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TUB BMP Him ST A'l'B IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY, ißy At jSLm Oauldlng TERMS: TWO DOLLARS IN ADVANCE, OR THREE DOL LARS AFTER SIX MONTHS, PER ANNUM. aortffiee over W. R. Phillips & Co.^gr Advertisements are inserted at One Dollar per square for the first insertion, aud Fifty Cents per square foreacli in wtwa thereafter. A reasonable deduction will l>e made to those who adver tise by the year. All Advertisements not otherwise ordered will be continu ed till forbid. Sales of I*ands by Administrators, Executors or Guar dians, are required by law to be held on the first Tuesday in the month, between the hours of 10 in the forenoon and * in the afternoon, at the Court House, in the county in which the Land is sitnated. Notice of these sales must be given in a public Gazette forty days previous to the day of sale. Sales of Negroes must be made at public auction on the flnt Tuesday of the month, between the usual hours of sale, at the place'of public sales in the county where the Letters Testamentary, or Administration, or Guardianship may have been granted—first giving forty days notice thereof in •ne of the public Gazettes of the State, and at the Court Heuse where such sale is to he held. Notice for the sale of Personal Property must he given in . like manner, forty days previous to tlie day of sale. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate, must be published forty days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Or llnarv f*r leave to sell Land, must be published for two Notice for leave to sell Negroes must be published two onths l<efore any order absolute shall be made thereon by he Court. Citations for letters of Administration must be publish ed thirtv days : for Dismission from Administration, month si* months ; for Dismission from Guardianship, forty d% £ticc for the foreclosure of Mortgage must be publish ed monthly for four months : for publishing Lost Pa per*, for the full space of three months ; for compelling ti- Wjw from Executors and Administrators, where a bond has r*n given by the deceased, for the space of three months LEONARD T. DOYAL, attorney AT LAW, IWcDoitougfc, Georgia.^ WILL practice in the counties of Henry, Fulton, Fay ette, Coweta. Spalding, Butts, Monroe and Newton UtHevekescb —hlui v ;•“©* April 2, 1856 4s ly JA . ES H 3 : :ARK, ATTORNEY AT L A W CrtOlti. ‘ WILL practice in the Courts of the Flint- Circuit., a .and in the Supreme Court at Atlanta and Macon. Feb. 13, 1856....41....1y JARED IRWIN WHITAKER, ATTORNEY AT LA IV, Office front Rooms, over John R. Wallace & Bros., corner of White Hall and Alabama streets, ATLANTA, EORG i A. January 30,1850 ts W. L. GORDON, ATTORNEY AT LA W, UEORGIA, January 30, 1856 39 ly HENRY HENDRICK, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Jackson, Butts County, Georgia. May J, 18M. ts DANIEL & DiSMUKE, Attorneys at Law, Will practice in the District Court of the United States At Marietta. Georgia. il_. R- DANIEL. F. !>• DISMUKE. May 3. 1*55. tt_ ~ W. PoT'E JORDAN, Attorney at Law, Mefanlou, Georgia. WILL practice in all the counties of the Flint Circuit. May 3, IMS. ST.ELL &, BECK, Attorneys at Law, .TDonoogh, Georgia. ALL business entrusted to their care, will receive prompt attention.. • M. BTW-L, - E * BECK * May 3. 1855. ’ J. 11. MANGIIAM, Attorney at Xiaw, GKIKKIN, (JEOIIGIA. May *, l*5S-ly 1 ANDREW M. MOORE, J! TTO .RJYE Y AT LAW, IuGRANGE GEORGIA. T]|TILL practice in the Courts of the Coweta Circuit. All VY business entrusted to his care will meet with prompt attention. July 4, 1855. - ts WM. H. F. HALL, attorney at law, ZKBULON GEORGIA. Jaly 4, 1855. -M* A D. NUN N ALLY, ATTORNEY A T,L AW, GRIFFIN, GEORGIA. jm. 27..1RS- iy- UKBERWOOD, HAMMOND & SON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. WILL snre personal attention to all business entrusted to their management, and attend the Sixth Circuit Coart of the United States, at Marietta, the Supreme Court At Macon and Decatur, and the Superior Courts in Cobb, Mergan. Newton, DeKalb, Fulton, Fayette, Spalding, Pike, Monroe, Upson, Bibb, Campbell, Coweta, Troup, Whitfield and Gord*i, in Georgia, and Hamilton county, IGhattaaoeca.) in Tennessee. May 3,1855. ts C RIQy, .W• B. FL LLER. GRICE & FULLER, A'TTO RNE YS AT LA W, FAYETTEVILLE, GEORGIA. December lfrth.lßss. 33-ts GJICB*. Mi S* R ALLACK. GRICE & WALLACE, A TTO RFE Y S AT LAW , BUTLER, GEORGIA. QERSOXS intrusting business to them may rely on their Jl fidelity, promptness and care. Dee. 10, ’55-33-ly. GARTRELL & GLENN, attorneys at law. ATLANTA. GKOKUIA. II7TLL attend the Courts in the Coimtie Fuh De- TV Kalb. Fayette. Campbell, Meriwetlu i. Cw. Ctu- U, Henry .*Tn>up, Heard, Cobb, and Spalding. Heirs J.Gartkkll, | Luther J. Glenv. Funwerty of Washington, Ga. j Formerly of Me-Don- <*a. May 16, 1855. 1 DR. WM. M. HARDWICK, GUTFFIN GEORGIA. OFFICE AT wTbTsEATS DRUG STORE. Residence, Hill Street, one Door North % of the Presbyterian Church. Chronic Diseases, Midwifery, and diseases of Women and Cliidren will receive special attention. March l*th. 1856 45...’ ly TENDERS his j.roU-sional services as a Physician and Sarjpeon, to the citizens of Griffin and vicinity. pyOflke on the same floor with the Empire State,“©& Urd ßn. March 5, 1*56 44....1y _ .W. WfLUAMST RESIDENT PHYSICIAN, GRIFKIK, G* OR6IA. 9Officeon Hill Street, over Banks'Boot & Shoe Store. May 3, 1855. r ts DR. H. W. BROWJV, ■mu,.... . - • OFFICE in the basement storv, under the Store of Messis. J. A- & J. C. Becks. May 3, 1855. ts rn (fmpire Stotf, H. % fielding, ©ifolr. VoL. 1. BOOK AND JOB OFFICE —OF— TIIE EMPIRE STATE, GRIFFIN, GEORGIA. THE PROPRIETOR CP THE Having recently received a large assortment of NEW AND BEAUTIFUL FANCY TYPE AND BORDERS, Are now prepared to execute, in the best style, and at short notice, all kinds of |Mit anil (Dninmnitnl printing, SUCH AS PAMPHLETS Circulars, Labels, Business Cards, Catalogues, Programmes, Address Cards, Bill Heads, Posters, Visiting Cards, Bank Checks, Hand Bills, Freight Bills, Blank Note s, Legal Blanks, fyc., fyc., fy. PRINTIITe IH*eOLORS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. bates’ of advertising. THE following are tlie Rates of Charges for Advertising, determined ou between the undersigned, to take effect from tlie time of entering into any new contract:— JUSrTransient Advertising, $1 00 per square, for the first nsertion, and 50 cents for every subsequent one. CONTRACT ADVERTISING, 3 mos. 6 in os. 9 mos 12 ms i I square, without change, $ 6 00 $ 8 00 $lO 00 sl2 00 Changed quarterly... 7 00 10 00 12 00 16 00 Changed at will, 8 00 12 00 14 00 18 00 2 squares, without change, 10 00 15 00 20 00 25 00 Changed quarterly,... 12 00 18 00 24 00 28 00 Changed at will 15 00 20 00 25 00 30 00 j 3 squares, without change,.... 15 00 20 00 25 00 30 00 Changed quarterly... 18 00 22 00 26 00 34 00 Changed at will, 20 00 26 00 32 00 40 00 i Half column, without change.. 25 00 30 00 40 00 50 00 Changed quarterly,.. 28 00 32 00 45 00 65 00 Changed at will, 35 00 45 00 50 00 60 00 One column, wilhoutchange,.. 60 00 70 00 80 00 100 00 Changed quarterly,.. 65 00 75 00 90 00 11000 Changed at will 70 00 85 00 100 00 125 00 S“A11 transient advertisements will be inserted until or dered discontinued and charged for accordingly. A. A. GAULDING, “Empire State.” A. P BURR “AmericanUnion.” Farbiage, cabinet AND SASH MAKING!! UpiiE subscriber takes pleasure iu annonn- fV gpOpi’ SL^ I ciug to the citizens of Griffin and rounding country, that he still continues business of CARRIAGE and CABINET Making. CARItIA GES, BUGGIES, and WAGONS made to order at short no tice. A few of the best made Buggies always ou hand, lie has recently added to his establishment the business of RASH MAKING —cheap, and good as the best. --.-sw-a He is also fi&mT’ ‘item agent for IWte-W- - FISK’S WUVttftiiJu - Meta 1 i c ‘ •*-’ Burial ca ses, newstyle. ne will be found at his old stand, always ready towait upon bis customers. Give him a call. A. BELLAMY. Griffin, Aug. 29,1855.... 18.... ts J. K. WILLIAMS, JNO. RHEA, WM. M. WILLIAMS. J. E. WILLIAMS & CO., Successors to J. E. Williams, General Commission Merchants, AND DEALERS IN GRAIN, BACON, I,ARB. FEATHERS, and TEN NESSEE PRODUCE, GENERALLY, Decatur Street, near the “Trout House,” Atlanta, Ga. j3£T 1 .etters of inquiry, in relation to the Markets, &c., promptly answered. May 16, 1855.-3tf U- JL. WRIGHT, EXCHANGE BROKER , ATLANTA, GEO. WILL attend to collections entrusted to him, and remit promptly, at current rates of Exchange: buy and sell uncurrent Bank Notes, Coin, &c. The highest cash price paid for Bounty I/and Warrants. es~ Apply;* W. C. Wright, Grifiin, Ga., for sale of Land Warrants. REFERENCES.—John Thompson. Banker, No. 2, Wall street, and Carhart, Bko. & Cos., New York ; Converse & Cos., New Orleans. Atlanta, May 16, ’55 ts . J. THRASHER, J- M. DORSEY J. J. TIIRASHER &■ CO., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Grocers and Commission Merchants, (At the Warehouse formerly occupied by J.E. Williams,) ATLANTA ,- GEORGIA. 11. n. GLENN, W. A. CnAMBLESS May 16, 1855. 3-ts NOTICE. THE advertiser would respectfully announce to his cus tomers and the public generally, that he continues to supply tlie various Magazines named below at the prices annexed : Harper, $2 25 ; Putnam, $2 25 ; Knickerbocker, $2 25 ; Household Words, $2 00 : Blackwood, $2 25 ; Gndey,s2 25; Horticulturist, (plain) $1 63 ; Little's Living Age, $5 00 ; Frank Leslie's Gazette of Fashions, $2 25 ; Ballou’s Picto rial, $2 50 ; Ladies’ Repository,, (Cincinnati,) $1 63 ; Ar thur’s Home Magazine, $1 63. He is prepared also to fill orders for standard and miscel laneous books. whether from the trade, or persons hi other walks of industry. Having had an experience of 16 years in tlie Book and Periodical trade, he can give satisfaction to all parties entrusting him with orders. Specimen numbers of the Magazines on receipt of six Post Office letter stamps for the $3 or $2 Magazines, and for twelve such stamps a sample of the $5 or $6 works will fie sent. Letters of inquiry must contain a stamp for the return postage. Books sent post paid, on receipt of tlie pub lisher’s advertised price. Address WILLIAM PATTON’ Bookseller, Hoboken, New Jersey. MSiALUOLLEGE. BEING left alone in the managemet of this Institution for the present, the rates of tuition will be as follows : Ist Term. 2d Term. For Spelling, Reading, Writing, &c 10 00 8 00 For Arithmetic, Geography,Grammar, &c. .12 00 10 00 t-’or Algebra, Philosophy,Geometry,Ac 14 00 12 00 For Latin. Greek, Trigonometry, c sl6 00 sl4 00 extra charges, except for damage to the College Building Tlie first term will close about the 4th of July. The second term will begin on the 4th of August, and dose about the last of November. J. M. CAMPBELL. Griffin, Feb. 13, 1856... .41... .ts Fulton House. ATLANTA, GEORGIA. D. I*. GORDON, Proprietor. January 30tli, 1856. .30. ly. lijuuuML m sprs mi THE undersigned haveassocia ted themselves together under the p.Ay firm name aud style of B—(Xy-f. CLARK & NIX, r 4, For the purpose of carrying on the CARRIAGE MAKING and REPAIRING, WAGON MAKING and BLACK RMITH’S BUSINESS, in all their various branches. Their Shop is on the corner of Hill Street and Broadway, ojipo ite the Georgia Hotel, down stairs, in the house formerly 1 ccupied by A. Bellamy Esq. Promptness, dispatch and | urability of work, they feel confident will secure for them liberal patronage. GEO. W. CLARK, S. 11. NIX. Griffin, Dec. 24,1856. .35. .ts Window Gins'! X i TT'RENCII Window Glass, of all sizes, for sale by t U Sept 19, HILL & SMITHtf 55-* “ o pent iip tyticq coirffyds oiji* f otoeirp —Jfje tofyoie toilless Gorfefjf k 01!^.” GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 9, 1856. Married Mens’ Report upon Womens’ Rights. A petition for Woman’s Rights, addressed to tlie New York Legislature, was referred in that body to the Judiciary Committee, which has lately made a report. According to the New York Daily News, the committee say that they are enabled to state that ladies al ways have the best piece and choicest tit-bit at table They have the best seat in the cars, carriages- and sleighs ; the warmest place in winter, and the coolest place in summer.— They have their choice on which side of tlie bed they will lie, front or back. A lady’s dress costs thre<* times as nuch as that of a gentleman, and at the present time, with the prevailing fashion, one lady occupies three times as much space in the world as a gentle man “It has thus appeared to the married gen tlemen of your committee, being a majority, (the bachelors being silent for the reason men tioned, and also, probably, for the further red son that they are still suitors for the favors of the gentle sexj that if there is any inequality or oppression in the case, the gentlemen are the sufferers. They, however, have presented no petitions for redress, having doubtless made up their minds to an inevitable destiny. “On the whde, the committee have con cluded to recommend no measures except that as they have observed, several inches in which husband and wife have both signed the same petition. In such case, they would recom mend the parties to apply for a law authoriz ing them to change dresses so that the hus band may wear the petticoats and the wife tlie breeches, and thus indicate to their neigh bors and the public the true relation iu which they stand with each other.” Agricultural Truths. The following statements will be found cor rect as to soils long under cultivation: 1. All land on which clover or the grasses are grown, must either have lime in them na turally, or that mineral must be artificially supplied. It matters but little whether it be supplied in the form of stone lime, oyster lime or marl. 2 All permanent improvements of lands must look to lime as its basis. 3. Lands which have long been in culture, will be benefitted by the application of phos phate of lima, and it is unimportant whether the deficiency be supplied in the form of bone dust, guano,native phosphate of lime, composts of flesh, ashes or that of oyster shell lime—or marl—if the lands need lime alone’ 4. No lands can be preserved in a high s ate of fertility, unless clover and the grasses are cultivated in the course of rotation 5. Mould is indespeusible in every soil, and a healthy supply can alone be preserved through, the cultivation of clover, aud the gras ses, the turning in of green crops, or by tlie application of composts rich ai the elements of the mould. 6. All highly concentrated animal manures are increased iu value, aud their benefits pro longed by admixture with plaster,salt, or with pulverized charcoal. X. Deep plowing greatly improves the pro ductive powers of every variety of soil that is not wet. 8. Subsoiling sound land, that is land that is not wet, is also eminently conducive to in creased production. 9 All wet land should be drained. 10. All grain crops should be harvested be fore the grain is thoroughly ripe. 11 Clover, as well as the grasses intended lor hay, should be moved when in bloom. 12. Sandy lands can be most effectuallv im proved by clay. When such lands require liming or marling, the iime or marl is most beneficially applied when made into compost with clay. In slacking lime, salt brine is bet ter than water. 13 The chopping, or grinding of grain to be fed to stock, operates as a saving of at least twenty five per cent. 14. Draining of wet lands and marshes adds to their value, by making them to produce more, and by improving the health of neigh borhoods 15 To manure, or Ime wet lands, is to tliiow manure, lime and labor away. 16. Shallow plowing operate to impoverish the .-oil, while it decreases production. 17. By stabling and shedding stock through the winter, a saving of one-fourth the food may be effected; that is, one fourth less food will answer, than when the stock may be exposed to the inclemencies of the weather. Pensacola & Montgomery Rail Road.— We clip the following from the Pensacola De rnocrat : “We learn from Mr. Milner, ■. hies Engineer, who arrived in this city on Saturday last, that the corps of Engineers were : route for this place,, but that the citizens of Conecuh county, (with a view to enter into contract,) had ore vailed upon them t< stop or a few day-, and make an estim ate of the cost of that portion of the road which will be constructed in that country. The hands that, are employed to work on the road, will probably arrive here during next week, aud will commence to work according to Ia survey previously made. | The Greenville Alabamian ot Saturday last, | says : “Mr. Milner and his surveying corps, left this place on Monday for Florida, to finally locale that end of our Raiiroad from Pensa cola 10 tut- State line, that, contractors may immediately commence operations, for which they are ready in force, aud anxious ‘The time when the entire road is completed from Montgomery to Pensacola, will be hailed as a bttle millenium. Even now we hear, from those who profess to know, glowing accounts of the delights ot a rumble on the beach, the em ek farmed by fresh invigorating breezes from the Gulf, which almost gives ns a foretaste of enjoyment in prospective.” ’ JB@““What is a back-biter ?” asked the parson of his Sunday School. 1 Ins was a poser, till a | little urchin answered, “lie it it flea f” Letter of Hon. Samuel Carutliers Member of Congress from MissotirL We have bad a most exciting and protract ed struggle in the organization of the House. I have voted uniformly for the democratic nominees for the Speakership. For this lam charged with the of the; the Whig party, and with an abandonment of the princi pies upon which I was elected. And who is it that makes these charges ? Is it the old-line whigs ? I have not heard of an old-line whig, either in my district or elsewhere, who does not indorse my course. These ,charges are made by the Know Nothing press of my State, and by anonymous Know Nothing scribblers, the latter of whom, never having had an hon est motive themselves, have no conception of the thing in others. They charge me with be traying the whig ‘party ! They who decoyed it into their councils, and assassinated in the dark—they who come forth from these con claves, with their hands dripping with its blood—they who met at Philadelphia iu con vention, and vauutingly proclaimed its death with a pharisaical affectation of party, declare that they are not ‘responsible for its obnox ious ac’sand violated pledges: that it has. ele vated sectional hostility into a positive element of political power t and brought our institutions into per<!. t l r es, while I stand a mourner at the grave of the whig party, they aie rejoicing at its death and calumniating its life ! Yet these men have the unblushing hardihood to twit me with abandonment of that once noble party ! Was ever impudence more gigantic and more absurd ? But it is sometimes softly and gently whis pered that the American party is the whig party iu disguise If this is so,they have solmn ly declared a lie in their conventions, and it is a cheat and a fraud upon the democrats in the order. So they have either abandoned their party, and have no right to abuse me. or are engaged in a fraud which makes their abuse a compliment. I tell these gentlemen that they have slain my first love, and left me a political widower; and I have a perfect right to marry another if I see proper. * * * * * Ay, the earliest practical abolition of slavey Look at it I For free soil--opposed to the exteution of slavery—in favor of its earliest practical abolition—intreguingfor the nomina tion of a free soil convention; aud in addition to all tins when the final vote for Speaker came the last vote —the vote which tried the souls of men—the vote which was to determine whether Banks, the political Abolitionist —the Black Republican—the Northern Nothing— the ‘Union-sliding’—the absorption Banks, should be elected Speaker of the American House of Representatives, or that accomplish ed gentleman and sound national, and con servative man, Gov Wra Aiken —lie, under the flimsy and miserable pretext of having paired off with a man who tvas present himself, dodged, and did not vote at all ! And now wiih his record fairly before you elected upon the prnciples on which I was elected- I submit it to your candor, if I would not have exposed myself to the just son and contempt of every good man of my district, of any party, If I had voted for Henry M. Fuller I voted for Win. A. Richardson, of Illinois. I knew him. I had served with him in the last Congress. I knew him to be the very soul of honor. A man whose ‘word was as good as his bond;’a man whose iarge heart could take all the Union into its affections; a man who was all seamed with scars received in battles for the rights of the South; a man who had been passed around by the Abolitionists, (within black lines,J in woat they call their ‘roll of infamy,’ because of his gallant bearing in those battles;a man who lias stood unmov ed while mad fanaticism poured its vial of wrath upon his head; a man who breasted the storm in ‘its wildest ragings’ after passage of the Kansas Nebraska bill; the man who bid them a proud aud bold definance; the states man who was our champion aud leader through all the great struggles upon that bill, the statesman who had counseled his friends in the North to ‘stand and brave the fire without flinching:’ the mau who full of courage and patriotism, dares to do whatever his learge heart approves and his uomoreliensive mind suggests; and a man too, who is of the West, western—who is of ns and with us 1 would not l should nos, I do not hesitate for a mo meat, which to choose—tnis man, or Henry M. Fuller. WAS I NOT RIGHT. * * * * * It is but just to a large and respectable Pro testant denomination —I allude to the regular old Baptists—to say that they have never, anywhere, at any time, under any circumstan ce.-, eithej North or South, interfered iu poli tical affairs. * . * * # * I have been often asked if 1 am not in favor of recognizing the Whig party ? 1 answer that, in t.he present condition of parties and the country, in my j< dgement, such aud effort can do no good, and might do great harm I say to you, that we have no sound ma terial North out of which to reconstruct that party Look back at the [last. Every Whig Representative horn the North, in 1849, vot ed for the Wilmot proviso But three of them out of seventy-three voted for the fugitive slave law —that law which does but common justice to the South, and which is commanded by the Constitution itself ! Not one Whig north of Masun and Dixion’s line voted for the Nebras ka Kansas bill of 1854 ! On all these meas ures a majority northern Democrats voted with the South. Have we, then, not reached that point, in the North, presupposed by Mr. Clay when he said, Ts the whig party ever be comes merged info contemptible Abilition party, I will abandon it in disgust ? and should not we, his old followers, take his implied counsel and his proposed example, when lie says, ‘I will act with that party, whatever its name may be, that stands by the Constitution and the Union?’ To endeavor now to to re cognize the Whig party, would be but to de vide aud distract the sound national men of the South Where have we an ally in the North, out side of the democratic oigamzution ? These allies have been true lo us iu the past V\ ith a pm iotic devotion to the Union of the Stutes ad a patriotic regard to the Const.tutionul ! rights of the South, they have barred their Jeirtflgs—ll,oo, In bcfsoms to the ragings of the storm —they have stood unmoved, while malignity and fanati cism have poured their firery torrents upon them. I take them to my heart as political bi other, and wear and cherish them there. ***** All,every where,frcm Maine to Texas, speaks the same language, declare the same principles and rally under the same flag ? is not this party national ? Contrast the resolves with the fact, that the Know Kothing party, but two years old, has managed,even in that short time, to be in favor of secrecy agaiust secrecy, in favor of test oaths against test oaths —in some States for the Catholic test, in others against Catholic test —on one side of the Union for the twelfth section; and in their late con vention, at one time the Southern chlivalry bolt, at another the northern Frcsoilers bolt, and tell me if you can support such a party, even though Millard Fillmore is its candidate for the Presidency 1 As to the Black Republican party, it now has the the Speaker of the House of Kepresen tatives. Encouraged by past successes, it has become insolently bold, and grasps with an eager hand for the reins of Government. If it succeeds, if it elects a President, and gets possesion of both Houses of Congress, it will carry out its infamous circle of measures: the repeal of the fugitive slave law, the abolish ment of slavery in the District of Columbia, interdict the inter slave trade between the States, restore the Missouri restriction, and re fuse to admit any more slave States I Who is it that does not kuow the Union would not survive an hour ? Our danger is not from the Pope, not fiorn foreigners, but is from the Abolitionists. What, then, is our first solemn, patriotic duty ? It is that we should band toget. her as one man It is that we should each bring his former prejudices and lay them down upon the alter of our country —that we should leave the past to‘bury its own dead/ and look to and fight alone for the preserva tion of the Constitution and the Union. I have seen the democracy come down from the North and up from the South, and gather ing in solid column around the Constitution, declare that the rights of the south, the just eqallity of the States, the capacity of man for self-government, are their bonds of brother hood; that they will protect the Constitution against ali the assaults of all the isms in the land. While they continue to occupy the prond position, lam with them and of them ! Un der God, I believe that that the democratic is he only political organization with which we can beat back this abolition horde from the Capitol. While I thus believe, 1 shall continue to act with them; and when the fight is done, when the victory is achieved, when our gallant old ship is again afloat in the sun shine and upon quiet seas, I shall turn round to my democratic brethren, and if I have any unadjusted quarrels, I will settle them then. Specimens of ‘American’ Sentiment. Albert Pike, of Arkansas, in Ins famous protest, gives as one reason for his withdrawal from the National Organization of the Ameri can Party, the sentiments of the members of the National Convention, who represent seve ral of the Northern States. We have taken the trouble to look through the proceedings of that body, to cull some of the most striking opinions promulgated by some of the ‘North ern members.’ We commend them to the no tice of Southern men. We quote from the N. York Hera IB : ‘Mr. Webster, of lowa, consumed nearly an hour in a weak, nigger worshipping speech. “Mr. Campbell, of Pa., desired that the party should ignore niggers altogether ; the North could not be crowded upon any pro-sla very, or Democratic, or Kansas platform.” “Gov. Johnson, of Pa., said that out of 200 delegates in the State Council, only 30 voted for the Philadelphia platform of 1856.” “Mr. White, of Ohio, said he had bolted on the 12th section of the Philadelphia plat form, but knew he was wrong, and was willing to agree to the doctrine of Squatter Sover eignty.” “Mr. Stambaugh, of Ohio, made a strong negro worshipping speech, declaring that Ohio would sectionalize on the February platform ; which would awaken a feeling there almost bitter enough for knives ; and not a district in Ohio could be carried on it.” “Mr. Richmond, of Mass., gave notice that whatever the nominations may be, if the plat form does not come up to the anti-slavery stan dard of Massachusetts, she would repudiate it” “Mr. Thurston, of Mass., considered it a disgrace that to be anti-slavery, should exclude a man from being national.” “Mr. Kellinger, of Pa., offered a resolution declaring that the Convention would nominate uo person for President or Vtce President who was not in favor of interdicting slavery north of 39 deg. 30 min.” “Mr. Sheets, of Indiana, was in favor of leaving paper platforms on the slavery ques tion to the several Congressional Districts in the country ” “Mr Perkins, of Ct, demanded the resto ration of the Missouri line. The North de manded this as a plain, practical question, and they intend to have it ” “Mr Booth, of Ct., stated that Connecti cut cannot, and will not endorse the l‘2th sec tion of the Philadelphia platform of June 1855.” Now be it remembered that these men were members of the Convention which nominated Fillmore for President, and Donaldson for Vice President. How do you like these ‘Amer ican’ seutiments ? Are you willing to belong to a party which recoguizes them as members ? It is but justice to say, that some of these fellows retired from the Convention after Fill more’s nomination. They did the same thing in June, 1855, after the adoption of the plat form, but they got back again then, and there is every reason to believe that they will got buck again, before the election, uuless the par ty goes by the board before then.— Times /Sentinel. Smart Children. — A writer in Black wood’s Magazine, thus discourses on the prac tice of trying to stick “book lamin’’ in the heads of children while they are yet “babies:” t “How I have heard you, Eusebius, pity the poor children 1 I remember your looking at a group of theta; and reflecting, “For of such, is the Kingdom of Hdavfen and turning away thoughtfully and sayiiig, “Os such is the kingdom of trade.” A dhild of three years oi age with a book in its infant hands, is a feal* J fnl sight ! It is too oftetl the death warrant, such as the condemned stupidity looks at—fa tal, yet beyond its comprehension. What should a child three years old—nay, even five ©r sist years old; —be taught ? Strong bleats for the weakig|jgestk)n make not bodily strength. Let there De nursery tales and nursery rhymes. I would say to every parent, especially every mother, sing to your children, tell them pleas ant stories ; if in the country, be not too care lul lest they get a little dirt upon their hands and clothes ; earth is very much akin to us all, and in children’s out of door play, soils them not inwardly. There is in it a kind of consanguinity be tween all creatures ; by it we touch updu the common sympathy of our first substance, and beget a kindness for our poor relations, the brutes. Let children have a free, open air sport, and (ear not, though they make acquain tance with the pigs, the donkeys and the chick ens—they may form worse friendships with wi ser looking ones ; encourage familiarity with all that love to court them ; dumb animals love children, and children love them. There is a language among them which the world’s lan guage obliterates in the elders. It is of more importance that you should make your chil dren loving, than you should make them wise—that is, book wise. Above all things, make them loving ; then will they be gentle and obedient ; and then, also, parents, if you become old and poor, these will be better than friends, and will never forsake you.” An Act To raise the Jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace Sec. 1. Be it enacted, Ac., That from and after the Ist day of March next the jurisdic tion of Justices of the Pence shall extend to the amount f Fifty Dollars, principal, with interest. Sec. 2. That it shall and may be lawful for all promissory notes, accounts, and all other evidence of debt that do not exceed fifty dol lars, to be sued before a Justice of the Peace in a Justice Court, in the same manner as is now prescribed by law, and when any person shall be sued in a Justice Court on a sum that exceeds thirty dollars, and a judgment obtain ed against the party defendant, the defendant within four days after the adjournment of said Court upon paying all cost that may hare ac crued, and giving good and sufficient security for principal and interest involved in the case shall have the right to stay the execution 60 days, and on all judgments obtained in a Jus tices Court where the amount is thirty dollars or under, the stay of execution shall be the same as now prescribed by law.; Approved March sth, 1856. A Tempest in A Tea Pot. We have read in the Constitutionalist, the proceedings of a very indignant meeting in the county of Union—the indignation being the result of the veto of the Hiwassee Railroad bill, by Gov. Johnson. We have read biter er resolves—we have seen more angry assem blages of men,but never read through so many words, without finding more ideas The Un ion county meeting made a great mistake in making their public expression personally in sulting to the Chief Magistrate. We are not pretending to discuss the merits of the ques tion in issue, but we cannot repress the mor tification we feel for so uncalled for and illiber al an attack upon the Governor, by men who call themselves Democrats. Because the Ex euctive would not sacrifice the interests of the people of Georgia and enrich a few interested parties in Georgia and South Carolina, by opening a highway through one corner of her territory for the ingress of produce into a neighboring State, he is all at once an aristo crat ! a tyrant ‘and unworthy the respect of the meanest reptile that crawls the earth ! We know the friends of the measure were dis appointed—they felt bad, but the circumstan ces aud the occasion do not justify the anath emas hurled at the head of the Chief Magis trate. At, first we favored the bill offered by Mr: Smith of Union—at least we saw no dan ger lurking beneath its specious outside; but after reading the veto message, were satisfied of its impolicy, and the more we think on it, the more confirmed in this opinion do we be come. The ‘sober second thought’ will pro duce a better feeling among the people of Un county.—Fed Union. Philadelphia, March 16—About halfpast nine o’clock last night ferry boat New Jersey, while crossing the Delaware to Camden, took fire in the middle of the stream aud after great difficulty, run upon the bar opposite Arch street. There was about 100 passengers on board; many of them ware rescued after cling ing sometime to pieces of flloating ice. It is asserted that over thirty passengers were drowned and burnt, but so great was the con fusion that it was impossible to gather any authentic details The boat was burned to the water’s edge —When her distress was first pereeived, several steamers immediately went to her assistance arriving too late to be of use, as the passengers who were in the water had nearly all been rescued by the small boats.— thus iu the space of one week have we been called upon to chronicle four fatal and heart rending calamities. A Shanghai hen near Porthmonth, Virginia has laid an egg, through the halt transparent shell of which could be read the inscription, inside, ’’Fever will not return in 1856”! The editor of Noifork Herald has seen the egg, which was sent to him by Mr. Berry, the owner of the hen. There were a number of Chinese characters on the inside of the shell but these were probably some Shanghai lays, and were not intelligible to the good people about Nor folk. It is not recorded that Wyman had been in that neighbhood; neither had the ’’foolkiller’—that’s evident Columbxs Sun. Small Pox. —This loathsome disease pre vails in Hall and Gwinnett Couuties, and we learn from a correspondent in Chattanooga that there were twelve cases of the disease in that place, on the 23d inst. Would it not be well for our city authorities to be on the look out to prevent the infection being brought to this city? Our communication with Chattanoo ga is so constant and direct, that the gratest care will be necessaryto exclude the pestilence from our limits. wag adveftised in the N.Y. Her ald for men with pick axes, watch dogs, terriers and poodles; and that application should be made at the office of Richard Bus toed, Esq, or at that gentleman’s residence in Madison avenue, New York. Ihe application both places were so anoying that the police were called upon to disperse the crowd. No. 49.