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CORRESPONDENTS.

Our political friends, not only 10 the Third
Congressional District, but throughout the
State, will be graliied 10 learn, from the cor
resPondenee below, that Col. r. b. BRABsoS
accepts the nomination as candidate for Elee-
tor, unanimously made by the Convention
which assembled at Cleveland on the 9th in
slant Col. Bnbson was absent, in Virginia,
at the time the Convention assembled, and
his recent return will account for the delay
of response 10 the Committee appointed to
inform him Of his nomination. Ii will be
seen lh.t he proposes to enter into the work
of eanvsssing the District as soon as the
Democracy shall have made their selection Of
candidates for President and Vice President:
CLEvELAsD, Ter n, May 5, 1856.
Col. X. B. Brabson, Chattanooga:
Dear Sir-The undersigned, Committee
appointed for the purpose, have the honor to
inform you that YOU have been unanimously
nominated as candidate for Eector for the
Third Congressional District, on the Fillmore
and DonelsoE ticket, by the District Conven-
ton of the American party, assembled at this
place today.
In discharging that duty, the Committee
cannot forego the opportunity of congratu.
laiing the Convention in having secured the
services Of one so able TO bear the banner Of
the party calamity AMI efficiently through
the exciting and most important contest be.
fore us.
Trusting that you will accept the position,
and that the glorious work Of battle may
commence at as early day as practicable,
We are, Very respectfully,
Your Ob't servts
fVE Tho. J. CAMPBELL,
WM. s. CALLAwAY,
J. b. Cooke,
Committee.
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R- Quite scene is snid 10 have takel

tF- Quite a scene is said 10 have taken
place in the German Catholic church at York,
Pa, on Sunday last. 1t is alleged that the
pastor had previously for some cause struck
an old lady, the mother Of several young men
who were members of his congregation. The
young men indignant at such treatment OF
their mother proceeded to the pastors house
and, as is stated, PRESENTED the scandalous
outrage" On Sunday they appeared in
church as usual when the pastor attempted
to eject them by violence which was resisted
and a serious row ensued in which many Of
the congregation joined.
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81 OF a I 03 per acre.

THE TREATY.-The New York Herald,
notices the stipulations of the late treaty made
by the allied powers, and says:
1t processes to regulate the course 10 be
pursued with respect to eutrals in time of
war, or in other words, it seeks to put an end
to privateering. II is plainly to be seen that
this instrument is lrvelled against the United
States. Orr navy being small, our principal
arm of defence is the privateer system, and
this the European Powers desire to take from
us. As at the Congress of Laybach, the Eu.
ropenn Powers have resolved themselves into
another Holy Alliance to stem the progress
of republican ideas and principles. The
scheme is m ingenious one, though rather
circuitous ID its mode Of reaching its Objects.
1t is, after all, only an pffshoot Of Senior
Buenaventura Vivo's famous project of an
Anglo. Franco.Mexican league against the
United States. What a pity it is that Santa
Anna cannot now make one Of this snug
family party of desputs.
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LATER FROM KANsAs.-ST. LOUIS, Nav
l3.-Tbe Lawrence correspondent of the
Democrat in this city, writing under date o.
The 9TH instant, says that an indictment for
high treason had been found against Reedcr,
Robinson, Roberts, Lane, and other Free
State men. Intelligence had been brought
to Lawrence by a Missourian, that secret
handbills were being circulated and forces
marshaled in the border counties, and the
people warned to prepare for defence.
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NEESE ID. DHABSUH.
To Thos. J. Campbell, VIM. s. Galloway,
b. Cooke.

81 NC DcHlbCthtIC SOuNcUtiOu 10 "
meet at Cincinnati on Monday, the I'd day Of
June. Some weeks ago Mr.. Duchanan's
chances for the nomination were decidedly
fiattering. but he seems Of late TO be falling
into the back ground, while President Pierce
is advancing and will probably enter the
Convention with the most strength. The
radical southern democracy claim that il is
due 10 the South 10 nominate some man who
is prominently identified with the Kansas
Nebraska question, and that Mr. Buchanan's
earlier record on slavery is not altogether
Sound" This means that the Pennsylva-
nian must be sheved, and the nomination be
given to either Pierce or Dougas. Whether
the northern and middle.men Of the party
will recognize this demand of the southern
branch Of the family, is doubtful. That
Pierce and Douglas will have strength by
combining sufficient to defeat Mr.. Buchanan,
is admitted, we believe, even by the friends of
the latter. But that being done, then the
real difficulty will commence-as to which of
the consprators shall reap the fruits of the
combination, it being understood That the
friends Of each will adhere to their respec.
tive favorites with the utmost tenacity. The
probabilities at present are that very pretty
quarrel will spring up, which the Convention
will get rid Of by nominating some third
man-Mr. Rusk, Of Texas, perhaps, or some
one good deal less known to the country,
some gentleman now snqgly reposing in oh.
security, happily ignorant Of the fate which
the contentious in the great democratic fami.
ly are fixing up for him. However. specu.
lation is idc---a few weeks will show the
resut-whether the party which claims TO be
"great and national" and to have the inter
ests, honor and glory Of the country as the
guiding star of its action, will present for
the Chief Magistracy Statesman of full and
honest proportions, or, MS has twice before
occurred, will, under the dishonoring rule of
availability, take up some political pigmy
whose chiefest merit will be his previous in
significance. In the mean time our demo-
cratic frends-we mean the honest masses
can keep que. and comfortable under the
knowledge that there is already name be-
fore the country for President the possessor
of which towers amoEg his compeers, like
Saul the son of Kish, a full head and shoul.
dcrs above them all--MILLARD FILLMORE,
who has furnished abundant testimony of his
ability to rescue the endangered ship and
guide il safely through the perils into which
reckes and unsklfu hands have plunged
it. The honest, patriotic heart of The coun.
try, disguised with thehypocrsy and wiles Of
the politicians and demagogues, is hopefully
turning in that direction now, and noiselessly
resolving to put such dangerous instruments
far away from the government.
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OREGON.-We have another arrival from
C,t;cn,,;a and Orannn

OREGos.-We have another arrival from
California and Oregon
The California news is generally unimpor.
tant. The San Francisco markets were quiet,
but Flour was recovering gradually.
The Oregon war continues. A body of
regulars had been defeated by the Indians at
Rogue River, and twenty EIGHT of them kill
ed. Cassndcs had been captured by the In
dams and destroyed by fire, and several Of
the residents massacred 1t was reported
that a thousand Indians were approaching
Dallss from the North. Several other fights
had occurred, but the whites were generally
victorious.
In Washington Territory the Indians were
breaking out upon the settlements in every
direction.
The latest advices state that Col. Buchanan
had defeated the Indians at Rogue River and
relieved the citizens in that vicinity.
Our intelligence from Central America is
meagre. The Panama papers are filled with
the official correspondence of the dignitaries
of State, the commander of the steamer, and
others, in relation to the recent riots. From
Nicaragua there is nothing new.
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The ULTIMATUM.-Reliable information
has been received at New York, that the
British government refuses to concede any.
thing TO our administration on the Central
American dispute, but agrees to refer the
whole subject to an arbitrator, and submits to
be bound absolutely by such decision, the
choice Of reference being left to the United
States. Such is the ultimatum Of Lord
Clarendon, as communicated in = late vol.
luminous diplomatic mote" 10 our Minister,
Mr.. Dallas.
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The PRosPECTs.-At the late Virginia
American Convention, held at Staunton in
that State, the Hon. Dir. Stuart, Mr.. Fill.
more's former Secretary of the Interior, ad.
dressed the Convention. During his speech
he ndverted to the sturdy Dragging which our
opponents, the Democrats and Black Republi.
cans, are given to, and entered into fair and
ingenious calculation of the chances of sue.
cess Of the American nominees. He made an
accurate estimate from the lights before him,
and placed The following States as certain for
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cR- The City Council of Atlanta have
adopted very summary manner of suppress.
ing houses Of i'll fame. After notice TO the
occupants, and the infection of fine, the
ordinance reads:
sand if said nuisance shall be continued
after said conviction, il shall be lawful to
abae the same by demolishing said hnior,
which shall be done by demolishing said
house, which snail be done by order Of the
Mayor or three members of Council, by the
Marshal or his deputy"
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Gov. JONES LOCATES HIxsELF.-We find
the following paragraph in shs Savannah
Georgian and Journal, Democratic paper,
of the 10th inst:
One Of The Old Guard-Mr. Benjamin,
the Senator from Louisiana, in his speech
on Friday last, declared that he -had joined
the Democratic party"
Senator Jones, OF Tennessee, was heard
to remark soon after, "Benjamin ought not
to have said that" "Why not, Governor
was asked. @What else can you old Clay
Wings dog" "For one" said Jones, "Ierpect
10 give my rote 10 the Democratic party, but
no man will ever hear me say have joned
it. No man will ever get me to acknowledge
that the glorious old Wing party is dead
Never! nevern
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THE GROWING WHEAT CRoP.-We have
advices from all parts Of the western states,
including Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri,
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Iowa and
Wisconsin, from which we learn that, with
the exception of Tennessee, where il has
been frozen out, the growing wheat looks
exceedingly promising and healthy. The
breadth OF land sown with wheat last fall
was greatly increased over former years; and
the indications now are that should the
present month prove favorable, the wheat
crop Of 1856 will be the largest by IS per
cent. ever gathered in the Union. The fate
of the wheat crop cannot be decided upon
with any certainty, until after the middle of
Cincinnati Prices Current.
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OcoEE FEMALE AcApgMy.-This School,
which opened on the LIST Of April under the
charge Of Miss NJ. y. KIRKPATRICK, is pro-
crossing finely. On recent visit, we found
a goodly number of pupils in attendance,
who seemed devoted to their studies and
making rapid improvement under the skill
and industry Of their accomplished teacher.
The academy is pleasantly located, in full
view Of some most delightful mountain seen.
cry, and the people of Benton and vicinity
have only 10 second the efforts Of the Prin.
cipal to give the school popularity and per.
nanent success.
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W- The stockholders of the Georgia r.
r. and Banking company, met in Augusta
on Tuesday last The report of the General
Superintendent states that at the close of an
unpreccdenty heavy business the stock is in
an excellent condition. The gross earnings
of the road amount to Sl,O6S,2 O2.39; the
expenses reach S5l7,s5224-leaving the
estimated profits of the business $3.50, 450.15.
Subtracting from this sum SI92 660.92. the
amount expended for outfit and construction,
the net income is found to be $751;, 6S9.22.
The gross earnings of the road show an in
crease Of $l6l ,507.98 over those of the pre-
ceding year. The report states that The bu-
siness of the road suffers from imperfect con-
nections at Augusta. John p. King was re.
elected president of the company.
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EXCESSIVE BESEvoLENcE.-A man in Bos.
ton in recoupting the sufferngs of the poor
and the iberality Of the benevolent, said, she
recently found family so needy that, after
giving their only Bible to son who had gone
to California, they could not buy another,
nor had they food enough TO keep them from
suffering. Whereupon," said he, immedi-
ately furnished them with Bib II"
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sB- Our friend, Col. Stone, keeps the only
hotel now iourshng in Benton, and most
excellent one il is, too. Those who call will
find the table bouniifully supplied with the
best the country affords, good clean beds,
and every thing moving along in quiet and
orderly manner--a grca: desideratum about
public house. Mr.. Stone is assiduous in
bis efforts to accommodate his guests, md
merits large patronage.
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icy It strikes us tina. there is aword of
wisdom" in the following quotation, brief as
il Is:
"Eve.y school boy knows that n kite
would not fly unless il had string tying il
down. II is just 80 in life. The man who
is tied down by half dozen blooming re-
sponsibilites and their mother, will make q
highe. and stronger fight than the bachelor,
who, having nothing to keep him steady, is
always laundering in the mud. If you want
to rise in the world, tic yourself to somebody"
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FEY Prentice says, the people OF inc
United States, we have no doubt will insist
that it Mr.. Buchanan be elected to the Presl'
dency, the salary of the Office shall DO 10.
duced to "ten cents day." lie says that q
dime day is enough for laboring man.
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W It is now confidently stated in some
Of the papers that unless Mr.. Buchanan gets
the nomination at Cincinnati, the Pennsylva.
mia delegation will bolt the Convention
His friends say he is now sixty.six years Of
age, and that they will not listen to further
postponement of his claims We are awfully
apprehcnsive the harmonious" are TO have
a grand bust-up at Cincinnati.
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O-Ths New York Commercial Advert

O.The New York Commercial Advert.
ser says, the meeting at the National Hall in
that city on Friday night, of the friends Of
the Walker movement in Nicaragua was
rather thnly attended. None of the mem.
bers Of Congress, who il was announced in
the call would address the meeting, and
among whom Mr.. Toombs is named, were
present. In the course Of the evening the
following telegraphlc note was received from
Gen. Cass:
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HARDs AND SoFTs-ATTENTIoN.-l reply
to the charge against the hard shell demo
cratic faction, that half their Cincinnati dele
cation are Know Noihings, the hard shell
organ of New York Houiishes the same nc.
cusation against the innocent softs. We fear,
however, that the forty-fve thousand hard
shells who came up missing on their own
ticket in the last fall election, will be serious
ly inquired after by the Pierce delegates at
Cincinnati. And we shrewdly suspect that II
will be said to the poor hards, at the thres-
hold of the convention, as Dnah said to poor
JIM
"Dat you, sambof" "No, Ills jim"
"wel you're right good lOOkin, but you can't come In
That is our apprehension concerning the poor
hards. The jugglers will juggle them out.
LIEUT.. MAURY.-A writer In the Rich
mond Enquirer nominates Lieut.. nj. F. Mau.
ry for the Vice Presidency, on the ticket with
Mr.. Buchanan. As Lieut. H., If We are moi
mistaken, 10 and always has been wing, the
suggestion is wiser one than We are nccus.
toned 10 see in Democratic journals.
tT- Sam. Powell has been nominated as
the Democratic candidate for Elector in the
First Congressional District.
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WASHINGTON, Nav II

The statement published in the Star this
morning, that Mr.. Marcy has suspended d.
plomatic relations with Mr.. Champion is un.
true. Lord Clarendon's despatch declining to
recall MIR. Champion, is understood to have
been received Today.
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WAsUINcToN. Nav IA

In the Senate to-day, the Hon. John NJ.
Clayton, of Delaware, proved by the Hon.
John J. Crittenden, of KY, shat John F.
Champion, ESQ, the minister from England,
admitted, last February, that the British title
to the Island of Ruatan was unfounded.
1t is currently rumored to-day that Presi-
dent Pierce is about to send message to
Congress, recommending forcible mainten-
ance of the Clayton Bulwer Treaty.
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,H- Mr. Buchanan is in such hinh fau

FEY Mr.. Buchanan is in such high favor
with portion of the Black Republican press
and party that the Boston Atlas finds it neces.
sary to demonstrate with them against their
partialty. These same men hold Mr.. Fill.
more in utter detestaton. The circumstance
will materially assist the South in delermin.
ing which of the two she may more properly
and safely support.
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tR A lawyer recently attempted to palm
himself off rs Rufas Choate in neighbor'ng
town. At the suggestion of printer VINO
was present, the"writing test" WAS applied 70
him-he wrote legible sentence and was
promptly kicked out of the company.
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The MoRMoSs MovIsG FOR STATE Soy,.
notwithstanding to our last sdviees from
Utah, a convention was to have been held at
Salt Lake Ctr in March, with a view TO thu
admission Of Utah into the Union as State.
Thirty-nine delegates had b en- appointed,
and everything appears to have been eutand
dried for deliberate movement for State indie.
Pendenee Of federal authority. In eprrying
out the doctrine Of @squattsr sovereignty"
uuquestionaby the Mormons will insist that
Congress can have nothing TO do with their
religion.
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Court HOUSE BURST.-The Dahlonega
Signal says:
awe learn from the mail rider that tho
court house at BlairsviIlc, Union county was
burnt on Monday night last, with all the pa.
pers and records of the county. Supposed TO
have been the act Of m incendiary.
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CHArrAnooaA. goth May. 1856.


Gentlemen-Being in Virginia at the time
of the meeting Of the Convention, did not
receive, until Saturday, your communication
of the 9th instant, informing me that the
Convention of the American party for the
Third Congressional District which met at
Cleveland on that dav, had unanimously
nominated me rs candidate for Eector on the
Fillmore and DJncls0n ticket
thank the Convention for the honor thus
conferred, and you, gentlemen, for the fatter.
ing terms in which you have been pleased to
communicate the fact to me. accept the
position assigned the by my political friends,
and pledge whatever Of energy and ability
possess, to the support Of the principles and
nominees Of the American party. ] am pre-
pared TO enter upon the duties of the can
vass as soon as the dem cratic party shall
present their candidate for the Presidency.
Yours, very respectfully,
REESE D. BRABsoN.
To Thos J. Campbell, VIM. s. Galloway, J..
II Cnnra
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OF The article on the first page Of the
paper, headed the inequality of Races
should have been credited 10 the New York
Herald
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WASHING TON, Nav l.


Padre Vigil presented his credentials to day
as Minister to the United States from the
Government of Nicaragua, and was duly
recognized. The President, in his reception
speech, stated that this Government would
preserve her neutrality laws.
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ICY There is boy about town who is 80
cross eyed that If he looked at a bottle his
ewes act MS regular cork.screws, and draw
The cork instanter. He always imngines his
nose to DO big building around the corner.
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PIERcE's HOME ORGAN SPEAKs.-The
New Hampshire Patriot takes especial pains
to aver that "it is foul libel on the Demo
Gratis of New Hampshire to say that they are
in favor of the extension Of slavery. Yet
the Black Republicans make this charge
against US every day, knowing it to be false
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ATHENS, FRIDAY, MAY 90, 1886.

PoUsrY LAND BILL.-1he Bounty Land
Bill passed at the present session Of Congress,
will be found in our paper today.
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Mr.. BUcHAsAS-THE ERIE LETTER.-The
attention Of those @clear sighted" ~iruth Low.
Ing" and @truih telling" Democrats who have
been quoting Mr.. Fillmore's Erie letter 10
prove that he is an abolitionis:, is invited to
the following "reeord" Of one of their promi.
nent candidates for the Cincinnati nomina.
ton. IL is copied from n Lancaster, Pa, pa
per, in Mr. Buchanan's own immediate neigh
borhood, and its authenticity cannot be doubt
ed -
On the subject of slavery Inc .'memoir" is
not very definite, and We will give his views
as expressed in a series Of resolutions re-
ported by him to public meeting held in
the Courthouse in the city of Lancaster, on
the 23d of November, 1919.
James Buchanan, James Hopkins, and W.
Jenkins, were appointed committee on reso
lutiOns, and reported the following among
others:
aResoired, That the Representative in
Congress from this State be and are hereby
most earnestly resaested TO use their utmost
endeayors as members of the National Legis-
iature, TO prevent the existence Of slavery in
any Of the neW Territories or nep Sta:es
which may be created by Congress.
"Resolred, That in the opinion Of this meet
ing, the members of Congress, who at that
session sustained the cause of Justice, Hu.
manity and Patriotism in opposing the intro
duetion of slavery in the State then endeay-
Ored to be formed out Of the Missouri Terri.
tory, are entitled to The warmest thanks Of
every friend Of humanity
These resolutions prove that Mr.. Buchanan
at that time was Missouri restrctionist, and
that he occupied upon the admission Of Mis-
souri, the same ground occupied now in re-
gard to Kansas by Seward g. Co.
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WASHINGTON. MAY Ia.

Land Warrants have again declined. The
market to-day was dull at the following
rates, viz:
COS and l2O's 81 OF a O3 per acre.
8O's and 1905 l OF a l OS
4O's ll3all5
The passage Of the bill granting land to
three or four railroads in Iowa, and the or.
dering Of all the land offices to be closed in
that State by the Commissioner Of the Gen.
eral Land Office, has depressed the market,
and must materially affect The prices by the
middle of next month. There are pending
before Congress similar bills for railroads in
Wisconsin and Minnesota. The New York
market is reported less firm. Should the
lands in Kansas and Nebraska be brought
into market soon, the present prices may be
sustained.
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Nrw ORLrAgs. Nav Il

NEw ORLEANS, May TO.
The recognition Of Padre Vigil has given
an impetus 10 the Nicaragua fever, and thS
steamship Daniel Webster will probably SAL
on the 22d inst, with plenty Of recruits
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Six moro electoral votes than is sufficient
TO elect him.
There is every reason that our friends
should feel encouraged