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WEDNESDAY, JUNE IS.
“ AmaHcuM” Billag America
Most of oar readers hare heard of the re
cent riatafry of the v Know Nothings in the
Municipal dectiunin Washington pity, but
very few, we suspect, are aware of the mo
dus operemdi in which the nohievment was
effected. This triumphant affair is an apt
illustration of the way this pure and saint
ly organisation is accomplishing the objeot*
its formation, one of the principal of which
overy body has been told, was to put down
political wire pullers and demagogues—to
protect the elective franchise— to secure the
purity of the ballot box. This is the party
that was to sift the wheat from the chaff—
to concentrate all the purity within itself,
and put an end to political corruption all
over the country. What a pretty reforma
tion we shall have, to be sure, in our Repub
liean Government, when the Know Nothing
purifiers are in the asoendant and bars a
chance to protect the ballotboxevery where
as they did in Washington. But here is an
account of the way the thing was done, as
shown by the Washington correspondent of
the Boston Post:
“Before this I suppose the telegraph has
informed you of the partial victory which
the Know Nothings gained at the munici
pal election here yesterday. But the tele
graph will not inform you of the .stupen
dous frauds and downright villainy by
which that result was brought about.
“In the first place the judges of the elec
tion were all of one pariy—Know Noth
ings. Having understood that their crafty
operations were to be inspected, they on
Saturday last, caused a strong and high
fence to'be built, te keep off all observers.—
Thev refused to receive votes from legally
qualified voters, who carried Union or anti-
Know Nothing tickets, as can be proved in
several instances: and they received illegal
Know Nothing votes. Indeed, rowdies
were heard last evening boasting of having
voted in three or four different wards.—
Another thing they did was to protract and
obstruct the voting, so that a great many
voters after standing in the crowd for two
hours, were prevented from voting by the
closing of the polls. So great and apparent
were the frauds that the election will doubt
less bo cesefully contested. The voters
had to stand out of doors and wait two or
three hours before their chance came. A
lot of Know Nothings, as a seberuo to tire
out and defeat their opponents, continued
to stand in the file after Laving voted, and
when they saw a Know Nothing friend,
would step out and give him his place.
Sometimes they would sell out their posi
tion for fifty cents, and then join in at the
foot and press up again. But these things,
though shameful, are not so disgraceful to
the howling, the
[Correipondence of the Atlanta Hally Intelllgvncer. J
Hew York Affairs.
New Tonic. June $,1856.
The event of the week is the “Baby
Show of Barnum,” Prince of Humbugs.—
It has been ridiculed in all quarters since
he first proposed it until I thought few
would care to visit it. Look at the figures.
On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, the
three first days of the exhibition, 40,000
tickets were sold. The indications to-day
are of another 10,000 at least, being 50,000
admissions upon tickets at 25 cents each,
whioh gives $12,500 as the proceeds. This
is a lower estimate than the Treasurer of
the Museum himself makes. Add to this
the extra shilling per head charged for ad
mission to the lecture room, where the
“ moral drama,” Councilman Wild & Mrs.
Fowler, are exhibited, and supposing one-
half the visitors witnessed them, the amount
is increased by 3,000 and we have fifteen
and a half thousand dollars as the gross re
ceipts. As a pecuniary enterprise this will
evidently pay, and is worthy the teeming
brain of tLo projector; but to a refined and
sensitive nature the exhibition of these in
fantine prodigies is most disgusting. Im
agine an immense building redolent of the
rhinoceros and giraffe packed to its full ca
pacity with a sweltering crowd of men,
women and children. Brazen faced ladies
in rouge and feathers, from Leonard and
Mercer streets, elbow female innocents from
the country. Honest country farmers, to
the loss perhaps of the family watch or the
well lined wallet, jostle against pickpockets
and fanoy men. Misses and maidens, while
their spectacled mammas are looking after
the “ triplets,” are put to the blush by the
bold gaze of lecherous roues, and compelled
to hoar the coarse random remarks suggest
ed by the occasion. Conspicuously elevated
on raised platforms, running lengthwise
through the middle of the largest halls, are
model babies, in most cases in the arms of
their mothers, babelod and gaily dressed.—
Some of the more remarkable specimens
occupy the cases erewhilo filled by waxen
images of Daniel Lamltert, Jocye Ileath, the
Czar Nicholas and the Chinese Mandarines.
Hard by the Maine Giantess and the hairy
Swiss Child display their rival attractions.
The greater number of the babies are infe
rior to what one sees every day in the
bouses of his acquaintances, and we can
see from the scornful lip of each lady visitor
that she imagiues she has done or can do
better. Let us, at the risk of our heaver
and coat skirts push our way to the front of
this platform. Here is a fatty deposit, with
(communicated ] *
Democratic Sleeting In Pickens.
On the first Tuesday in June, a very
large and respectable portion of the Demo
cratic party, met at Jasper.
On motion, John Holcombe Esq., was
called to the chair, and Allison Mull&n ap
pointed Secretary, when W. T. Day E-q.,
being called on, explained the objects of the
meeting. On motion of G. W. Ilariuon,
Esq., a committee of five was appointed- .to
preparo business for the meeting, consisting
of the following gentlemen, to wit:—G. W.
Harmon, Win. T. Day, Win. II. Gordon,
Jeremiah Lambert, and Isaac Lindsay.
The committee immediately withdrew to an
adjoining room for consultation. In the
meantime the meeting was addressed by
Col. L. J. Aired, who made a very appro
priate and forcible speech, showing that it
behooved the Democracy to prepare for
the coming elections—to stand by their
principles, and defend them against the
combined attacks of the various amalgama
ted factions and isms of the day. While he
was speaking the committee on bnsinc?s re
turned ; he suspended his remarks, and
they made the following report. The com
mittee appointed by the chair to prepare
business for the action of this meeting, beg
leave to offer the following resolutions, and
recommend their adoption.
1st. Resolved, That the Democratic party
of Pickens county, are gratified to learn
that Col. Joseph E. Brown has consented
to become a candidate forjudge of the Blue
Ridge Circuit, and while we know hiui to
be always true to his political faith as a
consistent Democrat, an able and efficient
lawyer, and an honest upright man, we also
recognize in him those active business qual
ifications and that decision and energy of
character which peculiarly qualify him for
the Bench, and that the Democracy of this
county, and in our opinion a large majority
of the people without distinction of party,
will give him a uuited cordial and hearty
support.
2d. Resolved, That the people of this
county still remember, and will not forget
on the day of election, the active and ener-
Polttical Equality InYDarkcr,
The evils of war are sonietppes attended
with important cooipensationfF? The allies
on ouetside, and thiie Russiana'km the oth
er ar^ cutting eac&cthera f iroats with ter
rible carnage, liecaose their sovereigns have
quarrelled; but in the meat time the Cbris-
lian and Jewish subjects of the Porto are
raised by the very effect of the war from
the inferior condition in which they have
hitherto been heid.
By a recent ordinance of the Sultan, nei
ther Christian, Jew, Druze or follower of
any other.worship pays the tribute which
has hitherto been the bodge, of thieir sub
jection. The new measure and its effect
are explained in a letter from our Constan
tinople correspondent, which wo give in
this sheet. Hitherto the military profes
sion has been closed against them: none
but a follower of the prophet being al
lowed to bear arms cither in offensive or
tjefensive war. They are now emancipa
ted, after having worn this badge of de
gradation for centuries, and the sword is
put in their hands. The last important
civil distinction between the believers in
the Koran and the follewers of other reli
gions in Turkey is thus removed.
Thus it is that even the crimes and fol
lies of men, overruled by a supreme wis
dom, help forward the cause of justice,
liberty and political truth. But for the
war in the East, but for the danger which
menaces the Turkish empire, many years
might have elapsed before the government
of that country would have been moved
to declare the political equality of all its
subjects, whatever might have been their
religion. Under the pressure created by
the war, Turkey has taken a great.stride
in civilization and good government.—
While here, in a free country, many arc
renouncing the doctrine of religious toler
ation, it is some consolation that in aland
hitherto deemed almost barbarous, and gov
erned by an absolute master, the men in
power are learning the wisdom which so
many among us are making haste to for
get.
The Turkish government must necessa
rily be the stronger for this liberal meas
ure. One great cause of discontent, exist-
; ing among nearly half of the subjects of
j the rultan, is removed. The reputation of
j equity and justice always increases the re-
' spcct in which a government is held, and
1 adds to its moral force—its power over the
! mind. By the measure just adopted it is
! hardly too much to say that fifteen mil
lions of subjects—a vast population—are vir-
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FOB OOYBBHOF,
HERSCHEL Y. JOHNSON,
OF BAJJ)'* IX.
For Coa(rru.~4th District,
HIRAM WARNER.
See Third Page.
Hon Howell Cobb,
Will address tbe people of the Sixth Con
gressional District, at the following times,
and places:
Saturday,*June 16th, Monroe, Walton Co.
Monday: June 18th, Lawrenceville, Gwin
nett county.
Wednesday, Jane 20th, Cumming, For
syth county.
Friday, June 22d, Dahlonega, Lumpkin
county.
Monday, June 25th, Blairsville, Union
county.
general presentment of the late Grand Jury
human nature as were w .
drunkenness, and the fighting of this“darfc j a red heavy face, mumbling gingerbread
lantern party in the streets last night. Their i with the most stoio indifference. It is, as
conduct has bran such as to drive nearly all j t | )0 p roud mother informs us, aged 3 years
rentable and intelligent men from Aeir j an / weighs % pounds . An enthusiastic
rr , —: ——sr~r.—. , gentleman lifts its frock, piches its legs and j actor, and was intended to influence the Ju
The Convention Ktwnm. asks his wife to notice their plumpness.— j dictal eleetton m favor of Judge Irwin, the
Newman, Ga., June 12, 1855. Next are 80ated “ triplets,” three very pret-
Mcssrs. Rugglcs db Howard: I send you a ty little girls, 5 years old, as like as three
synopsis of the proceedings of the Demo-■ P eas * and the slim, delicate mother informs
Congressional Convention, which U8 that theBe her chddren, and
that 6ho is a widow. Next is an interest-
ergetic stand which Col. Brown took, and j tuull} added to the Turkish empire, and their
the able and efficient services which he reu- j towns and villages become a recruiting
* „ * *. i . a- ! itroundior the sultan‘sarmies. Wesballsoon
dered, to oar ablcand faithful representative riaveGreekandSlavoniedivisionsoftheTurk-
Lemuel J. Aired, Lsq., while he was bat-1 kisharmy; the trading Armenian wiUforsake
tling at Millcdgeville, in tho last Legisla-j his counter to take the sword; theMaronites
ture for the formation of our county. And ! will come up to Thrace from their moun-
that Mr. Alred’s services will be aeknowl-i ta!ns and esen Hebrews will be enrolled to
j- r - , , ,, , j emulate the valor of their ancestors, tbe
edged bv ni^ numerous Iijcikim at the elec- «, , » r t * i i *n
. * . -L . ... ... . , ; Macabees. A troop of Jewish cavalry will
tion m October next. >\ e will Stand !»v ] >e a strange sight in a Mahommedan hand,
those who 6tood by us when we most need- ! The popular feeling of the-e races will natu-
od help. ! rally be on the side in which their kindred
3<7. Resolved, That that portion of the i a,c engaged as soldiers.—A. Y Evening
1 Post.
crattc
convened here to-day for the purpose of, 1 , , ....
nominating a candidate to represent the I lad y> 15 yearsddywith an arm of
hh Congressional District in Congress. ! the P reci8e sha P® and Blze of a smok<ld ham -
The Convention is full, enthusiastic and who wei g hs two hundred and fifty pounds,
efficient, and the proceedings harmonious. ! and can ff ,ve ker own answers to questions.
I regret that I am not able to offer a full re- ! Elbowing our way past numerous twins,
port at this writing. J whom nothing but excessive maternal van-
The Convention organized at 10, A. M., j ity could have deemed worthy of exhibi-
by calling Hon. John D. Stoll to tho Chair, j tion, we come to the ceutral object of at-
V. B. Wilkinson, of Coweta, and T. J. ! traction, tho Prize Baby. Ho
Whitman, of Troupo, were requested to a sort of throne under a purple canopy, is
id as Secretaries. 1 nither pretty as is his mother, who sits bo-
Yie platform of the late Democratic | eide himi enduring with much complacency
Gubernatorial Convention was unanimously | the curious gaze of the myriad eyes, and
adopted. j nearing from lipB poison with rum and lust,
Three votes from each Militia District was I tho purposely audible remarks, “She is a
-stabliahed as tho basis of representation, | deucod pretty woman”—“look at her form”
aud the two-thirds rule adopted. j —“what eyes she has’ —and so on, until all
The Convention then adjourned till after j her good points are canvassed much after
dinner, when the ballotting commenced, j tho manner of a crowd of horse fanciers
which, so far as it progressed up to half commending the dam of a favorite foal at an
oast 3 o’clock, resulted as follows: | Agricultural fair. The shrewd Barnim
First Ballot.—Warner, 145 ; Gartrell, I undor P retext of eliciting important “physi-
60; Cowart, 42: Nelson, 30; Whitaker, j olo « ical t™ths ” for the benefit of baby
14 • Glenn 0 Jones 2 growers and the human race m general,
Second Ballot.—Warner, 175 ; Gartrell, hae a lifit of oleven 9 ue8tioD8 to bepropound-
of this county, which is political in its char- : Railroad -.-v difficulty of
a singular kind has occurred at the Niagara
| suspension bridge, and has resulted in a
: de.-pera.te oulbrake. It seems that the
present incumbent, meets tho unqualified ■ Canandaigua at Niagara Falls Railroad is
disapproval of this meeting, and in our j to cross the track of the New York Central,
judgment receives tho decided condemnation 1 on payment of $10,500. The money has
of a large majority of the voters of this n,,t been pa.d, but a party of workmen em-
. ■ . , . i idnved bv the former company undertook
county, which portion of the presentments j } ast ' Wedne-day night to la} down the rails
above referred to, was originally draked. ; at crossing. Information of this being
as we are informed, by a lawyer who does 1 conveyed to the superintendent of the can
not reside in our circuit, and is an old bine ! tral road, he and his assistants took posses-
light federal whig, and that we doubt not,
from the attendant circumstances, and the
short time which was allowed tho Grand
Jury for preparing their presentments, on
account of tho hurry which it seems tlic
occupied j cour t f or oue time, got into, that it under
went the revision, or at least the suggestion
and approval of the highest authority of the
court then in session.
of tho track and drove oft" ihe laborers, after
a riot, in which pistols were freely used,
but no d .mage done. The next evening a
similar ouibrake was feared, but a strong
force of 150 police was stationed on guard,
and no disturbance occurred.
60; Cowart, 12; Gionn, 20.
Dr. Darnall of Fulton informed the Con
vention that for stated reasons Col. Gartrell
desired his name withdrawn.
Third BaH-d.—Warner, 193; Nelson, 30;
Glenn, 74.
ed to the mothers of model offsprings, and
applying these to the case of the prize baby,
it appears that the mother “lived free” for
a year previous to its birth—that she took
moderate exercise on level land—that she
constantly bathed the infantine prize—taken
Concord. A. 11., June. o.—Doth branch
es of the Legislature organized this morn
ing. The Senate elected lion. W. Ilaile, of
llnisd.i’e, American Whig, for President.
. T Y i i m, . i there being only one vote in opposition.—
4th. Resolved, Inat we disapprove of the Tlie n., u -o denied John J. Prentiss, Amer
ican Whig, Speaker, by 218 votes agrinst
80 for all other candidates.
This afternoon Larkin D. Mason, ofFarn-
mourh, Frcesniler, was chosen to fill the on
ly vacancy in ihe Senate.
Guns :u o being fired this evening to cele
brate “Sam’s” success in the organization
of the Legislature to day.
practice which now obtains so commonly
with grand juries, of lavishing on all occa- 1
sions sickly, and in many instances, unmer- i
ited and unmeaning compliments upon j
Judges and Solicitors General, as it encum- !
bers our records from court to court with '
unnecessary matter, and is understood by i
every man of sense to lie a mere unmeaning, ' , . , ~
J , , A marriage took place at Washington on
commonplace ceremony, and does no good, M „ ndilJ af . ornoon S t. Matthew’s Oath.^
only as it may tickle the vanity of a Judge lj c Church, the parties to which were Mr.
who may happen to be weak enough to re-■ G. De Boilleau. Secretary to the French
ceive it as the highest evidence that all re- Legation, and Miss Susan, youngest daugh-
.. ,, „ nr- „ cn in cold water—and that tho father is a
Fourth Ballot.—narner, 207; Gionn, 60; , T x ^ ,
coachman. Important physiological rela-
I tions! Now we know tbo conditions essen
1 tial to perfection of physical humanity.—
Father a coachman—mother handsome and
living free—exercise on level land, and
Nelson, 30.
A Committee was appointed to notify
-Judge Warner of his nomination and to
r-qiiest his acceptance.
lion. W. B. W. Dout, onr late represon- :
;stive Mas complimented by resolution of | P^S.
die Convention. , ...
— i blit tho pressure of moist human bodies
fnt Ieeling in Kansas and Nebras- i grows insufferable, and bo through a throng
ka.— The defeat of the abolitionists in the ab miscellaneous as the judgment day will
election held in Kansas on the 23d ult., ■ assemble, we work our way into the street,
has had the effect to allay all excitement 1 imt, dusty, hungry and thirsty, and firm in
on the slavery question in that region, and | the faith that Barnum is tho prince of
tbe people of the Territory, according to in- j humbugs, and that this is his last and
tclligen e recentlv- received, bad dropped greatest. I see the show will not close to-
polities ami taken to their ordinary occupa- j day, aH first announced, but will continue
tion-. In Nebraska, the proscriptive ac- ! indefinitely, t. e. as long as the coarse dis-
tion of the emigraut aid faction had aroused j play will “put money in the purse” of tho
a spirit of resistance, and we hear of pub- ! manager. But enough of babies,
lie meetings l>eing held, resolutions passed, I After all the flourish of trumpets which
aud addresses published, advocating the • jj ad proceeded the arraigning of a number
establishment of a slave State in the south- i of alleged Sunday liquor sellers upon the
era portion of that Territory. In fact, sev- j accusation of a member of the Carson
eral families have gone there already with
their slaves, and there they intend to re
main.
The Slave Trade.—Judge Nelson, in the
U. S. Circuit Court, at New York, on Tues
day morning, called the especial attention
of the Grand Jury to the African Slave
Trade, which his honor says he has every
reason to believe is extensively carried on by
panic, in that city. That is to say, tho
funds and vessels are furnished there, and
by men. too, (it may be added,) who are
fend of occupying a prominent place among
the reformers and philanthropists of the
day. His Honor urged the Grand Jury to
instigate an investigation of tbe most rigid
character.
Reported Fatal Duel.—Some days since
a difficulty occurred at New York, in the
Shakupeare Club House, between Mr. Leav
enworth and a young lawyer named Breck-
enridge. Hard words passed between the
C rtics at the time, which resulted in a cbal-
ige being sent by the former—who con
sidered himself the injured party—to the
latter, and they left on Monday, for Canada,
with tbeir respective surgeons and seconds.
It was reported, on Wednesday, that Leav
enworth, the challenger, had been k ; ’od,
»nd Breckenridge severely wounded.
A latter account says that neither had
been killed, butthat Leavenworth was serious
ly hurt and Breckenridge slightly. Breoken-
ridge is related to the Hon. John C. Breck
enridge of Kentucky, who was to have
fought but didn’t, a duel with Mr- Cutting,
of New York. Leavenworth’s second was
Mr. James M. Pendleton ; Breekenridge’s
Mr. Middleton. The surgeon’s name is giv
en as Dr. Alfred Grimes. Tbe New York
Commercial Advertiser, says: If either of
the parties dies from wounds received in this
dueLthe survivor and both seconds will be
deemed guilty of murder, and may be in
dicted and convicted of that offence under
die Revised Statutes, if tbe wounded man
died in tbe State of New York. And if
neither is killed, all tbe pardee, principals,
seconds and surgeon, may upon conviction
he punished by imprisonment in a State
jpjsn^ for * torn not exceeding too y®w»«
League, the whole squad have been dis
charged, on accdhnt of the non-appearance
of the accusing party. Such a proceeding
bears the look of a mere farce, and the re
sult, from whatever oause it arises, cannot
fail to exert an evjl influence on the comma
nity. Of course, it is possible that there is
no infringement of the laws te be punished,
hut thero was no innocenoe formed, and the
accused have all the benefit of being con
sidered martyrs, while they can laugh at
the futile and imbecile attempt of the would-
be defenders of the laws, to administer jus
tice. The sinks of crime, known as
“gambling hells”—those hot beds of the
devil’s garden, about which so much has
been written and said, were mode the sub
ject of executive action a night or two eince,
and several of the most notorious were
visited by the reserved corps of the police.
The time of the visit was evidently, badly
chosen—the hour being so early that their
operations had not commenced. Several
arrests were made, and some implements of
the trade secured. But the moral effect of
the blow can only be slight—i-not half what
it should have been. It will only serve to
muke the villains more wary in future.
Chivalry is still rampant in these times.
One young gentleman calls another a liar;
the latter borrows a glove from a bystander,
and slaps across the offender’s nose, a la
“Tom Burke of Ours”—a trip is arranged
over the Canadian lines, and the bucks re
turn, each with a pistol shot somewhere in
the legs, we believe the calf. Honur is
satisfied, and the parties considering their
courage immortalized, shake hands. This
occurs in tbe Shakespeare club—a fashiona
ble society of this city. *#*
Bain in Tennessee.—Our Tennessee ex
changes, speak of copious rains which
have reoontly fallen in various parts of that
State. Tbe fanners are rqjoicing in the
prospect of fine crops.
gard him of distinguished judicial ability, j *® r Tt,,,mas IIart Be,uon ’ ^issou-
5th. Resolved, That Ions, dry and tedi-
ri. A splendid entertainment was given
the bridal party at the residence of Col.
J. C. Fremont.
dry and
ous charges to Grand Juries, bad order
Court all the week, slow tardy dispatch of.
, . , , , ,. , , l Know Nothing Proscription,
busines, and long concluding addresses to ... ■ . . n
, , T ° . . ”, t The wild, wicked range of know nothing
Grand Juries on receiving general present- j proscr iptiun is without limit. Under the
constitutional amendment recently adopted
ments, while numerous parties and inter
ests havo to attend from court without get
ting their causes tried, are, in our judge
ment improper, and in every case where !
such a state of things exist, a reformation is
necessary.
6th. Resolved, That we invite all sound;
Whigs to unite with us in the common :
cause to put down those amalgamated far- ;
tions that are seeking to destroy the liber- j
ties of tho people, and the free institutions
of our country.
1th. Resolved, That the Democracy of
this county will support Lemuel J. Aired,
Esq. for the Senate, and John E. Price for !
the House of Representatives, at the Octc-:
ber election; that wc will use all honorable j
means in our power for their success, and j
we doubt not they will succeed by a large
majority.
On motion of Col. Samuel Tate, the
above resolutions wore unanimously adopted. !
On motion of Wiiliam T. Day, Esq.,
Resolved, That the proceedings of this
hv tho legislature of Massachusetts, which
deprives all aliens of that State from holding
office, Profsssor Agassiz, one of the fiast
living scientific men of the age, will be ex
pelled from his chair in the Cambridge
University.
[From :ho Boston Post.]
A 3fciv Seigc of Sebastopol—In two
Parts.
PART I.
There is a fortress fair and strong,
Iu Russia’s waste and wintry regions,
Where France and England vain and long
Have poured their brave and fated legions.
Long the beseigers’ loud mouth’d guns
Hare roared their summons to surrender;
As loud have Russia’s serfs and suns
Roared back her purpose to defend her.
The combat deepens: On ye brave,
Who strike for French and English honor!
The Czar will fight till every slave
Becomes, like William Pool—a “goner.”
■ The Czar within his palnce halls
Still feels his solid throne unshaken;
Ilis flag still floats above its wt»lls,
And his “ Sebastopol’s not taken.’
meeting be published in theCassville Stand- j
ard and the Cherokee Advocate with a re-:
quest that the Rome Southerner and Atlanta J part u.
Examiner copy. ^ \ There is a fortress fair as art,
The principal business being finished. W. j And cold as Russia’s clime of winter,
T. Day, Esq., and Judge Mcilan addressed i Walled round within a maiden’s heart,
the meeting in support of the resolutions, j My love has sought in vain to enter.
On motion the meeting then adjourned. T “ T , , , - . ■ - .
JOHN HOLCOMBE, Chairman. ! Lo "” I ve bese.ged her castle fair,
Alison McHan, Secretary. I B '' ,th .. al , L,,ve 8 f,,rces ’ sv ' ee ' and tcnd9r 5
: But still she reigns unconquered there,
“Keen Philanthropy.—Abolition philan- And still refuses to surrender,
thropy is keen. It watche.s for opportuni- q f,, r gome friendly power in arms-—
ties of eiercise. A case in point occurred j Some Austria of contending nations—
at Columbus, Ohio, the other day. An en-, Xo 6llften her resistin g cbam °
try appeared in the register of one of the . And br ; n , her to negotiations!
hotels as follows: ‘P. Lncon, three ladies,!
one child, and two servants. New Orleans.’— : For, by consent of heathen Jove,
It had not been there long before a magis- j The seige shall never he forsaken,
trate was applied to for a writ of habeas 1 Till conquest crowns the arms of Love,
corpus. It was granted, put into the hands ! And my Sebastopol is taken.
of the sheriff and served. Mr. Ericon ex- j ~—:—-—-—
pressed willingness to obey the writ, and ; T ,. n ° r ., a “ * •*
promised to be at the Court House the next: . ^ h ’ s Ge,, ‘’r a . i 8 despatch upon the
morning at 10 o’clock with his two servants, j ! ,aIk . 9d expedition to Kortch is making fun
1 *" Pans. He gravely narrates that the
At the appointed hour he appeared, acoom-! ,n ™ r,8 \ . - Y nar ™ te8 tna ‘ J. ne
paniedashe had proposed. The servants ( ^mn.and.ing officer “pers.^mally assured hint
1 that ho was 1 — 1 —
of his troop:
pamea as ne nau proposea. ine servants . 7. n / 1 .1
were questioned. They stated that their tl ’ ,l ‘ ho ' vas h «K h lv ph^ed with the attitude
master (Mr. Ericon) had manumitted them i **£ h,s tr ? n P s! ,le , se,,t JM llander8 . on
at New Orleans some time since; that they : ‘^ expedition nartly t«. fill the Russians
were now on their way with him to Europe; w,th , ne f a - nd - mdesonhable en.ot.ons, and
that they had no desire to leave him, and *? "’tn over the Circassians by their
wished to be i.erinitted to go on witout in- i I ? ,,un a,n Further on he s
terruption. Of course Mr Ericon was im-; th ?;? ^markable words ;
mediately discharged. The abolitionists ' , ^ JS a ^ e r a ) rt0n: ^ should not
were incensed that the Sheriff should have
left him upon his honor during the night,
and so fearful were they that lie might es
cape with bis servants that they watched
the hotel all through the dark hours.
This is practical abolitionism. We pre
sume these same abolitionists, if called up
on to do some really charitable kindness-for
a white brother, would find plenty of excu
ses for refusal. But let an opportunity pre
sent to steal a negro or annoy a slaveholder,
and they are wide awake.”
Dmp—-Jn Marietta on tbe 9th inst, Ella Cal
edonia, youngest daughter of tho Hon. C. J. Aic-
Douuld.
Her benutiful life was ended with the most won
derful patience under suffering, and tbe most per
fect submission to the will of the 41,,d she adored.
“ Blessed are the dead, who die in the Lord."
JtMll* UMi
be surprised if it rained.”
The Bank of Savannah has declared a
semi-annual dividend of five per cent, be-
sidss carrying a very handsome sum to the
credit of thn reserved fund.
Mammoth Strawberries.—California is
not only a groat but is a growing country.
The Sacramento Union says :
“The largest specimen of the many pre
sented is of the shape of a fig leqf, and
mesnures exactly six and a half inches in.
circumference latiiudinallv, and five and
a half inches longitudinally. This is hy
far the most enormous strawherry we .have
ever seen nr even heard of, and we chal
lenge the world to produce its equal. Only
think ofa single strawberry measuring over
ball • toot in ciroumtoraaca!”
George Lair and the Presidency.
“The name of George Law here is a tower
of strength. The fact that once he was an
ostler, and was fond of crackers and cheese
takes well; the fact that he has been a i
stone mason proves that he is as sound as a i
brick. These are the things for the people j
—a self-made man, working his way up 1
from a stable to a palace in the Fifth Are- |
nue, and more money than he knows what j
to do with, and a generrus whole-souled, j
practical man at that. Perhaps before the •
adjournment of this body, there may be j
some thing done indicating its preferences, i
If so, 1 am very much mistaken if George j
Law does not turn up the first choice of the j
Council. There are men here who think j
that even if they fail in any other compro
mise, a junction of all sections maybe made
npon Live Oak George.”
We clip the above from an article in the
New York Herald, in reference to the pro
ceedings of the Philadelphia Know Noth
ing Convention. In another place we are
informed that “George Law is gaining
ground in the affections of numbers from
distant States every moment,”
The sale of the Roman world to an ambi
tious old Senator, whose only merit consis
ted in having “more money than he knows
what to do with,” and who was generous
enough to expend it in the purchase of a
nation was the most ridiculous farce, and
at the same time the most ominous event
that characterised the decline of tbe great
empire.
The student of history who turns with
disgust from the recital of such an event
will view with alarm and indignation this
effort of a political party to barter the Pres
idential chair to a millionaire, whose only
possible recommendation consists in tk$
ownership of a few dozen vessels and a
bouse on Fift Avenue, where doubtless he
entertains his friends in the most hospitable
manner, as did the aforesaid Roman Sena
tor. Men of high political standing and
thoroughly learned in governmental affairs
are branded with the epithets “old bucks,”
and unceremoniously pushed aside to make
way for the owner of a fine mansion and a
master of good cheer.
The war against demagogues and politi
cal hucksters, has, like most other wars,
gone far beyond its original design. States
men are now to he struck down, and in their
stead we are to have as guardians of the
Government, men whose political education
consists in musket speculations, and the
management of steamships. This miserable
attempt to put the Presidential chair upon
tho stock market to be bidden for at its
equivalentin hard cash, marks the existence
in our midst, of a body of men, who, desti
tute of every principle of patriotism, delibe
rately seek the degradation of the Republic.
If this he Know Nothing conservatism,
Heaven help us from 6uch ! But we hope
and believe that no considerable political
party at the South, will everbe the advocate
of so disgraceful an action, and the bare
mention of which, is an insult to the people,
and a disgrace to the nation. “Every man
to his callingCromwell could not drive
horses, and so he confined himself to Eng
land and the army. Let George Law learn
from a man whose least thought would
burst his brain, to attend to that business
for which nature and education has fitted
him. As a dealer in stocks, or an owner of
mail lines, Mr. Law* is doubtless, a useful
citizen ; but let him forbear the attempt to
thrust his puny self into a position, which
commanded the genius of Jackson and Jef
ferson.
Hod. Htram Warner.
It is with no small degree of pleasure that
we are enabled this morning to raise the
name of Hon. Hiram Warner as the Dem
ocratic candidate for Congress from the
Fourth District. Without disparagement to
any of the other able aud talented gentle
men whose names were before the Conven
tion, at Newnan, yesterday, we believe wo
but speak the sentiments of a very large
majority of the people when we say, that
nowhere in the Fourth District could be
found a man more fully and thoroughly
qualified for the duties of the office, or whose
public and private virtues are more widely
known aud universally respected.
Judge Warner is a man whom any con
stituency might well be proud to see rep
resenting them in the councils of the na
tion. His nomination at this timo by the
Democracy of the district is equivolent to
an election, and we will venture to pre
dict that the opposition, if any should be
organized, will be little more than nomi
nal.
Judge Warner is now a man a little up
wards of fifty years of age and has been a
resident of Georgia since 1819. He is a
man of whom it may he justly said, that he
is the architect of his own fortune.
In 1824 he commenced the practice of the
law at Knoxville, Crawford county, where,
by his industry and energy he laid the
foundation of his professional distinction.
In 1828, he was elected a representative
to the State Legislature, and oontinued a
member until 1831, when he declined a re-
electton in order to devote himself more ex
clusively to his profession.
In 1833 he was appointed by tbe joint
ballot of the Legislature, Judge of the Su
perior Court of toe Coweta Circuit, at that
time the highest judicial tribunal in the
State. He was re-appointed in 1836 to the
same office, which he held till 1840.
The Supreme Court of Georgia was or
ganized in December 1845, and Hiram
Warner was appointed, by the joint ballot
of both houses of the Legislature, one of
the three Judges to discharge the duties of
tbe difficult &■ i resi -nsible station. He
was re-appointo.. * the Legislature of 1849
for the term of ia years. Of his ability
and learning, as a jurist, the published
volumes of the decisions of the Supreme
Court, bear satisfactory and incontestible
evidence.
We have only to add, as a fitting termi-
minatinn to this hnrried sketch of his pub-
lio career, that in Octoner 1855, the people
of the Fourth Congressional District will
elect him, by an overwhelming majority, to
represent them in the Congress of the United
States.
Fifth District,
We learn that Judge J. II. Lumpkin was
nominated as the Democratic candidate for
Congress from the Fifth District, by the
Convention which met at Calhoun, on Tues-
Gor. Johnson’s Letter off Acceptance.
Milledoeville, June 5tb, 1855.
His Excellency, Herschel V. Johnson:
Dear Sir; Tbe uudersicned were ap
pointed a Committee by the Democratic
Convention, assembled in the Capitol to-day,
to announce to you tbe gratifying results of
its action, in the very great unanimity
with which you were nominated for reflec
tion to the office of Governor of the State
of Georgia, approving of yaur administra
tion, and to request your acceptance at your
earliest convenience. In tbe performance
of the pleasant duty wd earnestly desire
your compliance with the wish of the Con
vention, and feel fully aware of the exciting
contest that awaits you, but we have an
abiding confidence in your entire ability to
bear in triumph the standard of the Democ
racy, which has this day bran entrusted to
your keeping, and think we can truly say,
that they that are for us are more than they
that are against us. Assuring you of the
great gratification the performance of this
duty affords us, we are, very truly,
Your ob’t. servants'
L. B. Smith,
E. J. McGehee, |
John E„ Ward, j
R. H. D. Sorrel, j
Milledgeville, June 8tb, 1855. j
Gentlemen: Yours of the 5th inst., in be
half of the late Democratic Convention, in
forming me of my nomination, by that
body, “ for re-election to the office of Gov
ernor of the State of Georgia,” has been
duly received. I have delayed a reply, for
two or three days, in order that I might
carefully examine the resolutions adopted
by the Convention. Having done so, I cor
dially approve them. They are eminently
suited to the circumstances by whioh we
are surrounded. They breathe the right
spirit. They meet, in a becoming manner,
every question that is raised by political
developments, and constitute a basis of ac
tion upon which all sound National men,
North and South, can stand and co-operate
to uphold the Constitution. The platform
is sufficiently sectional to protect the rights
of the South and yet sufficiently national to
maintain such an organization as is best
calculated to preserve the integrity of the
Union. It will not suit those who, eschew
ing all affiliation with the sound men of the
free States, prefer to array the South, as a
section, against the North, But it must
commend itself to the adoption of all those
who, forgetting mere party names and ris
ing superior to mere prejudices against
men, and sincerely anxious for the people of
Georgia to aet as a unit, upon principle.—
Thus considered, it is a most happy concep
tion ; and if the voice of patriotism and
duty shall be obeyed, the result of the pend
ing canvass will evidence a unanimity, in
this State, which will tell, with salutary ef
fect, upon abolition fanaticism.
No issue is now pending which demands,
as a means of self preservation, that the
people of Georgia should lead off in the
formation of a sectional party. Such a one
may arise. The rejection of the application
of Kansas, as a slave State, into the Union,
may force it upon us. But in that contin
gency, the 4th Resolution of the Georgia
Convention of 1850. proclaims the action to
which we are pledged. “ Sufficient unto
the day is the evil thereofand therefore
it were better to defer ti sectional organiza
tion, than to jeopard Southern unanimity
by a tempting it prematurely.
In the ranks of the Northern Democracy
are to be found the only reliable friends of
the South, and they are many. They have
faithfully adhered to our cause, in Con
gress. They voted for the Nebraska Kansas
bill, when every Northern Whig opposed
it. It is true, they have be»n defeated in
the recent elections in the North and West.
The united cohorts of Freosoilers and Abo
litionists, under the black banner of “Know
Notbingism,” have elected to the next Con
gress a controlling majority. But though
our Northern friends have fallen beneath
tho assa>sin blade of these conspirators,
they have no; renounced their principles.—
Shall we then desert them in the hour of
their defeat ? Shall we turn our backs upon
them, because they have been overcome in
their struggle for us? If we do, to tbe sin
of ingratitude we add the crime of political
suicide. If we stand by them, we can sus
tain them ; and with their co-operation, the
South may maintain her rights in the
Union. But if we cut loose from them, we
leave them to the tender mercies of Kuow
The fact that I did not desire to be nomi
nated. but was anxious that the honor
ehould have been cast upon some other,
more worthy, does not diminish the sincere
gratitude with which it is accepted. If
elected, I shall address myself with unre
served devotion to the advancement of all
the interests of Georgia. Possessing, in rich
profusion, the elements of greatness, she
cannot fail, under the guidance of wise
counsels, to attain to the highest prosperity,
distinction and power. If public education
be properly fostered, and her exhaustless
resources developed; if her internal im
provements be judiciously aided, and her
agriculture rescued from th6 improvidence
which has slain her forests and impover
ished her prolific soil; if her labor and cap
ital be directed by an intelligence that will
elevate and reward the worthy mechanic
and tradesman, the future that awaits her,
will triumphantly vindicate her title to tho
appellation of the “Empire State of the
South. Whether in private or publio life,
it will be my pleasure to promote, to the
utmost of my feeble ability, this desirable
object; and it will bo the sweetest reward
of this, my highest ambition, if I may, at
the end of my career, truthfully indulge the
reflection, that I have, in any degree, been
when Jefferson and the Democracy came in
power, it was reduced to five years—the
term sanctioned by Washington—and has
so remained to the present time. Thus re
ceiving the sanction of all the Presidents,
but Adams, and the long list of illustrious
Republicans whose wise and patriotic deeds
adorn the pages of Ameriorn history. An
other grievance complained of in the Dec
laration of Independence was the imposi
tion of “taxes without our oonsent”—“tax
ation witout representation.” Hence tho
framers of the Constitution provided that
“representation and direct taxes shall be
apportioned among the several States * *
according to their respective numbers.”—
It is the honor of Know Notbingism, in this
age of enlightenment, to rebuke tbe wis
dom of our fathers by seeking to undermine
the principle of religious toleration, to pro
scribe men on account of the accident of
birth, and reduce them to the degredation
of serfdom, by compelling them to endure
the burdens, without enjoying the immuni
ties of Government. This senseless cru
sade—the offspring of fanaticism, abolition
ism and demagogueism—challenges the co
operation of every true frieud of the Consti
tution to arrest and rebuke it. It is fraught
with consequences most dangerous, and its
triumph will be the signal for riot, blood
shed and revolution.
If these reflections need aditional support,
it may be found in the rise, progress and
principles of “Know Nothingistn.” Having
its origin in Massachusetts, it affmds a com
mon ground for the union of the abolition
ists and free-soilers of all parties. Ensconced
behind the masked battery of secrecy, it has
not only routed the friends of the South in
the free States, but it assaults some of tbe
most sacred provisions of the Constitution
and rights most dear to freemen. The
crowning glory of the Protestant Reforma
tion was the right of private judgement, in
matters of religious faith and d tetrinc.—
This was a powerful element in the revolu
tionary struggle and when victory was a-
ohieved. it was guarantied by the very letter
of the Constitution. Our forefathers com
plained in the Declaration of Independence
that George the Third had “endeavored to
prevent the population of these States ; for
that purpose obstructing the laws for the
naturalization of foreigners; refusing to pass
others to encourage their migration hither;
and raising the cmdition of new appropria
tions of land.” Hence the framers o{ the
Constitution were careful to empower Con
gress to adopt a ^uniform rule of naturali
zation.” And the first Congress that as
sembled in 1790, under the Constitution,
composed of tbe sages who achieved our in
dependence fixed the term of two years res
idence on an alien prior to his admission
to the rights of oitisenahlp. In 1795, it
was inoreased to five years. In 1798, under
the administration of federal John Adams,
it wee iaorwmrt to tea*. In 1806,
ing; when a tangible ijractical issue shall our institu-ion%and^tqRFOt government
arise, such as the rejection of Kansas,on ac-; fear any thing$n that aecouut, su 1 0 „» "
count of a pro-slavery Constitution; when j wq. cleave to tb<e truth. Moreover theri
all'hope of maintaining Southern rights, j ing - of the election to the-fieople^» a8
honor and equality, under the auspices of ’ ded to throw the power into tipi hands
the National Democratic party, shall have | the governed, who can ,lmt
*0*1 and os*:
fled, I shall be as prompt as the foremost, mate- the merits of those who jfeek ,,*/**
to go into a sectional organization, in order ‘ . EMMET
to redeem the pledzes of the 4th Resolution . ’
of the Georgia Platform of 1850. Upon
this point, we are already “one people
and one partyand the Resolutions of the j r .i"
late Democratic Convention inrite “cordial j Washington June LI.— "he newly elect-
and fraternal concert of action among all l ed city councils here took their seats thi*
those who concur in sentiment upon these j morning very quietly. The defeated
questions” which they involve. Let us then j didater entcred the|r test d J**
preserve in tact tho integrity of the Na- i UU0 «Ji«4
tional Democratic party. It is to-day tho ; ‘h eir mtentton °f contesting the new mem.
only organized party in tho Union, worthy j-bers seats at their next meeting a fortnight
of respec* and confidence. It has vindicated j hence.
its principles and measures of administra- j The Amoricans are now celebrating thoi
tive and financial policy; and if faithful to v i ctory by firing 100 guns
its mission, it will maintain those great i J
principles which we inscribe upon our ban- i Buffalo, N. x., June 10th. I he steamer
ner in the present canvass. In its triumph, ; Keystone State, which ran aground about
the Republic will prosper; in i ts overthrow, ; \2 miles from here, has been gotton off with
d e C °etuaUei° n ^ fanatici8m wiU uchieve out material injury, by the assistance of the
Notbingism, and place ourselves in a hope-
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less minority.
That Georgia should be “one people and
one party,” there can be no question. But
why may not this be accomplished upon the
J ilatform adopted by the late Democratic
Convention? If its principles arc sound
and commend themselves to true State
Rights men, aud to every friend of the
Union—if they are those to which the peo
ple of Georgia, of all parties have pledged
themselves, in the most solemn form, then
it is tho part of wisdom, patriotism and
policy, that all should unite in their sup
port, and thus preserve our alliance with
the sound men of the North. Whatever
course may be preferred by some, the great
mass of the people of Georgia—Whigs and
Democrats—like thoso of Virginia, will
unite, aud if we fail to become “one people
and one part} - ,” the fault will lie at the
door of t'loso who refuse to co-operate with
us. When it shall appear, that our alliance
with the true men of the North is unavail-
the humble instrument of so glorious a con
summation.
Accept, gentlemen, my cordial thanks for
the friendly terms in which you havo com
municated the action of the Convention,
and permit me to add assurances of the high
consideration aud respect with which, I have
the honor to be
Your obedient servant,
HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON.
Messrs. L. B. Smith, E. J. McGehee, John
E. Ward, R. II. D. Sorrel- -Committee.
(communicated.)
Tlie Blue Ridge Judicial Election.
HON. DAVID IRWIN.
Tho term of Judge Irwin’s office ends with
tho fall riding of thepre.-ent yearand the elec
tion of for his successor will take place on
the first Monday in October next. His
name having been announced as a candidate
for re-election, his mental and moral quali
fication as well as his course upon the bench
are proper subjects of enquiry and fair crit
icism before the people.
Unlike his competitor, CoL Brown, he is
not a man of piety ; but his moral charac
ter and bearing are, so far as we know,
wholly free from exception or cause of com
plaint. Upon the score of moral qualifica
tion the two candidates are of equal merit,
unless being a man of strict morals and an
orderly member of a Christian church
should constitute a preference for, or an ob
jection to one, while the other is, in morals,
entirely free from reproach.
While we claim for Col. Brown superior
natural endowments, we cheerfully agree
that Judge Irwin possesses a mind of no or
dinary cast. It is due to him to say that he
stands higher in point of legal ability than
some we have seen upon the bench; yet at
the same time he has many superiors. We
cannot acquiesce in the extravagant lauda
tions which are designedly heaped upon
him by his Whig and quasi Whig friends in
the circuit. Capital is sought for him in
every possible way which promises to secure
a vote ; among others the fact is stated that
comparatively few of his decisions have
been reversed by the Supreme Court. It is
also irue that comparatively few of his
cases have bran carried up. This is
owing entirely to the litigant spirit of the
people and the disposition of the lawyers,
in some sections of tlie State it is custom
ary to carry up almost every doubtful case ;
but such is not tbe case in this circuit.
There is evidently a design and an effort
among the Whigs of the circuit to carry
Judge Irwin’s election by “spontaneous
combustion” by the use of two leading
ideas, which they are particularly anxious
to impress upon Democrats. The one that
it is not a political office, which branch of
the subject I shall reserve for a subsequent
article. The other is, that ho is a “mighty
clever man ” and a “ mighty good Judge.”
We are cheerful in agreeing tiiat he is an
exceedingly “clever man,” and if it will be
gratifying to any one we will admit, for the
sake of the argument, that he is a “mighty
good Judge,” as claimed; but trutli and
justice compel us to add that he is a “migh
ty slow Judge, too.” The business of the
country is accumulating; the dockets in
almost if not every county in the circuit are
thronged with cases ; justice is delayed uu-
til the way to it by the people is virtually
hedged up. The peoplo are called from
their business at home in the busy seasons
of the year, as parties, jurors and witnesses,
and kept on hand from day to day and from
court to court. It is the crying evil of the
circuit. Is it owing to the great increase
of litigation ? In some counties litigation
has increased while in others it has di
minished, and still the same difficulty
exists iu all. The assertion may be
made with truth, that if not another case
were sued in the oircuit, after the close of
Judge Irwin’s term of office he could not
clear the dockets in two years. This state
ment will doubtless be denied. I know that
there are efforts made by some to suppress
tbe truth upon this point, yet everyone who
wishes to be informed upon the subject, go
to the clerk’s office of the Superior Court of
his county, and examine the dockets for
himself. What is the cause of all this ?
There can be but one truthful answer given,
and that is apparent to every one who has
written upon our courts. It is owing to the
great amount of time consumed in doing
nothing, and in the trial of what few causes
aredispoBed of. All the Attorneys employ
ed in a case have to be heard at length,upon
every point raised on tho trial. Rules of
practice, and pot unfrequently decorum, are
ruthlessly violated. The court uow, in
stead of being a place of entertainment and
pleasure, is often converted by the bar, tole
rated by the Judge, into a place of disgust
to all persons of good taste. I have fre
quently observed, after a point has been
elaborated over and again by counsel, and
enough consumed upon it to try the whole
court, the Judge sends for the boqkw, and
with a quietness of nerve peculiar to him
self, sits upon the bench, keeps the bar, the
jury, the witnesses, and congregation in
tedious suspense, while he looks up and
reads “the law of the case not, as it is
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Lancaster, Pa., June 9.—Amass meeting
of the opponents of the liquor law held here
to-day was well attended. The delegations
from Berks county aud tbe upper parts o r
Lancaster county formed a procession about
a mile in length. Speeches were made and
strong resolutions passed against the law,
Philadelphia, June 11.—The Know Noth,
ings here are making preparations for a
grand mass meeting in Independence square
Saturday night, by which time it is expect
ed the platform will have been adopted bj
the American Convention.
George Shovtridge, Esq., of Shellby co.
Ala., has been nominated by the State
Know Nothing Convention as tho candidate
for Governor.
Washington, June 11.—Vespasian Ellis
Esq., editor of the American Organ here
writes to that paper from the Philadelphia
Convention. lie says that so far no conces
sions have been made by either the extreme
North or South, but four resolutions of a
national character have been adopted by the
committee on the platform.
New York and New Jersey are conserva
tive in their views, and Pennsylvania is not
ultra. He believes that a conservative
platform will be adopted by a respectable
majority.
FtLLJBUSTERS ENROUTE FOR MEXICO.—On
Tuesday last, sixty of the three hundred
men enrolled in Louisville, Ky., for the in
vasion of Mexico, left for their destination,
which is unknown to any one save them
selves.
New York, June 10.—The mortality in
this citv during the past week amounted to
3 5G.
Chicago, June 9.—Three drafts for §8,.
500, drawn by J. Robb & Co., of New Or
leans, on W. Iloge & Co., of New York,
payable to the order of Robert Park, were
fradulently obtained to-day from the latter,
who offer a reward of §1,500 for the appre
hension of tho rogues and the recovery of
the drafts. lie also cautions the public
against negotiating the same.
Chicago, June 8.—Returns from sixty-
four counties in Illinois foot up a majority
of 34 for the prohibitory law. There is an
apprehension still, however, that the law
is defeated.
Washington, June 8.—Gov. Reeder will
probably resign.
B. B. French was expelled from the Fifth
Ward, Capital Hill, Know Nothing Coun
cil this evening.
Mr. Soule .s expected here to-morrow.
There is a wide spread rumor here that
Col. Greene, of the Boston Post, is to suc
ceed Mr. Buchanan as Minister to England;
but it is no doubt untrue.
New York, June 9.—The case involving
tlie privilege of the Commissioners of Emi
gration to use Castle Garden as an emigrant
depot, was decided this morning. Judge
lloffman decided every point in favor of the
commissioners, and the temporary injunc
tion was removed.
The steamer North Star sailed hence to
day for Havre, with 182 passengers and
§226,000 in specie.
New York, June 8.—In the case of Miller
against R. L. Schuyler and the Illinois Rail
road company, a decision has heed given for
the plaintiff, the Company being held re
sponsible for the acts of Schuyler. The
sum involved is §7,000.
The U. S. District Attorney here has re
ceived information that Col. Kinney has
left the United States.
The Regatta of the New York Yacht
Club to day resulted in the Julia taking
the prize of the first class; yacht Ray the
secoud, and yacht Alpha tho third. The
Julia made 52 miles iu a little over four
hours and a half.
Several of the first class hotels of this
city having found the late advance in the
price of board charged by them a lasing
speculation, have returned to the old rates
of §2.50.
Philadelphia, June 9.—E. B. Bartlett,
of Kentucky, was elected President of the
Know Nothings last night on the sixth bal
lot. He received 90 and Baker 52. C. 9.
Freeman, of Pensylvania, was chosen vice
president.
Philadelphia, June 8.—The New York
Tribune has a special despatch, which says
tho Louisiana Delegation were excluded
from the Know Nothing Convention yester
day by a vote of 78 to 44.
B£JL>The Democratic Convention which
met in Jackson, Mississippi, on the5th inst,,
unanimously re-nominated John J. McRae,
as their candidate for Governoa.
The Poisoning Casts in Virginia.—Tbo Abing
don Virginian says that tin) occurrence was acci
dental, resulting from a poisonous ingredient put
into the custard bv mistake to fluvor it.
fi@*Amnng other anecdotes of Gen. Pel -
issier, it is related that very early in his
military career, when a youngman in Paris,
he got into some little trouble, in_ conse
quence of which he was.sent to Africa, by
way of punishment. There he soon acquir
ed the reputation of a fire eater. It is nar
rated of him,.that on one occasion being, as
, uul) JO , chaf debutaillon, in command of a company
reasonable to suppose, for ’the purpose of ■ ,,f a punishment corps called the Zephyrs,
forming an opinion, for that has already ' he attacked a mud fortress occupied n
been formed and expressed. There can he i Anihs - His men in vain attempted to ge
no sensible reason given for it, except ow‘be wall. The Arabs kept a good
that he wishes to impress the bar with the i out and re P uis ed overy assault. t
belief that he is a learned judge, and to af- i at length said to three or four men atwui
ford additional evidence to the waiting pe<>- j him - “Throw me over, I am sure the com-
pie whose time he is wasting that he ought P an Y w,n fol, “' r nie ” His orders were w
to be eleoted to office.
The giving of the election to the people,
which in our form of government is unques
tionably proper, has produced a marked
change in the character of the intercourse
between the bench and the country. The
sign is not invisible upon hm honor, while
his general course toward the bar and tlie
people has bran courteous, yet it is evident
that as October, 1855 approaches, his fond
ness for the people and their rights, his
deference for their convenience and com
fort grows large hy degrees and beautifully
apparent. We are not prepared to say this
is wrong In itself, but it is sufficient to re
mind the people at least, that they should
not suffer themselves to he “engined” into
the support of a man, unless they chose to
do so otherwise.
The tact that a man is in office, clothed
with the enormous power which the judici
al robes give him, is well calculated to sup
press free discussion oe to bis merits; but
unman*topsm* of
ecu ted. Fur two or three minutes he was
alone in tho enemy’s position, and in tha
space of time he received three or n>“ r
wounds. But he had rightly judged the
effect of his hardihood. The men followed
him and l^ie plnce was taken.
Virginian at Sebastopol.—The P® 4 ®?*
burg Expresn says that the friends of -’Ij 1 -
John Moore McNease. a gentleman w®**
known in Petersburg, have received letters
front him dated Sebastopol.
lie says that- the bomb-shells are faming
with him, and fall playfully among ‘^ e J
in the trenches, explode and add numbers
to Kingdomcoine by knocking thein mj®
smithereens ! lie says a man feels as if n®
having a glorious time of it when in W
midst of such excitement, and that of
being killed or knocked to pieces two °‘'.T
times, one becomes used to it and thuA
nothing of it ! _
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