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Fbqfessional gardsT “
•3. J. JONHS. W. E. JONES.
JQJfES A JONES, Attorney* nl Law, Cartersville
Ua. Offiec first door west of Messrs. Jones A
Gkkkxwook’s C'arriago Shop.
April 6, 1860.
JOHNSON A JOHNSTON, AUonuys at Lair.
The undersigned have associat'd themselves in the
.Practice of Ijiw, and will promptly and faithfully at
*tend to all business entrusted to them, in this and the
adjoining Counties, and in the Federal Court at Marietta.
Atm i Johnson, 1 Makk Johnston, .. I
CasscUle. Ga. j t arterseille, Ga. /
August 3, ’sß.—wly
.'JOS. DUN I. A. I*. A. V. SIIE ATS.
DUNLAP a SWEATS. Attorneys at Law,
iCingstou Cass county Ga. Will practice in the
■c (unties of Cass, Gordon, Floyd, Polk <£-c., and will
(attend to the securing and collecting of claims in
itiny portion of Cherokee, Ga.
Sept., 2d, 1859—wly.
JA. HOWARD, Attorney at Law, Carters
• ville, Cass county. Ga. Office on the northeast
corner of the public square. Will practice in
ttlio Cherokeo circuit —particular attention given to
collecting. J an t'J
RYALS A PRITCHETT, Attounevs at Law,
Cartersville. Georgia. Will practice in Cass
•and adjoining counties.
JAi. RYALS. W. 11. PRITCHETT- •
•sopUlOtvly.
TtTARWICK A KRAMER, Attorney* at Laic,
\\ Cartersville, Ga. Office at Messrs. Milner A
TParrott's. nidi 2a.
PH. LARKY, Attorney at Law, Cartersville.
Georgia, Office on mainc street. feb
MILNER A PARROTT, Attorney, at Law, Car
tcrsville, Georgia. J an ‘ ‘ ,-
ATLANTA DIRECTOR Y.
S. T BIG G E RS^
WARE HOUSE & COMMISSION
MAItC II ANT,
MVRIETTA STREET, - - - ATLANTA, GA
I IREItAL advances on all consignments.
j Refers to
E. W. Holland. President Rank of Fulton.
A. Austell, Cashier “
X*. Drown. Agent Ga. R. R. Rkg Cos.
And all prominent citizens.
sept. U, 1859. __
“SMALL PROFITS AND
QUICK returns:.
DR WR- It. CLEVELAND AGT
JVorcrms Block, Marietta Street,
ATLANTA, A.
Always on hand a large .S'tock of Clothing Furnish
(ioods. Hats, Caps, Xaddles. bridles. Harness,
and Dry Goods in any Variety, for sale cheap for
Cash. „ ... ~
p .y_.lgnt for “The Stodart liano,”
!id L*l, Webster Ac Co’s Sewing Machine.
Nov ll’.VJ—ly.
DR. D. YOU NG.
Wholesale anti Retail
DRUGGIST,
.T >hnson's Rlock, Whitehall street, Atlanta, Ga-
KEEPS contantly on hand a splendid supply of
Paints, Varnishes. Oils, Fancy Goods <tc. Ac.
vsn Would call particular attention to his large
Stock of Gkoicc Garden Seed,. OctTtSiDly.
Affitdfi At BitDTIIRft,
A. N. ABBOTT. I.EWIS t,. ABBOTT.
W holesale Grocers, Produce and Com
mission Merchants occupying the well
kuotvn llAire House on Mitchell, near
tr.iitehall Street, Atlanta, Ga.
.Strict attention given to the sale of all kinds of
Produce on consignment. Liberal advances made
on shipments wltcn desired, cither in C, over its
Cash, or by accentancc Buyable in Atlanta f Au
jcnst.i.
Ths have a ral'l amt complete eocK ..eavy
Groceries, such as N O Sugar, Coffee, Syrup, Molas
ses, Salt, <fcc .trc, which will bo sold low for Ca,h.
Orders respectfully solicited promptly and care
fully executed, lie.^pectfully
Jan. 13. 1 sat)—wly ABBOTT A BROTHER
BAAC WINSUIf, ROBERT WINSIIIP, CKoRGE WINSIIIf
Wiuship Iron Works,
ATLANTA, GA.,
I. Aft. WINS HI P & CO.
MANUFACTURERS of Steam Engines nft Boilei
Circular Saw Mills, on the most approved plai
Turning laths, Sugar Mills, Kettles, Minin* Maclnuerj
Mill Work, of all descriptions. New style ot Iron Kailin
far fences and Ceinetary Lots, Itridge castings and bolts
fetwit-road Work, (till bearing from 9 to 12 feet, latest ini
proved Horse Powers, and all kinds of Iron and orasi
(.’axtintrn made to order, at short notice.
Akw.pg experienced workmen, a anl well a snort
utoeis *#w Patterns, and our sac lities beingnuperiof
tn any Foundry in the Slate. We t*©l nl.
entire satisfaction, to those who may tavor us with then
orders. both in regard to prices, and quality of our
Foundry and Machine Shop on the Atlantic
JUi! Road. April 8, IBoJ.— wly~
McWAUGIIT, OItMOXD & CO.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
And Dealers in General Merchandise,
KEYSTONE BUILDINGS, Whitehall St
ATLANTA. GA.
YfM. MCNAUOHT, 1 f THOS. SCUUTCHIN,
IAS. ORMOND, j ( JNO. MOBIIISON,
It E FERENC ES:
Messrs. Smith A Patrick, New York
.Vmallwood ETtrlc A Cos., ■
“ Alien, McLean A Bulkley, “
XVm M. Lawton fc Cos., Charleston
“ Naylor A Smith, “
“ J. K. Tefft, Cash'r, Savannah.
“ Duncan <£• Johston, “
Post & Met, New Orloans.
Walsh, .S'inith A Cos., Mobile
“ Crittenden <£.- Cos., Louisvihs
“ M. J. Wicks, Pres. Memeisl’
“ D. A. January A Cos., St. Loui
Octl 11859—1 y
Valuable Town Property for Sale
IN CARTERSVIL.L.E, GA.
THE largo and coramodius Two Story, fire proof
building, the first Story of which is occupied
Ly ug as a Grocery and Drug Store, and the second
by the ‘-Express” Printing Office. There is also on
[ho lot Three small store houses. Should the pur-
wish, we would also dispose of the business
with the house and lot.
For particulars address us at this piaco.
GEO. J. HOWARD A CO,
W. 11. HOWARD,
Cartesvillo Ga. Novftf. Augusta Ga.
To the Citizens oi Cartcrsville.
You are hereby notified, the Tax Book is ready
and in the hands of J. J. Jonos for collection, Tax
navors w ! ll ploae come forward at ouca and pay
their Tax Thoßook will be found at J. J. Jones’
offioo, tho Board needs the money to moot tho ex
pense that are now and arc
J. J. JONES, See. A Treas- of the Board. 1
AUGUSTA DIRECTORY.
“ GLOBE HOTEL, —
AUGUSTA, GA.,
L. C. SKINNER & CO.
L. C. SKINNER, X
a. mullark v, > Proprietors.
J. S. HART, J
sept. 16, 1859.
W. H SAULS BURY.
DEALERS IN Stoves and Orates, plain and
Japanned Tin Ware, Britnnnia, Wood,
Willow null Hollow wares, Lifting Pumps, Lead
and Block Tin Pipes, Tin Plates, Sheet Iron, wire,
Ac., and manufacturer of Tin, Copper, Lead and
Sheet Iron ware. No. 3 DcKalb Range, Broad
Street, AUGUSTA, GA. sept. 9, 1859—wly
Spears Hight,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
No. 310 Broad Street, opposite Planters’ Hotel.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
sept. 9, 1559. Dr. J. 11. Speaks W. M. Higiit.
IRON & BRASS
B<-S9l J 11BS
GAR FACTORY,
And Machine Shop,
On Ga. /Jailroad, near Cotton Factory,
AUGUSTA, GA.
ORDERS arc solicited for Castings for Rail
lloads, all kinds of machinery for Gold Mines,
Bridges and Draw Bridges, Gas works. Flour, Pa
per, and Saw mills, Gin gearing, Water wheels,
all kinds of Smith work, Shafting and circular Saw
Mills complete, Railroad Cars, Ac.
W, M. HIGIIT, Proprietor,
sept 9, 1859. wly
Sewing Machines.
THE undersigned have been appointed Agents
for this State for tho sale of
Lmlil, Webster & Co’s
Celebrated Sewing Machine, generally admitted the
best Machine for Light and Heavy
Work now made. Wc sell EVERY MACHINE
with a full Guarrantee that if they do
do not operate satisfactorily, they may be returned
in thirty days and we will refund the
money. Send for list of prices and samples of
work. W. H. SALISBURY $ CO.,
sept. 9, 1359.tf 257 Broad Street,
Augusta., Georgia.
CATRERSVILLE DIRECTORY.
J. C. Maddox,
to his cure, in cither
line of his profession. May 20, ‘OO.
DR. W. I>. ST ANS ELL.
RESIDENT DENTIST.
Cartersville)- : : : t : : Georgia
A/l operations pertaining to Dental/
Surgery performed with the greatest
Up-rTT? care. ArtifionZ Teeth set on Plate
with neatness and durability. Particular attention
paid to Children's teeth I wilZ ea/1 at tho resi
dence of persons if desired. ,
;l:di’ Will ha found at tho Exchange Hotel.
Fob. 10—Gm.
FISIv'S METALIC BURIAL CASES.
CLOTH covered, Bronzed and Rosewood finish.—
A good assortment kept constantly on hand, by
ERWIN, GREENWOOD A CO.
A good Hearse ready at all times, apr 20.
Children's Clothing, nntl all general XVork,
In the Latest Styles.
Gentlemen’s Pants and Vests from 73 to §1.545
ALSO. SU MM Kit COATS HANDSOMELY MADE.
Alsft, a Supply of Ready-Made Shirts,
OF Abb SIZES.
Mrs. (J. M. Marsh.
Dll. E. A. WARE
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Office in Col. Farrow’s Law Office. Dwelling
next house below Dr. Thompson’s.
Fob. 3d—Bm*.
Knickerbocker Life Insurance Company,
New York.
Southern Mutual Insurance Company,
Athens, Ga.
THOSE wishing to insure with either of the above
companies, will please call on
Cartersville,meb 23. D. W. K. PEACOCK, Ayt.
Herring’s Patenion Cliampt
FIRE PROOF SAFES,
With Hall's Patent Poxvdcr Proof Lochs
THESE ARE THE SAFES which were award
ed tho Prize Medal at tho World', Fair,
L iitilon, 1851, anil also at the Crystal Palace, New
York, 1853 ; and are universally acknowledged to
be tho best security from Fire and Thieves now
known.
More than Twenty T.mtieaad “Iterrtny * Safe,”
have been sold, and are now in actual use, and over
Three Hundred (300) have been’tested and passed
triumphantly through accidental fires without the
oeeiirrcuee of a ,i'/le lo„.
FARRKL, HERRING A CO., Makers,
029 Chus.nut sTit. (Jaynes Hall,)
Philadelphia.
A sample of these Safes may be seen at the Store
of 11. HEYMAN, who is tho authorized Agent for
Cartersville. sept. Ift.
AT HANNA’S Confectionary.
BOTTLED ,
Pure Wines afl Liquors.
Port Win n ,
Madeira Wine,
Sherry Wine,
(Jlarct “
French Brandy,
Scotch Whiskey,
Old Rye “
Old Bourbon Whiskey,
Cartersville, Ga,, March 4, 1859.
DEALERS
UOMFfiCTiaXKRIES.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA
WE take pleasure in informing U)c citizens of
Cartersville u<l vicinity, that we have
opened a
HEW CONFECTINERY
in this place, at the old stand of W. A J. N. Byers.
We have on hand and will constantly keep all kind
of Confoctioticrios.
Our EATING SALOON will bo furnished
with all tho delicacies of tho Season : Oysters, Ac.
.rat- The Ladies are invited to look at our stock
of Confectioneries Ac.
JAMES F. MADDOX. TIIOS. M. PUCKETT.
jeb.Vj, JB6d-ly.
Devoted to Politics-the Rights of the South Under the Constitution, Domestic and Foreign Hews, and General Intelligence-A Family Hewspaper,
From the Southern Democrat.
The Reason why the Opposition Party in (
Georgia Should Support Breckinridge
and Lane.
Mf.ssrs. Editors : —Existing circum- j
stances render it our imperative duty to !
give to our friends and the public, reasons
which have induced us to assume the posi
tion we occupy in relation to the ensuing ‘
Presidential election. As to the sly insin
uations which have been whispered in pri- j
vate corners, to the effect that wc have
abandoned our principles and gone over ,
to the Democracy, we simply treat them ;
with that contempt which they so justly j
merit. It is only those who are liberal
enough to accord to us honesty of pur
pose, we are willing to gratify with an ex
planation. We are actuated by a nobler
incentive than party prejudice. We stand
upon principles —principles such as have
been contended foi by all parties at the
South for years past. And if an adherence
to those principles throws us into fellow
ship with a respectable and intelligent por
tion of the Democratic party, we most cor
dially greet them as brothers, and hail
them as patriots, who are fighting nobly
for the rights which others, equally bound
to their support, have cowardly- and basely
abandoned in the hour of need.
We take the position that the American
party, (especially in Georgia)has no can
didates in the field. Why? Bell and j
Everett as everybody knows, were nomi-.
nated by the self-styled “Constitutional
Union party.” And how came the Amer
ican party ot Georgia identified with that
new organization, or connected in any
way with the action of its Convention ?
The Convention which met in Milledge
ville on the second day of may last, said,
“we hold all questions of Governmental
policy as subordidatc to the great issue;
now p e sed upon the Consideration of the ;
American people in regard to the question !
of African slavery', and wc hereby pledge j
ourselves to co-opcratc cordially with all j
men in all parties in this growing Repub
lic, who agree with us in the enforcement
of the following cardinal principles in re
lation thereto. The principles that follow
ed were that “the right of property in
African slaves is recognized and guaran
teed by the Constitution of the United
States. That the Territories of the Gov-
ernment are the common property of the
citizens of the Union. That neither Con
gress nor a territorial legislature has anyq
right to legislate against the slave interest
in the territories. That we are entitled
to protection from tho Government, &c.”
Delegates were then appointed to the Bal
timore Convention, with instructions to in
si t there upon the recognition of those
principles in the adoption of a national
platform. Did they do it ? Thcv did not.
So utterly hopeless was the prospect of
success, that the prudent delegates from
the State of Georgia declined to make the
demand, for fear that the harmony cf the
Convention might bo disturbed. Thus
the question which their Convention at
home had declared was the “great issue”
before the country, was ignored and indig
uantly spurned and spit upon by this
“Constitutional Union/ Convention, and
their candidate were nominated and pla
ced upon a platform more “general and
extensive” than the one so roughly handled
by Mr. Toombs a number of years ago. It
is time to repudiate double-meaning reso
lutions and platforms. The exigences of
the case and the times demand a clear and
unequivocal avowel of the principles upon
which a party seeks to go into power. It
is true that the “Constitution, the union,
and the enforcement of the laws” would
cover the whole ground if the people of all
sections and parties ccnstiucd
such terms alike. Bit it needs
no argument from us to prove that such
is not the case. One of the brightest in
tellects this country ever produced, once
said that the Constitution was so broad
and comprehensive that you could, with
ease, drive a wagon and term through it.
and we want no better evidence of the va
riety of constructions placed upon the afore
said platform than the fact that men en
tertaining a great diversity of opinion on
the “great issue” were freely ballotted for
in the Convention. Judge McLean, for
instance, a republican, who dissented from
the Dred Scott dcscituon, received a res
pectable vote. We are told that tho Con
ventional was a national one, and that
Bell and Everett are tho only national can
didates in the field. Noiv we would ask,
where does their nationality come from?
It is true there were delegates in the con
vention from the different sections of the
Union, hut their nationality, if they had
any, was undoubtedly preserved at the sac
rifice of principle, for we all know that the
incongruous elements of which it was com
posed would have blown the convention in
to a thousand atoms if any attempt had
been made to incorporate in its platform
tl\a principles adopted by the Millerjge
villc convention of the 2nd of May. As
proof of it, a delegate was hissed down,
for merely alluding in his remarks, to the
question of slavery in the territories.—
There is in the action of this convention
good and sufficient grounds to justify the
course we have pursued. And outside of
it, there are weighty arguments to sustain
us. By reference to the platforms which
have been adopted by the American party
in Georgia during several years past, it
will be seen that they contain doctrines on
the slavery question identical in substance
with the principles adopted by the Con
vention which nominated Breckinridge
and Lane. lion. B. 11. Tlill, the TTcrcuies
of his party in Georgia , said in his letter
to Col. Dudley, last year, that if, in 1800,
the Democratic party nominated a candi
date for the Presidency, on the principles
of protection and the Drod Scott decision,
and his own party did not do it, he would
be bound by consistency to go with the
Democracy. Now we would submit to any
candid, unbiased mind, the question wheth
er or not the emergency anticipated by
him in that letter has arisen. Wc think
it has. Therefore wo feel bound for tho
sake of “consistency,” if for nothing clso,
to give our humble support to Breckinridge
and Lane. In alluding to the distinguish
ed author of the letter referred to, we wish
it distinctly understood, that it is done in
no spirit of detraction or disrespect. Wc
consider him an ornament to his country
q.nd an honqr to his State. History will
qeyer do him justice until the lapse of tbpe
shall have developed still more plainly his
sagacity as a far-sec-ing statesman, and
his fellow-citizens will not learn to appre
ciate ljinj yntil dire necessity'shall “wake
J3Vic fCj/Jc-lt Aftfr/itcc fedtusf. m tit rfc/tet&/tcc cytet. 7
CARTERSVILLE, GA., AUGUST 17, 1860.
|up the sleeping genius of patriotism, to
take the place of party rancor. We* re
gret to find that he feels constrained to
| pursue a course different from that pointed
| out in his letter, but since it is so, wertiust
’ for the present, hid him a fond adieu, pre
! ferring to stick to the principles he has laid
down for our guidance, than to cast in
1 our lot with anew and untried party, whose
course is so dimly and infinitely defined.
In addition to the reasons already giffen
why Southern men should support Breck
■ inridge and Lane, may be added two oth
jer facts at least. One is the necessity- of
j the South uniting on a tic k t which stands
some chance of carrying States enough to
defeat the election of Lincoln and Ilan/in.
Another is the fact, that during the awful
suspense th it existed in the South; -*>e
tween the adjournment of the Charleston
Convention and the assembling of ¥he.
Richmond and Baltimore Conventions, the
leading presses and politicians of the cdun
; try, irrespective of party, urged the secc
; ders to maintain the position they had ,as
-1 suring them of their hearty co-operation
when the time should come. They hav
ing been true to their position even to the
disruption of tho ties that bound them to
the Douglas democracy—is it not ungrate
ful, ungenerous and unmanly for us to
forsake them in the hour of need, when
they arc fighting so nobly for the est.ib
, lisbmcnt and maintenance of our rights
!and privileges in the Union? So far as
we are concerned, onr course is marked
out. Narrow minded, unprincipled polit
ical charlatans may call us renegades, dis
organizers, or disunionists if they choose.
Opprobious epithets dictated by party na- j
lignity intermingled with the spirit of :
submission to wrong, so prevalent in the
land, have no terrors for us. Duty to 1
j ourselves, to our country and our section, j
‘demands that we should vindicate the;
J principles which we and all true men, both ,
j North and South, have contended for, and|
! wo expect to do so without to a-k the dus-j
tardly xucstion, “What are we to gain by’
it?” < !
Having been forced to the necessity of j
thrusting our names before the public, we;
deem it not amiss to take a passing notice!
of what purports to be the history of the !
American meeting in Pike, as given by the;
model (?) Editor of the American Union, j
We regret exceedingly the necessity ofj
doing so as wc cannot do justice to the
meeting and ourselves without contradict- ]
ing the statem ‘ids in the American Union
for either the editor or the individual who
“detailed the affair to him, has misrepre-j
seated the matter. The statement that;
on the first Tuesday in J line there could i
not be “enough mustered to form a meet- |
ing U positicely untrue. The meeting was j
organized, and notwithstanding there waP
quite a number present who were ready to.
repudiate the action of the Baltimore Con
vention, it was deemed prudent to await:
the meeting of tho Uemocv'.tic C’OBYCn-j
tions and sec whether or not the majority!
platform would bo adopted and acceptable,
candidates placed upon it. In speaking of
the meeting which was held on the first j
Tuesday in July, Mr. Murray says:,
“Those who called the meeting were very
a Jive in arranging for the organization./
and as they appeared so prominent, the j
Chairman placed two of them and another
who sympathized with them and as equally,
officious, on the committee toreporbusiuess. j
Now, any one who was present at the|
meeting, knows full well that the insinua-!
tion contained in these remarks is a foul
slander upon the parties implicated. The
Chairman and Secretary of the meeting!
arc both strong Bell and Everett men, and j
made at least two speeches apiece iu their
defense.
The other member of tho committee
who is charged with equal officiousness in
the meeting, desires us to treat tho accu
sation with that scorn and contempt which
falsehood and unjust denunciation always
deserve. Every man ivho was at the meet
ing knows that the charge of his being
“officious” is an unmittigated falsehood.—
He went into the meeting after it was or
ganized, and when his name was annouced
as a member of the committee, he asked
the chairman to excuse him, but he did
not do it.
The enlightened and accomplished editor
of the Union need not trouble himself so
much about Air. Bell’s record. The insin
uation that hisopposers on the subject will
not amount to much, where all parties
concerned, are best known. The free and
independent voters in Pike, as well as else
where, will make a record concerning him
in November next, which will speak bet
ter things for the South than did his vote
to reject a State which applied for admis
sion into the Union, because its Constitu
tion recognized slavery.
We deem it unnecessary to refer, par
ticularly to the record of Mr. Everett, j
Wc presume every honest man will admit
his unsoundness on the slavery questionAs
lie has uttered sentiments more objecttorSJ
blecven, than any platform of principles
proclaimed the Black Republican party.
Wc have thus given in a disconnect
way, some of the reasons which have iulji
cc l us to espouse the cause of Brock n
ridge and Lane. In the language of Hie
distinguV.ied statesman, whose letter ve
have referred to, “As Americans, proud
aith confidence in onr associates, and know
ing our honesty heretofore, and happy in
the consciousness of our rectitude of pur
pt sc now, wc do not fear and will not
shrink from tl:c test.’
g. m. McDowell,
JNO. P. GARNRR,
J. H. HANG HAM,
MILTON RIGGINGS.
Pike Cos., Ga., July 10th, 1800.
A Roland for an Oliver. —“John
Bell is one of the soundest, purest states
man of the ago, a true friend of the Sojjith
and the Union.”—Savannah Republican.
“Well, now, so far as Mr. Hell is cjon
ccrncd, I believe he is a good man. (Im
mense applauso, and a voioo, “That’s set.’*)
I think he is going in the right direction.
(Renewed applause and cheers for lid II.)
I tell you I don’t look upon that man as
much of an enemy of mine, who says,
“Come weal, come woe, l will stand by ( the
stars and strips qf tips Union and tluL fib
erty of these States.” (Long continued
applause.) lam not the man to east, re
flections upon him, but laying down >ur
miqor differences, I say he is right in tl iis.
And if the worst comes to the worst, wc
cxpoct to stand side by side iq defence of
oqr common liberty.” (Great cheeriimy^—
Cassius M. Clay—abolitionist—Ky. I
Temperance Address,
BY MISS EMMA J. MILNER.
Ladies and gentlemen: After presenting
| ray respects to the Lady-Visitors of this
Division allow me to apologize for nssum
| ing my present position “a small manifes
i tation of admiration and esteem.” My
j laudible design in contemplation is the o
ly consideration which could have induced
!me thus to transcend “The Conventional
j barriers of feminine delicacy to occupy a
position so conspicuous.
I apprehend I am quite unable to advance j
■ anythin” deserving of your attentions. I
shall not however attempt to supply my
deficiency bv pleasii?.’ the supeficial; “by
rhetorical garlands.” But to mingle my
; veicc of condemnation, against the dcletcri
j ous draught. To create an earthly para
! dise where thorns and thistles xvant to lux
uriate, to unfurl the banner of Temperance
which proclaims in thunder’s voice, against
this “monster of monsters.” Will our
banner be unfurled in vain? Will not ev
ery breeze waft tidings of victory ?
Young gentlemen do you not prefer the
society of young ladies to the excitement
of your brandy-punch ? You who are now
‘wrecking all your hopes for eternity, all of
your devotions to the wine-cup mingle
| yourselves with this association and be
’ safe from ruin which surety betides you.—
| Relieve your grey-headed father from such
joh ! such unknown anxiety, let him cast a j
smile upon you, radiant with the joy of
| light playing brightly around his CQunte
!nance. Husbands, you who are now]
| standing upon the verge of this volcano “a
step or two more” and the fearful plunge |
: had been token, retreat from your perilous j
’ position, and seek safety in this association |
! dry up the tears of grief, and hush the
! sighs of your broken hearted wife, she has
’ long enough endured the intensity of grief
; again link your affections to her as a sober
j husband. Let my feeble voice beseech you
Ito procure for yourselves an approving
j conscience, to procure for yourselves hu
, man happiness.
\ In conclusion allow me to present you this
banner, take it—guard it well ! Love,
Purity and Fidelity are its foundation.—
May it stand. “Let rains descend, let
floods come, let winds blow, and heat up
on it” hut still let it stand for it is found
ed upon a rock. 31 ay its destiny ever be
to survive the wrecks of the universe, and
be perpetuated in heaven where all will
be immaculate members of the Sous of
Temperance.
July 4th, 1860.
Dr. Samuel R. Kramer replied as fol
lows :
Respected Alias, in behalf of the mem
bers of Amicalola Division allow me to ex
press through you to the Ladies our heart-;
gratituuo for this kind proof of their
appreciation of our order. We have started
out to battle against a formidable foe, one
that has entered almost every household ;
and without the assistance of the fair por
tion of our community, our efforts would
be almost fruitless. They, showing anoth
er proof of their kind and loving hearts and
proving that they now, as they always
have, still take an interest in fallen and
depraved man, have nobly come to our
assistance and not only encouraged us by
j their presence in our Lodge Room, but
here, this day, a day wc reverence, the an-
Iniversary of our liberity, they come for
ward and present us a banner under the
! folds of which we are to battle for the sal
’ vation of man from the darning bowl. —
| This presentation is a strong proof that
they are as ready and as willing to aid us
! in this Battle, as were the noble women of
! Charleston to aid our forefathers in the
j struggle for liberty, when they requested
Ito fight by their side. And in receiving
j this banner wc promiseyou, ladies, to keep
; it as purely inviolate throughout all time as
; wc have this day received it from the hands
iof tho fair donors. “No image of some
marbled saint niched in cathedrals isle
shall be more hallowed from the rude hand
of sacriligous wrong” we promise to fight
as bravely and as cheerfully beneath its
i folds for the cause of Temperance as our
I forefathers of old fought beneath stars and
I stripes to put down foreign aggression;
and we extend to the ladies an invitation,
I to battle with us, to fight by our side, to
buoy up our drooping spirits by their
| bright cheering presence. Your influence
I lad ies in this cause is incalculable. Your
creator has endowed you with talents which
are to be exerted for the benefit of mankind.
The talent of woman consists a great deal
in her influence and if there is one cause
in which a lady has more influence than
it is the cause of Temperance. You but
frown down upon the use of intoxicating
liquors and the young men, the hope of
our country, who cannot live but beneath
the charming smiles of the fair sex, who
would never live satisfied while frowned
upon by Gods purest and Loveliest crea
tures, would soon dash from them the
damning bowl and take to our more healthy
drink, \Vater, that gushes from the foun
tains for their use at the bidding of their
God. do with us then ladies, into this bat
tle and though our progress may bo slow
let ns make it sure by w'orking all the time
•>nd working cheerfully and untiringly.—
Time will prove thu our work has accom
plished something. Then let us act. up to
the language of one of America’s sweetest
poe i s, when he said :
“Oil thou lot’s ho u;> anil lining,
With a heart for any fats;
Still aohioviu.q still pursuing.
Lcaru to labor and to wait.”
Pennsylvania.—The accounts from
Pennsylvania arc of the most encouraging
character. Reliable corrspondents, who
have taken pains to inform themselves,
write that the supporters of Breckinridge
and Lane arc increasing every day, while
Douglas is rapidly losing ground. A Lou
istovvn correspondent of the Washington
Constitution says:
“Tho Fqrqoy-Douglas Convention on tl)c
26th at Harrisburg was a most eontompt
ible fizzle. I determined to know tho truth
myself, and with that view went to Har
risburg. You may rely Qfl if,it ‘yas a mis
erable farce.
Another Important Accession to
Breckinridg.—lt is stated that the lion.
Kennet Rayner, ot North Gurolina, one of
the foremost men among the Southern
opposition for twenty years, has declared
for John C. Breckinridge, and 1 the equal
ityof theStatcs.’/ He sees no other course
to save the country from the dangers that
now raenape iL
Separating the Sheep from the Goats.
Every intelligentman at the North knows
full well that the Democratic party has for
several years past been cursed with a set of
half-and-half Abolitionists, calling them
selves .Democrats. Tho present attitude j
of parties is fast driving these men to their |
natural allies, and relieving the Democrat-1
ic party of the incubus which their anti-;
slavery principles imposed upon it. The
disintegration of the Democratic party in I
the North is going on rapidly. The lead- ]
era seeing the hopelessness of the cause,:
are going to Lincoln, while the rank and j
file, with their eyes thus opened, will turn !
to the true Democracy. As an evidence \
of this, we have already heard of several
Douglas papers hauling down the Douglas
flag and running up that of Lincoln. The
latest accession to the Black Republicans of
this kind is the lowa State Reporter, a
hitherto rampant Squatter paper. But we
hear all over the North of Douglas men
who arc going to vote for Lincoln in order
to defeat Breckinridge. This is the game
these free-soil squatters intend to play. —
As an evidence of this, we quote the fol
lowing paragraph from the Harrisburg
(Da.) Telegraph, a “Republican” paper,
which feels very happy over the prospect
i of getting these traitors :
The Stampede Commenced.—The ev
idence of a determination on the part of
the Douglas men to vote for Lincoln, and
thus kill two birds with one stone,are mul
tiplying on every hand. This is the case
here and all over the country. Scores of
men w r ho have for years acted with the
democratic party, are daily ranging them
selves under the banner of Lincoln and
Hamlin, determined to crush out the south
ern disunionists and the northern traitors
who fraternize with them. It is conceded
and justly, too, that every vote cast for
Douglas in the free States is a vote for
Breckinridge or old Joe Lane, just in the
proportion that it is effective in carrying
the election into Congress.
The honest supporters of Mr. Douglas
would a hundred times prefer the election
of Lincoln* to that of either Breckinridge
or old Joe Lane. This is the first bird to
be killed, by all manner of means. On the
other hand, a large number of them are
burning with the desire to give a blow to
the South in return for the dastardly treat
ment they have received during the past three
years, and particularly at the Charleston
and Baltimore Convention. They see no
other way half so effectual in accomplishing
their revenge as voting Lincoln into the
White House. The country is swarming
with this class of Douglas men, and among
them may be counted some of the most
efficient politicians of that persuasion.”
Let the men at the South who support
Mr Douglas, read the above, and then vote
for him if they can. The truth is, the
Douglas leaders at the North are animated
by ns determine.! a hatred of the South
as the Black Republicans themselves, and
it is incomprehensible how any true friend
of southern institutions can be so blinded
as not to see it.— Day-book.
Whose Thunder is it?—The Albany
Evening Journal, and the Atlas and Ar
gus, are engaged in a controversy concern
ing the respective claims of Lincoln and
Douglas, to certain principles enunciated
iu the speech of the latter on the occasion
of his reception in Albany on Friday
evening last. The Journal in noticing the
speech, declared that it was precisely such
a one as Lincoln would or could have
made, had he been called out by his friends.
It goes further and says that “they are
the sentiments of the Republican party.
To this rather impudent claim to doc
trines for which Douglas is supposed to
hold the patent right, the Atlas and Argus
interposes the charge that the Republicans
are “stealing Douglas’ thunder;” and that
seeing the popularity of the non-interven
tion doctrines upon which Mr Douglas is
fighting the Presidential battle, they have
deliberately set about “falsifying their own
platform, and discarding its fundamental
doctrine,” &c, See.
Now this is a most singular controversy
whatever view ivc may take of it. Eith
er the Evening Journal is treating Lincoln
very shabbily, by attempting to convince
the Republicans that they may just as well
vote for Douglas as for the Republican
nominee, or else Mr. Douglas, in his theo
ries and declared views, is running quite
; too near the brink of the precipice—the
gulf which seperates National Democracy
from Sectionalism, to be at all agreeable to
his Democratic supporters.
Wc are not quite sure which of these
two propositions is nearest correct. The
sincerity of the Seward leaders, in their j
professed support of Lincoln, is quite open j
to suspicion, and it is possible that they I
would be willing to convince their friends ,
that there is really no difference between
voting for the Republican nominee, and
for the “Little Giant” himself. Tn fact,
it is not improbable that their friendship
for the latter is quite as sincere as for the
former; and that they would rather see
him in the Presidential Chair.
If, on the other hand, it be true that
Mr. Douglas is really advocating Republi
can doctrines, it may become important for
those of his supporters whostill distinguish
a difference between the Democratic and ,
Republican parties, to examine their pcsi- j
tion, and to 6ee “whither they are drifting” j
in political affaire.
Wc think wc can suggest a safe and ]
sure remedy for all who do not care to be
placed in a doubtful attitude politically.— i
ft is, discarding both Lincoln and Douglas j
and leaving to their respective adherents i
to determine whose thunder it is now rever- j
berates about the State capital, to heartily j
upon the support of the National Democrat- j
ic ticket, bearing tho names of Brcckin- j
ridge and Lane. They will thus avoid all
suspected affiliation with sectionalism, and
cast their influence and their strength
where, if at all, it can redound to tho suc
cess of Democratic principles and policy.
If it has como to pass that tho difference
between Lincoln Republicanism and Doug
las Democracy cannot be determined with
out argument and controversy, it is time to
discard botfi.
Gen. Lane in Georgia. „
Tho Marietta Statesman says that Gen
Lane has promised to visit Georgia, at an
early day in the canvass, and be at Mari
ette, as one of the first points. He has
authorized Col. Phillips tq n>ake a publi
cation o*’ the fact.
1 I
“Save me from my friends.”
It is said to be one of the most remark
able evidences of the sagacity of rats that
they always desert a sinking ship or fall
ing house; that they have an instinct of ;
the approaching disaster, and save them- j
selves. That this instinct is not confined j
to rats is evidenced in the person of Mr. |
John Hickman of Pennsylvania. He was ;
understood to be one of the great pillars
of Douglasism. He was the most anti-Le- j
compton of the anti-Lecoinptouites, and
the most pro-squatter-sovereignty of the
squatter-sovereigns. He was regarded as j
one of the chief officers of “the Douglas j
Democracy.” He Wns so; but is not. He
; has crossed the thin line that divides squat
| ter sovereignty and Lincoluism, and, with
that agility for which he is distinguished
in all liis multifarious political suinersaults
he is now to be found “in the thick” of
the Black Republicans,—no longer as for- !
nicrly, on the outskirts. It must be that
he thought it prudent to desert the falling
house or the sinking ship of Douglasism,
and consequently took refuge among the
Republicans in the expectation of meeting
there most of his recent political associates
who are doubtless endowed with the same
rat-like instinct.
He ought, we think, to have “run” and
said nothing. There was no necessity for
his denunciation of his quandom chief.—
There was no need to intimate the biting
quality of the rat when he followed his
prudential instinct. He might have ab
stained from uttering the following :
“* * * * This is a frightful hallu
cination, but a natural one, when we take
into consideration tho humiliating fact
that all that devotion could do has been
done, by those surrounding his person, to
distort a true record, and to stamp a coun
terfeit character for him on the public mind.
Viewing him as one of the most unsafe and
treacherous leaders , you will pardon me
certain statements which it now seems
necessary should be made and the correct
ness of which I presume, will not be im
pugned ” Washington Constitution.
Hon Win. L. Yancy, in answer to a let
ter from a committee inviting him to ad
dress the citizens of Greenville, Alabama,
upon the political issues of the day, among
other interesting things, says :
Mr. Bell lias always been opposed to an
enforcement of the rights of the South on
the subject of slavery. His record is full
of evidence.
1. That he believes Congress bos the
power to abolish slavery in the District of
Columbia, and that it would be a great
conservative measure to do so.
2. That if the Wilmot Proviso were to
be attached to the Territorial bills, it would
be right to sanction it.
6. That it would be “egregious folly” in
a candidate for tho Presidency to declare
in advance, whether or not he would veto
the Wilmot Proviso.
4. That he would join the Black Re
publicans in support of the Union against
Southern resistance to such wrong as the
passage of tho Wilmot Proviso and the
election of a Black Republican.
All these can be established by his
speech on the Compromise Acts of 1850,
in the U. S. Senate in July, 1850, and by
bis speech on the bill abolishing the slave
trade in the District of Columbia, in the
same body, Sept. 18, 1850 and by bis
speech in the same body on the Lecomp
ton Constitution, on the 18th of March
1858. Such a man, representing a slave
State, and daring to enter such sentiments
would, were he a representative of Massa
chusetts, be as much a Fresoiler as Wilson
or Seward.
There can be but one choice for the fair
and honest people of the South to make
among all these candidates, and that is
Breckinridge and Lane.
The Providence [lt. I.) Dost, which is a
prominent organ of the Douglas party, and
who is, therefore, sufferen to be iu close
communion with the Georgia Constitution
alist in their common support of their fa
vorite, objects to Mr. Breckinridge and
the party he represents upon very different
grounds. Let the true, honest Democrats
of both sections read and inwardly digest
these things. ,
“Here, then, is Air. Breckinridge throw
ing aside as unsound and unjust a resolu
tion which denied to the people of the
Territories the power to settle the question
of slavery while living under a Territorial
form of Government, and reporting a reso
lution which denies to Congress any power
over that question whether in State or
Territory, except in the two specified ca
ses, the foreign slave trade and the fugi
• tive slave law. He has now lent himself
j to a most unworthy trick and attempt to
! defeat the regular nominees of his party,
by accepting the bolters’ nomination upon
a platform which declares that Congress
must interfere with the institution of sla
very 1)1 the Territory, unj that an OUlis
sion to do so by Congress would ho goo 1
ground for a dissolution of the Union.
Is it reasonable to suppose that this dis
crepcncy is attributable to Air. Breckin
ridge, or those who oppose him ! Ihe
Rhode Island Douglas paper wishes Mr.
Breckinridge and his party to entertain
views which lie knows will be hostile and
I offensive to tho frccsoil sentiments of the
Rhode Island Democracy. The Georgia
j Douglas paper desires Mr. Breckinridge to
j occupy a position which will have no oth
jer merit than that he is no sounder than
j Mr. Douglas upon tho great constitutional
i question of equality among confederates.—
i Your readers need only observo these things
!to be convinced that the oppo-ition to
| Breckinridge, North and South, is based
i upon different reasons, and can find no
(justification with that portion of tho Dc-
I mocracy who are willing to stand by the
equal righto of all as guarantied under a
common constitution.
Distress In Louisiana.
Wo learn from the Alexandria (La.)
Gazette, ofthe 27th ult-, that tho failure
of the corn crop in many of the Parishes,
has entailed upon the indigent inhabitants
great want and suffering—?an4 oven star
vation stares them in the face.
Arthur V. Hopkins.
Hon. A. F- Ifopkins, now sojourning in
Virginia, has written a letter to Qen. L.
W. Lawlor, of Alabama, endorsing the
nominations of Breckinridge and Lane.—
Judge Hopkins, for many years, was lead
er of the Whig p*prty in Alabama.
NUMBER 34.
Food for Reflection.
Ex-Governor Hunt, of New York, the
leading supporter of Bell and Everett in’
that State, has had a falling out with Gree
ley, of the Tribune, and has addressed that
worthy a long letter against the Tribune s
charge that Hunt refused to juoin the Re*
publicans, “because of personal ambition,
and that his support might be secured on
certain conditions.” From this
Hunt, which we find in the New York Bell
and Everett organ, the Express, we select
j the subjoined paragraphs, which go to show
that Bell and Everett have heretofore and
|do now stand high in the esteem and at
j flections of those deadly enemies of the
South, the B’ack Republicans,
| Greeley and other John Brownites:
“Nay, further: I fimly believe that a
decided majority of the thoughtful and
patriotic men of the Republican party
would at this moment cordially hail the
election to the Presidency of either John
1 Bell or Edward Everett, as the best solu
: tion of the question which now agitates the
I country. It is by no means impossible
1 that, in less than six months, even you will
strenuously contend that it is thebounden
duty of every Republican Representative
to vote for Mr. Bell, and this reflection
should admonish you to adopt a more ra
tional tone of discussion.”
“You now pretend that Mr. Bell is as
objectionable as Mr. Breckinridge, How*
is it possible that you can say this? What
did you mean by the felicitious alliteration
in your widely-circulated journal, of “Bell,
Bates or Bolts,” as proper candidates —re-
peated, if I mistake not, in your celebrated
speech at Ossawottomie, in the very heart
of Kansas? More than once within a
twelve month you have placed the name of-
Mr. Bell among those whom you would be 4
willing to accept, as a compromise candi- ■*
date to unite tbe Opposition. You * know
he voted against the repeal of the Missouri
Compromise, under a heavy fire of denttn*-
ciation from his own section and that he
never favored any aggressions on the rights
of the North. If it” were a choice between
him and any one of his competitors, I be
lieve lie would be perfered by a large ma
jority of the people.”
Douglas Then and Now—Squatter Som*
eignty and the Higher Law.
Gov. Johnson, in his late speech in this
city, after having labored for an hour and
read numerous documents to prove that
non-intervention, as expounded by Mr.
Douglas, was the true doctrine of the South
to which all her statesmen, from Mr. Cal
houn down, were fully committed—that
the South had no rights in the Territories
that she was willing to demand, and that
she could not obtain such rights if she did
demand them, refreshed hie authority by
reading from Mr. Douglas speeches to
prove that lie was not in lavor of i-quatter
souereignty after all. In prof of
sertion, he read from 31 r. Douglas speech
of 22d Febuary last, as follows :
“I hold that no such thing as sovereign
power attaches to a Territory as a Territo
ry. I hold that a Territory posseses what
ever power it derives from the Constitution
under the onranic act, and no more..
But Gov. Johnson had not heard from
Mr. Douglas since he has started on his
orand electioneering tour through New
England. He had not read the recent
speech of the Little Giant before the mem
bers of the Abolition Sharpe’s Rifle Emi
grant Aid Societies of Springfield, Mass.,
in which he said :
“The dogma that the citizen of a Terri
tory derives his power from Congress in.
the old Tory idea that the citizens of the*
original colonics derived their power. Croru
the crown. Wc exploded this idea in the
war of the revolution; and the principle
of popular Sovereignty was born. ME
HOLD, THEREFORE, THAT THE’
CITIZEN DOES NOT DERIV E- FOW
EII FROM CONGRESS, FOR HE HAS
ALREADY DERIVED IT FROM GOD
ALMIGHTY.”
If Mr. Douglas has not become a con
vert to the “higher law doctrines ot W.
11. Seward, he at least derive* his authors
ty for squatter sovereignty frouMi higher
source than Congress.
If Gov. Johnson expects to pull square
with his freesoi! yoke-mate, he must make
himself more familiar with his gaits—-he
must at least be Fetter posted in regard to
the Little Giant’s “higher law” heresies.
A Beautiful Confession for a Ga.
Editor. — Tift Editor of the Augusta
Chronicle, a leading Rell-Douglas organ,
and one of the loudest of the Opposition
presses in urginig upon the Southern del
egations in Charleston to insist upon a re
cognition of the principles set forth m the
majority platform, alluding to Mr. Everett s
oft-proclaimed and never retracted aboli
tion sentiment and opinions, says :
“Well, we say very candidly, as we
have said before, and as we are willing- to
say a thousand times, if the saying of
will benefit our neighbor’s nerves, upt
those opinions of Mr. Everett arc erron©*-
ous opinions. }\hetlier he entertains them
still or not, tec are unable, to say, and u e
are utterly careless whether he does or not ;
because we never expect to find a candid
ate with whose opinions wo entirely eo-in-,
eidc.”
Two months ago nothing short of the
fullest recognition of the constitutional,
rights and equality of the South, and an
unqualified repudiation ot the doctrine ot
squatter sovereignty, would suffice the ed
itor of the Chronicle. Now he not only
denounces all who maintain the doctrines
he then advocated as disunionists, but
openly proclaims that he is utterly careless
whether his candidate for the Vice Presi
dency holds abolition opinions or not.—n
Will the honest opposition men of Georgia
who are loyal to the South, permit them
selves to be influenced ip. ft great political
crisis like the present by an editor hftjd-.
iqg such spntiments ? Wc not.
Sav. iVeics.
Gen. Walker.
Advices from Gautamala say that Gen.
Walker left Rqatftp on the 21§) of
in a schooner with one hundred men. It
■Was supposed that he intended to make ft
descent on Omao or Truxillo.
John Mitchell, Esq., sayaftfl e*phftgc,
has started from New York en route for
Paris, having been invited thither Na
poleon 111., who has conferred olffcim an
appointment under his Government*
Mitchell is known as a sympathizer with
the present ruler of France.