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ATHENS POST.
8. P. IV1N3, EDITOR AND PUOFUUTOtt.
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ATIIU.VS, f'HIDAY, IHAHCIIDi 1853.
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ed out. No departure from this rule under
any circumstance.
See commercial letters next page,
ISP The gentleman who got up A Nut
for Know Nothings to Crack," is too deep,
hidden, and mysterious- for us.' Still, if he
will favor us with nn interview, we will, per
: hups, publish his document, although for the
life of us we can't make anything out of it.
We shall have to cull on Eastman to furnish
. ft koy for it, or purchnse a copy of Clmuipol
Ion on Egyptian hieroglyphics. 1
New Post Office. A new post-office
has been cstabtihed at Oxford, McMinn coun
ty, and Daniel McPhail appointed post-moster,
It is ou the Kingston route
. , Odd Fellows Celebration. MoMinn
Lodge, No. 64, Independent Order of Odd
Fellows celebrated their Fifth Anniversnry
by procession, die, on Wednesday last. The
procession, numbering some fifty members,
after marching through the principal streets
of the "city," repaired to the Presbyterian
Church, where nn address of more than or.
dinory Interest and ability was delivered by
Rev. G. A. Caltwell. After which, the
ceremonies of the occasion terminated.
13? The Directory East Tennessee and
Georgia Railroad met on Friday last, at the
office of the Company in Athens, and organ
ized by re-electing C.Wallace President, and
R.C.Jackson Secretary and Treasurer and
Superintendent of Transportation. We un.
derstand the Directory accented the proposi
tion to change the timo of the annual meet
ing of the Stockholders to the first Monday
in September, instead of the fust Monday of
January, as heretofore. Also, that the next
. annual meeting of Stockholders is to be held
at Knoxville.
t-Our friends, T. F." and "I R. H."
have now had three shots apiece, and they
. must excuse us for suggesting that it would
be of more advantage to them and the causes
they ore advocating respectively, to continue
and terminate the controversy on the stump.
We have had no objection so far to publish,
ing thoir communications, but it is very evi.
dent, to us at least, that argument will soon
.1. be exhausted, and the "sharp-shooting" do
.' generate into personalities and a mero inter
,. chunge of expletives. And we desire to tcr
e: tuintite.it, so far as our columns are concern
i' ed, before it arrives at n point where we
should have to cut it off in a more abrnpt
, manner. Wu trust both our friends will un.
deratand nnd appreciate tho motive that die-
.' tatus this paragraph.
t3Col. Win, II. Sneed is announced in
the Knoxville papers as a candidate for Con
gross in the 2d District. Col. Sneed is a
gentleman of a high outer of talents, and
. has labored hard and made as many sacrifices
us any man in Cast Tennessee to promote
the success of his party. No man would
more creditably represent the District.
13?" A writer in the Cleveland Banner,
over the signature of "Anti-Know Nothing,"
suggests Gen. Wm. Wallace, of Blount co.,
, as a suitable person to be run as the demo
- crntic candidate for Congress in this District
' The same writer also suggests the calling s
nominating Convention, to assemble either
. at Athens or Cleveland.
(fcjr "Tight Boots" must excuse us for not
' publishing his communication, A little of a
"good thing" is very well, hut too much is
worse than none nt all. Now dont misun
derstand us we have no objection to the
stvle or matter; but discussion is profitless,
There is only one way in which the question
. can bo settled that is for the legislature to
send it to the people to voto upon. If they
are for it, the subsequent legislature will be
bound to carry out their wishes by the en.
. actment of a Prohibitory law; and this will
get rid of tho constitutional quibble about
which we hear so much. By the way, there
rover wns anything started yet but what
some learned gentleman would get up and
roar you an hour or two upon its unconsti
tutionitlity. If our Temperance friends de.
siro to surcoed in their object, and we pro.
sums they do, thev must be content to adopt
. the policy of mbmhsion. Assembling in
Stale and County Conventions, praying
passing a few "milk and cider" resolutions,
nd adjourning, does no good. Running a
Prohibitory man hero and there over the
Stato, nine out of ten of whom will be
thunderstruck on the 2d day of August, will
do no good. The next Legislature will meet
and adjourn, like the last, without doing any
thing with the subject; and in two years we
shall liavo the question lip again, with the
usual amount of gas and enthusiasm nt the
outset, and the sanio lamo and impotent con
elusion. It seems to us that it requires a
very small amount of gumption to see that
ti6mis.iirt is the only policy thnt can b
adopted to bring the matter to a test and
Coal disposition, or that can bo pursued with
any prospect of success, either imniediulo or
remote. W e have groat respect for the opin
ions of those who think differently about
this mutter, but they are mistaken in their
haste they are getting ahead of the vehicle,
We belong to the fast order, but prefer the
ejlow coach to tho express, when we feel cer
tain the lust will break down or smash up
and spill its passengers on tho ;ood. Clr.p
on tho brakes, brethren, and be content to
jog ulur;; moderately but more surely.
(&" A gentleman whu Intends to know
asscila that there are fifteen hundred mem
bers of the Know Notliii g order in MoMinn
oouniy. We dont know where ho got his
information, or what reliance is to be placed
iu the stKliuicnt; but it recurs to us the
tk'tuos are i athor tail for i voting popuiatiou
of livo th; tnd.
EAST TENNESSEE AND GEO. RAIL
ROAD. In oar paper today will be found the report
of the Secretary and Treasurer, to the Presi
dent, of the condition of the Company on the
first day of December laaL If our recollec
tion is nut at fault, this is the first time wc
ever published a report of this kind, except
in pamphlet form; and we do so now for the
purpose of correcting the false statements,
emanating from an anonymous writer and
undergoing publication in the "Knoxville
Standard." This writer, who seems to be
living iu blissful ignorance of the eleventh
commandment, is laboring to get op ao ex
citement snd a fuss generally, because the
President in bis report thought proper to
give some idea of the responsibility snd la.
bor of the duties performed during the year
by the officers of the Company more es
pecially of the Secretary and Treasurer. And
in doing this, he was not pretending, as we
uuderatood him, either in words or figures,
to give the financial condition of the Com
pany. We presume his reason for this was
that stockholders might better understand
how to appreciate the clamors of such as were
finding fault with the salaries paid these of
ficers a matter, if the President had been
of our mind, lie would not have given any
attention to, as the history of the enter
prise, from its inception to the present time,
proves that there are some men determined
to object to every inovemunt and measure
no mutter how wisely Conceived or how ju
diciously carried out. But the figures in the
report now published will place misrepresen
tation beyond the power of the caviller, and
show tht if the stockholders had seen pro
per to adopt the President's suggestion, it
would not have required any very great de
gree of financial skill on the part of that of
ficer to have carried out such an order.
The honesty and firmness of the President
and Directors in doing simple justice to cer
tain stockholders seems to have greatly ruf
fled the temper and disturbed the equanimity
of certain gentlemen whom, we suppose, had
no stock on which to claim dividends. We
ask the attention of live last while we brief
ly recapitulate tho facts, as we have no doubt
we can edify them considerably. The char
ter of the Company provided that the road
should be considered as complete and finish.
ed hen built to the South bank of the Ten
nessee river. This was accomplished Blount
county made a laudable effort to draw an ex
tension of the road through her borders, to
connect at Knoxville, or elsewhere, with the
East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad. The
result was legislation that allowed this Com
pnny to take choice as to routes both sides
of the river proposing a partnership. The
Company decided in favor of the route North
of the Tennessee, and took into partnership
new stockholders. Now, in the name of jus
tice, who ever supposed that any of these
new stockholders would ever set up a claim
to any portion of tho earnings of the old
Company: or by what rule of equity is such
a claim now urged? Assuredly the original
shareholders were the lawful and only own
ers of the track from Dalton to Loudon, and
alone entitled to the profits. But this is not
nil. The subscription gotten up on the part
of the new stockholders provided that it was
void, unless the amount of two hundred
thousand dollars was subscribed. The effort
was a dead failure only about one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars of reliable stock
being subscribed. . The old Company, by
their Directors, relieved the new subscr bers
from their difficulty by subscribing fifty thou
Band dollars of stock on their list, payable
only when the subscription North of the Ten-
nsssee had been paxd up in full and expended.
This net was not only gratuitous and liberal,
but more: At a subsequent meeting Janu
ary, 1854, we believe this tame Directory,
waiving the proviso or restriction, ordered
this fifty thousand dollars to be placed to the
credit of tho President, to bo used as ho
thought best in prosecuting the work North
of the Tennessee river, which was done.
Now are nut these old stockholders entitled
to some showing for this fifty thousand in
some way! They ore new stockholders to
that extent, and usidu from the earnings out
of which this money was paid being justly
and legally theirs, it is surely their right to
have some evidence of this stock. They have
the right to demand their earnings to the lust
dollar in cash, yet they have permitted the
funds to be used for the extension of the roud.
And now a row is sought to be kicked up
because the President recommends and the
Directory order the dividend of $3,00 to the
share each to bo paid in stock, not only to
these men, but to all others who will aid tlie
extension of the road to Knoxville by pay
ing up in full.
Can it be possible that it is Knoxville that
is driving at this game? Is it some of the
old joint stock company who are thus throw.
ing their cold and fatal embrace around the
"Stnndard,"and using its columns to subserve
their private ends and gratify their spleen?
We hope we are mistaken; yet it is strange,
pnssing strange, that the only two roads
Knoxville has any prospect of having the
benefit of for many, many years to come
the East Tennessee and Georgia and the
East Tennessee and Virginia receive neither
aid or comfort from that quaitcr on the
contrary, their only opposition comes from
thence. What it to be accomplished by such
a course what object is had in view? Are
your pets, the Raubone Gap and the Ken
tucky enterprise in doubtful condition, es
pecially the former, and is it desirable just
ut this time to raise the cry of "stop thief!"
We certainly have no disposition to en
courage a controversy that, if continued,
must necessarily result in a revival of nil
the prejudices and bad feelings towards
Knoxville, which existed few years ago,
and which were engendered by the system
of opposition and fault-finding pursnod by a
few men at that place Unless we are badly
mistaken, these same men are at work again,
misrepresenting, and endeavoring to create
difficulties and troubles, at a time when har
mony and good feeling are dusirnble, Now
if they think they can make such a course
pleasant or profitable to themselves, or re
dound to tho advantage of Knoxville, they
ought to keep on. It will, perhaps, be our
duty to accompany them, and seo that they
do not grow wsury, fuiut, and fall ly the
w aysido bef gro their object ia oocomplishod. '
Annexed will be found the reports of the
Superintendent of Transportation and Sec
retary and Treasurer, which we have no
doubt will prove satisfactory to all, except
such as have manifested, from first to last,
an unyielding disposition not to be satisfied
under any circumstances:
BEPORT OF THE SUPERIXTEXDENT OF
TRANSPORTATION.
Omci East Tins, dt Ga. Rail Road Co., J
Athens. 1st December, 1654. )
ifai. C. Wallace, President E. Tcnn. t Go.
Rail Hood Company :
Sis The gross earnings of this Road, for
the year commencing 1st December, 1853, and
ending on the 30th fvovember, 1854, were:
From Freight, $81,008 60
From Passengers, 87,871 77
For Mail Service, 6.160 00
(125,028 37
Expenses ch'd to Trans
portation, 29,208 11
Expenses ch'd to Main
tenance of Way, . 16,518 5246,726 63
Nett earnings, 179,301 74
' Respectfully,
R C. JACKSON.
Superintendent of Transportation.
STATEMENT
Of the General Account of the East Tennessee
Jc Georgia Hail Road Company, December 1,
1854. .
axciim.
Capital Stock, Stats, (426,500 00
Individuals, 6X9,616 68
Stock Scrip, 24,834 00
Bills Payable, 202,120 CO
State Loan, 830,000 00
Company Bonds, 810,000 00
Hiwassee Scrip Certificates, 2,968 00
Due to Individuals, 63,439 SO
Transportation, 151,180 02
$2,539 548 60
PUBuasniiNTS.
Construction, $1,079,675 70
Bridge at Loudon, 125,247 05
Iron and Equipments, 600,918 40
Real Estate, 26,878 21
Right of Wav, 18,874 81
Hiwassee Old Debts, 83,213 61
Interest, 124,648 45
Expenses, 67,652 74
Profit and Loss, 19,630 27
Dividends, 26,635 00
Post Otfice Department, 4,245 94
Bills Receivable, 80,455 48
Due from Banks, 117.1 70
Due from Individuals and Agencies, 88,192 42
Cash on hand, 176.187 47
Steamboat Stock, 12,861 85
$2,539,548 60
Ornca E. Tin. A Ga. Rail Road Co., )
Athens, 1st December, 1854. J
Mai. O. Wallace, President East Tenn. dt Ga.
Rail Road Company :
Sir Above you have a statement of the
condition of the Company on the 1st day of
ueceinoer, mo 4.
Respectfully,
It. C. JACKSON, Sec'y and Treas.
t3F The Central Democrat, Jackson,
Teunessee, ie in a very happy state over what
it fondly believes to be a prospect for a
"blow up" among the opponentsof democra
cy, because the "Athens Post," and one or
two other papers had the independence to ex
press their feelings and correctly reflect the
sentiment of their localities upon the sub
ject of a candidate for Governor. We beg
our democratic friends not to deceive them
selves with such idle fancies. If the
"Athens Post" and other dissatisfied prints
were to go off and remain off, it would not,
perhaps, affect tho result very materially.
There was a very serious defection in the
Statu in the last Presidential contest; a third
ticket was nominated; in some instances men
of character, talents and influence arrayed
themselves in opposition to the nominee of
the party, virtually casting their strength
and weight for his opponent, yet in despite
of all opposition from without and fioni
within, tho electoral vote of Tennessee was
cast for tho whig candidate. With such nn
example and Its farcical, impotent conclusion
before us, we shall not do that for which wo
condemn others. It would be too exceedingly
funny to go off now, and after awhilo come
begging back again it would be worse to
remain, and while professing friendship prae.
tice opposition. What we have heretofore
said on tho subject was dictated by sound
and pure motives. While we profess to
publish a whig paper, we will pursue thnt
course which in our own judgment is best
calculated to promote the interests and suc
cess of the party. When the party disbands,
as all parties virtually do whon they lose sight
of the principles laying at the base of their
organization and confess to no higher ob.
ject than the spoils of office and the love
of power, there is no longer an obligation
resting upon any one to continue his con
ncclion with them, and success is not worth
contending for. Twelve months ago we be-
liovcd, with a good many others, that the
whig party was dead as somebody has made
Mr. Benton say, "defunct in tho abstract"
very dead, indeed. Later, however, we
thought we saw reasons for changing that
opinion thai though in a state of quiesence,
it was not dead, but sleeping, and that at the
proper time it would arouse, shake off its
lethargy, put on its armor, and, like a giant
refreshed by his slumbers, march once more
to battle and to victory. But we confess thnt
recent events have somewhat shaken our
faith in its recuperative powers, and that the
time of iti resurrection is not yet. Still we
can see no particular cause for despair. It has
been upon its back a good many timet before
und has some how or other managed to get
upon its legs again. Who knows but the
next President of the United States may be
a whig! The darkest hour is always just
before day. At any rate, we beg of our
friend of the "Central Democrat" not to be
guile himself and his readers with any vain
and idle delusions not to unctify himself
with Talso hopes. When the new organlzru
tion, known as the American party, whlchap
pears to be absorbing all other parties and
fragments of parties, and which its friends
say has strength enongh in this State to elect
a Governor outside of either the whig or
democratio parties, shall have accomplished
itt mission and run Its course, we ahall prob
ably have a whig and a demooratio party again,
unless the latter should become too much ex
hausted by the piercings it is receiving to
take the field ouue more. We know a trick
worth two of that at which our friend of tho
"Democrat" is driving. Wait aud be watch,
ful.
tH7 The Nushvilla Whiir ia nroachinrr
some very sensible doctrine in re card tn the
next canvass In thit State. We only regret
that it didn't commenc a little earlier and
begin tit the beginning.
CONGRESSIONAL,
Washiot6, Starch, 3.
Every imaginable scheme to deplete the
Treasury, was brought forward this morning
in the shape of amendments to the Appropri
ation Bills. ....
The President vetoed the Ocean Mail
Steam Ship Bill, in consequence of the
amendment relative to the Collins line. The
Senate struck out the amendment and re
passed the Bill. The House sustained tho veto
the vote for the Bill being 98 to 79, not
constitutional majority.
The House passed the Bill appropriating
$160,000 for the improvement of the Savan.
nah river.
Washington, March 4.
The Senate, last night, concurred in the
report of the Committee of Conference on
the Army and Post Office Appropriations
Bills.
. Concurrence with the resolution in re'
gard to any interference with the Minnesota
Legislature was refused.
. The Bounty Land Bill was signed. The
bill gives 1G0 acres to every person serving in
our wars not less than 14 days since 1790, as
well as to those who were engaged in actual
buttle for a less period the widows and mi
nor children to receive the benefit in case of
the death of the person so entitled. The
benefits of the act are extended also to tho
widows of the officers and soldiers of the
revolution, and to some others.
The session continued all night, but most
of the time nothing was done, there being no
quorum.
This morning nothing worthy of notice
transpired, with the exception of the rejec
tion of the bill for the admission of Oregon
into the Union, and at noon the Senate ad
journed. Ti.. it..- . i i,:. ..,...;
t 11V 11UUIW) nm IHU VVUMI ,1,19 UJW,
agreed to the Senate's amendments to the
Civil and Diplomatic Bill, striking out the
Tariff clause.
The Senate's amendment to the Postoffice
Appropriation Bill requiring prepayment of
postage in all eases after the lstof Jan., 1856,
was concurred in.
An attempt was made to get up the bill to
prevent foreign paupers, criminals or insane
persons coming to this country. A debate
ensued which touched on Know Nnrhing-
ism, but the bill was finally laid on the ta.
ble.
The report of the Committee of Conference
on tho Navy Appropriation Bill wns concur
red in. The bill makes a clear appropriation
for the ocean mail service, but says nothing
about the Collins steamers, leaving it option
al with with the President to continue the
appropriation to the line or not. It is gen
erally thought that it will be continued. -
At half past eleven o'clock this morning
the report of the Committee of Conference
on the Civil and Diplomatic Bill was concur
red in. When the roll was called, Mr. Ben
ton violently protested against his name being
called, and said that the proceedings were il
legal, and he would not answer, as it was a
violation and desecration of the Sabbath, &c.
Much excitement ensued, in the midst of
of which the Speaker playfully asked the
doorkeepor to put him out. The proceed
ings, however, were orderly, and the House
adjourned at noon.
13?" The Democratic prints appear to be
anxious to nmke the impression thatMr.Gcn
try is, or will be, the Know Nothing candi
date for Governor. Now we don't believe n
word of this. We do not believe there is the
slightest foundation for it. If the American
party is as strong in Tennessee as some per
sons represent it to be, they will probably
nominate some man whose name has not
been meitioned in connection with the office.
This is tie course the order has pursued ill
some other States perhaps it will be their
policy here. Who can tell ' If it should,
wouldn't the effect be startling! A peal of
thunder from a cloudless sky wouldn't be a
priming to it. Look sharp and stand from
under. ,
iy Our clever friend of the "Knoxville
Standard" wants to know how it is that we
assume such a deferential tone when ad
dressing "city editors." We are surprised at
the question. Silliness and vanity must be
flattered, while sanity and modesty may be
reasoned with. The wise man said, "a soft
answer tiirnetli nwny much wrath" mean
ing, doubtless, that young goslings and stale
eggs should be tenderly handled. No allu
sion to you, John, however you're one of
our sort, educated in the printing office, and
know all the ropes.
EgTTIiH Charleston Courier says: "All
passengers on the South Carolina Railroad,
who may neglect to secure their tickets from
the Ticket Agent, will bo charged twenty
five cents extra on settling with the conduc
tor in the cars.
fSPRolfe Saunders, formerly of the
Knoxville Register, but now of the Memphis
Eagle and Enquirer, passed up the Roi,d a
few days ago. Thank him for the compli
menta sent us, but would have been much
more gratified had he given ut a call. Had'ut
time, though, perhaps hurry to get back
home young married men gonerally are
older ones are not so pui titular about small
matters.
" 04r We notice that flour is selling at 5
per 100 lbs. at Knoxville, and the money
market very stringent. Unless the windows
of heaven are opened pretty soon, and the
floods descend, we dont know what will be
come of the poor printers up about the
"head of atoambont navigation" Brethren,
whv dont vou Drav for ruin: or are vou afraid
your supplications, like thoso of the wicked,
will not ascend above the house-tops!
5T The break in the connection on the
Western and Atlnntie Railroad, caused by
the destruction of the bridge at Etnwah,
creates but little delay in the transportation
of freights. We received on ' nesday lot
of 82 reams of printing paper, which had
come through from Charleston In about the
usual time.
IW We are Indebted to Messrs. be Witt
& Davenport, No. 160 and 162 Nassau-st.
New York, foi a copy of the "Know Nothing
Almnnao and True Americans' Mnnunl for
1855. Single copies IS) cents; 81,00 per
dozcu; 57,00 per 100.
LETTER FROM SENATOR CELL.
We find in the New York Express of the
23J ulU,the following letter from lion. John
Bell, to a committee on behalf of the "Order
of United Americans of the State of New
York," in reply to an invit 'tion to join with
them, nt Albany, on the 23.1, in celebrating
the birth-day of Washington:
Washington, Feb. 20, 1855.
Gentlemen: The invitation you did me
the honor to address to me, in behalf of the
Order of L oiled Americans of the Statu ot
New York, to unite with them in celebrating,
according to their usual cuxtom, the coining
anniversary of the birth of Wnhiutun, w.-is
received several days since, and I must beg
that you will not impute to me any intentional
discourtesy in railiurr to reply to it promptly,
It was accidental, and the consequence of the
constant succession of demand upon the nt
tention of a member of Congress near the
close of a short session.
In your letier of invitation you state thnt
it is the object of your order "ever to keep
alive in the hearts of the people 11 teachings
or the farewell address ol the immortal
Washington, and to promote and cherish n
filial love for this noble land of their birth;"
that you "propose again to celebrate the birth
day of Washington, with sentiments of ven
eration for his memory, a profound respect
lor the precepts he t.iuoht, and to reiterate
your determination to imitate his virtues, and
adhere to his advice." No day in the year,
save one, in my judgment, so well deserves
to be observed as a national anuiverxary, and
to tie forever commemorated with appropriate
and imposing ceremonies, as the twenty-second
of February, by American citizens.
Washington led our armies to vietoiy in the
momentous struvulH for naiional indepen
dence. To the authority of his (rreal name
and (he just weight of his counsels, we are
mainly indebted lor the constitution th.
bond ol the union between the States, with
out which the blood and treasure expended
in the revolution would have been unavailing
sacrifices; nnri while to linn, more than to any
other individual, belongs the glory ol'liaviiii;
been Hie founder ol the Union, the. wisdom
of the warnings and precepts of his farewell
address unless the American people shall
unhappily, forget to duly honor his memory
will secure tor him in alter ages the super
added glory of having been its preserver.
Aolluii', then, can he more wise, patriotic and
noble, in the designs of nny association, than
to cherish and venerate his memory, to inn
late his virtues, and to keep alive in the hearts
nl the people the teachings ol Ins t .ire well
address. Indeed, the farewell address of
Washington should be embraced in the course
of instruction in every primary school of the
country.
In the further and more particular explana
tion of the objects of your order, vou quote
tho following passages from the preamble of
its constitution :
"We disclaim all association with party
politics. We hold no connection with party
men. But we avow, distinctly, our purpose
of doing whatever may seem best to us for
sustaining our national institutions, for up
holding our national liberties, and for freeing
them from all foreign and pernicious influ
ences whatever.
Premising that, in your disclaimer of all
association with party politics, or connection
with party men, 1 presume that you simply
mean to declare that you will have no affilia
tion Willi the existiiijr political parties, or par
ty leaders of the country ns Mich, and that
the members of yonr order, while they do not
propose to be merely passive iivcnts in the
dissemination of sound and wholesome sen
timents, but on tho contrary are determined
to employ nn organization more compact,
tUeclivennd powerful, than any ordinary
party association,' and to do whatever may
seem to them best in currying out the objects
ot their order, yet llii.t they lire, nt the same
time, equally determined to resist, us far as
possilile, to avoid nllogelhi - those views ol
political parties in general which have their
origin m u Hellish, mercenary and ignoblo
ambition, and which tend so greatly to de
grade them to the condition ol mere fictions,
I can see no exceptionable feature in the
programme of vour order us above set forth.
On the contrary, to sustain our national insti
tutloiiH, to uphold our national liberties, and
to maintain them in their operation ami pro.
gress, free from nil foreign mid deleterious
influences whatever, I consider it to lo the
imperative duly of every American citizen.
As to the means best adapted tu eflect these
great purposes, men nviy differ, ns doubtless
thbre wnl be some ilitlerenee of opinion In
regard to them among the members of our
order, but that I hey may be so fortunate as
to adopt the wisest means and such as will
secure the accomplishment of those truly na
tional objects, must be the ardent with id'
every true American patriot.
Appreciating hi"hly Ihe pttnotic motives
and objects of your association, as declared
in vour lettei, as I do, I li.ive to re ''rut Hi it
in V public duties, t this period of the session
as I esteemed their olilii.-itioiis, I must de
cline to accept, while I inn grateful tor Ihe
compliment of your invitation to be present
on tho occasion nl our celebrntion ol the
birth day of the Father of his Country.
1 inn, gentlemen,
with sentiments of high respect,
Vour obedient servant,
JOHN BELL
Messrs. Charles E. Cildcrslceve, George II.
Raymond, James II. 1 hayer, Committee,
Jorijan Stokes. Tho Nashvillo Banner,
of tho 4th, contains the following call upon
this gentlemen:
Messrs. IUitnrs I have been not a little
astonished, that tho name of Jordan Slokes
has not been mentioned as a suitable camli-
d ite for Governor. He is every wav quali.
I...- ..I .! i: .. .'...!. ..J.
new, nn emmm hi no niuiiiary iiiafiiiiooe,
line who cannot be charifcd with acts suffi
cient to crvile prejudice in the mind of nny
who is desirous of promoting the interest of
the country. I am, with many others, desir
ous that his name should be presented tor
consideration. 1 am,
A West Tessessebas.
t37The Democratic State Convention to
nominate a candidate for Governor, ia to as
semble nt Nashville nn the 97lh instant.
There acems to be no doubt of the present
incumbent being unanimously nominated for
re-election, despite the theocratic inaugural
and the divine mission of modern democracy.
Will the Convention make a platform for
him and compel him to stand upon it, o- will
they turn hlin loose without one!
Ahti-Secrkt Societies. A meeting of
the cil ir ens of h.ilem, Mass., wns to have
been held on Saturday evening last. Th
call was directed to nil thoso opposed to se.
cret political organizations, and is klgned by
300 citizens, nnionrr whom nrn Judge White,
George I'enbody, Otis P. Ijord, N. J. Lord,
Ashahel Huntington, and other prominent
Whigs and Democrats.
' f-if The Committee on Federal Relations
reported to the Massachusetts House of Rep.
riufintjitivia nil ThnrsHMV. A horiM nf r...
tions, declaring the fugitive shire bill uucon
stilutional, and requesting their Senators and
Representatives iu Congress to work for it
unconditional repeal.
' Look Out! When rold Ihe wind blows,
take care of your nose, that it doesn't et
froze, and wrap up your toes, In warm woolen
hose. The above, we suppose, was written
in pro, by some one who knons, ths tiTecl
of cold scows.
IdfThe New York Express observes that
prior to the commenccwcbt of the war in
Europe, it was a favorite theory w,th many
sanguine but short siihted persons, that It
would be of incalculable benefit to the United
States, and maVc every body rich. But this
theory has failed. Our mercantile marine
was never so depressed freights are down
to a miserably low mark, and the amount of
tonnage far in excess of demand and the
carrying trade of Europe still done by Eu-
roean vessels. After enumerating other facts
to show that this contest has been of no ma
terial advantage to U, it says:
"In view of these facts facts that cannot
be gainsayed it is folly to inculcate the be
lief that liy any possibilit y we are to be bene
fitted by other people's misfortunes. Nations,
in these days, nie so intimately connected,
ono with another socially, conimercially,and
financially if not politically that what iver
of disaster shocks one is likely sooner or later,
directly or indirectly, to affect all. If we were
a nation of barbarians n multitudinous peo
ple banded together like Ihe hords ol Genghis
Khan, or the myriads of King Altila having
less interest or concern iu the quiet mid civil
izing pursuits of international commerce
than in brutalizing nclicines of robbery
and conquest then we could easily see
how the bloodiest wars, in remote nations,
mioht rage on, without affecting us one way
or another. As it is, however, we nro so cir
cumstanced lhat we cannot if we would, be
wholly indifferent to n struggle: of the char
in ter and magnitude of that which is now in
progress. We nre intensely indifferent to
the success or overthrow of the diplomatic
policy w hich the belligerents nre severally
seeking to estahlish but we are not nisetisi
lile to the undesirable influences wliieh the
contest, itself, is exercising, and is destined
to exercise, upon the most important interests
of Ihe ciuntiy. Ileiuo, we dare say, we do
hut utter the sincere sentiment of every re-
flcctiiii! and uilcllirrent imnd, when we de-
clare, Hist the very best news could come to
us now, would be news that peace is restor
ed.''
An Iumense Terkitorv. Our whole ter
ritory East of the Mississippi, is not quite
equal to that West of the Rocky Mountains
the latter being 87,029 square miles, and the
different in its favor, 4,633. But the vast
country between these two natural bounds,
the Mississippi River, nnd the Rocky Moun
l.iins, is nearly one half larger than either of
the othr divisions named, and two thirds of
both together.
ffThe Paris correspondent of the Phila
delphia NorthAmurican remarks that it seems
scared; any longer possible to doubt that we
are on the verge of a general European war,
separaled from it no further than by the
month or two which must elapse before the
proper period arrives to enter upon a cam
pnign. Something may, indeed, yet avert a
n catastrophe; but as far as present prospects
are concerned, the only doubtful point ap
pears to ringe w ith certainty on cither side
the respective combatants. All Europe is
already bristling with bayonets. ' ' -tTTse
tesultof the ballotting for a U.
S. Senatol in the Pennsylvania Legislature,
Tuesday, iv.is ns follows : Cameron 55; Buck
alew 23; scattering 52. Three ballots were
taken, anil it being evident that a compromise
between (lie parties was impossible, the joint
eonventicfi adjourned until the first Tuesday
in Octohir thus leaving to the next Legis.
lature the settlement of the Senatorial qut-s.
tion, nnd to Governor Pollock the appoint.
ment of Mr. Cooper s successor. The Cum-
eronians have lost all hope.
fWA dispatch from Trenton, N. J., dated
the 26th ult., says' lhat the temperance men
have ordered a State Convention for the 7th
install!, 'to take measures in regard to the de
feat of the prohibitory law. They declare
themselves opposed to the) minority's bill,
which simply proposes to tukfe the qnestiou
next November, whether the people are iu fa
vor of such a law as the House passed and the
Senate defeated.
TitKriToN, N. J., Feb. 24.
A letter fiom n considerable number of the
members of our legislature has been ad
dressed to George Law, of New York,
urging upon him the acceptance of the
Presidency as the Know Nothing can.
lidate. This has been done over the head
of Commodore Stockton, who has all along
heretofore carrii d nil the "Jarscys" in his
breeches pocket. Georgo L-uv, however, is
considered a still wealthier man, and Democ
racy in this State being gauged by dollars
and cents, the gallant Commodore must give
way to the great Contractor. It is supposed
that Law w ill accept on high pressure filibus
tering principles.
ST One of the rumors of the day says
that tho Palmeiston plan includes the raising
of nn insurrection in Poland, tho destruction
of Odessa, the coercion of Prussia to tike
p art in the contest, one side or the other, and
nil immediate loan of 25,003,000 to remove
all financial anxieties. How muu i truth there
is in nl! this we do not know. Lord Pan inure,
the new Secretary of War, declared in the
House of Lords that one of tho rules of his
administration should be to employ no man
not practically qualified for the duties confid
ed to him. This would seem to be a very
plain rule of common sense; but tho New
York Commercial says:
"That will be a reform thnt will probably
create not a few enemies among the aristo.
cracv, but will work a revolution in the de
paritneiit. Lord Pnnmure is sufficiently in
dependent to carry out his purpose."
C7 The Savannah Courier, of Saturday
ovening, tays:
"We have been shown to-day a spurious
hill of Ihe Bank of thn State of Georgia of
Ihe denomination of (50, payable tit the
Ur uch in AiiL'iista, to John rhinizv. dated
4th March, 1836, signed A. Potter, Cashier,
nnd W. B. Hullock, President. It is a dan
uerolia counterfeit. The genuine plate of
60's ia so exactly imitated that it is Well cal
culated to deceive. The signatures are well
cxeeiited, apparently engraved nnd traced
over w un pen nun ma. i m paper is lines
snd of dingy yellow, and the back not
rinted m red ink. 1 he general impression
is good, but the fraud may be detected by
noticing the filling up of the words Branch,
Auinisla, the number, date, payee, nnd the
color of Ihe paper.
"I he public need hardly he told to be on
their inurd nL'ninst these bills. U'e have
heard of lour of them Hils morning."
3jr Some fears appear to bo entertained
In New Orluaps, lhat when the spring rains
beirm to descend, the immense quantity of
snow which has fallen on the npjier Missis
sippi end its numberless tributaries ahall
have melted, the city will be in danger of an
overflow.
Wasiusgtox, fVb. ;P
The Amerii-an party in New York c;.
crlebrated the 22d in honor of the memo'
and principles ol the "Father of his couutrv's
in tine and very imposing style.
Among the letters received by the Cornn.it,
tee of Invitation was one from tlie Ion. ju,
Bell. Senator in Congress from Tennea
w hich breathes the true sentiments vt j .'
otic and hightoned American Statesman
Col. Bell coincides fully and cordially
sentiments of the Committee .f Invitation
expressed ia their letter to him. The Ordt
of Americans will find in Col. Bt-ll, should h
be sefected as the Presidential standard l4r.
er of lhat Order, a man ofsuperior character
forecast and nerve. If elected President of
the United States, he will not only commit
no mistakes, but w ill prove himself to be 0n
of the best and most popular chief niaj;i.
strntes that the nation has had, since Gcoij,
Washington presided over its destinies.
tThe New York Times contains a l
ter from Kossuth not at all complimentary to
this country and its people. He savs, in
effect, that we were ruled by old fogies nn.
dcr Mr. Fillmore's administration, and that
things are not a whit better under that of
President Pierce. Kossuth is no doubt con.
sidernbly chagrinec because w e failed to tuks
his advice.
l:if A dispatch from Washington to ths
New York Tribune, dated the 24th ult.,
savs :
Some of the new Cuban bonds, issued ly
the Cuban Junta, Iwve been received hers
rrom Nev Orleans. They do not differ ma
terially from the old ones put forth by Lopez,
and a copy of which was published in the In.
teiligencer, but are signed by Gen. John A.
Quitman, commander in chief, Gaspar Betan.
coiirt, President of the Junta nt New Orleans;
and John S. Tr.isher, as Secretary. The'
Bonds are of various denominations, fmru
$50 up. Gen. Quitman arrived in New Or
leans on Friday, the IGth. lor the purpose of
taking command of the invading urinv, and
it was expected would leave there within a
week.
Private letters from Cuba assert that ths
men nrresled in Havana have no connection
with the Qiiitiiniii Expedition.
f9ryThe latest intelligence iu regard to
the health of Mr. Mason, our Minister at
Paris, is contained in the following extract
from tho letter of a Pnria correspondent:
"The health of Mr. Mason is gradually im.
proving. Mentally, his convaleseiice is com
plete; ho yet labors under a partial paralysis
wliieh renders locomotion impossible, but'the
muscular movements nre gradually resuming
Iheir natural power, and there is a fair hops
that these too uiu susceptible of a complete
restoration.
t-lTThere nre 80 K. N. Councils in New
Jersey, averaging about 100 members each.
Each member pavs an initiation fee of 80
cents, of which tut 30 cents, is retained by
the Councils, the balance going to the treas
ury of the Grand Council.
HfThe Anti Know Nothings in the New
York Legislature are throwing down the
gauntlet to their opponents in the Assembly
by the introduction of resolutions directly
antagonistic to their creed. A proposition
was offered on Friday for amending the Con
stitution to the following i ffect: "That every
male citizen of the nge of twenty-one years,
who ahull have been a citizen for ten days,
and un ihubilunt of this State one year pre
ceding any election, and for the last lour
mouths u resident of the county where he
may offer his vote, shall be entitled to vote."
And a resolution was also in I rod need declsr.
ing the meeting of persona in secret to deprive
any other persons of their rights as cili
zens, a misdemeanor, und punishable as
SUlh.
The less a man knows the more easily h
is tickled. A thread bare joke uttered Lv a
second rate clown, will keep a bench of
blockheads in laughter for a week. Intelli
gence ruiislo thought and taciturnity. These
liege t bile nhd'a dislike fur all kinds of bois
terous merriment
Salmon. A pair of salmon, cnni'ht in the
Peiioliscot hint week,' were offered for sale at
Bangor, Me., for the moderate sum of 880.
They weighed about 16 pounds each, which.
at the price utkec, would be fii 50 dm
pound.
New Hampshire Politics: The Demo.
crals held it mass meeting in Manchester on
the 271 It, the attendance being quite lurt'e.
Speeches denouncing the Know Nothings
and predicting Ihe success of the Democralie
party in the coming election, w ere made. Ex.
Got ernor Steele presided, and greut euthu
si.isin was manifested.
Jojtn Mitchell, Eu. Amonir the ms.
sent-ers who arrived in t'harieston on Friday
aiternooii, in me u. is. 0l.nl steamship JVish
ville, was the Irish patriot. John Mitchell.
Esq , w ho is stopping with his hiinily at tkn
Charleston Hotel. The Courier understandt
that he is en route to Tennessee, where
intends sell ling down.
Gambling ia Ntw Yuiik. A New York
per savs;
"Gambling of every description ia carried
on in this city to u fearlul extent. It ia stated
that the sum of $I0,0U0 alone is daily ex.
ponded in the policy trade, exclusive of lot.
lery tickets. One firm, on the southeast cor
ner of Grand street and Broadway receives
d .ilyover 3.0U0 the average per cent, in
invor oi ine uii Kers tieing calculated lor a
year, yields thee nioiis profit ol $140,1 00.
Washington, March 1
Much importance is niacin d to Ihe regula
tions adopted on Thursday by the National
Agricultural Society, objecting to the doc
trines ol Free Trade for agriculture nnd pro
lection lor other interests, and coupled with
the remarks made by Mr. Clayton, in the
Sennte.it is thought to be significant of some
important convulsion in the uolilicul world-
supposed to be nothing less than the ulti
mate amalgamation of the w hole agricultural
imprests nl the country with Know Nolbiog
ism oh the Delaware platlorm.
New Ohliaks. March S.
Holders of Cotton ask an advance. The
sales today comprised 4,000 bales, making an
aggregate during Ihe week of 30,000 bales.
The slock on hand ia 128,000 bales. Ths
decrease in the receipts at this port as com
pared with Inst yenr, is 37,000 bales.
t7"Gen.Vin. Cul.um hat announced liinr
self ns candidate for re-election tp CoogreM
from the Mountain district.
Mrin the U. S. Circuit Court at Now
York, on Saturday, Captain Smith, of the
brig Julia Moullon, found cuiltv of being to-
gaged in the slave trade, the penally of which
is, death, was granted a new trial.
Uf A German family in New York were
recently puisoncd by eating raw bnt'pn hn
Tw o of them, Win. Wise und w iff, are ieti,
and the third person, also an adult, is not ex
peeled to recover: Hums are not uhfrequent
ly poisoned by Ihe inenns rmoh ved to pre
serve them, but ihe poiaon Is drawn out in
the act of boiling this mode of cooking
llicm, then, is regarded the safest.
Advice to a drowning mun : Keep your
head above the water.