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ATLANTA AND MARIETTA, gEORGLA. ERJDAY ! MQRNINfi> ADJUST 17, 185o
BY RUGGLES & HOWARD.
VOL. VII. NO. 12.
THE ATLANTA INTELLIGENCER
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Governor Reeder.
We publish this morning a number of ex- »
1 tracts from Northern papers, which may be j
1 taken as fair exponents of the popular ap-
I preciation of Reeder’s removal. At the !
, South the Democratic party have never dis- !
trusted the resolutiou of the President to
‘ maintain an impartial and constitutional
; attitude in regard to slavery in Kansas.—
^'qq i That party South, has never stultified itself
2.oo ' by supposing that Gen. Pierce would, at,
this late day, disgrace a faultless record, :
made up of substantial and fearless acts of i
self-sacrifice. We could never bring our- i
selves to think, that now. after he had ris.k-. I
ed, and lost all but honor, in the discharge
[From the New Tork Evening Post, of Saturday.]
One Day Later from Europe.
The steamship Ariel, Captain Lefevre,
belonging to Vanderbilt's line of ocean
MONDAY, AUGUST IS.
Causes of Defeat-. ...
“The defeat of the j&rty by. shell majori
ties in*’thofe6 ..coimtieS sufficiently explains
the real reason, and hdwetfer anxious we
may be.-asls-usual with defeated men, to
$6.00
Kansas’ Nebraska Bill
It must be • observed by every one who
stcamers7arrived this morning, from Havre ! has taken the least interest in the political
on the 21st ult: ... { questions of the day, that there is a grow-; j h»putq or. imagine ot^er-causes, tya cannot
a,n at BrUSSel8 Ung disposition on the part of^ the,Know I -^f^rtself
on \v ednesaay. | 6 v . u ■ • , could not secure enough votes. Ihere was
The Minister »,f War has just sent the Nothing party, to ignore the principles ot | no lack of'iahwand'ftfiictfL’Aod we may as
sum of 50,000 francs to St. Petersburg, to ' the ivansas Nebraska Bill. Itisbesides, ajjv&llown qpthat the-platforruasit^-now
provide for the wants of the French pri-! fact worthy of * ' ” ^
soners in Russia. This amount has been they have succeeded
attributed to their oppoaiuou iu uus uui.— - -- - . ■ -
In Kentucky, the only Southern State which ] ^turali^hon fn
; [For tho Atlanta Daily Intelligencer.]
A Suggestion.
Messrs. Editors: It is said that in these
days we must hot be surprised atanv thing;
A Practical View.
We extract the following interesting, par
agraphs from the recent letter, of the Hon.
JT. P. Benjamin, the- able Whig Senator
yet, I was surprised to learn of the appear- from Louisiana:
since last evening in our quiet village , of “The great political question of tho day,
ten
taken from the subscription raised in favor
of the army in the Crime;,, and has been
remitted to. the Bavarian Ambassador at
St. Petersburg, who is the non-
resentative of French interests in
somebody, said to have pome from your city,
to instruct us in our duties in the pending
election. I understand that he belongs ' to
the
case
;uopvesuin-
vastly overshadowing all others in .its influ
ence on your interests, your happiness, r
and, ypuv nxis[eneje, is that which has refer- j
ence to jour constitutional' rights, for the
protection of your property. In the debate J
which occurred in the Senate of the United
Slatesjonthe Nebraska hill, the mortifying
1 has been “ T. - t American-party is the modification of the 7 coavicUou was forced on mv mind that the
jassador at In Kentucky, theonly Southern.-.ate which j na turalizationlaws, which can bereffected ! «dto he qualified tojudge,,when thete. tuno- j SgjM* National party was no more.—
official rep- j they have carried, the main charge made j by sending members of-these,views to. the f hy is supplied there Is some doubt as to xhat great party, Aq,winch it had always
n that capi- f against Mr. Preston, theanti-Know Nothing ■ halfe of Congress. A radical uiodification ; the character of the vituperative orator, and pride to.belong, which under the
tal, a mission which lie performs with the J candidate for Congress, was the . support, of the naturalization laws r with a .registry | i address vou to enquire whether he has
irthv zeal. AitllOUfth the TIN* . * I , , . \ in T'n T rtul Sfoloa fTniirfc nnlr und I . ' . . . , , , a
On
S|.e. i«i rr.utraet? will be iu«'le f.ir yearly ndver- > ti ie other hand, the Know Nothings have i
li-ement. ecenpying « quarter, half or whole col- ; reviled the Executive, as if he had been a j
persoiiK ; Corwin or a Wilson, and when the fact of
: Reeder’s removal could no longer lie gain-
sayed, they went to work more industrious-
A,lvertiseiuenu« frotu transient
must be paid in advance.
Legal advertisements published at (lie usual
rates. Obituary notices exceeding ten lines charg- , ,
el as a-lvertisements. Announcing candidates for ; ly and more bitterly thau ever, to denounce
office, $5 oo, to be paid in advance. ! and asperse the motives of the Piesideut in
| tha ‘ «“ a vaL There is nothing |
So per cent, will la; added to tho above rates. consistent about this K. N. heresy. Built j
The privilege of yearly advertisers is strictly u _ ag they say for the express purpose of j
limited to their own immediate an regu nr ,u. i p ro t ee ti n g and multiplying the defences of
most praiseworthy zeal. Although the pri- j t 'h at "'Le'had yielcSd io that "measure.-.! $'\the Prutedi'S^ies ..Courts only, and j j^T^Wed Tu the matter and by whom?
soners iec6i\e an allowance according to c . m >. rigid penalties for fraudulent voting, vras cc J. * • *_ , , .
their rank, and are treated with kindness, ; Further South, m 1 enuessee, Mr. Gentry, ; princiSe'always held by the "masses of I If he has taken a tee to abuse an honest man,
the sum now sent will serve to procure them the Know Nothing candidate tor Governor, j 'Vf'higs, and we have no doubt ihiit it, un- ! we are content that ho make Ins bread in
many things which will alleviate the hard- j never once avowed his approval of it, though! encumbered, by any clogs or side issues, ef- 1 that or in,any other way that honesty will
ships of their situation. ^ i called upon sixty times, says Mr. -Johnson, J fecting.evea in appearance the sacred prin- 1 permit; hut' \ve think that it would have
• ' S 2™vT II, i 8th 'r T - lie <j0rtC f f,* 1 i during the canvass, to do so. Here. m.;«iple of toleration &b., can at ah> time car- j b more frank for him to have told us
Iournecl yesterday, after having voted the . , . ’ ' w a maioritV of the neorile ■ , ,
budget. A loan of 40 millions of reals is \ Georgia, without daring directly to attack , .f . J - 1 ■ ' . J he was earning Ins wages. If he appeared
to be realized abroad. The payment of the j the principles of the Nebraska act, they ma- , We clip the above from the Alabama i- aa a witness agAtbat-a candidate—for it is
monthly expenses^for -June will probably ' ligu the motives of its framers, deplore the ; Journal of recent- issue. The Joumul has ■ alledged that, lie Was not sparing in his
commence to-morrow.
been my pride to. belong, which under the
lead of Clay and Webster had. long strug
gled with varying fortunes for the power of
conducting public afiairs on principles which
I honestly believe .best calculated to pro
mote the welfare of the people,, had perish
ed with its chieftains. I found not one Nor
thern Whig untainted by the contaiminating
influence of free-soilism. Not one North
ern Whig raised his voice or gave his vote
ip either house in defence of those institu
tions of the South which are expressly re-
... . - . . cognized by the Constitution, andtlie .pro-
! unnecessary agitation caused by its passage; ■ through the entire campaign been a tirm | charges against a private citizen—it vrould ;teqtion.6fsrinch was solemnly guaranteed
: vpiiflinumlv ftrrninol- rlmt l ,l*i ivuinn T SUTmOrter Of Shorttlduft M ’ll (1 tbft I... — l- nn „ .. * . ... .i 1 fV.„ l.-unn.m .1 n_ i In mir fnVAffli.hAPS wtlATI t.bftV Cfinsentftfl to
Pr'ifcf-ifinal Cards not exceeding six lines, $15
the South, the K. N. party has never failed
to use and abuse every species of attack in
per annum.
Advertisement not specified as to time will ue
(.aUUhed till ordered out, and charged at regular j its attempts to pull down as true a friend as
rat*-.-. , _ ,, we ever had in a free State. The tongue of
Advertisement.- inserted in the \\ ccklv paper
t, ily will l>e charged at former rate?.
I a Southern man must falter and betray his
| ingratitude when he attempts to utier a sus-
THE WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER 1 aicion of 0en - Pierce ’s fidelity to the rights
PUBLISHED EVEKV FRIDAY MORNING. j of the South. When reports reached us for
Trim* $2 00 i*r annum, invariably in advance i for the first time that the Governor of Kan-
. „ _ sas had betrryed his trust and proved false
SATURDAY, AUGUST, 11. _ ^ j tothe South> we hear the K. N. Press assail-
Dtnocrttic Candidates. ; ing the President for placing in that impor-
Gcn. Quitman has lieen nominated for tant post by design, an emisary of the aho-
franc?,) was destroj-ed.
Constitutional Reform in Poland.—Let- 1
ters from Warsaw make known the impor- :
tant reforms which are now being accom- *
plislied in Poland, according to the orders !
of the Emperor Alexander. In the first
place the commissary of inquiry which has
been existing for so many years in Warsaw,
and which summarily decides on political !
offences has been dissolved, and those affairs |
will, in future, come before the ordinary
and do every other thing calculated to bring , to tile fact that the platform “does not fo suc | ia tiling as proving too much, and per- j ^hl^fortharn*Whigs on°the floor
the bill and its supporters into disgrace.— j commend itself to the popular mind. haps this is the case in point. j 0 f the Senate, declare that they abjured all
hat does all this portend ? j The Alabama Journal and all other respect- „;,i, AUhnn.-1 further union with tho Southern Whigs on
A measure, which at tlie time |if its pas-; .u. p.p«r* **1; fH> m li e gl„„i„g, , esty , it is at tast „,, ecletl that to ^ m j ho difat of
I National principles; and I repeatedly heard
sage, received the approbation of almost the known that“ the only vrariieal principle of ! , ■ ’ ,. a ‘ “ . ‘ 1 | the declaration made that t
“. c n * , ’ j . ~ . uivumy /iracwmi pnuupieui j testimonials of his own honesty. When .u A \vu-.~ m ,. ts wfta *„ i ia
entire South, and the endorsement of the | t he American party is the modification of i } J , • , , • J , e ! the Whig paity was to oe
/•» • r • i . . *.t ^ i ~ ,, \ Le assails characler, he is not hmiselt with-; the dead weight it carried a
Georgia Legislature, now meets with the the naturalization laws.” The fatal error 1 ® V* xir * *k. w.l
condemnation of a large portion of the ! i nto ^fth they have all fallen is the at-
Southern people. '
, - , r. , j There is a terrioie siKnmcauce in au uus, ;-i,„
tribunals. Secondly, the Polish language , , ,, , , , . ..
is to replace the Russian in official matters . aud lfc behooves us wel1 to louk to K ‘ ihe | wa
most harmless motive we can attribute to
attributed to
at the North,
out character. When he thrusts himselfin- j by tbe recognition in the National platform
to the motives and conduct of others, and j ^ ie constitutional rights of the South.
There is a terrible significance in all this ! ^ * SUpP ° r ‘ th ‘“ “j™*™ 1 Principle ” ; ^ Uis Ueavcrs to believe his charges > . At the last session of Congress a proposi-
ineie ia a .eiiioie si^niacance in an uns, j ae -j. in „ ori it impractical ones. It 1 . , ... ,, ., tion to repeal the Fugitive Slave law com-
Congress, by a Democratic Congress held
for the Fifth District of Mississippi.
At no time has there been such an array
of talent before tho voters of the South, as
that now offered hy the Democratic party.
Know Nothingism has driven from the
Whig ranks almost every man of talent
who belonged there ; from these, and from
the noblest of the Itemocrats, the opponents
of Know Nothingism have selected men who
ore able to meet the great question to be
introduced into the next Congress. It will
be a proud day for Georgia when Cobb, Ste-
litionists. But to this it was replied that if
Reeder had deceived us, so he did
Southern Senators, who unanimously ap
proved his nomination. And when the mal
contents demanded his removal, and he
was removed accordingly, why, straight
way a new outrage has been committed up
on us, because he was not displaced, for a
graver offence than a corrupt speculation iu
lands. The fact is tbe opposition did not
desire tbe President to give them tlieir own
terms.
!
Should a Democratic President cut off’
in which the latter was introduced in 1831
and the Imperial ukases concerning Poland
will be published in the language of the
couutry.
It is also said to be in contemplation to
transform into ministries the different genc-
Senate 1 The
Senators have
the action of the Know Nothing party in
this particular, is a fixed determination on
their part to oppose the administration at all
events. In order to do this, it becomes ne-
ral commissions of the interior, finance, &c., : cetjar y te attack the Kansas Nebraska bill,
among which all the administrative affairs I and this they have unhesitatingly done.
will be divided. The directors-generals
placed at the head of these commissions will
henceforth naturally take the title of minis- 1
ters. These reforms, it will be seen, are of
real importance, having to a certain extent
the character of a commencement of the re
constitution of the old kingdom of Poland.
It is easy to see the pressure of present
circumstances in these political concessions.
wii l»l It lUiUlaGULill UUL'. lu . , p i , ,• .11 • , UUU bU 1CUUU UiL m. u-iuio
was an attempt to cajole the people, but the a = ams , m . en °. * aown ie ^ u a 10U ’ w ! manded eleven, votes in the Sene
Decide would not be caioled The attack : be am,SS m him to sW that lm owu . m °'! recent election of Northern Sena
* ^ , . tives and conduct constituted lmn a witness ; displaced many of the firmest and most con-
( on the administration by’charging.it, in the ^ - n the cag aml that he had no sist H ent supporters of public law. Shieldsof
j V 7,f e ° f hlSt f ° ry ’ 7 lth ^! hs “‘ "' aS | concealed purposes to fallfil, which he was ! Illinois Dodge Iowa Pettitof Indiana, Nor-
| a bold movement on the part of the leaders! .... f 1 .. j risof New Hampshire, all able, eloquent
f ri. l ... unwilling to avow . „r, A InrlonamlonF alniRumiul whn fpnrlr-sul V
Sirs, it is an easy matter for some men to
say bard things against others ; but I have
usually found that those most disposed to
assail others, were not the best capable of
defending themselves.
If the Decatur orator of lasc night was
of the new party. The result has proven
it to be an unwise one. In the effort to
conceal the records of Congress under a
So long as the people received this measure i _ e , . - , P , , . ,
p „ , t» .. , mass of rhetoric and falsehood they reckon-
as a proot oi the Presidents disposition, l , ~ ...
1 . , ... „ , ... . 1 . • eu upon the lack of intelligence m the peo
to regard the rights of the South, it was , m, , , c , , „ , ,
°... , , . , . ’ pie. They reckoned falsely, the people have
inqmssible^ that their ^design^ could sue- ; vindicated their inte mgence at the ballot-
and independent statesman, who fearlessly
struggled for right, have been succeeded by
avowed Free-soilers; and in the present
state of public opinion at the North, I
doubt not that a proposition to repeal the
Fugitive Slave law would find twenty advo
cates in the Senate—in that Senate to which
we have been accustomed to look as the
It was required to sacrifice the prin ' * - eTi- “ , ! 11 . , , , u ; last refuge of tho Constitution ; as forming
ciple to the success of their party: and now, ! b ,° X ' But “ ore r u' nC) usithan even this, was j actuated by a simple desire to enlighten us ; fQr itg de f enCe an aegis so impenetrable
marvellous as it would have sounded to our i . 6 lmser .. attem P t to arouse the relig- j as to our duties, as voters of DeKalb county, j that even the lightning of infuriated fanati-
phens, and Warner, take their place in the j “their wild hunt after office,” by leaving
Congress of the United States, as the rep
resentative of her interests. We had Imped
that the good sense of the people would
have allowed no opposition to these men.
With regard to the latter, we have been de
ceived, but it matters not; the people of the
Fourth Congressional District, will not per
mit Hiram Warner to be defeated for any
office which he may ask at tlieir hands.
Ttutuec Election.
The Nashville papers—Know Nothing—
are singularly destitute of auy satisfactory
account of the result of the election in Ten-
Johnson's majority will probably be about
2,000. The Know Nothings, it is thought,
have carried the Senate, and the Democrats
the House. Sneed, Zollicoffer, Ktherage,
Rivers, Ready, Know Nothings, and Jones,
Wright and Smith, Democrats, are elected
to Congress. The Congressional delegation
will probably be as before, six Know Noth
ings, and four Democrats.
SUadrr
W e see that some of the Know Nothing
papers continue to slander Washington,
Jefferson and Madison, by attributing to
them Know Nothing sentiments. A respect
for the great departed, we had hoped would
have prevented the recurrence of this, after
it hod been so satisfactorily proven that
•uch was not their opinions.
Suppressing Convents.
The Senate of Sardinia have passed tbe
Ministerial Bill for suppressing the convents
and monastic institutions, with some unim
portant amendments, in which it was believ-
tlicm nothing to complain of, we think we
know “the intense American feeling,” well
enough, to believe that this state of affairs
would throw the K. N. world into hopeless
dejection.
You have got, gentleman, wliat you de
manded—the removal of lteeder, and in
his place a sound, Ncbraska-Kansas man;
and, as to motives, please don’t stir a ques
tion that Beems a direct reflection upon the
whole Know-Nothing party. Men so thank
ful for small favors, as they profess to be,
“should never look a gift horse in the
mouth.” i *
Removal of Gov. Reeder.
While tho New York Herald and kindred
presses are endeavoring to create the im
pression at tho South, that Gov. Reeder was
removed by President Pierce solely on the
ground of his illegal speculations in the In
dian lands, and not for his official inter
ference in behalf of tlic Eastern abolition
ists who were endeavoring to exclude slave
holders from the Territory, the freesoil
presses of the North are placing a very dif
ferent construction upon the President’s ac
tion in the premises. That our readers may
understand in what light the removal of
Gov. Reeder is regarded by the Northern
Abolition press, we make the following ex
tracts. The New Haven Journal says :
“Wc have no words to waste upon ibis
last toadyism to the South. President
Pierce has so overwhelmed his anministra-
tion with disgrace, that even this inquiry
can add but little to the scorn of people.—
He has been but too prompt to comply with
the demands of the miscreant Legislature,
which is exemplifying the beauty of ‘squat
ter ssvereignty’ by violating every princi
ple, and usurping a power which neither
the people or Congress ever conferred upon
it. Its message to the President demand
ed the House of Deputies would unhesit
oingly concur, and thas make the hill a law. 1 ing the removal of Gov. Reeder, had not
The event was celebrated with enthusiasm reached Washington before the act had been
throughout the country, and is considered
on important step in the progress of civil
and religious liberty in Italy.
A similar hill has been passed and gone
into effect in Spain. In both instances the
power of the clergy was thrown into the
•cole of opposition, but with no effect. Cath
olic countries, as Protestant, have and ever
will regulate their own concerns, and every
interference of the Church has but shown
the civil power. The Know Nothing as-
•vtiona that the clergy have ruled in Cath
olic countries history proves to be without
foundation.
done by the President. It was enough for
him to receive the demand by telegraph,
and it was at once complied with.
“It rests with the people of the United
States to punish the wickedness and imbe
cility of the administration, and the pun
ishment is as sure as time.
“The last deed of wrong will give addi
tional weight to the verdict of the North.”
And the Hartford Courant says .-
“This Dawson was a candidate for re-
election to Congress last October, and was
defeated by an anti-Nebraska man. lie is
a pro-slavery man of the very worst possi-
t ble stamp, an unscrupulous agent of the
; slave power in everytning. The President
was a denial of the right of Congress to leg- l
[From the London Daily New.--.]
Progress of tlie Siege.
July G.—From the trenches, the last four
days have little to report. The botched
eight gun battery erected by our engineers
near the old eight gun battery, to reply to
the small Russian six gun work between
the Malakoff and Redan, having proved too
low for guns, has been wisely converted in
to a bomb battery, and may be hoped to do
good service wheu a great occasion next
arises for the emplo3’inent of its metal.— !
Besides this addition to our own works of ‘
attack, the French have added to theirs a
small two gun battery, nearly in front of
their recently captured White Works, to 1
the right of the Russian Careening Batterv, 1
and almost on the very shore ol the harbor.
This new work is to be armed with a couple
of Lancasters, intended to dispense long
range compliments with the shipping,
should the latter continue to be in their
present tempting anchorage along the north
ern shore. Their sap toward the Malakoff
is vigorously pushed on, aud we have com- i support of the Southern people. In the dis
menced following their example by opening
, , . . \ . ■, ious prejudices of the community to the . we claim that he make an appointment of i cism might play innocuous about it.
ears twelve months ago, it is a matter of I , e ,, - , niu- , - “ . , . ir, iv,p : n mhw hr<inr>h
- , su p P°ri of their party. This was no tangi- another day, wheu lie will appear in his | How stands tfie case in the other pranen
daily occurrence, to hear men denouncing P n • - . ». . . .
... Tl , " ble principle of theirs, but an effort to ef-
North' ° U ° an 16 Cm0Cra 1C P art ^ ; feet, by concerted action, what they dared
1 But! do we not see in this opposition of j-.not propose by legislative enactments. If
|1.% A 1% ..1 . All «**AM l\ a! 1 I.. 1.1a A .. A CkZ 11A n M .1 ill rt
, : . T “ , \ of Congress? Infinitely worse,
character of a patriot having only the good j A majority of the next House of Reprc-
of his country at heart, and prepared to re- j sentatives will be Freesoilers. Prominent
peat his accusations, with due notice to the members of the last House, leaders of that
the Know Nothings to the Kansas-Nebraska CatbolIcs were eli S ible to office ’ and tbe P eo * j parties and testimonials of his own worth to j factious minority which sought by an abuse
° . »1 A X*— 1 ! nf rmrliamonfnrv rn as tn flArPfl.1, T.nft flSfiftl-
act, the necessary consequence of the prin- 1 P 1 ? were fre !, to ™ te for ^mthey pleased,
ciplesof their platforms? The main feature 1 what miserable folly was it to form a party.
he shall have at least as fair play as
in the removal of the Missouri Compromise bound b ? oaths or Promises to vote against ! ]lt last night . DEKALB.
- ----- - - * them! But more than all this, the people - ----
back his charges, a,id I pledge myself that j
be 1 threaten that they would return to the next
islate upon the subject of slavery in the ! faUed , t0 b ° P ersuaded tbat tbe Catholics j
territntin* Tl,* ( i were dangerous citizens. Every effort, that
Aug. 9, 1855.
ritories. The Philadelphia Convention j l ,, I
in pretermitting — 1 the most unscrupulous -ingenuity could j
on thi
light. The principles
• ■ wio uiuo t uiiqvl (i ltuiuuo luaoiiuu v oouiu
etermitting an expression ot opinion . t - r , - ,*? „ . J
, - , - i ., , ■ , make, was used to plav upon the passions
Ins subject, virtually conceded the j , ’ - n 1 . .
, r , . . , . .. .. ana excite the prejudices of tbe Protestants,
. lhc principles of Know Nothing- : . . T , .
[comm cnicated.]
Atlanta, August 10, 1855.
Pursuant to a call in the morning papeia , mea ns of amendments to be offered to
there was a meeting of tho Democratic and | j.fi e appropriation bills at the next session of
A nfinmr-XTnfliinrr mrfv in flrisn’s At.llftn- : Ponifroce Tima fVio vortr oTififAnPA frf tills
Congress prepared to repeal the Nebraska
law and the Fugitive Slave law, or break up
the Government in the attempt. Mo3t of
these men have been re-elected, after pledg
ing themselves to the people of their dis
tricts, to carry out thoir treasonable designs
Are they uniting in one great Southern
party upon some platform similar to that of
Georgia, on which we can all stand together
and meet with firmness tbe coming shock ?
Are they like watchmen on the tower, strai
ning their anxious vision towards the quar
ter whence danger impends ? Not at all.
The-Whigs of Louisiana, or four-fifths of
them have been seduced into joining an or
ganization, which, though calling itself the
American party, lias no claim to the name
of the party at all. It is a mere association
for the purpose of influencing, not the meas
ures by which the public good is to be at
tained, but the men by whom the offices are
to be filled. Ob! what a wretched fall, from
the proud tradition of the gallant Whigs of
the olden time 1
Although entirely unnecessary to recap
itulate the often urged objections against
this new organization, I will state succinct
ly that I am opposed to their principles:
Because they are anti-republican in refu
sing equal political rights to all the Ameri
can citizens;
Because they violate the spirit, if not the
very letter of the Constitution by the pros
cription of citizens on the ground of their
religious belief:
Because they are a retrogression towards
the errors of the dark ages in tending to
wards a union of Church and State, a union
equally dangerous to civil and religious lib
erty;
Becanse they present issues addressed to
the passions and prejudices of the people,
and thus tend to divert their attention from
those higher subjects over which it is their
duty to keep ceaseless watch ;
Because, above all, they infringe that
priceless privilege of a freeman, the right of
independent personal action, guided by in
dependent personal judgment.
If not one of all these objections, insuper
able in my opinion, existed against this or
ganization, I repeat that I would refuse to
join a body held together, not by the ties of
a common belief in certain principles aud
measures of public policy, but simply by
their preference of themselves as the right
class of men for office holders. Even if this
preference were wise and judicious, such
an association docs not deserve the name of
a party in a republic! it lacks the essential
elements of one ; it is a baseless fabric, un
substantial and ephemeral.
It is impossible that such of our fellow
citizens as have still adhered to the Know-
Nothings after the ignominious scene at
the National Convention lately held in Phil
adelphia, can long remain deceived, The
light of reason is already breaking on them.
Every day adds to tlie proof that so far as
the North is concerned, the whole strength
of the party rests on two bases; one of vio
lent history to the South, the other of bi
goted intolerance towards Catholics. I put
it to you as candid men, if the Northern
Know Nothings were to refuse admission
into their lodges of all enemies to the South
and were unwilling to extend equal political
rights to Catholics, how many members of
the party would remain ? Not enough to
carry a constable’s election in any ward or
district in a Northern State.
To speak of a party as national, the plat-
froms of which are sectional, is to do violence
to the received meaning of language, and
none can long remain deceived, except the
willing dupes.
ism and dm Nebraska biR are in direct; AV ' tbou ^ Avail. ■ It was plain to see that the j Anti-Know-Notliing party, in Crisp’s Athen- ; Congress. Thus, the very existence of this
, ,, ... . I country, from its discovery to the present ' mum, on last night,
antagonism: and the party South are coni- ; , ,L .
pelled to disavow the latter. da . v > "'^h a large mass of Catholic inhabi- , Col. T. C. Howard was called tothe chair.
This will account for the position they J tau ts > had suffered no harm from this cause, i On motion, it was
have taken, and one more Fraught with dan
ger to the South has never before claimed the
It was yet plainer to be seen that the pro
posed ■ action x>f; the Know-Nothing party
was an indirect attack upon one of the most
approval of the Kan S a3-Neb r aska’'biTr the J essential features of our Constitution. We
a similar means of approach to the Redan. \ Know-Nothing party not only oppose a bav e every reason to believe tbat this pro-
So far something is being done toward the mea sure which lias been universally' recog- ,
what result,Remains hT be^seen^ ’ * ’ mzed as beneficial to the South, but they' a deliberate attempt upon tliepart ofthele.ad-
A ’ ‘ ' " "
Government will be put at issue within the
next twelve months.
Permit me, for the purpose of making my
self clearly understood, to develop the eff
ects ef such a course of conduct as is tbreat-
Hesolved, That an Association be organ- j
ized under the name of the Democratic and j ened by these traitors
Anti-Know-Nothing Association of Fulton | The General appropriation bill, as its
name imports, is that which provides tor
county. t |j C p a y men t 0 f nearly all'the civil expenses
, , . . u „ _ - , The following gentlemen were unani- : 0 f the Government. Thesalariesofallpub-
pqsed exclusion of Catholics from office was , r .onsly elected permanent officers of said i lie officers, of the judges of the courts, of
couple of painful incidents from the have taken strong Federal ground, and re - ers of the new party to call to their aid fa
y’s lire have occurred since the date of! cognize in Congress a right to legislate upon ! natieal zeal, and that they themseves be-
my last letter, which merit mention in the j the subject of Slavery in the territories, i tiered ni t what thoy taught. The <
absence of anything more important. The w hi c i, ( „-fi en W c have* conceded, we yield i bas proved a failure,, as must -every
first happened on Tuesday night, when a 1 {he most ; mpor t a nt question for which we i sucb tbat basefe-itself.upon-the stupidii
enemy _ _ _
The effort
one
sS'sf: i \
at the time by a strong guard of Rifles, and I remarked,, in bis speech in-this place, that ' nitnfteS; the American- party hrrs-hnt one
enfilading tho work, knocked over fourteen there was more Federalism to be found inq-l ,rf l°^ c 'jVi2ri DC {pl?» , an J[ f ba t w. a inodifica-
mcn, taking off nine legs, and otherwise' the Philadelphia platform than in any sini- i ^ of[tife naturalization laws. What then I John Lynch,
mutilating the unfortunate fellows in its j ;i ar docunie nt since the days of John Ad, l do prOpose to offeet by-this? When it
way. Though tbe trcncli is an old one, The issue now plainly before the * shown ihafc .suffrage denends not upon
a shot had never been known to pass down uo " pwamy oeiore tne -
its length in a similar way before ; but people is the platform of Philadelphia or 1 natufulization, this, too, becomes wholly im-
since this untoward occurrence, a traverse the principles of the Kansas-Nebraska acti ;.roaterfal and can never'become the basis of
is being carried athwart it, which will yre-: It is an important one to the Southern peo- i a national/organization.. The result of the
vent a like misfortune for the future. The I ple - s embracing every right which they I recent elections conclusively prove what we
second accident, if such it can be called, oc- j iave claimed since the existence of the gov- I have ever beliaved'that Know-No thingism,
bj p a c 3: j »“'■ 12. _* ! !rr *S»3S**
This officer had seen probably as much; sasUviie University. . the elevation of its leaders, and pass away
trench service during the course of the siege ^
Kashvlle University. „ ..
. _ „ The attention of readei-s is Invited (tj tiie.j as ^IrpTfisient bn^^q.. v
hitherto as any other in his corps, without i advertisement of the Medical Department of i
ever before having received even a trifling j nn5 ^ |w fe rJ i
wound.
Association:
John F. Minis, President.
James E. Williams, 1st Vice President.
E. N. Calhoun, 2d “ “
William Herring, 3d “ “
Executive Committee.
John Collier, E. B. Reynolds,
L. J. Gartrell, - J. I. Whitaker,
John H. Steele, T. M. Darnall,
W. W. Baldwin,
Wm. Barnes,
Secretaries—L. J. Glenn,
T. L. Cooper.
On motion, it was
Resolved, That the Executive Committee
be requested to make arrangements for the
public speaking in tbe city of Atlanta on
overy Saturday night during the present
canvass. * T. C. HOWARD, Os’n.
Abolition Literature at the South.— : has thus anticipated the request of the band
The Richmond Enquirer complains of the , of ruffianastyled the Kansas Legislature,
circulation at the South, of large quantities
if books, through which are diffused the
rankest abolition doctrine; and disguised as
they are, in numerous instances, under tlie
specious nomenclature of “ moral stories
for tbe young,” Sx., they obtain the more
ready access to tlie young reader, and thus
ttnd bas officially declared himself an up
holder of tlieir acts, This act only precip
itates the issue between slavery and freedom
which is now ienvitqble, and for which let
us all immediately prepare.”
The New Bedford Standard says;
The removal of Gov. Reeder and the ap- ,
pointinent of the tool Dawson marks a new j
Lnst evening lie was preparing to leave
the trench, after having been relieved for
the night, when a shell struck him on the
head, and bursting as it fell, tore his whole
body into fragments. It is these, and the
many equally sad episodes which are daily
and nightly occurring, which make one feel
how costly, in our best blood, is even this
long continued inactivity—disturbed, as
it has been, only by the four resultless bom
bardments. Spread over a long series of
days and nightt, our casualties seem slight,
but when to those who thus actually fali
under the enemy’s fire, be added the not
short list of the many whom cholera, fever
aud dysentery are weeding out nearly every
regiment in ” — * 1
to carry off
uion course of things, be lost by active ser
• Bets on Tennessee.
the University of Nashville. This is de-[ The first news from T®riife9see bringing
servedly one of the most prosperous institmj an accoont of Gentfy’s election,'"has .'turned
tions of the kind in the South. The Medi- ! out to beYather au. unfortunate affair, for
cal Department was established in TS50, ^ sorae at our Know-Nothing friends; as a
and its success is said to be unexampled in • deial of strong betting was done on the
the history of Medical Colleges in the Unit- : strength of the report. We learn that the
ed States. The first session numbered 121 i K - ^’ 3 in Macon,on Saturday and Sunday
students—the second, 152—third, 220—
fourth, 294. The Medical Department is
handsomely endowed and well provided
with every facility for teaching.
were betting freely, and as freely taken up
by the Democrats; it is needless to tell the
results.
Kentucky Election!—Riot
]By Telegraph to Nash. Banner.]
Frankfort, Aug. 7.—Scott co. gives the
Democrats a majority of 75—500 in 1853.
n camp, it requires no long time Branch, Craige and CuNOM^inti-Know- | qJm^hVSies heardfrom^how large
t as many as would, in the com- j Nothings, in the 2d, 3d, 4tTtT?th and 8th . ;a i ns for Morehead and the American tick-
North Carolina Election.
The latest news from North Carolina con-1
firms the election of Ruffin, Winslow, I
. , _ -r, , .Districts; and Paine, Readc, and Puryear, et generally,
vice in a hard fought and Droauctive cam-; ,. .■* . . , . . / ’j 7 • * ril ,
^•, 0 .„ n * | Know-Nothings, in the 1st, oth and Gtli Louisrule, Aug. t.—There are so many
Districts. The popular majority for the reports as to the origin of.the riot that we
fear to express an opinion. The Journal
paigu
Last night, and that preceding it, the
become highly prejudicial to tbe interests of f a i “ ! he bisto , ry K , an f as ' Freadom be
the South, and to every interest that looks
to the preservation of the Union, and the
amity and good fellowship of both North
and South. The Enquirer says:
“One would l>c startled at the number
and magnitude of siudi publications, which
are floodiug tlsc country, ffnding access to
our homes and school houses, and poisoning
the minds of our youth. It i* nigh time
*be antidote was prepared.”
The Coiucqiaeiiceii.
fore this sad calamity had as much as it
could do to keep its feet. It must now fall
for tlie time at least, on the brood domain
of Kansas. When honest men again guide
the Ship of State, we may have some hope
of its resurrection.
There is not a shadow of au excuse for
tho notion of the administration in this mat
ter. Their offence cannot be excused or
palliated. It is an open, wanton outrage
upon tlie citizens of Kansas and the people
of the country. It is an unmanly insult to
( toy. Reeder, who did his whole duty while
In it li n ferrk flia Tn,.,.! 1.. 3 3 .11
cannonading on both sides was unusually ! Anti-Know-Nothings, will be about 10,000. ( lea J V* express an opinion. -the Journal
brisk, and during both the sharp pattering ! . uatl ^; ~ and p 07 ™' s statements are decidedly diff-
of the leaden hail of the musketry bespoke 1 A,lotlltl v al " r a “* ^ly ° ** lc Dcmo_ , erent; the S^eral .opinion that the Ger-
, ,, J *, , 1 _ * ■ mans were driven from the nnlla in the lot
liveliness in other directions than the bat
teries. But nothing of moment has occur-:
red; much of oqr own fire was given in com- j
pliance with a very sensible order lately
issued by Gen. Simpson, to the effect that
fc&.aUMTjJg*.
T. L. Cooper,
J9-
c . .. mans were driven from the polls in the 1st
Pen. Sam.Hoaston lias written a letter giving | \y ard 1
in hi- adhesion to the Know Nothimj partv.—; n,, " . , 1
■ Then a man in a baggy with Ins wife was ; Gee
.Tcrc. Clemens. , fired at from the brewery in the Eighth had no charge to make against him, and
[For the Atlanta Dally Intelligencer.]
Messrs. Editors: In your paper of the
Utb, from the character of tho communica
tion of “ DeKalb,” it is supposed that the
writer was not present, but states what he
does from hearsay, which in times of high
political excitement, is not always reliable.
The speaker alluded to, said nothing
against the private character of any person
whose name he mentioned; nor did he by
insinuation. “DeKalb” does not make
any direct statement, bnt his communica
tion is calculated to make the impression
that the character of some private citizen
was assailed, by the speaker alluded to.
As to Mr. Overby, the speaker said he
was high-minded, honorable, intelligent,
and capable, and that if voting for him
would elect him Governor, the speaker
would vote for him in preference to An
drews or Johnson. As to Col. Cooper, he
distinctly said, Cooper was not to blame for
accepting what he claimed as an act of jus-
As to Mr. Cowart, he said he
issuea uy uen. sampson, to tne ettect that The abo " c named " c ”‘ lo ’ uan bas defeated j Ward, when three Americans.and three Ir- ; that so far as he had had dealings with
in every instance inwhich the enemy throws | the legislature in Alabama. Jr-1= ,apposed ' .shnien‘exchanged shots. The Irish sought j ™ rKOn;lUv he ll!U . h{r /L he .
either shot or shell into our works, our i that he w,f ’ n°w.jom the Sag Nichts. refuge m a house. The house was fired. ! peraonaUy, he had found him to be a
eunners are at oneo to give hack the sue- ’ At the Court House theblamo-is generally i gentleman. As to Johnson, he condemned
Yesterday, the Augusta Constitutionalist j” charge of the ierritory, und a deadly
... thrust at the teachings of Jefferson, Jack-
contained an able article upon the politico- 80I1( and t I, e long line of statesmen and pat-
religious excitement in which Know Noth- riots who have given character and perninn-
1 agism has thrown the country. To day, once to Democratic princeples.”
Savannah a neutral paper, con- The New Bedford Mercury says:
gunners are qt oupo to give back the spe
cial gun that fired, two for one of the mis- 1
sile it discharged. Lord Raglan had, sin-1
gularly enough, given contrary directions, ;
with a view, 1 suppose, of saving ammuni-
. *n m ~ 1. j, At the Uourt House the blame- is generally
AeAmqrjcan eth^ Thil ife appointment of Mr. Cowart, and the
anty, htfsi 18 no ^ cer ^ ain is generally received. j discrimination made in favor of the “Etowah
An ex-commission merchant of Boston, 1 Bepot.
confessing his rascafity, says he once sent! Knowing nothing against the private
the Po.-t Oifice at Ncwruin, Coweta County, has
been disconUaued, by order of the Post Master
General, mails are left by the trains passing
tains tbe following upon the subject:
tion, but surely this was very questionable' ,, ,',7 , , .,, .. . „ -
economy, as we experienced to our cow * ,hro “ sh Newna P’ anJ ^ ^ from AUanta the foUowm^ re turns for a crop of corn con- character of any of those whose names
from the great number of what might be ! tbat ^ *** ^-turned unopened. What is j signed to him : ; we re mentioned, he did not intend nor did
reckoned chance casualties from odd shots' 1 *• IH,,ned .‘ at *; Ln,u ' c of tM we have Mr.Drown—Sir: I have according. he assail dircctlv or indirectly the charac-
ofthe enemy’s dinners Within the Inst not a=c e rtained. ’ yonr inrtntctien. made a forced sale iie.issauuircctiy oi inuirectiy tnecnarac-
ot tne enemy s Q unners. Within the last j f ^ ofyoufn eoni , and reeeided for'lt . on . ter of any one—that is not hia manner of
! Against which I hnv« commicsion^-- speaking. - JUSTICE.
j.ForBoatage
“Our readers will receive this announec-
jut State recontres have taken place, and enternal disgrace to the Northern State that
pistol and knife have been freely used, casts one vote for Franklin Pierce or his
This is not the way Americans were wont | successor to the nomination of the adminis-
to decide their political controversies, and tion party. There is but one resource left,
tbe occurrence of such scenes is evidence . the postponement of every other question
of political, religious and so- i to the one great issue of the day. The
cial discord have been introduced into the j South have vowed to make Kansas a slave
prwinit canvass, which bave not heretofore , territory and the Executive has lent itself to
lMafrned with the peaceful exercise of our ■ their purposes. It must be the vow of the
boosted right aud privilege of self-govern- , North, to be kept .at any price and at any
meat. Such outbreaks of popular frenzy j hazard, that Kansas once a slave territory,
ore greatly to be dep'ored by all good citi- ! shall remain a territory for ever ”
sent, and are a disgraceful reflection on our ' -— — * ;
republican institutions.”
Mississippi Central Railroad -The Hol
ly Springs Times says the the track-laying
The Olney, HI.. Republican says them is * TehSXSjS
a man in that town sodirty the assessor puts j been completed to a point within nine miles
Java as “real estate.” i of tbat place.
few days thev^peppered various points along
our own and tne Frencli lines pretty frcely
with bouquets—large 10 or 18 inch shells
filled with small grenades, which ignite and
explode in all directions after the shell it
self--and to these we have partially replied
with carcasses ; but owing to their age—
many of them dating from the beginning of
the present century—these last have dam
aged nearly as many of our own men as the
enemy, and their use has consequently been
discontinued.
Tons of Gold.—More than six tons of
gold dust were deposited in the mint at
San Francisco between the 1st and 21st of
June, 1855.
A lady from Toronto percipitated herself
into the rapids at Niagara Falls, on Friday
last, but was providentially rescued through
the exertions of a gentleman who happened
to be in the vicinity. A domestic difficulty
was the cause assigned for the rash act. j
Congressmen from Tennessee.
1st District—Taylor, ,K. N. . , - .
2d “ Sneed, K. N. ' ~
3d “ Smith, Dem.
4th “ Savage, Dem.
5th “ Ready, Whig.
Gth “ Jones, Dem.
7th “ Wright, Dem.
8th “ Zollicoffer; K. N. - - - .
9th “ Ethetedge, K.'IV. -u'i •
10th “ Rivers, K. N.
Same number of Democrats as in the last
Congress.
• Cartage. ' --1200
Wheel age .. , ,12.00
Storage . 300,0
Ratagc
Salajre
Another Robbery—>81000 Reward.
We would call attention to an advertise
ment, in this day's paper, of S’. Markstein,
who had stolen from him on the Georgia
83110® j Railroad, a Carpet Bog, containing over
i Leaving, as you perceive, a balance- : $9000 iu Bank bills, oil Banks in Georgia,
m^cnr tavor of - . • — S16O O0 j South Carolina, Alabama and Tennessee.—
i*as^32«fsar£3fc.*32=l!s I *M* « VBm b she third ImOta,
3000
45 00
I you. will honor me with still further oonanuuants ’ 0 b 7 -lu- a-* *
f UrpHiain, sir, yours sincerely, | committed on this road within the past six
SAM SWINTON.” i months, aud should be a caution to the pas-
11m If.... TV « a aAmanan nnaart-tn cm vm4>1l tllAm U n ’ Li lln mm
_ By^the ndxt'inail. Mr: jftrown" sent back
News from Flo rids.—
steamship Fashion. Cnpt. Bater, at j,‘‘Ko» bfeauil vitoin k«t> ud
-New Orleans from Pensacola on the *27th ^ Keep-ihe gfIt * 1 ' ~
ult. Cant. Bakcr reDoris that thwTia<11.ana f . r: ■'^"'iverson
Capt. Baker repoits that th<t£§dianu _ r - ItenRi Thmyry yb. —Z
about Fort Myors, remained quiet, but had i df4he fet Uiwdlry -has been or-
no idea of emigrating to the West. The ! dered to recruit m Oeonria.’' He has onen-
dered to recriiTt in Georgia, He has open-
U. S. steamer 1 ulton, Capt. Mitchell, from ( ed a recruiting office at Atlanta, Ga. lie
Havana was in port at Pensacola, Officers lias 50 men to recruit, and then will be off
and crew all well. • for the plains.
.- ♦ ^ -
„ '' if
sengers carrying with them Bank bills or
specie, when, exchange can be easily obtain
ed. A good look out should be kept for the
rogues, who, from what we have beard, are
no doubt lurking about, and niaka. Atlanta
the' headquarters for their opperations.—
Augusta, Constitutionalist, 8thinst.’
Columbia CovnTv Gold.—We wore shown,
yesterday, a mass of gold, 1,909 pennyweights,
from tho Columbia County Mining Company. This
min* if! one of tbe richest in the country.
Augusta Constitutionalist.
those who collect, keep and disburse the
: public revenue, are provided for in this bill.
! If it fail to pass, your public offices would
j be closed, your courts of justice shut up,
I your revenue officers arrested in the dis-
! charge of their duties, and the whole Gov-
; eminent brought to a stand still,
j The bill of course requires the consent of
, both ,branches of Congress, and tbe scheme
\ is tojfdd a clause to it repealing the Fugi
tive Slave law so as'to force the Senate to
assent fo these unconstitutional measures,
or to assume tbe responsibility of stopping
the wheels of Government by rejecting the
whole bill.
I state my deliberate conviction that this
attempt wifi be made in the House of Rep
resentatives. I state my most serious ap
prehension that it will succeed in that body,
and my entire confidence that tbe Senate
will resist the infamous project to the end.
If these apprehensions be realized, the next
session will be closed without providing the
supplies necessary to administer the Gov
ernment, and tbe Representatives will go
home to their constituencies to render an
account of tbeir action. The President will
be compelled to call an extra session of
Congress in order to provide means to carry
on tbe Government; and the only hope left
to save the country will be the returning
sense of justice in the masses of the North
when brought in view of .the appalling dan
ger that will then have become so manifest
and impending as to force immediate and
decided action. If they shall fail to choose
the wise coarse of obedience to the Consti
tution ; if they shall supinely acquiesce in
the mad and treasonable warfare waged
against the South, the Constitution and
common humanity, the days of this Repub
lic will have been numbered; and I have
neither heart nor courage to seek furth
er to penetrate the veil that darkly hides
tiie future.
.Strange, unprecedented in history is the
faot that in a government framed by com
mon .consent for the common protection cf
all the interests of the governed, one half
of the people should carry on a malignant
and relentless warfare against the dearest
rights of tiie other half, without the slight
est interest in the subject matter, without
professing .even to perceive any advantage
that could be derived by themselves in the
event of success, and with a blind and sav
age disregard-of the calamities that must
ensue if that success were possible. Sup
pose a body of insane fanatics in this sec
tion of the .confederacy should avow their
belief in the sinfulness of subjecting the
animal creation to the domination and and
service of man,: and should, under the dic
tates of. this “higher law,” act on their con
viction ef the duty of stealing from the
northern formers the flookaand herds which,
from so large a portion of their wealth.—
Suppose that to effeet thia they should or
ganize hand* of robbers and incendiaries
who should make ihe night lurid with the
flames < X their, barns and granaries, and
even threaten: with tbe torch, the roofe that
protect their families. Snpftdie that in this
course of conduct; they -were not only ex
cused but i
South, t
pride,in .
and assistant
North, would reo
traded by the
took
bearing as the Souf
Yet! ‘
eir protection
uk you, the
and as for-;
„ , ... n-iberself to
be t ¥et this is but a faint picture of tbe
actual warfare now waged against the un
resting South ; for superseded to all the
other horrors of the servile insurrection to
wjiioh the North is oonstantiy inciting our
slaves, are the nameless horrors which such
a calamity would infliet on our* wives and
our daughters.
And now, fellow citizens, when the gloo
my aspect of public affairs should induce
you to take counsel with eaeh 'other in de
vising means to avert dangers so imminent,
what are the people of Louisiana doing?—
[Correspondence of tlie Daily Intelligencer. ]
lYeiv York Affairs.
New York, August 7, ISoj.
Broadway is for tlio present given up to Loui
siana, Alabama, Georgia, and tlie Carolina:-,
tbe necessity which drives u- from our frozen
winters to the sunny South, and compels the
Southerner to flee from yellow fever to our hos
pitalities, furnishing one of the strongest guaran
tees of the integrity of tlie Union which nervous
I politiciaus are so fretted to preserve in tact. Mu-
I tual, social and hygenic necessities will supply
| what ties a eommunitv of politi- il interests fail to
i do.
j .Speaking of communities, that of the Shaker-
at Lebanon recently senl down a delegation of
antique shanghais, to take twenty children from
the House of Refuge and introduce them into
their little world. As this highly respectable
seat ignore all precepts squinting toward multi
plying and replenishing in the orthodox sense,
babies are not one of the “staples " at Lebanon,
but although “ none are produced,” they are con
strained to become “consumers,” and taking ad
vantage of tho sins of the vain and woridly-mind-
od in tho article of progeny, they import from
time to time, as the same Shakers in the nature
of things can’t shake forever. The ten governors
are considering their request, for though anxious
to be rid of their “vagrom ” charge, they hesi
tated to entrust them to guardians whose teach
ings aro so far behind the spirit of the age.
Interesting exercises were held on Sunday eve
last iu Rev. W. H. Beecher’s church, preparatory
to the departure of several missionaries for the
Marquesas Islands, whose inhabitants, until with
in a few years, were cannibals, and had a pleasant
habit of judging of the quality of white visitors
by thoir fitness for a stew. Two of these mission
aries had native wives with them, one of whom is
the daughter of the principal chief, and their son,
a fine looking boy of six years old, is the heredi
tary chief. Thus is Providence opening the Is
lands of tho sea for the peaceful triumph of his
blessed truth.
A most calamitous fire occurred on Sunday eve
in Chatham st., in which two children were burn
ed to death, and threo other persons, one child
and two females so badly burnt that two died last
evening, and Mrs. Jacobs, wife of the owner of
the premises, is not expected to recover. The
firemen fully sustained their jvell-carned reputa
tion for heroic daring. Into a building full of
flames and stifling smoke they rushed, drawn by
the moans of the women, and bore out five per
sons who lay swathed in fire. Mr, Jacobs, arrest
ed on suspicion of firing his house, was honorably
discharged hy tho coroner.
Tho famous Bnrnum resembles Geu. Taylor ii,
not knowing when he is whipped. His latest
“out” is a card in which ho defends the teachings
of his book, claiming to have abandoned all hum
bug in connection with his career as showman.—
It is said that he has offered to renounce all prof
its in the sale of his book, and to present his pub
lisher, Redfiold, with $5,000, and scatter it broad
cast at 25 and 50 cents por copy, according to the
binding, and that Rcdfield is printing an edition
of 100,000 for carrying it out. Fame! Fame !
thou raiubow-bued jade, what will not men do for
a blast of thy tin trumpet ?
A case of mournful interest transpired before *
one of our Justices yesterday. A girl of sixteen
years, described as very beautiful, was found un
der the influence of laudanum, which she had
taken for the purpose of self-destruction. In a
low sweot voice, with much weeping, she told her
story in court and moved all listeners to tears by
its sadness. Her father was in California, her
mother dead—she had no home, no protector. A
wealthy young villain, moved by her beauty, under
a promise toconduothor to a house where she might
remain for the night, introduced her, all intxperi-
m.
enced as she was in the villanies of city life, into
his apartments, and with throats of violence com
pelled her to receive his caresses. At 3 o’clock
yesterday morning, as ho lay asleep, she stole
away, and proenring tho poison drank it and went
off to die, and bitterly did she lament that the
band of well intentioned kindness had saved her
life.
Mothers, a3you gaze upon the fair laces of your
daughters, beaming with the innocent purity of
heaven, thank God in the foil depth of your lov
ing hearts, that He permits your watohful care to
shield them in the perilous years of inexperienced
maidenhood, and shed a tear of generous pity over
the unfortunate ones, who sadly fall, not to rise
again in the line of the seductive temptatioas of
city life.