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2 Wklq taminn. ATLANTA, MARCH 6, 1856. Hon. Robt. Toombs, will accept onr thanks fora copy of his Boston Lecture on Slavery. a©’* Wm. 11. Seward, and of Ohio, arc named in connection with the Repub can nomination for the Presidency. The Schoolfellow— A popular periodical for children, published by Dix & Edwards, of New York, has reached us. A hasty glance at its contents authorizes us in pronouncing it a model of its kind, and deserving the patronage of families. Dicken’s Household Words, For March,has been received, and has a rich and varied table of contents exclusive of “Hol ly Tree Inn” which is added to the number be fore us. “Household Words” may be secured, in regular monthly visits upon application and, remittance of three dollars to Dix & Edwards, publishers, 321 Broadway, N. Y. Executive Signatures.—The Governor has signed the act incorporating the “Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Companyalso the act incor porating the “ Timber Cutters' Bank of the city of Savannahalso the act authorizing the « Inferior Court of Chatham county to levy and collect an extra tax for the building of a new jail, and to issue bonds, &c. Our Representative, Mr. Harris. We have been charged with misrepresenting the position of Mr. Harris, on the Kansas ques tion. We are not conscious of having < lone so, as we made onr statements from the record be fore us. If, however, it can be shown from the reports of his speeches from which we gathered our information, that we have misconstrued his language, we shall take pleasure in correcting any prejudicial impressions our article may have, unintentionally, created. We opine, however, the record will bear us out in our remarks. Drugs and Medicines. The card w>f Messrs. Haviland, Risley & Co., Augusta,, Ga., will attract attention of dealers and cor.sumers. The house is well known in every section of the State, and has for a long time enjoyed the confidence of the entire Southern country. The branch of the establishment in Augusta has been lo cated there since our earliest recollection, and our youthful impressions of remedial agents of uny sort, are inseparably connected with the name of the firm. We hope they will con tinue to prosper in future as they have ii» times past, confident as wo arc, that they have well merited the patronage they have received. What Paxson Brownlow Thinks of the Convention. As Brownlow seensa to be the grand high priest of the K. N.’s of Tennessee, lie may be quoted as authority to the brethren in Georgia. Os the convention which nominated Fillmore and Donelson, he is reported, in its proceedings, to have used some powerful language. From the report of the proceedings which we find in the American Organ, we learn that, in response to a call of ayes and nays upon a motion to lay the motion to adjourn the convention to the 3d of July, upon the table “ Parson Brownlow said, he would voto aye, and did so, becar.se he believed, with the writer of a telegraphic despatch to the Pittsburg con vention. that the American party was with the Black Republicans.” Tho. e journals at the South who approve the nominations, are thrown into rather an unenvi able position by this flat-footed declaration of their Parson’s, since it is generally understood that men are put forward, by such bodies, as embodiments of their principles, and if Brown low is true, Mr. Fillmore and Mr. Donelson must be Black Republicans. Hew is it, gen tlemen ? Do you stand by the decision ? Judge Douglas. We extract tbc following paragraph from a letter written to the Richmond Examiner by Jas. W. Singleton, of Ohio, it will be seen by the confidential lone of the letter, that the friends of Mr. Douglass will urge his claims, and that he will interpose no obstacles to their doing so. If Judge D. is nominated we shall yield him a cordial support, knowing as we do that ho is entirely sound upon every question affecting the South. Let there be no prejnding, however; but rather let ns study the greatest good to the country, and then, if Douglass or any other of die present aspirants is found best calculated to bring out the full strength of the party, and strengthen the wavering out of it, at the South let his name be run up, and let us stand to him as oue man. We want a man who will unite the South aud bring out the full strength of the party at the North, and no matter who he U, the nomination of such an one will command our unqualified approval and support: The extract I have quoted contains (unin tentionally of course) an imputation not only tqion the personal and political honor of Judge Douglas, but upon the integrity of the national men of the North, and. in my estimation, both he and they should be vindicated. M hat is the idea conveyed by the remark cited ? It is. that Judge Douglas has originated, sustained mid established a measure in the legislation of the country, the consequences of which he- is afraid to meet by becoming a candidate for the Presidency. It implies political cowardice. It in effect declares, that he has raised an excite ment in the country which has given strength to free-aoilism, and that now, when in appear ance his party is environed by difficulties, he wants to skulk aud dodge the blows that might be struck at him if standing at the head of his party in a national political battle—that he tears to risk his political fortunes upon an issue made by himself, aud that be desires to wait un til the political horizon shall have cleared up before he will risk himself upon the troubled ocean of n Presidential contest.” " Had be be, n permitted to occupy iu quiet the position he had chosen for himself, and had not his motiv s been so injuriously questioned, I believe he would under no circumstances have consented to the use ol his name for a Presiden tial nomination. Butasitnowstands.be has as I conceive, no alternative but to leave him self ia the bauds of big friends." Si*sV- A distinguished literary tourist was <onee found In a paroxysm of tern* over the sup poeed ts’mb of Washington. at Mount Vemou. lint it turned out to be on’y the ice-house. Why is a man who gets knocked dow n at an election, like the world we inhabit '■ Be eaxw be a at the polls. ’ “A Duel." We notice a paragraph going the rounds credited to the Rome Courier, chronicling a duel, which is said tojiave occurred at, or near, Dallas,'in Paulding County. We are inform ed by a gentleman from that plaeethat no such an occurrence ever took place there, but that the particulars given of the reputed duel, apply in some degree to a bloody rencontre which occur curred some two miles from the town of Dallas, in which Jones, attacked a man by the name of Bone, while the latter was at work in his field, and after a desperate fight, which was witness ed by several accidental spectators, was killed by Bone, who is reported to have acted upon the defensive in the commencement of the dif ficulty. The origin of the difficulty seems to have been Bone’s disputed possession to a piece of land claimed.by Johes, but adjudged of the former after a legal investigation of their titles. Not content with the judgement of the court, Jones took the law into his own hands, and at tempted forcibly to eject Bones, from tho prem. ises. Tueae particulars come from what we deem a reliable source and are published in jus tice to parties interested iu the melancholy af fair. The Similitude There is a strong “family resemblence” be tween the Pittsburg and the Philadelphia Con vention —a resemblance that is, to say the least of it, a remarkable coincidence. They both oppose the proclivities of the present national administration, and if not for the same reason, are certainly doing each other very essential service in their respective designs. When it is universially conceded at the .South that the pre sent administration is all that can be desired of it, in what pertains to thejgeod of the entire country, without geographical distinction; when it is remembered that we have never had a mes sage which stood out more boldly and decidely for the threatned rights of our section ; it is not to be wondered at, that the Black repub lican Convention, which did not deny its sec tionalism, should promulgate such a declaration as the following: “Third, feeling that the present national ad ministration has shown itself to be weak and faithless, and that its continuance in power is identified with the progress of the slave power to nationalize supremacy with the exclusion of freedom from the territories and with increas ing civil discord, it is a leading purpose of our organization to oppose and overthrow it,” But When Southern men meet with North ern men and profess to represent a National party, and resolve, in effect, precisely the same uncompromising houtility to the administra tion, we confess it does look a litt’e odd, and significant of an affinity of sentiment naturally suggested by such affinity of purpose. It is rarely the case that two trees of different species produce the same fruit. fi@",<loßAcn Greeley, in one of his letters from Pittsburg, Pa., to his paper, the N. Y. Tribune, during the session of the Black Re publican Convention, in Pittsburg, says ; “The naked fact that citizens of several slave States chose to attend this Convention—as vol unteers, if you please—and place their names on its roll of delegates, will pave tho way for a freer proclamation of the long repressed anti slavery sentiment of the South.” Day after day the evidences are accumulating, that by “some conjuration or mighty magic” the fceljjigs and sentiments of the Freesoil men of the North, are being gradually and impercep tibly infused into southern localities. The President of the Black Republican Convention is a Maryland farmer, and he stated tbathc ►. p resented large merchantile interests in Balt, more. During the meeting of the Conventions—the Republican in Pittsburg, and the Know Noth ing in Philadelphia—telegraph messages were interchanged. On the first day of the meet ing of the Black Republican’ the following dispatch was receiver! and read by the Chair man : “ The American party are now thoroughjy united to raise the Republican banner. No further extension of slavery. The Americans are witli you,” This dispatch, taken in cougcotion with the sentiments proclaimed in the Know Nothing Convention—the ignoring o( the twelfth sec tion—and the excitement which prevailed dur ing the sessions of the Council and Convention of the Know Nothings, may be eonsitered as expressing the views cf a majority of those bo dies, The Black Republican party claims to be national, and boasts of having delegatee n at tendance from several Southern States—and yet it is a Free soil and Aboliou amalgam in politics, and of course thoroughly Anti-Ne braska. 'l’he Know Nojhing party claims to be na tional, and yet is composed of a heterogeneous compound of political principles, proala.-ery and anti-slavery.—one portion entirely opposed to Kansas,and the other at all times urging captious objections to the act. aud although nominally approving it, yet seeking convenient opportunities to detract from the sound repub lican principles embodied in it. No person doubts tine Black Republican pro clivities of a considerable portion of the Know Nothing party ; aud it is this principle that at taches them to the interest of the party headed by Giddings and Greeley. Southeriijnen min gle in the Know Nothing Conventions at the North, and the influence that is exercised upon them mav be discovered in the opinions of Botts in the columns of the Washington Organ, in the course pursued by the combined councils in Richmond. Va., and ip the recent attendance of Southern delegate's at ths' Blaek Republican Convention in Pittsburg. Know Nothingism is the silent. sleepless and untiring agent employed to subvert the institutions of the South. It is the political chloroform employed to paralyse the suscep tible feelings of our people, to prepare us for the keen blade of the Black Republican sur. eons who arc making ready to operate upon ns. The Southern people are compelled from ne cessity. and the overpowering force of the evi dences which are daily presenting themselves, to calmly survey the position and affiliations of the Know Nothing party. Can they find anything in them that claims their sympathy and sup port ? Are they not bound in duty to them selves, their section, and their country, to repu diate a party vhose principles are so doubtful, checkered, and dangerous ? We know what the South has been —we see the fruits of the introduction of this northern tree in our midst -let us not wait until the political Upas has deadened every southern instinct and feeling j among us. It was a wise remark when uttered, and as ; truthful and pointed in its application now that' we should "fear the Greeks, even when they ■ bring us presents." The nomination of Mr. ‘ Fillmore aud of Mr. Donuelson. by the Know j Nothing, is an artful device adopted to betray | the Southern people. Tiny are not the expo- . nents of any of the great leading principles re garded at ti'ii time as of paramount importance j to the South, but the candidates of an iucon- | gruoui medley of political adventurers and fa- * native — Aug. Con. Ssif potters by the India and China mail I are to hand. The only noticeable article of news additional to that published i«, that the trial of Mr. Keenan, the American Consul at I Hoag Kong, is postponed on account < f the] sickness of the Chief Justice. - "" ' JK3"- In the House of Representative# ir. t on-1 gresc. or: Tuesday last. Hou. Hiram Warner of; i Gerogia. and Kfii'. W. 11. English, i t Indiana,! ; were appointed Regents of the Smithsonia In- ; stitutioL Ona vacancy yet to ba filled. I [Special Correspondence of the Examiner.'] Griffin, Ga., February 29,1856. Located with Capt. Mangum, enjoying the comforts he is'wont to provide for travelers who “stop” with him, and having nothing to do to employ the time until the train arrives, LTiave conclude i to jot a line or two, giving'an account of my “bobbing’s around” since IJeft tho office. As you arc advised I left Atlantaton the 13th ult.. (just early enough to miss my Valentines) un i reaching Madison that night, sojourned for a day with friend Campbell, at the Planter's I found Ma it on a beautiful place, made up principally of Dry Gcods, displayed conspicuously upon the shelves of ha adsome stores, and upon the persons of a host of school-girls, who, with their hoops and flounces, go fir towards filling up the place. Friday I located at tho “Planter's,” kept by friend Bridges ii Augusta. My limited time prevented that attention to tho improvements of this beautiful city, I would liked to have given. I have only room to chronicle a very pleasant ac quaintance with the business men of that place. Mr. Wm. H. Tutt, Druggist, whose car I I sent you, does the Drug Business in handsome style, and certain! keeps a pretty establish ment- D. B. Plumb" & Co’s Drug oitablishmen" is handsomely arranged with all tho modern im provements, many of the handsomest of which originated in the inventive genius of Mr. Plumb, whoso taste in such matters is not approached by any thing I have seen during my trip. He is thoroughly acquainted with every branch of his business, and can be relied upon by those who order Drugs from Augusta. On the evening of the 17th, after a fast trip over tho Carolina Road, I found myself at the Charleston Hotel where tho fodder and drinka. bles are justgood enough for the most fastiduous and the bills are terrors to attenuated purees. N. A. Cohen, Jr., keet s the best Clothing es tablishment in the city, and those visiting Char leston will find at tho “Carolina Clothing Depot,’ a gentleman prepared to give them “fits” in the latest style and at prices “to suit the times ,” F. Dupont, dealer in Paper-Hangings, Win dow Shades and Landscapes, &c., keeps a hand some stock, and deserves the attention of those interested in his line of business. Mrs. A. G. Parker keeps a beautiful stock of Millinery, and tho’ not so well posted in all the jimcracks belonging to her department of trade, I saw a multitude of pretty things, and would say to dealers and other interested this is the estab lishment to make your purchases at. J. Knobeloch, H. L. Tinley and Heriot & Holmes, in their respective commission Houses, are the men for Northern Georgia producers. To the Mercury and Courier, I am indebted for attentions which materially assisted me in the prosecution of my business. I regret I have not time to prepare a mire in teresting letter, else I might give you a descrip tion of my trip from Charleston to Savannah on board the steamer Gordon, and the incidents and pleasant associations of my first salt-water voyage. Arrived in Savannah, I stopped at the Marshall House, of every department of which, I cannot speak in terms of too much praise. To the gentlemen connected with the Geor gian, the Republican, and the Morning News offices, I am much indebted for the notices of the Examiner they each gave me. I shall always re member their many courtesies and will he re joiced to reciprocate, either in person, rr to their representatives. 1 reached Macon on Thursday last, and spent a pleasant day with fri- nds Logan A Mera, at the “Lanier House.” And now you have the particulars of my trip’ so far as my limits willtillpw. To-morrow I will give yon details by word of mouth. Yours, &e., F. M. 8. [communicated.] Kansas Meeting, Messrs. Editors ; The following preamble mid resolutions were adopted by the Atlanta Company of Emigrants for Kansas Territory,” at a meeting held by them at Ilavden's Hall, on the evening of the 29th nit. The meeting was numerously attended by the citizens—ladies mid gentlemen—and speeches delivered by Messrs. Jones, Bell, Cowart mid Glenn. From the manifest interest evinced by the citizens in favor of the movement, it is confi dently expected that Atlanta will be fully rep resented in Kansas, and will do her full duty in the support, of Southern rights iu the coming contest. The following are the officers chosen for the Company: Batt Jones, Captain. Mauoenics A. Bell, Secretary. Daniel Pittman, ) Commkte< . 011 Batt Joses, f F . Margenius A. Bell, ) Tne Committee on Finance will cont.ol all money committed to their care, in a manner to dispel even a shadow of a doubt as to its faith" fu! application to the legitimate purposes and objects expressed in the above resolutions. It is hoped that a liberal contribution will be given ip aid of this Company—for the peace, equality, and prosperity of our common country. Action ia now the spell word of patriotism—let the whole South act, and her rights and her honor shall be respected : Whereas. The admission of Kansas Territo ry into the Union as a free State, will destroy the balance of power between the several States, which are already in an excited condition of aggravated discussion from which the destruc tion of the Constitution, the subversion of the government, and all the horrors of civil war are likely to ensue; and whereas, The safety of our southern institutions, and the peace and quiet of ail truly patriotic, liberty-loving, and law abiding citizens are endangered, and in our opinion, dovmcd to suffer materially or be to tally destroyed by the intermeddling and ag gressive policy of abolition fanatics: and where as, The geographical situation, and the adapta- I tion of its soil to Southern institutions and I Southern products, combine to make it a state I in which slave labor can be profitably and beu- I eficially employed by all the citizens of the South: and whereas. The first settlers and original pioneers of that territory were slave I holders, and so unanimously declared themselves I immediately after the organization of said Ter ! ritory. and believing, as we do, that they are the only people who can justly determine the domestic institutions of that territory; be it therefore. Resolved Ist That each member of this Com pany will lawfully exert himself to the utmost, to secure' the admission of Kansas Territory into the Union as u slave State. Resolved 2nd, That individually, and as a 1 company of true patriotic men. who have the I safety and honor of our country and her iusti- ■ tutions at heart, we will do all that wecan de to i prevent the admission of said Territory into the i Union as a free State, a result to be greatly de- i ploixd by all the good and true, and especially | by all genuine Southern men. Restored 3d. That ns the geographical situa tion. and soil of said Territory, are naturally I and peculiarly adapted to slave labor, Southern ■ institutions and products, that it does by right | and every principle of justice, Mong to the South—aud to the South alone, and that we' will resist at all hazards any uulawf .I attempt' to make it a free S tatu. Resoloed 4th, That we highly commuM and approve the brave eons of Missouri, for the gal- j lant stand and unfliching courage, which they have taken and evinced, in defending Southern rights ; and we now declare our firm and unal terable intention, to stand by her side in aiding the people of Kansas Territory in enforcing their laws, and in the maintenance of the laws and constitution of the United States. Resolved sth, That the city papers be re quested to publish the above proceedings. [Fom the National Intelligencer, Feb. 27.] A Special Message. The President yesterday transmitted to Con gress the subjoined Special Message, recom mending an appropriation for certain improve ments in the defences of the country and military preparation, which may be regarded as prudential and worthy of attention, without any reference whatever to any difficulties or impending trouble with_any foreign nation: Washington, February 26, 1856. To the House of Representatives of the United States: I herewith transmit and recommend to the fa vorable consideration of Congress a communi cation from the Secretary of War, asking a special appropriation of three millions of doll ars to prepare armaments and ammunition for the fortifications, to increase the supply of improved small arms, and to apply recent im provements to arms of old patterns belonging to the United States and the several States. Franklin Pierce. Walhington, February 25,1856. Sir: Improvments in arms and munitions of war having been recently perfected, . hereby their efficiency has been much increased, it is very desirable that these improvements should be applied as far and as soo as practicable to the arms on hand, both in the Government arsenals and in the possesion of the States. Although our present supply of arms is as good as, and probably superior to, those of the same date of manufacture of any other nation, we should have, in the use of them, in their present condition, to cope at disadvantage with others who may have been beforehand with us in the actual application to their arms of the recent improvem nts. It has been our policy heretofore to carry on gradually and slowly the work of prepara tion for military efficiency, both offensive and defensive; and in pursuance of this policy the estimates of the War Department, from year to year, have been limited to the execution of such work only as accorded with the ordinary means of our armories and arsenals, with but a small force of operatives in employment.— The regular estimates last submitted to Uoh gress are based on these considerations. In view, however, of the propriety of assuring at the earliest practicable period, military efficien cy as regards armanent and munitions, (we have it abundantly as regards men,) it seems proper that moic active arid vigorous measures should now be adopted: that we should increase the capacity for production and the force in employment at our armories and arsenals; t..at we should prepare more rapidly armaments and ammunition for our fortifications; that we should increase our supplies of improved small arms by the manufacture of new ones and by the alteration of those of past dates of fabri cation, including both United States and State arms, and that we should provide ample sup plies of ammunition, accoutrements, and im pliments for the immediate and most efficient use of the whole. In order to effect this, it is necessary that more than ordinary means be placed at the disposal of the Executive, and I respectfully suggest and recommend that application be made for an early appropriation of three mil lions of dollars for increasing the military effi cincy of the country, to be applied, at the dis certion of the President, towards the objects before stated. I have the honor to be. very respectfully, yonr obedient servant, Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War. To the President. Mr. Buchanan and the English Press.— We arc well persuaded, says the Pennsylvanian, that all the late statements of the English press, in reference to Mr. Buchanan’s persona! course on the questions at issue between Great Britain and the United States, are either wilful fabri cations or ignorant misrepresentations. The fact that these statements have been adopted on this side of the Atlantic, and have occasion ed a good deal of uneasiness in all circles, has induced us to make inquiries, and the result is, onr full conviction that they are equally un founded and absurd. It is not true that Mr. Buchanan has had high words with Lord Clarendon, on either of the two questions at issue between England and the United States. Os course it is not true that because of these alleged high words, Mr. Bnchanan failed to at tend Lady Palmerston's reception. And, finally, it is not true that Mr. Buchanan has conferred with Sir Henry Btilwcr as to the settlement of the Central American question. The relations of Mr. Buchanan with the pres ent English ministry do not lead us to expect that he will be called upon to demand his pass ports. The firmness and decision of Mr. Bu chanan in the difficulties now existing between this country and Great Britain have never been abated, nor are they manifested in that spirit which would precipitate war without first ex hausting all the methods that would continue an honorable peace. Affairs with England. The New York Journal of Commerce com ments sensibly upop the relations existing be tween the United States and Great Britain. — We copy the annexed from that paper •• The true-hearted people of the United States proud of the great nation from which they sprung and from which they derived the spirit of their institutions, and intent only on a noble and generous rivalry in industry and art with the mother country—whilst they have one tone I for those who habitually misrepresent us. cordi ally reciprocate the friendly sentiments uttered at the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, and entertain a horror of war with England, which owes its existence largely to a feeling of respect and regard entertained towards the other nation We speak advisedly when we say further, that the present cabinet, in presenting its desire f r the recall of Mr. Crampton and the dismissal of certain consuls, has been governed solely by i the determination to make such an example of a public and open violation of our own laws and sovereignty by a foreign power, as will pre vent its repetition hereafter. The correspon dence on this subject, of which the English press undertakes to speak when it declares that apologies sufficient to supply ten empires have been made, has not been published, and the press, therefore, is indebted chiefly to Lord Clarendon, who had before said that Mr.! Crampton had neither intentionally, nor acci-! dentally violated our neutrality act, for its im- \ pressions as to the kind of apology actually made. We suspect that it will turn out that the supposed apology partakes more of the na-\ tore of a defence and support of Mr. Crampton , than of an apology—founded on a supposed dis , ference between inducing men to leave our ter-I ; ritory to be enlisted elsewhere, and their ac nal I enlistment for foreign purposes in this country ; and that the administration felt compelled by a [ I decided course to show that such a claim, on ! the part of a foreign nation, was wholly mad missable. If England had any such right, so bad Russia, and so had Franee: for towards belligerent; there must be equality in conces sions on the part of neutrals, and tires we might be drained of our effective forces, and ept're.'y stripped of our means of defence, by states which ! ultimately might force us to engagp in their own conflicts. It is a rule of common H-nse, and must therefore be a rule of public law,'hat every nation has a rigb' to interpret its own Jaw^ —to judge wl o are offenders to them,— : to protect itself agaiu.-t their infraction, —and i that an attempt to .r-juken the effective forces: of a country without its consent, is a violation of its sovereignty which cannot be overlooked, especially at a time when powerful nations are embroiled in a sanguinary struggle, and thg supply of men to one, either openly or covertly, might be deemed such cause of offence by the other, as to produce hostility towards us. The administration, therefore, in our view—having decided, solemnly, fairly and justly, that our neutrality act has be n violated under the form of an evasion, likely, if not rebuked, to be re peated,—will be expected by the American people to take that course towards our friends! on the other side of the Atlantic, which wil show that wc intend to maintain the sovereign ty of onr own territory, and honestly execute the laws municipal aud public, against violators of them within our own interpretation of them, but in no spirit of nnkindness towards Great Britain, and not forgetting the mighty struggle in which she is engaged, and flu forbearance which its existence recommends. We suspect that this duty is supposed to have been rendered the more imperative in the present case, from the impression that seemed to have arisen, at tribute 1 to remarks alleged to have been made by Mr. Crampton, that our laws might be vio lated with impunity.” JKJyAU accounts concur in stating that the Cenrtal American controversy with Great Brit ain is in a fair train for settlement. A new treaty, it is said, will be formed to take the place of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. But the Crampton enlistment business has au uglier look. [Ffom the N. Y, Herald’s Washington Correspondent, 28th. ] The message of the President, recommending an apprpriation of three millions to brighten up our armor, is regarded here as emphatically a war message, when taken in connection with Mr. Mallory’s official proposition to construct ten additional war steamers. It is clear that the government is preparing for something extraordinary. Mr. Marshall moved to refer the message to the committee of the whole and have it discussed at once. He wished to know if we were to have peace or war. Two thirds of our people, including the great west, are always benefitted by war, and congress will cast a corresponding vote. It is understood This evening that Crampton will be dismissed. In that case, intercourse be tween England and tho United States will be suspended. Judgiug from the debate in the senate yes terday on tho resolution of Mr. Mason, chair man of the committee on foreign relations, call ing for the correspondence in reference to the enlistment difficulty, which was participated in by a large number of senators, there are serious apprehensions entertained of a rupture between the two governments. * ■JGen. Cass spokefwith great feeling and earn estness and declared emphatically that Cramp ton should have been dismissed months ago. In compliance with the resolution adopted by the Senate yesterday, a large quantity of cor respondence on the enlistment matter will be sent in as soon as it can be prepared. This correspondence will produce a sensation here and in England. The general confidence already entertained that our government is in the lie fully confirmed by the documents. It may be confidently asserted that on the enlistment difficulty, as soon as the documents shall have been published, we shall also have the preponderance of enlightened opinion in Great Britain in our favor. I apprehend that preponderance will weigh too heavily for Lord Clarendon to stand up against it. [Washington correspondence Journal of Com merce, 25th.] I learn from good autholity that tho steamer brought to Mr. Crampton a copy of Mr. Mar cy's despatch, who thus became informed of that which he previously disbelieved or doubted —namely, the demand of our government for his recall. My solution of these facts is, that when Lord Clarendon came to n ad this despatch, he found ! its statements to be so positive, and its argu ments so conclusive, that he was staggered and confounded, and had to refer to Mr. Crampton for explanation, concerning facts which must have been concealed from his knowledge ; for it is not otherwise possible to account for the extraordinary language which ho employed in the house of lords. He undertook to give as surance that Mr. Crampton’s conduct had not been merely blameless, but honorable, and had received from Mr. Marcy the declaration that the latter was perfectly satisfied with what Mr. Crampton hud done. * * * Lo:d Palmerston nwffe parliament under very critical circumstances. All England feels profoundly humilated by the state of her relations with France and Russia; and to pre vent unneccessary complications, it isquitelike ly that he may condescend to misrepresent, as he certainly has done to conceal, the nature of the controversy between Great Britain and the United States. He beyond all other men living, is responsible for the present difficul ties. The Central American fraud is of bis con cocting. He carried the foreign enlistiment bill through parliament, and is the responsible min ister under whose direction it was carried into effeet in the United States. I cannot but think, therefore, that the silence of the Queen upon the subject of American af fairs, and the strange perversion of facts in I-ord Clarendon’s speech, are nothingfcut make shifts, devices for temporary effect in the house.of com mons. If so, I predict that he will but stave off for a month or two a fatal resposibility, which he will have to encounter whenever the correspondence between the two goverenments comes to be published. Wc see how the peru. sal of the Central American documents com pelled the London Times to repudiate and den ounce the conduct of its government in that matter. I cannot but believe that, when the Times comes to read the enlistment documents, it will condemn, not les positively, the conduct of the British government in this affair, and laugh to scorn the idea that Great Britain is to quarrel wi .h us merely because our government will not tolerate the British minister in officia ting as his government's reuniting agent gener al in the United States. Riot between American and Greek Sailors at Cardiff. Among the numerous vessels at present lying in the Fate Docks, Cardiff, are some sailing un der the American flag, and manned by Yankee crews, and others manned by Greek seamen. A misunderstanding having arisen between some men of the two parties, it was taken up by their companions and countrymen on either side. , The Greeks had located themselves inside the I Liverpool Taverns, when the Americans, whose numbers were mqch greater, drew up in force on the outside of the entrance door, making use. the while, of the most violent threats. A peace officer, seeing that a riot was likelv to ensue, collected all the constables he could find in the n ighborhood. and attempted to disperse the crowd, whicii ha 1 grown to the number of some 2 000 persons. The Americans defied the po ; lice, saying they were strong enough to clear ! the town, and wonld do it if interfered with. One! ! man in the crowd swore he would rip the offi-' ; eer up. The Greeks, meanwhile, drew them-; selves up in a compact body on the staircase : of the house, each mm having his long knife' grasped firmly by the hilt, awaiting an attack, i The Greeks made no attempt to come into the ! street, and the Amer cans at length rushed in I upon them with a savage yell. A fuerful con flict ensnel. One or two of the combatants were stabbed, and had to be carried off; seve ral others received severe wounds from kicks, blows. Ac. The police were unable to do more than [>rotect the Greeks to the best of their power, until a strong reinforcement arriving, they succeeded in arresting several of the ring liader-. aud finallv in clearing the street.—Lon don y'cv>. lib. 4 Tne lawyers, by ■•./tting up the plea of iusan.' ity, sired Frier, who murdered his wife in the interior • f New York. Irom the gallows—and when they sue him for the S4OOO which he agreed to pay them, he resists, and pleads in- 1 sanity. Frier is rather too smart for the chil dren cf Belzebub. Georgia Legislature. Correspondence of tho Savannah Georgian. Miu.edgevill, Feb. 27. House of Representatives. Dr. Phillips moved a reconsideration of the bill rejected yesterday to incorporate the North Eastern Railroad Company. Carried. The bill was subsequently taken up, the amendment of Mr. Terhune, appropriating $200,000 in aid of the work, stricken out, and passed. On motion of Mr. Harris, of Fulton, the House reconsidered the bill passed yesterday for the relief of parties legally divorced. The bill allowed both parties, the offending party as well as the party suing for the divorce, to marry again. Mr. Lewis, of Hancock, moved to reconsider so much of the journal of yesterday as referred to the rejection of a bill to endow the State University. Messrs. Lewis, Thornton and Mill edge advocated the motion with much zeal and ability. Col. Milledge said that he had received a letter from the venerable President, Dr. Church, representing the library building as iu immediate want of repairs, or rather con struction. The number of volumes was very large and of great value, but the building was in a ruinous condition, and liable to be destroyed by fire. Reconsideration prevailed. COMMON SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT. At length the House has done something to wards establishing a general system of common schools. They passed to-day. by a vote of 105 to 6, a bill drafted by Mr. Lewis of Hancock, and reported by the Committee on Education. It consolidates the present Poor School Fund aud appropriates the nett earnings of the State road, after all its liabilities arc paid off, to the education of the youth of the State between the ages of eight and eighteen. The House also passed the reconsidered bill endowing the State University. It shall re ceive $35,006 for the first years, and $24,000 annually thereafter, on condition that it educate, free of charge, one student from each county in the State. Both these bills were transmitted forthwith to the Senate. The glory of the pas sage of these bills belongs also, in a great de gree, to Mr. Lewis. He was supported by Messrs. Thornton, Milledge, and Ward but he was the father of the bills, and all his energies were directed to secure their passage. TUB SAVANNAH RIVER APPROPRIATION BILL. The committee to whom was referred the Savannah River Appropriation, bill, reported this morning a substitute, appropriating $ 10,000 and recommending its passage. The amount was reduced because of the many, and in some instances large, appropriations made by the present legislature. Col. Lawton made a few happy and sensible remarks in favor of its passage. As your readers are well acquainted with the claims of Savannah upon the legislature for this donation, the urgent necessity lor the removal of these obstructions, not lor the interest of Savannah alone, but for the whole State, it is not necessary that I should give you a synopsis of Mr. L’s speech. All is told in a few w ords; the bill was rejected by six votes. BILL TO SELL THE STATE ROAD. Ou motion es Mr, Crook, the regular order was. suspended, and the House took up the Sen ate bill to incorporate a company, to be allied the Western i Atlantic Railroad Company, and to transfer the State Road to said Com pany. Mr. Terhune, of Floyd, moved that it be in. definitely postponed. The motion prevailed.— Ays 69. nays 42. Thus this bone of so much contention is dis posed of, for the present at least, BILLS ON THEIR PASSAGE. Bill more effectually to compel the payment of the tax heretofore imposed upon the agencie of foreign banks. Passed. Bill to define and declare the jurisdiction of Courts of Ordinaries in this State. Passed. Bill, reported by the Committee on Banks, to compel the various banks and the r branches and foreign agencies, to pay a county tax.— Passed. Bill to authorize the banks of this State and their agencies, to receive and pay for the half of bills when presented to them. Lost. Senate bill to incorporate the “Southern Bank of Georgia” in Bainbridge, Decaturc coun ty. Passed. Senate bill to incorporate a bank in Greens, borough. Passed. Senate bill to incorporate the Georgia Air Line Railroad Company. Passed. Senate bill to appoint Commissioners of Pil otage for the navigable waters of the port of Darien. Passed. Senate bill explanat ry of the 2d section of an act entitled au act to alter an I amend an act for the more effectually securing the probute of wills, <tc., approved Dec. 10.1812. Passed. Senate bill to require Ordinaries of this State to keep a book in which they shall record all letters testamentary, letters of administration and letters of guardianship, &c. Passed. Senate bill to create a new judicial circuit from the counties of Heard, Coweta, Campbell, Carroll, Harelson, Polk and Floyd. Passed. Senate bill to limit the time of service of grand and petit jurors in the City Court of Savannah, and to exempt the Keepers of Lau rel Grove Cemetery and the Catholic Cemetery, near the city of Savannah, from service on ju ries of the Superior and City Courts of Savan nah. Passed. Senate bill to give the people the election of Secretary of State, Treasurer mid Surveyor General. Lost. Bill giving endorsers the control of fi. fas, in all cases in which they may have paid them off against the principal or any prior endorsers. Passed. Senate bill to prescribe the mode of taxing costs in the Supreme Court. Passed. Bill to expediatc suits at law and equity in certain cases. Pass ed. Senate bill to permit practising attorneys to hold the office and discharge the duties of Jus tices of the Peace in this State. Passed. Senate bill giving to the people the election of Attorney General of the Middle Circuit,and Solictors General of the respective Judicial Circuit. Passed. Senate bill to amend the law now in force iu relation to lunatics, idiots and insane persons, and their estates, &c. Passed. Bill to authorize Shereiffs to take new bail when the principal has been surrendered, in certain cases and to make valid certain bail bonds talien heretofore. Passed. Senate bill to provide for establishing lost papers and suing upon the same. Passed. Senate. On motion of Mr. Long, of Glynn, the Senate re-considered the bill carried yesterday to au thorize the southern branch of the Savannah. Albany A Gulf Railroad to cross the Brunswick & Florida Railroad. The bill was taken up immediately amended and passed. BILLS ON THEIR PASSAGE. A biil to put the State upon an equal footing with other parties, by allowing it to carry writs of error in the Supreme Court. Lost The committee to whom was referred two bills simplifying the method of cairying cases to the Supreme Court reported a substitute which more completely effects the object intend ed by the bill, aud which was passed. A* bill to provide for the removal of the Penitentiary, and appropriating money for the game. After considerable discussion a substitnte, offered by Mr. Cone, of Bulloch, to appoint three Commissioners to lease the appoint three Commissioners to lease the Penitentiary for five years, was adopted. House bill regulating the fees of Solicitors i and County officers. Lost. Bill more clearly defining the liabilities of railroad companies. Passed. Bill to repeal the act of February 20th, 1851 fixing the hours of labor in all cotton, woolen and other factories in this State. Lost. Bill to compel ail persons living ont of the State but owning lands in this State, to pay taxes to the county wheie the land lies. Lost. Bill to authorize the southern branch of the j Savannah, Albany and Gulf Railroad to cross. the line of the Brunswick and Florida Railroad.' Fund Who are Americans now 1 We have heard of no efforts for more than it year to find out “ who struck Billy Patterson.” A more difficult problem has taken its place: “ What is Americanism ?” It is strangcTthat, in a country where all are Americans, no one can be found who can tell “ who is an Ameri can.” Every locality has its peculiar notions on the subject, and when the various conflicting opinions are compared they are found to be almost as numerous as the States of the Union. Three national councils have been held by delegates, all of whom claimed to understand the subject thoroughly ; but on each occasion, when they came to compare notes, tach man had cause to doubt his own identity as an American, or to regard his brother delegates as impostors. Tne two first councils were acknowledged failures, leaving the question as unsettled us be fore. The delegates to the lust council were so engcr to have this matter settled satisfactorily that they anticipated their regular day of meet ing, and spent four days in a most laborious effort to ascerrain who they were and what they were ; in other words, who were “ Americans ” and what was “ Americanism.” The result was an abrogation and repudiation of all their for mer charts and fooleries and tomfooleries, and the adoption of fifteen new planks as the true tests of “ Americanism,” and consequently it is now to be understood that whoever can stand on all these planks is a genuine Simon Pure “ American ;” “ Provided nevertheless (in the language of the fourteenth plank.) That a ma jority of those members present at any meeting of a local council when an applicant app! es for membership in the American party, may, for any reason by them deemed sufficient, deny ad mission to such applicant.” It would look, from this, like the question was still open, and, after all, that it is to depend upon the vote of a majority of each local coun cil “ who arc Americans.” This is bringing the privilege of “ Americanism ” to a new and a strange test. A native-born citizen, devoted to the constitution, scarred all over with wounds in defence of his country, prepared to subscribe to the fifteen articles of the last creed, may be told that he cannot be an “ American ” unless five out of nine of his neighbors who constitute the majority of the council present, not one of whom ever aspired higher in the service of his country than to claim a lion’s share of the spoils and to distinguish himself in denouncing and slandering better men than himself, shall consent that he may enjoy the privileges of “ American ism ” and bear the name of an “ American." It will be observed that the applicant may “ openly avow the opinions and principles ” laid down in the platform and may “subscribe his name ” to it, but this council of inquisitors has the right, “ for any reason by them deemed sufficient;” to exclude him from the party. If the majority of the council present hap pen to have prejudices against long noses, or red heads, or large feet, no red haired, or large-footed man can be an “Amer ican.” If the majority happen to have special use for all the spoils within their locality, and de sire no competitors from without, they can readily exclude every dangerous applicant as a barbarian not fit to be an “American.” 1 If the majority happen to be men having no special sympathy wiili honesty, they may shut the door against au honest applicant, and de cide him unworthy, on account of his honesty, to be an “American.” On the other hand, the majority at the next meeting may be on the other side of the several question indicated, aud they may exclude all snub-nosed, black-haired, small footed appli cants, and so on, reversing the test of “Ameri canism” at each successive meeting, according to the accidental whims, caprices, or perjudices of the majority present. And let it not be forgotten that every “local council” through out the Union is vested with this singular pow er of determining who shall aud who shall not be Americans. Wc apprehend that the last national council has proved as complete a fail ure as its predecessor in their effort to define Americanism, and to determine who arc Amer icans.— Washington Union. Nomination of Millard Fillmore and A J Donalson. Under the ordinary alignment of parties, which extend in the days ol Whiggery and De mocracy, the nomination of their respective standard bearers, was regarded as an expression of the political sentiments of the great Nation al bodies which those parties represented. Mr. Clay, for instance, was the exponent, and a great one he was, of the leading principles, of the Whig party of this whole Union. Mr. Polk held the same relation to the Democratic party of the country. In those days, pin-til's were distinguished by their principles of public policy. We do not propose, at this time, to enter into an examination of the relative merits of ti e gentlemen who have been nominated for Presi dent and Vice President, by the American or Know Nothing Council or Convention, in Phil adelphia. The questions wc desire to Call attention to arc the political principles of the party that has placed Mr. Fillmore and Mr. Donalson before the country ? Are they the same in Georgia, as in Massachusets • 1 In Alabama, as in Ohio'! In Tennessee, as in Maine? If they arc not harmonious in sentiment, and their platform of principles and nomination of candidates arc not cordially responded to, what exhibit does the party make r They have no national princi ples, because they have no national existence.— Mr. Banks is regarded as a good American in Massachusetts, and yet no true southern man should desire political affiliation with him. If the Know Nothing party had u national existence, the recent nominations would be le gitimate enough; but they have none, and theii vaunted party dignity or importance, has dwin dled down to a factious opposition to the Demo cratic party. It must be apparent that the nomination of Mr. Fillmore, aud Mr. Donalson, can have no other object than to excite a factious contest when the most important questions to the South ern people, and the integrity of the. Union, are seriously involved. At a time when every Southern heart should pulsate in Unison, we are to be estranged and buffeted upon the raging billows of partisan strife. We did entertain the hope that the vast interests at slake in the ap proaching Presidential contest, would have uni ted the entire South, but the spirit of faction has otherwise determined, and it now devolves upon “ the old defenders of the Constitution" to rally, in the jieerless majesty of their might, and successfully defend the integrity of their principles, and transmit to their children the blessings of our Government and country. We stated some time ago, that it was the policy of the Black Republicans, to run a pop ular candidate for President in the free States, and that it was not improbable that the Know Nothings would vamp up candidates to run in other States, where there mieht be some little hope of success; and as the Democrats wi re in the field, against both parties or factions, the hope was indulged that the election might de volve upon the House of Representatives, and by a cemproinisef in some way, a Black Re publican Know Nothing might be elected Pres ident. It is to effect this ulterior purpose, that Mr. Filmore, and Mr. Donalson have received the nomination. In view of ti e result contempla ted—the election by the House of Representa tives—we invoke the opposition of every friend of the Sonth, to the nominations of the Know- Nothing orginizition in Philadelphia.—Augus ta Constitutionalist. ©Si*-The New York Times says that some of the mercaßtile letters received by the Asia mention the rumored probability of a special envoy being sent to Washington by the British Government, on the Central American and Enlistment difficulties. The leading banking letters from Loudon and Liverpool attach very little importance to the warlike discussions of these questions in the London press. rvll. The Virginia Senate, passed the bill accepting of Lewis W. Washington the grant of the birth-place of George Washington. Special Notices. ANOTHER OF THE GOOD LADIEB Of' OUR CITY TESTIFIES TO THE EF FICACY OF DR. M’LANES celebrated liver PILLS Nsw York, February 7,1852. • Ido hereby certify to the public, that o chilil of mine, four years old being troubled with worms, I was induced to purchase a bottle of Dr. M Lane a Celebrated Vermifuge, which I ad ministered; and the result was, it brought away an immense number of worms in bunches nnd strings, many had tho appear «neo of bling cut to pieces* My child is now enjoying most ex cellent health. 1 take pleasure in recommending it to both young and old, as one of the best med icines I ever used. MRS. ANN JEMISON, 38 Ninth.atreet. Purchasers will bo careful to ask for DR. M’Laue’s Celebrated Liver Pills, manufactured by Fleming Bros, of Pittsburgh, Pa. There are other Pills purporting to be Liver Pills, now before tho pub lic. Dr. M’Lane’s genuine Liver Pills, also his celebrated Vermifuge, can now be had a' all res pectable drug stores. None genuine without the signature of FLEMING BROS. Holloway s Pills, an* invaluable Remedy for Dropsical Symptoms.—Mrs. Emma Huntly, of Houston Texas, age <1 45, last fall was thrown upon abed of sickness; her feet and legs began to swell, strongly indicating dropsy at this period of life. Her husband became greatly alarmed, asP feared that sho could not recover, so dreadful was the attack. After trying many remedies without benefit, Mr. Huntley, at last, put her under tho course cf Holloway’a Pills, which she took for about three weeks, and the swelling con idcrably diminished ; continuing them for five weeks mo e she was completely cured. These Pills, will al>.° cure all bilious and liver complaints in a very short time. The Great Medicine for Purifying the Blood. Hurleys Sarsaparilla This invaluable medicine is daily becoming more and more pop ular, and tho only thoroughly efficient remedy before the public. In cutaneous affections— Scrofula, Dyspepsia, and many other troublesome complaints, it will bo found a certain cure ; and at this season of tho year should be freely taken by every one who values health Merchants vis iting the city will do well to procure a supply.— W. Lou. Pilot. ibis spring Medicine which is so extenively taken to purify the blood, ami cicause the system can be procured at SMITH & EZZARDB. Do not fail to use it. The Great Russian Remedy. PRO BONO PUBLICO. Bar “Every mother should have a box In tho house handy In case of accidents to the children.” Redding’s Russian Salve. It la a Boston remedy of thirty yean’atnndlng, and Is recommended by physicians. It Is a euro aud speedy euro for Burns, Piles, Bolls, Corns, Felons, Chilblains, and Old Sores, of every kind: for Fever Soros, Ulcers, Itch, Scald Head, Nettle Rash, Bunions, Sore Nipples, (recommended by nurses,! Whitlows, Sties, Festers Flea Bites, Spider Stings, Frozen Limbs, Salt Rheum Scurvy, Sore and Cracked Lips, Soro Noso, Warts nnd I’loah Wounds, It is a most valuable remedy and cure, which can bo testified to by thousands who have used it In tho ol»y of Boston and vicinity for tho last thirty years. In no Instance will this Salve do an Injury, or Interfere with a physician’s prescriptions. It la made from the purest materials, from a recipe brought fiom Russia—of articles growing In that country—and iho proprietors have letters from all classes, clergymen, physicians, sea captalnJ, nurses, and others who have used it themselves, and recommend It to others. Red ding ■ Russia Salvo la putin largo tin boxes, stamped on tho cover with a picture of a horse and a disabled soldier, w hich picture Is also engraved on the wrapper. Pbicb, 25 Cknts a Box. Sold at all tho stores In town or country,or may be ordered ofany wholesale druggist For sale by SMITH fc EZZARD, Atlanta. fab M dwOm A PcarCMBD Buuatu.—What lady or gentleman would remain under tho curse of a disagreeable breath when by using the "Balm or a Tbowaxd Flowbbs” as a dentifrice would not only render it sweet but leave the teoth white ns alabaster I Many persons do not know their breath la bad, and tho subject is so delicate their friends will never mention it. Pour aslngle drop of iho “Balm"on your tooth-brush and wash tho tooth night and morning. A fifty cont bottle will last a year. A BcAt'Tirvi. Coml'LKxion may easily bo acquired by using tho “Balm or a Thousand Flcwbiii.” It wll remove tan, pimples, and freckles from tho skin, loav Ing it of a soft nnd roseate hue. Wet a towel, pour on two or throe drops, and wash the face Highland mor ning. Bnxvi«o Made East.— Wet your nliav!nv-I>runh In either Avnrm or cold water, pour on two or throe drops of ‘Bahn of a Thousand Flowers,” rub the board well and it will makenbeautiful soft lather much faelllta the operation of allaying. Price only F.fty Cents I KTniDoii &. Co., proprietors, annd nil druggists. I'orealoby HMITII A. EZZARD, and WILLIAM (fob 16 dlcwfim "[VTOTICE. —The Advertisements of the Griti- II nary of Paulding County, Ga., will (until notice to the contrary) be published in the Atlan ta Examiner. MILES EDWARDS, Ordinary. fcb.B, 1856 ' NOTICE —TheShorifraSalea forUnion Coun ty, will from this time forward, be published in the Atlanta Examiner. feb 17 ’AS. BIRD. Sheriff. ■VTOTICE.—The Sheriff’s Bales of DeKalb X County will (until notice to the contrary) be published in the At’anta Exanrner. JOHN W. FOWLER, Sheriff. NOTICE.—The advertisements of the Ordi nary of Union County, Go., will (until further notice) be published in the Atlanta Examiner. J. HUNNICUTT, Ordinary, fob. 6,1856. Notice. The Sheriff Sales for Lumpkin County, will from this time forward, lie published in the Moun tain Signal. JAMES A. LAWRENCE, Shcrifl. Feb. 2 1856. w 3od IUOTICE.—The Sheriff’s sales of Gwinnett 11 County will (until notice to the contrary) be published iu the Atlanta Examiner. ian2l. HENRY ALLAN, Sh’fl. VOTlCE.—'i’lie advertisements of the Ordina -11 ry of Gwinnett County will (until notice to the contrary) be published in the Atlanta Ex aminer. G. T. RAKESTRAW, jau 21. Ordinary. Mt. Zion R. A. Chapter, No. 16. MEETS every 2nd and 4th Monday night, in each month. LEWIS LAWSHE, H. P. Jr.u 16, 1854 72dtf A Jason Burr Council, No 16. .MEETS every 2nd an<f 4th 'l'ucsday I night in each month. W. T. C. CAMPBELL. Ta 1.-. Atlanta Lodge, No. 59. r MEETS every 2nd and 4th Tliuis day night in each month. W.T. C. CAMBELL, W.M. Z.llantn, Jan. HbJM® <2—<ltf G1 EORGIA.FI. LTON COCA TV.—M h.re c as Daniel John: on, applies to me for letters ol dismission from the administration of the es tate ofL. C. Cheshire, late of said county, these are therefore to cite and admonirh ali nad singu lar the kindred and creditors of said decCscd, to file their objections in office in terms of the law, otherwise letters dismix-.ry will be granted tithe applicant on the fir t Monday in August next. march J JOB. H MEAD, Ordinary,