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Kuovr XtfUJ** f suldiaalM far il»e Leg
islature.
On Saturday last the farce wa» enacted in
W’atkinaville of confirming tbe Know Noth*
j ni r nomination of candidates for the L gia
our* for this oouiity. made in Athens on
Tuesday night of the preceding week. Cin-
fiiinatu* Peeples, Ksq., was nominated for
Senate—a capital nomination for a party
whose leading principle is success “at all haz
ard#.” Mf. Peeples professes to be a States
tijirlits man of the strictest seel, yet goes in
for*the Union as the “paramount political
.rood.” and recognizes the Judicial power of
The Feder.il Government as the final arbiter
U p,,n »M. questions that may arise. Mr.
IVrplt'S was tha caudid lie of the Prohibition
’j\. n|>eranee men in the Convention in Wat*
kiusville in 1853, and was defeated in that
Convention as tie I'emperancp candidate.—
Mr. Peeples was the big gun of the emper.
aiice Convention held in this place a year
ago, and professes that he quit that party on
account of the fanatical spirit which actuated
Us members; hut run as the Temperance
candidate for Warden of.thotown of Athens
in the election in January last, and was un
doubtedly dependent upon the Temperance
Issue for his election, and we have never y> t
heard him disavow it. Mr. Peeples is pledg
ed against voting for Foreigners and Catho
lics, and’yet tells a Justice of the Peace who
is a foreigner by birth, that tlieobligttion ex
tends only to voting against protestant for
eigners for Legislative, n<* for Judicial otTi( cs,
and that though Know Nothings cannot vote
for foreigners for the Legislature, they can
for Justices of the Peace and other Judicial
offi, es. Mr. Peeples goes in for Cuba, and
vet would no’ extend to Cubans the right of
suffrage; which is another of his strict States
Hights nod constitutional doctrines. We
think we have not misrepresented Mr. Pee
ples in the principles we attrinute to him,
which proclaim him a Know Nothing in pol
itics, and a fit candidate for the pure and im-
rMculat' party which feels a righteous horror
and “disgust at the wild hunt after office
which characterizes the age.” Thomas
Lowe and l)r. J. lL Carlton were nominated
for the lower house. Mr. Lowe was, wo un
derstand, in the Prohibition Gubernatorial
Convention which nominated Mr. Overby,
and voted for him. Mr. Lowe was in the
Know Nothing Gubernatorial Convention io
Macon, which nominated Judge Andrews,
and voted lor him—another capital nomina
tion for the pirty which “e oolites the virtue
wisdom, and pitrioiis.n th it iruineil our Con
stitution.” Dr. f’.irlton is a most estimable
gentle.non and good citizen, but is a Know
Nothing, and on :It it account we shall op-
p .sc tii> election. We supp ise his nomina
tor was intended as a sort of counlorprise to
the versr.ility of genius disphyed by the
other two.
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lUc k. K» **I*jt ! i’tmnrltee.
In the private Constitution of Council
No. Six, of the Know Nothings in Rich
mond county, (See another column, taken
from the Constitutionalist') there appears the
following as its sixth article;
“Art. 6. There shall be a Committee of
Five, the most active members of the Coun
cils, which Committee shall be styled “ The
Commute of yigihnee,” whose duty it slit'll
he to pry into the particular religion and re
liability and respectability of all future ap
plicants for admission to membership in this
C uineil.”
Thi- has been admitted ns true by one of
theK. V.signers. Georgians,would you have
believed that such a body—to judge of th
religion of their neighbors—existed in our
community. Jesuitism in its palmiest Jfiy>
•lid not surpass these inquisitorial Knot
Nothings. You meet a neighbor, he has .
suiiiR on his ’are, and little do you dream
that he is watching, in a pleasant convcrM-
tion, the expression of your religious opin
ions. The Church and i:s Ministers are noi
to he ,inr Spiritual Guides, but a secret sworn
conclave of Know Nothings is tc decide
upon our orthordoXy, after having “pry-ed”
into each one’s “particular religion." These
Jesuitical five h ve svyori*. phedience to tie-
Council in matters “ .-o i:J arid jiolitical.”—
I’lie Council is subordinate, and receives its
orders fro 11 the State Council—rril under
authority of the Grand Council of the Uni -
od Stales. Here we suppose sits a secret
Star Chamber of five immaculate, who
send out circulars and orders as to what kind
of religion is acceptable.
Georgians, do you want a secret council to
direct how you shall believe on the Trinity,
Calvinism, the thirty-nine articles of faith,
oc Purgatory, and in the event of your no:
being right according to tin ir standard, pro
scribe you by a column of secret sworn
voters, from those positions which your ser
vices or talents may have placed vou in ?—
Be on your guard against the Religious Com
mittee. They exist in Richmond, and no
loubt in other places. Can such Jesuitism
dst in a free country 1 The old elrcti
ies of rally, of “Hurrah for Doobs ar.d
nine small children,” is now to give way
before Barker and Buntline’s Know Nothing
ssintly voice, “ (jo for Down East Auiiiii
b Hobbs—strictly Evangeliral," for the
vigilant committee haze certified to this.
No longer do the people shout for “Smith,
the honest, the capable,” but you shall hear
the Northern imported Sam—“Hurrah for
Brown, orlhnrdex on all points !" while, as
the Know Nothing Jones is not remarkable
for piety, he will be supported because he, as
i standing rule, flogs a small Irishman once
a week, and for one hour each day, att«-
breakfast, curses the Pope and “ damns his
eyes.”
SH
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1 ; a £;• oi i\vgi ammo.
lY- t: .isier to our columns this .'inri.t
■ w .. ,,i , ..'' .I a . hv Jo. ling p p -rs, oi.e
in tr_i., .!.r,t trie oi.i. ; it. N w Vo. ..
T.i 'ns - is . .k:.i .• i-.ii.jii.al o-lu . .
0 !* > V . , . . i .tit,, J.j, t i.5 U'Ml e lUf i*
o. - • j u.".'.;:! on that sid" iiit.eor-
. t w .t’.d bo glad to s e su.t.c of
i;s t . i i tne so-called “American'
c iuse, ii.tu .vtiig its example of forbearance
.iiid ..l.ignaiti tiiy. Our object in l.tviti ;
i.iese ar.ioi. s iuibro our rcaiurSf-is-to cal:
attention to the re uarkable modification ot
» euti nent in ri-gird to Catholics and foreign
ers which has taken place among the more
r. -pti-tat'ie advocates of Know Nothiugisin.
Tuc R,publican says : •• Mr. Pike, as well
the American parly in Louisiana, takes a
mil/ correct eirur of the religious feature
the new imive.uent. lie was opposed to
la i tv is i.i fivor of ad aitting the Loiiisi-
i Catholic delegates at Piiil idelphia.”—
I'm- risolu.ion pissed by the Know Nothin
ilie.iiioii .ueeting is—
K. Meet n? at M'aik ; nsv!I!e.
We are indebted to a friend for some ot
• lie proceedings of this meeting, on Saturday.
the -Jlst ii.sr. S.i-n, once so bo-sting, now
’.re uhliugly endeavors to act with, as h
■r ,;s, •* eu'siders,” and these with th
'• ,1, urn in," ...d, to the gr ind nu mber i
i n uinty. ’I'lie ojjtcre musi belong 1
L tc *• t.iiu n un.i,” but they have actu-ll
nr. ir-scen ted to let the outside barbarians
• tie lor them.
The Chair being requested to explain th
object of the ineelitig, and the Chair having
stated that it did not know fully thar obj?ci7
•J. Peeples, Esq., explained that it was to
nominate candidates of the American pirtv
for the legislature; and going into the bal
lot for Senator, C. Peeples, Esq., received
S3 votes, Lowe *2, C triton 2, Richardson 1.
Mr. Peeples, in accepting, made an ad
dress. We would ask the attention of tin
people of Clarke to the Preface to Docstick'i
Book, ia which lie says it was wiittei
“purely for his *uwt glorification. Mr. P.
also tol l them his vision was now clear, tha
he never before belongs I to any p irly with
t Hundred, That we are the friends of 1 out scruples. Had we acted with a party
i ugi-ms us well ns civil lioer.y, and that wc I .foe Whig or Democratic, and professed sue.
opposed to any pnii.iial proscription lor d ,. votion " lo them and thejr principles, the, I P refil or tr ' isl -
n U .us 1 dih, cl am as .0 the rtg.U 01 voting ^ ^ ^ ^ wouW kirW lhl . a religious last
° „ dead lion, which l-mu* we h Id worshiped. «“»• f<JU >
■ In- ItijiutiKcan says lae views of Mr. | & new >wr01 |M>wer sh all arise, to Up* they •««
l'lke, as weil as the American ptrty in Lou-
si.i.i.t, witicli passed the above lesolu.ion :.rr
I liberal md c.iHiscr." The resolution i.n-
ph* s that (me. of the features of the Order is
•p diiie 1 proscription for religious faitli,”
ai.d th<’ ihpublican says it is correct. This
is a confess; ei which tha me libers of the
Order are slow to nuke, i,ini vv: think the
II publican will receive no thanks for it.—
Mr. Pike was opposed to it, (poli.ical pro
scription for religions faith,) and the Jlc-
jiuhiican says his views are “ liberal and cor
rect.” This is an important and materi..l
change in the Know Nothing programme.
“ 11c, (Mr. Pike) thinks also, that some
modification will be made in regard to the
bi tter class of foreigners.” This strikes out
the only two really important articles of faith
of the Know Nothing creed. “ Down with
the Catholics and foreigners,” has been the
w-iich eves “in the wild hunt for office,
.lien look as they now do to Know Nothings,
perhaps they'll forget their new love.
Upon the ballot for two Representatives.
Low received 83, Carlton 73, Richardsoi
11, Macon 2, Durham 1.
Messrs. Lowe and Carlton are, then, tli
K. N. candidates.
The meeting unanimously approved the
nomination o^Judge Andrews, if K. N's
were not sworn to vote lor hi a, the Juug<
would run badly ; but they can console Uick
eonsdJJL’es with the reflection tint lie won’
he elected any way, the Executive ol Goor-
gia.
[OuJI M UK lOATiD.J
Monroe, Ua., July 19, 1855.
The Km w Nothing Jacobins have held
another secret wild-hunt-afier-office conclave
in the city of Macon, hare revised the oaths
and flummery of the third degree, soaped
over their tomfoolery and nonsense concern
ing the poor Catholics who are scattered
about over the country, like angels' visi's.
ew and far between, havu rat.fieri in one
resolution, the Philadelphia Platform, and in
a mther, deserted it lor the Georgia Platform,
a id have proved recreant, for the mere hope
ot success, to nil their boasted pretensions
■f hostility to Catholics and foreigners, by
alopting the Cuba resolution of the Deni.*
• itic convention. \\ e confess that disgust
ed as we have been with the “secresv, the
oaths, the Unconstitutional designs, the re-
ligiuus intfiler, nee, the political pr.' scription.
■ ud abolition associations of this Jesuitical
clan, we were amazed at this mixture of
hackouts and backing incongruities, incon-
-istencios and deceptions, they have preset
d to the admiring gaze of their blindfolded
brethren of Georgia. The revision of the
third degree '’as not been given to the pub
he ; but we understand from oneof the leaky
ones, that according to the latest edition ct
tlte ritual, the candidate for initiation is com
pelled before he is sworn in, to burn the
emocratic party in effigy, and plunge his
l>. eke’.-knife through the images of Howell
obb and Herschell V. Johnson. After
t ;cse heroic feats, and having kicked an old
pair of faded stuffed nankeen pants, intend
ed to represent Alek Stephens around the
room, he is pronounced worthy and well
lualified to proceed.
Some additional oaths have also been rati
fied by the late Council. One is, that Ma
jor Peeples is one of Geo-gia’s most distin
guished statesmen, and that George Lester,
Jacob R. Davis and Win. Martin, are as
good as the common run of renegade Demo
crats and desperate men, intent on the acqui
sition of the spoils. Another oath obliges
every brother to pounce upon any fishy, un
suspecting Democrats who. hy the repe ted
application of Know Nothing falschood’have
finally become convinced that foreigners and
Catholics have always ruled .imtriky, and
that .Imerikins ought to rule it a little them
selves, and to coax him up, bribe him up,
pu'l him up. push him up, any way so that he
is got up into a Know Nothing lodge.
It is well that they have &oaped over their
tomfoolery and nonsense concerning the
Catholics; they have found out to their sor
row, that the p. ople of Georgia are not vet
prep tred to revive the days of religions per
secution. They are not yet ready to listen
to those Titus O ites falsehoods, which once
>n England, deluged the country with inno
cent blood. They do not wish to imitate
t te example of Oliver Cromwell, and his
P.otestaot compatriots, in exterminating by
sword all Catholics first, and the weakest
denomination next, whose religious worship
docs not coincide with theirs. Looking back
ugh ilu: long vista of centuries, they see
y l ‘« fig -t oi histozy, amidst riot,confusion,
or >ale.we and tyrauny, the failure of all e\-
peri uents of government in which religion#
i..idler.'lice has been an clement. They see
Protestants in power persecuting Catholics
•md Catholics in powt r persecuting Protest
ants. They know from the experience of
he past, that toe only way to avoid these
• .'its is not to mix the subject of religion
wiih politics in any manner whatever. And
they are determined to avoid every organiza
tion which casts the shadow of a doubt on
lie principle of religious toleration. Butal
bough they have renounced, in their M :coi
platform, their outside heresy of religious
intolerance, the inside heresy, the da.nuii
th still remains like the blood sp t on
b\ which all ocea ’s waters can neve
w ish out. They acknowledge that they arc
.worn thatif they evcr^iold office in the
.Inited States, they will appoint no one of
cert .in religious sect, to any office of honor,
profit or trust. They there iy swear to make
tast a qualification for office.—
oath still liagering on their
ear to support the Constitution
shall ^>1 their country, which ixprcssly declares
nofeligious test shall be made a qualification
or office. There are these two oaths in di
r-’ct conflict with each other. One swears
ur Know Nothing friend to do a certain
thing, the other swears him not to do it.—
He has sworn to a lie one way or •other
In tuts awfol crisis we are not surprised
learn that the Know Nothing clergymen are,
preaching daily Mf^icir congregations on
the location and tAi^rature cf the infernal
r’ cious^b But we fear iliat it will be of no
:vail. The Democratic patty and the states
man of t^^^id, have been exhorting them
n flee from the wrath to t ome, for the last
six months. Yet they will still persist in
taking these oal^Hnahav mentioned, and
i.i carrying on a ujHffi of barefaced social
nd political lying.
Let the people remember that thi« Macon
Convention mined the Philadelphia Plat
form, which declares the Union to be the
p iramonnt political good. Georgia, in her
sovereiun capacity, declares it secondary in
ciple," li'S ivcen’.ly occurred in-four <\v
•gtu Alter the Derr.ocrntie nomination, a
p ickof one-horse pin-pushing couuty^broken
down politicians, would-be legislators, gath
ered together at the Know Nothing council
room i they claimtd no principles or party,
though the most of ih;-ui, ann the leaders of
the concern, aro Know Nothings. They
gave up principles and everything qlse, for
the hope of success, and nominated a pro
hibitionist for the Senate, tu hope of catch
ing the temperance vote, with the aid of this
political element, together with thosesworn to
vote as the leaders ofthe order mny direct,they
hope to gratify their long-cherished passion
of defeating the Democratic party. Their
hopes arc as vain as their efforts will be fu
tile. The Democracy when aroused, are the
risible inviccibles. They are aroused, nnd
their action at the n»-xt election win add
another giowing page to their history of
Democratic triumph. They will say at the
ballot box, to the true an.l tried Governor of
our State, “well done good and faithful ser
vant,” and crown with the merited wreath of
the laurel and myrtle—typical of personal
and political integrity—the brow of tne pat
riot statesman Howell Cobb.
One of the U nteumfied.
w ho is tPSfespi risible tain, r-r the an-
ih«r of this article, I give my name in full
below.
John Prior Edwards.
Communicated.
Messrs. Editors.—Allow me to suggest,
through your columns, the following ticket
for members of the next Legislature, from
Clarke, as one that all independent freemen,
opposed to the Know Nothing organization,
can support.
ANTI-KNOW NOTHING.
For Senate.
Dr. E. S. BILLUPS,
For House of Representatives.
Hon. WM. DICKON,
W. G. DELONEY, Esq.
The i lospect.
We give extracts below from letters receiv
ed at this office: two from Franklin county,
he Sebastopol of Democracy in Georgia,
and one from that good old county of Walton.
We have no doubt that they will presents
bold front to the enemy iifr October :
Fraxkux Co., GA.,|Tuly 18.
Theold Democracy is yet alive in old Frank
lin. We have some of the Dark Lantern Or
der to contend with, but not six hundred nor
the half ot that.”
Know Auin as ijf kh«l»\awals.
We publish this week, the withdrawal
ards of several gentlemen of this Stale wh
have left Know Nothing lodges. Otir objec.
rallying cry of the Know Nothings from the I in publishing them, is to show to those vtlto
beginning. T ike these two favorite hobbies I have never “seen the elephant, ’ that thos
Iron them, and tell us what have they loft ? who have seen him are “satisfied,” as Mr.
Nothing a'all. It will he a party, whose I Thomas Haynes said on a certain occasion
only principle, and waose Juceuiive to action The picture presented in Hancock county, is 1 j n p 0 rtanee only, to the rights and principles
will be “the spoils." hi fact, that is what it » beuutitu! illustration of the manner in « was designed to perp«J*ite. Georgia can
has beep all the <frbne. All the noise made which “Americans rule America.” Because nCTer consent for it to paramount to her
about the danger of our country troni foreign they exercised their right in withdrawing, I xights and the rights of her Southern sisters,
influence, and the aggressions of the Pope, they are denounced as “perjured renegades.’’ The paramount question of the day with her.
)• ihe merest clap-trap, and hu.ubuggcry that If his jg the mauncr iu which we are to be isher slave property,and whenever herconsti
’.lie ears of an enlightened people were ever ruled hy “Americans,” we had rather be {utional rights are invaded, she has declared
assailed yith. According to tiie Jtcpublicans under the temporal dominion of the Pope or j n convention to resist the tggresffin. This
DtORramme, after striking out the objection- Czar of Russia. doctrine of Know Nolhingism, that the Un
able features of “political proscription for “7 ion is paramount to everything else,
religious faith,” and opposition to the “ bet- ^ r ' Stephens Speech* throws the whole principle of State lfigais,
or dans of foreigners,” we have nothing We conclude Mr. Stephens’ unanswerable j a|l( j state Sovereignty, and strikes a deadly
b n for tile Know Nothings to do but enact Upeech in this morning’s issue. We hope I jjj oW al t j, e fundamental principles of our
a <aw which will “arrest for the future, the I every candid tuau into whose hands it may I government. This name of KnotflKo’hing
Utle of paupers and criminals now pouring j f :11 ’ will give it a careful perusal. His p«si- is a p t jy chosen, for if they succeed in their
into the country from all quarters of the l 1 ' 011- invulnerable. We are glad to no- I unconstitutional designs, they will be mutes
globe.” Well, we will venture the aoser- |. l ' c, ‘ evidence of independent Repuhli- I j,, t h e funeral procession ofthe Republic.
>• that there is not a ruan, woman, or can Wlrif* arraying themselves against the But the greatest inconsistency of these
l>ild in Georgia who would object to such I Grder. and figb’-ing^mulder to shoulflor with I Mncon office seekers, is their Cuban resolu-
W being carried out. We submit it to I Democrats. When we opposed the Whig I tion. We believed all the wlule that their
tbe people of Georgi4Vs not this a sublime party, we telt that we bud an honorable op-1 hue and cry against f feigners and Catholics
*pectacle, a jrroat party formed in this P oncnt *nd an *>P"n fight 5 h.ow We have I was raised by ambitious offise-seekers,whose
country for the purpose of bringing about I to contend with own bound together by se-I object was to ride into pov/er on the waves
t he enact.nent of a law preventing paupers I crnt * solemn oaths, and we are not yore that 1 0 f an ephemeral exciieuie.it. But we did
*nd criminals fiom.coming to this country 1 \ political matters are the only things they I not expect to sen our prediction so early ver-
The article copied from the New York “h® onder their supervision. I ified. They have passed a resolution pro-
eive five hundred thousand foe-
one
peo
sneak
ing fdjT (from their fainili«|S, to protect tbenv
[communicated.]
Monroe, Walisn Co., Ga. July 20th, J855.
Messrs. Editors:—-In the Southern
Watchman of the 19th inst., is an anony
mous article, or rather an article for the trutlr
of which no one is willing to become respon
sible. The article alluded to, is headed Mon
roe, July Uth, 1855, an reads as follows:
“Mr. J. II. Christv—Dear Sirs—Yes
terday the Democrats held a regular Know
Nothing meeting, (only wanting Sam’s pres
ence.) in this place. They closed the Court
House doors, and not only kept off all out
aiders, but went so far as to turn out several
ho were already in. One good, whole-
souled old Democrat, wh > was turned out, is
so much incensed by it as to swear he will
not vote for a single man nominated by the
party, ”
Now, I acted as Secretary of that meeting
and.noticed everything that occurred from
the time the Convention was organized until
it adjourned. I do not wish to deal in harsh
names and unqualified epithets, but the truth
should, and ought to be stated in all such
cases; indeed the author of that article
ought to have stated the truth in the preiuis-
If the Court House doors were closed
during the day of the Democratic nomina
tion, it was not known to any member ofthe
Convention, nor done by its authority ; and
to the best of my knowledge and belief, the
Jourt House doors were not closed. Nor
do we know of any one, much has sevtrul,
who was turned out of said Convention.
At the time of the organization of the
Convention, there were not less than 200
men in the Court House, and just as tlte
Convention was about to go into their nom
ination, a motion was made by Judge Stroud,
ywho was not a member ot the Convention,)
hat all who were present withdraw, except
the delegates, from the meeting; which mo
tion was seconded and carried by the Con
vention and spectators, without a dissenting
voice. This measure was, as every man
with a thimble full of brains must see, adopt
ed in this, as in all other conventions of the
kind, for the very proper object that ,he dele
gates might freely discuss the merits of the
-everal candidate!*, they being abseut, and
also to avoid all possibility ol suy per on
participating in tbo selection, who was not a
delegate.
The writer of that article .. us! be either
foolish or perverse. If he failed to see :he
propriety of this measure, then tlie fust term
must apply to him; if he s.:\v tne propriety
oj i:. ami misrepresented it, then the other
applies to him. He can choose which horn
of the dilemma he pleases.
After the choice was made,the Convention
called in the crowd and the Secretary pub
lished to them the action of the meeting, by-
reporting the name of Col. John T. Grant,
for Senator, and for Representatives, John
Harris Kilgore, and Blake J. Cooper.
If this is “ turning out," they were all
turnem’out. If this is a “ regular Know
Xothing meeting”—if this is a meeting held
at the dark midnight hour, without the
knowledge of any one save the ‘‘obligated,”
then we held a “ regular Know Nothing,
d irk-lai tern meeting.” I know nothing of
the *’good, whole-souled old Domocrat” who
is so much “ in’ensed as to swear he will not
vole for a single man nominatedbut I gr:-,v<-
V suspect that he must he « Know Nothing,
if he has “sworn not to vote for them.”—
But I do know of one or two old line Whigs
(now Know Nothings) who intruded upon
be meeting by going in during the balloting
for the candidates, who, perhaps, might have
been very kindly and politely requested, hy
a member of the Convention, to retire, as
the Convention bad not made their selection.
These are me gentlemen who a^ “so much
incensed’* by our mode of selection.
The writer goes on to say, “that alter -the
Democratic nomination was over. Judge
Briscoe announced himself an independent
cardidate for Senator, and Dr. Barrett, de
clared himself a candidate for Representative.
They are both old line Democrats.”-
I admit these two gentlemen have hereto
fore. I believe, identified themselves with
Gentlemen—brave on and battle ahead;
your cause is a good one and must prevail.—
Ola Franklin will dp right; we will give the
righrtort of hearing next October.
Walton Co., Ga., July 00th.
“Twill soon send you the proceedings of
our Democratic meeting, held a few days
since, by which you will discover that Col.
John T. Grant was nominated for Senator,
and John II. Kilgoro aijd Blake J. Cooper
for Representatives. Col. Grant was nomi
nated on the first ballotting, unanimously,
having received every vote. The Represen
tatives were also selected the first ballot.—
The utmost harmony prevailed during the
meeting, and the ticket gives, I believe, gen-
end satisfaction.
Ilis Honor, as h» was opposed to all them
secret poll ical societies, &c. Mr. Thomas
closed with the attention of the listening
crowd.
As a friend and lover of the constitution
of the United States, and the Union of
the States, I rejoice to see such men as
H. V. Johnson, Cobb, Stephens, Toombs,
Longstreet, Garrett, Hunter, Douglass, Pres
ton, and various others of talent, and true to
the only safe guide to the perpetuation of
American Liberty proper, and especially on
the subject of Religion. All it needs is now
provided for by the Constitution. Let it re
main just as it is, iryotTplease.
I am pleased to be able to agree with your
correspondent “Outsider,” in your issne of
the 5th inst., that a l is right, up there In
old Franklin. Well, Mr. “Outsider,” let tis
try to keep it so, and see what we can do
or Cobb and Johnson.
INSIDER.
TV OTIVE.—1 satii apply to the Ooj
i.1 nary cf Fr t.k in cmmtr, to be held
•i nnday in October next for leave to tell I
rdi-
first
. to sell ail the land*
and nyerde* befoeginu* to the estate of Robert Scott)
iste of a.’iid county, deceased. '
July 2»—COd. JEPliTHAlSCQTT, Adm'r.
30,000 POl’XDS OF BACON.
fit AXSOII Ac PITTAHD are now in receipt of
u tinny thou tauil i»oaud* rery superior cared Tea*
newe Bacon, Which they will aeUatthe lowest Bar
pricket,e for caah. July I
lySeveral communications on file Will
receive early attention.
ts^The only intelligence of importance
from Europe since our last issue, is the
death of Lord Raglan, and the appoint tieut
el his successor.
VALT’AIVTKJ*—10,000 Good Country Bacon.
T T July 6. I. M. RKNNKY,
B °“ T M-wnfiaetnrfng u< Rearing.
a he undersigned has taken a Store eppeitd
the Newton House, where he will continue tu tnako
•a tiue and good B iota aa usual, of any description,
•ucu as Pump Boots, Buckskin, Patent Leather,
Double.sole J, Water proof, Opra Boots, Jte. Also,
renaring done in the neatest and best uvles. Tho
oeai of Trench and Kipt Constantly on hand.
July 19—tlstj 5fi. \V. T. STARK.
G old hxe for aALR.-Adminls.
irntora Male.—Stateofileorgid Green Count
'.V —Uv Virtue of an or.ter from tlie honorable tha
Court of ordinary of said county, passed at its regular
term, in April 183S. Will be sold at the Court hr.ut*
ioor io Uainesville Hall county, between the lawful
hours of sale on ti e first Tuesday in September text
a loft of land. No. ’.’3S. in the tilth d strict, of Hall, con
taining two hundred and fifty acres, more or less.—
The lot lisa had considerable gold found upon if and
would be found profitable no doubt lo wofk it. Sold
aa the property ot’ Edward Lautpkin deceased for s
distribution among the legatees. 1 '
Ter.es on the day.
LEWIS J. LAMPKIN.
Adm’r., with the will annexed.
July 19—uls.
ATridNS CjfTJN cdA.KA.iJ'£.
REPORTED BY HILL A THOMAS.
ATHENS. July 25, 1855.
Cotton.—Very Rule coming to market.
Prices from 71 to 9c.
Judge Andrews' Letter*
VVe will try to finJ room next week, fof
the letter of acceptance of Judge Andrews,
to the K. N. Convention. M'e think it will
be of as much benefit to the Democratic as
to the Know Nothing cause.
The Dahlonega Signal, in noticing the
election lor Sheriff, at Charleston, heads it:
“ First Gun from Carolina, and put down,
‘Johu E. Carcw American Candidate’ and
the‘American majority 837.’”
The Charleston Mercury emphatically re.
peats that the election of C’arew 4 was not a
K.iow Nothing triumph. He says plainly,
“theissue was not made.” Will K. N. Jour
nals have the fairness to correct erroneous
impressions 1 As Sam ha3 so few successes
South, we suppose he tries to keep up the spir
it of his friends by those suppositious. The
game won’t do.
Young L. U. Harris, Esq., was nom
inated by the Know Nothing Convention al
Gainesville, last Tuesday, to.- represent the
Sixth district in Congress.
ioncm.
Prof. Taylor, will treat the citizens of Ath
ens, to his excellent Conceits at tho Town
Hall, on Monday and Tuesday evenings, the
30th and 31st inst. Give him a full house.—
The Madison Visitor says of him—
No person better deserves success, and few
have had as little.
Ilis company is composed of talented per-
forn.eis, male and female, and c .nnot ba su-^
pass -1 by any that wo h .ve ever heard. All
are perfectly discipline 1 and well prepaid),
| with “a concord of sweet sounds,” to de-
| light all who may attend their concerts.
The Fane. Bail al .11 a i sou Spr'njs,
Will take place, as we are authorized to
say, between the 8lh and loth of August.—
This delightful and fashionable watering-
place is rendered more so, under the manage
ment of Mr. K. Tyner, and the Fancy Ball of
the season will be everything the gay can
wish.
ATHENS PRICES itHHEVI', JtL¥ 25.
Corrected Weekly, by T. Bishop & Son.
Baggine, Gunny, per yd. 15 to
Bole Rope per lb...... 11
Bagging-twine...per lb .25
Bacon—Uimus... per lb l-i
Sides.... per lb 12
SaouldTaper lb 10
Beeswax per la ...,.20
Butter. per lb 12|
Candles—Tallow..per lb IS
Adsmautiuo.. per lb 28
Sperm per lb 40
Cheese per lb
Coffee—Rio per lb.......--...13
Liguira..per io i4
Java per lb Hi
Copperas per lb 3
Domestic Goods,
Yarns prbeh 85
j Shirtings...per yd 0
I do. ..per yd 8
I yd d». ..per yd 9
Osnuburgs ..per yd 9
Feathers per lb 35
Flour .perbill 0 00
Glass perbox 2 75
Grain—corn per bus 90
Wiieut.. ..perbus I 00
Oats per tuts I 00
Indigo per lb 1 25
Iron—English.... per lb 5
Swede,com. sizes.per ill -1
Lord peril) 12
Louiiier, oak-sole.per lb 28
Hemlock do. per lb ,25
Madder per II) 20
■Meal per bus 1 00
Molasses per gal 3h
Nails v pcr keg fi 00
Oil—Linseed... per g-.T I 20
lump per g:d 1 :’5
train per pal 80
Rice per lb .7
Sa.t per bus 75
do pcrsr.ek 2 0t)
Steel, blistered..per lb 10
Gchutui.. .per lb M
Ca»i perlb 20
sugar, Crushed., per lb 11J
Clarified..per d) Io
Rrlined., peril) 9
N. O per d> 7
Tallow perib 10
1'ea peril 75
\V ite Le’ d per keg 75
*Voo p»rlb 20
90
8
9
10
u
9 00
3 25
1 00
1 5"
J -5
1 50
5 e‘
14
30
28
2d
1 00
35
6 50
1 25
1 50
90
8
75
2 00
12
16
121
11
10
8
1 25^
3 00
A B.tIlXlHTBATOB>S Sale.—Onthe first
Tuesday in September'next, will be sold beforo
•he Court House door in tlie town of Danicsvillc,
Madison County, On., during the legal hours of
sale, under an order of tlie CnurtofQfdinaryof Mad
ison County, one lot of land in said conjtty.
Also will be sold on the first Tuesday iu October,
before the Court house door in Cedar Town, Polk
county, under an order of the Court of ordinary of
Madison eounty, one lot of land in Polk county, orig
inally Cherokee, No. 346, in the 20th District, and
■id section. Sold as the properly of Reuben L. Smith,
deceased. Terms on the da v of side.
LEWIS G. SMITH, Adin r.
July 12—tda.
lUabM ShcrtlPs Sale.—Op Jho first Tups
vv day in August next, will be Sold, before the
Court house door, in the town of Monroe, Wattpn
county, during the legal hours of sale, the following
property, to wit:
One four horse waggon, one close carriage and
harness, twelve chairs, one cheat, one trunk, and
books. All levied on ns the property of Hardy
Treadwell, to satisfy n fi. fa. issued from Walton
Superior and Inferior Courts vs. Johu Felkcr, and
sundry other ti fa* vs. Hardy Treadwell’.
Also, one negro girl, Ann, about sixteep years old.
Levied ou as the property of William Brown, to
satisfy pine fi. fas., issued from a Justice Court of
said eounty, in favor of Hill A Selmsn. Ix>vy fnado
nnd returned to me by John Ammon*, constable.
July 5-tds. W. S. IVEY, D. Sh’ff.
A PLAXTATIOX For Bale I offer for
ai*Ie uiv Plantation two and a half mile* below
Watkuwville, being the place formerly owned by
Itcv. J. N. Gleen.
It contains upwards of six hundred acres, about
one-half cleared, Wl-ll improved, with noeoaiwry out
buildings, gin house, Ac., with a'sow mill in good
order. I will also sell with the place my sawer, &
likely aud faithful negro fellow.
johs Calvin johnson.
July 12—tf.
vV
-.v >it . »i»v» i as GjrJ«.ief,
•qu-ii-i.oJ wltti tvitcUni. i'ruit
.tor ‘Ug.ily
Fiawer GaruB.t cu.tuie, * t ail neir •■•verai depart
ment*. Abo Forcing aud laying if oriin**iu»l grouocU
*ii«i yards.
Saafctarlory recouiin* n iatio-i from my late employ
er », as tooujracier iuj cd amine* given.
Kefcieuce to uu o*Ucc o: t-ii* paper, or Botanic
u .rden.Ai .en*Ga.
Juiy 26—3t-
Herald exhibit* tbe same elate.pf things at the
North. The abandonment of “political pro-
acriptkn for religious faith.” The people
know it to be dangerous to the government
and opposed to the letter and spirit ,of the
I S nk,,UUi0 "’ noi sustain them an it.
rrhey hays -bet^i coippletely whipped <tut
l.apon these issue*, and yrijl hay.e to tiyaomo
nil
lsetter of Judge
There is somi
f ilure, greater tfity?m. i voice—
of the Know Nothing doctrines
upon. • ’ ‘
eanvasuug
ae which-w^PknseBtj eeives against five foreigoertiand no Catholics he chooeee. This ie what this insidious
party calls an independent Democratic ticket.
These are the pja^p unvarnished facts of the
qs9«. In or^grthst there may benp mistake
—the infirmity in Wklton county, imd bat four thousand ip
he is standing I tne whole State of Georgia. Buts similar
Democratic Party, but the writer intends
make the impression here, that they are now
“ independent Democratic candidates, running
agaisist the nomination.” Tfow, the truth is,
Judge Waters Briscoe is Tunning as the
Prohibition Overby candidate, brought out
by the repe ited solicitations of his friends ;
and some of the people say that he is the
nominee of the Know Nothings, or in other
words, the Know Nothings’ candidate. As
to Dr. \Vui. S>. Barrett, he is the avowed
candidate of the Know Nothing Party.—
Neither of these men are running as itide-,
pendent Democratic -candidates, nor will
either of them, or their friends, pre.er.d that
they are. For on the same day, immediately
after the Democratic noiujnaUojn> tl>e Know
Nothings held a meeting in Dr. F.S.Colley's
office, and then and there nominated (so a
member of their meeting say 3) the gentlemen
above named, both of whom participatedrin
said meeting; at all events, these men were
not known to be candidates before foe meet
ing ol that party. During they meeting,
they s^^ q|it-for several to attend it; one
gentleman particularly who was invited, pos
itively refused to go, and replied that he
should hold himself free to vote for whom
T
j imtance of theiroonustea^yM^
Demostbeiiiau Society. .
The Annual Commencement celebration
of tlie Demosthenian Society, of the Univer
sity of Georgia, lias been changed from the
Wednesday to tho Monday morning, 10
o’clock,of Commencement week.
** -w— s»
For tiio 8»-uiueru Burner.
Gov. ('obii at Hartwell.
Messrs. I1ill& Si.edge:
According to previous noti-te, a respectable
number of the people of llart county, and
from Elbert county, and from South Carolina,
met to hear Gov. Cobb on the political ques
tions of the day. The morning presented
the appearance of rain. Some rain did fall
during the^cech. But notwithstanding all
this the people pressed to the stand, arid Jfaye
remained as if enchanted or tpell bound t^Hll
the powerful story ot the speaker was told,
in defence of the Constitution, and liberty of
the people. The same eternal and merciful
Spirit who protected and guided the Fathers
ofthe Country—-Washington, Jeffisreon, and
Jackson—it would seem was prerent on the
occasion to impress on the tainds of the at
tentive citizens the nature and the worth of
their privileges, both civil and religious, for
tears were seen to flow freely from the eyes
of the true lovers of liberty and the Consti
tution. And in a few closingremaks in par-
ticular to a few respectable ladies, who, not
withstanding the rain, still remained to the
close, 1 do not remember ever to have heaid
so beautiful and eloquent a tiling. Notwith
standing His Honor was no Homan Catholic,
nor member of any Cbtech, yet he was rais
ed by Baptist parents,^md from his youth up
was .taught to Jove his Bible and the Const! -
tution mf his country. Some of us have
heard me very same declarations again and
again from his lips and heart, for the last
twenty or thirty years
The fact is, Howell Cobb is a powerful
man, an honor to Georgia, to the American
people, friends or enemies, and when he is
dead and is no more, (mark it if you please)
it will be said of him, aa it was of President
Jackson, and others, and especially o? his
townsman Judge Doughterty, he was a good
and great man, even his enemies being jud,
The new county of Hart will no doubi
together with other counties of the District,
give him the necessary votes to send him
back to Congress, where he should be.
, B After Mr. Cobb had closed, Mr. Thomas,
of Elbert, followed in Ja very talented and
spirited ppriefb of near one hour long, in
which he modi certainly took off the Know
^things, or Anierican party, with a merci
less hand,. esp^iaHy* their candidate for
Qovnrnor, Judge Andrews, his old preceptor
W ASHING -DAY A LUXURY,
r AM no* prep-ired to fill all ur.ler* for Hollins*
woltU’ajuotly ceu-braled \V.*.i ir Macniut—
t c- "ri-ulttu invention of lie age. l .-if M icfouc
oaii be operated witu by « <-i.il.iti to 1. year* ofuge,
a* well a. a grown person—aot requiring labor, but
merely healtnlui exereiae; will io more winding
tuau eight to ten iiami*—washing perieetlv i-lrun
unv artiele. from a enmbrie imn-tkereiiief to a boil
quilt, aui entirely without injury. It is perfectly
simple ami can be operated by any one, aud is not
liable to get out of order. C.otiica preptirml iu ti e
usual way for washing, except not boiled—ihut not
being necessary.
ty* Orders from tbe country, enclosing twenty
dollars, will meet with prompt attention.
The Machine can be seen in operation any day,
at the Steam Cabinet, Sash and Ulmil Factory, ueur
tlie Town Spring, rear of the Franklin House.
ijr Furniture, Sush, Blinds, Fauci Doors, Ac..
cmistan.L’ on hniul ami made to order. Repairing
of uk km ls done with neatness aud dispatch,
isr l’riiitou Directions sent with each Machine.
Amelia, July zfi. S. D. BRIDGMAN.
UavnnaPInit I.oltrrjr.
JASPER C01XTY ACADEMY LOTTERY;
[IIy Authority of the State of Georgia.J
MACON, GEORGIA.
ty* $31,000, ^
CLASS C.
IlffILL bo distrlbateil accorjin*.to the following
vv Grand --.u unprecedented Scheme, in public,
in C’oneert Hall, Macon, Ga.. under the sworn su-
.H-rintemlence of Cc.Gti.igcM. Logan and Ju. A.
Nesbit, Esq., August. 13, 18o5.
The Malinger niiriiu:-ers hi* determination to
make this tho most popular Lottery in the world,
ana C -alien ms c inyaruoti as to the chances to
draw Pr,zc< w.th a up other Lottery.
Keiueinlier e\ cry iTlzc is drawn ut each ilrawing
aud paid wnen d jo in full wit. tout an v deduction.
CAPITAL.
1? 3.00 O .
1 Prize of *8, .'f I 1 Prize of. $.5900
i “ 2 ' ! I . •• ....*1000 2000
i “ ....*500 2,5W)j Irt “ .... 200 2000
-*» “ .... ifo. 2W-. J 78 « .... 5003,900
!20 “ ....25 -OOy | SiApr'xiiuationPrize*600
jo “ amounting to $31,000
Teu theus .nd Numbers. Tu© cbunces to gain the
Id ipuulj’aze in the eld combination plan is 1 in
• 6, ,e, in mis 1 iu id,aoll. Bills on all solvent
• tanks ct p..r. Registered money letters al my
.k.
Tickets fj 00—Halves f d 50—Qi ahters $1 25.
Address JAMES F. WINTER,
Juiy 2S. Monuger, Mucou, Ga.,
[By Authority of the State of Georgia.]-
FORT GAINES UABOIY L0TTERY.
GRAND XIUHTIi; FOlt AUGUST.
t’hiKs 5.
To be drawn August iilh, 1855, in the City of
/Mania, u hen Prizes amounting to ‘
13T $30,000
Will he distributed, according Io the following Mag.
uifit-eiii Scheme! KJ’And, remembei, every Prize
KE\f BOORS.
F EMALE life ainoug the Mormons: Doesticks,
Wuat ue Says; Life Chief Justices of L T . S.:
Cumming s Finger of God; Dow Jrs. Sermon's;
Couuiry Maxims; Kcmietu; Blanche Bearwood;
Two Guardians; My Confession; Heavenly Recog
nition; Cotton is King; Aqua’s Soutcside view of
Slavery; Blnek Bhihioti^fc^New York Nuked;
Cotui Cut Corners; ilowiit s.’hcoool of Life. Also,
many ou.er new works, l.-iw-^e heal aud Theolog
ical, Ac., JCriT UECEIVED AT THE CORNER.
July 26,
ia iJruwn at each Drawing, auu paid whon due. with-
ou. drduLtion!
1 Prize of
87,500
1 do.
5.000
1 do.
2,000
2 Prizes sf
1,000 srs
2,00®
ft do.
5o0 at a
2,500
to do.
2V0 arc
2,000
15 do.
loo aro
1.500
78 do.
5o srs
3.900
ua do.
25 are
3,000
51 Prizes in all, amouutingto
830,00®
W HICH, YIIK RIGHT OR THE
LEF T t Or, tucCourch of Const and tile
C. ure.i oi .-(orie.y.
It has toe great merit of originality, and will bavo
a most beutieeut sway, where works of itskiud are
most needed. It is u* lire book, aud lias uiideuiabiv
genuine moral power.—Home Journal, Sew York
“ * * i am inucli pleased with ils firm, relig
ious tone, and I cannot uuubt that it will be both cl-
fo-oti vc and useful."--AVe. dteph. H.Tyng, D.D.,N.Y-
N. W
Just received by W.
7 HITE. IJuly 26.
b thfi study of the Law; bot be would write
HIEDICAL COLLEGE OP GEORGIA.
Aagnsta, July Orb, I S3 A.
rp HE TWENTY FOUKTH Coureo ot Lectures
X in this Institution, will commeuco the first
Monday iu November next.
FACtILTV 5
Anatomy-G. M. NEWTON, M. D.
Surgery—L. A. DUGAS, M. D.,
Chemistry und Pharmacy—A. MEANS, M. D.
Materia Aledica, Therspouties and Med. t J uris-
prudeuee —I. P. GAKYIN. M.J).
Obstetrics md Diseases of Women and Infants—
J. A. EVE, at. D.
Puvsiotogy and I'attiologieal Anatomy—H. v.
M. Mll.l.UK, M. D.
Institute.', and Practice of Medicine—L. D. FORD,
M.D.
Surgical. Comparative and Microscopical Anato
my—II. V. CAMPBELL, M. D.
Demonstrator of Anatomy—R. CAMPBELL, M. D:
Assistant Demonstrator—S. B. SIMMONS, M. D.
Prosector to Professor of Surgery—J URIAH
HA1UUSS, Al. D. -
Clinical Lectures will bn delivered geaBarly at
Uie City Hospital, aud ample opportunities will be
afforded for tne study of Practical Anatomy.
Fees for die entire Course $195 00
Matriculation Ticket, (to lie token ouco,).. 5 00
For further particulars, apply to
G.M.NE
Juiy 20-It.
NEWTON, Dean.
Cjl" ail whom U may concern.—Wuereus, liidumo
C. Clark applite to me for LeUers of AdmiuisUrataou, Ladies
de bonis non. with the will annexed, on theestatejif
Reuben Clark, late of said coqpty, deceased. J
Tneee are, therefore, to cite and admonish all p<
sous interested, to show cause, ut the next Septem
ber Term of the Court if Ordinary for said county,
why said totters should not be jeranted.
Given nnder my band, at office, this 20th day of
Julv, 1855 C.IL SUTTON, Onlmary.
July 20—3Cd. ^
ONLY TEN THUUSKND NUMBERS!
Tickets §5; Halves 82 50; Quarters SI 25
SAMUEL SWAN, Agent and Manager,
July 26. Allots, Georgia.
C itizens of Athens, can be furnished with
lee, dt laeir residences, through tlie cason, at
entsper lb, if a ciub of twenty-five, will each toko
five pounds or more, every day' (Sunday excepted.)
Persons desirous of accepting die above proposition
will please leave their names at Combs it Co's. Ex
press office.
Athens, July 12, 1855—3t.
LOOK!!!
REYNOLDS & BROTHER,
BOOK A31> JOB I* It IIX TUBS,
Athens, Gn.
(Office over Sansom fo Pitlard's Store, Broad-st.,
I NVIJE tbe attention of tlie public to their exten
sive preparations for PRINTING, .in all its
departments. Their assortment of matonal is “ as
good as some, aud better thau others.” *
They are prepared for the execution of Bills, Clr-
:ffiniaj Curds, Tickets, Pamphlets, .Vc, and are
pmiters of Cobb s Ihqiorts. W _
Resi*eetfully, iff A B.
Sept. 21—28— ly. ■
NEW SPRIXcTjGOODS FOR 185?, '
BILL Ar TIIOMAM,
No. 4, Granite Row, Athens, Georgia,
H AVE received from New York aud Pluladel-
phia, tticir Spring and Summer Stock of
GOODS, embracing every variety .of uotv ana
fasidouahto styles, adaptod to die sodsofl, among
which, are Rich Plaid aud i>tri|>od Silks, Gceuar
dines, Tissues, Bareges, Robes, Ac., Ac.,
Sanerinr stolid Barege*—a great variety of oolot?)
Mourning—Fancy and Solid potors; ’ ’
Prims, Muslin and Gingliams;
Ladies' embroidered Collars, UnderMeevea and
Ctiemizettes—Muslin, Edging and Insertions;'
New York Mills and other fine Shirtings; *
Allendale U-4ond 12-4 Sheeting,
Allendale Pillow Lften; Irish Linen;
Linen Damask; Doilers and NhpkinB;
Hosiery and GlflWes—a good supply; : ^
Ladies nnd Gents SuipmerY^ts; ' “
Ladies' Spring and Summer Mantillas and Talmas;
Gent’s Fai.ev Cassimere Vest Patterns; Cravats; ‘
Ribbons, Dress Trimming. Lining, Sawing and em
broidered Silk—all colon;
E »t BJ
t'oua
atr..—William Couch, ot ti* oouti) Dia-
trirt G M. toils befoi^^pstrays. token. up qu
poscd 5 to bothrac or four years aid, bmwu nej.alioui.
SJr feS three inch® lugV-tHs
rioas; anrraised to$^]00. Ouo soireifonaMve
voan. old,' throe white foot., about tour fcetJtoeem
foujujehes high, blaze tun- -appranad niPtt ;
bo'h c,f thnaboveeaJrajo W'PrejaS'J.'Vh- G- Robin
son and Tent Coach, this 9th dly of July, ixo,
BOnand ienyLoucu, Tojjjj R -' aANS 5 N - j p
,tfoa 17to July,
A true
1855.
i, D. C.JfC.
Linen and Cotton Floss, and French working Cottcw *
Uinbrelins, Parasols and Fans; ■ ■■■FI
Gent’s fashionable Hats, Boots and fihbre; m
Boy's do. do. do. do.;
Ladies’ Shoes, Black and colored Gaiters, French
mamieg slippers, Kid Baskins, Tics and Walk
ing Shoes;
Ies, Io wtiich we iuvitethe attention of our friend*
and euanuners generally. HjLL * THOMAS,
i March 39.'
^JIOE
fABrGOOBS at Reduced Prlc ,
iFienney s oca get good bargains fori
foro they are all gone.
}s.,M it san*t.