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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18. , , - — ~ - - -jr-— .-tr.. , ! Judge Andrews, like all the rest of hia Th* Laac fttate Mr. J party, shows the cleverness of the little boy, We have hardy «Im. this moral«, fro. oth^ whoM father bragged that when on/ ni £ ure*Hing matters, to jrivd * (rea«r«l vkw of our , . . . . . . . , y L Fair. First, ihelttandanc. was much .mailer j V et, ‘ » Hcked U P a redhot horse-shoe thjtu unual, the^utfl fcei iitDoutitiBf to $2,200, or i uK»pj>0d it hiiwedinieli/, without uny- thereabouts. The season was unpropitiou* for the ! lsxly’s telling him to do it. Know-Notliiug- mecting of the Association, and *o we believe it ism is dead-whipped in Georgia, and there- is now concecdcd alter a fair trial, that it is tp>t fore Judge Andrews has nothing whatever the month for a greet Fair. Wo are glad tovhear , to lo()Re by cond||cting himse ] f Uke a gen. that in future we will return to the former usage, and meet in October. Tho display of contributions in sume deportments, was very meagre. Inswine we only had samples of Mr. Peters’ Bitfek Essex, with a Berkshire or two. The show of sheep was fair, including some Qno specimens of South Downs and Merinos. Fut sheep mustered slim, and the same must bo said of work oxen, and milch cows. Wo had a respectable number of Dcvan bulls, and some of them were hard to match in any herd in this or any other State. The number of horses was quite large, but to our eye they were general ly inferior. Wo must specially except a number of yearling cults, and under two years old. The Jack and .fenette exhibition was large enough, but the quality of the animals was very inferior. tleman. But it seems that his ^tastes lead him to think and decide otherwise. We have been told that at first he was so ex ceedingly bitter and arrogant that his friends expostulated with him and warned him of the consequences and disgusts which this course would entail upon his party. Now, he “stoops to conquer,” and to such a depth does he sink his grand swelling, that from the lmughty and despotic spirit that went about demanding our votes with a “stand and deliver” air, he now with mendicant meanness picks here and there a crumb or a hone, and is not very particular either as The Cashmere goats were out in full force, and if ! to how he came by his gains, goats ever could get into credit, they would have j Judge Andrews is now ashamed of his redeemed many of the shortcomings of other j re ]jgj, )US bigotry, aud of his labors to invei- breeds of stock. We own up to a very severe sell j , e hu colintrymen 5nto re l;gi ola9 persecu- Upon the goat sensation: but we forgive Mr. Sum- ; . Ir . . , r , . * ui ^ * Z n it t u a. . toon. lie is ashamed of Ins clumsy blun- mer, of South Carolina, ‘‘who did the deed, . ~ for he can extract more fun and political | <1*™ the complete absorption by for- econoiuy from a goat, than any man who eignors, ot all our “potato patebos. He is ever expatiated on the virtue, of the tabooed j ashamed, in short, of every thing, hut animal, the type of reprobates All joking aside, ashamed of himself. This we hope for in Messrs. Davis, Summer and Peters, have knocked j ue ( One or two more such efforts of that old saw about going to the “goat, house f " r ; self-humiliation and exposure as he makes in the last published speech in the Chroni- to believe, that in a little while, no clever man will look for wool anywhere else. While speaking of this we will soy, in passing, thut Mr. Peters exhibited a very strong and soft flannel manufactured from Cashmere wool, but it seemed to us much too coarse. We ought not to object to this, however, for we “ got” our friend S. “ tome," when we objected to Mr. Peters’ cloth upon tho ground that it would not answer for cle d" Sentinel, will, we think, effect this de sirable moral result, or one thing is certain he will feel very differently ftom all his friends. Our would-be Governor is now death on the State Road. It makes no difference to him if our Road is a marvel to railroad men in the success upon tno grounu ™ that attends it, that the last month’s earn- d,otters. With great vehemence it was replied to i * O0 , Cir , a , , our objection, that the idea of flannel for such a garment was horrible. The hen fever has run out, we judge, from the .how of biddies we saw at the fair. The specimens were very few and we think very indifferent. Field crops on exhibition included some fine samples of fine cerials. From Mr. Dickson, of Newton, we had the finest sam ple of prolific cotton (of tho Dean varietiety) that wc over saw. Judge Ezz&rd, of this city, offered some superb corn. But as to vegetables, there was next to nothing, and from tho universal suc cess of our market gardeners this year we really think this failure very inexcusable. All over Fulton county we have seen vegetables this sea son of unsurpassed excellence and appenrancc, aud had our people wished it, we might have dis tinguished ourselves by our exhibition in this de partment. But when wo come to the fruit we must say it was a display of unprecedented rich ness. Wo saw sixty varieties of pears on exhibi tion by one individual, and as many as forty vari eties of apples. But the most attractive feature in the Horticultural department was tho splendid show of grapes. Wo saw the Maderia, tho Isabel la, and a native wine grape lately brought to no tice, wo believe, by Mr. Thurmond, of this place, that Longworth of Cincinnati pronounces among tho very best varieties. But Mr. Axe, a German who lias but recently immigrated to this country and located in Goorgia, was the lion among our vinedres sers. He produced from his vineyard in Wilkes co. Clusters of tho Catawba wine grape that surely since the days of Joshua have not boon equalled. It would have taken two men and one polo at least to have carried any distance the number of buucbcs that ho axhibitod attached to one short viue. Ho told us that ho has raised as many as 73 clusters on one vine. For size and aroma these Catawhas were far ahead of anything wo over noticed before. A special award of a $25 pitcher was made to Mr. Axe. It is now confi dently believed that in this region of Georgia has been discovered the grape paradise, and that 1600 gallons of wine may he reasonably expeoted as the product of one acre of well cultivated vines. Wo hopo the Know-Nothings will keep their hands off our Axo, for they will need all hi. wine to keep up their spirits. Tho “ bloody furrincr ’’ is busy at work in various seotlon of our State, establish ing vineyards, and lie is so sanguine that he has in Goorgia found tho right piaeo for his opera tions, that be offers in all Instances to look to the ftiture profits of vines planted by him for his re muneration. Wo pass on to the Mechanical department.— Mr. Simpson, of this place offered a horse power which wo think a fine machine, and capable of a wide ndaptodnes* to the noeds of a farmer. A cotton picker to be attached to our common gins was presented by Mr. Clarke, of Coweta county, that makos tho inferior samples of storm cotton very pnssable. Tho machine will coBt from Ik50 to $100, according to finish. We saw some line plows of home invention—several plantation mills that we thought practical and economical la bor savers ; but we thought in the implement de partment we might have done much better. We learned that the Home Department of the Government of Spain baa boon in communication with the Secretary of tho State Society making enquiries of a notice Georgia silk worm that feeds upon tho leaves of the oak, walnut and apple.— Two of the provinces at least of that Government are threatened with depopulation from tho decay of the vitality of their silk worm*, and it is thought that our bread will be invaluable. An effort is now making, to introduce the Alpa ca. and the Association intends ns soon as possi ble to adopt tho Kentucky plan, and importon ac count of tho members, the best foreign stock. Wo learn that the meeting of the State Fair, will, in future, be permanently located in Atlanta, and that a more effective method of securing prnc- ical and sound committee men,'will be adopted.— Tho public aro much indebted to the exertions of Dr. Camak, the present Secretaay of tho Society, and his assistant, Mr. Simpson, for the success of our last Fair. In future, we expect great things from tho State Agricultural Association, in promo ting the great planting interests of Georgia. Mr. Benjamin Hll). We learn that Mr. Hill has denied all partici pation in the passage of certain resolutions by the Legislature of 1851, in reference to the Hungarian and Irish exiles. As these res olutions were published in the Intelligencer, we deem it but justice that Mr. Hill should have the full benefit of his denial in the same paper. If any wrong has been done the gentlemen in this affair, the re cords, not ourselves are to blame for it. Mr. Hill says that he moved to take up the resolutions for the purpose of introduc ing others in their place. Of this we of course knew nothing, as no others, so far as we have found on the pages of the Jour nal of the House were introduced. The pre sumption, we believe, is that when a mem ber moves to take up a measure he favors it. V/o as before stated, found nothing to rebut this presumption. The Journal distinctly states that these resolutions “were taken up and agreed to.” The yeas and nays wore not called, and tl o in; rence is that they were passed withi n; or* '.sition. aud of course with the concur rence of Mr. Hill. We will not take issue with the gentleman as tohisposition upon this subject. Yetatthc same time we deem it but justice to ourselves to explain the ground upon which wc based our former article, and show that we have not done an intentional wrong. It is Mr. Hill’s misfortune that the records should liave placed him in this perplexing condi tion. IQT It is 'announced from the Post Office Department at Washington, that in the event of the death of a postmaster, Die responsi bility of the sureties continuas for the fidel- ‘ “ »person left in charge of the office ■or is appointed and qualified, appointment of the deceased as made by the President or r the Postmaster General. It is lawful fortlie sureties, or any one of them, to perform the duties of poemaeter, by themselres or agent, until their successor be appointed. The nerson performing such duties is required to take the usual oath before entering upon the discharge of them. ings are nearly §35,000 more than they were for August, 1854, that not a dollar has been lost from defaulters, not a life lost among all the thousands that have passed over it as passengers, hardly a collision, and in short that every thing is prosperous about the Road. But he descends to pitiful details about swindles put off by the mana gers of the Road on the poor men who sell wood to it, and that our cars have been lev ied upon and taken away from us at a time when we have not half rolling stock enough to do the business of the Road. We will not waste words on these paltry attacks.— Grant that every word of this slang was true, what an excuse for bringing Judge Andrews and his burning, persecuting and revolutionary party into national and State ascendancy. But these statements arc false, absolutely false. Wood is supplied to the Road by contract, its measurement ascer tained by well understood usage, and every month these bills are all paid. If an at tempt is made to defraud by false cording, the supervisor says your wood measures so much and you can have that for it and no more. It is for the seller to reject the terms or not. Upon some such case as this does Judge Andrews base his charges of oppres sion and injustice against the Road. We charge it upon Judge Andrews that all his allegations to the contrary are absolutely false, and he is twaddling about matters he does not understand. So far from the Road oppresing poor men in shaving down or withholding the amount of bills for wood or bills for anything else, we know it to be the faot, that in mercy to the poor who were deprived of other re sources of support by the untoward season of last year, the State Road received $20,000 worth of wood more than there was an immediate call for. We expect in a mail or two, to hear that Judge Andrews has taken advantage of this admission. But he may make the most of it. Now, as to the matter of these cars that were levied on and taken off from our Road. Who is hurt ? Does Judge Andrews attack tho Directors of the State Road because the Tennessee ans have been badly treated by that inter est? If his bowels of compassion thus yearn over the blood-suckers, let him come out with it, and let us see what grist he will make of it. Then if he says that these cars were taken out of our hands to the injury of our road or its business, we inform him that these were stock cars levied on, for which there is not a call this season; that the money was promptly sent up after the levy, and our agent bid the property in and these cars are now in our possession, and we liavo never needed them one hour after the levy. There is now on hand or at call between $80,000 and $100,000 of earnings of the State Road. Every justdemand against the Road can be met at the shortest notice, and as to outstanding bonds not due, if the great K. N. financier, Judge Andrews, will tell us how to make capitalists surrender such se curities, whether they will or not, it may be possible we can quiet his alarms upon the question of the ways and means. This incessant gabble about the State Road has come to be a contemptible bore. Not one in a hundred of those who make most noise over it know what they are talk ing about, and as for Judge Andrews we doubt if he has capacity even to learn any thing about it. J@y~The intention of Judge Elmore to contest the right of the President to remove him from the office of Judge of the Supreme Court of Kansas does not involve any new question. It has already been decided that the power of removal extends as completely to the judicial officers in a Territory as to the Executive or Secretary, or any other officer. The highest legal authorities of the Federal Government have agreed in that view. The last example was during the presidency of Mr. Filmore, Mr. Crittenden being Attorney General, in the case of a Minnesota Judge. Sfr. Filmore desiring to remove the Judge, applied to the Attorney General for his written opinion, and flfr. Crittenden furnished one sustaining the pow er, which was accordingly exercised, and the removal made. Judge Elmore will not probably get a reversal of that opinion, or accomplish a change in the construction of the Executive power. Freights on the Muscogee Railroad.— Wo learn that the receipts from freights and passengers for the ten days of September of 1855 have been $1030 more than for the same time last year on the Muscogee Jteil- road. Tho present season promises to be the most profitable tho Road has yet en joyed. Declined the Honor—Mr. Fillmore ha declined the honor of a Doctorate of Laws from the University of Oxford, which Lord Palmerston and other great men were desi rous to have conferred on him—and this on the ground that he had not received a uni versity or even a college education. Willis and Rachel.—Of the arrival at New York of the great French tragedienne, the author of “Melanie” says that U is, for her, the prominent event of her life. She has had her ovations in France, where wo man is mostfascinating—-in England, where woman is most equildrrified■—in Germany, where woman is most useful-ized—in Russia, where woman is enslaved. To America, where woman is most idolized, she comes last. Willis has a way of saying such things as these that nobody else has. j^> Ool. Lucius J. Gartrell, of Atlanta, will address the citizens of Cobb, at the Court House in Marietta, on Thursday, 20th ifxBt. during-the recess of the Court. The frcMurc Chest arthe Steamer Atlantic. Mr. Green, the suhmariue diver, on the 20th ult., made an effort to recover the chest, containing $60,000 in specie, lost with the steamer Atlantic, three years ago, on Lake Erie. A letter describes his dress and decent into the deep: He was dressed with three pairs of flan nel drawers three shirts (also flannel), three pair of woollen pants, three coats, and three jair of woollen stockings, surmounted by its submarine armor; on his feet he had a lair of stogy shoes, with a lead sole one- lalf of five-eights of an inch thick, and a belt of 80 pounds of shot around his body, to sink him, and the breast-piece of the ar mor cannot weigii less than 50 pounds. Taking hold of the line, he descenced, find ing it perfectly so that he could see all round him to the depth of sixty feet, when it grew dark, and for the balance of his fearful journey, amid the caverns of the deep, he was guided solely by the line, until at the depth of 140 feet, when he struck bottom, or something which he soon made out to be the wheel bouse oft.be ill-fated boat. Groping along he slid on the hur ricane deck, from thence to the guards of the boat. By poking around he discovered the precise position of the boat, and found himself not far from the sought-for office, and made fast the end of a line he had car ried down with him to a stanchion near the gangway, and giving the signal, he as cended, carrying with him a piece of the wheel house which he had secured (a piece of which, about 8 inches long. 4 inches wide, and 1^ inch thick, was sawed off and pres ented to me by the Captain of the Yorktown. He had gone down, in all, 152 feet and re mained jnst 40 minutes. After resting, he again descenced, having first partaken of a hearty meal without removing his dress, save the head-piece.—his excitement was intense at his great success thus far; and when he descended the second time he was quite hot (theday was intensely hot). De scending by his second line, he soon stood on the deck. Feeling his way along, he soon reached the “third” window, which be ing unbroken, be shattered it, and reaching in his hand, at last laid it upon the much coveted safe, just in the position which it had been described to him. Not being able to reach far enough to make his line fast, heagain ascended for a hook to hook through the handles. Reaching the deck, he made known his success and requirement; and as no hook was ready, sat down until one could be secured to a line. In a few minutes after, he was taken violently sick, and two physicians, who ar rived in a short time, pronounced his recov ery doubtful. At last accounts, however he was slightly better. He says if his life is spared, ne wiU yet be the owner of that chest. He will no doubt be more cautious in the futurehow he makes a dive when he is warm, and on a full stomach. His first acl&m&tion on his second ascension was, “I touched the gold.” The American Party of Oglethorpe and Hon. A. H. Stephens.—At a meeting of the American party of Oglethorpe county, held at Lexington, on the 6th inst., the fol lowing preamble and resolutions were passed: Whereas, The American i arty of Ogle thorpe county have received intelligence through the public prints, that the Ameri can party in Convention held in Augustaon the 5tb inst., have nominated Layfayette Lamar, Esq., a candidate for Congress in the 8th Congressional District, in opposi tion to the Hon. A. H. Stephens, which nomination they do hereby most emphati cally repudiate as unwise and unpatriotic: Be it Resolved, That they have not been impelled to this course by any want of re spect for the nominee, but having ever believed that the crisis demanded that the Hon. A. H. Stephens should be returned to his post in Congress, they choose the part of patriotism, rather than that of partisans. Resolved farther, That the members of the American party, contrary to the oft-re peated misrepresentations of the public prints and public speakers, have never sur rendered the right of exercising suffrage ac cording to the dictation of their consciences and their belief of the public good. Thirst Quenched without Drinking.— Water, even salt water, imbibed through the skin, appeases thirst almost as well as fresh water taken inwardly. In “Narative of Capt. Kennedy’s loosing his vessel, and his distresses afterwards”—the annual for 1769—the Captain says: “I cannot con clude without making mention of the great advantage I received from soaking my clothes twice a day in salt water, and put ting them on without wringing. To this discovery I may with justice attribute the preservation of my own life and six other persons, who must have perished if it had not been put in use. The water absorbed through the pores of the skin produced in every re spect the same effect os would have resulted from the moderate use of any liquuid. The saline particles, however, which remained in our clothes, became encrusted with the heat of the sun and that of our bodies, lac erated our skins and became otherwise in convenient ; but we found by washing out tbese particles, and frequently wetting our clothes, without wringing, twice in the course of the day, the skin became well in a short time. After these operations, we uniform ly found that the drought went off, and the parched tongue was cured in a few min utes, after bathing and washing our clothes; and at the same time we found ourselves as if we had received some actual nourishment. Four persons in the boat who drank salt water went delirious and died; but those who avoided this, and followed the above practice, experienced no such symptoms. It is stated in the China Mail, that the thousands of men brought to Canton as pri soners are being decapitated at the rate of 150 a day. The editor, who witnessed some of the executions, says; With a sharp knife, a slice was cut from under each arm. A low suppressed fearful S oan from each followed the operation of e weapon. Dexterous as butchers, a slice was taken successively by the operators from the calves, the thighs, and then from each breast. Wc may suppose, we may hope, that by this time the sufferers were insensible to pain ; but they were not dead. The knife was then stuck into the abdomen, which was ripped up to the breast bone, and tbe blade twisted round and round to separate the heart from its holding. Up to this moment having once set eyes upon the victim nnder torture, they had become fixed as by fascination ; but they could be rivited there no longer. A whirling sensation ran through the brain, and it was with difficul- S ’ wo oould keep ourselves from falling.— ut thfs was poll all: the lashings were then out, and the head being tied by the tail to a limb of the cross, were severed from the body, whioh was then dis membered of hands and arms, feet and legs, separately. Hear Young Carrol. John Carroll, Esq., the great-grandson of Charles Crrroll, of Carrollton, who is now running on the democratio-anti-Know-Noth- iqg ticket in Howard county, Maryland, made his first speech on Ssturday last at a meeting of both parties. After speaking of the position of parties in the State and the country, he declared to the Know-Nothings: “I am a Catholic; but if you must pro scribe, do not commence ubon so humble an individual as myself. Qo back to the past, and erase from the record of the Declara tion of Independence the name of my an cestor, and the companion of your forefath? ere, Charles Carroll, ofCarrolljum." A world of Wh»at.—Mr. Cist, of ”Cist,s, Advertiser,” Cincinnati, estimates the wheat 1 crop of this year in the United States at one hundred ana eighty-five millions of bushels! Ofthualmo8t incalculable mountain ofbread- stuffs, Ohio yields forty, Pennsylvainia eigh teen, Virginia thirteen, New York fifteen, Illinois twenty, Indiana fifteen, Michigan pine, Wisconsin eleven millions of bushels 1 each. Alabama yields something less than two millions; Keutucky, Missouri, and Ten nessee yields si* millions each, and Iowa and Maryland five millions each, It is stated that President Pierce has re cently bought a farm of600 acres near Coles- ville, Montgomery County { Md., a few miles from Washington, as his ftiture home. WEDNESDAY, SEPTT. 19. Sale off the State Road Care. The Chronicle & Sentinel, with well-acted gravitgl has mado some very serious char ges against Gov. Johnson and the Superin tendent of the Western & Atlantic Railroad with reference to tbe recent sale at Chatta nooga of certain oars belonging to the Road. It is difficult to tell which has been the more unscrupulous, the Chronicle or its pro- tige the Discipline, in bringing all manner of grave charges—as false as they are grave— against Gov. Johnson and the management of the State Road. Such a course seems to be peculiarly fitted to the present position of the former paper. Refusing to espouse tbe principles of Know-Notbingism, he goes in to fight its battles as an independent vol unteer, with whatever means may best con tribute to its success. As usual, this latest charge, that the cars belonging to the State has been sold and bid off by the Nashville k Chattanooga Road, at a great loss to the State, is wholly false. The facts of tbe case, are simply tbese.— Several suits have been commenced in the courts of Tennessee by certain residents of that State, against the State of Georgia, for damages which the former! ^claims to have sustained by delay of shipments, under former Administration. The Super intendent of the Western k Atlantic Rail road believed these claims to be vexa tious and unjust, and in accordance with his duty attempted to defeat them. In or der, therefore, to gain time which he deemed necessary for the preparation of his defence, he permitted a few stock cars, for which the State had no immediate use, to be sold. These cars were bid in by order of the Superintendent, and are now in possession of the State; there has been no harm done; no loss sustained; and we apprehend the honor of the State is placed on too firm a basis to be affected by so paltry a transac tion as this. It is the duty of the Superintendent, in all exigences such as we have named, to pursue that course which he may deem most advantageous to the interests of the Road; we presume that he did so in this in stance. Will the Chronicle and Sentinel say that he did not 1 Let the people re ceive this as a perfect answer to oTery charge of “Mismanagement of the State Road” which the opposition press have brought against the administration: that the Road was never in such a flourish ing condition as at present. It has already paid $100,000 into the Treasury, whioh will shortly be increased, and has a largesurplus on hand to meet every exigency that may arise. With all their charges, they have pro posed no method by which the revenue of the Road may be increased, or its condi tion improved. Let the people see these attacks in their true character, as the last resort of certain politicians, who hopeless of the success of their unsupported principles, attempt by false charges, and miserable hoaxes, to cheat tne people of Georgia into a Know-Nothing victory. Noble Conduct.—The fidelity of the ne groes is spoken of as not the least noticea ble feature in the history of the yellow fever at Norfolk. It is difficult, nearly impossi ble, to separate servants and mistresses.— Forbidden to enter tbe sick chamber, tbe blacks will creep into concealed places, hide beneath the beds, crouch in corners, employ every artifice to remain in attendence upon the mistress. Left to themselves, the ne groes are abject, refuse to take remedies, and die rapidly. Their last wish often is that they maty be buried near their mis tresses.—Richmond Enquirer. . . Such conduct as this is inexplicable to the "friends of the black man." We, who are familiar with the institution of slavery, can readily understand, and can bear am ple testimony to its truth. There is much in the institution of slavery, coaid our Northern friends but understand it, that is humanizing. Mutual reliance and support which attend the relation of master and slave, cannot fail in a majority of instances, to beget the kindliest and best feelings of which our nature is susceptible. The very fidelity above spoken of, implies necessarily love and protection on the part of those for whom the Norfolk slaves are willing to sac rifice their lives. There are tens of thousands of Southern men and women, who hold among the ob jects of their best affection the negro friend or playmate of their youth, or the old nurse who has rocked the cradle of their child hood, and whose devoted love amounts al most to idolatry. It would be well if the enemies of slavery would cease for awhile their untiring search.for exceptional cruel ties, and ponder over the account contained in the extract which heads this articls. The Maine Election. Maine has played the trick of the rusty musket—kicked—knocked Prohibition ana republicanism flat as flounders. Even the Tribune gives “signs of woe that all is lost.” —Morrill, Maine Law Republican, fails of a majority vote, and the “liberals,” as the Tribune calls them, have carried a majority of the Legislature, which will enable them to elect the entire State officers. Bell, (Dem.) or Reed, (Whig,) will be Governor. It is a regular Waterloo rout, and suggests the question—has’nt Prohibition had its day ? Yet, the Portland Advertiser affirms that Maine is, at heart, Republican and for Pro hibition—that the defeat is the result of ly ing, slander, bribing, double dealing, &o. —Oh! ah! The cradle of the Maine law has become its coffin.—[New York Mirror. The Maine election has resulted in a com plete victory of the friends of civil and re ligious liberty, and the Constitution of our common country. The unscrupulus •com bination of abolitionism, Know-Nothingism, and fanaticisn, has been routed, horse, foot, and dragoons. The triumph Ssema to lack no element of completeness. All honor to to the sterling Maine Democracy and their patriotic allies. The tidings of their victory, flying now on the lightning wires, will give joy to every true patriot in the Union. Gov. Johnson. Our friends from a distance will remem ber that Gov. Johnson will speak in this place on Thursday, 20th inst. We hope all parties will turn out on this occasion. If our opponents really wish, as they pretend, a refutation of the charges which have been so freely made again-<t the Democratic can didate, they will surely not loose this op portunity of hearing the gentleman him self. Wherever Gov. Johnson has spoken in relation to these matters, he has never failed to satisfy bis hearers of the correct ness of his official conduct; and we make no doubt that here, where these charges have been most strongly urged, he will like wise excnlpate himself from all suspicion of wrong, _ More Withdrawals. The Southerner, contains the following withdrawals from the Know-Nothing Coun cil at Rome. He was assured there were some eighteen or tweenty other names to be added to the list of signers: DiMovvrjp aff Diamonds In Vtrglnta. On Monday, the 27th of August, a most! singular discovery of two diamonds was | made at * Dudley’s Ferry,” King and Queen ; county the residence of Wm. Brooks, Esq. j —A correspondent of the Richmond Whig! details the oirccmstances of the discovery j of these diamonds which are indeed some- j what remarkable. It appears that as a j Mr. Taylor was engaged sawing the tim. bars for a boat-, out of an oak root his saw struck some hard substance which upon be ing punched out aad examined, was found to be a diamond of the size of a black eyed pea—shortly after a smaller one was also found in the same root. The teeth of both saws were knocked out by the contact. The oak tree to which this nx>t belonged was probably a hundred and fifty years old, and was growing a few weeks ago in the f round bordering upon a swamp upon Mr. i’s place. These diamonds were in shape octahedron, as most diamonds are in their natural state—of course they cut glass fine ly and were translucid, apparently of the first water. When found they were imbed ded two or three inches from the surface of the root, causing a defect in the wood of it for some distance around. Can any one state another instance of a diamond being found as these were, buried in a root beneath the ground probahiy for nearly a hundred and fifty years? It will be remembered that about a year ago, a laborer, while digging in the streets of Manchester, just opposite Richmond dis covered a diamond, a few feet below the surface of the earth, which proved to be one of enormous size, and was valued at some four or five thousand dollars. Con nect the recent discovery with the one of last year, and it would seem that there are many of these precious stones imbedded in the soil of old Virginia.—Petersburg Daily Express. Americans in Australia.—The Paris correspondent of the New Orleans Picayune contributes the following extract from a private letter written by an Englishman in Australia: You, who havebeenso much in America will not be surprised when I say that the Americans are by far the best men in this country. You know well their enterprise, but even you will be astonished at the follo wing piece of statisticle information: At Ballarat, according to the census commis sion the population is 22,000, of whom only 240 are Americans. In order to drain the water from the deep sinkings, and also to wash the stuff, there are seven steam en gines and machines; of these four belonged and were worked solely by Americans.— All the great contracts are token by them; the lines of stages to and from the ‘diggins’ that are accessible to wheels, and few are not, are all Yankee; the coaches either Troy or Albany built; the harness and all from the same country. In coming into the bay yon will notice that all the fine ships are American ; the best hotels are theirs; in fact, they are improving our people out of the place altogether.” The Epidemic In Virginia. A letter from Norfolk, received at Peters- burg, gives the following chapter of horrors: I saw at the Potter’s Field, (so great is the difficulty in obtaining grave diggers,) a pit about 16 to 20 feet square, in which was buried the bodies of 34 victims, piled one upon another, and covered over with dirt and lime, forming one huge and monstrous mound. Many have been interred without boxes or coffins, or anything else, save the blanket upon which they died. Several of our wealthiest citizens have been buried in rough square boxes, and tbe graves dug by their friends. In one instance, I heard of a father dig ging the graves of his two only daughters, and as many as nineteen to twenty bodies have been lying on the ground at the ceme tery, waiting their turn for interment as soon as the holes were dug, for in many in stances they were not more than 2) feet deep. Business is entirely suspended, and stores all closed. You cannot obtain a pound of sugar or a piece of soap. The rich as well as the poor are dependent upon the Howard Association, who have established a pro vision store, and who dispense food and pro visions to the needy with a bountiful baud Affair of Honor.—Thos. Francis Mea gher, Esq., the Irish patriot, had occasion a few days ago to call one of the distinguish ed parven ues ofNew York, an upper tendom Fifth Avenue millionare, to account for in sulting language to him, the said Meagher, spoken and uttered, and which his Milesian pluck would not allow him to brook. Mr. Meagher, placing greater reliance, and find ing, we suppose, greater congeniality with own nature, in Southern chivalry than in Northern prudence, called into requisition the services of our senior, Mr. Forsyth, and committed to him the management of the affair, involving his honer and prehaps his life. We are glad to see by the New York papere that the matter was settled honora bly and amicably, without, as “Ariel” says, a trip to Canada and pistols in the sharp morning air before breakfast. Our South ern men have a way of bringing such things to a focus which is novel to the inhabitants of the higher latitudes.—Mobile Reg. Tbe Democratic National Convention. As some of our contemporaries seem to be in doubt as to the manner in which the next Democratic National Convention is to be constituted, we publish the following re solutions of the last Democratic Convention, held at Baltimore, for general information : “Resolved, That the next Democratic Na tional Convention be held at Cincinnati, in the State of Ohio. “ Resolved, That in constituting future National Conventions of the Democratic party, in order to secure the respective rights of the States to their relative repre sentation in such conventions, each State shall be entitled to twice the number of del egates that it has votes in the electoral col lege, and no more; and that the Democrat ic national committee, in making arrange ments for the next National Convention, provide such a number of seats therein for each State, and secure the same to the dele gates elect. “Resolved, That the time of holding the next convention be designated by the Dem ocratic National Committee; and that in their call, the above resolution be inserted as the rale for choosing delegates.” Judicial Convention. In accordance with the calls of several counties the delegates of the Democratic par ty assembled in Newnan, on the 10th inst., for the purpose of considering the propriety of nominating a canidate for Judge of the Coweta circuit, when on motion of Col. J. L. Calhoun, Gen. John F. Mims was called to the Chair, and J. R. Smith requested to act as Secretary. It appearing that the sentiment of the Convention was opposed to a nomination, Jarred Whitaker, Esq., introduced the fol lowing Resolution, which was unanimously adopted: Resolved. That it is the opinion of this Convention, that it is not proper, or expedi ent, to noinii. f '• 1 re. and that we do now adjourn JOll> i Chair’n. J. R. Smith, Seoi'y. THE WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING. Terms—$2 (H) j>er annum, invariably tfi advannv FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. L. B. Strange, John R. Carr, W. B- Bailey, J. H. Strange, H, S. Calhoun, A- Fiirgersop, B. E. Furgerson, A. J, Middleton, L. Vaughn, Wm. S. Little, Jas. Linton, Wm. Dempsey, S. Sulivan, L. L. Strangp, Z. A. Bowen, J). J. Rivers, M. Emerson, T, Little, C. Cockran, S. L. Linton, J. D. Bailey, W. S. Bailey, Madame Rachel.—The Chairman of the Nolfolk and Portsmouth Aid Committee at New York has received the following note from Me. Rachel: New York, Sept. 8, 1855, Clinton Place. Mr. Chairman: I read in this morning’s paper the account of the sad calamity at Norfolk and Portsmouth. I write to con tribute my part to the relief of these great misfortunes, and for that purpose I send you (enclosed) the sum of one thousand dollars, which I beg you to be kind enough to add to the subscriptions, with the receipt of which yon are charged. Receive the assurances of my high re spect. Rachel. On Sunday week the fly kfiovn as the “plague fly.’*' appeared in Norfolk. It is a flat insect, with black back and red belly, and has very large wings. In Portsmouth they were so tbiok in the streets as to annoy persons walking, and induce them to place a covering over their faces. The appear ance of this fly is generally considered a good omen, as it is supposed to devour the malarious insects, FOR GOVERNOR, HERSCHEL Y. JOHNSON, OF BALDWIN.- FOR CONGRESS: 1st l>l»trlct-—J L. Seward, off ThMSH. Sd “ JI J Crawford, offMui’|«. Id ‘ Jaiuen ill Smith, orCpMn. 1th “ H. Winter, off Mortwetbor • tit « J. H. Ltnupkln,offFlo/d. •tit “ Howell Cobb, off Clarke. COUNTY NOMINATIONS. For tbe Senates i i JOHN COLLIER. For Representatives ALLISON NELSON PUBLIC MEETING. Messrs. Collier and Nelson, anti-Know- Nothing candidates for the Legislature, will address the citizens of Atlanta on Saturday evening the 22d inst., at the Athenmum. Political Dlaouaslon. Tuesday last wo wore prasaut at a discussion between Captain Xeison of our city, and Mr. B. H. Hill, the Know-Nothing candidate for Congress, in this District. It came off at Cross Keys, in De- Kul b eouuty, and before a very respectable meet ing for a District, as to numbers. The order of debate introduced Mr. Hill, who occupied his al lotted time, (30 minutes) in a laborious effort to eay just nothing iu tbe wurld. He succeeded. To Mr. Hilt’s shadows, Capt, Neisun opposed what mischance and bad fortune have discovered and exposed, upon the subject of Know-Nothing poli tics and policy. We invito special attention to th* following in cidents of this debate. Upun the secrecy of Know-Nothingism, Capt. Nelson was most felici tously severe, so much so that Mr. Hill owued up that the party had abolished that feature of the Order, and he only attempted to apologise for it. He was specially challenged to answor whether or not tho Ritual as giveu generally in Anti- Know- Nothing papers, w.;s the Ritual of the Order. Mr. Hill skulked. Capt. Nelson dragged him ack to the scratch and repeated the question, and the best that could be extort-jcl from a candidate for Congress on that point was that “he did not know tohat constitution he talked about,” and when it was shewn to him and held to his nose, he said, “ he did not know whether it was tho K. N. ritual or not.” Our pity was more intensely aroused, and so was tho as- tory such an odium as shall in all time to com* make it a by-word and a reproach. Citizens of Atlanta, read what one of yuur number has caus ed to b« published against your interests : REMOVAL—ARCHBISHOP JOHNSON —READ!—VOTERS IN SOUTH-WEST ERN GEORGIA! We received a letter yesterday evening from Atlanta, dated 10th inst., informing ns that Gov. Johnson's friends there (Demo cratic candidates for the Legislature, among them,) are using a letter from the pen ol His Excellency,' committing himself to “Re moval" of the Capital and to Atlanta. It is another base trick to catch votes. His friends in Atlanta freely use the letter around that fiity, but are a'raid to publish it, for fear the Governor’s friends in South- Western Georgia will “fly the track.” Our information is direct, in “black and white,” from a gentleman in Atlanta. Let the opponents of this treacherous move, wherever they be in this District, let those know the fact, who “do not take the papers.” Voters in South-Western Georgia who de sire to see the Capital removed to the North, era part of Georgia, may sustain Johnson as he is fully committed to that place. U|ly I Ufly for m Judge I It is with a feeling more akin to sorrow than anger, that we publish the subjoined certificate, corroborating a similiarone pub lished before by us. We appeal to all fair minded and candid men to say, if such in. direction and scheming are not lowering the dignity that should ever attach to the character that seeks the investiture of judi* cial robes. What we object to so strenously in this business, is, that Judge Irwin should alloio himself to become a party to so unfair a mode of conducting his canvass, as is evi dent from the certificates of four good men and true. If from a tender respect for the sanctity of the Judge-ship, the Know Noth ing candidate for that honor in the Blue Ridge Circuit, had in good faith made the proposition to run independently of party obligation or adhesion, we should have hon ored the sentiment that induced the offer.— But we must repeat, that the disclosure of the fact that this offer was made—but made only to delude—fills us with mortification and pain. It is another proof that Know- Nothingism is radically and inherently sembly that looked on, than our admiration at this j crank—that all its aims are morally ob- contemptible dudgo. Upon the onths taken by liquef an( j th(lt ahun3 the light . from the K. N’s. the Captain came down liko hail.— We squirmed while the larupping was going on, and still think to this day that Nolson’s licks were more vigorous than polite. Now, voters of the 4th, hear tho pitiful gabbling of the man who seeks your votes in reply to his opponents' taunts and arguments against tho oaths and secresy of this party. Mr. Hill said, that when tho party first disclosed its organization its members Wero shot down—in New York they were abused and here if they had openly formed a party, this va liant gentleman enquired in tho language of our notes, “and wouldn’t they have shot us, too, fel low-citizens, and burued our houses V’ We assert it for the fact, and we dare '.Ir. Hill to deny it, that at tho Cross Keys inoctiug he avowed that before this the foreigners “ wore so strong that his party were obligod to meet in secret.” The inference was that he and his party dared not, for fear of foreign horn citizens, meet in public. And in justification ho dclared our fathars swore to tho Declaration of Independence, after organizing in teen t, that judge, juror and officer were all sworn, and much more of such stuff, all going to shew oither that Mr. Ilill did not care what ho he said, or that he lacked sense enough to go to Congress. And, by way of making all this pusillanimous fear of a handful of foreigners in Georgia seem the more ludicrous in one of the custodians par excel lence of the “intense Amorican Ieeling,”Mr. Hill wound up tliis part of his subject by asking, with mock heroic tones and gestures, if Judgo Warner was afraid to meet him, ought we to send him against abolitionists? By bis own shewing, if any man cau beat Mr. Hill in being scared to death in the face of danger, he is not to be found South. Wo were amused at the happy manner Mr. Hill evaded the home questions put to him by Captain Nelson, on his religious platform. We have seen something like it, when n boy tried to shoot a woodpecker on the body of a tree. As Nelson approached the doughty candidate, he jumped around, hiding liis body, with only one eye visi ble, which was, as Peter Reid would say, a “very dense eye,” and kept steadily on tho Captain. Wo novereould learn from Mr. Hill what ho intends to do with the Catholics. We only thought that were we .one,‘wo would as soon goto tho Dovil at once, as tofallin to hie power. Yet it was the same stale twaddle of opposition, only to all such as “owed civil allegiance to the'Pope.” Wo will not pursue this disgusting detail of porverted his tory, perverted mind, and perverted truth any farther. We took full notes, and intended to pay our respects at length to Mr. Hill. But who has the heart to dilate on tho willful ness and hopelessness of an intelligent man who does not scruple to say that he was afrnid of being shot in Georgia by foreigners if he came out ns a Know-Nothing in open day, or who asserts that the Duke of Richmond’s letter, saving that “ the powers of Europe had unanimously resolved to subvert this government and by tho aid of Catho lic influence,” was among the first moving reasons for the establishing of tho K. N. party in this country, or that in 1854 more than 400,000 for eigners came to these States, and that of this number 234,306 were paupers, or that one-half of the felons in this country were foreigners, or that $4,000,000 “ of our money ” went to the support of foreign pauperism. Humbug and self-stultifi cation culminates in all parts of Mr, Hill’s speeches. His manner in reply to Captain Nelson, which he consumed two hours and twenty-five minutes in making, was to the last degreo offensive and un- mannorly. We take great pleasure in stating that so far as argument, humor, and gentlemanly bear ing was concerned, the Anti-Know-Nothings pro- sent had abundant cause to congratulate them selves upon the effort of their champion. Wo heard many of our friends express thoir satisfac tion at the result. Root Him Out I Voters of Fulton, look at this Tile trick of some man iD our midst, who seeks to sell us to aid the bedraggled flag of Know-Nothinism in Georgia.— We received enclosed in a letter from a friend in Albany tho subjoined slip from the organ of the Order in that place. Read it and see to what low aud mean devices that “intense American feeling,” is «»-cending that it may maKe capital. Will you vote for a man or a party in yonr midst that makes partiality to Atlanta a crime ? Do you in tend to stand by and suffer men in our very midst, to sacrifice your hopes of seeing Atlanta the Capi tol of this State l And for what ? Why, that a miserable pot patriot, that is the laughing stock of Georgia, shall be a legalized tool in tbe hands of men who hnvo a use for it for two years. There is not a man, woman or child, whose home is here, that is not directly and materially ntcrestcd in tho removal of the Seat of Govern ment to the city of Atlanta. The wealthy pro prietor of city property—the large dealer and the small retailor—the carrier—the everybody in short, down to the poor woman who has but a has- ket of eggs to sell, is not indifferent to the question of removal. All Cherokee too, is interested in the question; and yet we have a set here in the lines of tho corporation who would sink all this, who would upset the liberal and laborious exertions of our best citizens, in securing the cherished design. We have never known a political conflict to en gender as much virulence, falsehood and bitter ness as tho present. In the struggles for ascend ancy between the old Whigs and Democrats wo ex perienced very little comparatively of the present reckless and destructive hostility among members of our community. The evil we all have to de plore who have tho honor and safety of the coun try at heart, and those who thus feel are.aot re sponsible for it. No longer than this day have we soon violent abolition appeal, published in a print of this city, wbU'h was intended to inflame white m@u in this oommunify against Gov. John son, for allowing negroes to he firemen on the Stato Railroad. Then this abominable and unna tural strlko at the prosperity of Atlanta by ono of her own falso sons turns up to give us a further commentary of illustration of the blind and fa natical rage of a desperate party. Its days are numbered, thanks to the patriotism and good sense of tho country and we are wiUing that-its sup porters shall fasten forever upon its name and hll- instinct, because its deeds are evil. We submit to a candid people the following cer tificate : Cedar Town,Polk Co.,Ga„ Sept. 10th 1855. We, tbe undersigned, certify that we were members of a Council of the Know- Nothing party at Cedar Town. That the Council of the order at that place appointed delegates to a Judicial convention to be held at Marietta, during the last March term of Cobb Superior court. That Col. E. D. Chilolm and Jas. D. Waddell, who were ap pointed as delegates, returned from said convention and reported to the Council that Judge Irwin was unanimously nom inated as the canidate for tbe party. But that it was necessary that this be kept a profound secret, as the design was to run him as a no party man with those who were not members of the order, and that it would not do for the people to know that ho was nominated by a Know-Nothing con vention, or that he took part in politics.— Some of the members of the council object ed to the nomination, on the ground that Judge Irwin was not a member of the or der. To this the delegates replied, that Judge Irwin was with the order in feeling, sympathised with it, and fully endorsed all of its principles, and offered to join the or der, but that he was told by members of the order not to do it, as he could run a strong er race as the candidate of thej order, by keeping out and telling people that he had not joined it. This explanation was regar ded satisfactory to the Cedar Town council, and no further objections was made to the nomination. G. D. IIARMON, T. G. W. McMEEKIN, D. N. CRATON. [For tho Atlanta Daily lutolligoncor.j Fairib Knowe, Sept. 2d, 1855. Gentlemen: I see by your last paper that the State Road made $527,207 in ten months. So much the better. Capitalists will all know, that if it makes so much now under State management, it will make a great deal more under the control of a vigilant compa ny, caring more for their own interest than for the popularity of its officers, and will take it at cost for a shorter time, or perhaps pay a premium which it might be well to allow them to do. I think it quite probable a company will take the Road at its present cash value and bind themselves to return it in good order in twenty years. In publishing my letter you made a mis take. I said, require the Superintendent to give a detailed account, on the first of Jan uary next, of the earnings of tho Road for for the last six months, (I meant then end ing-) What will the next Legislature do with Massachusetts and Vermont? There are always two parties to a con tract. Perhaps I take a singular view of the Constitution of the United States. I conceive that Georgia for herself bargained with twelve other sovereigns or nations.— She undertook with each and every of the twelve to abide by certain engagements and obligations. Each and every of the twelve each for itself engaged and promised, in good faith to Georgia, to stand to and abide by like engagements and obligations for the benefit of Georgia. Between nations it is not as it is between individuals. When one party to a contract violates it or refuses to carry it out, the de linquent cannot be freed. The injured party must go to war to enforce the agree ment or declare the contract at an end. The people of all countries are becoming too enlightened to permit their rulers to gov ern when it is possible to avoid it. They have discovered that to the winner the game does not pay for the candle, that kings and commanders and commodores may dance and rejoice over conquered provinces, lieu tenant-generalships and admiralties, but that they have to pay the fiddlers and build the bonfires. With ^Massachusetts and Vermont then we must take the other course. They have violated the contract and refused to abide by their engagements. In the days of Nulli fication the Union men contended that if we nullified an act of Congress we put ourselves out of the Union. We nul'ifiers replied, not necessarily, if we nullify and any of the other States choose so to consider us, they might declare us out of the Union. Massachusetts and Vermont have nullified an act of Congress in a matter of vital im portance to all the slaveholding States.— Tho Georgia Legislature is the first that meets; let its first act be to declare them out of tho Union, and the reasons.— Exclude their vessels and products from our ports, until by a commercial treaty with the United States they acquire the right to en ter. Southern Senators will fsee to it that in that treaty she engage to restore our sto lon property, and steal no more. Direct our Representatives in Congress to object to the representation from those States tak ing their seats in either House, and invite all the Slave-holding States to do the same. There is yet another matter of paramount importance whioh must engage the atten- tiot of the next Legislature, and upon which it is absolutely necessasy the members elec ted should be well posted up, and the pub lic mind wdl prepared. I have heard several political speeches, and seen many political essays, if such things can be designated with tho appella tion of politics. I have heard the National Democrats abuse and villify the National Americans, and the National Americans are nowise deficient in thafftelegant and gen teel accomplishment called strong mind and have abused the National Democrats with a right good will. About the wrongs of Qeorgia and the manner of redressing them I have seen or heard very little. ’ Both parties profess to stand on the bloody fourth, but all their talk i s about their love of the Union. Indeed, I f ear both will follow Capt. Garmany’s example, and permit their feelings to overpower their judgement, and make them go for the Union rights or no rights. Their patriotism ap pears to be oozing out from the tip of their tongues, as Bob Acre’s courage oozed out at the tip of his lingers. They all say dis rupt if the bloody fourth is invaded. Our enemies are pursuing their object with a constancy and vindictive violence with a correctness of purpose, and irate vigilance seldom paralelled in tho actions of nations. They have doomed us. I apprehend no sane man doubts they are determined to compel us to drink the cup of disgrace, degradation, humiliation, and vile slavish submission to the dregs. They have elected an overwhelming majority sworn to repeal the Kansas Nebraska Bill and the fugitive slave law, and they will do it, for they are a people who since they as pilgrims determined to leave house and home, and kin and country, to carry out their peculliar notions in the wilderness have taken no step backwards. They will not do it now. Is Johnson and Andrews and Ilill and Warner, unaware that a proposition is to be made fora dissolution of this Union. They all say on a certain contingency, we must disrupt, but I am yet to hear that either of them has indicated how that is to be done, or what preparations the South should make to meet the emergeegy. Say the fugi tive slave law is repealed, and Georgia with draws from the confederacy, where do we stand. We have no connection with the other Southern States, no treaties with any power under the sun, and probably could not have for months, and everything would be at a stand still. What is to be done ? Nobody has said. Nobody seems to have given a thought to the subject. Most respectfully I submit. The first act of the Legislature should be to invite the slaveholding States to meet her in con vention at Atlanta, to institute a provisional government, with power in its executive head to call the delegates together upon the happening of any event which we have sworn not to sutler, and at the same time by proclamation, to throw open our ports to the free commerce of the world, and send agents to negotiate commercial treaties with foreign nations, and take steps for their common safety. Something of the sort it seems to me should be done. Abler men can no doubt devise better measures. Very respectfully, JOHN A. JONES- Interesting to Zoologists.—For some weeks M. Wm. Dwyer, of Paxton, has mis sed numbers of his barn yard fowls, in a manner quite unaccountable. He ubUiched in vain for the depradr.tor of his hen-roost, and finally concluded to set a trap for him. Accordingly he did so, and upon going to his barn on Sunday morning last, found the mid-n ight robber caught securely by the leg. It was a curious animal indeed, and such a one as has not been before seen in this part of the country, according to the recollection of the “oldest inhabitant.” Its, head represents the appearance of a fox, its body striped like that of a coon, while its teeth resemble those of a cat. The body is about eighteen inches long, of a greyish col or, and it swings a bushy tail two feet in length. Somo who have seen the animal, think it is a fox martin, while others are quite certain it is not. Mr. Dwyer has the animal securely caged, for the purpose of giving all who wish an opportunity to see it.— Worcester Transcript. The Pope and Sidney Smith. “I thought,” says he, “that the terror of the Pope had been confined to the limits of the nursery, and merely employed as a means to induce young maser to enter into his small clothes with greater speed, and to eat his breakfast with greater attention to decorum. For these purposes the name of the Pope is admirable.” DIED, on the 5th inst., at the residenoe of h f randfather, Capt. W. B. Taylor, in Mariett Irs. CLARA JANE, consort of Maj. C. A. Dc by, aged 20 years, II months, and 6 days. The deceased was the favorite of her vast ciri of frionds. She submitted to her painful illnc without a murmur: her voice was that of affectio ate suavity as long as her utterance was distini and her characteristic generosity was manifest the last moment of her earthly existence. H death succeeded that of her infant by the bri interval of only one week. She was a commur cant of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Thus, within a year after her marriage, one the most beautiful, intelligent and accomplishc has been consigned to the tomb. 11 In the midst of life we are iD death.” GEORGlA, Paulding County. WE, the Grand Jury sworn, chosen and select ed for the county of Paulding, beg leave to make the following presentments, to-wit: Upon examination of tho Superior and Inferior Clerks’ books, we find them neatly and correctly kept. Also, upon examination of the Ordinary's books, we find them correctly kept. We find that ho has received, since his term of office, for the years 1852, ’53 and ’54 $750 14 Poor school fund of 670 72 Loaves a balance ou hand of $79 43 after paying his commissions on tho same. We have, through our appropriate committee, examined the books of our County Treasurer and find them neatly and correctly kept. We find that he has received, sinee tho 4th of July, 1854,. up to September 3d, 1855, $954 04 And has paid out, 94S 4fi) Leaving a balance on the hands of the Treasurer of $5 55 Wo likewise find in his hands, iu notes belong ing to the county, tho amount of $022 47. Upon the examination of the condition of the Pauper funds, (which is in tho hands of the County Treasurer,) wo find that he has received $106, and paid out, by order of tbe Inferior Court, $30, leaving a balance in his hands of $76, sub ject to the order of said Court. Wo have, through a committeo taken from our body, examined our court-house and jail, and find that the plas :ering of the court-house is falling off, and recommend tho Inferior Court to have the same repaired. We regret to find that'our jail is altogether insecure. Upon examination of tho Tax Receiver’s books, we find that ho has omitted to givo the amount of the State and county tax on his books, conse quently we are unable to know whether ho has mado a final settlement with the Court for the: year 1854 or not. We request respectfully that our members mj the ensuing Legislature will havo an act passed authorizing the Inferior Court to lay such a pev cent, upon the State tax as shall be nec ® s=, | I 7 speedily to discharge the indebtedness ol ttll! county. In taking leave of his Honor, Judgo Irwin, e tender him our thanks for the able and impurtm manner with which he has discharged the ardu ous duties of his office. Also, wo return our thanks to E. D. Chisolm, Solicitor-General, lor his oourtosy tendered to this body during t c terms of this Court. , N. B. Wo find our rooms generally in b ai * o. rtlcr .' We request that our presentments be publisue in the Intelligencer <£• Advocate at Atlanta. Jos Ragsdale, Foreman Isaac Osbon, Sarnuei Sheats, Edward Hagin, Samuel Chappell, Claibourn Bishop, Stephen Land, Walter Lamair, William Allgood, Asa Hendrick, John Gain, Benjamin II Smith-, Thomas A Camp, Allen Umphrey, William Thomason, Darius E Whitworth,. George A Owen, Jamos L Adair, Roubou B McClung, John H Mathews, * Joel R Pruitt. On motion of E. D. Chisolm, Sol. Gen 1., it or dered that this presentment bo published according. to tho request of tho Grand Jury. _ D. IRWIN, J. S. C. A true oopy of tho minutes. . 8. L. STRICKLAND, Clerk-