The true Democrat., 1857-05-12
u From tEe Atlanta Intelligencer. Alabama Politics.
THE LAST OF THE "HIGGIN's."

DENoUMENT."
 ...........'' Some lay down
 And hli their eyes and wept; and some did rest
 Iher cmns upon heir clenched hands and smiled:
 And others hurried to and fro and fed
 her funeral piles with fuel. and looked up
 With mad disquieude on the dull sky
 Tn pail of past world; and then again
 With curses cast them down upon the dust,
 Ana gnashed their teeth and howl'd."
 Sic 1ranst! The "few surviving friends" Of Know Nottingham have been recently star tied by letter from Hon. HENRY w. BILLIARD. ot Alabama, giving in his adhesion to the great conservative democratic party, exonerating Mr. BUCHANAN, from the reckless charge of squat ter sovereignty, and dec airing that the party winch elevated him to the presidency, "achev- ed great triumph over the enemies of the oouth,' and gives promise of restoring the go- 'ernment to Its pristine glory
 Mr. BILLIARD in the last canvass was the Know Nothing elector for the State at large, and a0as to De their next candidate for Congress n the Montgomery district. His speeches are remarkable for elegance, finish and abilitv.- Every word and sentence is chaste. His ef forts are all splendid orationS! In gesture and personal bearing he is very cavalierly An in. teIllSent friend of the writer (now widely spo- ken of in connection with gubernatoral honors m Aiabama,) exclaimed, upon hearing Mr. HIL- LARD deliver one of his most brilliant oratious stand by me my brave grenaders." Mr. HIL- LIARD's appeal and the inappropriateness of his political position reminded him of the dying hero on St. Helena!
 This leaves the Know Nothinss in Alabama m very painful predicament J ere Clemens flndS novel writing more cougenial to his tastes. ahd Is now dead head" The spriyhtly ( Era [ sect found himself in the wrong pew W hen the Know Nothing party ignored the slavery ques ton. lie felt like getting through hole and has been quiet for some time The "yallant Percy" Walker of Mobile declared for BUcH- AVIAN, as soon as the issues were fairly made up and was hung in effi5y it. Judge CHILL TON lnds himself "uSed up man." bruised and mangled by the fail, from the Supreme Bench to position of political prostration. lie sad last summer that he had no choice be- tween FREMONT and BUCHANAN, and that he would vote for FILLMORE, if God was willing and the creeks did not rlse. And now hs feels Ike getting through hole. BELsER, who consoed his friends just before the last presi- denilal election, when the prospects of his par ty grew darker, by reminding them that it was always dahest just before day-will now find It better to stick to his law volumes.
 Iha leaves BEN LANE PosEY-(who says he S the best Plsto shot ln the world, aud JoNcE HOOPER ot the .Ht1 at the head of the party. foSEY has written an advertisement and says he will call every Sag Nicht editor'' to the he'd who insults hun, pr0Uiie{ always they can get their character vouched for They will amnse themselves during the ensuing summer saving on their squatter sovereignty strings; like the Arkansaw Traveer," ths is the only one left upon their fiddle; that sounds very tunnlIy. It goes like
 hark from the tomb is doleful sound, Mine ears attend the cry.n
 JOYCE liooPER may conclude to try his hand upon another "Smon SuLGs." As for Pusev he may conclude to 20 and join Walker to get achanee to shoot at som -b)dy. h the mean time snch men as lancey, Sanford, DowdelI and Winston will take care of the interests of Alabama and while she is adorned by such men as Clay, Cochrane, Clopton, Hilliard, etc, etc., her reputation will never suffer.