The Southern watchman. (Athens, Ga.) 1854-1882, May 03, 1855, Image 2

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@?jc iDatdjman. AMERICANISM—ITS SECRECY AND PROSCRIPTION. We make the following extract from an able nnd eloquent speecli, recently delivered at Richmond, Va., by Hon. J. M. Patton, the American candidate for Attorney General of that State. Mr. P. is a Jeffersonian, or old fashioned democrat, ami we commend his views to that cla-s. ofoifr readers The' American party, said Mr. Patton, choose to hold their meetings in secret, as the Whig and Democratic party have been and are in the habit of bolding secret caucuses, by night or day. This party enter it is said into mutual obligations, ’as to their party action, no matte.' what is their form, they can’t be held njofc binding than the Democrats claim to hold the-implied obligations of tlieir pavty. A violation of them by disobeying the behest of the party, or quitting it, is followed by the most vehe ment denunciation—while this party, as I understand, allows every tnan to go out of the p.uty when he'phases, and his obligations are at once at art end without denunciation. With the Democratic party it does not seem to b3 so, for although there is no oath taken, no pledge registi re l, no man that acts with them can dare to defy their behests and dissent" front, their decrees. “ If , he dries, off with his head. So much for Buckingham.’’ The freedom of thought nnd opinion which they allow at this day is happily illustrated in an anecdote which is told of one of Napoleon’s Marshalls, when Napoleon was a candidate for the first Consulship for life. It was to be deter mined by universal suffrage. Marshall Augercu addressed his division in the following words—“ Soldiers, there is an eleciion fo-il-iy to determine whether Napoleon shall be Consul for life. It is to be a matter of the free choice of the people. You will march to the polls ?\nd vote just' as you think proper—but ityait vote against Nupeleon, 1 will shoot you' as soon as you come back.” While I do not and cannot, according to my notions about party engagements, come under its obligations, T agree that, as a general rule, yours is a proper principle of action, and chall probably act upon it practically mvself. There may be oc- have put an insuperable barrier in the constitution—you cannot do it. And now, gentlemen, who do you suppose inflicted the violation of - the rights of foreigners, and incorporated it into this constitution. In the conven tion which formed the constitution it wa? moved by Mr. Hunter to amend the report by striking there-form the word “ native,”'so as to permit foreigners to be elected to the office of governor. Mr. Letcher moved to amend the amendment by striking out in the 2d nnd 3d lines the words “shall be a native citizen of the U. S.” The question upon the adoption of the said amendment being put to the convention, was decided in the negative. The question then recurring upon the motion of Mr. Ilnnter, was decided in the negative—ayes 49, nays 53. We find among those whose names arc jecorded in the negative the elite of the Democracy. The exclusion of for eigners, this dangerous violation of the rights of foreigners kept in the const! tution by the reform convention of Vir ginia which boasted its pre-eminent-de fence of equal rights! Can it be possi ble ? Tell it not in Gath Proclaim it not in the streets of Askalon. You Know Nothings do know nothing—it is not your invention at all. Listen to it you foreigners who have been deluded and bamboozled by this clamor that the American party were your peculiar ene mies, because they were depriving you of your equal rights. Those very pen- pie who have aroused your prejudices and excited your passions, not content with saying that they would not vote for you for the r ffice of Governor as private citizens, have ac.it&lly put it into the constitution that you shall not be voted for by any body Let the Hon. S. A. Douglas hear it, and leatn that if his gallnat and brave and patriotic fellow citizen, General Shields, were herein Virginia, although he were ready to shed, as I have no doubt he is ready to shed, a hogshead of blood if he had it in defence of the country—if he were here a citizen of Virginia, he would be inca liable by law, by the constitution, of re ceiving the office of Governor or the comparatively insignificant office of Lieut. Governor, although every Ameri can in the State were anxious to make an exception in his favor to this gener al rule, in consideration of his great gallantry and patriotism. This has been done not by the accursed Know Noth- casions under some very peculiar c.r- i ng s, but by a majority of the Converi cumstanrcs which should induce ad-- - - -- louttjcrn BMrijnion. ATHENS, GA. THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 3 1855. Thinpaperiifiled, and m*y«*IHun«*£ «een the Reading Room of Prof Hoiaowat, 944 Strand, at I London TO ADVERTISERS. Those who wish to buy or sell, or to communicate with the public in the shape of newspaper advertisements, would do well to secure a place in the columns of the Watchman,as we have a larger circulation than that of any paper ever published in this place, either now or heretofore; and it is daily and rapid ly increasing. A word to the wise is sufficient. SEND THEM ON J Some of our friends who have under taken to make up clubs for us, write that they have not got the full number that so soon as they do, they will for ward the names, &c. Is it not belter to forward what you have, so that they may be getting their papers, and the balance, together with the money, can be sent in so soon as obtained. We trust that our friends will not re lax their efforts, but that everywhere they will be watchful and vigilant, and endeavor to place the paper in the hands of every voter in the District who will read it. All that the people want is light. Circulate the documents—let them understand the issues presented, and they will act patriotically—they will do right. CIRCULATE THE DOCUMENTS parture from that course, in respect to the exclusion of a foreigner from all pol itical office?. But I maintain against Ihe world in arms, that free citizens of this country, native, or foreign, have a right to enter into such an agreement without violating rights' of any other cit izens, nnd without infringing upon any principle of the Constitution, or the bill of rights or any other guarantee. It is to my mind one of the strangest and most extraordinary perversions of prin ciple fc'.flt has ever been seriously insis ted upon, tbntithc rights of foreigners arc affected because a portion of tlus people of Virginia, who regard it as a question of-high and important public policy and say unite themselves for the purpose of maintaining the principle- that foreigners should not be allowed to have llic political offices of the country. Tor what are the rights of foreigners? The rights of foreigners under our laws arc to come here and acquire a residence and tarry on their business under the segis and protettions of our laws—to sit down under their* own'vine and fig tree, and after spending the term of probation fixed by law to entitle them to the right of suffrage, to exercise that right, and, so far as the Constitution permits, to be capable of election to any office if the people choose tp confer it upon them— and because a portion of the people in the exercise of tneir fundamental, indis putable and essential right, say vve wont vote for you for this office, they arc re presented ns acting in direct conflict with the Constitution and the principles of civil liberty. Foreigners have exact ly the same t ight, when they become citizens, to say we wont vote for you, and I supposejno bo*dy would pretend to say that was a violation and invasion of your riglits. Why, gentlemen, do you know—and I suppose you don’t, for you Know Nothing—do you know that this principle, so destructive of the rights of foreigners, which von have advocated and which you state is one of the rules of sietion for your organization, is not your thunder at all. You are the copy ists merely. You have borrowed the thunder, and of whom do you suppose ? We linvc n Constitution here which, as 1 told you .some time ago, I had read once or twice, and wc find in that Con stitution that no person shall be eligible to the office of Governor unless he have attained the age of thirty years, is a unlive titiz n of tlicUnited States, and lias bec-n a citizen of Virginia so many years. The Lieut. Governor shall be elected a< the same time and for the same t rm. and his qualifications and manner of el •••lion’ shall lie the same ; so that here is the Know Nothing princi ple—so fatal and destructive to the rights Of foreigners, so inconsistent with equal lights of all citizens—incorporated into (In fundmenial law of the land, bo that if you wanted to vote for foreigners every one of yon, tin; constitution for bids your doing so for the office of Gov ernor or Lieut Governor of the com mon wealth Well now you have only uirriod it a littlo further than the con stitution. The constitution docs not prohibit you Ho n doing ns you propose in regard to Voting. It is a matter left to the exercise of your will. Ji is per fectly competent for the citizen in the exercise of his fund.-iioenal and essential right to select-for himself any particu- laritidhidual to Vote for. The princi ples which govern his action in this regard cannot of course be affected by - • ■ nor can conflict ti tution. re, put a governor, or ^Legislators tion of Virginia, who have engrafted it into the cons'itntion to stand for all time. What as Intelligent German THINKS OF THE KNOW NOTHINGS.— Mr. Valentine Heckler, a German, now residing in Richmond, has published a letter, in which he says: “ If I was at iny native home in Germany, and an American citizen was to come there and set himself up for an office, I should not feel that he had any right to com plain of me, and feel unkindly towards me, because I preferred iny own coun trymen to him ; and I think it would be a very hard matter for any Americau to get an office where I came from, that was worth anybody’s having; and for that reason I don’t complain that Amer icans choose to have their country con trolled by their own people in preference to mine.” Again he sdys: “ As for proscription, I don’t see, that as a Ger man, I am any more proscribed by the Know Nothings, tlian as a Whig, 1 was proscribed by the Democrats.” And in another place he says: “ I an under greater obligations to the natives, than I am to foreigners—and, therefore, mean to vote with them. I have been three times ruined since I have been here—twice by fire, and once by robbe ry—and have been three times re-estab lished in business, and every time by the uaiivc Wliigs and Democrats; and no fellow-countryman of mine ever yet lent me any aid in my distress, and they have no claims on me to support them for offices, that, by the way, they will never gel; and if any of my country men are weak and silly enough to let the democrats use them as tools for their own purposes, up to the time of the clecliuu, and then be laughed at for their folly, they may do it, but they don’t catch me in any such trap.” SEND IN YOUR ORDERS I We will shortly have ready for dis tribution a large edition of the speech of Mr. Smith, (Democratic Representa tive in Congress from Alabama,) deliv ered in the House of Representatives in January last, in defence of tie princi ples of the Know Nothings, or Ameri can party. It is one of the ablest and most elaborate arguments on the subject which we have seen, and its general circulation caunot fail to do great good. Price $3 per hundred, cash. This is so low, (the Washington City price) that we trust our friends will not ask us to wait for the money. Send in your orders at once, as we wish to kuow what number to pi iut. Watchman Office, May 3, 1855. NATIONALITY and conservatism OF THE KNOW NOTHINGS. The National Era, at Washington Chy—the great central organ of Aboli tionism, and which, - by the way, is one of the ablest papers in the country —contains, in its issue of the 26th ult., a lengthy and able article on . the subject of “ Nationality—Conservatism—Igno ring the Slave Question.” We regret that owing to its length we are unable to publish it, as it would show the peo ple of the South the candid, philosophic opinion entertained by the Abolition party of the new order of Know-Noth- ingism. We must content ourself with a few extracts. Before introducing them, however, it is necessary to a proper understanding of the writer’s meaning to state, that lie understands “ Nationality” to mean “ devotion to the interests of slavery, or habitual submission to its requirements Conservatism is defined as follows:— “ Conservatism’’ is another word, spe cially appropriated by Pro-Slavery men In its legitimate sense, it means respect for the laws and order of Society, but according to popular signification, it de fines the policy of preserving and per petuating whatever is, exempt from in novation or change. The Slavery par ty, having construed Nationality to mean, fidelity to Slavery, assumes that Conservatism consists specially in pre serving that system, exempt from inno vation, in acquiescing in all its preten sions, in resisting all attempts to arraign if before the tribunal of public epiniou.” Now, we hope the reader will keep these definitions in view, and then read what this rank Abolition sheet says of the Know Nothings. Let every man in Georgia read what follows, copied from the leading mouthpiece of Aboli tion in the United Stales, and then say whether those editors in Georgia who have charged them with “ playing into the hands of Abolition” have i.ied or tatives now is. Although the people of the South are not so directly interested in the repeal of the present naturaliza tion laws as their Northern brethren, from the fact that there are compara tively but few foreigners among them ; yet, indirectly, the very existence of their peculiar institution and the sta bility of the Union itself hang suspend ed upon the settlement of this question- Let all who are opposed to the Aboli tionists and in favor of preserving the Union at once determine to act with the American party. Those who wish to see Abolition prosper and the Union eventually dissolved will, of course, join their enemies, under whatever name they may fight. The conclusion of the Era—legiti mately deduced from the premises laid down—is as follows. Let the slander ers of the American party go “ hide their diminished heads.” “Let Anti-Slavery men bb assured of this—that whatever be the methods adopted to suit local circumstances— the one great purpose is, to recover the Northern mind from its temporary en thusiasm on the Slaveiy Question, and gradually to “ Nationalize” it, so as to bring it up to the support of “ Nation ality” and “ Conservatism” in 1856 and the chosen instrument for accom plishing this purpose is, Know Nothing- ism HOV DID THE NAME KNOW-NOTHING ORIGINATE? We heard the other day of a conver sation between two highly respectable clergymen belonging to the “ old school Baptist persuasion,” not a thousand miles from here, which has afforded us food for reflection. The one opposed to the Know Noth ings being asked by his friend if he knew how the name originated, said, he presumed the Devil had started it. “ Not so, brother —said the other. “ Do you not remember that during Paul’s ministry, there was a York bej.’T’ ture, (as was alleged by these 0 Jf^ be the fact)—is it not passing 8 ^ ,to that they should,by resolution.denn,,^ themselves ? nte of the If the prostituted presses foreign party could honestly l ay c j. to one particle of magnanimity and dealing, we should call on them t 0 ' il—A ,1m VAAAnt AA.Iah -Til XT ^ tice the recent action of the Now Senate, and to retract their slandi great splitting up of professed Christians into schisms, parties and sects—some saying ‘T am of Paul,” and others “I am of Apollos ?” “ Yes, yes. I remem ber that.” “ Well, do you recollect what Paul said ? He emphatically de clared, “ Henceforth, I am determined to know nothing but Jesus Christ and | him crucified !’ And just so, brother charges. But as they knew them i untrue in the beginning,it is idle tok, that they will make the correction no, although, without it, they must before an intelligent community convict ed of deliberate falsehood. JUST AS WE EXPECTED! The organ in this place of the fore',,, Jesuit priests, European and Asiatic convicts and paupers, recently Cop ^ from a Virginia paper a statement fr orn one William R. Johnson, setting f ort ), , patriotic j that he had joined the Know Nothings not. {We have been told that there is a merchant in this place who boldly says be would not believe a Know No thing on oath 1 Can this be so l Surely, there must be some mistake about this matter. We know that the Know No- ihings are abused by their opponents with a fiendish malignity that would disgust the Evil One himself, but surely there is no man in our midst fool enough to make the remak above attributed to one of our citizens. Healtii of Hon. W. T. Colquitt. Prom information received yesterday, says the Columbus Enquirer, vve have reason to fear that the condition of this distinguished gentlemen is becoming more critical He is still in Macon,—it nut having been deemed prudent to attempt his removal to Montvale Springs, as at first intended. ! " ; 15 A Severe Sentence.—In the Police Court, Boston,a woman, convicted of be ing a common night walker, wav sentenc ed to five yesrs’ imprisonment in the House of Coriection. This is the first sentence under the new law concerning night walkers, which went into effect last Wednesday, in Boston. Prussian Blue.—We have been sho ' n (says Marietta Georgian) a box of mineral .Mtnilar in nil respects to Prus sian Blue,so much used in Paints, Dyes, &e. It was made from a deposits found near the 1 ron Works of Mark A. Coop er, and sent by him to Win. Root, to be tested. Mr. R. thinks it will subserveall the purposes of Prussian Blue. We write this arlielo with ink made by him from a piece of it—Wbas it there, in the min- oral world that cannot he obtained in qld Georgia? tdF* We were shown, the other day, by the polite and energetic agent an d superintendent of the Athens Steam Company’s Works, a most excellent steam saw-mill just put up at that estab lishment for our enterprising townsman, Mr. Ross Crane. The frame is cast in on& solid piece, and all the work is high ly creditable to the establishment. We saw, also, two steam engines in a state <<f forwardness, though not yet completed. The fact is, every thing in the shape of machinery', from an iron boot-jack to a steam engine or steam saw-mill, can be got up in the best style at the Foundry and Machine-shop. We are informed that they are daily executing orders from Augusta, Atlanta, and from beyond the Blue Ridge, for various kinds of ma chinery, but especially mili-irons. One of the most intelligent practical manufac turers in the Southern States has pro nounced their manufactures in this de partment superior to any thing south of the Potomac. Such wealth-creating es tablisbments should be fostered and en couragcd in our midst, as it is manufac turing alone that can build up inland towns. IN A FIX. It is said that the renegade Wise, when addressing a large assembly in Richmond, Va., recently, tauntingly re marked that lie had heard of the Know Nothings wherever he had been, but that lie had so far failed to meet with any of them. “ If,” said he, elevating his voice, “ there is one of those unfor tunate creatures present, and he is not afraid of the honest daylight, let him rise up, that I may have an opportunity of seeing him.” Instantly, that vast as semblage, with the exception of baredy eight individuals, simultaneously arose !! It is believed that Mr. Wise has seen Sam !' fgB • ■■ Says the Era: “ It follows, that in adhering to this organization, (the Know Nothing) which excludes the Question which slaveholders insist must be ex cluded from any Party professing to be National, they have taken the first dt- gree in Nationality. The second is, not only to exclude the Question of Slavery, but to ignore it, that is, to as sume that no cause exists for its present ment before the country, and that there fore its agitation must be suppressed.— This policy, as is now notorious, has been agreed upon by the National Coun cil, which met at Cincinnati, and a sys tematic effort is on foot to carry it out in all the States. The Order in New York, as we all know, has, at the cost of a par tial schism, put it in force. Why not? The Slave Power plainly tells the new Party, and the Whigs and Democrats within its pale understand what is told them—“ Nationalize your Order—sink the Slavery Question—suppress its agi tation—select a National and Conserva tive man, Houston or Fillmore, Bell or Stockton, Clayton or George Law, and we shall be satisfied.” The efforts to do this are succeeding. The Tjouisvillc (Ky.) Journal announces that the new Party is really more National than either of the old ones ever was. Leading De mocrats m Virginia hail it as the star of hope to the South, so lately in danger of a combined crusade against its in stitutions. The Whig Party of the South, almost en masse, lias l tishcd into the Order, and with it have gone large numbers of Southern Democrats—some, disgusted with the Administration, some, discontented with the rule of recognised respectabilities, some, hopeless of the reconstruction of an efficient National Democratic Party, some, glad of a chance to ally themselves with North ern men in a movement calculated to check the growth of Northern political power and the multiplication of free States.” “ A movement calculated to check the growth of Northern political power, and the multiplication of free States.”— Let the South never lose sight of this. It will certainly be one of the effects of the Know Nothing movement.— By checking foreign emigration to this country and prolonging the probationa ry period for qualifying voters, there will be not only a check to the growth of •* Northern political power” in the House of Representatives, but the “ mul tiplication of free States,” which is rapidly destroying the conservatism of the Senate, will be also checked. By stopping the immense rush of foreigners into our territories, the South will be, (under the operation of the Nebraska bill) placed on an equal footing with the Norih; so that, in the admission of new States, something like an equilibrium at least may be preserved in the Senate; which, otherwise, would necessarily be come as overwhelmingly free-soil in its proclivities as the House of Reprcsen- THE DIOSCOREA JAPONICA. As this new and excellent tuber is about to be introduced into our midst— a gentleman of this town having pro* cured some of the roots—there is noth ing, perhaps, which would be more in teresting to our agricultural friends than the following description of it, which we copy from the American Agriculturist: The introduction of this excellent ve getable into France and the United States, and the cultivation of it as far as known, is worthy the attention of nil. The Dinscorea is destined by its deli cious taste and great productiveness, to replace in a great measure the Potato. It is a native of Japan, and is cultivated there and in the north-ofChina, in great quantities, and feasted upon by rich and poor, all the year rV.und. This re markable vegetable was introduced into France in the year 1849, by M. Maut- reprey ,then Consul of France in China. It was given him by a missionary.' Mr. M. sent it to the “ Jardin des Plants,” where it remained unnoticed (as it did not flower,) until his return to France in 1853, when he was perfectly astonished to find so invaluable an article still un cultivated and not in all markets of France. A friend of mine, M. Palliet, (who by the way is a regular wide-awake horticulturist,) being acquainted with Mr. M., and hearing him describe its great merit, set to work in earnest, and propagated between 50,000, and 60,000 the first year ; and is preparing to cul tivate it in all the different departments of France. Some of the roots were sent last June to the great Horticultural Ex hibition in Paris, and gained for Mr. P. the award for the introduction of the most useful plant; beside which, the “ Ministre de Agriculture,” presented him with 3000 irancs. Some of the roots weighing two and a half pounds a piece, were presented to his Majesty the Emperor ; they were eaten by the Em peror and Court, and pronounced ex cellent ; after which Mr. P. received an order for 40.000 to be distributed throughout Franca. The cultivation of the Dioscorea is very simple, not requiring as much labor as the potato. It will do well in any soil, but light or sandy is preferred, as they will be more mealy than when raised in heavy bottom land The roots are cut about 2 inches long, and planted 10 or 12 inches apart—in rows, and kept clear of weeds until -ready to dig, which will be in October and No vember. If left in the ground two years, it will go on increasing, and the root will improvd in quality. If kept dry, they will keep 8 and 10 months out of the grouud, which will be d great ad vantage,e -pecially for shipping purposes. It is estimated that the Dioscorea will exceed any other produce. It may be remarked here that the in ner part of the root is a fine white, very mealy—very, agreeable to the taste, re sembling arrow-root, and can be cook ed in 10 minutes. Its growth and out ward appearance, resemble the sweet potato, and there is no doubt it will be cultivated more extensively than that excellent vegetable, as it possesses the advantage of being hardy, and of being kept a much longer time. I have a drawing, and will have a few plants, which can be seen at my establishment. It is unnecessary to say any more at present, as M. Palliet is about pub lishing a treatise upon the subject, for the opening < f the Paris Industrial Ex hibition in May next, which any person can obtain a copy of by applying to me. When in Paris last summer, I had the pleasure of seeing the Dioscorea ’ H D. Bcll. native Americans,discovering that their but finding that he was the only Demo, cou n try men"(yere divided into parties ; crat in it, and that it was nothing and sects in politics, and that while the “ John Adams Federalism revival* ^ masses, in huzzaing for favorite party had withdrawn in disgust!! Now,,.,- leaders who were endeavoring to secure course, every body knew that no hon^ the spoils of office,had entirely lost sight hie man would act in this way; of the good of the country, which was fast hence we concluded that said Johnson, becoming a prey to the rapacity of the true character would soon leakouu foreign mercenaries called in to aid the And sure enough, we find the followin; different parties in the field—just at this reference to the creature in a letter fro^ crisis in our history, certain patriotic Lynchburg, Virginia, to the editor natives, whose love of country is greater the Knoxville Whig : than their thirst for office, have, like “ At the request of several gentlemn. Paul, raised their warning voices, and °f this place, I write you a line in re!a- , ... , . Z T *• 47 j turn to one Wm. R. Johnson, nowd boldly declare, Henceforth we are de- Abingdon> but fortne rly ofthis place! termined to Know Nothing hut our SaidJohns«n states that he joined tbt country ancl the preservation of its in- Order of Know Nothings when thej tfihiiion« /” wcre first or g anizefl here—that he to!? a relative of his that lie intended todi The reverend opponent of the new so w ; tb a v ; evv to betray and expose thet party “ curled up and quit!” j—and he now boasts of having dote so. It is said that the expose of dj It seems that the people of Kan- Order, spread out before the people? , 1 1 , . Virginia, in so many papers, cat- sas are very much exasperated against lhrough this man j ohn son, but how* jj Gov. Reeder, whose alleged interfer- I do not know, as lam not a met ence on the side of the Freesoilers in her, nor do 1 know whether his expos Kansas has made >s a true one or not. Johnson petitioned a lodge of 01; Fellows here, to join them, but wasi/ari the late election in his very name odious to the people of the lerritory A meeting was held balled out, at an awful, not to saji other day, at which resolution? were dying rate. This he will haidlytellto adopted denouncing Reeder as unwor- his anti-Know Nothing associates thv the trust reposed in him—requiring Abingdon ! He had to leave DrmriL . . . , ... . in great haste, or he would have bee: h.s immediate removal, and intimating a f J e a rai}f and vvore a coat of tit determination to designate to the Presi- | aH d leathers. The materials were be- dent a suitable successor! While these ing prepared when Johnson made !i:> proceedings are irregular, we cannot. ©-'Cape. 1 his is r. second occurrence in help believing thet Reeder is unfit fc,!! 1 * “go?. <*» life - i he will hardly tell his new acquaintance! the station he holds.and ought,therefore, j n Abingdon !” to be removed. Indeed, lie ought never : We congratulate the organs of the to hare been appointed. By what right f ore jg n Jesuits, convicts, paupe’ts ) u- the people of the Territory claim the | native demagogues, upon their gt | privilege of selecting his successor we fortane in collecting testimony fri cannot sec. Wejsuppose, however,?t isl^ pol]uted sourceg ag thii felet another progressive step in the doctrine Johnson They cannot get ite !*| squatter sot ereigntj. j where. No honorable man will bejg I found willing to circulate falsehoodiij of ti Elf’ A citizen of this place in con-. _ . . ,. ,, ‘ reference to any organization wnicnfct versing the other day with Mr. Toombs i i i mi • . . ° , . may have abandoned, lhis lelloi —who we understand, not only denies T r n . r Tr Johnson is an excellent witness torui«* all affiliation with the Know Nothings, . . vf “ I foreign party, and we trust they ma\ t but, like a certain gentleman mentioned t. , . . . , have a “ good in Holy Wr-t, who was intimately con- , } J j meet! nected with the crowing a of cock, ‘curs-1 * esand swears’ at a great rate whenever ; BEAUTIFUL CONSISTENCY, the subject is mentioned in his pre-ence j The Richmond Enquirer charges tb infoms us that that gentleman’s Know Nothing candidate for k Lieule^ chief objection to the new order is its al- j ant-Governor of Virginia with being leged secrecy—which, by the way, is j out-and-out Abolitionist; and bases ths about the only objection that any one ( charge upon the allegation that while will now dare urge, as its, platform is ; member of Congress he voted forth* impregnable. In order to combat this ! abolition of the slave trade in the Di-^ objection, our friend reminded the j trict Columbia. Mr. Beale, it is we J Senator that if not a member of any of known, was elected as a Democr:.3 served several years in Congress as!* under cultivation. BPThe drought which we noticed last week, still continues here, to the great damage of the small grain crop*. It is ueedless to inform our readers—as they doubtless all saw it themselves—that there was a total eclipse of the moon on Tuesday night. When a young lady offers to hem cambric handkerchief for a rich bachelor,, she means to sow in orJcr that she might reap. time of it” whentbi the secret societies of (he day, he was at least a member of the U. S. Senate, which body spent much of its time in secret session. *.* True, true,” said Mr. T., “but when the proper time comes, you and every body else are informed of our doings, besides which, when in secret session we are always engaged upon foreign affairs'.” “So are we,” said the K N., ‘ and when the proper time comes (after the votes are count- cd)\ve too publish our proceedings !” The New York Senate has adopted resolutions denouncing the Nebraska bill, slavery, the fugitive slave bill, and Know-Notliingism. 1 crat, his vote was all right, but We are not willing to let the above I that he is known as a Know NotMjj Democrat, and is now a Democrat-^ 1 Now, in the name of all that is pat/w® f <* why did not the editor of the raise his warning voice at the time'f’ vote was given, which in his opni:: justifies him in classing Mr. B. as-^ abolitionist ? Why did he not |ouni upon and expose him so soon as thed-‘ covery was made ? Why did he seize him in the very act ? Why ^ five years before saying any thing it ? Just simply because Mr. Be> J had not embraced the principles American party then ! While recognized by the Enquirer as aT ,eC> item of news pass without a word of comment. It will be recollected that the foreign Catholic organs in our midst, which have combined with the Nation al Era, New York Tribune, and other Abolition papers to LIE the Know- Nothings down, boldly, impudently and unblushingly asserted some time ago, that the Know-Nothings elected the no torious Seward (who is not only an ene my of the order, but another Abolition ally of these prostituted sheets) to the United States Senate,and that, therefore, they were Abolitionists. Now, see what this same New York Legislature that elected Seward has done! They have adopted resolutions denouncing the Nebraska bill, slavery, the fugitive slave act, and Know-Noth ing ism ! If Is it not strange that if the K N’s possess sufficient strength it becomes “ damnable heresy! ’ As inconsistent as the Enquirer B proved itself to be, it is nevertheless 1, j| that the Georgia echoes of the Na 11 Era approvingly copy his rem*’^ 5 this subject. What a beautiful 51 ' n fellows are these organs of his 6° . ness! We are pained to learn, *B| Albany, Ga. Patriot of the 20ib) 1 S' Mrs. A. II. Colquitt, consort ot ° Uf resentative in Congress b‘O m 1 * s t. trict, died at the residence « 1 , band, in Baker County, on ihe lU ° ra "3 of the l?th instant. “Snuibo if de deni tail, wlmr would lu to i0.' c no 10 S 1 Uft one ? “ Why, to de Grocery- —dal’s de only place "’hat I ? wbar dey rc-tail had sp erl ts