The Atlanta weekly intelligencer and Cherokee advocate. (Atlanta and Marietta, Ga.) 1855-18??, September 28, 1855, Image 1
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KEE ADVOCATE.
BY BOGGLES & HOWARD.
ATLANTA AND MARIETTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1855.
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MONDAY, SEPT. 24.
'tori Damages against the State RoadJ
WY learn from the Chattanooga Ornette that a
Mr. Mi Clung, of Tennessee, has just recovered
f 1(i.i no damages in ti e Circuit Court of Bradley
i u: •for injuries received on the Road. Thus
; in m y of the people goes.—Sumpter Rcpubli-
s ill ttic name of all that is good, what doe*
I • ninn mean by the foregoing language? If
’ sense of justice, will not shame yet bold
restraint upon him? We beg of our readers
. mark the above as a specimen of the base and
.•rb rous attacks which the Know-Nothing Press
„,m daily making upon Governor Jobaon.
The Circuit Court of Bradloy county, Tcnr..,
- swarded $10,000 damages against the Wei-
i i Atlantic Raiaoad for injuries sustained by
MeClung years before the present administra-
o.ne into power. And yet, tho Sumpter
/. . <7iV.in attempts, concealing the essential
.. r.iru this into a political argument against
Gov. Johnson.
H.... is a deliberate attempt to slander tlio Ex-
. :| |; 1 swindle the people. Talk no more
.J. -uilism: for at no time has thero boon a pco-
■ so regardless of the means by which they ad-
van.-cd their purposes as the Know Nothing
, -i v hi the present canvass. Will the people
am give eroded oe to men who have boon guilty
u- !i shameful attempts to docoive them?
Wlut l»o Vou Say Now I
- . riutenJcnt of the State Road for pre-
. : political meetings along the line of the road,
!■ -ed the fare out—third. This rato was tried
, \ of experiment and found not to pay.
\V. ;i. : .r the Democratic Mass meeting held on
. til of August, at Cartersville, the rate was
: • i siii 1 lower, aud placed at onc-half the
• . The result fully justified the policy
a , : i. lor thero could not have been less than
!c at the Cartersville gathering. But
V ;. Co per t partiality—tho abuse of tho power
.Stale Road in oppressing nativo Americans,
rich theme for K. N. presses, all over tho
‘>Vt aii understood it, however, and knew
.ich that this pother raised by tlic Order,
•i dvJ to answer both, the purposes of po-
ajdtal, a well as an excuse for tho iniscra-
, :ii of their meetings. But the richest
hat with the rates a* low, or lower than
he- urn.-.- meeting held this season, thero
... a , '- ; dutc!y not one ticket sold for tho
••... . cr.-al, omntuat gatherum, that came offat
Uiiii yesterday. *
• i:r -.iiis to work, gentleman, and see now
i iunol make Governor Johnson aecountn*
: the people to attend your pow-
An Outsider
Wi mi .,id the article of our correspondent
•>ui-:Jer." to tlie careful attention of Atlanta
-.w-N--tilings. An Outsider has long been C9-
•iie Mate, as a man of sound cunscrvn-
> . and though an old line Whig, his pro-
. mays secured for his opinions the great-
respect. Wc agree fully with him in the de
le make* from this shocking trifling with
j’.iir. which seems now to ho the distinc-
whicli gives individuality to Know-
.• -in. What cun we call this hut that
lent u-suinption of the dispensing power
Drdcr fc.i - ascribed to Catholicism, We
:: ih.Might that institution, «* rendered
.V- was the identical prototypoof
-ecresy -doing evil upon tho plea
■ - 1 might come of it—remission of sworn
• . and remission of sins for tho same,
-in total of this new party's claims to
Dow. Johnson.
On Thursday, in accordance with a previous ap
pointment, Gov. Johnson addressed the citixonsof
Fulton countj at the City Hall in thisjplace. The
speech, of an hour's length in the morning, was
continued at night in the Athcnteuin. It is im
possible for us, within the ordinary limits of a
newspaper article, to do any thing like justice to
tho very able address of our candidate on this oc
casion. It was unquestionably tho speech of the
canvass, so thought we, so thought everybody
who heard it. It was not mere eloquence in
which consisted the principle attraction of Gov.
Johnson’s speech. This he might well disdain;
but the solid continuous chain of argument, the stern
ition. no cts. one tuontn, $5 00 incontrovertible facts, shaped and linked by the
aid of reason, it was this which marked .the
character of the addross of Thursday evening.—
Stooping for a moment to notice with withering
scorn the base attacks, and foul calumnies of the
: made for yearly advor- Know-Nothing press, the speaker explained how
ipy.ng a quarter, half or whole noivliit was that he had loft Millcdgcville to vindicate
his character against the malignant .■landers of
his adversaries. Charge after charge had they
brought against him, which had been refuted as
fast as made, yet thoy had failed to publish any
one of those refutations, but continued to make
other and more virulent attacks. Under such
condition of affairs, justice demands that he should
be heard in bis own defence, and right nobly he
vindicated himself. Tho reduction of freights
from the Etowah depot, he said, was his own act
—it was right—and if tho Know-Nothing press
had'dared publish Mark A. Coopers letter the peo
ple would all have known it was right. The
speaker then adverted to tho sale of the State
Road cars, exculpated himsolf and tho Superin
tendent from all blnmo in the transaction, and
satisfied his hearers that the Stato had lost noth
ing by it. The depot at Chattanooga, he begged
to assure tho vigilant guardians of tho public
weal, would not be sold.
Upon tho suhjoct of the Stato Road Attorney,
We beliove no one who hoard Gov. Johnson will
doubt tho propriety or tho legality of the appoint
ment. Tho precedent had been established by
Gov. Cobb. Not one word was said in opposition
thereto by tho same press who are now so merci
lessly villifying him. The Legislature, when the
affairs of tho State Road had come under their in
spection, had tacitly approved the appointment.
Passing by these things, the speaker next con
sidered of tho two parties. Know-Nothingism,
which claimed to be Americanism, was in antago
nism to the cardinal principles of Americanism, a
free press, free speech, religious toleration, and
representation without taxation. The slavery as
pect of the parties next claimed his attention,
llaving first ably reviewed the Compromise meas
ures of 1850, tho Kansas-Ncbraska act, and tho
present position of tho people of Georgia,
ho proved that tho Philadelphia platform
had failed to meet the demands of the South, and
that its principles wero antagonistic to tho Geor
gia platform. In forcible and energetic language
tho speaker depicted the history and progress of
Know-Nothingism. It had sprung from Abolition
motives, and at every step it had trampled upon
tho interests of tho South. Its hostility to for
eigner* was hostility to our institutions. The
firmest friends that the South had, wero these
same foreign born citizens, whorno the Northern
Know-Nothings were attempting to disfranchise.
Tho South would gain nothing by the disfran
chisement of the foreigners North—representation
was apportioned by tho population; the North
would bo entitled to as many representatives then
as now; tho only difference would bo that native
born Abolitionists would have tho exclusive selec
tion of them. Tho speaker treated the religious
feature of tho Philadelphia platform with well de
served ridiculo. Wc aro sure that there was not
a Know-Nothing present who was not ashamed
of that portion of his creed.
We have not time to follow this speoch further;
we will leave it by addiDg that it did honor to
Gov. Johnson, and service for his cause.
IVisixii Rui.roai»s.—The Wilmington
I wi —the following comparison be-
.... .. ,,f a railroad and the amount
■ .nied in the operations before Sebasto-
:.-re has Uccu more digging and trench-
. c and building done in and around Sc-
jp 1, during the last twelve months,
than .. -uld grade aud bridge every foot of
t Wilmington, Charlotte a»d Rutherford
■ a-l—m-.rc iron fired out of cannon than
• uld lay every foot of its track. We
uid want no better fortune than the privi-
_ • dig up and ship oil'the cannon balls:
i .-rls upon ship-loads, and ship-loads
Millions worth upon millions worth
■at - -on thrown away for civilization f
i :;wi \\ iicat.—We see it stated that
suipjiers -if Tennessee wheat from Mur-
tr - -:-iro, in that State, to New York via
-aYamja.il, have realized a profit of 80 cents
;i bushel. At Murfreesboro’ the grain is
represented to lie worth 80 cents per bushel.
of transportation 50 cents, and the
wheat i. i« liecn sold as high as $2.10 cents
p.-r bushel. These prices, however, cannot
i>e obtained now.
B-«?„At the late election in Kentucky a
t- te v.-a.' taken on a proposition for an ad
din.-nal tax for school purposes: The result
v. a- an immense majority for the tax.
Thr Anurlcau Vsalon.
Tii - editor of the American Union asserts
•.’.at the last Congress passed a law grant-
ing ne hundred and sixty acres of land to
-ri ders in Kansas and Nebraska. This is
a mi-take, aud had the Union published the
entire act oi which he gave us a portion,
his tenders would have seen what ho has
verlooked, or concealed, that the 2d Section
apt lies to New Mexico alone.
11 n. Win. Miles, one of the old and able
whig leaders and stumpers in .Mississippi,
has taken the stump against Know-Notbing-
-»nd is canvassing the state. Thousands
fold line whigs in the state will be found
.i ling with him. Indeed, in soush-western
M.-siasippi the whigs denounce the new
movement as a “democratic trick” to destroy
the whigparty.
Relief for tile CJironlcle A Sentinel.
Our cotemporary, with that t’other guardian of
our Stato Road interests, the Chattannooga Gil
lette, shall bo cased of their distress at tho sale of
tho Stato Road cars. First, wo feel very cortain
from tho proofs that we have in our possession,
that these levies were instigated for the express
purpose of making K. N. capital just like the at
tempt to sot fire to one of our most costly eugines
the other night nt Dalton, with a valuable train
attached to hor. These people stop at nothing.
It is cortain that the parties making these levies
on tho cars and tho Dopot buildings at Chattanoo
ga, knew that thoir money was ready upon appli
cation for them at the Ocoee Bank, and every
body knows that lcvios upon the property belong
ing to the Stato of Georgia, amounting to at least
forty thousand dollars, were not called for to sat
isfy a paltry sum of two or three thousands. But
this is tho point. An attempt is being made by
tho Chronicle, and its desperate coadjutors to
make tho impression that the payment of the debts
justly duo from the road wore withheld—that
State Road cars were loved on, sold for one-fourth
their value, and after salo, taken away by the pur
chasers of the property, and to tho great detriment
of the State’s interests. Besides, the Chronicle is
at least responsible for the impression, if such an
one obtains, that note, tho State Depot nt the
Northern terminus of the Road, is levied on, and
will he sold by tho Sheriff next October. Wc ex
plicitly state for the information of the public in
general, and for tho particular “aid and comfort’
of the Chronicle & Sentinel, that tho State of
Georgia did not loose “ono-fourth" of one cant on
tho sale of “these carsthat they never were
for tho speace of “one fourth” ot one moment of
time out of our possession, and that they wore
nover removed from our custody, having been
bought iu for us by a special agent, duly empow
ered so to do. Then as to the Depot building.
Thero is no lovy on the Depot—it will not be sold
for debt in October next, or any October there
after, unless by some devilish mischance, Garnett
Andrews, or some noddle head like him, should get
control of the Road. Again for the perfect repose
of tho Chronicle, wo state further, that there is not
an outstanding debt now duo the State Road,
that cannot and will not be taken up on presenta
tion.
Wc hove been called on by peremptory chal
lenge from the Chronicle to give it “light" about
the things here spoken of. We have lurnished,
wo will engage more than was asked for or needed
either, if you come to that. Now don’t go, we beg
tho Chronicle, and stick it under a Know-Nothing
bushel. Respect the truth, we most urgently ask
of our coteinporary, even though it should aggra
vate Garnett Andrew’s bronchitis.
A K N. Meeting.
TheKnow-N otliings, we understand, re
port 5,000 persons in attendance at the mass
meeting in Dalton on the 20th inst. A
friend who was present and who counted
the crowd while at the dinner-table assures
us that there were 1800 of both sexes, 1000
of whom were citizens of the place, of which
latter one-half wore Democcats. There was
not one ticket sold at this depot, although
the rates were reduced One-half. There is
but one question of this canvass undeter
mined, and that is, whether the Know-
Nothings will be beaten worse in Northern
or in Southern Georgia.
CJincber.
We beg the special attention of our rea
ders to Maj. J. F. Cooper’s letter exposing
tho base trick of she opponents of the Dem
ocratic party fot making capital against
Goy. Johnson. J[en who ar# capable of
lending themselvei to such villiany are not
above any crime hat is within the compass
pf corrupt and repobate natures.
VFlfll flic
What Gov* Johnson has don
State Rond*
Under bis administration the earnings of
the Western & Atlantic R. R. have increas
ed, for ten months business, from
$488,718 01
To 527,207 02
Under Johnson, the gross earnings of the
Road for 1855 will reach $700,000
In July last, besides a world of other
freights, we passed through more than 10,-
000 bushels of wheat for every working day
in that month.
And in August 326,255 bushels! But to
do this Johnson’s boys were obliged to run
much of the time seventeen trains a day T ,
and depot hands worked often till midnight.
Under Johnson the Road has paid for
construction incurred previous to 1854. the
sum of $249,208 06
Since then including 1,600 tons of new
heavy rail $200,411 61
UndeFJohnson, the State Road has been
worked with such admirable systemjund per-
severence, with a rolling stock more dispro-
portioned to her business than that of any
other road in Georgia, we have nevertheless
blocked up all the Roads in the State fed
by ours.
Under Johnson we have had paid into the
State Treasury by the Road $100,000
In one month more we will get another
installment of $50,000
Under Johnson we have replaced the old
rotten bridge at Etowah with a superb
structure and embankment 1900 feet long,
and made tlie Road from Dalton to Atlanta
the pride and admiration of all in Georgia
—of course excepting Know-Nothings.
And we may go further and say, that un
der Johnson, before the close of 1857, the
earnings of the State Road will reach the
enormous sum of $1,000,000
What tlie State Road has NOT done un
der Gov- Johnson
It has not lost one dollar from a defaulter,
as the rule is that all hands once a week
must come up to the “cap’n’s office and
settle.”
It has not caused the loss of a single life
in two years from a collision or “ run off.”
It has hardly lost it single mail in the
same lengLli of time.
It has not oppressed or proscribed, as has
been falsely stated, but has retained a large
proportion of active, working and bitter po
litical opposition in service on the Road.
It has never delayed payment to the poor,
as Garnett Andrews falsely states, but “the
Friday after the lath of each month” tlie
pay roll is cleared off and every man who
will have his pay gets it.
And lastly, there has not been a judgment
rendered against the State Road to the
amount of one dollar for any cause of action
arising under Governor Johnson’s adminis
tration.
Letter from Gov. Johnson on the Remo
val Question.
After all the misrepresentations thai have
been circulated in this vicinity and in South
ern Georgia in legard to Gov. Johnson’s
position on the Removal Question, in order
to prejndice his cause among the friends
and the opponents of Removal, we take
pleasure in being able to lay before our rea
ders the following letter from his Excellen
cy, by which these contemptible rumors
are effectually nailed to the counter as
Know-Nothing “Roorbacks.” It will be
noticed with pleasure by those having the
interests of Atlanta at heart, that Governor
Johnson takes the correct position on the
subject—that if the Legislature, in accor
dance with the will of the people expressed
at the ballot-box, passes a bill for the re
moval of the Capitol to Atlanta, he will
sanction the bill.
Executive Chamber, I
Milledgcville, Sept. 3, 1855. j
Bear Sir: You say, that my opponents
arc busily circulating reports about Atlan
ta and the surrounding country, to the
effect, that if elected Governor, I will, in
case the next Legislature pass a bill locat
ing the seat of Government at Atlanta, veto
the bill. There is no foundation for such
rumor. I have carefully abstained from
any interference with the question. The
last Legislature passed an act referring it
to the people at the approaching election.
I am perfectly contented to abide their will,
as may be indicated by the majority of the
voters of Georgia. If in observance of their
will, so expressed at the ballot-box, the
next Legislature should pass a law locating
the seat of Government at Atlanta or at any
other point, I shall feel it my duty, if elec
ted, to sautiou such a bill.
Respectfully, your obt. servant,
HERSCI1EL V. JOHNSON.
Col. John Collier, Atlanta, Ga.
The Late Gex. Arista, of Mexico.—Gen.
Arista, ex-President of Mexico, who la.ely
died in Europe, was aged 62. He was one
of the ablest and most upright public men of
Mexico. He was banished to the United
States in 1834, through a failure of a rising
headed by himself. He returned and held
office under Bustamente, and defended Year
Cruz against the French in 183S, where he
became a prisoner of war. He commanded
at Mat amoves during the late war of Mexi
co with the United States. When Santa
Anna came in power, Arista went to Europe,
where ho was received with distinction, and
honored up to the time of his sudden death.
Tiie Democratic People are National.
—The great result in Maine is expressive of
the soundness and the patriotism of the
masses of the Democratic party in the free
States. Leaders may sometimes hesitate in
the midst of the violence and noise of fa-
naticism, because the people seem to acqui
esce by their silence. But when the peril is
made manifest—when the tlag of disunion
is unfurled—the first movement of the Dem-
cratie masses is to the platform of the con
stitution. It will thus happen that on the
very fields which have been won by Know-
Nothingism, aided by Abolitionism, the
reign of fanaticism will be as brief as its
overthrow will be terrible.
[For tie Atlanta Daily Intelligencer.]
The Abolition question—A New Rival
to Rome.
Messrs. Editors: We see it published in
some of our city papers with manifest ap
probation that tlie Council of the American
party in Fulton county have passed an or
der, decree, resolution or rule, to’ the effe-'t
that members of the order in said Council
shall be allowed to vote for Overby for Gov
ernor, in opposition to the nominee of
tho State Convention, without subjecting
themselves to censure, or incurring the odi
um of treason or disloyalty to their secret
obligations to the party to carry out in all
cases the nominations thereof, or in any
wise impairing their standing as good Aiu-
erierns. Wo do not pretend to quote the
exact words, as wc have not the paper be
fore us, nor have we ever seen the original,
but we understand the object to be to ab
solve determined Prohibitionists from the
binding force and effect of their oath to sup
port the nominations of the party, without
withdrawing from their connection with
the order. Now, Messrs. Editors, there is
something about this question of absolution.
that looks strange to one unaccustomed t-f
such things. It may all be pleasant and
easy to the initiated, but to one who has
never seen the elephant, there seems to be
a thick mist hanging over the whole mat
ter.
The immense numbers claimed to have
been initiated by their street-criers, would
long since have included the entire voting
population of the county, and have al
lowed several weeks past for working over
the refused stock a second time. Hence it
does seem that they might have allowed the
few Overby men among them to have re
tired in quiet, end pursued an independent
course, without any troubles ol' conscience
about those oaths, ‘ 1 pretermiitiny’’ any ef
fort to retain them in the order, under cir
cumstances, which to an outsider, looks
like an effort to oust the jurisdiction of the
Romish Church in the matter of absolving
their members from the guilt and sir. of do
ing what they are understood to have sworn
not to do. Now, Messrs. Editors, don’t
this out-Herod Herod himself? Who would
have thought it ? Does it not look queer in
deed for indulgences to be ^granted by the
great informers themselves, the expurgators
of the Romish heresy ? In all seriousness,
what is the difference between tho granting
indulgences by the Pope in the Dark Ages,
or in the yet dark portions of the earth, and
the granting of indulgences by the Ameri
can party iu the State of Georgia in the
Nineteenth Century ?
1 do not desire any controversy with
our K. N. neighbors, but have made these
suggestions for the benefit of.those who in
tend to vote for Overby, and to open the
eyes of others who may be in danger of be
ing retained iu the order against their con
victions of duty, when to our mind it is clear
they ought at once to withdraw from the
Council, and place themselves in a position
free from doubt as to the obligations of du
ty to their country, and their oath-bound
secret obligations to the party.
AN OUTSIDER.
[From the Georgia Telegraph, lflth inst.]
Gov. Johnson Vindicated—-The State
Road,
We call particular attention to the follow-
] ing correspondence. It is a full and per-
! feet vindication of Governor Johnson,
against the petty calumnies, which have
come swarming into existence at the close of
the campaign. Read and circulate! Read
and circulate! Let the people see the
truth, and the slanderers be confounded.
Macon, Sept. 18th, 1855.
Dear Sir: As various reports are circula
ted through the newspapers and elsewhere,
in regard to the sale of- Iron of the Western
& Atlantic Road, and also as to the levy
and sale of the cars of the Road recently at
Chattanooga, and as these reports reflect in
juriously not only upon Governor Johnson,
but also upon yourself as the Superintend
ent of the Road. Will you do me the favor
to state the facts of each case that the truth
may be known and published in regard to
both. Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
W. K. DeGraffenreid.
Bax a«a Slanderous Charge.
It has been left for the Rome Courier to
perpetrate the foulest of all slanders that
have yet been heaped upon the head of Gov-
Johnson. Let any man read the following
editorial fron the Rome Courier of the 11th
inst, and say if the party is not desperate
•indeed, that resorts to such infamous slan
ders. _
WHAT A GOVERNOR.
Jno T. Boyd, under sentence of death as
principal in the second degree for the
murder of A. M. Robinson, in Columbus,
Ga., has been respited by H. Y. Johnson.—
This man Boyd, after his trial, broke jail in
Columbus and when he was retaken in
Florida did liis best to kill the officer and
his posse who went out to arrest him. He
fired 6 or 8 shots and wounded one or two
ofthem. Now this man whohas beenguilty
of two murders, (one in Macon a few years
since,) and who has deliberately attempted
five or six more, is respited by Governor
Johnson—under what pretence it. is, that
this act of clemency is done by his. Excel
lency, we are not informed, but it is to b»
presumed that the Governor is buying Boyd’s
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25.
Hon. David Irwin.
The Know-Nothing friend* of this gontleman
are making great efforts to extricate him from tho
difficulties into which he has plunged himsolf by
attempting to practice duplicity in reference
to his political position. If ho had taken the
open, candid and independent course pursued by
Col. Brown, his opponent, and avowed his senti
ments without disguise or double dealing, he would
not now stand in tho unenviable position which he
occupies before the community. Tho proof is
conclusive that he was nominated by a Know-
Nothing convention, six mouths since, at IV] ariet
ta. This has been kept a profound secret till the
recent certificates of Dr. Pennington and Messrs.
McMeekin, Harmon and Craton, have established
the fact. We see in the last Georgian (which de
votes nearly the whole of its columns this week
to the defence of Judge Irwin’s caso) a certificate
of Messrs. Chisolm, Edge, Elliott, Robinson,
Waddle and Lanier, which apologizes for the
Judge. They admit that tho convention met;
that they were members, that it “ took into con
sideration the propriety of nominating a candidate
meeting out justice
Macon, Sept. 18, 1855. j come so serupulou
My Dear Sir : I have seen the allegations 1 to Mark A. Cooper,
t-- which you refer, anil scarcely thought ' It «■,-> Wright that broke jail, and was
them wwreh notice, but as you think they . : y, rested in Florida. Now, this unscrupu-
niav be exercising an injurious effect, I take lous party editor knew when he penned
pleasure in giving you the facts. j this infamous article, that Boyd was in pris-
The rails which are now taking up be- | on, and could no more vote for Governor
tween Resaca and Dalton, were sold to the j Johnson Ilian the editor of tho Rome Courier
highest bidder, Major j. H. Howard. I could do the Governor justice. Yet see how
had several other propositions, but none so j dark the insinuation!—shame! shame!
high as his. It is true that in February, i —Federal Union.
vote or influence, since he nas recently be- j forjudge,” Ac., and they concluded to nominate
E
1854, I wrote to Mr. Wells, Engineer of
the Thomaston Railroad, that I would hear
from him before I made the sale. When
we were ready to take up the rails 1 opened
a correspondence with some Iron dealers
relative to the purchase of these Rails, but
I received only a few distinct propositions.
I recollect now only two besides Maj. IIow- j
ards. One was from Mr. T. R. Bloom, who !
bid $20 per ton. the other was from Mr. J. j Gent
F. Mims, who bid $16.50, and afterwards i power i
think $18. Major Howard’s bid was $24 ' po-c
payable in Columbus bonds, or $22.50 in i situuth
cash. Mr. Wells accompanied Maj. IIow
aid to Atlanta, and before closing the trade
I reminded Mr. Wells of the promise I made
him for tlie Thomaston company. He
seemed to attach no importance to it, and I
supposed that their project for a Railroad
had been abandoned—Governor Johnson
knew nothing of my promise to the Thomas-
ten Company. I alone am to blame for over
looking them as I did. As soon as Major
Interesting Letter from Ilciki-y A. Wise.
The fullo'.vitig letter from Hon. Henry A. Wise,
Democratic Governor elect of Virginia, wns re
ceive! yesterday in .uisiver to a letter of invita
tion from the Democratic Anti-Know-Nothing
‘(tniniiteo ..t Fulton county :
\nl-. . si-in Osancock, Va., (
September liith, 1S56. j
.- I regret licit it will not be in ray
c:nl t': . : Mooting which you pro-
al on the 20th inst. The
my r.-iiuily and homestead duties re
lay daily presence, and I am obliged to de
vil invitations of the kind, far and near.
I cannot fear for the i.-^ue of the groat Empire
St ito of too South. Georgia is a State of States.
Sue i- too rich, too intelligent, loo improved, too
sensible of her de.-Mev. loo sensitive to the dan
ger.- v,-hi( it thi'-nn-.i hor heiif, most of all her in
to; c i. . imt ; i bo a!! -. o . ii'i alert to meet the ene-
mie.- • : her property, of Lor laws and of her re-
i c!
Howard returned to Columbus, I received a ; F-
i- u.-ho
itro t
the
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io Uni
rights
U
niton
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The Harvest in Wisconsin.—A letter to
the New York Journal of Commerce, dated
Silver Lake, Wisconsin, August 27, says:
We have had good weather for harvesting
the crops, and they are generally secured in
good condition. The wheat crop in this
section is large, the average yield being es
timated by some at 30 bushels per acre, but
this I tmpk too high a figure—20 to 25
being nearer the mark. In ‘the Southern
and Eastern part of the State, on the prairi
es, it will probably be from 25 to 30 bush
els per acre. Wages for laborers to harvest
the crops have been very high in that sec
tion—from $2 to $2.50 per day having been
paid, and they were hard4o get at that.
The Fever at Norfolk and Ports
mouth.—John Wise, the aeronaut, writing
to the New York Tribune, suggests a means
of dispelling tlie miasmatic atmosphere at
Norfolk and Portsmouth. He says :
“A few tons of gunpowder exploded in
cannons of the largest calibres with their
muzzles elevated as much as practicable,
even to a perpendicular if possible, would
produce atmospheric waves that would travel
hundreds of miles. This should be aided
by large fires, on open lots and commons,
made of tar barrels or any other highly
combustible material. This would put the
atmosphere in motion, driving the infected
off and receiving the pure from abroad.”
He also recommends the fumigation of
infected houses and chlorine gas, or chlo
ride of lime. He also states that over $1,000
has been raised for the sufferers at Lan
caster, Pa., from whence he writes.
C-lov. Shannon.
The following is an extract from a report
of a speech delivered by Gov. Shannon, de
fining his position with reference to the
Kansas Legislature and the institution of
slavery :
As to the Legislature that recently ad
journed at the Shawnee Mission, he regar
ded it as a legal assembly, and thought that
the objection to its power, grounded on ils
removal from Pawnee was puerile, as every
Legislature enjqyed the right of removing
the seat of government at pleasure. The
Executive and Judiciary of the Territory
had acknowledged the Legislature as a Le
gal body, and so would he. He regarded
their laws as binding on every citizen of the
Territory, and would use all his Executive
power aud authority to carry them into ef
fect. He said lie did not intend to address
ibem on the various questions that divided
the parties of the Territory: perhaps he did
not understand them ; and lie had not ex
pected to speak on this occasion.
To one subject, however, he would allude
—Slavery. His official life and career were
not unknown to a portion, at least, of the
citizens of Kansas. lie lntd :-o intention ,
of changing his political faith. lie thought
with reference to Slavery, that as Missouri
aud Kansas were adjoining States, as much
of the commerce up the Missouri which was
already rivaling the commerce between the
United States and some Europcn countries,
must necessarily lead to great trade and
perpetual intercourse between them, ir would ■
be well if their institutions should harmon- j
ize—as, otherwise, there would be continual
quarrels and border feuds. He was for Shi- J
very in Kansas [Loud cheers.
Know-Nothings vs The Nebraska Bill-
During a late speech in Texas, Senator
Houston stated that the passage of the Ne-
braska-Kansas -Act was one of the principal
reasons why “ the Know-Nothing or Ameri
can party had been formed, and the great
heart, of America excited that said bill
was concocted by a little caucus of seven or
eight senators in Congress, and that Mr. j
Pierce had fallen into their measures, and
so the bill was brought forward and passed;
that it was a very bad bill, and he alone, of
all the southern senators, had voted against
it. - (He did not seem to know that Mr. Bell
had voted the same way.) lie told senators,
he said, that it was a bad bill, and that the
North would not like it; and referred to his
speech on the subject in the Senate in proof
ol what he asserted, and to the Know-No
thing victories at the North in proof of its
truth, and the fulfillment of all his prophe
cies.
Senator Houston also spoke in high com
mendation of the Philadelphia Know-No
thing Platform ; said it was sound, national
and conservative, and that he stood firmly
on it particularly, we suppose, because it
styled the Nebraska-Kansas Bill “ an ob
noxious act and violated pledge.”
Senator Houston is one of the great pillars
of Know-Nothingism. His speeches have
been published abroad, his life written, and
it is said that he is to be the candidate of
the order in the next Presidential campaign.
Can greater condemnation be uttered against
a party, asking Southern support, than facts
like these ?—Savannah Georgian.
A crisis is approaching in Kansas. The
regular correspondent of' the St. Louis Re
publican writes thus:
“The canvass from tnis time to election
day willbfl exciting. Almost every one ex
pect a fight, and many aro preparing for it.
—The Free Soilers are talkug loudly, and
the Pro-Slavery men are working silently.”
The demand for shipping iu New York is
inorwsiog, and^freights are rising.
r
I anil Kii
| the ends- of
I ’io touched ?
| to he ilitcu-
I pared for.
rights of tin
-N
hi
shiil
eontine
dom of
Let A i.
To
a mono
the
tier from Mr. J. D. Gray, offering 840 per
ton for the rails delivered in Atlanta—this j
offer it appears, was for the Thomaston
Company. The very high price offered for \
old rail which have been used for eight j
years under a heavy trade, and the time of
the offer, being within three days after 1 ;
had closed with Maj. Howard, gave it the I
appearance of a political manecuver under- I
taken for the injury of Governor Johnson. |
Why did they want to buy old Rails at $40,
when new ones eould be bought at $50?
the last being the price paid for those we
are now laying down and why were they
silent for eighteen months, to make their
application within three days after the sale
had been effected? I have since learned
that Gen. Minis was acting in' behalf of the
Thomaston Company, which, if true, leaves
them nothing to complain of for lie made
two bids, but under tho price at which the
sale was effected. But be this as it may,
1 only am to blame, the Governor knew
nothing of the previous correspondence
with the Thomaston Company, and I had
forgotten it until I saw Mr. Wells, their
Engineer, in company with Maj. Howard
at Atlanta.
Now. as to the sale of cars. Several judg
ments were obtained against the Road in
Tecnnessce, on account of claims institu
ted iu 18-52, aud I made arrangements which
I thought would prevent the issuance of
executions. Nevertheless one of the credi
tors did issue, and levy was made upon fif
teen stock cars standing on the track out of
use, at Chattanooga. They went to sale,
and were bid in for our Road, by a gentle
man who was requested to act for us. We
paid the money in two or three days after
wards—the cars never left our tracks—nev
er went out of our possession one moment,
and the Road lost nothing by the transac
tion but the SherrifPs Commission on $1,-
600.
Very respectfully, your Ob’t Serv’t
James F. Coo per.
Superintendent of the W. & A. Railroad.
First Gun From Mississippi.—Hopeful
Samuel's prospects there.—A special elec
tion was held in Lafayette county, Miss., on
the 5tli instant, for Circuit Court Clerk.—
Each party nuininated its canidate, mar- . , ... , ■ , ,
shaled its forces, and the race was a fair | er L «fJ uU V ,llflde or at
test of the relative strength of both. We
find the following announcement of the re
sult in the Missisippian :
Oxford. Miss., August 6, 1855.
Major Barksdale:—We had a special
election in this county for Circuit Clerk
yesterday, to supply the vacancy caused by
the death of Asa Nix, Esq., who died a few
weeks ago. Both parties agreed that it
should be considered a test vote in the coun
ty, and Ilickman (Democrat) beat Smith
(K. N.) one hundred and eighty-nine votes.—
There was not a full vote, and Smith was a
very popular man; had several times been
elected Sheriff of the county. Hickman j the stubborn prohibitionists must be con-
was but little known in the county, but tlie : ciliated, must be absolved, in order to pre-
unpopularity of 'Sam' did the work. vent their present escape from the grip of
Ihts is the first nail in the ‘ Know-Noth- , ’. . . - ^ ,
ing coffin” in this State. Proclaim it to the 1 * le oldel ’ Klni l -Y_ r supporting Oterby, as
world that the county where M. A. MoKin- ; they may be servicable to tlie order heveaf-
non first opposed tlie low-down Order— | ter ; aud while we agree that this plea may
where he edits a Democratic paper lias , r ealiv release all prohibitionists from the
given Know-Nothingism an overwhelming ! , , , , ,
” ■ ” support ot Andrews, we still cannot under
stand any better than your correspondent
ion. She is ginni with great and noble sons,
i.:-ii an-! enterprising men who are jealous of
- i.oiio: pimiot.-i who cherish tho Union of
-<e SL t:e. tin • do the union of matrimony—
inly, i ■ ;■!•■■verve ’.ml perpetuate it, they will
i- an 1 f-.-r i-ir i ■ the uttermost, but if honor be j
1 ht.-li iii pieces every link which j
lion mil disgrace. She will re- 1
-i oui S• tiles as the most previous j
the Suites, tsrtpt th< right not to I
AVliat, then, if Fusion and Con- !
.'land Agrarianism, Abolitionism j
iugisin. anil all the odds and all j
jc •• i.'-.us,” shall succeed in
i-.lin:- States—will uothonor
dreadful issue, too trying
• prevented, it must he pre-
d shall ! e prevented. The
■ Union of tho.States, the
t':c inalienable rights of
1 and perpetuated on this
[ood of heroes and the wi3-
i laied to human freedom !
gin aiouc so resolve and it
. we must guard more now
ri Soil.ih than in the North,
■a, i-riester.ifc with us, as
in ueighb-1 - is abusing the bigot-
icome the arbiters of State, and is
11i -liivory movements by secretly
a and politics. They are desert-
spiritual fertile carnal kingdom, to pollute
:eh, destroy the liberty of iinj State, crush
ulve tho band of our ua-
-ueds of riot and misrule,
i !. We must correct
people. If 1 deserve to
.cii'ia! : i y mr Lb mocracy, it is for—a team
’s on:.-, gratefully and truly,
HENRY A. WISE.
[For tlie Atlanta Daily Intelligencer.]
A New I«lcn for an “Outsider.”
Messrs. Editor.'-: Your correspondent
“An Outsider,’’ seems not to he posted in
Know-Nothing ethics. The sworn obliga
tions hi tlie initiated is to support for office,
only all candidates that shall be lawfully
nominated by the parly. This obligation
is by no means to be construed as extend
ing to all the nominees of ilie party, wlieth-
Ilence
the Fulton county lodge might very easily
persuade themselves that it would not do
t>> loose members from the organization,
inst because they intended to vote for Over
by against Andrews, as none of the well-in-
formed members undertake to establish that
his nomination was either regular or lawful.
Indeed it is generally considered by the
candid among themsehes even, that his
nomination was effected by a snap-judge
ment, a mere pettifogging trick upon the
simple-hearted members of the party. Hence
no, to “ recommend Judge Irwin to the support
<ff their friends.” But notice the consistency of
the certificate and tho probability of the story.—
They say that “Judge Irwin was never informed
of the action of the meeting.'' Again they say
he was not informed of its action, authoritatively
or othcncise. Col. Chisolm, who is Judge Irwin's
right baud man and plays the political cards for
j him, was a member of tho convention. He is
; Judge Irwin’s bosom friend and Col. Brown’s bit-
! ter enemy—was a member of a convention t tint rc-
| commended Judge Irwin to tlie support ofa politi-
: cal party, anil the Judge has never been informed
: of the fact! Air. Edge, Dr. Elliott, Mr. Robinson and
j Mr. Lanier are Judge Irwin’s personal and politi-
I cal friends, most of them live iu his own town,
aud the Judge never was informed, authoritatively
\ or otherwise, that ho was nominated ! Judge fr-
win lias been Mr. AY addle’s guardian and is now
j the guardian of some of liis brothers aud sisters,
it wo aro correctly informed, and VIr. Waddle is
the Judge’s political friend, and yet tile Judge
never was informed, authoritatively or otherwise,
of his nomination ! We of course do not reflect
upon these gentlemen, but we must submit that
these aro strong features in Know-Nothingism.
Who did the convention intend to benefit by this
recomcndation of Judge Irwin ? Certainly Judge
Irwiu. Tho effect of this recomcndation has been
that tho Know-Nothings have taken up the Judge
as their candidate, and the Know-Nothing presses
are supporting "him with all their power. The
last Georyianhas a long editorial, two long com
munications, and four certificates, in reference
to thejudicial election, and all designed to help
Judge Irwin, and part of them full of slander on
Col. Brown: and yet the Judge is not the Know-
Nothing candidate! AVith what cruel iudifforeuee
the Judge's Know-Nothing friends have treated
him in concealing from him this important fact,
LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE
1
BALTIC,
The steamer Baltic lias arrived, bringing
one week’s later news from Europe.
Liverpool Markets.
Liverpool, Sept. 8—Cotton is easier. Up
lands have declined 1-16 to |d. Sales of
the week 56,000 bales. Fair Orleans 7 Jd.,
Middling &$; Fair Uplands 0:{d., Middling
6id.
Trade in Manchester dull.
Flour is stiffer—Canal 40s. fid. Corn has
advanced Is.
Consols 90i| to 80The Bank has rais
ed the rate of interest to 4 per cent.
Tim War.
Simpson and Pelissiev telegraphed on rhe
3d inst. that nothing new had occurred at
Sevastopol nr Tchcrnaya.
The Russians were again threatening an
attack.
Tho Allied army v;k- kept completely o
the alert, and parties remain constantly un
der arms.
The question was whether the Russians
would attack the Teliecnaya lines or Balak-
lava Baidar Valley.
Simpson says the lius-i ns are actively
bridging the harbor, fortifying the north
side, and have received reinforcement
Nothing has been removed from the Black
Sea.
Fm-tlici- toy tlie Baltic.
jVctr York. Sept. 20.—Among the passen
gers by the Baltic was the Spanish Minister
to Washington.
Napier publishes a correspondence show
ing that he only carried out tho Govern
ment orders in not attacking .Cron unit.
England i- paying w. rthy honors to the
late Abbott La wren -s.
Fergus O’Conner is dead.
Tlie Queen of Spain ha- -ne t<> Belmor-
cl.
Difficulties have arisen between England
and Naples. I’he latter will lie called to
account.
The cholera is raging in Italy.
General Simpson telegraphs he is ready
for offensive movements again
Tlie Russians made a sortie from Sevasto
pol and destroyed some Gabions.
New negotiations at Vienna still current.
The evils ofa divided command in the
that he is their candidate ! But they say that the j Crhncn''is more and more fob"
convention was a small one. This was probably j• There is a rumor Unit all the imop* at
true. The Know-Nothing party was then a small i Tchcrnaya were linked under one cnmman-
one, and Judge Irwin’s vote in tho district us the del’. The Allies are building railways to
_ j nominee of the convention will be as small in pro- transport goods during \v inter, and appear
portion as the convention that nominated him was. : actively preparing for a winter i:i r. gn.
The only notice we think it necessary to take of j -Simpson reports that iiier--- .r - - t'ai'.i,
| In the
well a.
| ry of sects t
; duly innskiu
combining r
ing
the
the freedom of man
tional strength.
aud drench tliis lam
them or be ruined i
be e r
ing.
the article in the last Georgian, signed “ High ! heavy CUSUaltie
Tower,” is to remark that “ had is still under the was burnt in t!
load."’ Tho effect of the certificate of Mr. Ha- ' * 1 bursting
mon in reference to his other certificate amounts
to this : that where the former certificate says the
delegates returned and reported Judge Inviu’s
nomination, Ac., it should have been “delegate,"
instead of ‘ delegates.” It seems that Mr. Chis
olm did not return, but Mr. AVaddle did. The ef
fect is the same, and the fact of the nomina
tion stands admitted by tho certificate of Colo
nel Chisolm and tlie other gentlemen, upon
which wo commented above. This whole affair
is in keeping with the trickstery of K. N. ism.—
But tlie trick is exposed, tho people have learned
the secret, and on next Monday they will stamp
the seal oi their condemnation upon it, and will i
elevate Col. Brown to the bench, a gentleman em
inently qualified and one who is not ashamed of
his principles, or afraid to avow them.
v . in-
Al.
A great- fire oveui-.c-l ur
i Ir.steil an entire day.
Thero is groat suffering ' ‘
! want of tho neces nrl >' b •
Affairs in the Baltic tire in
! The maintenance of rise iec
I 30,000 pounds sterti • ,!••• •
i The Turks defeated the Bus
Spain.—The Carlists have :
| their plans of civil •• -r.
the Cabinet had decided i.
; Seutt’s pay k prcniiuuri.
decker
'"'•ing
yto.—
•an.- at Kar-
: nhnhdoi ed
•c- ■ ri ■ hat
riih-v-i Ken.
re-. York
io result ot
. . : of the
defeat. This is the first bugle note of a
victory in our State. !Ve are in fine spirits
in tliis portion of the State, and we are now
only working fora heavy majority—we will
not be content with a small one.
Lies, Lies, Lies.
The Know-Nothing papers of Georgia,
have lost sight ofForeigners and Catholics,
and every principle that they ever professed,
and turned to Lying as their last resort.—
If Gov. Johnson was to devote one hour in
every dav r rcm this to the 1st dav of Oeto- llldlan Attack on a Surveying Party,
her, in refuting the lies told on “him, he We have received advices from Nebraska
the necessity for the exercise of the high
prerogative of granting absolution to those
who intend to vote for Overby, and do not
either ask that great grace, or believe in the
right of these new mediators to make the
grant. Can you explain it ?
OBSERVER.
Swaiu Bank Note List ami Detector.
We find on our table the first number of , , •
every where proclaimed!)
owan 8 Bank Note List and Detector, p, the Nebraska Bill, it
The Maine Electio:
Trihtnu admits tho fact
i the election in Maine, “i a t: [..!•: t I
party of Slavery and oi Ri ., i i.t ie up as it
; is of the congenial portion i of the late Whig
: and Democratic parties.
, The Tribune trios to find some comfort in
! the statement that tho Oernocr-ifo; candidate
>e'f : • bo hostile
ie ■ i, ". h.- wover,
lg extract
.ih
published in Montgomery, Ala., on the 1st
and 15th of every month, and delivered by
carriers in Montgomery and Atlanta, and
mailed to all parts of the Union and the
Canadas, at $2.00 per annum, in advance.’’
It contains forty-four large pages of closely
printed matter, and a larger amount of in-j England. Northern faun• > L.
formation, on the subject of Banks and j tacking the South for li-5 year. .
banking, than any other work of the kind ' ^ ilve n 1 ’ ' V ’ ' 11
, ° • .... , r , . ! territory—they are their proper
that we are acquainted with in the United | South are kiud ; iu , s ,, itab l 0 , ; ; V r i
States. To business men jn the South wc ; love liberty. I will stand by tub
would specially recommend the work, as
being published at a central point in the
South, it has superior facilities for obtaining
and disseminating correct and reliable in
formation respecting Southern Banking in
stitutions. See the notice of the work in
our advertising columns.”
tell its readers that the
from a speech of Iris stood for weeks bef •
the election, in flaming chara- rai-s. at the
head of abolition fusion paper :
Is there a man in this assembly who has
ever received any injury from a slaveholder?
No—not one in Maine—not - ne iu New
e been 11-
Th South
•> 1XT - NEW
n-iy. The
and
itive
slave law of 1850. IT WAS RIGHT AND
JUST. Fugitives should rciurned to
thoir owners,and the North siinnfi n -t make
a noise about it.— Wells’ Spm-!- a" Belfast.
Chattanooga, Tens., Sopt. 20, 1855.
To Maj. J. F. Cooper, Superin’t. W. <£- A. It. Jt.
Dear Sir: The papers of your Stato have come
to us for tho last few days, teeming with accounts
of the awful condition of the affairs of the AV. &
A. R. R. in this State. Those papers have been
sadly misinformed in relation to the sacrifice of
cars, the largo amount of judgments hanging over
the Road, the Depot being levied upon, &c., <&c.
It is not true, that the depot is or ever has been
levied upon.
It is not true, that any of tho property of your j Look out for the Roorback*:
State is under levy. Every Know-Nothing Roorback, alias lie,
It is not true, that there is a final judgment for invented by the enemies of Gov. Johnson,
a single dollar outstanding in this State against j i uls been refuted by the very witnesses
the Road.
It is not true, that the State has lost a singh
dollar by the sacrifice or sale of ears.
Judge'Hook, Agent of the Nashville & Chatta
Affecting Incident.—Tqp following is
an extract from a soldier’s letter in the camp
in the Crimea -. “Tlie other night I was in
the entrenchments, and a good number of
us were sitting together amusing ourselves.
One was singing a song called, “Mary. v. eep
no more for me,” in which oecure these beau
tiful linos:
•Far, far from thee l sleep in death.
So, Mary, weep nu more for me,’
when a shell came in, burst, among us, and
killed the man while he was singing the
song. I never was, so vexed for any one in
my life, it opened his skull completely, and
he died in an instant.”
would’nt get through the list. Did any in- j cit Y to the 8th inst. Col. Monnies, party rC( .° lle
tow-Nothing pres-! of Government surveyors was attacked by a : *
nooga R. R., bought in tho cars at the Sheritf’s
sale, for the State, at the request of Maj. Welch
and myself—wo knowing that tho salo was occa
sioned by the temporary absence from home of
tho gentleman with whom you had made the ar
rangement : settle the claim of Toole, Rope &Co.
I might arthc • and add, that to the best of
brought forward to prove tlie lie. Look out
for more Roorbacks between if: and the
election. Two months have passed away,
anil the enemies oi Gov. Johnson have sub
stantiated no charges against him. They
will invent move astounding wo.-L s, when
it is too late to brintv up witnesses to refute
them. Buf keep an eye on them:'font be
lieve any of them.—Fed. Union.
Georl
SSrefa'higlmmS"honorabfe man 1 band 'of I ^
assailed with such a batch of low dirty lies up the Platte River. Col. Monnies and five p a Y caus e of action originating since your
All the old dead and decayed “Buzzard j others reached Nebraska safley, but six ( a PP°> ntm ent to the office of Superintendent.
Stoies,” are being dug up by these Know- j others were dispersed and have not been 1 do not wlsh to 1,0 considered as interfering in
~ ‘ " ~ "to no purpose. ] heard from. A company of fifty men was y° ur State elections, but it seems to me that jus-
* ' : immediatly raised and started in pursuit.
Nothing editors. But all
You may throw dirt on Gov. Johnson now.
but the people, the honest people, will lift
him so far above your heads in October,
that your filth and garbage will never touch
him. Mark that, ye detractors.—Federal
Union.
New Defences at Sebastopol.—It is re
reported in the European papers that the
Turkish Quartermaster General, who was
with Omar Pasha in the Crimea, speaks in
the highest terms of the new system of for
tifications introduced by the Russians.—
General Melnikoff has fortified the space be
tween the first and second line of defence,
by means of mines, trenches covered ways,
palisades and small redoubts. Between
Fort Paul and Bastion 1, he has construct
ed works which so command the Malakuff
Tower and Korniloff Bastion that the Allies
would not be able to maintain them even if
they obtained possession of them. In con
sequence of the improvements made by the
Russians in their fortifications, General Pe-
lissier has been obliged to make some altera
tion in his plan of operation.
n ami Kcatat-ii.) -
Shall it lie ? Shall the cry ring
no judgment, for any amount, has through the Abolition States that Georgia.
and Kentucky are the only two States at- the
South where Know Nothingism can find
foothold? I.- tho blood-bought victory in
Kentucky worthy to bo emulated by Geo- -
gia ? Are Georgians prepared to acki.
edge and imitate the example Kentucky has
set? Never! ,We will not believe it. The
soil that drank the best) blood of the for
eigner, in “days that tried men’s souls,”
§tul" never publish to the world the deehirn-
tipu-that upon it, tho foreigner is degraded
to'si*level with the slaves that till it. Geor-
tice requires that the minds of the people of Gcor-
gia should be disabused of the impressions which
g-go-A writer iu the Richmond Whig ; these reports, now so currently circulated, arc cal-
states that whatever opinion many be enter- cuIated to mako . Yo reS peetfully,
tamed of the ongin ot the lever in Gosport, T „ n „ mTPr ,rr »**•
there is no earthly doubt that the disease ' ' f ™ P*
in Norfolk was of local origin. The first — 1 1. Efo
case appeared in tenements in which three j Senator Toombs for Govenok JoHnson. S 1 * “> emphatically, a State where law and
cases were noticed last year, but at too late _ A writer inthe Chronicle<fc Sentiml ^ys: f rul ? su P r ® m0 ' “ er v '
a period to spread and cause alarm, and the; Mr . Toombs, during the short stay i ie of pleasantness her paths are . tr:s ot peace*
subjects had no communication with per- madein thia city> on h f a homewards, i fehe
sons from Gosport. made no concealment of his decided prefer-
c, t , t , r fori,,, i encoinfavor of Mr. Johnson’s re-election. In
f i ek \s Sea island Ootton.—— Xnc uonzji* j. a j v a , , , . • , ,1 ,
. Et . . , ,, , , , . deed, ho was so warm on the subject, that
lea Enauirer states that several plan e's in T j , “
“at countv are producing Sea Island cotton h<3 i g T ut . ter f n< f + t0 fI hls
There are'four hundred and fifty-nine acres f ? ehn S 8 m worda almost equivalent to these
lories not in desecrateu uaiiot Wxc'-—
she demands not the blood of butchered citi
zens to seal her devotion to Libert
h
Union. She will rather seek ass
with her more Southern sisters. Nor
lina, Tennessee, Alabama and Term
by sido with them, she will stand, - '
piatueu mis sGHsi.u, >. me uuquuci nMmnni.mihr on the one hand, for the cox.
thinks will yiohl better than other ootton. ® rights of the South, on the other,
It estimates the product on many farms at Revival of an Old Trick.—An “exiled Hun* . great principles of religions -focal...
500 pounds to the acre, and in some instan- garian Count,” who was recently lionized which were incorporated into the Const; .J
ces it will exceed that quantity. A sample at the Montgomery White Sulphur Springs, tiou, and illustratod in the lives of those
of this crop has been compared ^with some in Virginia, and who created a tremendous great men whooshes now repose beneath.
South Carolina Sea Island, which brought sensation among the unmarried ladies, the shades oF-v . -ri- n and Monticel*o.~-|
fifty cents per pound last year, and was pro* turns out to have been a journeyman bar- Georgia will not emuiute tho example '
nounced but little inferior. j her of New York. ‘Kentucky. Never, never!—Federal tnief