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Newspaper Page TextA . A- GAULDING & C©. “ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS, WHEN REASON IS LEFT TO COMBAT IT.”—JEFFERSON. PROPRIETORS. 0W SERIES, YOL. 2. QTjMtywn. jlCJAV SKHKMBEB 1, 1859. ATLANTA, GEO., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1859. NO. 45. TERM; SOFSUBSCRPTION . - pER per annum in advance, $6 00 Rather, it possible, let ns endeavor, in the 1 nion. to secure the proper application of its salutary provisions, to our country, our whole country, until “hope deferred maketh the heart sick.” and then when hope has expired, if expire it must, and not till (hen, let us .ally, and rally to a man, for the safely, honor and in advance, 4 O0 a in advance, 2 oo fftory ot our own beloved South. ■ laid within t«VhTraontbs, 3 oo A 8 ain > the S allant Colonel paid his respects " . a.-— ' i 40 the “demagogues that would lead you to ^ i idv*ci , 'y ofLo,lslia ' m - ; destruction for a little pelf.” He rings the invite attention to the adve tlse " t * e,1 > changes beautifully upon the word “dema- ftb eabovcJ named mstrtutron.whichw.il Col. Akin has had “a little pelf’- . sound iu «» ur columU& t0 ' wonder if he would object to just “a little” . 1 Calhoun, therefore, is this city, niorc say $4,000 a year for two or four years .'Granulation of from ten to twelve thou- to come ? $4,750 don’t satisfy him. A few ^ iwlebted for what Banking facilities she more of the loaves and flgheg will no t be ob- American. „ ■ oVf SrJtowu 0l j, Calhoun ss a very , «e have no clever gentleman, j idea that he will claim for ; jected to by Col. Akin Wonder if he will ;et another grab ? We shall see what we shall May be he will soon enter the Govem- it two years, free of jnay. fie he wont. The, J )ri vi jege of the light of speech as emanating bonder. . . , . o„. Leffislature, in times past, have T/* to do with the “Banking facilities” j upon Informs and resolutions. was particularly eloquent in his tirade With arms , WO nder, if there were no’other ' f xtended andches4 expanded, on tip-toe risen, the Legislature, that aided Col. Cal ‘Banking facilities efl ill i ^ in his efforts for our “ ,„1 Calhoun dont stop his organ’s braggim fear lie will is vam as doe much," noi is sii'l to lie. ] Calhoun, no doubt if elected, will make , W member, but no better than Ci 1. Col- "jvsid.'S. he will lie on the wrong side of j t0 do as much for Atlanta as he oth- j*. might. Fulton, if she is wise, will •rats to the next Legislature. Let ('oilier and Taliaferro. let us work dent' x rally t< Onr enemies arc liras 11 ork V. -To Vonr Tcntes. Oil Israel.” ition” are moving “Heaven and the election in Fulton county, Hie “Or tilth.' to carry the lirst Monday in October next. It bray ' and didiuncering, can ellect the object de Id bv our opponents, the work is already jjotn|ilish<‘d. But the people, the honest atriotic voters of the county, have yet to pass t i,c w ii and the measures, upon which |,af t ivs of the present time arc divided.— tie friends of Col. Calhoun, claim lor him at credit, for the effective -service he has the city of Atlanta, in the Legisla- * of Georgia. While we would not de pone iota from the merits of Col. Cal- >4B, as a Legislator, so far as regards servi- xrendered by him lor our city itr the Geor- ilr-dsliiture. yet we claim for John Collier, s;/merit in point ot services in this particu- .. it is known to the people of this county, ■ at when Col. <was a member of the Gcor- Legislature, be was a working member— jitliful. honest and vigileut. The county ddbe a- ably and faithfully represented rhim. in the next Legislature, as it possibly iald be. by his honor ible opponent.— iresirds our candidates for the House, our ,„ U ents have no advantage of us in this rc- N'o one will for a moment deny iutEd. Talialerro, is in every resp ct equal J. .1.Tharsher. We say tins without any spwagenient to the latter named gentle- in. The Democracy of Fulton, have a >tr jj-dority of the voters. Why then aid nut Collier & Talialerro, be elected by $0majority ' Rally then 1 >emocrats to your oadanl bearers. "To your tents, Oh Israel rve. and the Opposition will be routed, : > foot and dragoons, at the October elec- Api.thv alone can defeat you. Spurn a—go to work —let every Democrat stand inn. and victory—triumphant victory—will aii upon theDmocratic Banner, on the Ides October next. Col. Akin Made his ojicning speech of the canvass on Tuesday night, in the Theatre. A large '.vd assembled. Mr. Akin’s speech was lagthy, and we cannot in this paper notice it 1 length. He remarked that he had made stone political sjieeeh since 1850. lie want- l it understood in advance, that when he ademned Democrats, he condemned “those 'hoseek office and make politics a trade.”— folder what he has to say for those of the !'I"jsiti<ui "who seek office and make politics trade ! Does not that expression savor a jde of the demagogue ? We don t think lie ‘charge Gov. Brown with being a dem- . unless lie wants company. He at- ifflpted to involve Gov. Brown in what he isdeml flic odious doctrine of Cass’ LeClerc tetter. Gov. Brown has never by direction iindirection endorsed the Cass Letter. We i t know h ir- views on that matter, nor does Likin, unless lie lias gotten them private- ly. Gov. Brown lias not lieeii called out on tht question, to our knowledge. Why pur- > him thus, if he would be candid and fair, * he pmfessed to be. Col. Akin said he “pre- loud as lie could, he cried—away with Plat forms—away with Resolutions.” A very | good motto for an Opposition candidate for : Governor, but how does it consist with his letter of acceptance, in which he adopts the late Macon P'atform. Hadn’t that “traveling ! convention” better be re-assembled, and take ! down its platform, so as to let Col. Akin run ! dr;/ so, and “slosh about” in his own way, and “see if something wont turn up” ? Col. Akin, i what do you say about that Platform of five j resolutions? Are you on it? Suppose you just gracefully lift up that light foot, in your next speech, and put it upon that Platform of I your parly. We ask pardon, the Colonel said, ' away with party. We shall have to excuse (jim from mounting the Platform of thcOppo- i siti ON party, as his motto is, “away with Platforms—away with Resolutions.” He ! said, party platforms are Reeling us u shadow.— He has a right to speak for his party—not for tiic Democracy. Perhaps lie is right about tiie platforms opposed to Democracy. Like “shadows” they have come, and like “shad ows” they have passed away—a new one for every canvass, casting its brief shade for a mo ment over the enemies of Democracy, and then passing away, to leave them under the bright, burning sun of the platform of the “unterrified,” a* it has shined in its splendor and glory, to light the camp-fires of. flic na tion in its conquering march up to the great est pitch of human glory ever attained in the history of our race. We say hurrah for Plat forms! hurrah for Resolutions ! Let candidates be committed—committed to the record. Then, if they prove recreant, draw the documents, and overwhelm them with their broken pledg es, and bury them in the ruins which they have produced. Democracy invites an exam ination of the record. Col. Akin was quite indignant over that resolution of the Cincin nati Platform, which reads as follows—“The Democratic party will resist all’attempts at renewing, in Congress or out of it, the agita tion of the slavery question, under whatever shape or color the attcmptThay be ltiSde.”— He said, “the Platform means you shan’t as sert your rights’ —when the Platform declares in so many words, “.i high and sacred duty is devolved with increased responsibility upon the Democratic party of this country, as the party of the Union, to uphold and maintain the rights of every State, and thereby the Union of the States; and to sustain and advance among us constitutional liberty.” But let us turn to the Macon Platform, ap proved by Col. Akin. We find in it the fol lowing language : “We believe, also, that the further agitation of the subject of slavery will tend to no practical good to any portion of the country, and should therefore cease.” Why don't you “cease,” Col. Akin ? Why don’t you mind your party ? Upon Gov. Brown’s veto of the Bunk bill, Col. Akin, was quite severe, but wound up by saying, “I am in favor of bank paper, based upon specie, and well secured.” Isn't Gov. Brown ? We were so mortified, at tlie weak and uncalledfor attack upon Gov. Brown s Educational policy, that we have not the heart to notice it. Gov. Brown was mainly instrumental in giving to the poor of the St-ite. $100,000 a year and more soon, and the man is hard pushed to hunt for exceptions, to that liberality which prompted those gener ous roc-commendations. A few months ago, our foes gave great cred it to “Our Ben,” and said he was entitled not Brown, to the glory of the $36,000 a month, now 40,000, but behold, Ben’s launds have vanished as a “shadow,” and Poor Brown is meaner than the meanest. Such is earthly glo. ry—“fleeting us a shadow”—or an Opposition Platform. Col. Akin said it might [be asked what arc For the Intelligencer. “ Talents and Decency.” Every individual who claims for himself aud party “all the talents and decency ” may be re cognized as an enemy to Democracy. Attempt an argument with him, and at once you are overwhelmed with high-sounding words and pompous language mixed up with Washing ton star spangled banner, &c., kc. Reproach ful epithets too, are freely applied to your fa vorite men such as demagogue, locofxo, lory, agrarian, barn-burner, levelei', &i r : and to your part} - , as the great unleashed, onc-gallowsed, flop- cared, hare-fooled Democracy: and to your meas ures, as base, corrupt, profligate, extravagant, ruinous, blighting, tyrannical and despotic- tending to a union of the purse aud the sword and to the destruction of “law and order.”— If Democracy is in power, he demands a charge of rulers to restore the government to its original purity, under the adminisrtation of the “FATHER” of his country. An es say on your part to present Democratic men and measures in a more favorable light, is not j heard by this dogmatic representative of tal ents and decency. He claims the exclusive FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1859. 5V ill the “Chronicle aud Sentinel” copy our article iu to day’s paper, containing Gov. Brown’s letter and Warren Alan’s receipt ?— It is but just, that, we be allowed to explain what the “Chronicle and Sentinel” calls an infamous personal attack upon Col. Akin.” V. “Its end” lias not yet been found. It is still in Court. According to the confession of the “American” Col. Akin has abandoned the case. We submit if [it is not the duty of Col. Akin to pay the State the extra cost that has accrued for lawyer’s pfees since he abandoned the case, and foot the fee bill from now on? With what sort of grace can Col. Akin, ask , Georgian’s to vote fol. him, till he has made gfT Col. Akin, vs. Col. Akin. The Col. the amfnde } mno rabk % this great mistake. No said in his speech on last Tuesday night, “a- way tions. with Platforms—away with Resolu- In his letter of acceptance, he said : I, therefore, accept the nomination ; and fully approve and cordially endorse thejdeclara- tion of principles adopted by the Opposition Convention, held at Macon on the 20th day of J ill last. from'llis possession of all the talents, and therefore of right commands your audience. Messrs. Editors : In the above sketch you will find in substance the exhibitions of the taeexts and decency party against Democracy in all ages of the world and especially during Up: existence of the government of the Uni ted States as the following specimens of Opim sition Literature will fully verify. “One hope only remains that this last stroke of perifidy (the declaration of war) may open the eyes of the besotted people, that they may awake like a giant from his slumbers, and reep their vengeance on their betrayers, by driving them from their stations and placing at the helm more skillful hands.’ “A ‘civil war becomes as inevitable as tlie events that happen according to the known laws, and the established course of nature.” June 27th. 1812. Rev. David Ozgood. “Such is the temper of the American Dem ocrats (so-calb d) a new language must be in vented before we attempt to express the base ness of their conduct, or describe the rotten ness ol tlieir hearts.” “Tyrants are the same on the banks of the Nile aud on the Potomac. ” ■ ‘L’ke tlie worshippers of Moloch, tlie sup porters of a vile administration sacrifice their children and families on tlie altar of Democracy. the agreeable to many of the “green ones” The “American” of this city, has about a quarter of a column, in fine print, headed, “Opposition Platform.” Col. Akin’s name, is just under the phrase, “For Governor.” Col. Akin says, “away with Platforms.” Hadn’t that Platform better gel out of the way ? Col. Akin, “cordially endoises the declaration of principles adopted, but cries “away with Platforms.” A nice Col., is Col. Akin. He j endorses principles, but hates Platforms. What ! next ? Wait and see. Wonders have not j ceased. V. A Scoundrel Arrested. We received, a few days since, a communi cation from a respectable gentleman, residing iu the village of Barnesville, Pike county, Ga., givintr the particulars of the advent of a notorious individual into that peaceful vil lage, bearing the name of John Daniel Gra ham. He cut up a considerable swell for a few days in that locality, professing to be “immensely rich,” to prove which he fre quently exhibited a large roll of bank bills, which afterwards proved to be bills of tlie old Macon Bank, long since “gone the way of all the earth,” and totally worthless. He did [ From the Journal and Messenger. ] Unfair Discrimination. Messrs. Editors : You have doubtless heard that there are many good and true Democrats in Cherokee, Georgia, who will support Joe Brown. Our Opposition is not without good reasons. As a specimen of his favoritism, we give the following : The rates ot freight as published in the freight list, on pig iron, from Cartersville to Chattanooga, is $3,25 per ton of 2000 lbs.— Dr. Lewis, chief Superintendant, has been shipping his own iron from Cartersville to i - Chattanooga, at $1,35 per ton, and charging lawyer-like excuse will satisfy the people of Messrs. Cothran & Elliot $3,25 per ton from Georgia, that Col. Akin has not acted badly j Kingston to Chattanooga. Both parties ship- Personalltles of tlie Press. We do not recollect ever having seen a more frequent display in the way of personalities than has of late distinguished the editorial col umns of newspapers in our land. We suppose that in the last few months, we have noticed in our exchanges, at least a dozen cases, in which editors, iu their political and other diff erences, have assailed one another’s private characters in terms of the most extreme and unsparing bitterness. We think that such in temperate ebullitions in the discussion of any public question, are deeply to be deplored, as they serve not only to produce personal rup tures and altercations between the immediate parties, but to lower the dignity of the press, iu this matter. Wonder if Col. Akin now ! Pf* 4 40 44ie same house—Swift & Co., Hunts- which should be always what it was designed , .... . ... ..... ,,, .. , i ville, Ala., For the truth of the above state- believes “i? u so stated vi the letter ! Yes, and . ment the ])ublic are refcn . ed . to Co l. Cothran, the “American” admits that ‘ ‘the letter was j and Gen. Rice, late ’ editor of the Cassville read to him by Gov. Brown. j Standard, but now of Rome, Ga., Hasn’t Col. Akin a fen - poor memory— j August II, 1859. quite too poor to make a good Governor ? He CHEROKEE. might possibly forget his pledges to the peo ple, even if they should be induced to vote for him, and make him Governor. But they The above is from a very respectable and responsible gentleman of Cherokee, Georgia, by this monstrous discrimination ofa railroad - official, the difference between a car load of will not. Joseph E. Brown is the peoples | iron sliippe 1 by Dr. Lew'is from Cartersville, j candidate and they wall see him elected by an and Cothran & Elliot from Kingston, (a sbor- en ds of truth Jrf LXL'JOZ. overwhelming majority, or we shall be very tei distance,) is $16,20. Something ot an item to be, the guardian and conservator of the pub lie morals and peace. Why cannot men of opposite sides reason together upon political subjects in a spirit of calmness and decorum ? This mode of proceeding is infinitely better adapted to convince or persuade, than the fiercest vituperations. No matter how import ant or unimportant tlie particular matter in issue, it best becomes the disputants to ob serve mutually the rules-^-cuuiimlfUMUlim be guided by tlie dictates of propriety iu com- ined the Wilmot Proviso to Squatter Sover- f you going to do if protection is not granted? *pity.” Wc ” lo not. No man but a disuni- can. and be reasonable. The TV ilmot “ fiso would forever limit slavery expansion, 'fatter Sovereignty. <cai ns Douglas hands it *■ gives slavery a chance. Under his ruling, people of a T< rritoiy may have slavery, if -7 want it. Under the Wilmot Proviso Uif-v are inhibited from having i f . We do L , > accept Douglas, but much preicr him to a Republican or the Wilmot Proviso.— -■ Akin prefers the Wilmot Proviso. '1 lie Tpleof Georgia will notice that preference fes they come to vote. A man who is a “‘unionist,perse, may talk like Col. Akin, i'i the lVilmot Proviso would produce adisso- L®on at once. He said he stood upon the ^resolution, and if need be, was ready to p *on it. Wonder if all Georgia can't say as ■ He said, “one of the contingencies of iLtGeorgia Platform lias happened.” Ought *&ut, then, to be an out an out disnnionist, it! past offences, to be consistent and honest -Politically ? He has no alternative but to disrupt. ' yet he sung gloriously for the “per- pvtuity of the Union.” “Consistency, thou 81 a jewel.” He said squatter sovereignty was concocted * Hie Kansas Nebraska Bill, and that Mr. I'ntsm said that squatter sovereignty in that - d lost us Kansas. We think that if Mr. Aiin will read Mr. Iverson’s speech again, he ‘•Hfind that Mr. Iverson said no such thing, ''t understand Mr. Iverson to say that that n interpreted by Northern men, lost us Kan- **; Tot that the Bill is defective, but wrong- lv “terpreted by Northern men. An errone- 5 interpretation does not prove the bill de- Many men misinterpret the Bible, ^ often destroy its proper meaning, and say means what it does not mean. Does that -validate the truthfulness of Holy Writ, or teiBove its binding effect, or weaken and de- ^ize its sacred provisions, or prevent men 0, u drawing comfort aud consolation from ? Heavenly teachings ? The Constitution of Union has been grossly misconstrued by f^utionists. Does that take away our love ** fe time-honored and cherished principles, tu desire to abandon it ? Answer—“no longer my government.’ Col. Akin closed, with quite a solemn exhor tation. “In view of Eternity and the death- lied” he called upon his fellow citizens "to leave party” and take the law. In other wolds leave the Macon Platform and get on the back of Ben Hill, who discovered the taw plat form. We dont believe that ‘‘Our Ben could carrv us through on his programme and shall decline, the invitation. “Ben didn t go through two years ago and we prefer not to mount a broken-down nag. .. . “In view of Eternity,” liadn t Col. Akin better push that law-case, “to its end, and finish his contract, by which he got the residue or that S4,750, out of the State Rond. The full vials of despotism are poured on your heads. There we must trample on the mandates of despotism or here we must re main slaves forever.” April 7th. 1814. Rev. Elisha Parish, D. D. “We say again let the Democrats terminate their ridiculous war in the best way they can.” “The prescut administration must be got lid of, or the nation is inevitably ruined.” “The men of wisdom virtue and talents are ready to unite in support of war measures provided they be placed at the disposal of men of abil ity,” (that is, men of talents and decency.)— “New England must require that those men who have degraded the country they have so long misruled should be dismissed, or forced to resign.” “If James Madison is to com mand the forces that is to subjugate the Eas tern States we would suggest to His Excellen cy a most salutary caution : it is that he should provide himself with a >wift horse,” &c. June 25th, 1814. United States Gazette. The following is from Clay’s speeches 1833 and 1834 : “We are in the midst of a revolution hither- about Barnesville, and fleeced them by bor rowing from them small sums of money, and getting credit in some of the stores to the amount of sixty dollars. Whereupon he fled that place—was pursued, and arrested in Mer iwether county, carried hack to Pike, tried and committed, but in conveying him to jail, two miles of Zebulon, he made his escape.— He next turns up at West Point, stops at the | Hotel kept by Mr. Stephens, formerly of Ma- j rietta, n iterates the story of possessing im- j mense wealth, &c., obtains quarters there for j the night engages himself to be married to a ■ widow in that place, after a twenty-four hours’ | acquaintance, but about fifteen minutes before j the nuptials were to be consummated, news | of his rascality reached West Point, when he j was arrested and placed in the Calaboose, where, at the latest accounts from the South ern Citizen, he was lying to await the stern re alities of the law. Rumor says his father lives in Newton county, Ga., that he has a wife and children in North Carolina, was late- to bloodless but rapidly tending towards a to- j ly married again in Russell county, Ala., also tal change ot the pure republican character ot j j n Tennessee : and in Macon county a warrant expressions, in’quotation, attributed to C< Akin, wore taken as they fell from his lips. The Col. Another Counterblast. this The Fr onds at their yearly meeting t year, in Pennsylvania, found time in the in tensity of their discussions of the slavery ques tion, to fulminate a most powerful “testimo ny” against the use of tobacco. Since tlie ta- mous counterblast of King James was launch ed upon it. Its effects upon the community arc described as “a mildew blight;” they who use it are called “victims;” toitaleavesn.at tributed “a deadly effluvia. ’ and ^eltos des ignated as “the upas tree. [bf 4l ^ ,4of " h ' ing it in any' shape is called lilthy •, - “loathsome,” and its devotees are denounced as “transforming this beautiful earth into a reeking, noisome smokehouse by the conver sion of 2,000,000 tons of this weed into pois- ° n Then comes an array of startling anecdotes illustrative of the fact that tobacco contains a poisonous clement. A clerk ni Massachusj etts (who ought to have been horse-wbiped for his folly), Induced a child to swallow some and the resuit was fatal; and mice have been known to be killed by the oilWe rom It. So would be a mouse or man by a diop or two of oil made from apple seen* 5 - f . But the Friends would have the use of to bacco in every shape and form disused, culture relinquished now and forever country. So we may look for the early enact ment of a Pennsylvania anti-nocotinc la follow up the Maine liquor lawui its appea to the party leaders of the day, to make it on of the planks of their platforms, and to fur nish a new slogan to the people. Meantime, with the Friends’ leave, we will venture upon jnst one more Regalia.—(N. u. Picayune, of the government, and to concentration of all power ir. the bands of one mail.” (Andrew Jackson.) “During the Revolutionary War, the tories took sides with executive power and preroga tive, and with the king, against liberty and independence. And the Whigs true to their principles contended against royal executive power and lor freedom and independence.”— “And what is the present but the some contest in another form ?” Thus yon sec (Messrs. Editors) the same denunciatory language applied to men and measures of the Democratic party in 1814and 1834 and for the same purpose the removal of Democrats from office and the filling their va cant places with members of tlie “talents aud decency party,” or the “law and order party.” Nor is the present day wanting in similar attempts to bring under disrepute the administration of James Buchanan. “Rule or ruin” is the governing principle of venal men of all parties. The Democratic disunionist, in my estimation, is no hotter than the old blue light Hartford Convention Federalist. Their aims are the same—the one to establish an independent New England confederacy, and the other a southern confed eracy. The intelligence of the people of 1814 re buked treason and saved the Union, and the intelligence of the people of I860 will not be lacking in patriotism to accomplish a similar result. The intelligence of the people of 1814 re buked treason and saved the Union, and the intelligence of the people of 1860 will not be lacking in patriotism to accomplish a similar result. A true Democracy will never under any probable circumstances, consent to a dis solution of the Union but will ever be willing if necessary to shoulder arms to resist either the foreign or domestic invasion of their rights. The election of Seward to the presidency of the United States will not justify the Missis sippi Democracy in an act of secession,; and nothing short of a flagrant violation of the constitution and laws of the l nited States in an attempt by him to subjugate the South to the mandates ol Abolitionism, would justify an appeal to arms. Contingencies so appalling I believe will never happen ;— but even then should such occur, I have an abiding confidence in tlie wisdom, intelligence, and patriotism ol the masses of the people, so far as to believe that under no contingences will they ever peaciblv consent to a dissolution, but will fight for the union to the last extremity; and, if perish they must—they will sink beneath the folds of the flag of their country. The broad and comprehensive term Democ racy is sufficient to unite the Union men of aU sections. North, South. East and West, in defense of the world's last hope,—the best and freeest government on earth. Sectional and mere- party names, upheld by selfish aud corrupt politicians, will as they have ever done continue to annoy us; but our increasing iuteligc-nce and patriotism, will everprove in vincible to their traps and snares, and will ever shield us from the indescribable horrors of a dissevered Union. Yours truly. Atlanta, Ga. PLEBIAN. Kentucky Elections. At the late election iu Kentucky, the Dem ocrats have chosen, by from nine to fifteen thousand majority, the following State officers. Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney- General, Auditor, Treasurer, Register, Super intendent of Public Instruction, and President of the Board of Internal Improvements. These officers are chosen for four years. ’Ihe Demo crats had previously elected the Clerk of the Court of Appeals, the State Printer, and the Superintendent of the State Prison. For the first time in thirty years Kentucky will have an entire board of Democratic State officers, a Legislature Democratic in both branches, and two Democrats to represent her in the Senate of the United States. She is completely and thoroughly redeemed.—[Mont. Adv. Blot Near Fliilncfelpliiu. Philadelphia, August 23.—While the pu pils of the Catholic Sunday schools and a military company of this city were on an ex cursion to the village of Tacolney, yesterday, the soldiers were attacked while target firing, by a gang of rowdies. The soldiers fired on the latter ; and about twenty persons were stabbed aud wounded. The riot was resumed on the return to the city ; but the police in terfered, and prevented any further serious results.^ g ent j eman 0 ge re( i hi s w if e and_two children for a young lady, but could not get bar. was lately issued against him for bigamy. In case he should escape from custody in W'est Point, we give the following description of him as furnished by our Barnesville corres pondent : “He is very illiterate, and exceed ingly fond of negro company. About six l’eet high, weighs about one hundred and eighty pounds, walks a little pigeon-toed, and very awkwardly ; invariably tells a lie, when the truth is most convenient. He is apparently about forty-five years of age, red lace, and quite ordinary in general appearance.” How such a scamp could win the affections of a widow, in twenty-four hours, we are at a loss to determine. But we do hope, that as he is now in the clutches of the law, that con dign punishment for his crimes may be visited upon him, and that in the Georgia or Ala bama Penitentiary, he may be taught not on ly a good trade, but the wholesome lesson of lotting the widows alone, until he has the law ful right to claim their hearts and their hands. “Col. Akin then told Gov. Brown that there was another heavy case pending in Cass Supe rior Court, not in his hill—that as he did not wish to sue the Road, if the Governor would pay that hill he would defend that case to the end of litigation in Gass Superior Court, with out further charge. [This proposition was ac- ceeded to by Gov. Bsown. who wrote a letter to the Superintendent, or Treasurer, author izing the payment of (the bill. This letter was never read to him byJGov. Brown. Col. Akin is satisfied that the purport of the letter as read to him was in accordance with the verbal agreement between them, which was as stated above. In that agreement, he was under no pledge to carry it to the Supreme Court.” AYe clip the above (apology for Col. Akin, from the “American’! of this city. Wonder if Col. Akin helped the “Ameri can” get up that editorial ? It reads very much like the Colonel sat by and told the writer of the article in the “American” head ed Gov. Brown vs. Col. Akin to say : “If the letter of Gov. Brown to the Super intendent states he was to attend to the case ”to the end of its litigation,” it states what Col. Akin did not agree to do, and Col. Akin does not believe it is so stated in the letter.” How did the “American” get to be so wise ? Has it spoken by authority ? Does it know ex actly what Warren Akin “agreed to do? ’ Notice reader. 1st- That Col. Akin’s defender says, that he agreed to “defend that case to the end ot litigation in Cass Superior Court.” 2d. Col. Akin’s defender states that Col. Akin “did not agree to attend to the case lo theend of its litigation.” Read Gov. Brown’s letter concerning the majter. Executive Department, | Milledgeville, Nov. 24th, 1857. j lion. .Tames J/. Spullod,. Svpt. W. A. R. R. 1 have had a conference with Col. Akin about his claims vs. the Road on account of professional service. He agrees to i\ ceipt in full for all the claims he has against the road. The case now ponding iu Cass Superior Court Martha Kinney vs. George Yonge Superinten dent &c, is to be included. Col. Akin is to re ceipt you in full for that case also, and is to defend it to the end qf the litigation, without any'further charge titan that already render ed* Let the receipt speciiy this, and be taken in full for all the cases, and I withdraw furth er objections to the settlement of his claims. Very respectfully, your ob’t serv’t. JOSEPH E. BROWN. Now read Col. Akin’s receipt. Martha Kinney, Case &c. in vs. Cass Superior Court. Geo. Younge, Sup’t, : Damages Claimed West. & A. R. Road.- $10,000. In consideration of; the payment of my fees in the several cases to which this is attached. / am and do hereby agree to defend the above stated case to its end, without making any ad ditional charge for the same—the fees paid me in the other cases ard a full compensation for all. Nov. 25th, 1857. WARREN AKIN, Att’y at Law Cassville, Ga. Gov. Brown says of “that case” Col. Akin agreed “to defend it to the end of the litigation.” Is Gov. Brown right, or Col. Akin’s organ?— Col. Akin’s receipt binds him “to defend the abort tote to its tnd. lanta, at tlie August Term 1859. Skelton Napier et al, pl’ffin error, vs. Thom as T Napier, deft in error. Equity from Catoosa. Walker & Dougherty for pl’ff in error ; Mc- Souuell & McCutchen contra. Judgment re versed. Held, that under our Bastardy act, a man living in one county cannot be prosecuted in another, even in the county where the moth er resides, and where the child is likely to be come cliargable. Judgment reversed. much deceived. V. ; in favor of the chief Superintendant, who is a - i large iron dealer. Cases Decided by tlie Supreme Court in At* How often is it the case, when men deter- min to hunt a man down anyhow, that their zeal gets ahead of their^ knowledge ? Then you may expect to see men firing off their political guns, half-cocked. The above is a specimen of this half-coked firing.— “Cherokee” will have to try again, or he can- Wm H Huff, pl’ff in error, vs. the State of : not say truthfully, “our opposition”is not with- Georgia, deft in error. Bastardy | out good reason.” “This monstrous diserimin- from Whitfield. I .. c ~ . ,, „ A , „ ... ,, i ation of a railroad official, is truly horrifying. McCutchen & Walker, Glenn, for pi ffmer- „ . , . . , * . . ror; Sol. Gen’l, contra. | Cant some ( W-sition paper take a fit over it? Tlie rate on Georgia Pig Iron, has been re duced by Gov. Brown and I)r. Lewis, and they had good reason for it. The old rate on Pig Iron, and that is now charged on Alabama Pig Iron, was not made by Dr. Lewis and Gov. Brown—but years ago, by their predecessors, i he $3.25 cent Pig Iron, is made in Alabama —the $1,35 cent Pig Iron, in Georgia. Read the following : Dennis Green et al, pl’ffs in error, vs. Little ton D Glass, deft in error. Eject ment from Catoosa. Akin, Walker, for pi’ff in error; Culberson & Dougherty, contra. Judgment reversed. J 8 & L Bowie, & Co., pl’ffs in error, vs. Mad dox & Goldsmith, defts in error. Com plaint from Chattooga. Dabney, Taylor, for pl’ff in error; Walker, Underwood, Shropshire, contra. Judgment reversed. Resolved, by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia v 1 hut His Excellency, the Governor of this Suite. a;H the Superintendant of the Wes tern & Atlantic Rail Road, lie requested to make such reduction on the present rates of freight on Pig Iron, Bar Iron, and all other kinds of Iron, which are, or may be manufac- tured in Georgia, as will encourage the mak ing of Georgi i Iron, and the development of the immense mineral wealth of the State, by en- Ex-Govenior Johnson and Gov. Brown. Ever since Governor Brown came into of fice, there has been an unceasing effort on the couragmg capitalists to embark their capital part of the Opposition, to create enmity and |ii Iron business.—Provided, That no Iron ill feeling between the friends of ex-Gov. | shaU be carried over the State Road, so low Johnson and the friends of Gov. Brown. We that the State will not receive a reasonable can assure these slanderers, and mischief ma- ; profitin' its transportation. kers, these tale hearers, and evil dojrs, that their labours of love have all been lost: there is no ill tia ling, no enmity, no antagonism, between these two favorite leaders of the De mocracy ; the friends of the one, are, in al most every instance, the friends of the other ; and the people aie proud of both of them.— We have on former occasions shown, that iu praising the management of the State Road under the administration of Gov. Brown, there was no censure, either expressed or implied, upon the management under Gov Johnson.— The management of the State Road under the T(liniui6ti - ati<jJi of* Cor. JohiusDU, i?5 IlOVV H portion of history. Iu the two last Guberna torial elections, it was made a principle issue. The Opposition assailed it, with the bitterness and malignity of demons. They held the De mocracy responsible not only for every mis take and every error, committed by any of the agents or hands on the road, but also for those accidents which are unavoidably connected witli“all human affairs. The Democracy took the responsibility, accepted the issue tender ed by the Opposition, aud went before the people with them, aud the result was, the ad ministration of Gov. Johnson, and the De mocracy, were most triumphantly sustained, and their accusers most severely rebuked. Such was the state of affairs when Govern or Brown came into office. As the adminis tration of the State Road under Gov Johnson had been sustained by an overwhelming ma jority of the people, it can hardly be said to be in issue at this time. We however stand rea dy prepared at any time to vindicate it from every assailant, ;uid to show by the public re cords, what became of the money, even if it should appear, that Mr. Warren Akin, the Opposi tion candidate for Governor, got his full share of that money. The management of the Stare Road under tlie administration of Gov. Brown has been one continued success. When Dr. Lewis first promised that unless some unfore seen misfortune befel the road, it should pay into the State treasury ouc thousand dollars a day, the Opposition organs and leaders ridicul ed the idea; but when Dr. Lewis’s promise was more than realized by tlie payment of 35 36 thousand a month, they with one accord beg; j n to assert that there was some deception in the matter. The money they said hail been paid in and taken out again. The Comp troller General soon put this slander to rest, and many of the Opposition honestly con fessed that Gov. Brown had really managed the State road well, he had just done what Ben Hill would have done if lie had been elec ted. With this the people all seem well sat isfied, and many honest men of the Opposi tion were, and are opposed to running a can didate against Gov. Brown. Bnt within a few days a wonder has come to light; since the Opposition have nominated a candidate to op pose Gov. Brown, their organs have discover ed all at once, that his management of the State road has not been as successful as that of Gov. Johnson. The road is now paying into the State treas ury, 40,000 dollars a month besides paying all neccessary expenses and keeping it in repair When it paid $36,000 a month they were as tonished, and admitted it was as well as Ben Hill could iiavC done. But now when it is paying $40,000 a month, they are dissatisfied. The people will remember, that the opposition were willing to lease the Road Last winter for less than it is now- paying; that when it was paying 830,000 a month, they all thought it was doing well enough, and if the Opposition can now prove as they seem disposed to do, that the management of the Road was still better under Gov. Johnson’s administration, we have no objection. Indeed, all of Gov. Brown’s friends are well pleased to see the Opposition at last willing to do justice to Gov. Johnson. They have admitted thousands of times, that Gov. Brown has done well, and if they now show that Gov. Johnson has done still better, so much the better for the Democ racy. It is now established even by the show ing of the Opposition, that both Gov. John son and Gov Brown have done well; that the Road has been well managed under both these Democratic Governors, and that tbe Democ racy will do to trust. After this showing we are sure the people will not want to take the management of the Road out of the bauds ot the Democracy. But the Democracy see very clearly that opposition are trying to create a rivalry between the friends of Govs. Johnson and Brown. There is no occasion for any such rivalry, and the people know it ; and the la bors of our enemies to foster it, will all be in vain.—[ Federal Union. Outrage by Baltimore Plug UgUeg. Baltimore, August 26.—A party of rowdies on board the steamer bound for the camp meeting, near this city, on Saturday last, committed fearful outraffes and acts of v : o- lence. They butchered and robbed the pas sengers in the dark ; and repeatedly stabbed a man whose wife they violated in his pre6- Belglau Consul. Washington, Aug. 23.—C. E. Stewart has been recognized by the President, as Consul for Belgia, at the port of Charleston, S. C. Liter from Kansas. St. Louis, Aug. 23.—Dates from Denver ci ty the 12th inst., have been received. More gold discoveries have been reported.. An outbreak in Southern Kansas is report ed. Montgomery is again in the field ; and a renewal of the old disturbances is feared. Tiieadork L. Gueby, Pres, of the .Senate. J. H. W. Underwood, Speaker House of Rep’tvs. Chs. J. Harris, Sec’ty ofSenate. Pro Tern. J. C. Siiroi'shire, Clerk House of Rep’tvs. Assented to, December 13th, 1858, “Cut and come again,” gentlemen. Gov. Brown is not in town to-day, and lias furnish ed no “notes' for this article, but we take the responsibility to say for him, that lie invites your closest scrutiny of Li» vdilr ..«i manage ment. Would’nt it lx: advisable for some folks, not a hundred miles off, to secure a “legal luminary ?” We are anlliorised by the “Master of Trans portation” ol the State Road to say, that di rectly after tiie passage of the above resolu tion, a schedule of rates on Georgia Iron was made out, and forwarded to all the agents on the road, and they were ordered to be control led by them, and that if any Georgia-made Iron, lias not received the benefit of the reduc tion, made upon the passage of said resolu, tion, he does not know it, and does not be lieve that any Georgia-made Iron, has been over-charged. We are futher authorized to say. that if any Georgia-made Iron, has not received the benefit of the reduced rates, made in accord ance with the reccommendations of the Legis lature, upon a, proper showing, all payments not in accordance with the reduced rates, will be made to conform to those rates. Will the “Confederacy” and “American,” of this city, and the “Journal and Messenger,” of Macon, make the amend honerable in this matter. Gen tlemen, Col. Akin said in his speed, here, that ”Dr. Lewis, is an honest man.” We re peat that saying, with all the responsibilities at taching. V. “ Drive on Akin ! ” We have heard the following anecdote of Col. Warren Akin, the Opposition candidate for Governor : 8ome years ago a Debating Society in Cass ville announced a public discussion. The question was :—“Should capital punishment be abolished ?” A large crowd of the good aitizens of Ca-s of both sexes assembled to hear the discussion. Col. Akin took a prominent part on the negative side of the question. He drew a melting and heart-rending picture of a beautiful young lady visiting the grave of her deceased parent at night and alone. While there some ruffian steals up and murders her for the jewelry upon her per son. The eloquent speaker asked in a burst of righteous indignation : “Mr. President, what ought t.» be (lone with aman who would perpetrate such an infamous deed as this ?— I say Mr. President, what ought to be done with him ? Mr. President, I say what ought to be dore with him ?” in tlie meantime dili gently scratching his head in search of an idea. Just at this time a voice was heard in the crowd—“Drive on, Akin ! Say it again ! You’ll jump another idea after a while.”— [ Southern Banner. A Rousing majority. Hon. John V. Wright, of the seventh dis trict in T ennessee, was elected by a majority of 6,669. This is certainly a handsome ma jority, and highly complimentary to the gift ed young Tennesseean. He is probably tlie youngest man in Congress ; or was during the last session. The Nashville “Union” says : -‘The Dem ocratic majority iu the seventh district is lar ger than the aggregate majority by which all the Opposition members are elected, and the Democratic majority in the sixth district is double the majority by which six Opposition men were elected to Congress, and a thousand more than the majority by which all seven of the Op position membtrs were elected.”—[Southern Ban ner. They ask Twenty Thousand “Odds.” We met, a few days ago, a zealous member of the Opposition, who was delighted with the nomination of Col. Akin, as the Opposition candidate for Governor, because he never heard of the gentleman before he was nomi nated, and thought that nothing, could be known against a man who was, himself, ut terly unkuowu. Thisfriendot Col. AkiD told us “in a burst of confidence,” that he had made a bet with a Democrat that Brown would not be it Akin twenty thousand votes! and be wanted to know if we thought the bet a safe one! The Oppositionists ask twenty thousand “odds,” when they bet against Brown, and when they get it, feel uncomfort- able.—[Aug. Constitutionalist. Traveling.—Henry Ward Beecher says “traveling is very much like eating crabs.— You have much shell, many claws and little meat. But to read of travels is to have your crabs served up to you without trouble or ex tracting.” Col. C. M. Pennington, of Rome, Ga., has been appointed Chief Engineer of the Nash ville & Chattanooga Railroad. ends of truth and justice are much better sub served in this way, than by offensive and irri tating reflections and denunciations. Aman that eaunot support his views upon any and every point of a public question by calm and respectful argument, who has not sufficient control over his feelings to prevent him from indulging in rude and exasperating epithets, ought never to engage in a controversy. We admire firmness and intrepidity in tbe main- tenai ce of ore’s opinions, even if we hold them to be erroneous—and they can be just as firmly and intrepidly expressed in temperate as in abusive language. Editors of newspapers are the last men in the community who ought to descend into the ifrena of personalities, because the press is universally looked up to as the bulwark of the public weal, and as one o: the main pillars of the social edifice. It therefore exercises a tre- mendous influence for good and evil, accord ing to the spirit and manner in which it per forms its high functions. The interests of the political a - d social worlds are alike embraced in the sphere of its protection, and its great effort should, at all times, be to do conscien tiously whatever will tend to advance these interests, and to avoid doing whatever may impair or compromise them. We have made these general remarks only for the purpose of calling attention to what we consider a great and growing public evil. We hope that our cotemporaries, one and all, will approve both the motive and the matter of our article, and that, if they do, they will unite with us in-deprecating the frequency of angry personal discussions in the columns of the press. One of the most appropi Lite and pungent satires upon editorial irascibility and intoler ance, is to be found in that inimitable produc tion of Charles Dickens—the Pickwick Papers —where the state of parties in the borough of Eatanswill and of the press is brought before the reader. The Blues and the Buffs divide the people, who are in a tremendous excite ment at the time, caused by a very active can vass between the rival candidates for a seat in parliament. We have only room for the fol lowing extract, which is very applicable to our text and purpose : “Of course,” says our author, “it was essen tially and indispensably necessary ihat each of these powerful parties should have its cho sen organ and representative— and according ly there were two newspapers in the town— the Eatanswill Gazette and the Eatanswill Inde pendent; the former advocating Blue principles, and the latter conducted on grounds ileoulud- ly Bull. Fine newspapers they were ! Such leading articles and such spirited attacks!— “Our worthless cotemporary, the Gazette,”— “That disgraceful and dastardly journal, the Independent,”—“That false and scurrilous print the Gazette,”—“That vile and slanderous ca lumniator, the Independent,”—these and other spirit-stirring denunciations were strewn plen tifully over the columns of each, in every number, and excited feelings of the most in tense delight and indignation in the bosoms of the townspeople.”—&c.—[Petersburg (Va.) Express. Eight Children at a Birth. On the 2d of August, Mrs. Timothy Brad ley, of Johnson, Trumbull county, O., gave birth to eight children—three boys anil five girls. They are all living .and healthy, but are quite small. Air. B.’s family increases fast. He was married six years ago to Eunice Mowery, who weighed 273 pounds on the day of tlieir marriage. She has given birth to two pair of twins, and now eight more, making twelve children in six years. It seems strange, but nevertheless is true, Mrs. B. was a twin of three, her mother aud father both being twins, and lier grand mother the mother of five pair of twins. M rs. Bradley has named her boys after noted and distinguished men ; one after the Hon. Joshua It. Giddings, who has given her a splendid gold medal; one after tlie Rev. Hon. Elijah Champlin, who gave her a deed to 50 acres of laud, and the other after James Johnson, Esq., who gave her a cow. Mr. Bradley says it is profitable to have twins, as the neighbors have clothed the others ever since they were born. Doctrine of Protection. The Democratic Candidate for Governor in Kentucky, who was elected by 10,000 majori ty, thus speaks iu regard to the territorial question. Mr. Magoffin says: “That Congress has the power to ‘protect’ while it cannot prohibit slaveay in the terri tories ; that the the territorial legislature, as its agent, cannot “exclude or abolish slavery, directly or indirectly by unfriendly legisla tion;” that such legislation is void, and would be declared unconstitutional by the Federal courts ; “that it is the duty of the territorial legislature to protect slave property,” and property of all kinds are linger the protection of the government, the Constitution and the laws ; that our rights and remedies seem to be now compl te in the territories, and nothing has occurred to show their inadequacy; that the Democratic party has brought us to this position of safety against all the efforts of the Opposition, entertaining different opinions on thesubject, and forming combinations to des- try it; that the struggles and victories over other parties have clearly shown that ours is the only party capable of protecting our rights or guarding them in the future ; aud if it “should be necessary to pass laws to enforce the decrees of the judiciary, or even to call out troops, that it would be the duty of the government to do so.” Fabled Origin of the Tobacco Plant. -Per haps in no place on the American Continent, population considered, is there more tobacco used than in this same little Cockade City.— Nine in every ten men chew, five in every ten smoke, chew and snuff. A lario’ number ol boys (we regret to state it) chew and smoke, and a very large number of females, mostly colored, smoke to a great excess. IV e are pleased to hear that our city is totally exempt from the very jiernicious and deleterious prac tice of “snuff-dipping,” which prevails to such an unlimited extent in some other places.— But among so many chewers, smokers and snuffers, some idea as to how the weed origin ated, will be read with interest by a very large class of our patrons. Among the Indians is a fondly treasured tradition which seeks to ac count for the origin of the “glorious weed” in this wise : “In the beginning we had only tletili of ani mals to eat, and if they failed we starved. — Two of our hunters having killed a deer, and broiled part of it, saw a young woman descend from tbe clouds and seat lierselt ou a hill hard by. Said one to the other. “It is a spirit, perhaps, that has smelt our venison; let us of fer some oi'it to her.” They accordingly gave her the tongue; she was’plcased with its flavor and said. Your kirdness shall be rewarded ; come here thirteen moons hence and you shall fiud it’ They did so, and found where her right hand had touched the ground, maize growing; where her left hand had been, kid ney bean8, and where she had sat, they found tobacco,” Beautiful idea, truly!—Petersburg Express. What is a Flirt.—A young lady of more beauty than sense; more accomplishment than learning ; more charm of person than grace of mind ; more fools than wise men for attendants.—[Longfellow. From tlie Episcopal Recorder. Be Gentle to thy Husband. ANSWER TO “be GENTLE TO THY WIFE.” Be gentle, there are hours when he By anxious care is tossed; And shadows deep on his brow, By business trials crossed. Be gentle, 'tis for you he toils, And thinks, and strives to gain Home comforts and home happiness— Don’t let him strive in vain. Be gentle, though some hasty word Should fell, it was not meant: A smile, a kind work will recall, And many more prevent. Be gentle, oh ! ’twill sooth much care, And make each burden lisrht, A gentle tone will smooth the brow, And draw an answer bright - Be gentle, thongli it may seem hard, To check an angry word ; Yet try, and it will surely bring A full and rich reward. A. Q. Corresponnence of fie Baltimore American. The Rattlesnake. Oakland, Md.. Auguts 13, 1859. Having read and heard many snake stories —some imaginary, d mbtless, and others per haps true, I am induced to give you au ac count of a scene witn essed yesterday on Snag- ;y Mountain. Our guide killed (as he sup posed) a very large rattlesnake in the morning, of our route across tlie mountain. He cut off his head and ripped him open from ‘‘stern to stern’ ’ to ascertain what he hail been feeding on. In this state we met with the body, from four to five hours after losing his head, and being completely embowelled. Finding con siderable vitality yet in tho body. I pressed on it near the tail with a stick, wherr the body instantly coiled, and struck the stick, with as much anpareut vem m and vigor with the headless trunk, as if he had eyes to see and fangs to strike with. This experiment v is repeated some half-a- dozen times, and with similar results. One of our company (being r! e guide who killed the snake) undertook to test the matter; and al though he saw and Knew thai the serpent was headless, his nerves were not strong enough to stand the shock, and he would recoil from e .eh stroke. I secur< ■ I and enclosed the rattles containing nine, th. ugh several were broken off in detaching it from the body. This story may appear incredible to many; but the facts were a To witness 'd by our friend Judge M., of Baltim *re, and Captain L., of the U. S - N., both < f our party. It was the largest rattlesnake] have ever seen, much as I nave tramped over the mountains, and watched the whole . fair with great interest. I leave it for you an 1 other Philosophers and Naturalists to account for this singular phe nomenon iu the nat oral history and instinct of the serpent. I vouch for the lucts, and weich old hunters n 'lire me are not uncom mon. Your friend. E. S. P. 8. — A very fair >ized rattlesnake in.» oox with glass top, is ju-r presented to me. Will you accept the gent eman as a pet, if I for ward him to you? 1 have no use for him and am afraid ot much intimacy with such com panions. Look oat tlie Swindler. Several members of our community have been swindled by an imposter who pretendod to be the leader ol an imaginary Company called the’Mozart TV upe.’ He gave his name is H. DeTracy, and professed to come from Union Springs, Ala. He persuaded a Dr. Con verse in Atlanta to an Ornpuny him as agent, promising that gentleman $75 per month for his services, ar.d deluded a Wind musician • with vain hopes from a home in Tuskegee, ala. to join his wanderings. He contracted with us posters, programmes, &e. to the amount of S30 or S-10, which lie has left un paid ; he owes his landlord lure $18. and Messrs Scott & Tyner of Madison Sprngs S18 50 : he ides a debt of S25. at the livery stables and other smaller amounts elsewhere. He put up posters announcing a concert at Madison Springs and one at Athens, each of which purported to he graced by his “last md only appearance before leaving lor Eu rope” He started on his “grand tour” on the night of the 16th inst., leaving Madison Springs on foot while all the other visitors were at supper. To protect his delicate per son from the culd sea-breeze, he stole a blank et shawl from one of his dupes, which had several holes near on : co ner for tlie purpose of ventilation - Thu; to the crime of swind ling he has added ti e more grievous one of theft, and we trust lie may yet lie apprehend ed and severely punUhed. We furnish an im perfect description ol' the rogue, hoping that it may lead to his rc ognition. He is heavy built—about 5 feet 5 inches high—weighs 130 to 136 lbs—has large light, bluish grey eyes and sports a slight moustache. When here he wore a black suit- i coat with a velvet col lar—a light but dirty vest—a low crowned black hat—and his left boot run down out ward at the heel. H ■ .mule a limited display of jewelry, wearing a seal ling and a small old vest chain without tlie customary appen- iage of a watch. His hair was short, his com paction dark, his performance on tlie piano tolerable, and his talk about his wealthy rela tives incessant. Do! brethren of the press assist us in catching i his delectable specimen of the genus homo.—[8 mthern Banner. pf°The Savannah Republican, of yesterday, iiu article in which ii gives its reasons for Jeclining to publish a scurrilous communica tion by seme anonym >us writer against Mr. Stephens, says: _ The second reason is that Mr. Stephens is now a private citizen, taking no part in the po litical struggles around him, that we are aware of, and, consequently, we have no war io make upon him. We are unwilling to spare tne time and ammunition from such deserving ob jects as .Toe Brown, and waste it upon a man who is up for nothing. We believe he has no particular fancy for the immaculate Joseph ; and we know he is not very proud of his would- be-successor in Cccgres.J; hence, we are inclin ed to give him every eneouragemont to silence in the present struggle, and very much disin clined unnecessarily to provoke him to enter the field, and take up arms against us. In this paragraph, Mr. Stephens is repre sented as indifferent al- ut tiie success of the Democratic nominee for Governor, and the Democratic nominee fo: Congress, in this dis trict. The Republican is u >t tiie only opposition journal which has attempt - d to create this im- |u - cssion. We know that there is no foundation for it. Mr. tephens was decided ly in favor of tho re-nom nation of Gov. Brown and is decidedly in favoi of his re-election; and though ii mere looker-on in the Congressional contest in this district, : a favor of tlie election of Mr. Jones, as Mr - .To;. ; „s will stand by what he has done, whilst Mr. Wright denounces it, and seeks to overturn i . [Aug. Constitutionalist. Wholesome Advice I! Col- Wrigiit. the nominee for Congress of the Oqposition in this D istrict is indebted to the Atlanta American to: - the following : “If he, (Wright) wo lid 'hi himself out’— give more of his attention to the investiga tion of Col Gartrell’s rcci.rd, and expatiate more upon tiie extra vagi; net: an. 1 corruption of the present Federal Administration, and the unsoundness of tbe Northern Democracy, he would have but little difficulty in convincing the people of that gentleman’s (Gart: ell’s) in capacity to discharge the duties of a Represen tative in Congress.” It is to be hoped the Americ n’s nominee will take due notice of the admonitions of that Opposition journal, and “let himself out.” to the satisfaction of the American, during the remainder of the canvass, in his future efforts upon the stump. Gartrell must be wooing him desperately, even in I he estimation of the American, when it finds itself under the pain ful necessity of admonishing Col. Wright as to bis duty, thus publicly, through its columns. The American bad just returned from Mariet ta, where it had witnessed the discussion be tween the two gentlemen,and it is but reason- abl to suppose the editor spoke and uttered the sentiments and feelings of a heart sick and chagrined at the result. All things c csider- ed, we take it that the advice, though inad vertently, is highly complimentary to his op ponent, and anything else but commendatory of Col. Wright’s efforts generally. Try again, friend American. ’‘Better luck next time.” [Bannar it &ntia4’

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Atlanta weekly intelligencer. (Atlanta, Ga.) 185?-18??, September 01, 1859, Image 1