Territory, aocording to the cens'ig
has a population of fifty five thousand, souls. <
Marion County.
j’l.c Anti-Know-Nothings of Marion County
have nominated Dr. 11. M. Jeter for the Senate
and Joel. F. Rttshin for the House. This is an
able ticket and ifeiecteil w ill do honor to the
State aud Marion county, t'rd. Union.
Dooly County.
Tiie oppon ntsol Know-Xotbingismin Dooly
Count y have iiomimital B. B. Hamilton for the
Senate, and Wiley Cobb for the House. A
number one ticket.— Fed. Union.
Abbott Lawrence bequeathed 810,000 to
the Boston Public Library, and 850.000 to the
IziwrenceScientific Schoolat Cambridge. The
other bequests are not yet made public.
A tin dealer in the Bowery, advertises coal
stoves that will "draw like Julia Dean."
How SHALL I I’llfeUßt Z THE HeaKT I HAVE
Won? Endeut or to make your husband's habi
tatuni alluring and dt lightfnl to him. Make it
a repose froui his cares, uslielter. Invariably
adorn yourself with delicacy and males!y. Let
your husband suppose you think hint a good
hu-baiid. and it will be a strong stimulus to him
being so. Cultivate cba'rfuhieM and good
humor.
We understand that Gov. Johnson baa appoin
ted Titos. W. Thomas Esq..-of Elberton, Judge
ol the Northern Judicial Circuit, vice Judge
Andrews resigned.
The Lynchburg Virginia reports that tobacco
was sold iu that city on Wednesday, at the high
figure of fifty-two dollars ahuudred.
The cholera is still cotinuing its ravages in
lAiwrencebttrg. Ky. On Sunday last there were
five deaths. Thirty persons are now lying sick,
and Ihe whole population is panic struck.
A dispatch from St. Lonis, dated the 25th
inst.. says ;
■■We arc in receipt of dates from the Great Salt
Lake to the Ist ot July. The thin crop of grain
h id been destroyed, and the prosjxtct of famine
wete still imminent.
“The Hon. L. Shever. one of the Judges of
the teritory, was found dead in his bed on the
29th of Juno, and was buried with great ceremo
ny.”
The Sexes.—The number of males born is
always greater than the females, by about 4 per
cent. At 20 years of age this preponderance is
entirely lost, and there are more females than
males. At 10 years the balance is again the
other way. and there are more males than fe
males. At 70 the sexes are about even, and the
ultimate age of the human being is reached
without any decided advantage to cither sex.
There are now 430 American women above one
hundred years of age.
Naval Apprextices.— The Naval Depart
ment has temporarily suspended the enlistment
of naval apprentices, three hundred and ninety
having been obtainai and all the receiving
ships being full. So far the system is said to
work admirably.
Newport, with 10.000 inhabitants, has proper
ty valued at 510,000,000.
■ A short time s nee. in St. Louis, a man
I and his wife were engaged in nrrangingn separ
|at ion. 'The principal diffieuty was the baby,
' which the woman tearfully begged to lie allow
[ <d to keep, while tbe man angrily refused. At
I length the wile ul .iost threw the child into the
husband s arms, and exclaimed, “ Take it—l ean
oon get another.”
A Candid. Lawyer.—"Do ,yon think I’ll
get justic done ?” said a culprit to lite coun
sel.
“ don’t think you will." replied the other“for
T saw two men’on the jury who are opposed to
hanging.”
Michael Malony. a native of Ireland, died in
Providence, R. 1.. last week.ut the remark ble
age of one hundred and eight years. He tell
the land of his birth about thirty years ago.
His uncle, it issaid. recently died iii Ireland at
the age of one hundred and twenty years.
The Emperor of Austria has conferred upon
Prof. Morse tbe large golden medal for arts
and sciences, in consideration of the valuable
services rendered by him to science by his sys
tem of telegraphs, which has been extensively
applied in the Anstriau dominions. It is grati
fying to see the merits of our prominent men
of science nikm whdpid by such satisfactory
tokens ofdistinction abroad.'
An English paper sates that Capt. John B.
Forster, R. N., died recently at Chamberwell,
England, "from excessive use of ardent spirits,”
as the coroner’sjitry declared; the deeased s allow
ance daily, having been six quarts of porter and
a quart of gin, brandy and rum, besides sherry
and table beer. Captain Forster’s vajet deposed
that he left at his bedside every night a bottle of
gin, a bottle of ruin, a bottle oi' brandy, a bottle
of sherry, and a bottle of porter!
Lieut Maury has finally chained what
he considers positive proof of his theory, that
the waters of the- King of Rivers," the Amazon
empties himself through the Gulf of Mexico, at
Florida Puss, into the Atlantic. In proof of
this he has obtained a memorandum which was
thrown into the waters of the Amazon, ut its
mouth, in 1852, and which was recently pickl'd
up on the shore of Texas, having lodged among
the drift wood. <fcc„ which floated down the
Mississippi and along the Texas coast. These
accumulating waters swell the Boy of Mexico
and pass off us above stated, through tbe Florida
Puss.
Tut; Tamarind Tree.—A gentleman in
Winchester lias sucecdedin producing tbe tama
rind, in perfection, from aeons picked out of the
preserved fruit. Tbe Tamarind is a beautiful
tree, and will grow any where. The seeds should
be planted in the tall, it grows about four inches
apart. - The sprouts are transplanted when
about three feet high. Witli the delightful
qualities of the fruit a 1 are familiar.
Advices for Lawrence City. Kansas, to the
!)th inst., say that the three saw mills in that
town are in constant operation, but arc unable
to supply fully the great demand for lumber.
Buildings are in course of erection in nil parts
of the city. Emigrants from the Western States
arc pouring into the territory in vast numbers.
I Here the impudence of one Wriggles
i who thus singetli:
This longing after beauty,
This sighing after curls,
, This chasing after fashion,
Wherever fashion whirls,
And all that sort of thing,—
1 May do for those that like them—
For those devoid of taste,
For those who barter diamonds oft)
For diamonds made of paste,
And other blockheads,
: But to a wife who truly loves,
Who’d be what she appeal’s,
Who’d spread the sunshine round the man,
That keeps away her tears,
And brings her ’taters home:
j We’d whisper softly in herear,
We'd grave it on her heart,
That Knowing well to fry a steak,
Beats sentiment and art,
A darned sight!
Prohibition in new Hampshire. —The New
Hampshire liquor law went into operation on
Monday last, and it is said to bear very heavily
upon the old to|>ers who have spent pretty
nearly every cent they were worth in taverns,
aud therefore could not provide for the conting
ency of prohibition. The moderate drinkers
have laid in a supply to last as long as the law
endures.
Brains.—Gov. Trumbull, of Connecticut, on
j the occasion of a grand riot, ascend'd ’ a block
and attempted by a speech to quiet the peo
ple, when a random missile hitting him on the
head felled him to tbe ground, lie was badlv
hurt, and us his friends were carrying him into
his lton.se. his wife met him at the door and ex
claimed. “Why. my husband, they have knocked
your brains out!” “No they haven't," said the
Governor, “II I d had any brains I shouldn’t
I have gone there.