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A 0. MURRAY, VOLUME X. THE AMERICAN” UNION, Published every Saturday Morning, 0r . . . A._ONMimRAY. „ 1(1C | ON BROAD STREET, WEST END THE NEW BRICK OTr RANOE—CP STAIRS. TERMS: .... nMtr* in advance, orThree Dollars after nr ninths. taken for less than one year, unless ; ami no paper discontinued (unless at u c Publisher) until all arrearages are the o^l^l Pjfjjlconspicuously inserted at One Ai)*j' jK ’ 1 0 j twelve lilies, for the first insertion, a! 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S’pose you trv it. Joe, I know volt know how to play seven tip, and w.-'ll tench von how to plav Loo.’ •Well.’sez I.‘l’ll go it.’ •Now you see there was Dick Duke an I Joint Duke, a great thick headed chap named Carter Weaver — so we sat down. I had ‘limit the dol lars and they about the same. We ‘gait to play it at ten cents a quarter, (volt see I learnt it. then and I can tell it to you straight) and ‘fore long all the change I had was up, and them too. — T*as mv ileal and I turned up six of hearts—l! shall never forget it—for trump*. I then raised tnv hand, and there, looking me right in tin* face, was the aee. king and queen. “Os course you took the cakes then. Uncle Joe,’ sez I Let me tell you how it was. Sez I. ‘hoys, it's of playing these pape's. I’m got it, sure.’ I was ’bout raking down the stutf. when that >w. II headed Carter Weaver snog out — Hold on, Joe, my boy, you ain’t got it yet ; not so ea sy.’ •flow come I ain’i ?’ sez 1. ‘Flay ‘em out,’ sez lie, ‘and I'll show you.’ ’Same thing,’sez I, and I popped down the queen first, and he put down the ten spot (he called it jail windows.) Then 1 let linn have the king, and lie put down the cine spot —and said l, laughing. In course you cant beat the ace.’ •There,’ said lie, ‘this must be a foul deck, for darn me if I wunt jist playing off on Uncle Joe fur I’ve got the ace of hearts myself’—holding down a card with his two thumbs on the ends ‘lt’s a right hard case, Joe, but yon see my ace.’ ‘Count the cards,’ said I, ‘count the cauls. and ’twas all right, 52 in there. ‘Well now, let’s all take down the pot,’ says Carter, ‘and divide equally.’ ‘All right, sez T ; and so little did I know I hen ’bout the things, that I never ’spected that scoun drel, Carter Weaver, had the tray of hearts be tween bis thumbs. When I think of Carter Wea rer’s ace, I cant help laughing at my greenness, but whew ! boys, I’m some now’, that is, folks tell me so. Well. I vowed I’d git even with that crab. Carter Weaver, so one court day 1 put at Carter for a game of Loo. Os course he said ‘yes,’for he’spected to pluck me agin. So we set at it. Carter and me, and two other hoys, and after a while g..t a smashing 100. I kept my eye on Carter and seed him crib the aee of clubs, and lay it on his knee, and pretty soon lie got the king and queen too. I never said a word but the very next deal tip cornea club for trumps, •nd Carter knocked the table hard for a stand. ‘Well,’ said lie S*idi cards as these is tike steal ing your money. I* tvs;’ ‘l'll stand.’ said I, and slipped my hand onto Carter’s knee and tuk off the ace, king and queen, and put rfiy hand in its place. I watch ed Carter, and he quietly put his hand down and tuk up the other. Carter had the lead, and wnb a broad grin on his ugly face, sez he, ‘Come to this one’—playing from the back—and down came the deuce of hearts and I mounted it wit It the queen of trumps. You ought to have jist *een Carter’s face then ; it looked as long as a garden rail; ‘ana here’s the ace and king too,’ *•* I raking down the pewter. Carter looks all round the table, and sez he, dryly, ‘Gentlemen, I m goin’ to quit, there’s cheating going on here.’ ‘I thought so, too, Carter,* saifl I, ‘when you found them two aces of hearts in that pack hist week.’ Let’s play o n,* said one of the other boys. . believe net, sez Carter, and be left, look ,ng a huffish ob an old maid. (Eire American Union. ‘* Now, csoyte, didn’t I gather old Carter that pop ? Anti we all used to tell l.nele Joe I bat he did, sure, and he’d take a few mote whiffs at his pipe and leave us with our game. — Spir lof the Times. The. Shortest Way. — Some twelve years ago, NVipoh-on, Tod., was clehrated for two things, one for ‘>fir carousing propensities of its citizens, and Ibejpther for the great number of crossroads iu ys vicinity. It appears that an eastern collector st<J|)ped at Dayton to spend the night and gain some information about his future course. Dur ing the evening he became acquainted with an old drover, who appeared well posted as to the Geography of the contilry. ami the collector (bought he might as well inquire as regards the best route tot le different points to which he was destined. “ 1 wish logo to Greenfield.” said the collec tor ; “ which will lie my shortest route ?” “Well, sir.” said the drover, “you had better go to Napoleon, and take the road leading near ly north.” The traveller noted it down. “ Well, sir, if I wish to go lo Edinburg ?” “Go to Napoleon and take the road going west.” “ Weii, if I wish to go to Vernon ?” “Go lo Nopuieon and take the road going South West.” ! lie collector looked at his note book-—every direction had Napoleon on it ; lie began to feei tus mettle rise. ;llid li<“ T(TlTfed onre ore to the drover with— •• Suppose, my friend, I wanted to go to hell ?” The drover never smiled, hut scratched his head, and after a moment’s hesitation, said : “Wt 11. in v dear sir, I don’t know of any shor ter l ead vou could lake than to go (•■ Napoleon.” POLITICAL. The State Road—Grave Charges. That.tin- people, tic tax |iavcrsof Georgia, are being aroused on th<* subject of tile management of tie- Slate Iload, is very apparent from tile manner in which they speak out n tltcir primary meetings. They coiiuot hut see that Governor Johnson is using it to promote his re-election, and as freemen they feci it a duty they owe tiiem seLvusaud the -enquiry, to aid in xpusiug—and proclaiming the fraud. No one will deny that the citizens of Atlanta have opportunities for knowing how the road is managed which few enjoy. They are on the s| sit and their voice is the voice of “a jur\ of the vi cinage.” We. therefore, invite the attention of the reader to tile following proceedings of a ’large’ meeting of the citizens of Fulton County, held in Atlanta, on the 6th iiist.. of which A. W. Mitchell was Chairman and Geo. W. Adair Secre tary. In accordance with a resolution adopted by the meeting the Chair appointed the following Committee, to prepare a preamble and resolu ions expressive of the sense of I lie meeting, touch ing the cases of clear violations of law by the Governor of our State, and the General Superin tendent, of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, which have b en developed in the progress of the present campaign : Col. A. \Y . Hammond, J. T. Doane, 11. E. Matigain. James Loyd. James Cald well, Dr. N. Angier, W. F. Ezzard, J. Farrar, M. J. Ivv, (’apt. John Jones, W.J. Foster. R. M. Clark, 11. W. McDaniel. J. F. Arnold. 1’ E. Me Daniel. T. li. Daniel, Ur. Albert. A. W. Stone, Maj. A. Stokes, Win. Lawslte, W, . Butt, and E. M. Seago. The meeting was addressed hv Messrs. .Lis. M. Calhoun and J. L. Hariis of Atlanta. When the latter gentleman had concluded, the Committee made the following report which was unanimous ly adopted hv the meeting: ••Your mmitte were much embarrassed, and were compelled to pass over several of the most serious charges'which are rife in the community relating to favoritism by the Superintendent of the State Road, for the want of positive proof.— We have therefore, confined ourselves to the no tice of a few facts of “favoritism” and “discrim ination,” which we know to be true , and which we believe to he plain violation* of the law en acted for the government of tlie Road, as well as a ty rani cal proscription of a portion of our citi zens, and others having business connections with the Western and Atlantic Rail Road. We presume that no man will deny that it is the du ty of the Superintendent of the State Road., to know no man in his official capacity. In order to show to what extent partiality and favoritism have been shown in the cases we design present ing. it becomes necessary to refer to the oath which the. Superintendent was required to take before entering upon the duties of his office. It is in the following words : “I, James F. Cooper, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully and impartially perform all the duties of my office ; that I will make no appoint ment, not do any act from fear, favor, reward, or the Impe thereof, hut that in all things I will he governed solely by regerd to the interests of the State of Georgia, and that in the discharge of tnv duties, I will neither make or permit to he made, a"v discrimination of, or against any Rail Road Company in the State, or other per sons nr parties having business connections with or rela'ious to, the Western and Atlantic Rail Road.” The rates of freight to the Etowah Depot, have within a few weeks pas', been reduced in accordance with the wish of the proprietor of the Etowah works, to the tariff which prevailed during a former administration. \Y hen this was done. Rev. C. W. Howard, o iter and worker of the extensive lime quarries near Kingston, respect fully asked of the Governor and Superintendent a similar favor, —sent up hi* tiwn petition, en dorsed by forty citizens of Cass county, praying that his business relation* might be placed as Mr. Ymige left them—precisely what had been done for Mark A. Cooper. The Governor of Georgia refused to make the reduction for Mr. Howard, and the Superintendent refuses to do for him, what he has done for a party friend.— Be it therefore, Resolved. That we regard .this a plain case of ‘discrimination’ in favor of, and against, ‘persons having business connections with the Western & Atlantic Rail Road,’ and that we utterly condemn a policy so unjust and discriminative in its ope rations. Again when the Railroad Bridge across the Etowah river was destroyed by fire in the early GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1855. ’ present year, a spirited competition for the contract to haul passengers across the burnt section, grew up liefore it was awarded to anv one. Messrs Lnyed <fc l’ulliam, of this city, who we all know are reliable and responsi ble in every respect, proposed to take the contract and give good security for its faithful perforra -1 mice, at 35 cents a passenger. The Superinten ’ dent gave jit toother parties, at 50 cents per pas senger. Resolved, That in the opinion of tnis meeting here is another act of ‘favoritism’ and ‘partiality’ which cannot heexptained away, and is indirect violation of what we understand to he the duty of the Superintendent in his official capacity, win-n called upon to decide ‘between persons and parties.’ On the first day of Inst month. (Aug.) the American party held a Mass meeting at Carters ville. The Superintendent fixed the rale of fare to go and return from Atlanta at tiro dollars and thirty cents per passenger. <>n the 30th day oftlie same month, the anti-American democrat ic party held a inass meeting at the same place, and the rate of fare to go and return from this point, was fixed by tlie Superintendent at two dollars thirty rents per /ntssenyer less tlitin was the American party. A similar discrimination in favor of one political patty, and ayainst anoth er, was carried out at all the stations where any abatement was made from the regular rates. — Therefore, Resolved, That we deem this a violation ot Ahe +rtrst confided to the Srrpermtcmiettt, and an act of proscription towards a portion of the cit izens bf Georgia, w hich ought not to be permil ted. The law which clothed the Snperi-vb ndent with power to preset ibc rates of fare, did not con template that he should charge a ccttain politi cal party one price, and its opponents another. — i If it had. we do not hink the oath above qtiot-j e l, which he is required to take before entering upon bis duties, would lone been incorporated into the Act. Hut again. Sometime hist year, a man nam ed llutidimg', said to be a 1 iroker trollt Kenttteky passed down tbe WestcltuY Atlantic Railroad to Atlanta, carrying i-v his side on the seat, a car pet bag, which the conductor supposed contain- ; ed specie. Freight <<” carrying it was demand- j ed. but tbe owner refused to pay any. < fit the j arrival of I lie train here, the Superintendent di- j reded that the carpet bag and contents be seized and detained unt l the owner paid S4O IrieglitJ which we UdieVe was the sum demanded. The l property was, accordingly seized, and its owner detained here several days, in endeavoring to get j possession of his specie or whatever it was. Alter the man hail been harrassed out ot all patience j before our Justice Courts, lie finally paid a por- j lion of the demand, under protest. In this pro j reeding, the Siqierwiteudent exhibited a praise-1 w< rtliv solicitude for the interests ot the State, and we commend him for it. lint about two! weeks ago a Western Hanker drew’ from the Hank of the Interior, at (iriflin, and the Atlanta i Bank, in this city, something vet $200,000 in coin. According to the published tales for car eying specie, flic M. it W. road chatged and col- j lected SIOO 00 for bringing it here. By direc tions of the Superintendent, the w hole amount j was conveyed over the State lload, free ! I lie * freight would have amounted to S2OO, it charg- j ed and collected. . Resolved, That we here make out another plain case of ‘•favoritism” and “discrimination, ! which is not only improper and contrary tolaw, j but well calculated to disgrace Georgia in the eyes of citizens ofother States. Hut another, and more serious charge. It is well known to the citizens of Atlanta generally, as well as to those present this evening, that the Georgia Kail Hoad, and Macon it Western lines each have an outside Agent, who reside in Atlan ta. An Agent outside their respective 1 Vpot. Mr. John Glen represents the Georgia line, while the Savannah line is represented bv Mr. A. <•. Ware. Both these gentlemen, in the discharge of their duti-s, arc frequently required to tiavel over connecting lines in order to look alter the in terests of the respective companies which they re present. And let it be remembered that both these great rival lines occupy exactly the same re lation to the State Koail. Mr. A. G. W are. who represents the Savannah line, in a certain capaci ty, is required to pa \ full fare, wherever he irnv- ! els over the Western ik Atlantic Hail Hoad, while Mr. John Glen, who occupies precisely the same relation to the Georgia Had lload, is passed free ! Both these Agents have passed over the State Road free, until very recently. We learn from Mr. Ware, that he called on the Superintendent, a few days ago, at Marietta, for an explanation, as to whv he was required to pay fare, while in the discharge of his duties as Agent of the Cen tral, and Macon & Western Companies. The Superintendent replied, it was because be (W are) “was editor of a Know Nothing paper,” and gave no other reason. Mr. NVare is not the editor of any paper —has the control of none—-is respon si tile for the editorial department of none. He may ocasionally write for political journals, as time and inclination prompts, but is not the edi tor of any. The “American Discipline,” to which we. suppose the Superintendent alluded, is owned and controlled exclusively by Mr. A. M. Eduleman, a gentleman well known in this com munity—of unimpeachable character and intege ity, and in every way responsil le for the col umns of liis journal. Therefore, he it. Resolved, That, we recognize in this case of pet ty political proscription, not only a disposition on the part of the Superintendent to crush those who dare to oppose the re-election of Gov. Johnson, with the power which he wields for the time be : ing, but we fear, entire disregard of the solemn joath which he has taken, not to “discriminate in (favor of, or against any Rail Road Company in i this State,” if passing an Agent of a connecting Road over the State Road free, while he charg es the Agent of another, and a rival line, full fare, does not come in direct conflict with the loath which he has taken as Superintendent, as the case now stands, then we do not understand the meaning of words. Hut more. As some of the democratic papers jin this vicinity, were among the first to make charges against the Slate Road for its corrupt and partizan management, and for some cause, have now ceased to allude to its delinquenccs, we hold it to be a solemn duty we owe to the State at large, thus to notice, and publish to the world these acts of favoritism, discrimination and i wrong—that tbe whole people of Georgia, to “Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.” whom the Road belongs, may apply such reme dy, as to them may seem fit and proper, to re move the evils complained of. On motion, it was Resolved, That these, our proceedings, after being signed by tbe Chairman and Secretary, lie published in the “American Discipline,” and that every paper in Georgia, opposed to the prostitution of our great State work to selti-.li party purposes, lie earnestly re quested to insert them. A. NV. Mitchell, Cli’mn. George NV. Adair, Sec’y. I’ruai the ('hronicli a Sentinel. Gov. Johnson-Rev. Charles Wallace Howard. NVe find in the last Koine Courier, the following letter from Rev. Charles Wallace Howard, of <iisa county, to Gov. Johnson, asking that the sumo re duction be made in his freights which had been made in favor of Mark A. Cooper Mr. Howard is extensively engaged in making lime, and if the amount of freight given to the road, or the devel opment of the resources and mineral wealth of the State had been the true reasons for the “bargain"’ with Mark A. Cooper, the same rea sons should have secured a reduction of freight on lime to Mr. Howard; who also furnishes n 1 irge amount of freight to the road, and is enga ged in developing a very important resource of the State—important to the Planters and Farmers asa manure and to builders for building—an arti cle which lias heretofore been almost exclusively obtained toiii Maine, aye frecsoil and abolition Maine. The refusal of Gov. Johnson, therefore, to make the reduction asked by Mr. Howard, throws additional light upon the motives and pur poses of the Governor for the Cooper “arrange incut.Cooper is a Democrat, anil had from three to five hundred voters in hi* employ, and threatened to take the stump against Johnson, il the freights wore not reduced Mr. Howard is a clergyman and no politician, and therefore the Governor did not dread his takinj the stump be fore the people. Mr. Howard asked nothing more than what had been done for Cooper, it was refused, and he. as a Christian patriot, deemed it a duty he owed to the State to lay the facts be fore his fellow citizens. Mr. Howard publishes in the Rome Courier, a very interesting artiele, in relation to the use that is now. and might be made of lime in Georgia, if an enlightened policy were pursued toward him. We regret that we have not space to-day for this en tire article, we cannot omit, however, the follow ing extract, in which lie introduces the subject to the public. Kingston, Aug 22d. 1855. Km roils Rome Cot iiika ; (i ntictnca : It is with some reluctance that I send you the enclosed letter to Guv. Johnson, and also a statement of sonic of my neighbors relative to the subject matter of that fetter, with the re quest that you publish them, together with the remarks of my own which will follow. A natural aversion to a step of this sort is removed to a great degree, by the impression of my friends, whotnink this publication luc not only to myself but a num ber of persons who are interested with me. In fact I sec no other resource for one of the people when aggrieved by the chief servant of the peo ple. but AN API’KAI. ,ro THE Peol'l.K. My letter tii Gov. Johnson is dated July 25th. Nearly thirty days have now elapsed and no no tice has been taken of it. It is not to he presumed that the Governor of Georgia is so long absent from his post—or, if absent on the business of the State, it is to be supposed that his letters are trans mitted ti) him. 4 cannot, therefore, consider his silence as other than intentional. If there were anything discourteous in my manner —if I asked anything improper for me to ask. or f r him to, consider, there would be a reason for the silence of the Governor. But I cannot see anything of fensivo either in the manner or matter of my letter. It refers to a subject of much pecuniary interest to myself and several hundred persons besides my self. “ The silence of the > iovernm is therefore both an incivility and an injustice to a 1 parties con cerned. Since Mr. J. F. Cooper has had the manage ment of the road. I have repeatedly sought to be placed on the same freight footing which I iiecu nied during Mr Yonge s administration. There was then an arrangement ns stated in my letter to the Governor, by which there, was a reduction of freight, on lime to certain points, as Savannah. Charleston, Columbia, Columbus, hie , the usual rates amounting to a prohibition. T lie consump tion of lime in Savannah is very great. The Cen tral Kailroad this summer agreed to make such a reduction on freigets as would enable me to supply that market, if the other roads would concur. — But the >uperintendent of the State Rond would not concur , The opportunity was lost to me The supply of the city of Savannah witli lime would not have been less than $30,000 jier an num. When it was understood that Governor Johnson had interfered, and had directed such an action on tlie part of the Supeiintendcut as would place j Maj. M. A. Cooper in the same position in which Mr l unge left hint, it gave me great pleasure, thinking, ol course, that it would lie necessary merely to inform the Governor that I was labor ing under similar injustice, in order to secure jus tice to ntysclf You have seen the result of my application. I make no comment upon it. Mr. Howard was backed in his application to the Governor, by forty of his neighbors, who uni ted in a petition in behalf of his request, hut we have no space for it. Here is the letter of Mr. Howard to the Governor: Kingston, July 25th, 18;>5. His Excellency, Gov. Johnson : Sir; —During Mr. Wadley and Mr. 5 onge's management of the Western i Atlantic Railroad, there was an arrangement Between the several Railroads, by which a reduction was made on the freight of lime from my kilns to ny points be yond Macon and Augusta.. The reason of this special arrangement was. that the usual rates of freight amounted to a prohibition beyond these points named. In consequence of these arrange ments I was enabled to s- nd liinc and cement to Southwestern Georgia, and a great deal to Caroli na. as high up as Anderson C. H . for the Ribun Gap Railroad. When Mr. Cooper took charge of the road, this arrangement was broken up. and an extra charge made on these articFs of lime and cement, the freight on a car load of lime from Kingston to Atlanta now is sl6, the freight on the same car load from Atlanta to Augusta S2O, the first distance is 60 miles, the second 170 miles and tbe State Road has no depot expenses—l loading the car —tbe Georgia road has to unload and store the lime. The freight on a car load of lime or cement be ing sl6 from Kingston to Atlanta, the freight from Atlanta to Savannah is S4O. The one dis tance 65 miles, the other 300 miles, one fifth the tlistunoe— I bearing all the expense of loading and storing as before When 1 pointed Mr. Cooper to this exceptive diflerenee, he simply replied •• that, there was no competition with the State Road-” It is generally understood that you liaTe direct ed Maj Mark “A Cooper to he placed on the freight footing in which he was left by Mr Yonge. and the excess of freights charged by the present Sui perintendent lie refunded to him If this be the j case, | beg that the same thing be ordered in ref i erence to myself, being precisely in the same con dition witli Maj. Mark A. Cooper I have writ ten today to the Superindent ndvising him that I shall address you upon this subject. It is proper to state in this connection that there isn deep dis-atisfiictiotriti this section at the great preference shown to Tennessee produce over that of Georgia. My establishment gives a support to between one and two hundred persons. It is the market besides, for the small tanners in the vicin ity. Whenever the road refuses to take off my produce they suffer ; of course I cannot employ them at an entire loss, when therefore, they see cars loaded with marble, copper ore and wlicnt passing by them, while they are thrown out of employment for want of„ a small proportion of j these same cars, the murmuring was deep and loud. It is n time of great distress among the labouring classes, from the scarcity and high price ol provisions. I beg your excellency to take their case into consideration, and direct that the freight in lime shall be reduced, and a proportion of cars Ih allowed, and that they may find the regular nn ployroent to which they are accustomed It ian additional motive that this lime employs Georgia labor twice, in its manufacture and consumption Not only myself and my labourers, but a large number of builders throughout middle Georgia suffer whenever the Hoad refuses to take off iny j lime. If the freight on lime, especially for manure, were reduced even as low as it was during Mr Mitchell s Superintendence, and if cars were sup- : plied regularly, this ono. .establishment will pay 6,000 dollars freight annually to the W. te A | road, besides greatly increasing the cotton crop | below. lam the more emboldened to bring this j subject to your Excellency's attention, as prior to your election, you expressed great interest in bringing this valuable manure within reach ot the planters of Middle Georgia In the cares of j office, this has probably escaped yon. anil I avail I myself of this opportunity to tiring it again to your notieo. I lie demand for this artiele of lime j “for manure, if earned at Northern rates. cents 1 per ton per mile, would warrant a regular train for the purpose. This, besides increasing the cot \ ton Crop one-third, where it can he used, would give employment to hundreds of laborers in Cher okee Georgia. It might cot pay a direct profit at once, but must certainly by an indirect::" 1 in the increase of taxable property. There is no reason why the sale of lime in Georgia should not create a town as large as I'hoinastou in Maine, a town larger 1 believe, than any interior town in the Hiate. In hope of receiving an early reply especially to my request of being placed on the same freight footing with Maj M. A. Cooper, I am with great respect your obd't serv't, C. W. Howard. People of Georgia, this is a plain unvarnished statement of the course pursued by Gov. Johnson i toward Mr. Howard You have already had I spread before you an equally true account of the very different policy pursued toward Mark A. Cisiper. Look calmly and dispassionately upon the two pictures, voters of Georgia, and determine whether such a man as H. V. Johnson is worthy of your confidence and support. ..■•. The Federal Union Corrected. The Federal Union says Judge Andrews isin fa vor of the white basis. This is unirue. Judge Andrews was never in favor of the white basis, hut has always been opposed to it, and when the sub ject was brought up in the convention of 1833. he voted against it This the editors of the Federal Union knew, if they read the papers; for Judge An drews laid already stamped the charge ns false be fore they put it in circulation. We refer them to page 22 of the Journal of the convention, and to Judge Andrew s letter published in the Augusta Chronicle of Friday, by both of which it is e,stub lished that he voted against the white basis, in op position to the Democratic members of the conven who generally voted for it. The Federal Union suys further, that the Amer ican party ill Georgia “refused to make the Nebras ka and Kansas bill a test question with the North.'* This is also untrue The American conven ion which iiHscnihlcd at Macon in June last unanimous ly adopted the following resolution : j Itesoleed 6th, That this Council, (while repudiat ! ing the policy of allowing, in the future legislation ! of the country, unnatura ized foreigners tu-votc in the Territorial elections.) regards all opposition to | the principles of ttie Nebraska Kansas Act, in re- I lation to slavery, as hostility to the constitutional ! rights of the South ; and all persons who partake i in such opposition, as unfit tube recognized os mem i bers of the American Party. W'e are unwilling to believe that the Federal Union would deliberately misrepresent the position of the American party ; and yet candor constrains us to say it requires the exercise of no little chari ty to bring us to this conclusion, since the editors of that paper knew that the foregoing resolutionscon- I stituted a part o’ the platform of the party, and since also they must have seen the letter of Judge Andrew*, flatly denying the charge in regard to the basis of representation -Sac. Republican. An Irish Know Nothin*). —On the morning of the bill of August la*?, which, as our readi-r ----are aware, was the day uj>oit which the recent j : general election in Kentucky occurred, two men ■ I met upon the road, both of them traveling on horseback, towards the shire-town of a certain j county in that State. One of them was a native and a Democrat—the other was an Irishman who laid resided in the county for a numtier of years, and was known as one of its best citizens; and ho was a member of the American party. — ‘ After exchanging the usual friendly greetings,| the following conversation occurred between j them, the Native Democrat being the first inter-1 locutor: “ Well, Mr. , I suppose you are going to town to the election, this morning “ Yes sir.” “ And, if I may be jiermitted to ask the ques tion, what are you going to do ? how arc you go ing to vote ?” “ Well,” says the Irishman, with a merry twinkle in his eye, and a smile lurking about the i corners of his mouth, “ I expect I am going U do; just exactly as you are going to do. ( ain going to vote against my country, and you are going to j vote against yours.” Tbe gentleman who related, this incident to. us did not give us the reply of the native Dem ocrat —most probably, however, liis next observa tion was about the weather or the crops. Editor aad Prop net## The Secrecy of our Party. Our opponents have been busy crying ogt sgalssff our party, and denouncing it as a band of “eoo spirators,” “midnight assassins,'’ “allies of the devil,” and all that. Below we present the view of Judge \ndrcws, our gallant affaadaiA-bsarav, aw that subject: The nitivo American Party, the forerunner of j the present American party, had its origin in an 1 effort to counteract the evils of that foreign inflo- I once whiali Imd been greatly increased by tbe bids made fofTureign votes by the old Whig and Democratic parties. The natural consequence of bidding for a floating vote, is to increase tbe im portance of that vote, n'.,d so powerful had tbe foreigner* become, that the Native Araerioana wercr subjected to personal violence, and beaten downaff the polls. Many of my readers doubtlsas reoollect the Kensington riot at Philadelphia in the year 144 A number of the Native American party weva assembled. May 6th 1844, to hold a public wwt ing. and on account of rain, retreated into the Market. As anon ns Mr. rose to address th in. they were attacked by Irishmen, and a young nun who supported the American flag was shot down The Amcr cans assembled were draws awl ’ into the open square, when being no longer pro tected by the market, their assailants hid them selves behind windows, roofs, loopholes and allies, id the yards in the vieimtv, and Bred on them till they dispersed. Upon the trial it was proved by , many witnesses that port holes had bees previoaa ty cut in the houses of the Irish in the vicinity, , out of which to fire upon the Americana. A esm mittee. appointed to search for concealed a ram, ; found them in the Queen Street Roman Catholio , j Church, after a positive denial from tha priest, put upon his soered word asa man and a Christian j that there were any there The report was pub ! li-hed. and signed by the Committee and A. Mfl- I Kinley, Alderman. ! For this account of the riot. lam indebted to a ■ panmi let. forms ed by J H Jones. Esq , editor of j the Philadelphia American Banner. This is but n *|>ccimen of the dangers to which American citizens were subjected when assembling , openly, under the name of the Native American , j-oriy II iving been thus warned, by tbe fate af i ‘ their forerunners, the Native Americana who were I si ot at ii open day like wild beasts, and beaten f down at the polls, when the present American I party was organized, it was necessart ron ra ---,! son Ci. safety to organize secretly, and not under . | the name Native American. The secret organ ,l iz.ition was found to work well, the canae prosper* i ed, and gained adherents all over the country and !on the fifth of July, 1855, the National Couneil | met and adopted the Philadelphia Platform. i Doinus in Kansas. —We perceive by theeor- I respotnlcnco of the St. Louis Democrat that tba Legislature of Kansas has had the prudence to reject the proposition to call a Convention of the people of that Teritory in October next to frame 0 , Constitution preparatory to asking admiaaion in to the Union asaState. The committee to which the proposition was referred reported. “That it would he premature to provide for ’ the calling>>f a Convention to form aSlatecon stitution without first submitting the question to the pcoptu at the polls as to whether theydeeire such it step to he taken, even if the proposition was concluded that we [tossese by the propoeed time the requisite population. There are otbef reasons of importance which would tend to the conviction that the hill is pn-mature. which will appear from a mere suggestion. Kansas will apply f<>t admission as a slave State, and, if ad mitted at all, it must he done partly by Northern vote*. In the present state of fanatical excite* merit existing in *omo of the non-slave-holding States there is some doubt w hether we would be admitted into the Union with a slavery clause io our constitution; for it will be charged that Kao sas does not possess the requisite population—a charge which cannot lie statistically anil official ly refuted. In view of all the circumstances, tb committee are of the opinion that Kansas should not apply for admission into the Union as long as there is a question as to her right to demand admission hr virtue of the Constitution and laws ofthc United States.” The committee submitted a substitute for the hill, the provisions of which are not clearly stat ed. It appear*, however, to be in accordance with the fir-t jsirt of the above report, in pro viding fur taking the sense of the people as to the propriety of calling a Convention. Tbiasub stitu* was adopted. laUggprriage of Blood Relation*. On the fifth day of the session of the American Association f or the Advancement of Science, hold recently in Providence, a remarkable paper was read in the de|xrtinetrt of Natural Historr, by tire ICev. Charles Brook-, of Boston. lu title was, ‘Remark* on the Intermarriage of Blood Relations, and the transmission of peculiar traits/ Mr. Brooks, in presenting this paper, remarks! It is believed that the laws of marriage of near blood relatiene doth each other, because the children from such affiances are fre- I quently found to be in a partly obnoraul state of j body or mind. There seems to be so arrest of : normal development. They often lack thatentire and symmetrical equilibrium of the physical, in tellectual and moral [lowers which constitutes tba whole man. Yet, it is true, that the children of parents who were not related, do not present ■ normal development. Ilow decide I By obeer ration, simply. If you bare experience aad eh nervation, count up the children know* 40 have been tiorn from first coorimpimd compare with the offsprings of others who have not married near blood relations, and I think, adds Rev. Mr. 1 Brook*, that any man will be convinced there in j a deep and durable difference between them. The learned speaker then presented a frightful ; list of examples of the pernicious fruits of iater i marriages in families. It cannot be,said he, that all these results are merely chance. Is it not more probable that they are proofs of the viola -1 tion of natural laws? The Professor arrived at the following conclusion*: Ist. That the laws (use.l and misused) which improve or deteriorate the breeds in lower ani mal*, are the same laws of nature which improve | or deteriorate the human race. 2d. That an unusual number of Imbecile chil dren, horn from parents who are first eooaina, are often found in the same family. 3d. That few (if any) children bore of parents i who are first cousin*.exceed theirparentsiu bodi ;ly strength or mental power; while children who i are t>orn of parents not related, are frequently : found to and” o. NUMBER 42