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f|e €rnpre j&tate. GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, Wednesday Aug. 13th, 1856. FOR PRESIDENT : JAMES’ BUCHANAN. OF PENNSYLVANIA. FOR VICE PRESIDENT I J. C. BRECKENRIDGE. OF KENTUCKY Democratic Electoral Ticket. FOR THE STATE AT LARGE. I ULECTORS. ALTERNATES. •WM. H. STILES. Henry G. Lamar. | IVERSON L. HARRIS. A. R. Wright, ELECTORS. ALTERNATES. Ist Dist. Thomas M. Foreman W M Nichols, j 2d “ Samuel Hall J A Tucker. i 3d “ J N Ramsey, E J McGehee. j 4th “ L J Gaktkell, I F Johnson. sth *• John W Lewis, L \V Crook. fith “ J P Simmons R McMillan. 1 7th “ T P Saffold, J S llook. Bth “ A C Walker Copper Ore. Mr. Wilson McLarta, has sent us a specimen of; the ore taken from his mine in Paulding county. — ; It is very rich and is found in great abundance,! at only 28 feet from the surface. Georgia is rich j in her mines and metals. j i Col. W. A. Hawkins. AVe learn from the S. \V. News, that this gen- j tleman, who was the Know Nothing candidate for j Congress last year, in the 2nd. Dist. is out for j Buchanan and Breckenridge. ; ° i lion. 11. Warner, Howell Cobb, J II Lumpkin,! and Martin Crawford, have placed us under obli-1 gation3 for valuable finois, in the way of in-! teresting public documents. Democratic Speaking. Hon. L. J. Garteell will address the citizens of Henry county, at McDonough, on the Ist Tuesday in September next. Go and hear him. Fillmore’s Prospects. The friends of Mr. Fillmore at the South, have Tor some time been making a desperate effort to : create the impression, that the contest in the pres ent election campaign, is between Fremont and Fillmore. These efforts, to say the least of them, are simply ridiculous, aad can deceive no one ex cept the blind ami prejudiced enemies of the Dem ocratic party. But in spite of all their vaporing, the reality must come at last. Greatly to their misfortune, elections have been held in several States already, and Mr. Fillmore's party has been signally defeated in one, at least, of its strong holds. Kentucky has, for the last thirty years, been con sidered the Gibraltar of the Whig party; and even since t’ e disbandment of that party, K. Nothing ism seemed to have taken its place. But light has dawned upon the people of that gallant State, and Know Nothingism and Fillmoreism has been pros trated by the invincible powers of the National Democracy. Kentucky was one of the Southern States which Fillmore’s friends claimed for him as certain, and now it is presumed that no man who has any respect for his own character for candor, will pretend that ho- stands any chance to carry that State In November. Maryland also, was one of the States which the Know Nothings claimed for their candidate; but it seems Kls c&ancea there too are growing beautifully less every day. The long tried and able leaders of the party who for merly supported Mr. Fillmore, are abandoning his cause in despair. Senators Pratt and Pearce, two - among .the most prominent leaders of the old line Whigs, have come out in letters announcing their inteution to support Buchanan and Breckenridge, and we learn that Reverdy Johnson, Ex-Attorney General of the United States, a distinguished old line Whig, and one of the ablest lawyers in his State, is preparing to take the same step. Mary land, we may therefore set down as gone against Fillmor.e. Where, then, is the State he can claim with any degree of certainty ? It will be difficult to name one. Since the above was written, we have seen a statement that in Kentucky, 45 counties show a gain of 7,553 votes for the Democrats, which leaves but little room to doubt that “Old Kentuek” will be all right for Buck and Brack. Butts Superior Court. The ad?ourncd term of Butts Superior Court was held last week. Id the absence of Judge Green, who was prevented from attending by in disposition, Judge Hardeman presided. It ivas the first time wc ever had the pleasure of attend ing any of bis Courts, and were gratified to find him so well qualified for the responsible trust he holds. He appears to possess the faculty, (want ing in too many of our Judges,) of despatching the business of the Courts with ease and celerity. The j case of the State V3. Herrin, for negro stealing, occupied two or three days of the session, which resulted in the conviction of the prisoner, who was | sentenced to 8 years imprisonment in the Peniten tiary. The Court was very fully attended, and politics ran pretty high. Col. Iverson L. Harirs, Democratic Elector for the State at large, made a speech on Wednesday, to a large and attentive au dience. llis address was wholy argumentative, and confined to the main issue now before the coun try. He demonstrated the unfitness of Mr. Fill, more on account of his freesoil proclivities, for the high station to which he aspires, and showed that the only hope of the country in this crisis, was in Buchanan and the Democratic party. On Thurs day, Col. L. T. Doyal made a speech on the other side of the question. The Col’s speech was as good as could have been expected, considering the bad ness of the cause he espoused, and we regreted to see so much zeal and eloquence thrown away on such a worthless and fruitless adventure. On Fri day, Col. David J. Baily was expected to address the people in behalf of Buchanan aud Democracy, but leaving for home the evening previous we were denied the pleasure of hearing him. Things look about right in Butts. Though our party was ma terially reduced last year, yet there still remains a good working majority, and our friends seem to stand firm in support of our candidates and our principles, and we expect to hear a good report from little Butts in November next. We paid a flying visit to the Indian Springs, during our ab seuco from home, and partook of the hospitality of our good friends, Messrs. E. Yaruer & Sous, at the Indiau Spring Hotel These gentlemen keep a most excellent house; their table is furnished with every delicacy of the season, and they are very kind and attentive to all their customers, leaving* noth ing undone which may contribute to the comfort o f their patrons, whether in pursuit of health or pleasure. Mr. Collier also keeps a good house.— The number of visitors at this time is reconed at from five to six hundred, and daily increasing.— This watering place is deservedly celebrated throughout the Southern country. The medicinal virtues ot the water have been beneficially tested by thousands, and iu point of accommodations no watering place iu Georgia can compare with this. 1 o the eraicted and the pleasure seeking we say, ‘ bo. every one that thirsteth come ye to the wa- 1 ters, at the Indian Springs, Trade with Charleston. We have long considered it a grand desidera tum with the people of Ctriffin to form a direct trade, as far as practicable, with the city of Charles ton. Many circumstances conspire to make this consumation devoutly to be wished for by the citi zens of this community. Our peculiar location situated near the middle point of a Railroad com pels us to make this Road our only means of egress and ingress. Being so completely dependant upon this Road, it is not reasonable for us to expect as favorable arrangements for freights as those points which have the advantage of a more direct compe tition. Such has been tbo state of things, that we have been compelled to make Savannah our prin cipal place of trade, upon such terms as the Rail roads connected with that point,, might dictate. This state of things Ims very much retarded the growth and prosperity of our city and neighboring country- Asa most permanent and effectual rem by for these evils, we have steadily advocut.-d the building of the Middle Ground Railroad, which would bring us in direct communication with tbe City of Charleston, and rcleive us, to a very groat extent, from our present absolute, dependent con dition. That the Middle Ground Road will be built, we cannot for a moment doubt. Capitalists are saga cious enough to see that this Road will pay, and admidst the millions of capital seeking investment it would be very strange that this opportunity should escape, unimproved. We have heretofore said, both in our paper and elsewhere publicly, that wc believed we had an ample amount of capital on | the line of the contemplated road to build it. All | that is wanting, is some bold, enterprising man to i lead out, aud thousands would follow. If we could j call into requisition the talents and enterprise of | such a man as John P. King, Isaac Scott, or John | 11. Howard, the work could be accomplished in | two years. We have had assurances recently from ■ the Charleston interest, that very material aid may : be exp cted from that quarter whenever the ball shall be put in motion. Os one thing we feel well assured, the Middle Ground Rail Road will tie built. f We have no war to wage against the Central Road or Savannah, State pride prompts us to fos ter them both, but they must prove themselves worthy of patronage, and not act upon the. princi ple that the people of Middle Georgia are to be “hewers of wood and drawers of water” to* them because they are “bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh.” Charleston offers many facilities which Sar. vannah cannot now affoid, and we hold tpat self preservation is ample justification to us in peeking to share in the benefits and advantages of d| better acquaintance and closer intimacy with the people of the great commercial emporium of our sister > State. t u Ten Cents per Day. ” The Fillmore Know Nothing party have a ; trump card in their hand, as they suppose, which they are playing on all occasions. This is one,. . however, of their own manufacture, and cannot win in the desperate game they are playing. They charge Mr. Buchanan with having said that he was in favor of reducing the price of labor to ‘ fen cents per day.” They have been called on again and again to produce the evidence to support this charge—even rewards have been offered to those who might make the discovery, but no one has yet come forward to claim it., “A Mechanic,” through the columns of the Augusta Constitutionalist, offer ed Fifty Dollars to any one who would produce the evidence to prove that Mr Buchation ever declar ed “he was in favor of reducing the wages of labor to 10 cents per day,” and the Editor proposes to . pay a like reward for the same object. The re . ward has not yet been claimed; and as an addition al inducement to those in search of the evidence, • we are authorised to offer an additional sum of Fifty Dollars for the same object as that proposed i by our Augusta friends. Meeting in Griffin. On Wednesday evening, the 6th inst., our friends had a good time of it in Griffin. We regret our absence from town at the time, but we are inform ed that the right spirit prevailed among the friends of Buchanan and Breckenridge. Col. Ramsey, who was on his way to fill an appointment at Zeb ulon, attended the meeting and made a most tell ing speech. Hon. Win. Moseley also addressed the meeting in his usual forcible aud able manner. E. W. Beck, Esq., made a good speech; and the audience seemed to be fired with an enthusiasm which argues well for the success of our cause in Spalding. We are on the gaining ground, and if wo will but push on the column, we shall Achieve a victory in November which will astonish the Sam ites in these diggins. 1 • , of our readers who desire to purchase, or who are in need of a likely negro or negroes, warranted sound, would do well to read the adver tisement of our fellow-townsmen, Messrs. Jossey & Flemistor. Mark it, they will not only deal fairly but give you a good bargain. We have known them for years, and can vouch for their honesty in | all matters of trade. For the Empire State. Culloden, Monroe Cos., Ga., 1 July 28th, 1856. J The Know Nothing party of this place, assem | bled a few days ago, at the Male Academy, for the purpose of giving audience to the Hon. Dud ley Hammond, of Forsyth. After the crowd had eo3vcned it was requested by one of the Demo crats, to have a free discussion of it. This placed the Missouri Restorers in rather a critical pusition, for they do bate discussion most wretchedly. They finally agreed to a discussion. Hammond was then introduced to the audience, who spoke not longer than thirty minutes. He denounced Fremont called Buchanan a cock-eycd, crook-necked bach elor—said he dreaded Squatter Sovereignty, and wound up with a eulogy, about five minutes long, on Fillmore. A. 11. McGehee, of Harris county, was then introduced to the audience, who, for an hour and a quarter, sent convincing truths to the hearts of every one present. On Squatter Sovereignty, he is perfectly at home. He handles this great scare crow to the Know Nothins, with considerable abil ity. Bachanau and our Platform, he eloquently defended. He pointed to the crowning merits of the Democratic Platform—its proud and noble position on the Slavery question—contrasted the two Platforms, the one on which Fillmore stands, and the one on which Mr. Buchanan stands. The speaker dwelt here for some time, and then concln ded in a noble strain of eloquence for Buchanan and Breckenridge. Our party is gaining ground every day. Hammond then concluded in a speech of some twenty minutes. K. N, Election Returns. The news from the late elections is so imperfect, that we forbear to give the figures in this issue of our paper.— Enough however has been heard, to assure tis that the De mocracy and Buchanan are decidedly in the ti'sceudaiit. Spalding Superior Court. We are gratified to be able to announce that Judge Green’s health is so far restored as to enable him to preside at our Court this week. He will 4u.it howaVer, attempt to, do mom than dispose of the plain -business *<t the Court at this term. [For the Empire State.] Squatter Sovereignty. NUMBER TWO. Col. Gaulding: In lookiugover the Georgia Cit izen a short time ago, which I accidentally got hold of, not being a subscriber to that paper, 1 read a communication in reply to Publius over the signa ture of “Hayne,” to which I will briefly rejoin, not so much on account of the strength of his argu ment, or the beauty and force of his diction, for in both he most signally failed, or even his strictures on my course ; but mainly to arrive at what 1 con ceive to be groat principles o,wl *yi)thi-n liirh •rill prove as invulnerable to the wgfi'pons of men \frho, conceited of their intellect and learning, often speak and write on subip€ts about which they are profoundly ignorantj’ as will flic institution of slavery against tiufr-faviug fanatics of the North It is hardiv nectary in this connection, to notice t the futile effori\of the Editor of the Savannah Re publican on tile communication which brought forth the effusion ;of “Hayne.” The Editor doubtless priding hinteelf on. his knowledge q| history aud constitutional law. ridiculed my pretentious to ei ther in attempting to sustain my positions and ar guments. | pass him by with tbe remark that rid icule is always the offshoot of weakness of mind, or the consciousness of the unjustness of our cause. To sum up briefly my positions in my first article which I attempted to sustain by arguments at least satisfactory to myself, however weak and unpatri otic they may have been considered by the over sensitive Hayne, I took the positions that the cit izens of the ‘i erritories, as well as the States, had a right to regulate, or even control their internal j concerns ; that that right was achieved by our rev-; r oiiionfrom the mother country ; that it was sane-; tioned by the fundamental principles of our Gov-; ernment, and that mere removal to the Territories ‘• did not amount to a renunciation of that right.— J These arc the great principles for which I contend- i ed, found as they are in the plainest dictates of jus-1 fciee, and sanctioned by reason and our free institu ; tions. Principles too, and the only principles ! thOjt can calm the sectional and tempestuous bil- j lows that are now threatening with extermination : the fairest political fabric on which the sun ever shone —a fabric evincing the wisdom of our.fathers, watered by their blood, showering its blessings not only upoL their children, but to the remotest re gions of the earth, and although tossed to aud fro, by intestine commotion, is even now, from a grate ful recollection of its blessings, looked to as the last and only hope of mankind. What an awful responsibility then will rest on that man who ruth lessly destroys this great work ! - For giving my views plainly and frankly, lam held up to the public as arrogating much to my self, as presuming for myself more profoundly of Statesmanship than was possessed by Berrien, Col quitt or Calhoun. My languagS will not admit, by the most strained or latitudinous construction, of any such interpretation. For the opinions of the illustrious dead, alluded to, on all questions of Government or geucral politics, 1 1 entertain the greatest respect ; but as a freeman, I claim the right—while I concede it to others—to think and act for myself on all matters connected not only with my own, but also the prosperity of my coun trymen. If to do this, lamto be charged with ar rogance, I am perfectly contented to leave to an impartial public which of the two characters are the more to be euvied, the person charged, or he who makes it. The sycophant who would pin his ftttxn to tne coat sleeve or any man, either in poli tics, morals or religion, is unworthy the name of a freeman, and is a fit subject to be governed by the iron rule of despotism. Among the inestimable privileges secured to us by our Constitution, are freedom of speech and freedom of the press. To the exercise of these rights, we are more indebted than to all ethers, for our great advancement in all the elements of greatness. If we cease to exer cise these rights, if we cease to investigate matters of moment for ourselves, no additional improve mont, eitlfer morally, intellectually or physically.— Indeed we would recede from the proud position we have taken among the nations of the earth, amid the mourning of all good ’and patriotic men -among this number doubtless would be ‘Hayne’ himself. As to where the power to regulate and control the internal concerns of a territory exists, there is now, as I presume, there ever has been since the foundation of the Government, difference of opin ion. There are those who believe this right to be vested solely and exclusively in Congress, those who believe that the Territory only can exercise this right in forming a Constitution preparatory to admission into the Union, and those who believe that the people of the Territory, and only them, can exercise this power, not only in taking incipi ent steps for admission into the Union, but at any time before. It is unnecessary to go into an ex tensive examination of all these doctrines. I can accomplish my purposes without it—to whk’b one Hay no holds lam left only to conjecture. He ob jects to the doctrine for which 1 contend, as ruin ous to the South, but no where does this censorial]! tell us what he desires as a substitute. Does he advocate the power of Congress 'over the internal concerns ard domestic relations of the people of Territory ! If he does this, he places, himself in company with Biddings, Hale, Sumner, and oth ers of the same stripe. If Territory belongs to the United States in common, as he contends, for which the General Government is merely an ageut or trustee, all of which I readily admit, it follows that the agent or trustee cannot say to one princi ple that- he can enjoy the subject matter of the trust, and to the other he cannot. Mr. Clay, however, of whom my reprover speaks in such terms of com mendation, held the doctrine that the General Go vernment could either establish or prohibit slavery iu a Territory. The evidence then slight and cir cumstantial of that, is, that \uy opponent is the advocate of the doctrine of giving to the people at the time, and only at tbe time of forming their Constitution before admission into the Union, the power to regulate aud control their domestic in stitutions. Now I want to know how this right of self-government is acquired at this stage of their existence, and not possessed at any time previous? By what process are they clothed with this attri bute of sovereignty on one day, which is denied to them the day before ? If the power to form a Constitution be derived from Congress, and if by that instrument the people can control their domes tic concerns, from whom I ask do they obtain this right, if not from Congress ? Congress has no power directly or indirectly over the domestic con cerns of a Territory. The right attaches to the citizen, and is inalienable. Really then the ques tion now before the people, is, shall the people of the Territories, govern themselves, or shall Con gress do it for them ? lam on the side of the peo ple, and any other doetrine is repugnant to the prin ciples of our revolutionary fathers, to our com pact of union, and the genius and spirit of our Go vernment. The doctrine of squatter sovereignty, or rather popular sovereignty, owes its origin not only to our revolution, but is founded OP the prin ciple of self-poser vation, the first great law of na ture If men are to reside in a Territory without the power to govern themselves, so far as concerns their domestic concerns, till they form a Constitu tion preparatory to admission into the Union, I would ask by whom, before reaching this point, is the power of government to be cxercisod ? Are the people to be powerless in ail that is most vital to themselves ? People of character, of enterprise, of intelligence, desiring to promote the glory of our common country renounce the scenes of their youth, and the fond associations of maturer years, and migrate to the wilderness, and yet we are told they are to remain powerless in the Territories —to remain with folded arms, without the right to go vern themselves in all those relations most dear to them. Such h the absurd doctrine contended for. Revolting at once to reason and justice ! A bare majority of one in the Legislature or Territory, may, we are told, abolish, exclude, or prohibit slavery, if the principle I contend for be correct. This is true, and does not his argument apply with as much force, nay more to his own position than to mine ! Give the people the right of self-govern ment, and if they should think, according to their situation and circumstances, that they can do bet ter without slaves than with them, and pass a law abolishing it, or inhibiting the migration of slaves to the Territory. Such a law would be'public, and only those in the Territory at the time <3f its passage would be effected by it, “but deny this pow er till the population, both white and black, are sufficiently numerous to admit of its coming into the Union, and in forming their Constitution pre paratory to admission, it might be adopted by on ly one majority, and by it slavery is inhibited.— The sufferers, then, would be more numerous than if the doctrine of popular sovereignty were con ceded. Call the right of self-government the “northern doctrine of squatter sovereignty,” if you desire. It is clear to iny mind, as I think I have shown, that it is the doctrine of or fathers, sanctioned by our Government, by -the great prin ciple of self-preservation, and the interests of the South. In conceding, the doctrine of self-govern ment in th Territories, as contended for by the most shining lights of democracy, it does not fol, llow that no more slave States will come into the JJnion, as some seem to think. If in the exercise -pf their rights, laws should be passed not compati ble with our notions of justice and equality, what right have we to complain V They do not effect them. They live on soil to which they have 3 much right as any body else, and know better than any body living a great way from them, the laws and regulations that their wants and situation de mand. I have rims, Mr. Editor, given my views on a subject of interest to the people of this country views which are the result of reflection, without consultation with those of others. PUBLIUS. [For the Empire State.] Zebulon, Ga.. August G, 1856. s . Mr. Editor : A large portion of the citizens of i i Pike county, irrespective of political differences, j assembled in the court-house on the 6th instant, at j Zebulon, according to previous notice, to devise ! some plan to facilitate the establishment of a colo 'ny of Georgians in Kansas Territory. It is a 1 source of gratification to know that the people of j this county are fully aroused to a sense of their du j ty with regard to the admission of Kansas into , the Union us slave State. In addition to the large I amount already appropriated, about 31,000, I I think they are still ready.and willing to contribute | more towards the accomplishment of this great and | desirable end. The meeting was presided over by Judge Green and John Neal, Esq. By appointment, (Japt. Jones, formerly of Geor gia, now of Kansas, and Col. McGee, of Missouri, made appropriate, puvctical ami sensible speeches, stating that in regard to health, and the richness, and fertility of the soil, and its adaptation to the i growth of grain of every description, Kansas was I equal to any region iu our whole country. They ! depicted also, in eloquent language the disastrous [ consequences that would flow to the slaveholding | States from the admission of Kansas as a free State. ! Col. McGee comes highly recommended by Hon. ! David R. Atchison. He, together with Captain Jones, have been appointed by the Georgians in Kansas, to come to Georgia and solicit in their name from their brother Georgians, funds to ena ble them to establish in Kansas a Colony of Geor gians, and to erect for their accommadation and convenience three mills. That Georgians will read ily and cheerfully respond to the call of their breth ren in Kansas, I will not permit myself to doubt. They have dissolved the ties that bound them to their old homes, and all the advantages that at tended them, and gone to encounter the hardships and privations of the wilderness, not only for then own good, but for our good—the good of the coun try and her institutions. Under these circumstan ces, will not Georgians afford their Countrymen in Kansas such aid as they may desire ? A committee of 10 was appointed in the town district, and 5 in each other district, to solicit and col ect funds for the objects contemplated above. The following are the committees : Zebulon District.—J T Banks, W M Joiner, W P Tyler, J M Lassetcr R V Reid, W D Redding, J A Cochran, J C Beckham, J N Mangham. First District.—J Baker, S B Malone, Green Jackson, S 0 Jones, John Fox worth. Driver’s District.--Giles Driver, J K Holsey, S Yarbrough, T Wells, J W Reid. Second District.—lsaac McLeroy, M Green N ! Wilson, E Martin, G \V Barrow. Pine Flat District.—T S M Bloodworth, A B Vaughan, W Edmunds, W J Howe, W Chandler. Baruesville District.—o CGibson.J R Jenkins, B Milner, Sr., J Fryer, B B Gardner. Eighth District —R O Banks, S Smith, W F Williams, W 0 Kendrick, J J Dozier. Ninth District.—R P McLendon, J T G Cald well. J T Hall, Milton Riggins, J C Thompson. Lower Ninth.—N P Daniel, B Roberts. J P ! Garner, J Steger, J T Jordan. FRIENDS OF KANSAS. [For the Empire State.] - Lake Mahopac, Putnam co., N. Y., ) July 28th, 1856. j My Dear Capt. Gauiding - The intention you exhibit to cater for the various tastes of your many readers, in the publication of letters from divers watering pla ccs, emboldens me to ask for another share of ] ytfur valuable space, in behalf of this delight ful spot. Lake .Mahopac is distant from New York only sixty K'iles, via New York arid Harlem Railroad, aud situated 680 feet above the level of the sea. The Indian has since ceased to paddle his light canoe upon the waters of the lake, and the surrounding country kn'iws no more of his joys or troubles; for here, where lived and loved another race of beings, progress civilization have gained ; the mastery, and sinning fields around attest the inroads they have n?ade. — A thriving village, thronged with visitors li'orn all parts of the country, speak well their many praises for the beauties it affords; and the lake Mahopac, with the incident of a sojourn here will form the topic for many a winter’s evening conversation. Now while I am writing, the fair ones of “Baldwin’s” and “Gregory’s,” are promenading the pleasant groves, and sitting beneath the spacious trees, discussing freely the topics of the day. Although, long having been the favorite resort of a few, who, for years past, have performed their annual pilgrimage here,’ it has recently acquired an enviable reputation and been visited by “every body and the rest of mankind.” The hotels, already large and spacious, are by no means able to accommodate the crowd, and the farm-houses around have shown a generous spirit towards visitors, in granting accommodations. Last evening we were kindly invited to take part in a hop at “Gregory’s,” whither we repaired in company with some lady friends with whom we had the good fortune to meet. The evening was de lightful, and inspired by the smiles of creations fairest, we were soon lost in the giddy dance, which was kept up until the “we short hours ayant . the twal.” Good chear and hilarity were the order of the evening. Kind words and kind thoughts lent an additional charm, and we left well pleased with our first social evening at the Lake. Beauty, wit and intelligence reigned supreme, j and Saratoga or Sharon have rarely furnished a more agreeable company than was then and there assembled. If one does not enjoy him self here, it is solely for the reason that he does not wish to or does not know how. It is too often the case, at such places, that, correspon dents are apt. to speak harshly of the society, when they do nothing in themselves to make it pleasant, and wait, expecting',to be sought af ter. With such we cannot k£ep company, as we have long since witness6sthe truth of’ the adage, “that to make it pleasant for others one must'endeavor to be so himself.” Well, what’s the news ? We certainly get ‘ nothing from New York but hot weather, de faulters, murders, midnight robberies, On such poor folks as your humble servant, who has been compelled to lock up the “pcriatfcs,” and leave them in charge of a sleepy Dogberry.— Here, thank the Lord, we arc free from all such things. We sleep under a blanket and quilt every night; not “hush’d by buzzing night flies to our slumber.” but enjoy pure, unadul terated sleep, no doubt induced by powerful potations ol the many kinds of water this place abounds in, for we have it the color of the white sulphur and the red, and Lager B , but no matter; what their virtues are, I know’ not, but by some invisible agency, you gain a pound a day ! I reckon the mountain air must be the thing that does it ! The proprietor of our hotel is really a good man—from Memphis, I believe—a busy little character, flying around overywhero/T.nd al ways saying “yes sir,” and doing so too. lie gave about 350,000 for this property, and has refused $70,000, ]lc manages thing's his own way. \\ hen you get vour bill there are no sundries faked on.. He does all he can to make you feel at home, and if you do not it is vour own fault. Shades of Newport and Saratoga vanish ! Here there are real worth and good feeling. Here are worthy people of good fam lies and independent circmnstn net's; in fact, la dies and gentlemen by birth ami education, dressed in all simplicity—no affectation of be ing the things they are not. The ladies dance in the ball in morning dresses, and not bedecked out with, un paid-for silks, satins and diamonds. How different from Saratoga, with its parvenus, broken crown spec ulators, gamblers, match-makers and husband hunting mothers—people assuming morfey, po sition and virtues they never- had or piever knew the value of. Give me old Mahopac ! To get along here you must be posted. Why on earth don’t these people advertise their par : ; adises in the Southern Newspapers? Her p you do not want much money, except for adku al board. The place grows on you, aud the proprietor of the hotel, Mr. Bias,,is the necro : maucer who uses the witchcraft which detains I you. The attractions and the splendid baths J —new ones this Hummer—the water-Amd the j brandy and water 1 Bill Brewer, Esq., (color ! ed individual) beats the world in making juleps, and gives us good claret and infernal sugars. We have bowling and billiards, and lastly a menagerie, the latter has at present but one an imal in it—a tiger; but gracious, such an ani mal, so fierce. We usually go to see him at night—’tis then he’s fed. And don’t he bite ! He’s a peculiar breed and covered all over with spots. He bit a man very badly two weeks since to the tune of SBOO, struck” right at && pocket book* from which bis pocket never re covered. Alas ! The day approaches, Dear Sir. Edi itor, when I must return to my school, and in corporate myself with its busy ham. Farewell mountain slopes and shades, with grassy rivu | lets; farewell the dizzy waltz, the bubbling . springs, rejuvenating bath„ the sylph-like forms which flit across my sleeping memory; farewell ■ that, horrid band, forever playing that tune ! which lias indelibly impressed my mind, that | “Jordan am a hard road to trabblefarewell to dear limiting, feasting; pic nicing, smoking, Lager Bier-ing, tiger hunting, ten pins, bil liards—all farewell, till, (if we should live so long) July 1851 Ax Enchanted Giuffinite. A SfriMog Simile--Tlie Healing Wa ters. Oar readers will doubtless remember the magic properties assigned to the River Lethe in the My thology on ancient Greece. In those darker ages superstition held predominant sway, and usurped the minds of men. Immersion in its waters was believed to cause forgetfulness of past and present woes—the afflicted mind and diseased body could alike throw off the trammels thut bound them, and being thus no longer the slaves of mental or bodi ly enthralment, finish the rest of their days with indifference to the past, and unalloyed anticipation for the future. But start not ! attentive reader ! when we tell You with less fable, but far sterner fact, that wc have a Lethe near our homes and hearths, whose wa ters not occasionally but at all times flow in one continuous stream of healing beneficence ! Whether the affliction emanate from the deep seated core of long neglected disease, or from the ravages of malignant epidemic, or again from long protracted habits of dissipation and vice, there is at hand, within the easy grasp of the poor suffer er be he high or low, a remedy for his woes to which he can look for succor. V* e allude, in the above remarks, to the vastly spread and mighty influence of the remedies which bear the name of the world-famed and’ renowned j Professor Holloway. Countless thousands of every tongue and clime ! daily hymn his praises, as having lifted them from | a bed of suffering, and sorrow to new life and rean ; ifnated vigor ! Be the malady hidden in the inmost vitals of the j human lrume, or evinced by superficial sores, by .mre, but gentle means, he eradicates the secret evil, and disperses to the winds the chronic venom that ha.’ for years defied the physician’s skill. These arc not idle words we utter, nor the vis ionary imaginings of a fevered brain, but the stern realities of Ic.ug fried practice and unfailing issues. The suffrages of universal acclamation stamp Holloway us the nvn, and his medicines as the means that administer to the healing of the Na tions from the ‘Orient’ to the ‘Occidental’ sun ! The printer heralds it from pole to pole, and leaves to all and each but a “trial's test to wring from the unwilling lips of the skeptic and doubter the universally allowed confession that ‘ these thiugs are so.”—JV/ Y. Examiner. (communicated.) Caution to the -Public. Actuated by no unfriendly feelings towards any person, nevertheless feel it an imperative duty 1 owe myself as well as the public generally, as it has become rather a popular practice among some of the medical fraternity to prescribe white or painter’s lead to excoriated as well as other inflam, ed surfaces, to caution, and do protest against it, as it is well known to tho intelligent medical frater nity to be a deadly poison, which can be * imbibed both by absorption and inhalation, and feel author ized and fully prepared to sustain myself by the highest written as well as oral authority, in mak ing a declaration of iminent danger in its applica tion as above stated. M. M. LOCKHART. Griffin, August 13, 1856. Kansas Meeting. At a meeting of a portion of the citizens o f Griffin; convened at the City Hall on Tuesday evening the 4th inst., C. H. Johnson was call ed to the chair, and briefly stated that the ob ject of the meeting was for the purpose of hear ing an address from Capt. B. defies of Kansas who returned to his native State in company W ,. McGee, of Missouri, fbl the purpose ol soliciting contributions to the settlers of Kan sas kom Georgia, who would bate befcn with out funds and provisions, had iiot the people of Missouri generously come to their rescue Gapti Jones then being introduced to the au dience, spoke for about att hour Upon the soil, climate, and productions of the country He made a stirring appeal for Georgians to stand by their friends who had emigrated there That the colony had called upon them as bro ther would upon brother, and that it was our duty, as true friends to the South and her in stitutions to open our purse-strings and assist them to live while they are fighting our battles upon the virgin soil of Kansas, contending for our rights against a rabid, wild, fanatical, higher law crew who are attempting to crush out the vitality of the South. Upon the conclusion, of Capt. Jones, a tqg tion was made and carried, that a committee of ten be appointed for the purpose of appoint ing sub committees of Five in each district off the county, whose duty it should be to ndeav or to raise funds throughout the county from these who may wish to aid their friends in Kan sas. Whereupon the Chair appointed the follow ing named gentlemen the committee of ten: Thomas D. Johnson, Jason Burr, M. G. Dob bins, A. A. Gauiding, J M Cole, E W Robin son, A. I\ Burr, W J Jossey, W L Gordon, D A Johnson. On motion it was requested the City papers publish the proceedings of this meeting. D. A. JOHNSON, Scc’y. Buchanan on Cuba. Extracts from Mr. Buchanan’s speech In the tlouse of Representatives, in 1826, on the Panama mission proposed by Mr. Adams: “The vast importance of the island of Cuba to the people of the United States may not be gene rally known. The commerce of this Island is off immense value, particularly to the agrieishural and navigating interests of the etmatry. Its import ance has been rapidly ioercasiug for a number of years. To the middle or grain-growing States this commerce is almost indispensable. The ag gregate value- ®>£ goods wares, merchandise, the growth, predwse- and manufacture of the United States <?*y©feed annually to that Island, now ex ceeds feibiee millions and a half of dollars. Os thi ansmat,, more thau onc-tbird consists of two arti piks— of pork and flour. The chief of the o-thes products of domestic origin arc &h, fish-oH, sperm aceti candles, timber, beef, butter and cheese, rice> tallow candles and soap. Our principal Imports from that Island are coffee, sugar and molasses, ar ticles which may almost be considered uccessariea. of life. The whole amount of our exports- to it,, foreign and domestic, is nearly six millions, and our imports nearly eight millions of dollars. The articles which constitute the medium of this com merce are both bulky and ponderous, and their transportation employs a large portion of our for eign tonnage. More than one-seventh of the whole tonnage engaged in foreign trade which en tered the ports of the United States during the yecr ending the last day of September, 1824, came from Cuba; and but little less than that proportion of the tonnage employed in our export trade sailed foff that Island* Its commerce is. at present more is. the United States than, of all the Southern Republics united. How, then, American people even agree that this Island shall be invaded by Columbia and Mexico, and pass un der their dominum ? Ought we not to avert it* impending fate if possible ? Important as the Island may be to us iu a ; com mercial, it is still more important in a political view. From its position it commands the entrance to the Gulf both of Mexico and Florida. The no port of our Committee of Foreign Relations truly says ‘that the Moro, may be regarded as a fortress at the mouth of the Mississippi ‘ Any power, in possession of this Island, even with a- small naval force, could hermetically seal the mouth of thfa Mississippi. Thus the vast agricultural produc tions of that valley, which is drained by the father of rivens, might be deprived of the channel which nature intended for their passage. A large p,or tion of the people of the State, one of whose Rep resentatives I am, find their way to market by the -Mississippi. For this reason I feel particularly interested in this part of the subject. The g-eat law of self-preservation, which is equally biudirng on individuals and nations, commands us. ifwecaat not obtain possession of this Island ourselves, nob to suffer it to pass from Spain, under whose dc minion it will be harmless; and yet our govern-* ment have never even protested against its inva sion by Mexico and Columbia. 1 here is still another view of the subject in rela | tion to this Island, which demands particular at tention Let us for a moment look at the specta cle which it will probably present, in case Mexico and Columbia should attempt to revolutionize it. Have they not always marched under the standard of universal emancipation? Have they not al ways conquered by proclaiming liberty to tho slave? In the present condition of this Island what shall be the probable consequence? A ser vile war, which in every age has been the most barbarous and destructive, and which spares nei ther age nor sex. Revenge, urged on by cruelty and ignorance, would desolate the land. The dread ful scenes at St. Domingo would again be present ed to our view, and would again be acted almost within sight of our own shores. Cuba would be a vast magazine in the vicinity of the Southern States, whose explosion would be dangerous to their tranquility and pence. Is there any man in this Union who could for one moment indulge the borid idea of abolishing slavery, by the massacre of the high-minded and chivalrous race of men at the South ? I trust ther*<\ is not one. For my own part, I would, without-, hesitation, buckle on my knapsack aud march in company with my friend from*Massaeh,\nsetts, [Mr,. Everett] in defence of their cause.” . Early Contracts ro Hoes.*— During the last tivo weeks, saya the Cincinnati Price Cur rent of the 9th, we beard bfciseyeral contracts for hogt, for November there is no donbt that a gaod deal is doing in jfchis way, but the particulars hfWd'been kept as qnist ,ask possible—The bigbe strain paid that we heard i of was $3 75; but it wafurpmored as high as $6 had been paid soy a lot to be delivered by f . the 10th of Novem Apr; and to average 210 j pounds.