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Publications will always be continued accord ing to these, the legal requirements, unless other wise ordered, at the following Rate* ’ Citations on letter* of Administration Ac. 75 do do distnisaory om Adminis iration "* Citatiok on dismissory from Guardianship, « 00 Leave to sell Land or Negroes, 4 VU Notice to debtors and creditors. “ ou Sales of personal property,! m days, 1 square 1 . Sales of land or negroes by executors, tec. 5 00 Betrays, two weeks, , * ' „ For a man advertising his wife, (in advance,) 5 00 Letters on business must he (post paid) to ejjf title them to attention* - , JULY 3, 1856 The Golden Apricot. We arc uuder many obligations to Messrs. Peters, Harden & Co., who, through their nur seryman, Mr. W. P. Robinson, presented us Monday last, with a half peck of the “ Du- Golden Apricot" grown at the “Downing , t, Nubsbrt,” in this city. We have sel di ‘ecu finer specimens of this luxurious fruit any where, and never in this State. The per feetion to which it has been brought, at the “Downing Hill Nursery” is but another evi dence of the enterprize which characterizes its proprietors and of their preserverance and success in growing rare and valuable fruits.— In the South, these is a sad deficiency in this respect. Why should not Georgia, ahead as she is in rail road, and other enterprizes, be ahead also in the cultivation of fruits and the vine t Millard Fillmore. Mr. Fillmore came out in the steamer Atlan tic, and was received at New York with de monstrations of respect by his political friends. The deputation previously appointed waited upon him, and he was saluted by the firing of fifty guns. This is all very well. But, from the accounts we have seen, there does not ap pear to have been much enthusiasm manifested on the arrival of the “American,” or “Know Nothing" candidate for the Presidency, after so long an absence. Doubtless a change has come over that party, in New York, since Mr. Fill more left that State. He cannot, we feel sat isfied, remain long iguoraut of the undeniable fact, that he is the candidate, iu the North, East, and West, of tho once invincible Know Nothings, and that there has been a fusion of tho majority of that party into, and with the Black Republicans. The public journals of the anti-slavery States sadly misrepresent the condition of the falsely styled “American Par. ty,” if such be not the fact. Mr. Fillmore, apprized as he soon will be of this state of affairs, will have hia patriotism put to the test. How he will stand the ordeal ; whether he will continue the candidate of a meta faction of a party ; or whether he will retire from a contest in which he can win no laurels : remains to be seen. In regard to his course, we confess that a doubt does not trouble us. We believe that he will remain a candi date, and thus, directly, as well as indirectly v into the hands of the free soilers and ab o .iionUta. The sacrifice which, ia our opinion. the good of the country, the preservation of the Constitution, and perpetuity of the Union, require him to make, is too great a one, when . tho White House, at Washington, is seen in ' the distance. But we shall ecase to speculate. 'WJA3NTTESr>, A. WEEH.L'Y The “Drop of Blood” Calumny. We promised on yesterday that we would pub lish to-day “the complete refutation” of the “drop of blood calumny” which the Know Nothing and Black Republican organs have circulated recently against Mr. Buchanan.— The reader, therefore, will see that we have done so in this day's issue if he will only turn his attention to the article headed as above, and which is taken from the Harrisburg Pennsyl vania Reporter. After its perusal, fwe doubt not he will be perfectly satisfied that no such charge can, with any shadow of truth, be laid at Mr. Buchanan’s door ; and he will, also, no doubt, wonder at the recklessness which char acterizes a party or press that persists in mak ing it. But, to defeat Mr. Buchanan, is the object, and to attain this, the party leaden that oppose him would deceive the people at any and every hazard. Hence the extent to which they debase themselves, and will continue to do so until, at the ballot box, the verdict of condemnation upon their course is written, as “with a pen of iron and the point a de mand.” Col- Henry G. Lamar. In a late number of the Georgia Telegraph, we were much pleased to see a letter from the distinguished gentleman whose name heads this article, and which we publish below, repelling with much force and honest indignation the charges of federalism, and denunciation of the democratic party, lately raked up by the the Know Nothing press of this State, and elsewhere, against Mr. Buchanan. We have already published the evidence to which Col. Lamar refers in his letter, and which originally appeared in the Pennsylvania Inquirer & Cour ier, or we would insert it to-day. We rejoice, however, to see that Col. Lamar has presented it to the people of Georgia, over his own sig nature. If we are not mistaken, the Colonel served a Congressional term, as one of the representatives from this State, with Mr. Buchanan, and has a knowledge of the antecedents of that gentleman, not sur passed, if it be equalled by any of our public men. Georgia too, within her limits, cannot claim a sterner, more inflexible, and unflinching advocate of State and Southern Rights, than Hbnrt G- Lamab; nor could she have done this at any time for the last thirty years, al though in that period she has had her Troup, her Gilmer, her McDonald, and others, all of whom have been recognised as champions of State Rights and of the democratic cause. It augurs well for our cause, when we see such men as Col. Lamar, roused from their retiracy, to the performance of a duty, such as we now refer to. The South needs the aid of all her gallant and patriotic sons. Georgia needs their services also. We are glad, therefore, to see, once more, Col. tamar addressing the people of our State, even though, thus far it has only been to repel a slander. Wo shall, however, expect to hear from him again, and again, dur ing the canvass; and when we say this, we feel that we speak the wishes of the democratic party of Georgia. From the Macon Telegraph. Mr. Clisby—Dear Sir:—As the refuted accusations against the Hon. James Buchanan of his having been a Federalist, and of his having denounced, the democratic party in the most opprobious ‘manner are again revived, I encloS: you his “letteif;” dated February 28th 1838, together with a certificate of a number of citizens of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, for pub lication, which give an explicit and unqualified denial of them. The charge you will perceive is branded with vagrancy on its face—as the accusers do not agree among themselves as to the place where the approbrious words were alleged to have been used. It is a common saying that the character of a public mas is the common property of the people. The truth admitted, it is regarded, then as the imperrative duty of evry citizen to vindicate the good name of their public serv ants against unmerited reproach to arrest, if possible, the repetition of misrepresentations or slander. For one I regard with feelings bordering on contempt the imputation of unwor thiness or unfitness for office arising from a modification or change of political opinion. The laws of nature are working perpetual changes in the physical world, and why may not frail man be allowed to correct his errors without censure, or change his opnions as his progressive improvement or experience may suggest ? A persistence in error under any circumstances should not be regarded as a vir tue. If convictions of duty demand or pres cribe a particular course of conduct, no patriot will fail to obey its behest. I know it requires some degree of moral heroism to follow the dictates of conscience in this particular, as all who change their relations to party—are in these days of modern refinement—branded with the epithet of “turn coat,” “renegade and ‘traitor.” But those who have not the courage or firm ney to do what they believe to be right, and treat with indignant scorn these denunciations of old politiaal stagers, may take courage: for such is the revolution of opinion which is now maturing in the public mind, that but few at the South will be left to censure who are not enlisted under thebauner of our leaders, and standing firmly on the Democratic Platform. The antecedents of political leaders are not so important to be known, as how they now stand. These charges against Mr. Buchanan had originally no other foundation upon which to rest than their reiteration or repetition.— They arc ignored by his own emphatic denial —by testimony of his fellow-townsmen—by a long life of public usefulness—a firmness of purpose, which knew no evasion, supported and backed by an exhibition of talents and at tainments, of which every American may be proud. Respectfully, your Ob’t Serv’t, HENRY G. LAMAR. Col. Fremont, the Black Republican Candidate forJPresident. Born in Savannah, and educated, as we see it stated, in South Carolina, thia man, Col. Fremont, has not only sought, but has received the nomination of the "Black Republican Party” for President. Possessed of scarcely a single qualification for the office ha aspires to fill, he has yet succeeded, by reason mainly of bis defection to the soil that gave him birth* and to those institutions under which he was I educated and reared; and by reason also of the intrigues of his father-in-law, Col. Benton, steward, of New York, and otbar politicians ft f THE CHEAPEST POLITICAL AND NEWSPAPER IN THE S6DTH—A WEEKLY FIRESIDE COMPANION FOR ONLY ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. ATLANTA, GEORGIA. THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 3. 1856. I ike stamp ; he has yet succeeded we repeat, in becoming the candidate of a party, and there ore its chief in command, organized to wage deadly warfare upon the South and upon its Institutions—upon his “father land,” the home of his youth. What a traitor ' But it is with feelings of disgust that we turn from the man, to consider his qualifications for the station he aspires to occupy, and the consequences to ensue from his success, should the mad spirit of fa naticism triumph over Law, and Order, and the Constitution. If the possession of a princely fortune, a life of adventure and of romance, be pre-requisites to the Presidential chair; and hostility to Southern institutions; in other words hostility to slavery as it exists in the South by one born and educated under a Southern Suu ; be also deemed necessary to rally the anti-slavery mob of the North to the polls; then Mr. Fremont is the man for the times ; his nomination is the proper one for his par ty to make; and his election will doubtless accomplish all that the destructive spirit of his party requires. But we are consoled in the reflection that “whom the Gods wish to destroy, they first make mad,” and despite these qualifications of Col- Fremont, we still think there is some hope for the perpetuity of our institutions, and the pre servation of the Union. Fremont’s “ life of romance ” may be sum med up in few words—it may interest at least some of the “fair sex,” if it does not satisfy even the weakest of those, that it qualifies him to discharge the duties of President of this great and growing Republic. While occupying quite a humble position in the army, he was fortunate enough to secure the affections of a daughter of Thomas H- Benton, then a Senator, and in the plentitude of popularity and power in Washington city. This daughter, it is said, was Col. Benton's orite child, and such was the opposition made by him, to her alliance with Fremont, that the parties had to resort to an elopement* in order to consummate a marriage. A recon ciliation, however, soon took place, and under ♦he patronage of Col. Benton, his son-in.law was soon promoted in the service, and over the heads of more deserving men. His life, as an explorer, then commenced. This was attended by blanders, and a cruelty, unparallelled in .the annals of American history, and by some successes, which any ordinary, resolute man might also have achieved. To use the language of the Boston Post, “his friends will lie very apt to maintain a close silence upon bis feats at an explorer, when the history of liis blun ders and heartlessness becomes known. They will not boast much of the famous Coocha tope Pass, which eventually proved to be the highest peak, but one, of the Rocky mountains —nor of his favori.e route for the Pacific road which on examination, proved to be so crooked, that it received the soubriquet of Ram’s Horn Route—nor of the school for en gineering which he established, viz that the movements of the buffaloes were the best guide to an explorer—nor will they be apt particu larly to laud the desertion of his corps in the midst of the perils into which he had led them, shut up in the snow thirty feet deep, which oc' curred near Taos, in New Mexico.” No, they will not particularly admire these exploits of the Explorer, and who, but for the old Indian agent, Fitzpatrick, would have perished in the enow. But it is sufficient for them that Fre mont was an Explorer, thus far following in the footsteps of Washington, the great Father of his country, but, sad to relate,, no farther! And here all the romance ceases. Following this, comes the Mariposa Grant, upon which his untold wealth is based, and by means of which he can, as was practised in olden time at Rome, purchase a commonwealth, and sell the South. What cares he that to that South he owes birth, and education ? It weighs not a feather's weight, against unprin cipled ambition and lust after power. Judas betrayed his Master. Freemont does not hes itate to betray “hie own, his native land.” When the people of the South calmly look at the picture presented to them ; when they see the progress, and kok to the strength of this Black Republican party of the anti-slavery States ; ought they not to rally as one man to the defence of their rights, instead of support ing , and giving aid to mere factions, whether those factions are headed by Millard Fillmore, or by any one else. He must be demented in deed, or is striving wilfully to deceive the peo ple of the South, that holds out to them the idea that Mr. Fillmore, in a contest between the Black Republicans at the North, and his faction of the Know Nothing party there, stands any earthly chance to succeed over them. To hesitate then, at the South, is idle ; nay, it is criminal. Day, by day, the evidence of this accumulates, and day by day the ranks of the democracy are being recruited from the ranks of the “American Party” iu this State. The cry is, we will have no traitor, like Fremont, to rule over us; no “Black Republican” to I war upon our Institutions! Invincible as we feel the democracy are in Georgia, we are yet gratified at hearing this cry, coming as it does from those, who, but a few months ago were bat tling hard against us. Patriots at heart, and in intent, they can give no aid to the enemies of the South. John A- Jones and Beverly A. Thornton, Esqrs., of Muscogee County. These gentlemen represented the "American Party," of Muscogee, in the last Legislature. It was our intention to refer, as soon as we could get the Journals of the House, to sever al leading measures, before the Legislature, in which they both Ttook leading parts. These Journals have not yet come into our posses sion, but when they do so, we shall be certain to execute our self-imposed task. As we gave notice of this to our readers some time since and long in advance of the position recently assumed by these gentlemen, we shall escape the charge, we trust, of complimenting them because of that fact It was only as legislators. that we designed to speak, and it will be only as such, that we shall speak, of them. In, WEEKLY EXAMINER CIR.CUL.ATIOTV OF *AO,OOO COFIEM! | readers to the following which we clip fr< m | the Constitutionalist & Republic of Augusta ; Commenting upon the proceedings of the recent i meeting in Columbus at which the gentlemen referred to, with about sixty oilers of the ; “American Party,”declared .their determination I to support Mr. Buchanan’s election, the Editor I of that paper says I “Prominent among these are the names of I John A. Jones and Beverly A. Thornton,Esq. gentlemen elected by the 'American party to seats in the last Legislature. In the position I thus assigned them they exhibited distinguished talent, and enthusiastic interest in all that in- J volved the prosperity, the good name and rep utation of Georgia. In every question concern ing her vital interests and honor, they proved themselves, her true and loyal sons. Born on her soil, and identified with every interest in which is wrapped up her destiny as a sovereign State of this great confederacy, their ingenu ous impulses ean be freely trusted. With no ordinary feeling of gratification we welcome them to the ranks of the great Conservative Democratic party. When such men join us, we feel renewed confidence in our cause, and fresh assurance that the Constitution of our country and the rights of the South are safe.” For the Examiner. Mr. Hatch’s School. Mr. Editor : —I had the pleasure of attend ing the examination of the students of this school, yesterday and to-day, and in justice to the preceptor, and his better assistant, cannot withhold my testimony to their eminent success in the laudable enterprise in which they are engaged. Being exclusively a female seminary, con ducted as it is, it cannot be too highly com mended, when it is remembered that it is the standard of female worth and elevation which gives tone and direction to the great aims and objeets of social life. Let the girls be properly educated, and the boys will have an impetus to move them to noble triumphs which nothing but woman’s smile can insure. The virtu? and intelligence of the females of a country, is the true criteri on of that country’s civilization and great ness. • Hence the first importance of their thorough education—not in Music, French, Embroidery, and senseless conventionalisms, but iu those branches which concern the realities of life— physical, moral, and intellectual education. I notice that praeticai knowledge is taught in this school. I daresay, some of the students have a better idea of the laws of health, than many an old Batchelor of a Doctor, who is ped. dling pills at 50 cents a box; and I am confident some of the little girls can tell more about the general history of our country than many of the fanatics who are endeavoring to destroy it. It is evident that they have been taught to un derstand the principles inculcated. Questions in Philosophy were answered in a manner to evince a comprehension of the subject matter in hand. This is the only way to impart knowledge. Many Teachers seem to think it of iij importance to illustrate by example, and to uake familiar to the mind the truths im pressed upon it. I was truly highly pleased with the very sensible and prompt manner in which the class in Mental Philosophy answered the many intricate questions propounded to them. They deserve great credit. My singular position in society will not allow me to express myself in regard to their high merit, farther than to remark, that their parents have cause for much self gratulation at their beauty, ex cellence and moral worth. laleed, out of over sixty students, I tried to find | real ugly girl, but I looked in vain. AUiealthier. and more beautiful cluster of pronusing girls, cannot be found any where. Three cheers for Atlanta in this respect! I niighf. mention some of them that are in their teens—about 5 that ought to feel proud in the best amse of that term —but I will forebear, IcstJUmight be thought flat tery; but I positively : do u<A flatter. I will close this hasty sketch. May Mr. Hatch and his assistant, Mrs. Baker, live long, and fail not to win the laurels due to their merit; —and may the girls all grow wiser and happier, and add new charms to their beauty as life advances. B Atlanta, June 25,1856. [communicated.] Operations for Ovarian Tumor. BY P. STOTESBURY, M. U. Mr. Editor : As everything extraordinary I that occurs, whether relating to law, religion, I or medicine, should be known to the people, 11 wish for their benefit, to notice through your i excellent paper, an operation for Ovarian Tu- ! morelperformed by P. Stotesbury, M. D.. of Georgia. Operations for ovarian tumor, in a majority of cases, whether by ordinary tapping, by ex tirpation, or by tapping after Gastrotomy, as in the instance alluded to above, have proved unsuccessful. In a number of cases, reported by different j writers, the diagnosis had been decidedly erro neous, as was subsequently ascertained, either in the operation by Gastrotomy, or in post mobtem examinations. In one case alluded to by Dr. Maefarlane, the abdomen was opened for the purpose of operation by extirpation, and no tumor of any kind was fond. Considering, therefore, the danger of the op eration at best with the small amount of blood spilled, together with the many fatal mistakes made by eminent Surgeons, both in diagnosis, and operating, no unprejudiced mind can but admit but that Dr. Stotesbury is an eminent Physician and Surgeon and that in point of scientific attainment be has no superior in the ranks of the profession. The patient, Mrs. F , aged 25. living! in Effingham county, became aware of a tiimwr occupying the right iliac region, about two ■ monts after the birth of her first child. This I tumor gradually increased for ten months; du- • ring this period she was examined by Dr. I Wildman, of Savannah, who pronounced it an ovarian tumor. Being satisfied on this point the gradual increase of the size demanded some early attention. After free and candid expla- the patient was not only willing but rather so licitous for the operation of ovariotomy. Accordingly on the J 7th of February the Dr. accompanied by another eminent Reform Physician and Surgeon. proceeded to the house of tlie patient, and after making all the neces sary arrangements administered the Chloroform and Ether combined, and in 10 minutes had her I idly under its influence and perfectly insen sible. He commenced the incision at the um bilicus and continued it to the pubis : this lo cation for the opening was selected rather than that immediately over the tumor in order to prevent hemorrage, which would have been ii.evitable if it had been in the linea semilunari or near that part of the abdomen. This cut, which was six inches in length, along the linea alba, was not followed by the discharge of a table spoonful of blood. The loss of this pre cious fluid was not one-fourth of an ounce in the whole operation, which fact shows conclu sively the wisdom of his choice in the point for the cut. After carefully cutting through the skin and adipois tissue and separating the recti muscles* he divided the peritoneume and exposed at once the epiploon, which he also cut, and then pushing aside the smaller intestines exposed the tumor which had extended up into the hypo chondriac region. On grasping this, the Dr. pronounced it to contain a fluid, and lobe very extensive in its adhesions ; by farther examina tion the tumor was found to involve the right ovarium and the surrounding ligaments, espe cially the broad ligaments of the womb. The adhesiens were so extensive that it was thought imprudent to attempt dissecting out the sack, death must have been the consequnce. The tu mor was accordingly tapped by introducing the trocar. After exposing the tumor to the in cision, about one quart of fluid, quite transpa rent was drawn off, the opening into the ab domen closed up by sutures and adhesive strips and compress and bandage appbed, and in half an hour after the operation, the patient gra du ally aroused herself to consciousness, and seem ed in good condition. The sponge well satur ated with the chloroform and ether was often applied during the three quarters of an hour while the operation was in progress, the hus band of the patient holding the sponge os di rected by him. The patient was discharged in 11 days, and in 5 weeks perfectly well; and as has since been proven, that at the time of the operation, the patient was one month gone in pregnancy. It will thus be seen that this operation, so delimte and dangerous, and which has so sel dom been performed, was not only successful* but did not produce-abortion. If the circum stances iu the case do not prove that the op eration was skillfully performed we do not know how to show it. If this operation had been performed by an Allopathic Physician, it would have been trum peted to th j four corners of the earth, and the perator extolled to the skies, but as a Medi cal Reformer happened to be the actor in this surgical exploit, his name has not a single notice from an Allopathic Journal, and nev er will: on the other hand, if the operation had been unsuccessful, and the patient had died as such cases have in Allopathic hands, we have no doubt but half the Old School Journals in the land, would have decried the fool hardy operator, and pronounced him a quack and ignoramus. This same Georgia Physician heroically ex posed himself to the Yellow Fever in Savan nah last year, and his success in the treatment of this epidemic was superior to all others, but this superiority was not noticed by the Allo pathic reports, although the public papers gave him due credit for his noble sacrifices. When will bigotted, monopolizing Allopathy learn to render due credit to true merit ? Both of these scientific physicians and sur geons are graduates of the Reform College of Macon. Does not this prove that science is taught in that institution to its fullest ex - tent, and in all its perfection ; and that the graduates of that liberally endowed institu tion are not only scientific physicians but sci entific Surgeons. W. J. S. I A Mosquito Story.—The following mos- I quito story goes ahead of anything we have I lately seen in that line, and we think the man i who told it may safely challenge any one to • surpass it: A veracious sea-fairing man avers himself to be an eye-witness of the following occurrence, J which happened on board a brig lying at an j chor at Para, situated on one of the mouths !of the Amazon river. The mosquitoes at that I place, it is well known, are unusually large and voracious, and congregate about the ships in port, in incredible numbers, for the purpose of presenting their bills to the unseasoned stran gers. One of the crew of the brig, drawn from his berth below by the tormenting insects, took a fancy to smoke a pipe upon the fore top gallant yard, where be knew that he should be 1 above their reach. Unfortunately he after ■ wards fell asleep in the cross-trees, and fail— i ing from his high elevation, would have been inevitably crushed to death hed it not been for a thick swarm or phalanx of mosquitoes which chanced that moment to be hovering about ten feet above the deck. The sailor upon falling, struck upon the elastic body, re bounded, and the mosquitoes parting, was low ered gently to the firm planks below. He was uninjured, save a slight sprain of the shoulder, caused by extending bis arm while falling upon the swarm.” Secret of Success at the Bar— l asked Sir James Scarlett what was the secret of his pre-eminent success as advocate. He replied that he took care to press home the one prin . ciple point of the ease, without paying much regard to the others. He also said that he j knew the secret of being short. 'I find.’ said I he, 'that when I exceed half an hour, 1 am ' always doing mischief to my client, if I drive I into the heads of the jury important matter, I I drive out matter more important that T had i previously lodged there.,—/? turion. Mr- Buchanan.—The Wrighteville Stat says it is the intention of the Hon. James Buch axan to take up his quaters and spend the sum mer at Wabank, a place of some celebrity as a I fashionable resort for gentlemen cf leisure on the banks of the Conestoga river, a short dis- The 44 Drop of Blood ” Calumny. From the. Harrisburg (Pa.) Reporter. We observe by the report of congressional proceedings, in the National Intelligencer of March 30th that on the previous Friday eve ning our Senator Buchannu was assailed by Mr. Morgan, of New York, and Mr. Cooper, of Pennsylvania, upon the floor of the House of Representatives, with the charge of once hav ing said, in a 4th-of-July oration, “ that if he thought he had one drop of democratic blood in his veins he would let it out.” This charge was promptly contradicted by Mr. Ramsey and General Kem, of the Pennsylvania delega tion. It is not our intention at the present to make any comments upon this ridiculous story, which first originated in 1828, immediately preceding Mr. Buchanan s fifth election to Congress, but merely to republish the letter of that gentle man to the editor of the “Pennsylvania Inqui rer and Courier,” dated February 27, 1838, contradicting the charge so explicitly and une quivocally as to silence the slander, it was supposed forever. This letter was elicited by a similar charge, made in debate by Mr. Cox, a member of the convention for amending the constitution of Pennsylvania, in May, 1837. It was then promptly repelled, before the con vention, by the present Judge Porter and Emanuel C. Reigart, both members of that body—the first a prominent democrat, and the latter one of the anti-Masonic party in Penn sylvania. Had this sentiment or anything like it, ever been uttered by Mr. Buchanan at a “political meeting in the court-house in Lan caster,” these two gentlemen, from their posi tion and character, must either have heard it themselves, or immediately heard it from others ; both of them being residents of that city when it was alleged to have been uttered, and Mr. Reigart having resided there ever since. The charge would have specially attracted public attention at that time, as Mr. Buchanan was a successful candidate for the State legislature both in October, 1814, and October 1815. Mr. Cox, not satisfied with the contradiction of Mr. Porter and Mr. Reigart, endeavored to obtain proof ’of the charge, and renewed in a letter to the editor of the “ Pennsylvania In quirer and Courier,” dated February 24, and published in that paper of February 2C, 1838, the testimony which he then adduced in support of it, and all which could be collected after a laborious search consists of the certificate of a certain Anthony McGlinn, and an extract of a letter from George Ford, jr., both of which, it will be perceived, are referred to in the follow ing letter of Mr. Buchanan : To the Editor of the Pennsylvania Inquirer and Courier : Washington city, Feb. 27, 1838. Sir : I have this moment perused the letter of J. F. Cox, published in yesterday’s Inqui rer. His late official station as a member of the convention, induces me to notice the stale slander which he again repeats, and which I NOW PRONOUNCE TO BE UTTERLY AND ABSOLUTE LY FALSE, NO MATTER FROM WHAT SOURCE IT MAY HAVE PROCEEDED, OR SHALL PROCEED. 1 never did, upon any occasion, public or private, whether at the court-house in Lancaster, or elsewhere, declare that “if I knew I had a drop of democratic blood iu iny veics I would let it out,” or any words to that effect. This ridi culous STORY IS WITHOUT A SHADOW OF FOUN DATION. The first version of the story was, that I had had used the expression in an oration which I had delivered at’ the court-house in Lancaster, on the 4th of July, 1815. The oration itself disproved this assertion, and then, after Mr. Cox had made it a subject of debate before the reform convention, in May last, one of the pa pers at Harrisburg solemnly announced that the expression had been used by me on the floor of the House of Representatives, in this city, in reply to Gov. Floyd, of Virginia, and that it could be proved by a gentleman who had for merly been a democratic representative in Con gress from Pennsylvania. The scene is now again shifted to the court-house in Lancaster, and a detain Anthony McGlinn is the witness. He states that “ a number of years ago, one evening,” whilst I was addressing a political meeting there assembled, he had heard me use the expression alr?ady stated, “in an emphatic manner, with my right hand elevated above my head.” He does rot state the year when this expression was used, nor the 'name of any other person who was present at this public meeting. It does not seem to have occurred to Mr. Cox that if I had uttered such a sentiment as that attributed to me in the court house at Lancaster, it would have been heard by hun dreds of people ; that it would immediately have become the subject of universal remark and universal condemnation, and that it would have been severely and justly commented upon in the newspapers of the dey. Had it been true there would have been no occasion for him to resort to Anthony McGlinn to prove the charge, nor to a conversation alleged by Mr. Ford to have been held with Mr. Peter Shindel who, although a respectable, is an aged man ; and from a defect of memory, incident to that period of life, must have confounded what may have been stated to him by ethers with what he had heard himself. But, I again repeat, no matter who has been or shall be the witness, the tale is utterly and absolutely false. Shortly after the slander was made a subject of debate by Mr. Cox in the reformed conven tion, a number of the oldest and most respecta ble citizens of Lancaster, without distinction of party, signed a certificate disproving the charge, so far as it was possible for a negative to be proved, which was placed and still re mains in the hands of one of my friends. Af ter what had been said in reply to Mr. Cox by Mr. Porter and Mr. Reigart, who must either have heard the expression, had it been used, or heard of it immediately after, I deemed it wholly unnecessary then to publish this certifi cate. Yours. verv respectfully, JAMES BUCHANAN. We have said, in the commencement of this article, that we would at this time publish nothing in refutation of this charge but Mr. Buchanan’s own letter. We have, however, procured a copy of the certificate to which Afr. B. refrrs, and give it publicity below for the first time. In doing so, we will boldly assert that the thirty subscribers to it are gentlemen of as much moral worth and respectability as can be found among the same number of indi viduals in any other community in the Union ; and we venture to say that so respectable MAN IS PENNSYLVANIA, OF ANY POLITICAL PAR TY, after reading Mr. B’s contradiction, en dorsed by the cool and deliberate declaration of these gentlemen, will reiterate the charge believing himself in its truth : Certificate. Several of the undersigned have known Mr. Bucnanan ever since he first came to Lancaster to study law with the late James Hopkins, and the others for many years past. We are all convinced that if at a public meeting at the court house, or anywhere else in this city, he had ever used such an expression, or anything like it, as that which has been attribeted to him by Mr. Cox in the sonvention—to wit, • that be had thanked his God he had not a drop of Democratib blood in his veins, and if he had he would let it out” —some of us would have heard it, and all of us would have heard it, and it must have become a subject of gene- tioned by any person until the year 1828, im mediately before Mr. Buchanan’s last election to Congress on the democratic Jackson ticket. As this election immediately proceeded Gen’l. Jackson’s first election to the presidency, (in November, 1828.) and as Mr. Buchannn had been for several years previously his ardent ifnd active supporter, he was then op posed with much zeal and bitterness. Ever since we first heard this story, referring back as it did to 1815, we have alwas believed and still believe, that it was got up without any foundation in fact, for the purpose of ope rating against Mr. Buchanan’s election to Congress in 1828. Indeed, wc had never sup posed that any person acquainted with his character could believe that at any period of life he would have made such a declaration as now seems to be seriously imputed to him. William Jenkins, James Humes, William B. Fordney, George H. Krug, Rhea Frazer, William Cooper, F. A. Muhlenberg John N. Lane, John Mathiot, John Reynolds, William Norris, J. R. Montgomery, John Christ, Henry Rogers, George Musser. Jacob Demuth, William Frick, Christian Bachman, Samuel Dale, John Bomberger, Joseph Ogilby, John Ross, John F. Steinman, James Evans, Em. Reigart, John Aliller, Adam Reigart, Henry Keffer, Benj. Champneys, George Messenkop. A GLORIOUS AMBITION. BY A MASTER -MIND 1 Said the Seythian ambassadors co Alexan der, “If your person were as vast as your am bition the world would not contain you.” We have now in our midst a conqueror whose am bition is as boundless as Alexanders. The old world was too narrow a sphere for its ex ercise, and he has sought the new. We refer to Professor Holloway, whose desire is to ben efit mankind ; unsated by the countless cures his medicines have accomplished, he is now actively engaged in revolutionizing the treat ment of disease in this country. Conquest and subjugation are his objects—the conquest and subjugation of the various maladies that afflict the human race. The trophies of his skill arc both fouKd in every region of the earth, for his remedies are omnipotent, and wherever they have penetrated, disease has given way to their hygeian influence. Probably there are not half a dozen newspapers in existence that have not borne voluntary testimony to the won der-working efficacy of Holloway’s Pills and Ointment. It has heretofore been the univer sal complaint against even the most popular medicines, that they were mere pallativcs, re lieving pain temporarily, perhaps, but never reaching the “materies morbi,” or element of disease in the blood. Holloway's Pills, on the contrary, act specifically upon the primary cause ot the malady in the fluids of the body, and from which they spring. In external dis ease the Ointment is used as an auxiliary to the Pills, and its sanitive effects are scarcely less wonderful. Wc make these assertions—bold as they may seem,—on solid grounds. We have war rant for them in the admissions of the faculty— in the statements of standard medical periodi cals ou both sides of the Atlantic—in the pub ■ lishments of thousands of grateful convalescent —and last, but not least, so far as our private convictions are concerned, in our own personal experience and observations. To the man whose profound research and and practical skill in medical science have re sulted in the production of such uneqnalcd cu ratives and whose business energy and enter prise have diffused them through every inhabi ted region between tho Eqnator and the Poles, the homage of the world is due. He has re ceived it. Wherever he has traveled his jour neys have resembled a triumphal progress, and the most haughty of Europe’s aristocracy have been proud to assist at his levees. He is now a resident —and we hope he will become a citi zen of a land where the only titles recognized are the titles to respect and gratitude earned by public benefactors. Among that class he has long stood pre-eminent, and it is perhaps not too much to say that his European and Amer ican central manufactories, 244 Strand, Lon don, and 80 Maiden Lane, New York, are do ing more practical good than all the medical colleges of Europe and American combined.— N. Y. Daily News. Give us your Authority. On the Bth inst., the “ Chronicle & Sentinel ” puts forth the following assertions : “ Having served in the State Legislature of Pennsylvania, he was sent to Congress in 1820 as a Federalist. In those days Democracy was not very popular, and, therefore, we find the Hon. Mr. Bnchauan vowing that ‘if he thought he had a drop of Democrcratic blood in his veins he would pour it out.’ He was subse quently so much the friend of cheap labor that he declared ten cents a day was sufficient pay for a working man.” Now, as to the drop of blood story, we ask for the authority of that paper for this asser tion. If it can substantiate it, then it is enti tled to al] the benefit it can derive from it for the Know Nothing cause. If it cannot, it is due to public decency to retract it; lor Mr. Buchanan over his own signature, branded it long ago as a falsehood. That is a desperate cause which has to resort for aid to contempt ible little stories like this exhumed from the garbage of parlizan warfare where, for more than a quarter of century, it had been left to rot and fester. It was a fitting task for the “ Chronicle & Sentitel ” to grabble it up from its resting place. But we will do the party, in whose behalf this dirty service is performed, the justice of believing that it will despise the nse of such Lilliputian weapons. We have the same comments to make with regard to the ten cents a day story. Produce the proof that Mr. Buchanan ever made any such declaration, or acknowledge it a calumny.— Aug. Const. If Republic. Wreck of the Ship Pallas—Sev enty-two Lives Lost. Halifax, June 14, 1856. The ship Pallas, Capt. Spillane, from Cork to Quebec, with one hundred and twenty pas sengers, sighted the coast of Cape Breton on the morning of the 30th of May. In the after noon it was discovered that the compasses vari ed from one another, and the course of the ves sel was then shaped between Cape North and St. Paul's. At 10 P. M., she struck on the breakers at St. Paul’s and bilged, the sea wash ing over her. The passengers became panio stricken, and rushed into the boats, which sunk almost immediately. .Seventy-two persons were thus drowned. In the morning ’the Sup erintendant of the Island sent off boats and rear cued the remaining passengers. A vessel Dad left Sydney to convey them to Quebec. The ship is a total loss.— N. Y. Citizen. 3W* The sales of lands by the Illinois Cen tral Road continues large, and it is stated to an unusually good class of buyers— not specu lators, but settlers. The average price this month is over sl6 per acre. The average in T. BURKE, PROPRIETOR NUMBER 47- IP ATLANTIC. Four Days Later from Europe, New York, June 23. d . 6 ’ taleß - M ? i! Rtca ™ hi p A,iantic * toXSth a w,th Liverp ° ol dateß ni wkcHn f>v P ' ey <M Co ’’ rejlorts tlle cotton Ti n uni f ? ? f , bu * era * and the trade dull. 1 lie sales of past three days, 14,000 bales.-- F^<» a J° rS an<l Ex P° rterß took 1500 bales. Midfou’’ r. r ’ d 'l Pair Uplands, C{d Til fl ’ ft 6id ' Mid Uplands 61-Cd v« S? U ( ! H marke 1 t at an ad gj ' ' <0 8 - Indian Corn advanced dull. rade ’ generall J’> throughout England is Consols declined Jd. and quoted at 94. Ihe Steamer Asia had arrived out. • in the At“anUc LL He'waSS bv and waited on by a dcJSation pre& n Va£ Kdlnt o^^'!1 ™ { f noTSl'ft b^ ieV r? d He said ‘ ha ‘ ™ would be dismiss- QuSof aD attCmpt t 0 as3 assinatcthe The I rench funds fell three per cent in con sequence of the inundations. P bank of’tUr T oars > ( B >tuated between the left . CherH a dn!f Lol^ an< L the right bnnk ofthe experienS 7 Much has l>cen Whig Meeting in Washington. Washington, June 21. At a meeting of the Old Line Whigs, held this evening, resolutions were adopted recom mending the postponement of the Convention proposed by the Whigs of Kentucky until the last M ednesday in July, hud Sth. t all sections should send delegates. The majority present were evidently members of the American Z ty. Considerable confusion existed. More Bolters. ™ New York, Juno 21. Iho 1-illmork National American Club have gone over unanimouslv to the Renubli cans. r Kansas Affairs- B «™ n fi eX » r *r f M b ° Weßt P 0 Stines ot the sth says, that reliable news has been received of the the burning of the town of Bernud by the I* ree-SUte forces, on the night of the 3d inst., and the destruction of from $12,000 to $15,000 worth of property. A company of six men had arrived at West nf r thp ‘ah n u th ’ l A > 3 °’ clock on the morning rL t H,rn 4 i t r tha Li Abo !n l tioni3t -' 1 ““acked and captured Irankhn. They numbered 300, and were oppose, b y °u ly J 2 J 5 Pro . Kl 7 ,sh m aker and two others arc re ported k >llcd. Ihe men who made this report bctonßcd to Oapt. Fleming's company of Em igrants, which they say, fought against the . Abolitionists for an hour, but being outnum bered, fled, when the town was taken. h Independence, Mo., correspondent of the bt. Louis Republican, writing under date, du n e5 * says: “Marshal Donalson and four men who had been discharged from official 'Ti' 0 m! lcdn^ ar Hickory Point on the inst. The Mirshal wss in the act of arresting some of the men who hud attacked Capt I ate s Company. After the surrender of I ate s Company, the Free Soilcrs commenced the work of destroying houses, and driving men, women and chddren from their houses near null Creek. Washington, June 23. Gen. Percifcr Smith has been ordered to take command of the troops in Kansas. His orders are imperative to end the troubles there. Fillmore Club joined the llepuUlicans. New York, June 26. The National Fillmore Club of N. Y„ has joined the Republicans. New York, June 21. 7he U. S. Mail steamship Quaker City has arrived at this port with Havana dates to the 17th inst. Sugars were firm and Molasses was advancing. , ,s “ 3( l uella niiah was off Ravanna on the 16th, and proceeded to Kew West. She re ports everything quiet at Sau Juan. Mr. Peabody was to give an entertain ment on the 13th inst., at tho Crystal Palace in London, to Mr. and Mrs. Dallas, the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, Sir Joseph and Eady Paxton, and a large number of American families now in London. GeobgiaGold—Two lumps of gold, weigh ing 4,100 dwt., have been received by T. R. Callender, of Philadelphia, from the Columbia, .dinning Company of Georgia. They were of the value of 4,300 and were the result of ten day’s labor. teas’*John R. Church, of Georgia, is one of the recent graduates at the Military Academy at West Point. He is entitled to the commis sion of Brevet Lieutenant in the army. Vtg" There Las been another considerable decline in laud warrants at New York, and the market is too unsettled for quotations. The supply is considerably in advance of the de mand. At Washington land warrants are quo ted as follows; 160’s 90a95; 80’s 91a96: 120’s 86a90 ; 60’s 85a90 ; 40’a 100 to slos’ A Fight Between a Snake and a Wea sel.—One of the porters of the jFurness rail way, on passing up the line, had his attention drawn to a rustling noise amongst some dead leaves and long grass in a bush, on the edge of the line. Curiosity led him to the spot to make examination, when he observed a small weasel engaged in a deadly contest with a largo snake. 1 hey fought for several minutes, and at last the weasel J killed his antagonist and bore him away in triumph. The snake was not less than two feet long. Thaddeus Stephens, the well known and saga cious politician of Pennsylvania, pronounced the fate of the Republican cause, upon the nom inatiou of Febmont. He declared that it would ensure the success ofßucn anan in Penusylvan ia by a majority of forty thousand. W In the city of N ew York, the “Times" “Post” “Tribune” “Herald” and “Courier’’& ‘Enquirer" all support nomination of Col Feb »okt. Mr Buchanan issupported by the “Jnnr nal” of “Commerce” “Day Book” and “Now»’'*